History/Story
History:
Our story starts with a young wizard in training, a celestial wizard at that. Training was slow and hard work, but still he did not see any improvements in himself. Arrogant as he was, he blamed his master’s training for his failures. So, on a fate full night he snuck into his master’s study, in search for his master’s secrets. As he looked around, he found an old book. It was plain, unadorned and untitled, but something about the book caught the young wizard’s eyes. Inside the book, he found a small crystal between the pages and a name written on the pages in sharp runic script. When he read the name out loud many shadows filled the room, then came together to form a humanoid shape. This is the night that grotto, a predatory wraith from the toxic depths of the abyss, met his master, Rehmi Ochoa. Over the next couple of years Rehmi made a name for himself, using Grotto as both his trump card and his unwilling servant. The book was a part of an old forbidden magic. A magic that binds the spirits within their gate catalyst, and forces them to do the wizards bidding; against their will and with no contract. Grotto waited patiently, for he knew the young wizard was arrogant and bound to make a mistake, sooner or later.
When the day came grotto was ready. He was summoned to take down some poor peasants, who insulted the wizard by not waiting on him hand ad foot. “kill everyone in this house!!!” said the wizard, from within the living room. “yessss masssster…..” were the last words the wizard ever heard.
The dark wizard’s death allowed the peasants to live. Not wanting to go through this experience again grotto attempted to destroy the Krystal, but found himself unable to even touch it. He tried possessing the still warm body of the wizard, who’s still attached soul made it a bit difficult to fully get under his control. But he managed it after a while, and what’s more, was able to hold the Krystal with impunity. He placed the Krystal on a large rock and smashed it with an old axe. The Krystal chipped, cracked then shattered with a blinding explosion of pure dark magic. When grotto awake, Rehmi’s presence no longer within the body, found himself stuck in this not-quite-human body. The magic had changed the body to better fit its new self. He was larger, stronger and more graceful than the wizard could have ever hoped to be. Grotto was able to “see” that the magic, his magic, resided within the confines of this body. He was also able to see a scared thing made of shadows. Rehmi, no memory of his former self left, was now a shadow being, a dying shadow being. Grotto offered a home, his own shadow, in exchange for the retched creature’s servitude. This is the day Grotto Ochoa was born, taking the family name of his former master as a reminder of where he came from. This is also the day Mr. Whiskers was born, so named for he took on the shape of a large rat (about the size of a cat) as his own.
It took Grotto a full year to fully master his new body; he found training in martial arts and the disciplines of the hunt where his best ally in this. Not to mentioned his new body required sustenance to maintain their strength, as did Mr. Whiskers. It took him another year before he got a proper hold on how to use his magic again. By this point Mr. whiskers had regained a bit of his former self, but will never again have his memories as Rehmi, the dark wizard of the south. With Rehmi as a constant reminder of the greed of humans, and the evils corruption can bring. Grotto swore to pledge his life to maintain the balance and never allow another dark wizard’s evil to rule over any land. As Mr. whiskers became a true friend, and knowing the darkness that lies within him, Grotto realized that the balance does require a certain level “evil” to exist. Besides, just as there is darkness and evil in every one, there is also good in every one as well….
RP Sample:
-WIP
Face Claim:
Anji the destroyer
Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin
History:
Our story starts with a young wizard in training, a celestial wizard at that. Training was slow and hard work, but still he did not see any improvements in himself. Arrogant as he was, he blamed his master’s training for his failures. So, on a fate full night he snuck into his master’s study, in search for his master’s secrets. As he looked around, he found an old book. It was plain, unadorned and untitled, but something about the book caught the young wizard’s eyes. Inside the book, he found a small crystal between the pages and a name written on the pages in sharp runic script. When he read the name out loud many shadows filled the room, then came together to form a humanoid shape. This is the night that grotto, a predatory wraith from the toxic depths of the abyss, met his master, Rehmi Ochoa. Over the next couple of years Rehmi made a name for himself, using Grotto as both his trump card and his unwilling servant. The book was a part of an old forbidden magic. A magic that binds the spirits within their gate catalyst, and forces them to do the wizards bidding; against their will and with no contract. Grotto waited patiently, for he knew the young wizard was arrogant and bound to make a mistake, sooner or later.
When the day came grotto was ready. He was summoned to take down some poor peasants, who insulted the wizard by not waiting on him hand ad foot. “kill everyone in this house!!!” said the wizard, from within the living room. “yessss masssster…..” were the last words the wizard ever heard.
The dark wizard’s death allowed the peasants to live. Not wanting to go through this experience again grotto attempted to destroy the Krystal, but found himself unable to even touch it. He tried possessing the still warm body of the wizard, who’s still attached soul made it a bit difficult to fully get under his control. But he managed it after a while, and what’s more, was able to hold the Krystal with impunity. He placed the Krystal on a large rock and smashed it with an old axe. The Krystal chipped, cracked then shattered with a blinding explosion of pure dark magic. When grotto awake, Rehmi’s presence no longer within the body, found himself stuck in this not-quite-human body. The magic had changed the body to better fit its new self. He was larger, stronger and more graceful than the wizard could have ever hoped to be. Grotto was able to “see” that the magic, his magic, resided within the confines of this body. He was also able to see a scared thing made of shadows. Rehmi, no memory of his former self left, was now a shadow being, a dying shadow being. Grotto offered a home, his own shadow, in exchange for the retched creature’s servitude. This is the day Grotto Ochoa was born, taking the family name of his former master as a reminder of where he came from. This is also the day Mr. Whiskers was born, so named for he took on the shape of a large rat (about the size of a cat) as his own.
It took Grotto a full year to fully master his new body; he found training in martial arts and the disciplines of the hunt where his best ally in this. Not to mentioned his new body required sustenance to maintain their strength, as did Mr. Whiskers. It took him another year before he got a proper hold on how to use his magic again. By this point Mr. whiskers had regained a bit of his former self, but will never again have his memories as Rehmi, the dark wizard of the south. With Rehmi as a constant reminder of the greed of humans, and the evils corruption can bring. Grotto swore to pledge his life to maintain the balance and never allow another dark wizard’s evil to rule over any land. As Mr. whiskers became a true friend, and knowing the darkness that lies within him, Grotto realized that the balance does require a certain level “evil” to exist. Besides, just as there is darkness and evil in every one, there is also good in every one as well….
RP Sample:
-WIP
Face Claim:
Anji the destroyer
Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin
