Player Name: Lavender Contact:revelries, lavender#8156 Invited by: Amber Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Idia Shroud Canon: Twisted Wonderland Canon History: •Eldest son of the Shroud family, who have had the role of Watchman in the world of Twisted Wonderland. Essentially, their purpose is to step in if things go absolutely pear-shaped in regards to Overblot (aka when a mage goes absolutely ballistic and gets consumed by a magical phenomenon known as “blot”, which results from Bad Vibes and overuse of magic). They founded an NGO organization called S.T.Y.X. that focuses on blot research and peacekeeping and blot intervention. •Of course, this research into blot isn’t purely for the pursuit of knowledge or finding a way to ease the suffering mages who suffer from an excess of blot - the Shroud family’s bodies consume blot but are incapable of producing any themselves. While this means they are (theoretically) immune to Overblot, their bodies will begin to consume themselves if they cannot consume ambient blot. Because of this the Shroud family cannot live off of the Isle of Lamentation, which is also home to specters made of blot. I’m sorry for using “blot” so much in this description. •Idia is also the current Acting Director and is a prodigy in the world of magical technology, with the height of his ability obvious in his robotic younger brother, Ortho. (Who was not always a robot, but it’s Fine.) •He’s a third year at Night Raven College, and the housewarden of the Ignihyde dorm due to a combination of his family’s status and his intellect. There’s really not a whole lot that happened between his childhood and his first couple years at NRC. •Unfortunately, Isekai Happened and a human from another world showed up and everything started to… well, go pear-shaped. Students at the school began to suffer from Overblot with startling frequency, which wasn’t great! •Still, despite several of his classmates going off the deep end, school life largely continued as normal. He worked on his magical technology projects, went to class, tried to avoid socializing, and got roped up into things he didn’t want to do. •He was chosen to participate in a wish-granting ceremony, having to go around and ask other students what they wished for and seeing if he could fulfill them and then take part in a performance. It went… mostly okay except for his anxiety that caused him to craft a device that would block digital recordings. (Unfortunately someone brought an analog camera, so he was still captured on tape. RIP.) •He also got kidnapped by a ghost that wanted to marry him, once. Luckily the other students intervened after some gentle persuasion from his brother and the Headmage and he didn’t a) die and b) get stuck in a marriage he didn’t want. •Idia spends most of his time on his own projects, creating mechanical marvels. This garners the attention of several companies after his presentation at the joint exhibition between Night Raven College and Royal Sword Academy. Fourth years at NRC typically do internships and the exhibition is a way for them to get exposure, but Idia has no interest in those offers - he can’t really work for anyone but S.T.Y.X., afterall.
Canon Personality: •Intense social anxiety - he panics when forced to be the center of attention, and absolutely does not want to be perceived. When he is noticed, he tends to assume that everyone is judging him and looking down on him. •Reclusive - this goes hand in hand with his social anxiety. He tends to hole himself up and remarks he can handle 2D people better and would rather spend his time playing games and working - but it’s also because he knows he can’t exactly go out into Society. He’s tied to the Isle of Lamentation by his family’s “curse” so he’s going to have to do most of his socializing online once he graduates, anyways. •Insecure - he is well aware he’s pathetic, he doesn’t need to be reminded of it. The only exception to this is when it comes to things he knows he’s an expert in, such as gaming and engineering. •Arrogant - Those exceptions are when he can get extremely arrogant! These aren’t hard things to understand, so if you can you’re even more pathetic than he is. He will casually insult people for their presumed short-comings, as he thinks those things are incredibly obvious. He will call himself a genius without compare, and boast about how clever he is. •Dedicated(ish) - he throws himself into the things he enjoys to a degree that can be incredibly unhealthy. He will spend hours on programming and experiments, but also marathon game and lose track of time. He’s constantly being nagged to remember to eat and sleep while subsisting off snacks and energy drinks. •Perfectionist - everything he does could be better, so he’s always striving to innovate and improve no matter what it is. But he’s also the sort of perfectionist where if he’s not good at something immediately, if he’s not driven to improve, will give up on. If he can’t do something well, he won’t bother. •Also he just kind of never shuts up.
AU History: •The Shroud family are the founders of the tech giant Styx Enterprises, so Idia has both lived his life in relative luxury and with a lot of pressure for him to succeed. He was born and raised in Greece, though he and his younger brother would often join his parents when they traveled on business. •He’s always been very intelligent, graduating college in his adolescence and holding multiple degrees with a focus on engineering and programming. He’s already begun working for his family’s company, with the intention for him to take over when his father retires. •Shortly after receiving his first degree, his younger brother fell ill, which is when his family decided to permanently relocate to Kaisou, where some of his extended relatives were living. •Alongside their tech company the Shroud family has always been entrenched in the paranormal, conducting research on the paranormal for decades. What had started as his ancestor’s observations has become an entire (admittedly secret to the public) branch in Styx. Idia is well aware of this branch’s existence and his family’s connections to magic, but it’s not the branch he runs. •At the age of 18, he was made Assistant Director of the engineering division of Styx Enterprises. Nepotism is alive and well, but he at least has the technological knowhow to get by without too much grumbling from his employees.
AU Personality Differences: Honestly? Not much will change at all.
Element: Shadow Purchased Powers: •Reduced need for sleep (5 hours per night) •Can become invisible (30 minutes) •Low level shadow manipulation •Slightly better night vision Possession: Idia is possessed by a god (I mean, he’s based on Hades, is there any other choice?) and his contract prices are:
•Life - Or the consumption of energy, depending on how you want to look at it. Just like a vampire drains someone of blood, Idia has to frequently consume the life energy of another living being. This won’t necessarily kill someone outright, but it’s entirely possible, especially if it’s been a while since he’s paid the price. •Death - The dead should stay dead, so if anyone Idia sees tries to cheat death he needs to punish them appropriately lest he just get fucking smote. This involves things like trying to bring people back to life, trying to drag spirits out of the spirit realm, or otherwise trying to prolong your lifespan beyond what’s natural, but only if Idia actually sees someone in the act. While the punishment doesn’t necessarily mean that Idia becomes Final Destination, the punishment has to be appropriate and generally means a lot of suffering and torment until the god possessing him feels that the victim has learned their lesson.
I’m not sure if these are good prices, but sometimes you just get stumped,
idia shroud | twisted wonderland | paranormal au
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Invited by: Amber
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Idia Shroud
Canon: Twisted Wonderland
Canon History: •Eldest son of the Shroud family, who have had the role of Watchman in the world of Twisted Wonderland. Essentially, their purpose is to step in if things go absolutely pear-shaped in regards to Overblot (aka when a mage goes absolutely ballistic and gets consumed by a magical phenomenon known as “blot”, which results from Bad Vibes and overuse of magic). They founded an NGO organization called S.T.Y.X. that focuses on blot research and peacekeeping and blot intervention.
•Of course, this research into blot isn’t purely for the pursuit of knowledge or finding a way to ease the suffering mages who suffer from an excess of blot - the Shroud family’s bodies consume blot but are incapable of producing any themselves. While this means they are (theoretically) immune to Overblot, their bodies will begin to consume themselves if they cannot consume ambient blot. Because of this the Shroud family cannot live off of the Isle of Lamentation, which is also home to specters made of blot. I’m sorry for using “blot” so much in this description.
•Idia is also the current Acting Director and is a prodigy in the world of magical technology, with the height of his ability obvious in his robotic younger brother, Ortho. (Who was not always a robot, but it’s Fine.)
•He’s a third year at Night Raven College, and the housewarden of the Ignihyde dorm due to a combination of his family’s status and his intellect. There’s really not a whole lot that happened between his childhood and his first couple years at NRC.
•Unfortunately, Isekai Happened and a human from another world showed up and everything started to… well, go pear-shaped. Students at the school began to suffer from Overblot with startling frequency, which wasn’t great!
•Still, despite several of his classmates going off the deep end, school life largely continued as normal. He worked on his magical technology projects, went to class, tried to avoid socializing, and got roped up into things he didn’t want to do.
•He was chosen to participate in a wish-granting ceremony, having to go around and ask other students what they wished for and seeing if he could fulfill them and then take part in a performance. It went… mostly okay except for his anxiety that caused him to craft a device that would block digital recordings. (Unfortunately someone brought an analog camera, so he was still captured on tape. RIP.)
•He also got kidnapped by a ghost that wanted to marry him, once. Luckily the other students intervened after some gentle persuasion from his brother and the Headmage and he didn’t a) die and b) get stuck in a marriage he didn’t want.
•Idia spends most of his time on his own projects, creating mechanical marvels. This garners the attention of several companies after his presentation at the joint exhibition between Night Raven College and Royal Sword Academy. Fourth years at NRC typically do internships and the exhibition is a way for them to get exposure, but Idia has no interest in those offers - he can’t really work for anyone but S.T.Y.X., afterall.
Canon Personality: •Intense social anxiety - he panics when forced to be the center of attention, and absolutely does not want to be perceived. When he is noticed, he tends to assume that everyone is judging him and looking down on him.
•Reclusive - this goes hand in hand with his social anxiety. He tends to hole himself up and remarks he can handle 2D people better and would rather spend his time playing games and working - but it’s also because he knows he can’t exactly go out into Society. He’s tied to the Isle of Lamentation by his family’s “curse” so he’s going to have to do most of his socializing online once he graduates, anyways.
•Insecure - he is well aware he’s pathetic, he doesn’t need to be reminded of it. The only exception to this is when it comes to things he knows he’s an expert in, such as gaming and engineering.
•Arrogant - Those exceptions are when he can get extremely arrogant! These aren’t hard things to understand, so if you can you’re even more pathetic than he is. He will casually insult people for their presumed short-comings, as he thinks those things are incredibly obvious. He will call himself a genius without compare, and boast about how clever he is.
•Dedicated(ish) - he throws himself into the things he enjoys to a degree that can be incredibly unhealthy. He will spend hours on programming and experiments, but also marathon game and lose track of time. He’s constantly being nagged to remember to eat and sleep while subsisting off snacks and energy drinks.
•Perfectionist - everything he does could be better, so he’s always striving to innovate and improve no matter what it is. But he’s also the sort of perfectionist where if he’s not good at something immediately, if he’s not driven to improve, will give up on. If he can’t do something well, he won’t bother.
•Also he just kind of never shuts up.
AU History: •The Shroud family are the founders of the tech giant Styx Enterprises, so Idia has both lived his life in relative luxury and with a lot of pressure for him to succeed. He was born and raised in Greece, though he and his younger brother would often join his parents when they traveled on business.
•He’s always been very intelligent, graduating college in his adolescence and holding multiple degrees with a focus on engineering and programming. He’s already begun working for his family’s company, with the intention for him to take over when his father retires.
•Shortly after receiving his first degree, his younger brother fell ill, which is when his family decided to permanently relocate to Kaisou, where some of his extended relatives were living.
•Alongside their tech company the Shroud family has always been entrenched in the paranormal, conducting research on the paranormal for decades. What had started as his ancestor’s observations has become an entire (admittedly secret to the public) branch in Styx. Idia is well aware of this branch’s existence and his family’s connections to magic, but it’s not the branch he runs.
•At the age of 18, he was made Assistant Director of the engineering division of Styx Enterprises. Nepotism is alive and well, but he at least has the technological knowhow to get by without too much grumbling from his employees.
AU Personality Differences: Honestly? Not much will change at all.
Element: Shadow
Purchased Powers: •Reduced need for sleep (5 hours per night)
•Can become invisible (30 minutes)
•Low level shadow manipulation
•Slightly better night vision
Possession: Idia is possessed by a god (I mean, he’s based on Hades, is there any other choice?) and his contract prices are:
•Life - Or the consumption of energy, depending on how you want to look at it. Just like a vampire drains someone of blood, Idia has to frequently consume the life energy of another living being. This won’t necessarily kill someone outright, but it’s entirely possible, especially if it’s been a while since he’s paid the price.
•Death - The dead should stay dead, so if anyone Idia sees tries to cheat death he needs to punish them appropriately lest he just get fucking smote. This involves things like trying to bring people back to life, trying to drag spirits out of the spirit realm, or otherwise trying to prolong your lifespan beyond what’s natural, but only if Idia actually sees someone in the act. While the punishment doesn’t necessarily mean that Idia becomes Final Destination, the punishment has to be appropriate and generally means a lot of suffering and torment until the god possessing him feels that the victim has learned their lesson.
I’m not sure if these are good prices, but sometimes you just get stumped,