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Breath of Usir - David Haller AU Info Sheet
| David |
| Haller |
NAME: David Haller
RACE: Half-Elf Half-Human but appears human
AGE: 30
IDENTITY: M
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Brown
SKIN: Paleish
ALLEGIANCE: Reason
LIVING: Room 6, X Marks the Spot
PROFESSION(S): -
RACIAL TRAIT: Silver-Tongue
MANNERISMS:
David is very expressive with his face and hands. He is rarely still and usually gestures when speaking.
| Waffles |
David's Animas is a male golden retriever named Waffles. Waffles is the usual size and coloration of an average golden retriever with dark chocolate eyes and a very affectionate and outgoing nature. Despite stigmas and the faux pas that might be involved neither David or Waffles avoid physical contact with other people or their animas.
Alterations:
n/a
Alterations:
n/a
| Magic & |
| Skills |
Magic:
- Astral Manipulation
- Astral Walking
- Alchemy
- Energy Shields
- Sound Nullification
- Imobilization/Freezing
- Teleportation
- Telekinesis
- Levitation
- Telepathy
Skills:
- Playing string instruments
- Singing
- Star-Charting
- Constellation Lore
- Astral Manipulation
- Astral Walking
- Alchemy
- Energy Shields
- Sound Nullification
- Imobilization/Freezing
- Teleportation
- Telekinesis
- Levitation
- Telepathy
Skills:
- Playing string instruments
- Singing
- Star-Charting
- Constellation Lore
| Traits |
The Isolated Outcast
David's magic made his adoptive family nervous and his lack of knowledge of the intricacies of magic and his own abilities combined with the influences of the necromancer inhabiting his body and mind meant that for David reality was a thing that was wobbly at best. He would randomly teleport himself from place to place, lived with 'imaginary friends' that helped shape and mold him into a vessel that could be manipulated, and his abilities and habit of talking to things that were not there isolated him from his adoptive sister who feared him. These odd encounters helped shape David. He was a wide-eyed, optimistic little boy who saw endless possibilities in the world around him and his adoptive parents fostered David's sense of wonder and optimism thinking it helped to keep him distracted. Through them, he found a love of the outside world and the stars and developed a desire to be an explorer and astrologer. He found love in the colors, mystery, and wonder of the world around him.
An Unstable Mind
As he grew, his powers grew too, and the soft murmur of voices became an endless barrage, some angry, some sad, some happy, some threatening, but all of them terrifying in their lack of a source. As he moved into teenage years David's boundless creativity and growing powers started to drown him, resulting in wild ideas and unpredictable behavior. David started to grow depressed and emotionally unstable from the constant confusion of the blurred lines between reality and the constructs of his mind/the necromancer's influence. The strengthening of David's powers sent him spiraling into the start of his mental illness and David's mind began to dissociate. He suffered depression and unstable mental and power outbursts. He had no idea a parasite was intentionally sabotaging him so that it could keep feeding on the magical power growing inside of him.
The Dreamer
In every aspect of life, even at his darkest and lowest moments, David has always been a dreamer. He dreams big and creates his own joy in the world, finding rays of sunshine to light the darker corners. t started as a coping mechanism to distract him from the creeping red darkness always lingering at the corner of his mind, the demons lurking just out of sight along the corners of his vision. He has become skilled in the art of discovering life's simple pleasures and letting them brighten a dreary mood. All it takes to make a bad day salvageable is a slice of pie. As a result of David's endlessly blurred lines between fiction and reality, not much phases him for long. He adapts quickly to the impossible or strange and tends to take in stride most of the things that come his way, no matter how unlikely or absurd they may be. He is constantly lost or confused, but as a result, he almost never falters from some new wrench thrown into the mix.
Romantic
David believes fully and hopelessly in love. When he falls he falls hard and with every ounce of his being until the love he feels consumes him. He will always take action to pursue that thread of emotion without hesitation. He would do anything for love, familial, romantic or platonic. In his mind life might as well be a musical where everyone expresses themselves through song and dance.
Schizophrenic
You know the most dangerous thing about schizophrenia? The most dangerous thing is believing you don’t have it. That’s the trick. The mind killer. Your disease convinces you, you don’t have it. So, for example, one day in the temple, you meet a girl and she has some friends and they tell you you’re not sick. You have magic powers. And more than anything, you wanna believe it because that means you’re not crazy. It means you can fall in love and live happily ever after. But you know if you believe it- if you surrender to the hope and you’re wrong- then you’re never coming back.
David knows he's crazy. He has spent his whole life being told he was crazy, seeing evidence first hand of his own insanity, and dealing with the consequences, isolation, and damage that came as a result of his mental instability. At one point the turmoil, isolation, and uncertainty caused by the necromancer's games and David's own lack of control over his magic becomes so much for David that he tries to end it all permanently by ending himself, but even at that attempt his parasite won't let him die, and he just ends up more certain of what the people around him have already been telling him: He's sick, he's confused, he's insane, and he's a danger to himself and others.
When he finally is freed from the temple and told that he isn't crazy, that his mental illness is a lie meant to cover up the manifestation of his powerful, untrained magical abilities, he can't tell what is real and what isn't and finds it hard to believe them. The necromancer had done too efficient a job of breaking down the walls between the reality his adoptive parents presented him with, the truth, and the world the warlock had helped build for David's mind. Their own lack of knowledge of the necromancer residing within David ends up making this worse when their explanation is not enough to explain away everything in David's past. The ever persistent certainty that he is crazy and the fear of what accepting that he isn't might mean never leaves David even once the necromancer is forced out.
Broken & Lost
David has been slowly picked apart and shoved into increasingly smaller boxes over the course of his life. He came to view himself as a broken human, dysfunctional and not fit for society. This is a side of David we rarely see outside of his internal mind, but it colors David's self-image and decisions. He doesn't believe he is the kind of broken that can be fixed. He doesn't hate himself, but he also can't see where he fits into society and the lives of functional people. He thinks of himself as sick and fears what forgetting that aspect of himself might do if it turns out he was right and his rescuers were wrong.
Trusting
David believes in the best in people despite the many dark influences in his life. He wants to hope for the best, and he puts his trust even in his enemies, believing they will make the right choices for everyone and not just themselves. While this optimism will not serve David well in all aspects of life, his cheerful, trusting, and roll with the punches demeanor makes it harder for those around him not to become caught up in the genuine nature of his existence.
Highs and Lows
Being made aware of his magic gave David a streak of confidence that left him on an upswing, a feeling of near invincibility. Once he knew he could do so much more than he ever imagined the world opened up for him. What he did with all that new magic speaks more of David than most other things can. He was both selfish and selfless with his magic as he adjusted to having them at his disposal. Initially, he used it in rash and self-serving ways to save his sister and get closer to the people he cared for in ways he never could before. As he grew into his powers and used them more he was nudged toward saving the lives of others at the potential expense of his own and attempting to help end the war. While his rescuers wanted to use his power to end the war with a show of strength and power, David chose to try to do so without further bloodshed. An attempt that ends in his death.
David's magic made his adoptive family nervous and his lack of knowledge of the intricacies of magic and his own abilities combined with the influences of the necromancer inhabiting his body and mind meant that for David reality was a thing that was wobbly at best. He would randomly teleport himself from place to place, lived with 'imaginary friends' that helped shape and mold him into a vessel that could be manipulated, and his abilities and habit of talking to things that were not there isolated him from his adoptive sister who feared him. These odd encounters helped shape David. He was a wide-eyed, optimistic little boy who saw endless possibilities in the world around him and his adoptive parents fostered David's sense of wonder and optimism thinking it helped to keep him distracted. Through them, he found a love of the outside world and the stars and developed a desire to be an explorer and astrologer. He found love in the colors, mystery, and wonder of the world around him.
An Unstable Mind
As he grew, his powers grew too, and the soft murmur of voices became an endless barrage, some angry, some sad, some happy, some threatening, but all of them terrifying in their lack of a source. As he moved into teenage years David's boundless creativity and growing powers started to drown him, resulting in wild ideas and unpredictable behavior. David started to grow depressed and emotionally unstable from the constant confusion of the blurred lines between reality and the constructs of his mind/the necromancer's influence. The strengthening of David's powers sent him spiraling into the start of his mental illness and David's mind began to dissociate. He suffered depression and unstable mental and power outbursts. He had no idea a parasite was intentionally sabotaging him so that it could keep feeding on the magical power growing inside of him.
The Dreamer
In every aspect of life, even at his darkest and lowest moments, David has always been a dreamer. He dreams big and creates his own joy in the world, finding rays of sunshine to light the darker corners. t started as a coping mechanism to distract him from the creeping red darkness always lingering at the corner of his mind, the demons lurking just out of sight along the corners of his vision. He has become skilled in the art of discovering life's simple pleasures and letting them brighten a dreary mood. All it takes to make a bad day salvageable is a slice of pie. As a result of David's endlessly blurred lines between fiction and reality, not much phases him for long. He adapts quickly to the impossible or strange and tends to take in stride most of the things that come his way, no matter how unlikely or absurd they may be. He is constantly lost or confused, but as a result, he almost never falters from some new wrench thrown into the mix.
Romantic
David believes fully and hopelessly in love. When he falls he falls hard and with every ounce of his being until the love he feels consumes him. He will always take action to pursue that thread of emotion without hesitation. He would do anything for love, familial, romantic or platonic. In his mind life might as well be a musical where everyone expresses themselves through song and dance.
Schizophrenic
David knows he's crazy. He has spent his whole life being told he was crazy, seeing evidence first hand of his own insanity, and dealing with the consequences, isolation, and damage that came as a result of his mental instability. At one point the turmoil, isolation, and uncertainty caused by the necromancer's games and David's own lack of control over his magic becomes so much for David that he tries to end it all permanently by ending himself, but even at that attempt his parasite won't let him die, and he just ends up more certain of what the people around him have already been telling him: He's sick, he's confused, he's insane, and he's a danger to himself and others.
When he finally is freed from the temple and told that he isn't crazy, that his mental illness is a lie meant to cover up the manifestation of his powerful, untrained magical abilities, he can't tell what is real and what isn't and finds it hard to believe them. The necromancer had done too efficient a job of breaking down the walls between the reality his adoptive parents presented him with, the truth, and the world the warlock had helped build for David's mind. Their own lack of knowledge of the necromancer residing within David ends up making this worse when their explanation is not enough to explain away everything in David's past. The ever persistent certainty that he is crazy and the fear of what accepting that he isn't might mean never leaves David even once the necromancer is forced out.
Broken & Lost
David has been slowly picked apart and shoved into increasingly smaller boxes over the course of his life. He came to view himself as a broken human, dysfunctional and not fit for society. This is a side of David we rarely see outside of his internal mind, but it colors David's self-image and decisions. He doesn't believe he is the kind of broken that can be fixed. He doesn't hate himself, but he also can't see where he fits into society and the lives of functional people. He thinks of himself as sick and fears what forgetting that aspect of himself might do if it turns out he was right and his rescuers were wrong.
Trusting
David believes in the best in people despite the many dark influences in his life. He wants to hope for the best, and he puts his trust even in his enemies, believing they will make the right choices for everyone and not just themselves. While this optimism will not serve David well in all aspects of life, his cheerful, trusting, and roll with the punches demeanor makes it harder for those around him not to become caught up in the genuine nature of his existence.
Highs and Lows
Being made aware of his magic gave David a streak of confidence that left him on an upswing, a feeling of near invincibility. Once he knew he could do so much more than he ever imagined the world opened up for him. What he did with all that new magic speaks more of David than most other things can. He was both selfish and selfless with his magic as he adjusted to having them at his disposal. Initially, he used it in rash and self-serving ways to save his sister and get closer to the people he cared for in ways he never could before. As he grew into his powers and used them more he was nudged toward saving the lives of others at the potential expense of his own and attempting to help end the war. While his rescuers wanted to use his power to end the war with a show of strength and power, David chose to try to do so without further bloodshed. An attempt that ends in his death.
| History |
David thinks he is a human and has no idea he was left with this adoptive family by his elvish father. His sister has always acted a little odd around him but he loved her and didn't really think much of it. He never knew he was adopted and still does not.
David's parents were asked to keep him far away from magic and practicing it for his own protection. As a boy he didn't understand magic and didn't know much about it. His family didn't use magic and lived on the outskirts of Atromitos. Growing up sheltered and isolated, David turned his focus on his adoptive father's love of and knowledge of the stars and constellations. For David the constellations felt like more than just lights in the sky. He felt as if they were talking to him and trying to tell him something. When he told his adoptive father the stars spoke to him, his father said they spoke to him as well, but his meaning was not the same as David's. For David it was literal, but for his father it was figurative.
David always assumed magic was something that required a lot of effort and practice. He didn't realize that the things that kept happening around him when he grew emotional or delved into the land of his imagination were ones he actually was causing to happen with magic. Due to his own sheltered lack of knowledge and the assurances of his adopted parents, David assumed his experiences and memories of using magic as a kid were just the fantasies of a child wishing to be part of the rest of the world of magic rather than a mundane child.
David's real father thought he was protecting his son from a warlock necromancer's curse after the warlock's defeat by the father's hands. Unfortunately for both of them, it turned out the warlock necromancer had cursed David rather than his father. The warlcok had possessed the baby David to make use of his power and slowly recover from the battle with David's father in hiding while baby David was growing. As a result, David's power grew uncontrollable and unpredictable, his own magic feeding and fed by the necromancer's powerful magical energy. The older and stronger David became, the more powerful the warlock possessing David became and the more dangerous David's unpracticed magic became for him and the people around them. Due to the necromancer within him, he could hear and see things he should not have been able to, found himself walking between realms in his sleep, and lashed out with powerful magic when threatened or when his teenage emotions became volatile. With access to David's mind the warlock occupied its time throughout his life as various imaginary friends, trying to mold and shape David into a vessel he could control. Without the knowledge or training needed to control his power and with the warlock pushing to take control of David's body from within, David became a danger to himself and others.
David's adoptive parents ended up sending him away as a teen to a temple in Krimnos where they repressed his magic with amulets without his knowledge, unintentionally also suppressing and trapping David's warlock parasite. The temple priests put David to work, letting him believe he lacked magical talent and had an unstable mind that caused him to hallucinate and vividly imagine things to be different than reality. They told him he was destined to live out his days a brother of the temple, keeping him away from people who could potentially make him question this surety they fought to embed in his mind.
During the war, he was found in the temple by a group of fighters who wanted to see an end to the dragons and the separation of the kingdoms. Among their number a fortune mage who recognized his magical aura as similar to that of her late husband (an astral walker who lost his way back to his body decades ago) and recognized immense magical power and potential in David, hidden behind the amulet. Unaware of the warlock hiding in David's mind and body, they kidnapped/rescued David from the temple and informed him that he was the magic user they needed to help turn the tide of war in their favor.
David did not believe he had magic and yet longed for what they said to be true. But David had no desire to participate in the war, wanting only to learn more about who he really was and why his parents had lied to him if what his rescuers said was true. Eventually, they realized the amulet was cutting David off from his magic and it was destroyed, freeing David's magic but also giving the warlock power within David again beyond just whispering into his mind.
David's power was greater than the group anticipated and they sought answers as to how he could have access to so much magic without formal training. During the group's attempts to help David access and embrace his magic, the temple priests kidnapped David's sister and imprisoned her to try and draw him back to the temple. With the amulet broken, the necromancer warlock saw an opportunity and used his magic and David's to show him his sister was in trouble, making it appear she was in more danger than she really was. Enraged, David allowed his 'imaginary friend' to take control so they could rescue his sister. The necromancer warlock took over David's body and went on a vengeful killing spree of the temple before being forced out of David by one of the members of the group that had caught up to them at the temple.
The necromancer's spirit was forced out of David's mind but with no body of his own, he was forced to find a new host. He jumped into another member of the group and fled before they could trap him once more. The necromancer wanted David's power and body after working so hard and so long to mold him into the perfect vessel of power and revenge. Without the necromancer acting as a controlling force and a drain on David's magic he was overwhelmed by the sudden flood of available magic at his fingertips and went a little crazy with overconfidence in his untrained abilities that ultimately ended up getting him killed before the necromancer could get back to his body.
David's parents were asked to keep him far away from magic and practicing it for his own protection. As a boy he didn't understand magic and didn't know much about it. His family didn't use magic and lived on the outskirts of Atromitos. Growing up sheltered and isolated, David turned his focus on his adoptive father's love of and knowledge of the stars and constellations. For David the constellations felt like more than just lights in the sky. He felt as if they were talking to him and trying to tell him something. When he told his adoptive father the stars spoke to him, his father said they spoke to him as well, but his meaning was not the same as David's. For David it was literal, but for his father it was figurative.
David always assumed magic was something that required a lot of effort and practice. He didn't realize that the things that kept happening around him when he grew emotional or delved into the land of his imagination were ones he actually was causing to happen with magic. Due to his own sheltered lack of knowledge and the assurances of his adopted parents, David assumed his experiences and memories of using magic as a kid were just the fantasies of a child wishing to be part of the rest of the world of magic rather than a mundane child.
David's real father thought he was protecting his son from a warlock necromancer's curse after the warlock's defeat by the father's hands. Unfortunately for both of them, it turned out the warlock necromancer had cursed David rather than his father. The warlcok had possessed the baby David to make use of his power and slowly recover from the battle with David's father in hiding while baby David was growing. As a result, David's power grew uncontrollable and unpredictable, his own magic feeding and fed by the necromancer's powerful magical energy. The older and stronger David became, the more powerful the warlock possessing David became and the more dangerous David's unpracticed magic became for him and the people around them. Due to the necromancer within him, he could hear and see things he should not have been able to, found himself walking between realms in his sleep, and lashed out with powerful magic when threatened or when his teenage emotions became volatile. With access to David's mind the warlock occupied its time throughout his life as various imaginary friends, trying to mold and shape David into a vessel he could control. Without the knowledge or training needed to control his power and with the warlock pushing to take control of David's body from within, David became a danger to himself and others.
David's adoptive parents ended up sending him away as a teen to a temple in Krimnos where they repressed his magic with amulets without his knowledge, unintentionally also suppressing and trapping David's warlock parasite. The temple priests put David to work, letting him believe he lacked magical talent and had an unstable mind that caused him to hallucinate and vividly imagine things to be different than reality. They told him he was destined to live out his days a brother of the temple, keeping him away from people who could potentially make him question this surety they fought to embed in his mind.
During the war, he was found in the temple by a group of fighters who wanted to see an end to the dragons and the separation of the kingdoms. Among their number a fortune mage who recognized his magical aura as similar to that of her late husband (an astral walker who lost his way back to his body decades ago) and recognized immense magical power and potential in David, hidden behind the amulet. Unaware of the warlock hiding in David's mind and body, they kidnapped/rescued David from the temple and informed him that he was the magic user they needed to help turn the tide of war in their favor.
David did not believe he had magic and yet longed for what they said to be true. But David had no desire to participate in the war, wanting only to learn more about who he really was and why his parents had lied to him if what his rescuers said was true. Eventually, they realized the amulet was cutting David off from his magic and it was destroyed, freeing David's magic but also giving the warlock power within David again beyond just whispering into his mind.
David's power was greater than the group anticipated and they sought answers as to how he could have access to so much magic without formal training. During the group's attempts to help David access and embrace his magic, the temple priests kidnapped David's sister and imprisoned her to try and draw him back to the temple. With the amulet broken, the necromancer warlock saw an opportunity and used his magic and David's to show him his sister was in trouble, making it appear she was in more danger than she really was. Enraged, David allowed his 'imaginary friend' to take control so they could rescue his sister. The necromancer warlock took over David's body and went on a vengeful killing spree of the temple before being forced out of David by one of the members of the group that had caught up to them at the temple.
The necromancer's spirit was forced out of David's mind but with no body of his own, he was forced to find a new host. He jumped into another member of the group and fled before they could trap him once more. The necromancer wanted David's power and body after working so hard and so long to mold him into the perfect vessel of power and revenge. Without the necromancer acting as a controlling force and a drain on David's magic he was overwhelmed by the sudden flood of available magic at his fingertips and went a little crazy with overconfidence in his untrained abilities that ultimately ended up getting him killed before the necromancer could get back to his body.
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