Character Creation: Exception52 (Mage-Warrior Hybrid)
Backstory
Exception52 was born into a world split between two realms: Oridan, the realm of order, and Kaosor, the land of chaos. His existence is a paradox—his very birth was the result of an ancient ritual where the laws of both realms collided, creating a being neither wholly of one nor the other. His parents, a forbidden union of an Oridan cleric and a Kaosor sorceress, were executed before he could even speak. Exception52 was spared, but only to be raised as a tool by the Mage-Templars of Oridan. He was groomed to harness his chaotic nature against its own kind, serving the cold machinations of order.
But destiny had other plans. During a mission to eradicate a Kaosor coven, Exception52 was ambushed by a mysterious entity known as The Null Weaver, a creature of pure entropy. It marked him with a burning rune that pulsates with both light and shadow, granting him mysterious powers but binding him to apocalyptic visions of the two realms collapsing into a singularity.
Now, Exception52 walks the line between savior and destroyer, hunted by both realms for the calamity he might bring—or prevent.
Personality
Exception52 is a man of contrasts: stoic yet emotional, strategic yet impulsive. His tragic upbringing makes him distrustful of alliances, but those who earn his loyalty find an ally of unmatched dedication. Exception52 is haunted by his past but uses it to fuel his unrelenting resolve.
Abilities
- Rune of Null: Exception52 can unleash the power of his mark to erase matter and magic in an area, leaving a void that disrupts all around it.
- Effect: Damages foes and weakens magical effects in its radius.
- Kaosor Blade Dance: Exception52 performs a flurry of strikes with his blade imbued with chaotic energy, warping reality momentarily to confuse and overwhelm enemies.
- Effect: High damage with a chance to disorient foes.
- Order’s Aegis: A defensive ability that channels his connection to Oridan, creating a shimmering barrier of pure light to absorb attacks.
- Effect: Reduces incoming damage for a duration.
- Dual Realm Shift: Exception52 temporarily blinks between Oridan and Kaosor, phasing out of reality to evade attacks or reposition himself.
- Effect: Grants invisibility and a short teleport.
- Entropic Reckoning (Ultimate): Exception52 unleashes the full power of his paradoxical nature, creating an explosive clash of order and chaos that devastates the battlefield.
- Effect: Massive area-of-effect damage with lingering destabilizing effects.
Equipment
- Blade of Dichotomy: A longsword forged from both Oridan’s celestial steel and Kaosor’s obsidian shards. It shifts between light and shadow, amplifying Exception52’s abilities.
- Special Trait: Boosts damage based on his current alignment (Order/Chaos).
- Cloak of the Fractured Veil: A shimmering cloak that allows Exception52 to slip between dimensions for brief moments.
- Special Trait: Improves evasion and enhances the Dual Realm Shift ability.
- Runic Gauntlets of the Null Weaver: Gauntlets imbued with the mark of the Null Weaver. They channel the Rune of Null’s destructive power safely.
- Special Trait: Reduces cooldowns for entropic abilities.
Motivation
Exception52 seeks to uncover the true purpose of the Null Weaver’s mark while striving to prevent the cataclysmic unification of Oridan and Kaosor. Torn between loyalty to the order that raised him and the chaos that runs in his blood, Exception52 walks a lonely path, yearning for redemption but uncertain of his own destiny.
