Pope

Leader of Immortals

Gender - Male
Innate Element - Energy
Zodiac Sign - Aries Personal

Fighting Style - "Sin Cha'Ryok"
Sin Cha'Ryok is a personal development of Jeet Kune Do, influenced by forms of Hapkido, Mai Muay Thai, and Kyokushinkai. It focuses on the Jeet Kune Do aspect of knowing thyself. Punches, Kicks, Blocks, all the techniques that compose of a Martial Art, are nothing more than reactions that can be trained. If however, you know your own limits and abilities, then you are more capable of honing in on your strengths and developing your weakness to become a well balanced fighter. Hapkido and Muay Thai influence brings forth the ability to use the opponents energy against him through wrist lock techniques and throws. Fluid and precise motions are essential for this practice. Along with Hapkido influence, Mai Muay Thai emphasizes the many areas of the human skeleton that are easily shattered through various locks and twist. Sin Cha'Ryok is also based on the power, strength, and solid stances of Kyokushin. Kyokushin utilizes the act of standing strong in what you believe, and to remain standing even when the storm is at its peak.

"Each of us has his cowardice. Each of us is afraid to lose, afraid to die. But hanging back is the way to remain a coward for life. The Way to find courage is to seek it on the field of conflict. And the sure way to victory is willingness to risk one's own life." ~Mas Oyama~

Sin Cha'Ryok is a way of life, that keeps a sharp eye on the actions of others, relies on the self to properly react to the actions of others, and the courage and strength to over come all situations.

-Arts/Abilities-

Pope, has a soul of pure energy. From a heightened sense of awareness, he is able to tap into his spiritual energy and manipulate it, creating a physical representation of his spiritual energy. Most would call this an aura, that is naturally created around every being. Pope is different, as he is now able to control his aura, and use it to his advantage. He calls this the solidification of his aura, and it can range any where from a protective barrier covering his entire body, to angelic wings on his back that grant him the power of flight.

After years of practice and training with this skill, Pope has grown accustomed to the flow of energy about him, and has expanded his powers to be able and manipulate the energies of nature by creating an open flow through his body. This is powered even more through the actions and techniques of the personal development of his own Sin Cha'Ryok studies.

The addition of his ability to manipulate the natural energies about him, granted Pope an additional sixth sense that provided him with the ability to sense the flow of energy on another plane of existence. The many variations of energy in this world are each identified differently on what Pope has come to understand as this energy plane of reality. With a sharp wit and much experience, he is now able to identify even different types of spells, let alone the difference between energy produced by spells, and that of natural energy. Ultimately, this sixth sense has been refined to the point as it is just assharp, if not sharper than his 20/20 eye sight.

-Personal Data-

Age - Since the beginning of time
Eye Color - Black
Hair Color - Dark Brown
Hair Style - Eye length, straight
Height - 6'
Weight - 155 lbs

Appearance:
At six foot flat, and only 155 lbs, Pope is the epitome of what you would call the lean, mean, fighting machine kind of build. His muscles are hardened and solid from the years of training and travel that he has endured. His stature in unmovable, and his will is equally strong. He carries with him a feel of command, leadership, and respect.

His dark brown hair rest about eye level, just long enough to stay (mostly) out of his eyes. The dark piercing orbs of his empty black iris are the next to fall in line. They demonstrate the countless years of suffering and pain that he has endured. Some say that the black of his eyes are a spell placed on him by the devil himself in an attempt to capture and torment Pope's soul.

Past his eyes, is a define and handsome chin line. From here his neck flows down, but is cut short by the high collar of his leather shirt. The design of this shirt is simple yet elegant. Like the side wrapping effect of a Gi, the high collar swoops around and crosses his chest. From here however, it continues to wrap around his abdomen, all they way down to his waist, creating a form of sash. Behind this sash, the other half of this design loops out on his left side below the last wrap. The sleeves are longer than arms length, as they go on to form leather gloves with thick padding for his palms.

Underneath this thin, yet durable leather shirt, Pope has strategically placed steel platings to protect his vital organs. These are nothing more than steel, strong enough to ward off stabs and slashes from blades, but not enough to stop a bullet. Pope also, under the shirt, wears a pair of gauntlets that protect up to half of his forearm.

Past his upper half, Pope is relatively simple. Pants are of a slacks style make, though the material is of elven design; its a soft and light as silk, yet stronger than denim. These flow down to boots of elven design as well; light as slippers, yet full toe and cover high above his ankle for support, protection, and strength.

The last piece of clothing that adorns Pope, would be a silk cloak. This cloak is a translucent white, and provides zero protection. However, it was his lover cloak, and in her honor and memory, he wears it every where he can. There is a bit of magic about it though. No matter when or where it snaps off, it will always find its way back to him. If it ever falls to the ground, it will never stain or become dirty.

--Weapon-

Weapon Name - "Sword of Angels"
Weapon Type - Custom Built Double Edged Blade
Weapon Info:
The Sword of Angels is a special blade forged by the heavenly angels for Pope himself. There were three attributes added when this holy blade was forged, they go as follows:

Earth - In addition to the metals given from mother nature, she added a special blessing to protect her son. The strength of mother nature was added to the blade, meaning that the shape of the blade can not be altered as long as there are natural forces around (nature).

Water - With the blessing of Mother Nature, the angels took three tear drops from the mighty oceans and placed them into the molten mix. The ocean is often referred to as a great flow of energy that will never be tamed. The Sword of Angels has the same great ability of energy flow, but very much controllable.

Heaven - While the blade was still being formed, the angels forged along the entire length of the blade, ancient scrolls of music. These harmonies are triggered by the touch of life. The most common touch of life is the air itself. The stronger the life force is that is touching the blade, the louder the music gets. This is Heavens gift to settle the troubled and haunted mind of Pope, that he may focus when in times of peril.

Apart from these attributes however, the blade is a simple, custom designed, double edge sword that resembles that of a rapier, mixed with sabre, mixed with a standard double edged straight sword. The blade is 28" long and 1.5' wide. Add the hilt and the entire sword stretches out to 37.23" (a little more then three feet).

-Strengths and Weaknesses-

Being the oldest Immortal in existence, Pope essentially is an old wise man trapped in a young mans body. His countless years of study allow him to quickly and accurately assess the situation, understand what is happening, needs to happen, and exactly when in where to do it. Based on the thousands of different martial arts that he has studied, he can find weaknesses in the opponents form before the opponent even knows he is showing them. History repeats itself, and when you have fought as long as Pope has, you start noticing these repetitions, and learn from them.

The downfall to this, since there is a downfall to every thing, is that Pope can get to caught up on the rationality of the situation, and often forgets that not Everyone is the same. He begins to expect and assume what his opponent might do next instead of keeping a fully open eye to any small changes in his opponent, as compared to the later opponent Pope is basing the current ones actions off of.

Pope is surpassingly strong, both physically, mentally, and spiritually. He is like a rock that has been refined over and over again, until at last there are no more changes he could make. A diamond that has been polished still has even the smallest of flaws, you just have to look really, really hard to see them.

-Personality-

Pope holds the castle doors wide open to anyone in need, and he keeps this policy true to his own actions. He will never turn down a cry for help no matter how risky or retarded it may be. It is in his nature to help, and he believes that those who help others, bring a breath of peace back into this rotting world.

There are timeS however, where Pope can be quite a loony and sometimes bizarre character. But there is a certain feel of peace and stability to Pope. This is a natural occurrence and it creates a sense of trust around Pope. There is no doubt that this attribute is why he has become the leader of the Immortals Clan, and also why he holds such a high level of respect and honor about him in spite of the many sins he has committed in his life span.

He does his best to stay calm and collected through any situation, but he is a living being, and so his emotions still rear their heads every once in a while. He may be a tormented soul, but he is slowly overcoming this pain, and starting to grow content with his life. All this aside though, just like stated earlier, he is still kinda loony, and sometimes very bizarre.

-History-

There is only one place to start about a story of Immortals; in the beginning. At the start of time, there were two diaties who found fit to create something special; life. As such, we now have a mother and a father. Mother Nature, and Father Time. Mother Nature gave birth to a beautiful baby boy and named him Samsuro. Like a family, the three went about their life. Samsuro was growing, become a strong and healthy young man. He was one with the planet, and his very existence brought more than Mother Nature and Father Time could have expected; more life. Samsuro's very presence brought life into the world. It started as nothing more than a stir in the great bounds of space, but soon that stir became a structure, then a planet, and before you knew it; entire muti-verse systems were springing to life. Each held either one or millions of separate races, creatures, plants, animals, even bacteria. Life was now born.

Father time however, could not hold back even his own purpose in this new realm of life, and eventually Samsuro's body corroded, and died. After his death, planets began to fall apart, worlds quaked and shattered. Death spread rampant, and from this death grew a creature so foul that the heavens that watched this entire process spat upon him with disgust. This destruction would be known as the evil.

Ashamed of this, Father time abandoned his physical form, and disapeared into the heavens where he would continue to play his part in this circle known as life, or better yet, death. Mother Nature however, did not abandon hope, and from her side she created another child. This child was bound to Mother Nature, and she to him, for if he was to perish, then so would she. Seeing this from his hiding, Father Time made one last stand to save what he had created, and granted the boy his last physical attribute, Immortality. This boy was named Tyken.

Tykens presence, just like Samsuro's, brought an effect into the world never before known; this being the concept of Immortality. Now that there were others like him, it was his destiny to lead them and to keep them from using their gift of life against mortals. He was a Shepard you might say. This Shepard lead built a kingdom, one with a luxurious castle known as the Castle McVaye. However, all that live, will fall at some point or another. Tyken fell for a beautiful young lady. She however, was mortal, and so Tyken disbanded the Immortals and closed the Castle McVaye. Here he waisted away the next hundred years with his love. Though she died with in fifty years, he kept to himself the next fifty.

However, when he was locked away, he let his sheep wander, and evil began to stir in his absence. The crude destruction that resulted in Samsuro's death began to rise again. This time it was able to take shape, and began its plot to destroy the world, and life entirely.

Locked away still in his prison, one lone traveler found the castle using nothing more than his own two feet, and wandering ambition. Here he found a weeping and lost being. Knowing who this being was, there was little to no choice as to what to do. Time passed still, and Tyken, with the help of this lone traveler, began to regain his strength and power. Once the Castle McVaye was claimed open once again, and the beacon and traveling stone re-powered, it wasn't long until more and more immortal beings from all across the multi-verse came to simply exist in this newly founded sanctuary. Rest for those who seek it, and revenge for those who need it. This was the Immortals way, all were free to come and leave at their leisure, and those who wanted to take advantage of the great powers hiding inside of the Castle and its Master, were free to do so.

Now stands before you a new leader, and a new man. One who is no longer afraid of death or loss, only bent on restoring the peace that he had let slip so carelessly from his finger tips. Now stands before you Pope, Leader of All Immortals.