Post by stella2 on Jun 21, 2012 21:11:59 GMT
Scorpio Kardia
Basic Information
Age: 23
Gender: male
Sexuality: pansexual
Rank: gold saint
Canon/OC: canon
Canon World/Face Claim: saint seiya : the lost canvas
Cbox Name: stella
Other Characters: THIS IS CLASSIFIED WHY ARE YOU ASKING!
Powers And Abilities
Strengths:
cosmo and it's abilities ;;
like the rest of athena's saints, kardia's power comes from his life force or 'cosmo', something he wishes to burn as brightly as possible.kardia's powers have been toned down because he is extremely powerful eg most of his moves are one hit kills, AND IF I WAS ICC HE WOULD NOT HESITATE TO GO ROUND KILLING BETCHES, 'KAY?
scarlet needle ;;
using his fingernail for aim, kardia fires fourteen needles ( one for every star in the scorpio constellation ) at his opponent. this will cause extreme pain and numbness, almost like you cannot use a side of your body.
antares needle ;;
the 'killing' blow of the scarlet needle combination. kardia stabs the opponent with his own fingernail, which causes a wave of extreme pain however, will end scarlet needle if used before the four posts is up. if the effects scarlet needle end before antares needle can be used then antares needle will not be used at all.
katakaio needle ;;
once again, kardia will stab the target with fourteen needles however the effects will be very different to those of scarlet needle. the opponent will be connected to kardia's life force, feeling the sensation of their blood boiling and the extreme heat that kardia feels on a daily basis because of his heart.
Normal abilities ;;
fingernail ;;
kardia's fingernail is extremely strong and is able to act like a sword in some senses ... since it's strong enough to cut buildings in half ( which he shall not be doing here. )
hand to hand ;;
before gaining the powers that came with becoming the scorpio saint, kardia was trained at the sanctuary in hand to hand like all of the other trainee saints. he will not be afraid to smack you in the face if he has to. however he'd much rather torture you with his needles so the likely hood of that happening is unlikely.
agility ;;
mainly used to annoy his opponents and dodging out of the way, kardia can see an attack coming a few seconds before it hits and will somehow manage to dodge. you can also hit him for all it's worth and he'll still somehow standing atop of a building, acting like he's completely fine ... no mater the state of his body.
stubbornness ;;
you can literally smack kardia around as much as you like, he will not back down. he will repeatedly get back up and continue to challenge you until he wins or is knocked out.
Weaknesses:
his heart ;;
kardia's biggest weakness is infact his heart. kardia has a degenerative heart condition which is slowly killing him. it is revealed in the anecdotes that at age ten, doctors told him his heart was so fragile that he only had a year to live. after he gets a pain in his heart which causes him to collapse, he is saved by crest who has athena's blood in his veins which he then gives to kardia. because of receiving the holy blood, kardia's heart was cured, however his heart now burns and his blood is boiling. therefore if kardia's heart burns too much, it will cause him to collapse or in the worst case scenario even to die. however if treated with ice in time he should be okay.
if pushed to his limit as well his heart will also begin to burn then, making him weaker and easier to take down, despite the fact that kardia seems to fully embraces the fact that one day he will die because of it.
fights ;;
because of previously mentioned heart condition, kardia is determined to live his life to the extreme and to choose where he dies and who by. because of this, he is addicted to fighting, trying to find the person that 'will set his heart on fire'. because of this ... kardia will not back down from a fight if he is challenged, no matter the danger he's getting himself into.
fingernail ;;
as proven by wyvern rhadamanthys, it is possible for someone to cut kardia's fingernail down to the size of a normal one. this will greatly reduce his abilities with that fingernail and will take time to grow back.
mortal ;;
despite kardia being a saint of athena and having holy blood in his veins, kardia is still a human and can still die.
Weapons And Equipment:
his fingernails and cosmo ;;[/size]
kardia's fingernail acts as a detector for worth opponents somewhat, when he finds someone he thinks if worthy to fight, his nail will grow and refuse to calm. both of his index fingernails are needles, however the one on his left hand is the strongest because it is closest to his heart.
Personal Information
Personality:
kardia is a ... rather complex person. he has a extreme desire to live life to the full, resulting in his addiction to fights and because of his heart condition has decided that he wants to die on his own terms. but don't think that makes him a push over ... oh no. apart from that kardia has every intention to continue living until that moment arrives and he meets the person who 'ignites his heart'.
kardia is also a merciless sadist, looking for fights at every turn and often takes great pleasure in beating down and torturing people who he thinks aren't the ones that are going to beat him but want to try. also described as selfish, kardia whilst being devoted to athena like every gold saint, isn't as devoted as he probably should be and occasionally openly expresses that he's merely looking for the fight which sets his heart alight.
he's also extremely unpredictable, doing things on his own whims and often coming up with the plan of action at that very moment in time and puts a great deal of trust in gut instinctand his needles.he's also extremely prideful and arrogant, boasting about his strength and his battles and often commenting how he's going to add people to his collection of 'pray'. he's also quite immature in the way that he doesn't really care about other peoples opinions and just acts on his own whims.
however, despite his ruthless and sadistic nature kardia actually isn't a completely bad guy. he saves a young unicorn yato and his sister from a specter attack and also protects a young sasha from the jaguar warriors, proving that kardia has the capability to care and protect others when he puts his mind to it. however ... kardia has a -dislike- of being made to look like a fool or it being implied he is stupid( causing his clash with unity ) and he will resent you for it. he also seems to have a slight addiction to apples and can be often seen eating one.
History:
life before being a saint is sketchy ... no recaps of the gaidens and i haven't had time or the effort to translate.
at the age of ten the doctors said because of his fragile health he would die in one year. kardia runs away from that hospital and gets lost where he starts to have pains in his heart and collapses to the ground. he is then found by crest who remarks on the determination that kardia shows. he is then saved by crest who has the athena's blood running through his veins. he says kardia might be immortal as a result of kardia taking his blood but kardia replies that he just wants to live his life intensely be it short or long. it is then revealed that though his disease is cured, his heart then begins to burn. upon becoming a saint he receives treatment for it from aquarius dégel, who uses his icy cosmo to stabilize his heart temperature and over time the two become good friends. it is also known that kardia protects sasha and carbela from a group called the jaguars, the leader wesda, seeking to offer kardia's heart to the sun god. he is later defeated by kardia, and sasha tells him he can't go around deciding when he's going to die.
the next time kardia is seen is when athena's army is preparing to battle hades, when kardia tries to sneak away from the group stating that his needle was itching for a fight with a god. he is then caught by aquarius dégel and is forced to rejoin the group and is forced to sit there and wait stating that the plan 'sucks'.
kardia is next found by dégel, torturing frog zelos in the scorpio temple and leaves for bluegrad with dégel to help him complete athena's mission of finding poseidon to help with raising the ship ( kardia mainly going for the chance to pick a fight with a god ... naturally ). upon arriving in bluegrad, the pair are a attacked by some masked people, who kardia quickly kills and it is then revealed they are the blue warriors. they are greeted by unity who takes them back to the library of bluegrad, where kardia is scolded by dégel for saying the books were moldy and old. unity then says kardia is uneducated, opening the rift between them.
unity then shows them the portal to atlantis and accompanies them to the temple of poseidon. he is then killed by wyvern rhadamanthys who has arrived with pandora to destroy the power of poseidon so it can't be used against hades. dégel then attacks them out of rage for unity's death and pandora makes her way onto the place where poseidon's power is being locked away. kardia then steps into the battle, saying that he knows dégel is angry, but his needle has finally found it's challenger and that he couldn't resist attacking rhadamanthys anyway. kardia then helps dégel slip past the wyvern, who is now under the effects of scarlet needle and stays to battle him himself, saying that his heart was ignited.
near the end of the battle rhadamanthys' cuts off the needle on kardia's right hand however kardia uses the technique katakaio antares with the needle on his left nail, revealing he had been using his right hand as bait all along and the attack was stronger on his left side, the side of the heart. kardia then defeats the wyvern and wonders if dégel saw that he'd accomplished his goal and promptly 'dies'.
However because Kardia is so awesome and amazing and shizzle he is revived by the game master and is totally fine, chillin' in greece
Sample Post
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A near silent groan passed from the mans lips as he lay in the alley way, his eyes fluttering open at any sound of a passing stranger before closing again, his chest rising and falling with the intensity of his breathing. He knew he shouldn't have done it, but he needed the practice. It felt like it had been months since he had been in a fight with someone that he could classify as a challenge, and there had been no specters to take out his frustration on, so he'd gone to district three. It was a foolish mistake, people had warned him about the sheer number of the demonic creatures there were but he had chosen not to listen, his head strong attitude taking over as he had ventured into the sealed off town of district three.
He hadn't expected to be over powered in such a way, after all, he was the great Kardia - sama! He had more power then most mortal men, yet the available flesh that wasn't protected by his golden armour had been scratched at, a long mark running across his left cheek as proof. In his defense he had fought valiantly until the end and it wasn't the numbers that had been his downfall ... no. It was his heart. The bigger group of heartless had surged the moment one of his attacks had started. He knew he couldn't win so against his own pride he had taken down the ones that had stood before him before leaving in case anymore showed up.
Which was how he had ended up in the alleyway of the town? He wasn't even that sure anymore. He'd removed the heavy armour that he wore and was in his less formal attire ( it could be called less formal compared to any of the outfits the rest of the gold saints wore. Kardia never saw the appeal of coats and ruffles ) his familiarly baggy clothes hanging loosely from his frame as the red scarf that adorned his neck was strewn untidily around his neck. A brief moment of hesitation occurred as the man shifted uncomfortably against the wall, his eyes opening like a predictor snapping to be alert, before they closed again, hiding his clear blue eyes from view. It took a few moments before he shifted again, rising unsteadily, pushing against the wall to keep himself from falling.
Cautiously he made his way to the edge of the alleyway, his blue eyes glancing around tiredly for anyone who would see him in this state. After a few moments of watching, the man staggered into the open, keeping as close to the wall that he was next to to keep himself from meeting the ground. No ... all he had to do was get to the inn, as quickly as possible, someone could fetch a healer from there. It wasn't like he needed it, no ... he could work through the pain, however if certain individuals were to find him in this state then they wouldn't be best impressed.
The man kept a steady hand on the wall, the other keeping a firm grip on one of the handles for the golden box that was balanced on his back. He had been doing well before suddenly his knees buckled, the box dropping to the ground and the azure haired man groaning as he hit the ground with a thump.
Quickly he tried to move from his predicament on the floor, reaching out to grab at the box as his vision went blurry and he hit the floor once more, a golden and orange light almost radiating from him. Slowly the Scorpio accepted the fact that his body wasn't going to allow him to move anytime soon, at least not until it had recovered somewhat. A firm grip on the handles and an attack prepared to almost kill anyone who dared to try and take it from him, the Scorpio closed his eyes, allowing exhaustion to take him ...