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Name: Lel
Age: 21+
Email / AIM / MSN / Plurk: leloipa on plurk
Current Character(s): Conan Edogawa
Character Information
Character Name: Will Stanton
Fandom: Dark is Rising Sequence
Character History:
The Dark is Rising
Will grew up in a small English country village in the 1970s. Most of his childhood was unremarkable, apart from being the youngest of nine children. Perhaps he was a little quieter and more thoughtful than other children his age, but even that was not entirely unusual.
That all changed on his eleventh birthday, when he awoke to his true heritage. Walking out of his house, Will stepped into a time five centuries before his own birth. There, he first encountered the Black Rider, as well as a man named Merriman and an old woman known only as the Lady. From Merriman, Will began to learn of his true his heritage. He was told that he was not properly human, as he had always believed himself to be, but that instead he was the last born of the Old Ones of the LIght. And he learned that because of that he had a gift, and he had a duty that could not be refused. He was bound by his very nature to fight against the Dark. They told Will that with his awakening they knew that the time of the last great battle against the Dark was drawing near.
Greenwitch
The Grey King
SIlver on the Tree
Test Drive
Test drive thread included as an additional sample, because I made the mistake of formatting it as a log.
Name: Lel
Age: 21+
Email / AIM / MSN / Plurk: leloipa on plurk
Current Character(s): Conan Edogawa
Character Information
Character Name: Will Stanton
Fandom: Dark is Rising Sequence
Character History:
The Dark is Rising
Will grew up in a small English country village in the 1970s. Most of his childhood was unremarkable, apart from being the youngest of nine children. Perhaps he was a little quieter and more thoughtful than other children his age, but even that was not entirely unusual.
That all changed on his eleventh birthday, when he awoke to his true heritage. Walking out of his house, Will stepped into a time five centuries before his own birth. There, he first encountered the Black Rider, as well as a man named Merriman and an old woman known only as the Lady. From Merriman, Will began to learn of his true his heritage. He was told that he was not properly human, as he had always believed himself to be, but that instead he was the last born of the Old Ones of the LIght. And he learned that because of that he had a gift, and he had a duty that could not be refused. He was bound by his very nature to fight against the Dark. They told Will that with his awakening they knew that the time of the last great battle against the Dark was drawing near.
Will returned to his own time, knowing that his first quest would be to reunite six signs of power that had been created for the Light over the ages. Over the week of Christmas Will sought out the six signs and reunited them while fighting against the obstacles created by the Black Rider and the Dark. He completed the learning of his powers and began to come into an understanding of what he was. With the signs reunited, Will called forth Herne the Hunter and the Wild Hunt to chase the Dark to the edges of the Earth.
Greenwitch
The next summer Will traveled to Cornwall. There he assisted Merriman and three human children in the recovery of a stolen Grail and a lost manuscript. Will and Merriman used the artifacts to decipher a coded prophecy in Ogam on the side of the Grail.
The Grey King
Only a few months later Will became desperately ill with hepatitis. He lived, but at the cost of all his memories of his life as an Old One. He was left with only a few scraps of verse, instincts he couldn't understand, and the knowledge that he had lost something terribly important.
Will's family sent him Wales to recuperate, and he spent a few days slowly wandering the hills searching for what he had lost. There, he met a white-haired and golden-eyed boy named Bran and remembered everything. Together the two boys would embark on a quest to find a golden harp and wake the seven sleepers. By the end of the adventure Bran's heritage as the son of King Arthur was revealed. And Will acknowledged his own duty to serve Bran just as Merriman had once served King Arthur as Merlin.
SIlver on the Tree
A year later Will returned to Wales. Along with Bran and the three children from Cornwall they fought the Dark in one last battle. They won and the Dark was cast out beyond time. But with the victory came a great cost. The great work of the Old Ones had ended and it was time for them to leave. Bran was given the choice to come live with his father, Arthur, but he chose to forget and live a mortal life. And Will's last task was to remain in the mortal world as the last watchman for his kind.
As the Old Ones sailed away, Merriman removed all memories of the great battle and magic from everyone's minds. Only Will remembered.
The Wake
During his first time in The Wake Will almost immediately experienced the drawbacks of having no access to his abilities, when he was affected by a storm that eliminated bending while monsters appeared everywhere around him. Fortunately he was rescued by the Tenth Doctor, who defended him from the monsters and brought him to the TARDIS. Will met several of the residents of the TARDIS while the storm continued, and was later invited to stay.
Will later built a few close friendships, particularly with Nita and Ianto. He spoke with several of the other doctors. His experiences during the first storm inspired him to focus a great deal of time on learning bending so that he could regain access to his abilities. In between working on his bending, he spent a lot of time reading and exploring Nautilus.
Character Personality:
On the surface Will is an entirely normal boy from the English countryside. He is quiet, polite and cheerful, with a wry sense of humor. He can be distant and vague around people he does not know well, but Will often teases his family and friends with mock pompousness and a straight face. Will loves all the socializing and craziness that comes from being the youngest in a very large family. Although some of his other siblings complain about there being too many people in the house, Will never does.
Will enjoys visiting his father's small Jewelry shop in Eton, where he has been learning how to engrave gold. He also loves singing in choir and going on long bikerides through the countryside to visit old churches. He has a keen interest in things like folklore and ceremonies. Will enjoys learning about languages as well, although he likes the logic and formal structure of Latin best. He reads Medieval herbal treatises for fun, and claims to be mad for anthropology.
But at the same time there is something oddly old about Will. As if he were ancient and young all at the same time. There are times when he simply knows things. When to act and what to say. He knows things about plants and animals and stars and people. He acts more like an adult than a child. For example, he has a way of avoiding fights with other boys his age by removing himself from the argument and being annoyingly reasonable. He has a way, also, of sliding into an argument and fixing a problem diplomatically without ever bringing attention to himself. There is something subtly reassuring and practical about Will. He hardly ever gets upset about anything. And he can be rather cryptic and philosophical at times. After some comments about religion, a local priest once remarked that he wasn't sure whether Will should be ordained or exorcised.
All of these oddities are caused by the fact that Will has another, much deeper, side to his character. In truth, Will belongs to a group of metaphysical beings who call themselves Old Ones of the Light. He was the last to be born and the one with the closest ties to humanity still. Although the Light is good and noble, it is not kind. It can be very cold and pragmatic. And it can be cruel, especially to it's own kind. Old Ones are concerned with the great battle against the Dark, fighting so that humans can have the chance to make their own choices. But Old Ones themselves do not have a choice about their own destiny. Once they come into their power they are bound to serve the interests of the Light. If they are required to sacrifice a few individuals for the greater good, they will do it. For Old Ones, duty comes first. Always.
For Will, who still has ties to his human family and human emotions, the demands of being an Old One can be hard. He still feels empathy for the humans he protects, and regrets the need for sacrifices. But at the same time, the part of him that is an Old One limits his ability to to empathize with human emotions like grief. In a later book, when a friend was upset over the death of his dog, Will was only able to offer him the wisdom of an Old One. At the time Will knew that it was the wrong thing to say. That the cold pragmatism of his kind was not what his friend wanted or needed to hear. But he was unable to be human enough in that moment to be what his friend needed. Another time, Will’s mentor told him that there were parts of his abilities as an Old One he could not understand because he still thought too much like a human.
Will always carries the knowledge of his duty as an Old One in the back of his mind. But he is also determined that his two worlds should not meet too closely. The magic and danger of his life as an Old One must not touch his human family. When an enemy from the Dark crossed his family's threshold on Christmas morning Will was outraged and would have reached for words to blast him out beyond time. And he would have done it, if his family hadn't been there. But in the end, if the Light demands that he risk or sacrifice his family and close friends, Will will do it.
And this is Will's greatest conflict. He cares deeply for his family and friends, but a part of him is always aware that the bigger picture must come first.
Because of this conflict between his human and Old One sides, Will can sometimes behave in very different ways. One moment he may be cheerfully teasing his brothers, and the next he'll be sagely dispensing advice with the wisdom of an old man. But both sides are the same Will. He is one boy with two mindsets. There is the Old One that is Will, and there is the small boy who is Will. Both are the same. But in Will's daily life as the youngest child in the Stanton clan there is no need for the power and authority of the Old Ones. And so, that part of him that carries the ageless wisdom of his kind can sleep. And when there is need for the Old One , he can awaken once more.
Powers and Abilities:
Will is an Old One, a member of a race of magical beings created from one of two main polarizing magical forces of the Universe. Old Ones are of the Light and they are bound in an eternal battle against the forces of the Dark.The Light seeks to defend humanities right to free will, while the Dark seeks to create a world where humanity is not even aware that there is anything more than war and hatred to aspire to.
Old Ones claim to be very much like humans. They are born into human families, and live as humans do. In appearance there is no obvious difference. But in mind and soul and purpose, they are something very different.
As an Old One, Will has access to a wide variety of powers.
Time
Human Abilities
I will assume that the majority of his time related abilities will be blocked here.
Samples
Network:
Goodness. I can't say I was expecting to end up here again.
[Will smiles into the video feed with mild bemusement.]
Hullo. Or perhaps I should say hullo again. I suppose it's been a while since I was last here. Couldn't be helped, I'm afraid.
[From his blandly polite expression, he didn't intend to explain any further.]
Has much happened here? I haven't seen much of the city yet, but it seem like things might have changed a bit.
It really is quite curious
Third Person
The Wake
During his first time in The Wake Will almost immediately experienced the drawbacks of having no access to his abilities, when he was affected by a storm that eliminated bending while monsters appeared everywhere around him. Fortunately he was rescued by the Tenth Doctor, who defended him from the monsters and brought him to the TARDIS. Will met several of the residents of the TARDIS while the storm continued, and was later invited to stay.
Will later built a few close friendships, particularly with Nita and Ianto. He spoke with several of the other doctors. His experiences during the first storm inspired him to focus a great deal of time on learning bending so that he could regain access to his abilities. In between working on his bending, he spent a lot of time reading and exploring Nautilus.
Character Personality:
On the surface Will is an entirely normal boy from the English countryside. He is quiet, polite and cheerful, with a wry sense of humor. He can be distant and vague around people he does not know well, but Will often teases his family and friends with mock pompousness and a straight face. Will loves all the socializing and craziness that comes from being the youngest in a very large family. Although some of his other siblings complain about there being too many people in the house, Will never does.
Will enjoys visiting his father's small Jewelry shop in Eton, where he has been learning how to engrave gold. He also loves singing in choir and going on long bikerides through the countryside to visit old churches. He has a keen interest in things like folklore and ceremonies. Will enjoys learning about languages as well, although he likes the logic and formal structure of Latin best. He reads Medieval herbal treatises for fun, and claims to be mad for anthropology.
But at the same time there is something oddly old about Will. As if he were ancient and young all at the same time. There are times when he simply knows things. When to act and what to say. He knows things about plants and animals and stars and people. He acts more like an adult than a child. For example, he has a way of avoiding fights with other boys his age by removing himself from the argument and being annoyingly reasonable. He has a way, also, of sliding into an argument and fixing a problem diplomatically without ever bringing attention to himself. There is something subtly reassuring and practical about Will. He hardly ever gets upset about anything. And he can be rather cryptic and philosophical at times. After some comments about religion, a local priest once remarked that he wasn't sure whether Will should be ordained or exorcised.
All of these oddities are caused by the fact that Will has another, much deeper, side to his character. In truth, Will belongs to a group of metaphysical beings who call themselves Old Ones of the Light. He was the last to be born and the one with the closest ties to humanity still. Although the Light is good and noble, it is not kind. It can be very cold and pragmatic. And it can be cruel, especially to it's own kind. Old Ones are concerned with the great battle against the Dark, fighting so that humans can have the chance to make their own choices. But Old Ones themselves do not have a choice about their own destiny. Once they come into their power they are bound to serve the interests of the Light. If they are required to sacrifice a few individuals for the greater good, they will do it. For Old Ones, duty comes first. Always.
For Will, who still has ties to his human family and human emotions, the demands of being an Old One can be hard. He still feels empathy for the humans he protects, and regrets the need for sacrifices. But at the same time, the part of him that is an Old One limits his ability to to empathize with human emotions like grief. In a later book, when a friend was upset over the death of his dog, Will was only able to offer him the wisdom of an Old One. At the time Will knew that it was the wrong thing to say. That the cold pragmatism of his kind was not what his friend wanted or needed to hear. But he was unable to be human enough in that moment to be what his friend needed. Another time, Will’s mentor told him that there were parts of his abilities as an Old One he could not understand because he still thought too much like a human.
Will always carries the knowledge of his duty as an Old One in the back of his mind. But he is also determined that his two worlds should not meet too closely. The magic and danger of his life as an Old One must not touch his human family. When an enemy from the Dark crossed his family's threshold on Christmas morning Will was outraged and would have reached for words to blast him out beyond time. And he would have done it, if his family hadn't been there. But in the end, if the Light demands that he risk or sacrifice his family and close friends, Will will do it.
And this is Will's greatest conflict. He cares deeply for his family and friends, but a part of him is always aware that the bigger picture must come first.
Because of this conflict between his human and Old One sides, Will can sometimes behave in very different ways. One moment he may be cheerfully teasing his brothers, and the next he'll be sagely dispensing advice with the wisdom of an old man. But both sides are the same Will. He is one boy with two mindsets. There is the Old One that is Will, and there is the small boy who is Will. Both are the same. But in Will's daily life as the youngest child in the Stanton clan there is no need for the power and authority of the Old Ones. And so, that part of him that carries the ageless wisdom of his kind can sleep. And when there is need for the Old One , he can awaken once more.
Powers and Abilities:
Will is an Old One, a member of a race of magical beings created from one of two main polarizing magical forces of the Universe. Old Ones are of the Light and they are bound in an eternal battle against the forces of the Dark.The Light seeks to defend humanities right to free will, while the Dark seeks to create a world where humanity is not even aware that there is anything more than war and hatred to aspire to.
Old Ones claim to be very much like humans. They are born into human families, and live as humans do. In appearance there is no obvious difference. But in mind and soul and purpose, they are something very different.
As an Old One, Will has access to a wide variety of powers.
Time
- Time Travel
- Will is unaffected by time paradoxes.
- Old Ones exist outside of time. For them, all time is the present.
- Will can walk in and out of different times as he wills, and if he walks into a new time everyone there will remember him as always having been there.
- Visions
- Will sometimes has visions of other times. This happens either by walking into a space where time is overlapping or by touching an object and willing himself to see its history.
- Control of Time
- Will can stop time for the people around him or put a single person outside of time for a moment.
- Mindspeaking
- Will can speak into the minds of other Old Ones. He can also share mental images in this way.
- Memory
- Will has an excellent memory. It is mentioned that the mind of an Old One is the safest place to leave important information, for it can never be truly forgotten.
- Sensing
- Will can sense the presence of other agents of the Light and Dark. He feels the Light as music and the Dark as a whirling uncomfortably disorienting feeling.
- The Old Speech
- All Old Ones instinctively know how to speak this language. In Will's world, all creatures of magic can speak and understand it as well.
- Will speaks and understands all the languages of men.
- Will uses the Old Speech to cast spells. Some spells can be cast with only a single word and gesture, while others are more complicated.
- Spells to control fire and water, sea and sky.
- Spells to use the abilities of different animals. To ride the wind like an eagle, to run like a deer and to swim like a fish.
- Spells using the virtues of different plants and animals
- Spells to identify and destroy the magic of the Dark
- Spells of protection
- Spells to use enchantment to temporarily acquire skills like horse riding and music
- Will cannot cast spells over running water or heal using magic. It is also mentioned that there are certain things like instant transportation or seeing visions of the future that he is not capable of yet.
- Will cannot die. Even if he becomes badly injured, he would be unable to die. However he is not invulnerable. He is as easy to injure as any human and has no healing ability.
Human Abilities
- Singing
- Basic Metal Engraving
I will assume that the majority of his time related abilities will be blocked here.
Samples
Network:
Goodness. I can't say I was expecting to end up here again.
[Will smiles into the video feed with mild bemusement.]
Hullo. Or perhaps I should say hullo again. I suppose it's been a while since I was last here. Couldn't be helped, I'm afraid.
[From his blandly polite expression, he didn't intend to explain any further.]
Has much happened here? I haven't seen much of the city yet, but it seem like things might have changed a bit.
It really is quite curious
Third Person
Will shivers slightly as he slips out the door of the TARDIS, bidding a quick farewell to the people inside. He liked staying there well enough, but sometimes he just wanted the solitude of a walk by himself.
He shoves his hands deep in his coat pockets as he trudges through the thin coating of snow, considering whether he should think about getting gloves soon. It was cold, but not much snow had fallen yet. For a moment Will thinks wistfully of a proper thick blanket such as often fell after Christmas at home. He'd always loved the way deep snow transformed the world and made everything look fresh and new.
But as he continues on his walk Will's thoughts inevitably turn to Nautilus. Even after his time here before, he felt that there was so much he didn't understand. And the more he recovered his abilities, the more he felt that he was missing. And it wasn't just how different Time was here. It had been strange at first, but he'd grown used to the feeling of being more closely attached to time here, to moving through it in only one direction.
But with every ability regained the more he became aware of what was missing. For the greatest power of his kind lay not in magic, but in knowing. Knowing the names of things, and their nature. For there, Will knew the names of the stars and the comets, and the use of every tree and plant. He could feel the Old Ways mapped out across the landscape, forgotten roads that he knew the way of without ever having traveled them himself. He knew the dangers that lay within the magic of the world, just as they could recognize him for what he was.
But for Nautilus, he knew none of that.
Test Drive
Test drive thread included as an additional sample, because I made the mistake of formatting it as a log.