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AUGUST AU PLANNING

AUGUST AU PLANNING
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Welcome to the August AU Planning Meme for Daybreak Academy! This post is intended to help prospective players plot their AU and figure out who their characters are in this setting and where they want to go, as well as work together with other players to plan future CR, build Secret Societies and Clubs, and generally determine where they want to start their characters, and where they want them to go. In addition to posting up the form, you are encouraged to tag around to other people's forms and discuss potential CR and plans with them. This post is an open forum for all prospective players to hash out interesting ideas for their characters ahead of joining the game.

Not sure where to start? Feel free to look through the Premise and FAQ for notes on what the game is about, and what to expect. We also encourage you to take a look at our information for in-setting Powers and Secret Societies to help flesh out your character's backstory.

Please note, simply posting here is not enough to guarantee your spot in the game. If you are interested in playing a character, you will want to Reserve them.

GENERAL INFORMATION

PLAYER NAME: (Your name/alias.)
CHARACTER NAME: (Your character's name in canon)
CANON: (Canon name, or Original Canon if applicable)
BLURB: (Use this space to give us a birds eye view of the character/canon.)

AU INFORMATION

CHARACTER AU NAME: (Can be the same or different from OU)
STUDENT OR FACULTY?: (Self-explanatory. Optional: Include grade for student it subject of study for faculty)
CHARACTER BLURB: (A short blurb about who they are and where they come from)
PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: (What are you looking for in terms of pre-established CR as you enter the game. Include information about what kind of family/clan or secret society your character might be a part of, or anything that might be a potential hook for others.)
DESIRED CR: (What kinds of CR would you like to build in the game?)
OTHER:(Put whatever you like here. Tagging schedule, cat gifs, you do you.)

GENERAL INFORMATION

PLAYER NAME: (Your name/alias.)
CHARACTER NAME: (Your character's name in canon)
CANON: (Canon name, or Original Canon if applicable)
BLURB: (Use this space to give us a birds eye view of the character/canon.)

AU INFORMATION

CHARACTER AU NAME: (Can be the same or different from OU)
STUDENT OR FACULTY?: (Self-explanatory. Optional: Include grade for student it subject of study for faculty)
CHARACTER BLURB: (A short blurb about who they are and where they come from)
PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: (What are you looking for in terms of pre-established CR as you enter the game. Include information about what kind of family/clan or secret society your character might be a part of, or anything that might be a potential hook for others.)
DESIRED CR: (What kinds of CR would you like to build in the game?)
OTHER:(Put whatever you like here. Tagging schedule, cat gifs, you do you.)

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GENERAL INFORMATION

PLAYER NAME: Asher
CHARACTER NAME: Therion
CANON: Octopath Traveler
BLURB: A talented enough thief to have stories spun about him (anonymously, of course) throughout the land, Therion finally follows a rumor of treasure too far. A noblewoman's surprisingly nimble butler hands him his cocky butt on a platter, slaps a literal shackle on his wrist, and tells him if he ever wants his new "jewelry" off his arm, he'll have to go out and steal back his mistress's already-stolen goods: the mysterious, definitely magical dragonstones.

Stung by the thorough trouncing, Therion sets out to retrieve the stones so he can have the shackle--which would reveal his profession to anyone who happened to see it--removed as quickly as possible. The adventures and misfortunes that befall him shake his deeply cynical, untrusting worldview, and challenge him to, perhaps, learn to believe in people once more. At the same time, they bring him face to face once more with Darius, the man Therion used to call "partner" before his sudden-but-inevitable betrayal. In between rounds of pick-pocketing, B&E, costumed infiltration, and straight-up highway robbery, Therion must decide if it really is better to trust nothing and no one, or see if there might truly be strength in choosing to believe.

AU INFORMATION

CHARACTER AU NAME: Therion Maybe-I'll-Invent-a-Lastname
STUDENT OR FACULTY?: Student (Undergrad)
CHARACTER BLURB: Still a thief, still overconfident. Therion began manifesting Fey-like powers at age twelve, which helped him nab what he needed on the streets without getting caught. While trying to harness those powers consciously would cause unpredictable and often harrowing results, Therion found, when he was in a pinch, he could just let the magic--if that's even what it was--happen as it would. Alarms would fail to trigger, guard dogs would merely wuffle in their sleep, angry gazes would pass right over him and let him melt into a crowd; over time and repeated use, he and the magic understood each other well enough that he could slip his hand unnoticed into any pocket and pop just about any lock. Sometimes, it was like he could just blink through things, just a little, though always in subtle enough ways it might have been luck, or skill.

Around the time his powers started cropping up, he fell in with another street kid who became his sole partner in crime. Things got better and better for a while, with Therion's gifts ~~keeping them one step ahead of the bread line~~ giving them an edge over lawkeepers, fellow street toughs, and any manner of trouble they stumbled into, but his partner got progressively more jealous of his talents.

Eventually--say a year or two before now--the two drew enough attention, someone decided to nip trouble in the bud, one way or another. Therion's partner was made an offer they couldn't refuse, and all they were asked in return was to bump Therion off. By that point, they were more than happy to get rid of him, which they did in ridiculously dramatic fashion by villain monologuing, complete with an evil laugh, and shoving him over a cliff.

Probably the only way Therion survived was through the unthinking use of his powers, partially blinking through the stone crags he hit on the way down and lightening some of the impact. Still, his body was pretty hecked up by the time he hit bottom, far beneath the mist. As he lay there, torn up and broken, flickering in and out of consciousness, he also ended up flickering in and out of the Outland Mists. The length of time he spent there, wavering between Earth and the Outlands as much as life and death, not only granted him the strength to cling to life, but strengthened his powers enough that he can slip through the tangible world--to a degree, in little fits and bursts. Just enough to get what he needs. Just enough to get out when he needs to.

Jump-cut to today: Therion's actively thieving once more, though he strictly goes it alone. Like in canon, he overestimates himself and gets caught, but this time, it's by a member of the Rune Guard, or a mage family, or, honestly, I don't even know, it could work so many ways. The shackle that's slapped on him is enchanted so he can't slip through it--not until he properly masters his powers and casts his lot in with those stopping the coming Nightfall.

Hence, he's reluctantly been enrolled in Daybreak Academy. Because letting a half-feral, half-fey thief loose at magic school will definitely never go wrong. Ever.

PRE-ESTABLISHED CR: Therion wouldn't really have had much contact with magic societies at all. That wasn't his world, and a lot of what's normal to Daybreak Academy would be very strange to him. Therion can't even say for sure whether he's a Candle whose powers superficially resemble Feycraft, whether he somehow contracted himself to one of the Fey when he was too young to remember, if he has some Fey ancestry down the line, or whatever. It is a mystery. Also, he doesn't care. (He cares a little.)

However! It would be super easy to say that someone affiliated with whatever group's recruited him has been assigned or asked to keep an eye on him at the Academy. He may have also dodged order-keeping forces like the Rune Guard or targeted the treasures of a mage family in his checkered past.

Also, I wouldn't push for someone to play Therion's ex-partner, but if anyone wants to know them, Therion would certainly pay attention to that.

DESIRED CR: People to steal stupid things from, friends of different strokes to teach him different ways to go about trust, fellow students who won't judge his paltry understanding of magic, or even of himself. Teachers who will let him sulk in the back of class. Warm-hearted types he can try to warn about the world's bitter realities. Fellow cynics who'll loiter around with him, arms crossed, and scoff about how much they don't care, while silently caring a lot. Oh! People he can learn different things from! The heart of Octopath Traveler is letting each character explore different ways of moving through the world, and figuring out the path that's right for them.

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Okay I feel like something great could happen here if Therion tried to steal from Moriarty - and either got a hand in his pocket because who boy is Moriarty ever used to pickpockets and thieves, or got away scott free...or so he thinks, because a butterfly of Mori's saw the whole thing and he just casually corners him after class one day.

ANYWAY! Moriarty will absolutely let him sulk in the back of the class, but he's also someone who seems kind-hearted on the surface, but boy has he seen some shit. I honestly think there's a lot he could potentially learn? TELL ME IF ANY OF THIS INTERESTS YOU

God, please have a butterfly get him in trouble. He will absolutely steal from a teacher, what are all these consequences to his being a little turd, why does the world hate him personally???

What would Moriarity even do to him, this sounds incredible. Teaching opportunities presented as punishment is almost certainly the way to go with Therion, if the good professor would like an assistant or a young mentee friend.

I mean, he'll also potentially be like 'okay give me my shit back, also your effort gets C-, you're too obvious' because as a previous mastermind of crime he's had to teach some people the ropes before!!

Basically 'it's okay if you can get away with it' is his motto lmao

But also just...sweetie you're not going to get much if you act all CYNICAL AND DARK, at least let him teach you the art of putting on a pleasant face even if you're sneering inside.

Just basically, Therion gets adopted by this chaotic evil (or so he claims) man and also has to learn more math as punishment.

NOT MATH! NOOOOOOooooooooo........

No, I love it. Therion's a real good thief, he knows how to put on an act, but calling him out on it will definitely be one way to put him back on his toes and challenge him to be better. I love it! Looking forward to it!

Depending on what you want his partner to be doing, I feel like it'd be an interesting avenue CR-wise if Ekkehardt knew them more than Therion, but sort of knows about Therion from them, if that makes sense? He might have tried to hunt them down in the past or kept tabs on them for something or other.

also please feel free to attempt to steal from him because depending on what it is, he'll either find it amusing and humor it or he'll be like "u need to work on your technique more" or something, etc etc. I'M FLEXIBLE

Oh man! Yeah, having some notions about Therion through tracking his partner could make for some really sharp CR. If I stick to my timeline--with the two of them having split only a couple years ago, while Ekkehardt's been working at Daybreak for four years--what if it's like this:

- Now solo, Therion's partner has risen to some infamy among criminal groups who specialize in stealing and selling powerful magic items
- Because said partner is now more visible, a lot of the duo's past successes have been attributed to them alone, and not to Therion, who's kept a much lower profile. These stories include some reports and speculation about Therion's powers, which are pretty distinct
- Ekkehardt sees Therion steal something (potentially from him) using those powers and makes his own conclusions
- ???
- PROFIT(able CR)

Having tried to hunt them down in the past could be really cool, too. In that case, maybe Therion's the one who recognizes Ekkehardt? Or they both recognize each other without either knowing the whole story, that's always fun

i would ABSOLUTELY be down for them both recognising each other but not having the full story on either side since Ekkehardt is still at this point keeping up the story that he's definitely just a healer and absolutely has no other jobs, no sir

and that all sounds great! GREAT AND COMPLICATED, i like it very much

EXCELLENT, they have NO idea

Someone: Therion, dude, why are you so scared of the assistant nurse?
Therion, blinking backwards straight through a desk and crawling on top of the lockers clutching a dagger: What, I don't know what you're talking about

Want a target for thievery who will critique Therion's thief-skills and tell him to do a better job of not getting caught if he doesn't want to be punished with hard labor?

Oh my god, he's going to be so upset. How is he getting caught so often. This is cheating, he's going to figure you all out and THEN all your stuff is belong to him.

I think it'd actually be really funny if Shiro's critique just resulted in Therion trying harder and cleverer tricks to get one past him. It could almost even be a kind of teaching and training, if you think about it.

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