Serena Richards
Abilities
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Below I made a classification table of the things that you need to consider for determinating the strength of an attack and understanding the effects of each and everyone of them.[/SPOILER]
ATTACKS
Songs: Mostly used as personal buff, summoning
and protection. Rarely used for
offensive purposes. Every type of
pitch can be used with Songs.
Melodies: Mental/psychical based attacks
that affect the targets brain,
nervous system and muscular
tissue. Used for stunning or
manipulating. The higher pitch
voices dominate the tone of the
Melodies.
Symphonies: Physical based attacks that
wounds the target in various
ways. Usually manipulates
the surrounding, creating
deadly weapons from such
things as her voice or the mere
wind. The low pitched voices
are the indicated ones for the
Symphonies.
PITCHES (From Highest to Lowest)
What's the difference between low and high pitched voices (Click to Show)
Charming Melody
Serena sings a calm and slow melody that calm enraged souls and create a sanctuary of peace for everybody that listens to it. Serena is immune to the effects of this melody, as she maintains her thought line and can freely act. The targets affected by this melody will suddenly stop and enter in a state of trance, losing the control over their bodies. Their thoughts and intentions will be erased momentarily from their mind, and replaced by an image of a figure that they recall as something peaceful. The effects of this melody are active as long as Serena is singing. The pitch of her voice is Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto/Tenor.
Symphony of Winds
Serena sings an allegro symphony of various sounds (including techniques such as Beat boxing, Choral Singing and Shouting) that manipulate the air around her, creating things such as small tornadoes, wind waves/whips and compact, pressurized air bubbles/areas where the oxygen can either be absent or in extremely large quantities. The main point of this attack is to either knock back the target or incapacitate it. Those types of attacks require Serena to sing on every attack, as her voice is the main component of this technique. The pitch of her voice is Contralto/Tenor/Baritone.
Song of Wars
Serena sings an old Nordic song that praises the lords of the War, granting her an Ethereal Guardian that defends her from any phisical attack. The Guardian is considered as a martyr warrior that will defend Serena with the cost of his life. Serena will suffer weakening after singing this song, and may be defenseless for a couple of seconds/minutes. The Guardian is immortal if Serena is singing the Song of Wars. This summoning lasts until Serena sings, the Guardian is defeated or the Song of Wars isn't singed for a while. The pitch of her voice doesn't matter.
Symphony of the Force
Serena sings and shouts quick and short words that create gravity disruption. Those attacks push back the target, and it's similar to hitting a wall in optimal conditions. Serena is continuously singing during those attacks, keeping a low volume melody while preparing/waiting, and violently raising the volume of the song when launching the attack. Serena can experience backfires of the song. The pitch of her voice is Baritone/Bass.
Melody of Narcissus
Serena gently sings an up-tempo melody that confuses the target and causes it to harm itself in any possible way. This particular song requires Serena to whisper into the target's ear to activate its effects, and to keep singing at a relatively close range to maintain the effect and obtain the best result. Serena might be affected by her own melody and start stressing her voice. The pitch of her voice is Mezzo-Soprano/Soprano.
Song of the Elders
Serena shouts a holy song that creates around her 5 spinning octagons made out of crystal. Those octagons are decently resistant to hits and spin around Serena at about 2 feet of distance in an elliptic movement. The octagons can be used as catalysts for her melodies and symphonies, amplifying their effects, but each and everyone of them can be used a single time for this purpose, after the use the octagon explodes. The octagons remain around Serena until they get either destroyed or used as catalysts. The pitch of her voice doesn't matter, but Mezzo-Soprano or higher is recommended.
Symphony of Destruction
Serena sings a brutal song at a very high tempo that creates massive shock waves that spread all around her, causing extreme amount of damage to those that get hit by the devastating sound of this song. The effects on her voice are incredibly strong, since the Growl pitch is required for this symphony: if she or the target survive the song, they can faint or enter into a deep coma. In the better of cases, Serena will just lose her voice for quite a lot, leaving her disarmed and defenseless (not counting the wakizashi). The pitch of her voice is Growl, and its required for the successful use of the Symphony of Destruction.
Melody of the Dying Banshee
This is Serena's most devastating and dangerous song. The song starts in a very calm and suave Soprano pitch, the song itself extremely slow; after a couple of seconds the melody brutally passes to the Scream pitch, as the song becomes a confusing mixture of screams, shouts and long notes. The targets that get hit by this sound instantly struggle even staying on their feet, as they feel their head pounding, and their ears exploding. The effects of this song can variate, but all of them are extremely dangerous: if the target resists to the song, it might just lose the hearing for a couple of days. In the worst of cases, their brain can explode, causing instant death. Serena will faint and lose conscience for a week in the best of cases. The pitch of her voice is Soprano to Scream.
Weaknesses
-Serena is a banshee, a mythical creature that kills the prey with the power of her only voice. A banshee is a human being with incredible singing capacities, and a beautiful voice, nothing more.
-Serena's main weapon is the voice. Without it she can be considered dead. Her wakizashi prowess is just not enough to win her a gladiator fight.
-Serena is not athletic, so she is very slow when moving.
-During a fight, when she sings she might remain very static, leaving her vulnerable.
-Symphony of Destruction and Melody of the Dying Banshee are used only in extreme cases, since their backfires are lethal for Serena's chances of winning.
*IMPORTANT*
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It's a check based on Temper, such as the ones in the very popular RPG game Dungeons & Dragons. Some songs have checks that only the target must make, some have checks that Serena needs to make with the target. The target and Serena have different checks, but all based on the Temper, that is the mental strength of the character. You will need to roll a D20 (20 faced dice). If your dice passes the check of the song, you will be immune to its effects.
To get a roll, just go here [ http://www.random.org/ ] and set the Min Valor to 1 and the Max Valor to 20.
Here are the checks for every song
Charming Melody: Target: 10
Symphony of Winds: No check
Song of Wars: No check
Symphony of the Force: Serena: 5
Melody of Narcissus: Target: 12 Serena: 3
Song of the Elders: No check
Symphony of Destruction: Target: 15 Serena: 15
Melody of the Dying Banshee: Target: 17 Serena: 18
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Personality:
Serena is very closed towards others. Rarely talks or attempts making any friendly contact with other human beings. She prefers her solitude, and wants nobody to bother her.
Serena doesn't like using technological equipment or modern gadgets, and she prefers shying away from cities.
If she gets acquainted with people, she might start acting friendly.
IN COMBAT
Serena doesn't socialize with the opponent, and she keeps a defensive mindset throughout the fight. She may lower her defense if one of her melodies lands and hypnotizes the opponent. She prefers keeping some distance between herself and her opponent, giving her enough room for singing.
Serena developped a great capacity in analyzing her surroundings, making her a great tactician.
Practical Uses of her Powers
Her powers also have a couple of practical uses.
Her Symphony of Force can be used to deflect projectiles or move heavy objects.
Serena is mute, so her Song of Wars is very useful for communicating. Her ethereal guardian can speak for her, thanks to the psychic link that the two possess.
Her Song of Narcissus creates a relaxing effect, very similar to an anesthetic.
Appearance
Age: 331 (32)
Birthday: 20th of December
Serena is 5 ft. 9.
She has long, black hair that reach her waist. She usually keeps it tied up into a braided ponytail. Her eyes are amber, due to her banshee nature. She wears a black leather light armor that appears to be quite old. Her wakizashi hangs from her belt, in plain sight. Her overall look is Caucasian, and her body is relatively curvy. She has a scar that goes side to side on her neck.
Related Characters
Tanya Harlinx
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Abilities
Not much is known about Tanya's full arsenal, but current evidence leads towards her being a really powerful psion. Her mental and telekinetic abilities are very developed, but Serena hasn't seen the roof of her potential yet. She also has the ability to teleport to whatever location she has previously seen or been before.
Appearance
Standing around 6 feet, Tanya is a very imposing woman. She is extremely fit, but due to a special capacity of her muscular tissues, she is not buff. She still packs quite the punch. Her eyes are crimson and her hair is usually dark brown, but likes to dye it sometimes white and blonde. Her wardrobe is very diverse, going from really elegant dresses and tuxedos to t-shirts and leather jacket and high heels. You never know what she will wear the next day.
Personality
She is really active and wild. Always the heart of the party and the center of the spotlight. She's quirky and random, but always finds the way to entertain the people around her and socialize. She is also very good at flirting, even thought her girlfriend keeps her on the leash.
Role
She does not fight alongside Serena. But besides being her love interest, Tanya trains and prepares her for following battles. She is basically her personal trainer and martial arts sensei.
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Samples
Thanks to a great suggestion made by Draou (SHOUTOUT), I looked up songs that relate or are similar to Serena's arsenal of tunes. Now only a couple of songs are actually exactly what I had in mind when I made the character and the move. The rest are somewhat relatable, and they will be distinguished between Vocals, Acapella and Complete.
-Vocals implies that the song's vocals are what Serena's tune sounds like
-Acapella means that the song has to be imagined as sung acapella by a female voice
-Complete is self-explanatory: the whole song gives body to Serena's tune
Now DISCLAIMER: This is not set in stone, it's just something to give an example of each tune and how it might sound. I genuinely doubt that I will ever find the perfect song for each move, and I am definitely not talented enough to sing them myself (and my voice is shite)
Charming Melody
[SPOILER=] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a67LEOuAHI -Complete-
This is probably the only one that goes extremely close to my original idea. [/SPOILER]
Symphony of Winds
[SPOILER=] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAiWNzNIms -Acapella-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnCgB3iUjn0 -Acapella-
I definitely like the second one more, but both (if thought acapella) are close. [/SPOILER]
Song of Wars
[SPOILER=] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q -Acapella+Vocals-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-QLl5qjLg -Acapella-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EptSSXNHIfg -Acapella-
May the 'Two Steps From Hell' compilation begin!
Don't be salty, they just too good. Obviously this is the song where Serena theoretically fights hand in hand (her guardian does) so the whole segment has to be epic. Those three songs are definitely up there. [/SPOILER]
Symphony of the Force
[SPOILER=] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkogNDpk0lg -Acapella-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9l0eiKaJGA -Acapella (kinda beatbox style)-
Again if you try those acapella, mix some beatbox with it, and consider Serena's voice? We got it. [/SPOILER]
Melody of Narcissus
[SPOILER=] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUDd2CsqWJ8 -Vocals-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-hPnFlpjh4 -Acapella+Vocals-
NOW BEFORE ANY NITPICKING FUCKS WILL COME AND SAY "oooh but I thought Serena was mute, those songs have lyrics and shit u li
