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Lucius the Eternal (Warhammer 40,000)
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[personal profile] chemoscion 2020-12-07 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Edited 2020-12-23 20:37 (UTC)

APPEARANCE

[personal profile] chemoscion 2020-12-23 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
GENERAL
  • Altered skin and hair colors.
    ➤ Skin is lilac purple.
    ➤ Hair is a silvery white.
FACE
  • Red eyes that glow when the demon is using magic.
    ➤ Red pupils, black sclera, and gold irises.
    ➤ Snake-like, slit pupils.
  • Sharp fangs in place of their regular teeth.
  • A forked tongue.
  • Pointed ears.
    ➤ Not very large, with the upper portion of the ear maybe doubled in length. The ear comes to a very narrow point, and curves away from the skull somewhat.
  • Either two or four long, sharp horns on the head in a variety of shapes and sizes.
    ➤ Two pairs, both golden and metallic.
    ➤ Pair 1: Resembles the larger top pair here, albeit completely gold rather than mostly "flesh"-toned.
    ➤ Pair 2: A smaller, thinner pair growing from behind the ears in an arcing shape. They curve back, down, and forward, ending in a narrow point in front of his earlobes.
BODY
  • Large bat-like wings capable of flight.
    ➤ Webbing of wings is a dark wine purple.
    ➤ Its visible claws are the same metallic black as his hand claws.
  • A long, whip-like tail.
    ➤ Prehensile.
    ➤ It's a bit longer than you would expect relative to his height.
  • Dark claws instead of fingernails and toenails.
    ➤ The entire last joint of each finger has been replaced by a long claw. (1)
    ➤ Claws, though black, have a dull metallic sheen.
  • Hooves instead of feet.
    ➤ Keeper of Secrets bull leggies (1, 2)
    ➤ Hooves, like claws, are black and dully metallic.
  • As per this FAQ question, Lucius has a more developed "female" breast on his right side.
    ➤ it's pretty small, like a handful
ETCETERA
  • Scales anywhere on the body.
    ➤ Violet snake scales span from his claws to his knuckles.
    ➤ More snake scales on his legs; violet dorsal scales cover their backs and sides, with broader, golden ventral scales on the front. These scales end about a third of the way up the thigh in the back, and about halfway in the front, coming to a sloping, curved tip.
    ➤ Scales are a bit iridescent, but they mostly keep their basic color.
  • Spikes anywhere on the body.
    ➤ Lucius has three small spikes at the base of his neck, following his spine downward. The topmost spike is the longest, at only an inch long, and the third spike is the shortest, at less than half an inch. They're all spaced a little more than the width of a finger apart.
    ➤ A similar set of three spikes on each shoulder. The longest one stands out the outer end of his shoulder, with the other leading inward toward the neck.
    ➤ Another three spikes farther down his spine, at his waist. Though they're spaced similarly to the others, this set is all the same size, being equal to the shortest spike above.
    ➤ Lucius has six longer spikes elsewhere: one on each elbow, and two on the back of each leg (placed like so). Thin and straight, probably like four inches on the elbow and three inches on the legs.
    ➤ His tail has another six spikes, which are the same as the spine spikes but put together at a single set. The longest one is at its base.
    ➤ Every one of these spikes is the same lilac color as his skin.
Edited 2020-12-24 02:52 (UTC)

ABILITIES & WEAKNESSES

[personal profile] chemoscion 2020-12-23 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
  • The ability to use dark magic. Demons have four primary spells: the ability to bind a human to the spot so they can't move, the ability to create and control fire, the ability to possess another being for up to an hour, and the ability to steal a human's soul. Possession can only be used once per day, the rest can be used in unlimited amounts.
  • The ability to teleport short distances by making a circle of fire on the ground. It is possible for a demon to teleport anything or anyone they can carry. However, it would be much more taxing than teleporting unencumbered.
  • Demons can have four additional spells. These will only work on humans (a Demon that has been here longer would be able to use it on other monsters with the player's other permission).
    ➤ A spell that grants the illusion of a temporary power boost (imaging removing someone's fear and spiking their adrenaline)
    ➤ The ability to use the human bodies they've consumed like a marionette, and they'll move around a bit zombie-like as the Demon gives them basic commands. However, they can only do this with one human at a time, and it has to be the last one they've eaten since their 'contact' still exists.
    ➤ A spell that causes the target's emotions to go out of control, mostly towards darker thoughts.
    ➤ They can also make a Hand of Glory that is essentially an severed hand (literally) candle that doesn't burn out. The can only make one at a time.
  • Immunity to fire.
  • A weakness to salt and holy magic. Demons can't be killed by salt, but touching or consuming it does weaken them and they are unable to cross salt barriers on foot. Holy magic can kill a Demon, although there are few on Ryslig who know it.
  • A more wicked nature. More than any other creature, Demons tend to be tempted to act on their darkest desires and forsake their human nature.
  • The need to feed on human souls. The Demon accomplishes this with a dark magic spell. Although the human's body remains alive after the spell is complete, they will essentially be in a coma. If they don't feed for an extended amount of time, they will begin to go mad and lose their self-control until they can feed again.
Edited 2020-12-23 21:41 (UTC)

FOG FORM

[personal profile] chemoscion 2020-12-23 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
GENERAL
  • Increased size.
    ➤ Height increases to be equivalent to his canon form—roughly eight-and-a-half feet tall.
    ➤ Muscle mass increases similarly, making him much bulkier as well.
FACE
  • As per this FAQ question, additional faces.
    ➤ Lucius has three faces: one front-facing and one on either side of his head. (Like so.) Each of these faces depicts a different stage of his life; the right-facing one resembles his appearance during the earliest parts of his history (the same as his icons), while the front-facing one bears his current canon appearance. The face on the left resembles his appearance at the time of the Horus Heresy: scarred, with a crooked nose, but not completely warped like the central face.
    ➤ Though the central face is the only one with any practical functionality (speech, eyesight, etc.), the other two twitch with random movements—eyes darting back and forth, teeth gnashing, etc.
    ➤ All three of these faces have the eyes and fanged teeth of his usual demon form.
    ➤ Also, due to their placement, his ears are pushed more or less to the back of his head, at the far edge of the left and right faces.
    ➤ He has hair above the right-facing face and a few scraps of it above the left-facing one. That's It.
  • Corroded horns.
    ➤ Rather than its usual gleaming appearance, the gold of his horns appears corroded. (1)
    ➤ The pair usually located behind his ears is mostly missing; all that remains is a short, broken stub.
  • Glowing eyes.
    ➤ The pupils in all of his eyes, functional or not, perpetually glow with a low red light.
    ➤ They also all shine very brightly when Lucius uses magic.
BODY
  • Additional faces.
    ➤ His skin is twisted with the shapes of warped and agonized faces, similar to his canon armor. These are completely static and only have sunken pits for eyes. They're also based on his vague memories of humans he has eaten in Ryslig, so their exact appearance shifts a bit between fogs.
    ➤ For the most part, these are found on his shoulders, upper bodies, and upper arms, with their shapes tapering off and becoming less distinct around his waist.
  • Larger wings.
    ➤ Increased wingspan relative to his body.
    ➤ Where his wings connect to his back, the membrane stretches from his shoulders down to his hips.
    ➤ The membrane has a tattered appearance.
  • Exaggerated tail.
    ➤ The tail's color becomes mottled, darkening to a deeper and more bruise-like purple near its tip.
    ➤ More spikes sprout along its length, irregular in their size, frequency, grouping, and which face of the tail they're growing from.
    ➤ The tail now has a barb at its end, resembling the hooks of the Lash of Torment. The barb is mostly covered in tattered flesh, but its exposed edges are gold and metallic in appearance—albeit corroded, like his horns.
ETCETERA
  • Heavier scales.
    ➤ The purple scales on his fingers and legs are exaggerated enough to resemble scale armor. (1)
    ➤ Similarly, the golden scales on the front of his legs resemble armored plates, with the same corroded appearance as his horns.
  • Larger & additional spikes.
    ➤ All spikes grow larger relative to the size of Lucius' body. This is especially true of the spikes on his shoulders, where they also become uneven and misaligned with each other.
    ➤ Similar to this, a line of uneven spikes grows up the front face of Lucius' right leg.
    ➤ A smattering of spikes grow from the outer face of his forearms as well, unevenly sized and irregularly grouped. Their exact placement doesn't seem to have any pattern.
    ➤ Their color has taken on a mottled gradient, growing darker and more bruise-like at their tips. Where they grow through faces or scales, they have the appearance of punching through the flesh around them.
Edited 2020-12-24 03:56 (UTC)
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