The Autumn Knight

Real Name: Withheld for reasons described below
Super Hero/Villain/Renegade/etc Name: The Autumn Knight
Title: Elf, The Knight
Alignment: Chaotic Lawful
Age: Approximately three thousand two hundred years.
Gender: Male
Race: High Sidhe
Hair: White
Eyes: Gray
Height: Six feet eight inches
Weight: 140lbs

Personality: The Autumn Knight is an honourable man, but he is not above duplicitous means to achieve his ultimate goal. To him his mission is everything, anything else comes second. Though he would follow through on any oath given anyway, due to his Fae nature it's not a question of honour, but a compulsion. A promise thrice made by a Fae is magically binding to the Fae and must be followed. Also due to his Fae nature, he literally cannot tell a lie. He can tell half truths, and use misleading phrases, but he cannot actually say an untruth, if he knows otherwise. He loves nature, and communes with it as much as he can. Out of all humans, he prefers the company of those of Irish or Scottish decent.

History: Born, such as the term can be used for the Fae, into the Autumn Court of the Sidhe, He aged learning the ways of his people. Around his one hundred and fiftieth birthday, the Autumn knight of his court perished, passing the mantle onto him. Though he would seem old to humans, at this point he was very young and this caused quite the stir in the courts. But over the years he proved himself a capable and brave warrior. Then during his two hundred and seventy sixth year as the Autumn Knight, the Winter and Summer Faery courts attacked both Fall and Spring, toppling them. Before the fall of his court, his queen bid him go out into the world of man and find a way to restore their court to it's glory, she gave him a magic sword made from the antler of the Stag god Cernunnos to aid him in this. Ever since he has been constantly attacking the Winter court, and seeking knowledge and allies that could help him in saving his queen.

Powers: The gift of tongues. As all languages evolved from the Faery language, all Fae have an innate understanding of all languages, and their essence as spirits of nature, allow them to commune with animals and other spirits. Unfortunately, due to the fall of the Autumn court, The Autumn Knight is no longer as in tune with nature as he once was. For now he has lost the ability to speak with animals.

Being a High Sidhe means he can travel between the Faery world and the human world during the sunset hours of the day at will, opening a portal that lasts until he closes it, or since he's a Fae and doesn't really care, until the sun sets. But that portal only works in the direction he opened it. He can only do this once a day, channeling the power of dusk into himself, and his body being unable to cope with it a second time. While in the Fae, time passes faster than the real world. So, a day in the Fae would come out to slightly more than three in the real world. So unless you know how to navigate it, chances are good you could be lost from the real world for many a day.

Weaknesses: Iron is toxic to the Fae, though they different Fae can have different reactions to it, the reaction is always very negative. The Autumn Knight's skin, when exposed to pure iron, blackens and cracks as though it were being burnt.

If a circle of power is formed, he can not pass through it or effect anything on the other side of it. Meaning, if someone were to surrounded themselves with one, they would be completely safe from him. Or, even better, if they managed to form one around him he would be fully trapped. A circle of power can be made by any mortal, by making a circle through any means, and putting a force of will into it's formation, but the mortal must believe in what he or she is doing. A circle of power can be broken by any action of a mortal, whether it be passing a hand through it, or throwing a non magical item through it.

If his true name is discovered, the one that knows it can use it to bend him to their will. Forcing him to do their bidding.

Sunrise greatly weakens him unless he is inside an enclosed space until the sunrise passes. Sunrise also dispels circles of power.

If given a gift, he must give one in return. There is no question about that. Same with having favours done for him. Though a gift or a favour could be given in exchange for either.

Fae cannot pass running water in greater amounts then a stream.

If an oath is thrice sworn, he must obey it. Although, he can take it to mean however he wants. Say you want him to kill someone, he could choose their method of death as old age, doing his utmost to ensure they live a long life, just to spite you. That is one of the risks of entering into such a compact with the Fae. As the Knight of Autumn, he is also obligated to fulfill any oaths or duties, the Lady, the Queen, or the Mother of Autumn have made, but cannot complete due to being dead, imprisoned, and missing respectively. Added onto that, those three must fulfill anyone oaths their lessors cannot fulfill, and with the Autumn court disbanded, all that responsibility falls on the Autumn Knight..

Power Grid:
STR: 4
SPD: 5
END: 4
INT:3
EP: 0
FS: 6

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Power Grid colours: Red and brown

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Roleplay Sample: The troll howled in agony as it's arm came off at the elbow. "Damn these beasts... They just will not stay dead!" As if to confirm what the grey skinned man had just said, the Troll's arm began regrowing even as it charged at him, tusks lowered for goring. Lunging straight forward he thrust his spear straight into the Troll's eye, it howled again and thrashed it's head to the side, purple blood flying out over the browning grass. When the sword snapped the man clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth and leaped backwards away from the beast. Reaching to his right, he pulled a bloodied spear out of the chest of one of his fallen allies. Narrowing his eyes he charge yelling his war cry. "For Autumn!" The troll took the spear right to the gut, and swatted the man aside, sending him sprawling through the air. He crashed against a tree, it's leaves in an array of fiery colours, falling around him as he landed on the ground.

"Yon dogs of the hateful Winter Court shall n'ere lay eyes upon my queen. Not so long as I, the Knight of Autumn draw a ragged breath!" He pulled himself shakily to his feet, leaning against the bark of the great tree. At this distance, he was able to get a good luck at the Troll menacing him from a distance. Arrows covered the beast's back, blood dripping angrily from the wound in it's chest. The sword blade still lodged in the left eye. Blue skin positively matted in darker blue fur, covered it's grotesquely muscled frame. Large serrated tusk jutted out from what looked like the mouth of a bear, but with the nose of a boar. It's left ear was missing, but it's right, still very rabbit like, twitched towards different sounds.

Suddenly a great pressure was felt, and The Autumn Knight heard a voice. "Brave warrior, your strength leaves you, but those you serve do not. Reach out and take the branch from yon tree, and grasp the Antler of Autumn." Doing as he was bidden, the Knight took hold of the branch and suddenly it changed into a sword, carved from the antler of a great stag. "With this weapon may ye smite the enemies of Autumn. The Knight nodded grimly, took the blade in hand and charged.

That was 2774 years ago. On a battle field long forgotten to time, during a battle which had no name. After he defeated his foe, was the knight ordered to flee the battle, flee and find allies to eventually help save his Court. He has found few willing, let alone able, to take up the fight. Hardly enough to go against Queen Mab and her winter court. Now though, during these modern times, Meta Humans have become almost common place, and he was sure his time was neigh.

Pet
Name: Avatar of Cernunnos
Abilities: Avatar of Cernunnos can fly, or more accurately run on air. It is always glowing, a pale silver aura. It can pass through into the realm of the Fae upon command. Until called upon, it lives within the Antler of Autumn. The light of dawn destroys it for twenty four hours.
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History: The Avatar of the god who's horn was used to make the Antler of Autumn, Avatar of Cerunnos is loyal to whomever holds the blade. Which at the moment is The Autumn Knight. It does not have much of a personality and cannot stray far from the blade. It will follow orders from the blade wielder without question.
Power Grid:
STR: 4
SPD: 5
END: 3
INT: 0
EP: 1
FS: 2

Weapon

Name: Antler of Autumn
Abilities: The blade is incredibly durable and never dulls. During the day, heatwaves can be seen shimmering from it, though the blade is cool to the touch. During the night, curls of mist can be seen falling from it, but has grown no colder.
Description: Given to him by the Queen of Autumn, the Antler of Autumn was forged from the horn of a great Stag god known as Cerunnos.

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Okay, knowing any human language will be fine to have but talking to animals is going to cost you at least one point of Energy Projection. Wind riding will be counted as full flight since it will allow you to leave the ground and unless you can explain it better. Also your animal needs to have no more than a fifteen point grid with no stats being over five at the moment. With all of that in conjunction you will also need to drop your weapon or drop the heat part from it since you do not have the Intelligence to have one, being given the weapon does not make you exempt from this rule.

Alrighty, I'll drop the heat thing, I was just using to help bridge the gap between summer and winter. The wind thing isn't important at all since I probably wouldn't have used it much, if any, and I was just thinking of falling leaves at the time. The pet power-grid rule on their page is sixteen, I'm not saying to argue just so you can know to change it. ^_^ I'll change mine since I was told by someone that two ep for flght on him was more than enough anyway.

The only thing I'd like to argue is the animal speech. That's an innate thing in his species. Like that huge list of weaknesses I have. I wouldn't remove them because that's just how they are. Kind of like Kryptonians getting their powers from the sun. But, if you do think I should remove that, I'll write it in that he lost that ability due to the court of Autumn weakening. I'll fix everything else now.

Edit: You know what? I'll relent. I'll remove it now. If what I said about the animal speech makes sense, I'll just re edit it later on. But for now I'll have corrected everything you wanted so I'll be able to post with him. ^_^ Thanks for taking the time to go over it by the way!

PS: Oh, I took the heat off, but I left the shimmers and mist. Now they're purely for the visual. The temperature does not change, I hope that's alright. I just wanted to make the point of it being a mystical weapon of Autumn.

Approved.