Human
Username: GoldForge
Name:Alexa Lockhart
Age:18
Personality: Not exactly the 'sociable' type. Likes to stay in her room to get away from the bustle of daily life, has a serious weak point for snacks, and hates to be dragged out to socialize.
Bio:Despite living deep in the heart of the city, Alexa would much rather stay at home curled up with a good video game than hit the town to meet up with friends. In fact, one could say that she had been plaged with 'the socially awkward curse', every attempt to converse with people or help 'real world people' ending in her being in a stuttery, nervous wreck. Eventually, not wanting to be a burden to anyone or make a fool out of herself, she shut herself away in her room to hide away from the terrors of socialization, only speaking to the outside world through an online alias, GoldForge. Then, one week... a dream that could only be described as a cross between an M.C. Escher work, a cave, and a mad scientist's lab smacked down in the middle of a scorching hellfire blaze repeated over and over for the next few days. Every time, a drone or two would whizz right past her head, and the blurry silhouette of an odd girl would sit among the flame-lit rocks, always seeming to be putting some strange mechanical creation together. Every night, she would doze off and return to the same dreamscape, the details growing more and more clear until the armored girl finally took notice of her prescence. With a sharp movement, the ghostly pale figure whipped her head around to face Alexa, piercing white-pupiled eyes beaming through the darkness like floodlights. Waking with a start, she managed to barely catch sight of a strange symbol etching itself into the back of her hand before she fell back to sleep once more. Little did she know, that was the exact moment where her life would change forever.
Over the last three years, Alexa has frequently been sponsored by a locally owned restaurant, Spark's Grill. It started out as just somewhat of a joke proposition, that maybe she could represent them in a tournament if she didn't need to pay... And she's been sponsored for the past three years.
Appearance:
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Astral Being
Name:Goldlock Crab
World, or region:Blackforge Rift, located in the Shattered Plateau.
Technique:
Fidgets: From the moment Crab arrives in the arena, if the space allows, she sets off to find a particularily isolated area. From here, she will try to set up 2-3 basic drones from the scrap metal in her inventory. If successful, she will then send these drones out to hunt for the opponent while she searches for more scrap metal in order to reach her maximum of 4-5 drones around late-game. Although relatively small (around the size of a soccer ball), It seems that Crab is able to control them at any time remotely, and can 'see' what they see in short bursts.
*By 'see', Crab's senses are currently not that clear, so she receives a blurry shadowy outline of everything in her head.
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Crab Claws: Once Crab feels that she has a safe number of drones set up or she senses the enemy nearby, Crab will summon a pair of massive mechanical claws to cover her hands. These may be used as both a shield or quite a hefty pair of melee weapons when needed.
Sear: Pretty basic explanation. You swing your arm, it does a fire slash thing. Future upgrades may actually allow for the 'throwing' of fire. Yes, medium-range fireballs. Old-timey chestnut-roasting classic.
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Fissure:Just another fancy name for the Rock Wave attack from Chaotic. Crab slams her claws down, cracking the ground in a straight path and shooting up a trail of sharp boulders as it moves along. Goes on for about 10 metres, so it's safe to say it's about a medium-range attack.
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Strength and weaknesses:
Strengths: Right off the bat, one can take notice that crab has a considerable amount of armor covering her back. When the Crab Claws are active, she also gains another bit of armor. Her steam shell is relatively lightweight, so she can move quickly at the beginning of the match. Once fully armed, however, she becomes more of a tanked-up engineer. Beware the five-drone frenzy if she ever manages to max out her Fidget capacity. After eons of working deep in the cores of Blackforge Rift, Crab has built up a considerable resitance against heat and fire, allowing her to even go as far as to have jets of fire searing straight out of the circular vents on the forearm shatfs of her Crab Claws.This makes close combat rather.... interesting, certainly.
Weaknesses: Although powerful against opponents in close-range, Crab's claws have a considerable about of weight to them, causing her to be rather slow and have difficulty with dodging quick attackers. Also, due to having little to no armor on her frontside, a single, well-timed strike could slip past her claws and render her defeated in an instant. Because of this, Crab tries to keep a considerable amount of distance between herself and the opponent. A wind-based astral could most certainly break the effect of Mist if powerful enough, and Crab relies highly on her drones for long-range attacking. Crab's antennae are also fairly blind to attacks from above or below.
Super move "Baby, my heart's on fire!"
Passive -- Goldlock's drone assembly line on her back and gauntlets are constantly venting heat, causing the world around her to grow hazy and misty.
Active: Goldlock shuts off ventilation, sending her gauntlets and mini-assembly line into a heat frenzy. Melee attacks cause burn and fire damage, and she even begins to swing and attack with more force and vigor. This also, however, causes the metal to begin to melt as it overheats; doing a bit of damage to her as it falls to the ground, leaving her with only a smaller pair of (probably charred) gloves, and whatever drones are still alive.
Appearance:
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WHAAAAAAT?! That's not enough? you want 'em, we got 'em! Chibis!
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I suppose that's enough Crab on your plate for now! See you in the arena!