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Character Name: Genis Sage
Character Canon: Tales of Symphonia
Character Age: 13
World / History: Link!
Canon Point: During the second visit to the Tower of Salvation
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monadexe where, as far as he's aware, he died and was placed into a digital afterlife. A really bad digital afterlife where he both experienced and witnessed death and torture. He spent a year in Monad, and in that time he made friends, lost friends, coped with his sister dying alongside him (though never recovered from losing her a second time in Monad), and experienced various, seemingly impossible events like viewing and living others' memories. The hardships he experienced in Monad wore him down in different ways. While he still has his sass, his compassion, and the other traits that make him who he is, he's more anxious and more openly cautious and pessimistic. Genis's loneliness is also stronger than ever, and while for some people that might mean growing more withdrawn, for Genis, it means wanting to keep the people that matter to him as safe and close as possible. That part of him that led to him sacrificing himself for Lloyd is still there, and a dire situation with another friend would lead him to the same conclusion. He desperately wants to hold on to others and protect them.
Personality: Genis is, in so many words, a know-it-all brat. He's studious, even when on a journey to save the world(s), enjoys teasing people he's close to, and can make snide and sarcastic remarks at times.
He actually takes a lot of pride in his intelligence. In this, he's very curious and asks a lot of questions on top of studying and following his sister's lessons. He wants to understand things around him, from the how and why of the two worlds being split to the reasons people act certain ways. Not to say he never jumps to conclusions, because he definitely does when he feels like he knows something, but when that understanding isn't there, he isn't complacent to just go without an answer.
At the same time, his pride can't handle when someone he doesn't like is actually smarter than him. Still very much a twelve-year-old, he likes picking on people and occasionally pulling cruel pranks. He enjoys teasing his best friend and sister often, especially about things that he's good at but they aren't, such as academics and cooking. He generally does this all in good humor...except when it's with Zelos or someone he doesn't like. If Genis doesn't like someone, that person will know it. He'll openly tell someone he dislikes them just as much as he can tell a friend that he likes them. With Zelos in particular, he isn't above threatening him with violence or casting low level spells on him.
Though he can be childish and bicker with people around him, he never goes to the extent of causing a rift in the party. He still reaches out and talks to people that he doesn't like, and if he doesn't understand them, he questions them. (Although that can be laced with some anger and combativeness, too, depending on the situation in question.)
He's really not a bad kid overall. From the start, Genis is someone who cares deeply about and wants to help others. His concern for other people can be seen everywhere, and is a driving force in several of his actions. It isn't exclusive to major, life-or-death issues like saving people; it comes through in smaller things like cheering up and supporting his friends and helping strangers in any way he can - even if it's dangerous or out of the way. Sometimes, this side of him ignores sense, like sneaking to the local Desian human ranch to give food to one of the prisoners, which ultimately leads to more harm than good. While he always feels regret and remorse at those times, he never stops believing that trying to help is the right thing to do, and always supports his friends when their own good intentions backfire.
Although Genis is always looking to help others, he doesn't always extend the same kindness towards himself. Before he was revealed as a half-elf, he kept his identity a secret even from his closest friends. When it finally was revealed in the worst way possible - as reason for himself and his sister to be executed because of Tethe'alla's caste system - he was honestly surprised that he was saved and received little scorn from his companions. The rift between humans, elves, and half-elves affects Genis deeply. In his own words, "Because humans hate us, I hate humans." While he's a caring person in general, he's not free of prejudice by any means. To him, Lloyd, in being kind and determined, isn't like other humans. He takes all the times and all the ways humans have wronged him to heart—as something that makes him hate humans even more and curse the fact that he's half human himself.
It's one of the many ways Genis struggles between hoping for the best and falling into despair. When situations are dire, he may believe in - and choose to follow through on - plans where drastic sacrifices are necessary. While he doesn't want Colette to sacrifice herself for the sake of Sylvarant's survival, he still holds Lloyd back when he tries to stop her and hates the though of Sylvarant being sacrificed instead. While he doesn't want to die, he still chooses to sacrifice himself when he believes there is no way for both him and Lloyd to survive. While he continues to see Mithos as his friend, he still says that they need to "destroy" him.
The difference is that, by the end, he ultimately decides that he doesn't want to give in so easily. He later takes back what he says about killing Mithos and admits that, although he's done unforgivable things, he still wants to save him. In the end, his decision to not give up leads him to decide to try to change the world altogether so fewer people will suffer.
Even before he reaches that conclusion, though, Genis is very attracted to hopefulness and optimism. Although often the one voicing doubts and misgivings about a particular plan, he is always happy when Lloyd chooses to put saving and caring for others over more rational options. He also tends to be the one to call Lloyd out when he does something less-than-heroic, like refuse to accompany Colette on a dangerous trial or choosing to delay saving prisoners at the human ranches. At one point, he openly admits that he admires Lloyd's ability to always rush in and save someone, and he wants to be like that himself. Which, despite his complaints and doubts, he ends up doing anyway at times.
Integration Questions
how will your character handle being assigned a leadership role: Genis doesn't necessarily have an issue with being in a leadership role. He's not usually the one taking charge and would be surprised if he's chosen to act as a leader, but the act of trying to lead isn't something that would bother him. He's confident in his intelligence and self-assured enough to believe he'll do the right thing.
The main issues Genis would have with being a leader is either not knowing enough to feel confident - and then he'd try to understand more before making any decisions - and then the obvious fact he's a small thirteen-year-old and most people won't listen to him for that fact alone. Add in the fact that he distrusts humans to treat him as an equal, and he could go from confident to bitter, annoyed, and frustrated pretty quickly. So ideally, he would try to fully grasp his role, make decisions based on knowledge he has or can gain from others, and try to make fair decisions, but he could very easily become frustrated with people who won't listen to him or respect him.
how will your character handle being assigned an antagonist role: Genis is sassy and can be sort of a jerk, but he doesn't really like hurting people, physically or emotionally.
Depending on the kind of antagonist role he was given, he could handle it pretty okay. If, say, his role was "steal X's lunch for a week," he'd feel a little bad and apologize, but he wouldn't really beat himself up over it unless it seemed like it really upset the other person.
If his role was more extreme and involved things like murdering or torturing people, or even sabotaging them in a way that would make them suffer, he would have a much harder time carrying out that role. He may try fighting it until the guilt he feels hurting people is outweighed by the fear of whatever his punishment is. Even if he could explain himself, he wouldn't feel any better about making someone suffer just because he's told he has to or else he'd be the one suffering. Genis doesn't value himself as much as he does his friends or value individuals as much as he does larger groups or societies, so doing something that would harm a large number of people with the only benefit being him not suffering would get to him a lot.
how will your character handle the implication that they’re not real / are a clone: He's come to accept that he isn't real and find comfort in the thought that even if he is miserable, the "real" him is where he's supposed to be and experiencing a more Church of Martel-appropriate afterlife. Or, if he somehow learns he's not actually meant to be dead, he'd honestly just be happy that he's actually alive somewhere and not really mind the whole being a clone thing at all!
Powers
Powers / Enhancements: As a half-elf, Genis can naturally sense mana and use magic. Sensing mana (essentially life force) is a passive ability a lot like one's sense of smell. This ability in canon mostly comes up in relation to being able to tell if a person is human or not by their mana and being able to sense an increase or decrease in the amount of mana. Although this could theoretically mean he could sense power levels, the canon is pretty inconsistent with that aspect, so I figure that it's not as reliable as the whole human/non-human thing and mana in the atmosphere thing.
While sensing mana is passive, casting magic is an active ability that takes skill--and Genis is also a skilled mage! He uses offensive, elemental magic almost exclusively. He can cast small, single target spells, such as Fireball and Lightning, as well as large spells that affect an area like Eruption or Stalagmite. The larger and more powerful the spell, the longer it takes to cast and the more power it uses up. The strongest arte he's capable of alone is Indignation Judgment, his mystic arte. He can also combine his artes with other characters' artes to create enhanced, combined versions of their two artes. He doesn't need any sort of tool to cast magic, but he does use a kendama to help him maintain his concentration while casting.
Aside from supernatural abilities, he doesn't have much going for him in the strength or reflexes department. This is even with an Exsphere, an accessory-like tool attached to his hand that enhances his physical and magical abilities beyond their full, natural potential. However, the Exsphere does allow him to withstand a lot more damage than the typical twelve-year-old child, and presumably also gives him stronger magical abilities, though it's hard to say how much stronger his magic is with it compared to without it since he has the Exsphere for the vast majority of his canon.
Nerf Details: The increased durability and power from his Exsphere will no longer be present, and his higher level magic will be weakened or impossible to cast. In particular, he will lose the ability to combine two elements and cast light element magic, and his general spells will be weakened to their most basic forms in terms of power, spread, and duration.
For what that means for his spells in particular, they will be non-fatal (at least without a lot of repeat effort, which would likely tire him out first) and would have about a 10" area of effect at most. He can create fireballs and little discs of water, make parts of the natural ground spike up, create little wind pockets or gusts of wind, and possibly a single, small lightning bolt (though that would be more difficult for him than the previous spells).
As for his passive mana sensing, it will be difficult for him to get a firm grasp on what he's feeling. This will make it hard for him to be able to distinguish between humans and non-humans, and his overall sense will be based more on his perception than the actual presence of mana. (Does the world look lush? Must have a lot of mana. Does it look like it's decaying? Must not have much.) He'll probably blame the fact he has difficulty casting on the difficulty he has properly sensing mana.
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Player Name: Lila
Player Contact:
Above 18?: Yes
Reserved?: No
Characters in Game: None
CHARACTER
Character Name: Genis Sage
Character Canon: Tales of Symphonia
Character Age: 13
World / History: Link!
Canon Point: During the second visit to the Tower of Salvation
AU Details: Genis is coming from
monadexe where, as far as he's aware, he died and was placed into a digital afterlife. A really bad digital afterlife where he both experienced and witnessed death and torture. He spent a year in Monad, and in that time he made friends, lost friends, coped with his sister dying alongside him (though never recovered from losing her a second time in Monad), and experienced various, seemingly impossible events like viewing and living others' memories. The hardships he experienced in Monad wore him down in different ways. While he still has his sass, his compassion, and the other traits that make him who he is, he's more anxious and more openly cautious and pessimistic. Genis's loneliness is also stronger than ever, and while for some people that might mean growing more withdrawn, for Genis, it means wanting to keep the people that matter to him as safe and close as possible. That part of him that led to him sacrificing himself for Lloyd is still there, and a dire situation with another friend would lead him to the same conclusion. He desperately wants to hold on to others and protect them.Personality: Genis is, in so many words, a know-it-all brat. He's studious, even when on a journey to save the world(s), enjoys teasing people he's close to, and can make snide and sarcastic remarks at times.
He actually takes a lot of pride in his intelligence. In this, he's very curious and asks a lot of questions on top of studying and following his sister's lessons. He wants to understand things around him, from the how and why of the two worlds being split to the reasons people act certain ways. Not to say he never jumps to conclusions, because he definitely does when he feels like he knows something, but when that understanding isn't there, he isn't complacent to just go without an answer.
At the same time, his pride can't handle when someone he doesn't like is actually smarter than him. Still very much a twelve-year-old, he likes picking on people and occasionally pulling cruel pranks. He enjoys teasing his best friend and sister often, especially about things that he's good at but they aren't, such as academics and cooking. He generally does this all in good humor...except when it's with Zelos or someone he doesn't like. If Genis doesn't like someone, that person will know it. He'll openly tell someone he dislikes them just as much as he can tell a friend that he likes them. With Zelos in particular, he isn't above threatening him with violence or casting low level spells on him.
Though he can be childish and bicker with people around him, he never goes to the extent of causing a rift in the party. He still reaches out and talks to people that he doesn't like, and if he doesn't understand them, he questions them. (Although that can be laced with some anger and combativeness, too, depending on the situation in question.)
He's really not a bad kid overall. From the start, Genis is someone who cares deeply about and wants to help others. His concern for other people can be seen everywhere, and is a driving force in several of his actions. It isn't exclusive to major, life-or-death issues like saving people; it comes through in smaller things like cheering up and supporting his friends and helping strangers in any way he can - even if it's dangerous or out of the way. Sometimes, this side of him ignores sense, like sneaking to the local Desian human ranch to give food to one of the prisoners, which ultimately leads to more harm than good. While he always feels regret and remorse at those times, he never stops believing that trying to help is the right thing to do, and always supports his friends when their own good intentions backfire.
Although Genis is always looking to help others, he doesn't always extend the same kindness towards himself. Before he was revealed as a half-elf, he kept his identity a secret even from his closest friends. When it finally was revealed in the worst way possible - as reason for himself and his sister to be executed because of Tethe'alla's caste system - he was honestly surprised that he was saved and received little scorn from his companions. The rift between humans, elves, and half-elves affects Genis deeply. In his own words, "Because humans hate us, I hate humans." While he's a caring person in general, he's not free of prejudice by any means. To him, Lloyd, in being kind and determined, isn't like other humans. He takes all the times and all the ways humans have wronged him to heart—as something that makes him hate humans even more and curse the fact that he's half human himself.
It's one of the many ways Genis struggles between hoping for the best and falling into despair. When situations are dire, he may believe in - and choose to follow through on - plans where drastic sacrifices are necessary. While he doesn't want Colette to sacrifice herself for the sake of Sylvarant's survival, he still holds Lloyd back when he tries to stop her and hates the though of Sylvarant being sacrificed instead. While he doesn't want to die, he still chooses to sacrifice himself when he believes there is no way for both him and Lloyd to survive. While he continues to see Mithos as his friend, he still says that they need to "destroy" him.
The difference is that, by the end, he ultimately decides that he doesn't want to give in so easily. He later takes back what he says about killing Mithos and admits that, although he's done unforgivable things, he still wants to save him. In the end, his decision to not give up leads him to decide to try to change the world altogether so fewer people will suffer.
Even before he reaches that conclusion, though, Genis is very attracted to hopefulness and optimism. Although often the one voicing doubts and misgivings about a particular plan, he is always happy when Lloyd chooses to put saving and caring for others over more rational options. He also tends to be the one to call Lloyd out when he does something less-than-heroic, like refuse to accompany Colette on a dangerous trial or choosing to delay saving prisoners at the human ranches. At one point, he openly admits that he admires Lloyd's ability to always rush in and save someone, and he wants to be like that himself. Which, despite his complaints and doubts, he ends up doing anyway at times.
Integration Questions
how will your character handle being assigned a leadership role: Genis doesn't necessarily have an issue with being in a leadership role. He's not usually the one taking charge and would be surprised if he's chosen to act as a leader, but the act of trying to lead isn't something that would bother him. He's confident in his intelligence and self-assured enough to believe he'll do the right thing.
The main issues Genis would have with being a leader is either not knowing enough to feel confident - and then he'd try to understand more before making any decisions - and then the obvious fact he's a small thirteen-year-old and most people won't listen to him for that fact alone. Add in the fact that he distrusts humans to treat him as an equal, and he could go from confident to bitter, annoyed, and frustrated pretty quickly. So ideally, he would try to fully grasp his role, make decisions based on knowledge he has or can gain from others, and try to make fair decisions, but he could very easily become frustrated with people who won't listen to him or respect him.
how will your character handle being assigned an antagonist role: Genis is sassy and can be sort of a jerk, but he doesn't really like hurting people, physically or emotionally.
Depending on the kind of antagonist role he was given, he could handle it pretty okay. If, say, his role was "steal X's lunch for a week," he'd feel a little bad and apologize, but he wouldn't really beat himself up over it unless it seemed like it really upset the other person.
If his role was more extreme and involved things like murdering or torturing people, or even sabotaging them in a way that would make them suffer, he would have a much harder time carrying out that role. He may try fighting it until the guilt he feels hurting people is outweighed by the fear of whatever his punishment is. Even if he could explain himself, he wouldn't feel any better about making someone suffer just because he's told he has to or else he'd be the one suffering. Genis doesn't value himself as much as he does his friends or value individuals as much as he does larger groups or societies, so doing something that would harm a large number of people with the only benefit being him not suffering would get to him a lot.
how will your character handle the implication that they’re not real / are a clone: He's come to accept that he isn't real and find comfort in the thought that even if he is miserable, the "real" him is where he's supposed to be and experiencing a more Church of Martel-appropriate afterlife. Or, if he somehow learns he's not actually meant to be dead, he'd honestly just be happy that he's actually alive somewhere and not really mind the whole being a clone thing at all!
Powers
Powers / Enhancements: As a half-elf, Genis can naturally sense mana and use magic. Sensing mana (essentially life force) is a passive ability a lot like one's sense of smell. This ability in canon mostly comes up in relation to being able to tell if a person is human or not by their mana and being able to sense an increase or decrease in the amount of mana. Although this could theoretically mean he could sense power levels, the canon is pretty inconsistent with that aspect, so I figure that it's not as reliable as the whole human/non-human thing and mana in the atmosphere thing.
While sensing mana is passive, casting magic is an active ability that takes skill--and Genis is also a skilled mage! He uses offensive, elemental magic almost exclusively. He can cast small, single target spells, such as Fireball and Lightning, as well as large spells that affect an area like Eruption or Stalagmite. The larger and more powerful the spell, the longer it takes to cast and the more power it uses up. The strongest arte he's capable of alone is Indignation Judgment, his mystic arte. He can also combine his artes with other characters' artes to create enhanced, combined versions of their two artes. He doesn't need any sort of tool to cast magic, but he does use a kendama to help him maintain his concentration while casting.
Aside from supernatural abilities, he doesn't have much going for him in the strength or reflexes department. This is even with an Exsphere, an accessory-like tool attached to his hand that enhances his physical and magical abilities beyond their full, natural potential. However, the Exsphere does allow him to withstand a lot more damage than the typical twelve-year-old child, and presumably also gives him stronger magical abilities, though it's hard to say how much stronger his magic is with it compared to without it since he has the Exsphere for the vast majority of his canon.
Nerf Details: The increased durability and power from his Exsphere will no longer be present, and his higher level magic will be weakened or impossible to cast. In particular, he will lose the ability to combine two elements and cast light element magic, and his general spells will be weakened to their most basic forms in terms of power, spread, and duration.
For what that means for his spells in particular, they will be non-fatal (at least without a lot of repeat effort, which would likely tire him out first) and would have about a 10" area of effect at most. He can create fireballs and little discs of water, make parts of the natural ground spike up, create little wind pockets or gusts of wind, and possibly a single, small lightning bolt (though that would be more difficult for him than the previous spells).
As for his passive mana sensing, it will be difficult for him to get a firm grasp on what he's feeling. This will make it hard for him to be able to distinguish between humans and non-humans, and his overall sense will be based more on his perception than the actual presence of mana. (Does the world look lush? Must have a lot of mana. Does it look like it's decaying? Must not have much.) He'll probably blame the fact he has difficulty casting on the difficulty he has properly sensing mana.
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