BLOOD FRENZIES AND YOU (a small quick player plot)

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HELLO, FRIENDS. It's my birthday in a few days and I've decided that, for my present, I want ultraviolence.

Koltira here is a death knight, and as such he suffers from a compulsive need to inflict suffering on other people. He fights against this with all his strength, but unfortunately it's a pretty nasty curse. Death knights are always in some amount of pain (which is why they have extremely goth goodbyes like 'Suffer well'), but this pain increases exponentially in direct proportion to time passed sans bloodletting. Koltira hasn't caused anyone to beg for their life in quite some time; as a result, he's presently in so much wracking pain that he can hardly think or see.

When this suffering overwhelms him, he enters a blood frenzy--a heightened, maddened state in which he will do anything to alleviate his pain. What does this mean for you? Well, potentially nothing! You are free to let this pass by your character's radar if you are not comfortable/interested.

However, if you are, a basic rundown:

--Koltira will not be going on a murderous rampage and slaughtering half of Chantes. However, he will try to kill a few NPCs. This is where your character can come in. Interrupt him, distract him, whatever. Don't let this hideous pile of elf make a mess.

--Even in his frenzied state, Koltira retains some vestiges of who he is. He will be actively trying not to hurt your character or anyone else, but he will find it increasingly difficult to stop himself as A, time goes on and if B, your character is the provoking type.

--That said, neither he nor I are actually looking to kill anybody (though he might finish off a couple of NPCs if he is not interrupted)! He can do as little or as much damage as you prefer, but he will stop short of lethal. Meaning: he will have a brief moment of terrible lucidity, look upon what he's wrought, and run the fuck away.

--Death knights are out of control ridiculous and gross. Their powers center around insects, plagues, decay, and literally summoning zombie hordes. Koltira's curse also makes him a sadist. So, in other words, this could be gross.

--Once he gets out of town and away from populated areas, he'll just be screaming, screaming, screaming into the night. You're also free to encounter him in the woods/outskirts.

--He is doing this because he is in terrible, unavoidable pain. Rest assured, any suffering he inflicts on your character (and/or NPCs), he will regret later. He will become both avoidant (for a time) and irrevocably in your character's debt (forever).

If you'd like to plan out an encounter, or if you have questions, please let me know! I'm on plurk at runehallow as well. The log will be going up tomorrow afternoon (CST) or thereabouts.

Comments

[boneafide]

friend buddy chum friend chum pally pal chum friend...

[respired]

sorry guy death knights gotta death

[showmeyourwreath]

goddamnit i wanted to beat jeanbean here literally just that.

why

[boneafide]

what the fuck is wrong with you

[respired]

you were close

[hellshaped]

hello im here with functional immortality and the capacity to bleed a lot, how can i help

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by definitely bleeding a whole lot

[powerdriven]

Sign me up tbh!! Specifically, trying to stop him from hurting someone else/npcs/whoever comes to mind because it might lead to a fight. Albeit probably a short one, but it's always fun. And I'd love the chance for the aftermath CR, which I can see going in a couple of different ways depending.

[respired]

yeah! i'm thinking if folks want to interrupt an npc attack I will write up a particular starter for'em; i can do that for you if you'd like

[heavyhitter]

sign ramir up to run the fuck away!!! like a pro

[respired]

finger guns let's do this

(pretend i didnt heck up with the hover menu just now

pretend i'm not declaring that i hecked up in public)

[strictdiscipline]

hello i am here to add to the train of volunteers....!!

unfortunately riza is nowhere close to functionally immortal (but she does bleed a lot??? as fma has shown in great detail, thx fma) but she owes koltira for getting her out of the fishy situation of earlier. i...........made the mistake of commenting to this before morning coffee BUT I WILL REPORT BACK AS SOON I IMBIBE SOME CAFFEINE with something hopefully more awe-inspiring than 'let's a do a thing'

[strictdiscipline]

ah random icon failed me mightily, i'm so sorry

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BECKONS

aw riza girl ... he will be so wretched for hurting her (but that's what I'm aiming for so LET'S DO THIS if you are game)

[winces]

you have a lot of volunteers already, but if there's any use for olivia either during or after... i'd like to sign up...

[respired]

not too many at all, really :* reaches for greedily

would you like an unpleasant encounter in the woods / outskirts

[chaoscontrol]

koltira do you need a time out

a literal time out in a time bubble.

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he needs so many things

[selfimage]

GUESS WHO'S DIFFICULT TO HURT

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does he have two thumbs and the name 'loki'

[defenceless]

just confirming... mage massacring... if you still want that to happen

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i absolutely do! gonna write ya your own starter

[digophelia]

If he needs someone to beat his ass, I am down.

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LMAO i mean ass beats are def part of the goal here

he is def a heavy hitter himself (and gross), tho by no means hard to get a hit in on c:

[riastraid]

if you don't have too many offers already, i would love a fight thread between these two ;;!! lancer's a nosy provoker who can take a lot of punishment, so i could offer a horrible first fight meeting--totally understand if you're going for existing cr/are booked up though!

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nah i ain't booked! only restriction is that it'd have be a random encounter in the outskirts/woodsy bits because i don't want him to attack the entire human populace of chantes

(the entire pc populace is fine, however)

[sanicspeed]

so hi i have a speedster who is a self-sacrificing hero

and if he was smart, he'd be functionally invincible. but he's not and series trope tells me that mr death knight should inflict pain on him with barry failing horribly at heroing.

thankfully, he is also a super-speedster at healing so maybe koltira won't feel too bad????????

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HELLO

aw barry you sweet child. cmere buddy :')

HE WILL STILL FEEL BAD but ... but it's good that you've got that goin for ya, that is something :[

[of_her_own_accord]

okay but, like

how would he react to an android

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i mean they exist in azeroth so just the same as any other thing comin' at him most likely c:

(which is to say, in this state, not well)