Post by Ian Grimaldi on May 3, 2014 2:31:30 GMT
The Basics
Name: Ian Grimaldi
Age: 74
Sex: Male
Species: Human
Date Of Birth: November 23rd
Nationality: British
Hometown: London
Occupation: White Wizard, retired physician
Alignment: Good
Theme Song:
Outer Stuff
Face Claim: John Hurt
Height: 5ft 11in
Weight: 130 lbs
Hair color: gray
Hair style: short and manageable
Eye color: blue
Skin color: C
Posture: surprisingly straight and proud for one his age
Scars/ Tattoo’s/ Other markings:
Accessories:
Clothes: He typically wears nice suits wanting to appear presentable even in his old age.
Anything Else?
Inner Stuff
Likes:
- reading
- studying magic
- saving lives
Dislikes:
- rash people
- cruelty
- being reminded of how old he is
Strengths:
- experienced powerful wizard commanding much more mana than most
- rational thinker
- keeps a cool and level head in dangerous situations
Weaknesses:
- he's 74 so he's not quite as spry or strong as he used to be
- favoring magic and spells over all, his hand to hand combat could use significant improvement
- his desire to avoid harming others can make him stay his hand when he should strike and end a threat
Goal(s):
- protect others
- find a way to revert people who have succumbed to despair and transformed into Phantoms back to normal
Habits/ Quirks:
- muttering to himself
- using the "I'm an old man" thing to get him out of trouble
Relationships:
- Mrs. Elena Grimaldi-wife
- Emily-daughter
- Rebecca-daughter
- Lance-son
- grandchildren
- wizards he's trained
Overview:
Ian is kind and caring but not at all trusting. Although he'd like to believe in the best of people he's encountered a great deal of manipulative, horrible human beings in his time, some mages and some simply ambitious businessmen. His innocence lost long ago, he's not quite jaded. Although he doesn't think the world will ever be at peace as human nature seems to be relatively destructive even when monsters and phantoms aren't thrown into the mix, he believes it can be more peaceful and prosperous than it currently is. He's fixated on doing all he can to build a better world for the next generation.
He is weary. He has fought a great many battles and lost a great many friends and family members. He has suffered much and isn't entirely dreading the day when his fighting will end forever. But he's not one to give up, ever. He continues to whole heartedly study magic and find new ways to solve problems. He is still somewhat optimistic that one day a mage might find a way to restore phantoms to the humans they once were.
Although he is suspicious of others, particularly mages he is far too attached to his PalMonsters. They have been with him for a long while and he does trust them beyond how a mage should trust such creatures. He believes they will follow his will and not just his intention and he is unnaturally protective of both their summoned forms and plastic forms. Other mages have warned him about this connection but he does not heed them. His PalMonsters are allies as far as he is concerned, allies who have outlast most of his human ones.
Ian is a scholar and researcher at heart. He loves nothing more than burying his head in a pile of books, studying new theories and old magic and ideas alike. Given past experience he is afraid of sharing his knowledge with just anyone but there are a few mages he trusts and confides in. He does love to talk research and bounce ideas off people.
Old as he is, he is still an excellent teacher. He continues to train mages who seek him out, so long as he thinks their intentions are pure. He teaches not just magic but philosophy, hoping those who study under him will have open minds and good hearts and most importantly the ability to reason out for themselves what is best. He doesn't want robots and yes men but independent thinkers.
Hero Stuff
Name: White Wizard
Type Of Hero: Kamen Rider Wizard
Henshin Device: White Wizard Driver
Henshin Sequence: swipes his desired ring over the Hand Author after activating the belt with the Driver On ring, causing it to incant “Shabadoobi Touch To Henshin! –ring-! Please!”A magic circle appears which then passes over himand transforms him into Wizard.
Forms:
- Form Name: White Wizard
Image/ Description: This
Motif: Acolyte, Wizard, Priest, Cloak
Color Scheme: White, orange, and golden.
Transformation: See above
Fighting Style: Having access to significant mana, he casts spells until the enemy is defeated. He tries to avoid making physical contact giving his aged body.
Weapons: Hamel Cane (see below)
Abilities: focuses magic, giving him quicker access to mana allowing him to perform more complicated spells, also provides decent physical protection
Finisher(s): kick strike, explosion ring, chain ring
Other Equipment:
- Driver On Ring-Activates White Wizard Driver.
- Barrier Ring-Conjures a Magical Portal as a shield to block attacks.
- Connect Ring-Opens a Magical Portal to two different locations. The White Wizard can also use this ring to retrieve his Hamel Cane.
- Explosion Ring-Creates an explosion of varying power wherever the White Wizard points.
- Teleport Ring-Allows the White Wizard to teleport to various places.
- Chain Ring-Restrains a target with six strands of mystical chains.
- Eclipse Ring-Forces a Solar Eclipse to occur. Unlike most Wizard Rings, this ring has a golden base instead of a silver base, similar to Sorcerer's Rings.
- Dupe Ring-Creates corporal copies of the White Wizard that move of their own accord.
- Thunder Ring-Allows White Wizard to generate lightning from his Magical Portal.
- Gravity Ring-Allows White Wizard to control gravity wherever he aims his Magical Portal.
- Special Ring-Allows White Wizard to generate a stream of fire from his Magical Portal.
- Kick Strike Ring-Allows the White Wizard to perform a Rider Kick.
- Garuda Ring-Summons then powers the White Garuda PlaMonster.
- Cerberus Ring-Summons then powers the Black Cerberus PlaMonster.
- special orb that allows him to see through his PlaMonsters' eyes.
- The Hamel Cane-The White Wizard's personal weapon. White Wizard can use it as a flute or as a short spear for combating enemies.
-In Spear Mode it acts as a short-spear that can be used as an offensive weapon.
-In Flute Mode it has a special ability to deflect attacks with the flute's melody
History
Ian was born during a total solar eclipse, during the time when the sun was entirely eclipsed. His twin sister Livia was born during the eclipse but several minutes before the sun was completely eclipsed. Being a mage and given the special timing of their birth, their Father suspected that both children would be blessed with magical powers. Their mother hoped this would not be the case, not wishing their children to be burdened with extra responsibilities. However, from a young age it was quite clear the two were magical. When either of the children had a temper tantrum, cabinets had a way of crashing and other items were likely to whirl about. And the two had odd dreams, dreams that made more sense when they were shared, dreams that could predict things that were yet to come and dreams that spoke of things long past. Of course the dreams were far from clear and quite difficult to decipher. Still, the father was convinced these dreams were special.
Their Father instructed both Livia and Ian in the arts of magic. They quickly found their power seemed to be strongest when the two were in close proximity although no one could explain why. The two were hardly troubled by this since they were extremely close and you were unlikely to find one without the other. Despite their mother's fears about what magic would mean, the two were excited to have magic. They didn't really see the danger but the sense of adventure and opportunity. The dreams could be quite scary but there was a level of disconnect with them given that they did only occur when they were sleeping and even though they felt different when they awoke it could be difficult to view them as having real consequence.
The children were in a sense very sheltered. Father did not want any other mages instructing his children. He did not want other magical minds influencing their impressionable ones. He was worried about other mages taking advantage of them, using them like pawns. So he spoke nothing about them being magical and tried to keep them hidden from any sort of magical community. And the father never took them when he battle phantoms. They weren't to be exposed to danger until they were older, wiser, and more experienced.
One night Livia had a prophetic dream about their father dying. She came to Ian, sobbing in fright. The dream he'd had, the one that complimented hers gave him a different perspective and did not involve their father at all. He tried to comfort Livia, insist that their dreams often didn't make sense. Many times they didn't realize what they meant until the event had already happened. Father was strong and capable. He wouldn't die so easily. But Livia was sure Father was going to die and that it was up to them to try and prevent it. Ian was scared too but tried to keep a level head. Ian warned her that their interference might very well cause the dreams to happen and so they should tread cautiously. Livia was adamant that they had to do something and wishing to calm his sister, wishing for his father to be safe, he got swept along in Livia's plans as he so often did.
Unfortunately Ian was correct. When Livia was certain that this day was the day Father would die to the two sneaked out and followed him. They got caught up in a battle with phantoms and their Father died saving them. It was then that Livia gave into despair, not being able to handle the fact that she'd seen and been able to do nothing and worse she had gone against her brother's warning and caused it. She turned into a phantom. Ian managed to not give into despair and truly awoke as a mage. It was his sad responsibility to slay his sister. His innocence died then and he was never entirely the same. He felt as though he'd lost his other half along with his father.
With his father dead and him to blame Ian felt that it was his responsibility to take up his mantle and continue to fight phantoms and other troubling things to protect the peace. His father had an impressive magical library which he studied. But he also sought out another mage to instruct him in his father's absence. He tracked down the man who had once trained his father, like his father being paranoid of other mages who might use him. He was surprised to find that was his sister's death his magic was consistently stronger. He didn't understand why but he didn't want to know. Thinking of Livia pained him greatly.
Over the years in addition to a driver being forged, he came to mages to construct various rings. He has quite a number by now. He fell in love with another mage at one point. But it turned out the mage was only trying to use his magic for dark purposes. Ian's blunder could have lead to a terrible end if another mage had not helped reveal the truth. He fought her himself and although he desperately wished otherwise, she ended up dead because of their struggle. Ian was greatly traumatized by the experience especially since she had been with child when she died.
Many years later Ian found another love. He thought it would be impossible to have such feelings after his last betrayal but a woman by the name of Elena won his heart. She possessed no magical powers but had a sharp tongue and fierce wit with a great love for books. The two got along quite well and she accepted the fact that as someone in Ian's position he could die any day without warning. Ian had three children with Elena all of which miraculously survived. (It was rather surprising given how Ian had a way of making enemies with nefarious mages and all of them had been taken as hostages and bait several times.) None of his children showed any signs of magic which he was grateful for. He wished for them to have simple and happy lives. But magic sometimes skips generations and some of his grandchildren are showing signs.
Ian is old and his fight is almost over. But he's experienced and doesn't plan on laying down and dying peacefully. He will continue to fight phantoms and other foul creatures monstrous and human alike until he draws his last breath. There is always more to learn and more to do. And he'd like to watch over his family as long as possible.
OOC Stuff
Anything Else:
OOC Name: Shiki
Name Color: #3366CC
Number Of Stars: 5
Color Of Stars: Sky Blue
