M (Malleus Maleficarum)

[Nyarlathotep]

~Brief Description~

 

M is a 180 year old, resurrected Overfiend who has a penchant for killing gods.

 

(Note: This character is a D&D character I have been using for about 4 years in my friends customized, on going campaign. He has been running this campaign for over 10 years and the rule set and world(s) are almost completely his own. I just wanted to apologize ahead of time if some of the people, places, terms, etc. arent expanded upon or are explained in an "in-universe" fashion. If you have any interest in me explaining anything, feel free to PM me. Conversely I also apologize for using any actual D&D elements.)

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nyarlathotep

[Nyarlathotep]

~History~

 

M was born Malleus Maleficarum in one of the higher circles of hell. Being a Treathean, one of the lowest of demon castes, his youth was the stuff of nightmares. Being that Treatheans are able to graft the flesh of any living organism to themselves and take on attributes of said organism, he was often used as a beast of burden.

 

During one of Lucifer's many incursions into the Mortal Realm, M used this opportunity to escape from the Infernal Plane. Joining Lucifer's armada, he did what all hellspawn do when they unhappy with their lot in life, he went AWOL. As always, Lucifer was driven back by the Paladin armies of the Mortal Realm, leaving M to his own devices.

 

He spent the next 80 years wandering about the world, always mindful to hide his true origins. He saw much on his travels, and was eventually taken in as a student by one of the greatest martial artists of all time, Blitzga. During this time was also when he discovered that he was of pure enough blood to be able to not only graft the flesh of organisms, but also bone, leading him to hone the abilities and techniques of a Bone Tyrant. Doing so, tough, forced him to surrender his eyes in exchange for a psychic-like sight.

 

As he neared his hundredth birthday, he was struck with an confounding nostalgia for true fire and brimstone. This was a sign that he had been away from his place of power; of all demon's place of power. So he began using his demonic powers to astrally project to Hell to help regain power, as well as his feeling of normalcy(as much as a bodymorphic demon in the mortal realm can feel normal). It was then that it happened.

 

After a few months of this he stopped abruptly, sought out and killed an entire colony of Mind Flayers, grafted Mind Flayer flesh over 90% of his body and began calling himself Obidie The Relentless. For the next 10 years the southern continents of the Mortal Realm were laid to waist at the hands of "Obidie" and his now amassed army of aberrations. These events struck those few who had knowledge that M and Obidie where one in the same as odd, since M had never shown any interest in military conqeust, nor was psychopathic, as most demons are. Being oppressed in hell and then spending most of his later years among mortal entities had given him a strong sense of justice, and shown the lack of true black and white in the world.

 

It was discovered by a band of intrepid heroes that M was being controlled by none other then the cephalopodian god, Cthulhu. This group, consisting of Beowulf(the last remaining Fallen Dragoon still living in the mortal realm and a member of the Knights of Zo), Mushin(an exiled demon samurai, also Knights of Zo), Kiru Desh(A Paladin serving under The Emperor of the Mortal Realm's direct command) and Hazo(Warrior Monk, and future Boatman of the River Styx) confronted Obidie during The Battle of The Dragon Hand Isles. During their confrontation, Cthulhu revealed himself, giving Mushin the opportunity to use the anicent, forbidden book The Animendeus Apparatus, The Tomb of Synthetic Godhood. This was done, though, at the price of Hazo's life, since the book demanded a sacrifice in return for it's awesome power.

 

Temporarily given the power of a god, Mushin attacked Cthulhu with everything he had, but it was not enough. Only when M regained his personality did he lend his power in the last moments of the battle to help push Cthulhu back to that dark nether region beyond the stars that it calls home. This took everything M had and his body was vaporized when Mushin's God spell went off.

 

 

More to come

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nyarlathotep

[Nyarlathotep]

~Abilities~

 

Bone Weaver/Tyrant Abilities

 

Grave Rob

Bone Craft

Bone Graft

Bone Growth

Bone Rave (Arms explode in a cage of bone, enemy is encased in it and shards of bone begin perforating them)

Bone Song (A demonic scream spell pulls marrow from the enemies bones, gaining some of it's attributes)

Bone Manipulation (Telekinetically break enemies bones)

Neural Toxin

Vampiric Touch

Demon Samurai Techniques

 

Red Mist (Follow up to Bone Rave, breaks off bone cage from body, arms re-grow quickly, then as enemy is being pierced by bone, dashes past enemy with blade drawn, hopefully cutting them in two)

True Knight (Can use body as a shield to take attacks for others)

Spire/Tyrant Spire (Leaps into air, stabs sword into top of enemy's head, Tyrant version simply has demon energy flowing through blade when preformed)

Tears of Akio (Dual Technique with Mushin, both dash at enemy, one knocks him into the air, the other hits him with a Hellfire spell, then both leap into the air and preform a multitude of aerial slashes to them)

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nyarlathotep

[Nyarlathotep]

~Magic Abilities~

 

Hellfire Techniques

 

Dark Wind (Summons plague wind from hell, spreading disease and pestilence to enemy and surrounding area)

Shadow Fang (Engulfs self in Shadow magic, then pummels enemy with rapid punches and kicks)

Throne Breaker (Uses all remaining Hellfire magic and viscously attacks enemy with bladed weapon while Hellfire magic spells blasts him)

 

Dragon Techniques

 

Will of Bahamut (Blasts enemy with beam of raw dragon magic)

 

Epic Techniques

 

Grim Demise (Surrounds enemy in ball of Chaos Magic, all bone in the surrounding area not currently in a living organism is drawn into the sphere, then the bone begins to stab inward, all the while neural toxin is pumped into the sphere)

Doom Grin (A insane smile spreads across face, allowing sanity to fade, raw Chaos magic begins flowing around enemy, then a pack of Hounds of Tindalos appear and tear the enemy into molecules)

Mars' Inferno (Uses power of The God of War's armor set to caste an enormous fire spell)

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nyarlathotep

[Nyarlathotep]

~Items~

 

The Flame Wing (Legendary fire-enchanted spear, the blade is now embedded in M's right arm. Can be retracted into wrist)

Gauntlets of Mars/Grieves of Mars (Legendary armor of The God of War. Gives wearer immense power)

[Nyarlathotep]

~Physical Description~

 

M, though a demon, appears to be a slightly dark skinned human a bit over 6 feet tall. He has short, cropped jet black hair and one yellow eye. His right eye was sacrificed in honor of his formally fallen comrade Mushin. The skin on his left cheek, as well as some of his upper neck is a murkily translucent, allowing, upon closer inspection, a view of his jaw, muscles, etc. This is due to the Chaos corruption he received from sacrificing a Hound of Tindalos under his control and using it's power to land the finishing blow on Conflagration during that epic battle.

 

His right arm is normal, until the elbow, where it suddenly becomes a gold, scaly dragon arm with 3 fingers. Each finger is tipped with a mythril claw. This was an accidental gift from Mushin's father when he allowed M to take a Dragon bone from his lair and make it a part of himself.

 

He wears a dark grey, tight fitting t-shirt and baggy black silk pants. A matching, removable sleeve covers his dragon arm. Instead of a eye patch, he wears a piece of ragged blue cloth around his head over his eye, the cloth taken from Kiru Desh's cloak. The Mars Grieves and Gauntlets are invisible unless he is casting any type of fire-based spell.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nyarlathotep

[Nyarlathotep]

~Personality~

 

M, though seemingly a condescending asshole, is actually fairly good natured and gets along well with others. Unless of course, you happen to be a god. His hatred of gods stems from their aloofness to the affairs of mortals and semi-mortals, their iron grip on the laws of reality, and his position in the Knights of Zo, the most vocal, anti-deity group in existence. Whenever gods are mention, he becomes serious and angry, verbally lashing out at whoever brought them up.

Edited November 27, 2007 by Nyarlathotep

[Nyarlathotep]

~Relationships~

 

His brother in arms(and partially in blood), Mushin, is his closest and dearest friend. They have literally died for one another and would do so again in a heartbeat.

 

As mentioned earlier, he despises all gods, save one, that of course being the Lucifer. The irony that they have become allies, even friends some say, has not been lost on either. Lucifer treats M like the returning Prodigal Son, while M begrudgingly sees him like a once tyrannical, now wise father figure.

 

His relationship with Lucifer has lead him to meet the only entity that has ever come close to stealing his heart, Tich. She is Lucifer's nephew's son's wife's aunt's sister's father's grandmother, twice removed. He has charged M with keeping an eye on her, since she is quite the trouble maker. She is a shape-shifting Tyfling(demon) who can create golems from flesh. They are sometime lovers, when she is in her adult form, and arguing siblings when she is in her child form.

 

He is a member of the Knights of Zo, holder of the Jackal Stone, and thus is allied with all it's members, though is really only friends with Beowulf, holder of The Ruptured Heart Stone.

 

Other close allies/friends include:

 

Blitzga (Martial Arts Master)

Kiru Desh(Paladin, now fallen to Chaos)

Hazo(Boatman of The River Styx)

Master Wu(Martial Arts Master, descendant of Merlin, thus ages backwards)

Bahamut(True Dragon King, formally in exile)

Edited November 29, 2007 by Nyarlathotep