Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 13:39:28 GMT -5
Who am I? Just a conscience!
Introduce yourself
Hey, howdy, hey! The name's KRAKEN GUARD, and I wished upon a star from RETURNING ROLEPLAYER. My other imaginary friends include NONE AT THE MOMENT. THE HORNED KING and I are so very eager to join the Worlds of Disney circle of life!
Character basics
Character name: The Horned King. Once known by the name of Morvenhym, though this name has since faded into obscurity.
Age: A little over 2000 years old.
Species: Lich - Originally Human
Birthplace: Prydain
Movie: The Black Cauldron(1985)
Custom title: God Among Mortal Men
Why: I just want to roleplay as the Horned King again...
Character appearance (try to get at least 2 or 3 sentences for each section)
Hair description: The Horned King has no hair of any kind upon his skeletal head, though it could be assumed that he once did, long ago.
Facial description/mood/expressions: Simply put, the Horned King's face is skeletal. So, with that in mind, one would think he would be entirely incapable of exhibiting any form of emotion through expression alone. This is not the case. Though it is true that he seldom shows emotion, he isn't entirely incapable of expressing himself. He will furrow his brows, and even smirk on occasions, rare as they are. What's most noticeable are his eyes, which will glow red when his emotions are at their strongest.
Clothing style: Crimson robes, with a hood that conceals his face in shadow most of the time. He wears a great fur stole around his shoulders, held by a golden clasp.
Body build: Unlike his face, his body is not at all skeletal. He is tall, and slender, with flesh that is of a rotten olive-green color. He is not 'ripped' in any way, but he is strong, physically.
Any unique traits (optional): Four horns protruding from his scalp. Why else would he be known as the Horned King?
Original character analysis (In your own words and please be thorough)
Personality:
Feared and despised by all the denizens of Prydain, even by his own henchmen. The Horned King is an individual that exhibits little emotion. He harbors no concern for the lives of his minions, and holds a contemptive outlook toward humanity in general. Ruthless, cruel and dark would be the best way to describe the Horned King.
History:
Many years had passed, and Prydain had fallen under threat once more. The Horned King, an undead sorcerer, had taken up residents within the ruined castle of King Gwydion, and declared war upon the present king of Prydain. For several years they battled; but the Horned King's ambition was far more than mere conquest. He sought complete reconstruction of Prydain - of the world. But he could not realize his dark vision through force alone. He needed an artifact of great, and terrible, power, to help him in his quest. One that could reanimate the corpses of Men long deceased.
The Black Cauldron. An ancient crucible what was once said to contain the evil spirit of Arawn, the Death-Lord of old.
In secret, the Horned King had searched far and wide for this legendary cauldron; but the Black Cauldron had not been seen for over two-thousand years, and there were few that remained who knew of the tale. After so long, the Horned King had run out of options. He needed to find someone - or something, with magical qualities. And so, the Horned King set sail to Caer Colur on the Isle of Mona, and took the princess from her home. Princess Eilonwy, as she called herself, was a young girl, capable of performing minor enchantments. She had with her a magical bauble: The Golden Pelydryn. The Horned King demanded that she reveal the location of the Black Cauldron with her magic bauble, but his demands were to no avail...
However, it was shortly after this when he learned of Hen Wen, an oracular pig that could reveal visions of the future. With knowledge of this swine, the Horned King sent forth his Gwythaints to find the oracular pig. Dallben, an old wizard, and keeper of the magical pig, became aware of the Horned King's plans, and sent his young protege, Taran, out with Hen Wen to find a place where she could be kept safe and hidden. But the Gwythaints had found her, and taken her to the Horned King.
Taran followed the Gwythaints, and found his way into the castle where the Horned King took residence. But the boys presence did not remain undetected for long. He was soon discovered, and was made to use Hen Wen's powers to reveal the location of the legendary Cauldron... The boy made an attempt to escape the castle after splashing the king's face with water. The huntsman of the Horned King captured the pig-keeper, but they had lost the swine. The next day, Taran, along with two other inmates, the Princess Eilonwy, and Fflewddur Fflam, a minstrel who had been taken captive some weeks prior, had escaped.
This turn of events proved insightful to the Horned King, knowing that the boy's first objective would be to find the pig. Once more, the Gwythaints were let loose, and the huntsmen followed suit... In the end, Taran and his group were found within the Marshes of Morva, but no pig did they find. Instead, they had found something far greater.
The Black Cauldron...
Taran, Eilonwy, and Fflam, were taken back, and held as prisoners once more. But this time, they would be made to watch as the Horned King set his plan into motion at long last. With the powers of the Black Cauldron, the reanimated the bodies of warriors long deceased - bodies that he had collected during all his years of searching, had come to life. The Horned King had dubbed them as the "Cauldron-Born," and set them out upon Prydain.
However, his plans were short-lived. Unbeknownst, a small creature, known as Gurgi, was among Taran's group. The huntsman had failed in capturing Gurgi, and the small creature ventured forth and released Taran and his friends.
The Black Cauldron was an object of great power. Physically, it could not be destroyed; but it's powers could be halted, only at the cost of ones life, and it must be offered willingly. While Taran was willing to sacrifice himself, Gurgi objected, and took his place... One by one, the Cauldron-Born fell, and returned to their inanimate state. Enraged, the Horned King set out to investigate the disturbance, and found the pig-keeper, Taran.
Furious, the Horned King set out to kill the boy in an act of revenge, under the assumption that Taran was the one who foiled his plans; but the Horned King was taken by a terrible force of magic originating from the Black Cauldron, and was pulled toward the evil artifact.
Try as he could, the Horned King was unable to escape Arawn's grasp, and his soul and body were ripped, and burned away by the Black Cauldron...
Ambitions:
The Horned King's ambition is to find the Black Cauldron, and rule the world as a god among mortal men.
Strengths & abilities:
- Physical strength
- Intelligent
- Knowledgeable in the arts of dark magic
- Teleportation
- Vulnerable toward water
- Lacks the ability to taste
- Lack of empathy
- Misanthropic
Likes:
- The notion of ruling the world as a god among mortal men
Dislikes:
- Defeat
- Those who disobey, or question his rule
- Insincere flattery
- Humanity
- Water
- Thieves and trespassers
- His horns getting stuck
Fears:
- Losing his power
- Someone else finding the Black Cauldron before him
- The Black Cauldron itself - or rather, the spirit within the Black Cauldron
Anything to add?:
I'll be starting anew... Everything that has happened from before has been forgotten.
Though I am sad to do this, as I have many fond memories of past threads. But I just... Want to start fresh again.
RP SAMPLE:
A great chill blew through the area as a cloaked figure passed slowly, and silently. But this cold did not originate from any Elsa, much to the dismay of the younger visitors. No; this frigid air seemed to follow an entity of great malevolence wherever he walked.
The Horned King took shelter within an abandoned part of the Cinderella Castle; an old attraction of sorts that was originally found in one of the overseas parks. There had been plans once, to bring the attraction over to the Walt Disney World Park of Magic Kingdom, but the notion was scrapped altogether due to obscurity of the main attraction, and the overall notion that parents would file complaints that the little kiddies would too intimidated by the villain.
But the Horned King was oblivious to any of this. He was simply a beast brought out of his normal territory and thrown into a world that was entirely new to him. Unfortunately for the castmembers, they had no knowledge that they were dealing with the real thing, and not some machine dressed and made up to look like the antagonistic lich from the forgotten animated film.
When they sent Mike, the security guard, in to investigate, he never returned...