Dane Otter

== Dane Otter ==
Dane Otter like a lot of people suffered growing up. His mother Mary was a drug addict
that couldn’t stay clean for more than a couple months at a time. They lived in a shit hole
double-wide trailer on a small farm in Iowa. His mom always had a revolving door of criminal
thugs she called boyfriends that loved to beat on him. Dane is lucky he was able to unlock his
gift on his 7th birthday, he had to perform the ritual himself because his mom was too occupied
with her opioids. He wouldn't be able to summon his powers until he was 15, however. Shortly
after his 7th birthday his mom became pregnant with his little sister. His little sister Lily however
would pass away on Nov 15th 2010, one day before Danes 12th birthday.
Dane would be taken by the state and put into the custody of his abusive alcoholic
uncle, Steve. Steve enjoyed the money he got from the state but Dane still went to bed hungry
almost every night. Dane would attend high school at Walkerville Community School about an
hour outside of Des Moines, Iowa and begin his high acolyte training there.
When Dane unlocked his gift, it was extremely unusual. Very few gifts ever have names
associated with them, which his did. Even more bizarre is the shape that his weapon took. He
created, Divine Spear Agiofos, (ag-ee-oh-fus) more of a javelin than a spear; it is the
god-fearing spear of the Usumgallu, the leader of the Four Horseman. Dane can generate
green-white magick javelins. He uses them as ranged weapons by throwing them at an
opponent, or as a melee weapon for close-range combat. The divine spear can have lengths of
3-6 feet when manifested. When thrown, it can cause an incredibly destructive explosion on
impact that can easily destroy entire buildings. He can also throw it without causing explosive
damage. Dane has a difficult time handling the power of Agiofos, so if he is not careful he can
break his arm or other bones when throwing. Anyone who unlocks this gift has been given the
birth-right of Usumgallu. The Usumgallu has two forms, a true form and an apocalyptic form.
In Dane’s True form he is able to transform into a man-beast hybrid with metal instead of
flesh. In his case, his form is humanoid with the head and wings of a falcon, colored gold and
silver, with plasma blue colored eyes. The transformation can be full or minus the head and
wings, leaving his normal head visible. In this form Agiofos is also amplified, the spear manifests
as an energetic, crimson red color that has black electricity occasionally crackling off the length
of it. The spears’ power is also believed to be the equivalent to a small nuclear explosion,
decimating entire towns.
In Danes (completed) apocalyptic form he is a massive three headed hydra that is over
30 feet tall and 7 metric tons and is the true embodiment of Death. The left head commands
frost, middle is shock and the right head is fire, each an attribute of destruction magick. He has
a massive set of black wings that can demolish buildings with a single flutter. Unless he calms
down he cannot be stopped until Eden is up in flames. He has to grow into his full form,
however, starting off as a hydra the size of a car; he will grow in size until he reaches his true,
unstoppable form. Only a Theos Vasillias would even think of attempting to fight him, but even
they may not be able to stop the Harbinger of the Apocalypse.
3 years after he moved in with his uncle. Dane was attacked by a Tamoran and he
began to hear a man whispering to him. This man would give him advice and would begin
training Dane to use Agiofos. Shortly after this incident, the man would introduce himself as
Ambrose, saying he was the only one that could train the Usumgallu. He tells Dane about the
true nature of his powers. Dane never sees Ambrose but only hears him, however, he never led
him astray and taught him how to use all of his abilities. He showed Dane just how powerful he
could be because he had an innate ability to cast in almost every school of magick, although he
struggled with conjuration. Ambrose also told him he had regeneration abilities beyond what any
human could do; a broken bone may only take a week or less to heal (Dane cannot, however,
regrow severed limbs). Dane also has three passive abilities that he is generally unaware he is
using most the time, silkspeech, clairvoyance, and charisma.
Silkspeech gives Dane the ability to sway the minds of the weak and influence thought.
Allowing him to make people do or think what you want (for the most part, its not a perfect
world). Passive clairvoyance is similar to the power of an Oracle and allows Dane to see a
possible future. It should be noted, however, that a reflective surface is not always required to
see a possible future. It also requires him to open his senses to the aether, which as a
Chthonian will allow him a type omnipotence. Lastly the charisma he possesses is a type of
supernatural attraction. Dane radiates an aura of attractiveness, naturally inducing pleasure and
desire while subtly lifting inhibitions. The affected targets remain fully themselves, but can't help
but long for the user's favor and affection. It should be noted that Dane does not need to do
anything, his mere presence; brings pleasure, attracts attention and admiration, and seduces
others (coincides with silkspeech extremely well).
As Dane began his acolyte training he would become best friends with Xavier, a
necromancer that made Dane’s childhood sound like a fairy-tale. Both of them had a rough time
growing up and bonded over this. Xavier and Dane both would also become famous because of
their unique talents and their tag-team mard o mard success. Dane would also be the youngest
person in history to perform a Lampsi at 14 years old. Xavier on the other hand would make
excellent use of the teleportation spell.
Freshman year, both Dane and Xavier went to state for mard o mard in the open
individual and tag-team categories. They would lose in the second round but both of them made
top 10 for individuals. For the next three years the two of them would dominate the open
category. Since they would have to fight each other in open division individuals, sophomore year
Xavier would change to magick only. Because of this, the last three years of high acolyte
training Xavier and Dane brought home 9 state titles in mard o mard.
What makes Dane even more interesting than he already is, is because he hasn't even
unlocked his shikai let alone his bankai. Most high acolytes in the state tournament have their
shikai and some even have their bankai unlocked.
Dane would receive many scholarships but more than anything he wanted to compete in
mard o mard for the University of Iowa. Senior year he finally got a scholarship to fight for the
Iowa Hawkeyes. They would cover half of all university costs while he was on the mard o mard
team. Even though Dane didn’t have the best childhood, he took ra hold of what he could and
made it work. Coming to the university would finally get him away from his abusive uncle as
well. Xavier received scholarships to several D1 schools as well but chose UI because of their
advanced necromancy program.
On Danes 18th birthday he unlocked the Usumgallu’s passive abilities which include,
silkspeech, clairvoyance and a demonkyn-like charisma (demons will be known for having a
magickal allure; most people can’t help themselves from feeling overly attracted to them, even
in their true demonic form). Dane will also begin to hear the quiet whispers of the Aether, some
of which warn him about the danger he is in (Adam wanting to kill him for the Apple of Eden).
Then, Ambrose will disclose to Dane his true destiny as the Commander of the Four Horsemen.
Ambrose introduces a new fear for our character, Dane is terrified he is going to be the
cause of the Rapture.
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