Gabriel Akuji

Undead Heir to the Fallen Ace. Picture by @TemperedMarion.

## Summary

Gabriel Akuji is an undead Flarinese/Cactarnian human attuned with the mysterious element known as Coralite, hailing from The City of Golden Roses (AKA Ville Rose D'or) well-before the Rose Wars began. He is an original member of The Renegades of Inzuria as the unanimously appointed leader, and has a very close friendship with Abigail Revento. His skin is pure black and he normally has one red eye on the left side of his face, and his mouth is the same red color and is nearly invisible when closed. He wears a scarlet vest over a white button-up shirt, white slacks, and black and red boots. He's usually seen wearing his long coat that matches his boots and a black hat that used to belong to his father with a flaming playing card inside the brim, rarely taking both off; even in battle. The flaming card itself was given to him by a mysterious Mumin who spoke Cactarnian, and seemed to have the ability to harness the full force of the Coralite Arcana. During their stay in Steelhaven, Gabriel showed Project Liminal and soon after the rest of the Renegades his true face under his skull. This skull would soon be destroyed in the attack on The Fox Den. Before joining the Renegades, Gabriel worked as a chef at The Gateway Inn (Located in Dewhurst) and continues to support the team as the main cook. Regardless of his class and profession, Gabriel is quite skilled with Hand-to-Hand combat, Pyromancy, and tanking a great deal of damage.

Much of his current form is wrapped in mystery; as his memories revolving around the events of his death are foggy to say the least. One of the main memories, along with recalling his experiences as a Men of Royalty member, he has is being on the ground, horribly injured as fire wraps around him; until The Masquerade Enchantress blasts him with an unknown spell, and everything goes black. These memories, anxieties and his questions about them usually rack his brain; especially when he attempts to sleep. Because of this, and the fact he **physically** doesn't require sleep; he avoids it at all costs. In recent time, these anxieties about his position, origin, and potential power seem to be slowly yet violently surfacing; however this does not stop him from being a reliable and kind-hearted man, leader, and teammate.

## Backstory

Much of Gabriel's backstory is shrouded in mystery. From what is known about how he lived; Gabriel was the son of one of D.Dell's right hand men. His father was known as *Azrail Akuji, The Ace of Diamonds* and his mother, *Lilith Akuji-Morana* as Azrail's assistant; both trying to keep Gabe out of the grasp of Men of Royalty. Their business would move them from Ville Rose D'or to Rapture City multiple times, but the City of Golden Roses remained as their true home. Both Azrail and Lilith were borderline-defectors, staying in the cause for the sake of supporting their lifestyle. This facade of loyalty lasted until, during a raid, Denzel Dellington pulled the family aside to have a "chat". The rest of what happened, at least to Gabe's knowledge, is wrapped in a dark mystery. Soon he awoke, near the Dew Prefecture nearly a hundred miles away from his former home, dead. His body was horribly altered, yet the man was determined to not let this be the end. Soon, he managed to discover more of this form...***in several ways***...and soon found a way to mask it. With no family left, material things obliterated, and with barely a stable recollection; he made his way to Dewhurst, looking for good, honest, culinary work.

## Skills

**Pyrokinesis:** *Finale Skill!* When using Melee, Gabriel deals an additional d4 as damage and inflicts an additional stack of Ignite when one is dealt. Gabriel can also attune weapons or items with a temporary Flame Hex (3 actions). If under 25% HP (currently 13) ALL flames from Gabriel deal CORA-DMG which uses both the intelligence and wisdom modifier, along with the lowest modifier. CORA-DMG combines all of these together.

**Cooking:** Requires an appropriate tool. Allows Gabriel to combine ingredients to make full-course meals for his allies or enemies. Upon starting; select a tool and up to 5 ingredients. When Gabe is cooking, he cannot preform any additional actions. This item's effects depends on his status and ingredients used. Up to 2 *Special Spices* can be used after the fact; changing the makeup of the meal or add additional buffs. All recipes are automatically added to The Ace Cookbook.

**Fast Food:** Spend HP to instantly prepare the best possible meal with selected items under 3 categories: Support, Offense, Utility. HP Cost goes up permanently by 1D8 every time this skill is used. Support will focus on HP/MP increases and buffs, Offense will focus on damage up and special abilities, and Utility grants additional dynamic actions, dynamic feats, or movement. Fast Food's HP cost regresses by 1D4 every 3 days not used.

**Cries of the Departed:** Gabriel can communicate with undead souls regardless of language or general speaking ability. This guarantees a perception check on undead targets when understanding them.