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.