Magnus

* Current "Human"
* Current "Vampire"
* Younger "Human"
* Younger "Vampire"

## Appearance

Magnus has pale skin, pointed ears, blue-magenta eyes, and shaggy longer-kept brown hair.
In his modern day appearance, he wears a white dress shirt, a purple buttoned shirt with a more exaggerated collar on top, a dark gray vest left open lined with silver buttons, and a black overcoat that trails behind him like a cape. His black leather pants are held up by a belt with a silver clasp, with black boots and gloves to match. His gloves hide his hands, which have nails that more so resemble claws than human fingernails.

He has a considerably muscular build underneath his heavy clothing, and stubble along his chin and cheeks.

In his younger days defending his village, he wears [WIP]

His build during these times is much more similar to Vince, his future son, and his face is bare.

When he shifts his appearance to be more vampiric, he gains fangs and his eyes become a glowing orange with a black sclera. His skin turns a dull lavender and his flesh becomes violet underneath (most visibly his gums, mouth, and tongue). His hair also turns black.

## Personality

Magnus is stoic, not often being outwardly phased by difficult events and remaining calm throughout. Combined with his quiet nature, many assume that he’s a cold blooded hero. In reality he simply keeps to himself, preferring to keep his sharp observations and calculations within rather than out loud. When he does speak he’s very direct with his words, often catching people off-guard.

He’s much more a man of action. He takes great pride in the skills that he’s learned and uses them to end battles as quickly and efficiently as possible. In order to become as tactful as he is, he needed a great amount of patience; a virtue he holds close to himself. This patience is also what allowed Magnus to help his children and eventually Ken hone their abilities, even if they appeared much differently than his own.

There are scenarios where he will open up more and appear much more relaxed and hospitable, but these are usually when he feels there’s no possible danger, or when he’s with those he holds dear. He firmly believes in those he keeps close and their ability to fend for themselves, but he remains protective regardless.

## History

After watching as his parents died and his home burn at the hands of a hysterical mob, young Magnus was forced to flee and go into hiding at an inn within the town below. He was able to strike a deal with the corrupt keeper to allow him to stay, but he was worked to the bone on a daily basis with no pay.

After a slip of Magnus' true identity, the deal was changed. Magnus would have to use his powers and vampiric identity to carry out tasks after hours. He would either be defending areas from incoming shadow monster attacks or, if the "commissioner" paid the keeper enough, murder someone within the town. Disobey, and the keeper would expose Magnus' identity as the last surviving member of the Ambrose bloodline and lead to his quick execution.

For a long time, this had been Magnus' new life, which he'd grown tolerant of. That was, until, he heard murmurs of a traveling circus act, ready to perform its last shows in that very town. The show featured an acrobat who displayed unexplainable feats, seemingly controlling the elements as she'd soar through the air, blasting targets with hand guns. Some bar-goers tried their best to explain it away as a trick, others chalked it up to magical powers. Powers...that sounded similar to Magnus' own.

He needed to see for himself.

  **Previous Lore (To be revised much later)**  Magnus spent several years as a village hero, putting himself on the front lines against fearsome dark beasts and evil doers in the name of defending his homeland, and on occasion the planet. (Yeah, about that-)
A feat he struggles in remembering, however, is being invited to a tournament across universes, featuring champions from several worlds competing for a wish of anything that they desired. All that he can recall are those basic details, and faint memories of a coastline illuminated by mystic crystals. He wonders if it was all just a dream.

Several years passed, and the small village he defended grew into a much bigger cityscape, with attacks becoming far less frequent. As much as he enjoyed the satisfaction of battle, he also enjoyed this breath of fresh air he was given and eventually raised Vince and Rain in his manor within the woods, a distance away from the city’s outskirts. As soon as his children’s powers began to surface he began to train them in how to safely harness them and use them to their advantage, keeping them home until they both knew how to keep their abilities under control as to not accidentally hurt others or cause a scene.

Not too long after Magnus sent Vince and Rain to an actual school within the city, they returned to the manor with a new face eager to meet him. The boy’s name was Ken and he was among one of the few humans he’d ever seen display elemental powers, albeit they were underdeveloped and he used them recklessly, lacking control. Happy to see that his children made a new friend so quickly and sensing a will to learn and incredible potential in Ken, he opened his doors and would train him alongside Vince and Rain as though he was one of his own.

Magnus watched as the three grew closer together, going out and playing in the woods nearby, and playing with their abilities and figuring out new ways to use them. He was never quite sure what they’d approach him with, sometimes a new use for their powers, sometimes they’d talk over each other about a prank they’d played on themselves, or a new addition to the family they had found near the pond. Regardless of how exasperating the trio could be, he answered with a chuckle and whatever patience he could muster.

Now in their teens, Magnus discovered that the three had begun fighting similar beasts to the ones he did back in the day. They seemed disturbed by their sudden appearance, but made quick work of them. Magnus was proud of them, of course, but had worries of what could come in future attacks. He left defending the city to the three, knowing how strong they were together, but began taking his own practice more seriously in case situations grew dire.
## Relations

### Vince

His son who inherited most of his vampiric traits. He had a tendency to keep his eye on him especially when his powers were still developing, as keeping control of a different, more threatening appearance is a major task for a child to have. During training, Vince often had a tendency of getting the job done in a way different then instructed which sometimes truly tested his patience. Vince’s tendency to mumble and complain throughout initially made him worry that it would lead to recklessness, but as time went on observed that he had a good sense of control but became bored easily. He changed his teachings to Vince into more active combative scenarios to keep his attention from then on. Magnus is impressed by Vince’s wit and dexterity when it comes to his abilities, mixing up his techniques on a whim.

### Rain

His daughter. Magnus initially worried about Rain’s confidence after noticing that she didn’t inherit the vampiric shift ability that Vince did. She ended up putting those fears aside, as her determination allowed her to use her abilities to catch up to Vince in almost any scenario regardless of what Vince threw her way. Magnus had a much simpler time training Rain as her energy abilities had the most in common with his shadow abilities, making sessions a simple game of follow the leader. He’s proud of her confidence in given scenarios, not allowing herself to give up when things appear out of reach.

### Ken

They were introduced to each other on a whim, with Ken hearing about Magnus first from Vince and Rain. Ken’s bright-eyed attitude towards wanting to learn how to use his abilities properly and his respectful behavior when they had met was enough to persuade Magnus to assist him. There were several times where Magnus was taken aback by Ken’s brute force and tendency to lose control over his fire abilities, but Ken’s spirit couldn’t leave him flustered for long. Occasionally, when Ken spars with Vince and Rain, Magnus overhears him giving the two similar advice that he did to Ken and feels a sense of honor. He’s caught Ken referring to him as “Dad” a few times, causing Ken to stammer from embarrassment, to which he chuckles and continues on.

### Munch

Despite not interacting with Munch nearly as much as his children do, Magnus was the one who allowed them to bring him into the Manor and raise him. He finds him charming.

### Plumber

Of all of the strange things he has witnessed throughout his life, he still has no idea how to comprehend such a being.

## Abilities and Weapons

Magnus’s fighting style largely revolves around his sword, crafted from his Shadow Construct ability, as well as other abilities involving umbrakinesis.

### Umbrakinesis

* Shadow Ball - Magnus creates a ball of shadow energy to throw forward, it’s a bit slow compared to others.
* Shadow Beam - Focusing his energy and charging up, Magnus shoots a strong beam from his hand(s).
* Shadow Wall - A barrier that appears in front of him that allows projectiles to be reflected or absorbed (only energy based projectiles can be absorbed)
* Darkness Shield - A shield that not only protects Magnus and others around him, but can also be used to obscure those within to outsiders.
* Shadow Construct - Magnus constructs an object or weapon out of shadow for his own use. He typically only uses this ability to summon his sword.
* Darkness Restraints - An extension of Shadow Construct, chains of darkness shoot out from his hands and latch onto a target.
* Shadow Slip - Magnus can merge with his shadow to travel through the ground or on walls.
* Shadow Decoy - Leaves behind a mirage of himself as he goes invisible for a brief moment.
* Shadow Clone - Creates a simple minded copy of himself for an amount of time, he’s able to control multiple with his mind, assigning tasks to each. They’re not as strong as the real deal, of course.
* Void Storage - He can store and summon small/medium inanimate objects in his own nullspace in a snap. He outright snaps his fingers when doing so…through gloves.
* Warp - Magnus teleports to another location. The whole process is a bit slow, taking longer depending on the distance.
* Darkness Portal - Creates a portal for himself to pass through to another location, one he must vividly picture.
* Dark Haze - Fills the area with a dark cloud, making it harder to see (though Magnus can navigate through it just fine)

### Vampirism

Magnus's ability to change his appearance to better fit the description of a "vampire" does not affect his abilities.
However, as a dhampir, he still has access to several abilities associated with vampires regardless of his appearance.

* Flight - Magnus is able to levitate at will and navigate the skies.
* Wall-Crawling - Magnus can scale walls and ceilings at ease, regardless of texture, by climbing or simply walking (or running) up them as long as he's focused.
* Phase - Magnus is able to concentrate in order to shift through walls if he needs a quick escape or cover.
* Super Speed/Agility - Magnus is incredibly agile and can run at swift speeds, sometimes visually stylized as an almost shapeless shadowy figure flying by before reshaping back to normal as he stops when not viewed from his perspective. He is entirely silent while doing so, with at most the sound of a breeze being heard. Despite his speed however, he seems to be slightly outpaced by Vince.
* Heightened Senses - Magnus' senses of hearing, sight, and smell are incredibly keen on top of the ability to easily detect someone else's presence.
* "Blood Sense" - Despite being able to function normally on a human diet and being firmly against feasting on others, he's still sensitive to the presence of blood. He instead uses this ability to detect wounds, sense irregularities in someone's bloodstream (for example toxins), and track beings that have bloodflow.

## Trivia

* Magnus’ design was based on a scrapped redesign for Vince for a platform fighter.
* Like Vince, he is able to partially shift to his vampiric appearance. However, he can only reveal his fangs and flash his fully shifted eyes without having to shift the whole way, unlike his son who is also able to change the color of his irises and hair without fully shifting.
* Ven (in his ball form) is the only living being that can be sealed away by Magnus using Void Storage.
	+ This is for no reason in particular other than that it's funny.
	+ If Odwal and Coca keep acting up, they will be next.

## Gallery

He'll play along to the best of his ability.