Post by Thor Ericsson on Aug 25, 2011 5:25:47 GMT 1
Elementals
Origin
Long ago, the elementals had charge over every element in the world. Each one was able to command any element at will. They lived in peace among their people, spread out across the land, reverred and loved. They were good people with a natural instinct for preserving mother earth. Then the wars came. Men battled against men for the very land they were destroying in their fight for supremacy. The elementals became angered and lashed out against the men. Together their powers were so great, they lost control of it. In the end, the lands lay wasted, nearly everyone was dead. The elementals fled from eachother for fear of unleashing more devastation. Man now feared those who would be their guardians.
A wise being of unknown origin came to the land and sent a message out to the elementals to meet in a scorched meadow. It was there that he gave them the way to return to the way things had once been. He separated the elementals into light, dark, fire, earth, water and air. No elemental would ever have command of all elements at once. In the beginning, they were able to chose. Their children would only have command of one element, even though some tried by mixing two elements, but the child would always come out with only one.
The elementals found that they were still more powerful in groups so they moved away from eachother. The wise being told them that one day, there would be a reckoning for manking and the elementals would have to join together to save the planet. The tale was long forgotten until the fall of London. An archeologist found the scrolls that the story had been written on and took it to King Drake. The scrolls were authenticated. King Drake now knows that without the help of the elementals, there is no hope for mankind.
Culture
Elementals in New Vegas live in their own gated community where they are treated as highly valued members of society. It is their constant efforts and vigilence that keeps the city running. Elementals do not pay blood tax, instead they form an organisation known as the Elemental Stabilization and Preservation aka ‘ESP’.
The ESP is an organization of elementals, under the Magistrate’s control, whose job is the preservation of New Vegas and the areas around it. Each elemental has their responsibilities.
• Earth elementals are responsible for maintaining the food supply and growing it
• Water elementals are in charge of keeping all water sources purified
• Wind elements are responsible for keeping the air purified
• Fire elementals are responsible for eradicating any contaminated objects i.e. zombie corpses, lycan corpses, etc and also aid in working the day light hours with the VSF
• Light elementals are responsible for keeping New Vegas powered
• Shadow elementals are responsible for cloaking the city in darkness in case of an emergency and aid the VSF during the night
Appearance
Elementals live just as long as other humans unless they use their element to enhance cell regeneration. They can live so long that they appear to be immortal but they can be killed like any other human.
Attitude
They tend to work together to defend or restore the planet, the more elementals there are in one place, the stronger they are. For example, one elemental may take all the water out of a pond and throw it over the neighboring farmers crops. Five to ten could manage a small lake, and 1000 could manage one of the great lakes.
When elementals work together, it feeds their power energy, magnifying their powers in multiples of 10 per elemental. When all six elements are together, their powers are immeasurable which is why they tend to live in groups.
Abilities
Elementals are men and women who were born with the ability to control the elements which include Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, Shadow, and Light from at least one parent with the same ability.
An elemental must be born from at least one parent of the same elemental. (Two fire elementals would have a fire elemental. A fire and shadow elemental would have either a shadow elemental OR a fire elemental). Elementals have power over just one element.
Elementals can only control/manipulate ONE element but each in its own unique way. (They are not godlike, no destroying the east coast) Neither does this allow them to manipulate another character. If you want to set someone on fire, you must ask them first, it’s only polite.
The older the elemental, the stronger they are but an elemental will never be stronger than a Vampire.
An elemental's power over an element will always exceed those of mutants.
All elementals have the power to use their element to enhance cell regeneration to stop the aging process.
Weaknesses
Though they can choose not to age, Elementals can be killed by injury or illness just like any other human.
Elementals are weak to other elements if fighting, especially their polar opposites. For example, Water and Fire, Earth and Wind. In each others presence they are more powerful.
If an elemental is turned into a vampire, it would take centuries for them to be able to have all their powers back. Codeword: Cathbad. The vampire would originally start out with basic vampire powers, and then slowly rediscover their powers. When they reach 600+ years they gain all their elemental powers back but gain no additional abilities.