Zephyrus' Abilities / Tools

Abilities

PASSIVE:

[Tempered Body] — Thanks to his father's harsh training, Zephyrus is capable of inhumane feats, such as jumping three feet off the ground, lifting 175 lbs. with one arm, and having enough stamina to run consecutively at full speed for roughly an hour. Combined with this, he is capable of great athletic feats such as flips, somersaults, twirls and climbing, although, his balance is easily disturbed despite this.

[Sturdiness] — Zephyrus is capable of taking numerous hard blows to the body without faltering, due to his thick fur weakening the force of the blow. This sturdiness does not apply so much to bladed weapons, as the edge will tear through his fur should it be sharp enough. However, if the blade is not keep in top condition, while it may cause him to bleed, the likelihood of the wound being fatal is low.

[Fire Resistance] — Thanks to the magical nature of his fur, Zephyrus has high resistance to Flame-based attacks, even more so if magical fire. This Fire Resistance becomes immunity if presented with flames created by him, as the magical synergy between his flames and his fur prevents him from burning up or even feeling the heat from his own flames. This Heat immunity does not extend to other sources of flames and thus, he will feel the full heat of these flames, regardless of his resistance to Fire itself.

['Jumping Jack' Style] — Zephyrus' father often hammered into him the basics of the 'Jumping Jack Style',  a martial art technique that often relied on quick, light movements during close combats, focusing on light blows that wore down the opponents defense with heavier blows when the opponent is caught off guard. This style also incorporated the use of Arm-blades as their weapons of choice, allowing Zephyrus moderate knowledge on use of Arm-blades as weapons but often chose hand-to-hand combat instead. Despite Arm-blades being the weapon of choice for the style, Zephyrus' father forced his son to learn swordsmanship and thus, Zephyrus knows how to wield swords of all calibers, though would easily lose against a true master of the art.

[Clashing Body and Soul] — Zephyrus' SOUL has taken on human-like characteristics, becoming right-side up and being able to naturally generate Determination due to the human SOUL fragments he had absorbed. While the rest of the Order of the Firestorm had died as an amalgamate, their bodies had indeed merged with Zephyrus' and thus gave his body Amalgamate-like characteristics and increasing his overall physical components (Up to the point that it is possible for him to compete evenly with a human at his emotional best or even surpass them if angered enough). Due to his ability to naturally generate Determination, he has a limited threshold that he can generate before his body's Amalgamate characteristics start to show themselves again, resulting in his body starting to melt, although his overall magical strength will increase proportionally. If this threshold is continued to be passed, Zephyrus' body may overall stop functioning altogether, leading to him being put into a stasis-like state until his determination ultimately calms down. Zephyrus' hatred for humanity has also infected the fragments he absorbed, switching from their initial trait to black hate. This took the form of the black markings on his face, as well as, black markings on his SOUL like an encroaching infection. While it has the same effect as Determination, it decreases his ability to rationalize proportionally and ultimately limits him to conducting malevolent actions at it's worse. This is visibly shown not only through melting, but also through the growth in size of his black markings as well as, the mirroring of these black markings onto the other side of his face. While he will still become melt-y and enter stasis, he will stay in stasis for much longer if it's from Hate rather than Determination. (Note: Even while he is melt-y, he will not merge with other monsters as his body is still condensed enough to not try and assimilate everything magic-related. Despite his amalgamate status, he can be killed with physical weaponry.)

ACTIVE:

[Pyrokinesis] — Zephyrus is a powerful monster able to create and control Fire. Using his Pyrokinesis, he can suddenly ignite flames immediately on or around his body, though once it goes beyond a few centimeters, his flames often make a spark before igniting, due to requiring the gathering of magical energy. This spark can happen multiple times, depending on the distance, with the max being 5 times due to the limit of how far he can create flames directly away from his body, roughly 1 meter. Once the flames themselves are set however, he is able to manipulate them almost at will, creating entire walls of flames or even covering entire areas in fire, though utilizing this control constantly is exhausting and as such, often opts to simply create boundaries to prevent his opponents from escaping. When in combat, he often covers his entire forearms in fire as a way to enhance the strength behind his blows though can use this for ranged attacks as well, such as Fireballs, Fire-blasts (Fireballs that explode upon impact), Sparklers (Miniature Fireballs that simply set things ablaze on contact) and Beams of Flames (Charged Fireballs that he emits as a concentrated beam, resulting in high level burns and often death if exposed for too long). Zephryus is also capable of near instantaneously putting out any Flames embedded with his magical energy and often uses this technique when bombarded with flames that aren't his own. By mixing his flames with other flames, this gives him the capability to extinguish it which he uses whenever he must. This isn't as exhausting as controlling flames on its own, however if this ability is used consecutively on larger flames, it can wear down his stamina just as effectively. Resulting from his fusion, Zephyrus gained a unique sub-ability of his Pyrokinesis that he, in memory of one of his subordinates, named "Turn Up the Heat".
	[Turn Up the heat] — While he is unable to control these flames as well as his normal ones, Zephyrus can enhance the heat and strength of his flames, turning them blue at Level 1 and white at Level 2. At Level 1, his immunity to his own flames is nullified, allowing them to be used against him however, as a result, the taxing manipulation of them is lessened, allowing him greater control. Any flames he's already created will not become blue when the ability activates however, the flames he is currently directly controlling will change color once the ability activates. He is unable, however, to switch his control over to any flames he has let go direct control of, and these flames will eventually extinguish themselves due to the cut connection to their magic source. At Level 2, Zephyrus loses the ability to manipulate his flames at all, instead only being able to utilize ranged attacks that explode in flames upon impact. Similar to the conditions of Level 1, Zephyrus' flames created prior to Level 2 extinguish themselves due to the cut connection. Unlike Level 1 however, Zephyrus can only create these flames precisely 3 cm above his hands, putting him at intense risk when using the ability. Level 2 flames are unique in the fact that they drain the magic pool of any who are hit by it in order to maintain themselves, causing them to almost immediate extinguish themselves on anything non-Monster or Human, the average time they last being roughly 1 minute (on Monsters) or 4 minutes (on humans). While being immensely powerful, these flames cannot be used often as creating even a basic fireball weakens Zephyrus immensely, leaving him 5 shots before he is unable to use any magic at all for a time.

[Claws] — Zephyrus has retractable claws which he often uses to climb, or in combat, scratch his enemy. These claws often aren't very sharp but Zephyrus' strength allows them to have great piercing power, giving him the ability to climb most non-metal structures and, with enough effort, dent metal structures enough so to climb them as well.

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Tools:

[Ceremonial Great-sword] — Something he took from his father's cache before the Order of the Firestorm's final attack, it is a basic black metal great-sword with a 3 foot long blade that reaches across 6 inches. Along the blade is engraved the words: "For my son, I leave my best to you." Having been kept with Zephyrus since the war, it has long since dulled and rusted over, however Zephyrus has become determined to have it repaired and restored to it's former glory.

[Concealed Arm-blades] — Custom-fitted and equipped to the forearm guard portions of his armor, though can be worn separately if needed, Zephyrus has two 1'6" (45.72 cm) blades attached to the forearm guards that reveal themselves when he clicks the two together (How this mechanism works is unknown to even it's wearer, but it only works when the two forearm guards hit against one another). Each blade is silver in color and has magical capabilities, allowing the wearer to synergize their magic with the blades, creating a energy-like coating based on the properties of the user's magic (This can also be utilized by humans and their magic).

[Armor] — The very armor he commonly is seen wearing. Despite being light, it is very durable and is capable of taking a high-powered sniper rifle shot (One alone though, if a 2nd one hits in the exact same place, the armor will most definitely break though, it will not pierce to the wearer).