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Secret Weapons of War

It's a war-like scenario in a new dystopian world. There are two sides of the war, the government who seeks to keep the world in the current dictator-like state, and the rebellion, seeking to save those from the dictatorship and return the world to what it once was.

The kicker, is that each being is able to aquire talents based on those who they slay if they gain their ashes {from when they perish}, and go to specialized beings who turn them into tattoos that are placed on the skin, giving the reciever of the tattoo, the abilities of the person the ashes once were.

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Ezra Alexander Mercury

"I do not stand for the 1% taking advantage for the 99%! We need to stand together and rebel! We need to take back what is rightfully ours!"

"Only when the last crop disappears will man truly realize they cannot eat money..."

Name: Ezra Alexander Mercury
Code Name: Mercury
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Sexuality: Closeted Homosexual
Rank: Captain
Side of War: Rebels
Any lingering abilities?: He has a tattoo on his right shoulder blade of a shield. It is made of his father's ashes so he had inherited his abilities and memories, most predominately, his leadership skills. He has a tattoo of a sword on his left calf. It is made of his mother's ashes so he has inherited her abilities and memories, most predominately, her first aid abilities and knowledge.

About him: Ezra is a man of many diverse talents. He is a true soldier and has been in this war since he has been sixteen. Yes, it was illegal for him to join so early but having his father as the captain of the force had it's perks. He took over the Rebels force when his father died in a battle for resources. He is a focused and driven individual. He has great organizational and time management skills and is never afraid to trust his gut. He does, however, carry a lot of baggage and burdens from the war. He is a man of justice and slowly he is becoming the face of the rebellion. Everyone will know who Mercury is. This causes trouble however but he is willing to sacrifice his life for the greater good. He promised his mother that before she passed in an attack on the rebel base infirmary.

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Jet LaShea "Blade"


"I follow orders to help take what is rightfully mine."

"The lower class is just lazy, if they really wanted to be on the correct side of this war, they'd be here already along with all of us hard workers."

Name: Jet LaShea
Code Name: Blade
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Sexuality: Bisexual
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Side of War: Royals
Any lingering abilities?: Both of his arms and his back are covered with tattoos. Too many people to count at this point. One arm is an ongoing dragon tattoo and the most notable one on his back is a phoenix stretching from shoulder to shoulder. Most of his other tattoos are tribal lines or designs. His abilities include mastery of all weaponry (except archery), Leadership, charm, an oddly vast knowledge of the domestication of dogs, quick reflexes, and the ability to cook an amazing meal out whatever is available. The memories of those he has tattooed on his skin, he tries to ignore. Choosing to live in blissful ignorance to those of the rebellion.

About him: Jet comes from a long military family line but he worked even harder to get to his current rank due to his love for their Leader Lady Vienna. She always captivated him in a certain way. When the war started, his tattoos caught her attention. She was looking to weaponize him for their own military gain. And he was looking to impress her. Of course, she used their relationship to her advantage. "Maybe if you do good this time, I'll make us official." or "You're the only one I trust to keep our resources safe." are two lines she used the most to make his heart melt. She was sweet to him to get just what she wanted, And thats all he saw. Believing that the colleagues she had him kill were traitors as she forced him to get their ashes tattooed into his skin. He is just a pet project to her, but Jet is blinded by his love for her. Truly believing she's looking out for him when in reality she's just a manipulative dictator.
Basically brainwashed and praised for his abilities, Jet can't really understand why the lower classes are rebelling. He believes that, had they worked hard like he did, they wouldn't be in their predicament. They would be able to afford the resources had they actually worked for it.
He wasn't always this way though. Before he was fully brainwashed, he was very in the middle with both sides. Jet loved reading, and puzzles. As well as making both men and women uncomfortable by flirting with them at the bar. Now he's just Lady Vienna's puppy whose obsessed with his custom built whip-sword.

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Jet "Blade" LaShea-

Pacing his tent, Jet shook his head at his three Generals. "If they keep attacking at night fall how do you expect our archers to notice them in time? Thats a ridiculous plan and the three of you know it." He stopped to look at the map laid out in front of them. "Under every archer should be two swordsmen, spice it up a bit." They were trying to defend some plots of land that their side won and decided to use for crops. Unfortunately it was in hostile territory and they would need to have intense defenses in order for the crops to have time to grow in peace. "We'll have two groups of twenty men patrolling the parameter at all times. Maybe have two dogs as an extra precaution at night?" The Lieutenant Colonel's amber eyes flicked over to the three men before him. "If there happens to be another attack, we could push them back into this ravine." He lightly traced over a mark on the map. "Would dwindle their numbers a bit."

"Should we ambush them first you think?" One of the men suggested, playing with his dagger. "Would keep them at bay I'm sure. Especially if they'd have to tend to their wounded and mourn the dead." It was a decent option. Jet chuckled at the offer.

"Well they seem to have been attacking from all sides recently. So if you want to head with me and scope out where their base camp is, that would be really great. Though I believe Lady Vienna would want us to stay here and just defend the crops. They just started sprouting, It would be a shame if we allow them to destroy our future food supply."

"But you'd get the credit from the Lady herself if the plan works right? Two of us can stay. Two of us can scope out the camp." The man was persistent, one of those who were a bit too eager to be out on the battlefield. That definitely got Jet thinking. His head nodding slightly as he mulled it over. He stood back and played with the grip on his sword.

"I suppose that wouldn't be a bad idea." He finally agreed. The agreement soon followed by him barking directions at the other two generals before heading out of the tent with the other general. If they kept their defenses up tonight, and if the Rebels did attack again, it would be an opportune time to see where their camp was.

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Erza Alexander Mercury

Erza chuckled to himself as he looked down at the map in front of himself and his most trusted generals as they stood in the rebel tent, in a meeting. It seemed like the night attacks on the government bases had been a success. "They wouldn't be succeeding as much if the government wasn't dumb enough to constantly send archers out to defend their bases...at night ." One of the generals spoke which caused the tent to light up in laughter. It was always good to keep oneself in good spirits during times such as these.

"Well, seems like our next step would be to attack those precious crops they seem to be tending to so lovingly..." One of the other generals spoke. "A little arson perhaps? If you cut off their food supply then surely their will to fight will dwindle as well." Another responded and Erza shook his head.

"Do you not think that is exactly what they would be thinking that we would attack." Erza responded to them all. "That is why we will be attacking their secondary base over here..." He explained as he gestured to the building a bit farther from their crop supply. "Last I heard it holds most of their water and medical supplies so we shall attack, raid, and then burn it." He grinned.

"Yes sir!" The rebellion spoke before they piled out of the tent to begin on their own preparations for the assault that night.

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Jet "Blade" LaShea-

Jet wasn't at all concerned about the other bases. They switched them periodically at random to avoid any potential sabotage to their necessities. The only one they literally couldn't just uproot were the crops. Only Lady Vienna really knew where the different supplies were stored each day. Quietly, Jet continued on foot with the general. Their task would've been easier if they'd been able to bring a dog, but Jet wanted to keep all of the protections on the crops. Though a dog would've been able to find the rebel camp by now.

"Do you have any idea where the base is? Or are we just taking a lovely night stroll?" Jet chuckled with a grin, "I do hope you know where you're going. Vienna'd be upset if you lost her best fighter."Though he found it quite nice to be out and about instead of on a normal patrol or being confined inside the walls of the city.

"Yeah, its around the southeast of our crops, sort of more near the second base." The general rolled his eyes at Jet's cocky comments. "yeah, yeah, you're completely irreplaceable." He muttered sarcastically.

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Erza Alexander Mercury

Ezra had begun to clue into the fact that periodically the supplies swapped their locations and he had begun to track them. But any sabotage of the resources and necessities required to run the government side of the war would be a victory towards the rebellion. He knew that it would not be smart to lead the government side towards the rebel base so he gathered his group of soldiers and himself and headed out.

"Keep on your guard everyone, you never know what could be lurking in the shadows during our raid..." Ezra spoke as he looked at them all. "Keep your hands on your weapons at all times and be ready to shoot to kill." He grinned, always loving to witness the bloodshed of taking down government soldiers. The only good government official was a dead one.

Smirking to himself as the base they were planning on raiding and burning came into view, he increased his pace with the men. Spotting a few officials, without hesitation, they began to open fire on them. Ezra looking down his scope, aiming to pick them off one by one.

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Jet "Blade" LaShea-

Assuming the walking he'd heard was a patrol for their second base, Jet and his General continued on a little ways. Freezing in their tracks once they heard the battle break out. The decision should've been easy, to find their rebel camp while they were attacking. However, with a quick glance and a nod both Jet and the general doubled back to help the fight. Staying as quiet as they could to hopefully ambush their backlines.

He'd stayed to the left, flanking for a weak point somewhere in the group as the general headed in the opposite direction. A smirk on his face when he noticed the red-headed Man from the rebellion. He'd become a rebel icon of sorts and was probably the one in charge of the attack. Jet would have to work his way over to him. Squatting in the shadows, he flicked his whipsword to life. Watching as it wrapped around a rebel's ankles and quickly pulling him in for the kill. The soldier yelped with surprise and attempted to struggle out of the blade's grasp. His eyes wide as Jet grinned down at him and slit his throat. Cutting off a pinky finger and using one of the small vials in his pocket to preserve it until later.

Unwrapping the whip sword from around the deceased's ankles, Jet righted his weapon and readied for another attack. A bit surprised when he had to dodge a few men that were already coming for him. "Guess your friend was louder than I'd thought, my condolences." He teased with a grin as he defended himself. Only to realize a few minutes later that they had backed him up into the middle of the fight as he bumped into the red haired Rebellion Icon himself.

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Erza Alexander Mercury

Ezra kept an eye out for government officials as he lead his platoon of rebel soldiers along to their designated meeting point to attack, imobalize, and burn the storage units the government was choosing to use. Looking over as he heard one of his men make yelping then a choking noise. He swore and pulled his sword from it's holster as he noticed his own men raising their weapons to attack the men who had ambushed their ambush. He directed his men to take down the one who had killed their comrade, seeing him as the leader of this little attack. He grunted as he felt someone back into him and he whipped around, pointing the tip of his sword at the neck of the big bad man himself. He narrowed his eyes and aimed to slash at him, remaining quiet for now to keep his focus.

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