Demon Academy Sample Characters
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Sample Characters
Character 1: Mei Zhang
Foundation Establishment Cultivator (Standard)
Definition: A young refugee from Qing Tiān maintaining Foundation Establishment cultivation despite Earth’s hostile environment.
Features: Sense spiritual energy; Enhance physical abilities; Circulate Chi through meridians; Recognize formations; Resist spiritual attacks
History: I achieved Foundation Establishment three months before the Vorac consumed Qing Tiān. Elder Wu helped me escape through a dimensional tear.
Wound Tracks: Exhausted; Disoriented; Injured; Drained; Overwhelmed
Growth: Project divine sense; Manifest spiritual pressure; Channel elemental Chi; Refine golden core; Bind spiritual weapons; Create barrier formations; Fly using Chi
Refugee Mentor’s Teachings (Standard)
Definition: Elder Wu’s orthodox cultivation lessons guide her practice and decision-making.
Features: Recall crucial techniques; Apply traditional wisdom; Maintain proper forms; Recognize sect practices
History: Master Wu held back a Vorac tendril so twenty students could escape. I carry his jade cultivation manual.
Wound Tracks: Traumatized; Grief-stricken; Doubtful; Guilty; Shaken
Growth: Teach disciples formally; Create training regimens; Interpret ancient texts; Modify techniques for Earth; Write cultivation manuals; Establish teaching lineage
Time Chi Affinity (Secret)
Definition: She possesses rare Time Chi affinity but conceals it because time manipulation creates massive spiritual signatures.
Features: Perceive temporal flows; Slow personal time perception; Sense temporal anomalies; Detect time formations
History: My affinity manifested at age twelve during sparring. Master Wu recognized it and swore me to secrecy.
Wound Tracks: Disoriented; Confused; Aged; Sick; Unstable
Growth: Freeze targets briefly; Rewind objects’ states; See multiple seconds ahead; Accelerate personal time; Step outside normal time; Create time loops; Anchor locations temporally
Unstable Core (Flaw)
Definition: Her properly-formed core slowly fractures due to Earth’s resistance to Chi.
Features: Unpredictable power surges; Sporadic deviations; Heightened spiritual sensitivity
History: Three months after arriving on Earth, Elder Chen examined me and confirmed my core was deteriorating.
Wound Tracks: Fractured; Poisoned; Bleeding; Eroded; Damaged
Growth: Reinforce core temporarily; Redistribute core structure; Form Earth-adapted core; Create hybrid foundation; Convert instability to burst attacks; Rebuild from fragments
Survived the Vorac (Scar)
Definition: She witnessed her world’s consumption and learned to recognize the entity’s presence early.
Features: Detect Vorac signatures; Remain calm during breaches; Recognize drainage patterns; Evade tendrils instinctively
History: I watched the sky turn empty gray as the Vorac consumed Qing Tiān. Master Wu disappeared into the mist holding our barrier.
Wound Tracks: Terrified; Panicked; Frozen; Paralyzed; Hyperalert
Growth: Disrupt Vorac cohesion directly; Shield others from void; Create Chi anchors; Sense breaches before manifestation; Navigate Vorac mist; Survive direct contact
Team Leader (Standard)
Definition: She coordinates delving teams and makes tactical decisions during Tower Dungeon operations.
Features: Coordinate actions; Make quick decisions; Assess capabilities; Maintain morale; Delegate tasks
History: During week three, our team leader froze during a Floor 8 encounter. I got everyone out safely.
Wound Tracks: Pressured; Paralyzed; Exhausted; Guilty; Burdened
Growth: Read entire battlefields instantly; Inspire allies during crisis; Predict enemy actions; Coordinate multiple teams; Create contingency plans; Direct large operations
Formation Theory (Standard)
Definition: She studies formation arrays and possesses natural spatial perception for geometric patterns.
Features: Identify formation types; Recognize patterns; Detect nodes; Calculate safe paths; Understand spatial geometry
History: At age eleven, I saw the complete energy flow in Elder Wu’s basic array while others only saw element placement.
Wound Tracks: Overloaded; Disoriented; Confused; Strained; Dazed
Growth: Break formations without triggering; Create original arrays; Layer multiple formations; Design dimensional formations; Apply formations in combat; Trap enemies in arrays; Modify formations in real-time
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Boost Pool: [4 dice currently stored]
Current Setbacks:
Homesick (Severity 2)
Fatigued (Severity 1)
Current Frays:
Foundation Establishment Cultivator (+1 Fray)
Character 2: Marcus “Reaper” Johnson
Extraction Specialist (Standard)
Definition: A Nexus Security operative who extracts cores from Awakened and refugees for six-figure payments.
Features: Locate cores precisely; Perform surgical extractions; Restrain cultivators; Identify core types; Navigate black markets
History: I was an EMT before Nexus recruited me to handle spiritual emergencies. My first extraction paid $50,000.
Wound Tracks: Guilty; Dissociated; Ashamed; Compromised; Traumatized
Growth: Extract without permanent damage; Stabilize extracted cores; Reverse extraction damage; Transplant cores safely; Shield cores from scanners; Perform emergency core repairs
Military Training (Standard)
Definition: Former Army Ranger with combat, tactical, and medical training.
Features: Close quarters combat; Tactical assessment; Weapon proficiency; Field survival; Team coordination
History: I served six years before medical discharge from shrapnel wounds in Afghanistan.
Wound Tracks: Stressed; Injured; Triggered; Conditioned; Conflicted
Growth: Disarm multiple opponents; Plan complex operations; Resist interrogation; Survive behind enemy lines; Train others in combat; Lead assault teams
Corporate Security Clearance (Standard)
Definition: Level 5 Nexus clearance provides access to classified Awakened locations, refugee movements, and market data.
Features: Access restricted databases; Navigate systems; Leverage classified intel; Identify targets; Understand chains of command
History: They gave me Level 5 after my fortieth extraction. “You’re committed now,” my handler said.
Wound Tracks: Paranoid; Anxious; Burdened; Vulnerable; Overloaded
Growth: Hack secure systems; Erase digital records; Create false identities; Plant evidence; Access top-secret files; Bypass biometric security
Awakened Detection (Standard)
Definition: His spontaneously-formed core allows him to sense other Awakened and their cultivation levels.
Features: Sense nearby cores; Detect ability usage; Recognize cultivation stages; Feel spiritual pressure; Track movement
History: During an extraction three months ago, a sixteen-year-old’s core detonated. When I woke, something had changed inside me.
Wound Tracks: Exposed; Unstable; Sensitive; Confused; Terrified
Growth: Extend detection range; Identify core types; Read cultivation techniques; Track through walls; Sense through suppression; Detect at miles distance
Remembers Every Face (Flaw)
Definition: He perfectly recalls every extraction subject. Their faces, names, pleas, and fates. 147 extractions, 43 deaths.
Features: Perfect victim recall; Remember operation details; Recognize past subjects; Track outcomes obsessively
History: Subject #23 was Amanda Liu. She asked me to make sure someone fed her cat. I extracted her core on a Tuesday.
Wound Tracks: Sleepless; Haunted; Spiraling; Paralyzed; Broken
Growth: Testify with perfect accuracy; Reconstruct crime scenes; Identify perpetrators; Recall procedural details; Document systematically; Cross-reference cases
Secretly Sabotaging Operations (Secret)
Definition: For six weeks he’s been tipping off the Sanctuary Network, botching extractions, and leaking intelligence.
Features: Communicate covertly; File false reports; Fail deliberately; Leak intelligence; Maintain cover
History: Subject #141 reminded me of my niece. I triggered the alarm early. The family escaped.
Wound Tracks: Discovered; Stressed; Paranoid; Anxious; Terrified
Growth: Encrypt communications; Create dead drops; Establish safe houses; Forge documents; Coordinate rescue operations; Run counter-intelligence
Military-Grade Equipment (Standard)
Definition: Nexus issues spiritual restraint devices, Chi-disruption weapons, enhanced armor, and specialized medical supplies.
Features: Use restraint devices; Deploy disruption weapons; Operate scanners; Maintain equipment; Exploit vulnerabilities
History: They issued a full loadout after my twentieth extraction. I’d documented every specification and weakness.
Wound Tracks: Dependent; Failed; Recognized; Tracked; Traumatized
Growth: Modify restraints; Reverse disruption fields; Hack scanners; Sabotage equipment; Repurpose weapons; Disable remotely
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Boost Pool: [2 dice currently stored]
Current Setbacks:
Guilty (Severity 4)
Sleepless (Severity 3)
Dissociated (Severity 2)
Current Frays:
Extraction Specialist (+2 Fray)
Military Training (+1 Fray)
Character 3: Grandmother Willow (Liu Qing Feng)
Nascent Soul Cultivator (Standard)
Definition: A thousand-year willow dryad at Nascent Soul realm whose soul slowly dissolves in Earth’s hostile environment.
Features: Access ancient knowledge; Manifest tremendous power; Communicate with nature; Speak with beasts; Project divine sense
History: I achieved Nascent Soul at age seven hundred after centuries of cultivation. Then the Vorac came.
Wound Tracks: Dissolving; Degraded; Weary; Fractured; Eroding
Growth: Manifest soul outside body; Strike with soul directly; Possess objects temporarily; Split consciousness; Reconstruct damaged souls; Transcend physical death
Ten Thousand Beast Alliance Leader (Standard)
Definition: North American coordinator for the Alliance, mediating between spirit beasts and human governments.
Features: Negotiate politically; Manage territories; Conduct diplomacy; Coordinate Alliance; Mediate conflicts
History: The Alliance elected me coordinator because I studied human civilization for centuries in Jade Verdant.
Wound Tracks: Exhausted; Burdened; Compromised; Pressured; Strained
Growth: Negotiate treaties formally; Establish embassies; Command military forces; Declare territories officially; Enforce Alliance law; Represent at UN
Nature’s Sanctuary (Standard)
Definition: She maintains a Portland community garden that serves as hidden Alliance territory and spiritual refuge.
Features: Maintain sanctuary space; Grow spiritual plants; Create safe zones; Hide meetings; Provide refuge; Generate ambient Chi
History: I claimed this industrial wasteland seventy-nine years ago and spent decades transforming it into sanctuary.
Wound Tracks: Breached; Damaged; Destroyed; Violated; Collapsed
Growth: Expand sanctuary to city blocks; Link multiple sanctuaries; Teleport between locations; Generate healing zones; Purify corruption; Create permanent Chi wells
Ancient Wisdom (Standard)
Definition: Three thousand years of memory, experience, and accumulated cultivation knowledge.
Features: Access historical knowledge; Recognize ancient techniques; Understand karmic patterns; Teach lost methods; Provide counsel; Recognize patterns
History: I was five hundred years old when the Golden Lotus Sect rose. I watched them master jade cultivation, then fall.
Wound Tracks: Forgetful; Outdated; Paralyzed; Traumatized; Fatigued
Growth: Recall any past event perfectly; Speak all ancient languages; Reproduce extinct techniques; Read karmic threads; Predict historical patterns; Access genetic memories
Dying (Scar)
Definition: Her Nascent Soul dissolves daily as Earth’s Chi resistance erodes her existence.
Features: Recognize mortality patterns; Remain calm facing death; Share legacy urgently; Make preparations; Embrace impermanence; Guide successors
History: Fifteen years ago my soul-form flickered during meditation. I consulted other Nascent Souls. None had solutions.
Wound Tracks: Flickering; Fragmented; Gapped; Forgetful; Failed
Growth: Transfer memories completely; Implant knowledge directly; Merge consciousness temporarily; Clone soul fragments; Possess willing hosts; Reincarnate with full memory
Concealed Power (Secret)
Definition: She suppresses her Nascent Soul spiritual signature to appear as a frail elderly woman.
Features: Suppress signature completely; Disguise cultivation level; Unleash hidden power; Maintain deception; Project weakness
History: Three years ago a demon cultivator tried to claim my sanctuary. I dropped suppression for thirty seconds. He fled.
Wound Tracks: Strained; Leaking; Slipping; Revealed; Recognized
Growth: Suppress while using power; Create false signatures; Mimic other cultivation levels; Hide from divine sense; Deceive spiritual scanners; Appear completely mortal
Beast Form Connection (Flaw)
Definition: Her true form is a massive jade willow tree. Holding human shape requires constant concentration and Chi.
Features: Transform between forms; Enhance nature connection; Root deeply; Photosynthesize
History: I achieved human transformation at age three hundred after two centuries of practice.
Wound Tracks: Slipping; Unstable; Failed; Panicked; Anchored
Growth: Transform instantly; Maintain form while unconscious; Shift partially; Create wood clones; Extend roots miles underground; Grow to enormous size; Manifest multiple forms
Community Grandmother (Standard)
Definition: In Portland’s Grey Zone, she’s the kind old lady who tends gardens and offers wisdom.
Features: Provide emotional support; Offer practical wisdom; Create connections; Counsel people; Build trust; Teach gently
History: When I arrived, I isolated myself. Seventy-nine years changed that. I watched children become grandparents.
Wound Tracks: Pained; Burdened; Exhausted; Grieving; Preparing
Growth: Sense emotional needs; Read hidden intentions; Resolve deep conflicts; Heal psychological trauma; Unite communities; Inspire collective action
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Boost Pool: [3 dice currently stored]
Current Setbacks:
Dissolving (Severity 3)
Fatigued (Severity 2)
Grieving (Severity 1)
Current Frays:
Nascent Soul Cultivator (+2 Fray)
Beast Form Connection (+1 Fray)
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