User:Njalm2/Scrapbox

A place where I dump paragraphs and such from my characters that I no longer use, please note that this is still my intellectual property however and I'll consider it plagiarism if any of these sections are used without my permission.

Mind Magic & Curses
Master of the Mind: From the day he was given to his grandmothers care, he was always taught that power was what would ultimately drive him ever onward; and what greater power could ever exist than to be capable of manipulatiing the minds of lesser creatures? To Shigenaga, the answer is obvious, and through his grandmothers tutelage he learned how to use his natural gift to make his ends meet, allowing him to make sworn enemies regard him as a close friend. While Shigenaga in his younger years loathed to use abuse his gifts, he soon grew accustomed to its power - and whenever he held the psyche of someone else within his hand, he somehow always felt fulfilled, content; a mindset derived from a desperate need to have control over his own life. Shigenaga only continued to refine these talents during the time he spent building himself a name of his own, allowing himself to quickly climb the ladders in the underworld of Soul Society. Through the centuries spent honing his natural abilities, Shigenaga's control over the mind has only increased; being capable of weaving powerful illusions, tricking Shinsengumi Member Hyūga Majeh into murdering his fiancee; through the use of a carefully constructed illusion. Through his training, Shigenaga has become a powerful illusionist, enchanter and manipulator - using his abilities to dominate, humiliate and torment the psyches of friends and foes alike. For this reason, Shigenaga is typically considered to be more dangerous out of combat.

Master Illusionist: Shigenaga is noted to be extremely proficient with illusions, weaving them with such skill and subtle elegance so as to make them practically indestinquishable from reality. With ease, Shigenaga can paint the environment however he wishes, being particularily skilled at projecting forth almost insurmountable obstacles for his adversity to overcome, progressively laying false perceptions upon false perceptions to ensnare his opponent ever further within his web of deceit and guile. In particular, Shigenaga understands the nature of the mind, its a fickle and uncertain thing, which overrelies on sensory imput, information that may or may not be accurate. His magic is mostly used in order to sow fear, uncertainty and discord within his foes; he does this to weaken their resolve, which works to strengthen his grasp on their minds and make his illusions seem even more real.

Through dilligent research and testing, Shigenaga has come to develop a variety of powerful illusionary spells. Displaying little care for the psychological well-being and privacy of his victims, having given himself permission centuries ago to use whatever means nessecary to claw his way to the top, wielding his disturbing magic with unrestrained abandon whenever it suits him. But the versatility of such magic were hardly lost on him, and over the years he's assumed many disguises. Among his crowning achievements is the ability to change his own apparent gender at will, appearing for all purposes to be a beautiful well-endowed woman to all the primary senses of anyone looking directly at him. This powerful glamer masks his true self while he deals with criminals at the black market.

His skill within the art of disguising something as something else is appearantly so great that he's capable of hiding illusions within other illusions, creating several layers of phantasms and figments which are linked together by his will and form a much larger picture. But yet the greatest testament to his tremendous abilities as an illusionist is however his ability to place contingent illusions, where each broken illusion immediately culminates in another predetermined one, creating a long-lasting chain of phantasms that continously test every decision made, inflicting escalating damage for as long as it goes on.