Skeiphes Profile+Ref -ver.2-

Name: Skeiphes Ketsurui Librare AKA Skeph Librare
Species: Cruor Demon
Origin: Inanis (The Void)
*Gender: Male
*Height/Weight: 5’8(58cm)/175lb.
*Age/Appearance: 20 years old
(*) - the marked are subject to change; since he has the ability to shapeshift.

Personality
Skeiphes appears to be naive, slightly cliche and crazy, but he really friendly and likes befriending others (whenever possible). Although he doesn't appear to be socialable, he can be quite animated when engaged in conversation. He is also very mellow and laid back, but can get very aggressive when annoyed or serious. He acts like an air-head, but is very observant and calculating. He also has random cravings for chocolate, orange flavored muffins, and chocolate ice cream. Skeiphes favors the colors gray, blue, red, black and white.

He likes to make references to movies, TV shows/movies, books or games he's seen (they can sometimes be very obscure). He will usually quote something that is relevant to the environment, event and/or encounter (best examples are in the Due Luna OCT entries). He will usually never quote the same thing twice, although he will have a tendency to quote things within the same book, movie, game, etc. In all situations where he is quoting something, he does so within the context of what he "means" and who he is talking to (ie anything he quotes is meant to be meaningful to the situation or person).

Although this does not happen often, Skeiphes can be naive when it comes to love and intimacy, like a young inexperienced teen who is just learning about it. Whenever he finds someone whom he is attracted to, he modifies his behavior to better approach the person he finds attractive when interacting with them. He tends to be very chivalrous when it comes to interacting with someone he really likes, wanting to please the person he likes. He will rarely do this, but on occasion he will also change his appearance; whether it is of someone the person he likes is attracted to or that person’s real lover. He tries to find love in relationships that will last; frowning upon the idea of one-night-stands (not to say he doesn't like them; he just doesn't want to have a relationship based on sex).

Skeiphes will usually try to avoid getting into fights, but will not run from one unless he is almost 'dead'. Skeiphes has a kind of split personality, only reverting to his more violent, insane and battle-ready persona when either tormented enough, his will is broken, or he chooses to fight. He can be sadomasochistic at times; enjoying some forms of pain and gets thoroughly aroused at the site of other people's pain. While in his 'broken state', Skeiphes has occasional fits; acting as if he was being tortured.

Combat Behavior
Skeiphes will always try to talk his way out of a fight no and 'befriend' his opponent, no matter who they are. He will be nice, polite and friendly upon an initial encounter to either put his enemies into a false sense of security or simply to be nice to someone he may actually like. Skeiphes’ tactics of combat will normally involve a combination of his abilities as well as either the environment or his interactions with his opponent(s). He tries to either gain the upper hand before the fight or will use the area around him to create advantages. He will ALWAYS try and find weaknesses to which he can exploit, but doesn’t always depend on finding weaknesses to fight. His fight style DOES change depending on his opponent:

Vs. Hand-To-Hand - Whenever fighting hand-to-hand, Skeiphes will either grow extra limbs to better defend himself and fight back, or will try and get distance away from his enemy to use ranged attacks; such as making his arm a cannon to shoot them with, or lash at them with tentacles he would grow from his hand.
Vs. Ranged/Shooters - Skeiphes will try and close the distance between any enemy with ranged capabilities to make it harder for them to shoot him. He will change his arms to blades or grow extra limbs to fight hand-to-hand with any ranged fighter.
Vs. Bladed Fighters - He will usually fight on equal terms when it comes to fighting with swords; changing his arms to blades for close-range combat. He may also form a shield on one arm for protection, but will normally just make his arm blades.
Vs. Magic/Energy - If Skeiphes is ever up against a heavy magic or energy user, he will change into his demon form at the beginning of the fight to absorb the magic and energy to use against them. He tries to wait and see how they use their magic or energy in their fight before using it himself, mimicking their techniques and forms of fighting.
Vs. Attractive People - Whenever faced with someone he finds extremely attractive, he tries to go easy on them and disarm them of everything they have (weapons and powers). He tries not to harm them, but if they become too much for him then he will become serious. In general, he will change his own abilities to negate theirs and will try to make them helpless and vulnerable.

Other Combat Tactics
Create clones of himself to fight - will do this when being overpowered or when he wishes to swarm over his enemy.
Absorb matter into himself - will do this to either make new items or weapons to use against his enemy, or to convert it into energy.
Absorb the enemy into himself - will only do this when he is in his true form, and will either strip them naked and nothing more, rip their limbs apart until they submit, or kill them.

Desires
One of his deepest desires is to 'find a mate and reproduce', although he never wishes to express this; making him act very nervous (and vulnerable, like some fearful child) around women he finds very attractive when he isn't 'on equal grounds' or is not in a 'manly position'. This desire may end up badly later on, since he falls in love with many women; even if he loved them all equally. He also desires the growth of his own power and abilities, hoping that he can one day 'fulfill' the purpose that he was born to fulfill.

History
Skeiphes was born during what became known as the first war of the gods. Tiamat, the goddess and mother to all the deities of the time, created Skeiphes from the blood which came from birthing other demons and monsters. Although Skeiphes was born from Tiamat, he did not desire to fight a war which he was expected to fight, and so was cast out of the horde and thrown into the Void by Tiamat, where he wandered aimlessly through the centuries. As time went by, he found ways to pass into the mortal realm and back into the Void, which became his home. But by the time he first visited the mortal relm, he found so many of his brothers and sisters dead, and so little magic in the world. Now that he was no longer banished, he began his new life in the 'real' world.

Skeiphes' Blood
Skeiphes' blood has the ability to change and take on the properties of anything Skeiphes desires. Each individual blood cell is classified as its own being, since it has the ability to reproduce more cells to the point where it can grow its own body. His blood is more like a dark matter that only he can control, being the host mind of all the other 'blood cells'. The only reason Skeiphes refers to the substance as 'blood' is because it is what he is made of and it is what sustains him.
Extra Note: Each cell of his body has it's own soul. (Added note because there has been at least one reaper/soul related/powered character in OCTs he's been in.)

Skeiphes' Eyes
Whenever his eyes change, Skeiphes will close his eyes and open them again to show the change. However, when he is changing from his human form to his demon form, only the retina will disappear and the shades of gray will turn to solid black and white. (Ignore the Facilis and Mala eye things.)

Inanis - the Void/Mirror World
Inanis is Skeph's plane of existance. In order for him to remain sane, he must return to Inanis after certain periods of time; although it varies how long he can stay in reality. Skeph has the ability to phase in and out of Inanis, as well as bring people with him. Inanis itself is a combination of two things: Inanis is the real world in Skeph's mind as well as the will and desire of those in Inanis. This means that Inanis can 'change' itself according to those who live or are visiting its realm. Inanis itself is not a world, but a kind of layer of existence; those in Inanis are always at the center of the layer while Inanis changes itself around those in the realm. Because of this, Skeph can be extremely vulnerable to strong minded and willed people, but at the same time he is a lot stronger because he knows how to manipulate the world of Inanis to his own will. No matter what the situation though, Inanis will always be seen as a world with only shades of gray (excluding those who are pulled into it; they are the only sources of other colors). In Inanis, there is no light, darkness or shadows because its realm has no true sun or moon.

Abilities/Strengths
Dimensional/Planar Shift: Skeiphes has the ability to phase into and out of different dimensions and planes of existence, but he can only travel to these different dimensions and planes from his own world Inanis. Once in Inanis, he can go anywhere he desires. He also has the ability to take others with him, but he must have physical contact with the person or people he is traveling with.
Electrical Stimulus Emission: Skeiphes can emit electrical currents on the surface of his body that can make any being who touches him feel any physical sensation he desires (extreme pleasure or pain, numbness, hot, cold, etc). This ability does not physically harm anyone or anything, nor can the electrical currents be 'shot' out from his body or sent through metallic objects. He can only use this ability in his human form.
Mist Emission: Mist can be emitted from Skeiphes' body, covering the area around him with fog. The mist serves two purposes: it obscures vision and it acts as a weapon. The mist itself is really Skeiphes' blood particles, so he is able to attack virtually anywhere within the fog he produces. The mist is a dark gray, so even during the day it seems like evening in the fog.
Insant Cell Reproduction: Skeiphes has the anatomical ability to almost instantaneously reproduce all of the different kinds of cells in his body, allowing him to ‘grow’ limbs, heal/recover from injuries at almost instantaneous speeds, and even give ‘birth’ to new life of any shape or size. However, the process of producing more cells can be extremely painful for Skeiphes.
Genetic Modification: Although Skeiphes normally appears to be a 5’8 black-haired, gray-eyed person, he is able to change the genetic code of his body to appear as anything or anyone he desired. Minor physical changes such as skin color, hair color, eye color, height and weight can change instantly. But when changing his anatomy or his body structure, shape, or size it can take minutes to hours to change. This ability is specifically the reason why Skeiphes calls himself a shapeshifter; although he normally will only make himself grow tentacles to attack his enemies, he can virtually do anything he can think up (as long as he understands how he can do it). Ultimately, he can temporary gain other abilities because of this power, but because he must understand how he would be able to take on other powers, his intellect and imagination acts as a limiter for this ability.
Energy Absorption: In his natural form, Skeiphes is able to absorb all forms of energy. The energy absorbed may be used against whatever had attacked him, expelled from his body in the form of ‘blood’, or the energy could be converted into new cells in his body, which would make him grow in size in his natural form. He can expel energy by either creating objects or other beings from his body, or by producing energy into waves, domes/barriers, or bursts. Intaking too much energy causes him to explode. He can also absorb energy in his human form, but not as much or as quickly as in his demon form.
Hive Mind: Any being created by Skeiphes is able to relay information to him telepathically, whether it is through voices, images, or other sensations. Because of this, anything trying to either dominate or invade his mind (mind reading or mind control) will instead be ‘assimilated’ by the presence of so many persona and minds meshed into one, resulting in the intruder ‘becoming’ Skeiphes. This ability only applies when he is in his human form.
Liquid Body: In his natural/demonic form, Skeiphes has a liquid based body, with only a telepathic ‘nucleus’ and eyes as a part of his anatomy. While in this form, he loses his ‘hive mind’ ability and become extremely vulnerable to mind attacks (mind control and/or mind reading). If someone or something ever dominated his mind (mind control), he would change his entire body to resemble the attacker/intruder and would begin fighting/thinking as they do instead. While in his demonic form, Skeiphes is immune to all physical and magical/supernatural attacks (ie. only mind attacks work against him). Although he no longer sustains physical injuries and can absorb all kinds of energy, he can easily be destroyed via a vacuum of space or sub-zero temperature. The longer he remains in his natural form, the more time he has to recover from fatigue from changing back into his human body.
Magic Science Understanding: Skeiphes has an understanding of magic that is similar to human science; magic ‘energy’ cannot be created or destroyed. Because of this; he is more adept at identifying magic, how it is used and who to mimic or modify the method of which magic manifests, as well as how to counter/negate/avoid whatever magics he faces.

Weaknesses
Slow Body Reaction: Although Skeiphes' brain processes information much faster than a normal person, his body does not react as fast to signals in his brain. This is why he will take most attacks head on; because he knows he cannot react quickly enough to dodge. He dodges attacks when it is possible, but for the most part he relies on his ability to heal quickly in combat so he won't have to worry about being hit. This is not to say that Skeiphes is not fast, he has unnatural speed compared to normal humans; he just isn't able to process reactions throughout his body quickly.
Flammable Body: The only type of energy that Skeiphes cannot absorb into his body is fire. Although he can absorb heat, his human body is flammable and will prevent him from changing into his liquid form (ie he can absorb the heat of flames so that they extinguish, but he must do so before being hit be the flames). This weakness is somewhat easy to overcome, but it is even more so painful to Skeiphes than any other kind of pain.
Low Pain Tolerance: Normally, when in his human body, Skeiphes has an extrmely low tolerance to phycial pain. Although he cannot truely be killed, he is most vulnerable when tortured; especially when he is in a ‘dead state’.
Dimensional Locked: Skeiphes must always return to Inanis after certain periods of time or else he becomes extremely ill. The illness affects him physically and mentally.
Dimensional Illness: As said above, when Skeiphes has not returned to Inanis after a certain period of time, he will become physically and mentally sick. Physically, he becomes more and more reliant on his demonic form and eventually is forced to stay in said form until he returns to Inanis. Mentally, he becomes more primitive and rabid with hunger; eating almost anything he can get his hands (or tentacles) on. If he spends too much time outside of Inanis, he will eventually become unable to return due to his mental state.
Energy Overload: If too much energy is absorbed into his body when he is in his natural form his body will explode; though it will reform and cause him fatigue.
Regeneration Exhaustion: Although Skeiphes can ‘grow’ new limbs or grow them back, it takes a lot of energy for him to do so; and it takes time to get used to the new limb.
Dead Pulse: When Skeiphes experiences a 'dead state', he will remain dead until whatever implement is removed from his body. This weakness, however, can be overcomed by reverting to his liquid form.
Mentally Unstable: Skeiphes' mind may be strong, but his will can SOMETIMES be extremely weak. He can be influenced by almost anyone he thinks he can trust and can sometimes contradicts himself in terms of what he says and what he does. Although his will can be 'broken', he cannot easily be manipulated. When his will is broken, he goes berserk. If and when something or someone manages to overpower Skeiphes' mind it shuts down as a fail-safe. He is unable to think properly in this state, and reverts into his true form. When in his true form, he will attempt to devour anything that is within his blood's reach.

And for all ye souls who have read this far:
Ways of Beating Skeiphes: A Guide For Unfortunate Souls
Hawt Fyre!: By setting him on fire, Skeiphes would be forced to disperse into mist; which could be a TECHNICAL win, if you wanna have a quick easy way of making him lose. He WILL, however, re-solidify from mist back into his humanoid self, so this could also be a way to just slow him down as well; since this would be considered regeneration (and by extension, regeneration exhaust).
Entering Uke-Mode: Tricking Skeiphes into either a trap or into giving up with promises of love and tender affection (false or otherwise). This would ONLY work with female OCs, and you'd have to be willing to go pretty far with it in order to make him give up. I'm not saying you need to go to extreme measures (smex) or anything, but he's pretty naive about that sort of thing and might be gullible enough to fall for traps or into giving up while being seduced. Heck, you might even make him your ally if you choose this way of defeating him.
Torture: This is something people tend to overlook; Skeiphes is overly sensitve to pain (AND pleasure ) so one could easily make him give up if tortured enough. Although, the trick is getting him pinned or unable to move so that one can torture him; but once you've figured out how to get him immobile, torturing submission from him is an option.
Battle of Wits: Skeiphes is the kind of person who isn't very knowledge-able of current events, cultures, and any overall aspects of society. If challenged to a battle of wits, he would be unable to answer questions regarding such subjects. He is extremely knowledge-able in magics, science (including dimensions and meta-science) and mathematics, and so would focus his line of questions on such things. Also...he would not be able to resist making references of different things for his answers, since he would revel in how silly it is and/or how perfectly it relates to the question. An example (please do not use this one) would be the question and answer: "What is your favorite color?" "Blue...no, yel-AAAAAhhh!" (It's a Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference; his favorite color is really gray.)
Mostly Dead: The way Skeiphes's "dead pulse" weakness works is that if there is something that prevents him from regenerating, then he cannot "revive" himself. Some may be under the impression Skeiphes cannot die, which is not entirely true; he can, but he can also revive himself unconsciously. For instance, if someone were to plunge a dozen swords into all of his limbs and body parts so that he could not move, he would die and be unable to revive himself as long as the swords kept him pinned. Doing something like this could prove difficult, since whoever he was fighting would have to be fast enough to pin him so that he could not simply grow tentacles or limbs to remove any implements that would cause him to die, and would have to catch him off guard so that his reaction to being "killed" would be delayed.
Exploit Weakness: As said in the "genetic modification" ability, Skeiphes has access to almost any ability and can become any being he wishes. But this also means he takes on the weaknesses of the beings he becomes, and becomes vulnerable to any opposing abilities that would exploit the weakness of any ability he obtains though the "genetic modification" ability. For instance, if he gained the power to manipulate fire, he'd then become weak against ice and water. But Skeiphes will not take on just any ability that would best suit a fight; he would have to be forced or tricked into changing his current abilities into one that his opponents could take advantage of.
BESERKER!!!: Skeiphes is most dangerous when in his "berserker mode" (as described in the "dimensional illness" weakness), but is also most vulnerable in this state. He no longer uses logic or complex tactics against his enemies; he simply wants to eat everything. If someone drove him into this state of mind and body, they could more easily predict what he will do in a fight.

Wrote up the above guide for those who just HATE fighting Skeiphes, and have a hard time trying to think up ways of defeating him. The first 2 ways listed are cheap shots, and I would appreciate you not using those unless you REALLY can't think of any other way of beating him.

Note to OCT opponents: Being creative with Skeiphes' abilities and how he fights your OC is really the only thing you need to do to keep him in character; as well as adding in witty, sutble and/or obscure references.

Last Update: June 10, 2010
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The reference of my character Skeiphes...sorry the figure on the left isn't as well done as the one on the right. I got lazy, what with using Photoshop to get the outlines from the originals and then coloring in everything. I like Skeiphes without the mask on...but anyway, here you go. Will be using this for OC tournaments.