[Maruem]

- Player -
Name: Mroczysław Miłowit
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Sexuality: Bisexual

- Character -
Name: Maruem
Gender: Male
Apparent Age: Mid 20s
Face Claim: Gladiolus Amicitia fanart by Emomin, Final Fantasy XV
Played By: Klidecifer
Faction: Adventurer
Affiliation: Astra - Guild Leader
Home: Orion's Villa

- Appearance -
Mroczysław and his avatar Maruem are by no means the tallest in the room, but neither is he short, and although he does not tower over most people, he is still imposing and often garners at least some level of respect just by virtue of his robust figure. He stands at 180 cm (or about 5 ft 11 in). He matched the height of his avatar to his own height, feeling quite comfortable at that level. When compared to his siblings, he makes up for his comprably short height with broader shoulders and an in general more sturdy appearance.

Mroczysław has a strong and firm body and comes off as a very resilient man. His skin in reality was tanned from his enthusiastic enjoyment of the outside world, and his avatar's skin shares that darkened complexion. He has shaggy yet soft dark brown hair what is just past shoulder length. He usually wears it free although if he needs to focus on something or has time to prepare for a more intense fight he may decide to put it into a bun. In reality his face is often adorned with some style of facial hair, though he favors a full beard and gave one to his avatar as well. He has a certain rugged charm to himself. By no means does he give off any high class air of attractiveness, beauty, or sophistication, but rather more of a common-man's charm with a well built body and generally hearty character. His blue eyes are strong and determined, and yet still somehow warm and kind. They sit framed by a pair of faux glasses when he reads, a habit picked up from his real life self requiring reading glasses.

He likes to wear a variety of clothes, sometimes cardigans and other times the loosest hoodie he can find, but generally he'll wear either something comfy like a flannel with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows or a 3/4 sleeve shirt. He wears both warm and cool colors, not tending toward one or the other. On occasions requiring more formal attire, he will often wear a male corset as well. He has a good sturdy posture much of the time, like a stable post to lean on. But when he is caught in leasure he is likely to be in a much more relaxed pose.

- Personality -
Mroczysław is an optimistic and incredibly caring person. He is ruled more by his intuition than his reason, but he does not cast aside rationality and instead acts on some sort of synergy of impulse and consideration.

His insurmountable optimism gives Mroczysław a mental resilience and fortitude that is hard to match, the force of his will crushing through obstacles in his path with an ease that one might wonder if they were ever there. He is also usually a clear thinker under pressure, although as soon as someone he cares about is at risk his impulse to protect begins to become more active and may get the better of him. His generally warm and uplifting persona is not just limited to his sociability, but extends to his physicality as well. His embraces are warm and comforting.

He has something of a romanticization of martyrdom, readily willing to sacrifice his own safety and peace of mind for the people around him, and he is at all times ready and willing to set his life on the line to protect those he cares about. However, if there are tactics in place prior to a melee he will do his best to stick with them, provided he trusts the tactician. While generally calm and friendly, Maruem is brutally efficient in combat. In addition, in moments when something does truly get on his nerves, usually to do with causing trouble for someone close to him, he does not display typical explosive or external rage. Instead he could be characterized as a 'tranquil fury' type.

Mroczysław makes it a point to try and avoid lying when he can. More likely is him hiding the whole truth if it is something that he feels would make others worry about him. He wishes to avoid placing any sort of emotional burden on others. He tries to see the best in people, believing that people in general are good at their core. He is somewhat easily distractible and prone to occasional bouts of wonderment or intense focus. When something captures his imagination, he may go all in, dedicating as much time, energy, thoughts, and emotions as he can to the project. Although the feeling of having his imagination so captured is exciting, he will usually not allow himself to neglect important matters like day-to-day maintenance and friendships for the project at hand.

He places little value in having any sort of power over others, and instead believes that serving and defending others is truly meaningful and rewarding. He tries to ensure that no voice is lost or overlooked because everyone deserves to be heard.

He is also generally quite open emotionally and this openness lends itself to truly getting to know him for who he is, thus acquaintances will make good progress towards genuine friendship with casual conversation and meetings, with little need for continuous and tactful effort. Once what little barriers he has are properly navigated and he decides to open up fully, a strong stable friendship will ensue, marked by support, optimism, emotional sensitivity, and an ever-present desire to help that is hard to match. He finds comfort in the company of others, but also enjoys the wild environments Gaia has to offer, and can be found in an almost meditative peace in locations like forest streams and the snowy peaks of mountains.

- Biography -
Before he became trapped in a game, Mroczysław was a pretty normal guy. He grew up in the state of Idaho. His father worked as a chief engineer for a large conglomerate, and his mother worked as a pediatric nurse. As a child he enjoyed playing out in the woods with his friends and would often come back home muddy from the near by creek. He did not have a massive crowd of friends but he had a few who he really liked and they would often go off on adventures together, even if the adventures were in class and happened to be the opposite of the quiet time the teacher was trying to achieve. He did not misbehave necessarily, or rather he did not do so actively. It was just an unintended consequence of his lively imagination. He also joined a local HEMA club at a young age and stuck with it for several years. He only quit after about a year into university when he could no longer keep up with balancing school, work, and sparring, as well as still having time to breath, something he valued greatly.

As he became older Mroczysław became a bit more reclusive. He still enjoyed the wild, but he began to drift away from his friends until he found himself more alone aside from the closest friends he had online. Aside from them and a few 'friends' in school whom he rarely saw them outside of it he was pretty alone. However, once he started university he became more socially active again. He found friends who were going into the same field as him as well as many other people from all across the country. At first he had planned to study to become a nurse like his mother, though he eventually switched his goal to counseling. To help pay for school he began working as a lumberjack for one of his friend's uncles. He learned the skills of the trade years prior from his grandfather in Europe. His grandfather was a very self sufficient man in a rural community, who believed that the only way to ensure a job was done properly was to do it himself, thus building his own home, farm, and all of his furniture. Mroczysław's boss called him a natural, and he very quickly received a raise for his hard work. There were several occasions where he came close to being clipped by a falling tree, but thankfully Mroczysław has an impressive reaction time and was able to get out of harms way each time.

When he was not at school or working, Mroczysław often found himself going on walks in the forest by his home, especially when he needed some peace from the rest of world. On his time off he would hop online for to play some Gaia Reborn with friends from across the globe. When news came to him that an Italian server would launch his initial reaction was one of mild curiosity. He figured he would try it out after it launched, if he had the time. However, a few of his friends from across the globe were very excited for it and wanted him to get it at launch. He worked especially hard over the next few weeks and managed to ensure he would have a full weekend off to play. As he began the download of the update for Gaia Reborn, he received a message in one of his group chats. As it turned out many of his friends would not be able to join until the next day, as they mis-remembered the launch date and several of them had decided to meet up in person before the launch. They promised they would get online to join Mroczysław as soon as they got back the next day, so he figured he might as well take advantage of the opportunity to get ahead of them. He took a shower and ate a quick snack. When he got back to his computer the download was complete he entered the character creation menu. He decided to surprise his friends by going for a character very similar to himself rather than the usual crazy hair color and strange body proportions he did for laughs in other games. He finished the character and smirked at the refined but still surprisingly familiar echo of himself. Where he would usually put the name "Dragmire", he instead inserted "Maruem", a name that had grown on him of late. As soon as he clicked to confirm that he was done, everything went black.

- Extra -
Blood Type: AB-
Dominant Hand: Left
Favorite Color: Purple
Fun Fact: Was a beta tester of the Italian server months back

- Statistics -
Race: Fungal Alv
Class: Gladiator
Class EXP: 1237
Talent: Merchant
Talent Level: 34
Talent EXP: 335
Crafting Talent: Carpenter
Crafting Talent Level: 26
Crafting Talent EXP: 252
Skill Points: 0
Ability Points: 8

- Ability Levels -
Unarmed: 25
One-Handed Melee: 25
Two-Handed Melee: 75
Ranged: 25
Magic: 55
Shields: 25
Light Armor: 25
Medium Armor: 25
Heavy Armor: 5

- Skills -

- Class -

- Beginner -

Perfectus Forma
Gladiators strive for perfection, and power up while they perform flawlessly. After every successful skill that inflicts damage, they gain a stack of Forma, which grants a minor Attack Up, and stacks up to a maximum of 7 stacks. The moment they miss a Skill or are interrupted in their animation or cast time, all stacks of Forma are removed. Forma stacks are reset to 0 after combat ends. Basic attacks benefit from Forma, but missing them does not reset the stacks.
Passive skill.

Ars Ingens
The Gladiator’s fluid, powerful motions power up further skills with residue energy from the previous skills.
Using an Unus skill grants the Gladiator Unus: Paratus, which charges them with the Unus skill’s effect.
Using a Duo skill while having Unus: Paratus grants the Gladiator Duo: Paratus, which charges them with the Duo skill’s effect.
Using a Tres skill consumes Unus: Paratus and Duo: Paratus to power them up.
Using an Unus or Duo skill while already having a buff overrides it.
Nihil skills won’t interrupt or interfere with any Paratus buffs, and are standalone skills.
Passive skill.

Utilits Damnum
The Gladiator is a warrior of persistence and overcoming overwhelming obstacles, be it a monstrous beast or masses of fellow fighters. As such they are masters of pushing past their limits, at a cost to themselves. When a Gladiator completely drains their mana pool, they can continue to fight with great power, using their HP in place of mana to fulfill the mana cost requirement of Gladiator skills.
Passive Skill

Auto-Attack
A skill that controls the user's body and allows them to automatically target a monster and attempt to basic attack. Auto-attack will do a constant chain of attacks so that the total DPS is roughly the same as dealing minor damage once a second. For example, a heavy weapon will do slower but stronger attacks, while a player wielding two daggers will do faster, less damaging attacks.
Any skills or movements that the user may manually perform will take priority over this skill, but the system will generally try to aim for an accurate hit.
It was a staple among players in the original Gaia Reborn game, but since the Apocalypse, its use has taken a drastic drop. Manual basic attacks allow for much more fluid and precise control of attacks, and as such, the skill has barely been used by Adventurers since then. It does, however, allow for people who are not proficient with their weapon of choice to be able to reliably hit their target.
Passively, the player can also delay their next attack to increase the basic attack’s power by performing what’s known as an “empowered attack”. Each second used to charge an attack increases the damage dealt by 20%, up to a maximum of 100% at 5 seconds.
Toggle, No cooldown. No cost.

Roads to Romalia
A skill that can be found prominently on the player’s interface. Roads to Romalia allows a player to teleport back to Romalia from any city or town with a cathedral. Activating it causes the user to channel for five seconds, restricting them from doing anything until this cast time is done. If they choose to make any other action or are hit by an attack, Roads to Romalia is interrupted and put on a 1 minute cooldown. Because teleporting in this way to one’s home city essentially breaks them down into raw energy, it is extremely taxing to players after the Apocalypse, and repeated use in a short span can inflict mental and physical strains.
5s cast time, No cooldown. No cost.

Interface Control
Even after the Apocalypse, players have kept the ability to use their interfaces. When mentally called upon, the interface hovers slightly in front of them, visible only to themselves and is slightly transparent. It can be interacted with by touch of the fingertips or mentally. The interface allows players to access their party list, friend list, guild settings, crafting list and many other menus. Friend invites can only be sent in a face-to-face meeting, and the same goes for party invites. However, a friend can be added to a party regardless of where they are. Additionally, an Adventurer can talk to friends or party members through telepathy, by pressing one finger to their ear after dialing them. This causes words said to be spoken into their mind rather than out loud.
Passive.

- Rank I -

Lightfly
Summon a Lightfly - a floating ball of arcane light - next to the user’s shoulder, draining mana until dismissed. The Lightfly’s color and appearance are customisable with rare skins that can be found in chests or from quests, but by default, it will be spherical and glow yellow. By default, the Lightfly will decently illuminate its surroundings in a 5m radius but may be toggled to instead project a beam of more powerful light that reaches up to 15m in a single direction.
2s cast time, no cooldown. Very minor mana drain.

Triage
Can only be used out of combat.
A skill that will have to make do after a particularly bad situation. Triage can be used on an ally to restore their health, up to 30% of their maximum health. This restores 1.5% maximum health every 2s of animation time, and when the target reaches 30% maximum health the skill and animation time stop.
40s animation time, 1 min cooldown. Low mana cost.

Minor Recovery
A simple healing spell that is rather mana-inefficient, but will have to do if the Adventurer is without a healer. The Adventurer points their weapon towards an ally within 10 meters and casts as a golden light briefly envelops them, recovering a low amount of health.
2s cast time, 20s cooldown. Average mana cost.

Accelerate
A spell with instant cast time that grants the user the Accelerated status effect for 10s. While the user has this status, a single spell they select with a cast time equal to or lower than 3 seconds becomes Instant instead, after which this status is removed.
Instant, 30s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Blink
Blink instantly teleports the user up to 1 meter in any direction, leaving a dark blue afterimage. This can teleport the user past enemies or allies and maintains any momentum they have, but the user must be able to see where they are teleporting to. Upon arriving at their destination, the user suffers a 0.5s global cooldown, so caution is advised when using this skill.
Instant, 20s cooldown, 0.5s global cooldown. Below-average mana cost.

Frigid Blade
A small dagger of ice materializes in front of the user and shoots off into an enemy to deal an average amount of magical Ice damage. The dagger has a range of 15m. If it strikes an enemy below half of their maximum health, the dagger inflicts a very minor 3s Chill.
1s animation time, 10s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Air Shot
The user forms a gun with their hand, and a bullet of pressurized air is shot out of the index finger when the thumb presses down. The bullet travels up to 10 meters or until it hits an enemy, dealing low magical Air damage. Upon impact, it knocks the air out of the target’s lungs, Interrupting them.
1s animation time, 10s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Upheaval
The user takes a firm step forward as they raise their feet, surrounded by a faint yellow glow. They then perform a powerful forward kick, driving their sole into the enemy and upon contact dealing minor damage. The enemy is then knocked back up to 2m. Being knocked back into an object causes them and the object to take an additional minor amount of damage. This skill has the unique ability to be activated and performed during the animation time of another skill, making it essential for melee classes that seek to mix-up their combat.
1s animation time, 15s cooldown. Low mana cost

Forward Stride
The user steps forward and stabs with their melee weapon, dealing below-average damage. This stab will fire a small dart-shaped aura projectile up to 10m, dealing minor damage point-blank, strengthening up to below-average at max range. Proper use of this skill allows melee classes to hit hard-to-reach weak points or knock over faraway objects.
1.5s animation time, 20s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Helm Splitter
A somewhat iconic skill, the user leaps in the air and strikes downwards with their weapon at the head of an enemy. This fierce blow deals average damage, but generates above-average Aggro on the enemy struck. Proper use of this skill allows even non-Tank classes to somewhat hold Aggro in a party.
2s animation time, 10s cooldown. Average mana cost.

Holmgang
The user is covered in a faint purple aura, granting them the Holmgang status for 5s. During this time, the user is immune to the first knockback effect they receive. Holmgang is removed after negating that knockback.
Instant, 1 min cooldown. Minor mana cost.

Unus: Acheron
The Gladiator briefly pulls their weapon back with their hilt to the hips, then delivers a reckless thrust at insane speed, dealing above-average damage that fully penetrates Defense. The red shockwaves from this move somewhat resemble a river. This move is fast, so it’s difficult to dodge or predict, and has very high Accuracy. The recklessness strains the Gladiator.
Paratus: Your next Tres will Stagger.
0.3s animation time, 30s cooldown. Low mana cost, 2.5% current health cost.

Unus: Immortalis
Gritting their teeth, the Gladiator channels their fortitude and will through their body to form a shield. They receive a dull turquoise aura that surrounds them and persists for 15s, with health equivalent to 10% of the Gladiator’s maximum health. Any damage that would break this shield has the excess damage halved and then inflicted to the Gladiator’s Health.
Paratus: Your next Tres will inflict half its normal Aggro.
1s cast time, 1 min cooldown. Low mana cost.

Unus: Phlegethon
The Gladiator performs a slow, powerful overhead attack towards a nearby enemy. They fuel their weapon with their life, coating it in a gray aura, and as they slash downwards this aura crashes down with it like a waterfall. The weapon initially deals average damage, and where it struck it creates a 1m radius where this gray aura crashes down over the next 2s. Every second, enemies inside take further below-average damage, and the Gladiator is healed for 15% of the damage this aura deals. This healing increases to 33% if the Gladiator is below 33% maximum health.
Paratus: Your next Tres will heal for 50% damage inflicted.
2.5s animation time, 45s cooldown. Average mana cost, 5% current health cost.

Duo: Pugnatum
With an earth-rumbling thunderous shout, the Gladiator issues a challenge to combat directed at all enemies within a 20m radius. This causes a powerful wind to pull enemies 5m closer towards the Gladiator and inflict a below-average Evasion Down for 10s. However, this also builds a high amount of Aggro.
Paratus: Your next Tres creates an afterimage that strikes 3s later at 33% damage, but without added effects.
2s animation time, 5 min cooldown. High mana cost.

Duo: Eximius
The Gladiator holds their weapon behind their back and performs an overhead slash. This releases 5 half-circle shaped shockwaves following the arc of their weapon that start together behind the Gladiator, then split up to either side and above the Gladiator’s head, and converse at the tip of their weapon again. Every shockwave deals above-average damage and reaches 3 meters far, but being hit by more than one shockwave reduces the damage beyond the first to a low amount. As such it is commonly used against aerial foes or when completely surrounded.
Paratus: Your next Tres will inflict an average Defense Down for 30s.
1.5s animation time, 2 min cooldown. Average mana cost.

Duo: Orcus
Rushing 3m forward with their weapon out, the Gladiator phases through a single enemy. As they pass through, a flurry of slashes strike the enemy’s joint, dealing average damage and inflicting a strong 10s Paralyze.
Paratus: Your next Tres is treated as if having a strong Attack Up.
2s animation time, 1 min cooldown. Above-average mana cost.

Tres: Viribus
Holding their weapon overhead, the Gladiator performs a swift downwards strike that only deals minor damage upon impact with an enemy. However, a purple blade-like shockwave is send forth up to 10 meters far that cuts through all enemies, dealing average damage. An enemy can be hit by both the weapon and shockwave. It’s one of the Gladiator’s very few ranged options.
2s animation time, 2 min cooldown. Average mana cost.

Tres: Cerberus
The Gladiator sacrifices Health to coat their weapon in a red aura resembling Cerberus’ eyes as they deliver a powerful forward stab, sounding a bestial roar upon impact with an enemy. This fast melee attack inflicts strong damage and penetrates half of the enemy’s Defense. As it’s the lowest cooldown Tres skill, it is thus most commonly used to trigger one’s Paratus effects.
1s animation time, 40s cooldown. Average mana cost, 3% current health cost.

Tres: Saevitia
Readying their weapon, the Gladiator crushes the ground in front of them powerfully. This results in a sudden wave of energy erupting out of the crumbling ground in a 150° cone up to 4 meters far. This shockwave deals above-average damage. All physical and magical projectiles caught in this cone are broken by the energy, effectively erasing them.
2s animation time, 3 min cooldown. High mana cost.

- Rank II -

Lightfly’s Flight
Requires Lightfly to be learned.
An upgraded version of Lightfly; this skill drains more mana, but can fly up to 10 meters away from the user to scout or illuminate distant areas. It also emits a much brighter light than its Rank I counterpart, lighting up a 8m radius or projecting up to 25m far. The Lightfly may make soft, endearing chirping sounds occasionally.
2s cast time, no cooldown. Minor mana drain.

Soothing Recovery
An advanced healing spell that is more mana-efficient than Minor Recovery, but has a longer cooldown. When cast, a bright golden aura envelops a target within 10 meters of the caster, soothing them and recovering a below-average amount of health.
2s cast time, 30s cooldown. Average mana cost.

Hailshot
The user presses their hand forward causing 7 sharp icicles to shoot towards an enemy. Each shot individually deals minor magical Ice damage, and they are quite inaccurate - for optimal damage, an enemy should be within 5 meters. For every 3 icicles an enemy is hit by, they suffer a very minor 5s Chill. If all icicles connect, it is the most potent of the Rank II Adventurer Spells, so it is very popular to use at point-blank. This skill has a maximum range of 15 meters.
2s cast time, 25s cooldown. Below-average mana cost.

Prismatic Beam
A laser-like spell that has a short range, but is accurate. It instantly fires a non-elemental laser with a range of 10 meters at the enemy that deals strong magical damage and inflicts the target with daze. It does not penetrate foes.
2s cast time, 25s cooldown. Below-average mana cost.

Swamp Blast
Conjure a football-sized sphere of green sludge and shards of stone between the user’s hands. After the cast time, it is fired forward up to 15 meters, and will bounce off of any objects hit. This allows the user to fire it from surprising angles. Upon impact with an enemy, it shatters and showers anyone within 3m of the blast with sharp gravel and sludge, inflicting average magical Earth damage and a very-minor 10s Sludge.
2s cast time, 25s cooldown. Below-average mana cost.

Rend Strength
The user slams their opponent's arms with the hilt of their weapon, letting loose a bright red flash of light. While it deals only minor damage, this attack also inflicts a minor Attack Down debuff for 30s.
1s animation time, 90s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Rend Intelligence
The user slams their enemy’s head with the hilt of their weapon, letting loose a bright blue flash of light. While it deals only minor damage, this attack also inflicts a minor Magic Attack Down debuff for 30s.
1s animation time, 90s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Boomerang Weapon
Toss the user’s weapon up to 10 meters away, the weapon spinning viciously and dealing average damage on impact. After impact, the weapon will return in an arc and magically fit snugly back into the wielder’s hand. The distance heavy weapons can be thrown is reduced depending on the weight of the weapon. Until the attack connects, the user is left weaponless, so it can be very risky to use if an enemy is close by.
1-3s animation time, 20s cooldown. Low mana cost.

Sweeping Flow
The user swings their weapon from one side to the other in a wide 150° cone, carving up the ground. This attack itself deals above-average damage, but emits a yellow conal shockwave over the earth that reaches up to 2 meters away, dealing below-average damage. While it cannot reach far, it is a very wide skill and ideally used when dealing with larger groups of weak enemies. Enemies hit by the weapon don’t take damage from the shockwave.
2.5s animation time, 20s cooldown. Above-average mana cost.

Unus: Empusa
The Gladiator performs a swift forward slice that deals minor damage, as at the same time they perform a backflip whilst coated in wind, distancing themselves up to 7 meters away from their previous location. During the backflip, the Gladiator has a strong Evasion Up.
Paratus: Your next Tres will allow you to dash up to 7 meters in the animation time.
2s animation time, 1 min cooldown. Average mana cost.

Unus: Gigantes
The Gladiator buries their feet in the ground and performs a powerful shoulder tackle towards an enemy in melee range as they are covered in a hard black aura. During the animation time, they gain an average Defense Up. This shoulder tackle inflicts minor damage, a 3s Stun and a Stagger. If the gladiator is below 50% health, it deals average damage instead.
Paratus: Your next Tres will cause you to automatically parry incoming attacks during the animation time.
1s animation time, 45s cooldown. Average mana cost, 2% current health cost.

Duo: Castrum
The Gladiator pierces the ground with their weapon, and spins half a circle to carve the ground likewise. Pillars of earth erupt from this half-circular carve to deal above-average damage, forming a half-circle shaped barrier that reaches 3 meters high and is 1 meter thick. This wall of pillars has 20% of the Gladiator’s maximum health, and persist for 15s.
Paratus: Your next Tres will Stun enemies hit for 2s.
1.5s animation time, 3 min cooldown. High mana cost.

Tres: Lanista
The Gladiator marks up to three targets they can see, represented by a faint black aura that only they can see. The Gladiator then performs an attack while remaining in place. As they do, up to three incorporeal spirits are emitted which simultaneously rush to all the marked targets, and mirror the attack made by the Gladiator. The Gladiator and Spirits’ attacks deal above-average damage using the Gladiator’s Attack against the foe’s Magic Defense. An enemy cannot be hit by both the Gladiator and their spirits.
2s animation time, 2 min cooldown. Above-average mana cost.

Nihil: Mirabilis
A self-buff to reduce the health costs of Gladiator Skills. Only castable if the Gladiator has at least 1 stack of Forma. Usage grants the Gladiator Mirabilis for 30s, which halves current health costs. If they have at least 4 stacks of Forma, this status upgrades to Insignis which nullifies the current health cost. If the Gladiator loses their Forma stacks, this skill’s effect ends and they take 5% current health damage.
1s animation time, 1 min cooldown. Low mana cost.

- Rank III -

Crystal Mountains
Pressing both palms to the ground, the user releases forth a sudden outburst of icy stalagmites reaching up to 2 meters high in a cone. The ice hits in a a 120° degrees cone that reaches up to 10 meters far. Enemies hit take strong magical Ice damage and suffer a low 10s Chill.
3s cast time, 5 min cooldown. High mana cost.

Monkey Grip
A passive skill that allows an Adventurer to wield a two-handed weapon in one hand. Their Two-Handed proficiency is treated as if it were halved(rounded up) while doing so, but they can still equip weapons of their current proficiency. The user may dual-wield an one-handed weapon alongside their two-handed weapon without penalty if they possess Ambidexterity or Ambidexterity Prime, but dual-wielding two two-handed weapons incurs a 50% Accuracy penalty to both.
Passive skill.

Full Gain
Reminiscent of a samurai, the user sheathes their weapon as white cherry blossoms rain down from their sheath. After 3s, the user unsheathes their weapon with a swift attack; sending a powerful, 2 meter tall shockwave racing forth, travelling up to 15 meters. This projectile deals strong damage to all enemies it hits, and passes through them.
3s animation time, 3 min cooldown. High mana cost.
“If the user can’t sheathe their weapon, they simply hold it backwards with the tip to the ground. Monks instead make a kamehameha.”

Nihil: Tyrannus
The Gladiator unleashes a savage roar and locks themselves in place as they make themselves vulnerable, inflicting an intense Defense and Magic Defense Down for the animation time to unleash a rapid burst of 5 merciless slashes that leave lingering red slash marks in the air and shatter the ground. Every stack of Forma is consumed to release an additional burst of slashes, up to 8 bursts total with the initial burst. They land in the span of 0.5s, each burst dealing average damage. After the initial burst of slashes, a black aura emits that increases the range of every subsequent burst of slashes by 1 meter, receiving a 7 meter range bonus at the 8th burst. Even though all stacks of Forma are consumed, this skill benefits from the Attack Up the Gladiator had upon use. This skill cannot be Interrupted.
1.5s animation time + 0.5 per Forma. 10s global cooldown. 10 min cooldown, Very High mana cost.
“An ultimate Gladiator move that can win or lose a long-lasting battle.”

Nihil: Harenae
Have mastered fighting in the arena, the Gladiator now brings the arena to their foes. The Gladiator stabs their weapon into the ground, creating a mystic shockwave that changes the battlefield for 30 seconds. Golden spears bearing carmine flags raise out of the ground in a 15m radius around the Gladiator, as magic iron chains form between them that prevent enemies, but not allies, from passing. While the Gladiator stands inside their arena, they receive a below-average Attack, Defense, Accuracy, Evasion, and Movement Up buff. Additionally, killing an enemy in the ring heals the Gladiator for 10% of their missing health.
2s cast time, 3 min cooldown. High mana cost.

- Racial & Talents -

- Racials -

Heart of Heroes
The Alvs are known for their fierce courage and bravery, their wills allowing them to keep fighting in the face of despair. Passively, they recover from any status effect which impairs their actions 2 seconds faster, to a minimum of 1 second. Bind, Blind, Charm, Confuse, Daze, Fear, Paralysis, Petrify, Silence, Sleep, Stagger, Stun, Terror, and Topple are considered to be such status effects. Additionally, once every 10 minutes, they may instantly cancel a single action impairing status effect inflicted upon them.
Permanent, Passive

Fungal Healing
The Alvs of the Fungal Forest to the south believe in the interconnectedness of all living things, just as the roots of the fungal trees are bound together into one living entity. Their lifetimes in symbiosis with the forest have brought fruit to this belief in an unusual way. These Alvs are born with spores in their blood which feed off of an insignificant portion of the nutrients taken in while granting the Alvs benefits of their own. Outside of combat, Fungal Alv’s passive health regeneration is massively increased. The effects of toxins are also halved against Fungal Alvs and they can also grant their increased health regeneration to an ally for as long as they remain in physical contact, however they can only do this five times per day as it is very stressful on their spores to be in another host's body.
Permanent, Passive

Uncompromising Anatomy
Though their strength of will is immense, and their bodies can be trained into pristine weapons, the resilience of the Alvs comes at a cost. Their bodies' fortitude against the outside world makes it so all buffs received are reduced in duration by 10%.
Permanent, Passive

- Carpenter -

Level 1: Mandrake's Nightmare
Being workers of wood, Carpenters have an innate understanding of wood and any creatures formed from it. In combat, Carpenters benefit from a low increase in damage when fighting an enemy made of wood, such as some plants, golems and mimics.
Passive skill.

Level 11: Timber Inspection
A Carpenter must know the unique properties of all types of wood and have learned a great deal about trees. When they roll on the Wood table in a gathering thread, they are granted a +5 bonus to their roll. This bonus can’t cause the roll to exceed 85. This bonus increases to +7 at 31, and +9 at 51.
Passive skill.

Level 21: Elemental Lacquer
The Carpenter can use their mana to coat a single piece of Carpenter Equipment with a magical, elemental Lacquer of the Fire, Ice, Nature or Air element This Lacquer coating lasts for 1 hour. On weapons, it converts 10% of their damage to the specified element. On armor or shields, it grants a minor Magic Defense Up against the same element.
10s animation time, no cooldown. Average mana cost.

- Merchant -

Level 1: Merchant Aptitude
With their eye for money and sharp negotiations, Merchants obtain gold at a rate of 1 gold for every 3 words in Commerce threads as opposed to the normal 1 gold for every 4 words. Furthermore, they can claim EXP gained in Commerce threads for the Merchant Talent without penalty.
Passive skill.

Level 11: Haggling
The Merchant has learned how to strike deals with Gaians better, and has a bonus to selling or buying in the Market District. Purchasing Materials from the Material Stalls subforum costs 10% less Gold and selling Materials and Crafts in the Bartering Stalls subforum yields 10% more Gold.
Passive skill.

Level 21: Company Worker
A good Merchant is one that learns to work together to further their gains. If they are in a Guild thread or an Alliance Thread, the Merchant and their Guild Members receive 1 gold every 8 words written instead of 1 gold every 10 words. Members of guilds currently in an alliance with the Merchant’s guild are not affected by this skill.
Passive skill.

Level 31: Acquire Contacts
The Merchant has slowly begun to build a name for themselves via trade and socializing with the Gaians of the region. With a mix of luck and determination, they have succeeded in making friends who can arrange meetings with black market traders from the more refined corners of the Thieves Den. The Merchant will have to meet on their terms, but with these new contacts come new opportunities. They can now exchange any r1 for another r1. They can also exchange any r2 for another r2 at 10% of the material cost. Upon reaching level 51, they gain the option to exchange r3 materials for another r3 material at 20% the material cost. At lvl 71 they can exchange r4 materials for another r4 material at 30% the material cost. This trade allows for the exchange of materials between types such as plants for minerals, but may not exchange items for or from the unique drops table.
Passive skill.

- Equipment -

Armor:

Name: Knitted Brigandine
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Medium Armor, Wool
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A knitted yarn brigandine. Somehow, whoever knitted this managed to make it just as thick as a normal piece of armor. It helps against the impact of blunt or ranged attacks, but try not to get hit in the first place. It's also rather warm.

Left Hand:

Name: Leaf-Blade Lance
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Two-handed, Polearm
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A smaller wooden pole, with a hefty iron lance-head shaped to look like a beech leaf. A Cavalier’s weapon of choice.

Right Hand:

Leaf-Blade Lance

Accessory #1:

Name: Goblin Warlord’s Belt
Rarity: 2
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Accessory
Crafter: Goblin Warlord
Effects: Grants the wearer a very minor Maximum Health and Defense Up.
Skills: /
Description: A rough and large leather belt fashioned from many hides haphazardly tanned and processed together. It instills the wielder with vigor, but may be a bit heavy and large.

Accessory #2:

Name: Crown of Greed
Rarity: 3
Item level: 10
Equipment type: Accessory
From: Goblin Warlord
Effects: The user obtains a 1% bonus to Gold for any threads while worn.
Skills: /
Description: A combination of many different alloys and ores have given this shoddy crown a rusty gray look with streaks of copper. Many different gemstones and pretty rocks are embedded in it. It doesn’t give much defense, but wearing it is said to increase your luck with loot slightly.

Accessory #3:
Accessory #4:

- Vanity Gear -

Armor:
Accessory #1:

Name: Autumn Leaf Brooch
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Accessory
Effects: Grants minor resistance against Nature attacks.
Skills: /
Description: A small copper hair brooch in the shape of a leaf, made to celebrate the first Romalian Commoners’ Festival since the Apocalypse.

Accessory #2:

Name: Harvest Pendant
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Accessory
Effects: Grants minor resistance against Nature attacks.
Skills: /
Description: A copper pendant depicting the full moon. The reddish-orange coloration of the copper moon brings to mind the harvest moon. Made for the Romalian Commoners’ Festival.

Accessory #3:
Accessory #4:

Name: Ring of the Spear Sentinel
Item Level: 0
Equipment Type: Accessory
Effect: Grants the user the ability to change the form of any 1h and 2h weapons they wield to appear and function as Polearms with identical stats as their original form.
Skills: /
Description: A unique Vanity Item granted to user Maruem for playing as a beta tester of the new server. The item is a crystaline ring of a deep blue and purple coloration that looks nkt unlike the infinite cosmos.

- Inventory -

Name: Throwing Leaves
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Throwing
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A small bandolier that holds an infinite supply of leaf-shaped knives. They are light, thin leaves with an edge on both sides and sharp tip. They can be thrown rapidly, and up to 3 at the same time can be thrown, but their damage is low.

Name: Corvo Grimoire
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Magic, Grimoire
Effects: /
Skills:
Crowbolt
Fire a non-homing aetherial crow up to 5 meters. Upon contact with an enemy it deals low non-elemental magical damage. This crow flutters out from the pages of the grimoire.
1s cast time, 7s cooldown. Low mana cost.
Description: A thin, black leather-bound grimoire with a bright orange trim. It only holds a few pages, with most detailing the basics of mana and the last three containing an essay on corvids. You're not entirely sure why, but you don't particularly feel like questioning it. It's not as powerful a magic focus as a wand or staff, but instead, it offers extra spells. It can be held and flipped through with one hand.

Name: Corvo Grimoire
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Magic, Grimoire
Effects: /
Skills:
Crowbolt
Fire a non-homing aetherial crow up to 5 meters. Upon contact with an enemy it deals low non-elemental magical damage. This crow flutters out from the pages of the grimoire.
1s cast time, 7s cooldown. Low mana cost.
Description: A thin, black leather-bound grimoire with a bright orange trim. It only holds a few pages, with most detailing the basics of mana and the last three containing an essay on corvids. You're not entirely sure why, but you don't particularly feel like questioning it. It's not as powerful a magic focus as a wand or staff, but instead, it offers extra spells. It can be held and flipped through with one hand.

Name: Mini-Squash Shortbow
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Ranged, Bow
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A short and lightweight bow made from common wood. The string is easy to pull back, making rate of fire fast, but the power of individual shots low and the distance they travel short. It’s possible to keep using it at close range due to how wieldy it is. The tips of any arrows this bow fires are magically altered to look like miniature squashes, however this effect is purely cosmetic and has no effect on how the tip actually penetrates a target.

Name: Pumpkin Knuckles
Item level: 5
Equipment type: Unarmed, Fists
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: Large leather gloves made to look like small pumpkins sitting on your fists. They are intended to protect your fists, not for amplifying your punching power.

Name: Novice Brigandine
Item level: 1
Equipment type: Medium Armor, Leather
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A padded leather brigandine that is quite thick, but not protective. It helps against the impact of blunt or ranged attacks, but try not to get hit in the first place.

Name: Novice Lance
Item level: 1
Equipment type: Two-handed, Polearm
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A smaller wooden pole, with a hefty iron lancehead that is thin at the tip, but tapers and gets wider near the shaft. A Cavalier’s weapon of choice.

Name: Novice Dagger
Item level: 1
Equipment type: One-handed, Dagger
Effects: /
Skills: /
Description: A small iron dagger with a rather broad blade and small crossguard. It’s better at slashing than stabbing.

Materials:

R1:

Name: Stone Pine Log
Quantity: 7
Rarity: 1
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood
Description: A log of the indigenous Stone Pine, a beautiful tree frequent in mediterranean areas with a wide canopy. It’s wood isn’t of high quality enough for weapons, but can be used for construction.

Name: Beech Log
Quantity: 7
Rarity: 1
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood
Description: A thick log of the Beech tree. While not as durable like oak, unlike the stone pine it is sturdier and makes for especially good firewood that makes long-lasting, calm flames.

Name: Coal
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 1
Item type: Ore
Source: Ciminian forest: Mineral; Tiber Coastline: Mineral
Description: Black chunks of coal as we all know it. It burns well on fires, and even better when used to fuel a forge for Blacksmiths. If rubbed, it leaves deep black stains, so can be used to draw on or dirty things.

Name: Tin Ore
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 1
Item type: Ore
Source: Ciminian Forest: Mineral
Description: A muddy to gray-ish ore that doesn’t look very distinct. It is commonly used for small crafts like dinner plates or miniature puppets, and very small amounts of it are combined with copper to make bronze.

Name: Prime bone
Quantity: 3
Rarity: 1
Item type: Bone
Source: Many
Description: A large, still clean bone recently looted from the remains of a slain monster. It can be ground up or used as rudimentary weapons, but most Adventurers and Landers opt to instead work it into crafts or ritualistic accessories and wearables.

Name: Dyeing Flowers
Quantity: 3
Rarity: 1
Item type: Reagent
Source: Ciminian Forest: Plants; Tiber Coastline: Plants
Description: One of many different colorful flowers that can make dyes in a variety of shades when crushed and pulped. These come in all the colors of the rainbow and shades, but black flowers are slightly more rare.

Name: Pine Nuts
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 1
Item type: Fruit
Source: Ciminian Forest: Foods
Description: Several small long nuts with a beige shell, frequently found in the pinecones from the Stone Pine. They have a hearty, sweet taste, and can be used for pesto or bread, or consumed raw as a snack.

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R2:

Name: Cedar Log
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 2
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood; Tiber Coastline: Wood
Description: A thick slice of a thin, common cedar tree. It makes for a good chunk of acoustic wood, and is thus perfect for making wooden instruments. They are not rare, but only grow 1 km above sea level.

Name: European Yew Log
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 2
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood
Description: A thick slice of the weird yew tree’s flaky trunk. It is a rather hard softwood that’s very flexible, and is prime material for fashioning bows.

Name: Rosemary
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 2
Item type: Herb
Source: Ciminian Forest: Plants
Description: Long little twigs with many small and long leaves and tiny purple flowers. It has a delicious scent and is often used in food, and many of them can be used in potions that remove Poison. Raw, it can help preserve food.

Name: Sinew
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 2
Item type: Meat
Source: Many
Description: Rubbery, tough thin muscles that are yellow in color and are usually stretched over joints unlike red muscles. It’s often dried and used in bowstrings, or as elastics. It’s not really edible.

Name: Needle
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 2
Item type: Bone
Source: Many
Description: A soft or hard, small stinger or sucker used primarily by insects to deliver venom or suck sap or blood. There exist other monsters that use these for a variety of reasons.

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R3:

Name: Prime red meat
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 3
Item type: Meat
Source: Beast
Description: High quality red meat. This type of red meat is generally reserved to high society among landers as it fetches a nice price at markets due to both its rarity and taste.

Name: Carob Sapling
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 3
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood
Description: The sapling of a soon-massive Carob tree. It makes long banana-shaped brown pods that are used for syrup or chocolate substitute, and indigenous to the mediterranean.

Name: Juniper Log
Quantity: 3
Rarity: 3
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood; Tiber Coastline: Wood
Description: A thin, long, twisting log from the Juniper which is only rarely found totally alone, and prefers to grow on rocky outcrops. Its wood is weirdly shaped, but has a beautiful vibrant red and brown color to it that makes for great furniture.

Name: Birch Log
Quantity: 3
Rarity: 3
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood; Tiber Coastline: Wood
Description: A very hard log of wood that can barely be worked with hand tools, and requires saws. It isn’t flexible at all, however. It also makes for fantastic firewood that will burn even when frozen and freshly cut, and the easily stripped bark can be used for canoes.

Name: Iron Ore Cluster
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 3
Item type: Ore
Source: Ciminian Forest: Mineral; Tiber coastline: Mineral
Description: A giant chunk of Iron Ore the size of a small child, worth three pieces of normal Iron Ore when smolten down.

Name: Quartz
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 3
Item type: Stone
Source: Ciminian Forest: Mineral; Tiber Coastline: Mineral
Description: A nicely-found chunk of pure white quartz the size of an adult’s hand. It is well-formed in its trademark pillar shape, and there are very minor impurities in it. This can be used for small gem crafts or jewelry.

Name: Ciminian Scorpion
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 3
Item type: Reagent
Source: Ciminian Forest: Plants, Animal Produce
Description: A somewhat rare sort of Gaia Reborn exclusive scorpion that is the size of an apple and has a black shell. It’s sting isn’t lethal, but inflicts a weak 30s Paralysis. You can use its venom for weak paralytic poisons.

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R4:

Name: Bright Seed
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 4
Item type: Plant
Source: Nature Monsters.
Description: A small little seed, filled with bountiful amounts of Nature mana. You can’t do much with it besides planting it, where it slowly emits this mana to nurture the growth of plants within a small radius.

Name: Murexes Gigantes
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 4
Item type: Curiosity
Source: Ciminian Forest: Plants, Animal Produce
Description: A gigantic Murex Snail with a large shell covered in spines. It has a single elongated tip, and has powerful teeth that can seriously wound the person trying to gather it. Unlike real-world murex snails, this Gaia Reborn version dwells on the land and exudes a copious quantity of purple dye.

Name: Wispy Essence
Quantity: 2
Rarity: 4
Item type: Animal Produce
Source: Ciminian Forest: Animal Produce
Description: A barely visible white fog that seems to cling to itself and doesn’t disperse. It is presumed these are the remains of sprites, fairies and elementals after they have died. It can be extracted into a liquid that boosts magical properties to whatever it is treated with.

Name: Fossil Scale
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 4
Item type: Scale
Source: Ciminian Forest: Mineral; Tiber coastline: Mineral
Description: A technical “Scale” item, this is a near-fossilised scale from what appears to be a dragon. It has a distinct luster to it and is incredibly tough, yet flexible, and the size of a small dog. It shrugs off the elements just as easy as it shrugs off physical damage.

Name: Agate
Rarity: 4
Item type: Stone
Source: Ciminian Forest: Mineral
Description: A round rock that, when broken open, reveals an inner core made of alternating dark blue, light blue, white and gray layers. Every agate has it’s unique pattern, as does every slice of an agate. It is attuned to the element of Ice.

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R5:

Name: Dragon Scale
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 5
Item type: Scale
Source: Dragon
Description: A very tough scale taken from a dragon. It is surprisingly light compared to its size and resilience, and can be used in order to make powerful equipment, assuming the crafter is skilled enough to work it.

Name: Leuce Log
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 5
Item type: Wood
Source: Ciminian Forest: Wood, Tiber Coastline: Wood
Description: A ghastly pale cut of quality wood from a porcelain white, tiny poplar tree. It won’t burn, can’t be frozen, is lightning resistant and won’t rot or corrode. It will shatter with heavy force applied to it though. It makes for fantastic element-proof wooden equipment or gear, and is easy to work with despite its durability.

Name: Golden Fleece
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 5
Item type: Fur
Source: Ciminian Forest: Animal Produce
Description: A basket’s worth of beige, soft, tough wool sheared from a golden sheep. It is impossible to tame them, and difficult to even shear them, as they jump up to 10 meters high with their thundering hooves. This wool is incredibly soft and nicely resistant when spun into clothes.

Name: Golden Bough
Quantity: 1
Rarity: 5
Item type: Curiosity
Source: Ciminian Forest: Plants; Tiber Coastline: Plants
Description: Three prickly leaves adorn these three golden mistletoe fruits. They shine brilliantly and are hard as rocks, and exude a magical might that can be clearly felt. Each of the three berries can be used into equipment to amplify their magical properties and add a beautiful golden ornament to it.

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