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beyondriftmods) wrote2012-03-03 04:30 am
beyondriftmods) wrote2012-03-03 04:30 am
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Nephilim
A nephilim is the child of an angel and a demon. It is impossible to be a half angel/half demon or to only be an angel or only be a demon if your parents are both angel and demon. Within the universe, angels and demons were created to be enemies (while this is no always the case especially in Chicago) so the act of angel and demon having children was one the universe would want to completely discourage. Nephilim are seen by the older supernatural society throughout the world as being shameful and mistakes, because they are what happens when the forbidden is done. If an angel or demon from an old, renowned family were to have one, they would quickly be disowned by the family as soon as it was discovered.
Physiology
Unlike angels and demons, nephilim age too fast, and they are nephilim from birth. They tend to be tiny, sickly, and none of them live past twenty, because their immune system, aging rate, and powers are too much for their bodies to handle. There is no way to not be a nephilim. They will die, and many die within the first few years of their lives. A nephilim who looks ten or twelve may actually only be six or eight for instance. There is no consistent rate of aging too quickly, and nephilim are rare enough that there has been very few studies done on them for themselves. The studies done with nephilim tend to be focused on their purpose and powers, which many believe could be the answer to controlling the Rifts.
They are weak. Their strength is low, and they have no wings to speak of. There's nothing connecting them to either angels or demons. Their blood is red.
Powers
[originally there were different types of nephilim, but I honestly don't remember what the types were. they're rarely played so I'll just go with general]
Nephilim can:
1. Recognize subspecies as well as callings and supernatural abilities.
2. Sense the activity of and find Rifts.
3. Pull things through Rift into Chicago (this ability is incredibly weak at best. they rarely have control over this and rarely can get something or someone specific. pulling something too big through can kill them.)
4. Stall things from coming through the Rift (but this takes great energy and effort).
5. Predict Rift activity.
Part of the reason why so many theorize that Rifts are directly created and increased by angels and demons failing to meet their "destiny" or Callings is because the result of this forbidden act between angels and demons results (when they are able to survive) in creatures (that is how most of the established supernatural society sees them) that are so directly tied into the Rifts themselves.
Place in the Universe
Nephilim are the rarest natural occurring supernatural type of individual in the universe. There are very few of them, and when they are born, they are rarely kept but often sent to camps. They are rejected by many as being actual children even though that's exactly what they are, but are rarely treated as such. There are a small handful of camps within the world. Some of these camps do research with Nephilim in an attempt to discover more about the Rift and use this information to help make advancements in Rift technology or in finding a way to control, open, and close Rifts. Other camps, they focus on training the nephilim sent to them so that they could be sold to the highest bidder when they are considered 'ready'.
The bidder can then attempt to use them to get things from the Rift, to do studies of their own, etc.
For instance, an NPC once bought a nephilim to make the nephilim pull bots through the Rift for him from different universes (don't worry! the nephilim was saved from this man's apartment).
A nephilim is the child of an angel and a demon. It is impossible to be a half angel/half demon or to only be an angel or only be a demon if your parents are both angel and demon. Within the universe, angels and demons were created to be enemies (while this is no always the case especially in Chicago) so the act of angel and demon having children was one the universe would want to completely discourage. Nephilim are seen by the older supernatural society throughout the world as being shameful and mistakes, because they are what happens when the forbidden is done. If an angel or demon from an old, renowned family were to have one, they would quickly be disowned by the family as soon as it was discovered.
Physiology
Unlike angels and demons, nephilim age too fast, and they are nephilim from birth. They tend to be tiny, sickly, and none of them live past twenty, because their immune system, aging rate, and powers are too much for their bodies to handle. There is no way to not be a nephilim. They will die, and many die within the first few years of their lives. A nephilim who looks ten or twelve may actually only be six or eight for instance. There is no consistent rate of aging too quickly, and nephilim are rare enough that there has been very few studies done on them for themselves. The studies done with nephilim tend to be focused on their purpose and powers, which many believe could be the answer to controlling the Rifts.
They are weak. Their strength is low, and they have no wings to speak of. There's nothing connecting them to either angels or demons. Their blood is red.
Powers
[originally there were different types of nephilim, but I honestly don't remember what the types were. they're rarely played so I'll just go with general]
Nephilim can:
1. Recognize subspecies as well as callings and supernatural abilities.
2. Sense the activity of and find Rifts.
3. Pull things through Rift into Chicago (this ability is incredibly weak at best. they rarely have control over this and rarely can get something or someone specific. pulling something too big through can kill them.)
4. Stall things from coming through the Rift (but this takes great energy and effort).
5. Predict Rift activity.
Part of the reason why so many theorize that Rifts are directly created and increased by angels and demons failing to meet their "destiny" or Callings is because the result of this forbidden act between angels and demons results (when they are able to survive) in creatures (that is how most of the established supernatural society sees them) that are so directly tied into the Rifts themselves.
Place in the Universe
Nephilim are the rarest natural occurring supernatural type of individual in the universe. There are very few of them, and when they are born, they are rarely kept but often sent to camps. They are rejected by many as being actual children even though that's exactly what they are, but are rarely treated as such. There are a small handful of camps within the world. Some of these camps do research with Nephilim in an attempt to discover more about the Rift and use this information to help make advancements in Rift technology or in finding a way to control, open, and close Rifts. Other camps, they focus on training the nephilim sent to them so that they could be sold to the highest bidder when they are considered 'ready'.
The bidder can then attempt to use them to get things from the Rift, to do studies of their own, etc.
For instance, an NPC once bought a nephilim to make the nephilim pull bots through the Rift for him from different universes (don't worry! the nephilim was saved from this man's apartment).