Welcome to The Duality of Man, an original animanga role-play that features numerous supernatural creatures. Unfortunately, these various species have distanced themselves because of the war that occurred thousands of years ago, plaguing some with eyes that only see their dualism. While others meddle themself with their differences, two groups fight, each attempting to eliminate the other in for their definition of worldly peace. These two groups of the Terror Response Syndicate (TRS) and the Assembly of Phantoms (AP). With individuals fighting merely over their differences, it brings uncertainty to the outcome of this war.
We happily accept all role-players as long as they obey the rules and are capable of meeting our word count of 50. This does include those who are unfamiliar with this style of role-playing. The staff of The Duality of Man are willing to happily help those who are new to the role-playing world so they feel comfortable on site. Feel free to message the staff if you need help, they can be found here or in the site Discord and will gladly answer questions alongside calm concerns. If you have any suggestions we would love to hear them; guests may use the support board as a suggestion area as well. Should you decide to join, may I say welcome to the site and we all hope you enjoy your time here.
Yours Truely,
The Staff
season
Summer 2022
Heat has broken through into a glorious summer. The snow has entirely dried through the spring, leaving to the brilliance of the warmer months. Terror activity has risen as people are brought out of their homes, leaving the TRS in a position of consistent work. Each are attempting to maintain victory in the endless struggle for power.
With April, an activity check has arrived for members to do! Please post on the AC and tag all your accounts, including WIPs and OOC accounts. Failure to post on this AC will result in your accounts being marked inactive or deleted. Please note, due to a late start, the due date for this check has been adjusted for one time and one time only.
Attractive is a fortunate trait bestowed upon Anthony Tanner. At an impressive height of 6’0” with a body composed of lean muscles, Anthony contains pride over his body condition. The man has a flat stomach lined with well-defined lines of abs. A fair complexion covers his skin with an attractive pink-ish undertone to his flesh. Scars and blemishes are nonexistent across Anthony’s skin as he gains further fortunes of avoiding these flaws. The man’s fingers are gracefully long, the pleasant type of which lacks obsessiveness. The naga has long legs, a majority of his height coming from his gracefully long limbs. These slender legs are well-toned and display some muscle from consistent exercise.
The facial structure held by Anthony Tanner is another admired trait of his appearance. High cheekbones form on Anthony’s face, creating a gorgeously slender face. A slender, albeit, prevalent jawline leads down to the round, pointed chin. A pair of slender lips are above his chin, making them a not overtly noticeable feature of his face unless accompanied by a cigarette. A pair of glasses with rectangular lenses frame his eyes, the tops unbordered by the frames. Behind these glasses are a pair of striking, emerald green eyes shining through. They glimmer a little in the light, enamouring some. From his head flows straight locks of a dark brown of which appears black in certain lightings. The part of his hair is off centred, the part on the left side of his head. The longer locks of his bangs somewhat drifting into his eyes.
As a loan shark, Anthony’s clothing preferences lean towards formal to semi-formal wear. He adores clothing that fits him well, even leaning to a little tight. From dress shirts to a full-blown suit, Anthony’s clothings continue to fit him well. His formal clothing are oftentimes accented by a pair of red gloves. Casual clothing is regularly only used in instances of physical labour. Otherwise, he prefers the attractiveness of formal wear.
Poison Manipulation -- Mastered The ability to manipulate poisons, allowing the user to move and create poisons. As a loan shark, Anthony has handled his share of people angered because of his services. Lack of finances resulted in anger and therefore, the naga learned to defend himself. Due to his snake genes, Anthony’s mouth can secrete venom. In addition, Anthony can create poison from his blood, which he finds easier to use in a sinch. Regularly, Anthony coats a weapon with his poison, but he has been known to make it an airborne gas to keep people from getting close. Furthermore, Anthony can remove poisons, disintegrating them until they are no longer existent in the other individual’s body. Frequently, he uses non-lethal poisons, only dipping into lethal in situations of severe attacks. Creating these poisons takes energy, placing it into a gas form taking the most energy. Poisons created from Anthony are not easily permeable through the skin and require at least 10 minutes of exposure before permeating through and even then, the effects are minor.
Enhanced Speed -- Advanced The ability to enhance one's speed, the user going beyond that than the average. In situations of questionable safety, Anthony would use his speed to escape injury or worse, death. As a result, Anthony can run at high speeds and fixate his speed on certain limbs, allowing for harsh barrages of attacks. Smoothly, Anthony can dodge and weave, a useful skill for a creature incapable of taking heavy attacks. Regularly, Anthony uses the ability in defensive responses. Similar to a viper, Anthony will accomplish a hasty strike with a poison-covered blade in order to protect himself from others. Other times may feature Anthony using his enhanced speed when late for a meeting or anything else practical. Obsessive use of his enhanced speed can tire Anthony out or risk his limbs being sore from the stress of quick movements.
Hypnosis -- Advanced The ability to bring someone into a trance and manipulate them through means of entrancing them. When someone creates eye contact with Anthony, they are at risk of being hypnotized by the naga. Regularly, the ability is used as a soother when he is dealing with angrier clients. When somebody gazes into them, Anthony’s hypnosis operates more as a persuasion as he speaks soothing words and starts easing off any negative feelings. This ability does not operate if the individual has some sort of hypnosis blocker. In addition, those who are more strong-willed, Anthony will have more trouble hypnotizing them.
Snake Shifting -- Beginner The ability to shift into a snake or partially shift to create the long body of a snake. Never has Anthony been a fan of shifting into his snake form, a cottonmouth viper. Therefore, he regularly avoids the ability. He finds it uncomfortably small and believes himself vulnerable when in snake form. The size of his body can easily be stepped on or restrained in Anthony’s opinion, therefore, he avoids it entirely. If Anthony shifts, it takes 30 seconds and causes acute pain sensations because of his lack of practice. If severely injured, Anthony would automatically shift back to human form.
His mother always was a gold digger, a woman searching for a man with a big wallet. Her appearance was high-maintenance, but a glory many drooled over. She maintained it well and knew how to flaunt the delectable curves of her and ample bosom. Her name, Jessica Monroe, was a woman desired by many. People wanted her favour despite her fixation on money, and one of those fellows consisted of Kurtis Tanner. As a man of great wealth and somebody known for his success as a big shot lawyer alongside a man bringing starting up a small company. Kurtis was a busy body, searching for work to keep his mind at work and a healthy amount of money in his pocket. When he met Jessica, it was only a matter of time until he fell hard, his wealth resulting in a relationship that turned to marriage and marriage to a pair of bouncing baby boys.
From the beginning, Anthony was born into a household of which valued wealth. The beginning was greeted with planned expectations from their successful father. He wanted children who led lives of success and capability, able to afford their own lives of lavishness. It became the planning of their father which would assure a strong education for Anthony and his brother, Codi. As the pair were raised by the precise hands of a nanny, their father accomplished his plans. He arranged their educational plans, speaking with the high school and various tutors as he debated the best upbringing for his children. In the meantime, he instructed their nanny to start educating Anthony and Codi with educational games. Therefore, from the start, Anthony found himself pushed to learn. While he held no qualms about the notion as a child, he found his parents mostly absent.
His father busied himself with work and concerns over their education, meanwhile, mother concerned herself with the accumulated wealth. He was quick to notice his mother’s disinterest in children, the only time she appeared to acknowledge their existence is during moments where she wanted to dress them up like dolls. Always, she worried when their image was on the line, picking their clothes and assuring them professional and adorable. Ultimately, it resulted in Anthony considering his nanny more of a mother than the woman herself. In a way, she was the tender soul who cared for them and started the initial steps of their education under the guidance of their father. Meanwhile, Jessica was mostly absent from the boys lives unless absolutely necessary or when an infamous game of dress up would arrive. Thus, Anthony as a young child would cling to the nanny as a mother figure; she filled the position.
The specialized education was designed to assure the Tanner children would survive the future trials and tribulations of life. They wanted people who would earn themselves a worthy life, thus from a young age the special education began. In the meantime, Kurtis Tanner began making arrangements for a private homeschooling to improve those education records. While homeschooling kept Anthony away from the social jungle of high school, the young boy continued to find himself social. He was the young boy who would head to the playground and start chatting with the other children and playing games alongside them. It manifested pride in his father as Anthony built his charisma and grew up sauve and capable with his words. Through his childhood, his grades were good and his social skills something to be admired. Yet, from the beginning due to its constant fixation, Anthony valued wealth and money. If his parents were so intently focused on assuring he held a strong education for a money-accumulating job, should it not be among the more crucial items in existence?
Therefore, from his quaint life, Anthony became money-focused. His curiosities manifesting from the precious multi-coloured, papery plastic slips handed out throughout Canada alongside the fascinating coins. As a child, he was the type to run his own lemonade stand or accomplish small chores to start the beginnings of a well-needed strong work ethic for the future. Through his childhood, he learned hastily the values of wealth and hardwork. Then during his teenage years, those concepts only increased as he strode forward. He began working various jobs, learning more and strengthening his experience. The man knew what Anthony craved for an occupation, something heavily involved in cash. It infatuated him and kept him going with excitement through life.
After his home schooling was complete, Anthony was quick to start attending university. With advice from his dad and some professional classes, the young man was destined for greatness. Over time as Anthony’s intelligence increased he began falling into an ideal he wished to set. As graduation arrived and his ideals came into fruition and by age 25, Anthony had a loan company. They became the “ideal” for people down on their luck, morally grey and willing to bargain with those on the lower end of the spectrum. Over the years, the tactics shifted, the dealings turned a little more shady as the company worked with those in criminal affairs. Through his intelligence, Anthony has been capable of keeping his business going for years and cultivating an odd mixture of innocent and downright criminal customers.
- Anothony is an avid smoker, frequently smoking when stressed to take off the edge. He smokes Canadian Classic Original (Blue). - He is a surprisingly capable dancer, his flexibility adding an additional grace to his movements. - He won’t admit it, however, Anthony does find stupidity a little cute. - Anthony loves money and therefore enjoys his job and gaining more. Although, he does worry about the concept of failing and losing it all. - When annoyed, Anthony occasionally hisses like a snake in anger. - He despises when people try to avoid paying entirely and do not come in to make plans. - Anthony does not have a close relationship with his mother. He always feels a tad awkward around her because of their distant connections. - The name of Anthony’s loan firm is In The Green.
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The skin is created by Wolf of Adoxography and Gangnam Style. The thread and conversation remodels are by Kagney. The Strange Reality board list, Heal My Soul info center, I Remember Now mini profile and Electric Requiem profile remodel is made by Pharoah Leap. The Who's That Member member list remodel was made by Tictactoe. The Cbox.ws Shoutbox remodel was made by Trinity Blair. All templates used for claims, information sheets, applications, etc are credited to their owners; credits for these can be found in the threads the templates are use on. Images that are used on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners, however, they have been edited by Zac with a few being edited by Chibi Magician. The plot, rules and various other information pieces for The Duality of Man are written by Chibi Magician with the assistence of her co-admins, Finnegan and Dremulf, alongside other unlisted people who were kind enough to give their input. The TRS, AP and face claim were all created by Fleur for specifically the use of TDOM. All plugins used on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners. The templates my members use are credited to their maker, if you find a template that belongs to you, but is uncredited, please speak to Chibi Magician or the member themself. Characters created on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners and should not be used elsewhere without the creator's permission.
Special thanks for the members of TDOM who make suggestions to help make this site better. Even though we can not accept all suggestions, we immensely appreciate it. Thus, we give credit to any additions that you thought of and were later implimented by the staff, because we are glad you give us these excellent ideas.