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.
As a cherubim, Carson Philips is completely unable to hold an intimidating height. A mere 16 year old boy, the young man is only approximately 4’5” and is expected to reach a meagre 4’8”. At times, this results in Carson being an oversight with his short and slender body. Built with correlating length willowy arms and a slimmer torso. From Carson’s lack of sports-based extracurriculars, he holds limited muscle and strength to his tiny frame. Despite his shorter legs, Carson can run decently fast from his light-weight make up. This being said, many can outrun Carson sheerly from the shortness of his legs. Days being spent inside has kept Carson’s complexion pale. Although, he holds the fortune of holding no scars or blemishes on his pale skin. Through constant upkeep, Carson maintains short, well-rounded nails because of his personal preference.
Facial features of softened curves touch Carson’s baby face. Due to his existence of a cherubim, the young man never has to stray a thought to worries of facial hair. His cheeks are well-molded into fairly plump cheeks. They lead to a curved chin, giving Carson’s face a roundish appearance. Dark teal hair flows from his scalp, being semi-long. The back of his hair ends at the nape, meanwhile, the front is longer. His bangs drift lower than his eyes, a tuft settling between them. On the right side, his hair is longer, reaching approximately chin-length and the left being shorter. Most striking from Carson’s face are his magnificent purple eyes that shimmer in the slightest light. They are wide and ebullient as they stare at others. Accenting his bright purple eyes are long eyelashes. This is further emphasized by the light makeup Carson wears consisting of black eyeliner and mascara.
A mere glance allows people to discover Carson adored dark colours and a casual semi-gothic aesthetic. Regularly, he wears dark sweaters, regularly of a grey colour, occasionally with brighter colour aesthetics. Most known of Carson’s clothing choices is a leather jacket with silver accents. There are rounded silver “spikes” across Carson’s shoulder. Pants with rips at the knees are frequently worn by Carson. Oftentimes, his pants consist of skinny jeans and leggings with these rips. Over his hands are a pair of fingerless gloves of a black shade that he wears on the daily. As a lover of chokers and necklaces, Carson is regularly wearing something around his neck. Normally these consist of chokers, but occasionally he wears a necklace. On Carson’s ears are several piercings consisting of his lobe, upper lobe and helix. Regularly, he wears varying studs on his lobes, but occasionally will alter his style for his own enjoyment. Other times, he wears one with a hanging chain that is attached at his helix and his lobe.
While not appearance based, it is good to note Carson’s book bag that is frequently with him. It is black with a colourful sugar skull on it. The bag is an over the shoulder type with a variety of occultic style pins littering the straps and opening flap. Occasionally, Carson will wear these pins on a hoodie or sweater. Unexpectedly, from Carson’s back he can spawn two pairs of snow-white wings. This is a result of his cherubim ties and are large enough to make him capable of flight.
Love Sensory -- Beginner The ability to sense love between two people and view soulmate string connections when activated. Incapable is the best descriptor of Carson’s love sensory. While he innately senses the strength of people’s love, he cannot sense who it is towards because of his lack of capability. Viewing the strings of soulmates occurs at random and without any control from Carson. When this happens, they are about 10 second glimpses that leave Carson stationary as he gazes over the strings. Once the site disappears, Carson’s energy will be completely drained and his legs will buckle. While he will not go unconscious, Carson will have difficulties focusing until his energy is restored.
Blessing -- Intermediate The ability to bless other people. While his skills are limited, Carson tends to use the portion of his blessing capable of bringing forth positive emotions. Regularly, he does this when his friends are having a bad day as a method to soothe them. Any other blessings would take a larger chunk of his energy than his blessings of positive emotion. Furthermore, these blessings only have a minor effect on most.
Charms -- Advanced The ability to create charms, allowing for temperature regulation or even miniscule good luck. Friendship is important to Carson, hence he trained himself in charms to make special friendship bracelets for his beloved friends. Regularly, Carson’s charms are small things for his friends or practical. Normally, he makes charms that assist with temperature regulation, hair maintenance (to maintain length & dyes), slight luck charms along with other variants. In a single day, Carson can make about 5 charms before he starts feeling sleepy. The more tired he gets, the less effective Carson’s charms will be.
Light Force Fields -- Beginner The ability to create force fields against physical attacks with exceptions to dark magic like curses and hexes. Never having trained in his light force fields, Carson has little control over them. The maximum of what he may do is a temporary light force field when frightened by something. However, this does make him weary afterwards.
Healing -- Intermediate The ability to heal others, restoring biological constructs. Minor wounds are more of Carson’s forte. From the tiny papercut to scraped knees, Carson can fully restore those injuries without a second thought. He merely has to hover his hands over the wound and they will glow to begin the healing process. He learned the ability to help his friends feel better in hopes of making them happy. Through physical contact, Carson can restore these minor wounds. When this happens, his hands radiate a light blue glow. In a few minutes, a minor injury can be mended by Carson. Anything above that takes more time and effort for young cherubim. Moderate wounds leave him wiped and require rest. Severe are mostly impractical for Carson to heal, the maximum of his healing consisting of ceasing the bleeding with severe wounds. Should his hands leave the wound, the healing process will cease.
Wing Manifestation -- Advanced The ability to manifest wings to fly or defend. From a distant guardian heritage in the Philips family, Carson has two pairs of wings. The upper pair of wings are larger than the lower pair that are smaller. When manifested, Carson is capable of flying with the use of these wings. In approximately 15 seconds, Carson’s wings can manifest from his back. Should these wings be damaged, Carson will be grounded, his wings disappearing for weeks until healed.
backstory
They were destined for one another.
From the start, Julia Ambrose and Landon Philips were destined for one another. A pair of cherubims from high-standing families that insisted against the connections of soulmates for their type. They were supposed to assist others rather than indulge in the majesty of love. However, Julia and Landon viewed things differently upon noticing the intertwined strings of love. How could one assist with love when one has not experienced it? Initially they dated in secret for years, enjoying their hidden romance. They loved one another more than life itself and despite the beliefs of their parents, knew what they wanted. After four years of dating, the accidental conception of their child arrived. The young Julia Ambrose found herself in morning sickness and other traits of pregnancy. Thus she got a test and received a positive.
Overjoyed, Julia hurried to Landon and informed him he was going to be a father. The pair were excited about their child, the affection in their relationship increasing. Although, with the arrival of their bundle of joy came a difficult task. They wanted to inform their parents and state their disdain for cherubim traditions. Together, with confidence and love they stood up against them and walked out. They wanted to live their lives as soulmates rather than be confined to loveless marriages designed for merely having children. Days later, the pair got engaged and later signed the paperwork for their marriage. They were always a quiet couple, having a small party for their wedding. Most of that day was spent together, celebrating their love and their coming child. Later a gender reveal party came, a baby shower and eventually, the day Julia’s water broke.
In the early morning hours, Carson Philips was born to Julia and Landon Philips. A young child that his parents wanted the best for. The way they cried upon his birth, stating how their child was beautiful. They were absorbed in the happiness of their birth, already planning the best for him. Soulmates hoping one day, Carson would discover the beauty of being alongside a soulmate. It was everything they wanted was happiness for their family, even at the price of bridges burned between them and their parents. Fortunately, they discovered a powerful sense of joy in the form of family. With a bouncing, happy toddler, Julia and Landon were endless smiles and cheer. Pictures of the family were always taken, from bouncing baby Carson in a knee to his cheerful smile.
Forgotten were their grandparents and the old traditions in favour of implementing a happy household. Their parents would call them selfish, however, most would consider Julia and Landon a couple well-needed given the world’s state. Unlike some, they preached the words of treating those equal and supported the notion of Carson discovering love. The child was nurtured the method he required most and on all fronts. It resulted in Carson growing up a happy child filled to the brim with life and energy. His smile was constant and his eyes were bright as he strove forward. Sheltered from his grandparents and given the necessary tools to become a better person, it was the best recipe. Always, his parents pushed him to become his own person. Protectively watching, but never stifling the child’s wishes.
It was how Carson managed to gain a fascination with magic and occult topics as an adolescent. He began researching the things his species was weak to, the curious capabilities of tomes along with topics of seances and Purgatory. While some topics were considered dark, his parents watched over him and listened to Carson’s curiosities. They kept Carson safe while he admired and enjoyed the concepts of the occult. When he learned about an Occult Club in Lorsette High School, Carson hastily joined. The opportunity brought him plenty, from like-minded peers and genuine friendships. As it currently stands, the young cherubim proceeds to enjoy the occult club, even adopting a semi-gothic style to his clothing.
misc
- Likes: Magic, tomes, hexes, spirits, occultic topics, skulls, chokers, dark colours, hoodies, winter, sunsets/sunrises, swimming, fluffy blankets, fluffy socks, slippers, bunnies, video games, love, flying, stargazing, pins/brooches, reading - Dislikes: Party scenes, crowds, strobing lights, pie, shooter games, weighty jewelry, heat, big dogs, getting lost, lonesomeness, math, his grandparents, traditions, heavily scented candles, thick perfume, pickles - Fears: Getting lost, lonesomeness, crowds, big dogs - He has a small astronomer's ring that he found incredible. - As a lover of magic and the occult, Carson is surprisingly curious about hexes despite his cherubim genes. - He is terrified of getting lost. If he feels lost and alone, it is common to hear Carson whimpering and see him shaking. - He loves pins and happily collects them! - Carson enjoys keeping his room slightly dark with the curtains only subtly open for some natural lighting.
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credits
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.