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
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Summer 2024
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.
Since the wonderful members of TDOM enjoy the site enough to play around on it, this thread is to assist with the site's tidying! Functionality is important and we want to make the site functional even if its activity will be minimal at best!
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[attr=class,punkinamerule]Zephyr Rosewind
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She stood for a moment, Zephyr tilted his head slightly. He frowned slightly in confusion when she announced good was better than bad. She took a seat next to him, and introduced herself as Ziya. Then she started on a mile a minute. At first on topic, going through her top picks, then returning the question to him. And as he was about to respond, she continued on, asking what his favourite genre was and then somehow moved onto movies?
His head spun lightly, as he tried to keep up. It took him a few minutes to recover, and he used scanning the list again as an excuse to do so. He looked back up at her, smiling softly. ”Firstly... I think Gatsby is a good choice for this project.” He went quiet again as he thought of what exactly he liked. He wasn’t really sure, but he enjoyed a lot of classics and outside of that fantasy. ”As for... in general, I don’t really know? I mean... classic literature offers an insight into the past without delving in to an actual history book.... And I like a lot of fantasy... some romcoms...” If asked to put a name to a specific favourite, he wouldn’t be able to say, but he liked the genres overall.
He was silent again, not sure what else to do to move the conversation forward. Should he return the question to her? Would that be weird? Should he go get copies of the book they were going to do? Had the silence been too long that it was awkward now? He just opted for staring hard at the project outline.
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[attr=class,punkinamerule]Zephyr Rosewind
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[attr=class,punkibulkrule]It wasn’t long before a girl approached them. She seemed to know the other boy. Zephyr wasn’t really paying attention to the conversation. Just enough to know that she was chasing Parker away for whatever reason and now she was his partner. He wasn’t entirely sure it was really necessary to have done that. But it is what is. Parker said something under his breath as he walked away from them with a defeated sigh. Zephyr looked up at her as she addressed him directly. ”Uhm... good... I-I guess...” He shrugged. He pulled the now-empty chair out from the desk for the girl to sit down in. ”You can sit down... i-if you like! You don’t have to.... well... m-maybe you do... we’re in class... after all.”
He sighed and looked down at the table. He knew how awkward he sounded, and mentally berated himself for it. He looked back up at the girl. ”Oh! Names! Uhm.... Zephyr... my name’s Zephyr.” He smiled softly at her. ”Any idea on what book you want to do for this project?” He asked her staring down at the list. He didn’t have a particular choice himself, so he figured he’d let her decide. That was part of being partners on a project right? When you got a partner willing to do their share.
Though, thinking about it, just because she chased the other boy away didn’t mean she wasn’t going to do the same thing. But then that would have just wasted the point of chasing the other one off, since there was someone away. Right? He sighed. Why was he worrying about this? He had to worry about the actual project. Parker was right about his parents being strict on grades, but they didn’t understand to what extent.
Looking around the room, many had already picked the book, some starting to read, others beginning a rough draft design on their poster boards. He looked up at his new partner head tilted. For now he just had to work with her and see what she was like. And if need be, he’d take up most of the work himself. But he had to give her the benefit of the doubt. She wouldn’t have intervened if she didn’t have a good heart. Right?
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[attr=class,punkinamerule]Zephyr Rosewind
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[attr=class,punkibulkrule]He’d spent most of his life at home. Being ridiculed, being told he wasn’t enough, being told to get stronger, and be more like his siblings and cousins. He’d spent most of his life trying to be invisible, trying not to get in the way. He’d kept his head down and put his head into his studies, strengthening his mentality. If he couldn’t beat them physically- or even join them, he’d learn. He’d be smarter. And to be smarter, he had asked his parents to be entered into the public system. Learn about the world, about the people. After all, how could he learn if he did’t experience?
There was a long period of thought before they agreed, and he was entered into public high school. Not having the socialisation that others had, he barely knew how to communicate with people, and this set him apart, and made him a target for bullies. He learned that it would be easier on him to just keep his head down. And that’s how he survived. And that’s how he’d continue to survive. Except he knew today that his literature class would have a group project, but the teacher didn’t have a chance to explain further when they were told the day before.
He sighed and took his seat. Eventually other students turned up and did the same. When all- or most were present and seated, the teacher took roll call and then started to tell them about their project. The students would be split into pairs and they would choose a book to read from a list given to them. Once they’d read the book, they’d then have to do up a poster board, examining, summarising and analysing different components of the book, such as characters, setting, plot, etc. Zephyr looked around the classroom and sighed.
Almost everyone had already paired off, and as soon as he made eye contact with another boy, he wandered over, smirking. “Looks like you want to partner up with me.” He said. Zephyr lowered his eyes. “Well, good. Because I want to pair up with someone smart, who would do the work for me. As long as they didn’t talk. You can handle that can’t you, Homeschooled?” He began to sit down. “You do the work without talking to me, and I let you get a passing grade. Your parents are super strict about that right? I do nothing, you do everything and I let you pass. Sounds like a good deal to me.”
Zephyr just kept his head down. Slowly nodding, not saying anything. The bully smiled and slapped him on the shoulder like a pal. “Good! I knew you were a good one, Homeschool.”
Zephyr has a softer pale complexion, with white hair and green eyes set in a rounder face. He’s quite young looking and babyfaced. In terms of muscular build, he has muscles squashed into a fairly lean body, with more of an athletic build. He’s short, standing at 4’9” and weighing 112lbs despite his tiny size. His wardrobe consists of mostly jeans and hoodies, covering up the burn scar on his shoulder.
Personality
➤ likes
Reading
sunsets
quiet places
food
Ziya
➤ dislikes
Bullies
His siblings
His parents
Crowds
Fireworks
➤ fears
Losing everything close to him
The dark
Lowkey his parents
Being abandoned
Hell and their species.
➤ positive traits
Kind
Reliable
Compassionate
Empathetic
Loyal
➤ negative traits
Timid
Passive
The “I’m fine” when he’s not type
Aloof
non-contfrontational
➤ overall
He is a puppy personified- angelified? He is airheaded and quite aloof, avoiding his problems and focusing instead on everyone else’s. He’s loyal to the ones he calls friends, and typically avoids the ones he doesn’t. He tries to avoid confrontation which often leads to him just letting bullies do as they please. He often avoids confiding in people because he doesn’t want to feel like a burden. He’ll take up reading whenever he’s feeling lonely or sad or when he just needs a distraction from his parents.
Abilities
➤ overall
Light Manipulation: Light powers almost everything. It is powerful in it's existence. With light comes colours. Comes vision. Light give the ability to see. Bent light can create illusions. Light can vanquish darkness. But if there is complete darkness, light is useless. Light needs to exist in the first place to be used. And it can be used in varying ways. Zephyr has the ability to control the brightness of light in a room, manifest physical balls of light energy to throw, and create enough light to use as a torch or to temporarily blind someone. Night time and darkness severely limit his manipulation prowess, especially where light in any form is not prominent.
Electricity Manipulation: Electricity can be described as an extension of light. It is light with a sting. Like light, electrical currents run through everything. Even through the very fibres of life itself. Though, Zephyr isn't quite that skilled as to control the electrical particles in people, he has enough skill to manipulate the particles in the air to create shocks and shockwaves to send towards people. For stronger shocks, a form of physical electricity needs to be nearby.
Holy Water Creation: The one ability he probably could use in his sleep. With any form of water in his surroundings, he can purify water to create holy water. While it wouldn't work on the ocean or a lake, he can purify water that's bottles or jarred. While it is a skill he's adept at, it does take a lot, if not all, of his energy.
Tactile Healing: Another ability he is adept at. Healing someone via touch. It's as simple as that. While it can't heal any major damage, it can speed the healing process of infections, and heal cuts and deeper wounds. Though, like holy water, it takes a lot of energy.
Wing Manifestation: The ability to bring out and put away his wings at will.
Warding and Blessing: He can imbue items and objects with a ward to keep vampires and the undead away. His wards are fairly strong but they're easily breakable by the right person. Blessings he can give people are mostly minor enhancements in order to keep them safe. Those Zephyr bless normally pass it off as a change in luck, as blessings are typically temporary.
Electro-Immune: He can't be electrocuted. It might be fun to try, but a large waste of energy, effort and time.
Zephyr's understanding of life and the world is severely misconstrued. Coming from a family of mostly Angels and other Heaven species, they were all trained from young to use their powers. Zephyr was never considered a favourite and was an outcast even by his family's standards. He was often told to be more like his siblings. To be better. To be more powerful. It didn't matter how hard he tried, he never matched their standards.
Their views on the outside world are very traditionalist. Pre and post war, their views never changed. Gay rights and same sex relationships are a sin, hell and their species are a nightmare tale to the children to keep them behaved. There are only two genders.... their world hasn't progressed. And these views were still forced upon Zephyr, despite being a "late in life" baby. He typically kept to himself and tried to stay out of the way as much as possible having been deemed a failure, and almost every interaction between him and his family is a lecture on how badly he mucked up.
In his youth, he once challenged one of his Seraphim cousins to a duel to try and prove that he could do something right. The battle quickly took a nasty turn, as he tried to dodge a fire attack and got hit in the shoulder. The burn healed and scarred over, but the scar never really faded. It serves as a reminder to how weak he is compared to his family. Having given up after that, he requested to be able to go and experience the outside world. Learn about things himself.
If he couldn't be strong physically, maybe he could be strong in other ways. Maybe be smart. His parents hummed and haa'ed over it and figured it couldn't hurt to show him how wrong the world is, and how far order has fallen. He began attending public school, avoiding people and focusing on his work. He proved that he was worth something with his grades. But with being smart came the extra pressure of keeping those grades up and satisfactory. Anything lower than a B meant punishment, lecture or worse.
He's still learning about the outside world, and has yet to discover that a lot of what was taught to him by his parents are completely false.
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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.
