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 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!
Reese narrowed his eyes. The Aggression was uncalled for.
"Any creature with a body temperature above 65F produces too much body for me. If my skin temperature exceeds 70F, i begin to burn, if my core temperature exceeds 80F, i suffer organ failure. My resting body temperature maintains at 30F. If you are made of living tissue, and NOT another Ice Elemental, your body temperature is too much for me to safely expose myself to you." Most of that was nonsense, but it was true that his body was a lower temperature than that of humans and other elemental. Really, any kind of heat, even just a mild warmth, was enough to make him break into heat rashes.
On Que, his face began to dry up and turn red and splotchy, right where Ozaei's face was closest.
Reese blinked, opened his mouth to reply, was struck in the gut with his social anxiety, closed his mouth, blinked against, and then finally managed to speak.
"Alchemy and Brewing, a guide on the fermentation process. For making both spirits and ales. Its a Culinary book for my course program..." It was easier to speak when he kept it to things he could answer in absolutes. Lightning Shifter...He...she? no...He, but also she. Someone comfortable with both sets of pronouns. Reese was decent at guessing such things, after all, He was a guy who, looked like a girl trying to look like a guy...
"Can you uh, back up a little bit, your body heat is a little too much, and i cant cool the air more than i am without causing problems."
Reese was fully absorbed in the textbook he was reading. Advanced Alchemy and Brewing, despite its name, was actually about making alcohol and other fermented beverages. Not because Reese wanted to drink, but because his access to books was limited to what he could scrounge up in regards to Culinary Arts. His mother supplied him with plenty of theatre and acting guides. Not that he could ever take the stage. He would rather die. He probably would die, from the embarrassment.
He almost didnt hear the voice calling to him, and when he did, he didnt think they meant him...and then he did. The realization he was the focus of someone's attention, caused him to stumble, teeter, and trip on the air. He would have hit the ground, if he hadnt summoned a pile of snow as he toppled.
Picking himself up, he brushed the snow off his suit pants, and men's blouse. Because despite being 18, he still lived with his mother, and she insisted on choosing his clothing. He turned and look at the bright blue blob of hair and an eye patch that had called to him. His first thought was 'a girl' but he wasnt sure the more he looked. And he knew full well...looks were not reliable.
With the appearance of a lovely young woman, He is both blessed an cursed. Free drinks, from hopeful suitors, but...hopeful suitors tend to be either the wrong gender, or the wrong sexuality.
Standing at just slightly over 5'6", with medium long white hair, and startling green eyes, he often finds himself the center of (the wrong kind of) attention.
Dressing in masculine clothes actually seems to make the problem worse.
personality
POSITIVE - Hard working - keeps trying till he gets it right - Patient - Smarter than he looks - Accepting of differences
NEGATIVE - Depressed. Constantly. - Easily deterred from goals - Terrified of failure, to the point of obsession in perfection of a task. - Doesnt take criticism well. - Too shy to correct people about his gender
Reese tends to be a little focused on being what others want him to be, rather than what he wants to be. He doesnt like being confused for a girl, but is too shy to actually tell people he is a guy.
abilities
Ice Manipulation: Medium Mastery, can control it to a high degree, but cant always control it when he loses his temper.
Self Healing: Can wrap himself in ice, or lock himself in something cold to heal. The colder it is, the faster he heals.
Snow Manipulation: Can make snowmen come to life, if he really tries, but its more like puppetry than automation.
Cold/Freezing Immunity: Is immune frost type injuries, and feels most comfortable in colder temperatures. Very heat sensitive, but this is easily countered with a bit of ice manipulation applied to his skin.
backstory
Kidnapped at birth, by a nurse who feared for his safety due to his parents being 'unnatural'. His abductor, is not an evil person, but rather suffers from mental illness caused by the loss of her own child, after many years to trying and failing to become pregnant.
He was raised, and his body magically altered over time to be more feminine in appearance. His adoptive mother unconsciously making him look more like the daughter she lost when the girl was 10.
He found a love for cooking, but his adoptive mother wants him to pursue a career in theater, like her late daughter had wanted to do.
While he is now aware of the truth of his upbringing, he does not resent his adoptive mother, and would defend her to his last breath.
misc
Evil.
roleplayer info
☆ NAME Dremulf
☆ RP EXPERIENCE Since Time began
☆ TIMEZONE EST
☆ GENDER Dad
☆ AGE Older than the Internet
☆ OTHER CHARACTERS many
☆ FACE CLAIM Emile Crossfode-Hundred
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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.
