Hexwizard Task 1: Beauxbatons v Durmstrang

rping as cielle johansen.

Feeling helpless from her square, Cielle was only just able to stop herself from crying out as Mikael was injured. Gritting her teeth and trying to stay calm, she glanced over at the black queen and sized him up. What sort of power was the French idiot hiding underneath that bloody gown? [IN RUSSIAN] "Mik, are you ok?" she would call from her spot, and instantly regretted it. It was kind of a dumb question. Cielle gripped her lance tighter and took a deep breath. She didn't want to admit it, but Mik being injured so quickly into the game had rattled her a little.

Action: as strategized
Paragon of health allies: Yefim and Mikael
Lovely creature opponents: Beauxbatons team

sta 11 | str 15 | eva 9 | wis 3 | arc 3 | acc 12
lovely creature, statistically relevant (eva), fearless, paragon of health

Hexcode= #967bb6

Interacting with: Amaury

In this moment she felt a growing wealth of calmness, but it did not do anything to soothe her anxieties, which was nothing like the battles she had faced before. The opposing team seemed daunted by the thought of losing their friends, by Amaury's attack, and although they were dressed in immaculate whites and brandishing insults in foreign languages; for the first time in her life Roberta wasn't afraid of losing herself to anyone. Instead, she felt the need to protect what she held near and dear already. Not even the thought of being defeated personally in this duel would lead her to believe any of her second thoughts. That, and there certainly wasn't anyone here who would ever be strong enough make her change her mind on the matter.

Now that the whole affair was now about to be entirely out of her control however, Roberta wanted more than anything to protect her friends. The only thing she could actually think to do was give Amaury her blessing. [In French] "Keep your chin up! We'll see this through to the end!" she cheered and for a moment it seemed her words had caused some sort of instinctual magic to well up from the tome she carried, protecting him as well as one's words might ever be capable of doing. It was a good thing she had too, because Amaury was already preoccupied tearing Durmstrang to pieces by the time she figured out what to do about it.

Seeing his wrath, Roberta was determined to give Durmstrang a reason to feel the fear she had once felt. To bless them with the immaculate knowledge that she would not be standing idly by as they attempted to part her friends from her protection. She would prepare herself for the fight ahead, becoming cold and resolute in her expression and watching for an opportunity to strike unseen or off guard. Revealing nothing, she began putting on a show to convince them that they would have to look elsewhere if they wanted to find any degree of satisfaction. If Beauxbaton would not win today, then she would be wrenching back everything they tried to take from her, but ten fold.

Come hell or high water, she was prepared to sink or swim.

Action: Doing as strategized

STATS | sta: 10 | eva: 15 | str: 1 | wis: 10 | ap: 7 | acc: 10

ABILITIES |
-Evasive Maneuvers I & II- Harder to hit on average, 10% on auto-dodge chance that anything that targets this wizard automatically misses. This is rolled separate from the attack roll.

This ability can be acquired up to 2 times. When acquired twice, this stacks so when acquired a second time this becomes a 20% chance.

-Lovely Creature- You are very distracting to look at. This increases the Control DC of spells in duels and adventures by +2 as well as the DC for finding things in adventures or the DC for finding the snitch in a game of Quidditch. This ability does not stack.

-Fearless- Fear effects such as a dhampir's aura, the ability terrible presence, a lycanthrope's intimidation or certain charms, potions and jinxes that would normally cause a fear effect do not work on you as you are immune to them.

Thanks for reading

Regular Text - English | Bolded Text - French | Bolded Black Text - Japanese
Roleplaying as iNPC Madeleine Nakamura
Mentioning: entire Beauxbatons team, @Erin Ryan

I've written that Maddie is particularly susceptible to part-Veela characters - she really likes pretty things and people

Madeleine is benched. Her stats and abilities have no impact on this game.

english | russian

Although she was not the kind for moving and ‘pretty’ stuff. Amina’s eyes widened in awe as all of her teammates stepped on the board and transformed. For her dear friend Valentin it wasn’t even much of a change. The white king. The girl stopped even cheering for a moment and nodded in agreement. Fitting.
She completely lost this short moment of devotion and professionalism in the second she laid eyes on Felix (@Winnie Harper). Her admiring silence was interrupted by a burst of snorting laughter. He was wearing a dress! This was for sure the best day of her life. It gave her endless resources of puns and teasing jokes and he would never hear the end of it. "You got it, girl!” She would shout in russian. Maybe Felix knew she meant him or not. She had a great time anyway.
With sparkling eyes she would look to the people that were near her on the bench (probably Erin and Romeo). "This is amazing!”

Still giggling she shifted her focus on the stage once more, grabbed her banner and jumped up on the bench. Heavily waving it she earned some grunts from the spectators whose vision was blocked with it. Amina didn’t care. Jumping up and down she expressed her support and devotion to her team - although they were just… moving. Gosh, quidditch was so much more interesting. When would there finally be action?!

And then it began. She saw how Mik took the blow for Felix and her heart skipped a beat. As she noticed that her cheeks turned pink. No! NO! She was not worried about Felix. NO! "Don’t look at me like that! I didn’t flinch. He is fine anyway!”” She ranted at a random person and then focused back on the game, ignoring the fact that she forgot to switch to english. "You got this! Show them how it’s done!” Very valuable tips from the sideline.

Interacting | whole Durmstrang Team & Erin

Action | Is Benched

interacting with Milo & André (briefly) mentions the team

As Maximilien "Maxi" de Fostoncy [x] English · #586d9d | French · #056b68

Giving his ebony horse - which obviously the most beautiful of stallions/mares - a full rein, Maxi leapt off to the square he had been eyeing all these time. Though it was only for seconds and he wasn’t really galloping to his destination, the feeling of being a real armoured knight was just as amazing as one could imagine. Even the dressage couldn’t compare with this - this was far better. Full in armour, weapon in hand, Maxi was indeed feeling ready to defend his team.

And maybe he had been too confident ever since he had saddled the horse, trying to make an impact on the opposite Queen within a terribly long distance. It wasn’t a surprise that he didn’t succeed, being so impatient to faithfully carry out his duty as a Knight. Casting a grateful glance to Milo and André whom he supposed was on his support, Maxi’s fingers skimmed over his horse’s pure black mane. “Don’t fail me.” He would whisper tenderly to the creature, much like those horsemen did to their own cherished mounts.

Until next time. Just wait for him.

STATS. stamina 7 · evasion 11 · wisdom 13 · strength 3 · arcane power 7 · accuracy 11
ABILITIES. Lovely Creature, Perfectionist I+II, Spell Spread
ACTION. as strategised

The game began and the team moved into position. It was a very bizarre experience, if truth be told. Although not the first time to play some sort of wizard's chess in dueling form, they'd had their wands and spells then. This was entirely different. The book weighed her down, but she hopped energetically forward anyway. Eyes flew wide as the black queen aimed a sure shot towards Felix, although would find itself colliding instead with Mikael as he swiftly interceded. "Mik! You are okay?" Unaccustomed to the enchantments and effects, it was difficult to know just how they'd be affected, but the hit seemed to have knocked him quite solidly, and she wasn't the only one to express her concern. That said, he was still standing which meant he had some fight still in him, and Johannes would see to it that he would stay standing for a while longer still. Grinning, determination clear, Greta did the same. "Niffy! I'm not going to let them hurt you!"

Action: As Strategized

"Pieces" were moving across the board until there was a clash between Amaury and his victim. Cassanora quietly observed the others' reactions, especially the champion's. They seemed sweet to one another. The opposing team felt like a tight-knit group that together had faced adversity before. That was cute, in a way a shame for them if they would go down today. Beauxbatons could be described more as a professional alliance. Most students tried to outsmart, outclass or outcharm each other, one way or another. It didn't have to be hostile, it could be subtly entwined along with their offer of friendship. It was a bit like a game. Still, in her school's defence, they had been raised to strive for a fair fight. There was honour to be found in their ranks. Most Beauxbatons students should consider it a duty to uphold this virtue. Though, every garden has it's spoiled apples now and then.

Cassanora was busy studying Yefim's movement. He was not particularly out there on the field yet. One of his chariots had taken a heavy blow. While that was ultimately their point in the game, it made her curious if Yefim wished he had traded places with his friend. Or was it just a game in his head? There were so many different possibilities at this point. He could be testing his 'friends' and see what they were worth in this tournament. Or he could be feeling fear and sympathy, worrying he'd end up alone after they all had fallen or failed in their attempt to protect him. That's what a knight evoked who stayed back on the sideline of course. Though, she would have judged him a fool if he had charged mindlessly into the fray. Bravery and foolishness, they were too close, too often.

She stayed back as well after all. The others were far better warriors than she could ever be, even under Angel's management would she have held this position. Little had changed in Cassie taking her place on the team. And now the poor girl was out there with the rest of them. Though, Cassie in particular was a tough kid. She'd be fine in the end, Cassanora was sure. Likewise, she quickly glanced to the right, trying to see if Roberta was doing well. This particular bishop had been instrumental in all this. Being the first choice for a runner-up to Angel, she stepped aside. It was only then Cassanora came into the picture. Looking at her now, Cass was sure Roberta was a fine choice for a champion. Taunting and encouraging like a true leader. She wanted to give the girl a hug in gratitude, for standing with her in all this.

Song Inspiraton

| Stamina 10 | Evasion 8 | Strength 12 | Wisdom 6 | Arcane Power 6 | Accuracy 10 |

Lovely Creature - Terrible Presense - Perfectionist - Fearless

@Flash Holmwood, @Aida Mòrsgor-Ama Ellwood

threading as johannes cyprian sauer
interactions [--]
mentions Horntail Horde, all
speaking in russian, unless specified otherwise

Was the inherent danger of every activity in the wizarding world an obligatory aspect or an unlucky side-effect? Not for the first time and most definitely not the last, Johannes was in the business of cursing out every incompetent magical safety inspector. Just because magical healing was an option didn’t mean it had to be the option!

God, none of them were going to walk off of this board unscathed, were they? The large grimoire in Johannes’ hands seemed ever heavier with this realisation as he flipped it open to a random page, calling upon its unknown magical qualities to aid his team. The round’s simultaneous chaos grated against his ears, costume movement and snatches of encouraging phrases melting into background noise fit to ruin a librarian’s next week. He remained blissfully unaware of the opposing knights’ attempted targeting, but one could be assured that if he did notice, a major L would have been delivered.

The game’s first bout of true violence had reared its ugly head, but destruction had always crowned Durmstrang’s work ethic and, in the spirit of honouring it’s reign, this offence could only mean war. The Art of War, if you would. Ah, there we go! “Mik, you shiny piece of work you, I’ve gotcha!” Granting upon the injured knight a clerical boon, Johannes took to dedicating himself to riding off of the contagious high of building adrenaline.

Action: As Strategised

Mod Information
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Abilities: Foulplay, Charmer, Evasive Maneuvers, Rapid Reviver, Blindvision
Stats: Sta 10 | Eva 11 | Str 10 | Wis 8 | Arc 8 | Acc 12

Allies: Horntail Horde (Durmstrang Hexwizard Team), Orpheus (Astrea's cat)
Opponents: Beauxbatons Hexwizard Team, non-Durmstrang Chasers (Quidditch)

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Interacts. - ═══════════════════	xx	EN #664d00, GR, RU #A57865 23/10/2022 | In casual wear [x] ═══════════════════	xx	Mentions. Valentin Schnell ═══════════════════

At the signal, Lysander bolted ahead by way of horsepower. He may not have been as magically acclaimed as his cousin, but his physique and strength combined made him a sturdy wall to overcome. It was no surprise that his purpose today was as rook. Easing up on the chariot’s reins as to prevent a dangerous toppling over, Lysander took position, almost side-facing, on a forward-most square at the front lines. Beauxbatons would not break through their defenses today.

STATS: STA 12; EVA 20; STR 13; WIS 5; ARC 0; ACC 15 ABILITIES: Evasive Maneuvers I, Evasive Maneuvers II, Charmer, Fearless

ACTIONS: N/A