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Player Information
Name: Sleight
Age: 18+
Contact: SleightsOfHand#7916 on Discord or PM
Other Characters: N/A
Character Information
Name: Allen Walker
Canon: D.Gray-man
Canon Point: During the timeskip before chapter 165
Age: 16~?
History: Wiki link to atrociously long and intricate shounen protag history
Personality: Allen is your weird shounen horror hobo-hero in that he's actually a very gentle and kind boy who wishes to save others, regardless of whether they're his enemy or not, or even if they're a total stranger. He can't help but be moved by the world immediately in front of him, and if he can help someone then he wants to—something he doesn't see as a noble calling or sense of duty, but merely his own compulsion. He literally can't help it. But as his left arm also makes him a living weapon—a "destroyer"—and he exists to destroy akuma in order to save the human souls otherwise left to rot within them. Thus he wants to be a destroyer who also saves.
He's also an incredibly tragic, lonely boy who carries a lot of sorrow.
A lot of his more gentle nature and polite manner is a front as much as it's genuine (and sometimes he's an outright faker), given that part of his nature he forcibly adopted from his father at a young age as a coping mechanism. He's made it his own, but still retreats behind his smiles and forcing a polite front, even when he doesn't feel that way. (While he believes he is a proper gentleman, he really isn't.) Which is also because—
Long before plot reasons broke him, he was originally a horribly foul-tempered and foul-mouthed hot-headed orphan brat in a circus where he was abused horrifically and initially sold to them to be in the freak show because of his unsightly left arm. Someone who was angry at the world and wanted to get stronger so he wouldn't have to depend on anyone; someone who didn't think he needed friends (and didn't think he'd ever have them). He's still that hot-blooded kid underneath his smiles and manners, and it comes out when he's nettled enough and is the driving force behind his stubborn Will To Live and Fight. He also tends to feel everything incredibly strongly and will never back down from how he feels. At his core, he is Allen "Walker" because of Mana's mantra (shhh plot, shhh) to "don't stop, keep walking", later on deciding for himself that he'd make his path his own even if everything seems to conspire to force him a certain way. Even if later still he reaffirms his decision on this and acknowledges it also means resigning himself to suffering and eventually fading away/losing himself before he'll lose that vow.
Even if he still doesn't know where it'll lead him.
He's also cagey about anything truly personal and to most people under normal circumstances will seem a very polite, sweet kid who's quite upbeat/cheerful as he crushes his real feelings behind a smile. And who when rubbed the wrong way can be quite prickly... and cheeky... and sometimes an outright brat... but at his core he has a heart of gold and just wants to save everyone. Even if he has a terrible time ever accepting any help from anyone in the matter, even (almost especially) when all they want to do is support him. His guilt complex runs to his very core, sometimes driving him to nearly suicidal decisions before he'd ever risk dragging someone potentially down with him. Even the name "Allen" belonged to a dead dog that had belonged to Mana, and was given to Allen when Mana, driven even further into insanity affter being struck by the child's left arm and beginning to awaken again as the Earl, only when the man literally mistook him for his dead dog. Which Allen accepted and took both because he was so affection-starved for even the smallest human kindness which only Mana had ever shown him, and because of the immense guilt he felt for causing his continued mental decline. The first vow he ever swore was to Mana for exactly this reason: "this time, I'll be the one to make you happy", even if it meant becoming the dog of a mentally unstable Pierrot.
Innocence
Allen is an Exorcist, which means he's a host that was chosen by a "crystal of god" (actual religious ties to the Judeo-Christian God? debatable/probably not, canon is more recently severely implying it's alien) commonly called "Innocence", a weapon of a light/holy nature that exists to directly counter a darker power called "Dark Matter". His is a parasitic type dubbed "Crown Clown" that he was born with, meaning his body acts as the instrument that shapes the Innocence. He is a living weapon because of it, as it takes the form of his left arm and has merged completely with his DNA, bonding with his soul and his heart. It leaves his left arm looking distinctly inhuman, even when it's inactive. The only way to separate him from it is to cut his arm off entirely, and even that didn't work the last time someone tried. It can also be sealed with ofuda so that he's unable to move or activate it. Innocence cannot be broken by any substance in existence other than Dark Matter and other Innocence, the latter which can only damage/absorb it, the former can destroy it. This is especially of note with the cloak form that Allen's can take, which makes it incredibly effective armor and useful in binding others.
When the sword is active Allen can also use an ability called "Death Orbs" which is a series of massive explosions all around him, but this appears incredibly taxing. Additionally, at the the time I have taken him from canon he currently cannot use it, but as he gets stronger and more attuned to Innocence that at this time is fairly new to him in this he'll naturally learn it.
Cross Grave
When invoking his Innocence as a claw, he can use this ability either defensively or offensively. Defensively he can draw a cross in the air to form a shield, and offensively it serves to crucify and exorcise akuma by drawing the cross on them. It's a very powerful weapon offensively, but only in the sense of exorcism against creatures that can be purged by abilities that put them at peace. To an akuma it "feels good", presumably because of bringing that sense of salvation.
Crown Edge
Another ability with the claw invocation of his hand, he can fling crowns of light from the talons of his hand like many, many rings. Explosive and ranged.
Edge End
Empowers a swipe from his left hand with a large amount of raw holy/light energy.
Crown Belt/the cloak
Possible in any invocation, it's an extension of the white cloak form and body armor of his Innocence. He can use it to wrap himself in ribbons to force his body to move, rappel around and push himself off the ground like the entire cloak is a living object, or use it to reach out and bind another person or object. It manifests as white ribbons he lash out with from his right wrist. Additionally, at any time he can harden the cloak and contort it to make spikes, a shield, webbing, or any number of forms he can imagine it taking. It can be as soft as down or as hard as his claw depending on his will.
The downside of his Innocence and the cost is that all of this requires a tremendous amount of energy. Life-force and caloric. He has to consume ridiculous amounts of food to sustain his invocations or even just passively given that it is a parasite, and the more he uses it the more it shortens his lifespan. (Can he become faint from overusing his abilities and not eating enough? Yes. Yes he can. It takes a lot because his stamina is shounen protagonist levels of ridiculous, but it's possible.)
Cursed left eye
Allen's left eye is cursed so that he sees the corrupted/despairing souls that power metal/Dark Matter weapons called akuma(not actually demons). While this is extremely canon specific and it's not implied that he can see ghosts or anything else of that sort, demonic energy/cells or corrupted souls could theoretically be a parallel. Humans that are half-akuma in canon don't register as anything strange to Allen until they activate the weapons/cells in them that are akuma in nature, and then he just sees a vague dark aura around them.He's just a cheat like that.
It's also implied that it serves as a seal of sorts on the Noah memory within him, but the abilities of his eye can be sealed as well through sorcery.
The 14th/Noah Powers
Just because he wasn't a complicated special snowflake enough already, in addition to being an Exorcist, Allen is also (somehow) paradoxically the Fourteenth Noah, Nea D. Campbell (and thus, more recently we have discovered—half of the original Earl/First Apostle whose soul split and whose other half is Mana Campbell—also known as Mana Walker, yes Mana Walker), two things that should be mutually exclusive but somehow aren't. At the time I'm taking him from Nea's memory is actively showing itself from time to time, in moments of great stress, injury, or proximity to the Earl. His aura also shows the colder taint of the Noah as well, and he has demonstrated the ability to cast spells and use "sorcery" that he explains as just "hearing the words in his head" like someone else is speaking them.
This is also related to him being technically 35 years old (somehow?) and having lived before as "Allen" when Nea was first lived and promised a dying Nea he would help live again/protect his memories. Somehow he became a kid again and current-him has no memory (the most recent fanbook confirmed his ages and that they are/were the same person).
???
Don't ask, this canon is special and explains things at a slower-than-Berserk pace.
Noah's Ark
The memory comes with the ability of being a/the "Musician". This means he's also able to control and pilot an interdimensional travelcube of a city called Noah's Ark via uncannily being able to play the piano and, more importantly, a certain melody that controls the interdimensional travel. It's pretty massive inside.
Practically this means he's able to create gates at any time to the Ark, can pilot it to a location, and can make gates (portals, basically) to anywhere in the world he's physically been. Usually this ends up being a series of permanent gates that once someone is in the Ark they can access by opening the door in a building associated with it, although temporary gates to somewhere while bypassing the Ark itself entirely is possible. Within the Ark are many separate pocket dimensions as well.
Inventory/Companions:
Timcanpy, the bestest boy golem that ever was a best boy.
His uniform and travel coat
A small old-fashioned suitcase containing a change of civilian clothes, pajamas, and a couple sentimental items.
Choice: Witch
Reason: While Allen is himself the weapon that he wields (and thus it makes him inhuman/a monster), it's all about his bond that he has with his Innocence, a sentient monster of sorts, that gives him that power. He is remarked time and time again on the depth of his bonds being the source of his power, and his heart literally merged with Crown Clown at one point. Many of his abilities feature more like augmentation spells, his master was a sorcerer, and he himself later demonstrates spellcasting and sorcery different from his Exorcist abilities via his Noah memory. I also enjoy the idea of him needing to form a bond with a monster, mirroring his canon bond in that manner.
He is NOT an academic however and will be absolutely terrible at anything studious or with books; he can barely write and had virtually no book learning as an abused orphan hobo without even a name. (And it will be fantastic gag potential.) However, he is extremely intuitive with massive spiritual strength and understanding, and as such tends to learn new powers and skills best when forced to and doing so by his own sheer determination and insight. As such any significant growth as a witch for him would most likely come in bursts, only mastering something new and challenging when finally forced to use it in a do or die moment.
Sample: Old intro link here
Name: Sleight
Age: 18+
Contact: SleightsOfHand#7916 on Discord or PM
Other Characters: N/A
Character Information
Name: Allen Walker
Canon: D.Gray-man
Canon Point: During the timeskip before chapter 165
Age: 16~?
History: Wiki link to atrociously long and intricate shounen protag history
Personality: Allen is your weird shounen horror hobo-hero in that he's actually a very gentle and kind boy who wishes to save others, regardless of whether they're his enemy or not, or even if they're a total stranger. He can't help but be moved by the world immediately in front of him, and if he can help someone then he wants to—something he doesn't see as a noble calling or sense of duty, but merely his own compulsion. He literally can't help it. But as his left arm also makes him a living weapon—a "destroyer"—and he exists to destroy akuma in order to save the human souls otherwise left to rot within them. Thus he wants to be a destroyer who also saves.
He's also an incredibly tragic, lonely boy who carries a lot of sorrow.
A lot of his more gentle nature and polite manner is a front as much as it's genuine (and sometimes he's an outright faker), given that part of his nature he forcibly adopted from his father at a young age as a coping mechanism. He's made it his own, but still retreats behind his smiles and forcing a polite front, even when he doesn't feel that way. (While he believes he is a proper gentleman, he really isn't.) Which is also because—
Long before plot reasons broke him, he was originally a horribly foul-tempered and foul-mouthed hot-headed orphan brat in a circus where he was abused horrifically and initially sold to them to be in the freak show because of his unsightly left arm. Someone who was angry at the world and wanted to get stronger so he wouldn't have to depend on anyone; someone who didn't think he needed friends (and didn't think he'd ever have them). He's still that hot-blooded kid underneath his smiles and manners, and it comes out when he's nettled enough and is the driving force behind his stubborn Will To Live and Fight. He also tends to feel everything incredibly strongly and will never back down from how he feels. At his core, he is Allen "Walker" because of Mana's mantra (shhh plot, shhh) to "don't stop, keep walking", later on deciding for himself that he'd make his path his own even if everything seems to conspire to force him a certain way. Even if later still he reaffirms his decision on this and acknowledges it also means resigning himself to suffering and eventually fading away/losing himself before he'll lose that vow.
Even if he still doesn't know where it'll lead him.
He's also cagey about anything truly personal and to most people under normal circumstances will seem a very polite, sweet kid who's quite upbeat/cheerful as he crushes his real feelings behind a smile. And who when rubbed the wrong way can be quite prickly... and cheeky... and sometimes an outright brat... but at his core he has a heart of gold and just wants to save everyone. Even if he has a terrible time ever accepting any help from anyone in the matter, even (almost especially) when all they want to do is support him. His guilt complex runs to his very core, sometimes driving him to nearly suicidal decisions before he'd ever risk dragging someone potentially down with him. Even the name "Allen" belonged to a dead dog that had belonged to Mana, and was given to Allen when Mana, driven even further into insanity affter being struck by the child's left arm and beginning to awaken again as the Earl, only when the man literally mistook him for his dead dog. Which Allen accepted and took both because he was so affection-starved for even the smallest human kindness which only Mana had ever shown him, and because of the immense guilt he felt for causing his continued mental decline. The first vow he ever swore was to Mana for exactly this reason: "this time, I'll be the one to make you happy", even if it meant becoming the dog of a mentally unstable Pierrot.
Despite his issues with openness and accepting help, his bonds are also what define him, and in fact tie his existence to the world and ground him in reality to the point of resisting Nea's takeover of his body, much like the bonds of a loved one are what chain an akuma to the world. And his inherent nature is as an incredibly loving person with boundless affection for humanity and appreciation for the purity of human connection. It's a constant conflict in him, something he wants more than anything: a place, and people to belong to. But as is existence as it currently is also threatens that, and he will reject it all and any happiness he has in order to protect it. Even if it hurts him further in the process, and without considering their feelings in the matter--or, worse, that he does, but chooses the decision hardest for them all regardless. Even if he had never begun to awaken as a Noah though, it was revealed he decided as far back as his first meeting with Road that he had resolved that he would one day have to leave the Order, as even if he loved them it was obvious his care and concern for the akuma would run counter to the beliefs of everyone there. Even in attaining Crown Clown, he only regained his Innocence and it in the process because he acknowledged he had let his feelings for his comrades become more important to him than the akuma and blind him, and so while still caring for and desiring to protect them as precious to him, he also had to renounce and separate himself emotionally enough in order to still remember his existed for the akuma--the hated creatures his comrades and entire home despised the most.
He is an intrinsically lonely existence, essentially. And entirely for decisions he has made quite consciously himself, despite also being so deeply afraid of being alone.
It should be noted I am pulling him from just before he finds out he's the host to the 14th, but is under suspicion of treason/heresy. He'll be slightly lighter hearted and less desperate and emotionally messy than current canon.
Abilities & Skills: He is an intrinsically lonely existence, essentially. And entirely for decisions he has made quite consciously himself, despite also being so deeply afraid of being alone.
It should be noted I am pulling him from just before he finds out he's the host to the 14th, but is under suspicion of treason/heresy. He'll be slightly lighter hearted and less desperate and emotionally messy than current canon.
Innocence
Allen is an Exorcist, which means he's a host that was chosen by a "crystal of god" (actual religious ties to the Judeo-Christian God? debatable/probably not, canon is more recently severely implying it's alien) commonly called "Innocence", a weapon of a light/holy nature that exists to directly counter a darker power called "Dark Matter". His is a parasitic type dubbed "Crown Clown" that he was born with, meaning his body acts as the instrument that shapes the Innocence. He is a living weapon because of it, as it takes the form of his left arm and has merged completely with his DNA, bonding with his soul and his heart. It leaves his left arm looking distinctly inhuman, even when it's inactive. The only way to separate him from it is to cut his arm off entirely, and even that didn't work the last time someone tried. It can also be sealed with ofuda so that he's unable to move or activate it. Innocence cannot be broken by any substance in existence other than Dark Matter and other Innocence, the latter which can only damage/absorb it, the former can destroy it. This is especially of note with the cloak form that Allen's can take, which makes it incredibly effective armor and useful in binding others.
Innocence is a weapon that must be activated before it can be spiritually sensed or used beyond being inherently tough, its natural properties versus Dark Matter—and in Allen's case making his left arm exceptionally strong and nimble (he's ambidextrous), though he achieved that only from training so much with it. Once activated, its power comes from how well it synchronizes with the host—with their heart and resolve, given it's tied to their emotions. Allen has broken 100% synchronization, making him a "critical point breaker" and technically a candidate for General of the Black Order if he weren't suspected of being a traitor and a Noah. This means he can transform his left arm into two forms, each with various abilities. The lower synchronization form of a claw, and the higher synchronization form of a giant exorcising broadsword (which requires him literally ripping his entire arm off to transform it into the sword). In either form he also has a white cloak that serves as a living body armor as well. The weapon is sentient to a degree, and he can use it (or it can use him) to push his body to move when he's too broken to do so on his own anymore. In general, the claw form of his hand has raw offensive power that can harm anything while the sword cannot harm humans/normal creatures at all.
Lately, living Innocence has been depicted as angelic, notably Allen's own as well, and he has formed huge angelic wings with it while falling.
Sword of Exorcism
The (current) ultimate form of his Innocence that mirrors Allen's own heart—the sword doesn't harm humans or flesh directly, but harms only that which is "evil", meaning he can selectively cut the darkness in a person while leaving the human themselves alive. It can exorcise, very generically even as Innocence otherwise generally doesn't, given he was confident if Lavi was possessed it would have freed him (but Lavi was not, Lavi was only Lavi, so it did nothing). It does have a corporeal form and mass to it as he can use it as a shield against attacks, but it cannot ever cut or harm normal humans and will pass right through them.
When the sword is active Allen can also use an ability called "Death Orbs" which is a series of massive explosions all around him, but this appears incredibly taxing. Additionally, at the the time I have taken him from canon he currently cannot use it, but as he gets stronger and more attuned to Innocence that at this time is fairly new to him in this he'll naturally learn it.
Cross Grave
When invoking his Innocence as a claw, he can use this ability either defensively or offensively. Defensively he can draw a cross in the air to form a shield, and offensively it serves to crucify and exorcise akuma by drawing the cross on them. It's a very powerful weapon offensively, but only in the sense of exorcism against creatures that can be purged by abilities that put them at peace. To an akuma it "feels good", presumably because of bringing that sense of salvation.
Crown Edge
Another ability with the claw invocation of his hand, he can fling crowns of light from the talons of his hand like many, many rings. Explosive and ranged.
Edge End
Empowers a swipe from his left hand with a large amount of raw holy/light energy.
Crown Belt/the cloak
Possible in any invocation, it's an extension of the white cloak form and body armor of his Innocence. He can use it to wrap himself in ribbons to force his body to move, rappel around and push himself off the ground like the entire cloak is a living object, or use it to reach out and bind another person or object. It manifests as white ribbons he lash out with from his right wrist. Additionally, at any time he can harden the cloak and contort it to make spikes, a shield, webbing, or any number of forms he can imagine it taking. It can be as soft as down or as hard as his claw depending on his will.
The downside of his Innocence and the cost is that all of this requires a tremendous amount of energy. Life-force and caloric. He has to consume ridiculous amounts of food to sustain his invocations or even just passively given that it is a parasite, and the more he uses it the more it shortens his lifespan. (Can he become faint from overusing his abilities and not eating enough? Yes. Yes he can. It takes a lot because his stamina is shounen protagonist levels of ridiculous, but it's possible.)
Cursed left eye
Allen's left eye is cursed so that he sees the corrupted/despairing souls that power metal/Dark Matter weapons called akuma(not actually demons). While this is extremely canon specific and it's not implied that he can see ghosts or anything else of that sort, demonic energy/cells or corrupted souls could theoretically be a parallel. Humans that are half-akuma in canon don't register as anything strange to Allen until they activate the weapons/cells in them that are akuma in nature, and then he just sees a vague dark aura around them.
It's also implied that it serves as a seal of sorts on the Noah memory within him, but the abilities of his eye can be sealed as well through sorcery.
The 14th/Noah Powers
Just because he wasn't a complicated special snowflake enough already, in addition to being an Exorcist, Allen is also (somehow) paradoxically the Fourteenth Noah, Nea D. Campbell (and thus, more recently we have discovered—half of the original Earl/First Apostle whose soul split and whose other half is Mana Campbell—also known as Mana Walker, yes Mana Walker), two things that should be mutually exclusive but somehow aren't. At the time I'm taking him from Nea's memory is actively showing itself from time to time, in moments of great stress, injury, or proximity to the Earl. His aura also shows the colder taint of the Noah as well, and he has demonstrated the ability to cast spells and use "sorcery" that he explains as just "hearing the words in his head" like someone else is speaking them.
This is also related to him being technically 35 years old (somehow?) and having lived before as "Allen" when Nea was first lived and promised a dying Nea he would help live again/protect his memories. Somehow he became a kid again and current-him has no memory (the most recent fanbook confirmed his ages and that they are/were the same person).
???
Don't ask, this canon is special and explains things at a slower-than-Berserk pace.
Noah's Ark
The memory comes with the ability of being a/the "Musician". This means he's also able to control and pilot an interdimensional travelcube of a city called Noah's Ark via uncannily being able to play the piano and, more importantly, a certain melody that controls the interdimensional travel. It's pretty massive inside.
Practically this means he's able to create gates at any time to the Ark, can pilot it to a location, and can make gates (portals, basically) to anywhere in the world he's physically been. Usually this ends up being a series of permanent gates that once someone is in the Ark they can access by opening the door in a building associated with it, although temporary gates to somewhere while bypassing the Ark itself entirely is possible. Within the Ark are many separate pocket dimensions as well.
Inventory/Companions:
Timcanpy, the bestest boy golem that ever was a best boy.
His uniform and travel coat
A small old-fashioned suitcase containing a change of civilian clothes, pajamas, and a couple sentimental items.
Choice: Witch
Reason: While Allen is himself the weapon that he wields (and thus it makes him inhuman/a monster), it's all about his bond that he has with his Innocence, a sentient monster of sorts, that gives him that power. He is remarked time and time again on the depth of his bonds being the source of his power, and his heart literally merged with Crown Clown at one point. Many of his abilities feature more like augmentation spells, his master was a sorcerer, and he himself later demonstrates spellcasting and sorcery different from his Exorcist abilities via his Noah memory. I also enjoy the idea of him needing to form a bond with a monster, mirroring his canon bond in that manner.
He is NOT an academic however and will be absolutely terrible at anything studious or with books; he can barely write and had virtually no book learning as an abused orphan hobo without even a name. (And it will be fantastic gag potential.) However, he is extremely intuitive with massive spiritual strength and understanding, and as such tends to learn new powers and skills best when forced to and doing so by his own sheer determination and insight. As such any significant growth as a witch for him would most likely come in bursts, only mastering something new and challenging when finally forced to use it in a do or die moment.
Sample: Old intro link here