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Wei Wu Wei
Aug 2nd, 2007, 06:15:32 PM
Ok, Wu Wei's story is like it was previous to my sudden absence.

Wu Wei escapes the Jedi Purge. He loses his master, Quinlan Vos in the incident. Wei goes into hiding by living a normal life. He gets married, holds down a job, etc. One day when he gets home from work he finds his father dead, his mother missing, and his pregnant wife shot through the stomach.

Anger and revenge threaten to consume him, but he remembers his Jedi training. He digs up his lightsaber and goes on the run. He is still compelled to do Jedi-type things (save a woman from mugging, help a family that is recieving unjust treatment, and so on), but constantly grapples with the Dark Side, which gained a foothold in his mentality on the night of his family's murder.

In order to keep the Dark Side at bay, Wu Wei turns to his lightsaber training as a means to focus his thoughts bring peace to himself. As his story progresses, I want him to become proficient with each lightsaber form. Ultimately he will have to overcome and conquer the Dark Side within him by mastering the dangerous art of Vapaad.

So, the back story is done. Now I have some other practical things to think of as far as image claims go.

Right now I am using Long from Bloody Roar. Long is a younger looking person. Perhaps early 20's or so. But I also wonder if I shouldn't have him be a bit older. I'm looking into using Lei Wu Long from Tekken as an image claim. He's a bit older. Lei is possibly in his thirties or forties.

Wu Wei's age will play an important role in how I have him manage his anger. A younger Wu Wei will obviously be more impetuous and will express more energy. An older Wei will probably tend to be more solemn and his anger will be more of a smoldering thing than a blaze like if he were younger.

Any thoughts or opinions? I could really do with some help and I very much want to get started.

Thanks muchly! I'll work on getting an image of Long and Lei for comparison.

Zereth Lancer
Aug 2nd, 2007, 07:24:06 PM
I like it, your backstory is. It is eerily similar to the original backstory I wrote for Kyle half a year before I starting roleplaying, like when I was twelve. Very eerie, only without the chills down the spine.

I'd love to get Kyle Krogen in to roleplay with the new Wei. Strangely, the two seem to have switched places in the reset. Kyle has become the more thoughtful, scholar type while Wei seems more the warrior. Pity Kyle is currently held up by the Imperial Inquisitor for the obvious reason of being a Jedi, and killing a few Imperials while trying to escape only adds more weight to the list. I really have no idea where that's going, as the other parties have not posted anything in months *prods Karl*

Wei Wu Wei
Aug 2nd, 2007, 07:53:16 PM
Ok, I got some pictures. I don't have an image hosting site, though. Is there a way that I can put the pictures here? I reckon I could just cut and paste the urls, but somehow I seem to remember that hosting them to something like photobucket was much more preferred.

Ilias Nytrau
Aug 2nd, 2007, 08:40:02 PM
I'd love to do something with you, Wei. It could serve as a means of getting Falcon back up and running. The name Falcon Gyndar is his assumed identity from the purge onward. All Jedi in and around the order would have known him as the master healer Ilias Nytrau. Feel free to accost me on AIM, if you're up for doing something.

Lilaena De'Ville
Aug 2nd, 2007, 11:01:06 PM
You can't use the gallery or an attachment as a hosting device, sorry Wei. Signing up at photobucket.com is a much better option.

Elektra Kathian
Aug 3rd, 2007, 09:48:10 AM
Hey Wei, long time no see. If you need some help getting back into the RP of things, I'd be more then willing to help out and do some RP when I get back from my hopefully short disappearance. I enjoyed RPing with you PreReset as Kaytor Surna and Sia-lan Darkheart. Cya around

Wei Wu Wei
Aug 3rd, 2007, 03:12:30 PM
Yeah, that's what I thought, LD. Zeke still has his photobucket, so I'll just bum off of him. I'll have it late tonight or tomorrow.

Lamar Starworth
Aug 4th, 2007, 10:58:47 AM
If you want to encounter a face from the Empire, I'm here aswell.

Wei Wu Wei
Aug 4th, 2007, 06:41:26 PM
Yes, I will need Empire, Dark siders, and all manner of other fun things to complicate Wu Wei's life. OK, now for those pictures I mentioned.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/Feist/long-s.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/Feist/long-3br.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/Feist/leisnake.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/Feist/leit5intro.jpg

the first two are Long from Bloody Roar. I'm currently using those images for my character.

The next two are Lei Wulong, the image I'm considering to adjust for the new storyline.

I like them both, but I can only pick one. Needless to say I'm a little torn. I'd like to know which one you think might make this character a bit more compelling. If you would like to see more images of either character, let me know and I'll find them.

Dasquian Belargic
Aug 4th, 2007, 07:43:25 PM
Both of them remind me of Jackie Chain

Zeke
Aug 4th, 2007, 07:52:49 PM
Lei Wulong at least is based on Jackie. Not sure about Long, tho. Personally, I'm going for Lei Wulong. He's older, which fits in with the timeline better.

Dasquian Belargic
Aug 4th, 2007, 07:54:13 PM
Yeah, I thought Lei was based on Jackie. I agree with Zeke, anyway. Go with Jac-errr... Lei.

Wei Wu Wei
Aug 6th, 2007, 06:03:45 PM
After a big discussion about it with Zeke, I've decided to go with Lei Wulong as my character image claim. If anyone is interested, I can post some pictures here with some images for people who want to make an avatar or signature for me. I'll be posting something similar in the signature requests threads.