Big Ben

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☆Personal Information☆

Full Name: Benjamin Thule

Codename: None

Title: Temporal paladin

Nickname(s): Big Ben

Age: 1207

Gender: Male

Race: Jotun/Dullahan

Ethnicity: Ghost?

Orientation/Sexual preference: A-sexual

Blood Type: None


☆Appearance☆

General Appearance: 


Height: 9 feet 10 inches

Weight: 1000lbs 

Eye color(s): White

Body build: Massive suit of armor

Extra extremities: None

Hair color(s): None

Hair style: None

Complexion: Ghostly

Discerning Features: The fact he towers over most beings in Grandfather.


☆Personality☆

General Personality: Ben is possibly the most devout follower in Grandfather of Labelas Enoreth the God of time. He radiates strength, pride and order at all times, a virtual beacon of honor and chivalry. When out in public Ben is quite gentlemanly and kind, he offers his free time on some occasions to help locals with any work that needs doing. Children despite his enormous size seem to really like Ben and his jovial attitude with them, like a giant metal Santa Clause. To the Temporal regiment he commands Ben his very different. He is short with words and quite serious. He leads with strength, conviction and a religious zealotry that demands obedience. His soldiers have a love of his authority and charisma then also a fear of his wrath for blasphemers and incompetence. Some have been unwilling witnesses to Ben's methods of punishing heresy. On the battlefield Ben is pure overwhelming terror, shouting curses against his enemies as heretics and smiting them with no mercy. The gigantic steel titan of a man smashing through his enemies in a furious tornado of metal, blood and flying limbs is even jarring for his own soldiers to see.


Most prominent personality trait: His devout nature is by far the first thing people notice about his character

Best traits: His kindness, mercy and self sacrifice putting himself as a shield against evil.

Worst traits: His religious rigidity and wrath.

Likes: He enjoys competitions of strength (not really fighting), festive events, discussing the nature of various Gods, observing alchemy, lumberjack work, Working with the blacksmiths.

Dislikes: Blasphemy, cowardice, thievery, Lotharios, gluttons, Feral monsters, Any nation Grandfather is at war with.

Fears: That he will one day lose himself, lose who he was to war and his faith. To be just a suit of armor with no true heart or self.

Goals: The safety and prosperity of Grandfather

Habits: When bored he likes to polish himself.


☆Character Information☆



Current faith or religion: The temporal church of Enoreth

Current superstitions/quirks: Always makes sure every clock around him is accurate and synchronized 

Alignment: Lawful good

Marital status: Single

Occupation: Temporal paladin

Family: None



☆Power/Abilities☆

Powers and Abilities: 
(Blessing of Labelas): Through the devotion any numerous harrowing tasks performed on behalf of the lord of time one can earn blessings. A cleric, paladin, priest or bishop can gain a variety of blessings that affect the nature of time. Labelas Enoreth through his infinite knowledge of the intricacies of time will allow some of the blessings to happen but not all of the time. The will of the God itself fuels these abilities.

-Reverse flow: (permission based) Upon showing the sigil of his God and calling on his lord Ben can reverse the flow of time in a 30 foot radius for up to one hour.

-Haste: (permission based)Using the sigil and placing his hand on a vehicle, being or object can increase it's speed by a maximum of x5 for a half hour.

-Time stop: (permission based) Upon finishing a minute long prayer Ben can freeze time in a 30 foot radius for three minutes, during this time he can still move. Any actions taken like damaging an enemy during time freeze will not take effect until the blessing ends.


(Clockstrike): The legend states that clockstrike was forged in the center of time between the infinite and end of all. Temporal energy was the fuel for the forge, the smithing hammer was known as "the past" as the anvil was "the future". Between both after long toil was born the hammer of time Clockstrike. It was blessed with the blood of Labelas on the poll and engraved with a clock on the face. The hammer is gifted to one who's devotion to the maintenance of time is so great they earn the favor of the lord.

-Temporal smite: (permission based) Being struck by Clockstrike with this attack can age the target a number of years depending on what the small hand indicates on Clockstrike.

-Fracture: Striking the ground with Clockstrike can cause a small temporal rift, what emerges is a deathly cold energy that freezes anyone it touches in stasis on contact.

-Chronoshift: (permission based) Raising Clockstrike up on high and using this spell allows Ben and one other being or object to instantly move from one point to another anywhere on the planet. This ability takes a minute to use and requires ten minutes to charge again.

-Strike of midnight: (permission based) When Ben strikes an enemy with this attack they are blasted through time to the past or future depending on where Ben wants and where his God allows.
   
  


(Paladin abilities): Being trained as a Paladin in Grandfather means developing many powers, being the first line of defense against blasphemy and evil means being versatile. Paladins are taught to use defensive, offensive and supportive magic as well as skills according to what suits them best. There is testing, training, experimentation and many other forms of grading what a Paladin should have in their arsenal.

-Mending hands: Ben upon laying his hands on a being of flesh not made of necromancy or dark magic will heal their wounds. severe wounds may still require a medical professional, this is more like first aid.

-Rage: (some permission based aspect) Ben can channel his anger into a furious aura of battle, the aura spreads to those around him making them feel the rage as well. The aura gives a moderate increase to physical strength and agility

Weaknesses: 

Size: Ben is a large man and none too fast. It's quite easy for nimble agile enemies to climb on him or place something on him.

Electricity: He's a giant suit of metal you figure it out.

The followers of Lolth: The Goddess Lolth leader of the Drows and spiders possess properties that do great damage to anything temporal. She and her ilk are the eternal enemies of the temporal church and Grandfather. They live deeper below the Earth nearing magma streams where the temporal regiment cannot go. They are the only enemy to ever make Ben nervous.

Large bodies of water: Though breathing isn't a problem since Ben isn't truly alive he can still have his armor crushed in by the pressure of deep water. If he were to drop in the ocean somehow that would be big trouble. He generally has a hard time moving at the bottom of lakes and rivers as well.

Sand/snow: This kind of terrain is extremely difficult for Ben to move in, it's easy to knock him over or trip him on this difficult terrain. Also sand can get in his armor. It's coarse and rough and gets everywhere, it can slow him down if too much gets inside.

Rust: Ben as a suit of armor is not enchanted with any sort of elemental protection. As such he is vulnerable to rusting in the rain and decreasing his mobility.

Maintenance: Ben requires regular maintenance from the Dwarven blacksmiths in Grandfather, without this at least once every two weeks he will begin to fall apart

New skin: Eventually every suit of armor has had it's day. When Ben's armor is too damaged to repair he must undergo a ceremony and change into another suit. This state leaves him completely vulnerable in an ethereal form.

Fire: Ben can overheat pretty fast when hit with fire magic, it stays with him a long time unless he has water near him. Fire as he does not have flesh doesn't burn him but it evaporates some of his spirit. Until it regenerates he wont have the strength to move.

Clocksmite: Clocksmite can be broken with a strong enough magic from a chaotic source. When that happens Ben dies and his suit of armor falls to pieces. If his God deems his still worthy then he may reconstruct the hammer and call Ben back from death but the will of the Gods is fickle.

Destination blocked: If Ben tries to chronoshift to a destination that he's not familiar with and merges with a solid object or being he will be forced back to his original destination and unable to use that skill for a day while the rupture in time he created repairs itself





Skills and Talents: The one talent that makes everyone sop and stare wide eyed is Bens voice. He has an amazing baritone.
 
Equipment: Clockstrike


☆History☆



Current residence: Grandfather tier 7G, Halfpass city, 359 Gyrostall ave

Birthplace: Jotunheim

Memorable Figures: He once served Loki in a past life but has forsaken the old ways. He's quite fond of his subordinate officer Thomas Chrimney.



General History: 


Ragnarok was a terrible and wonderful thing in the memories of Benjamin. He fought with and against Gods in days past watching the world burn before him like a heathen. His brothers and indeed all his old family had long since been scattered to the winds. Ben thought he too had seen his last battle on that fateful day... But no, he was to rise again from eternal slumber in Hel. Hearing of the great feats that Ben had performed in combat (then being known as Yarghandir) was looked at with some interest by Labelas. Striking a trade with the Goddess Hel Labelas bought the soul of the giant but not his body as he did not require that. Labelas made an offer to the jotun, if he would serve as a faithful figure head of his faith then he would be offered life and glory. If the church of time became powerful enough he'd be given back his flesh and hunger and all that made him a living being.



The priests and selected blacksmiths hand chosen by the bishops of the church were called to the forge of the temple. The armies were sent out to find some precious metals and jewels required for the ceremonial forging of the jotuns armor. Though long and intricate the ceremony was a success and in the temple of Labelas Benjamin Thule was born. This name was given to him by the arch bishop, Thule coming from an ancient language meaning timekeeper, Benjamin being the name of a well known saint. His devotion to th faith was brought on by both his amazing revival and the promise of what was to come if he served his new lord well. Ben in a short time became the figure head of the church to some annoyance of the priests.



The armies of Lolth brought the news of this new paladin to their Goddesses attention. Lolth in all her contempt for the order of time and all who followed it considered this a provocation. In the years since Ben was remade Lolth launched a large campaign against Grandfather, the war has costed Grandfather much but still he stands strong. The other effect this has had is to seal the peoples devotion to the faith an reaffirm support for their hero Benjamin who the people have named "Big Ben". He stands as the Vanguard along with his cohorts against the vile hordes of Lolth.