Atreides roula l'œil tandis que la fangirl babillait sur le dragon et commença à le poursuivre, la bête rugissante faisant son chemin droit pour eux tous dans le même instant. Atreides n'a pas beaucoup dit maintenant, au lieu de traîner son pied et sa lame autour de lui, murmurant comme le dragon a agi pour attaquer ce fantôme d'un soldat, qu'il regarderait plus près de FAR après que la menace était partie, et Sable est allé et a absorbé le feu du dragon avec ses lames. C'est un petit tour utile, n'est-ce pas? Cercle autour de lui complet, il sourit d'une manière assez méchante, l'image de l'après-midi devenant plus intense en florissant la lame, casting arc éclairage le long du côté exposé du dragon, qui n'a rien fait de plus que l'énerver. Ce qui était comme prévu, comme il s'est retourné et a incendié un autre mur de feu, et il a englué la tâche, l'obscurcissant de la vue.
La fumée a caché le prochain barrage de la foudre assez longtemps pour attraper le Dragon dans le museau, arc vers le haut et rupture d'un de ses yeux, et laissé des coutures plus évidents dans sa peau. Il rugissait de douleur et de rage, et le Taskmage se tenait dans son cercle, la barrière défensive qu'il générait s'évanouissant encore du barrage furieux du feu. Le Taskmage se tint fier de ses arts acariens et aboya les ordres d'une manière brève et simple, en éclatant déjà dans un sprint pour échapper à l'accusation de choses, qui a brisé le bouclier qu'il a laissé derrière.
"Mangez, prenez-le et voyez si vous allez s'arrêter. Va chercher ton père ou fais quelque chose d'utile pour le garder à l'abri de la mélasse!"
Atréides a fini près du soldat spirituel, qui avait l'air d'avoir vu chaque guerre dans l'existence. Atreides n'était pas sûr qu'il voulait voir la vérité derrière ça, mais il devrait le faire plus tard. Contrairement aux attentes des êtres, très probablement, il parlait calmement alors qu'il s'adressait à l'être. Il connaissait les soldats quand il les a vus.
"Oui, maudite, cette chose est encore en colère contre moi. Il charge, vous allez à droite, je vais à gauche, et qui que ce soit qui ne va pas après lui déchire un nouveau trou du cul, ou Crimson Streak le fait pendant qu'on le distraire. D'accord?"
Atreides n'était pas une personne à perdre du temps avec son comportement habituel dans le champ de bataille, il y avait du temps pour les insultes et enchanter d'autres plus tard. À l'heure actuelle, il devait utiliser tout ce qui était à portée de main au mieux de sa capacité apparente, et à partir de ce qu'il savait sur les êtres maudits, ils avaient tendance à faire un travail plutôt méchant à des choses qui s'opposaient à eux, pour quelque damnée raison que ce soit. Dieu savait qu'il avait vu sa juste part de malédictions se produire, et certains très bien pourraient le hanter encore, mais ce n'était ni ici, ni là, ni quelque chose de proche de ce que son instinct, expérience, et prouesses arcane lui a dit ce soldat expérimenté. Mais au moment où il l'inculpait, il se déplaçait et, espérons-le, le soldat maudit aussi.
Name: Alexander Atreides
Age: 37
Personality: Taskmage Atreides might be described as sarcastic, disrespectful to anyone who attempts to assert superiority over him, bitter and jaded to the world as a whole. They would not be wrong, but they would not know the whole picture of the Taskmage either. Wandering the lands of the Imperium, doing work for whomever needed his services hardens a man to the suffering and pain the world has. The first to reply to an insult or taunt with a sardonic and often times venomous reply, one would be surprised to note that when the Taskmage takes someone under his protection and tutelage, nothing short of complete obliteration stays his hand when it comes to bettering said person. Such unshakeable loyalty made him a popular hired hand, since once he took the money, he didn't betray his employer until the job, as listed per contract, was complete and someone paid him more to form a new contract. So despite his sardonic comments, his often times unlikeable statements and displeasing aura he seems to have, Atreides is not one to abandon the few that earn his loyalty rather then buy it, regardless the cost to himself.
Weapons:
+Luna (Detailed in main image): A blade forged with equal parts magic and forge work, this weapon is his primary means of fighting in hand to hand, and his only means of armed combat outside his magic. Due to its unique forging process, it acts as a natural focus and can channel both his ritual magics and actual combat spells when in a bind.
+Khopesh Blade: An enigma of a weapon, Atreides refuses to explain the weapon or why he carries it when it serves no purpose that Luna, his main sword, could not possibly do better. It is completely immune to any spells he has ever attempted to cast on it, some far more powerful effect deflecting any overriding enchantments from his rituals, but it never seems to leave his person. Even when lost, its back in his pack within a few hours when no one is looking.
Abilities (Magic):
Taskmage: Rather then specialize in any one specific arcane art, Taskmages are expected to be able to act as the jack of all trades, when referenced against the arcane practitioners of the realm. This comes as a twin edged blade, some seeing an advantage, others, a grave disadvantage. Taskmages will rarely best enemy wizards in the field the hostile mage has dedicated him or herself to, however, Taskmages can command a far greater, and wider, variety of spells without any more training than most normal mages, and generally have a knack for quickly copying spells for their own use, albeit taking time to bring them up to a well trained enough level to be dangerous. Generally, only one to three spells from any one school of magic might be known at any one time, although legends of the predecessors to modern Taskmages make stories of men and women capable of utilizing advanced magic from many different schools, after many years of application and training.
Current Schools Utilized: Electromancy, Geomancy, Pyromancy
Ritualistic Magic: As many times as a Taskmage might be hired to join a Mercenary band to provide a versatile hidden weapon, they are as often hired to prepare and enact various rituals that more dedicated archmages are too busy, or ask too high a price, to do. Protective wards, weapon enchanting, tracking spells, Ritual Magic is generally not seen as a in combat viability for the most part, instead used to prepare for combat before hand, runes and phrases prepared to trigger the effects stored by the rituals. Usually, even with prior preparation, a lengthy phrase must be recited to trigger a rituals effect.
Current Known Rituals:
Weapon Empowerment: (Atreides can currently only activate these on his own specially prepared blade)
+Ignis (Engulfs the Weapon in flames, Atreides most preferred and his go to enchantment)
+Umbra (Cloaks the weapon in shadow, creating an afterimage which reduces enemies ability to defend against following attacks)
+Sol (Encases the weapon in holy Light, highly effective against unholy and daemonic beings. Can also act as an impromptu torch)
Raise Barrier: Arcane (Made of pure energy, vice terraforming or utilizing surrounding natural elements)
Track Object: Living (Supplied with a piece of the target's body, such as hair or fingers, he can glean a general direction in which the target fled. The fresher the sample, the more effective and accurate the tracking is. Only works on targets alive at the time of casting.)
Other: Taskmage Atreides appears to be blind in his right eye, even without the eyepatch covering it, and refuses to discuss the circumstances leading to this happening to anyone besides one specific person.