Xellos

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So Xellos is kind of a tricky guy to deal with...

Emotion Sensing - As a Mazoku, he feeds off of the negative emotions of other beings, and is weakened by positive emotions. So by default, he can at least tell how a character feels just by being around them - and emotional manipulation is A Thing he does. So if you do not want him to be sensing your character's emotions, let me know.

Combat - Canonically, Xellos is ludicrously cheaty when it comes to combat with regular characters, able to swat away some pretty powerful spells as if it were nothing. His powers are explained in his app. This isn't to say he's invincible or unbeatable, but it takes a pretty powerful being to cause him harm through the means of combat. (However, his Persona combat skills are on-par with everyone else.) If you'd rather not have your character face him in combat, let me know.

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So, the thing about Xellos is that he is a gigantic asshole who indulges his own entertainment desires a great deal. So in-game, if he approaches a character, he's likely there to annoy them or press them for information - oftentimes for both. He's not out for friendship or fluffy happy times: positive emotions make him ill and he feeds off of negative ones, so he's All Asshole, All the Time. Any CR with him is going to be 'tenuous alliance' at best. If you would prefer to not be tagged by Xellos due to his nature, comment here and let me know which characters he shouldn't tag.

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Out Of Character Information
Name: Wingus | [wingus]
Age: 26
Time zone: -6 GMT/Central Standard Time
Contact: CallMeWingus @AIM/wingus
Anything we should know?: I am the Walrus. Goo goo g'joob.

In Character Information
Name: Xellos
Series: Slayers
Canon Standing: Post Slayers EVOLUTION-R
Age: 1015-ish. Old guy is oooooold.
Birthday & Astrology Sign: October 21, Libra
Arcana: Tower

Personality: Xellos is a being shrouded in mystery - he refers to himself as a 'Mysterious Priest' during some introductions, and generally speaks in a manner where he leads anyone he's talking to in circles, and only being level with them when it suits him. However, if someone shows frustration with the way he acts, he's prone to amplifying the personality traits that grate on them, at least until barely reaching the point that it might possibly endanger him. He thrives off of chaos and negative emotions, and will stir them up if given half the chance. He'll often seem like he's lying, but the things he says always have some degree of truth to them - even if it is something arbitrary to irk people. He'll also lie by ommission, and bring up the knowledge he had about something afterwards, just to rub in how someone else messed up. In all these things, he takes a great deal of enjoyment and amusement, and often will do things and lead people into distracting situations just for amusement.

Despite his sadistic trolling, however, he's always very polite - unless it's someone he despises a great deal. Then his usual politeness is laced with a very harsh, disdainful and sarcastic tone. On the surface, he seems like a helpful priest with the aforementioned polite demeanor, and often eager to give people information, but it's often bad info - going back to his deceptive and disruptive natures. After all, one gets a better reaction if the person you trick thinks you were out to help them. And if they got the wrong idea about something he told them about? Well, that's their own fault for jumping to conclusions. However, he wouldn't give the vital part off that information away anyway if he was asked. He'd weasel out of the question somehow, or just flat out tell the person that it's a secret. He does enjoy flaunting the secrets he knows - even in the face of mortal danger to himself - as long as he can get away before it brings him harm.

While Xellos does do this trickery and dickery for his own entertainment most of the time, it's also often a way of accomplishing his goals - either drawing people's attention away from something his superiors don't want them to find out about, or after something they need. If he can get a bunch of over-eager adventurers to do the gruntwork for him so he can swoop in and take the prize for himself once it's all done...well, that just brings him more amusement in the process. Of course, it's a careful balancing act - he's helpful enough that those he does trick will rely on him more in the future, and not think so much about thinking twice about him using them before. Xellos is a Mazoku, a monster, or a demon - a spiritual creature that is an embodiment of chaos. He follows their desire to bring about chaos and destruction achieved their own free will and strength and goes to great lengths to ensure that others do not encroach on this desire - and to make sure other Mazoku do not attempt to achieve destruction through means that do not fall under the descriptor of "their own free will and strength", as he did in his dealings with Chaos Dragon Gaav, Dark Star, and the ghost of Shabranigdu. Despite the insistence that Mazoku should use their own power to achieve their goals of destruction, he has no qualms about enlisting the help of others to stop those who stray from this path.

Xellos carries with him a great deal of magical power, though one wouldn't know it if they spent some time with him - he cultivates the persona of a nice priest (even if he's a little eccentric and obnoxious), and he doesn't like to ruin that reputation if he can help it, so he only gets involved in fights if it's absolutely necessary. He's quite prone to just running off, and ignoring any insults thrown his way for doing so. He could not care less what they think - after all, he enjoys ticking people off, and leaving them to fight without him is one of the best ways to do that. (Especially if Xellos was the one who instigated the fight.) If someone does have the misfortune of winding up in a fight where he does take part, however, they'll find him to be a relentless opponent, and that teasing streak he has in conversation is nothing compared to the one he has when he actually bothers to fight. He'll pick at you to find your weakness, find the best way to exploit it, and then do so slowly if he can, and enjoy it the whole way.

Backstory: http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Xelloss
http://animeyume.com/slayers/slsynopsis.html

Canon Powers: One thing to get across is that Xellos is ludicrously powerful - as he has canonly wiped out an entire clan of dragons on his own, with minimal effort. And dragons, in the Slayers universe, are something generally feared and given great respect.

Astral Projection (Almighty) - Given that Xellos' form we see is a projection from the astral plane thanks to his Mazoku nature, he can move through the material plane at an incredible speed, very similar to teleportation. He can also use this ability for flight. Since his form is a projection, he can change his appearance at will, and how tangible he is - he can use this as an attack, changing his appearance to match his actual form, a black cone and attack like a drill. This ability also makes him quite resilient to a great deal of damage since his actual body resides on the astral plane.
Black Magic (Dark) - In the Slayers universe, black magic draws from the Mazoku, as well as negative emotions. Xellos hasn't been shown using named black magic spells, but seeing how other Mazoku operate, he at least has the capability.
Shamanistic Magic (Fire/Water/Ice/Wind/Lightning/Earth) - Unlike the Black Magic, we do see Xellos use Shamanistic magic once. Shamanistic magic draws from the elements themselves rather than spirits.
Undefined Black Bolts of Energy (Dark) - These are likely some form of black magic, but Xellos does not recite any kind of spell to use them, and only used them once in EVOLUTION-R. They're incredibly powerful, tearing the terrain apart as if it's nothing. However, these may be a black magic spell - magic in Slayers is generally tied to power words, the incantation. However, if a person is a strong enough caster, they can cast the spell with less words. For example, just yelling "FIREBALL!" versus saying "Source of all power, light which burns beyond crimson, let thy power gather in my hand. FIREBALL!" It's suggested that a truly powerful magic user can cast without words, though using the worlds increases said power - and given that Xellos is one of the stronger Mazoku in their world, it stands to reason that he can cast without words, and the only time we do see him cast, it's while he was still masquerading as a priest to Lina and her party.

Canon Weapons|Items: N/A

Canon Allies: N/A

Canon Baggage: N/A

Persona
[BLACK SPY]
LVL (1) | THE TOWER

Fire	Lightning	Earth	Water	Ice	Wind	Dark	Light	Physical	Mind
Str	-	-	-	-	-	Abs	Wk	Null	Wk

COMBAT SKILLS
► Hysterical Slap (Inflicts a small amount of Physical damage twice with a 10% chance of Rage on one enemy.)
► Single Shot (Inflicts a small amount of Physical damage on one enemy.)
► Eiha (Inflicts a small amount of Dark damage on one enemy.)
► Poison Skewer (Inflicts a small amount of Physical damage with a 10% chance of Poison on one enemy.)
▷ Mustard Bomb (Inflicts a medium amount of Physical damage with a 10% chance of Happy on all enemies.)
▷ Torrent Shot (Inflicts a medium amount of Physical damage two to three times on one enemy.)
▷ Mamudo (20% chance of instant KO from the power of Dark on all enemies.)
▷ Backstab (Inflicts a large amount of Physical damage with a 10% chance of instant KO.)
★ Mad Bomber (Deal a medium amount of physical damage with a 20% chance of fear to all enemies.)

SUPPORT SKILLS
► Sharp Student (Lowers the possibility of being struck by a Critical Hit.)
▷ Survive Light (50% chance of surviving instant KO one time from a Light attack with 1 HP.)
▷ Apt Pupil (Doubles the chance of delivering a Critical Hit.)


Writing Sample
Gathering information, dropping in on an old friend, receiving marching orders, YOU'RE FIRED, DISHONOR ON YOUR CAR, and Xellos just needs to stay away from Nyx's bar.