[Twi]Chronicles of the Impaler: Crisis of Infinite Draculas OOC

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...And I think one more person.

Dermott Arkane
"...And that's the message."

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+ Godwalker of the Messenger; the most connected with the Archtype of the Messenger, with plans to replace the Archtype with his own interpretation: The Heisenberg Messeger, who tells not truth but uncertainty, not facts but opinions. The idea of the Messenger is linked with the idea of Truth, and to change one is to change the other.
+ As an avatar of the Messenger, his words cannot be denied. When he speaks a true statement about something of importance, people must acknowledge what he has said is true, or suffer mental damage
+ When Delivering a Message to an audience, no obstacle may stand in his way. Should he will it, gags will break, cars will not break down if he is driving them, locks will open, and bonds will loosen. However, people are immune to this power, and if something is merely in his way, not holding him back, it will not open for him.
+ The Messenger knows the news. He may learn an important fact about a person, place or thing he is near. This fact must be able to be expressed in roughly three words or less, be concrete, and the subject of his inquiry must be in his presence.
+ The Messenger goes to where the news is. Provided he knows it is occurring, not about to occur or having just occurred, The Messenger can appear at any event important to more than one hundred people. Dermott Arkane has an earbud constantly feeding him top world events for this reason.
+ As Godwalker, Arkane may interpret the Messenger one other way: The Painful Truth. With this power, he may divine the truth that an individual least likes to hear, and when speaking that which cannot be ignored, drives a man insane.
+ Vast knowledge of ritualistic magic; Dermott has a number of "proxies," individuals who will be affected in his stead if he should be targeted with hostile magic. Most of them are unaware of this fact.
+ Extreme Charisma - not like a politician, but like a reporter or anchorman, or a political pundit that you like and agree with.
+ Decent skill with handguns - not superhero levels, but better than your average policeman by far.
+ Followers, mostly in the form of political individuals who approve of his writings (he runs a blog outrageous slanting and biasing news stories).
- He's as human as the next man, and he's also pushing 70. He's in very good shape, but still - he's no spring chicken.
- His attempts to replace the Messenger are not unnoticed. The Archtype is in conflict with him; stories about Dean's flaws and crimes, real or imagined, are often printed. He is on the most wanted lists of most countries for a number of crimes he hasn't committed.
- Dean is connected the Archtype on a close level. As such, he cannot deny the truth. He may passively conceal, and lie by omission, but if confronted with a lie point-blank, he cannot deny it.