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!Many Contain Spoilers for all those not up-to-date with the most current events in Roleplay/ReachingSalvation. You have been warned.

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[[folder: Shima]]
! Shima - surname unknown

Shima is a tall, well dressed man with dark hair and matching eyes who leads a rouge fraction against [[spoiler: the Big Five and is for {{Revenge}} due to the fact that at some point they were allies, but no longer given the fact they turned on him and betrayed him for a yet un-revealed reason]]. Currently viewed as the BigBad of Roleplay/ReachingSalvation, Shima and his fellows seem to be bidding their time for another strike on the tower

! Tropes:
* AffablyEvil: In spades.
* BadAssBookworm: Outside of his appearance in the Breakout Arc he's only really been shown reading files and building up a database of all the contestants in the Acer Tournament. [[{{CrazyPrepared}} And he knows his stuff, too]].
* BigBad
* TheChessMaster: The extent of his skills are yet to be seen though he has set himself up rather nicely as one and all, given that he's CrazyPrepared and all.
** His status as MagnificentBastard also rests on his skills as a [[{{TheChessMaster}} Chess Master]], given it's the only quality he's missing/has yet to full display. Should he fall short he'll end up going back to being viewed as the SmugSnake and it can only get worse from there.
* CrazyPrepared: See BadAssBookworm for details.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DissonantSerenity
* TheDreaded: For the contestants, anyway.
* TheDragon: Conversation between Shima and his former allies during the Breakout Arc suggests that this use to be his role within the Five-Bad Band before they turned on him. Whether it was a case of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has yet to be seen.
** DragonAscendant: Was possibly the former Dragon for the FiveManBand, though now is running his own operation of which he is obviously the head of, setting him up as current BigBad.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: Certainly has an agenda now, and has been hinted to have had part of that agenda since his days as a member of the FiveManBand, though whether this agenda is what got the others to turn on him, or as theorized above, it was a case of YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness has yet to be revealed.
*** The Starscream: Played with, whilst it's been hinted, as stated above, that he use to fill the role of TheDragon for the [[spoiler: Big Five any plotting against them seems to have only come after they turned on him. But then again, this might have been in play before they betrayed him and in why they betrayed him]].
* {{Expy}}: Of [[{{BigBadDuumvirate}} Shukuro Tsukishima]] from Manga/{{Bleach}}.
* ForTheEvulz: His MindRape of [[spoiler: Tom]] seems to serve no other propose than ItAmusedMe and an ensuing case of [[spoiler: BrainWashedAndCrazy on Tom's part]].
** [[{{AvertedTrope}} Averted]] later in that he reveals his reasoning for doing it and was simply being cautious.
* LargeHam: slightly, but he's shown shades of it given his charisma and large arm gesture whilst talking. I'm waiting for the Rousing Speech that brings this into full effect, personally.
* ManipulativeBastard: Quite a subtle example, but he knows exactly what to say to get people to think how he wants them to.
* MindRape: Does this to [[spoiler: Tom]]. Probably not the first time he's done it, either.
* PsychicPowers: A ''complete'' psychic. There's a good reason he's TheDreaded, after all.
* SmugSnake: Viewed as this during his appearance in the Breakout Arc, but given that he's shown himself to be CrazyPrepared and his skill as a ManipulativeBastard he's moving towards MagnificentBastard now. It just hinges on his skill as a TheChessMaster
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Show shades of this.
* TheStoic: To a lesser degree that his DragonInChief Oliver, but still very much an example.
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[[folder: Oliver]]
! Oliver Reverend and [[{{PeoplePuppets}} the Roads to Damnation]]
--> ''"You cannot save everyone and to try is a fools task. But you can save those that will come after you be leaving this world as the best place you can. And such a task requires sacrifices."''
--> Oliver on the topic of {{Utopia}} being possible.
--> Created and played by Dobi Boshi.

Oliver is a young [[{{GameBreaker}} adult]] in his early twenties, well built with electric blue hair that makes him easily noticeable in a crowd. DragonInChief to Shima himself, Oliver oversees the daily running of Shima's base and the facilities whilst keeping the peace between those that dwell within. Given his status TheDragon, Oliver is also trusted with the most important missions Shima has to ordered his subordinates to under take and is easily one of the most powerful characters within Roleplay/ReachingSalvation.

He has yet to make an official appearance in Post Acer for the time being.

! Tropes:* AmbitionIsEvil
* AntiVillain
** UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
** WellIntentionedExtremist
** IDidWhatIHadToDo
** [[spoiler: FallenHero]]
** HeWhoFightsMonsters
* ArchNemesis: [[spoiler: Tabaris - to know why see BreakTheCutie]]
* AwesomeYetImpractical:
* BadAssBoast: See PreAsskickingOneLiner
* BadAssLongRobe / BadAssLongCoat
* BreakTheCutie: His back story in a nut shell: [[spoiler: he was still just a teenager when the storm hit, though he and a few of his friends, including the his childhood crush managed to find refuge by competing in the original Acer Tournament. Sounds alright, up until the point where he and his friends were pretty much split up and all placed on opposite teams from one another, he was even forced to kill one of them himself. Was that the end of it? Hell no! The boy that had slowly become his best friend, Tabaris had to fight his girlfriend, Dakato - and Tabaris brutally and merciless ''slaughter'' her prompting Oliver to FreakOut and go into a HBSOD, before Shima got him out of the tournament before Tabaris could kill him too.]]
* ComboPlatterPowers: Let's see:
** [[{{Pride}} Road of the Prideful]]:
** [[{{Greed}} Road of the Greedy]]:
** [[UnstoppableRage Road of the Wrathful]]:
** [[GreenEyedMonster Road of the Envious]]:
** [[{{Lust}} Road of the Lustful]]:
** [[{{Sloth}} Road of the Slothful]]:
** Road of the Glutton:
* CurbStompBattle: Destroyed everyone that went up against him - [[spoiler: including the other contestants of the original Acer Tournament in which he competed, there was only a handful of other contestants he couldn't beat.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: See BreakTheCutie.
* TheDragon: For Shima until [[spoiler: his eventual death at the hands of Nathan.]] Would have served in this role for [[spoiler: Nathan]], like Shima had planned and wanted, but just couldn't do it so he just up and left one day without telling anyone.
** DragonInChief
** DragonWithAnAgenda
** TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Thought about playing this role to Nathan, planning to overthrow him before the boy became and adult and lead the Illuminati himself. Though in the end he deiced against it as he had grown tired of the endless fighting that his life had become, so he just left instead.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: His Flow has had some rather creepy effects on his eyes.
* {{Necromancer}}: The backbone of his Flow.
* EvilCounterpart: To ''Eithne'', of all people. The idea was that whilst Nathan was the GenerationXerox for Shima, Oliver was meant to show what Eithne could have eventually become had he actually ended up becoming, [[spoiler: and did sort of becoming due Shima's MindRape of him]], had he been loyal of his own accord to Nathan.
* {{Expy}} Of [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Nagato]].
* [[spoiler: FreakOut: After Dakota, Pride's name when she was alive, was killed during the original Acer Tournament.]]
* GlassCannon: For all his powers he's still an ordinary person.
* HeartBrokenBadAss
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Had Sabina killed when she was clearly no threat to him just to prove a point.]]
* LightningBruiser
* MrFanservice
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* OneManArmy
* PeoplePuppets: [[{{SevenDeadlySins}} The Roads to Damnation]].
* PersonOfMassDestruction
* ThePhilosopher
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: ''"Run all you like, it won't save you."''
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: On one against [[spoiler: Tabaris]].
* SevenDeadlySins: See ComboPlatterPowers
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Dakato's death was this for him.]]
* TheStoic: To the point of seem almost emotionless.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: He kept the bodies of Dakato, his childhood love and his former teamate Daimaen, to use as Pride and Wrath respectfully]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid
* WideEyedIdealist: Used to be one, at any rate.
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[[folder: Nathan]]
! Nathan Stanton
--> ''"You're in my way... move, or die."''
--> - Nathan "English" Stanton displaying how much of a JerkAss he is.
--> Created and played by Stabberz

Nathan Stanton is considered, by many, to be a morally bad person who isn't above using brute strength to achieve his own goals. Nathan one more than one occasions has shown himself to be one of the strongest contestants still competing in the Acer Tournament. He appears to have won the SuperPowerLottery with his Flow gift which enables him to absorb and mimic up to five other flows at any given time. In the Acer Tournament he is in the same team as Kira and Luke, but the odds of him remaining in the tournament are low after witnessing Shima's impressive display of power. Many consider him arrogant and self centered. In the grand scheme of things that owners of the characters are split directly down the middle as to whether or not he truly is a good character. Many see him as a contender for the future BigBad. Has now defected to Shima.


! Tropes:
* AnIcePerson: He can manipulate ice: what does that tell you?
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Seen in most fights he takes part in, but as the plot moves on Nathan becomes darker (See RivalTurnedEvil).
* BerserkButton: Attack Kira or Luke and reach the closest form of near death you'll ever feel.
** [[spoiler: Be interesting to see what becomes his BerserkButton upon his defection.]]
* CantCatchUp: Seen almost every single time that Nathan see's the adults demonstrate thier powers. [[spoiler: To be played straight when Tom and Eithne become adults and eclipse him in terms of power.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Started after his many [[{{CurbStompBattle}} Curb-Stomp Battles]] with Luke and [[spoiler: to be further embelished on after his training with Shima.]]
* ClothingDamage: Happened in near enough every major fight he's been in.
* TheCorruption: The use of his Darkness Ability makes Nathan increasingly violent and ruthless.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Black hair and eyes?
* CurbStompBattle: Nathan vs Near enough every single person he fights.Biggest examples being when he fights Heidi and Luke.
* DiscardAndDraw: During the start of the Breakout Arc Nathan's flows consisted of: Telekinesis, Healing, Ice Manipulation, Flow Manipulation and Flame Manipulation. By the end of it his complete ability list is: Intuitive Aptitude, Super Speed, Ice Manipulation, Illusions and Darkness.
* DissonantSerenity: Some digging will be needed to find the evidence of this. However when grinning and smirking at the pain he causes
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* EvilBrit
** I reckon this is self explanatory.
* EvilFeelsGood: To be evident in the near future.
* {{Expy}}: [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke!]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: Hair falling into his face whilst he smirks? Using Darkness? Standing in Dark Places? Yeah, thats what I thought.
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* GenerationXerox: Nathan - Other Acer Contestants. Shima - Adults. I'm seeing a fair few similarities.
* ICanStillFight
* InstantExpert: Intuitive Aptitude.
* ItsAllAboutMe: This is the teen who is willing to put his own goals ahead of a [[{{ShrinkingViolet}} timid girlfriend]] and [[{{IncurableCoughOfDeath}} a team mate who is suffering from illness.]]
* JerkAss: This trope was made for Nathan.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Started with his beat down of Luke and will ultimately culminate in his beat down of Luke and turning to the Shima's side.
* MeaningfulName: Nathan, ironically, means God's Gift. Now this could just be about his flow, but some may see him as a potential [[MessianicArchetype Messiah]] to the all but dead Human Race...[[{{TemptingFate}} If only he was good.]]
* MegaManning: Nathan's Flow in a nutshell.
* OmnicidalManiac: One possible path he could follow.
* MrFanservice: See Clothing Damage for evidence of this Trope.
* PerpetualFrowner: When he smiles its either fake or sadistic.
* PlayingWithFire: Subverted after he lost Luke's Ability.
* {{Pride}}: Why else do you think he fights so much?
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Luke and Eithne's Red Onis.
* RivalTurnedEvil: Basically sums up him and Luke.
* SignatureMove: Subverted when he lost Telekinesis.
** Much to the relief of everyone else
* SuperReflexes
* SuperSpeed
* SmugSnake: Thought of as this by many.
** Well, he lacks the charisma to be a MagnificentBastard and isn't exactly what you'd call [[{{TheChessmaster}} a Chessmaster.]]
* TheStoic: In theory only.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Nathan IS this trope.
* TookALevelInBadass: The discovery of his power, the training of his power, the Discard and Draw of his power and eventually the mastering of his power at its limited stage.
* TookALevelInJerkass: And then went on to get a Degree in Jerkass.
** Understatement
* VillainProtagonist: Despite the arguments. He is still a Protagonist.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: To be shown when he gets his [[{{NoHoldsBarredBeatDown}} dwarfed by Adult Power Tom and Eithne.]]]]
* WhyWontYouDie: His stamina has become near godlike with his ability to keep fighting opponent after opponent with little to no rest in between. It's inhuman.
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[[folder: Eithne]]
! Eithne [=McHale=]
--> ''"Oi, watch the [[{{BadassLongcoat}} coat]], asshole! [[{{LampshadeHanging}} It's worth half my badass points!]]"''
--> Eithne [=McHale=], when something puts his beloved coat in danger.
--> Created by Dobi Boshi, played by Dobi Boshi and - briefly- [[{{TheOtherDarrin}} Stabberz]]

A six foot one Scottish born martial artist who is the sole remaining member of his own team of three, [[spoiler: he left then to die to save his own hide in the early stages of the tournament before he really got to know either of them]], though nobody really knows about it due to how close to the chest he keeps the fact. He is involved in a relationship with Amelia, though they're currently having their porblam due to recent events in the Post Acer story line.

! Tropes:
* AnchoredShip: [[spoiler: Despite all the problems the recent revelation and distance it has put between them since it was revealed that Eithne has been BrainwashedAndCrazy for the better part of five years, Amelia and Eithne are this.]]
* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: Is somewhat more concerned with his own survival than a lot of other things, and is aware that he might have do some nasty things to stay alive - and he's more than willing to do them as long as it doesn't bend his Code of Honor to much. He's a good example of what happens when you mix a [[{{SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains}} Type I with a Type II - the Noble Woobie.]]]]
* AllThereInTheManual: [[spoiler: The fate of his teammates and how he left them both to die is never actually mentioned in the RP; just a little fact that Dobi Boshi came up with when trying to flesh out Eithne's back story.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Part of the reason he took such a shin to Simon and Heidi and tried so hard to protect them was to help try and redeem himself for leaving his teammates to die]].
* BadassLongcoat: Starts wearing one in the second week.
* BerserkButton: He's got a few, but the worst is probably calling him a monster to his face.
* {{BFS}}: Uses a few through both the original and Post Acer, though the one he was currently using was destroyed when fighting [[spoiler: Tabaris]]
* BigBrotherMentor: To Simon and Heidi.
* BigBrotherInstinct: As above.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: At least he thinks he was.
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: Thanks to Shima [[{{MindRape}} mind raping]] him to a mindless drone that would follow Nathan's order to the latter and protect him no matter what.]]
* BraveScot
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: His and Amelia's relationship is basically this.
* BrokenAce: Let's see: excellent fighter? Check. Much more intellagent that he lets on? Check? Excessive amounts of personal and emotional baggage? Check!
* CharacterDevelopment / CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Played straight when first introduced, subverted now due to development in his character that has mellowed him out a lot, leaving him just a plain old badass.
** [[{{Retcon}} Rectonned]] into ObfuscatingStupidity by Dobi Boshi after he joined in the Post Acer RP: [[spoiler: the complete idiot he acted at first was a facade he threw up to help try and cope with the guilt and grief of what he did to his two teammates - though the tower was just to much for him and he couldn't keep it up, resulting in the cynical {{Jerkass}} we all know him as being born.]]
* CloserToEarth: More so than some of those around him.
* DarkIsNotEvil
** [[spoiler: DarkIsEvil: Thanks to Shima's MindRape of him to turn him into Nathan's mindless drone.]]
* {{Determinator}}
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou
* [[spoiler: TheDragon: Was this unknowingly against his will to Nathan.]]
* FieryRedhead: When his temper gets the better of him, but for the most part he is pretty level headed.
* FriendToAllChildren: Whilst Eithne is a JerkAss and a bastard, he does have a heart of gold and generally likes little kids and refuses to do anything that would lead to harming them.
* GenreSavvy: Has his moments.
* {{Greed}}: Unlike in the traditional sense, instead of wanting money or fame, he wants friends.
* HatesBeingTouched: Due to the sometimes volatile nature of his Flow and the danger it presents to others.
** Grew out of it as he got more of a handle on his power.
* HonorBeforeReason
* HotBlooded
* ICanStillFight: On more than one occasion.
* {{Jerkass}}: For the most part, but he's really a...
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LackOfEmpathy: He has shown this towards certain contestants purely because he can't be bothered with them.
* LeaningOnTheFurniture
* LeeroyJenkins: First meeting with Heidi.
* MartialPacifist: Played with - whilst he fits a good part of the criteria for this Trope, he also lacks in certain areas.
* OneHeadTaller: With Amelia.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Nathan's Blue.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: When the Trigger Shima had placed on him wore off he was pretty damn pissed off.]]
* SirSwearsalot: When compared to some of the other characters.
* TookALevelInBadass
* TheWorfEffect: Against [[spoiler: [[{{WalkingWasteland}} Tabaris]] who beat him down in one hit. Justified, or at least more so that most examples as Eithne had just had a large, draining battle against Nathan and was far from at peak condition.]]
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[[folder: Amelia]]
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!! The Enlightened Eleven aka the Illuminatus.

! General Tropes

* EliteMook

! Individual Character Tropes

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