The Mutant War

[justice]

In Character

It has been almost 22 years since the first was discovered. Some baby sneezed and all of a sudden just turned invisible. The first mutant had made its arrival. The immediate shock, after it wore off, gave way to a considerable wonder of what this meant for human kind. No one could have predicted that the baby was a horseman of the apocalypse that would one day herald the start of the Mutant War. This was to be a war that would test humanities ethics, morals, and the very boundaries that past leaders promised never again.

With every major city being ruled under martial law the humans knew that since many mutants were only able to be identified by showing their powers or through specific scans that any sort of open warfare was impossible. So the war instead began in the shadows. Clandestine groups from the military and law enforcement around the world began to make their moves and quickly piece by piece mutants disappeared. The outcry from the mutant populous was loud, but fell on deaf ears. Soon; however, the final straw was placed and the mutants pushed back.

During the President’s State of the Union, in front of the most powerful government in the world a boy who was now 21 appeared next to the master in chief and put a bullet in the back of his brain. This turned the world upside down. Suddenly now mutants were seen not as possible threats or misunderstood. Now they were monsters who could come out of nowhere and kill your family. The propaganda went into full force causing riots and outcries for mutant hunts and lynches. Even then the bloodshed wasn’t enough.

It quickly became impossible to stop the public. Militias started to not only be accepted to operate, but were being funded, equipped, and lead by the actual military. This jump in force was in fact necessary as the war on the other side was quickly becoming fought with as much aggression and labor. Mutants had been already planning for this day and when it came they not only showed what it meant to be of a different genetic breed they strove to force fear into the humans. It was a fear that quickly spread beyond the guerrilla warzones and throughout the world.

It has been five years since the first mutant killed the President and the war is starting to tip in the human’s side. With every week their equipment gets better, now almost completely fought by robotic war machines. The mutant’s ability to communicate also being coming more and more difficult due to the advancements in power blockers and jammers. The war is being won by the humans and both sides know it. What they don’t know is that even though they are now few the mutants are not going to lose without a fight. And they have just received a turning point in the war.

Alright what you read is the basic introduction to the world that we will be role playing in. I will be accepting five characters for this role play and all of them will be mutants who have grown up as mutants during the war. They can be no older than 20 and will have fought in the war. This means that they will have likely killed. I will be keeping the main plot point a secret until the start of the role play. What you can know is that this role play will involve a small group of mutants being charged with finding something or someone.


Character Sheet Skeleton

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[Shoryu]

Hmmm, well, I'm definately interested, hope you don't mind someone coming up with a type of power that you don't commonly see in 'mutant themes' xD I actually have another character I could convert for this XD

Shall I assume you want CSes immediately? XD

[Tunafish]

Cool setting & I'm in if you'll have me.

[justice]

Yes character sheets would be best posted here for review and evaluation.

[Argetlam350]

Hmmm I'm interested. I have a character I've been wanting to use but have been waiting for the right RP. This might be it. I'll perhaps get a bio up later today.

[hoodieninja]

Name: Jack Connolly

Real Picture:


Nationality: Irish

Age: 19

Power: Electrokinesis, Jack has the ability to produce electricity and control electricity with his hands. For the most part his gift requires touch but their have been a few times, when his emotions are at their most intense where he has been able to use his gift from far away.

Personality: Jack has always been a fighter, he lives for the excitement and the adrenalin of good fight and that feeling of accomplishment he gets when he comes out of a fight bruised, bloody, and victorious. He tends to feel an instant camaraderie to his fellow mutants and is completely loyal to the cause. He is more of solider than a leader, he tends to faithfully follow his commands and has no ambition to be any sort of leader. Jack has rarely allowed himself to feel fear, and these days theirs not much left he's even afraid of besides failure. He had very minimum schooling growing up so he's not the smartest guy around and he usually reacts impulsively rather than trying to think things through. Around other mutants he's usually pretty friendly and likes to joke around, but around his enemy, the supposed normal people of the world he has a small sadistic streak. He likes to watch them suffer a bit before he takes their life, after all the pain their kind has put him and his fellow mutants through he feels like they've earned a taste of their own medicine. Jack is occasionally nervous about what he'll do when they win this war; all he's ever known is fighting and surviving and he feels a calm normal life isn't something he could adjust too. Jack's hope is to go out in a blaze of glory, to die for the cause in something that will lead to the mutant victory.

History: When he was born Jack made his first kill, accidentally electrocuting the doctor who delivered him. He was quickly turned over to the government agency in charge of studying these mutants. Jack's earliest memories are of being experimented on by men in rubber suits who saw him not as person but as some sort of dangerous freak of nature. He grew up alone and frightened, in a small room that felt more like a prison than a home. Every now and then he could hear the screams of his fellow mutants and his fear turned to anger and hate. He was only twelve when he made his second kill, he managed to get his hands on one of his teachers the government had assigned to him. All his pent up anger made his gift stronger and Jack ended up frying the man to a crisp. After that they attempted to transfer him to a new facility, a bigger place with top notch security and none of the so called luxuries he had in his current facility. During the transfer Jack managed to escape, killing two more men in the processes and finally having freedom for the first time.

After his escape he spent the next few months living on the streets, stealing what he needed and trying not to draw too much attention to himself. He then discovered comic books, specifically ones about mutants, and began reading everything he could get his hands on. He began trying to control his gift, teaching himself to control the amps and volts of the shocks he could deliver. After about six months he got caught shoplifting, he tried to fight the guy off but as soon as the guy realized Jack was a mutant the man started beating him. The guy might have even beaten him to death but Jack got lucky, there was another mutant in that store who threw the man across the room and helped Jack escape. The guy, Liam, was part of a small gang of mutants who offered Jack a place in their group. It was the first time he'd ever really interacted with his own kind before and he jumped at the chance to belong somewhere. The time he spent with Liam and his gang was the first time anyplace had ever felt like home. He had people who looked out for him, people he could relate to and they helped him learn to control his gift even more. Soon his touch could go from nothing more than a taser to shock more powerful than a lighting bolt.

Shortly before the war broke out a group of vigilantes burned down the house he and his friends had been staying in. Jack had gone out to get something to eat and by the time he got back his home was burnt and his friends were dead. The decision to join up with other mutants to fight back against the normal people came easy to Jack. He has always hated the normal people, they have always been his enemy and killing them wasn't a problem for him either. He enjoys fighting for mutants, it just feels right to him and he will do anything he can to ensure a mutant victory, no matter the cost.

[AvidSmoker]

This sounds like a good RP- I'd be more than happy to join, if you'd have me.

[justice]

Put your best foot forward with a complete character sheet and we shall see~

[AvidSmoker]

n a m e . . . Kallisto "Kale" Theon.

a p p e a r a n c e . . .


n a t i o n a l i t y . . . Her heritage is Greek, but she was raised in Southern America.

a g e . . . Kale is eighteen years old. She detests how young she looks- with her height and build, it is easy to mistake her for a younger girl.

p o w e r . . . She has terrakinesis- she can manipulate metal and earth with nothing more than her mind. When she gets too agitated, she looses control of her powers, causing earthquakes and landslides.

p e r s o n a l i t y . . . After her experiences in the war, Kale seems bitter, antisocial, closed off to the world, and, basically, like an asshole.

But in reality, Kale is compassionate, dependable, loyal, reliable, and strong both physically and emotionally. Her bad traits are stubbornness, aggressiveness, sensitivity and a dislike when faced with change.

She appears strong and silent, and this is exactly how she is. Until you really get to know Kale, she chooses not to reveal her true self. Kale is a very stubborn individual and once her mind is made up, swaying her even a little is next to impossible. If she isn't pushed, Kale will come across as being laid back and reserved. Her temper generally will not flare until she pushed.

When she finds somebody she loves, she will become possessive, and will get jealous easily.

h i s t o r y . . . Kale had a normal childhood, up until age eight when she discovered her abilities. She used them to save her young cousin from getting crushed by a rockslide. Though she meant no harm to the small boy, his arm was broken in the process of saving him, which caused an uproar in the small town where she lived. The residents demanded her execution. Being a small, gentle child, Kale was confused by the riot she caused. Her parents soon fled the town, taking Kale with them, but they were soon discovered. The parents, who had no means to defend themselves, where lynched, but Kale escaped by crushing the people who threatened her.

She lived by herself for years, helping those she could. She became a doctor of sorts, even though her powers weren't healing-based. She became devastated when her patients would die. She began to become antisocial and inverted, shunning people and just generally being an asshole to anybody who attempted to reach out to her. She also began to drink excessively, but because of her high tolerance for alcohol makes it nearly impossible for her to become drunk. She remains this way, refusing to become attached to anybody.

[Argetlam350]

Name: Zachary Allaire
Real Picture:

Nationality: American
Age: 20
Power: The ability to direct, manipulate, and transform into smoke.
Personality: A somewhat rebellious person in nature though he isn't the most chatter of guys. He is loyal to his friends but make him be your enemy and you will wish you hadn't. Despite his rebellious nature he plans his moves and is a strategist, always looking to gain the upper hand on those that he doesn't like. Despite that though he is a rather kind guy. He tries not to dwell on the past events of the war, he hates killing but will when he must. He is somewhat sarcastic at times especially around people that he finds to be assholes just to try and lighten the mood but it usually causes more trouble then good so anymore he tries to hold his tongue of his sarcastic remarks. It's hard to get him mad but when he does get mad you will wish he wasn't for his mind isn't entirely there most times when he does get mad.
He could partially be considered insane thanks to the war. He has a slight case of Post-traumatic stress syndrome from the war which can occasionally spring up when he mistakenly talks about the past events and things he has done during the war. It usually causes him to forget where he is and who everyone he knows is and sees them as his enemies. Depending on situations the episodes can last a few minutes or as long as an hour in which case he should be restrained.
History: He had grown up with a normal life, at least all the way up until the age of 13. He was never the most popular kid in school, he kept to himself a lot which made him a prime target for bullies. He had been walking home from school when a few kids cornored him. They started to beat on him and in that moment something changed, right in the front of their eyes he disappeared and he wound up appearing behind them. The kids as well as Zac both were scared by it. Zac quickly ran home frightened out of his mind at what had happened.
Afterwards, he kept what happened mostly a secret, the kids who cornored him never did bother him again, they feared Zac which really didn't bother him. Over the years he began developing his powers up until the war.When the war began, he fought along side his fellow mutants glad to fight for the cause but over the years, the faces of the people he killed in the first few battles have haunted him. Now that the humans have switched more to machines he doesn't have a problem killing them but those few people he did kill will haunt him for the rest of his days. What had happened to those people's families? Were they really all that different from him? Questions that he will never be able to answer.
His devotion to the cause has changed for him. He isn't fighting for mutants to win, he fights to stay alive. Rather his devotion is spent of trying to find a means to bring an end to the war in peace rather then in more bloodshed. He wants people and mutants to see that they can coexist without fearing one another. Sadly his cause falls mostly on deaf ears he feels.