Well, since I'm a co-GM and owner of an animalistic meta as it is, I think I'll be best equipped to show you what you need to have down.
Please, compare my character to yours.
Basic Information
Name: Henry J. Olin
Nickname/Alias/Etc: Agent Olin, Call sign: Dragonfly, Captain Olin, various other nicknames he is aware of and embraces.
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Height: 8’3
Weight: 861 lbs
Home District: Currently works and take up residence in the NEST base as a meta human operative.
Appearance
At full height, he is visibly huge. He’s about as tall as the average polar bear at the shoulder when walking on all fours to give some perspective. He is in the same weight category as a bear or a horse as well, going to show he is far from a stick. Henry is still humanoid when standing upright, having a torso but no belly button mark is left. Assuming he's completely naked (normally he wears some special clothing that was designed for him at the institution, changes with his skin color) Henry can look very odd. Henry's scales are a dirty white coloration, and a red streak surrounds his eyes and runs like a racing stripe down each of his flanks, meeting at the end of his tail. He also has black, puma like splotches and stripes that liter his white scales giving him a very interesting, almost zebra or tiger like coloration. His scales are leathery in one direction and rough like sandpaper and sharp in the other, his skin being like that of a shark's- made of tiny teeth, which will change coloration on command. His arms and legs are thick and lanky: every inch of Henry's frame is taut with muscle; he is visibly the strongest person around- if you were to call him a person at this point. Henry's mouth and jaw have extended outwards as his head has become a snout with his transformation, his nose and face broadening outwards into a very saurian snout, with his ears and nose and other cartilage structures degrading away. He is entirely unrecognizable as the man once known as Henry Olin; now, he just looks like some freakish thing that crawled up out of Jurassic Park. He has a long, thick tail, which is prehensile, and extremely strong and powerful. It can curl up like chameleons or drag along the ground like an iguana’s, helping his massive frame balance more easily, or more commonly it comes up and off the ground when he walks on all fours or on two legs. Henry's hands have mutated heavily, his fingers elongating and growing huge three-inch claws. With one, his pinky, becoming a rough nub, is degraded away leaving him with only four usable fingers. His feet have already fully morphed into three-toed Raptor like feet. All of his toe claws are capable of extending like that of a cat's claw and releasing a huge sickle claw nine inches in total length. Henry's attire… due to one of his abilities normal clothes become a hindrance over anything else, and he is usually outfitted with his exosuite if he plans to use this ability to the maximum efficiency. However, in times of emergency, he is very happy to shred his clothing and haul ass out, as he can do so and still keep it PG. His genitalia, much like that of a reptile’s, is not readily viewed unless he wants them to be.
Hair Color: He tends to grow red and black feathers along his neck, at the end of his tail, and along his forearms (he grows some nice primaries).
Eye Color: The eyes themselves are yellow. His eyes lack irises.
Ethnicity: He doesn’t identify with any ethnicity. He uses this to his advantage.
Attire: This is really a case by case thing for him, more than any other character the moment. So I’m going to leave this blank for now.
Personality
Personality:
Henry is, despite what you might expect from him, and pretty cool guy. He's really laid back and will often share a good laugh if he can with anything or one, really. He has tried to be the change he wishes to see for the animal Meta humans. He's extremely smart, border lining insane. He is hurt when people don't give him the time of day for anything, but one of his character flaws or errors is that he is stubborn and will try to get everyone to like him. It's also this bull headed stubbornness that has gotten him into trouble before in doing things he shouldn't be. He allows himself to trust most anyone in the organization, and this can lead to pitfalls later on. He has an innate love for teaching and often acts as a drill Sergeant for some of the training regarding new Meta recruits from time to time. Hell, he just loves to help people develop. For back of a better description, he is a nerd, but he is somewhat cool nerd/king of the nerds. He will happily throw himself on the live grenade if it meant saving others. This is the Henry that most people see in Nest.
But when he’s on a mission… that is another story.
Henry is a powerful Meta human, capable of widespread destruction and loss of life. If he weren’t already with NEST, he’d be one of their prime targets. He has shown he is in complete control of his mentality, and has shown intellect and physical properties, which are both, superhuman. When on a mission it has been documented that he is different. He has described it as feeling innately on edge about everything. He is less talkative, less like a big teddy-lizard. He becomes more… predatory. He functions more often than not as a spec-ops agent who uses his abilities to survey persons of interest once their power has been confirmed. He uses stealth and silence over anything else to figure out the daily habits of those he is watching. When on a ‘Neutralization’ or ‘capture and contain’ missions, he tends to use the same strategy, but with different altercations. More often than not he is one of, if not the only Meta human in the group. His favorite strategy is to have his group drive the Meta human or target into a place where he waits, and then when they are there, he springs the trap and usually overwhelms them with his size, power, and speed.
Hobbies/Interests: Mostly eating and sleeping, as well as conversing with other members. He is one hell of a Mario kart player (he always chooses Yoshi), and he loves playing pool of chess from time to time. He has been trying to get his whole NEST squad to go to a local sports bar for a while. No one is sure why. He's got a mean poker face. A skill that he has learned from a friend.
Skills/Talents:
Henry does what looks like his own mind of martial art in a very Tai Chi like style. It’s very slow, and almost Yoga like. When sped up in an actual fight it can be seen as a flurry of limbs and appendages being used as weapons to bruise (or kill). Henry has also gone through basic and somewhat advanced military training. He is not a good shot, but he is a capable of wielding, building, and loading most forms of firearms well enough to pass boot camp. He is fairly good at handling delicate situations with diplomacy or with a careful hand (breaking up with your girlfriend or disarming a bomb with only basic instructions on how). He is in excellent control of his body and has excellent awareness of where he is and how strong he is, as well as him limits. Henry is a seasoned veteran when it comes to Meta human combat and diplomacy.
He’s also really fucking good at eating competitions. He once ate all of his own, as well as his opponent’s food in a hot dog eating contest and won NEST 3000$.
Prized Possession:
Quote(s):
“You want to know how I deal with things at my size? Think of this as an egg. You know what, think of EVERYTHING, as an egg.”
"You see the world with your eyes. Imagine being able to see it with your ears, or with your nose. What about with all three? This is how I experience day to day life."
"I can smell your fear... Seriously wear deodorant, Jesus."
"Bring him here. If you can do that he'll never see the light of day again."
"It's really fucking cold out holy shit someone get my tail a coat."
History/Bio:
Henry J. Olin was born in May, 1988.
When he was born, he was average weight, and had a full head of hair and looked like a little old man. He did nothing but scream and shit for three days after that.
And for a while, Henry was a normal boy. He attended normal school, was normal height, and looked like a normal half Japanese boy from a normal upper middle class Canadian family.
Then, when he turned twelve in 7th grade, puberty hit him like a freight train. Unlike most his awkward phase was extremely short. Also unlike most he turned into a huge ass lizard monster.
Yes you read that right.
Within the span of a week he had literally eaten all the food in the house, undergone excruciating pain, and became literally the most pissed off kid you will ever meet. Brooding teenagers have nothing on him. He quite literally nearly took his sister's hand off for trying to swipe away a spare meatball. If this was Oregon trail everyone's diets were set to bare bones for about eights for sheer survival purposes as he literally ate everything (bite makes on the dinner table for evidence). Henry's mother took him to the hospital, and to many forms of therapists and none of which had ever seen something like him before.
Henry was taken out of school, and as he regained control over himself and his body calmed down, he wasn't anywhere near what he was when the transformation began eight days before. Standing at a staggering 6'5 from his previous 4'11, and weighing in at a gaunt 210lbs, Henry was unhealthy, and overall sick, but still much larger and stronger than his own father (Who was about 5'10, 170lbs). His body was still suffering the effects of the chemical changes and metabolism shift from warm blooded to lukewarm. His awkward stage continued for another week or so as his body adapted, and gained weight. He ate as much as before, but he wasn't as violent in doing so. Eventually he calmed down over the next two weeks, being a solid 401 lbs. At the weight of 411, he was actually capable of passing urine and passed his first stool since he began the change two and a half weeks before. When school started up again he did online school, and when the 8th grade year ended, Henry was placed on NEST's list after displaying superhuman abilities in terms of feats of strength, speed, stamina, and intelligence. Henry began to become smarter and excelling at work even more so than what his already intelligent parents thought he ever would normally. At the age of eighteen he was classified as a level eight Meta human, and was contacted by NEST at the age of eighteen. When the time came, after many conversations with his family and with himself, Henry admitted himself into the training regime. He's seen some shit, and he's pretty damned hardened because of it. He would by lying if he said hadn't seen people explode, or kill others in fits of rage or fear. He's been in lot disasters too; he survived them and helped others push through it. He's experienced loss, but he's also experienced some of the most beautiful things the world has to offer.
He acts as one of the most powerful Enforcer’s of NEST’s civilian action and military operations (that most don’t see). The bite the backs up the bark. Henry is one of the best there is at what he does. He has been sent in for several investigations of Meta Human crime and has taken part in many missions that he can't tell you about without having to kill you. He is also one of the few and only animal Meta humans in NEST to have been determined safe enough to be taken out of the Box that also works for their organization.
Family:
Mi A. Olin - Mother
Noah R. Olin - Father
Samantha J. Olin- Older sister
Joy V. Olin - Younger sister
Relationships
Deborah | Good | Friend/Inspectee | "Deborah is smart, even without her power. With it she always seems to be able to predict when I’m coming. But she’s smart in a cooperative way. She’s never upset when I show up. She know’s it’s my job and that I have to do it. She helps me with what she can. I like that about her." |
Shannon | Neutral | Inspectee | "Shannon is nothing like Deborah. She has a stick planted firmly up her ass and rides a high horse as big as I am. She makes things hard for me. I’m tempted to just let Doug take the job for once and have her beg to bring me back.." |
Jago | Good | Inspectee/Detainee | "The kid’s got a lot of spunk. I respect that in him. He’s a fighter and stands up for what he believes and for others. His heart’s in the right place. On the flip side he’s broken a few minor laws in the past with petty theft and while I may like him it wont stop me from making him spend the night in a cell at the base." |
Sugar | Good | Inspectee | "I love Sugar. She’s such a sweet girl. I feel terrible for her that her legs is gone, and I feel terrible that she's scared of me. Her power is a bit of an enigma to us and I’ve seen never seen anything like it. She’s a good girl. I’m sure we’ll be able to help her out more fully soon." |
Newt | Good | Friend/Inspectee | "Newt’s a lot like me in terms of power. To a lesser degree of course, but we’re very alike. She and I can get along in that respect. She helps me out with the others more than anyone else. It’s nice to have someone other than Deborah backing me up when I need their help in calming everyone down." |
Jack | Good | Friend/Associate | "When you are working with someone like Jack, know your place. You're on their turf and they are the boss. Jack didn't like me at first, but as we worked together he warmed up to me because I treated him as a superior until he decided to treat me as an equal. He is my eyes and ears around the city. He watches out for those NEST doesn't know about, and in return he gets to stay off our radar. We both win our games. I'd go as far as to say he's my friend casually as well as professionally." |
Abilities
Power Class & Rating: Super System, 8
Power:
There is way too much to say about what exactly Henry can do.
Henry is a large, and very, very physically strong Meta human due to his sheer size. He is capable of potentially flipping a small car if he could get under one right, to give you an idea of his sheer physical value. While not armored like a crocodile, his skin is still fairly tough and leathery, more so than a humans at least, and his scales are very much like that of a sharks, almost like backwards facing teeth that reduce drag in the water and make his skin fairly rough or sharp when dragging your hand across it the wrong way. He is a very agile creature by nature. He is extremely flexible. He is able to bend and jump and move from place to pace at an incredible pace, his reptilian body being very good at navigating most areas with relative ease. His front limbs are longer than the average humans, allowing him to move on all fours with no discomfort, and his torso is slightly elongated, allowing him to almost prowl like a large cat. Coupled with a leg structure that is very different to the usual humans (with his ankle join extending out and giving him a second leg joint to work with) and his strength, he can effectively sprint at forty miles an hour. His legs are extremely strong and with the propulsion of his arms he can effectively lunge about twenty feet forward. His legs along allow him to jump surprisingly high for a creature his size and he will use this to his advantage. His senses are very well tuned and more power than any humans. He has a regenerative healing factor that allows him to regrow full limbs if they are lost, not just his tail, within a relatively short period of time. His body is long and lithe. His skull is long, his neck is long and flexible, his body and limbs would be called lanky if they weren’t so muscular, and his tail makes up easily half his length. This almost snake like body shape allows for fluid and elegant movement (if he times it right he can dodge a punch to the face by craning his neck) with relatively quick speed. His bones are also composed of thick cartilage, granting him an almost inhuman ability to bend and turn at odd angles without terrible amounts of discomfort. Thus giving him an even more flexible body.
Henry has most of the abilities of amphibians, lizards, snakes, and birds. A bacteria infested bite, claws, a nasty set of triple rowed teeth (some shark like, others more crocodilian), regenerative properties (able to regenerate limbs after a while), a very powerful form color change (Not invisibility, but close), and some other weird things thrown in there. It has been said that he potentially has the ability to shift to the female gender and then back to male, although this is largely unknown as nobody wants to go up to him and say "Hey, become a girl!" because he probably doesn't know how exactly to do that (and it's not like they know what he looks like besides hearing his voice). He also has the ability to breath in water through his skin like a frog, and... Well, in another way which he nor I want to discuss. You want to know how? Look up how Irwin's turtles do it. He also has an ability that opens up a whole new dynamic to his world, which is the ability to wall crawl. Employing a tactic much like Geckos, Henry’s hands are covered with tiny hook like hairs that allow him to latch on and hold onto nearly any surface. Because of how this system of crawling works, Henry is almost completely silent as he moves. Henry has an extremely powerful set of senses (hearing, sight, and smell, etc). Especially smell. He has two ways of smelling the air, which is through his nose and then through his tongue like a snake. Also like a snake, he has two pits right in front of his eyes that allow him to heatseek like a viper. Along his snout there are tiny pores that allow him to actually sense mild electrical pulses that come from muscle movement and the heart beating. His blood also has displayed a much lower pH than that of regular blood, making it un-survivable for most diseases, and will denature protein based compounds such as venom to the point where they function at a less potent effect, or simply do not function at all depending on the lethality. Speaking of venom, Henry has two large fangs like that of a rattlesnake’s that can spring out and are attached to the same muscles that allow him to retract his teeth. These fangs are not quite as thick as his crocodilian teeth, but are curved and about four inches in length, making them the largest teeth in his mouth. They fold back into the roof of his mouth most of the time. Because he is so large, the venom is relatively weak and acts more as a sedative over an actual Neurotoxins or Cytotoxin's. His jaws also have the ability to unhinge from his skull, and extend where his chin would be, allowing him to swallow things much larger than his skull whole if need be. Henry is a survivor. In times of trial and dire need for food and sustenance Henry has shown that he has ‘lukewarm blood’. His body temperature normally hovers around 76-81 F at any given time, as he is warm blooded. However, he can change his metabolism style to cold blooded, and can hibernate in this stage for a very long time, to the point where liver failure is the cause of death before he actually starves.
Weaknesses/Drawbacks:
Henry is a very big creature. Big creatures eat a lot. Henry consumes about eight or nine pounds of food a day. To give you an idea of how much he eats, he will eat about three whole chickens every two days, ten in a week, about five hundred and twenty a year. That’s about 3,740~lbs, give or take, of food a year. The average American eats about 1,996lbs of food a year. He eats very close to twice as much as a human eats.
Because his blood is acidic, internal bleeding is a problem for him. The insides of his organs are resistant. The outsides? Not so much. While he can and has recovered from this, it is the best way to put him out of a fight. The reason behind this is because his blood can cause serious inflammation and swelling in the area of the wound. Because he is so big, Henry also has a hard time fitting into some spaces. This also works against him if he’s crawling on certain things. Most objects aren’t built to support things of his weight and he will break them. He has literally warped fire escapes in the past going down them from being on them, chairs collapse under his weight, you get the gist. His size makes him a larger target, and while he may be hard to hit, if you catch him by surprise you can hurt him. Blunt force weapons and bladed weapons (such as knives) are not very affective when dealing with him (a stab wound would seal within the hour, most likely). And flat out punching him, you’re more likely to hurt your hand over hurt him. A baseball bat is a better bet, but honestly, the best way to fight him is to literally come at him with a firearm or with something he has trouble flat-out absorbing, like fire or electricity, or anything that’s ranged. There is also the fact that he has hollow bones. While just as strong as a human’s, he has to be careful about throwing his body around all the time because he will break things. If he threw a punch and connected he would probably shatter his knuckles. Henry’s body also lacks stamina naturally. He, as a creature, is built for short bursts of movement instead of long distance speed. He is not built for chases, and most definitely not for distance running or a constant level of high activity over a long period of time. He might be able to sprint the 300-meter dash, but he’ll have trouble running the mile.
Because his senses are so powerful sensory overload can be a big problem for him. He literally cant handle large amounts of bright light and colors can cause him a lot of pain and confusion. Like, for him, without his exosuit, driving during the night or being near a busy street would probably render him in the fetal position with all the loud noises and bright lights from the car’s headlights.
If he goes into a hibernation like state to last as long as he does, he will most likely do nothing but breathe once and hour for a very long time. It is an emergency thing to do and it really isn’t good for his body to do it for long.
I’d also like to point out that Henry’s regenerative ability is NOT like that of Wolverine’s. It’s about twice as fast as a human’s. He will NOT bounce back from any wound unless it’s minor, much like a normal human. It can take him months to grow back a limb, and weeks to recover from various other injuries (The average stab wound recovery time is two to three weeks. Henry would recover in one to two weeks depending on where the injury is).
Other: He is the hero Black Fall deserves, but not the hero it needs (lol). His main method of transportation is an armored Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6 with bulletproof glass and all that. It’s probably the only car that he can fit in that can handle his weight and transport a lot of shit and others effectively. He loves it much.
Sample Post:
“So, I bet you’re wondering why we’ve called you here today.” The board head said.
There was silence in the room for a moment, and then Jacob West continued, pointing with a stick at a location marked on a map that was being displayed on an overhead. “There is-“
Henry piped in. “Meta human activity in that location that needs to be investigated?” he said. “Close.” Jacob replied. “The donuts are half off today. We need a brave volunteer to get up six hundred in total.” He said. “Any takers?” No one dared raise their hand to such a daring task… except for our hero, the great and noble Dragonfly. “I volunteer as tribute.” He stated proudly. The others looked to him, some smiling, some neutral with a look of respect. They looked up to him.
Well, they looked up to metaphorically as well as physically... You get the idea.
"Very good, Dragonfly," Jack said, walking over and giving him a list. "Here's the list of what we want."
It didn't take long for Henry to get into uniform. No exosuit, but enough gear to show he was a member of NEST. He walked outside, and got into his huge G63 6x6. It was a monster of a vehicle. And he was off, making 15 mpg as he drove. However when he arrived, he noticed his arch nemesis was attacking the store.
He stepped out of his car, and cleared his throat to catch the villain's attention.
"Dr. DoNuts," Henry started, a glare in his reptilian eyes. The insane donut with a cape turned around. "You cant defeat me this time, Fly!" He shouted. "The amount of donuts in this vicinity makes me all powerful!" He shouted, before raising his hands and sending a flurry of donuts flying in Henry's direction. Henry barely had any time to open his mouth before the first of many rocketing into his open maw. He choked for a second, before swallowing, and dove behind a car. Dr. DoNuts laughed maniacally. The giant donut of a man waited for a moment. "You can't hide forever, Dragonfly!" He shouted. Henry growled, but had an idea. Reaching down and digging his claws into the underside of the car he was behind, Henry grunted, but slowly lifted it onto it's side. He couldn't handle the maelstrom of donuts. No one man could. But Henry was smart. Henry could improvise.
Henry grit his teeth, and began pushing, creating a huge and heavy donut shield out of a car as the Doctor sent more weaponized pastries at him only for them to be blocked. When he was close, Dr. DoNuts attempted to bunker Henry, only to realized there was nothing there. "What is thi-" he began, only to shout in surprise as Henry rocketed at him from a place where there was previously nothing. He had camouflaged. He was fast, the doctor didn't react fast enough. He launched through the hole of the supervillain's torso. After landing with his unnatural grace, he pivoted on his heel to face the doctor. With the doctor's back to him, Henry used the opportunity to wrap his tail around the villain's leg, and with his immense strength, threw the villain through the window of the building. He hit the ground with a solid thud, but wasn't out.
"Impossible!" Dr. DoNuts breathed. "I had all this power..." He finished, just before Henry loomed over him and sink his large fangs into the doctor's arm, sedating him within a few minutes. Henry looked around at the wreckage left behind, then back down at the doctor's unconscious body.
"You know the rules Doctor," Henry began, training off for a second to put on his sunglasses. "Donut go breakin' the law."
Henry then proceeded to tie up the super villain and throw him in the back of his G63, only to walk back in and order his list of donuts. Because he saved so many lives, he was gifted them, free of charge.
Then he drove off into the sunset back to the NEST base, to make his branch head very happy with donuts and a rogue Meta human.
Such was a day in the life of Captain Henry J. Olin.
He has tons of information, lots and lots of detail, huge power description, etc. You know what he's like. The sample post, while stupid (which I wrote up because Allen is a scrublord), still shows his power in use and displayed his abilities. Do you have to have THAT much detail? No. Do we like to see that much, yes. We do. From what you've displayed so far you don't meet the standard we're looking for in capability. Writing a character is the first step to writing a post and creating an interesting interaction dynamic. I'm sure you have the ability to do so, but from what you've shown us so far, you're causing me to have my doubts.