With so many people recently gaining superhuman powers for unknown reasons, it's no surprise that some of them would turn to crime. What came at a surprise, however, is that as the President gave his speech on the Whitehouse lawn yesterday several explosions rocked D.C. Someone had blown up multiple government buildings, killing thousands of government officials. Seconds later a man stepped out of the crowd and killed the president's body guards before stepping on the stage.

Pointing a pistol at the president to keep him from running away, the man, former Lieutenant Jeffery Ross, honorably discharged from the USMC, told the world of his motives. The government had sent thousands of people off to die in their place because they were cowards who were willing to send other people overseas to die for them, but couldn't face war themselves. So he brought the war to them. Now, he was going to kill every single person in the government so that they couldn't send people to their deaths any more.

He then pulled the trigger, blowing the President's brains out on live TV, and escaped into the sewers. Now he's on the loose and anyone who's still alive and is in the government is at risk.

Name: Thomas Kern
Age: 26
Appearance: Thomas is around 5' 11" in height, with a weight of about 183 pounds. He's got a well-built body, showing good athleticism. His hair is a dark brown, and very unruly. He's got a short, rugged-looking beard as well. His nose is slightly crooked, having been broken in a fist-fight a few years back.
Personal issue: When on a hunting trip, Thomas and his brother encountered a bear, which chased after them. His brother tripped, and rather than attempt to save him, Thomas hid inside a hollowed-out tree. He regrets this, and wishes he had done it differently, even if that meant him dying.
Power: He has the ability to turn himself, and anything he is holding/wearing invisible. Bright light shined directly or near-directly on him can give away his position.
Personality: A loner by heart, Thomas struggles to get along with those he doesn't know very well, or doesn't want to know. He tends to be sarcastic and gruff, but this doesn't stop him from doing the right thing.
Bio: After his powers revealed themselves, he became a sort-of 'vigilante', hunting down and killing any empowered person who was harmed or killed an innocent. He believes that what he does is what's right, more out of wanting to protect the innocents than for any patriotic reason.
Equipment: A .30-06 bolt-action rifle with a hunting scope, a .45 handgun, and a hunting knife. He wears dark, fully-body clothing, designed to make as little noise as possible.

Name:
Ren Whitewave
Age:
27
Appearance:

Personal issue:
Difficulty connecting to people.
Power:
Animal domination (telepathy with anthros) Detected as 'animal' by other psychics.
Personality:
With his mother always on tour, he didn't know her all too well and so he seeks to connect to female figures more often, when at all
Bio:
Son of a solider and a vet along with two siblings. His mother was platoon leader for EOD in desert storm with her dog Zeus, His father was a large animal vet. He was six when she died overseas from a sniper round while doing her job, Zeus was retired back to the states with her remains. Ten years later, they buried the dog next to her. In those ten years, his dad crawled into a bottle and his assistant's bedsheets. That dog became his life. When he was 16, he became an emancipated minor due to his fathers self destructive behavior. Within the month he was in the Army training for the K-9 unit. He did one tour of four years that got him his official degree in vet medicine before he left, not that he needed it with all of the unofficial hours at the clinic, and joined the LAPD for another four in their K-9 unit before he got a Washington contact which lead to a Washington contract.
Equipment:
.308 rifle (capable of using 7.62x51mm NATO without modification)
1911 45mm Pistol Right hip (two most common handguns)
Glock 9mm Pistol Small of back (two most common handguns)
Combat knife

cool. never heard of a 7.62x51 before, but looked it up. The AK I had used 7.62x54, so I thought it was a typo at first. Another soldier would be cool.

I assume his telepathy only works on animals/non humans? Also, is it just communication or is there mind control in there too?

I have a character in mind, but I can't for the life of me think of what his past problem would be to suit it. As well, the idea of the character is that he is a British special officer, as well as secret weapon for the recently founded UKPD, or United Kingdoms' Processor Division. The idea for it is that after powers started appearing, the UK was sure to reign in as many as possible to ensure both their safety and cooperation. In this division, the supers (or "Processors") are used as highly powerful and capable soldiers of extreme regard, which are extremely valuable. My character would be one of the more powerful, who has been sent overseas to aid in the capture of the criminal that killed the President.

And as well, the ability I have chosen to use will be Weapon generation and manipulation, or as I call it "Weapon-smithing". It is the ability to create virtually any weapon that can be immediately used in an instant. Therefore guns, melee, grenades, etc are fair game, where as missiles, nukes and other weapons that take a while are off limits. It is also limited in the fact that is can only be used to create weapons that either exist now or have existed, so no laser rifles or mini nuke guns.

This okay, @TheUnknowable?

I have a character in mind, but I can't for the life of me think of what his past problem would be to suit it. As well, the idea of the character is that he is a British special officer, as well as secret weapon for the recently founded UKPD, or United Kingdoms' Processor Division. The idea for it is that after powers started appearing, the UK was sure to reign in as many as possible to ensure both their safety and cooperation. In this division, the supers (or "Processors") are used as highly powerful and capable soldiers of extreme regard, which are extremely valuable. My character would be one of the more powerful, who has been sent overseas to aid in the capture of the criminal that killed the President.

And as well, the ability I have chosen to use will be Weapon generation and manipulation, or as I call it "Weapon-smithing". It is the ability to create virtually any weapon that can be immediately used in an instant. Therefore guns, melee, grenades, etc are fair game, where as missiles, nukes and other weapons that take a while are off limits. It is also limited in the fact that is can only be used to create weapons that either exist now or have existed, so no laser rifles or mini nuke guns.

This okay, @TheUnknowable?

We could say that it was something like a Star Trek hologram, where you can make things that appear solid, but the only real trick you can do with them is to make sound/ light flashes and to move them. Kind of like the Lantern constructs, but full color and without energy beam attacks. Also, because you studied weapons you know exactly how they work, so you can make them, but not things like computers which you don't understand the workings of. Just a thought, though.

The trauma could be that you were caught without a weapon when you really needed one. Depending on your character's back story, it could be in a fight, when arresting a drug dealer, when being mugged, or something else.

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We could say that it was something like a Star Trek hologram, where you can make things that appear solid, but the only real trick you can do with them is to make sound/ light flashes and to move them. Kind of like the Lantern constructs, but full color and without energy beam attacks. Also, because you studied weapons you know exactly how they work, so you can make them, but not things like computers which you don't understand the workings of. Just a thought, though.

The trauma could be that you were caught without a weapon when you really needed one. Depending on your character's back story, it could be in a fight, when arresting a drug dealer, when being mugged, or something else.

The weapon is something I had the idea for a little while again. It was originally part of a character called Nine, who could create essentially create a copy of any weapon he could think of. Providing he understood the basic functions of said weapon and could imagine using such a thing in combat, he would be able to manifest a physical copy of it and use it like the real thing.

As for the psychology, I'll have to think about it... I'm still pretty stuck ^_^

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The weapon is something I had the idea for a little while again. It was originally part of a character called Nine, who could create essentially create a copy of any weapon he could think of. Providing he understood the basic functions of said weapon and could imagine using such a thing in combat, he would be able to manifest a physical copy of it and use it like the real thing.

As for the psychology, I'll have to think about it... I'm still pretty stuck ^_^

I just figured your guy's psychology could be a bit like mine. I saw my friends get blown up, and got explosions. Maybe your friends/family got killed because you didn't have a weapon to help them. Just an idea, though, to try and help you. You don't have to use it, though.

I would like to join this RP.

cool. never heard of a 7.62x51 before, but looked it up. The AK I had used 7.62x54, so I thought it was a typo at first. Another soldier would be cool.

I assume his telepathy only works on animals/non humans? Also, is it just communication or is there mind control in there too?

Mind control on 'feral' animals, but telepathy for any human/animal hybrids. Not sure if you had upper or lower limits on communication with animals. If he could just talk to any animal, he'd be Dr. Doomlittle with every animal at his command. Keeping whole packs of k-9 units at his command like a sergeant with his own 4 legged platoon might be a bit much. He might get compliance simply out of the fact that he can communicate with them in the first place.

Whole packs of wolves would be a bit much, but two or three, maybe four pets as backup would work.

I might have to think of a new person. The person I've been trying to find a RP to test him out is kind of similar but different to Hawk.

I might have to think of a new person. The person I've been trying to find a RP to test him out is kind of similar but different to Hawk.

Military, animal trainer, or telepath? There's several military types already, but they are still fine. Multiple animal trainers might be a bit much unless you have a niche (say reptiles, or pet chimps that work as minions). Telepath is still open, though, as his only works on animals and animal-like people.

Name: Alec Foley (Calls himself Midnight)

Age: 18

Appearance:
6'1 Alec is slim and nimble, never being one to be strong for say, but intelligent and gets things done with his mind that his strength can not.

Personal issue: Distant from people because of his dark past, shy and not willing to input opinion in fear of being judged. His entire family was killed before him being the age of ten, it will always haunt him.

Power: Darkness/shadow Manipulation. The ability to turn into night itself, and make peoples nightmares a reality.

Personality: A loner, does not feel it necessary to interact with people unless he really needs to, also believes that there is no such thing as love, only anger, fear, and despair.

Bio: As a young boy Alec was raised by a wealthy family, his father being a successful lawyer and his mother being a business lady. They led a happy life, Alec, his two brothers, older brother Henry and younger brother Danny and their parents. They lived in an upstate pent house that Alec's father had bought when he fist met Alec's mother. One evening after a rather long day at work Alec's mother came home early to find her loving husband in bed with another woman. In pure shock she left, sobbing at the realization of the situation. She hated herself. Soon after she took her life. Henry blamed his father to full extent of his mothers death, telling him every day how much he hated him and wished he had been the one to die. At the age of 9, Alec witnessed his fathers death. A shot to the head from his older 16 year old brothers revolver, a present from his grandfather. Henry, devastated now that he had lost both parents pleaded to god for mercy, shot their little brother in his sleep, in fear that he would live a path similar to his own and attempted to take Alec's life as well. Before he could Alec escaped, sobbing into the cold wet rained out streets in the middle of the night.
After a while on the streets, looking for a place to go, barley living, at the age of 10 Alec was taken into a foster care, where he stayed until he turned 18 and left. At the foster care he learned something, something he was able to do, control his fear and anger and manifest it into a physical property. Darkness. He would scare kids by turning their lights off during late nights of class work at midnight. The children began to expect it, thinking it to be demons haunting them. Alec had his fun in early age, until he became more serious about his abilities, he did not want anyone else to hurt.

Equipment: A black coat with a hood, jeans. A small knife that he found on the street and kept with him.

@TheUnknowableI've made a few bio and gear edits to my character.

@TheUnknowableI've made a few bio and gear edits to my character.

Ok, looks good.

Name: Mikhail Peacemaker

Age: 14

Appearance:


Personal issue: Alternates between Hope and Despair; feeling great hope one moment, then feeling despair the next.

Power:“In fearful day, in raging night,
With strong hearts full, our souls ignite,
When all seems lost in the War of Light,
Look to the stars-- For hope burns bright!”

Hope Materialization - Mikhail can sense and transform Hope, either his hope or that of others', into energy, which in turn can be made into constructs, force-fields, anti-gravity, and heal people. Basically, a Blue Lantern Ring* without the need for a Green Lantern one.

However, this power has a big drawback. Mikhail's powers are dependent on how much hope is in the area, and his own ability to be hopeful is failing. That means that he has to depend on other people to have hope, which does not always work. Thus, psychological warfare, as well as taking out any companions or bodyguards he has, is an effective tactic against him.

Another weakness is that his healing is slow compared to a dedicated healer, while his constructs, force-fields, and shields can be worn down in a reasonable amount of time (10 to 15 minutes) by grenade-strength weapons.

*greenlantern.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Lante..

Personality: Mikhail tries to be hopeful, he really does. But getting kindapped, deliberately traumatized until he had powers, then being sold to various private interests as a living weapon, and after that, escaping, sometimes it wears down on a person, and sometimes, it's just too much. And there is the fact that he is literally a freak, someone thrown out of the continuum that is Humanity. At the same time, the kid still has an iron-clad conviction that peace is still possible, that the bonds of sapience, aka the fact that both Human and Powered can feel love, hope, trust, and plan for the future, can still overcome even the glaring differences that now exist. Yes, it's insane, yes, it goes against cold logic. But he will still believe it, because he will not forsake a thinking being, regardless of whether they have powers or not.

"My beliefs are the last reminder I have of my parents. Everything else from them but memory has been taken away from me."

Bio: Mikhail was the son of second-generation Russian Immigrants, fans of JRR Tolkien, whose own parents had fled to America to evade debts from the Russian Mafiya (yes, that's the spelling). Thus, Mikhail was raised by both his parents and members of the local Tolkien Society, and had a childhood immersed in works of High Fantasy, as well as normal schooling, which he excelled in.

Then, one day, the Mafiya's enforcers found the little home the family were staying in, and killed Mikhail's family; just because they were a generation removed from the original debtors didn't mean that they were shielded from the wrath of Organized Crime, and Mikhail himself was taken as 'collateral' for the remaining debt, and sold to DemeterBioTech, a Corporation that was secretly experimenting on people to induce powers in them.

Knowing that trauma can induce powers, the Corporation in their secret laboratories slowly began torturing Mikhail, upping the ante every half-day. Mikhail felt miserable, hurt, but at the same time, hopeful that he would be rescued, that some hero or heroine would come to save him. And, just when the torturers were about to cap the torment by subjecting him to the 'ultimate defilement'...a group of police officers burst in and 'arrested' the torturers. This caused Mikhail to manifest his ability: Hope Materilization.

He was glad! He was safe! Wait, why were the 'police' drawing a cattle prod on him -

When he woke up, he was still in the laboratories, but in a more secure facility, one with reinforced concrete walls and kevlar padding, and he had a shock-explosive collar on his neck. And he knew this, that he hadn't actually escaped. After he was given time to weep, he was forcibly brought out, along with several other children who had manifested powers through trauma, and told that they were now property of DemeterBioTech, living weapons to be trained, bought, and sold to the highest bidder. And that was what happened, with the handlers using every psychological trick they had to keep the kids cowed and under control as they were trained to be, and used as, assassins.

Mikhail spent one year in that life, and he hated it. Not merely that, but he was only able to access his powers in the presence of other people who had hope, as he had none himself in that time. He can barely function, he can barely do anything, and he wanted to die so badly. But he didn't, because just before he decided to do that, the uprising started.

It turned out, several of the kids had managed to hack the shock collars, or just destroy them, then rebel against their captors. Mikhail, feeling hope for the first time since his rescue, joined the rebels, managing to carve a hole through the holding area they were in, and escape to the streets.

Many of them would be hunted down, or starve, or die in other ways, but Mikhail and a few of the remaining kids would find refuge in the estate of one Augusta E. Foley, a rich old woman who had the power of manipulating probability. In said estate, Mikhail and his companions would recover, and the boy would find hope again...especially as DemeterBioTech would find itself shut down by the Government.

Now, Mikhail, as the adopted son of Augusta Foley, would look at the recent news...and know that the days of fear would be returning again.

Only this time...he was ready.

Equipment: Backpack containing Pepper Spray, Food, Water, a copy of Lord of the Rings, an iPod with hopeful music, binoculars, and a swiss army knife.

@TheUnknowable

Kind of an animal trainer. This is what I was thinking.

My character would be able talk to and make bonds with up to two animals. The bond would have some ups and downs. When he makes a bond part of his soul/life-force trades with part of the animals soul. The ups and downs only effect the ones that are connected. So the human sends to the animal/s but the animal/s only go to the human. The upside is because of how close they are they have a understanding of what the other is thinking on the surface. Meaning they can work almost seamless in a fight. He can also heal some wounds them if he can touch the spot. The downside is some of the pain that one feels is sent to the others. So if the human was stabbed they would feel it in a similar place and it could mess up an action they were about to do. If one of the animals died it would result in their soul diapering from the human causing him great pain and shock.

@Trevor1001, not Unknowable, but that sounds cool.