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Two years ago, Justin got his entire body destroyed. Which is what turned a blue-eyed, blonde-haired, five-ten, boy into a machine. The right side of his body is laced with cybernetics, both of his hands are made out of metal. His body is laced with metal and wire, which stands out in a crowd. That gives away that he's a Nomad pretty easily... both of his legs and arms are completely robotic. His chest is pretty mechanical underneath the hoodies he wears. Fortunately, his head was spared from the damage that almost killed him... except for his distinct glowing blue eyes.

Philadelphia, USA.

■ Calm.
■ Music Loving.
■ Noble.
■ Antipathetic.
■ Kind.
■ Anxious.
■ Ambitious.
■ Doubting.

Justin was born in Philadelphia as the son of a cybernetics genius Adam Haggar. His father worked in Sektor 7 labs, and was set to change the world. Which left little time for him to care for the young Justin, who was left in the hands of his mother. Whom had to work hard to reign in the fighty Justin. The boy naturally had a talent for fighting... which was owed to a rather natural high amount of ki. It gave him a destructive force that he could barely control. Which is why his mother had signed him up to receive martial arts training... specially Muay Thay for a young Justin. The boy took martial arts training rather well, and his natural ki was amplified by a tenfold. What turned a rather subpar, but strong, fighter into a beast was a few years of Muay Thai training.

However, everything changed during one fateful sparring match with a peer that had an abnormally high amount of ki that put him above even Justin. He accidentally materialized that ki into a powerful blast that absolutely ravaged Justin. Tore him to pieces, and it would have killed him... if it wasn't for the fact that he was the son of Adam Haggar. He was sent straight to his father who wanted to rebuild him. It was a risky surgery, but Justin's father turned his son into a machine. Justin was conflicted about his changes, and was wondering if he should have died from the get go. His natural ki has been amplified, and now he doubts himself.

While wandering his home city, he got lost in a secret underground tunnel that was apart of a decommissioned railway system. Upon exploring it more, Justin encountered a machine... an android. Using his own ability, Justin reactivated the android, and the machine took an instant liking to him. Declaring herself Seven-Seven, Justin finally found someone like him, but she said that she had no memories (only vague recollections). However, it wasn't long before someone else found them... a battle occurred, and Justin and Seven-Seven escaped. However, an ominous message left behind by the aggressor told both of them that there was more to this tale than what meets the eye.

The two decided to go on a journey together to find out who is Seven-Seven, who built her, and who is the... thing after her. Leaving behind Philadelphia for the world at large.

Justin's fighting style is Muay-Thai, except Justin's own rendition of it. It's a far more aggressive and mobile form of Muay-Thai based around closing the distance and throwing in decisive blows. His attacks are seen as more heavy. Being a cyborg, Justin is capable of channeling his ki into sound, given that he has subwoofers mounted on his palms, elbows, shoulders, knees, and shins... turning the sound of his heartbeats into pulses of bright-blue energy. By using this energy, Justin can shoot blasts of varying shapes, and he incorporates these blasts into his fighting style to either enhance his attacks, or move around. It's pretty versatile. All in all, Justin is close to the "Shotoclone" fighting archetype.

■ Beat-Pulse.


■ Rhythm-Hammer.


■ Sound-Scythe.


■ Sonic-Beat.

■ Orchestra


■ Original Soundtrack.


■ Pop-Battle.

Justin is a glass cannon of sorts... Well, he has a pretty balanced fighting style with a lot of moves and offense, but little defense. He has a very low-health-pool and defense, which is why his fighting style revolves around taking out his enemy fast as possible. Electrical attacks are also a real bitch because they can damage his cybernetics.

Justin is totally not inspired by Leo from Anarchy Reigns.

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Eclisse has long black hair that is offset by her snow white furred ears and tail. As she isn't one for the outside much, her skin is a bit on the pale side and her piercing red eyes can easily be made out in the darkness. She usually keeps most of her body covered, whether it be with a hoody or long sleeved shirt, as she wants to hide her severely burned body. She keeps a gold locket with a burnt picture in it, a memory of her deceased parents.

Canada

*Quiet

*Lonely

*Artistic

*Traumatized

Eclisse was born into a small family of three, her mother and father, and her older brother Vent. Her childhood was mostly quiet save for a number of bullies in her life that pushed her around. Thankfully, Vent would always come to her rescue, scaring off the bullies with a unique shadow art passed down in their family.

When Eclisse grew old enough, Vert decided to train her as a means to defend herself when he wasn't around. She learned rather quickly and always aimed to outmatch her brother, but he gave her a warning before he trained her, the shadow arts are to be used only in defense, if misused, they have the chance to corrupt those who wield them. Eclisse would've taken this warning to heart. If it wasn't for that faithful night.

The bullies, a gang of thugs, grew tired of Vert messing with them and their "fun". And so, one night, the thugs set fire to Eclisse's home. The next morning, Eclisse woke up in a hospital bed, with severe scars all over her body. Her family wasn't as lucky and her brother had vanished without a trace after he had brought her to the hospital. A few days after she left the hospital, in an act of rage and confusion, Eclisse chased down the thugs and slaughtered them with the very shadow arts her brother had taught her.

Horrified by the bloodshed she had created, Eclisse ran from her home. She was a murderer on the run now, all because she couldn't follow a simple warning from her brother. Eclisse now travels as a nameless shadow, in search of her brother, the only family she has left.

Eclisse uses the shadow arts her brother taught her as a means of mobility and combat. When in combat she moves around like a shadowy mist, dodging attacks and letting loose swift attacks as the mist passes through an opponent.

*Shadow Spectre
Eclisse moves around as an incorporeal looking black mist, she mainly uses this as a means of dodging attacks or slipping past obstacles.

*Shadow Fury
When Eclisse passes through an opponent while in her shadowy mist, she lets loose a barrage of attacks, aiming for her opponent's weakspots.

*Shadow Enhancement
By bending the mist around her, Eclisse can form it around her body to create long shadowy arms and claws, giving her an insane reach and a deadly combat weapon.

*Eclipsing Blow
Eclisse darts into the air and forms a large sphere of darkness that seems to blot out the sun. The sphere is slow moving but has a strong pull to it, drawing her opponents in

*Dark Whirlwind
In her shadowy form, Eclisse starts to form a rapidly spinning circle of black mist. Those trapped in this circle will begin to get cut and slashed as if trapped in a cyclone of blades.

Because of her light frame, Eclisse is unable to take too many hits before something breaks, which is why she relies so heavily on mobility. If she's slowed down in anyway she becomes a vulnerable target. She is also deathly afraid of fire and will reel back in fear if any kind of fire is presented to her.

Eclisse is a bit of an artist and can usually be seen scribbling or doodling in a large, white notebook. Eclisse's name means eclipse in Latin, a little nod to her black hair but white furred ears and tail. Her ability to move like a shadow may or may not be based off of Reaper from Overwatch.

Unknown

The Lord of the Bush completely lacks any hair visible on his body save for on his upper lip, a comb-styled mustache which he wears with pride, ready to strike at anything which threatens its existence. His body is muscular. His legs are sturdy like an elephant's but swift like a gazelle's. His arms are powerful like a gorilla's but his hands are dexterous as that of a man. Typically, he is completely naked, apparently finding clothes or anything covering his body to be uncomfortable. For the comfort of others, however, he dons a convenient loin cloth. He exudes a heavy aura which weighs down on others and possesses a gaze which could pacify with fear the fiercest beasts on the plains of Africa, for in all of Africa, there is no beast more fierce than he who is known as the Lord of the Bush.

Parts Unknown (South Africa)

■ Enigmatic
■ Spontaneous
■ Decisive
■ Heavy-handed
■ Curious
■ Observant
■ Speaks normally in grunts with brief flashes of English diatribe when provoked though even then, his words tend to be cryptic if not downright nonsensical.

Due to a lack of speech on his part and a lack of official documents otherwise, it is uncertain who exactly the Lord of the Bush is. The Lord of the Bush was found by biologists in the Kalihari Desert in South Africa near the border to Namibia among the bodies of dead hyenas, the neck of a hyena held in hand, lower body severed from the top half, innards spilling on the ground. He was combative towards these men and it took 10 elephant tranquilizers along with two shots with a .22 pistol to his legs to fully incapacitate him, after he had left three wounded and one dead. He was kept in a cage designed to keep wild animals, reinforced so that he could not break out. DNA testing revealed his closest living relatives as living in Tennessee in the United States. After attempting to contacting them, the family had no idea who this person was. Several attempts of trying to communicate with him were met only with violence. It was only during a single moment when the scientists were looking at his documents, when he suddenly began talking. Then, he finally referred to himself as the "Lord of the Bush". After the family who had claimed they did not know him though shared his genes, they referred to him simply as "Bacher".

After much investigation, files dating back to the 19th century lead to a Dutch man named Erick Bacher. Black and white photographs depicted a man with similar facial structure but a much more slender body. He apparently also had a brother whose grandchildren later moved to America. It is under speculation whether it is the same man or perhaps a child of his. If it were the former, however, it would put him at over a hundred years old. When shown pictures of his "grandfather", the Lord of the Bush does not have much if any reaction towards them. However, when given a mirror, he shows through body language and sometimes incoherent mutterings that he does indeed possess a semblance of self-awareness.

For several months, scientists had studied the mysterious feral man. Though his cage seemed to restrain him, it seemed it was only because he had then the patience to be kept confined in such a way. Tired of being stuck, however, he revealed another level of his strength and broke out of the cage, tearing through the metal metal bars and fighting through several armed men. In the process, he broke out several animals which the facility he was held in had also been studying. They seemed to obey his orders, whatever they were. He and the animals escaped our the lab which in their wake was left in ruins. When he had stepped outside, getting his first breath of fresh air in months, he saw the outside world far different than what he had been acclimated to. He was in a city. There were lights and cars and smog. Alone, the Lord of the Bush left a path of destruction with many dead including all the personnel of the lab. He destroyed several police and military vehicles, including a tank and three helicopters. When he finally calmed down, he was captured opportunistically. While being transported to his next facility, he had begun learning his predicament.

Before he could arrive at his new holding area, the Lord of the Bush broke free from the helicopter he had been transported in and fell several miles to the ground. Miraculously, he survived. Filled with new purpose by the shining lights of the modern world, the Lord of the Bush sought to travel the world looking for new wonders.

Though it is clear that the Lord of the Bush had received no formal training in any martial art, when analyzing his fighting style closely, it very much resembles Hung Gar, a branch of Southern Shaolin Kung Fu. Most notably, he takes a low stance characteristic of the style and utilizes tiger-claw strikes. His fighting is like that of a tiger. Before striking, he will wait for the right moment before pouncing. When he does, he uses quick, versatile, and violent strikes toward vital areas of a target's body, normally the neck or the groin. He has no qualms with scratching, clawing, gouging, or biting. As far as weapons go, he will often utilize the bodies of fallen enemies as bludgeons to take on other enemies. Other times, he may even rip off the arm of an opponent or throw splashes of their own or even his own blood into their eye. In spite of the violent, dirty nature of his fighting style, it is in fact quite controlled, relying on the calm collectedness of the user and the steady manipulation and monitoring of his own ki.

■ Rain Down in Africa

■ Prideful Lion Fist

■ Drum Beats Driving the Blood Thirsty Predator

■ The Lion Chases its Prey

■ Fist of the Roaring Demon Gods

■ Sacred Land in Which All Are Welcome but None May Tread

■ Hearts and Hands Joined Together to Vanquish Great Evil

While the Lord of the Bush is strong and fast, it comes in short bursts. His stamina is rather low, and thus he can sprint long distance in a short time like a lion to catch prey but is incapable of lasting long normally, leading him to resort to either trapping his target or using other such tactics to keep his opponent from outpacing or escaping from him. He has in his arsenal a plethora of strong techniques, however every single one requires an immense amount of ki control, sense of timing, and consideration of the situation.

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Brandon is rather tall, standing at 6’2, and is of a muscular but lean (180 lbs) build that compliments his fighting style well. He usually wears a red headband around his neck that was given to him by his first sensei many years ago; it holds a special meaning for Brandon and brings him luck whenever he needs it most. Even though they are old and worn, Brandon still wears the pants of his training Gi (for those unfamiliar with martial arts; a Gi is the ceremonial clothing that traditional martial artists wear) for the same reason that he still wears that headband. Brandon’s jet black hair always seems to attract attention due to how messy it is. He usually wears no shirt or a simple jacket that used to belong to his father. Brandon’s arms and legs are rather long, which does wonders for his fighting style since they allow him to land lots of good shots from far away and keep dangerous opponents at bay. He also has long, sharp nails, which he uses to scratch at opponents, should he find himself in a situation that calls for it.

Zhengzhou, China

-Relaxed
-Independent
-Somewhat Apathetic
-Driven
-Impatient
-Bored

Make sure to explain in detail why your character is becoming a Nomad, and what they hope to accomplish.

Brandon grew up surrounded by shaolin monks and their teachings of Kung Fu thanks to his father’s obsession with self-defense. Due to his special abilities, Brandon was able to quickly master three of the five animal styles of Shaolin Kung Fu (Leopard, Crane, and Dragon) as well as gaining intermediate understanding of the other two techniques (Tiger and Snake). Because of the specific animal styles that Brandon learned, his fighting style focuses on striking hard and striking fast to overwhelm the opponent. He always attempts to keep opponents at a distance with kicks and jabs to the body (to weaken his opponent’s core strength and basic functions) before moving up close and personal with hard yet decisive strikes to finish the fight (once the opponent has been weakened). Brandon’s special power is not one that can be spotted easily; as he possesses the ability to channel electricity through his limbs to deliver powerful shocks to the opponent’s nerves and limbs, effectively damaging and even completely deactivating them after only a few strikes if the opponent isn’t careful. Brandon can also channel this electricity and concentrate all of it on one or two limbs to gain mobility or extra damaging power with his attacks.

■ Snake’s Venom

■ Thunder’s Roar

■ Final Maelstrom

■ Thunder Claw

■ Dragon’s Rage

■ Fury of the Crane

■ Leopard Death Dance

Brandon’s attacks are delivered quickly and powerfully, almost with surgical precision, but, just like most things that run on electricity, Brandon can “run out of charge”. The electricity in his body, while “limitless” it drains Brandon of his energy and, the more tired Brandon gets the weaker and shallower his pool of usable electricity becomes. His Super Moves, while effective and highly destructive, should they miss their mark or be blocked, will leave Brandon completely drained and potentially unconscious for a good 30 seconds (which gives his opponent plenty of time to recuperate and kill Brandon). That’s not to say that Brandon isn’t efficient without electricity, but every time he resorts to using massive amounts of it, his body becomes as damaged as though it were struck by lightning, leaving him no option but to rest for up to 10 hours for his body to be back at 100%. This means that every time Brandon is forced out of using electricity and into fighting like a normal person, he’s considerably weaker than he would be without using electricity, causing him to avoid using electricity for unnecessary opponents and situations.

Brandon may have an emotional weakness to do with his father, but this is unconfirmed as of yet; he is, however, seen staring at his father’s jacket for minutes on end without any rhyme or reason.

The song that plays when someone fights your character.

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When not piloting Great Taurus, Kaede appears as a hazel-eyed teenage girl in casual clothes with short black hair. Her most noticable trait is that she always wears a stiff red backpack-like object, which makes up the core component of Great Taurus.

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Stubborn

Gullible

Hotheaded

A Soul That Burns With White-Hot Justice

Prone To Monologues

Loyal

Kaede is the granddaughter of the brilliant scientist Dr. Kenji Kuwagata, known for his advances in the field of robotics. Dr. Kuwagata had been working on a new series of prototype power armor for rescue workers, capable of self-repair and great feats of strength. One day, Kaede returned home from school to find the house empty. She didn't think much of it, assuming he had gone to some sort of goverment conference or to speak at some big university- Kaede never kept up too much with her grandfather's goings-on, being more concerned with the boxing club- but as the week wore on, she began to worry. He wasn't returning his calls, and the police acted like they didn't know who Kaede was talking about.

The next day, Kaede stumbled across her grandfather's secret lab, hidden beneath the old man's workshop. There, she discovered the truth: Her grandfather had been kidnapped by the villainous conspiracy organization, the Zodiac Group! Furious that her grandfather would be forced to make weapons for criminals, Kaede retrieved the remaining prototype the doctor had hidden away- the first generation mecha, Great Taurus. Leaving a note not to look for her, Kaede left to find the men who stole her grandfather and bring him back, even if it takes her whole life to do it.

Kaede is a lightweight amateur boxer of some skill with an infighting focus. Her mecha, Great Taurus, is practically indestructible and just as strong as its namesake implies. The elbows of the machine contain boosters for extra power, and the heatsinks can be rerouted Great Taurus' hands to create fists that burn like justice. Finally, Great Taurus gives its pilot a measure of superhuman strength when active, allowing them to land blows on-par with the machine itself.

■ Longhorn Driver

■ By The Horns

■ Flash Impact

■ Dynamite Combination

■ Big Bang

■ Big Crunch

■ Great Stampede

Having not been originally designed for combat, Great Taurus' pilot is completely exposed. This is an issue, because while Great Taurus may be nigh-indestructible, Kaede is significantly less so. Being a boxer, Kaede also obviously has no means to hit a foe at a distance.

Somehow, her parents still manage to send her money every month. Not even Kaede understands how they keep managing to track her down.

Subject SN13, codenamed "Agrippa", is an enormous floating humanoid torso with eighteen limbs. As a safety precaution to discourage successful escape attempts, he has been fitted with a heavily-modified, high-visibility striped jumpsuit designed to make it difficult to not see him. His face is naturally colored greasepaint-white, with shaggy hair, a functional bulbous nose, and a cybernetic "third eye" used as a monitor for energy level, fatigue, and emotional state. SN13 is, as a matter of fact, partially hollow, with most of the space in the lower end of its body being taken up by an extremely advanced nanotechnological matter replicator. This replicator is masked by a white, woolly "cloud" that at the same time protects it and holds in the white-hot radiation constantly emitting from it. Subject SN13's palms and forearms are coated in a layer of thick, sticky hairs almost invisible to the naked eye, giving it the ability to grasp walls and other objects with relative ease.

Subject SN13 was constructed in a refurbished oil rig just off the coast of Costa Rica. This technically makes him Caribbean.

■ Active
■ Curious
■ Mischievous
■ Skittish
■ Creative
■ Spiteful

Subject SN13 has been genetically modified to be as horrendously difficult to attack as possible. His eighteen limbs serve as an excellent all-round offense and defense tool, giving him an unbeatable range advantage in melee and superior mobility at range. SN13 uses a wide variety of humorous objects and practical gags to harass opponents and keep himself safe.

SN13 is hopelessly fragile, relying heavily on his mobility to avoid being defeated. In addition, it is actually surprisingly bad at actually fighting, preferring to harass its opponent from a position of safety. It has no martial arts skills whatsoever, and instead abuses its eighteen limbs and endless supply of tricks to gain the upper hand against its enemies.

SN13 can also take rubber balloons, strings of handkerchiefs, plastic flowers, and other party favors from its nether-regions. None of these have any effective use in combat.