Heartless
Ryan Dwyer
Alias: Heartless
Age: 18
Alignment: Villain
Loyalty: The Jacks
Appearance: Ryan has naturally black hair but has taken to dying it blue after graduating from high school. He has blue eyes and is very light skinned, as he doesn't get outside much. His height sits at 5'2 and he is 110 pounds even. Ryan typically wears lots of long clothing, trying to show as little skin as possible no matter the weather. His favorite accessory is a pair of wireless headphones that his mom gave him on his 18th birthday.
As his alter ego Heartless he wears a black leather jacket with a heart shaped hole cut out over his heart, revealing a stylized
hearton top of a red long sleeved shirt. On his lower body he's wearing black jeans with several pockets for holding things and a pair of black combat boots. To cover his head he has a black motorcycle helmet with seemingly glowing yellow eyes (courtesy of an unnamed Tinker he payed).
History: Ryan's parents divorced when he was 7, leaving him with a single mother and a father who rarely appeared in his life at a time where he needed a father figure. His mother was worked to the bone trying to support them, leaving Ryan home by himself most nights with whatever he could occupy himself with. He didn't have a bad life by any means, his mother would always get him the latest video game consoles for his birthday or whatever new clothing he needed. He just never had any friends to share those cool things with. It made him depressed, he didn't eat or sleep much. He had no idea why nobody wanted to be friends with him and at his young age he was convinced that he looked weird or something. Nobody ever told him otherwise so he started wearing lots of clothing that covered him up so people wouldn't have to look at him.
As he floated through school he was picked on because of his meek attitude and lack of resistance, the bullying escalating through the years. First it was small things like hiding his stuff, taking pencils, teasing him about how pale and skinny he was. Eventually he was having lunch money taken from him, getting shoved in the hallways, juice poured on his books. He hated it. He eventually had to run home from the bullies who had gotten so used to destroying both his property and his confidence. All he ever did was run from his problems, delaying them until the next day.
It all came to a climax during his senior year in high school when a couple of drunk assholes (he would later find out one of them had turned 18 and they were celebrating) grabbed him on his way home and locked him in an abandoned shed for 3 days. They forgot about him during his hangover, leaving him with no food or water and only his thoughts. On the night of the 3rd day he Triggered, starving to the point where he was hallucinating that he was alone in the universe, each second felt like an eternity as he struggled with his isolation from the world. He couldn't see himself in the darkness, but he could only imagine he looked uglier and dirtier with every passing second. He imagined himself becoming more and more emaciated eventually dying and turning into a skeleton who nobody would recognize or care about. Ryan couldn't let himself die like this, he had to escape and see his mom. Find hos dad one day and make up for lost time. Get revenge on the people who did this to him. He needed to get out. Ryan threw himself against the walls as he tried to escape, cutting his forehead open as he smashed into the walls over and over. Then he threw himself against the wall one more time, but this time he didn't feel any impact. He became one with the shadows, moving through them to a nearby hospital. He was starved and on the brink of death, taking a week to recover in a semi-conscious state as he dreamed of his tormentors and his hatred for them.
After he got out and had a talk with his mom about what was happening he began to experiment with his newfound powers in secret. He found that he could take things with him into the dark, that he was undetectable by people and cameras. He could even become a shadow itself, plastering himself onto walls to become a shadow without an owner. He wasn't just a shadow though, he could do so much more. He had power. With this power came confidence. He slowly began sneaking into places and looking around. Then he started taking small things, like pencils. Then bigger things like games. Eventually he was committing full blown larceny as he fashioned a shroud of darkness around his head to hide his face as he stole from stores.
Eventually Ryan came clean to his mom about his powers and what he had been doing. He was going to make a new life for them, they didn't have to worry about money any more. She didn't have to work long nights anymore. They could be happy. She was horrified by his deeds, screaming and demanding he turn himself in. She refused to live a life that was built on crime, believing that nothing good could ever come of it. Ryan ran away from home that night, living in motel rooms and in empty rooms in houses. He kept going to school until graduation, but only because he felt like he had to for some reason. Ryan wasn't going to turn himself him in. His mom was wrong, crime payed as long as you weren't caught. And he would never be caught. Ever.
Motivations: Ryan lives for his own happiness and comfort, he's willing to do anything if it secures his long and short term needs/wants. And he's gonna take the easiest path to said needs and wants.
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Likes: - Money
- Video Games
- Anime
- Technology
Dislikes: Derangement: Not necessarily a Derangement however he is certainly more confident in himself than he has ever been, which is why he's now so open to committing crimes.
Skills: When he was 14 he took a years worth of classes on how to use a Katana, which really means he knows how to use it well enough to not chop off his own limbs. He's also pretty good at video games and is a very quiet person without powers.
Classification: Mover/Breaker/Changer
Details: Ryan is a living shadow, able to plaster himself onto walls, ceilings, and floors to move in 2D enviroments. He can also travel through shadows that are touching each other, such as moving into the shadow of a building which is being cast into a jewelry store and then moving into the shadow of a cash register and finally grabbing all the jewels he can carry. Anything he has with him can turn into a shadow with him so he isn't just leaving all of his stuff behind whenever he moves. Conventional attacks are pretty useless as well, you ever tried punching a shadow?
Limitations: The things he can carry are limited to a large suitcase, he can't steal an entire car full of gold or anything like that. He's also just as weak as a normal human, albeit an above average human who has practice carrying large backpacks full of cash. His biggest weakness is probably the most obvious one though, he's extremely vulnerable to intense lights. He's not going to die from going outside by any means, but even something like a bright flashlight is gonna make him hurt a lot. A spotlight might even outright kill him.
Equipment: Heartless always keeps 2 phones on him, you'd be surprised how useful a ringing phone is in distracting a guard away from a container of money. He also keeps a small handgun on him if he really gets into trouble, so far he hasn't had to use it once. He also uses throwing knives and a katana he stole from a pawn shop about a month after running away from home.
