@Burning Kitty They're not, remember I don't generally do multiple characters in RPs... LOL
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One of these I'll wear you down. Mark my words. [Evil laugh]
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One of these I'll wear you down. Mark my words. [Evil laugh]
Weird Tales A Stranger from A Strange Outer Dimension
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Name - Rev Em
Alias - Sun Fist
Age - 16
Sponsor - Black Lightning
Personality - Energetic, tenacious, and stubborn
Experience - 1 year
Powers -
Superhuman strength: Rev can lift up to fifty tons.
Superhuman speed: His top speed is mach 1.3
Superhuman agility: Rev is incredibly agile and is insanely dexterous.
Super Jump: He can jump up to a max of five hundred feet in the air.
Heat Vision: Rev can fire off beams of heat from his eyes and the size of the beams can vary depending on the amount of energy put into it.
Solar Mode: This power lets Rev release a huge surge of solar energy, which increases the strength of his powers by a large amount. However this ability will drain his energy reserves extremely quick and will tax his body with incredible pain. Right now in this stage of his life, Rev can only use it once before being almost completely drained of strength.
Bordan Rao: Rev is a skilled practitioner of the Kryptonian martial art of Bordan Rao. Bordan Rao is similar to the earth martial arts known as Karate and Kung Fu. The martial art focuses heavily on quick strikes as well as bodily and mental control. The physical demands of the fighting style makes it very difficult to master and learn. Each technique is modeled off of Kryptonian mythology and their names are based on mythical figures.
Weaknesses - like all Kryptonians, kryptonite is highly toxic to Rev and will slowly drain him of his powers. Red sun light can also slowly take away his abilities and he has no special defense against magic.
Appearance -
BRIEF Bio - Rev Em was born on krypton fifteen years before its final fate to a military family. For as long as he could remember Rev had always had a deep desire to fight and train in the martial arts of Krypton. His dad was a decorated veteran of the Kandor army and Rev was proud to be his son. At the age of five Rev started training in the martial art known as Bordan Rao and found himself to be a natural at it. For ten years he trained hard and worked hard to get into the military academy of the Kryptonian army.
Things changed when the planet began to experience severe seismic activity and Rev heard stories of a scientist named Jor El talking about the planet's destruction. Many chose not to believe him, but his parents were the few that did. His father wanted his son to live on and had a space ship built for him to escape in. Rev didn't want to leave his parents behind, but his father insisted and he reluctantly fled the planet as it exploded. Unfortunately the force of the blast caused his stasis chamber to malfunction and he was put into stasis for years and the ship was flying aimlessly through space. Many years later when the ship passed into earth's solar system, his ship's computer overrode the stasis system and Rev was awoken from his slumber.
When his ship entered earth's atmosphere he took in the sight of the lush green world before him and he wondered what this new world would be like. Rev's ship crashed into the ground causing it to be destroyed and he had expected to die in the crash, but to his surprise he found himself to have survived and basically unharmed. Now in a world he didn't know, Rev decided to see what the earthlings were like. Eventually he found his way to Metropolis and ran into Superman a fellow Kryptonian.
He explained to the hero his story and the Man of Steel decided to let him go to a hero who he thought would take Rev under his wing so that he could train in how to be a hero. He went to Black Lightning to learn the arts of crime fighting
Notes - Black Lightning has been his mentor since he came to earth
Sample Post
[ACTIVATE THEME MUSIC!]
Rev moved in his fighting stance as he was surrounded by at least eight dangerous looking robots. He had his palm stretched out towards a robot facing his direction and Rev's face was calm and collected with a smile.
"Evil robots. Your path of destruction stops here! The Great Sun Fist will end your reign of terror upon this city!" he declared with a great deal of passion and courage. Ever since Rev had taken up the career of a teenage hero with the veteran crime fighter Black Lightning, his life has taken a more exciting turn.
Unlike dark heroes, Booster Gold was a fun guy and made sure to keep Rev's look on life positive. The electric controlling hero helped him move on with his life from Krypton and embrace his future on earth. It was hard for Rev to learn to control his powers at first, but thanks to his training in Bordan Rao it didn't take too long to getting the hand of them.
Right now he was dealing with an attack on Metropolis while both Superman and Booster Gold were away with the league and the two heroes had tasked him with taking care of the city while he was away. This was his first time doing lone hero work without veteran supervision and Rev was nervous deep down, but he made sure to not show it in his work.
Each of the robots had long metal blades extend out of their limbs and then proceeded to attack him simultaneously attempting to impale him. Before they got within mere inches of his body, Rev disappeared in a blur of speed. This confused the robots and they stood their confused unsure of where their target had gone.
"Hay metal brains! Up here!" the machines looked up and saw that Rev was somersaulting nearly fifty feet in the air above them. Rev dropped down from the sky and slammed his foot into the head of a robot and shattered it. The other robots moved to try and stab as he was taking down the first machine, but once again Rev vanished from view causing more confusion.
He then appeared behind another robot and drove his fist through the droid's chest region causing it blow out smoke and sparks of electricity. Rev wrenched out his fist from the metal terror and jumped back away from the remaining six robots and stared at them with focused and determined eyes.
"Time one of my signature techniques!" he said and got into a relaxed battle stance with his hands flat. He waited for his enemy to make the first move and it wasn't a long wait. All six robots went on the attack and charged at him with their blades ready to try and slice him to pieces.
"One Thousand Fists of Rao!" Rev moved at blinding speed and unleashed a hailstorm of supersonic punches upon the machines. His movements were too fast for the robot's to process to defend themselves and Rev made quick work of them by smashing them to pieces. When the technique was finished Rev stood in front of the wrecked remains of his foes and he smiled at his accomplishment.
"Another victory for Sun Fist. Booster Gold will be proud!" he said to himself with a happy grin. Rev almost forgot that the robots were the minions of an evil genius trying to take rich hostages and decided to hold his celebration until the scumbag was behind bars. He jumped high into the air and looked around for his target as well as listening with his super hearing.
"You can't hide from the justice of Sun Fist evil doer" Rev said his ears picked up on the sound his quarry.
Alias - Sun Fist
Age - 16
Sponsor - Black Lightning
Personality - Energetic, tenacious, and stubborn
Experience - 1 year
Powers -
Superhuman strength: Rev can lift up to fifty tons.
Superhuman speed: His top speed is mach 1.3
Superhuman agility: Rev is incredibly agile and is insanely dexterous.
Super Jump: He can jump up to a max of five hundred feet in the air.
Heat Vision: Rev can fire off beams of heat from his eyes and the size of the beams can vary depending on the amount of energy put into it.
Solar Mode: This power lets Rev release a huge surge of solar energy, which increases the strength of his powers by a large amount. However this ability will drain his energy reserves extremely quick and will tax his body with incredible pain. Right now in this stage of his life, Rev can only use it once before being almost completely drained of strength.
Bordan Rao: Rev is a skilled practitioner of the Kryptonian martial art of Bordan Rao. Bordan Rao is similar to the earth martial arts known as Karate and Kung Fu. The martial art focuses heavily on quick strikes as well as bodily and mental control. The physical demands of the fighting style makes it very difficult to master and learn. Each technique is modeled off of Kryptonian mythology and their names are based on mythical figures.
Weaknesses - like all Kryptonians, kryptonite is highly toxic to Rev and will slowly drain him of his powers. Red sun light can also slowly take away his abilities and he has no special defense against magic.
Appearance -
BRIEF Bio - Rev Em was born on krypton fifteen years before its final fate to a military family. For as long as he could remember Rev had always had a deep desire to fight and train in the martial arts of Krypton. His dad was a decorated veteran of the Kandor army and Rev was proud to be his son. At the age of five Rev started training in the martial art known as Bordan Rao and found himself to be a natural at it. For ten years he trained hard and worked hard to get into the military academy of the Kryptonian army.
Things changed when the planet began to experience severe seismic activity and Rev heard stories of a scientist named Jor El talking about the planet's destruction. Many chose not to believe him, but his parents were the few that did. His father wanted his son to live on and had a space ship built for him to escape in. Rev didn't want to leave his parents behind, but his father insisted and he reluctantly fled the planet as it exploded. Unfortunately the force of the blast caused his stasis chamber to malfunction and he was put into stasis for years and the ship was flying aimlessly through space. Many years later when the ship passed into earth's solar system, his ship's computer overrode the stasis system and Rev was awoken from his slumber.
When his ship entered earth's atmosphere he took in the sight of the lush green world before him and he wondered what this new world would be like. Rev's ship crashed into the ground causing it to be destroyed and he had expected to die in the crash, but to his surprise he found himself to have survived and basically unharmed. Now in a world he didn't know, Rev decided to see what the earthlings were like. Eventually he found his way to Metropolis and ran into Superman a fellow Kryptonian.
He explained to the hero his story and the Man of Steel decided to let him go to a hero who he thought would take Rev under his wing so that he could train in how to be a hero. He went to Black Lightning to learn the arts of crime fighting
Notes - Black Lightning has been his mentor since he came to earth
Sample Post
[ACTIVATE THEME MUSIC!]
Rev moved in his fighting stance as he was surrounded by at least eight dangerous looking robots. He had his palm stretched out towards a robot facing his direction and Rev's face was calm and collected with a smile.
"Evil robots. Your path of destruction stops here! The Great Sun Fist will end your reign of terror upon this city!" he declared with a great deal of passion and courage. Ever since Rev had taken up the career of a teenage hero with the veteran crime fighter Black Lightning, his life has taken a more exciting turn.
Unlike dark heroes, Booster Gold was a fun guy and made sure to keep Rev's look on life positive. The electric controlling hero helped him move on with his life from Krypton and embrace his future on earth. It was hard for Rev to learn to control his powers at first, but thanks to his training in Bordan Rao it didn't take too long to getting the hand of them.
Right now he was dealing with an attack on Metropolis while both Superman and Booster Gold were away with the league and the two heroes had tasked him with taking care of the city while he was away. This was his first time doing lone hero work without veteran supervision and Rev was nervous deep down, but he made sure to not show it in his work.
Each of the robots had long metal blades extend out of their limbs and then proceeded to attack him simultaneously attempting to impale him. Before they got within mere inches of his body, Rev disappeared in a blur of speed. This confused the robots and they stood their confused unsure of where their target had gone.
"Hay metal brains! Up here!" the machines looked up and saw that Rev was somersaulting nearly fifty feet in the air above them. Rev dropped down from the sky and slammed his foot into the head of a robot and shattered it. The other robots moved to try and stab as he was taking down the first machine, but once again Rev vanished from view causing more confusion.
He then appeared behind another robot and drove his fist through the droid's chest region causing it blow out smoke and sparks of electricity. Rev wrenched out his fist from the metal terror and jumped back away from the remaining six robots and stared at them with focused and determined eyes.
"Time one of my signature techniques!" he said and got into a relaxed battle stance with his hands flat. He waited for his enemy to make the first move and it wasn't a long wait. All six robots went on the attack and charged at him with their blades ready to try and slice him to pieces.
"One Thousand Fists of Rao!" Rev moved at blinding speed and unleashed a hailstorm of supersonic punches upon the machines. His movements were too fast for the robot's to process to defend themselves and Rev made quick work of them by smashing them to pieces. When the technique was finished Rev stood in front of the wrecked remains of his foes and he smiled at his accomplishment.
"Another victory for Sun Fist. Booster Gold will be proud!" he said to himself with a happy grin. Rev almost forgot that the robots were the minions of an evil genius trying to take rich hostages and decided to hold his celebration until the scumbag was behind bars. He jumped high into the air and looked around for his target as well as listening with his super hearing.
"You can't hide from the justice of Sun Fist evil doer" Rev said his ears picked up on the sound his quarry.
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@Weird Tales KL already made Superman's sponsored hero...
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I changed it to Booster Gold
I'll see about getting a CS up for this.
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With a lot of the interested parties being new to the site I'm going to ask that a Sample Post be added to the end of each CS.
Everybody's gonna have to write something including myself. This is just to make sure everyone is up to par. I don't shoot for perfection and make errors myself on occasion, but a couple paragraphs and some dialogue minimum for each post in-game as well as the sample post. I don't want a response post to another players' post consisting of a three sentence paragraph with a long run on sentence somewhere and a single line of dialogue in response. I'll make note of this addition to the CS requirements in the opening post. I'd also like to put this out there...
Until Character Sheets are finished down to the Sample Posts, and approved, you can apply with any sponsor you've got your heart set on except for the one I'm using [Superman]. Just because somebody calls dibs and posts a CS first doesn't mean I'm jumping the gun and accepting everything as is. If two people wanna apply as a Kid Flash, then have at it and I'll see which is the better CS. Until it's approved, all the sponsors are still on the table. Don't settle for another sponsor because of somebody else's sheet unless it's been approved.
That is all.
~KL~
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@The Kid Lantern I've added a sample post. I could continue it if necessary, however I believe it's more than long enough for the standards of casual roleplays and it includes dialogue as per request.
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@The Kid LanternAdded my sample.
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@Burning Kitty Poor Xena, she's going to have Mommy Issues.
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A C C E L E R A T E
Name: Rufus Charlie Spectre
Alias: Accelerate
Age: 18
Sponsor: The Flash
Personality:Driven, Intelligent, Obsessive
Experience: Two years
Powers:
Kinetic Manipulation:
Unlike the Flash and his fellow speedsters Rufus is not connected to the speed force. His abilities comes from his metegene and he is able to generate, amplify and manipulate kinetic energy around and within himself. Using this energy to perform a large amount of superhuman feats.
Super Speed:
His most notable use for his kinetic manipulation is his speed. He generates and absorbs kinetic energy at all times, using it to increase the vibrations within his cells and greatly increasing the work load his cells can handle allowing him to move at super human speeds. He's able to run at speeds reaching, and exceeding Mach 4.
Super Strength:
More akin to enhanced strength. Rufus's strength is above that of regular humans as to prevent his body from breaking into small pieces while moving at super speed. It's a biproduct of the massive influx of kinetic energy in his body.
Super Reflexes, Agility and Dexterity:
When the energy hits his brain all of his senses becomes hyper alert, allowing him to follow a speeding bullet with his eyes and catch it with his teeth. His superhuman dexterity is the product of him practicing his agility while moving at super speed.
Genius Intellect: Rufus can read at approximately 60 times the speed of the quickest readers of mankind. Allowing him to take in great amounts of information in no time. Thus he's a genius ranking among the smartest young minds in the world.
Super durability: Rufus heals no where near as fast as the Flash family, but due to him constantly absorbing and generating kinetic energy he is able to mitigate a lot of physical damage to his body, allowing him to feign super durability. He's been shown to be able to handle getting hit by Superboy in the face without breaking a bone.
Energy Management: While it is completely possible for him to use his powers to overcharge objects with kinetic energy to increase their durability or even cause them to become unstable, so unstable they would explode he rarely does that as he thinks it's highly unreliable. He can even use his abilities to generate a kinetic shield – or rather, to increase his own kinetic shield onto his surroundings, allowing him to shield allies. It is also possible for him to transfer some of his kinetic energy to another person, giving them a part of his power for a limited time.
Hero training: Rufus has been trained by the Urban Shaman of Hub City, The Question. Vic Sage taught him basic martial arts, detective work and interregation techniques. His training was mostly how to make sure to always use his powers to be a thorough as possible. Recon's the most important part of any mission. Information is key.
Weaknesses:
Winding up:
Rufus needs time to achieve the full arsenal of his powers. The longer a fight goes on, the more powerful he gets. He's severely weakened at the start of a fight, due to not having had a chance to generete, absord, or steal enough kinetic energy.
Fatigue:
Due to not having a connection to the speedforce, his power reserves are highly limited. Channeling kinetic energy drains him greatly and he often has to rest after a superhero outing. Consuming upwards two hundred thousand calories a day. Him being without a connection to the speedforce means he is unable to perform a lot of the feats members of the Flash family could.
Active Powers:
Rufus has to manually activate his powers. They are not always active. He is susceptible to being surprised, attacked while sleeping, etc.
Personality Traits:
Rufus is a smartass, superiority complex and convinced he does not really need a team. He believes himself smart and strong enough to not have to rely on others, and is as such awful at teamwork. He's quick to anger whenever someone challenges his authority or credibility and never admits to being wrong. Claiming to always hold the objective viewpoint, at times being a massive hypocrite.
Appearance:
His tunic was gifted to him by Jay Garrick, the only memeber of the Flash family Rufus can kind of stand. It's resistant to friction, and as such is one of the few articles of clothing Rufus can don while in costume. His hat is a cheap 20 dollar trucker hat he spray painted an A on, one of many identical ones he owns as he goes through quite a lot of them.
His goggles were a gift from his sponsor, they're a high tech piece of equipment. Armed with a Heads Up Display, GPS, Speedometer and Smart functionalities, making it possible to connect it to Rufus phone or communicator.
BRIEF Bio:
Born in Hub City. His father a blue collar worker, his mother died when Rufus was but a child. He didn't have an easy childhood, his father being a single parent and not particularly wealthy. Rufus turned to petty crime, joining a gang at 16 to help provide for himself and his father. He was caught by the faceless detective, given a thrashing by The Question, and as Question was gonna cuff him and haul him off to the cops, his powers showed for the first time, and he ran. Faster than he ever had before.
With his newfound powers, he got a new lease on life. He left his ways of petty crime behind. Using his new abilities to finish top of his class in high school a year too early, and getting accepted into the finest colleges while working as a super fast hero on the side. While using his powers, he attracted the attention of The Question, once more and become his student, learning the ways of crime fighting from the Big City Shaman.
Notes:
Jay Garrick, the aging Flash tried to recruit Rufus, but the young man's dislike of the Flash family meant he would not be joining their merry men of speedsters. Question taught him all he could, but at the end of the day, Vic's just a man, nothing more and nothing less. He could not teach him about speed or the physics behind his powers, and once the Hub City Speedster made a big enough name for himself, The Flash, Barry Allen, got in contact with him, trying to put himself in the young man's good graces.
Rufus begrudingly follows Flash's directive from time to time, they're far from student and teacher, or partners, and even farther from being friends. But Rufus does recognize that there are certain things The Scarlet Speedster can help him with, and if it comes at the price of living in symbiosis with the crimson comet, he will have to bite the bullet.
SAMPLE POST:
The car bumped on the dirt road, a pot hole had been the culprit. The truck kept going without much of a hitch. The driver's head turned behind them as the sirens were heard behind them. A sports car blew past them followed by four police cruises. The driver looked at the passenger and scoffed. "You gonna catch that?" He asked. The man's name was Harvey, and next to him was his son, Rufus.
Rufus nodded. "I probably should, shouldn't I?" he looked at his dad whom pulled the car over. "You have a disguise?" And Rufus shook his head.
"Neh. I would only need that if they actually could get a look at me." His dad smiled
"Take this." He said, handing Rufus the yellow trucker hat and the black shades. Rufus took them and looked back at his dad.
"Cheers pops." He said, putting on the hat and the shades, the turned the cap around on his head a bang of his hair poking out of the cap as he took off a cloud of dust being left behind him.
"Damn that kid's fast." Harvey said to himself, scoffing.
Following the sound of the sirens Rufus soon caught up to the cops, the three minute run had given him enough juice to easily outrun the sports car. The black and yellow streak his clothes left as he sped by the police cruises letting them know that their job was finished. Speeding up next to the driver's window, Rufus sent his fist through the window, knocking the driver unconscious. He unlocked the door and opened it, getting in he pushed the knocked out driver to the passenger seat and slowed the car down to a skidding halt. As soon as the car had stopped he vanished in a blur again, not before leaving a burning A in the hood of the car with his hand.
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Well that's seven characters, almost a full roster and no competing apps yet!
May the odds ever be in your favour!
May the odds ever be in your favour!
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I'm gonna go ahead and start going over completed CS's again with Sample Posts. If there's any problems with the CS or Sample Post you'll get a PM from me. Thank you all for your interest in the RP, it's my hope to make the best ten person group possible. Nobody's playing favorites, and everyone will be treated equally no matter the number of posts you currently have or how long you have been active on the forums. I just want a good reliable cast of players who're gonna make this Young Justice RP as memorable as the first [that was really a three game series].
I'm getting my Sample Post finished as well. I'll check back in with everyone in a bit!
~KL~
I'm getting my Sample Post finished as well. I'll check back in with everyone in a bit!
~KL~
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You face a true daughter of the Amazons this day, knave! Put down that purse, and pray to mighty Zeus that I grant you mercy!
Name
Nike, daughter of Hippolyta
Alias
Wonder Girl
Age
17
Sponsor
Wonder Woman
Personality
Headstrong, compassionate, honest
Experience
Full seventeen years training as an Amazonian, eight months as a superhero
Powers
- Super strength.
- Super speed.
- Super reactions.
- Super durability.
- Super stamina.
- Decelerated aging.
- Enhanced martial skills, with an emphasis on sword fighting and archery.
- Physical stats increase when gripped by ‘the Red Mist’.
Weaknesses
- Headstrong, and arrogant about her abilities. Can lead to her making easily avoided tactical mistakes.
- Loss of control during ‘the Red Mist’ can see her lash out at friends and allies.
- Mistrusting of men.
- Many of her father’, Herakles, enemies often think to hurt him by striking at her. Can be seen as a magnet for trouble.
- Little understanding of ‘Man’s World’, or its workings.
BRIEF Bio
Since he was born so long ago, Herakles life has gone in cycles. The cycle goes crime, punishment, then redemption. That’s how it’s always been. That’s how it always will be. Crime, punishment, redemption. He is as much victim of this cycle as anyone else. Perhaps this, more than any other reason, is why Queen Hippolyta forgave the demi-god for his past wrongdoings when her daughter Diana found him supporting their island of Themyscira, penance for his offences against her people. Whatever the reason for her forgiving him, the two eventually fell into an ill-fated and ill-advised relationship. It wasn’t to last though, and it wasn’t before long before the God of Strenth left the Queen of the Amazons, in search of adventures new.
Little did he know that Herakles had left Hippolyta with a gift to remember him by: a daughter. The first child born on Paradise Isle since Diana herself. Many of the Amazonians who had yet to forgive Herakles were incensed at this turn of events, even if the father had no inkling as to the child’s existence. They insisted that she be exiled from the island. However Hippolyta overruled the dissidents, and declared that her second daughter, who she named Nike, would indeed live upon Paradise Island as one of the Amazonians. Yes, there were grumblers, but most were wise enough to keep their grumblings out of earshot of the Queen.
For the next seventeen years Nike was raised by not just one mother, but a whole island of them. Nearly all of Themyscira’s inhabitants loved her, and were more than happy to work together in raising the Amazons youngest daughter. Philosophy, science, arts, war, she was trained in it all, though truth be told it was the martial disciplines that interested her the most, with many noting that was a trait clearly inherited from her father. Whatever the reason, Nike excelled at combat, and longed for the day that she could swap training swords for true steel, though she imagined that day would still be years away.
So imagine her surprise when her sister and mother approached her one day, and asked her to travel with Diana to man’s world, to help her in her fight against crime and injustice, to join her in her crusade for peace. At first Nike was hesitant, wishing to remain on the Paradise Isle with the other Amazons, but eventually Diana and Hippolyta convinced her that travelling into the unknown world around them would be an adventure like no other for the young woman, and would give her many opportunities to test her mettle against foes both powerful and numerous. They appealed to her warrior’s pride, and she was quickly all too eager to leave.
For several months she served as Diana’s second, lending her any and all aid in pursuing justice, while also learning valuable lessons about being a hero from her older, more experienced sister. It wasn’t enough though, not according to Diana. Man’s world was so different from Paradise Isle, and there were so many new rules to learn, codes of conduct that she struggled to make Nike comprehend. Eventually Wonder Woman realised that as an outsider herself, she would never be able to instil all the finer points about living in Man’s World to her younger sister. To do that, one would have to had lived there their whole lives, to understand the modern world as only one born and raised there would.
That was when the League decided to instate the Young Justice programme, and Diana knew just where her younger sister could learn those lessons, and make herself some friends in the process.
Little did he know that Herakles had left Hippolyta with a gift to remember him by: a daughter. The first child born on Paradise Isle since Diana herself. Many of the Amazonians who had yet to forgive Herakles were incensed at this turn of events, even if the father had no inkling as to the child’s existence. They insisted that she be exiled from the island. However Hippolyta overruled the dissidents, and declared that her second daughter, who she named Nike, would indeed live upon Paradise Island as one of the Amazonians. Yes, there were grumblers, but most were wise enough to keep their grumblings out of earshot of the Queen.
For the next seventeen years Nike was raised by not just one mother, but a whole island of them. Nearly all of Themyscira’s inhabitants loved her, and were more than happy to work together in raising the Amazons youngest daughter. Philosophy, science, arts, war, she was trained in it all, though truth be told it was the martial disciplines that interested her the most, with many noting that was a trait clearly inherited from her father. Whatever the reason, Nike excelled at combat, and longed for the day that she could swap training swords for true steel, though she imagined that day would still be years away.
So imagine her surprise when her sister and mother approached her one day, and asked her to travel with Diana to man’s world, to help her in her fight against crime and injustice, to join her in her crusade for peace. At first Nike was hesitant, wishing to remain on the Paradise Isle with the other Amazons, but eventually Diana and Hippolyta convinced her that travelling into the unknown world around them would be an adventure like no other for the young woman, and would give her many opportunities to test her mettle against foes both powerful and numerous. They appealed to her warrior’s pride, and she was quickly all too eager to leave.
For several months she served as Diana’s second, lending her any and all aid in pursuing justice, while also learning valuable lessons about being a hero from her older, more experienced sister. It wasn’t enough though, not according to Diana. Man’s world was so different from Paradise Isle, and there were so many new rules to learn, codes of conduct that she struggled to make Nike comprehend. Eventually Wonder Woman realised that as an outsider herself, she would never be able to instil all the finer points about living in Man’s World to her younger sister. To do that, one would have to had lived there their whole lives, to understand the modern world as only one born and raised there would.
That was when the League decided to instate the Young Justice programme, and Diana knew just where her younger sister could learn those lessons, and make herself some friends in the process.
Notes
- Nike is named for Nike, the Goddess of Victory, to signify the Amazonians triumphing over their hatred of Herakles and the ancient crimes he had committed against them.
- Nike wears Amazonian armour into battle, and wields a spear, sword, shield, and bow. Unlike Diana, none of her weapons are God-forged, though she would like some.
- Nike sometimes wonders if there weren’t other reasons that factored into her mother and sisters hasty decision to take her from Paradise Isle. The more she thinks on it, the more she thinks that the whole thing was incredibly rushed, with very little forward planning involved.
SAMPLE POST
The swords came together with a metal clang, sparks dancing as the blades scraped together. The two warriors grunted as their bodies slammed together, and they each jostled for position.
”I still don’t understand why I must join this group of children,” Nike growled through grit teeth as she used her free hand to grab the other fighters wrist, and tried to use that to leverage her opponents blade away. “I am a more experienced fighter than any of them. All of them combined, even.”
At that moment the other fighter reversed the grip that Nike was trying to complete, and used that hold to flip Nike up and over their shoulder, slamming the young Amazonian onto the floor. Before Nike could make another move her opponent’s sword tapped against her throat.
“Not so experienced that you couldn’t use a little more training.” A face came into view above her, a familiar face. Smiling, beautiful, dark locks framing an olive tanned face. The world knew her as Wonder Woman. Nike knew her as Diana, her older sister.
“Not fair, you’ve been doing this far longer than I.” A frown worked across Nike’s features, and if she wasn’t mistaken that just made Diana smile all the wider. “Besides, all that shows is I need more training from you. Help me up?”
Diana grabbed Nike’s outstretched hand and hauled her back to her feet, before wiping non-existent dirt from her younger sister’s armour. Nike squirmed at the fussing, forcing Diana’s hands away. The older Amazon grinned again at her younger sister, before hooking her foot under Nike’s dropped weapon and flipping it over to its owner. The young warrior caught it expertly, and dropped into a fighter’s crouch, though Wonder Woman didn’t look like she wanted to go back to sparring yet. Looked more like she wanted to continue talking. Great.
“I won’t suddenly stop training you, if that’s what you’re afraid of.” Said Diana, gesturing with her sword point casually. ”But I think that you would benefit having some friends of your own age. I have the Justice League, after all.” Nike’s face screwed up. Friends? With these inhabitants of Man’s World? Thieves and criminals. That was the calibre of people who lived in these lands. And Diana wanted her to make nice with them?
“I know that face Nike. I know what you’re thinking. They’re not all like that. Our adventures make you see them at their worst. I think it’s time for you to see them at their best. This team will allow you to do so. Please, join them. For me.”
Nike groaned aloud, turning her face up to the heavens. Hera, give me strength. Diana knew that she could deny her nothing, not when she asked like that.
“That isn’t fair. Emotional blackmail is a dirty tactic.” She groaned. Diana chuckled, deep and throaty, full of life and good humour. As well it should be, though Nike, seeing as the woman was getting her way. Again.
“All things are fair in love and war little sister. Does this mean that you will go to the Team?”
“Only if you can beat me.” Responded Nike, launching into another attack, sword a blur. The clashing of steel rang out alongside the laughter of the two sisters, the outcome of the fight, and Nike’s future, already settled.
”I still don’t understand why I must join this group of children,” Nike growled through grit teeth as she used her free hand to grab the other fighters wrist, and tried to use that to leverage her opponents blade away. “I am a more experienced fighter than any of them. All of them combined, even.”
At that moment the other fighter reversed the grip that Nike was trying to complete, and used that hold to flip Nike up and over their shoulder, slamming the young Amazonian onto the floor. Before Nike could make another move her opponent’s sword tapped against her throat.
“Not so experienced that you couldn’t use a little more training.” A face came into view above her, a familiar face. Smiling, beautiful, dark locks framing an olive tanned face. The world knew her as Wonder Woman. Nike knew her as Diana, her older sister.
“Not fair, you’ve been doing this far longer than I.” A frown worked across Nike’s features, and if she wasn’t mistaken that just made Diana smile all the wider. “Besides, all that shows is I need more training from you. Help me up?”
Diana grabbed Nike’s outstretched hand and hauled her back to her feet, before wiping non-existent dirt from her younger sister’s armour. Nike squirmed at the fussing, forcing Diana’s hands away. The older Amazon grinned again at her younger sister, before hooking her foot under Nike’s dropped weapon and flipping it over to its owner. The young warrior caught it expertly, and dropped into a fighter’s crouch, though Wonder Woman didn’t look like she wanted to go back to sparring yet. Looked more like she wanted to continue talking. Great.
“I won’t suddenly stop training you, if that’s what you’re afraid of.” Said Diana, gesturing with her sword point casually. ”But I think that you would benefit having some friends of your own age. I have the Justice League, after all.” Nike’s face screwed up. Friends? With these inhabitants of Man’s World? Thieves and criminals. That was the calibre of people who lived in these lands. And Diana wanted her to make nice with them?
“I know that face Nike. I know what you’re thinking. They’re not all like that. Our adventures make you see them at their worst. I think it’s time for you to see them at their best. This team will allow you to do so. Please, join them. For me.”
Nike groaned aloud, turning her face up to the heavens. Hera, give me strength. Diana knew that she could deny her nothing, not when she asked like that.
“That isn’t fair. Emotional blackmail is a dirty tactic.” She groaned. Diana chuckled, deep and throaty, full of life and good humour. As well it should be, though Nike, seeing as the woman was getting her way. Again.
“All things are fair in love and war little sister. Does this mean that you will go to the Team?”
“Only if you can beat me.” Responded Nike, launching into another attack, sword a blur. The clashing of steel rang out alongside the laughter of the two sisters, the outcome of the fight, and Nike’s future, already settled.
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All the Amazons are redheads.
Soulless heathens.
Soulless heathens.
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@Just The Wind Competing app, incoming.
@The Kid Lantern Looks like I got Nike up just in time then.
It was @Burning Kitty who applied with an Amazon, 'Wind just helped make the edited image [awesome job btw].
I think there were also two or three other people interested in making a speedster. Hopefully it means people will up their game.
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@Western Robot@Orange Juice@Weird Tales
Make sure to add a Sample Post so I can decide on approving them or not!
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You're both accepted. Stinger and Wonder Girl, as well as my Steel are currently the only accepted members.
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Make sure to add a Sample Post so I can decide on approving them or not!
@Just The Wind@BlackSam3091
You're both accepted. Stinger and Wonder Girl, as well as my Steel are currently the only accepted members.
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Sweet, now begins the adventures of Manbun and the two Hotties.
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I wanna point out that Rufus does not occupy the spot of a Kid Flash, and there would be a lot to gain from having the Flash Protogé be part of the ensamble next to Accelerate due to the latter's hostile feelings towards The Flash.
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IDK about a team with two speedsters though. The only other type of recruit I could see coming from the Flash would be something like your Kid Rogue in game's past.
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