@Dblade26 The Iron Fist after Danny Rand? Or possibly the one after that one? I'd LOVE to see it.

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Yeah, I'll do my best to make a good successor to Danny/successor to Danny's successor!

Character Type - Original

Name - Karoline Hope

Alias - Ghost

Age - 23 (50 chronological)

Social Class - Downtown (Changeable)

Allignment - Anti-Hero

Archetype - Inhuman/Cyborg

Powers - Karoline is a chameleon - in essence able to change her shape. Namely able to change her shape and form to anybody - this applies only to their appearance and not in essence their powers. Due to being a chameleon, she is also able to in-essence turn invisible as well.

Skills - Karoline has nearly four decades of combat experience, in unarmed, armed, urban and cyberwarfare. Her ability to hack is very methodical and rapid - able to easily overwhelm even the most experienced electronic-countermeasures. In those times, she has learned to blend in with the crowd, how to avoid detection, cover her tracks and also be an experienced hunter and detective.

Weaknesses - Karoline has no friends - and her life as cold-android has left her void of emotions, to the point that she has become more mechanical than organic. It has slowly over the years affected her ability to socialize, have anybody to rely on or be happy at all. While a robot in essence, her body is only on the level of an olympian at best - able to tolerate small-arms fire and fall from heights - but an armored tank she is not.

Arch Enemy - Depends on target...

Appearance:




BRIEF Bio -

Birth

Long ago, in 2049, when heroes were still somebodies to look upto and trust and the government hadn't fallen down the bit of decay and corruption. Karoline Hope was born. Or rather created by a brilliant scientist known as Dr. John Hope - he was the leading expert in robotics at the time. Namely - Karoline was the product of several years of breakthrough research in the fields of artificial intelligence, organs and robotics.

Her creator had wanted a daughter - but when his own biological daughter sadly was born as a stillborn, he had decided to create one himself. With DNA from his lost daughter - he had it cloned and mixed into creating Karoline-08. She was an amazing child back then - created to be a perfect synthetic variation of a human. Namely she was all but human in appearance and physical make-up. While her parts were different, she was still the same - by creation wise.

Over the years as Karoline grew - she learned to improve herself as any ordinary human. She grew to become, as strong and enduring than the toughest human, as fast and agile as the greatest athlete. In time, she also became a hero - in a time, where heroes were slowly but surely choked out by the Superhero Registration Act.

The SRA had become a team of superheroes in itself - modelled after the late Avengers Initiative. However, this one was under the control of designated UN Delegate - by the name of Joseph Huller. The man in question had been an ex-mercenary in service to the United States government. During these times - there was less emphasize on the moral and team-aspect and more on getting results. Most young heroes whom joined the SRA - were either chewed out or became much worse in both mental and physical terms. One of them was Karoline...

The SRA

She had started being a vigilante in her home-town, after her father retired. Namely after several high-profile cases involving vigilante actions causing massive damage - any and all heroes or hero-wannabees were forced to sign under SRA, like Karoline did. What none of the young heroes knew - was that Joseph Huller was a control-freak. In essence, each and every youngling had a set of 'fail-safes' installed within their bodies, upon if they became a liability they would be eliminated.

Karoline was one such individual - despite her likeability, eagerness and wish to do good; her dreams were shattered one by one. As Huller deemed her too unpredictable, unprofessional and not an 'asset'. By that point the SRA had become an almost glorified mercenary band - obeying orders from the UN through the US. But in essence, all the major officers had been former mercenaries - and all they cared about were results and getting it done. Not playing team, doing good or being a 'hero'. In Huller' mind - even the act of embarrasing the SRA was cause for termination.

After Karoline messed up a recovery of an alien refugee - she had succeded in getting her to safety - but embarrasing the SRA in such a way, that her status as an Agent was stripped from there. Despite her young age, of barely twenty-three - Karoline was demoted to termination. Due to her nature as a synthetic being - she wasn't awarded any legal rights in Huller' mind. He also thought her a liability to her robotic nature - and likely threat of being 'hacked'.

As such, with a push of a button - Karoline' synthetic heart was stopped and she was settled for disposal. Before that, she'd be disassembled and her parts used for improving the 'security and safety' of the U.N. Her father, however - had planned for such an occasion - when Karoline was ready to be disassembled, via a robotic-surgeoon - it triggered a terminator viruses embedded in her system. The lab where Karoline was scheduled to be disassembled - suffered a system-crash and due to a fire was burned to the ground. Her body was assumed burned...

Rise of a Ghost

The once cheerful and eager hero was gone - after Joseph Huller had killed the woman, back in the SRA HQ. Instead what remained was a Ghost - a person, whom completely broke ties with her humanity and in essence...became what the Head of the SRA had wanted. Karoline wanted revenge...she wanted justice...

Sadly...another hero would beat her to the punch - namely one hero by the name of Star-Fall. A former comrade of her team and best friend - had killed Huller, after the man had insulted his ability to lead her team and for causing the death of Karoline. Suffice to say, Huller never survived to reap his rewards - due to his death, the 'fail-safes' triggered. Namely killing off over several thousand young and aspiring heroes. The irony being...it was blamed on the superhero community.

In the following years, Karoline became what she was - a Ghost. Being neither a hero nor villain - she worked only for herself. Being neither the saint of the poor nor demon of the rich. She was always here and there - fighting for the plans of one supervillain and the other day - helping one eager vigilante against another crime. As the years passed and the world turned worse - Karoline become more cynical, she lost her old idenitiy. Able to take on dozens over the years - as she improved herself even further, than her creator and father had assumed.

Nowadays, there only exists the Legend of the Ghost. A fallen hero from a time, when heroes were something. She takes no sides - neither ally nor foe. Only thing known, is that nobody should be in her way...

Notes - Moral nihilist/cynic

Sample Post - The green-haired woman walked through the down-trodden streets of Downtown. Once ago, it might have been the suburb of a nice and expansive middle-class. Now it was nothing, of the once hopeful history of this place.

She didn't stick out, not the least - her appearance, was that of a simple 'street-worker'. Compared to the others, whom had various bolts, bits and glowing eyes with all rainbow colored hair. She looked rather normal by comparison. She saw many things happen, as she walked - an eager citizen, trying to stop a robbery...only to be shot by the owner, of whatever dirt shop he possessed.

A thug, robbing someone in view of ten other people - whom simply walked past and kept on moving. It was the new reality - as one idiotic, meat-bag tried to grasp at what he thought was a nice piece of flesh. The hand of Ghost - soon met him halfway, and simply shattered his bones underneath her titanium-grip and kept on walking. Nobody looked the way of the crying man in pain - nor at her.

This was the world of 2099 - a blight, that became the normality...

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Character Type - Original
Name - Nicholas Grey
Alias - THE Nicholas Grey, Greatest Racer of This Generation, Atlas Andes Sponsored Heroic Do-gooder
Age - 39
Social Class - Uptown
Alignment - Arrogant Good [GLORIOUS DEFENDER OF HUMANITY]
Archetype - Human

Powers -
Incorruptibly Pure Human Genetics - Nicholas Grey was born with some rare genes that have made him immune to being altered through scientific mutations, magical spells, or any other supernatural means. In short this means that Nicholas Grey is and will always be a human.

Skills -
THE Greatest Racer - Nicholas Grey is surely the best damn racer you'll ever have the pleasure of seeing, and he has a top-notch record in multiple fields of racing from drag racing, to track racing, to motocross racing, to off-road racing and so on. As such he is extremely skilled in operating vehicles of all sorts and driving them as fast as possible, and of course using a vehicle as a most dangerous weapon. He is also versed in performing maintenance on his own vehicles if his pit crew isn't around.

Celebrity - Nicholas Grey is, again, surely the best damn racer you'll ever have the pleasure of seeing who has a top-notch record in multiple fields of racing. Due to this he is a noted celebrity and as such is easily recognizable; which means Nicholas Grey a number of admirers, papparazzi, agents, stalkers and so on. With his social status Nicholas Grey can do things such as walk into classy restaurants without a reservation, go into filming studios easier, etc. as perks of his fame.

MacGyvering - To many people construction is a difficult task; this is not the case for Nicholas Grey. Nicholas Grey is quite adept at taking all sorts of bits and scavenged pieces from an assortment of objects, and with a workbench, can create unique and deadly gizmos from the simple spiked baseball bat to the more advanced plasma-flamethrowing motorcycle.

Corporate Sponsored - Nicholas Grey, as a famed racer, has his share of corporate sponsors. His most notable sponsorship is from an 'unhinged' Home Improvement/Outdoor Recreations Corporation, known as Atlas Andes. This corporation provides Nicholas Grey with tools, such as chainsaws, axes, two-by-fours, hunting/sport rifles, crossbows and other 'assorted improvised weapons' in return for Nicholas Grey shilling for them during his heroic acts of vigilantism, logos on his racing vehicles. And so Nicholas Grey fights off the villainous threats of man with the items provided by Atlas Andes.

Weaknesses -
Celebrity - Of course while being a noted celebrity is all well and good it does have its downsides. Nicholas Grey has his share of stalkers, his personal information is more likely to be spread around than someone without fame, and he has a personal reputation to uphold. Not to mention that he has to juggle this noble hobby of heroic vigilantism alongside his actual career of racing, with occasional film, TV, and commercial roles. It is safe to say there are a lot of routes a notorious villain could go to try to defeat Nicholas Grey.

Gloryhound - Nicholas Grey is a notorious gloryhound with a grandiose ego to match it. He is incredibly reckless when it comes to performing acts that would net him more glory and fame, and can easily be manipulated into courses of action by appealing to his ego and the fame he'd receive from them.

Human - Nicholas Grey, albeit a physically fit racer, is still just a normal human.

Arch Enemy - [For natural enemies they are generally rival racers and filthy non-humans] No Challenger Has Proved Themselves Worthy of Being seen as an Arch-Enemy.

Appearance - Nicholas has rather white skin, which compliments his dark blue eyes. Another notable feature is his black hair which goes all the way to the back of his neck, that is combed thoroughly (except when he initially takes off his racing helmet). He doesn't have any sharp facial features, and overall he looks like an average man. More often than not he is in his flame-retardant, black race suit leathers which are emblazoned heavily with the Atlas Andes logo.

BRIEF Bio - Nicholas Grey lived in an orphanage for a brief period of his life. It was surprisingly unremarkable, as he never had any traumatic encounters from gangsters or abusive staff. At the orphanage Nicholas Grey had a lot of freetime which he used to scavenge for interesting objects to make new and fun things out of to play with. Soon enough, this child was adopted into the lap of luxury by a lovely couple who lived Uptown. He lived well and often watched televised races, both standard and death matches, with his adoptive parents. It was then Nicholas Grey decided to become a racer and used all the resources at his disposal to become the greatest racer of this generation. He would soon begin to achieve his dream as he racked up win after win after win in multiple forms of racing. However he found himself introduced to a new purpose in life after some radioactive creatures attacked a casino he was relaxing after finishing a previous competition. He initially hid to save his own hide but was eventually bitten by the radioactive monster. Oddly enough Nicholas Grey was not altered to become such a creature; it was then he knew he could become a heroic vigilante the world needed. So he obtained a new sponsor to supply him with weapons for his crusade of justice, a film crew to follow him around as he performed acts of heroism, and thus began to juggle his career with the noble hobby of heroic vigilantism.

Notes - The curious case for Atlas Andes' Corporate Sponsoring of Nicholas Grey's heroic acts of vigilantism revolve around the fact that in 'Quarter Three' they were really badly in the red. Not wanting to risk going bankrupt and have their assets bought by a larger company, the Board of Directors accepted the Chief Marketing Officer's proposal for sponsoring an associate to one of his personal friends, Nicholas Grey.

He is currently engaged in the filming process for a Romantic Comedy called 'Jumpstart My Heart'; alongside this he is also preparing for another upcoming racing tournament.

Sample Post - The sun was setting upon the metropolis of Nueva York which just so happened to be blessed by the presence of THE Nicholas Grey. Lounging over the railings of the balcony from his Presedential Suite, a man with such exquisite tastes like Nicholas Grey would do with nothing less than that, he watched the traffic go by as less important people went about their routine. He was lodging in this hotel due to being close to the film studio, and more importantly the motocross track which he would soon dominate as was his nature. Performing a dramatic flourish with his left hand and flinging it up to the heavens, Nicholas Grey began to speak. "Soon you'll kno-" He paused in his mighty and bold performance of dialogue as he noticed his phone was ringing with the very classical tune of, 'Let's Make Lots of Money.' This ringtone belonged to Agent Donald's number. Sure it was just one of many agents Nicholas Grey had, but Donny always had the hookup for some nice and easy gigs.

Nicholas answered the phone, "Donny whatcha got for me?" Nicholas nodded his head, "Game Show huh? 'FIR' you say, how much?" Nicholas beamed as he did a celebratory fist-pump with his free hand. "Donny baby you make me so happy! OH any new media gigs to talk about my heroism against those "supernatural" criminal freaks and the countless leagues of gangbangers?" Nicholas nodded, "Schedule it for a Thursday. I'm busy the day you told me they wanted." Nicholas listened to his phone as he said "Well it was great talking to you. Keep getting me cash buddy!" With that he hung up the phone and headed into his room proper. Grabbing the remote he began flipping through channels until he caught the footage of his glory.

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So, where the hell could Rook work?

Due to Walker Sloan's alterations to the time stream, the Daily Bugle ceased to exist and the Daily Bugle building was the headquarters of Alchemax instead of the Bugle. After Spider-Man and the Spider-Man of 2099 successfully reverted Sloan's changes, the Daily Bugle came back into existence and the building returned to original form.

^Are we just not doing this? This seems like the weirdest thing; "YEAH THE NEWS CORPORATION, IS OUT GUYS!"

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So, where the hell could Rook work?

Due to Walker Sloan's alterations to the time stream, the Daily Bugle ceased to exist and the Daily Bugle building was the headquarters of Alchemax instead of the Bugle. After Spider-Man and the Spider-Man of 2099 successfully reverted Sloan's changes, the Daily Bugle came back into existence and the building returned to original form.

^Are we just not doing this? This seems like the weirdest thing; "YEAH THE NEWS CORPORATION, IS OUT GUYS!"

I'm only loosely basing this on the earlier Spiderman 2099 continuity. The Bugle will still exist complete with a jumbo-tron like on the Ult. Spiderman animated series, just futuristic.

If you've ever been to a giant theme park like Disneyland, corporate states in my eyes would be similar. Disneyland has it's own money, fire departments, police, and several restaurants, stores, etc.

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I'm only loosely basing this on the earlier Spiderman 2099 continuity. The Bugle will still exist complete with a jumbo-tron like on the Ult. Spiderman animated series, just futuristic.

If you've ever been to a giant theme park like Disneyland, corporate states in my eyes would be similar. Disneyland has it's own money, fire departments, police, and several restaurants, stores, etc.

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Yes, but that doesn't help that he'd be looking for work in 2093 and the Bulge comes back in 2099. So I am looking for a good solution for the mean time.

The Bugle never went away. At least in this.

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The Bugle never went away. At least in this.

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Oh! Okay! Woot! Back to history

C'mon people where are the reimagined cannons at? Nobody wants to put a 2099 spin on the Black Panther, Ghosr Rider, etc?

@AngelofOctober Make sure the CS fits the requirements list now in the OP of page 1.

I'll start going over the CS's already submitted sometime around lunch.

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Working on my spin on Daredevil, should be up tonight or tomorrow.

I generally listen to Glitch Mob when I'm writing futuristic stuff. I found this band the other day though when I went looking for some gifs to use for this. Totally what I'm using for a soundtrack LOL



In my head, this future is like a mix of the [lmao, I guess it was a couple years ago] 2015 future presented in Back 2 the Future mixed with Blade Runner in what I imagine to be the most badass Super Nintendo game like atmosphere possible. I'd also like to note many of the buildings and areas of uptown are reinforced with vibranium alloy and naturally more durable than most buildings in the earlier 21st century. So if a rampant wild hulk comes in from the Bad Lands and throws a car at such a building... it would absorb the impact without as much as a scratch and the thing would crumple and fall to the downtown areas below to cause whatever damage to those poor folks...

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Remember when I said he'd be up tonight or tomorrow? Yeah, I lied. Right now I just need to add bio and sample post and he should be done. Of course, that's gonna take a while for me to think of, but eh. Might also add another weakness because I feel like he might need another to better balance it out.
And no, that's not the guy who's playing the Flash as the appearance, the hell are you talking about?

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If you mean the sample, then I will complete that here soon. It's still a WIP.

@AngelofOctober No I mean you need to reformat it to meet the CS requirements as well. There's a lot of exposition where there doesn't need to be.

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I'm internally debating the kind of social class/lifestyle I want for my Iron Fist, whether he'd have inherited some form of the Rand Corporation and thus be on the richer end of things or not have access to it and wind up living poor and maybe homeless after arriving in Nueva York from K'un-L'un.

I was thinking maybe a third option, where Danny set up a division of Rand to monitor, research and assist potential Immortal Weapons-relevant goings on shortly before his death. Sort of like the Speedwagon Foundation in Jojo's if it involved magical kung fu instead of vampires or if Wayne Enterprises and Stark's occasional cover stories of funding and financially supporting heroes were actually true instead of their CEOs being the heroes.

Still, both of the other options have their advantages in terms of the feel of the character and what kind of stories might be easiest to get him involved in, so I thought I'd try and feel out what other people thought.

I'm working on a version of US-1, the old trucker comics. I was thinking of making him a courier-for-hire, one of the more common archetypes for wheelmen in cyberpunk settings.

Character Type - Cannon Inspired
Name - Massai White
Alias - Power Man
Age - 27
Social Class - Downtown
Allignment - Good
Archetype - Mutant
Powers -
Diamond Hard Skin: Like his grandfather, Massai has skin which is impenetrable to a degree; unlike his grandfather, however, Massai's skin is hardened beyond that of Titanium. His is hard as a diamond and can only be lacerated or pierced by substances as hard as diamond and of course anything harder than diamond.

Superhuman Durability: Because his skin is hard as it is, Massai can withstand most forms of gunfire, and even has a resistance to low grade energy based weapons. He can withstand extreme heats and colds, electric shock, etcetera. He can withstand falls up to ninety feet.

Enhanced Strength: He can lift a maximum of six tons.
Skills -
Smooth Talker: Massai has mastered the art of persuasion and rhetoric.

Intelligent: Massai has done his fair share of reading in a variety of subjects.

Brawler: Though lacking refinement, Massai is a fine brawler who is at home with brute force more than honed martial arts.

Connections: As a former bodyguard, Massai has greased palms and formed relationships with some of Nueva York's seediest business men an women.
Weaknesses -

Vibranium and Adamantium: They can cut him.

Hot headed: He reacts with great violence to indignation at times.

Women: He loves the ladies.
Arch Enemy - Depending on what we get in the villain department...
Appearance -
BRIEF Bio - TBA
Notes - TBA
Sample Post - TBA

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What does that mean?