Name: Gideon McNeal

Age: 22

Alias: The Super Name you go by

Tier: 4(?, maybe 3.5?)

Years Spent in LHA: 2

Appearance:

Gideon prefers to cover nearly his entire body due to his most notable physical trait, bioluminescent blood. This blood is luminescent enough to be able to see a dim yellow glow traced over his veins. Other than that, he has pale skin, stands at an even 6’ (~1.83m) and weighs 125lb (~56.7kg), and dark brown hair.

Personality: Gideon enjoys conversation, and his general knowledge of a variety of topics support this, and he could easily talk for hours depending on how interested he is in the topic at hand, he however is slow to talk about things of a personal nature. He shares little about his past and rarely asks about others besides the general pleasantries.

Gideon is an incredibly focused individual, and often finds a solution to many problems in his path though this often comes detrimental as any problem proven difficult can boarder on obsessive for him and usually forgoes other things to some extent such as sleeping or eating.

While he refutes being fazed by criticism or for lacking progress on anything, he is rather insecure and significant amounts of stress simply leads to him not thinking. When this happens, he simply acts on instinct for an amount of time before ‘snapping out’ of it.

Skills: A passive interest in learning a little about various things means he has some degree of knowledge of a variety of topics. While this tends to be of a trivial nature, some information he learned is actually useful however.

Basic medical care- Knows enough to do things like applying pressure and elevating wounds to slow blood loss

Logical- Causes always leads to effects, it’s just a matter of knowing what causes lead to what effects

Hobbies: Debating, Google-ing various subjects as it comes to mind, Armored Warfare in The Great War and WW2



Weapons: Not really, although anything in your hand can constitute a weapon if you know and are capable of doing damage with it.

Equipment: None

Fighting Style: Prefers sheer force over dexterity and agility.

Strength: Variable (See ability) but generally has the strength of up to 50 men

Endurance: Far more resilient to injury than most others, can withstand about 5 times the force of other humans before the skin is pierced or the bone breaks. If an injury is sustained, it can be healed rapidly (bones can fully reform in days, tissue reforms in hours, etc.) but only during extended periods of rest (the majority of energy expended in combat goes to the muscles and thus lives little for cellular regeneration and other functions). If enough trauma is caused, he will fall unconscious and eventually die if the opportunity to recover is not provided. Requires less sustenance and sleep than others and has gone nearly a week without sleep (to minimal negative effect) and regularly fasts for a day or two.

Willpower: Will almost never stop at accomplishing at any task before him, however he is mentally unstable to some degree and simply stop making conscious decisions if stressed enough. If this were to happen, Gideon will still attempt to accomplish his goal if possible, but may result in unwanted consequences due to accomplishing the goal taking absolute priority over anything else.

Speed: Is capable of sprinting about twice as fast as the average human due to being able to exert a disproportionate amount of force compared to body mass.

Reaction Speed: Slightly above a normal human’s speed.



Name of Ability: Rìastrad (Translates roughly to ‘Warp Spasm’)

Class: Physical

Character Theme: Incapacitation of hostiles through blunt force. No need for maneuvers or calculating tactics, just a fist to a face.

Ability Capabilities: Stress triggers a surge of various elements and chemicals that serve to enhance the strength similar to having a surge of adrenaline. While undergoing a Rìastrad, Gideons appearance changes slightly with the body distorting slightly and most notably with his blood glowing a brighter shade. The brighter his blood illuminates the stronger he becomes and coincidentally can serve as an indicator to his current state. At rest, the light emits at 6 lumens (about half light output of a candle and has been observed to emit up to 60 lumens and is theoretically capable of getting even brighter for an even greater increase to strength.

In addition, Gideon exhibits an unusually tough body structure. Close examination under a microscope shows a different cellular structure than other humans but, alone, is not enough to explain the structural integrity. While not capable of extraordinary regeneration in combat, he is capable of generating another mix of biological chemicals and compounds that promote bone density and cellular division among other miraculous properties and leads to vastly decreased time to recover from injuries sustained. Blood transfusions have not yet been able to show a similar affect in other individuals (In fact it seems to negatively impact the recovery of tested individuals) and so far only seems to work in Gideon’s body exclusively

Qualities of Ability: Simply put, he gains a disproportionate amount of force relative to his body mass. While one would think that an increase in strength would lead to an increase of muscular tissue or at the very least mass of some kind, that is not the case for Gideon.

Strengths of Ability: Like stated above, can punch really, really hard. Can take hard hits. Can regenerate outside of combat.

Weaknesses of Ability: Due to the variable strength, Gideon on occasion may use excessive force, or perhaps not enough. While repeated training and combat encounters has allowed him to develop a sort of sense for this, it is not refined enough for complete accuracy. While using not enough force can be easily resolved by getting angrier, for example, there have been several incidents where excessive force has caused what most describe as unnecessary collateral damage.

Limitations of Ability: Increased strength increases proportionately with stress, there are limits to how livid a sane individual can get. Due to his shaky mental stability, it is probable at some point he may ‘snap’ and reach higher levels of strength at the cost of acting more bestial, or according to instincts, than to morals.



Biograph: Instead of a History You Will have 3 Events that were presented in the News. Something that defines their heroics.

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Reputation: [what is their reputation with the community]

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Name: Giovanni "Gio" De Luca

Age: 22

Alias: The Silent

Tier: 3

Years Spent in SYNBAD: 5 years

Appearance

Most people would describe him as average. Average height, average build, average-looking face. In terms of appearance, that suits him just fine. When dressing casually, he tends to stick to t-shirts (mostly ones themed around cards), and blue jeans. He wears sneakers, and the occasional ball cap.


When out and about on official SYNBAD business, Giovanni dons the simple outfit of The Silent. A green cloak covers most of his body. His head remains uncovered, but he wears a huge animal skull over it, with the spine trailing down to the ground. This simple look is rather intimidating. He also wears bandages around his forearms.

Personality: Giovanni is a rather kind and open person. He likes making friends, and especially loves making others laugh. He can kind of come off as a bit of a comedian and a goofball, even if his humor shifts between normal, morbid, and sarcastic. However, when people get to know him, they'll see that he tends to be a bit of a realist, not having any idealistic tendencies about his expectations. He would rather not sugar-coat the truth of matters, even if the truth could traumatize someone. After all, fighting to survive in the wild for 10 years will do that to a person. It is because of his hardships that he would rather see everyone laugh. After all, laughter is the best medicine, is it not?

When it comes to interests is where most people see the most interesting face of Giovanni. After joining SYNBAD, he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. In conversations, he has issues picking up on body language, and will also be unable to control how loud he is at times. The best way to describe his social life is "active, but odd". He will occasionally go into a long-winded and one-sided speech on certain topics of given the chance.

Skills:
Quick Learner- Due to the unusal trait of his powers and his past, Gio is a quick learner, absorbing new concepts almost like a sponge takes in water.

Strategist- Gio is a very good strategist, capable of forming both long- and short-term plans. On top of that, he has learned to adapt his plans on the fly.

Improvisation- As stated before, Gio is able to improvise on-the-spot. This allows him to formulate loose plans that can accomdate for a variety of situations. However, extremely unexpected circumstances can catch him off-guard.

Hobbies:

Card Games- Perhaps as a direct side-effect of his power, Gio certainly loves card games. He especially loves TCG's, as they remind him of his own ability. He avidly plays, and attends tournaments when off-duty.

Reading- Gio loves books. Especially fantasy books. He is usually seen with a book in his hand when not on a mission.



Weapon: A simple dagger. It was gifted to him by his dad before he was killed by a pack of wolves. It seems to be magical, capable of channeling his powers into it.

Equipment:


Fighting Style
Gio's fighting style is reliant on what cards he draws. If he draws no attack cards, he cannot attack for a while [that current post]. If he draws no defense cards, he cannot block any incoming attacks.

Strength- His strength is limited at peak human level, although he has not attained that yet. However, he is certainly above the average when it comes to his strength.

Endurance- His ability to take a hit is quite surprising, given his stature. He can take most blows and come out just fine. However, he has nothing special granting him any particular armor or immunity (outside of his cards) to really strong people, or to weapons.

Willpower- 10 years of fending for himself in the wilderness has granted him an amazing ability to carry on despite the odds. When even his strength failed him, he kept going out of sheer determination and willpower. This has also granted him a resistance to mind-control. His mind is strong, and won't back down easily.

Speed- His worst physical trait. He barely ekes out average speed at best. While he has decent stamina, he won't be winning any running contests.

Reaction Speed- Thanks to having to think quickly on his feet, Gio has a rather respectable reaction speed. While the average person reacts to a visual stimulus in .25 seconds, he takes only about .15 seconds.



Name of Ability: Luck of the Draw

Classs: Magic- Card Magic (Relics and Potions are Magic- Equipment Usage)

Character Theme: Giovanni's first act is to always draw cards. From there, he begins to formulate strategies based on what he has drawn. This can range from an all-out offensive, to a purely defensive set of actions.

Ability Capabilities: With Luck of the Draw, Giovanni is capable of gaining several unique skills from his cards, Relics, and Potions. These abilities can be both beneficial and detrimental to him, or a mix of both.

Qualities of Ability-

• Gio is able to draw cards to use their effects in combat. This drawing action cannot be interrupted (except by card effects), and he doesn't even have to physically hold these cards.
• He can gain or upgrade cards by overcoming particularly tough trials, although he cannot exceed his maximum deck size.
• Deck Size can be increased after extreme hardships. In lieu of gaining new cards, Giovanni can also potentially gain a new Relic, which gives him passive abilities (good or bad).
• If he's lucky, minor trials may net him a Potion for his use.
• He draws 5 cards at a time, unless a card, Relic, or Potion lets him do otherwise
• Cards that he plays or discards go to his Discard Pile.
• When choosing cards, three random cards are selected. He can then choose to select one of them to add to his hand. Or, he can choose to not add any at all.

Strengths of Ability-

• His ability is very versatile, and can be used to great effect when the right card combinations are drawn. Relics can also grant him various boons, and Potions are great for sticky situations.
• He never runs out of cards. When his Draw Pile is empty, all the cards in his Discard Pile are shuffled back into his Draw Pile and cycle through again.
• His Cards can be upgraded. This allows them to either deal more damage, block more damage, grant more of an effect, or even cost less.

Weaknesses of Ability-

• His ability is completely random. He could draw exactly what he needs, or he could draw something he doesn't need.
• Some of his cards have certain keywords that make them situational. For example, Unplayable cards can't be played from his hand at all.
• Cards with the Exhaust keyword disappear for the rest of combat once played. Cards that are Ethereal disappear for the rest of combat if they aren't played.
• He can gain cards and Relics with negative effects. These are permanent, and cannot be removed.

Limitations of Ability

• The number of cards he can play is limited by his maximum Energy. If he runs out of Energy, he cannot play any more cards (except 0-cost cards), and must Discard the rest of his hand.
• What actions he can and cannot do (mostly attacking and blocking) are solely dependent on what cards he plays.

Theme Song: The Whims of Luck

Current Energy: 3
Deck Size: 12/15


Relics: 1
Ring of the Snake- Draw 2 additional cards at the start of combat

Potions: 0