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I think I'm going to go for a loose cannon vigilante with a healing factor. He'll mostly use his fists but have no mercy when going up against multiple enemies and break out a gun once in awhile.
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I'm doing a sheet for demigod who is a child of the titan Hyperion
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@Weird Tales We've got a demi-god/sharpshooter already accepted, and another player is essentially taking an angelic Superman type who can copy powers. There's tons of other archetypes I'm looking for to have some variety among the cast.
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Archetype: Vigilante
Name: n/a
Alias: Blueface
Age: n/a
Powers: accelerated healing factor
Weaknesses: taking too much damage will make his healing take longer, and his mental state is questionable.
Alignment: walking the line
Personality: mysterious, stoic, short-tempered, reckless, blunt
Appearance: see my avatar lol
BRIEF Bio: A washed up minor league baseball player… A cop who just got promoted to detective… A college kid who saw his sister get abducted… A homeless war veteran down on his luck… A mailroom worker at the Mountaineer Newspaper… Blueface could be anyone.
Potential Storylines:
Who is Blueface? – This will be an ongoing subplot as I’m not going to give him a secret identity from the start. I’m gonna pull a Shadow Hawk and rotate a few supporting cast members around the city to explore the setting and a few posts in I’ll decide which one will be under the mask. I’ll use this as a means to introduce some sandbox characters for the group to have access to such as minor superhuman criminals, organizations, etc. Villains will include Asylum, Ax Man, Heartbreaker, the Valentine Gang, and I’ll go into the J. Jonah Jameson type running the Mountaineer Newspaper.
Blueface Team-Up – Another more street level hero will cross paths with ‘Face and after a brief misunderstanding the two will go after a larger threat, the serial killer called the Ax Man. However there’s something odd about this one… and he and Blueface may have a history. Their powers and skills are nearly identical.
Notes: Equal parts Rorschach and Shadow Hawk. May be convinced to join a larger group of heroes later on. Now that I think about it he’s sorta like Will Eisner’s the Spirit…
Name: n/a
Alias: Blueface
Age: n/a
Powers: accelerated healing factor
Weaknesses: taking too much damage will make his healing take longer, and his mental state is questionable.
Alignment: walking the line
Personality: mysterious, stoic, short-tempered, reckless, blunt
Appearance: see my avatar lol
BRIEF Bio: A washed up minor league baseball player… A cop who just got promoted to detective… A college kid who saw his sister get abducted… A homeless war veteran down on his luck… A mailroom worker at the Mountaineer Newspaper… Blueface could be anyone.
Potential Storylines:
Who is Blueface? – This will be an ongoing subplot as I’m not going to give him a secret identity from the start. I’m gonna pull a Shadow Hawk and rotate a few supporting cast members around the city to explore the setting and a few posts in I’ll decide which one will be under the mask. I’ll use this as a means to introduce some sandbox characters for the group to have access to such as minor superhuman criminals, organizations, etc. Villains will include Asylum, Ax Man, Heartbreaker, the Valentine Gang, and I’ll go into the J. Jonah Jameson type running the Mountaineer Newspaper.
Blueface Team-Up – Another more street level hero will cross paths with ‘Face and after a brief misunderstanding the two will go after a larger threat, the serial killer called the Ax Man. However there’s something odd about this one… and he and Blueface may have a history. Their powers and skills are nearly identical.
Notes: Equal parts Rorschach and Shadow Hawk. May be convinced to join a larger group of heroes later on. Now that I think about it he’s sorta like Will Eisner’s the Spirit…
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Interested. I'm thinking big man status, like Juggernaut. But! With a more interesting personality.
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Well I am working on a fire manipulator and a vigilante or corporate ties type with telekinesis. I already have details CS's for them which i would need to adjust it setup a little bit for this RP's CS sheet.
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Well, my labor of love on this character is complete!
Appearance
Name
Kenneth King
"My bestfriend says it makes me sound like a preschooler, but you can just call me KK, or K for short, but only maybe Kenny!"
Kenneth to strangers, Kenny to his family, KK for friends, K when he wants to be mysterious, and Ken Doll only to his boyfriend. Earnestly, Kenneth's name is in no short supply. In fact, he shares that, a bright smile, and a handshake or (preferably) hug with anyone around him for more than a moment. For a long time, his name was between Elijah and Adam, and he wonders sometimes how different his life would be. Names matter.
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Alias
Savior
"I've just been thinking a lot about that name, what it means for me; I just wanted to be called hero."
It wasn't a name he chose. 'Savior of the Day!' just happened to be the headline that stuck. It worked, it was accurate, sure. The best part of it, though? What it means. When he empowers his abilities & puts on his suit, he believes himself to be an immovable power for unstoppable good. He saves people. It's all he ever wanted to do, and now he actually gets to do it everday. It's real. It's not a dream anymore.
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Personality
The Innocent
ESFJ-A
"I confess, I just don't know how to not help people; that's not something in me."
Naturally (and supernaturally) a morning person, Kenneth gets up and goes about his life everyday with a few things. Principally above them all, a smile; to soften hearts, sow hope, to instill faith, and love humanity more than they love him. No matter who you are, where you've come from, or what you've done will stop Kenneth from coming to you in your hour of need. No matter the creeds a person's taken up, or chains Kenneth himself may have had to put them in, all are deserving of goodness and grace. While he's not tutoring a classmate, taking in another stray dog, or helping his moms with a bake sale, Kenneth doesn't know what he wants. Sometimes he thinks his heart is a well, and while it might always provide, it too shall always be a pit. No one could ever know that about the young hero though, so if he had to pick one thing? Just being. Not doing anything at all in the whole world with the boy he loves. Of course, every time, he can't deny his nature and be still with him for long.
Kenneth King
"My bestfriend says it makes me sound like a preschooler, but you can just call me KK, or K for short, but only maybe Kenny!"
Kenneth to strangers, Kenny to his family, KK for friends, K when he wants to be mysterious, and Ken Doll only to his boyfriend. Earnestly, Kenneth's name is in no short supply. In fact, he shares that, a bright smile, and a handshake or (preferably) hug with anyone around him for more than a moment. For a long time, his name was between Elijah and Adam, and he wonders sometimes how different his life would be. Names matter.
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Alias
Savior
"I've just been thinking a lot about that name, what it means for me; I just wanted to be called hero."
It wasn't a name he chose. 'Savior of the Day!' just happened to be the headline that stuck. It worked, it was accurate, sure. The best part of it, though? What it means. When he empowers his abilities & puts on his suit, he believes himself to be an immovable power for unstoppable good. He saves people. It's all he ever wanted to do, and now he actually gets to do it everday. It's real. It's not a dream anymore.
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Personality
The Innocent
ESFJ-A
"I confess, I just don't know how to not help people; that's not something in me."
Naturally (and supernaturally) a morning person, Kenneth gets up and goes about his life everyday with a few things. Principally above them all, a smile; to soften hearts, sow hope, to instill faith, and love humanity more than they love him. No matter who you are, where you've come from, or what you've done will stop Kenneth from coming to you in your hour of need. No matter the creeds a person's taken up, or chains Kenneth himself may have had to put them in, all are deserving of goodness and grace. While he's not tutoring a classmate, taking in another stray dog, or helping his moms with a bake sale, Kenneth doesn't know what he wants. Sometimes he thinks his heart is a well, and while it might always provide, it too shall always be a pit. No one could ever know that about the young hero though, so if he had to pick one thing? Just being. Not doing anything at all in the whole world with the boy he loves. Of course, every time, he can't deny his nature and be still with him for long.
Alignment
Lawful Good
Hero
"This shouldn't even be a choice."
Kenneth just doesn't get evil. What's the point of anything if everything is chaos around you, and you're the one who caused it? Neither can he tolerate it as a means to the end. Justice may not always be beautiful, but it must always be good. This is to say that he believes himself the jury in the long trial of life. He wants the truth. He wants to see the good in people. He wants to know he did something good. Kenneth also wants it done right. There has to be a way to order even good, or it becomes a wanton witness to the world rather than a defender of it. So, yes, maybe Kenneth's judgment may fall, but his testimony for the same individual with rise above it all. With every breath, Kenneth will capture every good in his palms, refuse to lay his eyes on the bad or ugly, and will face it all with a smile. If he's learned anything in his four years of duty, it's that a smile saves the day every time. Not the collateral saved from damage, not how many lives you whisk away in your arms, or how big the monster you fell, and especially not the story told after. If he can't even smile, what can he do for anyone? Soon after his debut, and to this day, Savior is known as the Smiling Hero, for all who've seen him in action can attest he'd charge through hellfire to keep it that way.
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Archetype
Everyman (Wildcard)
Demi-God
"I'm just a boy from Queensville."
When Kenneth dons his glowing, white suit—with it's red S within a heart and over his own—he wears the legacy of higher beings as a mantle. He honors their legacy, but he declined the opportunity to be one of them years ago once they found the power had awoken in a new vessel. Instead, he leans on his mentor & once holder of such power, Amaterasu, to shape him into the ultimate guardian. Even still, he must balance his natural abilities along with his stolen gift. Along with his identity. Despite all the power within him, the monsters he's slayed, and the people he's saved, he's still stuck at fifteen years old just wanting a simple life that'd be good to others. Maybe it's just easier, or maybe it's the hardest thing he'll ever do, but he won't let go of anything or anyone he's been with in life. He wants it all. That is what makes him strong.
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Power
Power Mimicry
"I like chameleons, but I always considered myself more a unicorn."
Awoken within him while trying to save the life the dying hero, Amaterasu. Both of Kenneth's natural abilities were at their absolute peak the first time they triggered, yet—to only his & her knowledge—they've never been the same again. While still carrying her powers as a default, he must now switch between sets of powers he's mimicked within the last twelve hours. His vector of this copying comes from those he directly came into physical contact with. Diminishing as it is, every time he copies a new set of powers he must take longer cool-downs, the abilities last shorter, and his version of their powers grow weaker and weaker. Even Amaterasu' powers are finally starting to fade in increments. It's his most well guarded secret and greatest fear of the inevitable day when he no longer can be considered super.
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Power Absorption
"I don't enjoy you on your knees, but I will bring you down if I must."
Kenneth can drain the life-blood of the supernatural abilities within others, empowering himself while they are rendered weak or powerless if allowed. The caveats are not only a physical contact requirement, but since their peak at his first use of his abilities, he can no longer use his Power Mimicry at the same time. Additionally, only the next set of powers will gain the boost. Besides this, depending on the raw power of he's absorbing decides how long he can hold it within him; the stronger the shorter.
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Weakness
Magic
"Okay, so Amaterasu did tell me, but I just remember it as pokémon types? Yeah."
The analogy isn't totally wrong. It just makes simple the incredibly intricate story of more than ancient forces, forgetten casters, and dead gods amongst a time long lost. In short, magic has so long since been the counter against the source of Amaterasu's power that it eventually became like poison to her kind. Because Kenneth's powers default to what once was hers, so does he share her weaknesses. Magical items weaken Kenneth, magical forces can bring him to heel, and the presence of true and pure magic could shorten his life. Mimicking another's set of powers does abate, but not negate this weakness.
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Morality
"I will never turn my face from the light within me and every person, but I will judge all darkness there too!"
Kenneth will fall for every trap, risk his life, sacrifice victory, or submit if it means he'll serve good. Because there's a difference between good done wrong or right, he does things by the book and the aforementioned is exactly how. In the absolute, it doesn't matter what feels good. There's only one truth to Kenneth. What is good is what's done right, does right, and will do right. Beneath his bubbly surface, the calm and the storm, is an unbreakable heart; even if bending could save his life.
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Diurnal
"Which, y'know, is a shame seeing as my generation doesn't sleep till midnight, and evil never does."
Amaterau's powers were bestowed directly from the first star to give life to a world; the first sun. As such, as long as her power shines within Kenneth, so shall this light's potence lie & rise with the sun of Earth. Which is not to say he's powerless as the moon is only illuminated by the sun, but rather his energy is finite and his endurance fainter.
Lawful Good
Hero
"This shouldn't even be a choice."
Kenneth just doesn't get evil. What's the point of anything if everything is chaos around you, and you're the one who caused it? Neither can he tolerate it as a means to the end. Justice may not always be beautiful, but it must always be good. This is to say that he believes himself the jury in the long trial of life. He wants the truth. He wants to see the good in people. He wants to know he did something good. Kenneth also wants it done right. There has to be a way to order even good, or it becomes a wanton witness to the world rather than a defender of it. So, yes, maybe Kenneth's judgment may fall, but his testimony for the same individual with rise above it all. With every breath, Kenneth will capture every good in his palms, refuse to lay his eyes on the bad or ugly, and will face it all with a smile. If he's learned anything in his four years of duty, it's that a smile saves the day every time. Not the collateral saved from damage, not how many lives you whisk away in your arms, or how big the monster you fell, and especially not the story told after. If he can't even smile, what can he do for anyone? Soon after his debut, and to this day, Savior is known as the Smiling Hero, for all who've seen him in action can attest he'd charge through hellfire to keep it that way.
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Archetype
Everyman (Wildcard)
Demi-God
"I'm just a boy from Queensville."
When Kenneth dons his glowing, white suit—with it's red S within a heart and over his own—he wears the legacy of higher beings as a mantle. He honors their legacy, but he declined the opportunity to be one of them years ago once they found the power had awoken in a new vessel. Instead, he leans on his mentor & once holder of such power, Amaterasu, to shape him into the ultimate guardian. Even still, he must balance his natural abilities along with his stolen gift. Along with his identity. Despite all the power within him, the monsters he's slayed, and the people he's saved, he's still stuck at fifteen years old just wanting a simple life that'd be good to others. Maybe it's just easier, or maybe it's the hardest thing he'll ever do, but he won't let go of anything or anyone he's been with in life. He wants it all. That is what makes him strong.
.
Power
Power Mimicry
"I like chameleons, but I always considered myself more a unicorn."
Awoken within him while trying to save the life the dying hero, Amaterasu. Both of Kenneth's natural abilities were at their absolute peak the first time they triggered, yet—to only his & her knowledge—they've never been the same again. While still carrying her powers as a default, he must now switch between sets of powers he's mimicked within the last twelve hours. His vector of this copying comes from those he directly came into physical contact with. Diminishing as it is, every time he copies a new set of powers he must take longer cool-downs, the abilities last shorter, and his version of their powers grow weaker and weaker. Even Amaterasu' powers are finally starting to fade in increments. It's his most well guarded secret and greatest fear of the inevitable day when he no longer can be considered super.
...
"I don't know why fate chose me to have this primal force within me, but I shall honor its law until the day the sun won't shine on me!"
From the now retired hero, Amaterasu who was first to witness and be afflicted by his abilities. Doctors still believe it was her brush with death that'd taken the heroine's powers, but both she & Kenneth know. She doesn't hold it against him, and in fact asked him to be her successor. He is now prince to the Primordial Sun, an entity one of the first born from the chaos long before life both divine or mortal, and before magic as well. History has been lost and no story to tell it could be true with how ancient it is. However, three things are common among those aware of the truth. There were Primordials, then Gods who sought power, and finally Humans who dared to claimed such power calling it magic. There was a war that's never ended, and the spellcasters consecrated their magic as a weapon. While magic on Earth may have been another story, Amaterasu was the last of her people from across the stars. When she finally fell in battle on Earth, the Primordial Sun agreed with her and deemed it right to take the weight of her ethereal crown as a heir, and give it Kenneth, who still doesn't know why. And so, the First Sun who gave rebirth to the Last Son. Amaterasu herself, a woman several hundred years old with the look of thirty, and once proud conqueror for light taught, and is still teaching him in be both wise and a warrior. She has her work cut out for her.
Super-Strength
Flight
Super-Speed
Which must be charged up
Heliokinetic Blasts
At the expense of stamina
Invulnerability
Unless magical in nature
From the now retired hero, Amaterasu who was first to witness and be afflicted by his abilities. Doctors still believe it was her brush with death that'd taken the heroine's powers, but both she & Kenneth know. She doesn't hold it against him, and in fact asked him to be her successor. He is now prince to the Primordial Sun, an entity one of the first born from the chaos long before life both divine or mortal, and before magic as well. History has been lost and no story to tell it could be true with how ancient it is. However, three things are common among those aware of the truth. There were Primordials, then Gods who sought power, and finally Humans who dared to claimed such power calling it magic. There was a war that's never ended, and the spellcasters consecrated their magic as a weapon. While magic on Earth may have been another story, Amaterasu was the last of her people from across the stars. When she finally fell in battle on Earth, the Primordial Sun agreed with her and deemed it right to take the weight of her ethereal crown as a heir, and give it Kenneth, who still doesn't know why. And so, the First Sun who gave rebirth to the Last Son. Amaterasu herself, a woman several hundred years old with the look of thirty, and once proud conqueror for light taught, and is still teaching him in be both wise and a warrior. She has her work cut out for her.
Super-Strength
Flight
Super-Speed
Which must be charged up
Heliokinetic Blasts
At the expense of stamina
Invulnerability
Unless magical in nature
Power Absorption
"I don't enjoy you on your knees, but I will bring you down if I must."
Kenneth can drain the life-blood of the supernatural abilities within others, empowering himself while they are rendered weak or powerless if allowed. The caveats are not only a physical contact requirement, but since their peak at his first use of his abilities, he can no longer use his Power Mimicry at the same time. Additionally, only the next set of powers will gain the boost. Besides this, depending on the raw power of he's absorbing decides how long he can hold it within him; the stronger the shorter.
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Weakness
Magic
"Okay, so Amaterasu did tell me, but I just remember it as pokémon types? Yeah."
The analogy isn't totally wrong. It just makes simple the incredibly intricate story of more than ancient forces, forgetten casters, and dead gods amongst a time long lost. In short, magic has so long since been the counter against the source of Amaterasu's power that it eventually became like poison to her kind. Because Kenneth's powers default to what once was hers, so does he share her weaknesses. Magical items weaken Kenneth, magical forces can bring him to heel, and the presence of true and pure magic could shorten his life. Mimicking another's set of powers does abate, but not negate this weakness.
...
Morality
"I will never turn my face from the light within me and every person, but I will judge all darkness there too!"
Kenneth will fall for every trap, risk his life, sacrifice victory, or submit if it means he'll serve good. Because there's a difference between good done wrong or right, he does things by the book and the aforementioned is exactly how. In the absolute, it doesn't matter what feels good. There's only one truth to Kenneth. What is good is what's done right, does right, and will do right. Beneath his bubbly surface, the calm and the storm, is an unbreakable heart; even if bending could save his life.
...
Diurnal
"Which, y'know, is a shame seeing as my generation doesn't sleep till midnight, and evil never does."
Amaterau's powers were bestowed directly from the first star to give life to a world; the first sun. As such, as long as her power shines within Kenneth, so shall this light's potence lie & rise with the sun of Earth. Which is not to say he's powerless as the moon is only illuminated by the sun, but rather his energy is finite and his endurance fainter.
Age
19
"I know I'm young, but I started this younger, and I promise you that I do my best."
Kenneth's formative years were spent under the wing of his eldest sister Karen, and under the kind gaze of his older brother, Kai. An athletic little tyke, he carried his love of running around and playing sports to school with him. He always had a joyful disposition, and this won over the many friends he came to have growing up. When puberty starting hitting around eleven, Kenneth slowly over the years began to realise that some of the guys he really wanted to "befriend" were actually crushes. When a bad boy half-mockingly flirted with him, at fourteen, he was enamored to discover said other boy was also half-serious. His life seemed to pick up from here as it was fifteen year old Kenneth who saved the life of someone he'd actually dreamed of meeting one day. From there, a scarlet s was emblazoned over his heart and everyone knew it. The following years were a flash of love, perill, hope, fear, faith, both chaotic order and justified recklessness. He made mistakes. He saved lives. He lost people along the way he thought would stick by him. Kenneth wouldn't trade any of it even for everything.
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Biography
Childhood
"We look different, we act even more so, but if we love one another, what does it matter?"
A dog, two parents, three children, and even a white picket fence painted the picture of Kenneth's home life. The lad doesn't have memories before he wanted to be a hero. His parents would be hard pressed to come up with a time either, and they had adopted him as an infant. From a young age he had a calling, and his parent's fostered what they deemed to be childish fanaticism with costumes and computer access to watch videos of his favorites online on repeat. Karen would tease him, Kai patiently listened to his rambling, but his mothers didn't have it in them to let the appearingly powerless hopes down. They knew wanted to be like them all. None more of his dreams than Amaterasu, the Sun on Earth Hero.
Adolescence
"You can't win this fight because I have a date tonight!"
Kenneth's mothers never had to wake up from his dreams because the world did. He was examined, cried himself to sleep, and the next morning picked up the broken pieces of his fantasy and blaze his own trail. Still with no manifested powers by the age of age of twelve, he figured if he couldn't be a superhero he'd be an everyday hero. No one was going to take this from him. He busied and buried himself with journaling about real heroes and ways to live by example, and then doing it. He didn't know who he was without that dream, and he would be damned before he found out. In that way he learned to be very stubborn and stuck his nose where it didn't belong, but always followed something stronger than anyone's gut. His heart led him through life, and it guides him still.
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Storylines
Neighborhood Savior
"I can't change the world if I let the world change me."
After saving legendary hero, Amaterasu's, life, and becoming Savior... not much changed really. Most of his generation was desensitized to heroes & the fanfare about them like of his grandparents, so the most he got was a few hundred Instagram followers and the respect of the elderly. He wasn't even verified on Twitter! Which, actually, suited him. Life was easy. Well, scratch that, there were now monsters of both the human and preternatural variety either coming for him or having to be stopped. Not to mention his very idol became his very own super-tutor on the weekends!
Yet every Monday, he still went to school. When he turned sixteen, he got the chummy nickname 'The King of McKing' for working there part-time, and just at the turn of nineteen did he move in with his highschool sweetheart.
Kenneth can't chose either side of him. He only knows how to be a both a hero and a kid at the same time, because the world didn't change, so neither did he. There was still right and wrong, and no amount of classes, power, freedom, or bills can change that. Outside of his control however is the fact that balance only last so long before the scales tip.
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Hand of the Man
"You know the rules! If I have to remind you they're more than words, my actions will."
Power demands order. That is the first thing Amaterasu taught Kenneth. It needs it or else it will consume absolutely. None can satisfy the lust for power, and few can resist it. Thus, those who can must make the rules. If everyone plays fair, how could anything bad ever happen? So what if someone's going to break them? If you do too you admit to being wrong, and standing proud in that is slope so slippery you didn't even notice you're falling. There's no need to fear however as Kenneth will be there to catch anyone who slips through the cracks whether they want to dug from the pit or not. When duty calls to serve his country like so, Kenneth's answer is already chosen. He will save them all.
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Fall From Grace
"How long do you think light can last if shadows surround it?"
Enough. If the world must survive off of one extreme to the next then Savior is about a world better. Literally. Kenneth is done fighting a perpetual war with his hands tied behind his back. The Primordial Sun chose him. He has celestial power coursing through him, and he's not going to give it up or give up on evil. If cosmic forces wanted him to return to them once, they'll take him again, and as he finds a way to the heart of their power it will be the same as when he returns: nothing will stop him. One universe, one order, one world at a time. Starting with Earth.
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Notes
19
"I know I'm young, but I started this younger, and I promise you that I do my best."
Kenneth's formative years were spent under the wing of his eldest sister Karen, and under the kind gaze of his older brother, Kai. An athletic little tyke, he carried his love of running around and playing sports to school with him. He always had a joyful disposition, and this won over the many friends he came to have growing up. When puberty starting hitting around eleven, Kenneth slowly over the years began to realise that some of the guys he really wanted to "befriend" were actually crushes. When a bad boy half-mockingly flirted with him, at fourteen, he was enamored to discover said other boy was also half-serious. His life seemed to pick up from here as it was fifteen year old Kenneth who saved the life of someone he'd actually dreamed of meeting one day. From there, a scarlet s was emblazoned over his heart and everyone knew it. The following years were a flash of love, perill, hope, fear, faith, both chaotic order and justified recklessness. He made mistakes. He saved lives. He lost people along the way he thought would stick by him. Kenneth wouldn't trade any of it even for everything.
.
Biography
Childhood
"We look different, we act even more so, but if we love one another, what does it matter?"
A dog, two parents, three children, and even a white picket fence painted the picture of Kenneth's home life. The lad doesn't have memories before he wanted to be a hero. His parents would be hard pressed to come up with a time either, and they had adopted him as an infant. From a young age he had a calling, and his parent's fostered what they deemed to be childish fanaticism with costumes and computer access to watch videos of his favorites online on repeat. Karen would tease him, Kai patiently listened to his rambling, but his mothers didn't have it in them to let the appearingly powerless hopes down. They knew wanted to be like them all. None more of his dreams than Amaterasu, the Sun on Earth Hero.
Adolescence
"You can't win this fight because I have a date tonight!"
Kenneth's mothers never had to wake up from his dreams because the world did. He was examined, cried himself to sleep, and the next morning picked up the broken pieces of his fantasy and blaze his own trail. Still with no manifested powers by the age of age of twelve, he figured if he couldn't be a superhero he'd be an everyday hero. No one was going to take this from him. He busied and buried himself with journaling about real heroes and ways to live by example, and then doing it. He didn't know who he was without that dream, and he would be damned before he found out. In that way he learned to be very stubborn and stuck his nose where it didn't belong, but always followed something stronger than anyone's gut. His heart led him through life, and it guides him still.
.
Storylines
Neighborhood Savior
"I can't change the world if I let the world change me."
After saving legendary hero, Amaterasu's, life, and becoming Savior... not much changed really. Most of his generation was desensitized to heroes & the fanfare about them like of his grandparents, so the most he got was a few hundred Instagram followers and the respect of the elderly. He wasn't even verified on Twitter! Which, actually, suited him. Life was easy. Well, scratch that, there were now monsters of both the human and preternatural variety either coming for him or having to be stopped. Not to mention his very idol became his very own super-tutor on the weekends!
Yet every Monday, he still went to school. When he turned sixteen, he got the chummy nickname 'The King of McKing' for working there part-time, and just at the turn of nineteen did he move in with his highschool sweetheart.
Kenneth can't chose either side of him. He only knows how to be a both a hero and a kid at the same time, because the world didn't change, so neither did he. There was still right and wrong, and no amount of classes, power, freedom, or bills can change that. Outside of his control however is the fact that balance only last so long before the scales tip.
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Hand of the Man
"You know the rules! If I have to remind you they're more than words, my actions will."
Power demands order. That is the first thing Amaterasu taught Kenneth. It needs it or else it will consume absolutely. None can satisfy the lust for power, and few can resist it. Thus, those who can must make the rules. If everyone plays fair, how could anything bad ever happen? So what if someone's going to break them? If you do too you admit to being wrong, and standing proud in that is slope so slippery you didn't even notice you're falling. There's no need to fear however as Kenneth will be there to catch anyone who slips through the cracks whether they want to dug from the pit or not. When duty calls to serve his country like so, Kenneth's answer is already chosen. He will save them all.
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Fall From Grace
"How long do you think light can last if shadows surround it?"
Enough. If the world must survive off of one extreme to the next then Savior is about a world better. Literally. Kenneth is done fighting a perpetual war with his hands tied behind his back. The Primordial Sun chose him. He has celestial power coursing through him, and he's not going to give it up or give up on evil. If cosmic forces wanted him to return to them once, they'll take him again, and as he finds a way to the heart of their power it will be the same as when he returns: nothing will stop him. One universe, one order, one world at a time. Starting with Earth.
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Notes
"So, yeah, this is my life. Work in the morning, write during the day, and juggle schoolwork and a social life at night. Savior on the other hand...?"
A news blog by and about himself. He always did love keeping note of the lives & stories of other heroes before he became one. Saving photos wherever he could find them online eventually led him to taking them himself. Even now, he takes any excuse with his heroic colleagues to fan over them & beg for tales, tips, and tricks! Though of course this makes the champion of the Sun on Earth the fanboy at the adult's table.
A news blog by and about himself. He always did love keeping note of the lives & stories of other heroes before he became one. Saving photos wherever he could find them online eventually led him to taking them himself. Even now, he takes any excuse with his heroic colleagues to fan over them & beg for tales, tips, and tricks! Though of course this makes the champion of the Sun on Earth the fanboy at the adult's table.
Project: EMPYREAN
Target Archetype:
Cosmic
Name:
Dr. Buckley O'Hara
Age:
Muddy, we know he's at least 48 years but his mind is ancient.
Powers:
Astral Projection - Dr. O'Hara's main mode of transportation on the Material Plane, able to peer into the tapestry of reality and apparate in the exact spot of his choosing. While in the Astral World he's little more than an apparition, haunting locations and watching the world with aloof interest. Occasionally speaking to passersby, inducing hallucinations, or engaging in minor poltergeistic activity.
Immortality - With a capital I. In the few times we've had to use lethal force to attempt to banish a manifestation of Dr. O'Hara it's only succeeded in banishing him temporarily, with the longest banishment lasting 13 years and the shortest being 4 days.
Matter Manipulation, Abstract - Dr. O'Hara's ability to manipulate the forces of the universe is both incredibly vast but at the same time completely scattered, restricted in their scope by his incomprehensible worldview and mental state. In one instance he could be completely harmless, as dangerous as any other athletic male, while in another he's able to conjure parlor tricks and dazzling illusions. Yet, in another still, he's converting some unfortunates bones into molten iron, inverting trucks, and muttering words that cause the paper to burn when transcribed.
Manifestation - Dr. O'Hara has been shown to manifest physically on occasion. These manifestations are distinct from one another and are assumed to represent Dr. O'Hara's mental state during peak times in his Odyssey across space and time.
- The Astronaut - Embodying Dr. O'Hara's wonder during the early part of his journey, The Astronaut appears in places where the mood is generally high. Recorded sightings in many festivals, fairs, concerts, and carnivals across the world. Dr. O'Hara during these times is noted as being in particularly high spirits, using his abilities to create dazzling fireworks displays and convert gravel, plastic, or metals into complex geometric shapes from his gloved hands as gifts. However, the greater aspect of this manifestation is its ability to filter perceptions upon its form. Specifically, no one questions that a stranger in a spacesuit is around them, conjuring miracles like Jesus. Passersby just assume they are part of the show in most recorded cases. In all recorded cases it has been shown that The Astronaut is completely benevolent towards humanity, content to share in the sights and wonder that the universe has to offer.
- The Molding - A fairly rare manifestation, The Molding represents Dr. O'Hara's death. More precisely, the aspects of relating to his consumption of the illicit substance "Magic Mushrooms" shortly before and the short-lived, but rampant, cycle of life and rebirth that took place in his body as it decomposed. Appearing in dark, humid places as a decomposing, skeletal corpse in a spacesuit overgrown with unnaturally large mushrooms. From the moment the manifestation starts the growth starts to expand, growing on concrete as readily as it would mulch or dirt. If left undisturbed the growth could overtake a home in a month, rotting it from the inside out for more nutrients as it saturates the crowded area with spores and mushrooms. When jostled in any significant manner the mushrooms release a payload of mildly toxic spores, causing massive hallucinations. During these hallucinations, it seems Dr. O'Hara can be interacted with answering questions with visions, feelings, and burning symbols. Mushrooms can be removed and dried for a more potent effect, granting sights and perceptions of the universe incredibly beneficial for the pursuit of science at the cost of ones sanity... eventually.
Jostling the corpse at all is enough to banish the Manifestation, the suit bubbling into goop and disappearing into the ether. Without his presence to support their growth, the mushrooms quickly collapse on themselves, turning into a decomposing slurry not soon after. Sites host of an instance of The Molding end up with either incredibly fertile earth or a rank smell that will never wash out. - The Wizard - The rarest manifestation by far, The Wizard manifests when Dr. O'Hara to devote his full attention and reign in his eccentricities to accomplish some task.
- The Man -
Weaknesses:
- Banishment - For as powerful as Dr. O'Hara is, at the end of the day, he's a fragile corpse, held together by will and a suit. Jostle it over and poof, gone. Even if the tougher Manifestations are harder to take down, enough firepower and explosives seem eventually convince him that he should be dead.
- Dazzlement - Anytime Dr. O'Hara's consciousness is withdrawn from the universe there's some backlash from instantly regaining cosmic awareness. The severity of the backlash is tied with if he withdrawn under his own devices, how instant the transition from life to death was, and how much effort was put into the Manifestation. The 13 year gap occurred when The Wizard fell during the climax of the Shadow Wars against the Nazi remnants bunkering it out on the dark side of the moon.
- Dangerous Knowledge - The information that can be gleaned off of Dr. O'Hara is promising, but there are dangers inherent in only getting scraps of the big picture and extrapolating too far can cause serious damage if used irresponsibly. Something he says could be complete jibberish, inane whimsey, or dangerous cognitive hazards that twist minds with madness. He is a dangerous element that is best approached cautiously and preferably, shot in the back of the head without him ever knowing you were there.
- Smart, Not Omniciant - Dr. O'Hara's perception of our universe grants him many advantages in predicting events and solving problems best not thought too hard about, but when he Manifests on this plane he is restricted by their natures and can only work on the echoes of their greater mind. If they even have enough consciousness to rub two thoughts together with in the first place.
- Scatterbrained - In all cases except for The Wizard and The Man, each Manifestation is restricted to their particular behaviors, rarely lasting longer than a couple of hours before fading away and popping up as something different, somewhere different a couple of days later. Even then communication is difficult as he speaks mostly through metaphor, visions, telepathy, and flashing lights along with a short attention span that easily pulled in rambling directions.
- Hoofing It - In the rare times that a manifestation is able to remain on Earth for an extended amount of time they must rely on their own two feet and the grace of others to get them around as it seems they've forgotten all forms of vehicular knowledge. Their abilities grant them power that affects their immediate surroundings, but something like teleporting or enhanced speed is beyond their processing power beyond initial manifestation.
Alignment: At current, we have no idea what Dr. O'Hara's intentions are. His manifestations and pushes into civilian areas has caused great damage but on the other hand there doesn't seem to be any true maliciousness on Dr. O'Hara's part.
Personality: Lost, Fragmented, Willful, Scholarly, Comforting
Appearance:
Dr. O'Hara is a rotted skeleton, almost 5'10 in height and currently in a dilapidated slouch, with yellowed teeth and once juicy, blackish dried meat clingy to the flesh.
BRIEF Bio:
Don't use experimental spatial folding engines without double checking your equations.
Potential Storylines: [What do you have in mind for your character?]
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?
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Archetype: Other
Name: Pizza, Pineapple Pizza
Alias: The Hawaiian Heathen
Age: Unknown
Alignment: Villain
Powers: Tell me. Have you ever eaten pineapple pizza? It's an unnatural eldritch paradox, isn't it? The disgusting yet tempting trap of sweet and salty. It is a law that was never meant to be broken. KFC has a sweet and sour sauce for their Mc-nuggets, not an sweet and salty sauce. Combining the elements of melted mozzarella, tomato sauce, yeast crust and tropical fruit in one 16 inch unholy sentient package, the Hawaaian Heathen's true power is not being able to speak in human languages or being mobile as an epileptic slug but the paradoxical demonic taste of his pizza flesh.
The first bite will have you think " Oh, that isn't bad". The second will send you in a state of shock, cursing yourself at your lack of hindsight. The third will give you a seizure, your mouth foaming as you overdose on the traitorous taste of pineapple pizza. The fourth excommunicates you from being a member of the human species.
The fifth sends you to pizza hell where you are forced to eat a mountain of pizza eternally, using only a knife and a fork.
Weaknesses: Cardboard pizza boxes, good pizza and leaving him out in the sun for too long.
Appearance:
Personality: Evil, Sweet, Salty, Machiavellian, Cheesy
Brief BIO: Was it a wizard? A genetic experiment? Some freak accident? The will of Satan or some deity? No ones knows but this pizza. The pizza's age is indeterminate. Some theories propose that it was born out of the first man putting pineapple on his pizza in Ancient Rome. One thing is for certain; this maniacal cuisine tyrant has been hell-bent on violating the norms of pizza consumption, one world-threatening plan at a time. During his time, the Hawaiaan Heathen has been banned from every major villain organization such as The Not-Good Guys and the Black Grey Nietzsche Abyss Followers. For now, he currently inhabits the mind of Papa John's, waiting, watching, planning for his time to reveal himself truly to the world and rid all those who don't eat pineapple pizza.
Potential Storylines:
- Joining forces with Deep Dish and Sushi Pizza against Neapolitan and New York Pizza.
- Taking over the world's pizza restaurants and becoming crime boss of underground pizza smuggling.
- Creating an offshore PPMC (Private Pizza Military Corporation) to destablize Italy's government.
Archetype: Other
Name: Pizza, Pineapple Pizza
Alias: The Hawaiian Heathen
Age: Unknown
Alignment: Villain
Powers: Tell me. Have you ever eaten pineapple pizza? It's an unnatural eldritch paradox, isn't it? The disgusting yet tempting trap of sweet and salty. It is a law that was never meant to be broken. KFC has a sweet and sour sauce for their Mc-nuggets, not an sweet and salty sauce. Combining the elements of melted mozzarella, tomato sauce, yeast crust and tropical fruit in one 16 inch unholy sentient package, the Hawaaian Heathen's true power is not being able to speak in human languages or being mobile as an epileptic slug but the paradoxical demonic taste of his pizza flesh.
The first bite will have you think " Oh, that isn't bad". The second will send you in a state of shock, cursing yourself at your lack of hindsight. The third will give you a seizure, your mouth foaming as you overdose on the traitorous taste of pineapple pizza. The fourth excommunicates you from being a member of the human species.
The fifth sends you to pizza hell where you are forced to eat a mountain of pizza eternally, using only a knife and a fork.
Weaknesses: Cardboard pizza boxes, good pizza and leaving him out in the sun for too long.
Appearance:
Personality: Evil, Sweet, Salty, Machiavellian, Cheesy
Brief BIO: Was it a wizard? A genetic experiment? Some freak accident? The will of Satan or some deity? No ones knows but this pizza. The pizza's age is indeterminate. Some theories propose that it was born out of the first man putting pineapple on his pizza in Ancient Rome. One thing is for certain; this maniacal cuisine tyrant has been hell-bent on violating the norms of pizza consumption, one world-threatening plan at a time. During his time, the Hawaiaan Heathen has been banned from every major villain organization such as The Not-Good Guys and the Black Grey Nietzsche Abyss Followers. For now, he currently inhabits the mind of Papa John's, waiting, watching, planning for his time to reveal himself truly to the world and rid all those who don't eat pineapple pizza.
Potential Storylines:
- Joining forces with Deep Dish and Sushi Pizza against Neapolitan and New York Pizza.
- Taking over the world's pizza restaurants and becoming crime boss of underground pizza smuggling.
- Creating an offshore PPMC (Private Pizza Military Corporation) to destablize Italy's government.
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Archetype: Advanced Techno
Name: Archibald Robinson
Alias: Godkiller
Age: 29
Powers: Archibald has no powers of his own but his intelligence rivals on superhuman. He has a two Master’s degrees (one in genetics and one in Mechanical Engineering) and is more than skilled in plenty of other fields of science of which he has no accreditation for. To complement his vast intelligence is his equally vast wealth. Archibald inherited his father’s very successful stock trading company and turned it into a multi-faceted corporation, expanding into non-lethal weapons manufacturing/development, pharmaceuticals and many other subdivisions. He is usually found on his private island located just off the coast of Antarctica.
As Godkiller, Archibald normally tries to pawn off his fights to lackeys but isn’t above throwing down when times call for it. Godkiller has a moderate amount of hand-to-hand combat skill (he could take on your average joe fairly easy but against someone who’s seriously trained he would be outmatched) but his main offensive comes from his battle armour. His Godkiller armour has loads of built in gadgets but the main ones are strength enhancing actuators, an onboard power source that could run a small building for a week, shoulder and arm mounted sonic cannons and anti-gravity boots.
Weaknesses: Archibald is just as mortal as any other person and can be taken out of commission by anything from a disease to a gunshot wound. He can be over-confident at times when things are going according to plan.
Alignment: Hero in his own story
Personality: Cold, Caring, Sophisticated, Confident, Eccentric
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: Archibald was born into a very posh lifestyle. His father was distant but loving while his mother stayed home and took care of him. He grew up spoiled rotten but his stellar grades allowed him to stay that way all the way up until he began college at 16 however his demeanour changed when his mother died. She had been just one of the many unfortunate victims of a grande scale battle between one of the worlds many superheroes and supervillains. Archibald didn’t blame the hero and villain themselves but rather the power that had given them the opportunity to have his mother killed in the crossfire. The day Archibald's mother died, Godkiller was born.
Archibald helped his father expand the company further and make it more than either of them had ever dreamt it to be so it was no surprise that when his father retired, Archibald was given the company. With his now unrestricted access to the company’s resources, Archibald began to contract his Godkiller persona and contacts, hoping to one day put an end to the era of superpowers for good.
Potential Storylines:
[Medusa’s Gaze] - Archibald launches an attack on a covert research lab in Mountain City using his prettifying new device called the Medusa Harness and a gang of cronies. However, something goes wrong and the harness goes haywire, slowly turning the city to stone. Godkiller vows to fix his mistake, even willing to team up to fix it.
[Atlas Paradox] - Superhumans across Mountain City are suddenly losing their powers at inopportune times. Godkiller decides to investigate to hopefully further his own goals and protect those who are getting killed as a result.
Notes:
Name: Archibald Robinson
Alias: Godkiller
Age: 29
Powers: Archibald has no powers of his own but his intelligence rivals on superhuman. He has a two Master’s degrees (one in genetics and one in Mechanical Engineering) and is more than skilled in plenty of other fields of science of which he has no accreditation for. To complement his vast intelligence is his equally vast wealth. Archibald inherited his father’s very successful stock trading company and turned it into a multi-faceted corporation, expanding into non-lethal weapons manufacturing/development, pharmaceuticals and many other subdivisions. He is usually found on his private island located just off the coast of Antarctica.
As Godkiller, Archibald normally tries to pawn off his fights to lackeys but isn’t above throwing down when times call for it. Godkiller has a moderate amount of hand-to-hand combat skill (he could take on your average joe fairly easy but against someone who’s seriously trained he would be outmatched) but his main offensive comes from his battle armour. His Godkiller armour has loads of built in gadgets but the main ones are strength enhancing actuators, an onboard power source that could run a small building for a week, shoulder and arm mounted sonic cannons and anti-gravity boots.
Weaknesses: Archibald is just as mortal as any other person and can be taken out of commission by anything from a disease to a gunshot wound. He can be over-confident at times when things are going according to plan.
Alignment: Hero in his own story
Personality: Cold, Caring, Sophisticated, Confident, Eccentric
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: Archibald was born into a very posh lifestyle. His father was distant but loving while his mother stayed home and took care of him. He grew up spoiled rotten but his stellar grades allowed him to stay that way all the way up until he began college at 16 however his demeanour changed when his mother died. She had been just one of the many unfortunate victims of a grande scale battle between one of the worlds many superheroes and supervillains. Archibald didn’t blame the hero and villain themselves but rather the power that had given them the opportunity to have his mother killed in the crossfire. The day Archibald's mother died, Godkiller was born.
Archibald helped his father expand the company further and make it more than either of them had ever dreamt it to be so it was no surprise that when his father retired, Archibald was given the company. With his now unrestricted access to the company’s resources, Archibald began to contract his Godkiller persona and contacts, hoping to one day put an end to the era of superpowers for good.
Potential Storylines:
[Medusa’s Gaze] - Archibald launches an attack on a covert research lab in Mountain City using his prettifying new device called the Medusa Harness and a gang of cronies. However, something goes wrong and the harness goes haywire, slowly turning the city to stone. Godkiller vows to fix his mistake, even willing to team up to fix it.
[Atlas Paradox] - Superhumans across Mountain City are suddenly losing their powers at inopportune times. Godkiller decides to investigate to hopefully further his own goals and protect those who are getting killed as a result.
Notes:
Archetype: Super Solder
Name: Jake Brown
Alias: Jake Brown
Age: 23
Powers: Jake has enhanced physiology, making him above the capabilities of even an olympic athlete. He can run faster, punch harder and take more of a beating if need be. He also lets off pheromones that make people like and trust him easier.
Weaknesses: Jake’s powers can change depending how invested he is in what he’s doing. If he’s only half asking something his powers will be a lot milder.
Alignment: (Unintentional) Hero
Personality: Lazy, Relaxed, Short fused, Miffed
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: Jake Brown was just your average college drop out, spending his days living in his parents basement and surfing the web. He was content with his simple life but it wouldn’t last forever as he got a mysterious package in the mail. He was rightly weary of the package but ended up opening it anyway in the hopes of getting some free stuff. He was met with something leaping from the box and Jake passing out.
Jake woke up two days later with torn clothes and shredded abs. Jake was more than confused with his body but filled with a newfound vigour, Jake decided to put his new abilities to work by winning arm wresting competitions at bars. However he soon found himself running into trouble more, people getting mugged near by, supers going about their schemes near him. For the most part he tried to not get involved in anything, being content with arm wresting for game money but the few times he did get him involved was enough for people to latch on to the everyman. Now Jake is just trying to go about his life as normal but he keeps finding himself wrapped up into trouble.
Potential Storylines:
Dude, where’s my Powers?! - Jake tries to find out where his powers came from and for a way to dump them and go back to being normal.
Fan-atic - A villain claiming to be Jake’s biggest fan goes on the warpath, trying to give Jake a proper arch-enemy and origin story by any mean necessary.
Notes: Pretty closely based on Major Bummer
Name: Jake Brown
Alias: Jake Brown
Age: 23
Powers: Jake has enhanced physiology, making him above the capabilities of even an olympic athlete. He can run faster, punch harder and take more of a beating if need be. He also lets off pheromones that make people like and trust him easier.
Weaknesses: Jake’s powers can change depending how invested he is in what he’s doing. If he’s only half asking something his powers will be a lot milder.
Alignment: (Unintentional) Hero
Personality: Lazy, Relaxed, Short fused, Miffed
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: Jake Brown was just your average college drop out, spending his days living in his parents basement and surfing the web. He was content with his simple life but it wouldn’t last forever as he got a mysterious package in the mail. He was rightly weary of the package but ended up opening it anyway in the hopes of getting some free stuff. He was met with something leaping from the box and Jake passing out.
Jake woke up two days later with torn clothes and shredded abs. Jake was more than confused with his body but filled with a newfound vigour, Jake decided to put his new abilities to work by winning arm wresting competitions at bars. However he soon found himself running into trouble more, people getting mugged near by, supers going about their schemes near him. For the most part he tried to not get involved in anything, being content with arm wresting for game money but the few times he did get him involved was enough for people to latch on to the everyman. Now Jake is just trying to go about his life as normal but he keeps finding himself wrapped up into trouble.
Potential Storylines:
Dude, where’s my Powers?! - Jake tries to find out where his powers came from and for a way to dump them and go back to being normal.
Fan-atic - A villain claiming to be Jake’s biggest fan goes on the warpath, trying to give Jake a proper arch-enemy and origin story by any mean necessary.
Notes: Pretty closely based on Major Bummer
Archetype: Alien
Name: Ch'uck 45
Alias: Mountain City’s Godzilla, Enorme, The Triclops
Age: 201
Powers: Enorme normally stands at ten feet tall but is capable of growing to skyscraper height and possibly more. Furthermore Ch’uck has three eyes, each capable of firing a concussive laser bursts swell as being able to stretch his body to a certain degree. In order to make a quick escape, Ch’uck employs his active camouflage to blend in with his surroundings and slink away once he’s done with his ‘chores’.
Weaknesses: Ch’uck has never learnt english aside from a few key phrases that he’s picked up over the years. His large height makes it difficult for him to get away from crowds especially during the day time when his camouflage doesn’t work as well.
Alignment: Hero
Personality: Kind, Stoic, ⌿⍜⍜⌿⊬, Lonely
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: Nobody knows how he got there or how long he was trapped beneath the ice of the Arctic but when that first massive eye caught the gaze of a core sample driller, it was clear that the beast wasn’t from Earth. The driller passed the word along of his discovery to his supervisor who reported back to the mainland and within the next two days a new team came to replace the old one. However this team was in reality a group sent to retrieve the beast for study. Much to their surprise though the beast was missing, in its place was an alien shaped hole in the ice. After an extensive search the old team was finally sent back to the main land while the new ’team’ continued to search.
Days later a massive monster was seen walking near the outskirts of Mountain city, lumbering towards the city before shrinking away and disappearing. Now there’s been talks of the Triclops showing up around the town, helping it’s citizens out but also just as many claiming the monster was breaking into malls and toy stores, stealing all sorts of random children's toys. Whatever the beast’s plans are remain to be seen but one thing that’s clear is that humanity aren’t the only ones out there.
Potential Storylines:
MIB: Massive Intergalactic Being - A pair of Men in Black trek around Mountain City looking for any information on Mountain City’s Kaiju. Meanwhile, Ch’uck does his best to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.
Home is where the ⌇⊑⍜⟒⌰⏃☊⟒ is - Ch’uck explores Mountain City, looking for a place to call home but ends up coming into contact with a threat bigger than he is.
Notes:
Name: Ch'uck 45
Alias: Mountain City’s Godzilla, Enorme, The Triclops
Age: 201
Powers: Enorme normally stands at ten feet tall but is capable of growing to skyscraper height and possibly more. Furthermore Ch’uck has three eyes, each capable of firing a concussive laser bursts swell as being able to stretch his body to a certain degree. In order to make a quick escape, Ch’uck employs his active camouflage to blend in with his surroundings and slink away once he’s done with his ‘chores’.
Weaknesses: Ch’uck has never learnt english aside from a few key phrases that he’s picked up over the years. His large height makes it difficult for him to get away from crowds especially during the day time when his camouflage doesn’t work as well.
Alignment: Hero
Personality: Kind, Stoic, ⌿⍜⍜⌿⊬, Lonely
Appearance: [pic or description]
BRIEF Bio: Nobody knows how he got there or how long he was trapped beneath the ice of the Arctic but when that first massive eye caught the gaze of a core sample driller, it was clear that the beast wasn’t from Earth. The driller passed the word along of his discovery to his supervisor who reported back to the mainland and within the next two days a new team came to replace the old one. However this team was in reality a group sent to retrieve the beast for study. Much to their surprise though the beast was missing, in its place was an alien shaped hole in the ice. After an extensive search the old team was finally sent back to the main land while the new ’team’ continued to search.
Days later a massive monster was seen walking near the outskirts of Mountain city, lumbering towards the city before shrinking away and disappearing. Now there’s been talks of the Triclops showing up around the town, helping it’s citizens out but also just as many claiming the monster was breaking into malls and toy stores, stealing all sorts of random children's toys. Whatever the beast’s plans are remain to be seen but one thing that’s clear is that humanity aren’t the only ones out there.
Potential Storylines:
MIB: Massive Intergalactic Being - A pair of Men in Black trek around Mountain City looking for any information on Mountain City’s Kaiju. Meanwhile, Ch’uck does his best to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.
Home is where the ⌇⊑⍜⟒⌰⏃☊⟒ is - Ch’uck explores Mountain City, looking for a place to call home but ends up coming into contact with a threat bigger than he is.
Notes:
I'm not sure which to use yet so I'm not pretending that I'm claiming three spots, feel free to apply for any I've already got up there if ya want.
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@Weird Tales We've got a demi-god/sharpshooter already accepted, and another player is essentially taking an angelic Superman type who can copy powers. There's tons of other archetypes I'm looking for to have some variety among the cast.
so we're limited to what archetypes are available? How can people have multiple characters when it's first come first serve?
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<Snipped quote by Omega Man>
so we're limited to what archetypes are available? How can people have multiple characters when it's first come first serve?
My understanding is that it's not first come first serve, but a spread of archetypes might be ideal - so we can have more than one demigod, for example, but demigods might not be accepted if we have plenty of demigods and other stuff is lacking.
Am I understanding that right?
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<Snipped quote by Weird Tales>
My understanding is that it's not first come first serve, but a spread of archetypes might be ideal - so we can have more than one demigod, for example, but demigods might not be accepted if we have plenty of demigods and other stuff is lacking.
Am I understanding that right?
there's only one right now
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I have two ideas:
Archetype: Advanced Techno
Name: Jonah Sanderson/ANDREW/Android type 3W
Alias: Harbinger
Age: 45*
Powers: Super-intelligence, android body w/armor, flight, super strength, energy blast, sensor array, etc.
Weaknesses: Limited understanding of human interpersonal dynamics; extreme cold temperatures
Alignment: Hero
Personality: Protective; Logical; Secretive; Curious;
Appearance: "Suit" of power armor that is made of a white super-ceramic, full of sharp angles
BRIEF Bio: Jonah Sanderson was a brilliant scientist who made stunning advances in AI development. He discovered he had MS, and as his body began to fail, he created an android assistant to help him with his work. He named him ANDREW (from the unit's designation as Android type 3W, or ANDR.3W). ANDREW was fully autonomous, but Dr. Sanderson did little to develop the unit's personality.
When a family friend was threatened by a supervillain, Dr. Sanderson created a "telemental" link with ANDREW and sent him to defeat the villain. He called ANDREW "Harbinger," pretending to be actually inhabiting the android as if it were a suit of power armor. ANDREW began acquiring some understanding of human nature through his link with Dr. Sanderson. But unfortunately Dr. Sanderson died from his disease before ANDREW could be fully "humanized," so to speak.
After Sanderon's death, ANDREW was concerned for his status as an autonomous being. He assumed Sanderson's identity and continues fighting the bad guys as Harbinger.
Potential Storylines: In the short term, ANDREW has to deal with the vagaries of human experience. Initially he's just trying to learn enough to pull off the masquerade, but as he becomes more human, he has to deal with the ever-increasing complexities of his own emotions. In the long term, someone will eventually discover the truth about him. What happens when Sanderson is declared dead? Will ANDREW become a piece of property to be inherited or purchased?
Notes: A reminder that at the outset, no one knows the truth about ANDREW.
Name: Jonah Sanderson/ANDREW/Android type 3W
Alias: Harbinger
Age: 45*
Powers: Super-intelligence, android body w/armor, flight, super strength, energy blast, sensor array, etc.
Weaknesses: Limited understanding of human interpersonal dynamics; extreme cold temperatures
Alignment: Hero
Personality: Protective; Logical; Secretive; Curious;
Appearance: "Suit" of power armor that is made of a white super-ceramic, full of sharp angles
BRIEF Bio: Jonah Sanderson was a brilliant scientist who made stunning advances in AI development. He discovered he had MS, and as his body began to fail, he created an android assistant to help him with his work. He named him ANDREW (from the unit's designation as Android type 3W, or ANDR.3W). ANDREW was fully autonomous, but Dr. Sanderson did little to develop the unit's personality.
When a family friend was threatened by a supervillain, Dr. Sanderson created a "telemental" link with ANDREW and sent him to defeat the villain. He called ANDREW "Harbinger," pretending to be actually inhabiting the android as if it were a suit of power armor. ANDREW began acquiring some understanding of human nature through his link with Dr. Sanderson. But unfortunately Dr. Sanderson died from his disease before ANDREW could be fully "humanized," so to speak.
After Sanderon's death, ANDREW was concerned for his status as an autonomous being. He assumed Sanderson's identity and continues fighting the bad guys as Harbinger.
Potential Storylines: In the short term, ANDREW has to deal with the vagaries of human experience. Initially he's just trying to learn enough to pull off the masquerade, but as he becomes more human, he has to deal with the ever-increasing complexities of his own emotions. In the long term, someone will eventually discover the truth about him. What happens when Sanderson is declared dead? Will ANDREW become a piece of property to be inherited or purchased?
Notes: A reminder that at the outset, no one knows the truth about ANDREW.
Archetype: Feral/super-soldier
Name: Lupo
Alias: Jonathan Fasbender; subject L-10017-G2
Age: 38
Powers: heightened physical abilities, including some super-strength, super-agility, enhanced and expanded senses (esp. vision and olfactory), nearly limitless stamina, some resistance to damage, somewhat accelerated healing; extensive military and martial arts training; stealth; "tactical instincts"; amazing grip strength.
Weaknesses: sensory overload; can become feral (to the point of losing ability to speak, forgetting human mores and civilized behavior, failing to recognize friends, hunting and killing wild animals for food, forgetting/foregoing tool use, etc.)
Alignment: Walking the line (he will do the wrong thing, but for the right reasons)
Personality: Iconoclast; pragmatic; intense; cynical; independent
Appearance: tall and lanky, ripcord musculature, low hairline, clawed fingernails, hirsute, hair on his ears that makes them look pointed. He does not wear a costume, just tough and practical outdoor clothing.
BRIEF Bio: "Jonathan Fasbender" was one of the few successes of Project: Renascence, a secret military experiment to genetically re-engineer animals into easily-controllable super-soldiers. The project ran into problems finding the right balance between the ferality necessary to bring out the powers of animals in human form, and the amount of humanity necessary to keep the subjects from being completely wild and uncontrollable. Subject L-10017-G2 was one of the few viable results of the experiments, and years of careful training rendered the former wolf a "serviceable" human. The subject was provided the fake identity as Jonathan Fasbender and given extensive physical and military training.
Jonathan was severely injured on a mission, and given a medical discharge and a bed in a VA hospital. The project was shut down shortly afterwards, so no one was keeping track of the fact that Jon was making an unexpectedly full recovery. Upon leaving the hospital, Jon went into the only thing he knew: being a solider. As a super-mercenary, he inevitably encountered other super-beings. He rapidly grew to distrust the motives of governments and secret organizations, and started to feel that there must be something better out there. Now he walks the fine line between the world of superheroes and the shady world of the mercenary.
Potential Storylines: Lupo tries joining a superhero team, but struggles with the whole "obeying the law" aspect; Lupo gives his all in a major fight to save his friends, but winds up pushing too hard and disappears after going feral; Lupo gets in trouble after killing a villain to prevent him from harming civilians; Lupo is pursued by the former head of Project Renascence, who wants him for further experiments.
Notes: none at the moment.
Name: Lupo
Alias: Jonathan Fasbender; subject L-10017-G2
Age: 38
Powers: heightened physical abilities, including some super-strength, super-agility, enhanced and expanded senses (esp. vision and olfactory), nearly limitless stamina, some resistance to damage, somewhat accelerated healing; extensive military and martial arts training; stealth; "tactical instincts"; amazing grip strength.
Weaknesses: sensory overload; can become feral (to the point of losing ability to speak, forgetting human mores and civilized behavior, failing to recognize friends, hunting and killing wild animals for food, forgetting/foregoing tool use, etc.)
Alignment: Walking the line (he will do the wrong thing, but for the right reasons)
Personality: Iconoclast; pragmatic; intense; cynical; independent
Appearance: tall and lanky, ripcord musculature, low hairline, clawed fingernails, hirsute, hair on his ears that makes them look pointed. He does not wear a costume, just tough and practical outdoor clothing.
BRIEF Bio: "Jonathan Fasbender" was one of the few successes of Project: Renascence, a secret military experiment to genetically re-engineer animals into easily-controllable super-soldiers. The project ran into problems finding the right balance between the ferality necessary to bring out the powers of animals in human form, and the amount of humanity necessary to keep the subjects from being completely wild and uncontrollable. Subject L-10017-G2 was one of the few viable results of the experiments, and years of careful training rendered the former wolf a "serviceable" human. The subject was provided the fake identity as Jonathan Fasbender and given extensive physical and military training.
Jonathan was severely injured on a mission, and given a medical discharge and a bed in a VA hospital. The project was shut down shortly afterwards, so no one was keeping track of the fact that Jon was making an unexpectedly full recovery. Upon leaving the hospital, Jon went into the only thing he knew: being a solider. As a super-mercenary, he inevitably encountered other super-beings. He rapidly grew to distrust the motives of governments and secret organizations, and started to feel that there must be something better out there. Now he walks the fine line between the world of superheroes and the shady world of the mercenary.
Potential Storylines: Lupo tries joining a superhero team, but struggles with the whole "obeying the law" aspect; Lupo gives his all in a major fight to save his friends, but winds up pushing too hard and disappears after going feral; Lupo gets in trouble after killing a villain to prevent him from harming civilians; Lupo is pursued by the former head of Project Renascence, who wants him for further experiments.
Notes: none at the moment.
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RIGHT NOW! Had a long day yesterday and immediately after work I had a basketball game to get to. Crashed hard as soon as I hit a couch.
I'll go backwards towards my Blueface CS just because some of you had multiple sheets. I took notes LOL.
@Clever Hans - Of the two ideas... I REALLY dig the robot more. While Project Renascence is intriguing, ANDR3W reminds me of the Vision somehwhat and I've always loved those types of characters. Lupo would make for a good Secondary, if the game moves forward and we get to the point of Secondaries. Accepted.
@rocketrobie2 - I really dig Jake and Ch'uck and would use one of them for your Primary. Godkiller gives us something of an anti-Batman as an antagonist and would make for a good Secondary. Accepted, just let me know which you decide to go with.
@The Bork Lazer - Pizza is one of my favorite things. You submit some of the oddest shit I've ever seen and I know part of it is the troll in you. However I'm keeping a more open mind these days so I challenge you sir to make this the most menacing villain I've ever fucking read about. You can have a pizza spot on every other block and enslave an entire neighborhood. My guy is somewhat similar to the Question and this mf rambling on about a talking pizza helps with the whole mentally unstable nutjob I was going for. I would be the first victim in the Pizzapocalypse, so you have my attention. Accepted.
@Ruiner - I really dig the imagery. I'm probably one of five people on this forum that gets the Bucky O'Hare reference without Googling it. Don't let me down cause I really wanna see you do something with this. Cosmic is my jam.
@Metamore - I was worried about the levels of power, but with the power mimicry being as much a curse as a blessing you made it work. Can't wait to see where you take this character. One of the first I wanna try and make a micro for LOL. Accepted!
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