Name: Arkin Rey
Superhero names: Mothman (tentative), other names will depend on the plot
Gender: ♂
Race: Genetically modified human (shape-shifting chimera)
Age: 21 (28 chronologically)
Appearance: Changes based on form

Arkin, given the choice, most often interacts with others in his werewolf form (pictured above) due to having no major physical oddities or obstructive weaknesses. Covered in hair, with an unruly light-brown head of it and golden yellow eyes. Fairly tall, with broad shoulders and impressive musculature. Has a strong, distinct body odor one might describe as a mixture of sweat, musk perfume, and dog fur.

Ever since acquiring his abilities, Arkin lost the ability to return to his human form, and thus his appearance differs with his current species. Most humanoid forms retain his light brown hair, but share little else. Descriptions of his forms will be added to the bottom of the sheet as he obtains them.

Personality: Arkin's forms each have varyingly pronounced psychological effects that modify his baseline personality. As a general rule, these persist throughout all related forms, but their effects are most noticeable in later, stronger forms.

By default, he is an introvert as well as a bookworm, with a tendency for straight-faced sarcasm and completely unnecessary stress. He's goal-oriented, hates mornings, loves coffee, and continually seeks self-improvement in ways that have become much more literal recently.

An overview of the humanoid forms:

• Mothman - The form in which Arkin feels, mentally, the most like his old self. In spite of that, he feels colder, more detached, as if his emotions are dulled. He has a tendency to prioritize the proverbial math of social equations and what he has to gain over what is morally sound or emotionally meaningful. His own self-awareness of this keeps things from going too far, but unfortunately his Mothman form is the only one he trusts to maintain a cool head, so to speak.
• Werewolf - Having perhaps the strongest psychological effect, his Werewolf form is more outgoing, social, confident, emotional, egotistical, and has noticeable anger management issues. It generally loosens his inhibitions and worsens his better judgement. It is harder for him to recognize his own behavioral differences while in this form, though in situations where his improved confidence falters, it will render him more nervous that he's not acting the way he should.
• Vampire - Vampires are said to be inherently evil, and indeed, while in his Vampire form, Arkin feels his emotional attachments withering and twisting into obsession, while his moral compass spins out of control. He has difficulty letting go of his pride while in this form, though otherwise remains relatively close to his original personality. His better judgement remains intact, so his newfound compulsion to cheat, steal, lie or give in to jealousy and unhealthy fixation generally remains under control. He cannot justify why, but while he is a Vampire, he hates dogs.
• Harpy - Incredibly bird-brained, Arkin can't even recognize how much dumber he is while in Harpy form. It is only after the fact that he can look back and cringe at his own words and actions. He gets territorial while in this form, getting violent with unwelcome intruders of whatever he deems his territory and generally prone to thoughtless acts of aggression when someone upsets him. He is not without sense, but is prone to acting before thinking things through.
• Lamia - As snake-like as you would expect, while in Lamia form, he bears no loyalty to anyone but himself. The constraints of the law in the long term are probably the only thing keeping him from stabbing everyone in the back and becoming a villain for personal gain, but other than that he is fairly calm and amiable.
• Mermaid - A bit hyperactive and possessive, Arkin becomes more attention-seeking and easily bored in this form. As an excitable obligate carnivore, he has a tendency to bite things, though besides the permanent mild sugar rush and pervasive fear of loneliness, his good sense remains.
• Incubus - Social to a fault, with a flirtatious way of speaking that he can't seem to suppress. He means every word, after all, and what's wrong with some positivity? This form has little in the way of self-control OR self-doubt, and because of that, it is the form Arkin is the least comfortable in, making him feel like an entirely different person. He is unable to recognize the differences in his decision making, even when it is glaringly obvious and cause for alarm. Other aspects of his personality remain mostly unchanged, which in some ways makes it more unsettling for him after the fact.

Power: After absorbing the genetic material of certain animals or monsters by biting or being bitten, (and surviving, and just generally having the luck to have it activate) Arkin permanently gains the ability to transform into them. Furthermore, not unlike a pokemon, by meeting certain conditions or gaining combat experience with the form, he is able to evolve, skipping ahead in the animal's life cycle and/or gaining new, stronger, more monstrous forms. He retains the ability to revisit previous forms, and in certain circumstances can transfer the physical qualities of his forms between each other, should they be compatible, such as, hypothetically, a form with harder scales improving the defense of other scaled forms.

Including the base form, each of his transformations (albeit not necessarily every evolutionary path) has 5 stages, and will always have at least two forms in the 5th and final stage, consisting of at least one humanoid cryptid and one “legendary beast”. Transformation takes only a few seconds for most of his forms, and about a dozen for his legendary beast forms, though transformation can be interrupted with the current form's weaknesses, if they have any.

Planned humanoid forms (other than Werewolf) include Mothman, Vampire, Harpy, Lamia, Mermaid, and Demonoid. I’ve considered a Kitsune form but it doesn’t have enough social weaknesses so I’d rather dangle the prospect in front of Arkin forever without ever giving it to him. Due to a muddled mythologue, Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti/Skunk Ape/etc. is simply incompatible.

Planned legendary beast forms include the Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, (totally not Mothra) Camazotz, (bat god) Fenrir, Cerberus, Roc, Jormungandr, Leviathan, and Mephistopheles, (contract demon) though some of them might not be as large or divine as they are historically described.

All of the forms have some level of superhuman physique, but besides staring a Mothman in the eyes, listening to a Mermaid's siren song, getting bitten by a Vampire or Werewolf, the demon magic of an Incubus or the transformation-within-a-transformation of the Werewolf and Vampire form, they are more or less limited to their (sometimes supernatural) physical properties. The legendary beasts might have a bit of extra spice like breathing fire (Cerberus) or creating storms (Roc) or ritualistic curses (Camazots) but are otherwise just varyingly kaiju-sized monsters.

Limitations: At the start of the RP, Arkin will have access to the Petit Caterpillar and Oculus Caterpillar forms. All other forms must be obtained through his ability. Although he will be able to intuit some unlock conditions, most conditions that are more than just "fight a worthy foe" are completely unknown to him. He might never obtain all the planned forms in the course of the RP, depending on how it goes. (And how long it lasts)

Weaknesses:First and foremost, Arkin can only acquire the ability to transform into compatible forms, which for him is permanently defined as monsters that can evolve to attain a humanoid form he originally knew of, possibly brought about by his strong desire to return to human society. Essentially, that list of planned forms is mostly exhaustive. An insurmountable mental block stops him from accepting any new humanoid monsters as anything but contrived. Having little prior knowledge of foreign mythology, furries, or obscure works of fiction, most of the viable forms are mundane animals that evolve into mythical creatures common in popular culture.

Additionally, each humanoid form maintains the classical and biological weaknesses of their mythologues:

• Mothman - Has an aversion to light. Has trouble not becoming disoriented when close to bright lights, particularly when they are moving.
• Werewolf - Burned and grievously wounded by silver. Forced into wolf form on the night of a full moon, losing his humanity until morning.
• Vampire - Burns upon contact with sunlight, cannot willingly enter a residence uninvited, does not have a reflection in silver-backed mirrors and cannot cross natural flowing freshwater. (harmed by it. Going over it or on a boat is fine though.) He will also starve to death if he does not drink blood, though it's not much of a weakness since he can just eat in another form.
• Harpy - More fragile than most humanoid forms due to lighter body structure.
• Lamia - Has difficulty functioning in the cold on account of being cold-blooded.
• Mermaid - Not very mobile on land.
• Incubus - Weak to all things holy. He will also starve to death if he does not derive stolen life force from carnal acts, though it's not much of a weakness since he can just eat in another form.

Finally, though his legendary beast forms tend to wield more raw destructive force, they are also the only forms he cannot stay in, quickly wearing him out and forcing him to change into his other forms. The actual time he can remain as one varies with form based on its size and his actions. Camazotz, being around 4 meters tall, can last for several hours, while the godzilla-scaled forms going on a rampage may not last even one hour.

Skills/Talents: A very fast reader, good at puzzles, party games and strategy games, a decent (if unqualified and unconfident) paramedic in a pinch, and while he’s not a particularly gifted cook, his pancakes are without match.

Background/Bio: Was a simple college med student before getting sucked into a mad science experiment by one of his peers whom he never learned the name of. The intended experiment was actually thwarted by the results of a lab accident taking the mad scientist’s life before coming to its completion. He was kept cryogenically frozen for 7 years before the hidden lab was discovered and the self-proclaimed explorers who found it accidentally started part of the experiment back up, turning him into what he is now. A caterpillar. He was able to make it out of the lab alive and well, learning the basics of his bizarre power and circumstances, but after one evolution he has only managed to become a larger caterpillar. He has since revisited the lab, already finding it cleaned out of any details of the experiment, both the one that was supposed to happen and the one that actually turned him into what he is now.

Theme:

“I’ve got your back, you’ve got mine.”

Name:
Fujioka Kaede

Superhero name:
Magical Girl Miracle Maple

Gender:
Male (Civilian)
Female (Transformed)

Race:
Human (Civilian)
Enhanced Human/Magical Girl (Transformed)

Age:
14

Appearance:
Kaede is only 1.55 metres tall, and this trait is shared by Miracle Maple. His build is not particularly bulky, and he is definitely a lightweight.

Miracle Maple’s hairdo, hair colour and eye colour will change based on the 4 (or rather 6) stances, but overall, she much like Kaede does not have much of a build.

Personality: Kaede is someone who strives to protect others and the weak, picking up fights with those who pick on them, even if it doesn't look like he will survive. He's a bit naive too, seeing things in black and white in a metaphorical sense. As he moves away from picking fights with school bullies and the occasional road delinquent and moves on to fighting villains with big plans for big reasons, all the while cooperating with heroes of a higher calibre, he will soon learn that as you grow up, life isn't easy.

Power:
Magical Girl Transformation - Can transform into magical girl using special trinkets, the 'Maple Stamps' as he calls it, loading them onto a device he calls the 'Maple Driver'. Their proper names are the Trinity Runes and the Trinity Heart.
Stance Change - The ability to switch between four forms. These forms are the Arcane Stance, the Lightning Stance, the Inferno Stance & the Tundra Stance.
In all forms, Maple is capable of levitation, and can sprout wings that correspond to the respective element, and she is vast in strength and speed compared to an average fully-grown peak human, no matter the form.

Arcane Stance - In this stance, Maple uses but her fists for combat, and is able to use raw power with no particular elemental properties or secondary effect. It is considered the most ‘balanced’, not particularly fast, strong or defensive.

Lightning Stance - In this stance, Maple has the power of lightning and wields the Mjolnir, a heavy hammer with great force. While generally sluggish, lightning energy can be channeled into this hammer as it is used like a witch’s broom, boosting speed for short bursts. This property can be used to accelerate attacks as well.

Inferno Stance - In this stance, Maple brandishes a powerful sword known as Kagutsuchi, capable of igniting itself, while she gains the ability of flames. I would say that this sword can cut through anything with sheer heat and edge, but there will always be a shield that claims to be unbreakable.

Tundra Stance - In this stance, Maple wields the lance known as Skadi, which veils itself in the power of ice and can flash-freeze opponents. Among the forms, this is the fastest.

Creator of Light - A secret stance that can only be unlocked through certain conditions, and is said to have the thundering endurance of the Lightning Stance, the power of the Inferno Stance & the blitzing speed of the Tundra Stance. In addition to using all three types of abilities, it can merge them by twos or merge them all into a single pure energy attack, as if it were - no, it is - light. It can only be achieved through special conditions, and based on how a story is to be told, it is likely that Avatar of Darkness needs to be achieved first and broken out of. She uses all three weapons in this form, triple-wielding via hands and teeth, and they can be merged into a single weapon.

Avatar of Darkness - This form is achieved by either corruption from an external force or falling into a great despair. Or whatever the plot demands. Yet another secret stance similar to Creator of Light, except it obviously uses the power of darkness instead. In this form, she uses the Scythe known as Thanatos, which controls darkness as well as ‘dark’ versions of each element. While dark fire still burns, dark ice still freezes and dark lightning still electrocutes, they do not share the weaknesses of base elements, but have the weaknesses of darkness instead. This form has such a different personality, you might just think it is alive… WINK WINK.

Limitations:
Transformation Limit - Instead of using something like posts or an observable gague to determine this, this will run out whenever convenient (or inconvenient). In-story, it is justified as ‘using too much power for an amount of time’ or ‘running on fumes for too long’. The inconsistency is intentional. This can be circumvented by the power of strong emotions, especially willpower, but even those have their limits.

Range Limit - Naturally, the effect of each ability weakens based on range. A ranged attack will need half a metre to build up and will peter out over a range of a hundred metres, where it will be barely tolerable by human standards. The build up can be increased to a metre to multiply the range by two, so we will get a two hundred metre thing. It's possible to build an attack up directly in a hand or weapon, in which the range would peter out over 25 metres, though such an ability is better off used in melee anyways.

Lack of Proper Training - While many heroes and villains actually have training prior to the start of the RP, Kaede/Maple lacks any sort of that. It's all up to power, enhanced reflexes, enhanced senses, resourcefulness and quick thinking.

Flaws/weaknesses:
Each form will get elemental weaknesses. Inferno Stance's abilities will be weakened by getting wet, Tundra Stance can't do so well under immensely high temperatures, Lightning Stance can get insulated... While wings are only neccessary for controlled flight and not levitation as a whole, it is worth mentioning that each form's wings are basically made from the elements, so you can figure out their weaknesses from there.

Skills/Talents:
Cooking
Cleaning
Expertise of Heroes and Villains (Big Fanatic)

Background/bio:
Kaede was an ordinary kid who always wanted to be a hero. Granted, he was always the rowdy type at school, getting into fights in an attempt to protect constantly-bullied students, and being bullied himself. One day, he met a little creature that was being hunted down by the Magic Keeper’s Circle. This creature introduced itself as Trinity, and while he himself could not fend the Magic Keeper’s Circle off, he could lend his vast power to someone else for them to tap into. Kaede, in a rush, accepted this offer and decided to fend off the Magic Keeper’s Circle, but in his shock, he found that by doing so, he had turned into a girl!

A magical girl!

He always wanted to be a hero, but not like this.

And so, this was his life now.

Obviously, he walloped their asses but they swore to be back. In a world of heroes and villains, they were not the only threats.

Name: Danny Orville

Superhero name: Raptor

Gender: Male

Race: Experimental human

Age: 18

Appearance: Danny Sports short blond hair, neatly cut and finely combed, as well as sharp green eyes. He's quite tall for his age, sitting at around 6'0, though he slouches a little to make himself seem smaller. He dresses well and usually has a relaxed and easygoing expression on his face, though with his sharp gaze, his angular face, and his well defined cheekbones, it can make him look like a hawk on the hunt. It's not intentional, but Danny's looks have gotten him into trouble on occassion.

Personality: The once sickly teenager is a far cry from how he was in the past. Danny is usually calm and collected, but is also approachable and easy to get along with, as he's usually all smiles and jokes. Seemingly in spite of his easy attitude, he spends a lot of his time alone. When focused he's extremely sharp and can be quite competitive, like a honed blade, but as soon as the match is over, he quickly comes back down to his jovial self. He's usually free to talk about anything and everything, but when it comes to talk about his background, he seems to run out of words. Though he's quick to reassure everyone that everything is perfectly fine, it's obvious that Danny doesn't want to talk about it too much. In spite of his easygoing demeanor, he sometimes shows he's quite a lonely person. Perhaps he wants to distance himself from normal humans to protect them from the fallout of his hero activities. But with a few good friends and some heroic colleagues, perhaps there's a way to fix his oneliness after all.

Power: Danny was injected with the blood of a velociraptor while he was young, allowing him the ability to partially or fully transform into one. Even without transforming his senses are much sharper than normal humans, sight and smell being especially heightened. This is doubly true after his transformation. His reflexes are also better than normal, almost being able to react to things before they happen. When transformed he gains superior strength and speed, as well as access to a velociraptor's tail and bite. He can use his claws to climb some walls and leave vicious wounds on his foes.

Weaknesses: While Danny's strength and power are enhanced by his abilities, his stamina has not kept up. It's somewhat better than average, but the extreme physical feats his transformation is capable of take a large toll on his body, and it's impossible for him to maintain peak performance over a long period of time. Furthermore, transforming has its own issues - a partial transformation (such as transforming his hand into a claw) is very quick, but a complete transformation requires concentration and will take a moment or 2 to complete. This moment can be crucial, so he has to carefully consider the situation before he transforms. And while his reflexes are increased during his transformed state, this can sometimes work against him as his body reacts before his brain does. In general he acts more on his instincts than on his mind while in a transformed state, which can make him seem more bestial and aggressive, and it can take a lot of effort to revert his form. If he gets buried too deeply in the mind of the velociraptor, he might not come back at all.

Limitations: While he's usually easy to get along with, there always seems to be an invisible distance between him and his friends, or anyone for that matter. He has quite a wide circle of friends and aqcuantances, but in spite of this, he's always been a bit of a lone wolf with a tendency to go at it alone. He has a tendency to take the biggest risks for himself, which can make it seem like he has issues trusting people.

Skills/Talents: Danny is quite stealthy when he wants to be, and is good at ending up in places he probably shouldn't be in. He's also quite good at sports and can quickly pick up a new one in a day or two. Finally, he's a good liar with an excuse for every occassion, a trait that has helped him out of many jams before.

Background/bio: Danny Orville was born to a loving family with several siblings. Unfortunately, he was born quite weak, and no one was sure he would even make it past childhood. His parents, however, were unwilling to see their child die. A pair of brilliant scientists, they quickly made a breakthrough to save their son's life. Injecting him with the blood of a dinosaur, Danny made a miraculous recovery.

Afterwards he did as any normal boy would do. He went to school, made friends, played sports, and studied hard. There was no need to do so much, his parents assured him. Being alive was good enough for them. But Danny wanted to do more for them. In order to pay back the love his parents have given him, and to enjoy every moment of his new life, Danny spends the nights roaming the streets like a vigilante, fighting the injustices that he sees, while attending a prominent high school in the city. He intends to make the most of his new life, and he will not sit by and let the new coalition of evil shatter his family's peace.

Name: Cameron Mason
Age: 22
Gender: Gender Nonconforming Male
Super Hero Name: Dynamo



Appearance: Many people find Cameron adorable. When you see him, you would never believe he's a grown adult. He has fair skin, and big blue eyes that reflect his child like enthusiasm. He has a round babyface that makes him seem younger than he is, along with a button nose, and a mouth that is often in a smile. He is short in stature, standing at exactly five feet tall. He is not embarrassed by his small size in the least, saying it adds to his appeal. He has a slim build, but he has toned muscles. Much to a lot of peoples surprise, he does in fact have abs underneath the clothes he wears. He has short blonde hair that curls a bit at the ends. He has no body or facial hair whatsoever. His earlobes are pierced so he can wear earrings.

Cam loves pink and cute things, and that extends to his choice of clothes as well. He enjoys floral patterns, stars, hearts, smiley faces, basically anything cute. He also enjoys wearing cute dresses from time to time, and doesn't think it's fair that only girls should wear them. His adoptive father never let him wear the kinds of clothes he wanted to wear, so now he takes advantage of his freedom. He currently wears a pink sleeveless top with a white vest over it. He also wears a white tie around his neck that has a light blue brooch attached to it. He wears a pair of wide pink trousers as bottoms. The trousers are decorated with light blue accents, including little stars on the pockets. They are also held up by a white belt that has a light blue buckle. On his feet are a pair of light blue boots. He accesorizes with pink star earrings in his earlobes. He also wears a pink cap on top of his head that is intentionally worn to the side. The front of the cap is also decorated with a light blue star, as well as a stripe around the visor.

As Dynamo, Cameron wears a pink full body suit. The suit has purple speed lines on it. He also wears purple elbow length gloves. He also wears a purple belt with a starburst as the buckle. Even though he doesn’t need to conceal his identity at this point, he still wears a purple hood over his head, and a pink visor over his eyes.

Powers: Super Speed: Cameron can move at very high speeds. This comes with enhanced endurance, and reflexes.

Weanesses: Cameron has to consume a lot of calories to maintain his powers. The good news, he can eat all the sweets he wants without gaining any weight! The downside is, he loses a lot of effectiveness when he’s hungry or tired

Cold: It’s impossible to run on ice, and cold temperatures slow him down significantly.

Limitations: Cameron can reach speeds approaching the speed of sound. He usually doesn’t go that fast because traveling at that speed for too long tires him out. He needs to accelerate and decelerate rather than start and stop on the spot.

He also can’t do intricate tasks at high speed.

Personality: Cameron is innocent, carefree, and seemingly always happy. He is a cheerful man who doesn't like to let bad things bother him. He always has a smile on his face even during the mort dire of situations, and is often in a good mood in general. He is an eternal optimist, and likes to see the good in every situation. He believes that if you focus on the positive, and ignore the bad, the bad stuff will just go away.

His optimism is most prevelant in his dealings with other people. He does his best to share his positivity with others, and tries his best to comfort other people who are sad. He likes to believe that everyone is ultimately good, and always gives people the benefit of the doubt. However, he can be quick to trust the wrong people because of his optimism. He rarely ever gets mad at others. Even if he does get mad, he gets over it very quickly. He openly expresses affection through touching in the form of hugs, holding hands, as well as stroking and grabbing shoulders.

He is easily exciteable and hyperactive. It is difficult to get him to sit still and focus on a single subject for too long before he gets bored and move on to the next thing. While he is able to think quick on his feet during intense situations. he often acts impulsively, and jumps to conclusions without thinking first. Even in conversations, he tends to go off on tangents. He is also quick to apologize for anything he regrets doing, even if he hasn't done anything wrong. His parents punished him harshly for any little mistake, so he is constantly concerned about displeasing others.

He is both a pop star and superhero in order to bring joy and happiness for others. He also enjoyed the attention and fame being a superhero brings. After he left the institute, he became an actor for the purposes of getting attention and fame. Cameron knows he is adorable, and he does use it to his advantage if he knows if it will benefit him somehow. He’ll use his cheery personality, and childish behaviors to manipulate others. He’ll play dumb, and act like he doesn’t understand the other person’s request, to avoid rejection, or just get out of situation he doesn’t like. He is also very good at acting, and knows how to say just the right things to get what he wants, or just to get attention when he feels lonely.

Cameron has a passion for cute and pretty things. Most of his possessions are pink, he has a collection of plush toys and fashion dolls, and has many other childish interests. So many people have a problem with an adult man liking such things, but Cam does not care. Due to his upbringing, he missed out on his childhood, so now he's making up for lost time. He loves every kind of sweets and desserts. Ultimately, Cameron not only wants to be happy himself, but also to make others happy.

Background: Cameron was born to Movie Star Luana Mason. She had an affair with another actor, and only kept the child for the publicity. For a while, Cameron was raised by nannies hired by his mother. As Luana got older, she became less relevant and lost out on roles to younger actresses. She turned her attention to her son. If she couldn’t be in the spotlight anymore, then she would make her son a star, and live the glamorous lifestyle of a celebrity through him.

So, when Cameron turned 5, he was put through all kinds of lessons. Singing lessons, dance lessons, acting lessons, and he was still homeschooled to get a normal education. Cameron didn’t understand what all this was for, but went along with it to please his mother, and he believed she had good intentions. Besides, Cameron did enjoy some of the lessons his mother put him in. He liked singing and dancing, and it was discovered that he had a beautiful singing voice.

When he was 12, Cameron discovered what all these lessons were for. He was entered into talent shows, and taken to various recording studios where he was made to sing and perform for people. He soon got himself a record deal. He soon launched to the top of the Pop Charts with his hit single “Love is Like a Gummy Bear.” All of a sudden, Cameron was a bona fide Pop Star, and his stage mom was his manager.

After this, Cameron’s life became much more hectic. He was recording songs, doing concerts, and all the things that Pop Stars do. His had a tight and brutal schedule. His mother loved it, and she lived a glamorous lifestyle on Cameron’s money. She also became much more strict with him. He would be punished for the slightest slip up (sometimes beaten.) Despite the harshness, Cameron found himself enjoying being a Pop Star. It gave him a sense of purpose. To bring joy into people’s lives. Cameron had a number of fans. On the days when things were difficult, he had to remind himself that he was making people happy. He also enjoyed all the fame and attention he got from being a Pop Star. Whenever he was paraded out in public, Cam was the one front in center, the center of attention. He was always willing to interact with fans and pose for pictures when his mother allowed it.

Things changed when he turned 18. While he loved being a Pop Star, he could see that his momager wasn’t a nice lady. He was spending his money, and frankly he wanted a little more freedom. So, he fired her. There was a lot of drama, and lawsuits involved, but Cameron came out ok in the end. He got a brand new manager who was actually a decent human being, and Cameron now had room to breathe a little.

To celebrate, Cameron put on a major concert. Everything was going well, but several things happened to make the concert end early. There was an explosion at the laboratory that was near the concert venue Cameron was performing. This caused a strange blue mist to spread all over the area. As everyone was trying to evacuate, Cameron was unfortunately struck by lightning, and had to be put in the hospital.

Months later, Cameron woke up from a coma and was released from the hospital. Fortunately for him he was able to resume his Pop Star career. He got a ton of publicity from the incident. He would soon came to discover that he had Super Speed abilities. At first, he tried to keep a secret identity and used the name Dynamo to become a Super Hero. He stopped robberies and other crimes. He soon discovered that being a Pop Star and a Superhero at the same was difficult, and he got busted.

However, instead of giving up the Superhero life, his manager encouraged him to continue. The whole world knows who he is, and they love him even more for it. His record sales went up. Now he operates as a celebrity Superhero openly and films his exploits for reality TV, and is still a world famous Pop Star.

Name: Sophia Belle

Superhero name: None at this time

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Age: 26

Appearance:


Powers: Invulnerability, Super Strength, Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Senses (Ultraviolet Light, Hearing akin to an Owl), Higher Stamina (Needs to eat and sleep less), (Unknown to Her: Continuously draws small amounts of mana/magical energy from her surroundings)

Limitations: Despite being invulnerable, she feels varying degrees of pain, meaning she will still try and avoid being hit if possible - and there is a limit. While bullets give her minor bruises, things such as prolonged electrical current, extreme heat or cold, or explosions would still harm her (though to a lesser degree). Super Strength is also limited this way in that hitting steel hurts while breaking wood does not (or very little). Her speed is only limited to roughly 50 mph.

Weaknesses: Her senses can be overwhelmed like anyone else on the planet - bursts of ultraviolet rays that most people cannot see are especially effective. If anything is specifically designed to cancel out magical currents, she would also be vulnerable to this.

Skills/Talents: Before her superhero life, she was good with numbers and responsible financial management, however she didn't hold a job and learn odd bits of information regarding interests (like superhero comics, fantasy reading). She is able to retain things that interest her very well though.

Background/bio: Sophia grew up mostly alone besides the maids, nanny, and butlers. Her family was rich but very neglectful, often leaving her with a feeling of being alone. The servants never really, genuinely got close to her, so she had a childhood filled with video games, fantasy books, and comic books so she could escape into another life. As she grew up into a teenager, she became a bit of a rebel, though it wasn't to go to parties and the like, but rather becoming uncaring for school and more involved in her 'fantasy life'. By the time she was 22, she had dreams of exploring the world and maybe meeting a superhero in person and began to travel on her own - with parents that still didn't seem to care.

By the time she was 26, she had been to Korea, Canada, Germany, and found her latest stop in Scotland where she wanted to visit all the old castles. One fateful trip she had found herself wandering the halls away from the tourists, wanting to see what the ruins held for herself. She stopped by an old gate that seemed locked and behind it was a garden. Not thinking of the consequences, she found a rock and broke open the gate, but to her surprise the garden changed into some sort of engine room. She marveled at what she had found and in her excitement, she darted in with a smile only to hear a female voice announce the words, "core is critical, core is critical - scanning for new vessel - scan number 2,456,543 in progress". While many thoughts crossed her mind, she had no time to back out before the room was flooded with a red beam followed by, "replacement vessel found. Injecting core."

Whatever happened to her, it was like a pain she had never felt before in her life. It was so intense that she just barely remembers the room growing dark before she passed out onto the floor. By the time she woke up, it was clearly night - long past time for any tourist groups and it was obvious she had been somewhere that no one had been before. As Sophia stumbled out of the castle ruins, she could almost 'feel' the world around her buzzing with energy - the night sky, the moon - everything seemed so clear and sharp. As she came to terms with her new powers, she knew she always daydreamed of being a superhero...

Extra: Theme Song

Name: Flauros Nighfallen

Gender: It

Race: Demon

Age: 29, (500 years in human world)

Personality: Despite his demonic origins, Flauros is a well-mannered and diligent earnest man when it comes to his earthly duties as a store manager. He is proactive, dignified, and speaks very professionally when it comes to interacting with heroes, civilians, and villains alike.

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Power(s):

Enhanced Speed, Endurance, and Strength. Minor levitation.

Lesser Ring of Solomon - Flauros's source of power and only connection to his domain: the limbo that exists between the physical mortal plane, the dreamlands, and the underworld. It can conjure a variety of lesser demons via portals. These hellspawn lackeys serve him and are often used as cooks and service crew in his fast-food joint named The Devil's Cafe™.

Occultism - Flauros is well versed and a master practitioner of the dark arts (mainly demon magic), a system that is outside the spectrum of religion and science. Where the understanding of the mystics, supernatural, hexes, curses falls under this category. Altho, Flauros finds this system quite outdated in this realm; with all of the diagrams and whatnot and believes human technology has surpassed it.

Sinner's Eye- Flauros' all-seeing eye can detect an individual based on their level of malice within a 50-mile radius. The higher the malice the person generates, the easier Flauros can scry on their location. This fiendish magic is mostly used as security cameras within the vicinity of his fast-food joint, keeping out those pesky villains (and sometimes heroes) away from causing trouble to his establishment.

Hellfire - a magical flame blast that scorches and consumes its target, applying a lasting searing and burning effect unless treated by any holy property.

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Weakness: Flauros hates all things holy and is vulnerable to true magic. (Any sorcery that befalls before the Age of man is considered true magic)

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Skills/Talents:
An Excellent Chef.
A responsible taxpayer.
An accountable restaurant manager that cares for the welfare of his crew and customers.

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Background/bio:

Flauros is one of the youngest elite generals of the demon king in the underworld. An alternate realm located in the depths of dreamland(a fantasy mirrored world similar to earth) that is governed by the remaining old gods themselves. An abyss where fiendish oddities, eldritch horrors and creatures inhabit the land. A dog-eat-dog world where it's survival of the fittest. Ravaged by war, Demons are always fighting for the territorial claims in their little corner of this godforsaken realm.

He was then usurped from his throne and driven out by crusaders wielding chaos magic from another world.

Thanks to a botched spell that would forever seal the demon tyrant for eternity. Flauros was instead banished from his hellish domain and got isekai'd via a mystical rift into the surface known as the human realm.

Flauros gains knowledge of this new world and slowly builds up his strength and reputation, sustaining himself in harvesting the malice of the population in "the crucible" known as Grailham city.

He guises himself as the founder and owner of a fast-food joint named "The Devil's Cafe". One of the oldest establishments located in the heart of Grailham City. Where the level of malice of the villains and righteousness of the aspiring heroes is balanced for his taste. Flauros is a self-serving demon, an "anti-hero" that will switch sides if he deems it fit.

Theme:
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Name: Arthur Pendragon

Superhero name: Arthur

Gender: M

Race: Human

Age: 18

Appearance: 5 foot 11, golden amber eyes. Arthur has a bite mark left on his left forearm from a wolf attack. Multiple scars scattered across his torso from hi sword training. Has an ethereal blue handprint emblazoned over his left pectoral.

Power: Knowledge of cantrips. Cantrips include, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Minor healing, minor illusions (which he hates using because he considers it to be lying.)

Limitations;
Fire Cantrip: Can create a flurry of embers which can be used to start fires, alternatively it can be used to manipulate small flames such as campfires, torches, and candles.

Wind Cantrip: Can create small gusts of wind, the strength of which can be adjusted as needed. Currently he can only create winds up too 6 mph.

Earth Cantrip: Can be used to manipulate minerals and soil. Currently he can only use it to weaken walls or floors made from clay bricks.

Water Cantrip: Can manipulate just under a gallon of water. Requires water to be present.

Minor Healing: Can only be used to instantly heal scrapes, burns, and small cuts. Uses the calories stored in the body to accelerate the bodies natural healing process, thus it requires Arthur to have sufficient energy, and preferably having eaten shortly beforehand.

Minor Illusions: Can create noises and temporarily alter peoples perceptions of small objects no larger then a duffel bag. Visual illusions can be easily seen through by more intelligent people, or those actively trying to see through it.

Skills/Talents: Trained in swordplay and archery. Know's the general basics of sewing, hunting/tracking, wilderness survival, horse riding, and alchemy (medicinal not magical)

Flaws/Weakness: Arthur is a plain old mortal man, with all the weaknesses that come with it. He however cannot swim, suffering from hydrophobia, thus he refuses to go out on open water.

Background/bio: Arthur was born during a time of war, to a single mother. His early youth spent growing up around the brothel his mother worked for. Born the bastard of a whore, the folk of the land looked down on Arthur, treating him like a pest more then a person. These formative years went a long way to teach Arthur about respect and honor. Alas his time with his mother would be cut short by the invasion of the Saxon forces. As war and turmoil spread rapidly across the land his mother knew she would not be able to protect her boy. But her prayers would be answered with the arrival of a stranger.

He said his name was Merlin, and that he had come in search of a child destined to save the land. That boy, of course, being Arthur. At the age of 9 he left home to begin his training. Over the next eight years, Arthur would be taught the importance of morality and compassion, and under Merlin's tutelage he would learn the way of the sword. As Arthur grew, so did his talents, even showing an aptitude for magic and science. This would push Merlin to increase his training, knowing the knowledge he instilled in the boy would one day be used for the people.

As the day of reckoning drew near, Merlin knew Arthur was not yet ready to take his place as savior of the people, so he enacted a new plan. Calling upon the forbidden arcane art of temporal magic, Merlin ripped a whole in the very fabric of space and time. With one final word of wisdom Merlin cast Arthur forward through time into the distant future where, with any luck, he would mature into the man his kingdom needed him to be.

Now all alone, in a foreign land full of corruption and hate, Arthur must follow his heart if he is to ever return home.

Name: James Harris

Superhero name: Medic

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Age: 28

Appearance:

Standing tall at 6’2, James has dark hair and eyes. He has an athletic build and prefers practicality over style when it comes to his clothes, often wearing sweaters, hoodies or just plain t-shirts along with a pair of jeans and comfortable boots. He is also partial to vintage leather jackets whenever he rides his Harley. His only outstanding feature is the faded burn scars on his chest, neck and bottom left side of his face from where the majority of the chemical landed on him.



Personality: Above all else James is a nice guy who wants to do the right thing. He helps out where he can, works hard, takes care of his family and he doesn’t get into fights if he can help it. He’s the kind of guy who tries to negotiate a peaceful solution first and foremost and only ever resorts to violence if there is no other choice available. James is also insanely loyal to those he considers his family and friends and would do almost anything to protect them. He is also a bit of a glass-half-full kind of person, who tries to see the best in everything.

Power:

• Regeneration: His cells regenerate at an accelerated pace, meaning that as long as his heart continues to beat, he’ll be able to recover from nearly any injury given enough time. The length of time it takes for his injuries to heal tends to vary depending on the severity of the wound. A cut on his hand will be gone within a minute where if he breaks every bone in his body, was caught up in an explosion, or was ran over and dragged by a bus, it could take up to three days before he’s completely healed. Another effect of his regeneration that he hasn’t discovered yet, is that it slowed down his aging. He is not immortal, this just means that his life-expectancy increased by around 20-50 years.
• Wound transferal: He can manipulate the cells in living organisms – himself included – by transferring his own injuries to another living creature as well as the reverse where he transfers their injuries to himself.
• Transferal of hormones: He can also manipulate individual hormones – like adrenaline – transferring some of it from one person to another. He can also sap – or give – energie from another in this manner.
• Pain manipulation: He can also transfer pain, either absorbing the pain from someone else onto himself, or transferring his own pain to another.
• James is now also immune to becoming ill and, in a few years, I’m planning on him being able to cure serious diseases using his abilities.

Limitations:

• His powers take both time and energy – with his energy levels directly affecting the time. As such he can only do so much before he needs to take a rest, otherwise he’ll start risking himself. (I figured that the amount that he can use his powers without becoming to tired can increase over the course of the rp? Like how exercising slowly increases your stamina?)
• He’s still learning how his powers work and thus far has only really explored his regeneration and wound transferal.

Flaws/weaknesses:

• His regeneration can’t fix death. He can recover from almost everything but a killing blow. Example: A bullet to the brain, having his heart ripped out or being decapitated are but a few things he should try to avoid.
• He is not a starfish, so he won’t be able to regrow limbs.
• His powers only work through skin contact.
• The closer a person is to death when he transfers their wounds to himself, the more dangerous it becomes for himself, depending on the severity of their condition, there is a chance that he could die.

Skills/Talents:

• He is trained as an EMT and is a certified paramedic
• He’s pretty athletic, making a point of it to exercise regularly
• He’s a good cook
• He’s good with managing his finances and regularly helps his family out with their books.
• He’s ambidextrous – proficient with using both his hands
• Knows all the best ways to extinguish different kind of fires.

Background/Bio: James Harris had an ordinary life – or as close to ordinary as one can get living in Grailham city. He had two average middle-class parents and two younger siblings. The only remotely interesting thing about his upbringing was when he skipped the fourth grade as well as the pranks he and his siblings would pull on each-other. Other than that, he kept his head down and his nose clean and worked hard – both for school as well as various part time jobs. When he was 17 he graduated Highschool with high marks, continuing that streak at university where along with his other studies, he got certified as a EMT. After college he spent a few years working as an EMT before he became a paramedic at 26.

It was when he had been working as a paramedic for a year that the accident happened. The team he was working with had responded to a massive fire at a private science-facility. A man with severe burn wounds had been wheeled into the ambulance – a canister clutched in a death grip in his hands. Unfortunately, he died before they reached the hospital, but not before pushing the canister into James’s hands and whispering, “Don’t let him get this…”

After dropping the man’s body off, they were on route to their next call. While sitting in the back, James took a moment to inspect the canister. Curiosity got the better of him, and since there weren’t any warning labels on it, he cautiously unscrewed the top in order to peer inside. As fate would have it though, it was at that moment that the ambulance collided with another vehicle and was sent careening off the road. The impact causing James to jerk and the contents of the canister to spill on him.

The following events were a blur. James can only recall blinking up at the night sky and the ambulance going up in flames next to him all while a burning pain spreading across his body like a fire.

When he later woke up in the hospital, he discovered that there wasn’t a single mark on him – not even any childhood scars – just an already fading scar from where the unknown chemical hit him. He didn’t fully realise the implications of what happened until a few days later when he accidentally cut himself while cooking and the wound closed right before his eyes. A few weeks later, he was visiting his younger sister when his niece had an accident resulting in a long bleeding gash in her arm that he knew would require several stitches.

While his sister was panicking and looking for the car keys, he took his sobbing niece into the bathroom to clean the wound and to staunch the bleeding. While tending her, he noticed that the cut on her arm was disappearing until only a long thin scratch remained and even that would have vanished had he not pulled his hands back in shock. At the same time he noticed a pain in his own arm along with a wetness on the inside of his sleeve. Keeping his composure, he finished tending to his niece’s injury before sending her off once she calmed down and then closed the bathroom door behind her. Frantically pulling off his jacket and rolling up his sleeves, he noticed that there was a deep cut on his arm – albeit an already healing one – on exactly the same place as on his niece’s.

From there the floodgates had been opened and while he might have been content to pretend that the cut on his hand was a figment of his imagination, there was no denying this. He started actively experimenting as much as he could, tentatively testing his own limits. His abilities have become an unbelievable advantage for his job, allowing him to better stabilise people and to allow many to actually arrive at the hospital alive when they previously wouldn’t have survived that long.

Sometimes he passes a comic book store, or hears about a hero’s exploits on the news, and he wonders whether he could be doing more with his abilities as well, but up until now nothing more has come from those thoughts than a few moments of idle pondering. Will that change?

Extra:

• Theme song (I might change this later if I find something more fitting)
• Face claim is Nico Panagio
• Before gained his powers, he was allergic to strawberries, peanuts and citrus – now he’s making up for lost time by sampling them and experimenting as much as he could.
• He’s not a good singer, but he enjoys singing to himself if he thinks he’s alone.
• He loves reading, fantasy books in particular.
• His favorite colour is blue.
• He HATES broccoli and cauliflower with a passion.

Name: Fiadh (FEE-a)

Gender: Female

Race: Human (Cursed)

Age: 25

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Appearance: Fiadh switches between two forms. Her normal form is passably human so she can blend into a crowd, but restricts her powers unlike her cursed form.

In her normal form she is an even six feet tall, or 182 centimeters, with a muscular build. She has dark red hair that descends to her shoulders and hazel eyes, past that, her features become inhuman. Covering her body at various spots are emerald scales, her mouth is filled with sharp teeth like that of a carnivore and her hands in feet end in claw like nails. She also has a pair of bony protrusions on her back with another behind her hips, which will eventually grow into wings and a tail. Fiadh tries to hide these features with her clothes. Typically wearing a hoodie or jacket, blue jeans, steel toed boots, and a pair of tactical gloves. She also wears the gold coin which cursed her on a necklace, she never parts with this.

Her cursed form has her covered in the emerald scales, her head elongates to resemble a European dragon, a pair of wings emerges from her back, and she sprouts a tail that is as long as roughly half her standing height. In this form, she stands on digitigrade legs at an impressive ten feet or 304 centimeters tall.

At least that is how she currently looks, as her curse progresses both forms will become less human and more draconic.

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Personality: Fiadh is bold and impulsive, finding that risky ventures often bear great rewards. Her curse has filled her with covetous thoughts, and when something catches her eye, she tends to obsess over it. Ever an opportunist, she can find ways to make bad situations result in her favor. At times, her thoughts become more paranoid and may be reflected in her behavior. Lastly, she is very defensive and she is quick to display aggression against perceived threats or slights

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Power: Fiadh was cursed for her greed and bound to the coin she stole. She is driven by a voice in her head to obtain things by any means and hoard them for herself. As she succumbs to this desire, she slowly morphs more and more into a dragon, a symbol of the very covetous desires that led her to this fate. So far, she has amassed a… humble hoard, and thus well on her way to her new form.

Draconic Physiology – Fiadh can endure more trauma and has the strength and agility that borders on peak human fitness, possibly a little bit further. She also possesses deadly teeth and claws, and an improved sense of smell and sight. She is also inured to disease, poisons, venom, and other similar things that would impair or harm her. Lastly, she is resistant to high temperatures and can comfortably reside in all but the hottest fires.

Toxic Breath – The paranoia and covetous nature of her curse manifests in the very air she exhales. She is capable of generating a toxin carried by the air via her nose and mouth that induces exhaustion and weakness with physical contact in most people. The toxins are also highly flammable but she has no method to exploit this without external factors.

BEHOLD! My stuff. – Fiadh’s power is proportional to the size and value of her ‘dragon hoard’. Since golden coins are not a common currency in the modern world, she has had to improvise. She has a sixth sense for things that are magical in nature, incredibly valuable, or otherwise notable. Whenever she obtains the object, she passively imprints her curse on the object and binds it to her. So long as no other individual possesses the object, she is able to draw energy from the object regardless of distance and empowers herself. She is able to sense where objects in her hoard are regardless of distance and if anyone so much as touches any of it. When present with her hoard, Fiadh is capable of quickly regenerating wounds.

Cursed Form: Fiadh is capable of using her curse to shift into a form more capable of dealing with any threats. Her strength increases to superhuman levels, able to toss cars around with moderate difficulty, she is capable of manifesting more lethal toxic breath, and her wings allow for limited flight. While in this form, she displays increased paranoia and aggression.

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Limitations: Fiadh is not fully accustomed to her draconic form. She does not understand her own strength and has accidentally crushed door handles on multiple occasions, her movements are awkward and while she can jump very high and glide, she cannot fly. Transforming to her cursed form is time consuming and painful as her flesh is torn, altered, and rearranged. Transforming back is easier but she is usually left in a state of fatigue. The toxins she exhales dissipates quickly in the air and is only effective in close range to the target.

Flaws/weaknesses: Fiadh is cold blooded, even in her (mostly) human form. While she is very capable of retaining heat in her body, she is vulnerable to hypothermia at higher temperatures than the average human.

Fiadh’s curse ties her to her hoard, a treasure she guards lest a thief abscond with a trinket. If someone possess a treasure from her hoard, she is bound to not willingly harm them physically so long as they still possess said treasure. She may attempt to reclaim her treasure or harm the individual through proxy however.

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Skills/Talants: Fiadh has the uncanny ability to tell the retail or black-market price of any object by sight. She also can quickly find the best deals and discounts for said objects. Knowledge is a treasure of the mind, Fiadh seeks to learn about topics both scientific and occult when nothing more physical proves tantalizing.

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Background/Bio: There was little to note about Fiadh’s life before her affliction. Just another person with slightly unrealistic ambitions. Like most people with dreams, this Irish lass needed money, and a lot of it. Fiadh ventured into a forest one day, but fate or perhaps mere chance determined that she would have an extraordinary encounter. Deep in the woods, she happened upon a “pot o’ gold and a wee lad”, though the lad dressed the part he did not look quite like the mascot on a box of Lucky Charms. The leipreachán, perhaps sensing her desire for treasure, welcomed Fiadh with a sinister smile and offered her a game of wits in exchange for a few golden coins if she wins or but a few mere strands of hair if she loses.

Being confident of her cleverness, she agreed and quickly won a few coins from the fey. He, however was not dismayed as he sensed she was not satisfied and was hungry for more, so he offered another match for greater stakes, wanting a thumb and pinky finger if she loses or offering a handful of coins if she wins. Fiadh knew that fey were mischievous but she was more confident of her own abilities and agreed, winning again. Game after game was won and Fiadh became greedier and greedier till the fey offered the final game. If she won, she would gain a treasure that would lead her to other treasures, if she loses, they fey gets her soul. Fiadh’s greed and confidence made her accept as the fey planned. With a sinister laugh he revealed the rules to this new game, carefully curated to be unwinnable. Fiadh however, proved to be wittier than they fey imagined. She realizes that if she plays the leipreachán’s game that there would be no way to win and that it is too late to not play… but it was not too late to play the game but with her own rules. As long as he thought, the fey could not dismantle her logic or reasoning to the changes, and was forced to lose. But they Fey do not like losing, true to his word, he offered her a ‘treasure that would lead her to other treasures’ but therein lies his cruelty. As soon as Fiadh touched the coin offered to her, she was cursed.

The fey taunted her “Try as you may, try as you might. There is no way out of this blight. I curse you for never satisfying your greed. To assume a form more in line with your desire is guaranteed. Because you cheated me it brings me great pleasure, when you learn what I mean when this guides you to treasure.” As the consequences of her greed and the reason why it is not a good idea to trick the fey dawned on her, she found herself alone. But not quite like normal. Some thoughts she had were not her own. It was in her own voice, and said in a way like she would, but it suggested her to do things she would not have thought of before. It showed her the value of things she never knew they had.

At first, it was a boon. She could get good deals on things, and resale them for a profit. She would find things lost in the grass or sidewalk. Quickly, however, did the blessing turn. She began to think, how easy it would be to pickpocket that silver watch with a distraction and deft hands. How easy it would be to deceive others on the value of things she resold. Then it became less about the money. She found herself selling things less often, and keeping them more and more. Hoarding them, piling them together. She also found herself becoming... something else. She wondered why she kept cutting her tongue and mouth while eating before discovering her teeth became sharp as knives. She found her skin becoming scaly in some places. She began to distrust people; they just act friendly to get to her stuff. She found her words becoming toxic, sometimes literally. At times she lamented as to the person she used to be. At others, she finds herself more comfortable like this. Sometimes, she found herself only remotely human. The frequency increasing in proportion to the size and value of her hoard. She realizes the nature of her curse, but…maybe it is a blessing. As her condition progresses, she finds herself more capable of amassing treasure which furthers her condition which allows her to swell her hoard and so on and so on.

At times, she wonders when will it be enough. How much material gain does she need to be satisfied? At others, she ponders if the satisfaction is in the act of doing and not necessarily the end. Or maybe, she is finding happiness in the wrong thing. There is a place, Grailham City, which offers a fresh start on life. Perhaps, she could try a hand at this ‘hero-ing’ thing. She has been serving herself for years and finding herself unsatisfied, perhaps satisfaction may be found in selfless acts and admiration of others. Perhaps she can turn this curse into a boon.

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Dragon’s Hoard – Fiadh’s hoard value is currently at $256,782.32 USD. This value is divided between $35,000 worth of gold coins, $42,000 worth of gems, jewels, and jewelry, $100,000 worth of rare books both mundane and occult, $83,000 worth of art, and the remaining value divided amongst various other categories. It currently occupies the majority of living space in her one-bedroom apartment and despite its appearance, Fiadh finds it very comfortable to sleep on.

Name: Miria

Superhero name: Shield Maiden

Gender: Female

Race: Custodian Network (alien machine intelligence)

A race of machine lifeforms created by an ancient species as a proxy army and peacekeeping force. They outlived their creators, and have been forced to develop on their own as a result.

Age: Appears to be in her mid 20s.



Power: Force field generation

The force field Miria employs for offense and defense is standard issue for her kind. It functions by shunting the energy of attacks into a dimensional fold, to be released later in any arbitrary direction. When struck, the field tends to light up in a hexagonal pattern. While usually around her in a spherical form if she’s just defending herself, she can extend her force fields to form barriers, and can also shrink the coverage to a smaller area.

Offensively, she can use the same force fields to capture or otherwise contain someone or something, extend one in such a way as to hit someone with it and shove them around, or even create a local warp in space that would damage or destroy the objects occupying the same space.

Her force fields are safe to stand on if you’re brave enough.



Limitations:
Miria has certain programmed orders that are things she can’t ignore or countermand. She is to protect and rescue civilians whenever possible (and anyone in distress in space), and cannot kill (and can’t torture someone with things that they can survive, either). She also follows a continuum of force, and will match her response to the threat presented.

Due to the current advancement of Earth, technology protection protocols have Miria operating at a very low overall output.

Flaws/weaknesses:
Miria’s force fields do have a limit to the energy they can absorb before they are saturated and collapse. She can dissipate the energy over time when not under fire, so sustained fire or very powerful single attacks are the most effective.

She needs to repair herself with additional nanomaterial when injured, and her only supply is her ship, so if she doesn’t have access to it, she’ll just have to wait.

Skills/Talents:
Knowledge of the greater galaxy, its culture, laws, etc.
Astrogation
Hacking - As one might expect, an AI running on a quantum computer has little difficulty cracking into most electronic security on Earth.
Makes electronic music as a hobby.

Personality:
Miria is focused, composed, and confident. Even in the toughest situations, she’ll push through with sheer grit and determination. She can tend toward being aggressive or defensive, particularly to hide her own emotional vulnerabilities. She can get a bit overzealous when it comes to pursuing her job, but most of her activities on Earth don’t count for that.

She tends to come off as either very curious, or completely unsurprised, depending on the situation and how well she already understands it. Anything involving aliens or advanced technology is already quaint, anything involving human culture is fascinating. She is particularly intrigued by music, and composes some of her own, in her spare time, as a way to understand humanity better.

She tends to fight with efficiency and precision, avoiding collateral damage whenever possible.

Background/bio:
Miria is a law enforcement officer of the Galactic Alliance, assigned to the Sol system. While the Alliance would usually consider such a planet something of an unimportant backwater, the increase in superhumans has piqued their interest. They also suspect that various criminals may be using the planet as a place to lay low.

Her mission is to search for any fugitives possibly hiding out on the planet, and to assess the Earth’s cultural and technological advancement for possible invitation to join the Alliance. She arrived and has set herself up with a civilian identity. Miria’s cover identity is a reporter working for one of the larger news agencies in Grailham city. The location is an excellent one for reasons of both being a major city full of all manner of industry, and for the large number of heroes and villains present, making it a good case study for the rest of the Earth. Her job was chosen mostly because it allows her a certain amount of freedom in gathering information.

With all the supervillains running around, she did eventually have to step in and defend herself and others, and has made something of a name for herself as a hero. The “Shield Maiden” moniker is one given to her by the news, but she’s stuck with it for now. She’s kept her origins a secret, of course, and people seem to really love lines like “I just can’t help myself,” for reasons to stop people breaking the law or acting to protect others. Never mind that to do otherwise would go against her programming. She is the sort to drop villains off with the police or otherwise ensure they are handed over to custody of the proper authorities, usually with as little harm to them as possible.

Name: Tobias Reber

Superhero name: Ratboy

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Age: 17

Appearance:

Personality: Tobias is a tenacious hard worker, unwise yet very intelligent, and compassionate almost to a fault. He likes to joke around and make people smile despite not being that funny. Still, he hopes his effort will itself be enough to raise the spirits of his friends. He is very passionate on issues of class and economics, and strongly believes in the idea of community.

Power: Ratboy's main powers are enhanced reflexes and movement, allowing a wide array of acrobatics, and the ability to scurry up surfaces like a squirrel as long as there's *some* purchase, as well as the ability to communicate with rodents. He also possesses enhanced potential for strength, and a mild healing factor (it won't be visible or have a tangible effect during a fight but there's not much he won't have recovered from after a good night's sleep or two), as well as super smell.

Limitations: Ratboy's powers only grant him the potential for things. He couldn't suddenly do a somersault after getting his powers. He had to learn to do one. He wasn't immediately granted the ability to break brick with his bare fists but trained himself to that level much easier and faster than a regular human could. He could understand rats but had to learn their language in order to talk back, etc. As such, he is inexperienced, far below his true potential and his healing factor won't give him any edge during a fight. He is just as easy to kill as anyone else provided you can finish him off.

Flaws/weaknesses: Ratboy tends to get in over his head and despite his wily nature and quickness on his feet, he can be outclassed by most supervillains or henchmen that actually have powers. His sense of smell could also easily be overpowered by strong smells normal people could choose to ignore, greatly distracting him.

Skills/Talants: Parkour, some gymnastics. Knows how to cook, clean and sew. Is fluent in German, English and Dutch with a little bit of French. Can also speak semi-fluent Rodent.

Background/Bio: Born in Bremen, Germany, Tobias grew up in an underfunded orphanage. He was constantly surrounded by cold, suffering children, and he liked to do kind things to make them smile. He enjoyed school (partly because there was heating) and stayed there to study for as long as he could, turning him into a very bright child. When he turned 12, he started working in a kitchen as a potwasher, and saved as much money as he possibly could. He wanted to give it back to the orphanage. They refused, as that was his money he'd earned.

One day, on a school trip to a laboratory, he got lost looking for the toilet. Panicking, he tried to get back to his group, only getting lost further and further into prohibited rooms. One room was very dark, and as he fumbled for a light switch, his foot hit nothing but air and he tumbled into a plastic 'coffin', full of test subject rats. He screamed as they bit and scratched him until some of the security there heard him and rescued him. He was too young to persecute for trespassing and they couldn't do so anyway without revealing the nature of their experiments, so they cleaned him up, bribed him with goodies and cash, and took him back to his group.

Since that day, he noticed things. Hard feats that only gymnasts and bodybuilders on TV could do, he could kind of do!" He could climb a tree like a squirrel and just as fast. He started showing off with parkour. Doing these things were incredibly fun, so he did them more and more. The feats themselves were incentive to constantly train his body. By the time he was 16, he had developed quite the muscular frame.

Tobias would see on the news, the increasing intensity the superpowered battles between Heroes and Villains were tearing apart the lives of the regular residents of Grailham City, including it's poorest and most vulnerable. So he made the decision to hitchhike from Germany to the USA, to Grailham City, and start life as a Hero, because it clearly needed more Heroes who focused on protecting the little guy.