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[Omega Man]

Archetype: Size Manipulator
Name: Jonathon Marlowe
Alias: Gigas
Age: 28
Powers:

* Duplication - Marlowe can create 5 duplicates, of different size and strength.
* Dupe Telepathy - Marlowe and his giant dupes are all connected telepathically.
* Strength/Durability - With each duplicate the hero is granted more strength and durability.

6 ft - At normal height and weight, Marlowe can lift five tons and take small arms fire.
12 ft - The first dupe can lift 10 tons and take heavy arms fire.
18 ft - The second dupe can lift 15 tons, and take any gunfire with the addition of bladed weapons having no effect.
24 ft - 20 ton lift, same as before.
30 ft - 25 ton lift, same as before.
60 ft - 50 ton lift, same as before, just twice as big and powerful


Weaknesses:

* The more duplicates he makes, the less time they have to stick around. With all of his duplicates active, he has roughly five minutes to get everything he needs to done. The most strain comes from the last giant dupe. Without the largest dupe, Marlowe can keep them active for fifteen minutes. He generally just uses the first two or three duplicates.

* Brute Force - anybody stronger than Marlowe could still get the best of him.

* Telepathic Attacks - his mind is always vulnerable. If his concentration is broken he involuntarily reabsorbs his dupes.

* Gas Bombs - Gas based weapons effect him like they would anyone.

* Heat / Cold - Gigas can still be burned and suffer the same as anyone from extreme temperatures.

* Eyesight - Flash grenades mess him up, he wears special golden contacts to help with being near sighted and to protect from the sun's rays. Bright lights are still a big weakness.

Alignment: Hero, Agent of STRIKE
Personality: honest, cautious, tactical, easy going, resourceful
Appearance:



BRIEF Bio:

Marlowe was an Olympic level wrestler and sprint runner who later in life became a security guard for a hospital in New Athens for several years. Upon coming into contact with an alien and some strange substance on the edge of the hospital perimeter, Jon was somehow given the ability to make giant duplicates of himself. Shortly after STRIKE's mountain fortress HQ was set up in New Athens [two years ago], Jon was recruited into their rank and has trained with some of the best in hand to hand. A couple of his giant dupes actually helped with the recent renovations in the east wing of the HQ. Now with Liberty Son on the path to becoming the twisted Darkstar, STRIKE will recruit every hero it can in an attempt to take down one of the nation's most influential superhumans. And one of the first was Jon, now codenamed 'Gigas'.

At this point in his career he's mostly trained with STRIKE agents and doesn't have any real in the field experience. He can't wait to remedy this.

Storylines:

* Out of the Shadows - Rumors of a giant man in the ranks are finally put to rest when Gigas is tasked with being among the superhumans to take down Liberty Son / Darkstar.

* Assault on STRIKE - the mountain fortress is attacked...

Notes: We need more supervillains.

~KL~

[Marik]

So here’s something fucked up, AKA employee gets Mr. potato head’ed by her psychopathic boyfriend and comes out messed up from the experience.

Only without the eye implant and the tech on her head.

Archetype: Advanced techno

Name: Maria Annette “Mary-Ann” Legrand

Alias: Marionette

Age: 29

Powers: Marionette is a double arm and leg amputee with state of the art cybernetic prosthetics. These limbs are superior to their flesh and blood counterparts in every way; they’re made from a durable alloy that hits as hard as a sledgehammer while also providing great endurance and flexibility. The arms and legs are filled with various metal wires and she mostly uses the former limbs for grappling; Maria can essentially shoot these spike tipped wires from holes located at the top of her wrists, letting her swing around on whatever she can connect with.

Weaknesses: Weak where her metal isn’t, Maria equates to a normal human on most of her body, and can bleed like the rest of us. A strong enough force could crush and disable her metallic limbs, and something like a sawblade or another super sharp object could cut the wires she uses. She hates when people bring up how she was before her “upgrades”, because she very much believes that as Marionette, she is vastly superior to simple old Maria.

Alignment: Villain

Personality: Intelligent, obsessive, traumatized, megalomaniac, sadistic

BRIEF Bio: Maria Legrand worked in research and development for Kane Corp, owned by the enigmatic billionaire Darius Kane. She was assigned to a team that was tasked with creating improved prosthetics for injured military veterans, a project she was hoping to nab in order to build a new set of legs for her brother after he lost them in the war. The project was led by one Nathanial Bell; who was a very strange but intelligent man. The team would work long hours and in that time Maria and Bell grew very close. Mary-Ann gave out plentiful information about her life; background, interests, and even spoke of grievances, such as that one ex who just wouldn’t leave her alone. Maria didn’t seem to mind that she’d been presenting her life to Nathanial and he never seemed to offer any information in return, it seemed that his intellect was enough of a draw.

Months would pass and the team eventually crafted what was to be the future in artificial limbs. Only one thing was left, a test subject, and as project lead it was Bell’s choice on who to pick. He was given countless dossiers of military heroes that could use this technology to become productive members of society again, but Bell wasn’t interested in them. No, he wanted to “improve” his partner, and drugged Maria when she visited his home for a dinner date.

When Maria woke, she was hanging by wrist cords that extended from two metal arms she didn’t have before, and she was terrified to look down at her legs, as they felt off. From their locale, which seemed to be a theatre of some sorts, to her lab partner sitting in the front row with a grin on his face and a device in his hands, as well as what looked like her ex bound on the other side of the stage… that whole situation was a lot to take in. She still has dreams about it, about Bell telling her that he was going to make her do what she previously thought she couldn’t and get that pesky ex out of her hair. She still remembers the gleam of a knife in a palm that she couldn’t seem to open, and if she concentrates, she can hear the sound of a motor starting up above her and being forced forward by the device she hung from to face her former lover. Was it Bell that puppeteered Maria to stab her ex repeatedly, or did she do it of her own free will? She doesn’t remember that part so well, but she’ll always remember doing it, as Bell had filmed the act and projected it on the theatre screen for Maria to watch over, and over, and over. Bell left after that, saying that he would return, but he never did. Maria was found the next day by the horrified manager of the establishment, just gazing at the screen and muttering Bell’s last words over the recording before it started again, “My Marionette.”

She was found innocent for the murder but was to undergo study to observe her health and mind at an island research base owned by Kane Corp. She was studied for a year before it was decided that she could be used as a resource to further Kane Corp’s plans, and was thereby considered property of the company as she had so much of their technology keeping her standing. She was then planted with a chip that could disable her prosthetics if she crossed a line that the corporation didn’t approve of, and was shipped to New Athens to protect Darius Kane’s assets in the city.

Storylines: Escape the Clutches of Kane- Marionette hates her job and wants to ditch her captors for good.

Ringing Up Bell- Marionette wishes to reunite with her long lost lover find out why he left and what his plans are.

Pulling the Strings- Marionette wants to establish a team of some sort to pursue greater criminal ventures.

Notes: Maria is fucked up. Seriously, her mind got melted by a psychopath. She sincerely believes that Bell changed her life for the better and that she’s stronger than she ever was. That the whole situation was the little push she needed to get her to do everything she had been afraid to do before. She’s deluded. She only has the drive to fuck shit up now. She will never be able to be swayed into helping further society again. She should be imprisoned and the key should be thrown away.

[Lmpkio]

Sentinel

Without Mask

Suit

Archetype: Size Manipulator

Name: Shinji Yazaki

Alias: "Sentinel"

Age: 20

Powers:

• Sentinel Suit: Shinji's Sentinel suit allows him to grow up to fifty meters tall and gain superhuman feats. The armor is powered by Shinji himself so overuse will leave him tired even to the point of fainting as signified by his mechanical Color Timer. He can carry his suit on the go, for it can merge into a folded "box", allowing him to store it in his backpack, and is great for when he needs to save the day when he isn't at home.
• Size Manipulation: Shinji can manipulate his size up to fifty meters when dealing with a giant opponent and back. He can be in this size for a very long time, up to several hours, until he either goes back to regular size manually or eventually tires out and changes automatically.
• Superhuman Strength: Shinji possess natural superhuman strength, in which he can lift objects twice his weight. He can also dent metal.
• Durability: Shinji is quite durable, more so than a regular human, and can take multiple powerful hits and still be able to fight. He can also heal from more grievous wounds and be fully healed in as little as two days. This applies to both in and out of the suit.
• Extraordinary Jumper: Shinji can leap great distances thanks to his muscle strength particularly in his legs when within the armor. He can also survive falls from heights that would kill a person.
• Focus: While Shinji's strength is his own when he fights, the suit helps him to tap into his inner potential, allowing him to do incredible feats of strength and power. In the suit, he can lift objects four times his size and can punch right through metal.
• Protection: The suit also provides Shinji with extra protection besides his own durability.
• Energy Blades: On his arms Shinji's armor is armed with energy weapons, contained blades of highly-concentrated plasma energy that he can use in several ways. The Energy Blades, being made of electrical plasma energy, are powered by Shinji's own body, so overuse can tire him. They can be used as:
  
  
  
  • Blades: Like their name suggests, the Energy Blades are blades of energy plasma that can slice through many conventional matter. He can cut through a solid stone projectile several feet thick in one swing.
  • Defense: The Energy Blades can be used to block energy attacks.
  • Acceleration: Shinji can use the Energy Blades to propel himself at incredible speeds.
  • Thrusters: As well as propelling himself forward Shinji can use them to fly through the air.
• Plasma Ray: Shinji can fire beams of plasma energy from the palms of his hands, allowing him to issue long-ranged attacks against his foes. If he combines his palms together while firing, he can fire an even large beam, with double the power.
• Ultra-Punch: Shinji can power up a very strong punch, created by plasma energy, allowing him to punch through almost anything. This, however, takes up a lot of energy and requires intense focus on the opponent. If disturbed, the attack will fail.
• Limiter: Shinji's suit is outfitted with a limiter holding back the amount of energy his suit can absorb from him, which is signified by the eyes in his helmet going red. Upon doing so Shinji receives a power boost, gaining greater strength, speed and endurance but has a limited amount of time before he is completely drained of energy.
• Mimicry System: When forced into combat and in need to protect his identity, Shinji can use this device to appeared as his armored alter ego. However, this change is in appearance only and Shinji has no access to the devices on his suit.

Weaknesses: Despite these natural enhancements, Shinji is still a regular human. As a result, he can still be killed. If he wastes all of his energy in one battle, he can faint and pass out in mid-battle, possibly even dying depending on the circumstances.

Alignment: Hero

Personality: Shinji is what many people call an average teenage person. He works at an average job, stays at an average apartment, and still goes to college. He is, however, a genius when it comes to technical situations, enough that he can modify his own power suit for battle against crime. He is also highly courageous, even when he'll be fighting a much more dangerous opponent. He is also caring towards citizens, caring for their safety, but sometimes cocky when in battle.

Bio: Shinji Yazaki was born in New Athens on February 13th. His family was quite normal for the most part, only his father, Hatsu Yazaki, being the scientist at the tech lab. He had created a suit of armor that can be used to fight crime among the city and help citizens in need. However, being too old to use the suit, he passed it on to his son, who was 17 at the time, in which he took the responsibility as a superhero. He has fought approximately 38 foes within the last 3 years since he gained this responsibility. However, needing to also concentrate on normal matters in life, he only uses the suit when it is needed the most, while trying to keep his identity a secret.

Storylines: I'm not exactly sure what specific storylines Shinji can take, but I'm thinking on giving him a rival or arch-nemesis in which to fight against. Otherwise, Sentinel can go along with almost any story you can throw at him for he is very flexible.

Themes:

Theme 1 - Engage!

Theme 2 - The Will To Fight

[Jotunn Draugr]

Gunrat

Archetype: Vigilante

Name: Xi Xiu (习秀)

Alias: Gunrat

Age: 25

Powers:
-Superhuman reflexes and flexibility
-Individually focusing eyes
-Pain resistance
-Metal plating under her scalp, forearms, and shins.
-The ability to dislocate any body part/joint at will.
-Mastery of Chinese martial arts

-Note: A great deal of her power comes not from her physical ability, but from her connections to weapon-smugglers, anarchist groups, and other various factions. Her origins in China, and illegal immigration to America, means that there is no public record of her existence. As far as the government is concerned, she's a ghost.

Weaknesses: Bullets, knives, drowning, fire, explosions

Alignment: Walking the line

Personality: Traumatized, Logical, Trigger-happy, Prideful, Loyal

Appearance:

Xiu is Chinese-American, 5'4", with a round, flat face, sickly pale skin, wide eyes, thin eyebrows, and a large forehead. Her head is shaved down the middle, with amber-died ponytails on either side. Her build is slim, but also very fit. She wears steel-toed boots, work jeans, and a thick leather jacket.

BRIEF Bio:
Storylines: Xiu was born the daughter of two Taiwanese political activists, who made it their goal in life to delegitimize the Chinese government, and incite civil war. When pro-Taiwan protests began breaking out around China in the 1990's, her parents were at the very front of the movement. Fearing that this civil unrest could spread, the government used military force to break up the protests, sending citizens fleeing to their homes. That night, police operatives broke into the homes of those involved in inciting the protests, including Xiu's parents. They were imprisoned, interrogated, and eventually killed, leaving her as a child of the state. Needless to say, no media sources were allowed to cover this, and the world went on completely unaware.
From early childhood, Xiu was raised by various agents of the Chinese Ministry of State Security. Their goal was to create an assassin to infiltrate the governments of Taiwan, Japan, and America giving China direct leverage over the life and death of any state officials who might stand in the country's way. Training included various mental and physical experiments and surgeries, in an attempt to make her more agile and durable than a normal human. This also necessitated that she be fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and English. Chemical and surgical treatments overclocked her brain, reinforced her muscle fibers, and replaced her joints, boosting her agility, intelligence, and flexibility beyond normal human means, but left her nervous system fried and numbed, and her personality a neurotic mess. In spite of these setbacks, her resourcefulness surpassed their expectations. As a teen, she was able to hack into the ministry's computer network, and review all of the ministry's data, including her own file. Learning of her parent's cause in full detail, and how expendable she was to the state that killed them, she decided that she owed nothing to the government that raised her. Distraught, she became uncooperative to her handlers and teachers. Before too long, it was decided that she was a lost cause, and was scheduled for execution. Learning of this, she subdued her guards, and escaped the facility.
Xiu traveled to Shanghai, where she survived for over a year by robbing street vendors and convenience stores. Eventually, she made it onto a freighter on its way to America. There she found a new purpose, modeling herself off of America's many superheroes. With the help of a couple anti-government hacker groups, she began monitoring and capturing low-level criminals, wannabe supervillains, and corrupt politicians. Unbound by the moral compass that leads most heroes, she sees herself as superior to them, and hopes to replace more traditional super-groups with her own vigilante, paramilitary organization.

Note: Will be operating not just by herself, but with her non-powered minions/sidekicks (mostly hackers and smugglers, almost always on the sidelines).

Storylines: Will initially be trying to smuggle weapons into the city, and supplant the local police force (through peaceful, but sneaky means). If interfered with, rivalries might form with either heros or villains. She's also looking for recruits into her organization.

[Cuccoruler]

Paul Bunyan

Archetype: Demi-God

Name: Paul Bunyan

Alias: Paul Bunyan, The Maker the America

Age: Looks to be 26, actually 239

Powers: Super Strength, Super durability (Skin of Steel), Slight earth manipulation, ability to talk to Oxen.

Weaknesses: He’s not exactly smart and nor is he street smart. He often ends up in places where he isn’t meant to be. He is also surprisingly easy to outsmart or just knock out.

Alignment: Hero

Personality: Proud – Idiot – doesn’t-know-his-own-strength – Kind - Funny

Appearance:

BRIEF Bio: Most people know the story of Paul Bunyan, the man who created America. Of course as of recently people have had far less pride when it comes to being an American. As such he has grown weaker of the years, though his pride has not. Throughout the years he has been watching America, as a sort of ghost for most of it though. It wasn’t until recently that he was able to take physical form again. As such he was able to take action again in hopes of cleaning up the streets and making America the Country it was meant to be, a happy mixing pot of cultures.

Storylines: Finding Babe the Ox. Babe the ox has recently turned up and is causing a mess just outside the city. Something has caused Babe to go berserk, what could it be? Who knows, maybe the spirit of another American legend.

Notes: Paul is not is giant self like he was in legends, he is however a bear of a man standing around 6 feet. Paul also normally fights with an axe that does not break, much like the axe he has in legends.

[Weird Tales]

Yellow Jacket

Archetype: The Insect
Name: Stuart Jones
Alias: Yellow Jacket
Age: 25
Powers: Stuart's powers come from the symbiotic primordial ooze that is within his body and also is what his costume is made out of.

High speed flight: Yellow Jacket uses large wasp wings that allow him to fly at a top speed of 300 mph. What makes him different from many other flying heroes is that his aerial maneuverability is incredible and is extremely hard to catch. Trying to knock him out of the air is like trying to swat a fly with only one hand and while his wings are not tough they will regenerate if they are destroyed.

Sting Bolt: Stuart is able to shoot sharp barbs out of his body and these stingers have a stunning effect to them when they pierce an enemy's body.

Stingers: His body makes barbs extend out of his body and have the same stunning effect of his sting bolts.

Sting Blades: Stuart creates two long stingers that he wields like swords and used almost exclusively for jabbing and thrusting in a style similiar to fencing. The Sting Blades are very sharp and can pierce metal, but they are quite vulnerable and can break easily when being used to block powerful attacks.

Superhuman senses: Stuart's sense of smell is ten times stronger than a bloodhound and thus allows him to smell things from far away. This also makes him able to fight enemies in the dark by smelling their position. His eye sight allows him to have a 360 degree field of vision, which makes it hard to sneak up on him in daylight.

Superhuman agility: Stuart is very agile and has agility greater than the agility of twelve men.

Enhanced durability: his symbiotic suit is made up of a material that is as hard as bone and allows to take powerful blows, but it cannot protect him from gunfire and extremely strong hits.

Way of The Yellow Jacket: Stuart has developed a martial art that utilizes his superhuman senses and agility to their potential and allows him battle multiple enemies is fast hand to hand combat. The martial art focuses on speed and agility instead of power, and relies on quick strikes and jabs as well as using the surrounding environment to his advantage.

Weaknesses: Insect killer is incredibly toxic to him and will severely weaken him and can kill him if exposed to too much of it. Insect repellent creates a very awful smell, to put it simply someone wearing bug spray smells like pure shit to Stuart and his superhuman senses make it almost unbearable. aside from his suit's protective armor Stuart has the same weaknesses as a human.
Alignment: hero
Personality: loyal, honest, funny, determined and paranoid.
Appearance: Stuart is about five feet and ten inches tall. He has bright red hair and dark green eyes. He has an athletic body that is fit for a martial artists. His suit is yellow and black and has a color design themed off of a Yellow Jacket insect. The suit is bio organic and has pads made of hard bone like substances.
BRIEF Bio: Stuart was never a man without fear or born with parents that had a great destiny for him. Ever since he was young Stuart had a fear of wasps after an unfortunate incident as six year old involving a wasp nest being dropped on him as a prank. The large amounts of stings caused him to be hospitalized and he developed Spheksophobia otherwise known as a fear of wasps. This fear caused him problems at school and in everyday life when it was warm and the insects were flying around.

As he grew older he had to learn to deal with his fears in order to try and live life as an adult. That's when he came across the primordial ooze. It said by some that all life came out of it eons ago and every creature on earth is connected to it. One day while hiking through the wild in his home state of Maine, Stuart came across a pool of the primordial ooze in a mysterious cave. The ooze seemed to almost call out to him and upon getting closer to inspect, the ooze reached out and latched onto Stuart. The ooze merged with him and in a panic Stuart ran out of the cave and unknowingly close to a wasps nest.

A wasp stung him and the primordial ooze inside of him reacted to it and Stuart felt himself change as he began to feel the wasp's fear and what it was like to be one. It was in that moment that Stuart understood that there was nothing to be afraid of and he finally understood the insects. The ooze was able form a biological suit and granted him incredible powers. The ooze inside became one with him like symbiot of some sort and with his new powers Stuart sought to use them for the greater good of humanity.
Storylines: his first story line will be him trying to see if he is ready for the challenge of heroics and the consequences that come with them.
Notes: [anything else you need to tell us?]

[Holy Soldier]

Archetype: The Punisher, Ares, and Captain America? (open for opinion)
Name: Joseph “Joe” Fortune
Alias: Soldier of Fortune
Age: Appears to be in his late 20s.

Powers

Cognitive Manifestation - The Faculty of Imagining or "The Imagination" is the brain’s ability to form new images and sensations that are not perceived through senses such as sight, hearing, or other senses. It is the innate ability and process of inventing partial or complete personal realms within the mind from elements derived from sense perceptions of the shared world. Jean Piaget believed that perceptions depend on the world view of the individual, and that the world view is the result of arranging perceptions into existing imagery by imagination. Joe is capable of projecting his imagination outwards, creating objects which exist in the world but how they are planted in the immediate time and space would boggle the mind of any theorist. Joe uses this ability to become Soldier of Fortune and to perform feats he would otherwise not be capable of. Examples:

• Flight - Joe cannot summon wings, he does not use forms of energy or magic to propel himself, he cannot levitate, but using cognitive manifestation, he can catch a ride on an F-16 jet, a C-130, or even an Boeing AH-64 Apache.
• Ground Travel - Being a natural super soldier, Joe can run at most 45 mph. If he desires to go faster, then he can drive a Humvee, motorcycle (military grade), or any other military-grade vehicle.
• Weaponry - If it exists on planet Earth, then he can wield it, and if it has been used for conquest in the past or present, then he can use it. Joe can wield weapons from arachaic to modern-current. He cannot wield alien technology because if he doesn't know anything about it, then how can he imagine it? This ability applies to other forms of weaponry such as an attack helicopter or a warship.
• Armor - from the wear of the Centurions of old, to the samurai, and to the modern soldier, it is not unusual to see Joe wearing gear that fits the occasion. If he is in the Arctic, then he can be seen wearing an arctic warfare uniform to keep himself warm, if he is in the desert, then he’ll wear a desert uniform. If he is in a foreign country, then he can be seen wearing the uniform of that respective country. He cannot don the armor of alien military because he doesn't know about them. What he doesn't know or understand, he cannot create.
• Drones - These people do not exist realistically, but they are real for the moment. They are support personnel that Joe interacts with. They can at times be seen flying the helicopter or the C-130 or driving the Abram tank. They are his soldiers and he is their leader. They typical suit one purpose before they are either killed or they disappear after the mission is complete, such as in the case, they were just dropping Joe off somewhere.
• Health - Joe carries a medic kit at all times and can render immediate care to help stabilize a fallen hero in battle.

Weaknesses

Dog Tags - They are gold tags that hang from his neck. When they are removed, he is de-powered to the abilities of an average human. The tags themselves are a suppressor-release created by Joe in the case his imagination runs away from him (runs wild). They protect him from madness for without them, he may fall victim to his own creations.

Human Weaknesses - self-explanatory.

Alignment: Walking the Line (due to him not being against killing the enemy if it was for the good of mankind, I would say he is walking the line because several heroes like Daredevil would not agree with this ethic).
Personality:

• Fearless
• Disciplined
• Stubborn
• Assertive
• Dutiful

BRIEF Bio: Joe was born in Durham, North Carolina to Frank and Maryanne Fortune. At the age of 4, where a human child’s pretend play becomes more realistic and detail-oriented, the Fortunes overlooked the mysterious toys Joe would play with. He played with stuffed animals, Army men, and even had a cardboard box fortress. Mrs. Fortune assumed that Mr. Fortune had bought him the toys and vice versa. It wasn't until elementary school that the Fortunes started to suspect something was wrong.

When outside playing Army with the other kids, Joe scared the other children when he managed to manifest a M16. The entire playground fell into chaos, while Joe was left frightened and confused. A school cop immediately was on the scene and attempted to separate the boy from the panic when a rescue chopter landed. Several men dressed in military uniforms ran to Joe’s aid and carried him off into the sky. The chopper managed to get Joe home before the police followed and the Fortunes were shocked to see a pararescue team deliver them their child.

When the police arrived, the Fortunes were briefed on what had happened. They found the story hard to believe until Joe generated one of his toy tanks in the front yard except that it wasn’t a toy. Not even a day later, two mysterious suit-wearing individuals arrived at the Fortune residence calling themselves S.T.R.I.K.E. agents. Ever since that meeting, Joe’s life took a dramatic change. He continued to attend school but it was a school created by the government to keep supermen like him in check. They helped him broaden the scope of his abilities, but kept his imagination bound to a specific theme. Their plan was to make Joe the ultimate soldier—and they succeeded.

Storylines:
I am up for anything. It’s pretty broad what I can do with him. If there are other characters who are a part of or who work with S.T.R.I.K.E. (aka S.H.E.I.L.D)., then that makes character relations all the easier.

Notes: None at this time.

[Pirouette]

The Ghoul

Archetype: Feral Man/Woman
Name: Margaret Anne Haefield
Alias: Ghoul
Age: Looks 15 but is actually 48 years old

Powers: Super Strength, Rapid Regeneration, Bodily Manipulation, Bloodlust
Margaret’s experimentation on herself worked and her body’s limit has been vastly improved upon. Her improved strength allows her to lift and toss small cars with relative ease.
Rapid Regeneration is just how it sounds. Margaret’s body rapidly recovers wounds, disease, poison, and so forth. That’s not to say she isn’t affected by such things, quite the contrary, as Margaret feels every bit of it. Recovery for injuries can occur within minutes but can take up to 24 hours depending upon the amount and severity of injury sustained. During periods of recovery, Margaret is often noted as lethargic and tired as her regeneration saps her physical strength. Recovery for severe injuries can reduce Margaret to a sickly comatose state for a time period as her body works intensely to recover the damage done. It should also be noted that any foreign material, like shards of bullets, will have to be removed. Her regeneration has also had the uncanny effect of reversing her aging so she has reverted to appearing much younger than what she actually is.

Bodily Manipulation works in tandem with Margaret’s regeneration ability and her regeneration is crucial to her survival if she were to use her Bodily Manipulation power on herself. This power manifests itself as her being able to consciously control the formation of her own biological material. The result is that Margaret is capable of morphing her body into a weapon of bone and flesh. For example, she could manipulate the structure of her arm to form a crude blade made from her bones or she could sprout two bony fangs from her mouth. As you can imagine, her power is quite… repugnant to many.

Finally, her Bloodlust is an unconscious drive for blood. The sight of it drives her feral and her increase in aggression is directly related to just how bloody an altercation could get. Her savagery only amplifies her strength and speed as she appears to get ‘hungrier’ for blood but she doesn’t actually have to drink it. In fact, she doesn’t really need anything to sustain her at this point. She’s entirely self-sustaining.

There is an interesting interaction that happens between these of these powers. Namely, Margaret’s own conscious changes to her body will not be undone by her more unconscious regeneration, but rather, it will assist in the process greatly. As you can imagine, altering someone’s body in such a way would cause all sorts of problems like bleeding out, shock to the system and so on. However with Margaret’s regeneration, her body can readily adapt to those extreme changes without the negative impact. The only exception is that the process is still quite painful as nerves twist and turn along with the rest of her body. But the payoff from this power can be huge.
There are also some other creative strategies that Margaret utilizes. She learned that she could remove sections of her brain and plant that into a fresh human corpse in order to control the living dead. Essentially real zombies, right down to the slow shuffling feet and the need to eat living flesh. Stopping them is just how you’d expect, blow out their brains.

Weaknesses: The best strategies to take Margaret on aren’t too complex and albeit that incapacitating her is easier than killing her. She’ll still sustain damage and harm as severe wounds need time to heal. Aiming to inflict heavy damage upon Margaret could give one victory. Electricity still has an effect on Margaret and something as simple as a Taser can halt her dead in her tracks. Fire is another way to heavily impede and damage Margaret as the whole process of burning is quiet painful.

Alignment: Villain
Personality: Psychotic, Childish, Cunning, Deceptive, Intelligent

BRIEF Bio:
Margaret Haefield was one of the greatest minds in the modern era for neuropathical studies. It was her work that managed to propel modern medicine into a new era as some other leading experts called it and her work was used to fight and cure many neurological diseases. However her passion was an obsession and it was noted that her labor intensive practices constantly put her health at risk as she often forewent food and sleep.
About two years ago, Margaret was working on a unique project that was supposed to stimulate the brain to increase human tissue regrowth. The end goal was to eventually be able to allow humans to cheat death naturally, but the project was doomed from the start. Various setbacks and conditions of red-tape had stagnated the project to the point where eventually Margaret was given a week to succeed or the whole thing would be canceled. Seeing as this project was also her vegetable of a husband’s last chance, she was dedicated to seeing her project through.
In the end the project was a failure but not due to the deadline. The project ended two days before then as Margaret had exposed herself to the mutagen and her body underwent violent stress before she eventually passed away. Many believed she accidently made a mistake in her sleep deprivation and exposed herself but others support that she purposely exposed herself out of desperation. Whatever the case, she had been exposed and was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body hauled away and the whole project terminated.
As it turns out, Margaret ended up coming back alive but at this point she was no longer the same old Margaret. After being dead for days, Margaret had lost grip of reality and her mind, either corroded or corrupted, fell to madness.
Storylines: Margaret is in a primal lust for blood and gore at the moment. She desires nothing more than savor her unsavory appetite. However, there is a hidden motive lying among her seemingly random moves. In truth, she seeks revenge but there is a small part of her that wants her husband back, but he is no longer in his comatose state.

Notes: I invite anyone to come up with previous encounters and such with Margaret. She's pretty easy to figure out for the most part.

[FantasyChic]

Radiance

Radiance

"Darkness shall be brought to light"

Archetype: Demi-Goddess

Name: Lilitavia Va'Tarni

Alias: Radiance

Age: Real age is 350 years, but she appears to be in her late 20's

Powers: Light Manipulation

• Creation: Lilitavia is able to create light from the available sources given to her (the sun, headlights, lamps, etc.). Depending on the intensity of the light source, the intensity of her light can be strong or weak (the sun would be the best light source available).
• Flight: Lilitavia is able to fly with the help of her ability to absorb light.
• Light Solidification: Lilitavia is able to take light and transform it into a solid force. Most notable, she uses it to form a polearm that she uses as a weapon when fighting.
• Light Attacks: Using the absorbed light, Lilitavia is able to use light in combat. Such attacks include light blasts, light daggers, light beams, etc.

Weaknesses: Due to the nature of her powers, Lilitavia needs to be able to absorb light in order to use her abilities. If there is no light around, she is able to use her powers only if she absorbed light prior. When that light is drained, she cannot use her powers and grows weaker. If no light is absorbed for a long period of time, Lilitavia most likely will die. She is also susceptible to those with the ability to manipulate gravity or glass as both bend light.

Alignment: Hero

Personality: Captivating, Loyal, Curious, Good-natured, Mysterious

BRIEF Bio: Lilitavia, light-sister of the planet Lumines, didn't expect to travel to Earth. However, she didn't expect her home to be plunged into darkness.

To those that don't know the story, Lumines is a planet in a far off solar system from the one Earth is in. On this planet exist a race of light users. Though they appear similar to humans, they are more light colored in skin, usually pale, white, or yellow. Their hair is either white, blonde, or grey and their eyes are almost all white. They have male and female in their species. The planet Lumines is a planet full of light. There is a constant stream of light that bathes the planet in its warm glow. There is no night or day, the species doesn't need to sleep if they continue to absorb the light.

However, they are not new to conflict. A race called the Nightmares (In English) seek to expunge the light from alien homes. They have been at constant war with the Lightbringers. As was her duty, Lilitavia was trained to be a Light-Sister, a battle maiden for the Lightbringer army. However, the Nightmares came with their own plans, subterfuge and even betrayal, led to the planet being consumed with darkness. Many lost their lives as the light dimmed. Lilitavia had no choice but to flee her homeworld and leave behind everything she knew.

It was then that she came crashing to Earth. At first glance, Lilitavia was frightened, but curious about where she was. One thing she had as a comfort was the orb in the sky that shined down on the new world she visited. She took comfort in the fact she was able to continue to exist thanks to this light.

It was here, on Earth, that Lilitavia saw more darkness, in a different form. Evil that scourged the planet, danger that caused destruction and danger. She couldn't return home. So she had to make do with where she was, and she couldn't allow her new "home" to be plagued by this danger.

Using her abilities, Lilitavia fought back against the dangers of Earth. Many who saw her assumed she was another costumed crusader in the fight against evil. She was given the name Radiance by the people she saved, and she decided to keep it.

She needed a residence. It was here that she discovered New Athens and stayed.

Storylines: Willing to work with others to create stories

Notes:

• Lilitavia is still very new to Earth. She hasn't quite adapted to living on Earth and there is much she needs to learn. She still has to adapt to customs, like sleeping and eating, if she hopes to continue to thrive
• Lilitavia is one of 50 children in her family (families produce many offspring to ensure their population doesn't die, as many are lost in the struggle against the Nightmares). She lost most of her family, save for some brothers and sisters who were consumed by the Nightmares and turned into Shadows.
  -Shadows are what the Lightbringers turn into when consumed by the darkness. They appear as dark formed husks.
• Lilitavia's older Sister, Lillivan, is one of the few Lightbringers to betray their race and help the Nightmares.
  -Nightmares look like humans as well, except their skin is black or purple and they have black or blue hair and red eyes. They are able to use darkness to their advantage.

[Aro]

The Reaper

Archetype: Sharpshooter

Name: Astor Servius

Alias: The Reaper

Age: 31

Powers: Astor has no real powers to speak of. What he does have are the skills that he has acquired, and continue to acquire, throughout his lifetime.

⦁ Astor has spent most of his life in the military and as such has acquired a great deal of knowledge from his training, from things like interrogation techinques to bomb disposal just to name a few.

⦁ Due to his intense training regimens Astor has reached the peak physical conditioning that normal people are able to acquire. His
strength, speed, endurance, agility, and durability are all on par or above Olympic level athletes. Due to this Astor is capable of press lifting up to twice his body weight and can press lift 400lbs.

⦁ Astor is an expert in many forms of combat, from karate to Krav Maga. He continues to train in other forms of combat often times using different moves from various styles to create his own fighting technique. He combines any new fighting style he begins to study into his regimen of calisthenics and katas.

⦁ Besides hand-to-hand combat Astor is also a weapons specialist, even going so far as to learn alternative combat styles like swordsmanship and archery. Much like his hand-to-hand combat he continues to add more weapons styles to his list of abilities. He performs firing range practice on most days and on others practices in his alternative weapon styles.

⦁ Astor is also an expert tactician due to his military training and attention to detail. Armed mostly with conventional weapons he often has to rely more on strategy than strength when up against any super powered opponents. If the opportunity is available Astor will use his skills to make sure that any battlefield he is thrown into is always in his favor.

⦁ To help make up for the fact that Astor has no powers he also wears a specially made body armor. With a Kevlar plating and Kevlar weave throughout the suit he can take small arms fire with ease as well as most bladed attacks.

Weaknesses: Although he is exceptionally trained Astor is still just a normal human and is susceptible to physical injury and disease, and all other standard human weaknesses.

Alignment: Villain

Personality: Cold, Calculating, Relentless, Adaptable, Egocentric

Appearance:

BRIEF Bio: From the age of 18 Astor left home and joined the Marines, where he spent the next two years working his way up the ranks before joining the Special Forces. At 24 he was recruited to become an agent of S.T.R.I.K.E.

Over the next few years he fought side by side with super powered individuals all over the world. It was during this time that the darker side of Astor began to emerge, as he would often use brutal tactics to bring down targets, super powered or otherwise, earning him the nickname of 'The Reaper' from other members of S.T.R.I.K.E. He never revealed to any of the others but he had grown quite fond of the name. At 28 he was disavowed by S.T.R.I.K.E. after what was suppose to be a simple recon mission took a turn for the worse, with only Astor returning back alive. Afterwards, he became a mercenary, selling his skills out to the highest bidder.

At 30, he was hired to travel to New Athens to assassinate the head of Sinn Corporation, Gilgamesh Sinn. Upon preparing to finish the job as Mr. Sinn was asleep he gave Astor a counter offer he couldn't refuse. Astor instead killed his original client, some CEO of another company that was wanting to take over Sinn Corporation.

As an added bonus Mr. Sinn also delivered a prototype body armor that was developed by his company. After receiving the body armor he faked his death himself and began calling himself 'The Reaper'. For the last year he has continued to work as a mercenary and just recently moved to New Athens.

Storylines: He can be apart of whatever he needs to be apart of.

Notes: Nothing for the time being.

[Dblade26]

Gilgamesh Sinn

Archetype: Evil Genius

Name: Gilgamesh "Gil" Sinn

Alias: usually none

Age: 29

Powers: Gil has no superhuman powers or abilities, instead a prodigious intellect applicable to numerous fields, razor sharp wits and the immense resources and technology of the Sinn Corporation are his source of power. That said he's surprisingly physically fit and well-versed in martial arts on a technical level compared to the average businessman, but more for purposes of basic self-defense from a few kidnapping attempts over the years than as a serious warrior. In addition As someone who grew up around munitions makers and began his business and academic lives with weaponry he's incredibly knowledgable regarding a wide variety of modern and cutting edge weapons and he tries to remain fairly proficient in their use, though he generally disdains direct violence. Of note however is the fact that nearly his entire wardrobe of custom tailored suits is manufactured from cutting edge nanoweave fabrics resistant to burns, shocks and small arms fire.

Weaknesses: Gil remains a mortal man as physically vulnerable as any other. Also at least from his perspective he considers his affection for his elderly parents to be somewhat of a weakness his enemies might exploit.

Alignment: [Villain/Walking the Line]

Personality: Brilliant, Cunning, Ambitious, Driven, Pragmatic

Appearance: Gilgamesh Sinn is generally considered a fairly handsome man of about average height who wears his dark brown hair short with his face clean shaven. Being a practical businessman he generally foregoes glitzy costumes, battle armor or theatrical outfits
and instead usually hides his surprisingly muscular frame under custom tailored suits that somehow manage to whisper 'I cost more money than you'll ever see' instead of screaming 'LOOK AT ME I'M GAUDY AND FLASHY!'. Notable is the fact that he has hetero-chromatic eyes, with one being brown while the other is bright green. He's generally clean shaven and has a crooked sort of smile that usually conveys 'Sure, we both know I'm dishonest, but that's part of the fun isn't it?" when he isn't putting on his most charming facade for the public eye. Overall he believes that a well-groomed and charming appearance and unflappable demeanor are as dangerous as any other weapons on the battleground of public opinion.

BRIEF Bio: Gilgamesh Sinn grew up in a family traditionally in the line of coal mining and munitions factory work, earnest folks who still sometimes barely scraped by from day to day. Inspired to try and build a better future for himself and his family he studied and memorize everything he could possibly learn at first just regarding munitions and weaponry as inspired by his parents but later on about every subject he could get his hands on. He proved to be something of a prodigy throughout his academic career and eventually decided that money was even more powerful than the best weapon he could design and turned his mind to the business world as well.

Now he owns the factory his parents once slaved away in as just a subsidiary of the weapons manufacturing and design branch of the Sinn Corporation, headquartering itself in his hometown of New Athens. The fact that he was able to effortlessly ensure that both of them retired in comfort and luxury and raise pay and safety standards for their former workplace while still managing to increase profits was just a bonus. Already some of the Sin Corporation's inventions whether warlike or meant for everyday utilities are being compared to some of the wonders of the Museum of Tomorrow and Gilgamesh has promised to bring about A Better Tomorrow not just for New Athens but the world.

At least, that's the story he presents to the public and as far as Gil Sinn is concerned it's completely true. The part he generally leaves out of the papers includes building up his wealth as an arms manufacturer by selling discretely to many, many groups of less-than-friendly people, taking over a good portion of New Athens more mundane organized crime indirectly via supplying tactics and weapons to certain gangs of his choosing, engaging in industrial espionage and sabotage against his rivals in the business world, creating some less than ethical technology and experiments and more, all for the sake of his better tomorrow.

Storylines: I basically want him to be scheming and interacting with the other villains and heroes, creating plots of his own to further his control over the city and the world in order to increase his own power and wealth while trying to achieve his vision for New Athens and the world. He might approach a group of heroes to stop a rogue combat robot the Sinn Corporation is developing or come to them asking for protection for himself or his parents, or even offer funding and tech for the heroes to form a super group if it means gaining influence over them. Likewise he might try and make alliances with villians or thwart their schemes in order to maintain his powerbase. Overall I want to provide a villain with vast resources and plans that's also flexible enough to get involved with and interact with a number of story-lines and characters

Notes:

Finally got him down

[rocketrobie2]

Chok-Lad

Archetype:
Big Man

Name:
Chok-Lad

Alias:
Beast from the River, Monster of Choklad inc, Chocolate lad

Age:
56

Powers:

Polymorph physiology- Chok-Lad is capable of contorting his body into nearly any form though he tends not to go very in-depth with his transformations. He mostly uses his powers to form defences such as back spikes or open up holes and let projectiles pass through or he uses it for basic offences such as forming hammers or containing items of sentimental or useful value such as his Walkmen or rocks.

Magical- Since he was created from magic, Chok-Lad has a few extra ordinary powers. As Chok-Lad fights more he begins to heat up allowing him to scold his opponents in a drawn out fight. One other quirk of his creation is his ability to track down things with particular magical value such as wizards or artifacts. Lastly he has the capability to draw upon huge reserves of magical energy but this is pretty useless as he is literally to dumb to learn any spells.

Weaknesses:

Idiot- Chok-Lad is pretty dumb. He can’t talk very much, he can’t do math, he isn’t any kind of strategist and he is only knowledgable in survival and music.

Magical- Thanks to his artifactual creation, there are those that know how Chok-Lad ticks and this can be a huge weakness as this could be an easy way to kill or incapacitate him.

Alignment:
Walking the line

Personality:
empty, dumb, innocent, aggressive, refrigerator

BRIEF Bio:

In the sixties the very successful Swedish company Choklad incorporated was on a rise as they released their newest candy bar “Chok-Lad’s triple chocolate spectacular” which displayed their now almost forgotten to the public mascot, Chok-Lad the chocolate lad. The huge amount of sales from the chocolate bar were thought to have come from the revival of the classic mascot so Steve Midas (a CEO of Choklad inc) decided that they could get their foot in the door with the family fun restaurant market and make their own kids restaurant chain with animatronic Chok-Lad’s at every location.

Right off the bat things weren’t looking good, the first store was barely making enough money to turn a profit and people were complaining about the horrible quality of the animatronics on the stage claiming it wasn’t real enough. Faced with a tough situation, the CEO’s of Choklad decided to cut their losses and scrap the restaurant idea but before the vote was passed a self proclaimed wizard came to Steve to offer his assistance. The Wizard told Steve the story of the Golem of Prague and how it had been equivalent of a magical robot which could be used to easily replace animatronics and make them obsolete. Desperate, Steve jumped at the offer and commissioned one of these golems from the man while he stalled the passing of getting rid of the store. In little more than a week the golem was done and in the board room of Choklad inc.

The CEO’s were baffled at how life like the creature looked, it was almost identical to the Chok-Lad depicted in their posters and commercials. The CEO’s agreed to commission more ‘golems’ from this supposed wizard and put one of these Chok-Lads in every store they had (which by this point was five). What the CEOs didn’t know was that these golems weren’t all that they were made out to be; they were actually chocolate sculptures brought to life with demonic energy, and once given a signal they would go on a rampage through New Athens. After a week of bringing in tons of customers, the creatures were finally given their signal and went on a rampage through the city. The living sculptures were very good at causing destruction but they were taken down pretty quickly by their own power. As the creatures continued to wreak havoc their demonic energies flared and eventually melted them into puddles which were washed away by the rain.

To cut their loses, Choklad inc fired Steve Midas and paid off most witnesses of the attack to keep their mouths shut. All seemed to be over and done with but in the coming months people began to report sightings of a creature coming out in the night and robbing deli stores leaving behind a sweet scent and sugary residue. In recent years the sightings of this creature have waned but theres still some people who say they can smell it’s sweet scent when they walk by sewage pipes that lead into the Kirby river.

Storylines:

Scuffle in the Sewers- Some unfortunate hero or villain finds themselves in the sewers for whatever reason and find more than just baby gators and rats.

Notes:

-The ‘sweet scent near the sewage pipes’ myth is often used as a joke since most of the time it just does smell like sewage.
-He keeps a pet Tortoise named Picassio
-Picasso is probably the most complex word he can say

[MsMellow]

Polaris

Archetype: Cosmic Outlaw (Destiny Female Warlockish Character lol)
Name: Luxe Evohldga'ma
Alias: Polaris
Age: 26
Powers: Mostly human physiology, enhanced vision and cognitive ability thanks to her father who is the leader of The Red Moon Cabal.. a political faction seeking to take over all of The United Planets. She trained with his warriors, who focused on cosmic awareness and alien weaponry.

~Alien Arsenal~
-Gauntlet that sends out an energy blast to help stun and disorient opponent
-Helmet that assists her to breathe in volatile environments/space
-Pulse Rifle; like in the video game Destiny

Weaknesses: Too cocky sometimes, humanoid type weaknesses (although she can take a bit more of a hit than a normal human, it isn't an enormous amount)

Alignment: Hero/Walking the line [anti-hero]

Personality: brash, a bit aloof sometimes, cunning, intuitive, undaunted

Appearance:

BRIEF Bio: Half human, half alien. She was raised to be a warrior, and a weapon for her father. Halcyon Evohldga'ma only cares for one thing...power. He used all around him, and especially his daughter as a means to achieve this. He would send her to steal any item he thought would help him attain it, with instructions to take out anyone who got in her way. His orders became more and more devious for her. He began ordering her on missions only to take out political leaders, originally telling Luxe it was for a greater purpose and to ensure safety in The United Planets. As she got older, she realized that the quest her father was on was not a noble one. She fled from the Cabal in her ship, with only two trunks of items from her previous life. She began to take odd jobs as long as they weren't crossing the line too much (i.e. killing good people or stealing from someone who didn't deserve it)

Storylines: Eventually, The Red Moon Cabal will come looking for her. Her father, Halcyon Evohldga'ma had trained her to become one of his most effective assassins and "curators" (as he called them, but essentially thieves who stole precious objects throughout the galaxies). For now, she is mostly just evading them and working for herself..finding jobs that aren't TOO morally corrupt.

Notes: Her beloved ship, Star-Breaker

[Carlsberg]

Dissonance

Archetype: 'Big' Man Villain

Name: Jennifer 'Jen' Winters

Alias: Dissonance

Age: 25

Powers:
Force - Jen generates a field of force from her hands. She cannot stop this without the use of her gloves. Her gloves allow her to control her powers, being able to shut them off completely, fire out a powerful shot of force (effective range of 10 m), or use it to enhance her punches. This sometimes gives the illusion of super strength, but this is not the case. She won't lift a car, but she can punch one quite far.

Resistance - Jen is quite resilient, partly due to the training and fighting she's been through, and partly because the same genes that cause her powers also boost her natural resistance, allowing her to take harder punches and fight for longer. The effects of this are not too strong, but she can stay standing longer than most. This only works against physical projectiles.

Weaknesses:
Range - Outside her range of 10 m, Jen is useless. She has no ranged weapons whatsoever.

Mental attacks - Though Jen's outer shell is strong, the horrors she has seen and commited mean that she is fragile on the inside, leaving her extremely vulnerable to mental attacks of any kind.

Standard Human Weaknesses - Reduced effects from projectiles, as above.

Alignment: Villain

Personality: Determined - Cold - Ruthless - Dispassionate - Broken

Appearance:

Gloves:

She usually just wears a pair of grey combat trousers, a grey sports tshirt and a black leather jacket when she commits crimes. She also wears a black cloth facemask over the bottom half of her face.

BRIEF Bio: Jen led a quiet life for her first 18 years. When she left school, instead of attending university, she joined up with the armed forces, determined to do good in the world. After a year of service, she was assigned to a special operations division, the SAS. She carried out missions for several years, seeing things that would make normal people break down and go insane. This led to her becoming withdrawn, often appearing emotionless to deal with what she had seen. After a particularly brutal mission, Jen refused the orders of her commanding officer when ordered to gun down some civilians. When threatened at gunpoint, Jen's powers awoke. She killed the rest of her squadron with them, partly due to their out of control nature, and partly because she wanted to. After that, she went on the run, dying her hair to help obscure her identity. She moved to New Athens, determined to change the world to a vision she wanted, one free from the governments and corruption she viewed as responsible for the atrocities she had to commit. There is nothing she won't do to see this happen.

Storylines: Even though she's a villain, I'd like to see her win a few fights. Definitely would love to do a monologue at some point. And maybe even a redemption story arc, later down the line?

Notes: Her mother is Scottish, and her father is English. She was raised in Guilford. She has inherited her mother's strong liver. She is an expert at hand to hand combat, even without her powers. She is also a crack shot, but has sworn never to use a gun again.

[Lord Wraith]

Slipstream

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^{"You're probably wondering, did he fire five shots or six? Truth be told, it doesn't much matter. I've got a spare clip."}

|_A R C H E T Y P E:_|

Alien Bounty Hunter/Pirate

|_N A M E:_|

Slipstream Riverotter

|_A L I A S:_|

Slipstream
Slip
Slippy

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|_A B I L I T I E S / S K I L L S:_|

^{"Don't judge me by my size punk!"}

//ABILITIES:

■ ENHANCED LIFESPAN | The average American River Otter lives until the age of sixteen. This would make Slip currently middle aged, however his mechanical augmentation has tripled his life meaning Slip is capable of living until the ripe old age of forty eight years. As such, he's currently in his prime.

■ ENHANCED PHYSIOLOGY | When Slip was experimented on, his skeletal frame was grafted with an alien alloy. As such, Slip is much more durable than he looks. His bones are capable of surviving major impacts or even blows from superhumans. The experiments also resulted in Slip being injected with a chemical compound which merged with her hair folicles causing his fur to become resistented to flame and energy. His fur is capable of disipating energy blasts, distributing the blow over a wider area to reduce the damage. Slip is also faster and stronger than an average otter, his strength on pair with a professional human athelete while his speed allows him to reach up to nearly 80kph (50mph) in the water. His running speed is significantly slower due to having to run on all four stubby legs. The most evident enhancement however was the increase to Slip's intelligence granted him a sense of self-awareness and the ability to think, feel and problem solve on the same level as a human.

■ OMNI-LINGUAL | While the experiments on Slip increased his vocal range, it's the universal translator implanted in both his vocal chords and ears that allow him to communicate with others. The translator is pre-programmed with nearly nine million known languages and can learn new ones through linguistic analysis. This allows Slip to communicate with nearly every species so long as they communicate verbally.

■ POCKET HAMMERSPACE | In the wild, otters have a fur pouch on their chest where they keep their favourite rock. This rock is used to break open shellfish and dig under water in order to find food. Slip was no different until he was experimented on. Now his fur pocket actually contains a limitless hammer space enabling him to store large weapons and even bounties in his chest. As such he stores all his arms in this pocket hammer space, only pulling them out when necessary.

//EQUIPMENT:

■ REVOLVER | A quick draw side-arm, Slip is rarely without his revolver. Capable of firing super heated slugs, the rounds act as a combination of both energy and ballistic fire. The weapon has a secondary fire mode which emits electrifying rounds designed to attack the nervous system which paralyzes the target.

■ PLASMA THROWER | Slip's favourite weapon, the plasma thrower is a lethal weapon which emits a superheat gout of plasma. This beam can be sustained to cut through most metals and often bypassing kinetic shields and other forceshields.

■ BLUNDERBUSS | A powerful kinetic weapon which fires a spread of solid rounds at a deadly velocity. Used for bypassing kinetic fields and penetrating enemy armor. The rounds explode upon impact for additional damage.

■ PETRIFIER | A wrist mounted fire arm that emits a beam which traps the target in frozen petrified state that keeps the victim in a state of stasis. Used for securing bounties and allowing Otter to transport them without struggle.

■ GRAV-GRENADES | Grenades which affect gravity, either pinning the target to the ground with increased gravity or sending them hurling through the air by decreasing it. Furthermore, if the grenade was detonated against a wall, the gravity would pull the target to the wall instead of the floor. The increase or decrease of gravity depends on which way Slip turns the cap.

//SKILLS:

■ INTUITIVE INVENTOR | Since the experiement boosted Slip's intelligence, he's had a way with mechanical devices almost inuitively knowing what parts will go together to create a desired result. As such many of his weapons are of his own design, along with his harness. Furthermore whenever Slip is in possession of a ship, he modifies the controls to suit his smaller frame.

■ MARKSMAN | An excellent shot, Slip is a capable marksman at both close and long range. Rarely missing his target, Slip has learned to take down most opponents with a well place shot rather than wasting munitions firing carelessly. He prefers to avoid messes and likes to keep things as quick and easy as possible.

■ PRAGMATIC COMBATANT | Slip is capable of fighting his way out of a situation even when caught without preparation. An expert at using the environment to his advantage, Slip will use whatever is at hand to make sure the fight goes his way.

//LIMITATIONS:

■ SHORT LIMBS | Without his harness, Slip can't operate a lot of machinery due in part to how short his natural limbs are. If his harness becomes damaged or is removed from his person, Slip can't properly operate the majority of his weapons in order to defend himself.

■ NAIVETY | The Universe is a big place full of people that are much more developed than Slip. As such Slip often comes across as a naive child who has only been introduced to the world for the first time. His opponents can take advantage of this.

//WEAKNESSES:

■ GREED | Despite having a fairly decent set of morals, Slip is prone to put those morals aside for a good pay cheque. He can be bought off or even be bought for the right fee.

■ SIZE | Slip's size is both a curse and a blessing. it causes people to underestimate him but it can also be a great limitor. Against larger opponents, Slip can often be overwhelmed and easily over powered if caught off guard.

|_A L I G N M E N T:_|

Heroic Neutral

|_P E R S O N A L I T Y:_|

Inventive, Mischievious, Playful, Proactive, Quick,

|_A P P E A R A N C E:_|

^{"Talk to the claw, becasue the face wants to bite yours off."}

//STATS:

■ HEIGHT | 42" (Including tail), 22" (Excluding tail)
■ WEIGHT | 25 lbs
■ FUR COLOUR | Brown
■ EYE COLOUR | Black

//DESCRIPTION:

Slipstream appears to be an average North American River Otter. Aside from this, he wears a mechanical harness which act as augmented prostectic arms to allow Slip to use and manipulate firearms, controls and other such instrumentation which would normally be out of reach for his stubby arms. Additionally this harness has a jetpack which rests on Slip's back.Beneath the harness sits a long and heavy leather like coat. This coat reaches from Slip's neck, down to his ankles and is resilient to most energy attacks as well as armored against ballistic ones. A dark brown, appearing almost black in some lights, the coat is made from the hide of what could be essentially described as a space alligator. Around the collar and lapels is a thick layer of wool like fur to add both warmth and a decorative design to the coat. Over his right eye, Slip wears an optical augment which acts as a targeting device and HUD. Slip has a gold hoop in his left ear as well as several gold bands around his tail. More often than not, Slip wears a leather flying cap with the goggles seated above his forehead.

|_B I O G R A P H Y:_|

^{"Yeah, I get it. You're impressed."}

For decades, hollywood has portrayed aliens as little green men who steal away men, woman and cows in the night, probing them before returning them to Earth. Slipstream found out the hard way that not only are these stories true but the victims are not limited to humans and cattle. Abducting the young otter from his holt, Slip was experimented on by the small green aliens who mechanically augmented his entire skeleton and granting the rodent increased intelligence. Escaping his makers, Slip found himself alone in a massive new world. Learning how to survive, Slip found he had a knack for machines and eventually built himself a mechanical harness that allowed him to use firearms and fly spaceships.

Eventually making his way to the center of the Universe, Slip encounted the alien named Aquanticus. The two hit it off, forming both a partnership and a tight friendship. Now known as both a pair of pirates and bounty hunters, the pair have made their way to Slip's homeworld of Earth in search of an ancient alien artifact buried eons ago beneath the site now known as New Athens.

|_S T O R Y L I N E S:_|

■ THE DYNAMIC DUO | Slipstream and Aquaticus arrive on Earth in search of an ancient alien artifact.

■ THE CURSE OF THE BLACK ORB | Finding the alien artifact, Slip and Aquaticus find themselves pursued by an unknown foe while the orb threatens more than just their partnership.

■ DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES | After killing an alien noble, a bounty is placed on Slip's head forcing him to seek aid beyond just his partnership with Aquaticus.

...And more to come!

|_N O T E S:_|

■ PATRIOT | Slipstream is a proud Canadian Otter. Despite having barely lived in the country, he often stands up for it and more importantly stands up for Earth.

■ OTR'S RANSOM | Won through a game of chance, Otr's Ransom has become both a home and a vessel of opportunity for Slipstream and Aquaticus. That said, the ship is filled with problems despite having at one time been a top of the line model. Slip is constantly having to fix or replace components in order to keep the ship in the air.

[Hillan]

NOT Aquaman

A Q U A T I C U S

| B I R T H N A M E: |

It

| N I C K N A M E ( S ): |

Wet
Big Blue Giant
Tall, tall, tall glass of water

| A R C H E T Y P E: |

Alien Bounty Hunter/ Pirate / Retired Infiltrator

| A L I A S ( E S ): |

AQUATICUS

| S E X: |

N/A, refers to itself as a "He".

| A G E: |

84 years old, has the mental age of potato peel.

| A L I N G M E N T |:

Whatever his master decides for him.

| P E R S O N A L I T Y |:

Childish, Gullable, Trusting, Dimwitted, Protective.

| A P P E A R A N C E: |

His form is malleable and is able to alter his appearance, to even seem humanoid of he so desires. His most common appearance however is a hulking form, three meters tall and two meters wide between the shoulders, pouring with water. A seemingly small head between his shoulders. The liquid water that makes up his body is semi-solid, unless another state is used, thus allowing him to wear clothes, such as theTricore Hat inspired by 18th century Pirates on Planet Earth.

| A B I L I T I E S: |

■ Drowian Physique:

As the last remaining Dowian, taken away from his home when very young he does not know very much about his heritage. His conciousness is tored in a navy blue sphere made out of a incredibly tough dermal layer. He believes it to be his heart, and as such protects it greatly. His body can always reform from his Heart, providing there's water around, making him very difficult to injure.

■ Hydrokinetic:

Potentially one of the most capable manipulators of Water, Aquaticus is able to turn Oxygen and Hydrogen into water, thus effectively allowing him infinite water that he can then manipulate the pressure, temperature and amount of, giving him a vast variety of abilities, both offensive and defensive.

■ Superhuman Durability:

Able to survive gunfire without any injury, AQUATICUS is quite the imposing foe, given his very powerful nature.

| W E A K N E S S E S: |

■ Intelligence :

While old, he's not very smart. He's a gentle soul at heart who never has any desire to harm anyone, only following the orders of his master. He's gullible and easy to convince of just about anything, like a child with no life experience.

■ Gravity

When absorbing hydrogen and Oxygen to turn into water, he needs to be under the affect of "regular" gravity. As such, in the vacuum of space, he's unable to form his body and is as such nothing more than a 10 Inch sphere. Likewise a planet without an atmosphere makes it impossible for him to increase his mass, only use the water he had with him when he landed on the new planet.

■ Heat:

He can control his body in Solid and Liquid form, but gas is not possible for him to control his body in - while he can absorb the atoms and cool them if constant heat is put on him he will vaporize into his shell.

| S K I L L S: |

■ Stealth :

Due to his powers and his past, he's an excellent user of stealth, able to turn into a puddle, or to freeze against a wall, he's able to easily avoid detection.

■ Mechanical skills:

A recent skill, picked up thanks to his partner, AQUATICUS has an understanding of both machinery and weapons as well as the skills to perform repairs.

■ Animal Friend:

Even the Furious Xar-Eating Predator Tigers of Malkior XI will let the big Blue Giant scratch their belly.

| B I O G R A P H Y: |

Very little is known about AQUATICUS's past. He was taken from his home planet - a planet of other beings just like him right before their sun expanded and went red, the increased heat evaporated all of his kind. Aquaticus was instead kept in a small box in his sphere form, no water or oxygen around for him to create a body, only enough for him to survive. When he was 15 years old, he saw light for the first time since his birth and his master, Lord T'Har, a "Private Military" Executive - a Warlord would make him use his abilities to gather intel on the competition. Aquaticus was used as a tool of infiltration, stealing intelligence from enemies of T'Har, slipping in and out unnoticed.

That was his life for a very long time, getting let out just to steal something before being sealed back up into a vacuum where he was restricted to his most basic form. He got very good at infiltration and whenever he got caught, he fought his way back to T'Har. Like a loyal dog he served the will of the only family he had ever known, despite feeling a deep depression.

Things changed when T'Har's Empire was crumbled and Aquaticus was set free, roaming the galaxy as a vagabond, picking up work where he could. A ronin, a tool without a master. That is, till one Enhanced Otter got into a bar-brawl and the gentle Water Giant aided the earthern creature. The two would soon become thick and thieves and Aquaticus would follow along Slipstream with all of his schemes, finding a joy in his life he had never felt with T'Har. Now, they are heading to their biggest adventure yet - to Slip's home.

| S T O R Y L I N E S: |

Ditto to SlipStream's Sheet.

Dealing with the fallout of T'Har's men who are coming to find Aquaticus.

| M I S C. N O T E S: |

Has quite the speech impediment - always did, struggles to put together long sentences and as such is usually quiet, if he speaks he does so in few words, not always cohesive.

Partnered with Slipstream for the past year, he sees the little fella as a partner more so than a Master, even if the distinguishing the difference is difficult for him.

[Endrance]

Frostbite

Archetype: Elemental

Name: Tamera Wilkins

Alias: Frostbite

Age: 22

Powers: Whenever Tamera carries her totem, it endows her with control over Ice (e.g. icebreath, icetouch, etc...), resistance to colder temperatures and the ability to cause sub zero temperatures in her immediate vicinity. She can make constructs out of ice limited by her imagination and amount of energy she has available.

Weaknesses: Hot temperatures, Fire, Hand to hand combat, Standard human weaknesses

Alignment: Not Aligned

Personality: Selfish, Quick-witted, Trustworthy (never breaks a promise)

Appearance: *but the bang is white*

Brief Bio: Tamera was an adopted African immigrant by American missionaries. Growing up as the preachers daughter made Tamera the type to lash out as a means to express herself. The only item she posesses to link her to her birth parents was a totem necklace she found stashed away in the garage among tattered files. Since confronting her parents at 18, her relationship with them became even more severely strained and she ended up moving to New Athens to attend college. It wasn't until she saw the totem sparkling in her drawer that she put it on and realized her newfound abilities but she's not exactly sure if shes up for the hero gig (doesn't pay well she bets) or maybe other evils...she's pretty good at justifying her choices.

Storylines: I'm going to start her off in school and then i'm not really sure what will happen from there. I know she may get herself in trouble here and there as she still can't really control her totem.

[Parfex]

Vega

"The Brighter the Star, the Darker the Collapse." - Vega's Cursed Fate.
Auther - Stephen Spicker

Vega's Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrmC58d1Sz8

Other Theme Songs

Combat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXPRdCEl9Rs

During serious conversations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDDWmmX2owY&list=RDGvtD6tE5PNk&index=6

Searching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqK7N2AdUL4&list=PLE5DEFB24AB2E00B0&index=29

Losing the Fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ-QJ75Sbtc

Other Action Scenes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0oDpcxfQTo&index=7&list=RDGvtD6tE5PNk

Description

| Full Name |
Adrian Shane Hunter

| Alias |
Current: Vega
Origin: Impulse

| Birth Date |
May 29th 2002.

| Age |
Current: 24
Origin Story: 17 turning 18

| Species |
Human

| Gender |
Male

| Sexuality |
Heterosexual

| Alignment |
Current: True Neutral
Origin: Lawful Good
Future: Either Chaotic Good or Chaotic Evil

| In-Depth Appearance |
Appearance:
Height - 6'3"
Ethnicity - Mixed black/white
Eye Color - Indigo eyes
Weight - 190 lbs
Build - Athletic
Adrian has never truly felt like he fit in. Instead of letting that hold him back, he embraces it. From the music he listens to, to his violet hair with the perfect white stripe that sits just off of the center line of his scalp; he wears "unusual" like a uniform. He wears it so well, that it tends to intimidate people. Especially most women. Attractive and tall, Adrian also comes off as unapproachable or moody (even though that's not really the case). Despite everything, the fact that he stands out makes him a hot topic among the girls and thus consequently, the boys too.

Vega Appearance

outfit: Nightwing's suit except the highlights are indigo this instead of the blue (And no weapons ...yet).

Abilities

| Abilities |
First: Discovery/Use of his power: Able to repel objects with an outward spherical pulse.
Then: Learns to concentrate the source of the force from his body parts (e.g. stronger punches/kicks, etc.).
As he gains more control: Able to focuses the force from a spherical shape into a more focused point so that he can increase the range without sacrificing the power. He will also be able to increase the time duration to longer than an impulse.
Through a horrific tragedy: He learns to reverse this ability into a pull instead of a push
Consequently: The tragedy/fight was so horrific/intense, that his 'pull' ability tore open a singularity (one day he'll be able to control this.) and hurled him into the future (Now current timeline).
*More alterations of his abilities to come*

| Limitations |
Origin: Limited to a quick burst
Potential Friendly fire
Unforeseen consequences onto user
Unstable in early stages.

Current: Friendly Fire
Further he extends the range, the weaker the force (See below for details).
Impulse field: Unbreakable at average distance from body (about arms length) Then weakens if he expands it to protect someone else. Also, it is like flexing a muscle. At furst, it's powerful but it's like lifting your max bench press at the gym. The longer he tries to sustain it, the quicker it weakens (And it weakens fast).

Push/Pull force: Close to infinite at source (to be able to create the singularity)
Past one inch from skin: Weakens to about the strength to flinging a car through the air for a few yards
50 feet: About the strength of a hard punch
50+ feet: approaches 0 force rapidly.

All abilities cannot be sustained for more than a minute or so despite storyline growth. Currently, they can't even last seconds.

| Weaknesses |
Basic human weaknesses.
Just like the Flash, if Vega doesn't see it coming then he can't defend against it.
One unexpected bullet and it's all over.

| Equipment |
Current: Super Suit - Durable enough to resist knife wounds, semi-bulletproof.
Origin: Regular hoodie and jeans.
Future: Possibly carry a weapon with a sharp end to make hie 'pull' ability lethal. Super Suit.

Personality and Bio

| Personality Traits |
Current:
Loner, Righteous, Intelligent, Bitter, Calm, Understanding, Patient, Wrathful, A Little Obsessed

Origin:
Quiet, Prideful, Show Off, Intelligent, Under Achiever
In uniform (hoodie uniform):
Prideful, Shows Off, Intelligent, Talkative, Immature

| Personality |
Despite his unpopularity, Adrian is actually a rising star in his high school basketball team. His competitive nature and his unique outlook of the world makes him an excellent shooting guard and his height makes him an even better center. Having the most points, blocks and rebounds on his team nearly every game, Adrian tends to get lost in competition and can be a sore loser. Despite his disdain for losing and his intelligence, Adrian barley passes his classes. Between refusing to participate in class and refusing to do his homework, his grades would cause him to fail if it wasn't for his coach vouching for him and the fact that he has never scored lower than a 99 on EVERY test. His main reason for his lack of participation is that he hates when people ask to copy his work or ask him for help.
Just like on the court, when Adrian (as Impulse) is saving the day, he tends to show off and hes a little more flashy than needs be. He talks smack, cuts maneuvers a little too close and doesn't get serious unless he's losing. As Vega, he is cold and holds a poker face almost the entire battle. People (and enemies) rarely know what he's thinking. His only motive is victory and often the only thing preventing him from injuring others is a half-hearted warning to "stay out of the way". Enemies and allies alike refer to him as "ruthless" and in combat, he rarely pays attention to if it's 'friend or foe'. The only reason he works well on a team is because he's patient and accurate. Also, he hates to show off his abilities because he fears that someone will discover a weakness or "chink" in his 'armor'. That fear makes him reserved and thus being reserved reduces collateral damage and friendly fire. Still, allies tend not to stand too close to Vega just in case something gets shot, thrown or flung in his direction, causing his impulse barrier to activate and blasting debris (and allies) in all directions.
Vega's "I'll play nice" attitude is more for appearances than actual act or desire. He really only puts in enough effort to avoid being kicked out of the Powerbound Alliance and to avoid verbal conflict between teammates. His sole motivation is to bide hit time until he is able avenge his mother and understand his powers well enough to return to his timeline and prevent her death.
Finally, his attitude and complete outlook on 'this timeline' comes with a bitter after taste. Since he believes that he will "go back in time and save my mom", he views this timeline as a "false" timeline. Vega believes that everything that happens in this current timeline will be rewritten as long as he doesn't die before that happens. Because "Nothing I do here will matter to anyone." attitude, Vega has an unhealthy detachment to the world and an even emptier regard for human life. Still, he was a hero and deep down inside, he doesn't wish to see people suffer and that alone motivates him to actually aid to a good cause and (begrudgingly to him) develop bonds with a few teammates.

| Quirks |
Hates to Lose
Often Late
Sleeps in class
Doesn't do his assignments
Aces every test
Thinks of things in angles and degrees (which makes him very good at basketball)

| Hobbies |
Basketball
Videogames
Music

| Likes |
Basketball
Videogames
Hip Hop
Anime
Food. All Food.
Girls
Physics

| Dislikes |
Authority
Racism
Arrogance
Losing
People (most not all)
Rodents
Uncleanliness
Stupidity

| Fears |
Dying Before He Can Save His Mom
Fear of Being Alone
Fear of His Own Abilities/Powers
Of Not Fitting In

| Place Of Origin |
Queens, NY
Orlando, Florida

| Family |
Father: Hunter, Mark - No powers. Died of Cancer.
Mother: Hunter, Andrea - No powers. Murdered.

| Brief Bio |
Adrian Hunter is a graduating senior at Athens High. His abilities come from a meteorite that granted him the Push/Pull abilities very similar to that of the 6th Pain from Naruto. On top of feeling alienated for being half black and half white, his story will take a darker and darker twist as his abilities isolate him more and more from his friends and family. This metaphorical separation soon becomes a literal separation as his greatest ability develops and hurls him through a black hole only to reemerge in a later timeline where over half a decade has passed. His friends have aged, the world has changed and his mother was murdered in his absence. Also, he has aged too.
His goal is to return to the past to save his mother but a whole lot happens in between learning how to deflect bullets and having the ability to control something that can rip through the fabrics of space-time.

| Storyline |
Time Arc - Adrian starts out as a graduating senior. After a few battles and character development, there is a time lapse (How the laps happens is part of the plot twist). The storyline will split into two timelines. One where we follow Adrian's origin story as he develops and learns to control his abilities. The other will be current timeline that he is trapped in with all the current heroes/villains until he is able to control his new ability. In the current timeline, Adrian Hunter has long been 'dead', so he takes on his super identity "Vega" as he faces new challenges and quickly learns about the murder of his mother during his absence.
On top of facing this new and shocking reality that Adrian has been thrown into, he fully embraces his isolated existence that was eluded to in his origin story. His friends have aged and moved on and most are left in the past but there are still some familiar adversaries from his origin story. One in particular, Dissonance. Having grown up in the same high school, Vega and Dissonance have a long-standing rivalry both in and out of their super identities. Vega and Dissonance's hostile relationship stems from competition, conflicting missions/goals. It also stems from a place of pride, resentment and begrudging respect towards Dissonance due to having such similar abilities yet, constantly falling short of success.
But something's wrong... in this new timeline, no one remembers a hero named Impulse.

The real person I based this superhero off of

Origin:


Current:


_{James Mead}

Edits

Updated character sheet.
Vega's alignment went from true neutral to chaotic neutral.

[Parfex]

Whoops! O.o
Looks like I'll be making another character at some point. X.X

[Doc Doctor]

First-Degree Donny

Name: Donovan Booth
Alias: "First-Degree" Donny
Age: 36
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160 pounds
Race: Human
Alignment: Evil Neutral
Eye Color: Green



Appearance: A slight but sturdy man with no eyebrows, a baby-face, emerald eyes, a porn stache, and slicked back ginger hair. He almost always wears black pants and dress shoes with suspenders and black gloves, though commonly hides his equipment and features beneath a trenchcoat and hat. He always wears a tie, though the color and design of it frequently changes. He speaks with a nasally Downeast accent.



Weapons and Equipment-

-Customised Model M513 Raging Judge Magnum revolver with a titanium firing cylinder and a Mernickle quick draw holster worn on the thigh. The rifling of the barrel, the cylinder tapering, and the frame are modified in a manner reminiscent of the Smith & Wesson Model 460XVR, to accommodate high speed .460 Magnum rounds. Put simply, the most powerful six round revolver on the planet. Donny carries three .45 Colt 325 grain Buffalo Bore moon clips, one .410 bore clip, three .454 Casull XTP Hornady clips, and three .454 Hornady jacketed hollow point clips, and three .460 Magnum 200 grain DPX Cor-Bon clips. The hammer is modified to allow for fanning as a faster alternative to the double-action function.

-Unfiltered Camel soft pack cigarettes.

-Zippo lighter.

-A roll of quarters.

-Fake police inspector badge.

-Digital recorder preset with several two-hour tracks, including pained sounds, occasional coughing and snorting, casual and serious phone conversations, a muffled voice, muffled whimpering, and whistling.

-A custom high powered 28,000,000 volt, 10 milliamp Runt stun gun holstered at his left side.

-Set of handcuffs and two spare keys. One key is stitched into his overcoat on the right side and the other is stitched into his left pants pocket.

-Trench coat with holes in the pockets.

-A plain white van fitted with an 800 hp 3.5-litre RS5 V10 engine. Goes from 0-62 in 2.8 seconds. The paneling and darkened windows are bulletproof.

-A modified X800 ShadowHawk flashlight secured to his belt on the left side. It has a custom tactical rail attached, and can be connected to the top of the Magnum's barrel or to the MP5.

-Heckler & Koch MP5 with three 100-round beta feed magazines, utilizing .40 S&W hollow point rounds and a silencer. This is carried in a satchel.

-.950 JDJ rifle with one round, loaded. This 85 pound gun is kept in the back of Donny's van, which is usually nearby. Comes with a scope.

-Four pull-pin grenades with optional tripwires on his belt. Two are MK3 concussion grenades, and two are M67 fragmentation grenades.

-Six inch switchblade in his pocket. It has a ring clip at the hilt base.

-Claw hammer holstered at his belt.

-A white handkerchief and a one ounce aerosol bottle of cyanide, disguised as nose spray.

-Customized retractable high-density golf club made just for braining folks holstered at his belt. It has a ring clip at the hilt base.

-Twenty-five foot razor sharp microfilament garrote wire reel concealed within a wristwatch that can be withdrawn via clip ring. It's almost invisible to the naked eye, as light as a spider's web, sharp enough to cut through bone with effort, and can withstand up to 2,200 pounds of tension without breaking. Donny can control how much is extracted and retracted with the interface of his watch.

-Spring loaded five-inch knives within the heels and toes of his shoes that will jut out when a switch on the instep is triggered.

-Pair of insulated quarter-pound S.A.P black combat gloves weighted with lead. They are fashioned from a high density polymer that can resist being cut by the garrote wire.

-A heavy duty bullet proof vest that can stop even the largest of slugs.

-Can of FOX military grade pepper spray holstered at his belt.

-Portable six inch shaving mirror on his belt.

-Four adhesive bombs in the same satchel as his tommy gun, which can be remotely detonated via digital watch or set with a timer. Each bomb contains enough TNT to scrap a minivan.
















Physical Abilities/Skills: Donny looks like a geeky dad, the kind of embarrassing adult that could be found doing jumping jacks in neon dolphin shorts down at the local YMCA. This is a strength. Hardly anyone ever suspects just how obscenely dangerous he really is. His physicality is comparable to that of a highly trained marine, as he consistently trains to stay in peak condition. He has peak human gunslinging abilities in addition to a level of manual dexterity and slight of hand most oftenly attributed to master street magicians. He is extremely deceptive, excelling in both acting and psychological warfare, in addition to having a photographic memory combined with a formidable spatial sense. He has over seventeen years of experience in urban combat as an elite professional killer, with at least 172 confirmed kills. Though he is a capable hand-to-hand fighter, he by far prefers mid-range firefights. He is a true "dead eye" with his selected firearms, and can hit a fly at ninety-one meters with his Magnum revolver, the weapon he favors above all others. Such is his skill with the gun that he can fire off all six shots in less than a second by fanning the hammer, whilst still maintaining near-perfect accuracy. For reference as to the revolver's power, the .45 Colt slugs can put a one inch hole through a steel cooking pan at mid-range. The Casull rounds travel at Mach 1.7 and need but a single shot to take down an African bull elephant. The Casull hollow points can reduce a wild boar's innards to custard. The .460 Magnum rounds travel at Mach 2, easily faster than even .500 and .600 bullets, and can vaporize a human head as if it were a rotten cabbage.



At close range with the .410 rounds, Donny can empty the chamber and turn a human into hamburger in less time than it takes for the body to hit the ground. His secret weapon, the .950 JDJ rifle, fires a bullet with over nineteen tons of force per square foot.
It can literally shoot through schools.





Personality: Donny is what would be called an ubermensch. He follows his own code and does as he wants, believing only in his own will and the in the cold steel of his revolver. He follows orders only because he likes having something to do, and what he likes to do is kill. As long as there is violence in the distance he will allow others to give him direction, for a price.
He's outrageously crafty and as mean as an Arizona rattler, albeit with a nigh unbreechable calmness some would decidedly call detachment, though it isn't. He's an adrenaline junkie that gets his fix any way he can, primarily by way of murder, but also by driving like a complete maniac, playing games with law enforcement, and committing acts of terrorism. He's socially passable by modern standards, but has no qualms about being a public nuisance. He's quite skilled at being annoying, and uses it as a tool to pick fights. He enjoys smoking, but only does so before and after a kill.
He likes taking first-class rides at the airport, drinking black coffee, making faces at children, and visiting strip clubs.



Background: Donny had a typical psychopathic childhood. He was born in Bangor, Maine, his father a U.S Marine, his mother a sickly stay at home wife, and his uncle a bastard rapist. He was often unsupervised, and frequently engaged in less than moral activities. He bullied other children, killed animals, and stole from the local supermarket on a regular basis. In his youth he won several national marksman championships. As soon as he got his driver's license, he stole his parent's van and hit the road, moving to Las Vegas and with nary a penny in his pockets after using up the rest for gas.
There he found quick work as a crime syndicate hit man that dispatched anyone who filched on their gambling debts, seizing their assets for himself along with 20-40% of however much money they owed to his employers, plus expenses. He not only impressed the crime bosses as a lethal and merciless efficient bookie enforcer. Obviously his reputation decreased business, but it was a simple matter for the higher ups to conceal his involvement in many of the deaths. The consistency of his work easily made up for any gamblers he slew or scared away by proxy.



Whenever he wasn't popping filchers, he was taking up hits. Assassinations of all kinds were welcome. He grew into the role of an underworld grim reaper, dreaded to such an extend that even the Mafia dared not to double-cross him. Even the local police, to avoid mass casualties, decided to simply stay out of his way. The way they saw it, no possible confrontation with him could result in anything less than a catastrophe rivaling 9/11. The Feds were only called in once, and never again after having eight dozen of their own slaughtered in an incident so brutally embarrassing, it was wiped from the records and in Donny's place a patsy was tossed to the dogs, the failure so complete that a cover-up was the only way to preserve the public's respect for the government. Whenever the hitman comes roaring by in his big white van, with its souped up engine and screaming, fiery tailpipes, no cops dare to try and pull him over. They've been warned well about the fella known as "First-Degree" Donny. They also avoid investigating too deeply into any murder scene where unfiltered Camel cigarette butts are found. He seems able to kill anyone, anywhere, within a week regardless of their location or importance. Perhaps it's fortunate that nobody who has thus far asked him to kill the president has had enough money to pay him for the job. These days, as a hobby he stalks and kills prostitutes in alleys and subways with a claw hammer.

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