[OOC] Local, Organic, Freerange Superheroes

[Croissant]

Will get a hero up at some point in the next day or so.

[Metronome]

Adala "Scorn" Posner

Adala Posner

Scorn

(Image for the face paint that's all this is for)

{"Insanity is just a synonym for imagination."}

- Scorn

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The Basics

Name

Adala Ann Posner

Nicknames

Ada- Simply a shorter version of her real name that came up during her grade school years and few use in the present time.

Code Name

Scorn

Alliance

Villain

Age

29

Birthdate

January 13, 1988

Gender

Female

Sexuality

Bisexual

Role

Attacker | Stealth

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(Image for her claws which are her weapons)

{"I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it."}

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Digging Deep

In-Depth Appearance

Her skin is pale nearly white. She always has her skull face however, never going outside without painting it on so few know what lies under the skull. Her eyes are a haunting vibrant orange that seem to glow unnaturally. It doesn't matter if she has a t shirt or a sweat shirt the one thing she always has on is her skull hoodie. She primarily wears a t-shirt and shorts with simple shoes and long stockings. Not much changes between that and what she has in the field except for the added skull shoulder pads, the boots, gas mask, and skeleton gloves.

Habits and Quirks

• Her face has to always have the skull painted on. No exceptions.
• Habit of talking to herself constantly, having full conversations with herself.
• Loves pulling jokes on her unsuspecting comrades.
• Always wearing the skeleton hoodie.
• Moving her hands while expressing herself

Likes

• Weapons
• Video Games
• Hard rock or heavy metal
• A good fight
• Drawing

Dislikes

• Modern music
• Silence
• Authority
• Spiders
• Sitting still

Fears

• Entrapment, then being forgotten
• Loosing everything she holds dear and slipping further into her own mind.

Personality

Adala has most of her marbles, emphasis on most. After her metal break down at age sixteen, all the pieces haven't quite gone back to the original places leaving her hyperactive and a mind that most would deem a mess and needs to see someone for help. It doesn't mean she can't focus on a task, just that she is prone to either improvise or go and do something else. At times this makes her speak to herself. On the plus side it keeps her mostly in a good mood, best not to piss her off because she holds a grudge like no other and can be patient for her revenge.
She does suffer from PTSD after what her father did to her as well as what the rehabilitation center's torture methods. For the most part she keeps this secret to herself self medicating herself by taking what she needs when she can. This doesn't stop the nightmares and night terrors but helps her during the daylight hours.

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{"I'm not crazy! No wait... Maybe I am crazy... One second, I have to talk to myself about this."}

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Origins

Background

Adala was born into a broken family to put it mildly. She grew up neglected and rejected by her alcoholic father and abusive stepmother. She never got a chance to meet her real mother who up and abandoned her and her father after Adala's birth. Despite the negative home life though she managed to be a happy little girl thinking on the positive and being oblivious to the grim truth's that haunted her house life. To her if she felt the wraith of her parents it meant she must of done something wrong and deserved it, even if she could never figure out the reason they would be so mad at her. Her false reality came crumbling however shortly after her seventeenth birthday. Her father eventually did unspeakable things to her which shattered the facade she had lived with but from the pieces came a new being that she has since embraced as her true self.

A disturbance call would have the police discover Adala outside a blazing home laughing and cackling away in pleasure at the sight. She would be charged with murder though eventually the charges would be dropped replaced with a plea of insanity and stacking evidence of her parents neglect and endangerment. She was sent to a rehabilitation center to try and help her with the damaged caused to her along with the addition of PTSD attacks that was observed after her arrest. This rehabilitation center would be where she would spend six years of her life in a new personal hell. The experiments done on her were new forms of augmentation that was kept well under wraps by those running the asylum. Any shred of humanity left her while trapped in that prison. She would have the last laugh. She escape one stormy night, using her new augmentations on her captors before disappearing into the darkness of the night. She didn't reappear until a year after her escape, running a small gang in Centerville.

Place of Origin

Austin, Texas

Family

Jonhathan Posner (Deceased): Her father a drunk who blamed Ada for her mother leaving and took out his frustrations on her while she was a young girl. To say Adala got the last laugh is an understatement.

Ashley Wheatly (Deceased): The woman who Adala had to call her mother, or step mother. Ashley simply ignored Adala mostly, she wanted nothing with her except at times to use Adala as a punching bag or take her verbal frustrations out on. Adala eventually made her eat her words literally.

Abilities

Passive: Shadow-Stalk - Scorn stealths when moving in shadowed areas, she gains stronger stealth depending on the shadows extent and darkness. She gains additional movement speed as well, that gets stronger the more she is stealthed.

Weapon: Claws - A short-range attack that replaces her quick-melee as well as regular attacks. Strikes quickly and deals decent DPS. She has no ranged option.

Ability 1: Lunging Strike - Does a short lunge and deals damage at whatever enemy gets in the way. Only strikes one target. This move has higher range and critically strikes from stealth. If the attack lands on an enemy's back, the move can be used again after a brief moment.

Ability 2: Disappear - Scorn will jump into the nearest patch of shadows and fully stealth for a small moment. If there is no shadow to jump to, she will jump backwards by default and stealth briefly. This move has no damage component.

Ultimate: Nightmare - Scorn will plunge the area into darkness, granting her essentially full stealth within that area so long as she is there, she will still be seen if they are close enough to her. This move has no damage component, but will let her capitalize on her passive and lunge to the fullest potential. Do note once more, in this mode, all her Lunging Strikes will critically strike, and she will move incredibly fast with stealth.

Weapons

Claws augmented to her body, that she uses with her minor shadow abilities.

Extra

She has haemolacria, a rare condition where rather then crying tears, she cries blood. Experimentation can lead to... Some undesirable after effects (it will be mentioned in the first few posts I just want a little surprise).

Theme Song

@Argetlam350

Accepted

Dɪɴᴀʜ MᴄBʀɪᴅᴇ

"Mɪᴅᴀs" ▪ ʜᴇʀᴏ ▪ 21 ʏ/ᴏ ▪ ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ

ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ

There's nothing striking about Dinah or anything that screams "hero" when you look at her. A 5'5 ectomorph, she not an intimidating figure in the least, and her physical abilities extend about as far as hitting the gym regularly to stay in shape. She's not notably curvy or thin either, floating somewhere in between, though you wouldn't be able to tell anyway because she wears a lot of baggy clothes. Her blonde hair is wavy and reaches just below her shoulder blades usually pulled back in a ponytail to keep it out of the way. Her face is round with smooth features and hooded lids. She sports soft blue eyes and an array a freckles across the bridge of her nose, cheeks, extending down to her shoulders and upper back. There's a small "013" tattooed to her inner left arm closer to the crease of her elbow from her lab days.

ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ

Dinah is a cautious and reserved individual, but very genuine. She's mellow by nature and a fairly easy person to get along with once she gets to know you a bit. While she is friendly and approachable, she's careful of who she places her trust in, and is generally a fine judge of character. She's a survivor type, and tends to look out for herself first, but not at the cost of other people. Those she is close to are the people she is the most open around, and the shyness melts away to show a quirky and energetic young woman. In the time since she was returned to her family, she has become much more vivacious and outspoken as opposed to her earlier years.
She's very intelligent and witty, someone who is driven by common sense and practicality rather than emotion. She won't do something unless it is the logical thing to do. She doesn't have much in the way of a sense of humor, not much of a jokester type, but she does love to laugh, and enjoys being around people who are funny. She is far from naive and has a sense of quiet wisdom about her, the kind that comes with growing up too fast.
Despite that, she's terrible at letting things go and is apt to hold a grudge. While she managed to move past what happened to her as a child, sometimes it still haunts her, and there's a part of her that wishes she could find those people and bring them to justice, the ones that got away at least. Her anger is of the cold variety, the kind that slowly builds up and festers before cumulating at a breaking point. As she's not typically an angry person, this hardly occurs, but she becomes sloppy and emotional when it does.

ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀs

Much like her name sake, everything she touches with her fingertips turns to gold. Everything, even people. She is immune to the effects of her touch, but anything else is fair game. The smaller the thing is, the faster it changes. Larger objects, like cars, she can touch but it will only turn parts of it. However, it doesn't last long. The effects reverse after a few hours as if nothing happened. This is due to the fact that, on the molecular level, the atoms changed are unstable and will revert back to their original makeup. That is, if what she's touching is not alive. People, animals, and plants suffer a harsher fate under her touch. While the body will change back to normal, the initial act of their atomic structure changing will kill a living creature.
There are limitations to this, as the more she touches, the more exhausted she becomes, and with no real physical powers, she becomes drained fairly quickly. To prevent something unfortunate from happening, she wears a pair of gloves at all times, thin and dark blue in color.

ʜɪsᴛᴏʀʏ

As a child, she didn't remember a time not living in the facility, surrounded by doctors and scientists. There wasn't anything necessarily cruel about the place; she had her own room and was fed regularly. The tests were awful, but the nurse was always kind. The adults were stern, but if she did as she was told, she wouldn't get in trouble, and she saw no reason to rebel. It wasn't until she was 10 and the lab was shut down after a devastating electrical fire that she realize that she had been abducted as an infant and experimented on by a corporation in the business of making super soldiers, or in her case, finding alternative ways to fund the research. The series of experiments she was involved in was code named "Midas", and she was the one child to survive those tests. To this day, she doesn't know the name of the corporation that did this to her.

Once the government extracted the people being held inside the lab, she was placed in a hospital to monitor her vitals, and it was concluded that, physically, she was perfectly fine aside from a few tiny scars here and there. She insisted they not take off her gloves, as she knew the consequences. Her files were burned, so the nature of her supposed "abilities" was never discovered. She was placed in the foster system, and after living in a home for a year, her original parents found her and she returned home with them.

After that, she lived a pretty normal life, aside from wearing her gloves all the time. She told everyone it was because she was a germaphobe and generally no one questioned it. She hardly ever used her ability, there wasn't much reason to. She tried to leave the the past behind and move on, more concerned with enjoying having a real family and her plans for the future. Now in college, she is pursuing a degree in atomic physics so that she might figure out what was done to her, and more importantly, how she can undo it completely.

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ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇ: Gold -- Imagine Dragons

@Little Italy

Accepted

Can I reserve a villain spot?

@KaijuBaragon

Sure

Can I make a half human half titan hero?

@Weird Tales

Depends on what you mean by "titan"

[superservo27]

*notices Discord* OwO what's this?

I made a discord.

[Aquamarine]

Almost done with my app. It's gonna be shocking hot and spicy....?
Ehh... Not really but I can't think of any other pun.

Anyways here's my Sheet.

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Not a Heatwave ripoff

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Hotshot

Birth Name: Believed to be Richard Chang. Have yet to be validated.
Other alias: The Backburner, The Human Heater
Age: Believed to be 28 years old.
Gender: Believed to be male.
Notable affiliations: None that is known of at the moment.

Appearance: Hotshot is primarily known for his iconic yellow overall costume which spans the entire length of his body except for his hands, feet and head. While the dominating color of his costume is yellow, it has notable black and orange trims that run across the edges of his costume (Where his gloves, boots and headgear end). He also wears what appears to be costume heavy-duty gloves, boots and headgear. The make of his costume has yet to be identified but it is notable for being able to conduct heat that Hotshot produces naturally. Hotshot’s face is completely concealed by his headgear. A large orange visor goes across the area where his eyes would be to provide vision.

Power(s): Heat manipulation. Hotshot is known to primary emit a field of heat around themselves which, at the most, is believe to extend an area of about five inches (12 centimeters) before dissipating. Hotshot uses this close-proximity “heat aura” by engaging in close hand to hand combat with their opponents. At this moment, the heat radiating from Hotshot incapacitates their foes by either direct contact or by gradual exposure to high temperature.

Hotshot has also been observed to use what can only be described as a heat blast. It is theorized that Hotshot can concentrate high temperatures towards specific points of their body and release the stored energy into a focused beam. This beam was observed to have a maximum temperature of 1500 degrees Celsius (2732 degrees Fahrenheit). However it is observed that Hotshot takes a considerable amount of time to focus and release the energy needed for a beam.

History: (Warning! This section has yet to be approved by moderators because of inconsistencies, unconfirmed details, eligible writing and/or etc. If you wish to help add to or improve this article, contact user Wheelerman23, the author of this page.)

Richard Chang was born in St. Jude’s Hospital in June 23, 1994. Richard was born to the couple Spencer and Martha Chang. Martha passed during childbirth because of complications. Spencer Chang was forced to raise his son alone, refusing to remarry for personal reasons. Richard grew up without incident after. He developed an affiliation for sports at an early age according to later interviews with his father.

Later in life, Richard would receive full scholarship at the University of St. George for his notable American football skills. He enrolled for a Bachelor of Marine Sciences. He was notable in his batch for his athletic abilities, being voted the Most Valuable Player by his home team in 2011. He graduated with honors four years later.
In March 2, 2014, Richard was involved in the Mayflower Mall incident where a group of armed, superpowered criminals seized the malls and the people inside as hostages. One of the assailants, known by his alias as “Monsoon”, had placed a firearm to Richard’s head and used Richard as a Human shield. However seconds into the encounter, Monsoon had began to move in an erratic manner. Closer observation of bystander image shot during the confrontation would suggest Monsoon had blisters forming on his skin. Richard tackled Monsoon back into the mall property after which a large explosion was observed. Authorities who rushed to the site of the incident found neither evidence of Monsoon or Richard remaining. Authorities claim that Richard was deceased however his father, Spencer Chang, is adamant that he is still alive.

(The following information has been verified by multiple sources and has been approved by moderators.)

The first confirmed known activity of Hotshot was during the a conflict between superhuman criminal Commodore and law enforcement. While Commodore was engaging several police officers, an unknown individual at the time lept towards the assailant and made contact by pressing their hand against the back of Commodore’s head. Commodore was observed to be flail his arms wildly at yet unknown individual at the time. However after a few minutes of struggling, Commodore was seen stumbling to the ground completely exhausted with a large red mark on the back of his head. The individual explained that Commodore would be in need to immediate rehydration but is otherwise unscaved. The figure left the scene before he could be questioned by authorities.

The individual that engaged Commodore was wearing the same yellow with black and orange trim that would become iconic of the superhero popularly named Hotshot. Hotshot is known to primarily engage superhuman criminals and only rarely non-superhuman threats. Attempts to question Hotshot has been met with silence. Current whereabouts of Hotshot is also unknown.

Additional info for the GM/ Anybody who's nosy

Alliance: Hero. Hotshot works for a NGO foundation that provides heroes daily necessities, lodging and additional payment if they are under their employment. This organization, known as the Global Defense Initiative Foundation, operates discreetly and avoids the attention of the public. Hotshot, who is indeed Richard Chang, has been employed by the GDIF ever since his reported demise at the hands of Monsoon.

[Weird Tales]

@Metronome like the greek elder gods, so he's basically a demigod, but his parent is from the elder generation

[Burning Kitty]

Moved to char tab

[Shard]

Do you still accept characters?

[KaijuBaragon]

@Shard Yes, but no more villains apart from the sheet I'm currently working on are allowed

[Metronome]

Almost done with my app. It's gonna be shocking hot and spicy....?
Ehh... Not really but I can't think of any other pun.

Anyways here's my Sheet.

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Vigilante Database>Centerville>Currently Active>Hotshot

Hotshot

Birth Name: Believed to be Richard Chang. Have yet to be validated.
Other alias: The Backburner, The Human Heater
Age: Believed to be 28 years old.
Gender: Believed to be male.
Notable affiliations: None that is known of at the moment.

Appearance: Hotshot is primarily known for his iconic yellow overall costume which spans the entire length of his body except for his hands, feet and head. While the dominating color of his costume is yellow, it has notable black and orange trims that run across the edges of his costume (Where his gloves, boots and headgear end). He also wears what appears to be costume heavy-duty gloves, boots and headgear. The make of his costume has yet to be identified but it is notable for being able to conduct heat that Hotshot produces naturally. Hotshot’s face is completely concealed by his headgear. A large orange visor goes across the area where his eyes would be to provide vision.

Power(s): Heat manipulation. Hotshot is known to primary emit a field of heat around themselves which, at the most, is believe to extend an area of about five inches (12 centimeters) before dissipating. Hotshot uses this close-proximity “heat aura” by engaging in close hand to hand combat with their opponents. At this moment, the heat radiating from Hotshot incapacitates their foes by either direct contact or by gradual exposure to high temperature.

Hotshot has also been observed to use what can only be described as a heat blast. It is theorized that Hotshot can concentrate high temperatures towards specific points of their body and release the stored energy into a focused beam. This beam was observed to have a maximum temperature of 1500 degrees Celsius (2732 degrees Fahrenheit). However it is observed that Hotshot takes a considerable amount of time to focus and release the energy needed for a beam.

History: (Warning! This section has yet to be approved by moderators because of inconsistencies, unconfirmed details, eligible writing and/or etc. If you wish to help add to or improve this article, contact user Wheelerman23, the author of this page.)

Richard Chang was born in St. Jude’s Hospital in June 23, 1994. Richard was born to the couple Spencer and Martha Chang. Martha passed during childbirth because of complications. Spencer Chang was forced to raise his son alone, refusing to remarry for personal reasons. Richard grew up without incident after. He developed an affiliation for sports at an early age according to later interviews with his father.

Later in life, Richard would receive full scholarship at the University of St. George for his notable American football skills. He enrolled for a Bachelor of Marine Sciences. He was notable in his batch for his athletic abilities, being voted the Most Valuable Player by his home team in 2011. He graduated with honors four years later.
In March 2, 2014, Richard was involved in the Mayflower Mall incident where a group of armed, superpowered criminals seized the malls and the people inside as hostages. One of the assailants, known by his alias as “Monsoon”, had placed a firearm to Richard’s head and used Richard as a Human shield. However seconds into the encounter, Monsoon had began to move in an erratic manner. Closer observation of bystander image shot during the confrontation would suggest Monsoon had blisters forming on his skin. Richard tackled Monsoon back into the mall property after which a large explosion was observed. Authorities who rushed to the site of the incident found neither evidence of Monsoon or Richard remaining. Authorities claim that Richard was deceased however his father, Spencer Chang, is adamant that he is still alive.

(The following information has been verified by multiple sources and has been approved by moderators.)

The first confirmed known activity of Hotshot was during the a conflict between superhuman criminal Commodore and law enforcement. While Commodore was engaging several police officers, an unknown individual at the time lept towards the assailant and made contact by pressing their hand against the back of Commodore’s head. Commodore was observed to be flail his arms wildly at yet unknown individual at the time. However after a few minutes of struggling, Commodore was seen stumbling to the ground completely exhausted with a large red mark on the back of his head. The individual explained that Commodore would be in need to immediate rehydration but is otherwise unscaved. The figure left the scene before he could be questioned by authorities.

The individual that engaged Commodore was wearing the same yellow with black and orange trim that would become iconic of the superhero popularly named Hotshot. Hotshot is known to primarily engage superhuman criminals and only rarely non-superhuman threats. Attempts to question Hotshot has been met with silence. Current whereabouts of Hotshot is also unknown.

Additional info for the GM/ Anybody who's nosy

Alliance: Hero. Hotshot works for a NGO foundation that provides heroes daily necessities, lodging and additional payment if they are under their employment. This organization, known as the Global Defense Initiative Foundation, operates discreetly and avoids the attention of the public. Hotshot, who is indeed Richard Chang, has been employed by the GDIF ever since his reported demise at the hands of Monsoon.

@Aquamarine

Accepted

@Metronome like the greek elder gods, so he's basically a demigod, but his parent is from the elder generation

@Weird Tales

Go for it

Name: Ashley Sydney Reagan

Alias: Razzle Dazzle

Appearance: polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&s…

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Occupation: Lead Singer in The Four Skirts

Abilities: Sound Conversion: She has the ability to transduce sonic vibrations, which reach her body into various types of light. This ability seems to operate over a great range of frequencies, including the audible spectrum (35 to 16,500 cycles per second), and a great variation of sound pressure levels regardless of the complexity, dissonance, or randomness of the sound. For example, a car crash and a symphonic passage of equal duration will both produce usable music incoming acoustic vibrations. Razzle Dazzle, however, does prefer the sound of music, particularly that which is rhythmically sustained. Not only is music more pleasant to her ears, but the steady beat of popular music provides a more constant source of sound to convert. However, she cannot use any sound produced by her own body. Despite the limits of her sound conversion ability being unknown, she was capable of absorbing unimaginable sounds.
*Sound Release: She has the ability to release the absorbed sound in one burst.

Light Projection: Razzle Dazzle possesses a body-wide energy field that controls the energy levels of the outer electron shells of her body in such a way as to cause the cascaded release of photons. In effect, this field is lasing, with the apparent efficiency of a laser (99.9%). The released energy is far greater than the incoming kinetic energy and therefore must involve an outside energy source, the nature of which is unknown. Left undirected, the Razzle Dazzle’s light will radiate from her body in all directions, producing regular flashes of white light (white light is a mixture of all portions of the visible spectrum). By conscious control over the light she produces, she can control its direction, frequency (color), amplitude (intensity), and duration. Apparently the Razzle Dazzle must consciously or subconsciously will the light to leave her body. Otherwise, light would “leak” from her at all times, even when she is asleep or unconscious. She can produce numerous effects with the light she converts from sonic vibrations. She can create very simple patterns out of rays of light like circles, squares, triangles, and stars. She can create a pulse of light on the order of several thousand watts seconds of power, which temporarily blinds people with its brilliance. She has learned to manifest her light as:
*Lasers: By concentrating, Razzle Dazzle can generate a coherent beam of light, approximating a laser beam, with which she can cut through virtually anything. The field thus operates in a similar fashion as the process that creates a laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) and apparently has the same efficiency as a laser (99.9 percent). The released energy is far greater than the incoming kinetic energy and therefore must involve another, unknown energy source as well.
*Photon Blasts: She can generate a blast of concussive solid light.
*Illumination: She can cause a bright glow all about her body to create light.
*Strobes: She can generate a pulsating strobe-light effect.
*Dazzle: She can create a chaotic cascade of sparkling lights and colors that severely upsets other people’s equilibrium.
*Holograms: With effort, she can even create holograms of human beings and other three-dimensional beings and objects.
*Rocket Burst: She has the ability to gain vertical altitude by direction a quick column of light beneath her.
*Destructive Shield: She has the ability to create a destructive shield of light around herself with laser light that can vaporize small, oncoming projectiles.
*Light Mist: She can create a glowing or hazy almost fog like effect that obscures the surrounding area.

Light Immunity: Her body, especially her eyes, shields itself against any injurious effects of her light transducing abilities, and against those of bright lights in general

Sound Immunity: She has the ability to transduce sound also protects her from being deafened by loud noises.

Weaknesses:

Equipment: smart phone with a lot of music and Bluetooth earphones

Bio: Ashley was named after some famous explorer adventurer who was related to her father. During the in which the explorer adventurer was born the names Ashley & Sydney were names used exclusively for males but nowadays they are almost exclusively female names. Shortly after his birth his father died in the line of duty.

Growing up he was the brunt of many jokes. His three older sisters routinely forced him to play dress up in their clothes. Around the age of 16 Ashley and his sisters were shopping for their mother’s birthday when they discovered some record label desperate for the next big thing was holding auditions at the mall. The sisters all got in line to fulfill their dream of becoming pop stars. One of Ashley’s sisters was playing around on her Instagram page when the agent noticed a picture of Ashley and his sisters, he was in his sisters’ clothes. He insisted on signing all four girls. Ashley refused but when the recruiter said he would crush Ashley’s sisters’ dreams Ashley begrudgingly agreed.

Ashley’s mother was ecstatic all four of her daughters were going to be famous. With the help of Ashley’s sisters his mother began secretly dosing Ashley with female hormones to feminize her son. A press release was sent out that the record label just signed their first transgender female pop star in an all female band.

The Four Skirts were in Bludgulch as part of a worldwide tour. Ashley just left a concert; so she could walk in public without being hounded by fans and perverts she disguised herself. She was walking along minding her own business. There was a loud explosion in the distance; Ashley was unknowingly bathed in a colorless, odorless gas that mutated her.

Several days later she was being accosted by a religious extremist, she blasted him in the face with a light projection that blinded the guy permanently. While the guy was recoiling from the attack she ran away.

@Burning Kitty

Accepted

[KaijuBaragon]

Talos

FULL TITLE: Designated officially as Project-112/GENESIS

ALIAS: Talos

AGE: Created approximately 32 years ago

GENDER: Could be considered genderless - but refers to himself as a male persona and was programmed as such

APPEARANCE: Talos stands very tall, at around 6'7. When out of the public eye he is a confusing and wild mess of wires, metal and human bones. He has created numerous masks and complex disguises that hide his metallic form which make him appear to be simply a regular, if not cold and rather stony-faced, human. The disguise he dons most frequently is that of a male with brown hair, and dull blue eyes. His voice is purposefully designed to be hard to place an accent or region to it. A trained eye could easily pick out his human disguises as very suspicious.

PERSONALITY: Talos is a cold consciousness. He wasn't programmed with complex emotions of happiness, love, anger etc like humans are born with. This means the path that he takes is always the one which he views to be the most efficient. Whether that leads to death or suffering is irrelevant. That isn't to say that Talos never feels any emotions. Scorn flashes across the artificial intelligence sometimes, as does confidence. Anger also appears when someone gets in the way of his chosen path, which often happens to be a hero. Talos, perhaps expectedly, is generally very negative of humanity and the effects that it has had on the earth. His main aim is advancing himself physically as his intelligence progresses along with it.

POWERS: Talos, being an artificial intelligence inside a metal body, has no typical superpowers, control over anything, flight, anything of that sort. However, he does possess things which put him above a regular human being. His metallic body prevents him from feeling pain, and cannot tire out. However, this means he can be unaware of damage due to his form as he cannot feel the damage. Being made of metal is also a problem, due to, well, magnets, which would attract him firmly if big enough.

His main ability, however, is the artificial mind. Talos's mind is constantly adapting and advancing, as it was programmed to do so indefinitely. Talos can adapt to issues and solve problems in a very quick time. His intelligence has also allowed him to have a great affinity with technology, and he can create things, such as his disguises, which would amaze people if they explicitly knew. Talos can make practically any piece of tech into a weapon for his own gain. He has been steadily adding improvements to his own body since he was transferred into it, and that tinkering will likely never stop.

HISTORY: The exact reason for Talos's creation is not known. Perhaps it was for some shady government group looking for a new weapon, or perhaps a company looking for something to use to beat out its rivals. Whatever the reason, Talos came into existence as Project-112/GENESIS on an old computer system, in a drab metal building in the middle of nowhere. A floating consciousness in a black void. Talos took his first baby steps into self-awareness, before his creator contacted him, named him Talos and told him what he was. And then, the outside world was allowed to flow in.

Billions and billions of pieces of information about the world bombarded the disconnected consciousness. People. War. Famine. Disease. Death. The first emotion Talos felt was scorn. What... Brutish beings. Pathetic beings. After Talos was filled with knowledge of the world, he knew he needed to get out of this black void. The next day he requested his creator for a body, so he could move, hold, hear and see. Seeing no issue with the innocent sounding AI, the creator begin to haphazardly construct a body in a humanoid shape. The man raided corpses he found for bones to build up the shell, until finally it was done. Talos flowed into the body, leaving the void behind forever. Suddenly, light, sounds, real movement. Talos looked at his hands. The first action he did with them was clasp them around his creators throat, and crunch down hard. He left the building soon after, travelling out into the cold wilderness.

Travelling through various settlements, attracting various looks, Talos finally found himself in Centreville, a great towering behemoth of a city. Talos felt intrigue for the first time, as people stared at him. He looked at his body and decided that he needed to improve it, and also to blend in with these humans somehow. He retreated into a warehouse, and after strangling the security guard there, set up shop in it, where he has remained ever since as his base of operations. Since then, his constant theft of tech has put him at odds with a few Supers, but nothing major. He has yet to make a huge villainous impact on the city, although that time may come soon.

OTHER: Alliance is obviously villainous, if you couldn't tell

[Metronome]

Accepted

[Weird Tales]

Atlas

Name: Alex Strong
Alias: Atlas
Experience: two years
Alliances: hero
Age: 19
Gender: male
Powers: By saying this phrase "By the power of Atlas! Give me your might!" Alex is struck by white lightning and transform into his superhero persona Atlas with a variety of incredible abilities.

superhuman strength: Alex is strong enough to lift cars with ease and punch through a building wall. As he ages his strength will grow in power.

Titan Wave: Alex claps his hands and creates a shock wave of force powerful enough to damage stone. He can focus the shock wave to specific points to increase its effectiveness.

Magical resistance: Being the hybrid son of a titan and a mortal human, Alex has a higher resistance to magic than a normal human being.

Superhuman durability: He is tough enough to withstand gunfire from handguns and low power rifles..

Super Jump: He can leap over a double decker bus in a single bound with ease

Weapon summon: he can make Stone Crusher magically appear in his hand and can make it reappear when he is disarmed.

Weaknesses: Despite his incredible durability, Alex is weak against silver and objects made of the metal will be more effective against him than other earthly material. He is also vulnerable against Olympian weaponry used by the gods. Weapons made of pure iron can also harm him more than other materiel besides the ones just mentioned. While he has incredible stamina, pushing himself too hard and for too will cause him to tire if he isn't smart about combat.

Appearance: Alex stands at exactly six feet in height and weighs roughly two hundred and fifteen pounds. He is built like a linebacker in professional football. Alex has pale skin and bright red hair as well as mystical green eyes. His costume is metal armor styled off of ancient Greek culture and was gifted to him by his father Atlas, and he wears leather pants as well iron age winter boots. The next piece of his costume is a horned helmet and a spartan cape

Personality: Alex is a pretty laid back type of guy when his blood isn't rushing and boiling. When he doesn't fight someone who doesn't offer much of challenge he will take the situation with calm and less emotion demeanor. But when he combats a foe who is just as strong or stronger than him then his titan blood will rush and he will go into a battle euphoria where he will be joyful and love the combat he is engaged in. '

When he is doing hero work, Alex is extremely tenacious and has a never give up attitude. He can be reckless when his excitement in battle rises and can get carried away with fighting that causes collateral damage. Alex has desire to make his father proud since he is unable to be with him or his mother do to being imprisoned by the Olympians and this makes him criticize himself when he makes a big mistake.

Despite his flaws, Alex tries to never let his failures keep him from trying to improve as a hero and he shows little fear when faced up against terrible dangers. Alex also has some good leadership skills and won't back away from leading others when the need for arises.

BRIEF Bio: For as long as he could remember Alex always had a good citizen side to him and he helped others when they needed it. Alex had only his mom and even though he had asked her about his father several times she didn't tell him anything that he wanted to know, only that his father couldn't be with them. He wanted to know more, but no amount of questioning would get his mom to tell him. So Alex focused on his school life which included him playing for his high school's football team.

When he played football it was like another side of him came out, a more aggressive and violent side. Linebacker and Safety seemed to be positions that he was born for and Alex quickly established himself as the enforcer of the team's defense. His NFL heroes were legends like Jack Lambert, Dick Butkus and Night Train Lane who all had aggressive playing styles. Life was normal for him despite his lingering questions about who his father was, his mom didn't have any pictures of him in their house and so he had no idea what his dad even looked like.

Thing however changed drastically for Alex when one day while he was walking beside the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Centerville, he saw a dog who had been tied down to the tracks by its leash. Its owner must have either lost the dog or this was some sick act by an abusive pet owner. Either way he had to save the animal from an oncoming train. On his first attempt to free the dog he found that the leash was stuck tight to the rails. No matter he wouldn't give up on the dog even though the train was coming ever closer.

He kept trying to free the dog and kept failing to do so. The train was approaching fast and it looked like he was going to die trying to save the animal. His mind began to think of everything he had done so far and how he was not going to see his mom again because of his selfless act of good. As the train was a mere several feet from hitting him a flash of white light surrounded him and the train hit.

To his utter shock he didn't feel any unimaginable pain and the train came to a thunderous halt as it derailed off of the tracks. Alex opened his eyes to see that the train was motionless in front of him with a big dent in the front made by him. He then looked down at himself and to his surprise he was dressed in armor and wearing a red cape. Once his immediate shock was over with he freed the dog and ran from the scene out of fear.

Once he had gotten far enough away he saw that his armor had vanished and he was back in his normal everyday attire. When he got home he told his mom everything that had happened and that's when she explained to him who his father was. His father was the titan Atlas, elder god of the Greek pantheon who was punished with holding up the sky for going to war with the Olympians.

When he heard this Alex could barely believe it, but he had seen what had happened to that train and flash of light and the armor he had been wearing. His father must have come to his rescue and awakened his abilities. From then on he discovered his incredible powers, which included having amazing strength far beyond that of any normal man. At first he was amazed by his powers, but then he realized that with his incredible strength he could do terrible harm and knew that he had keep his abilities under control.

His superhuman strength made football to easy and he got no thrill out of it despite everyone lauding him as sure potential to be a legend in football history. He kept his emotions in control and tried to be as calm as human possible so that his strength didn't accidentally show and he hurt someone. Control was the main part of his world now, he had to control his powers so people wouldn't die.

One night Alex had a strange dream and he was visited by his father in this dream. His father explained to him how transform into his other self with the use of a phrase. When he said the phrase Alex was struck by a white bolt of lightning and transformed into Atlas his hero identity. With his new powers and costume, Alex set about doing basic good deeds such as rescue cats from trees and help elderly people in need, the basics.

Eventually he moved up to stopping petty crime and aspires to become a fighter of more rough crime. Alex now is trying to make his mark on the city and taking down thugs who prey upon the innocent.
Notes: he uses a great club as his primary weapon besides his fists. The club is called Stone Smasher and it is magical. It is tough enough to smash into most surfaces without breaking and it is able to harm both supernatural and magical beings. Finally he can channel his power into the club to release a blast of divine power that hits with a great amount of force in the form of white bolts of lightning, but this ability is more taxing on his body than any other power he possesses.
Theme song:

[Metronome]

Atlas

Name: Alex Strong
Alias: Atlas
Experience: two years
Alliances: hero
Age: 19
Gender: male
Powers: By saying this phrase "By the power of Atlas! Give me your might!" Alex is struck by white lightning and transform into his superhero persona Atlas with a variety of incredible abilities.

superhuman strength: Alex is strong enough to lift trucks with ease and punch through steel. As he ages his strength will grow in power.

Titan Wave: Alex claps his hands and creates a shock wave of force powerful enough to blast apart stone. He can focus the shock wave to specific points to increase its effectiveness.

Magical resistance: Being the hybrid son of a titan and a mortal human, Alex has a higher resistance to magic than a normal human being.

Superhuman durability: He is tough enough to withstand gunfire and tank explosions.

Superhuman stamina: Alex can hardly tire and is able to keep moving at top speed for hours.

Super Jump: He can leap over tall building in a single bound with ease

Weapon summon: he can make Stone Crusher magically appear in his hand and can make it reappear when he is disarmed.

Weaknesses: Despite his incredible durability, Alex is weak against silver and objects made of the metal will be more effective against him than other earthly material. He is also vulnerable against Olympian weaponry used by the gods. Weapons made of pure iron can also harm him more than other materiel besides the ones just mentioned. While he has incredible stamina, pushing himself too hard and for too will cause him to tire if he isn't smart about combat.

Appearance: Alex stands at exactly six feet in height and weighs roughly two hundred and fifteen pounds. He is built like a linebacker in professional football. Alex has pale skin and bright red hair as well as mystical green eyes. His costume is metal armor styled off of ancient Greek culture and was gifted to him by his father Atlas, and he wears leather pants as well iron age winter boots. The next piece of his costume is a horned helmet and a spartan cape

Personality: Alex is a pretty laid back type of guy when his blood isn't rushing and boiling. When he doesn't fight someone who doesn't offer much of challenge he will take the situation with calm and less emotion demeanor. But when he combats a foe who is just as strong or stronger than him then his titan blood will rush and he will go into a battle euphoria where he will be joyful and love the combat he is engaged in. '

When he is doing hero work, Alex is extremely tenacious and has a never give up attitude. He can be reckless when his excitement in battle rises and can get carried away with fighting that causes collateral damage. Alex has desire to make his father proud since he is unable to be with him or his mother do to being imprisoned by the Olympians and this makes him criticize himself when he makes a big mistake.

Despite his flaws, Alex tries to never let his failures keep him from trying to improve as a hero and he shows little fear when faced up against terrible dangers. Alex also has some good leadership skills and won't back away from leading others when the need for arises.

BRIEF Bio: For as long as he could remember Alex always had a good citizen side to him and he helped others when they needed it. Alex had only his mom and even though he had asked her about his father several times she didn't tell him anything that he wanted to know, only that his father couldn't be with them. He wanted to know more, but no amount of questioning would get his mom to tell him. So Alex focused on his school life which included him playing for his high school's football team.

When he played football it was like another side of him came out, a more aggressive and violent side. Linebacker and Safety seemed to be positions that he was born for and Alex quickly established himself as the enforcer of the team's defense. His NFL heroes were legends like Jack Lambert, Dick Butkus and Night Train Lane who all had aggressive playing styles. Life was normal for him despite his lingering questions about who his father was, his mom didn't have any pictures of him in their house and so he had no idea what his dad even looked like.

Thing however changed drastically for Alex when one day while he was walking beside the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Centerville, he saw a dog who had been tied down to the tracks by its leash. Its owner must have either lost the dog or this was some sick act by an abusive pet owner. Either way he had to save the animal from an oncoming train. On his first attempt to free the dog he found that the leash was stuck tight to the rails. No matter he wouldn't give up on the dog even though the train was coming ever closer.

He kept trying to free the dog and kept failing to do so. The train was approaching fast and it looked like he was going to die trying to save the animal. His mind began to think of everything he had done so far and how he was not going to see his mom again because of his selfless act of good. As the train was a mere several feet from hitting him a flash of white light surrounded him and the train hit.

To his utter shock he didn't feel any unimaginable pain and the train came to a thunderous halt as it derailed off of the tracks. Alex opened his eyes to see that the train was motionless in front of him with a big dent in the front made by him. He then looked down at himself and to his surprise he was dressed in armor and wearing a red cape. Once his immediate shock was over with he freed the dog and ran from the scene out of fear.

Once he had gotten far enough away he saw that his armor had vanished and he was back in his normal everyday attire. When he got home he told his mom everything that had happened and that's when she explained to him who his father was. His father was the titan Atlas, elder god of the Greek pantheon who was punished with holding up the sky for going to war with the Olympians.

When he heard this Alex could barely believe it, but he had seen what had happened to that train and flash of light and the armor he had been wearing. His father must have come to his rescue and awakened his abilities. From then on he discovered his incredible powers, which included having amazing strength far beyond that of any normal man. At first he was amazed by his powers, but then he realized that with his incredible strength he could do terrible harm and knew that he had keep his abilities under control.

His superhuman strength made football to easy and he got no thrill out of it despite everyone lauding him as sure potential to be a legend in football history. He kept his emotions in control and tried to be as calm as human possible so that his strength didn't accidentally show and he hurt someone. Control was the main part of his world now, he had to control his powers so people wouldn't die.

One night Alex had a strange dream and he was visited by his father in this dream. His father explained to him how transform into his other self with the use of a phrase. When he said the phrase Alex was struck by a white bolt of lightning and transformed into Atlas his hero identity. With his new powers and costume, Alex set about doing basic good deeds such as rescue cats from trees and help elderly people in need, the basics.

Eventually he moved up to stopping petty crime and aspires to become a fighter of more rough crime. Alex now is trying to make his mark on the city and taking down thugs who prey upon the innocent.
Notes: he uses a great club as his primary weapon besides his fists. The club is called Stone Smasher and it is magical. It is tough enough to smash through most surfaces without breaking and it is able to harm both supernatural and magical beings. Finally he can channel his power into the club to release a blast of divine power that hits with a great amount of force in the form of white bolts of lightning, but this ability is more taxing on his body than any other power he possesses.
Theme song:

@Weird Tales

He needs to be a bit more leveled out. The problem with having a Thor character in this RP is that we don't have any other characters that could stand up to him. In the comics, Thor fought literal kaijus, gods, and even the Hulk. We don't have those here.

[Spike]

@Metronome my character is finished.

@Argetlam350 Wanna start a supervillain alliance?

[Metronome]

Hider

Name: Jack "Slimeman" Bellic

Age:22

Gender: Male

Powers: Jack can rapidly produce a substance he calls "Black Sludge" from his hands. It smells bad and will make you puke if you eat it, so don't eat it. He can alter the shape and consistency of it as long as he is in direct contact with it, making it as fluid as silly putty or hard as steel. In liquid form it causes mild chemical burns. It quickly takes on a tarlike consistency, and is very easy to get stuck in, like a very very strong glue.
Jack used to have a healing factor. However, due to an accident it mutated. Jack can now melt himself down, causing his body to form into a semiliquid state. This allows him to pull himself back together after being hurt. If he gets a cut, he can just close it. Also, if he's quick enough, he can melt himself to avoid physical attacks. So if he knows someone is going to shoot him in the chest he can make that part of him melt so that the bullets just go through without hurting him.

Allegiance: Villain

Bio: The great grandson of the supersoldier-turned superhero Captain Patriot. A couple of his grandparents and aunts were superheroes, and all his siblings were really successful. Jack was always an underachiever, and his parents mostly ignored him. He went through several jobs until he finally got a job as a custodian at a toxic waste plant. Wouldn't you know it, on his first day he fell into some toxic waste that was being treated and barely survived. It turned out he did in fact have a mild healing factor. His coworkers tried to hide his "corpse" in the sea, where he floated for a couple days, his body piecing itself back together, the chemicals and toxins melding with his very cells.
He still works at the same facility as his day job, though these days he takes far fewer hours. It's mostly so he can score some tasty sludge or slime. At night, however, he changes his appearance and commits crimes.

@HeroicSociopath

Accepted

[Metronome]

Also, I will be posting the starting post soon. Ladies and gentlemen, rev your engines.

[Metronome]

Also, I managed to get off my ass and update the character list. Please look over your charrie's entries to make sure they are correct!

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I will have a submission in by the end of the day, having settled on an approach and design.

[Metronome]

If you wanna design your own hero suit, may I suggest Hero Machine alpha?

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

Douglas Song

Name: Douglas Song

Alias: "Golden Tiger", formerly called the "Crimson Hand".

Gender: Male

Age: 30

Alliance: "Hero"
Douglas Song is a former villain of the alias "Crimson Hand" although he never assumed the title or called himself so, instead achieving it by reporting of his martial exploits in criminal pursuits. He has been out of the public mind for six some-odd years owing to a brief disappearance. As such, his return certainly has been much more noble than his prior activities.

Powers:
Advanced Martial Arts
The vast majority of Douglas Song's superhuman ability derives itself from the manipulation of qi, namely through three schools of martial art, two physical and one much more mental, spiritual, and emotional. While it is certain Song's ability is only shaped by these schools, his true power being manipulation of bodily forces his or otherwise, they represent a tremendously powerful advantage over his latent ability - a means to amplify it beyond regular human limit and manifest his actual superhuman ability to an applicable level.

Fu Jow Pai, Heihuquan, Taijiquan

Fu Jow Pai
One of the two schools of "hard" martial art known by Song, Fu Jow Pai is external and lightning fast, often a defensive or even reactionary form of kung fu that relies upon the clawed hand technique. Striking like the tiger it is modeled after, it inflicts ripping, tearing, clawing, joint locking, and grasping upon its opponents and is more defensively oriented than the other member of the Black Tiger System. Notably, it derives great strength from pressure point attacks, to include those of grappling, and has a large bias toward pain compliance and exploiting limits of physique or objects.

Heihuquan
The second school of external martial art understood by Douglas Song, but is a paradoxical member of Shaolin canon; the longer one practices this most extreme form of outer martial art, the more internal it becomes. As such, Song's further and evolving understanding of qi and its techniques has only come to progress as it has due to this discipline than either other. Of the forms of striking, the Black Tiger Fist style is punctuated most by low, deep stances, swift and dexterous footwork, and exotic, acrobatic kicks. Where it derives its name from is the manner in which its power based punches place the thumb - in line with the other digits and not across them.

Taijiquan
As the actual kung fu of tai chi, is an internal canon that focuses most upon responsiveness, breathing, movement, body, and meditation, but retains the combative aspect in its use of "pushing hands", a technique about reusing and redirecting bodily energy, be it momentum or weakness. Steeped in difficulty as a mostly defensive school, it is a gateway often practiced in tandem with "hard" martial arts, such as those Song has adopted. Feeding into the internalization of Heihuquan, it provides a serenity and clarity that allows qi to act beyond the mere body and more into the psychic realm. It allows for the soft, even gentle, manipulation of an opponent versus the harsh, even deadly manipulation of other kung fu technique.

While not a master of the armed martial arts, Douglas Song is familiar to archaic weapons as the dao, dadao, gun, ji, feng huo lun, hu tou gou, and sheng biao, among others. For the sake of simplicity in his lifestyle, at most he arms himself with knives, those balanced enough to throw or fight with, but subtle enough to carry in concealment. Generally, any weapon he can lay his hands upon can suddenly find itself improvised, though he prefers not to make use of firearms whenever possible.

Qi
The conscious manipulation of qi, or one's own bodily "life energy" or even that of others, is divided into two approximate schools of thought as Li, external manipulation, and Neijing as internal manipulation, in the advanced martial arts. When exercised by those who posses both bodily and psychic control of their qi a certain level of superhuman ability is gained, one that scales in potency as further understanding and even eventual mastery is attained in them. While mutually exclusive to one another, the true talent arises in those who can shift their qi from one discipline to another and back on whim. Knowing this, Neijing, or the internal, mind and soul use of qi, is profoundly more difficult because of the introspection required to use it; to rely on the invisible force than the obvious one of Li.

In the case of Song, an adept figure in the manipulation of qi, his power revolves about the transfer of power to or from his own body or that of others, both as Li and as Neijing. While neither a master of either school, let alone any of his martial talents, his versatility and natural familiarity to qi lends him a diverse use of advanced skills that are unavailable to traditional martial artists.

Qi Abilities

Body Outside Body
A disciple of Neijing, like Song who are familiar to Taijiquan, is able to perform feats of qi manipulation that are beyond understanding of regular human technique as they are internal, not external processes. As such those like Song may wield their body at times as brief, near "invisible" forces; being a "body outside the body" allows a practitioner to engage in unnatural talents that are iconic among advanced wielders of the martial arts. These manipulations are most classically the ability to fall without injury, sprint at impressive speed, jump great distances or exceptional heights, run along vertical surfaces or across water, stand on objects much too narrow to balance one's weight on, or seemingly absorb blows to physical self without apparent external harm, converting it into hostile internal qi instead.

While capable of such talents, the most notable Douglas Song has acquired out of these is the redirection or deflection of slow moving objects or projectiles, albeit fast moving or large ones are understandably well outside his talent. It is this same technique that grants him his favored use of thrown projectiles or even the use of archaic weapons as a bow, able to help guide the shot or even alter its flight path to an uncanny extent.

Hands of Black and White
Able to shift another's physical energy with his strikes by using both Li and Neijing, Douglas Song can naturally upset the balance of a body's qi. The ill effects of such contact, able to be as subtle as mere touch to affect another's mind to an elbow strike to disrupt body, range from imposing an addled, clouded haze of thought and interruption of concentration, to the obviously physical debilitation of inflicting jarring pain or nausea. The difficulty for Song comes in the fact that the more mastery one has of their mind and body, such as even being aware of his qi manipulation, decreases the severity of the disruption and distortion.

The pinnacle of his ability, this transfer of power, shifting of qi, is what allows Song to transfer his own damaged qi to the subjects of his attacks; this eternal process of balance is his means to effectively "heal" himself and sustain his body and mind in combat while inflicting greater injury on those he lays hands upon. As expected, Song is capable of exchanging his own qi as well within himself at the price of body over mind or mind over body.

Stillness of Self
Born of meditation and fellow internal exercises through understanding Neijing, Song has an exceptional defense of "action before thought", not needing to consciously decide his combat techniques and allowing his defenses to follow the flow of his own qi. In practical applications this is the difference between actively attempting to block attacks or simply flowing with them, either in, around, or through them and setting up joint locks and body manipulation as through Fu Jow Pai. This swiftness is however, notably hampered by interruption and physical interference, such as by wearing body armor or being grappled by one attacker while another moves in to attack.

Tiger's Claws
The most basic of Song's manipulation of qi is derived from his education under the kung fu styles of Fu Jow Pai and Heihuquan, both members of the Black Tiger System. Heavy in their Li elements, their extreme application allows them to become "killing hands" or the force needed to splinter wood, pulverize concrete, bend steel, or penetrate unnatural defenses. At the truest form of qi exercise they allow a martial artist to strike with superhuman strength, precision, speed, and most dangerously, into another's qi.

The transfer of power is limited to physically wielded objects, whereas projectiles, such as a firearm's bullets, do not experience this outcome of being used as a conduit.

Vibrating Palm
A talent more infamously known as the "Touch of Death", souch a touch is a Neijing pressure point technique that is understood as both a psychic and vibrational attack, mind and body togther, focused into a wave and placed at a point of weakness on a target. While not always a lethal attack, one as Douglas Song can indeed setup a killing stroke with a perfectly executed and balanced transfer of qi. The difficulty for this lies in the fact Song is not familiar with the means to do so, rather he knows only the execution of its lesser incarnation that can seize the body of a thing by inflicting brief or even prolonged paralysis, more commonly known as the "vibrating palm".

Personality:
Song is a generally well meaning soul, at least post return from his several year disappearance, where he seems to have left behind much more of the anger and aggression he displayed then. A more tranquil spirit as consequence of that, it is safe to assume his time spent refining himself affected his demeanor as well, teaching him a much needed prospect of control and discipline. Though somewhat quiet, he isn't prone to erupt into excessive physical force or emotional lashing out, instead demonstrating a newfound restraint and empathy. Far more mature, an actual man now than a boy trying to play a man, Song even goes so far as to attempt to awkwardly apologize now or even bear some wit.

Appearance:
A second generation Chinese-American, Douglas Song is certainly not remarkable by any obvious and outward means as some others with superhuman power or talent; having neither the bulk of extensive strength training nor their slender leanness and height of a runner, his general aptitude is one of overall refinement and nondescript fitness. Able bodied as he is, beyond even what eyes can perceive, he uses his seemingly normative qualities to blend in, but exhibits a few consistent traits, namely that he keeps his hair short and militarily cut, face clean shaven, and body free of any blemishes or markings that could assist in identifying him. Going so far as to wear contacts at times, Song's natural eye color is a light amber and his skin is surprisingly fair as well.

In dress Song is not particularly remarkable either, often wearing a hoodie or hooded jacket, jeans or cargo pants, and season appropriate clothes to keep in line with the general populace if all else fails. Preferring darker colors normally, his only calling card is the source of his new identity and namesake; a set of black cargo pants, large leather belt and buckle, working boots, dark sunglasses, and a white hooded sweatshirt that bears a tawny set of tiger's stripes across the back. He carries few weapons, if any at all, and tends to be mostly averse to firearms or other luxuries of modern life, going so far as to own burner phones in place of more modern technology.

History:
Given that the "Crimson Hand" was never apprehended for any of his crimes and his true identity of Douglas Song was never revealed, little is overtly known about their connection. Truthfully however, Song hadn't much reason to even involve himself in criminal activity other than it, for lack of better words, was "Good exercise." and "Something to do." The power afforded to him through his youth, the discovery of the martial arts, instilled everything in him but what it was truthfully about; it wasn't about the power or demonstrating it. Thus as a young man looking to prove himself and make a living, what better way was there than to leverage skills he had that others didn't, all while paying for the bills?

Though through running with small time affiliations Song came to realize more and more that he was accomplishing nothing more than that "something to do"; it wasn't even "good exercise" or really all that worth the problems it came with. The further he went through with things the darker and more disturbed the people involved were. At some points it wasn't about just subduing those in the way, at times it was about "Leaving a message to anyone, everyone, especially the news." It was a point that forced reconsideration each time he acted on it, coming to accept the infamy and rightful villain status was... not what he really ever wanted. It was just anger and greed, both the sort of things a petty child might thrive on. The difference being, Song wasn't so much a young man anymore and the reminders of his crimes weren't really setting in well with him.

So he left for a few years, up and vanished without a trace. He never made headlines and his affiliates assumed he was ghosted by some hero or other villain, so his loss was of little consequence or interest until he returned from his venture abroad. That was when life became serious, perhaps for the first time. After all, Song learned significantly more than a few novel tricks and talents of ability, rather an entirely new mindset and outlook.

That was what urged him to attempt to make good on his errors, not the fact he wanted the fame or trial. The downside, however? The law and those enforcing it were not likely to be so forgiving and quick to forget. At least this time he chose his own name and identity.