Marvels of Mountain City

[Nightknight]

@Omega Man Should I clarify what equipment he uses, such as a sword, bullet proof vest, etc?

[Omega Man]

@Omega Man Should I clarify what equipment he uses, such as a sword, bullet proof vest, etc?

@Nightknight

Yes. lol

[Nightknight]

@Omega Man I will edit it in immediately.

[Nightknight]

@Omega Man Made the edit, let me know what you think. :)

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

Seeing that this still appears to be open and is oriented around a large group with a large cast of characters, I am hopeful there still exists room for added interested parties. With that hope in mind, would it be possible to cast another character into the collection, @Omega Man? Something along the lines of a more neutral path and dipping into hose things feral and mystical at the same time such as an incarnate spirit which uses powers of that variety? Do let me know, I did read over the thread so far once but given the raw amount of material, for the better of course, it is possible I may have missed something.

[Omega Man]

Seeing that this still appears to be open and is oriented around a large group with a large cast of characters, I am hopeful there still exists room for added interested parties. With that hope in mind, would it be possible to cast another character into the collection, @Omega Man? Something along the lines of a more neutral path and dipping into hose things feral and mystical at the same time such as an incarnate spirit which uses powers of that variety? Do let me know, I did read over the thread so far once but given the raw amount of material, for the better of course, it is possible I may have missed something.

@The Harbinger of Ferocity

Let's see what you've got!

@Nightknight - CS needs a Potential Storylines category with one or two ideas of what you want to do with your character.

[Nightknight]

What are some good examples of potential storylines? I'm having some difficulty coming up with some.

[DocRock]

Quick question, when will the OOC be going up? Just curious

[Omega Man]

What are some good examples of potential storylines? I'm having some difficulty coming up with some.

@Nightknight

Hero vs hero, team-up's, finding an arch-enemy, joining a team, etc.

Quick question, when will the OOC be going up? Just curious

@DocRock

This evening when I get in from work. Most of my RP time is Sat-Mon, unless I write posts ahead of time I usually just check in and GM the rest of the week. The Sandbox style helps with my time restraints.

[Damo021]

@Omega Man Psionic manipulation and Pyrokinesis wil be fine right, that for my primary and secondary :)

[Nightknight]

@Omega Man I made the edit.

By the way, what timezones do y'all fall under? I live in Texas, so I go by Central Standard Time.

[Clever Hans]

@Omega Man I made the edit.

By the way, what timezones do y'all fall under? I live in Texas, so I go by Central Standard Time.

@Nightknight

CST here as well.

[Metamore]

I'm EST myself

[Damo021]

I'm GMT

[Kazemitsu]

US East coast is me

[role model]

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Mr. Lord Carmichael

Archetype: Big Man
Name: Roger Carmichael
Alias: Bestog, FireStarter
Age: Unknown
Powers:

Superhuman Strength--he can lift two or three tons at one time, suffering no apparent strain, but he does not have unlimited energy or, for that matter, strength; but, he can handle five hundred pounds like a baby being bounced on his knee

Fire--he uses fire to defend and attack, and while he can manipulate his own fire he can only do it of his own creation, never once being able to control any other fires or their source

Invincible--he was granted immortality by Father Time, so while he may be bruised or hurt badly he bounces back fast, so there is a healing factor inside of this power but it is more so the example of this being how he is watched upon by the gods that keeps him alive

Weaknesses:

Not Always As Strong--while the man can lift a car and punch through a wall, he isn't always the strongest in the situation because he has heard of beings from beyond the Earth being classified as having unlimited strength

Struck Down--He tries to serve them for what they do for him, often times giving him logic or hope, but he knows it is time to yield when he starts seeing certain colors, for instance all of the cars being red for five miles after a stop sign

I Hate The Winter Time--Ice is something that can stop his fire, but often he prevails, though he waits for that day when he meets "The Ice Man," a name he thought of an ice-using villain tried to kill him but come up empty, he was dubbed "Little Ice Guy"

Alignment: Hero
Personality: Grounded, Fierce, Thinking, Uncanny, Invincible

BRIEF Bio: Roger Carmichael had a well deserved funeral. It was garnished with flowers inside of a big four story stone church setting down the road from the Hyatt and not far away from heard of Atlanta, Georgia city landmarks. His wife and his two sons were present and grieving, along with doctors and poker partners and even a Sargent Major from the U.S. Army. The man had become one of the elite, a sack full of people from Eat Shit row who earned a million.

In school, he learned basic computer engineering technology and other things, his favorite class objective belonging to Biology where he learned how to operate a microscope. A lot of it was fodder. But, he loved school. It was a portal that led away from his home life, and that was the opposite of happy or appropriate. So, like a lot of people in his predicament he took the ASVAB, completed Basic Combat Training, and started a new life as a soldier, and an electrician.

Before being reanimated by spiritual chariots to Father Time and Mother Nature, Lt. Col. Carmichael went into the armed services for four years before he earned an engineering degree from college and sailed up to his rank, Lt. Col., in just fourteen years before retiring and earning an M.S. in Electrical Engineering, writing two books, and owning his own design business. But, it wasn't just these things. He did all the little things right, like never cheating the government, fighting for what he believed in and, too, what the majority believed in, and taking care of himself and his family, and being fit for life.

Father Time and Mother Nature received his soul and told him that they had not seen a more humble, selfless, caring, and deserving man in one hundred years once his new body was created by Fate. He had died at the age 82, and now he was chosen by the gods to possess ever-existing life, superhuman strength, and creating of manipulating fire. He was told that one day he would be a creator, being able to complete any machine or man or even plant that he could imagine. And, so, then, he was sent to Earth to fulfill the god's work, and his own.

Potential Storylines:

He would be rewarded with infinite knowledge and logic after some trials
He would become a God himself, only not for long because Time and Nature would have no equal
He could awake the family of the gods(this would be like Infinite Crisis, at least I would hope)

Notes: I have not roleplayed in a while. I've been denied by like, four different threads in a row and I'm feeling lousy. Pls give me a chance.

[The Harbinger of Ferocity]

I am pleased that for once I am not the only one who dabbles in astral forces or that a cosmic demi-god might run into my character and that not be an annoyance, rather a place to interact. That is, I confess, a true rarity, so I do hope that pans out. I see we have almost a dynamic there too born of that, man and science compared to animal and nature, a nice paradigm. More entertaining is that I did not read fully the similar character even and that instead this concept was sitting in my conceptual pieces for some time, a nice dovetail all the same. Musings aside from reading back post completion here is what I have, @Omega Man.

The Aspect

Archetype:
Feral, Mystical
Name:
Timothy Moreland, listed as initially missing and presumed deceased as of February 23rd, 2013. The astral entity colloquially referred to as "The Aspect" operates under any number of names, appearing to have no real concept to any of them or any loyalty to the ideal. Known functional aliases include but are presumed not limited to "Scott Penn", "Christopher Snow", and "Mark Theron" but other informal titles directly related to its being exist as well, some of which it has addressed itself by as "The Wilder" or "The Red".
Alias:
"The Aspect", or simply "Aspect", is the functional designation used for the sake of convenience.
Age:
Moreland portrays an apparent physical age of twenty-six years while generous estimates place the the Aspect as young as 41,290 BCE. As with its name, little is known or understood about the "Aspect" due to its non-living nature.
Powers:
Mysticism or "pure magic" of and relating to the soul or spirits as well as interaction with the astral plane, see index references to Astral Manipulation with special emphasis on subsets of Astral Attacks, Astral Fortitude, Astral Projection, Astral Trapping, and Astral Vision. The most notable and overt of which is the manipulation of the body and soul, the method in which the "Aspect" manages to control the deceased, formerly Moreland. Because the "Aspect" is a spiritual entity, it can assume a variety of forms by manipulating itself, although it only takes a select set of them and will not vary. These are presumed to be in conjunction with its "feral" identity, that its make-up is biased in a certain direction and will not, even if reasonably capable of it, deviate from that.

Because the "Aspect" is a non-physical entity regularly, it is not regularly meaningfully harmed by material, physical interaction with the universe. While it can be disabled in the bodily world or even "killed" in that sense, such as by outright destruction of its possessed, manipulated form, the "Aspect" itself is only readily discorporated and pushed back into the astral plane, where it may manifest again in spirit form or simply remain there. Regularly, it will choose to to fight from either or both perspectives, tearing at soul and flesh alike with claw and fang.
Weaknesses:
Magic, note that spiritual entities are only readily physically and supernaturally vulnerable to forces of magic. While all forms of magic still impact them, some forms of magic are highly ineffective, such as those that manipulate the living or cause harm based on physical approximation. As consequence, psychic powers are much more effective as they directly confront and attack astral beings on a level that regularly only other astral beings can, another subset of its weakness to magic. Likewise, their physical manifestations into the world are not immortal even if unnaturally resilient and capable of functioning up to outright destruction.
Alignment:
Neutral, Walking the Line
Personality:
Aloof, Cunning, Mystical, Predatory, Prideful
Appearance:
Average in both weight and height for age, Moreland is a non-distinct adult white male with brown hair and brown eyes. Despite his status as an actually dead person, operant in body and name only, Moreland bears no evidence of his animation by the "Aspect" outwardly. Guided to appear like most his peers and draw as little attention to himself as possible, he frequently dresses appropriate for the occasion but never anything particularly well off; always subdued and likely to be ignored, fade into the background. Moreland is the type of regular person, presumably on purpose, who one would forget upon meeting them unless something unusual happened during that instance. As result, Moreland often at most wears a sweatshirt, jeans, and trail shoes, but will feign being affected by weather such as through appropriate dress.

The "Aspect", however, when manifest through Moreland or whatever it is in possession of, often takes its chosen form of an enormous cat. For obvious reason as it it is the "Aspect of the Ferine" or some spirit of old still left lingering that has coalesced to embody a number of ideals of its archetype. While it can change shape and size appropriately, as well as make itself "invisible" by entering the astral plane, while in possession of Moreland it cannot perform these more exotic changes such as its innate quality of being unseen by mundane methods. Regardless, it manifests physically and in astral forms as the aforementioned animal to do the majority of its work when it needs act directly.
Biography:
On Friday, February 22nd, 2013, at approximately 0952 hours, Timothy Moreland, a twenty-six year old college history student, departed on a solo hike in the Appalachian Mountains from Mountain City at the trail head of Ace of Clubs Trail, Warpath State Park. By 2300 hours, Saturday, Februrary 23rd, while it was determined he was missing, law enforcement were not notified by his roommates until that following Monday, more than forty-eight hours later. After several days of searching Warpath State Park and reasonable avenues of approach or departure, neither Moreland or his vehicle could be found, leading police to broaden their search. Moreland was never found and was never heard from again.

Unfortunately, Moreland had at some point during one of his nights lost in the forest encountered extraordinary phenomena and while it is unclear if he willingly addressed it or had attempted to flee from it, he did not see the sunrise of Monday. Moreland suffered a fatal fall from a mountainside scree field on Ace of Clubs Trail and was revived, physically, by the same thing he had encountered during his time in the forest. For all intents and purposes, this is where the story of Timothy Moreland ends. It is unclear why there was astral phenomena along this section of Warpath State Park, however, speculation by those informed on the incident itself suggest that he was targeted, likely because he was alone, lost, and vulnerable, and would serve as an excellent means to complete the objectives held by the "Aspect". After assuming the identity of the victim, the "Aspect" had an entry and a way into the world, further leading some to suggest it had been banished for an extended period, as its effective death is implausible.

In turn, the "Aspect of the Ferine" disappeared for a time and so did Moreland as consequence. Only relatively recently of the past year has there been growing evidence to suggest that the "Aspect" is overtly active again and acting on its agenda. What that agenda is, is unclear, but appears to orient around a pursuit of some kind that is relentless and singularly focused.
Potential Storylines:
There is no reason the "Aspect" posing as Moreland cannot be convinced to and from either side of Mountain City's forces. Its agenda is its own and it has no through and through loyalties, making it a readily available ally if the interests align. While this design makes it untrustworthy to the ends of others and difficult to manipulate long term, it is a force with as of yet shaped direction.
Notes:
No additional comment provided by reviewer.

[Omega Man]

Before I review any of the more recent Character Sheets I'm going to finish up the OOC. I'm off work tomorrow, so on the off chance I fall asleep I've still got all day Friday.

As for which timezone I'm in, EST.

[DocRock]

Of course, I totally understand. Looking forward to things, I'm usually free most evenings, which is eastern standard here.

[NecroKnight]

I am EEST.