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This'll be where I put my character sheets so I don't have to traipse around the site to find them.

[Schradinger]

Ahven Maldrich

Name: Ahven Maldrich.

Occupation: Demon Hunter.

Age: Early sixties, appears in his twenties.

Race: Former human, current half-breed (demon and human).

Appearance: Tall at 6’4” and slender at 200 pounds, Ahven possessed a lithe strength and speed that made him a formidable combatant even before his transformation, which only increased his physical capabilities further. In addition, the presence of demon blood in his body has turned his hair white, skin pale, and eyes a deep silver-red hue.

History: Born into a world on the brink of war, Ahven was trained from childhood to become a hunter of demons and drive them back to the realm from which they came. This task is not a simple one, as it is the magic, or essence, from the demon realm that powers the technology from the human one, and to seal the breaches entirely would destroy a civilization. Instead, once the effects that demon blood could have on a human were discovered, the hunters were created; humans that have consumed the blood of demons and survived. Doing so granted them access to the essence of the demons power and they became more than human; living conduits for the energy that is drawn from the demon realm to power the expansion of industry. Ahven was sixteen when he and eleven others went through the ritual to become a full hunter; seven of them were killed outright by the process while three more were driven insane. Of the original dozen students, only two passed through the final test unscathed. Since that time, Ahven has worked tirelessly to perfect the gifts his demon blood has granted him and become one of the foremost hunters to date, far surpassing the median life expectancy of forty-two years.

Powers: Demonic Blood.

Granted by his demon blood, Ahven possesses physical capabilities far superior to any human, allowing him to lift one ton of weight above his head, maintain a pace of thirty miles per hour for an extended period of time, react to movements that a human eye would not even perceive, and easily withstand blows from those who are his equal in strength. His eyesight has been altered to see clearly in darkness and at greater distance than a human, while his hearing and smell have become comparable to those of predatory animals. His blood as well has been altered, gaining a corrosive quality due to the demonic essence it is imbued with and rendering him resistant to poison and disease. If injured non-fatally, his body will repair the damage quickly enough to prevent the wound from becoming fatal in time, but only to the point where death is averted. To heal himself fully requires either time or an expenditure of energy.

Abilities: Essence Manipulation.

Due to his connection with the energy of the demon realm (via his now-demonic blood), Ahven has access to several forms of demon magic, though all require a portion of the same energy. He cannot be harmed by his own energy, and any of his own offensive spells he is in range of will have no affect on him.

Essence Shift.
Teleportation would be a more common name for this ability, though in truth it is a method of traversing between dimensions as much as transporting oneself from one point to another within the same realm. This ability is what allows hunters to follow the demons to their own realm to destroy the portals they’ve created, then traverse back due to their human connection with their own realm. A hunter is the only known being that can pass back and forth entirely at will. When used to alter one’s location within the same realm, the range of this ability is limited to roughly 25 meters, though can be increased by using a greater amount of energy. For every five seconds spent charging this ability (one post), its range is double (50 meters after one charge post, 100 after two, and so on). Due to the strain this ability places on the hunter's mind, it is extremely inadvisable to utilize it more than once in succession, as doing so causes great mental fatigue after two consecutive shifts and outright unconsciousness after three.

Essence Binding.
As the name suggests, this spell is a method of attaching one object to another by binding them together with demonic essence. The strength of this bond, as well as the range of it, is determined by the amount of energy put into the spell, with the binding strength doubling every five seconds the spell is charged. At a base level, the binding force is enough to restrain a hunter (barring the use of essence to escape) and slow down even the strongest of demons (enough to hold a being with 2 ton strength), and the radius of the effect is 1 meter. With each charge, both the binding strength and the effect radius are doubled, though range can also be sacrificed for another equal increase in binding strength and vice-versa (4 tons and 0 meters with no charge, 8 tons and 1 meter with 1 charge, or 2 tons and 16 meters with 2 charges). The duration of this spell is 10 seconds (those caught in it will be immobilized for one full post, and two partial posts) by default, though can be increased based upon the same formula as the range and binding force if the potency of one of them is sacrificed. Physical contact is necessary for the activation of this spell, and it is centered on either Ahven himself or the object he is touching.

Essence Transfer.
The transfer of essence allows Ahven to strike much harder, move much faster, and withstand more damage than would otherwise be possible by releasing a portion of his energy into either his physical body or an adjacent object on contact. The rate of transfer is equal to the maximum force/energy he can exert with a purely physical action, multiplied by a factor of 10. With every five seconds of charge, the power of the action is doubled.

Demonic Awareness.
A sixth sense, so to speak, this ability is derived from the essence that Ahven is continuously "leaking" into the world around himself and the way in which it interacts with other objects and energies. Within 25 meters, he can sense any object and most energies around himself with unerring accuracy, though must still focus his attention if he is attempting to perceive any great detail. Within 50 meters, he can sense people and their energy fields, but is unable to distinguish significant detail even when focused. Within 100 meters, he can sense only general shapes and large amounts of energy. Beyond 100 meters this sense is blind to the world. Due to the nature of this energy being tuned to Ahven himself, it is undetectable even to other hunters, though his body's natural energy field can still be detected.

Non-combat abilities.

Meditative Restoration.
By focusing his supply of demonic essence within his own body, Ahven can use it to rejuvenate his own physical energy and well-being, healing wounds and counteracting even the poisons and diseases potent enough to affect him. To do this, however, he must be able to concentrate completely on the task.

Essence Attunement.
Ahven is capable of sensing his own energy over vast distances, allowing him to easily determine the location of any traps he has set or any items powered by his essence.

Equipment: Essence-based technology.

Swords.
Short by most standards (half a meter blade length), these twin blades are nevertheless exceedingly effective at what they are designed to do. Fortified with enchantments that render them wholly unyielding as well as eternally sharp, they are the primary weaponry given to a demon hunter upon graduation, to then be enchanted further as each hunter desires. Ahven decided to forego any further enchantments in favor of the efficiency provided by simplicity, and thus far it has served him exceedingly well.

Pistols.
Powered by the demonic energy his body generates, these twin pistols are designed to store and release that energy on command in short but volatile projectile bursts. The mechanics of the weapon allow it to compress and multiply the force of the energy into a more destructive, yet much more precise attack than Ahven is capable of on his own, and the range of the weapon is also a distinct advantage against purely melee foes. Each projectile will travel for a distance of 1,000 meters before dissipating, and the force with which it strikes is equal to the force of his strongest physical blow multiplied by a factor of ten, then compressed into a space no more than a single centimeter across and fired at a speed of mach 2. Charging the weapon requires both time and concentration, and allows him to fire 7 times before needing to replenish. The replenishment process itself is similar to that of restoration, and cannot be done in combat.

Traps.
Small disks that can easily fit in the palm of a hand, a hunter’s trap is a device designed to temporarily contain demonic essence while in a volatile state. To arm a trap, a demon hunter will simply cast the desired spell into the device, which will then create an appropriate seal to contain the energy. To detonate the trap, the seal can either be altered to decay at a specified rate, resulting in a delayed detonation, or simply destroyed remotely by the hunter who set the trap. When active, a trap will expand to four times its inactive size, making the transportation of more than a handful of armed traps difficult at best. Energy requirements are equal to those of the standard spells, with the only difference being the remote/ranged capability a trap provides. Ahven possesses 12 of these devices.

Armor.
With the exception of his bracers, which are an enchanted metal that can withstand blows from even the strongest of demons, Ahven’s armor is lightly enchanted leather designed to provide maximum agility and an increased ability to blend silently into shadows and darkness.

Weaknesses:
Bright light.
Due to his ability to see in near-total darkness, his eyes are very sensitive to bright light and sudden flashes can disorient and/or blind him temporarily (he generally wears a hood to help compensate for this).

Holy magic.
While his human side does provide some resistance to this, any use of holy magic against him will bypass the resistances granted by his demonic blood and affect him as it would a normal human.

[Schradinger]

Bloodshot (tier 4)

Character name: Real name unknown
Aliases and/or titles: Bloodshot

Age: Mid-thirties
Height: 6'6'' (6'7'' in armor)
Weight: 242 lbs
Body type (lean, muscular, heavy, etc.): Lean and athletically muscular.

Powers:
Very little is known about Bloodshot's actual appearance beneath his armor, as no one can definitively say they have ever seen him outside of it (or one of its many variations), but what is known is that he is physically very far from what one would call a "normal human". He has been shown to be capable of lifting a literal ton above his head, briefly sprinting at speeds up to 160 mph, and shrugging off impacts that sent him flying from the force they generated, as well as demonstrating reaction times well above the human norm. It is also known that he is not, thank the heavens, bulletproof. If one manages to hit a weak point in his armor, such as the joints, he will bleed. This is a more difficult task than one would expect, however, as he has often displayed reflexes that are on par with his foot speed.

Abilities:
Bloodshot has demonstrated master level marksmanship with both pistols and rifles, as well as proficient use of his melee weapons and knowledge of several unarmed techniques. His level of reflexes and accuracy with firearms is such that he has been seen to shoot grenades and other explosives out of the air in mid-combat, though his proficiency in melee and unarmed techniques is somewhat less advanced, likely due to the ability to simply overpower most opponents.

It has also been noted that Bloodshot possesses a keen tactical and scientific mind that allows him to rapidly re-assess developing situations to determine an optimal outcome, as well as the mental wherewithal to maintain a cool head in the midst of great physical pain and/or trauma. One incident records that he was able to out-think and subsequently escape a trap laid by a cadre of mercenaries sent to assassinate him, without his armor and after being severely burned in the initial assault. His scientific intelligence is of a sufficiently advanced level that he himself designed and created the specific materials used in his armor and weapons, as well as the software used to run its electronic systems.

Equipment:
Armor.
The matte black armor that Bloodshot most commonly wears is of an advanced design that makes use of carbon nanotubes to create plating that is extremely light and moderately flexible, while also being both harder than diamond and stronger than steel. This flexibility makes the plating an excellent shock absorber, while its strength and hardness render it all but impenetrable to conventional firearms. The chest piece has been seen taking a hit from a .50 caliber sniper rifle with minimal damage, and while the simple impact force would kill a normal human regardless, Bloodshot managed to survive the shot (though he was forced to retreat from the engagement, so it is assumed he was significantly wounded by the impact).

While the armor plating is capable of surviving almost any form of injury a personal weapon can inflict, the body glove underneath has no such luxury. While it too utilizes carbon nanotubes in its construction, the concentration and density within the fabric is geared primarily toward maintaining flexibility and reducing/dispersing damage from explosions, and it cannot stand up to the concentrated impact force of even a small caliber bullet (.22 caliber rounds being a notable exception).

Another important feature of this armor is the inclusion of a nanotube cooling layer that both decreases the external temperature of the armor to match that of the surrounding environment and also maintains a constant and comfortable internal temperature, allowing it to appear cool and nearly invisible when viewed on thermal imaging systems. This trait also allows the suit to operate unhindered at temperatures of up to 2,000 degrees fahrenheit without causing increased strain to the wearer, though higher temperatures can quickly overwhelm the ability of the suit to compensate, roasting the wearer alive.

The armor also possesses advanced electronics that are capable of gathering and displaying vital battlefield data within the facemask's HUD, including penetrating radar, thermal, EM, and nightvision, and an auto-tint to prevent bright flashes from blinding him. The armor's sound systems are likewise enhanced, and allow him to both increase sensitivity and focus to hear distant conversations, as well as activate an auto-decrease feature to prevent excessively loud noises from causing damage to his hearing.

Weapons:
2 - .45 caliber pistols that hold 15 rounds per magazine. Descendants of the Glock pistols of the 21st century and comparable in power and functionality.
1 - Single edged sword. 36" titanium-carbon alloy blade. More durable than his armor, though much less flexible. With Bloodshot's strength behind it, this blade is capable of slicing cleanly through a conventional steel blade with no damage to itself.
1 - Retractable staff. Titanium-carbon shaft. Length varies between 2' and 6'. When retracted, the entire length of the staff (or each half of it separately) is capable of emitting an electrical charge strong enough to easily kill a human (when extended, only the last foot on each end of the staff possesses this ability). The electrical charge can be also be varied to simply incapacitate or cause pain, and the weapon possesses friend or foe analysis hardware to prevent Bloodshot himself from being electrocuted.
2 - Gauntlet blades. 12" titanium-carbon alloy blades that extend from the armor's gauntlets over the back of Bloodshot's hands.

Any relevant weaknesses:
Armor dependency. Bloodshot's facemask is fitted with a filtration unit that not only cleans the air as he breathes it, but also injects each breath with a minute amount of an unknown gas, without which Bloodshot will descend into increasingly drastic stages of mental degradation that remove his self-control and ability to think and reason properly, turning him into an unthinking being operating purely on rage and instinct.

Personality:
Cold, calculating, and clinical. Bloodshot was a child raised with the sole purpose of becoming the perfect soldier, and the extremely harsh treatment and training he received produced predictably harsh results. Mercy and compassion are words that have no merit in Bloodshot's view of the world, and while he is not a vindictive man, he is nevertheless a very dangerous one to cross. Something that those who trained him found out the hard way.

History/Backstory:
Born in the year 2142 into a world ravaged by war, Bloodshot's birth name was lost to the destruction that was wrought upon his homeland, the former United States of America. Fifty years before his birth, the country had torn itself in half in the second civil war of its globally short history, and that single conflict had pulled the rest of the world with it. While no one was willing to create a nuclear wasteland, both China and Russia took the opportunity to claim lands they had long since lost, while Europe was plunged into its own small re-enactment of world wars long past. As it always has, war paved the way for scientific advancement at a rate that far exceeded any of the advances made in the century before, and new weapons, technology, and soldiers were created by all sides in an attempt to maintain an even playing field.

Taken from his family as a child, Bloodshot's body was altered and enhanced to the very peak of human performance, and by the time he was twelve he could regularly compete against seasoned soldiers and emerge the victor. That was not the end of his alterations however, and when he reached the age of sixteen he was initiated into an experimental program that utilized microscopic nanomachines to enhance the user's physical condition, bonding to bones and muscles and nerves to increase strength, durability, speed, and reflexes. The process was imperfect, however, and without a near-constant application of a stabilizing agent, the nanites bonded to Bloodshot's nervous system begin to overwhelm his conscious thoughts with those of primal instinct and rage. Later iterations of the technology opted out of the nervous system bonding in order to fix the problem, but while these new soldiers were stable, they would never match up to Bloodshot and the other original subjects.

Due to the inherent instability of Bloodshot's nanites, he and his fellow test subjects were scheduled for "decommissioning", as there was no way to reverse the bonding process and an unstable soldier would be a liability on the battlefield. As they often do, however, plans went awry and a dozen subjects managed to escape the facility, taking with them the formula for the stabilizing agent and what little supply of it the lab had on hand. After the escape, they all went their separate ways, with Bloodshot becoming a mercenary available for hire to the highest bidder.

Bloodshot (tier 5)

Character name: Real name unknown
Aliases and/or titles: Bloodshot

Age: Mid-thirties
Height: 6'6'' (6'7'' in armor)
Weight: 260 lbs
Body type (lean, muscular, heavy, etc.): Lean and athletically muscular.

Powers:
Very little is known about Bloodshot's actual appearance beneath his armor, as no one can definitively say they have ever seen him outside of it (or one of its many variations), but what is known is that he is physically very far from what one would call a "normal human". He has been shown to be capable of lifting at least five tons above his head, briefly sprinting at speeds reaching nearly 400 mph, and shrugging off impacts that would easily kill a normal human outright, even surviving the impact of a terminal velocity freefall into the middle of a corn field. It is also known that he is not, thank the heavens, bulletproof. If one manages to hit a weak point in his armor, such as the joints, he will bleed. This is a more difficult task than one would expect, however, as he has often displayed superhuman reflexes on par with his foot speed.

Abilities:
Bloodshot has demonstrated master level marksmanship with both pistols and rifles, as well as proficient use of his melee weapons and knowledge of several unarmed techniques. His level of reflexes and accuracy with firearms is such that he has been seen to shoot grenades and other explosives out of the air in mid-combat, though his proficiency in melee and unarmed techniques is somewhat less advanced, likely due to the ability to simply overpower most opponents.

It has also been noted that Bloodshot possesses a keen tactical and scientific mind that allows him to rapidly re-assess developing situations to determine an optimal outcome, as well as the mental wherewithal to maintain a cool head in the midst of great physical pain and/or trauma. One incident records that he was able to out-think and subsequently escape a trap laid by a cadre of mercenaries sent to assassinate him, without his armor and after being severely burned in the initial assault. His scientific intelligence is of a sufficiently advanced level that he himself designed and created the specific materials used in his armor and weapons, as well as the software used to run its electronic systems.

Equipment:
Armor.
The matte black armor that Bloodshot most commonly wears is of an advanced design that makes use of carbon nanotubes to create plating that is extremely light and moderately flexible, while also being both harder than diamond and stronger than steel. This flexibility makes the plating an excellent shock absorber, while its strength and hardness render it practically impenetrable to conventional firearms.

While the armor plating is capable of surviving almost any form of injury a personal weapon can inflict, the body glove underneath has no such luxury. While it too utilizes carbon nanotubes in its construction, the concentration and density within the fabric is geared primarily toward maintaining flexibility and reducing/dispersing damage from explosions, and it can only stand up to the concentrated impact force of small caliber and handgun bullets.

Another important feature of this armor is the inclusion of a nanotube cooling layer that both decreases the external temperature of the armor to match that of the surrounding environment and also maintains a constant and comfortable internal temperature, allowing it to appear cool and nearly invisible when viewed on thermal imaging systems. This trait also allows the suit to operate unhindered at temperatures of up to 4,000 degrees fahrenheit without causing increased strain to the wearer, though higher temperatures can quickly overwhelm the ability of the suit to compensate, roasting the wearer alive.

The armor also possesses advanced electronics that are capable of gathering and displaying vital battlefield data within the facemask's HUD, including penetrating radar, thermal, EM, and nightvision, and an auto-tint to prevent bright flashes from blinding him. The armor's sound systems are likewise enhanced, and allow him to both increase sensitivity and focus to hear distant conversations, as well as activate an auto-decrease feature to prevent excessively loud noises from causing damage to his hearing. The helmet/facemask is also equipped with a long-range radio transmitter (encryption capable) and high-speed wireless internet router (satellite powered).

Weapons:
2 - .45 caliber pistols that hold 15 rounds per magazine. Descendants of the Glock pistols of the 21st century and comparable in power and functionality.
1 - Single edged sword. 36" titanium-carbon alloy blade. More durable than his armor, though much less flexible. With Bloodshot's strength behind it, this blade is capable of slicing cleanly through a conventional steel blade with no damage to itself.
1 - Retractable staff. Titanium-carbon shaft. Length varies between 2' and 6'. When retracted, the entire length of the staff (or each half of it separately) is capable of emitting an electrical charge strong enough to easily kill a human (when extended, only the last foot on each end of the staff possesses this ability). The electrical charge is generated by, and varies based on, the force Bloodshot puts into each blow. A gentle tap will be merely painful, while a blow with his full strength behind it will cause a human body to combust from the sheer heat and amount of electricity coursing through them (though the blow itself will kill a human target just as surely as the electricity). The weapon also possesses friend or foe analysis hardware to prevent Bloodshot himself from being electrocuted (as an additional precaution, his armor is non-conductive).
2 - Gauntlet blades. 12" titanium-carbon alloy blades that extend from the armor's gauntlets over the back of Bloodshot's hands.
3 - Flash-bang grenades. More powerful than traditional flash-bangs, these grenades produce enough light and sound to blind (even through eyelids) and rupture eardrums at a distance of 20 meters, and even the auto-adjust features of Bloodshot's mask cannot completely nullify these effects (though they are significantly reduced).
3 - Gas grenades. The compound stored in these grenades is of a chemical composition that burns on contact with exposed skin, temporarily blinds on contact with eyes (lasts anywhere from one to three hours), and causes impaired motor skills and eventual unconsciousness if inhaled. Motor skills begin to become impaired immediately upon inhalation, while unconsciousness can take anywhere from ten to fifteen seconds. This gas also completely obscures vision and can expand to fill a circle with a radius of ten meters in just under one second.

Any relevant weaknesses:
Armor dependency. Bloodshot's facemask is fitted with a filtration unit that not only cleans the air as he breathes it, but also injects each breath with a minute amount of an unknown gas, without which Bloodshot will descend into increasingly drastic stages of mental degradation that remove his self-control and ability to think and reason properly, turning him into an unthinking being operating purely on rage and instinct.

Personality:
Cold, calculating, and clinical. Bloodshot was a child raised with the sole purpose of becoming the perfect soldier, and the extremely harsh treatment and training he received produced predictably harsh results. Mercy and compassion are words that have no merit in Bloodshot's view of the world, and while he is not a vindictive man, he is nevertheless a very dangerous one to cross. Something that those who trained him found out the hard way.

History/Backstory:
Born in the year 2142 into a world ravaged by war, Bloodshot's birth name was lost to the destruction that was wrought upon his homeland, the former United States of America. Fifty years before his birth, the country had torn itself in half in the second civil war of its globally short history, and that single conflict had pulled the rest of the world with it. While no one was willing to create a nuclear wasteland, both China and Russia took the opportunity to claim lands they had long since lost, while Europe was plunged into its own small re-enactment of world wars long past. As it always has, war paved the way for scientific advancement at a rate that far exceeded any of the advances made in the century before, and new weapons, technology, and soldiers were created by all sides in an attempt to maintain an even playing field.

Taken from his family as a child, Bloodshot's body was altered and enhanced to the very peak of human performance, and by the time he was twelve he could regularly compete against seasoned soldiers and emerge the victor. That was not the end of his alterations however, and when he reached the age of sixteen he was initiated into an experimental program that utilized microscopic nanomachines to enhance the user's physical condition, bonding to bones and muscles and nerves to increase strength, durability, speed, and reflexes. The process was imperfect, however, and without a near-constant application of a stabilizing agent, the nanites bonded to Bloodshot's nervous system begin to overwhelm his conscious thoughts with those of primal instinct and rage. Later iterations of the technology opted out of the nervous system bonding in order to fix the problem, but while these new soldiers were stable, they would never match up to Bloodshot and the other original subjects.

Due to the inherent instability of Bloodshot's nanites, he and his fellow test subjects were scheduled for "decommissioning", as there was no way to reverse the bonding process and an unstable soldier would be a liability on the battlefield. As they often do, however, plans went awry and a dozen subjects managed to escape the facility, taking with them the formula for the stabilizing agent and what little supply of it the lab had on hand. After the escape, they all went their separate ways, with Bloodshot becoming a mercenary available for hire to the highest bidder.

Several years into his work as a mercenary, Bloodshot discovered that the nanites bonded to his body had continued to multiply, providing an even more drastic boost to his strength, speed, durability, and reflexes. He was eventually able to slow this multiplication in order to prevent the nanites from completely taking over his body, though they are still programmed to temporarily increase their multiplication rate in the event of damage in order to self-repair.

Tier 6 Armor

Bloodshot's crowning achievement in the fields of science and technology, this armor enhancement appears to be little more than a new kind of body glove worn beneath his usual armor plating, and while that is what it is in essence, it is capable of much more than an ordinary body glove.

Composed primarily of carbon nanofibers, this variation of the standard body glove possesses a much higher density of nanofibers than are in the usual underarmor, and they are arranged, grouped, and designed in such a way that they can mimic the function of actual muscles. These synthetic muscles not only provide drastically increased durability when compared to the standard body glove, but also greatly enhanced strength, augmenting Bloodshot's already considerable might by a factor of 7 and allowing him to lift in the area of 35 tons. This increase in strength also allows him to move and strike faster, and he has been seen to reach speeds in excess of mach 1 on open ground, with stride length ranging in the area of dozens of meters. Understandably, this level of speed has a drastic effect on mobility, and as such is rarely utilized.

Durability-wise, this armor (sans plating) has been seen to withstand high-caliber armor-piercing rounds with little discomfort to the wearer, and with the armor plating added has been capable of resisting the impact of a round fired from an M1 abrams tank, such is the durability it provides. It is unknown if this level of durability extends to baseline humans as well, but theorized that it does not as the impact force alone would likely kill them, even given the fantastic shock absorbing capabilities of the nanofibers. This durability also extends to enhancing the armor's capability to resist temperatures, increasing the safe operating levels to 8,000 degrees.

The armor is powered by a series of carbon batteries housed throughout its synthetic muscle tissue, which provide both high level storage and high level output, unlike more traditional batteries, as well as being paper-thin and flexible enough to avoid hindering the armor's capabilities. These batteries are charged both by un-powered movement of the armor, as well as any errant electrical discharges the suit may encounter. These electrical discharges can range from simple static generated by friction, to a full-blown lightning strike. In the event of an overload, safeties are triggered and the excess electricity is re-directed to the surface of the suit, where it can simply continue its journey to ground itself.

Stealth Armor

This variation of Bloodshot's standard armor lacks all the armor plating of its predecessor with the exception of the facemask and gauntlets, which are variations themselves of the standard gauntlets, this time with the blades fitted to the underside and extending beneath his hands. The plating of the mask and gauntlets is also less durable overall, owing to the inclusion of a light and sound absorbing polymer in their construction. They are still nonetheless durable enough to withstand small arms fire with no damage.

The body glove of this variation has likewise been altered with the same light and sound absorbing polymer as the gauntlets and facemask, allowing it to blend seamlessly into almost any nighttime shadow, as well as produce only a minute fraction of the noise that human movement would normally generate. In order to compensate for the reduced durability caused by the lack of armor plating, the areas of the body glove that cover vital organs and do not cover joints are reinforced with extra layers of carbon nanofibers, making the majority of the suit highly resistant to small arms fire while maintaining near-perfect agility and maneuverability.

[Schradinger]

Scott Summers

Name: Scott Summers

Age: 19

Alias: Cyclops

Appearance:


Scott stands at a height of 6'1" and due to his intense martial arts training possesses an exceedingly fit physique. Dark hair and blue eyes contribute to a rugged sort of "pretty boy" look, and when his ability threatens to break free of his control his eyes begin to emit a ruby-colored glow that can even be seen through his eyelids.

Abilities:
Optic blasts - Scott's primary mutant power is the ability to release ruby-colored blasts of pure kinetic energy from his eyes, which are in actuality inter-dimensional portals between this universe and a non-Einsteinian universe where physical laws as we know them do not pertain. This non-Einsteinian universe is filled with particles that resemble photons, yet they interact with this universe's particles by transferring kinetic energy to any object they touch. Currently, he possesses only enough control to open and close these portals, and is unable to vary the intensity or focus of the blasts. When the blasts first manifested, they possessed enough power to annihilate a german tank platoon, half an infantry company, and a fair amount of the countryside in only a matter of seconds.

While the blasts themselves produce no heat, the immense friction they generate on contact with an object can very quickly superheat most materials, and thus it is not uncommon for the blasts to leave fires and red-hot melted metal in their wake. Another function of the blasts that Scott has yet to learn is the ability to create a resonance with any solid object, which allows the blast to ricochet off the object without causing any damage, giving him the ability to fire "banked shots" and hit multiple targets at once or targets that are out of his direct line of sight. While full resonance will cause no harm to the object being resonated, partial resonance will still impart kinetic force to the target, while also allowing the blast to ricochet to another target. With training, Scott will also be capable of resonating his blasts with multiple objects simultaneously, thus enabling him to ricochet a single blast off of several different surfaces. The blasts naturally possess no resonance with any objects in this universe and so by default will impart vast kinetic force (and heat as a byproduct) to any object they strike.

Psionic field - This aspect of his ability is a field of psionic energy that encapsulates Scott's entire body and allows him to control the release of energy from his eyes, in addition to making the rest of his body immune to its effects. Upon learning how to manipulate this field, Scott will be able to vary both the intensity and focus of his blasts, as well as create a resonance with solid objects in this universe. At present, however, he is only capable of manipulating it to open and close the portals in his eyes and as such is unable to avoid obliterating everything in front of him when the portals are open, which is unfortunately their default state. In order to avoid such destruction, Scott must maintain constant mental control or risk opening the portals and releasing immense destructive energy upon the world around him (that, or keep his eyes closed).

A secondary effect of this psionic field is the resistance it provides against the energy and psionic-based powers of other mutants. While this ability makes Scott entirely immune to his own powers, it also grants him some resistance against energy being manipulated by other mutants, especially in the case of those that absorb energy (as its primary purpose is to withhold the vast amount of energy being forced into his body from the other universe). In the case of psychics, the psionic field resonates with the energy it is containing to produce a form of psychic static, which when combined with his iron will makes his mind difficult to read and influence.

Spatial Awareness - Scott's sense of spatial awareness and geometry is superhumanly acute, and will allow him to instinctively deduce the correct angles involved in banking his blasts to hit multiple targets with perfect accuracy. This ability also extends to his understanding of physics in general, and allows him to predict various scenarios based on the angles, directions, and forces involved. For instance, he could predict where a building will fall based on which supports are removed and how various forces will react to such a change, allowing him to utilize the environment to his advantage in conjunction with his optic blasts (or even without them).

Skills:
Leadership - Military service during the war has allowed Scott's natural leadership skills to blossom, and even after being shot down he displayed remarkable tactical ability when he turned a broken and scattered unit back into a cohesive fighting force.
Willpower - While scott is naturally very stubborn and hardheaded, his willpower was put to the ultimate test once his optic blasts manifested and containing them required that he maintain complete mental control.
Martial Artist - In order to help develop his control, Scott turned to intensive physical training and exercise in the form of eastern martial arts, embracing the philosophy that greater control of the physical body equals greater control of one's mental state.
Pilot - As a child, Scott was given flying lessons by his father and when he reached the age of seventeen, joined the army air corps. Following the war he 'borrowed' a plane from his father in order to facilitate his global travel in pursuit of a way to better control his ability.

Personality Traits:
Stubborn, intelligent, and very in control. Scott is generally direct and honest in his dealings with others, which can sometimes come off as condescension or arrogance. Possessing a very analytical mind does not help with this, and in combination with the danger inherent in his ability it means that he generally prefers to be alone.

Backstory:
Born in 1927 in Anchorage Alaska, Scott grew up around the planes his father had always been obsessed with. When Scott was seven, his father opened a small aviation company in his hometown that would quickly grow into a booming business. All was well until the war arrived in America and the draft was instituted, calling his father away to serve. Scott followed when he reached the age of fifteen and joined the air corps himself by lying on his application (everyone always said he looked older than he was), and was shipped off to europe on his sixteenth birthday. The following two years would be rough, to say the least.

He was several months into his first deployment, flying support for a ground incursion behind the german lines, when he had his first brush with enemy fighters. He managed to shoot down three of the planes before he himself was shot down and forced to crash land several miles ahead of the american and british troops, miles that were filled with german soldiers and tanks. It was to his great surprise that he discovered a unit of friendlies, cut off from their company and trying just as hard as he was to simply stay alive, and rather than simply make a mad run for it over a dozen miles of hostile terrain and straight into the back of the german lines, he rallied the few soldiers with him and set about a small but effective campaign of harassment. Each series of attacks was designed to create a gap in the german lines just large enough for one or two men to sneak through unnoticed, and in the course of four days all but three of the two dozen stranded soldiers had been returned to the allied side of the engagement. It was then that things took a drastic downhill turn.

During what was to be the last attack in the campaign of harassment, the german commanders, thinking they were facing a force much larger than four men, had worked out the location of the attack and committed a full tank platoon and half a company of soldiers to squash the nuisance. Pinned down and massively outgunned, Scott's ability chose that particular moment, fueled by adrenaline and the rage of helplessness, to manifest itself and burn every trace of the german force from the countryside. With the germans gone, his three comrades were able to carry him to the safety of the british forward command center and under the guise of blindness he received an honorary discharge from the army and was sent home. It took him three months before he could open his eyes again without devastating everything in front of him, and once he was able to maintain control for at least seven hours, he took one of his father's planes and set out in search of a way to either remove or permanently control his new and dangerous ability.

His travels eventually took him to the east, in pursuit of the 'complete control' touted by the practitioners of such arts as wushu, karate, and muay thai. While these practices certainly helped, they did not grant him the absolute control he sought and so he returned home to live alone in the mountains, where his ability could only harm the stone and trees. It was here that the call from Xavier found him, and as a man with no better options left, he decided to make the journey to New York and find out what this professor had to offer.

[Schradinger]

Arthur Greystoke

Name: Arthur Greystoke

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Random descriptors: 6'4", 220 pounds, dirty blonde hair (cut short), grey-blue eyes, fit, well-muscled physique.

Physical Description:
When out of his armor, Arty tends to wear clothing that befits someone of his financial station. Tailored suits are a staple of his fashion choices as much as fast cars, pretty girls, and Rolex watches are the things he accessorizes with.

Personality Description:
While in public, Arty presents a carefree play-boy attitude that is at once both endearing and misleading to the public at large. He will spend millions on what seems to be idle flights of fancy, and his closest 'friends' are of the sort that love to party and hate when it ends. Fortunately, it never seems to end with Arty.

That is, until everyone else is passed out or too high to pay any attention. Despite all the appearances to the contrary, Arthur Greystoke is the kind of man who never really fit in anywhere. The kind of man who reasons and thinks on a different wavelength than everyone else. Some would call him a sociopath, others simply insane. The truth of the matter however, is that his magnificent power comes with its very own curse. Unlike people with normal nervous systems, Arty can't truly feel emotion. Sure, he can feel and respond instinctively to the immediate effects of external stimuli, but once that stimuli is gone, so is the feeling. He has no notion of what it feels like to be in love, or to truly hate, or even to feel content. Fortunately, he's a genius and a magnificent actor, and so has little trouble blending in and appearing relatively normal during the day, but at night he becomes an entirely different animal, stalking the streets of his city with no remorse or mercy for the wicked denizens thereof. After all, if it could work for Batman, why couldn't it work for him too?

Character Tier: 5(?)

Skills, powers and abilities:

Enhanced Durability (intermediate):

Arty's primary ability is the generation and manipulation of bio-electric fields both in and around his body. Originating from his bones, these fields extend through his muscles and skin, generating intense amounts of van der waals force as they do, which in turn greatly increases the bonding force between his molecules and therefore his durability. This durability renders his bones functionally ten times as hard as diamond and increases the durability of his soft tissue in proportion to how close it is to his bones. This means that while he can catch a 9mm bullet in his hand, that same bullet would pierce the skin and lodge itself in the muscle if it were to hit his chest (also, edged weapons that rely on slicing will do more damage than blunt weapons and bullets that rely on impact force). He is likewise reinforced against intense heat and cold, due to his molecular motion being much more resistant to changes in vibrational speed. He can withstand temperatures of 1,000 Celsius on the positive side, and -200 Celsius on the negative side with no apparent harm. He is also entirely immune to the harmful effects of electricity and never gets tired or requires sleep, food, or water (he doesn't fully realize this though and still eats and drinks), and should he be deprived of oxygen for an extended period his body will enter a catatonic state, during which time he is sustained solely by his power and will re-awaken once oxygen again becomes available.

Enhanced Regeneration (intermediate):

Despite his resistance to it, Arty is far from immune to physical damage and in the event he is wounded, his body will harness the bio-electric energy coursing through him in order to repair itself much more rapidly than any normal human. Small cuts heal in seconds and high-caliber bullet wounds in mere minutes, while severe extensive trauma may take hours to heal. With uninterrupted focus, Arty can consciously enhance the speed of this ability, allowing him to heal even faster when not otherwise engaged.

Enhanced Nervous System (Intermediate):

Perhaps the most versatile function of his power is the near-absolute control it grants him over his own nervous system. Not only can he deaden nerves to blunt pain and ignore injury (barring those that actually prohibit a body part from functioning at all), and manipulate his ability to appear completely human on any type of scanner, but it is also nearly impossible to knock him unconscious via sensory overload. Additionally, his nervous system can function literally as fast as lightning, and the phrase "lightning-quick reflexes" is no longer mere hyperbole for him. This ability also grants him greatly enhanced sensory perception, allowing him to see several miles with perfect clarity and in near-total darkness, hear a human heart beat 20 meters away, feel the individual threads in silk, and detect scents that would elude a bloodhound. His power also grants him a sixth sense that is unavailable to normal humans, and that is the ability to sense both matter and electrical energy in his vicinity. This sense allows him to accurately determine the position and velocity of any object within 10 meters of himself, as well as sense electrical energy out to a distance of 100 meters, while beyond that distance his ability to sense current begins to dwindle until it is completely gone at a distance of roughly 200 meters. The level of current that constantly runs through Arty himself also makes him exceedingly resistant to psychic abilities, and has a tendency to disrupt other touch-based powers.

Enhanced Condition (intermediate):

While not as drastic as the enhancements to his nervous system, Arty's power also provides an increase in the performance of his musculature and other organs, granting him ten times greater strength and speed than a human in peak physical condition. This performance increase allows him to lift in the area of 6 tons with some amount of strain, as well as push himself to brief sprinting speeds of 200 mph, and perform feats of agility and coordination that would leave any Olympic athlete dumbfounded. By focusing his bio-electric energy into his own body, rather than emitting it as energy bursts or generating elaborate cohesion fields, he is also capable of enhancing his physical prowess by half again its original capability.

Electrocution (intermediate):

The primary offensive function of Arty's power, this technique allows him to discharge his bio-electric energy into another being or object for the purposes of causing pain, paralysis, unconsciousness, death, incineration, and otherwise generally destructive effects. These bio-electric discharges require physical contact with the target (or a conductive medium the target is also touching) in order to be effective, and can generate enough power to heat the air to a temperature of just over 100,000 degrees Fahrenheit (twice the temperature of a lightning bolt, or roughly 10 billion joules). This ability cannot be charged, but instead requires an expenditure of energy that must then be regained over time, at a rate of roughly 10 percent per tick. If access to an external source of electrical power is available, Arty can also recharge this ability via that means as well. Additionally, when Arty is channeling large amounts of power through a specific portion of his body, the durability of that portion increases in accordance with the amount of power being channeled (allowing him to exert enough energy to generate 20,000 degrees of heat without burning his own arm to cinders, for example).

Cohesion Fields (intermediate):

By projecting his bio-electric energy into other objects, Arty is capable reinforcing them with van der waals force in much the same way as his own body, increasing an item's durability exponentially. This can also be used to increase the effectiveness of bladed weapons, projecting an edge that is the width of a single molecule. In conductive weapons, he can extend this ability from simple molecular reinforcement to the transmission of actual electricity through the weapon, granting him the ability to electrocute targets for the purposes of stunning, paralyzing, or outright killing them. Furthermore, by projecting his bio-electric aura into the surfaces, items, and beings he touches, Arty can create an incredibly strong application of van der waals force that will effectively anchor him to any surface. The strength of this anchoring varies, but has a maximum clinging force of roughly 10 tons (though can be increased with time and focus). The most offensively potent use of this ability comes in the form of cohesion fields created in the air itself, shaped elaborately to form weapons and defenses, then filled with ionized air to become superheated by his electricity projection ability, increasing their effectiveness even further. These cohesion fields have no intrinsic range limitation, but must always originate from his own body and currently can only be as large as 1 cubic meter, though that cubic meter can be arranged in any way Arty wishes. When used to simply "grip" the air itself, Arty can use these fields to pull himself through it, achieving speeds unheard of even for someone as physically powerful as himself, attaining sustained speeds of up to Mach 1. If he also anchors himself to the ground while using cohesion fields to force air around his body, he can generate intense winds that can equal his movement speed in power.

Character Equipment:

Armor (high):

The outermost layer of Arty's matte black body armor makes use of carbon nanotubes to create plating that is extremely light and moderately flexible, while also being both harder than diamond and stronger than steel. This flexibility makes the plating an excellent shock absorber, while its strength and hardness render it practically impenetrable to all conventional projectile weaponry.

While the outer layer is impressive, it's the inner layer that really makes the armor stand out. Composed of hyper-conductive high-strength carbon nano-fibers arranged in patterns that mimic actual muscles, the inner layer of the armor is perfectly "tuned" to Arty's bio-electric aura, giving it a significant damage resistance boost over that which it would normally possess, allowing it to withstand impacts from superhumans with tremendous physical strength (80-90 tonners). In addition to the increased damage resistance, advanced circuitry and multiple carbon batteries allow the armor to "feed" off Arty's aura and increase his physical stats to truly superhuman levels (allowing him to lift in the 10 ton range and run in the 200 mph range), and increase his cohesion field and bio-electric projection abilities by a factor of 10.

This overall boost to his capabilities allows Arty to generate charged bursts of lightning that can reach 30,000 degrees Celsius, maintain attacks of up to 10,000 Celsius, extend the range of his cohesion fields to 100 meters and the speed he can move when utilizing them to a steady 1,000 kph, or mach 4 in bursts, and fire his bio-electric attacks at ranges of up to 2 kilometers (though half that is their optimal range). Additionally, by focusing his energy inwards and infusing his own muscles and those of his armor, he is capable of lifting up to 100 tons above his head (or lifting 50 tons with relative ease), though the same limitations apply as when he enhances just his own body, in addition to a 10 second cooldown period afterward as the armor resets itself, during which he is returned to the armor's base strength and cannot yet use his ranged abilities.

Weapons (intermediate):

2 - .50 caliber pistols. Hold 12 rounds per magazine and are constructed of advanced high-strength polymers with carbon nano-fiber reinforcement.
2 - Single edged swords. 36" titanium-carbon alloy blade. More durable than his armor, though also less flexible. With Arty's strength behind it, this blade is capable of slicing cleanly through a conventional steel blade with no damage to itself.
2 - Retractable staves. Titanium-carbon shaft. Length varies between 2' and 6'. The entire length of the staff, whether retracted or extended, is hyper-conductive and grants Arty the ability to discharge electrical attacks through it and into any opponent he strikes. Through the use of high-output carbon batteries the staff is capable of storing up a charge of its own that allows it to double the effectiveness of Arty's electrical discharges (subtract 1 prep post from each level).
2 - Gauntlet blades. 12" titanium-carbon alloy blades that extend from the armor's gauntlets over the back of Arty's hands (armor only).
4 - Fighting knives. 8" titanium-carbon alloy blade, dual edged.

Character History:
Arty was born into a world in which one out of every ten thousand individuals possessed some kind of superhuman gift, and while the governments of the world struggled to maintain order, the "gifted" were quickly claiming the world for chaos. Government sanctions and curfews were placed on the citizens of nearly every country in the world, and a bounty was placed on any information leading to the capture of one of the gifted, as well as the capture of a gifted themselves. Mercenary bands formed and took to the streets, making the lives of citizens far more unpleasant than the gifted ever had as they forced their way into homes and businesses in search of their bounties. The great wealth possessed by Arty's family was all that kept him from being swept away in the madness, though even that was barely enough to shield him.

Thirty years later, the world governments had managed to regain control of the mercenaries by rescinding the bounties and offering them positions in a world-wide anti-meta police force, put together to hunt down and imprison the gifted while still remaining relatively within the law. While most "metas", as the government now called them, went into hiding or tried to blend in to everyday life, there were some who fought back, and not all countries granted access to the anti-meta police force officers. These countries became havens for the gifted, and a large percentage of them thrived there. Arty, however, chose to stay and continue running his father's company, which ironically was the designer and provider of the state-of-the-art weapons and technology used to hunt and track his fellow gifted. That mattered little to Arty, however, and was simply another layer in the disguise of normalcy he had crafted for himself and which allowed him to operate virtually unhindered as his masked alter-ego.

[Schradinger]

Mercer

Name: David Mercer

Gender: Male

Age: 31

Physical Description:
Standing at 1.9 meters in height and weighing in at 100 kg, David presents an imposing physical presence that is only heightened by his implacably calm demeanor. His keen hazel eyes are almost always moving, as if memorizing every facet of the environment and analyzing it for strategic value. Aesthetically, he has short dirty blonde hair, a small collection of mostly-healed scars, and a musculature that most would call "chiseled", due to the training he put himself through both before and after recieving his abilities.
When out and about as his crime fighting alter-ego, David wears a skin-tight body glove of what appears to be a black, fibrous, non-reflective fabric, though thicker and far more durable than any conventional fabric ever could be. Fixed on top of this body glove are an assortment of semi-flexible armor plates that boast a coloration only slightly lighter than the jumpsuit beneath. To top off this ensemble, his head is encased in a black armored mask with non-reflective lenses to protect his eyes, and a vocal distorter to disguise his voice.

Psychological Description:
More often than not, David possesses a nearly unshakably calm demeanor, due in large part to the rapidity with which he can analyze and apply logic to almost any situation. Even when caught unawares, any true feeling of surprise is so brief that one might miss it altogether if they don't pay rapt attention. He also tends to appear aloof and distant, disconnected from the issues that normal people have to deal with on a daily basis. This is not to say, however, that he has no emotions or desires of his own, simply that his superior intellect has a tendency to overrule the pull of his heart with cool logic and deduction.

Powers:
Enhanced Strength - Mercer is able to lift 3 metric tons above his head, leap several stories from a standing start, and deliver blows strong enough to shatter concrete.

Enhanced Speed - He is also capable of reacting to objects moving at supersonic speeds with almost casual ease, sprinting at speeds up to 450 kilometers per hour, and maintaining 200 kph speeds over long distances.

Enhanced Durability - With bones that are all but impenetrable to modern firearms and a muscular structure capable of withstanding intense trauma, Mercer's durability may be the aspect most enhanced by the procedure. He is able to entirely recover from even severe wounds in hours or days, and possesses an increased resistance to direct energy assaults, such as those utilizing heat or electricity, though he is still far from immune to their effects. His resistance to toxins and disease is also potent enough to render normal doses of chemical agents entirely ineffective, and he can no longer become ill.

Enhanced Endurance - He has also been gifted with immense stamina, capable of maintaining constant peak performance for over an hour before tiring, holding his breath for twenty minutes straight, and going without sleep for up to a week without suffering loss of cognitive ability.

Enhanced Perception - In addition to reflexes quick enough to allow him to track bullets in-flight, he also possesses greatly enhanced senses, both the traditional five, as well as the senses of balance, timing, positioning, direction, and electroreception. In combination, these enhanced senses allow him to perform complex actions with flawless coordination and nearly perfect timing, far out-performing any human regardless of training or skill.

Enhanced Cognition - Mentally, he is capable of utilizing up to 100% of his superhuman brain simultaneously, granting him perfect and instantaneous recall, the ability to perform feats of multitasking and on-the-fly calculation that would shame any modern computer, and the capability to consciously control his entire nervous system, up to and including even the autonomic functions of his body. He can not only regulate his heart rate and breath patterns, but also desensitize select areas of his body in order to endure greater pain than any normal man. On an intellectual level, he has an IQ that would likely be rated at or near 200, and can solve difficult problems and deduce details from even the smallest morsel of evidence, thinking faster and better on his feet than most people do even when given several days to study a problem. This ability is potent enough that he himself does not fully realize the extent of his cognitive functions and simply refers to it as instinct, when in fact it is his superhuman mind putting the pieces together faster than even he can consciously comprehend.

Equipment:
Armor - With a body glove composed of several layers of interwoven carbon nanofibers, David's armor makes him nearly immune to harm from electrical attacks thanks to a superconductive outer layer and an insular inner layer, as well as exceedingly resistant to thermal variances, able to comfortably withstand the intense heat of napalm and the cold of liquid nitrogen. It is also highly resistant to slashing and piercing, though only moderately effective against firearms, due to its inability to effectively disperse impact force. It is for that reason that he has the outside of the armor fitted with semi-flexible plating composed of high-impact polymers which are additionally even more resistant to temperature extremes than the body glove, and can withstand the impact of any modern firearm intact.
Offensively, the gloves possess solid reverbium studs over the knuckles in order to further increase the power of his punches (effectively doubling it), and the entire body glove is capable of generating an electrical current that can be used both for stunning opponents, causing paralysis within half a meter of the contact area when used on a human, or for creating an intense static clinging force with a holding strength of up to one metric ton per square inch. The mask also contains a neural link to control all of the armor's functions.

Shield - Constructed of molecularly aligned reverbium, this 0.8 meter concave disk is capable of reflecting a large portion of any energy that strikes its face or edges, and dispersing the rest with minimal impact on its bearer. Its unique properties also allow it to rebound off objects when thrown, without losing any of its momentum or impact force in the process, as well as striking objects with nearly twice the amount of force generated by its actual mass and velocity. A notable exception to its reflective abilities is visible light, which is primarily absorbed, partially dispersed, and only minimally reflected, giving the shield a flat gray sheen.

Staves - A pair of retractable staves whose length can vary between 0.6 and 2 meters. The last 30 centimeters on each staff is constructed of reverbium and equipped with a power cell capable of energizing it, allowing each blow to deliver a significant electrical shock in addition to enhancing the physical power of the blows tenfold. At maximum output, the electrical damage is severe enough to instantly kill a human being with even a light touch.

History:
WIP

[Schradinger]

Anya Faye

Character Name: Anya Faye

Physical Description:

Traits and Abilities:
As a full-blood firrerreo, Anya possesses all of their inherent physical characteristics, from the distinct skin coloration and pronounced canines to the ability to rapidly recover from almost any injury and a deceptive level of physical power, able to match even the strongest of human males. She has worked hard to hone her physical abilities over the years, and possesses a level of endurance that few can equal.

Skills and Powers:
In her studies of the force, she has dedicated her focus to the improvement of her core abilities, training tirelessly to perfect her utilization of tutaminis, telekinesis, telepathy, sense, and speed. Rather than trying to diversify her skillset and gain those abilities that are considered more esoteric in nature, she has devoted herself to honing the basics to masterful levels of efficiency. This dedication has served her well, allowing her to match herself against other, more diverse, users of the force and remain on equal ground, despite having a somewhat below-average connection to the force (below-average for a jedi, that is). Another aspect of her force abilities that keeps her on par with those who are superior to her in sheer power is her use of, and connection to, the living force. Throughout the years, she has become adept at letting the living force itself guide her actions, bestowing a drastic increase in foresight and even greater reserves of power, though the force will never guide her to take a life and it is not uncommon for her to be left exhausted in the aftermath, simply due to the increased strain of excess power on her body.

In regards to skills of a more martial nature, she has focused her lightsaber training on the first, third, and fifth forms of combat, honing each alone and all three together until she was able to switch seamlessly between them as needed, and even utilize them while wielding more than one blade. She also has an understanding of how to apply the techniques in hand-to-hand combat and her racial heritage only compounds her formidable skill, making her a potent physical combatant.

Equipment:
Anya's lightsaber is a work of art that has been carefully assembled over the course of several decades, and is no less a part of her than the force itself. The crystals used in its construction are; a Jenraux to give it increased agility and speed whilst dueling, Bondar to allow glancing blows to cause numbness and paralysis around the affected area, and a violet Solari crystal that will render the blade inactive should the user strike in anger or with cruel intent.

[Schradinger]

Smith

Name: David Smith

Random Descriptors:
Race: Human (Caucasian)
Gender: Male
Age: Older than he looks.
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 180 lbs
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown

Physical Description:
Tall and deceptively thin, his physique is comprised of tightly packed muscles that grant him a level of strength that very often surprises his opponents, who are expecting to face a man reliant on speed and avoidance rather than one capable of delivering blows on par with the likes of heavyweight boxers. He keeps his dark hair cut short, usually no longer than a quarter of an inch, and tends to wear clothing that is tailored to both compliment and accentuate his tall and slender physique.

Personality Description:
No data available.

Abilities:
Willpower - More than once, he has been called the strongest man in the world, though not in the physical sense. Repeatedly demonstrating a profound ability to apply the theories of mind over matter in a very literal sense, he has come to be known by those familiar with him as a man possessing a truly indomitable will, capable of overcoming obstacles that would leave other men balking in disbelief at the sheer insanity of the attempt.
Hypercognition - David's brain is, for reasons unknown (though likely related to his possession of superhuman willpower), capable of absorbing and processing information on a subconscious level at speeds that surpass even the most powerful supercomputers. He can glance at a situation for an instant, and then correctly deduce the most likely outcomes based on a myriad of factors that most humans would fail to even notice, and indeed he himself is not consciously aware of noticing them. He can learn to speak a new language in days, perfectly mimic the movements of martial arts masters from simple observation, and discover a loophole through which to escape from nearly any trap. The instinctive nature of this ability renders it vulnerable to conscious override, and if he allows arrogance to get the better of him instead of trusting his instincts, its effectiveness can be reduced or eliminated almost completely.
Bend The Rules - Whether this is a side effect of his tremendous willpower or a separate ability altogether is unknown, but what is known is that he is capable of subtly and subconsciously bending the rules of reality in his own favor, making possible things that ordinary men could never hope to achieve and enabling him to match the feats of the peak humans of comic book lore. In addition to making him inherently lucky, it allows him to perform feats such as catching arrows mid-flight and sword blades between the palms of his hands, avoiding automatic and even well-aimed gunfire, punching holes in concrete, performing feats of accuracy and precision that can boggle the mind, and shrugging off wounds that would cripple or kill mortal men. It is this ability, combined with his immense willpower, that has kept him in his physical prime despite being well over one hundred years old.

Skills:
Martial Arts - He has spent a great deal of his life studying and training in martial arts techniques around the globe, and has subsequently developed a new style of fighting that is unique to himself, combining the traits he has found most effective from the various disciplines he's studied, both armed and unarmed, with his hypercognitive instincts to produce a style that can become nearly unbeatable if utilized to its fullest potential.
Firearms - Due to possessing an innate sense of spatial awareness and trigonometry, he is a phenomenal shot with every known firearm, having trained in the use of pistols, shotguns, rifles, and even self-propelled projectile launchers. His hypercognitive mind allows him to instinctively perform the calculations required for making very difficult or even otherwise impossible shots, such as deflecting a bullet off a surface to strike a target out of his direct line of sight or sniping a target from a kilometer away with perfect accuracy. Whether these feats are due entirely to his mind or also supplemented by his rule bending is unknown.

Character History:
No data available.