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Heroes Reborn - A DCAU Roleplay (Always open!)

I left the discord because tbh, I never check it anyway. I'm still here though, in spite of appearing inactive on the site.

Heroes Reborn - A DCAU Roleplay (Always open!)

I'll post at some point.

Heroes Reborn - A DCAU Roleplay (Always open!)

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October 28th
Queens, NY, United States of America
@DragonofTheWest

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Luthor smirked. Although he had never met this man, he already didn't like him. He had a pompous attitude and came off as having a superiority complex.

"Thanks. I'll keep that in mind." he answered to John with a sarcastic tone. Luthor took a deep breathe then stepped outside almost as if he were a vampire that hadn't been properly invited inside, though reall he just didn't want to seem too rude, as if he hadn't already left a bad impression. "Well gentlemen," he said in a half-joking tone before closing the door, "I don't think you'll be needing me for much, but if you do, I'll be outside." He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms, waiting for the authorities to come.

In the mean time, Luthor pondered what his new allies were doing. He had the general location of a "Skull Island". It was a little out of the way- something he might need to take his private jet to once he got along to visiting. Until then, he had his own plans.

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October 28th
Queens, NY, United States of America
@DragonofTheWest

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The bald man peered around the gym and shrugged, looking up to the man who had appeared to be a little less than half a head taller than he was. The man apparently picked the boxing bag and tossed it around, meaning that either the bag wasn't sufficiently heavy for the boxers to box with, or he was showing off how strong he was. Luthor, not in the mood to really smirk, still having to deal with the criminal behind him, brushed it off as simple posturing.

"Oh" he stumbled, catching his breath. At this point, Lex Luthor had not actually seen the Superman of this world outside of his uniform, and in the way he presented himself didn't seem very Superman-like. Of course, this was the genius of the disguise. Lex Luthor had just been chasing a man while wearing a suit, the dress shirt underneath showing a good deal of sweat with wet patches underneath his arms and over his forehead. All in all, he looked like a mess.

"There was a woman who was assaulted just down the street from here, I was chasing the man who assaulted her" Luthor explained, presenting the gym patrons with the man, his arms tied with Luthor's belt. "I already called 911, so you don't have to worry about anything..."

The scatterbrained old-man personality was showing, not something very characteristic of the Lex Luthor he knew. "I heard a noise from in here and thought something was going on. I didn't realize you were a boxing gym" he excused himself.

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July 11th
Metropolis, United States of America

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Lex Luthor stared blankly out of the window of his office.

It had been half a year since Lex Luthor found himself in the mantle of another man. Undoubtedly, it didn't take long for Luthor to find his way to Metropolis and assume ownership of LexCorp. The different shareholders and managers squabbled and the company was soon to fall, making it an opportune moment for Luthor to take "back" control of the company. Since then, using his business knowledge from his own world, Lex Luthor had brought his company back from its momentarily chaotic state, and with some work, ensured at least an income for himself in this world.

In his office, Luthor read about the version of himself that inhabited this world- that is- the one he had appeared in. In this world, he was known as Alexei Luthorenko, and he was the son of Ukrainian migrants and committed suicide. Fortunately for this Luthor, the previous one's body was mysteriously never found. Luthor knew that none of this was correct. This world was wrong- a perversion of the comic books he knew and loved- and had already started on his plan of making everything as it should be, but not before learning everything he could about this new world. That is, learning what exactly was different.

The only question was where to go from there. He spun around in his chair before flicking on the television- and that's where Luthor's first divine message seemed to come from.

"MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY! SHOWDOWN OF THE RISING SUNS! CFM FACES OFF AGAINST THE RAW INVADERS AT THE ARENA COLISEO" an announcer excitedly announced. From there, he knew that he had to travel to Mexico...

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July 13th
Ciudad de México, Estados Unidos Mexicanos
@clanjos@Pleek

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...And it didn't take long. Using LexCorp funds, Lex Luthor booked himself a flight from Metropolis all the way to Mexico City, and using the connections Luthorenko had, managed to get himself a seat in in the Arena Coliseo. There, he sat patiently, watching for what he had come for. When darkness enveloped the room, Luthor waited patiently before it was revealed to the audience: the masked man. Bane.

The show was as amusing as Luthor could hope for. After all, back in his home dimension, Luthor was no stranger to sweaty men fighting in the ring. In fact, he had a pay-per-view fight on every night that had one at the comic book store he ran. The fights were clearly one-sided, though Luthor expected no less from Bane.

As the show went on, Luthor was greeted with much more carnage than he had first anticipated. Though this was okay- it gave him a much better scope of the situation until it finally concluded.

Lex Luthor appeared before Bane and Lord Death Man. "Gentlemen" he greeted, reaching into his suit for two business cards. "I believe that the three of us can do business with one another..."

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October 28th
Queens, NY, United States of America
@DragonofTheWest

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Following his Mexico trip, Lex Luthor found himself in New York. That is, he booked a flight to New York hoping to find a proper ally there. Petty crooks, thieves, and otherwise criminals... completely useless to him. He needed to find a super villain- one that he recognized.

Walking through the streets of New York, Lex Luthor stuck out, many people recognizing him. Of course, being New York, nobody really cared, more worried about going on their daily commutes. Then, out of nowhere, a woman screamed. A man had assaulted her. Lex Luthor immediately ran in the direction of the screaming. He may have been a super villain in this world, but where he came from, he was still an ordinary man Lex Luthor clotheslined the assailant, knocking him down and against the brick wall in front of him. Getting his bearings, the man ran, Lex Luthor quickly pursuing him.

During the chase, Lex Luthor took out his phone, immediately dialing 911. He knew the city's police was busy, but he wasn't going to let this one criminal get away while he was there to stop it. Eventually, through a maze of alleyways, the man grew tired, Lex Luthor in spite of his somewhat advanced age managed to keep up, knocking the guy back down. He turned him over, picking the criminal up by the scruff of his beard, looking menacingly at him but not speaking.

He would have waited for the cops to arrive- that is- until he heard a loud thump. Something else? Spousal abuse perhaps? Lex Luthor tossed the man onto the concrete floor, turning him around again to tie his hands to keep him restrained until the cops arrived. Meanwhile, Luthor moved to investigate the particularly loud smack. It was a boxing gym- so the sound may have just been a friendly fight. Nonetheless, Luthor entered the building to investigate, keeping an eye on the criminal through his periphery.

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Low Tier Street Level

Superhero/villain Name: Lex Luthor
Civilian Name: Alexei Luthorenko
Origin city/Planet: Earth
Hometown: Metropolis
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 210 lbs
Age: Mid Forties
Birth Date: September 28
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Costumed Appearance: N/A
Civilian Appearance
Icon: Superman's Emblazoned S
Costumed Personality: N/A
Civilian Personality: This iteration of Lex Luthor believes that everything that is going on in the universe is wrong, that he knows how to fix it, and that he will fix it. He sometimes will attempt to predict the future. As one might expect, his predictions some times come true and some times don't, to a degree that it could simply be considered blind probability. However, when certain things don't occur in the way he predicted, he will claim that things aren't happening as they should.

People shrug him off as being "crazy" or "eccentric". Biting comments are met with the claim that he's one of the few things actually going right and that it's everything else that's not as it should be, sometimes referring to himself as "Lex Luthor Prime", as if implying that he is the true and definite form of Lex Luthor, whatever that may entail.

Luthor's feels the most vitriol against Super Man, who he claims is "a perversion of the original". This hatred had pushed Luthor to purchasing obscene quantities of Kryptonite.

Super abilities:
-Skills: Genius level intellect, hand to hand combat, cutting deals
-Powers: None
-Gadgets: Whatever LexCorp and its subsidiaries make
-Weapons: Whatever LexCorp and its subsidiaries make
Civilian Occupation: CEO

Biography---------

Character History/Origin: The story of Alexei Luthorenko comes in two different accounts: That is, there is the official account that most people know and that is documented within different media in this universe, documented on government papers, and so on; as well as the version which the current, living Lex Luthor might tell to someone.

His official story states that Alexei Luthorenko was born in Metropolis to a family of immigrants from the Soviet Union and raised in Suicide Slum. When his parents died, Luthorenko made enough money off of the inheritance to start his own business, LexCorp. In his early years, LexCorp had grown tremendously due to Luthorenko's intellect as a business and ability to educate himself on different subjects. He had a reputation as a genius and a philanthropist, even running for political office. His story was the prime American dream: a young man born with nothing, picking himself up by the bootstraps and slowly climbing his way to success, carving out his own legacy.

Things did not continue this way. As his career had dragged on, the business man and philanthropist seemed to grow more nihilistic. It had been made known for years that he had made plans for suicide, usually stopped by therapists convincing him not to. That is, until one fateful day, when he jumped off a bridge. His body had not been found, and the business man was reported as dead.

Months later, another man going by the same description as Luthorenko was found in Gotham City, and the supposedly dead man had suddenly come back to life, even reclaiming his position as CEO of LexCorp, as if nothing had happened, however, as people spoke to him, especially news sources, he had peculiarly shortened his name from "Alexei Luthorenko" to simply "Lex Luthor".

Though he won't tell his entire life story to everyone, to someone he trusts, he might divulge his "true origin", though the validity of such claims seems more bizarre the more one listens to them. The accounts of his early life seem tame enough, in spite of contradictory evidence of things that have actually happened. According to Luthor, he was actually born in Smallville, where he lived his his parents and sister. He was known to be a genius from a young age, even skipping a grade. He met the love of his life in High School and spent a good chunk of his days reading comic books. He was a business man by nature, picking it as his profession, and moved on to found LexCorp.

When he grew old enough, acquiring enough capital, he settled down, back to his home town of Smallville with his wife. He stepped down as the CEO of LexCorp and started a comic book store in Smallville which he ran with his wife. This was until one day, on a late night walk, he looked up at the sky at a shooting star only to trip and fall. When he came to, he was in Gotham City and found that his entire world had changed.

However, there are no official documents ever stating that Lex Luthor was ever married, nor has there ever been any news that he was ever getting married; his birth certificate states that he was in fact born in Metropolis; and there are no reports of any comic book store in Smallville run by a couple. Thus, any claims of such can be chalked up as the ravings of a mad man.

Since his attempted suicide and later reclaimation of his company, Lex Luthor stopped showing signs of depression but began to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia, often talking to himself. He looked at the world's super heroes as something garish and fake, and that none of them deserved their position as a super hero. His greatest target is Super Man, who he sees as a "perversion on the original" who needs to be purged. Though he had taken no overt offensive action against Super Man, Luthor has bought with a decent chunk of his company money, large quantities of kryptonite. He always carries at least a bit of kryptonite with him, just in case the opportunity arises. Enough so in fact that Luthor eventually got cancer.

Optional information
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Nemesis: Super Man
Allies: Workers around Metropolis
Team:

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@Blackstripe

I meant for my character's backstory to be a mystery, so I'm kinda glad you asked. You're free to ask me about such details in PMs but I'd still like to leave a majority of it in the dark so it'll be much more fun/exciting when his real past gets revealed.

Heroes Reborn - A DCAU Roleplay (Always open!)

So I can post my character in the sheets folder and start posting now?

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Is there anything that could perhaps be changed? Surely they'd work parallel from one another since their actual individual power levels are so disparate that they won't often even interact with the same people? Or it's sort of like the Court of Owls and Bat Man where they've been there forever and he hadn't heard about them until relatively recently?

Or maybe he's not actually Lex Luthor, he just has the Lex Luthor namesake?

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Yeah it's fine. Rammon came off to me as more like Vandal Savage, maybe an evil Immortal Man which is my excuse. The height thing was just a gripe and I don't really mean harm by it.