Member
Basic Information
=========
Superhero/villain Name
Living Metal
Civilian Name
Lincoln Washington
Origin city/Planet
Dallas, Texas, United States, Earth
Hometown
Memphis, Tennessee
Sex
Formerly Male
Race
Formerly Human
Height
Varies, Typically 7'
Weight
Varies, Typically ~600 lbs
Age
29
Birth Date
August 18th, 1992
--------
Lincoln has lost the ability to return his appearance to that of his old human self due to decades of dealing with his 'affliction' or 'gift' depending upon how one chooses to view his abilities. As such, he is forever trapped in different forms of machinery, though does tend to maintain the above form more often than not.
Typically, the Texas Star is the closest symbol of Lincoln, a memory of his lost State. It is worn on the shoulders of the militia that follows him as well; The Texas Rangers.
Personality: Once a man of supreme and unrelenting rage who struck out against the establishment that he viewed as oppressing his people, Lincoln has grown to become significantly more even-tempered and steely under pressure, much as his own body was consumed entirely over time by metal. Much of that same rage still exists though, directed towards the forces of Chaos that have stolen his home from him.
Beyond that, Lincoln has grown to understand empathy and kindness better, and is particularly concerned with protecting, educating, and training the next generation. If there will be one.
Super Abilities
Powers
Living Metal: Lincoln can modify the metal of his body at will, such as to make his arm take on the shape of a shield or a laser rifle. The primary constraint on this is that he must still obey the Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy, and the transformation process itself uses energy. Lincoln draws most of his energy from a miniature fusion reactor usually nestled within his chest, supplied with elements such as hydrogen from electrolyzed water.
Furthermore, Lincoln can meld new metal to his body and increase its mass. This, combined with his mechanized mind, allow him to aggressively hack into computer systems as well if he can make physical contact with them. Finally, by adding material to his body and then shaping it and releasing the material from his body, Lincoln is able to construct useful items for those around him such as laser rifles and railguns. The most important element in doing this is understanding the science and technology behind such items, thus he is often studying scientific advances for ideas.
Skills
Marksmanship "Electric eyes and a metal body make me an unfair shot."
Brutal Hand-To-Hand Combat "Yeah, I know some martial arts. That doesn't matter as much as the ability to punch hard enough to send a car flying, though."
Metal Man "Humans are weak, squishy creatures. Your muscles are only so strong, your bones unable to handle heavy weights. That's why I'm faster and stronger than you. Bigger sizes become slower though, more mass to move and all."
Technologically Savvy "Got to know yourself, you know?"
Gadgets
Varies, all technological-based.
Weapons
Varies, all technological-based.
Civilian Occupation
Without the ability to 'return' to an apparently human form or hide his appearance, Living Metal is effectively on duty 24/7.
Biography
Lincoln was born before the troubled times of the modern world, the third son of a single mother who first got pregnant at the age of fifteen. By the time of his birth, his mother was nineteen, and their family lived in the projects of Dallas, Texas. He never met his father, supposedly the man was a piece of shit rotting in a jail somewhere, according to his mother. But his mother wasn't much better either, routinely struggling with heroin, meth, and crack addictions. Lincoln can distinctly recall standing over his mother at the age of four, her lying motionless on the ground as he pushed her, trying to get her to feed him.
Instead of their mother, Lincoln and his brothers, Abraham and Marcus, had to rely upon each other instead. By the time he was nine, Lincoln was selling weed and other drugs just to afford food as part of a local gang. Unfortunately, two years later, Lincoln's life was shattered further.
One day while the brothers were standing together outside their home, Lincoln just twelve, going about their usual business of distributing illegal drugs, another gang rode up on them suddenly. Before they realized it, bullets were flying in their direction, Lincoln and Abraham had jumped through a window into their home, and Marcus was somewhere else, returning fire. Abraham hadn't noticed it immediately, but he was bleeding from the abdomen.
Lincoln did notice it though, and flew into a rage, storming back to his room, grabbing his own glock, and coming back to the window, firing wildly at their enemy as Abraham laid on the ground trying to stem the bleeding. It wasn't long until the police stormed the area, resulting in a three-way firefight that felt like eternity.
It was as Lincoln ran out of ammo and sent his last bullet hurtling towards a police cruiser that the first shattering occurred: his brother Marcus advanced towards the officers and ended up riddled with bullets. As his brother's body fell to the ground, Lincoln felt his heart seize up as he himself fell to the floor of their home, bullets still peircing the walls.
Next to him, Abraham reached out for Lincoln's hand. The floor was covered in Abraham's blood, and his breath was more like a series of gasps. He died there that day as well, clutching his brother's hands before the police managed to get control of the situation. Lincoln surrendered, having run out of ammo, and was jailed promptly. His sentence was swift: forty years starting in juvie followed by prison. Lincoln had killed both a police officer and a rival gang member during the firefight, it was determined.
Lincoln struggled in juvenile detention for three years until one day while he leaning against the metal frame of the window of his isolated cell, the metal fused to his body. At first he panicked before realizing at the age of fifteen in 2007 that he was a metahuman, a member of that unusual group of people that the news covered more and more. That night Lincoln didn't sleep, choosing instead to practice manipulating the metal that had become part of his body. In the morning before roll call, he made his escape, ripping the window from its place and then climbing down a few stories by using his metal-covered arms to create handholds in the concrete.
The guards became aware of his escape attempt as he shattered the fences between him and freedom, and began opening fire on him when they realized he was a metahuman. He managed to shield himself from most of the bullets, but just as Lincoln was about to be free, a bullet shredded his right calf just as he made it to the main gate. In desperation, he slapped his hands against the gate and absorbed enough metal to cover his body to the point that the remaining bullets simply pinged off. From there, Lincoln slowly walked to a cruiser and stole it, leading the police on a chase that ended with his disappearance into the sewers of Dallas and numerous dead officers and bystanders. Living Metal, one of the world's first supervillains, was born.
Through studies of his body and science fiction as well as modern day science, Living Metal used his super power to crack the secret of nuclear fusion to supply his body with energy, and over time, his biological body was more and more replaced by metal and electronics until even his human brain ceased to exist. He wreaked havoc upon the USA for years, leading a band of criminals known as Metalmen that used weapons and armors made by him, amassing great wealth and power while essentially declaring war against a government he saw as oppressive and tyrannical to the downtrodden.
Finally though, Living Metal was defeated by the Champion, the unusual crystal that constituted his 'brain' ripped cleanly out and stored inside a carbon fiber-reinforced glass box inside the highest security prison the USA had access to. Unable to break the box due to lack of energy, Lincoln could do little more than be patient, speak to the guards, watch the news on a small television provided to him, and contemplate his actions. Unable to sleep, there was nothing else to do to pass the time.
With the passing of time and the further emergence of more metahumans as well as the unravelling of the world, the government of what remained of the USA came to him with a proposition: fight against the forces of evil to help reclaim Living Metal's lost home, and he would be allowed freedom. In their mind, the Champion could always put him down once more if necessary.
Freed with conditions, Living Metal immediately went to the border with the Shattered Scar and began assembling soldiers beneath him, many of them refugees from Texas that decided to take on the name of the old Texas Rangers. To this day, they fight the darkness tooth and nail, a tenuous peace held between the United States and Living Metal.
Nemesis
Living Metal's most likely Nemesis is probably the Champion, as Lincoln is still angry that he lost and was imprisoned for years because of them.
Allies
The Texas Rangers, a militia of common men and women motivated by the loss of their homes and Living Metal's own charisma, they use weapons derived from his technological prowess to fight the darkness that encroaches upon humanity.
=========
Superhero/villain Name
Living Metal
Civilian Name
Lincoln Washington
Origin city/Planet
Dallas, Texas, United States, Earth
Hometown
Memphis, Tennessee
Sex
Formerly Male
Race
Formerly Human
Height
Varies, Typically 7'
Weight
Varies, Typically ~600 lbs
Age
29
Birth Date
August 18th, 1992
--------
Lincoln has lost the ability to return his appearance to that of his old human self due to decades of dealing with his 'affliction' or 'gift' depending upon how one chooses to view his abilities. As such, he is forever trapped in different forms of machinery, though does tend to maintain the above form more often than not.
Typically, the Texas Star is the closest symbol of Lincoln, a memory of his lost State. It is worn on the shoulders of the militia that follows him as well; The Texas Rangers.
Personality: Once a man of supreme and unrelenting rage who struck out against the establishment that he viewed as oppressing his people, Lincoln has grown to become significantly more even-tempered and steely under pressure, much as his own body was consumed entirely over time by metal. Much of that same rage still exists though, directed towards the forces of Chaos that have stolen his home from him.
Beyond that, Lincoln has grown to understand empathy and kindness better, and is particularly concerned with protecting, educating, and training the next generation. If there will be one.
Super Abilities
Powers
Living Metal: Lincoln can modify the metal of his body at will, such as to make his arm take on the shape of a shield or a laser rifle. The primary constraint on this is that he must still obey the Law of Conservation of Mass and Energy, and the transformation process itself uses energy. Lincoln draws most of his energy from a miniature fusion reactor usually nestled within his chest, supplied with elements such as hydrogen from electrolyzed water.
Furthermore, Lincoln can meld new metal to his body and increase its mass. This, combined with his mechanized mind, allow him to aggressively hack into computer systems as well if he can make physical contact with them. Finally, by adding material to his body and then shaping it and releasing the material from his body, Lincoln is able to construct useful items for those around him such as laser rifles and railguns. The most important element in doing this is understanding the science and technology behind such items, thus he is often studying scientific advances for ideas.
Skills
Marksmanship "Electric eyes and a metal body make me an unfair shot."
Brutal Hand-To-Hand Combat "Yeah, I know some martial arts. That doesn't matter as much as the ability to punch hard enough to send a car flying, though."
Metal Man "Humans are weak, squishy creatures. Your muscles are only so strong, your bones unable to handle heavy weights. That's why I'm faster and stronger than you. Bigger sizes become slower though, more mass to move and all."
Technologically Savvy "Got to know yourself, you know?"
Gadgets
Varies, all technological-based.
Weapons
Varies, all technological-based.
Civilian Occupation
Without the ability to 'return' to an apparently human form or hide his appearance, Living Metal is effectively on duty 24/7.
Biography
Lincoln was born before the troubled times of the modern world, the third son of a single mother who first got pregnant at the age of fifteen. By the time of his birth, his mother was nineteen, and their family lived in the projects of Dallas, Texas. He never met his father, supposedly the man was a piece of shit rotting in a jail somewhere, according to his mother. But his mother wasn't much better either, routinely struggling with heroin, meth, and crack addictions. Lincoln can distinctly recall standing over his mother at the age of four, her lying motionless on the ground as he pushed her, trying to get her to feed him.
Instead of their mother, Lincoln and his brothers, Abraham and Marcus, had to rely upon each other instead. By the time he was nine, Lincoln was selling weed and other drugs just to afford food as part of a local gang. Unfortunately, two years later, Lincoln's life was shattered further.
One day while the brothers were standing together outside their home, Lincoln just twelve, going about their usual business of distributing illegal drugs, another gang rode up on them suddenly. Before they realized it, bullets were flying in their direction, Lincoln and Abraham had jumped through a window into their home, and Marcus was somewhere else, returning fire. Abraham hadn't noticed it immediately, but he was bleeding from the abdomen.
Lincoln did notice it though, and flew into a rage, storming back to his room, grabbing his own glock, and coming back to the window, firing wildly at their enemy as Abraham laid on the ground trying to stem the bleeding. It wasn't long until the police stormed the area, resulting in a three-way firefight that felt like eternity.
It was as Lincoln ran out of ammo and sent his last bullet hurtling towards a police cruiser that the first shattering occurred: his brother Marcus advanced towards the officers and ended up riddled with bullets. As his brother's body fell to the ground, Lincoln felt his heart seize up as he himself fell to the floor of their home, bullets still peircing the walls.
Next to him, Abraham reached out for Lincoln's hand. The floor was covered in Abraham's blood, and his breath was more like a series of gasps. He died there that day as well, clutching his brother's hands before the police managed to get control of the situation. Lincoln surrendered, having run out of ammo, and was jailed promptly. His sentence was swift: forty years starting in juvie followed by prison. Lincoln had killed both a police officer and a rival gang member during the firefight, it was determined.
Lincoln struggled in juvenile detention for three years until one day while he leaning against the metal frame of the window of his isolated cell, the metal fused to his body. At first he panicked before realizing at the age of fifteen in 2007 that he was a metahuman, a member of that unusual group of people that the news covered more and more. That night Lincoln didn't sleep, choosing instead to practice manipulating the metal that had become part of his body. In the morning before roll call, he made his escape, ripping the window from its place and then climbing down a few stories by using his metal-covered arms to create handholds in the concrete.
The guards became aware of his escape attempt as he shattered the fences between him and freedom, and began opening fire on him when they realized he was a metahuman. He managed to shield himself from most of the bullets, but just as Lincoln was about to be free, a bullet shredded his right calf just as he made it to the main gate. In desperation, he slapped his hands against the gate and absorbed enough metal to cover his body to the point that the remaining bullets simply pinged off. From there, Lincoln slowly walked to a cruiser and stole it, leading the police on a chase that ended with his disappearance into the sewers of Dallas and numerous dead officers and bystanders. Living Metal, one of the world's first supervillains, was born.
Through studies of his body and science fiction as well as modern day science, Living Metal used his super power to crack the secret of nuclear fusion to supply his body with energy, and over time, his biological body was more and more replaced by metal and electronics until even his human brain ceased to exist. He wreaked havoc upon the USA for years, leading a band of criminals known as Metalmen that used weapons and armors made by him, amassing great wealth and power while essentially declaring war against a government he saw as oppressive and tyrannical to the downtrodden.
Finally though, Living Metal was defeated by the Champion, the unusual crystal that constituted his 'brain' ripped cleanly out and stored inside a carbon fiber-reinforced glass box inside the highest security prison the USA had access to. Unable to break the box due to lack of energy, Lincoln could do little more than be patient, speak to the guards, watch the news on a small television provided to him, and contemplate his actions. Unable to sleep, there was nothing else to do to pass the time.
With the passing of time and the further emergence of more metahumans as well as the unravelling of the world, the government of what remained of the USA came to him with a proposition: fight against the forces of evil to help reclaim Living Metal's lost home, and he would be allowed freedom. In their mind, the Champion could always put him down once more if necessary.
Freed with conditions, Living Metal immediately went to the border with the Shattered Scar and began assembling soldiers beneath him, many of them refugees from Texas that decided to take on the name of the old Texas Rangers. To this day, they fight the darkness tooth and nail, a tenuous peace held between the United States and Living Metal.
Nemesis
Living Metal's most likely Nemesis is probably the Champion, as Lincoln is still angry that he lost and was imprisoned for years because of them.
Allies
The Texas Rangers, a militia of common men and women motivated by the loss of their homes and Living Metal's own charisma, they use weapons derived from his technological prowess to fight the darkness that encroaches upon humanity.
