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No need to be defensive @Hjalti, I wasn't indicating anyone in particular. I was citing the hypocrisy of the so called Free World. We live in a society that condemns the female and has done so for as long as it has existed. This is a society where the vast majority of insults used by men involve calling each other a woman like it is an unclean thing. It is a society where women are paid far less on average to do the same job as a man.

This is a society where you cannot walk naked in your own home without ensuring all your windows are covered first. Hell, even after the hard won fight to go topless in public if you actually do so the police arrest you citing that you were creating a disturbance.

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Don't worry. I rarely take offense online. Hence my asking more questions.

If you have any questions concerning sensors or science fiction stuff in general feel free to ask. I've written science fiction short stories for decades and I've done a ton of research. The better to design my own weapons.

My personal favorite misconception that Hollywood teaches is that space is cold. Space cannot be cold. Space is nothing. Nothing cannot be hot or cold.

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As I said earlier thermal vision would still function normally inside Sarah's shadows.

Are you perhaps confused and thinking that infra-red and thermals are the same thing? They are very different.

Infrared is a form of light. It is invisible to the human eye just like ultraviolet.

"Thermal Vision" has nothing to do with light or vision at all. It involves vibrations.

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No fight as far as I know. Matthias asked a question, a very pertinent and well deserved question.

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Yeah. I come from a very libertine family. Sometimes I forget that it's supposed to be shameful to be a woman. (Not implying anything there. Our society just sucks)

As for the seeing in Darkness. Sarah doesn't exactly. I have a page long elaborate description of how it all works but opted for the simpler version gor brevity. Effectively she can only see in her darkness and sees by feeling the voids where her darkness is not in a manner similar to echolocation. Remember... it's ectoplasm blocking out all light, not actual darkness.

As for thermal vision... You are absolutely correct. It would still function because thermal vision isn't actually a visual sense. Thermal vision is actually a tactile sense. A device senses the changes in molecular motion in the nearby air molecules and complicated electronics convert that information into a visual representation. In a sense, thermal senses have more in common with sonar then they do with ocular systems. That's why the range is so limited on such devices. These devices, however, can be blocked by simple things like a thin sheet of glass or even plastic wrap stretched across a hallway!

There's a great episode of Mythbusters that demonstrates this perfectly.

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I discussed and submitted my characters via private messaging, not via the OOC.

As for suggestive themes, the picture is indeed PG-13 for everything is technically covered up. However if this distresses someone I will find some other form of representation.

Edit: Also added a hider just in case so people can make that determination themselves.

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Name: Sarah Covenry
Alias: Darkshadow
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Species: Human

Personality: Sarah is a bully and enjoys belittling others. She sees herself as villain and figures she may as well enjoy herself as befits her position. After all, if she were meant to be truly heroic she'd have had some power other than darkness and shadows. She is also a fairly cowardly and weak willed.

History: Sarah was born to an affluent family and dwelt in New York City, the very center of the world.  She grew up surrounded by stories of magic, dragons and maidens.  Had stuffed dragons and unicorns all over her room along with rainbows.  Her father, with his long hair was her personal wizard who could do anything.  Her mother was his princess (the wealthy one), whisked away by his dashing nature.
 
She was eight years old when an altercation between some unidentified metahuman figures assaulted politicians outside of the United Nations.  Her mother was killed during the altercation. 

Following the event Sarah had bad dreams, seeing shadows that moved in her room at night.  They terrified her and being fueled by her subconscious, grew more terrifying as she feared them.  In time she learned to control them.  Having had a protected childhood, she came to the conclusion that it was somehow all her fault and started to see herself as evil, somehow feeling that the death of her mother was her fault but not knowing why.
 
In time Sarah’s father corresponded with a Mrs. Thorne who had recently divorced and had two children, Sebastian and Faye who Sebastian called “Faerie”.  Things were good for a time.  Sarah was quite bitchy since she was very jealous of Faye and her relationship with Sebastian.  Finally, she decided to do something about it.  She drugged Sebastian with a date rape drug she got from someone at school and then after stripping him naked and having her way with him, took the same drug herself so that he would awaken first.  Faye found them and ran off screaming to their parents and Sebastian awoke not having a clue what was going on with his half-sister naked in his bed and unable to be awakened..  In short order, he was ousted from the household.
 
Sarah came into her powers shortly afterwards and began practicing in secret, not even sharing knowledge of this with her new "only sister" who she'd begun spending a lot of time with.  Faye soon figured out what had happened between Sarah and her brother but didn’t really have any proof.  Worse still, her mother didn’t want to even broach the subject with her.  Her husband thought the world of Sarah, his perfect little angel, and he was now the sole bread winner. This led to strained relationships.
 
Sarah, then met herself a new friend, a girl named Pandora Jenkins or as she referred to herself "Pandora Jinx". Pandora wasn't very good at keeping her powers secret. Her hyperactive nature sometimes got the better of her. Pandora then brought Sarah to several anonymous metahuman meetings where they ran afoul of a telepath seeking catspaws for his criminal activities.

She was assembled with Pandora who called herself Dervish, Shale, a terrakinetic, Dervish and a few others. Dervish, possibly shaking off the mind control, attempted to run off with the loot up the side of a building. Unfortunately halfway up Pandora found the concrete turn to mud beneath her bare feet, lost her footing, and fell ten stories headfirst into the sidewalk which had been transformed into quicksand.

Sarah argued with Shale while the terrakinetic caused the loot to rise to the surface of the quicksand, trying to save the life of her friend, stating that they could simply just leave her for the police to capture. Shale responded by hardening the quicksand with only Dervish's foot sticking out and laughed. Sarah then attacked Shale, a nearly futile gesture given Shale's rock carapace and an all out brawl between the members of the criminal gang ensued.

The group’s “dispute” delayed the team’s escape and a group of heroes caught up with them. They battled and defeated Darkshadow but not in time to save Pandora. She was then incarcerated, placed in a special cell lined with LED lights so that not a single shadow could be found and has been rotting there ever since.

What Got You Famous: A long series of robberies on banks and retail stores

Equipment: Darkshadow's powers are entirely innate and she has never had a need for any sort of equipment.

Powers/Abilities/Skills/Talents:Ectoplasmic Darkness Conjuration and Solidification
Sarah can summon ephemeral substance, ectoplasm, from the umbra, the darkest corner of the psychic plane, the place of nightmarish ghosts.

• Create Darkness: Sarah can create darkness in a large area which blinds all those using visual senses including infra-red. The darkness is not truly darkness but a large cloud of ectoplasm.
• See in Darkness: Sarah can see in any darkness, though only in shades of grey.
• Solidify Darkness: Sarah can make her ectoplasm solid, creating simple objects like walls and knives.
• Shadow Uniform: Sarah can wrap herself in darkness. Surprisingly it is almost impossible to cut but does very little against blunt trauma. (in other words getting hit with a sword is like getting hit with a baseball bat)

Weakness: Strong sources of light greatly hamper her abilities. She prefers to operate within the interiors of buildings or overcast days as a result. Lasers, being concentrated light, penetrate her powers like they didn't even exist. She also is rather weak willed.

Secret Hideout: None
Relationships:
Friend- Dervish, Sarah's deceased friend.
Enemy- Shale killed her best friend, Dervish, and Sarah hates her with a passion.
Enemy- Sebastian Thorne who has become a metahuman hero and would remember Sarah (Seriously, how could he forget!)
Enemy- Sarah hates all superheroes. She might have been able to convince Shale to change her mind or perhaps rescue her friend if they hadn't complicated things.
Enemy- Law Enforcement: After what must be nearly a year in this hellish cell Sarah truly despises all forms of law enforcement.

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Name: Pandora "Jinx" Jenkins
Alias: The Dervish
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Status: DEAD

Personality: Pandora was nothing if not energetic. She couldn't stop herself from thinking and even spent a fair amount of time practicing so that she didn't prattle on at hyper speed.

She was willing to try anything once: food, activities, games, boys. She had read a large variety of fantasy, starting with Sarah's collection of novels and branched out. She's also had quite a number of boyfriends but none were able to keep up with her insane pace.

History: Pandora Jenkins was born in New Jersey. She grew up something of a tom-boy, perpetually running about and playing games with the boys. Like just about everything else in life, she discovered her powers early when she was merely twelve. She was playing a game of Chase and ended up running so fast she was half way across the entire park before she even realized what was happening.

She has since kept her powers secret, not wanting to deal with the hassle of being a meta-human. She did her homework at hyper speed and then moved on to better things. It also allowed her to learn multiple languages quickly and she became fluent in Spanish, French and Latin.

Pandora found she had a love for fashion, and quickly learned how to fill her wardrobe with items she examined in the local fashion stores. She also found herself enjoying humanities courses and in particular meta-human affairs, a budding new area in both legal and ethical arenas.

Later she met a girl named Sarah while tending bar and they quickly became friends. While Pandora didn't quite appreciate Sarah's duplicitous nature she did enjoy the blonde's outgoing nature and spirit. You just had to be careful what you said around her and where you kept your wallet. Sarah also introduced her to roleplaying, live action roleplaying and an entire world of geek culture. They attended a LARP, created a rogue to hang out with Sarah's sorceress, promptly murdered her on a lark and stole all her items. She had to apologize to Sarah through making her a new costume which eventually led to her making a fair bit of money selling costumes sewn together with her super speed.

Eventually, while Sarah was really drunk she revealed her power to create darkness. Pandora wasn't quite sure but suspected it was mainly because Sarah had spied her using her super speed behind the counter making drinks one night rather than through some heartfelt confession but couldn't be sure. After this they attended an anonymous meta-human gathering together, trying to figure out if they should do the hero thing. Unfortunately the group was sponsored by a telepath. He took advantage of them and mind controlled them into forming a criminal metahuman group. Together, along with Shale and a couple others Pandora and Sarah robbed several banks and retail stores.

This continued for some time and their small band developed a reputation. The telepath, however, didn't quite realize that Dervish's faster thought processes eventually caused her to become free of the control early. Realizing Sarah and her were in deep trouble Pandora came upon the idea of stealing the spoils of their next job and escaping with Sarah to start new lives. She took the money and ran away from the bank they were robbing straight up the side of a building.

Shale, mind control or not, did not take well to betrayal. While Pandora was racing up the building she used her innate ability of controlling earths to loosen up the concrete of the building beneath her bare feet. Pandora fell nearly ten stories, arms and legs flailing and landed head first in a pool of quicksand that Shale made out of the sidewalk, quicksand that Shale immediately hardened.

Nearly completely submerged, with only one lower leg sticking up out of the muck, Dervish could do nothing but twist her ankle and wriggle her toes while she slowly suffocated. Sarah tried to get Shale to release her but a group of heroes arrived triggering a new fight. Pandora was immediately forgotten in the ensuing battle and at some point while the fight still raged on her foot stopped wriggling. She was dead.

Dervish having been killed by Shale

What Got You Famous: A long rash of robberies

Equipment: Dervish carried a number of throwing knives which she uses with her enhanced speed

Powers/Abilities/Skills/Talents: The Dervish was possessed of great speed, capable of doing everything quickly including thinking, reflexes and running. She could run at nearly the speed of sound and used her speed to throw her knives with great force.

Weakness: Other than being dead, the Dervish was easily distracted and could have a hard time communicating when very excited. Her body also had a rather stunning demand for carbohydrates to sustain her and deprivation could be hard on her.

Secret Hideout: Pandora's corpse likely resides inside a morgue or is being dissected and studied in a secret government lab.

Relationships:
Enemy- Shale, a meta-human that killed Dervish with earth moving powers that often covered herself in a stone carapace for protection
Best Friend- Sarah Covenry, the infamous Darkshadow, and fellow teammate along with Shale.

Fantasy adventuring; Players decide the action!

Next step I would think would be a character form.

I figure ImportantNobody should retain approval rights so we don't end up with a vampiric werewolf archmage who studied martial arts with Ho Lee Badass himself before discovering the secrets of Lichdom.

Fantasy adventuring; Players decide the action!

*lol* I would think the opening poster would get that particular honor. That way he could set the tone. I must admit I often defer towards darker themes than most.