Blue Demon

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D E A T H C R Y

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Planet: Who cares?
Location: A Dive Bar

Deathcry eyed the Thanagarian in the bar wearily. The Shi'ar had had some contact with the species as they were the biggest supplier of Nth metal, something her people used often. But that didn't mean they liked each other. The Thanagarians viewed themselves as the superior species. While much like the Shi'ar in nature and temperament they were not superior. Just because they had wings, a very sore spot for most Shi'ar for their wings had nearly been bred out of them, that did not make them better. The Shi'ar were more advanced technologically and they did not fear for their continued survival due to genetic sterilization.

The Thanagarian shifted at the bar, his wings fluttered once then laid still. Deathcry resisted the impulse to sneer. Instead she took another long drag of her drink. She had no idea what it was. Nor did she care what it was. She only cared that it was strongly alcoholic and tasted like shit.

An alien stopped at her table, their slitted eyes travelled the length of her body. Deathcry casually shifted until her sharp long blade was visible. The reptilian decided it would be best to move on. Deathcry resumed her casual watch of the Thanagarian. He was so cock sure, relaxed and carefree. And it was pissing her off. The feathers on her arms stirred as her agitation slowly was getting the better of her.

As if sensing her hate Deathcry held for the alien he turned and meet her stare. He frowned as she took another mouthful of the terrible liquor. Then he shifted, an unconscious mockery of her earlier movement, until his mace was showing. Deathcry placed down her glass and smiled widely. She leaned back in the chair and casually raised an eyebrow.

The Thanagarian's face became a storm cloud and he stood. He wasn't a small thing. All muscle and bravado. He easily outclassed Deathcry in the former. But she had been training to be a commando since she could walk. Size meant nothing to her. With a fast twist of her arm her glass shoot off the table and into his face. It shattered upon impact, drenching him in the remnants of the awful concoction. The sight of it brought laughter to Deathcry's lips.

"That's a good look on you," Deathcry crowed. "You should wear it more often."

With an enraged battle cry the Thanagarian unslung his mace and charged across the remaining space between them. The pounding, thrumming music sung in Deathcry's viens. With a cry of victory she hooked a leg around the chair next to her and with a strong flex of her thigh sent it flying to the Thanagar's path. Despite the crowd he snapped snapped his wings open. With a powerful beat of his wings he lifted up into the air and over the offending chair. Deathcry barely had anytime to roll off her chair and out of the way of his swinging mace.

"Best you can do?" Deathcry taunted as she rolled under the table and sprang to her feet on the other side. One of her wicked long blades was in her left hand.

"Shi'ar bitch." The Thanagarian snarled. He lifted his mace threateningly as he hovered feet above her. "What good are you without wings?"

Deathcry rolled her shoulders as rage threatened to consume her. Thanagarian always resorted to porting their wings over Shi'ar. Instead of lashing out she reached over to the table next to her and plucked one of the drinks off the table. She took a deep swig and forced herself not to get as the taste hit her younger. It was even worse then the swill she had been drinking earlier. The lack of the desired response shoved the larger male alien even further into a rage.

As she cocked her arm back to toss this drink in his face he dove forward with a bellow. She dropped the drink to the floor and raised her blade. The mace and blade collided with a terrible cry of metal. There was a heartbeat when the two held in place. Locked together. Brawny against brawny. Hate against hate. Rage against rage. Then Deathcry's blade slowly, slowly bent. She barely launched herself to the side as her blade gave way. He blade was trash. She had pried it from some dead alien's hand. It was no match for Shi'ar work.

The Thanagarian, overbalanced, tumbled through the air as there was no opposing force against him. Deathcry dropped the mangled remnant of her blade and leap upon the winged alien's back. With a triumphant cry she wrapped an arm around his throat and squeezed. She was vaguely aware of other cries and voices. But nothing mattered but the Thanagarian under her struggling to detach her.

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Is there something you need to tell me? @Byrd Man

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Don't be intimidated. We typically have everything that you need to know easily accessible and we're always happy to help with any questions you might have. Always room for more.

@nitemare shape

VATROU actually helped me quite a bit the first time I tried to join. They were very welcoming and forthcoming. But the massive amount of lore for each character was overwhelming.

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You should join! I try an post once a week with my characters, which keeps the pressure low. Allows me to focus on a post at a time and not try and overdo it.

@HenryJonesJr

It's not the pace. The pacing, slow but steady, is what encouraged me to try to join in the first place.

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I nearly joined CAH twice. Both times I backed out due to being so intimidated. I still have the characters sitting by though. Maybe one day.

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I feel like Wraith just aggressively likes everything I post now.

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Success. Seems like the space crew is cool with the Shi'ar direction I'm taking. So after work I'll start working on a post.

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So... the United States of America in space. Got it.

@Retired

The parallel is there. The need to expressly point it out was strong... but I resisted.

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@Bounce@Lord Wraith@Star LordSo my Shi'ar are not going to quite be like the one in 616. I'm going to be super specific because I want everyone, not just you guys to understand the Shi'ar. I'm open to suggestions, vetos, and kudos ;D

The Shi'ar are a race of technologically advanced aliens. They are not native to the Milky Way galaxy despite them being there for quite sometime. They are at their core a conquering race and have not lost that even over the ages. They are ruled from a planet named Chandilar, the throneworld. Their homeworld is called Aerie but no Shi'ar in the Milky Way has seen it in generations. Among the younger generations the homeworld is largely a myth.

This belief bleeds into their politics. Communication between the two galaxies is few and far between, if it even happens at all despite the stargate system. (I LOVE that these aliens have stagnated. My inner nerd just dies everytime) It also plays into the fact the the ruling council and the current Majestrix rule absolutely with no oversight.

The Shi'ar nation resides in the sector between the Kree and the Skrulls. Because of this they are the main broker for peace between the two. They also hold their sector brutally and efficiently. They allow neither of the warring races to gain foothold in it.

I think in this set up the Shi'ar Empire wouldn't have an overarching influence in the universe around them like the GLC. However due to their conquering mentality they would kind of force themselves into conflicts or situations they might not have any reason to be apart of.

I also see them as largely disliked. The ruling family, the Neramani, have largely been warlike and draconian. D'Ken, the former ruler before Lilandra, the Majestrix, was a cruel individual. Lilandra is trying to change the Shi'ar and how they interact with the outside world. But change is slow and memories are long. So even though they are not currently hostile the races around the Shi'ar don't quite believe this about face.

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Nah, it's just the three of us at the moment.

@Star Lord

Good. Thanks.

And now I'm going to crawl into bed since I've now been accepted back into the fold.

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Deathcry

Abilities

Alien Biology Deathcry is a warrior of the shi'ar race. While humanoid in appearance they greatly differ in Biology. The main differences are increased stamina, super-strength, durability, enchanced senses and their talons.

Increased Stamina: Shi'ar can far exceed human levels of stamina. When the average human is collapsing with exhaustion the average Shi'ar is only mildly winded.

Super-strength: An average Shi'ar can lift around one ton on Earth.

Durability: All Shi'ar have lightweight hollow bones. However this does not mean they are very breakable. They can take more punishment then your average human.

Enhanced Senses: All Shi'ar have superior sight, smell, taste, hearing, etc. It's not at superhuman levels but far more than your average human.

Talons: All Shi'ar have talons on the ends of their fingers and toes. They grow naturally and most Shi'ar care for them and sometimes even paint them like humans.

Origin And Backstory

Deathcry was born Sharra Neramani. Her first name was never used in any company for it was the name of one of the most revered deities in Shi'ar culture. Instead she went by her last name or Nera. She was raised as a commando. She never knew her parents. She did know she was somehow related to the ruling family. This caused a lot of animosity among the other younglings in her clutch that were undergoing the same training. Nera always felt as if she had something to prove to the others. And she proved her right to be there through rage and violence. She quickly escalated up the ranks and became the best earning her commando name Deathcry. For she when unleashed her warcry her opponent died. After her induction to the commandos she went only by her new name.

Becoming a commando didn't mean everything was now happy for Deathcry. She still struggled to prove her worth and most of the other commandos did not want anything to do with her. The few exceptions became her closest friends. The most important to Deathcry was Casnal, her lover. The two had been part of the same clutch and had become commandos together. Their relationship was rocky and rather tenuous, but Deathcry clung to it with both hands. Perhaps this was her undoing. For when Casnal's other lover, a normal thing in Shi'ar culture, decided to insult Casnal and prey on Deathcry's insecurities during a meal, she flew into a rage. By the time the rest of the commandos had pulled her off her victim he was dead.

After the other commandos determined that Casnal's other lover was in fact dead, they put Deathcry under guard. There she remained until two of the Imperial Guards arrived. Wordlessly they took Deathcry to the council house. There the Majestrix decreed that Deathcry was to be stripped of her birthname and to be exiled. Without any fanfare Deathcry was promptly placed on an outgoing ship. They abandoned her on an unknown planet (at least to Deathcry) with nothing but the clothes on her back and her wits.

What Makes This Character 'Ultimate'?

I'm pretty much remaining Deathcry from the ground up. They only things that remain are her family relations, her species and her reason for exile. Everything else is taken and changed for my own enjoyment and hopefully everyone else's too. Some of the changes I made really focus on the character as an individual. She's just been exiled and is alone and adrift in a harsh universe. I want her to grow and change, not at all what happened in the comics. I want her to move past her rage and anger and become something more then just a soldier and killer.

Supporting Characters

Deathbird/Cal'syee Neramani - Unknown to Deathcry, Cal'syee is her mother. As Deathbird she is a villain currently on Earth working with A.I.M. due to her advanced technical knowledge.

Lilandra Neramani - Aunt to Deathcry. She is also Majestrix of the Shi'ar Empire.

D'Ken Neramani - Uncle to Deathcry. He is currently comotose. He was formerly Magestor.

Nightscream/Casnal Tregnar - Deathcry's best friend and lover.

Sample Post

The blood of Nera's enemies made the ground slick under her combat boots. The screams, both of pain and of joy, echoed around her. Her own cries filled the air as she cut down another rebel. Nera didn't know who these small vaguely humanoid felines were. Or even what their planet's name was. The only thing that mattered to the commando-in-ttaining was that she was to eliminate the threat they posed to the Empire.

"Left!" Casnal's cry sounded over Nera's earpiece. A few lasers hit her force field as she turned her head to just in time to see Casnal's own personal force field falter under an onslaught of heavy weapon fire.

"Casnal!" Nera's heart nearly leapt into her throat as rage reddened her sight. How dare these creatures rebel against the Empire? Against them? She swallowed down another scream as she formulated a plan. There was a small sound from her own personal force field. Nera, without taking her eyes off Casnal and the other Shi'ar with her, lashed out with her short blade. The sound of death caused a small smile to twist her lips. Served it right.

Nera lifted her eyes to the sky as she activated her tracking system. An UAD would be overhead soon. With rapid eye movements she was able to gain access to its piloting system. They HUD intrinsicly knew what Nera needed after being partnered together for so long. Sentience in technology definitely had it's perks.

The UAD fired upon the rebels and their last Harrah. They had no chance against the the aircraft. The energy weapons cut right through the stone bunker. Something internally caught fire and the whole base exploded. The heat rushed over Nera's force field and she was never so grateful for it in that moment.

As the heatwave dissipated Nera hurried over to Casnal. She was distantly aware of the small furry rebels surrendering. Others in her squad were also providing assistance to the formerly besieged Shi'ar. However Casnal took up all of Nera's attention.

"You okay?" Nera asked gruffly. As if she hadn't just been concerned her best friend was going to the.

Casnal smiled. Her purple skin was smudged with some ash hut she was still beautiful. "I'm good. Thank you."

Nera snorted. "Next time I'm leaving your sorry ass to die." She leveled a finger at her friend. "You idiots deserved it today for letting yourselves get pin-"

Nera was cut off as Casnal pressed her mouth to hers. "Thank you." Casnal repeated before she turned and headed toward the field commander. Nera remained in place, stunned, for a long second before her brain kicked back into gear.

"Casnal!" She cried as she hurried after her friend and maybe soon to be lover.