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Lord Wraith
Name: Shane Smith
Alias: Shane, The Changing Man
Age: 23
Personality (again, by definition susceptible to change): Unassertive, Self-defacing, Insecure, Pessimistic/Set-upon, Snark/Sarcastic
Powers: Possesses a Miraco developed M-Vest from Meta which was formerly owned by the Justice League Dark hero Shade.
The M-vest (also known as the Miraco-Vest - and colloquially as the "Madness-Vest") is capable of tremendous and amazing powers ranging from the latent and lesser (protective force field, illusion forming, some minor flight) to the vast and literally reality breaking when utilised with purpose by a master.
It is largely intuitive in defense of its wearer, but is heavily affected by the mental state of its wearer as well as the mental state of the viewer.
Weaknesses: Yeah... about that "by a master" bit. He ain't. In fact he's a bit (read: a lot...) of a fuck up.
Background Hero: Zatanna
Appearance: Within the multi-coloured, ever-shifting M-Vest, he generally just wears a black tee and pants.
Potential Storylines: Shane is, much like his powerset, a 'changing' man. Maturing and slowly figuring out the person he should be. His story's going to be a gradual arc in that direction, but with ebbs and flows as his life's often adrift on the currents of one who wears the 'Madness Vest'.
I'm not opposed to friendships or relationships forming within the JLU, albeit organically. But understand he's not exactly a stable presence and the person he is - by his very definition - is changing. So how well those friendships and relationships are kept through the turbulent waters of his life, we'll see.
BRIEF Bio: Shane loves music. If anything has defined him it's been his presence in the indie/underground rock music scene, booze and the drugs which are often found in the festival scene.
His life was stagnant. He did enough to scrounge tickets to the next gig. He lacked drive and ambition.
His parents, frustrated with their inability to get him to focus and get his life on a path. Any path. Have kicked him out of their house.
Things have taken a horrible turn for the worse.
Searching through the racks of a local Second hand clothes store, he stumbled upon a strange and colourful item.
Due to a mix-up in boxes, the M-Vest of the now deceased Rac Shade - a former hero of two worlds, known by few as 'Shade, the Changing Man' - had wound up amongst the belongings for re-sale.
A quick, dirt-cheap purchase, based on the fact he thought it would look cool for an upcoming festival saw him burdened with a terrible responsibility. He was now in possession of one of the most dangerous, and powerful objects on Earth. A fetching item of clothing capable of bending reality itself.
After an informative run-in with members of the Justice League Dark after a, well... let's call it a particularly memorable festival experience, a horrible realization fell upon Shane.
Whilst it was truly worrying what he was now potentially capable of, the alternative - removing the M-vest and leaving it with someone else... someone who would inevitably be more driven if only by virtue of actually WANTING to be in possession of such a thing - would almost certainly be worse.
Through a horrible twist of fate he'd been forced into what his parents have long wanted for him... a situation where he was going to be forced to learn personal responsibility and change and grow as a person to be someone 'worthy' of the terrifying power which he could now potentially wield.
The Justice League Dark - whose members included Ragman and the Enchantress - suggested the best place for him would likely be somewhere that the Justice League could keep him under close watch, and monitor and aid in his growth as well. Zatanna had the best reputation amongst the group and upon her vouching for him Shane has become one of the newest members of the expanding League.
Notes: The M-Vest functions on the mental state of the wearer.
Shane's own brain has been addled by booze and drugs not only in recent years, but in the late developmental phase of his brain's growth.
This will not go without impacting his overall story.
I'm tying together all Shade continuity in a neat little bow... the Ditko stuff, the Milligan stuff. Even the stuff which contradicts and flies in the face of the other stuff. It all happened in a twisted, contorting reality.
...but furthermore, this is Shane's story now.
Sample Post: (No, It's not on it's way) [Two paragraphs minimum with dialogue]
