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Apollo [+]

Name
Alexander Pollux

Alias
Apollo

Age
21

Sponsor
Giganta (Formerly, Currently unsponsered)

Personality
Before his death and subsequent resurrection, Alexander could be described as Curious, Logical, and Empathetic. He has undergone a drastic change in his time with Hades in the underworld, however, and would be better described as distant, with intense emotional mood-swings.

Powers
Solar Energy Absorption/Manipulation: Apollo can absorb and manipulate mystical solar energy for multiple purposes. He uses this power to create his arrows, and heal wounds, as well as create intense heat and light for various purposes.

Demigod Physiology: As an Olympian/human hybrid, Alex's body is far superior to that of an ordinary human. He can lift approximately 2 tons at maximum, run far faster than any human athlete (Though not a speedster) and has superhuman stamina. His body can endure massive punishment. Small caliber firearms only leave bleeding scratches on his skin, and his bones and epidermis are superhumanly dense.

Olympian Steel armaments: Though not technically a power in and of itself, Alex's armour and bow were forged by the smith-god Hephaestus, and given to him as a gift from his father. They are virtually indestructible, and possess special qualities which augment his own powers. His bow works as a channel for his natural ability to manipulate solar energy, allowing him to create special 'hard-light' arrows with varying degrees of lethality. This allows him to subdue weaker enemies without lasting harm, or blast more monstrous enemies into oblivion. His armour augments his already impressive endurance, allowing him to take blows as if he were a daxamite or kryptonian.

Superhuman accuracy: As the son of the god of Archery, Alex's accuracy, precision and skill with a bow go above and beyond that of most humans.

Weaknesses
Sunlight reliance: Alex's powers rely on his ability to 'charge' himself from solar energy, much like a Kryptonian or Tamaranian, and he will grow weaker if he is kept from seeing the sun for too long.

PTSD: Alexander suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder from his time spent as a prisoner in Hades' underworld. He has a tendency to drift off in thought, suffers from intrusive flashbacks, and has hypersensitive emotional responses. He hasn't answered any questions about the details of his time spent in the underworld, and has thus-far refused offers of psychological assistance.

BRIEF Bio

Born as the illegitimate result of a forbidden passion between the Olympian God Apollo and a mortal woman from the island of Themyscira, Alexander's birth killed his mortal mother, leaving him effectively orphaned, since his father could not claim him. By Amazonian law, he was permitted, as one with the blood of the Gods, to live among the women of Themyscira. In his early years, he, like anyone else borne to the Amazonians, spent most of his time training for combat, and studying the arts. He developed a talent for archery, and trained with Wonder Woman on occasion to harness his powers. Despite this, he never truly felt that he fit in on Themyscira. When he reached the age of eighteen, he was visited in secret by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Hermes brought a message from Alexander's father, along with armaments from Olympus itself.

Apollo's message was one of hope, expressing confidence in his son's abilities, and imploring him to utilize them for the greater good of humanity, rather than hide them away on Themyscira. Alexander took up the bow and armour his father had given him, and left Themyscira, only pausing to say goodbye to Princess Diana, with whom he felt a kinship. Arriving on the mainland of the united states, he set about fighting crime and villainy where he could find it. After two years of this unsanctioned crime-fighting, he was greeted by a wary government and the reformed Giganta, with a proposition. Due to the ban on any non-league or non-sponsered heroes in the United States, Giganta informed Alex (who had, by this time, taken up his father's name) that he would need a sponsor if he intended to fight villainy like his father had suggested. Given her experience with Demigods and the Amazonians, Giganta offered to sponsor Alex, and take him to Star City. Alex begrudgingly agreed, slightly frustrated that the son of a God required political sanction to perform heroic deeds.

After spending a brief amount of time with the group in Star City, Alexander's naivete caught up with him and he was manipulated, and subsequently murdered by Heartbreaker. As a Demigod, however, his spirit went to the realm of Hades. Hades revealed that this was a part of his plan all along, and that he had previously planted a seed into Apollo to make him more susceptible to mind-control and hypnosis. After this revelation was made, Alex was kept hostage in Hades' realm. Eventually, his father, the God Phoebus Apollo, traded himself for Alexander's freedom and resurrection. Hades accepted the trade, and imprisoned Apollo, which in turn drove Zeus into a rage, thus beginning a divine war in Olympus. The war Rages still, and Alex has been unable thus far to contact any of the Olympians to find out what has happened.

Notes
-Giganta chose to sponsor Alex because she had prior experience with Wonder Woman, and the Greek Pantheon. It is rumored that she was asked to sponsor him by Wonder Woman.

-Alex is uncomfortable around males, having only seen a few in his life. They tend to intimidate him.

-Alex has a slight phobia of dark places and corpses after his time spent in the Underworld.

Edited Apollo's sheet a bit in an attempt to explain his return, and changed his personality up a bit to compensate. If this doesn't work, I actually have another character idea I'd like to throw down. Keep me posted.

Also, on an unrelated note, I just picked up a copy of Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. Great stuff, one of my all-time favorites now.

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