Birth Name: Kreon II
Adopted Name: Aldo Nero
Age: Around 70, although more genetically similar to an Earthling in their late 20s
Alias: Liberty
Gender: Male
Previous City of Operation: Rome, although he operated all around Italy.
Appearance:
Aldo stands at 5 foot 11 and has a lithe, slightly muscular physique. His hair is blonde, and reaches down just past his shoulders. His skin is similar to that of a Caucasian male, although strips of blue skin pattern his jawline. His most notable feature are his teeth. They were removed from a young age and replaced with a metallic substance bearing his slave name and the name of the slavers. Since he freed himself, he got these replaced with a set of golden teeth bearing his new name on them. His eyes are a bright mint green, something which he does not try to hide with contact lenses and the like.
His clothing bears a western motif. He wears a wide brimmed hat, complete with goggles to block out sand strapped to the crown of his hat. He also wears a poncho that reaches down just past his waist and is used for concealment among other uses.
Powers:
Aldo’s main power is his uncanny ability to add ‘spin’ to anything he wishes. This allows him to send objects flying towards his enemies and even pick up heavy objects in a sort of telekinetic fashion by simply spinning them to the point where they are hovering. His main use of this power is in conjunction with his steel balls. He is extremely accurate in the use of these. Essentially, he is able to trick or get around enemies through exploitation of the Magnus effect, which states that a spinning ball in flight will curve from its original flight path.
Along with this, Aldo has been able to emulate the golden rectangle in order to make an infinite spin. The golden rectangle is essentially a spiral that goes on forever, but can only do so within the golden rectangle. Therefore, Aldo is able to make a ball spin within a space akin to this infinitely, bearing in mind that it would slow and possibly stop if it hit any opponent.
Furthermore, Aldo has a very slight control over gaseous substances such as air and whatnot. This is due to the sheer speed at which he can spin his steel balls. This is not used offensively though, and is more used to create a defensive barrier against attacks.
Finally, Aldo possesses some less interesting powers as a result of his home planet. The gravity on Outworld was strong enough to give, Aldo enhanced strength and durability. These are nowhere near the level of a hero who specializes in them, but are stronger than any normal human’s strength or durability.
Abilities/Skills:
- Aldo is extremely capable with his weaponry. He is a crack shot with most pistols and can hit a noose from a mile away with his rifle.
- Aldo is very proficient in horse riding
- Proficient in a style similar to that of Jeet Kune Do
- Proficient with knives in close quarters combat
- Able to speak English, Italian and the alien dialect of his home planet
- Makes amazing spaghetti
Equipment:
- 4x specially made steel balls – Can be recalled at will
- A pistol akin to that of a six shooter, although slightly more powerful and accurate
- A rifle similar to that of a Winchester
- His upper clothing is laced with a material strong enough to block bullets
Personality:
Aldo’s personality has changed massively over his many years alive. As a young lad he was cocky, arrogant and uncooperative. However, as he grew his experiences changed him greatly and what you see now only bears the remnants of his younger self. He is confident for sure, but not to the point of arrogance and can see the usefulness in teamwork now. While in the past he would have shot anyone who got in his way, he is now much more keen on showing mercy to his enemies, although this mercy often runs out when the enemy comes back for revenge.
He is generally friendly and is eccentric of course, you’d have to be with teeth like his. He is keen on learning about Earth and is confident that he still doesn’t know all there is to know about its customs and technology, the guy rides a horse for Pete’s sake.
History:
Aldo was born on a planet by the name of ‘Outworld’. His father died after raiders attacked the family farm, and his mother was taken as a sex slave under the same raider gang. Aldo, born under the slave name of Kreon II, grew up never being sure who his father was. He liked to believe it was the courageous man who tried to fight raider scum off of his farm land, but chronologically it could have been him or any number of men.
Angst was rife within him as he grew up. He was forced to work the fruit fields under the dreadful command of the same raiders who used and abused his mother nightly. The turning point for his rebellious attitude was the day they took his teeth though. They replaced his shining white dentures with a jagged row of scrap metal, bearing his slave name and their gang name on them. While most would see this as the final step in breaking a slave, Aldo saw it as the final step in his building rage.
He devised a plan with the help of other child slaves. The adult slaves were either too depressed or too suicidal to do anything of the sort, but many of the children still held hope for a better future. They would break out of their quarters in the night using tools from the quarry and subsequently steal weaponry before killing the slavers and escaping the camp.
Things went according to plan, up until the killing began. The children had thought killing would have been as easy as pulling a trigger, but they didn't take into account the emotional trauma that went with killing a man. Nevertheless, they at least managed to escape from the camp with a large supply of weaponry.
Aldo lead them, becoming a small gang of bandits who began gaining reputation throughout the Outworld for their young age. The gang continued at with almost all of its original members and a few new ones up until, Aldo was about 22. This was when, Aldo married Udura, a former slave that he and his gang had freed. Their marriage was short lived, not 5 months passed before she was killed by attacking raiders. Aldo could not handle her death, and abandoned his gang to travel alone.
He travelled on Outworld alone for 2 decades, honing his skills and becoming what was essentially a one man version of his old gang. He was giving the nickname of 'The Liberator' in rumour and legend, for his reputation as a freer of slaves.
Things changed drastically around the time that Aldo was 30. A hostile race of aliens began waging a war on Outworld and its inhabitants, wanting to take the planet for themselves. Of course, Aldo got caught up in all of this and began fighting back against the aliens. Things changed drastically once more when he found himself infiltrating one of their ships. Due to sheer bad luck, he found himself tripping and falling into a cryo-pod of theirs. As it turns out, not only had they set their sights on Outworld, but Earth as well, albeit with a much more suttle plan. They would infiltrate Earth through species mixing. Disguising members of their own race as humans and planting them all around the globe before finally striking when their race had secretly become half of the population.
Aldo was shipped off to Earth, with neither he nor the aliens knowing of the predicament he was in. He landed just outside of Rome, on a farm. The pod he was shipped in had subconsciously taught him Italian in preparation for the invasion, and it proved useful in explaining himself to an angry farmer wielding a shotgun. Of course, the farmer believed nothing of his story, but did feel sorry for, Aldo and took him in. At this point, Aldo still looked about 17 and the farmer thought him to be nothing more than some disgruntled youth running away from home.
Aldo stayed with the farmer and his wife for about a year, learning the ways of the world and helping with the farm. When the time was right he left for Rome, and began making a name for himself as a hero. He was soon contacted by C.E.T.E or the Corporation for Ethical Treatment of Extra-terrestrials. They offered, Aldo a steady pay to be essentially what was the poster boy for their organisation. He accepted, and years later he is known around the world for his good deeds.
Other:
Half Pint
