Shellshock

A farewell to Roleplayerguild

This is a bit of a strange post, and might arguably be in the wrong section. But it's a post I've thought to make for some time now. I have been a member of this website since before the big crash that happened all those years ago. I can't quite remember the exact time of the crash, I think it was around 2010 or onwards.

Regardless, I'm writing this post as a sort of farewell to this site. I doubt anyone will really care, but this at least gives me some closure in a sense. I joined Roleplayerguild fairly young, I must have been around 11 or 12 and had moved over from the roleplay section of a website called PlanetMinecraft. I can remember first joining Roleplayerguild, being less than an amateur writer I found myself in the "free" section, writing fairly cringy edgelord characters that I'd mostly plagiarised from media and celebrities I'd admired.

I eventually graduated from the free section onto casual, which is where I'd call my home for my time on this website. I am 21, going on 22 now and used this website consistently until I was about 18 or 19 and then sporadically from then until I was around 21. You might notice this account is fairly new, if I'm honest with you I've had more accounts than I can even remember. My first account though, was called Vault_boy I believe. I often changed accounts due to fear of people mocking my writing skill, or making fun of any of my characters. This was due in a large part because of a great deal of anxiety I dealt with during my teen years, and a huge lack of confidence in my writing. There were even points where I had multiple accounts in the same roleplay interacting with each other both OOC and IC as ridiculous as that sounds. I even pretended to be a member of the opposite gender, or just didn't disclose my gender and used non-gendered language in order to hide my "identity". Looking back, I realise how foolish it was to expect someone would do detective work on a teenagers roleplay account just to call them out for having multiple accounts. I can remember having such anxiety about worrying that I wasn't making my writing style different enough from another account and expecting someone to pick up on this and figure my scheme out.

I'll list all the accounts I can remember below. The funny thing is I actually wanted to make this post using what I'd consider to have been my primary account for most of my time on this website - Mr_pink, but upon trying to reset the password for this account I found the email I'd used was actually linked to yet another account that I'd made no posts with. Go figure. The last two are accounts I didn't even realise I'd created and found when resetting my password. I'd also wager that this isn't even a complete list, and that there are probably a few more accounts out there.

Accounts

• Vault_boy
• Mr_pink
• Shellshock
• Crimson Clover
• Chain
• Zebra
• Orange Juice
• Stooge
• BarkleyShutUpandJamGaiden

Regardless, the point of this post isn't just to give a biography of my time here. It's in essence a 'Thank You' to the website, it's users, and everyone who keeps it running. I'm sure many of you can relate to me when I say that I grew up as one of the weird kids. I never really fit in with everyone else around me, my home life was already different from a young age and I found myself becoming friends with the nerdier kids rather than anyone else. This website became like a second home for me when I was younger. Every day I'd come back from school excited to check the roleplays I was involved in and any new ones. Specifically, I really need to give a shoutout to the user [@Kid Lantern] who I believe now goes by @Omega Man. As silly as it sounds, even though I never talked to him in any sense outside of discussing roleplay and the odd Discord message here and there, KL was a huge part of my adolescent years. I was legitimately excited any time he posted a roleplay and used to rally my friends to join with me. If I were to crown anyone the undisputed king of the casual roleplay section, or at the very least superhero roleplays it would definitely be him.

Speaking of friends, this website gave me the opportunity to make friends I never would have without it. As I said, I wasn't the most popular kid growing up, I had maybe 4 or 5 actual friends as a teenager, but this website opened up a new world of people to talk to. I made 3 proper friends from this website. Unfortunately, growing up I was filled with a lot of hate and anger, and often lashed out at these friends under the safety of being an ocean apart. Thankfully I was able to apologise to these people recently and they were gracious enough to accept my apology.

It may also sound sadistic in a sense, but the drama I got involved in on this website is actually something I look back on fondly. I remember I used to have a sort of petty rivalry with another user, I think his name was Draco or something and we used to go at it like cat and dog. Looking back, I realise this was just teenagers fighting over fictional characters, but at the time it felt like a war, like the biggest thing I'd been involved in. I can also remember the feeble feeling of superiority I felt having moved up to casual. I felt like my writing skill was top notch, and that the free section was beneath me. Ironically enough, I never moved up to advanced and considered them elitists. In retrospect, it's obvious I had a bit of a napoleon complex that got out of hand.

I've rambled on now for a while, and I doubt anyone's read this far, but I think the best part of this website was how it developed my writing skill. Writing was always something I loved growing up and this website gave me the amazing opportunity to feel like I was apart of this wonderful writing community with hundreds of different writers who I could learn from and work with. I still write today, albeit on short stories rather than roleplay, and I definitely attribute this continued interest and a huge part of my skill to my time on this website.

I've never been good at ending things, but I'd like to say a huge heartfelt thank you to this website and everyone on it. For around 10 years it was such a big part of my life and it brought me such joy growing up.

Thanks.

Welcome to Mega City [original universe w/superhumans...]

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3 months ago

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The small damp garage was lit only by the sparks fizzling into the dark air in the middle of the room. Anna looked more rat than bat as she crouched over her magnum opus, her welding tools filling the room with the noise of creation. Sadly that's all the noise the room was filled with, the small bungalow half paid for by her parents back in Germany used to be filled with the sounds of music, but after that old crone next door called the cops for a 'noise disturbance' Anna was condemned to work in silence.

She stood up, reaching her full height even if it was only 5 foot 4, admiring her creation with an undercurrent of anxiety. She sighed, walking over to the wall and placing her hand on the power switch, tracing her eyes along the wire that connected it to her creation.
"It's gotta work this time..." She whispered to herself, pulling the lever down.

A low whirr filled the room and for a minute nothing happened. Then suddenly two lights shot out of the metal man's eyes and a metallic groan paired the movement of his head to face Anna. If there was ever a time to make a frankenstein 'it's alive' joke it was now, but Anna was too awestruck to notice. For a moment she was filled with hope, for a moment the robot seemed to move. But that was only for a moment, just as he tried to push himself up he fell back down and the room returned to the quiet, anxious atmosphere from before.

Anna sighed, passive aggressively tossing her welding equipment on the floor and storming through to the living room, placing a pair of headphones on her ears and angrily scrolling through social media.

After a while she calmed down - resigned to the fact she'd either have to keep trying or give up. She felt her stomach grumble, it had been a long night, she deserved comfort food if anything. Lazily moving through to the kitchen she didn't even bother to look up from her phone. She reached her arm out for the fridge, but rather than gripping a handle she felt herself grab leather. Her eyes shot up words in confusion before switching to awe as she watched her 'failed' creation ramble through her food. She removed her hand from the giant oversized jacket on the robot and tore off her headphones with a smile of disbelief.

Next door old lady Abernathy picked up the phone. That kraut next door was making a racket again and Abernathy had her knitting circle in the morning.

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Present day

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Interacting with @Shard @Omega Man
Anna finished the last touch on her dorm room. What originally resembled a high class hotel suite was now plastered in posters and fairy lights. In the corner of her room sat a small record player, because we're all allowed to be a little pretentious every now and then. A childhood photo of Anna and her parents sat on her desk. America was fun, and she loved all of the new experiences she had, but she still missed her parents and her hometown dearly. Anna looked over to Robostein and with a flick of her head he followed her out of the room, crouching and turning sideways to fit through the door.

She headed to the kitchen, that kid should've hopefully finished his baking by now the past few attempts smelled good, even if they were burnt. What was that kids name again? Nigel? Nero? Nathanial? Neoh? That was it. Anna made a mental note to just pair him with Keanu Reeves so as not to forget again.

"Hey fellas, how are we?" She asked, entering the kitchen. That other guy, Judah was in the room, they'd exchanged words once or twice, but only sparingly she put it down to him being just as awestruck by the whole concept of a superhero team as she was for the first while. Before she could really strike up a conversation Arrowcaster entered the room, wanting people to test his droids. That peaked Anna's interest, not the fighting, but the droids. She'd need to ask Arrowcaster later for a look at them.

She had to admit, Neoh was nothing if not a thespian. His 'no thanks' was like a Shakespearean soliloquy, it was like being in the room with Laurence Olivier himself.
"Yeah I'm afraid I might not be the best help there, and the big guy might do a bit more breaking than testing" She said, pointing with her thumb to Robostein as she spoke. "Plus, I'm eager to see if Oscar Wilde over here has mastered bakery yet" She joked, taking a seat on the kitchen worktop next to the oven. After Arrowcaster and company had left for the training room she took her opportunity to learn about her teammate.
"So, Neoh. What's your story bro?"

Welcome to Mega City [original universe w/superhumans...]

Hack-cula and Robostein

Face
Secret Identity – Anna Bourke
Codename – Hack-cula and Robostein 'Robbie'
Age – 19
Powers –
Anna, being a direct descendant of a watered down vampiric bloodline, retains few of her ancestor's powers, but still retains a few. Her strength, endurance and speed are slightly higher than that of your average 19 year old girl, but nothing to gawk at. She probably has the attributes of an athlete and no higher, going toe to toe with a super strong brawler would no doubt end in a broken back for her. The main power she has gained from her bloodline is her ability to turn into a small vampire bat. This combined with her enhanced speed means she can escape from harm quickly.

Anna's main power is her intellect, she is extremely intelligent and a prodigy at most intellectual pursuits. She was introduced to robotics at a young age, and just about finished her magnum opus(so far) recently. That being Robostein, a 7 foot tall metal machine man ready to fight crime with her. Furthermore, she brings a variety of inventions out with her the two main being her goggles and her pistol.

Her goggles are an invention of Anna's that allows her to take her hacking expertise to the street. They are capable of targeting and accessing most computer or computer related systems which can then be hacked using a small keyboard fastened to the wrist of her costume. Furthermore, they are also capable of nightvision and thermal vision.

Her pistol is her main source of defense when not under the protection of Robostein. It fires electrified rubber bullets used to tase and subdue criminals who get a bit too close. The butt of the pistol can also be electrified when used to pistol whip.

Robostein is an extremely durable, extremely strong brawler. He is capable of tossing small cars and shrugs off bullets. While unable to speak or a huge amount of higher thought, Robostein is still somewhat sentient and responds badly to Anna being hurt. If distressed enough he can fly into a fit of rage and exceed his physical limitations, at the cost of damaging himself possibly until destruction.
Weaknesses –
Anna has all the weaknesses of a normal human - or vampire bat if in that form. Robostein, however is a bit more hard to pin down. His exterior is very durable, meaning small arms fire barely affects him. However, if one were to somehow tear off the outer parts of his armour to reveal his inner components a small pistol could potentially do a lot of damage. Furthermore, a battle with another super strong brawler could be rather dangerous for Robostein as he is not invincible and could be beaten into destruction.

She also burns easily. Not like full vampire burn to death, but she does need to apply a bit of sun cream before heading to the beach.
Personality – Outgoing - Reliable - Inquisitive - Insecure - Quirky
Experience – About a month and a half
Day Job – Studies engineering and linguistics at university on a scholarship.

How did Arrowcaster find you?
Anna's hacking exploits brought her up on his radar, but she only really got his attention after going out with Robostein into Mega City at night.

BRIEF Bio –
Anna was born in Berlin Germany, to a watered down bloodline of vampires stemming from her father's side mixing with the entirely human family tree of her mother's side. Her life was actually rather normal growing up, her parents never revealed her vampiric heritage to her until she was older and her fangs never really grew in until puberty anyway.

However, she did have something else that set her apart from the crowd - a genius level of intellect and the ability to progress rather rapidly at intellectual pursuits. She rapidly advanced through school and was toying with mechanics at the age of 12. She was offered a scholarship to Mega City university at the age of 18, and gladly accepted the chance to leave her hometown and live in the states for a while.

It was in Mega City she got the inspiration to hero-up. Seeing the heroes saving citizens of the city inspired Anna and she decided to use her intellect and what little supernatural ability she had to help people. She started off doing what she knew, hacking. She went under the moniker "Hack-Cula" and began targeting deep web red rooms and corrupt government conspiracies. All the while she was doing this she began developing her crime fighting gear. The biggest project this 'gear' involved was Robostein, her own personal sidekick.

After the completion of Robostein she hit the streets, and has began making a small name for herself in Mega-City.

How will your character be different one year later?
If possible I'd have Anna's latent vampiric abilities come forth after her 20th birthday. Of course, nothing too powerful, but enhanced abilities would be cool. Also I was thinking she might gain a thirst for blood along with these powers, and have to begin dealing with this without harming innocent people. I was also thinking that along with being weaker without blood she could fly into a sort of hunger induced rage if she is without it long enough and have to be subdued by the rest of the team?

I'd also like her engineering skill to develop quite a bit, and maybe have a Robostein 2.0 built or being built a year later.

Sample Post –
Anna sat on the edge of the building, pizza slice in hand as she strolled through twitter on her phone. Next to her sat her robotic companion, the towering 7 foot behemoth confusedly shoving pizza into his mouth and not understanding fully what he was doing.

After about a minute of procrastination the headphones on Anna's ears stopped playing her playlist and buzzed in to a police disturbance, she hurriedly pulled her goggles down over her eyes, stuffed her phone into her pocket and stood up, placing a hand to her ear to listen in.

~-~-~BzzzZZttt~-~-~ "We have a vehicle speeding down Mccafferty street containing stolen goods and a hostage. Perpetrators are armed and dangerous units please respond" ~-~-~BzzzZZttt~-~-~

The radio buzzed out as Anna clambered onto the back of Robostein, gripping onto his jacket tightly as he dropped off of the building, cracking the concrete of the valley below as he landed before taking off running. Anna's goggles were a whirr of screens, a circle bounced around her vision before finally settling on the corner of her vision, marking a waypoint for the two.
"Robbie that way!" She pointed, the metal giant rapidly changing direction and sprinting as fast as he could.

A few minutes later and the two had arrived, hiding in an alley next to the street as a white van peeled around the corner being tailed by a police car. A masked gunman leaned his way out of the van's window, aiming an assault rifle down the road and opening fire at the police car, piercing one of the tires and sending the police car tumbling down the street.

In a flash Robostein leapt from the alley and in front of the van, bracing himself and holding his arms out to catch it. The robot was pushed back about an inch before his metal fingers dug themselves into the sides of the van and stopped it in its tracks, smoke billowing out from the engine as the men inside sat mouths agape.

They quickly got out raining bullets upon Robostein as the robot struggled to get his fingers out from the van when suddenly a bat flew out from a nearby trash can, knocking the aim off from one of the armed men who sprayed the rest of his magazine up the wall of a nearby building. Suddenly the bat transformed in the blink of an eye into a rather extravagantly dressed girl. Anna swung around the man's neck holding him in a choke with one arm while she fired off a bullet from her pistol at another gunman, the rubber bullet landing directly in the side of his head and knocking him unconscious. She jumped up, wrapping her legs around the back of the gunman and properly choking him out as Robostein's arms finally got free.

Anna rolled to her feet just in time for the remaining two gunmen to point their guns to her. A jolt of fear shot through Anna's veins and for a second she thought she was done for, until she heard the wrenching of metal. Robostein dived in front of Anna gripping the door to the van as it ricocheted bullets. He took slow heavy steps towards the gunmen before using the door to slap one of them across the face and then threw it at the other, knocking them both out.

Anna wiped a bead of sweat from her head, leaning on her robot companion.
"Good job big guy, I was almost a goner there!" She sighed, her response being the low guttural groan of the robot. For a moment Anna forgot herself, before remembering the hostage in the back of the van. She went in, untied the hostage and let them loose just in time for the police to arrive. In all honesty Anna hadn't dealt with the police yet during her time as a hero. She was unsure if what she had just done was completely legal and even if it was if there was any paperwork that had to be filled out to do with it. Frankly she didn't want to find out, transforming into her bat form and fluttering off on top of a nearby building as her robot companion made off back to a safe spot.

She breathed a sigh of relief on the roof, transforming back to normal as she watched the police sort out the chaos below. She felt a hand on her shoulder as Arrowcaster got ready to invite another young hero to the team.

Welcome to Mega City [original universe w/superhumans...]

Hack-cula and Robostein

Face
Secret Identity – Anna Bourke
Codename – Hack-cula and Robostein 'Robbie'
Age – 19
Powers –
Anna, being a direct descendant of a watered down vampiric bloodline, retains few of her ancestor's powers, but still retains a few. Her strength, endurance and speed are slightly higher than that of your average 19 year old girl, but nothing to gawk at. She probably has the attributes of an athlete and no higher, going toe to toe with a super strong brawler would no doubt end in a broken back for her. The main power she has gained from her bloodline is her ability to turn into a small vampire bat. This combined with her enhanced speed means she can escape from harm quickly.

Anna's main power is her intellect, she is extremely intelligent and a prodigy at most intellectual pursuits. She was introduced to robotics at a young age, and just about finished her magnum opus(so far) recently. That being Robostein, a 7 foot tall metal machine man ready to fight crime with her. Furthermore, she brings a variety of inventions out with her the two main being her goggles and her pistol.

Her goggles are an invention of Anna's that allows her to take her hacking expertise to the street. They are capable of targeting and accessing most computer or computer related systems which can then be hacked using a small keyboard fastened to the wrist of her costume. Furthermore, they are also capable of nightvision and thermal vision.

Her pistol is her main source of defense when not under the protection of Robostein. It fires electrified rubber bullets used to tase and subdue criminals who get a bit too close. The butt of the pistol can also be electrified when used to pistol whip.

Robostein is an extremely durable, extremely strong brawler. He is capable of tossing small cars and shrugs off bullets. While unable to speak or a huge amount of higher thought, Robostein is still somewhat sentient and responds badly to Anna being hurt. If distressed enough he can fly into a fit of rage and exceed his physical limitations, at the cost of damaging himself possibly until destruction.
Weaknesses –
Anna has all the weaknesses of a normal human - or vampire bat if in that form. Robostein, however is a bit more hard to pin down. His exterior is very durable, meaning small arms fire barely affects him. However, if one were to somehow tear off the outer parts of his armour to reveal his inner components a small pistol could potentially do a lot of damage. Furthermore, a battle with another super strong brawler could be rather dangerous for Robostein as he is not invincible and could be beaten into destruction.

She also burns easily. Not like full vampire burn to death, but she does need to apply a bit of sun cream before heading to the beach.
Personality – Outgoing - Reliable - Inquisitive - Insecure - Quirky
Experience – About a month and a half
Day Job – Studies engineering and linguistics at university on a scholarship.

How did Arrowcaster find you?
Anna's hacking exploits brought her up on his radar, but she only really got his attention after going out with Robostein into Mega City at night.

BRIEF Bio –
Anna was born in Berlin Germany, to a watered down bloodline of vampires stemming from her father's side mixing with the entirely human family tree of her mother's side. Her life was actually rather normal growing up, her parents never revealed her vampiric heritage to her until she was older and her fangs never really grew in until puberty anyway.

However, she did have something else that set her apart from the crowd - a genius level of intellect and the ability to progress rather rapidly at intellectual pursuits. She rapidly advanced through school and was toying with mechanics at the age of 12. She was offered a scholarship to Mega City university at the age of 18, and gladly accepted the chance to leave her hometown and live in the states for a while.

It was in Mega City she got the inspiration to hero-up. Seeing the heroes saving citizens of the city inspired Anna and she decided to use her intellect and what little supernatural ability she had to help people. She started off doing what she knew, hacking. She went under the moniker "Hack-Cula" and began targeting deep web red rooms and corrupt government conspiracies. All the while she was doing this she began developing her crime fighting gear. The biggest project this 'gear' involved was Robostein, her own personal sidekick.

After the completion of Robostein she hit the streets, and has began making a small name for herself in Mega-City.

How will your character be different one year later?
If possible I'd have Anna's latent vampiric abilities come forth after her 20th birthday. Of course, nothing too powerful, but enhanced abilities would be cool. Also I was thinking she might gain a thirst for blood along with these powers, and have to begin dealing with this without harming innocent people. I was also thinking that along with being weaker without blood she could fly into a sort of hunger induced rage if she is without it long enough and have to be subdued by the rest of the team?

I'd also like her engineering skill to develop quite a bit, and maybe have a Robostein 2.0 built or being built a year later.

Sample Post –
Anna sat on the edge of the building, pizza slice in hand as she strolled through twitter on her phone. Next to her sat her robotic companion, the towering 7 foot behemoth confusedly shoving pizza into his mouth and not understanding fully what he was doing.

After about a minute of procrastination the headphones on Anna's ears stopped playing her playlist and buzzed in to a police disturbance, she hurriedly pulled her goggles down over her eyes, stuffed her phone into her pocket and stood up, placing a hand to her ear to listen in.

~-~-~BzzzZZttt~-~-~ "We have a vehicle speeding down Mccafferty street containing stolen goods and a hostage. Perpetrators are armed and dangerous units please respond" ~-~-~BzzzZZttt~-~-~

The radio buzzed out as Anna clambered onto the back of Robostein, gripping onto his jacket tightly as he dropped off of the building, cracking the concrete of the valley below as he landed before taking off running. Anna's goggles were a whirr of screens, a circle bounced around her vision before finally settling on the corner of her vision, marking a waypoint for the two.
"Robbie that way!" She pointed, the metal giant rapidly changing direction and sprinting as fast as he could.

A few minutes later and the two had arrived, hiding in an alley next to the street as a white van peeled around the corner being tailed by a police car. A masked gunman leaned his way out of the van's window, aiming an assault rifle down the road and opening fire at the police car, piercing one of the tires and sending the police car tumbling down the street.

In a flash Robostein leapt from the alley and in front of the van, bracing himself and holding his arms out to catch it. The robot was pushed back about an inch before his metal fingers dug themselves into the sides of the van and stopped it in its tracks, smoke billowing out from the engine as the men inside sat mouths agape.

They quickly got out raining bullets upon Robostein as the robot struggled to get his fingers out from the van when suddenly a bat flew out from a nearby trash can, knocking the aim off from one of the armed men who sprayed the rest of his magazine up the wall of a nearby building. Suddenly the bat transformed in the blink of an eye into a rather extravagantly dressed girl. Anna swung around the man's neck holding him in a choke with one arm while she fired off a bullet from her pistol at another gunman, the rubber bullet landing directly in the side of his head and knocking him unconscious. She jumped up, wrapping her legs around the back of the gunman and properly choking him out as Robostein's arms finally got free.

Anna rolled to her feet just in time for the remaining two gunmen to point their guns to her. A jolt of fear shot through Anna's veins and for a second she thought she was done for, until she heard the wrenching of metal. Robostein dived in front of Anna gripping the door to the van as it ricocheted bullets. He took slow heavy steps towards the gunmen before using the door to slap one of them across the face and then threw it at the other, knocking them both out.

Anna wiped a bead of sweat from her head, leaning on her robot companion.
"Good job big guy, I was almost a goner there!" She sighed, her response being the low guttural groan of the robot. For a moment Anna forgot herself, before remembering the hostage in the back of the van. She went in, untied the hostage and let them loose just in time for the police to arrive. In all honesty Anna hadn't dealt with the police yet during her time as a hero. She was unsure if what she had just done was completely legal and even if it was if there was any paperwork that had to be filled out to do with it. Frankly she didn't want to find out, transforming into her bat form and fluttering off on top of a nearby building as her robot companion made off back to a safe spot.

She breathed a sigh of relief on the roof, transforming back to normal as she watched the police sort out the chaos below. She felt a hand on her shoulder as Arrowcaster got ready to invite another young hero to the team.

Welcome to Mega City [original universe w/superhumans...]

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@Omega Man I understand, but at this present moment I'd much rather play Tim. I feel he's the most thought out of the characters I've written and the one I'd be able to play the most. If it's really much better to play Fate I will, but I'd rather keep him as a secondary.

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Posting to keep the list consistent! Pending acceptance as my switched primary instead of Cyborg.

Fate

Player Name:
@Shellshock

Primary Character:
Dr. Fate - Renamed to just 'Fate' until he gets his doctorate.

Secret Identity:
Logan Cheung

Status:
Titan

Age:
17

City:
Gotham as of joining the Titans

Day Job:
He's a student almost all his time. He also works part time as a tour guide at the Gotham museum.

Powers:
Logan is a much more direct spell caster. The spells he mostly focuses on are mostly offensive. He uses a combination of hand movements to fire off these spells which mostly consist of energy, lightning and fire. Of course, they are all in the shape of ankhs or other Egyptian symbols. He is also able to summon the swords of order in dire situations. These are two khopesh style swords capable of cutting through most anything and to act as a conductor for his magic.

He is also able to fly and cast various other spells. The spells he doesn't use often need a bit of help from the spell book given to him by Nabu, but nevertheless with the right time and effort he can perform them.

Defense isn't really his thing, although he does know how to create a forcefield without strain he can't make it bigger than his forearms. Same with his telekinesis, if it's a lot bigger than what he can physically lift. With time this will change, but at the moment unless he hits the gym he wont be throughing dumbbells around.

Although it's not really a power, the helmet of fate is nigh indestructible. It also protects him from any mind based attacks and retains his sanity.

Weaknesses:
Logan's body armour only protects him to a certain degree. It can take pistol fire, but Logan will still feel it and it can wind him if done enough. Furthermore, under this armour he is a regular old human. If he doesn't cast a shield in time or just plain misses if he tries to deflect a bullet with a shielded forearm then this could prove disastrous.

Along with this, his offensive spells need specific hand gestures to activate. If his hands are tied he can't do most of them, and if his hands are rendered completely immobile he can't do any of them without seriously burning his throat from throwing a flaming ankh out of it.

Skills:
Logan is able to speak most forms of the Egyptian language since it's inception as well as English and Mandarin.

He is skilled in swordplay, and has some hand-to-hand experience. Although, any experienced hand-to-hand fighter would most likely beat him unless he cast a spell here or there.

He knows how to play two instruments. One which he freely admits to and the other he hides whenever he can. The first is the keyboard and the second is the accordion, something which his parents are extremely proud that he can play.

Appearance:
Faceclaim
What does your hero look like [I’ll try and make micros for anybody who wants them]
Logan is 5 foot 11 and has a lean, fit figure. He has dark black hair which he lazily gels up most days and has the makings of a beard as he can't be bothered to shave it properly unless a special occasion is coming up. His eyes are brown, but in the right light there are hints of hazel here or there.

His costume, which appears on him as soon as he puts on his helmet, consists mainly of yellow and blue. He of course, has the signature helm of fate, but a few changes have been made to his canon outfit. He now wears an armoured jumpsuit and has a jacket, the inside of which seems to be an ever moving cosmos. It also can extend and retract it's coat tails depending on how Logan wants it, although in times of high magic use it may extend on it's own. The jacket also has a hood, which may seem useless considering his helmet but the sound of rain hitting metal right next to your ear isn't the nicest sound in the world so it does have it's uses.



BRIEF Bio:

Long Version

Logan is the son of two archaeologists from two very different places. His mother was born in Edinburgh, Scotland while his father was born in China. The two met on an archaeological dig and a few years later got married and lived in Edinburgh, shortly after having Logan and raising him until he was a tween in Edinburgh. After that they got back into archaeology and began taking him on digs during his summer holidays.

For years things were normal. Logan loved going on the digs and his favourite subject in school was history by far. It was only around the time Logan was 13 that things got strange. His family were on a dig in Egypt and happened across a strange golden helmet buried in the desert. They took it back to their hotel for further inspection.

Logan woke up to complete blackness, and then blinding white. When he regained his vision he was in a desert, he walked for miles and miles before finally reaching his destination. Three giant thrones rose from the sand, the Lords of Order. In the middle was Nabu, Logan could hardly make out the other two or even make out what they were saying. Nabu told him of the power of the helm and the power within Logan. He taught him spells over the course of a month, teaching him how to read the ancient Egyptian that the spell book was written in and how to do very basic things like calling the helm or forming energy. He then told him the mission he was to pursue - to fight for order and justice as much as he could on Earth and to never allow chaos to prevail.

He woke up at home. His parent's none the wiser. It seems life had gone as normal while he as training with Nabu. He took everything to heart and began practicing his magic in private for a year on end. He went on his first superhero outing at the age of 15. He did an amazing job cleaning up Edinburgh and some of the surrounding areas. So much so, that Police Scotland did an entire recruitment drive featuring Fate as their logo.

However, things rapidly got more dangerous when his first encounter with another super happened. It was Wotan, an evil sorcerer who had taken the suburb of Currie under his mind control. Fate had to make his way through the suburb, lassoing the zombies using his magic and avoiding crowds. Eventually he made his way to Wotan and after an ensuing fight managed to incapacitate him. Unfortunately he had no idea what to do with the unconscious sorcerer, fortunately he didn't need to have an idea. As if it was fate, Batman appeared on the scene hardly saying a word to Fate, but zipping away with Wotan, presumably to deal with some grander scheme. He hardly said a thing to Fate, just a solitary "Good job." It was all Fate needed, he was ecstatic.

A few years later and he was invited to join the Titans. He managed to work something out with Bats and got enrolled at Gotham Academy to further his education.

Short Version

Logan is the son of a pair of Scottish and Chinese archaeologists. An archaeological dig uncovered a mysterious Egyptian helmet which found it's way to their son and promptly planted itself on his head. The helmet transported him to the Lords of Order, who taught him the basics of his powers within the space of a night and endowed him an almost never ending spellbook he was to study over the course of his life. He was sent to preserve order and justice on Earth and operated out of Edinburgh for a while before being contacted by Batman to join the Titans. He accepted, of course.

Story Arcs:
Wotan and Klarion: Gruesome Twosome - Wotan is back. This time with Klarion in tow. They've managed to brainwash a large part of Gotham and have been wreaking havoc all over the place. It's up for Fate and co. to get to work. (Team - other spell casters would be ideal)

A Disturbance in the Force - Someone has been tampering with order around Gotham. It's rained literal cats and dogs a few times, and water has stopped being wet more than once. This is surely a job for Fate to deal with. (Team-up)

Parents Night - The parents have come to visit the Titans and boy is it embarrassing. Can Logan maintain some sense of dignity, or will his parents force him to play the accordion like all those times with his ex girlfriends? (Team Up - Titans only)

Supporting Characters:
Lords of Order
Nabu
Bao and Lynne Cheung
Wotan
Klarion

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