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This is not complete, as I will most likely expand upon the bio tomorrow. I just felt that I've been taking far too much time with this, due to general laziness, and wanted to get it out already.

Name:
(Sir) Flint Macgan
Alias:
Knight Man!
Age:
26
Personality:
Flint is, in most ways, completely disillusion. He believes that he lives in the medieval ages, and so he acts as if it were true. He seems to believe that he is a knight of the queen, sent to the future to help other people by working as a hand of justice, taking down thieves, murderers, and generic evil villains. This also means that he is quite chivalrous, and doesn't fully believe that woman can handle themselves in battle, often refusing to fight them or protecting them when he can. Flint speaks as people in those ages as well (Your becomes thou, all that good stuff.)

Apart from this, Flint is an incredibly cheerful and hardy man, laughing most things off (The phrase "Tis but a flesh wound" comes to mind.) He is extremely optimistic, to a fault. If ever in a perilous situation, Flint will feel incredibly confident, as he believes that good will always triumph over evil.



Power:
Average, run of the mill super strength, allowing him to wear full body armor, keep a great sword on his back, a long sword at his side, and a decently sized shield on his left hand. He also has above average stamina and fortitude. His strength was naturally produced by a genetic defect which caused his muscles to grow at an abnormally rapid rate, which also lead to his incredibly large body type.

Skills:
Flint is a skilled swordsman, and does well in hand to hand combat. Despite his size, he is also surprisingly fast.
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Bio:
Flint was born in Canada, to an Irish family. He was a relatively normal lad, apart from his abnormal growth deficiency which caused him grow similarly to a tank. He was an avid reader, and always dreamed of living within the books his read, his favorite novels being stories set in a medieval fantasy setting. He attended school with an affinity for history, and rarely felt distraught. He got along with his parents, his siblings, his classmates, his teachers, and, well, essentially everyone. One night, however, Flint was riding to Florida on a senior class trip during the eight grade, when the bus veered of a cliff, killing all those inside but Flint, due to his abnormal strength and fortitude. At the, he had been reading, and after losing consciousness and coming too he lost sight of reality, believing himself to be a true knight.

With the delusion of knighthood, Flint changed. He had been forced to attend therapy, but it did him no good. He began to act as the knights did in his novels, filled with righteousness and contempt for evil do-ers. When he graduated from high school, with very few friends, he attended a military college for a few years. He had become an avid collector of medieval artifacts. He found him self at a loss when it came to fire arms, and so he turned to classic combat featuring blades and shields, to which he had become very proficient in after years of training. He realized that no formal career could satisfy his aspirations, and set out to smelt his own set of armor and weapons. After many failed attempts, he eventually crafted the suit and armory he dawns today.

Flint prowled the streets of Chicago for a few years after turning twenty one, most of his income coming from a side job working at a book store. Though he lives a small studio apartment, Flint is incredibly happy with his life. He enjoys both of his jobs, and though he has had no romantic relationships, managed to keep a few friends who humor his delusions, and keeps a pet golden retriever. He eventually became known as that-one-crazy-man-who-runs-around-Chicago-with-a-sword, but decided to name his other self "Knight Man."

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He is Knight Man! He also does not fully comprehend his vulnerability to explosives and bullet, and though his armor is reinforced, it will not bully stop bullets.
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Yeah I've been a bit busy and a bit sick, working on that shit right now, should be done tonight. I hope. I change bio concepts all the time because I'm an idiot.
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nazgul while much better than your original CS, it is still not up to standard for High-Casual. Please try to put all your information in the correct areas, delete any notes I put in the CS skeleton and correct your grammatical errors. Read the OP for more info and try to make your Bio 2 paragraphs minimum as that is the minimum for each post you put up in this RP, your Bio is namely supposed to give me a good grasp at your level of writing so it should be fairly well-written so I know I don't have to worry about you falling below the writing limit.
Zero, Take your time. The creative process is never one-track
Mmm...Gargoyle...I won't reject Knight Man(!), since he seems like a gag character but actually has a complicated and deep mental issue. There are some questionable plot holes in your bio, namely him running around Chicago with a sword often and getting away with it. I live in Chicago and the cops here, especially the ones around the south side, aren't really too forgiving, from my experiences, I don't think they'd be silent about a fanatic who carries a sword around the streets. Aside from that, I'd like to let you know there will be a dark twist in the genre as soon as our characters leave Paradise and go to their city, so make sure your character can fit well into a darker story.
Also, forget any cheeky fun with joint men and women dorms, cuz' I don't really know what the admins think is bad specifically and I don't want to risk it, so, the ladies will have their own room that has its own bathroom.
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Can do. I live in Chicago too haha, and yeah I doubt that they would allow for it.
I'll change the place to Canada then!
Although I don't really know how they would handle it.
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A shallow CS for the trainer about to encounter our characters on the runway. Very shallow, as in, no info except the raw basics.

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I believe I've fixed all of the grammar mistakes on my CS.
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Just tried out a post, sorry if it's not up to snuff, I honestly usually play in "free"
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deadpixel101 said
Just tried out a post, sorry if it's not up to snuff, I honestly usually play in "free"


I think it was just fine ;) That was pretty good for someone not used to casual.
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Barioth said
I think it was just fine ;) That was pretty good for someone not used to casual.


Well thank you very much mi amigo
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I forgot to say, Flint is accepted.
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Name: Stefan Stein
Alias: Helion Strahl
Age: 27
Height: 5 feet 7 inches (6 feet when transformed)
Weight: 160 pounds (170 pounds when transformed)

Appearance:
Not particularly tall and on the pudgier side of 160 pounds, Stefan is definitely not what you'd expect out of a hero of any sort, what with his long, unkempt dirty blonde hair and wild "I stopped caring a while ago" beard that might look manly or even "viking-like" on a larger, more muscular man but just makes him look like a slob. Stefan's body isn't particularly hardened or scarred from battle either, just marked by the typical nicks and cuts that happen throughout life. His fashion sense is best defined as "jeans, whatever shirt was handy, shoes, add layers if cold out, cleanliness optional".

When transformed into Helion Strahl he mutates into something taller, leaner and decidedly less human. Though still a humanoid in form, his entire body, clothes included, is first enveloped by a metallic, dull black "skin" over which a rock-like exoskeleton forms, grainy grey and slightly cracked, creating a sort of armor which consists of a helmet, cuirass, pauldrons, gauntlets and greaves. The "armor" has pieces of white prism-like crystal growing from its parts, a starburst pattern one in the center of his chest and then simple horizontal strips on the outside of the forearms, along with small circular identations on his palms. Of particular note is the "helmet", which covers the entire head and has bug-like characteristics to it such as large compound eyes, seemingly made out of some form of red crystal, a metallic grey "mouthplate" resembling an insect mandible and a single horn-like crest growing from the middle of its forehead area. Oddly enough, the form also has a belt-like attachment to it, a large stone ring securely placed around Helion's waist which features strange markings on it and has a prism sphere placed in the center of the buckle.

Personality:
Irreverent, upbeat and carefree, Stefan is an adventurous man who seeks to enjoy life to the fullest, always looking for new experiences of any kind and often diving headfirst into them without a second thought. This does not mean, however, that he's needlessly loud or hyperactive about it, nor that he cannot appreciate something that he has already experienced, it simply means that he enjoys the wonders of living like few people do. Stefan has a strong, if rather overly simplistic, sense of justice. He's honest to a fault and hates to see people harmed physically or emotionally, going out of his way to help others if he can. Above all, he greatly dislikes killing and overly violent actions and will avoid them at all costs, to the detriment of his fighting ability, and he'll also stop such actions when possible. When transformed into Strahl his personality gains a more serious edge to it but otherwise remains the same.

Bio:
Stefan Stein was a normal human but two years ago, an intern whose parents had died of tragic but blameless causes working for an accounting firm and looking at a life spent on a dead end inane job he'd hate with all his might, but would provide a decent middle class living for himself and any eventual family he might form with whoever he managed to settle with. Like I said, normal guy. This all changed when he died. Out camping on his own to get away from the mess of the big city and the urge to punch his supervisor in the face (then kick him in the johnson, to be honest), he was the only person on site to witness what was later defined as a freak meteorite crash, which somehow managed to avoid all prior detection before impact. Civil servants found Stefan in shock but alive and with only minor injuries, from which he recovered incredibly quickly. He was considered quite lucky to be alive.

The truth is that Stefan the human died that night. The meteorite avoided all detection before impact because it was not just a simple hunk of space rock, it was a powerful alien being from the mysterious race known as the Duref. What was left over in the crater, the largest recorded meteorite to ever collide with Earth, was just a byproduct from the creature's path through the stars and the impact did indeed end Stefan's life. The Duref are a peaceful species of explorers and observers who respect the sanctity of life like few others, the crash landing was the result of the extensive injuries inflicted upon it by an unknown assailant and the Duref despaired at the life it had accidentally taken. Since it was dying itself, the mysterious alien entity did the only thing it could to undo the harm it had caused and, in a way, preserve itself.

Gathering what little power it had left, the Duref fused itself with Stefan, bringing him back to life and integrating part of itself into the young man. Stefan retained very little knowledge of what had happened, most of the Duref stored away in his unconscious, but he knew that he was no longer just Stefan Stein but also something or someone greater, a new aspect of himself which he came to call Helion Strahl, though whether this came about from the Duref's influence or just because he thought it sounded cool will never be known. Whatever the case, it was this experience that brought about Stefan's current outlook on life. He quit his job, didn't punch his supervisor in the face and took to travelling the world, making ends meet by doing odd jobs for food, clothes and sometimes lodgings. It was during these travels that he realized that Helion Strahl wasn't just a way to cope with the shock of having survived a near-death experience.

Attacked by a crazed mutant, he realized two things: his regular body healed from things it shouldn't be able to, and he could transform into Helion Strahl. The information flashed into his mind as needed, what he could do and how with his powers, and with his new form he was able to subdue the monster without killing or permanently crippling it. Life had changed for Stefan once again. Though before he was content with simply being helpful, he realized that with his newfound abilities he could be so much more. He could be a hero.

Regular powers:
-Healing factor: Stefan is able to recover from wounds, poisons and toxins in a much more effective way than regular humans given enough time. Not useful in a fight, much too slow for that, but good for staying alive long as he's not beheaded or anything of the sort. Works best when exposed to sunlight.

-Transformation: Stefan can summon the Chroma Ring, a strange belt which appears on his waist when required and allows his transformation into Helion Strahl.

Powers when transformed:
-Light Powers: Helion Strahl is able to absorb, project and manipulate light in a variety of ways. Beyond the obvious capacity of acting like a walking flashlight/spotlight and producing blinding flashes of light he can also do more complicated things such as rendering himself and others in close proximity invisible, create optical illusions, project holograms or even focus light into varying intensity laser beams. Strahl's favorite combat application of this power is rapid firing a series of randomly colored light pulses of varying intensity which overwhelm optical receptors, causing powerful headaches, nausea and disorientation to go along with the blinding, allowing him to subdue criminals without causing any permanent damage. The powers work best when there's light sources he can use nearby but Strahl can use his own finite reserves of light if necessary.

-Damage Tolerance: The transformation into Helion Strahl acts much like an integrated suit of armor, protecting Stefan from harm.

Skills:
-Obviously skilled at using and controlling his own powers, not much else that may benefit a superhero career. He's picked up a number of assorted skills such as cooking, carving or playing some instruments over the last few years but they're neither helpful towards fighting crime nor is he that skilled at them, jack of all trades and all that.

Gear/Equipment/Weapons:
Nothing of note.

Weaknesses:
-Lack of hand to hand combat skills
-In his transformed form, sonic attacks cause him intense pain throughout his entire body
-Needs to transform in order to access his most useful powers
-Reflective surfaces can be used to bounce back the offensive applications of his powers

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Other:
Stefan might not realize it, but his powers have much hidden potential. Basically, if you decide to make things not street level, well, his powers are gonna evolve.
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Omg yes, he sounds like Kamen Rider. We have our first good-guy hero! (Aside from Flint, who is a bit of a weirdo) Accepted.
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Looking back, I see that Mary will be extremely underpowered, in comparison to the rest... I get the feeling that she wont be contributing too much among so many super-powered badasses...
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Alexandria isn't much better in the superpower division, yet I think that's just a bigger challenge for her to win~
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Kamen Rider, Ultraman, henshin heroes. I was going to make a gadget guy originally but then everyone posted nonpowered gear characters and well, we needed more people with fun powers. And then people posted characters with powers but I would've taken so long to remake my bio I just finished this guy. It's easy to put skill-based characters more or less up to par with powered ones, just gotta give them good enough gear. Beauty of a gadgets guy, they can fit in on street level, country level, world level, cosmic level, just gotta keep their gadgets level with the setting. Oh yeah Chiba has a good guy hero too, btw.
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Yeah, rank up your heroes and Mary and Alexandria will have access to some fun toys. For future reference, Paradise is just the surface of Puriel's level.
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Howdy everyone!
(Just to get a few questions I have out of the way)
1) Would you feel comfortable with another person in or do you guys feel you're getting a little full?
2) Do you have objections to powers based (very loosely) on quantum mechanics?
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Barioth have you ever read Onepunch Man?
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kisame12 said
Howdy everyone! (Just to get a few questions I have out of the way) 1) Would you feel comfortable with another person in or do you guys feel you're getting a little full?2) Do you have objections to powers based (very loosely) on quantum mechanics?


Quantum mechanics is a broad topic, put up a CS and we'll see.

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Barioth have you ever read Onepunch Man?


Yes, this RP is very loosely based off of it, albeit a more realistic setting.
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Barioth said
this RP is very loosely based off of it, albeit a more realistic setting.


Yeah I thought as much. If I'm gonna be honest here I'd prefer something as over the top and tongue in cheek as Onepunch Man, which manages to both satirize and render great tribute to the conventions of the superhero genre, particularly those of Japan but it works for western heroes as well. That's just my two cents, I'm sure this roleplay'll be fun as it is so let's see how it goes, yeah?
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