After having read through the entirety of Worm last week, I was delighted to find a roleplay on the subject. Made myself a character below, hope he's okay. [hider=the enforcer] [center][h3][b]Ironclad[/b][/h3] [img]Picture here if you have one[/img][/center] [b]Name:[/b] Dane Mikael [b]Alias:[/b] Ironclad [b]Age:[/b] 24 [b]Alignment:[/b] Anti-Hero [b]Loyalty:[/b] Independent [b]Appearance:[/b] <><><><><><><><><> [b]History:[/b] Denver's never been the nicest of places, especially for the poor. Not that there are many nice places when you're poor. Growing up in a broken home in a broken neighborhood, surrounded by broken people, Dane was introduced to the real world at a very young age. His life has always been one of hard choices and desperation, and he's seen firsthand what happens to people at the bottom of the barrel. Judgement and abandonment were core aspects of his upbringing, the first from the world and the second from his family. Crime in the area didn't help, and when the Community took over things got that much harder. In a rather unpleasant life, one moment still did it's best to stand out as particularly horrible. A gunman broke into Dane's house, wounding his sister and making off with what little his family had managed to save up. No powers were involved, and no superhero flew to the rescue. Enraged Dane tried to chase down the gunman himself, managing to track down and corner the robber in a brief chase. Attacking the man was probably a bad idea, and he received a bullet for his trouble. When the police arrived to arrest the gunman they found Dane holding him down, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the side. Luck had protected him, but in his anger he went too far and attacked the cops when they tried to restrain him. The confrontation ended with him beaten senseless and tazed, left on the ground as the police took the gunman into custody. Bleeding, battered, bruised and humiliated, Dane triggered. With no faith in the system and a need for money, Dane became 'Switchblade', an enforcer for the Community. His height and build made him imposing enough to scare most people into submission, and his powers let him win any fights that did break out. But he never outgrew his hotheadedness, which got him into trouble more than once. When he sent one of his superiors to the hospital the Community decided he was too much of a risk to keep around. They called him into an office, and shot him in the back. The body was dumped in some alley. It was only an unknown quirk of Dane's power that allowed him to survive the shot, and the kindness of a stranger that saved his life. After a week he woke up, after another week he could move again. Unfortunately, the world did not wait for him. His sister slipped into a catatonic state, and there was no certainty of recovery. His family believed him to be dead, and it might be better for them to keep believing that. If the Community found out he was alive it wouldn't end well. Left purposeless and alone, he relied on his only remaining friend. Alicia Mourn, the woman who had saved him. He told her all he knew, and she forgave him. Told him to use his powers to make a difference. To Dane, that meant fighting the Community. So he discarded his old name, and emerged as a vigilante by the name of 'Ironclad'. Someone who would fight the Community's thugs in the streets, employing a level of violence that more traditional heroes might not be comfortable with. [center][h3][b]Personality[/b][/h3][/center] [b]Motivations:[/b] Dane seeks many things. Vengeance. Justice. Redemption. A release for his anger. Most of all, perhaps, a purpose. [b]Sexuality:[/b] Gay [b]Likes:[/b] [list][*] Fast Food [*] Bad Movies [*] Working Out[/list] [b]Dislikes:[/b] [list][*] Government Supers [*] The Community [*] Beating Around the Bush[/list] [b]Derangement:[/b] While far from a paragon of calmness before his trigger event, Dane's power seems to have fixated on the state of anger that consumed him in that moment. This has driven him to be impulsive, easy to anger, and explosive when angered. He has a hard time containing his own rage sometimes, even when he has the best of intentions. [center][h3][b]Parahumanism[/b][/h3][/center] [b]Skills:[/b] Brawling - while having never received any official training, Dane knows how to use his size and strength to their fullest. Intimidation - Dane learned some tricks from his time as a criminal enforcer, enhancing his naturally imposing stature. Crime - breaking and entering, picking locks, avoiding cops, and other useful tricks. [b]Classification:[/b] Brute/Breaker (little bit of Shifter, according to some) [b]Details:[/b] Dane is able to absorb any small nonliving object he touches. Small, in this case, means anything with a volume lower than that of his head. Smaller objects are more quickly absorbed than large ones. After absorbing an object Dane is capable of projecting it from his body, having it emerge from his flesh at any point. As 'switchblade' he turned his fingers to knife-claws, or formed brass knuckles on his fists. As 'Ironclad' he uses it to cover his body in a layer of 'scales', consisting of anything from bullets to biking gear and metal chains. He can make various weapons emerge from his body in combat, ranging from metal tubes to knife blades. Objects emerging from his skin can be manipulated as if he were holding them, allowing Dane to do things like rapidly pushing a metal tube outwards to add to the impact of a punch. A quirk of Dane's power is that objects that are pushed into him are absorbed more quickly. This allowed him to absorb the bullet before it inflicted lethal damage, although he was still mortally wounded. Unfortunately it doesn't have many applications, as this pretty much only works on small physical projectiles. It saved him once, however, and it might save him again. [b]Limitations:[/b] Nonliving objects can't be absorbed, and large objects take up to a minute to fully absorb. Despite his abilities Ironclad doesn't have any actual enhanced toughness or strength, only his own natural bulk. Lastly electrical systems seem to short out when absorbed, which prevents him from having things like flashlights stored inside his body. [b]Equipment:[/b] Most of his gear is stored inside of him. He can easily conjure lockpicks, weapons, guns or medical supplies from his body. [/hider]