[h1][center][color=1b1464][u]MARVEL KNIGHTS OF NEW YORK[/u][/color][/center][/h1] [h2][color=92278f][b][center]Ms. Marvel[/center][/b][/color][/h2] [center][img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bratzfan/images/6/6e/Ms-Marvel-Kamala-Khan-cover-art.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/640?cb=20170804215204[/img] [h3][color=a187be][i]Don't meet your heroes.[/i][/color][/h3][/center] [center][color=gold][b]----------------[/b][/color][/center] [h3][center][u][color=1b1464]CHARACTER BIO:[/color][/u][/center][/h3] [color=92278f][b]Real Name:[/b][/color] Kamala Khan [color=92278f][b]Age:[/b][/color] 17 [color=92278f][b]Gender:[/b][/color] Female [color=92278f][b]Powers, Abilities, and Gear:[/b][/color] [b][color=a187be]Polymorphism[/color][/b] - a more science-y way of saying shapeshifting. Kamala can grow (and shrink!) parts of her body at will. She can also physically change her appearance to that of pretty much any other person, and [b][color=a187be]rapidly recover[/color][/b] from otherwise fatal wounds by shifting back to the not-hurt version of herself. She can't shift again until she's done healing, however, and the healing can take a hell of a lot out of her. Also, an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) can fuck her shit up pretty good. [b][color=a187be]Biokinectic burkini + bangles[/color][/b] - her suit shifts with her, and her cute lil wrist gauntlet can hold a cell phone and some Motrin. [color=92278f][b]Origin:[/b][/color] [hider=Issa Origin]Until she was sixteen, Kamala Khan was as normal as any nerdy Desi girl could get. Her parents were a little strict, her devoutly Muslim older brother was a [i]lot[/i] strict. But she got by, plenty content to write Tony Stark/Captain America slash and imagine what she would get signed first if she ever met her hero, Captain Marvel. Before that could happen, however, Kamala got caught in a haze of Weird Fog™ and woke up...as Carol Danvers. What actually happened, she would later uncover (with the help of her semi-genius BFF Bruno), was that the Weird Fog™ or Terrigen Mist had "activated" her Inhuman genes. Almost from the beginning, Kamala was totally onboard with being a superhero, finding dozens of tiny ways to "give back" to her quiet Jersey City community, imagining climbing the ranks of heroism until she could one day fight alongside Captain Marvel, going so far as to give herself the 'Ms. Marvel' moniker out of respect. And then came the fateful day when her dream came true, and Kamala found herself waking to a reality that was far more gray than black and white. When it was discovered that a classmate (and friend of Bruno's) was intending to test a very dangerous experiment in the heart of NYC, Kamala came face to face with Danvers...only to realize that Captain Marvel meant to turn in this classmate well [i]before[/i] any crime had been committed. What seemed like a preemptive strike to Captain Marvel felt an awful lot like profiling to a post-9/11 Pakistani girl living just outside of New York City. Kamala didn't turn in her classmate, but someone did. Two days after he was taken into custody, he was found dead in his courthouse jail cell. Captain Marvel insisted the tragedy had come at the cost of a dozen innocents saved (or vice versa). But Kamala could only feel responsible for the one. And as much as she tried not to blame her hero, she couldn't help but wonder what might have happened if the other woman had never been there. She never thought to question [i]why[/i] someone like Captain Marvel had been there in the first place. Ms. Marvel couldn't find it in herself to give up the fight she'd started, but she couldn't help but notice everything felt [i]different[/i] after that. Victories seemed darker, heavier. Who was she fighting, and why? Could she call herself a hero anymore? Had she ever really been one? Did she want to be one now? Meanwhile, Bruno, who had also been close with the dead student, had gone off to study at the Tony Stark Institute of Whatever the Fuck (named facetiously). Kamala, feeling the need to stick closer to home, at least until she figured things out, opted for a community college in Queens. It's been a good place to watch the street vigilante movement come into its own, and while she hasn't been able to help getting swept up, she finds she's questioning the morals of everyone around her just a little bit more every day. Who said the weirdos with the masks get to decide who the bad guys are?[/hider] [center][color=gold][b]----------------[/b][/color][/center] [h3][center][u][color=1b1464]STORY INFO:[/color][/u][/center][/h3] [color=92278f][b]High Concept:[/b][/color] Look, I'm all about this push to bring a new generation of young women into the comics fold. But I'm also not 12, and have little to no interest in the woes of high school. I adore Kamala & co, and I'm ready to see them out in the world. NYC is, in theory, a little grittier than Kamala's Jersey City. I wanna know what she does about it. Also, her origin story has always felt a little vague to me. I think I'd like to explore that some. [color=92278f][b]Motivation and Conflict:[/b][/color] Harboring a post CWII-esque sense of disillusionment with many a masked crusader, Kamala is on a path for self-discovery. Consciously, she's in training of the ethical variety -- achieving that level of hero-dom (and Adulting®) that somehow magically instills her with the unyielding sense of Right And Wrong everyone else seems to have. Subconsciously, she's looking for a mentor. And feeling both desperate and a little raw. [color=92278f][b]Notes:[/b][/color] Alright, so I've taken some events out of context and written out the consequences of others that haven't happened (yet). CWII -- didn't happen (I assume?), but the much-lauded falling out between Carol & Kamala did. I've written a [i]highly[/i] minified version of it with the intentions of keeping Captain Marvel mostly out of the way. Carol is now off somewhere Captain-ing, I guess. She can exist in just about any iteration, so long as Kamala feels cheated/abandoned/generally besmirched by her. BFF Bruno is also MIA. Not necessarily in Wakanda, but not necessarily [i]not[/i] in Wakanda. He's definitely not in JC, though, and his current activities may be a bit shifty. HYDRA-level shifty. In general, Kamala is feeling pretty wary of any masked hero, herself included. [hider=NPCs][list] [*][color=a187be][b]Bruno Carrelli:[/b][/color] Kamala's genius longtime BFF and the one who helped her get a handle on her powers. He made the prototype of her suit, but also sort of resents her for (indirectly) getting his friend and science partner killed. [*][color=a187be][b]Josh Williams (deceased):[/b][/color] former mad-scientist-in-training. A few months before his untimely suicide, he got reeeeeal reclusive. Also somehow got his hands on some really expensive materials for a high school kid from Jersey. [*][color=a187be][b]The Khans:[/b][/color] Yusuf (father), Muneeba (mother), Aamir (brother) [/list][/hider] [center][color=gold][b]----------------[/b][/color][/center] [center][h3][u][color=1b1464]PLAYER INFO:[/color][/u][/h3][/center] [b][color=92278f]Player Name:[/color][/b] Dot! [b][color=92278f]Preferred Contact Method:[/color][/b] idk try shouting. Or PM, I guess. I can be shamed into using Discord, should the need arise. [b][color=92278f]Why [i]This[/i] Character?:[/color][/b] IMO, Kamala has a solid, if somewhat underrated couple of arcs, and like every woman of color ever, has to work twice as hard for half her due. I firmly believe she can hack it recast in a grittier, NYC-street light. Also, I keep meaning to pick up Champions, and then getting distracted. This is like a cheaper way to meet that need. [b][color=92278f]What Can You Bring to the RPG?:[/color][/b] [s]Optimism.[/s] Tense and uncomfortable silences?