[center][img]http://baku-panda.org/images/UOU_Mordred_medieval.png[/img][h1][b]| [color=skyblue]M O R D R E D[/color] |[/b][/h1][sub][b][i]"Whatever else I am, I am your son - your most wretched son. If you do not hate me, try to love me a little, Mother; it is lonely never to have been loved, only devoured."[/i][/b][/sub][/center]
[b]| [color=skyblue]Character You're Applying For[/color] |[/b]
[indent]Mordred Pendragon[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]Powers And Abilities[/color] |[/b]
[indent]Mordred is a [i]homo magi[/i], having an innate talent for accessing and manipulating the mystical energies which pass through the multiverse. These energies can be formed into spells through the application of will, or focus. More powerful magics may inhabit objects or words, but in both cases those merely serve as foci to off-set the physical toll on the body caused by channeling the mystica arcana. Mordred is both the wielder and the victim of magic, being under a spell cast by Morgan le Fey which grants him both eternal youth and eternal life.[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]Origin And Backstory[/color] |[/b]
[indent]Mordred is the illegitimate son of King Arthur Pendragon, conceived by means of a liaison with his half-sister, Morgaine. Like Arthur, himself, Mordred's conception was the product of both magic and deception, as Morgaine wielded Merlin's own tricks against him in escalating political schemes aimed at ousting the magician from Camelot. Merlin saw the coming of a bastard born on May Day and convinced Arthur to put to death all infants who were born at that time. Morgaine knew that this royal command would seed division among the Knights of the Round Table, but safeguarded Mordred by entrusting him to Sir Brian of Kent, the Silent Knight. As he grew into a boy, Mordred served as page to Sir Brian and, for a brief period of time, Camelot was everything that people today believe it to have been.

Then it all went wrong. Horribly, horribly wrong. Lancelot's betrayal of Arthur's trust shattered the unity of the Knights of the Round Table. The knights turned on one another, as Lancelot fled the kingdom and Arthur's rage set forth in a warpath that promised no peace for so long as either Lancelot or Arthur yet lived. It was at Camlann that all was revealed. Sir Brian's betrayal of his king's command. Mordred's true parentage. Morgaine's role in the fall of Camelot and Merlin's massacre of Sir Jason's family. Arthur moved to kill the bastard, but Sir Brian intervened. In the subsequent fight between them, Arthur slew the Silent Knight  - the only father that Mordred had ever known - in front of the young squire's eyes. Taking up his knight's arming sword, Mordred dealt Arthur a mortal wound before being slain by the dying Arthur. Mordred died at the hands of his father, his body lying beside the Silent Knight, the man that he had loved as his dad. 

But Mordred's story didn't end there. Instead, it had only begun. Morgaine made a deal with Morpheus, the primordial "Elder God" of the Dreaming, which enabled Mordred's spirit to retake corporeal form as his story was told and re-told. As part of Morgaine's plan, with each re-telling, the story changed with subtle nuance that shifted the roles of the people involved. Morgaine's duplicity was obfuscated as her character became confused, even divided into separate roles -- Morgause and Morgan -- while blame for Arthur's dead cast Mordred as the penultimate villain. Compared to Mordred, the villain who never was, Arthur became the magnanimous man, the once and future king. From Geoffrey of Monmouth to Cretien de Troyes to Thomas Mallory and E.B. White, the story of Sir Mordred became the story of Mordred the Evil, and Morgaine's role that of no more than a minor witch.

A thousand years later, a book is stolen from out of the House of Mystery. The [i]Libellus Sanguinis[/i], a tome of forbidden knowledge said to have been authored by Mary, Queen of Blood. As people start to go missing across Europe, it becomes clear that the Cult of the Blood Red Moon may be rising once more. The quest to recover it brings Mordred back to a reality that has forsaken him for the memory of a great king who never was.[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]What Makes This Character 'Ultimate'?[/color] |[/b]
[indent]This version combines aspects of both the DCAU Mordred and Marvel Comics' Mordred, leveraging the varied storytelling of the Arthurian Legend to return to the heroic Sir Mordred of the earliest known accounts. This version of Mordred also combines magical elements of both Marvel's "Masters of the Mystical Arts" and DC's "Justice League Dark" in order to arrive at a narrative that combines aspects of both to create a story of British superheroes both old and new.[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]SUPPORTING CAST[/color] |[/b]
[indent][b]Nina Skorzeny[/b] (Scream Queen)
A young Romanian girl kidnapped and turned into a vampire by the Tenth Circle.[/indent]
[indent][b]Squire[/b] (Cyril Sheldrake)
A boy whose father was killed by Springheeled Jack. The Black Knight's squire.[/indent]
[indent][b]Dane Whitman[/b] (Black Knight)
A descendant of Arthur Pendragon and the current champion of the Lady of the Lake. Wields the Sword of Light and the Shield of Night.[/indent]
[indent][b]Jericho Drumm[/b] (Brother Voodoo)
A member of the Masters of the Mystical Arts, the protector of the London Sanctum.[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]ROGUE’S GALLERY[/color] |[/b]
[indent][b]Lord Crucifer[/b]
A powerful and ancient vampire, Crucifer leads the sect of the vampire nation that has come to be known as the Tenth Circle.[/indent]
[indent][b]Xarus[/b]
One of Vlad Dracul's children and Crucifer's lieutenant.[/indent]
[indent][b]Springheeled Jack[/b]
A lesser demon from Limbo who has plagued London since at least 1837.[/indent]
[indent][b]Klarion[/b] the Witch-Boy
A resident of Limbo Town.[/indent]
[indent][b]Morgan le Fey[/b]
A mother's work is never done.[/indent]
[indent][b]Thomas Cassidy[/b] (Black Tom)
A modern Irish highwayman, currently working with Morgan le Fey.[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]Locations[/color] |[/b]
[indent][b]Jordan Tower[/b] (The London Sanctum)
Built upon the ruins of an ancient keep dating back to Roman London, the Jordan Tower lies at the intersection of ley lines crossing the Earth. Home to Brother Voodoo.[/indent]
[indent][b]Limbo Town[/b]
A city on the edge of forever, founded by witches from Roanoke, and gateway to Limbo. Located underneath the city of New York.[/indent]
[indent][b]The House of Mystery[/b]
A convergence where the physical realm and the Dreaming cross over.[/indent]
[b]| [color=skyblue]Post Catalogue[/color] |[/b]
[indent][b]"Life is But a Dream"[/b]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4773010]Part 1[/url] • [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4773417]Part 2[/url] • [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4777835]Part 3[/url] • [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4789334]Part 4[/url][/indent]