I wasn't sure what to go with for a character concept, so I went with something maybe a bit out of left field. I dunno. Fairly standard power set, but with a weird.... angle?

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[sub]Joshua Morris
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D.O.B.   [b]|[/b]   36   [b]|[/b]   American
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No   [b]|[/b]   ♂   [b]|[/b]   Straight
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Dropout   [b]|[/b]   Homeless
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Physical Profile[/sub]
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[sub][b]//Basics:
	• Height[/b] | [i]5'-10"[/i]

	[b]• Weight[/b] | [i]147 lbs[/i]

	[b]• Build[/b] | [i]Average[/i]

	[b]• Hair Colour[/b] | [i]White[/i]

	[b]• Eye Colour[/b] | [i]Brown[/i][/sub][/hider][CENTER][SUB]Miscellaneous Items[/sub]
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[sub][b]//Notes:
	• Other[/b] | [i]Description[/i]
	
[b]//Paraphernalia:
	• Item 1[/b] | [i]Description[/i][/sub][/hider]

[/cell][cell][sub][b] Appearance Details[/b][/sub]
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[indent]Joshua is a ragged man, and that translates into his every movement. He's fairly average in height and build, but he walks with a slight slump that makes him seem shorter than he really is. Even if he weren't dressed in rags and leftovers you could tell at a glance that he was homeless. You could tell from his shuffling gait, as if he's walking with nowhere to go. You could tell from the resigned exhaustion in his eyes, occasionally tinged with fear. From the way he holds himself, from the company he keeps. And, if you care to get close enough, from the scent. He's unshaven, unclean, and generally unpleasant to be around. Occasionally he offers a furtive smile, not sure whether he should try and appear friendly or break eye contact and stay away. Ever since he received his powers, there's been a more careful edge to Joshua's movements. He steps carefully, and moves his hands with great care. As if he were in a china shop, and terrible afraid of bumping into something.[/indent]
[sub][b] Personality[/b][/sub]
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[INDENT]At his core, Joshua is a coward. And he's come to terms with that. He's been running from his failures all his life, and eventually he ended up so far away that he didn't know the way back. All his life he's had impulsive ideas and plans, and when he decides to do something it's with a naive stubbornness that might be mistaken for confidence. Yet he's unable to accept the consequences of his own actions, unable to properly confront his fears. Homeless life in this crime-ridden town has left Joshua even more downtrodden than he was before, with none of his previous marketing mannerisms. And yet, perhaps more importantly than any of those flaws, deep down inside Joshua still wants to help people. Some part of him, even in his situation, never stopped wanting to help people.[/INDENT]
[/cell][/row][/table][sub][b] Character Synopsis[/b][/sub]
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[indent]Many years ago, Joshua and his roommate Harry decided to start their own business. It was a simple little endeavour that designed algorithms that tracked delivery routes and optimised schedules. Joshua himself knew nothing about the coding involved, but his friend was confident in their abilities and Joshua himself had done a stint in marketing before. They both gave it a shot, and they succeeded fairly well. Stepped forward, introduced their idea, made some money. They had a small office where Harry worked on the code, and Joshua spent his time advertising and researching potential clients. Things were going all right, they even managed to get some employees. Monitored and tweaked the code, began developing alternative programs and systems. Broadened their horizons.

In retrospect, Joshua wouldn't be able to tell you where it went south. Rival companies, better algorithms, and a number of high-profile clients lost to ridiculous blunders. An employee publically exposed and summarily jailed, casting the company in an unfortunate light right when they needed positive press. Money started running short, but Joshua would have nothing of it. This was working before, and he wasn't willing to accept that it couldn't keep working. That this wasn't just a bad spot, a bit of turbulence on their road to success. And the worse things got the further he sank away into the depths of denial.

They accrued debts. Harry got into trouble with his family. They started eating bargain bin ramen, working out of a shared apartment because they couldn't afford an office space. It was Joshua's confidence that dragged Harry along, his salesman's smile and carefully worded pitch. But eventually even Harry was forced to stop, when his failure started preventing him from taking proper care of his kids. Joshua was left alone, in debt, with no idea what to do next.

Joshua couldn't accept the fact that things had gotten so bad because of him. He couldn't accept the situation, and he couldn't accept the blame. So instead of working with his friend to work off the debt, he ran. He moved to a different city, and lived off the streets. He begged for scraps, and lived off whatever he could scrounge up. It's a decision he regretted for all of his life, and yet not once could Joshua muster the courage to go back. To ask for forgiveness, to apologise, to ask for help. He couldn't accept it, in the state he was in. Knowing full well what a bad idea it was he continued on his own. Sinking ever deeper into despair.

Perhaps that would have been the end of a rather depressing tale, had it not been for a fateful incident not two years ago. Joshua can't remember the night of the incident, it comes back to him in flashes. Glimpses, ideas. He's not sure how much of it is real. Masked men, and moving shadows, and screams in the dark. What he knows is that it wasn't supposed to happen. He wasn't supposed to get these powers, they weren't intended for him. Whatever grand purpose they had been intended for, good or ill, they had somehow been granted to him instead. A depressed homeless man, with nothing left. The power, perhaps, to change the world.

Several nights after receiving his powers, Joshua witnessed a beating. A group of thugs had turned on one of their own for some kind of betrayal, and the unfortunate turncoat was being 'punished'. It was the kind of situation that before, Joshua would have just ignored. Not a damn thing he could do about it. But now, with this power, there was something he could do. He grabbed a paper bag and propped it over his head, before stepping in. Knowing that this power wasn't his, and that he was risking his life with a power he didn't know how to use, he fought to save the life of a stranger. Perhaps it was because after all this time being weak he needed something to feel powerful. Maybe it was because he required a violent outlet for his frustration and pain. Or maybe, just maybe, it was because he finally had the ability to do some real good in the world. And that same stubborn nature wouldn't let him stop.

It's nearly two years later now. The paper bag has been traded for spray-painted yellow and red hockey mask which sits stylistically somewhere between superhero and flamboyant serial killer. Joshua is now Protector, the raggedy superhero of the slums. But as he spends his days saving lives, he spends his nights looking over his shoulder. After all this power was supposed to go to someone else. And whoever they are....

they might come looking for it.
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[sub][b] Abilities & Skills[/b][/sub]
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[INDENT][sub][b]//Abilities:[/b][/sub]
[INDENT][b][i]Superhuman Ability[/i][/b] | Fundamentally, Protector has the power to drain other people of their abilities. It steals some tiny fraction of a everyone's natural strength, speed and other abilities, and then adds those to Protector's. By default the ability steals 0.1% of people's physical abilities, and affects everyone within a 1km radius. At maximum power this ability can be amped up to stealing 1% of people's abilities, within a 2km radius. This grants Protector vastly enhanced strength, speed, healing, senses and general durability while he's in heavily populated areas. It also makes everyone within the area slightly weaker, although even at maximum power most people won't even notice their strength being reduced by 1%. 

Considering the population density of Santa Celia, Protector spends most of his time at 8x human average. Meaning he's stronger, faster and more durable than any human. At maximum exertion he can increase this to 320x human average, making him immensely strong, fast and tough. A veritable living tank. Although unfortunately it doesn't do anything to improve his skills.

There are two downsides to using full exertion. Firstly, Protector tries to avoid it because of the negative effect on others. Even 1% of your immune system can be important if you happen to have a serious disease. The second is that the more power he uses, the more 'other' stuff he receives. Flashes of forgotten memories, fading emotions, half-formed ideas. Too much, too garbled and too spread out to actually get anything solid. 0.1% of a thought isn't worth much. But it's enough to form a sort of static in his head that can wear him down, distract him and break him.
	
[b][i]Limitation(s)[/i][/b] | Protector's mass drain can only acquire or boost normal human abilities. It can grant improved healing because humans heal, it can grant improved toughness because humans possess toughness. It can not grant flight, xray vision, or any other such abilities. Even if there are superhumans in his radius, he doesn't get any of their supernatural abilities unless they both remain human and their abilities are extensions of human-normal abilities. So if there was a non-shapeshifter with super strength, he might be able to drain a fraction of their strength.

[b][i]Weakness(es)[/i][/b] | First, this ability is only useful when you're surrounded by a large number of people. If there are only 10 people in range then at best it can make him slightly above average. His power also requires concentration. The power never drops below it's minimum value of 0.1%, but if you can disrupt his concentration (such as with a flashbang or tear gas) you can prevent him from gathering any more strength than that.[/INDENT][/indent]
[indent][sub][b]//Skills:[/b][/sub]
[INDENT][b][i]Marketing[/i][/b] | He's lost a lot of this skill to his attitude, but Joshua was decent at marketing before all this.[/indent]
[INDENT][b][i]Brawling[/i][/b] | Joshua fights like a middle-aged drunk, but at least he's trying.[/indent]
[INDENT][b][i]Streetwise[/i][/b] | Over the years Joshua's acquired a sense for the street. He knows where people go to remain hidden, he knows where they go to make trouble, and he knows where other people expect him to be.[/indent]
[INDENT][b][i]Estimation[/i][/b] | You might not expect it, but he's a surprisingly good judge of character. An important trait for a salesman. Same he's better at judging others than he is at judging himself.[/indent][/indent]
[sub][b] Supporting Cast[/b][/sub]
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[indent]A mysterious man travels the land, trying to retrieve his lost power. They power that was supposed to make him a God. He possesses a shard, but it is only one shard. He needs to possess the whole. Soon, he will.[/INDENT][hr]
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