Basic Information
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Superhero Name: Mister Budo
Nickname: The Man of Martial Mystery
Civilian Name: Taiga Sato
Origin city/Planet: Hiroshima, Japan
Hometown: Nomadic
Sex: Male
Race: Asian
Height: 6ft1
Weight: 200+ pounds
Age: 24
Birth Date: December 12th
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Appearance:


A clean faced youth with short, well styled black hair typically gelled back and sharp hazel eyes, Taiga Sato is certainly not unattractive but there’s just something unassuming about him on first inspection. Look closer, however, and you might notice that aside from his respectable height he’s actually really quite athletic. Further inspection would reveal a decidedly gifted musculature, built enviably, powerfully wiry, and a shocking array of scars that perfectly match the irezumi tattoos covering his back, pectorals and upper arms in the style of the yakuza.

The clothes, as they say, make the man. His crimefighting getup is a form-fitting black jumpsuit ironically reminiscent of those worn by old school japanese biker gangs, with forearm-length gauntlets, tall tabi boots with greaves and kneepads styled after japanese armor adding a more warrior-like feel along with a dark red sash around his waist. A matching thigh-length, sleeveless kimono jacket called a jinbaori emblazoned with his icon on the back completes the attire, along with a wide-brimmed hat and eye-concealing domino mask.

Icon:


The kanji for "Kongoh", japanese reading of the mythological vajra.

Personality:
There’s no in and out of character for Mister Budo, he very much is who he is and the costume is just a visual fancy. A tremendously competitive and self assured martial artist, adventurous to an often foolhardy degree and outspoken to a fault as befit a master of his craft, the warrior enjoys calling attention to his abilities and cultivating an air of mystique around him, all of which might not sound terribly heroic but really everyone knows the best heroes are flawed and conflicted as it serves to highlight their humanity.

Budo’s personality defects are offset by a perhaps surprisingly amiable, honest, generous and ultimately fairly approachable nature, and especially by his genuine desire to be heroic, to battle threats and help and inspire others even if it’s in his own particular way. Holding himself to high standards because he knows of the value and power heroes hold as symbols, he places great importance in hard work and dedication and firmly believes that anyone has the potential to grow and surpass themselves should they truly strive for it.

Super abilities:
Skills:
-The Art of Fighting: To say that Mister Budo is first and foremost a top class martial artist would be an understatement, he is a fighter of mythical caliber easily amidst the best in history even counting beings such as amazons. While he specializes in barehanded combat he holds deep knowledge of all manner of fighting forms, including the handling of weapons both ancient and modern, and this lends itself to a particular perspective: Budo understands the use of defined systems but is generally free from the restrictive mentality of "styles", seeing martial arts as an unrestricted, free-flowing application of one's body towards protecting and improving oneself. Having said that, other skilled fighters can potentially identify the tells to his base stylings, heavily influenced of course by japanese martial arts.

His striking holds a strong basis in Japanese Kenpo, particularly schools preserving their link to chinese martial arts, while his grappling is informed by the more comprehensive, old school self defense Judo with traditional Jujutsu influences. Elusive and highly defensive with a straightforward but varied and effective arsenal, Budo prefers to methodically stalk opponents with his striking, breaking them down and forcing opportunities to land counterattacks or direct bursts of offense. His grappling is used to control position and offbalance enemies to further halt their offense, hitting throws, trips, sweeps and the ocassional submission when the opening presents itself. But these are just stylistic building blocks, a base of fundamentals that does not restrict Budo's adaptability or grasp of the unorthodox.

-All around athlete: Fighting unhindered in a clearly defined area is all well and good, but can one truly consider themselves a warrior if they cannot use their skills elsewhere? Aside from the strength, speed, flexibility, explosiveness and stamina demanded in martial arts Mister Budo is an extremely malleable athlete, proficient in acrobatics, climbing, swimming, proper lifting form, rowing, skating, skiing, if it involves the use of his body he can likely do it or learn fast.

-Shadow Warrior: Despite his forward nature deception comes easy to Mister Budo, trained as he is in the ways of the ninja, making him a dangerous infiltrator. Though he’s not much for complex digital systems, limiting him somewhat, his excellence in stealth allows him to tail targets, sneak about and seemingly vanish the second you take your eyes off of him. He’s also a convincing actor capable of hiding tells of dishonesty, passable at forging identities, knows a variety of useful sleight of hand tricks and he can work through locks and the like.

-Improvise: Mister Budo carries no weapons, but if you know what you’re doing almost anything around you can be used as one in a pinch. Of course it’s not the favored approach of someone defined by the worth of his fists, but sometimes reason must come before honor and beaning someone in the head with a rock or choking them with a belt is necessary.

-Odds and ends: A multi-field genius he’s not, but as befit someone made in the mold of the old mystery men he’s got a fairly surprising breadth of knowledge outside of his quite clearly defined specialty. He has a solid education and speaks fluent english, can put together convincing disguises given the means and he makes a passable action driver if you have zero qualms about your safety or that of your vehicle.

Powers:
-Martial Mysteries: Mister Budo has no overt manifestations of chi and focuses on the physical part of martial arts, the so-called "external" aspect, but in so doing he manifests self reinforcement of an "internal" sort. Transcending normal human limitations through dedicated, grueling training, he possesses a relatively low level of superhuman physicality and limited heightened control of his own bodily functions. His toughness is particularly noteworthy, making him tremendously resistant to poisons, disease and the like, his force of will is such he can contend with psychic or mental attacks, and he's capable of pitting his body against things that would normally be unaffected by mere brute force.

-Fight IQ: What truly makes the man who he is, Mister Budo understands combat to an intrinsic, instinctive level and has a preternatural ability to read adversaries and the flow of a battle. This makes him outstanding at figuring out matchups, learning and adapting on his feet, and especially at using his own abilities to their fullest extent, maximizing his performance and efficiency. The sum total of his abilities makes him an adversary not be taken lightly even by the world’s heavy hitters, a martial artist of the highest caliber equipped to offset the physical disadvantages he's liable to go against as a superhero through sheer polished application of skill.

-Limitations:
Fight IQ isn't infallible, he can still be surprised, misled or make the wrong choices or predictions even without enemy interference at times, simply out of ignorance of the various factors that go into something as chaotic as any given engagement. For a higher threat level hero, focusing on hand to hand melee combat and willingly foregoing the use of weapons, gear or more overt mystical applications of chi is quite the liability. Add to that that he is likely at a physical disadvantage in most encounters at that level, depending primarily on carefully measured and applied skill, and when it comes to specialists he's less of a hammer and more of a sharp but relatively brittle blade.

Equipment:
-The Mask: Small, simple, classical, Mister Budo’s domino mask is a surprisingly functional piece. Much tougher than it looks, it’s designed to comfortably adapt to the wearer’s contours, doesn’t come off unless he wants it to, and the eye-covering lenses automatically adjust to provide good visibility even when dealing with pitch dark, extreme exposure or sudden bright flashes. Does he need the functions? No, not particularly, but they’re nice to have for the job.

-The Tokkofuku: Budo refers to his clothes as a tokkofuku, a “special attack uniform”, and it lives up to the lofty term. Nevermind that it’s really just what bosozoku biker gangs call their uniforms. The costume’s especially made to withstand the wear and tear a professional superhero of his level might find, including insulating the wearer from various adverse conditions, and he has spares just in case.

-The Hat: A mix of style and function, Mister Budo’s hats are especially crafted to be weaponized in a pinch. Sporting a hardy construction with a reinforced brim, though not a sharp one, the headwear can be thrown as an effective bludgeoning chakram and it can be used for trick shots and ricochets if the user is skilled enough. Not a particularly deadly weapon, but still a nasty surprise to have handy.

-The Sash: There are many martial traditions involving the use of simple cloth as a weapon and sometimes you just need something flexible handy. Budo’s red sash is woven from spider silk treated for this particular purpose, the material’s properties long having found military interest, capable of supporting stunning amounts of weight, stretching to impressive lengths without tearing and resisting the bite of most blades.

-Cigarettes and lighter: Old habits die hard and Mister Budo can’t quite bring himself to stop carrying his silvered cigarette case and lighter, though his inhuman resistance to illness says he’s likely not at risk. And like any good ninja he’s found ways to make something useful out of this. Some of his cigarettes are laced with herbal compounds that act as a non-specific antitoxin, stimulant and aid in physical recovery, while the lighter can be set to produce considerable jets of flame at the cost of major fuel consumption.

-The Collection: He doesn't carry any of them with him and prefers not using them but Budo has access to a fairly sizeable collection of excellent weapons in Japan, some mundane and some not quite. So, should he ever be challenged specifically to a swordfight or a six shooter duel or the like, he has a preferred tool he can potentially take with him. His favorite is a kyu-gunto, a military japanese sword styled after european sabers made between 1875 and 1934, made for one handed or hand and a half use with a wraparound guard. Gunto have a reputation for shoddiness as they were often mass produced in poor quality for soldiers, but Budo's likely belonged to someone important as it is excellently crafted in the traditional manner and almost supernaturally sharp and reliable.

Civilian Occupation:
Yes.
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Biography
An unregistered birth with no family or record of his existence, the boy that would become Mister Budo was one of many raised to become a perfect killing machine by none other than the mysterious, the dreaded, the seemingly immortal Lord Death Man, one of the foremost yakuza oyabun and criminal masterminds of Japan, whose skeletal guise has long stood as perverse mockery of costumed heroes' ideals. Named Taiga so he would never forget his role as a beast to command, the boy distinguished himself through his obvious talent for violence and so the underworld boss spared no expense in shaping him, even bringing in members of the famed League of Assassins to train him.

Enter Mister Unknown. Japan's premier underground vigilante for years and one of the world's greatest detectives, one of few upholding the vision of actor activists and men of mystery even as the people turned their back on them, one of Lord Death Man's staunchest adversaries. Aided by US special agent Thomas Jagger, the final act in his storied crimefighting career was putting an end to this child soldier operation and seemingly sending the skull-faced yakuza lord to an eternal, watery burial. When the smoke cleared and the services took the youngest children, all that remained was the bested but still defiant Taiga. So Mister Unknown took him in.

The kindness and acceptance from one he had been raised to hate as his family's enemy was disarming, and in truth Death Man's mob had long held a strange sort of respect for the man as a worthy rival. Begrudgingly, Taiga admitted he was now without a purpose in life and threw his lot in with the detective, seeing it as the hero's right to hold sway over the vanquished. Mister Unknown, for his part, felt his life's work was now complete and the time to retire had come before time further robbed him of faculties, and so took to rehabilitating the troubled teenager as one last way to further undo his adversary's evil.

Now named Taiga Sato, given a forged identity through a network of contacts and favors, the teen was a stellar pupil and shocked his master with his abilities. Much like Death Man had, both Unknown and his ally Jagger realized the kid was something special, part of the signs of an ever stranger world, and so they redoubled their efforts into his education. Soon he had surpassed them both as fighters, but more importantly he came to see Unknown as a teacher and father figure and sought to make him proud. He was never asked to follow in his footsteps as a vigilante, but the boy felt it was his place in life, a way to use the skills he had for good.

And then suddenly, quietly and known to few, Mister Unknown passed away from the cancer he had been battling for years. The public was not made aware that one of Japan's finest heroes was laid to rest in an unmarked grave, and some still wonder whether he will resurface should the skull-faced menace rear his ugly head once more. The public was not made aware he had left a successor. But the parallels were immediately drawn between the grizzled, western-inspired detective and this boy wonder of similar attire who called himself Mister Budo, whose dazzling martial skill immediately left an impression on the Land of the Rising Sun.

The problem was, Japan was too small. To be sure it had a frankly dense concentration of increasingly bizarre threats, but it saw an almost equal number of heroes spring from within to uphold the peace. How could Mister Budo challenge himself and grow in such a situation? Instead he was drawn towards America, the stomping grounds of the legendary Jade Mantis that had inspired his mentor, the epicenter of the new world and source of current evils. He would undergo musha shugyo, a warrior's pilgrimage, and test himself there.
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Nemesis: None yet
Allies: Mister Unknown (deceased), Special Agent Thomas Jagger
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- Basic Information -

Superhero/villain Name - Velocity

Civilian Name - Verra Valinova (Presumed Dead)

Origin city/Planet - Central City, Earth

Hometown - N/A

Sex - Female

Race - Human

Height - 5'6"

Weight - >:|

Age - 27

Birth Date - May 20, 1994

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Costumed Appearance - (As her current costume differs from her debut)

Electricity crackling across pink and white, much of her look remains unchanged from those better days of her debut and certainly no one would mistake her for another hero for it. The long years since the Two Month war have shown that it is necessary to adjust and adapt to a more hostile world though, and as such she can no longer afford the flirty and whimsical look of yore. With the help of one of the few friends left to her and an ally within the Justice League, she was able to refine a new and more advanced suit before her disappearance. This suit just like before easily fit within the locket always about her neck, though was designed for more long-term use and direct combat. As expected of a speedster, the material is highly flame-retardant, resistant to high-friction, shock-proof and is even proof against small-arms fire. What's more is that the micro-circuitry within monitors her vitals at all times, linked to both the JL satellite in case of emergency and the smart bracelet on her wrist to display to her any issues. Aesthetic-wise she still wears the short skirt that she is known for, the pleats usually crackling with that signature electricity, bulletproof though it is. She has chosen to wear some actual pants and sleeves though, as well as including a full facemask and cloak for traveling through the wastes.

Non-Costumed Appearance -

Just like most of those heroes who have fought and survived through the Two-Month War and the intermittent conflicts since, Velocity wears the scars of that life plainly and is no longer the bright-eyed youth that she was when it all began. The emerald of her eyes have hardened just that little bit, no longer seeing the good in others and instead seeking out their intentions before speaking. Physically she's filled out a bit more, though refrains from showing off. All said though, due to her meta-human regenerative powers and the speed-force coursing through her she barely looks a day over twenty despite being quite a few years past it, and the marks of battle remain solely upon her mind. Her hair has grown a bit longer as well, no longer able to be held back by a mere ribbon or just let loose and instead left in a single braid both in costume and out.

Icon - Stylized lightning bolt

Costumed Personality -

"There are two Velocities, the one who struck the people as a personification of what we should strive to be, of the best in all of us and the good in our hearts… And the one who witnessed the depths of man's greed for power, of the wickedness in our hearts and lost everything..."

It is said that there is a distinct divide between the heroes of the last decade and those rising now. Where in one there is a rising star and hope to change the world, an optimism that belies their inexperience and often inability, in the other there is the cruel knowledge of what they truly face. The Two-Month War started by the Blackthorne and their dark god. The chaos of their hollow "victory" and the devastation wrought upon the world in the aftermath. They were celebrated as heroes who saved the world, but for some of them the cost was simply too high. One in particular emerged from the flames and ash different from before. Where once there was that self same hope and brilliance, it was now dulled and her fire a smoldering ember that struggled to remain alight. Verra Valinova or Velocity. One was presumed dead with the rest of Central City when the Coven decimated much of the midwest to create their own paradise. The other struggled to cope with the loss of everything she had known for her entire life. Even the Justice League who she had come to find companionship in, and a certain red-masked antihero could not truly see the effect it had on her until one day she was simply gone. She chose isolation and contemplation in order to better understand her role as a hero, what little contact she has had with people since the Two-Month War seeming to be merely out of obligation as Velocity. That is not to say that she is cold or unfeeling, or that she is incapable of showing that brilliant smile of before… Just that "Central City's Sweetheart" has lost a bit of her light and is on the journey to find it again in something.

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- Skills

Polyglot - Due primarily to her "Speed Mind" abilities, Verra is conversationally fluent in multiple languages, and is easily capable of learning others. At the current moment(2021) she speaks English and Russian natively, and is fluent in French, Latin, Atlantean, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

- Powers

Speed Force Conduit -

Much like homo magi, the source of Verra's powers is something beyond herself, a dimension full of energy that seems to be the very fundamental force behind space and time. This dimension has gone by many names throughout time, though it is universally known as the Speed Force. People like Verra don't just have a connection to this realm as the magisters do, they rely on the leylines to channel their arcane powers and without them magic would simply continue on as normal. Speed Force Conduits on the other hand, serve a mutually beneficial purpose. Their powers are both a gift to the user, and a very necessary action for the Speed Force itself, serving as a release valve for the indescribably vast energies within the dimension. This is why there is always at least one speedster somewhere in the multiverse, running as fast as they can.

Superhuman Speed -

The primary power of a Speed Force Conduit, incredible speed. Because of the vast energies suffusing their body a speedster, as they are often called, is able to move at speeds beyond normal human ability. While at first she was able to achieve the speed of a mere mach 35 in the first few months of discovering her powers, she has since seen a steady growth after the events of the Two-Month War. Feats that require the use of special structures to channel her speed are now just for convenience, as with enough space she can punch holes through reality and time itself making her among the fastest in the entire multiverse.

Superhuman Stamina -

Along with superspeed, comes the ability to sustain it for long periods of time. Verra's superhuman stamina means that what would normally exhaust normal humans, is as easy as rolling out of bed. It takes excessive use of her powers to break a sweat, and pushing the limits to even come close to tiring her.

Superhuman Reflexes -

Another ability that comes paired with being a speed force conduit, is that of being able to perceive and react to things at superhuman levels. In an instant everything seems to slow down just for her, and she can easily dodge and redirect most direct attacks. No one is flawless though, and Verra's reflexes are only as good as her sense of awareness.

Accelerated Healing -

Down to the cellular level, Verra's body is in tune with the speed force and infused with its energies. Among the many other benefits and abilities, is that of greatly enhanced healing. What would take weeks for normal humans to heal from, she can do in mere hours if not minutes, and even some of the mortal wounds are just a setback. Accelerated healing can be a double-edged sword however, in that she has to be extra careful when dealing with broken bones and making sure to set them correctly as fast as possible before new bone growth occurs. Otherwise the bone would have to be broken again.

Electrokinesis -

Lightning. She can throw lightning from her hands. Well, it's not actually lightning, more like the electrostatic build up of energy bleeding off her body from the speed force when she's running at high speeds. With a little bit of effort she can directionalize the current that surrounds her, usually towards something that needs zapped.

Enhanced Mental Processes -

Moving at superspeed is one thing, reacting another, but being able to understand everything is something that could become quite difficult. Luckily for speedsters, their minds are also accelerated to process information as fast as they receive it. As quickly as she can turn the pages in a book, Verra can read and understand it. While initially unable to retain more than fragments of information attained in such a way, over time speedster minds are capable of speed-learning entire subjects and referencing it later as if they had known it all along. In her years since the Two-Month War, she has been able to reach these levels, having a photographic memory capable of near-perfect recall.

Enhanced Senses -

Even without immersing herself in the speed force, Verra's senses are vastly enhanced by its energies. This leaves her able to see things unfold as if in slow motion in front of her, hear whispers across the room and detect the subtlest changes in temperature or charge around her.

Molecular Acceleration -

Through practice and a stronger connection to the speed force, she has managed to achieve control over the basic elements of her body, allowing her to be able to vibrate at specific frequencies to phase through objects.

Speed Force Aura -

While running at high speeds the speed force envelops her body in an aura of energy, bleedoff from the buildup of kinetic energy that shrouds her and allows others traveling alongside her to be protected by the intense forces.

- Gadgets

Velocity's Locket -

A rather trivial looking thing, the small heart-shaped locket almost perpetually affixed around her neck is actually the source of Velocity's costume. With but a small charge through her skin and against the advanced alloy of the casing, the suit deploys before her where she can change out of her more civilian clothes and into it, stowing away the latter until after her work is done.

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- Civilian Occupation

N/A - At the current moment Verra/Velocity is living off the grid and traveling around the world. Her civillian identity is assumed to have perished with the other residents of Central City.

- Character History
Daughter of the infamous mercenary Julianna "Reverie" Valinova and Iosef Valinova life began at a swift pace for the woman who would one day become the fastest woman in the world. Born in Russia in the city of Saint Petersburg, the military life would have been something she picked up as well eventually. Each year it seemed they moved to a new city, new experiences for Verra as she developed and learned to walk and talk. Despite all of that though she had a brilliant spark within her, never having trouble with fitting in or making friends. Already she was a rising star when her family moved back to America and settled in Central City. A year passed, then two and she had begun to learn the new language and starting to lose the accent as her parents watched and ensured she had the life they couldn't have. Then tragedy struck as her father passed, at first the death sudden and unexplained but later finding that it had been the result of long-term polonium poisoning from consistent handling of the material.

Her mother took it hard, descending into drink and taking on more dangerous and less than legal jobs in order to keep herself distracted from the pain, unaware that her daughter was coping in her own ways. For her it was the schoolwork and finding a more productive outlet, knowing that what her mother was doing was self-destructive and trying to keep up appearances for the both of them. Each year afterward she seemed to keep moving up, acing tests, getting placed in more advanced classes and somehow fitting in cheerleading in between all of it. Those small personal victories added on one by one, showing off to her mother what she was doing and always seeking to make her proud. Eventually though she would find that one thing that struck her, and when it did there was no looking back. In middle school she took track and cross-country on a whim, trying out for the team and placing easily. There she found her passion, at first running to get better and medal for the team, then just to enjoy it and in the end it was the only thing that could bring her calm. A pair of running shoes, open skies and fresh air became an anchor of normalcy for her even as the world changed and strange forces moved in the background.

Then, twelve years ago she crossed paths with one that would change her life forever. On one of her many runs along the trails north of the city, she had found herself a bit farther out and later than normal. It had already gotten dark when she realized she was well away from home and needed to head back, and not even thinking about it she took a shortcut through the forest to get back to the city faster. Little did she know that there was a good reason why hikers were advised to stay on the main trails and avoid the side paths, park services aware of strange anomalies within the darker woods that tended to lead even the most seasoned and prepared astray. Storm clouds built overhead as she ran down twisting paths, eerie lights flashing within the darkness and in the sky as it felt like the air was becoming charged. Even as things began to feel very wrong she pushed on, knowing that if she turned back to find a different path it would only make her even later and risk getting lost instead. She didn't even notice that as she pushed on, the rain seemed to fall slower and slower until it stopped all together. It was only when a bright flash lit the sky and she watched the slow uncoiling of a lightning bolt falling towards her that she realized the rain drops around her had stopped moving. In slow motion the bolt arced towards her, where she stood mesmerized by the brilliant light, strange colors spilling outward as it got closer and closer. Part of her knew that she should move out of the way, but another also knew that it had already been done. That she had already been struck well before the bolt hit and knocked her unconscious.

A month later Verra awoke in Central City hospital. Flower arrangements surrounded her bed, cards addressed to her and wishing a swift recovery as well as a familiar face asleep nearby. Altogether it was just as strange a situation as the forest from her last memory, and it took a few tries to explain entirely what happened. All she could feel was a strange liveliness to her body, as if full of energy and unable to sit still. Despite being told that she had been in a coma for a month, that her heart had stopped multiple times and no matter what the doctors did there was no explaining how she wouldn't have a heartbeat for minutes at a time and suddenly start again. Unfortunately just waking up from her coma wasn't quite enough to be released, and it took a few more days of nurses fussing over her, doctors making concerned and confused faces at charts and of course an endless stream of visitors from school. Finally when it seemed clear that she was fine and her mother had leveled a few oddly specific threats she was allowed to return home.

To say everything went back to normal would have been a lie, and a few times Verra has joked about it when among closer friends even if she didn't reveal what exactly happened to her. School work caught up fairly quick, a few weeks passed and once again she was back to running for the team without any idea that each step came that much quicker than the last. Somewhere deep inside though she knew that she was changed. Things that left her winded before seemed a breeze, her memory became sharper and even though she was fairly quick on the ball with new concepts things seemed all that much easier. A little concerned by that alone, she started to look for ways to press herself, wanting to know the answer to a question she wasn't even sure she wanted to ask. And then it happened. One moment she was stood at the bottom of a hill, a soft exhale and pressing back against the block to start her practice run. Then she was at the top a mile away and with electricity crackling from her fingers and toes. It was as if she crossed that distance in an instant, but she remembered clearly every step. The way things seemed to just stand still as she ran by, the surge of energy through her body.

The crack of the sound barrier breaking rushed to meet her, blowing back her hair and answering the question she didn't dare ask. That night when she was struck by lightning she had been changed, she had become something more than human. A metahuman. At that time reports had been coming in more and more of people with extraordinary powers, and while every kid dreams of such things, to actually have them was something else entirely. On one hand she was positively giddy at not just the thought of having something truly special, but also the sheer scientific possibility before her. Yet… She had been changed, and part of her wondered if she was still Verra Valinova. A month passed by, and that doubt was washed away when she chose to simply accept what she was and try to do like others with her gifts, to help her fellow man.

For a short time she simply went in and out of dangerous situations, moving with such speed that even professional equipment couldn't capture an image of her and all anyone was left with was a blur across the screen. A robbery here, a mugging there, police standoff, bank heist, the more she showed up to intervene the more focus there was on trying to identify the pink blur that kept showing up around Central City. Eventually she would be seen, and as she had yet to actually do more than move really fast and cover her face, someone too clever for their own good would have eventually identified her. Verra knew this all too well and had been working here and there on coming up with something to conceal herself. It came to be revealed in the spring of 2010 when she finally stopped long enough in front of a camera to be seen. Pink and white, a short skirt and the smile that became almost as much a signature as her name and the lightning bolt on her chest. "I'm Velocity!"

Then in October of the same year, everything came to an end. Those forces who had been working in the background came to light in a violent way, sparking a two-month war that led the young hero to work alongside six others in a desperate stand against evil. Each fight took everything she and her newfound companions had, testing each to the limits of their abilities and thensome. For Velocity it was even harsher, as while some like Grim and Wonder Woman had years of experience to fall back on, she was making do with sheer willpower and ability. No one was as hard pressed as her, often having to run between besieged cities to save civilians caught in the crossfire, enter into a battle in progress to provide support for soldiers or her companions, or simply come back home to keep the streets clean. It seemed as if she was everywhere all at once, but as the days turned to weeks, and those weeks shifted from one month to two, the wear started to weigh upon her. Then victory came, but at a staggering cost.

The Three-Horned God was driven from Hub City and back into the midwest, only to sear reality with chaotic magicks that rent earth and steel all the same. A scar was left upon the continent and the world as a whole, a slap in the face to the seven heroes who fought bitterly against the foul creature. None felt it more than Velocity though. As fell light shone upon the horizon, corrupting and destroying everything in its path all she could think of was her home out there somewhere in the chaos. Central City lay in the heart of the devastation, and when it had finally ended nothing remained except ash and ruins. The staggering loss changed the young heroine even if the effects wouldn't be clear for some time afterwards.

After the Two-Month War things returned to a strange normalcy. People, scared as they were of the new world, slowly went back to work. They settled into their patterns and adapted. Other threats rose up and were handled, each one taken care of by what the people had called "The Justice League". Seven Wonders of the World as some referred to them, but slowly her smile faded and she started to be seen less and less active among the more civilized parts of the world. By the time the others noticed the change, she had already taken her new suit and disappeared into the wastes left behind by that war. Here and there word comes back of a heroine who arrives in a flash out there among the forgotten, assisting people who either can't make it to the safer regions or won't leave the homes they grew up in. Some think she was simply too young to have gotten involved with being a hero, that it was the fate of everyone who wears a mask. Others who know of the World-That-Was remember Central City's Sweetheart and understand the pain in her heart. Only a couple truly know though, and for one there is still a single voicemail left unheard in her phone.

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Nemesis: Depression

Allies: Arsenal

Team: The Justice League

Superhero/villain Name: Overcharge

Civilian Name: Jason Graves

Origin city/Planet: Gotham, NJ

Hometown: Bludhaven, NJ

Sex: Male

Race: Caucasian

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 170

Age: 28

Birth Date: June 29, 1993
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Costumed Appearance: Overcharge wears a bright red helmet with glowing purple eyes. He wears a brown leather jacket reinforced with sewn-in armored plating, and black cargo pants.



Civilian Appearance: Jason Graves tends to wear shabby clothing, old tee-shirts and jeans mostly. While clean, he does give off the appearance of someone who hasn't bought new clothes in a long time.



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Costumed Personality: Overcharge is most at home when his face is behind a mask. He has been known to engage in banter, witty or otherwise, while pursuing villains; and is quite energetic in his pursuits. AS a product of his recent past however, Turn Back has learned to make some hard moral choices. He believes that there are times when the best way to protect people from the evils of the world are to remove the source of the corruption wherever one can find it. He would like to say he takes no joy in these hard decisions, but when faced with certain elements of his past, he is forced to admit a certain level of sadistic satisfaction.

Civilian Personality: Jason is often cold upon his first meeting. He keeps very professional and businesslike, often not exchanging many words at all. Once he begins to warm up to a person however, another side of him comes out. Jason will begin smiling and joking more, engaging in conversation and sharing stories of his life. He doesn't have many people he would consider a friend, but those he does he would give his life for.

Super abilities:

-Skills:
--Parkour: Jason has learned to navigate city streets quickly and in the most direct route, which often takes him in directions others would fear to tread.
--Impeccable Aim: Jason has trained himself to be an expert marksman... So long as the ammunition is rubber bands or pebbles, and the weapon is his hands.

-Powers:
--Energy Vampire: Jason has the superhuman ability to absorb and negate any energy which is directed at him. His body converts this energy into stored potential energy and can release it on command. Jason is able to either expel it from himself in a blast or wave, as well as imbue the energy into objects, which expel it in a blast on contact. There is an upper limit to how much energy he can hold, as well as a time limit before the energy starts breaking down with some explosive side effects. Jason is able to absorb all different types of energy, which have different effects as detailed below.
---Kinetic Energy: The most common and easiest type of energy for Jason to store, Kinetic energy is any physical force directed at him. After absorbing this energy, Jason is able to expel it in a concussive blast, essentially adding the power of whatever stored energy he has to his own attack.
---Heat Energy: Coming from fire usually, this type of energy allows Jason to expel blasts of intense heat. Any objects imbued with this energy also tend to pop like a firecracker.
---Electrical Energy: Most often found by tapping into live electrical systems, this energy allows Jason to send arcs of lightning towards his foes, though he has no control over the arcs when he releases them. Imbuing this energy into an object will turn it into an EMP
---Sonic Energy: This type of energy allows Jason to launch loud, ear-shattering attacks at his foes. While absorbing this energy, it also dampens any sound he makes.
---Photon Energy: Energy from light, essentially. Using this type of energy allows Jason to create bright, flashbang-type flashes, dazing opponents who look too closely.
---Nuclear Energy: Though untested, Jason has the dormant ability to absorb nuclear energy. This would allow him to direct potent blasts of radiation, as well as turning imbued objects into tiny bombs.

--Limited Invulnerability: Due to his ability to absorb energies directed at him, this has a side effect of completely nullifying any attack made against Jason. So long as he is aware of danger, his powers are active, and have even been known to stop bullets from harming him.

--Enhanced Stamina: By absorbing wasted energy when he walks or runs, Jason is able to go longer, and further distances than the average human.

-Gadgets:
--Prosthetic Arm: Jason's left arm was amputated at the elbow, and has been replaced by a prosthetic. This new arm is tied to his nervous system so that he can control it like a regular arm, though he has no sensation to it. Also his energy absorption abilities do not function through this arm, only energy discharge.

-Weapons:
--Folding Cane
--Pocketfulls of Rubber Bands

Civilian Occupation: Independent Electrician

Biography---------

Character History/Origin: Jason was born in the city of Gotham. His parents, Johan and Iotta Graves, along with he and his younger sister Emma Graves, never lived an easy life. Both of his parents worked hard to provide for their family, and instilled values of hard work and hope for humanity in their children. The pair grew up hearing stories of their ancestor, Killian Graves. The Wraith. One of the Actor Activists of World War II, and widely considered a hero. They had a legacy to live up to. Unfortunately, the city of Gotham is a cruel mistress. One night while walking home from her job, Iotta was the victim of a mugging gone wrong. The rest of the family didn't even know what had happened until the next day, when they began calling local hospitals and police stations after she never came home. The trauma of losing his wife sent Johan into a depressive spiral. Jason, now 15 and able to start bringing in money for the family, tried to step up and fill the new hole in their lives. However, his father continued to drink more and work less. Eventually, he drank himself to death, leaving the children on their own. Thanks to a settlement from their life insurance, the kids were taken care of financially, but Jason was forced to take Emma out of Gotham and into a cheap apartment in Bludhaven after foster care threatened to split them up. Their family was broken, but they would be together.

Then came the Two Month War. Jason, now 18, had begun developing his powers. Emma has as well, the both of them realizing they had inherited metahuman abilities from their famous ancestor. Convincing his younger sister to stay home and use her powers to stay safe, Jason took to the streets, determined to be a hero. He was... Not prepared. Falling during the early days of the war, Jason Graves was hailed as a local hero who had sacrificed himself for his home. Emma vanished soon after. The story of the Graves was over.

Until five years later. Heaving in a pained gasp, Jason awoke on an operating table. His left arm had been amputated, but he was alive. Not only that, he felt powerful. There was a woman there, some German doctor raving about Lazarus Pits and how the procedure had worked. Jason tried to find out what was happening, where he was, but he was tied down and ignored. The insane doctor grabbed a scalpel and made it clear that he was her newest test subject... But thanks to his Metahuman abilities, she couldn't break his skin. taking advantage of her confusion, Jason managed to escape his confinement, using his now super-charged abilities to break out of the facility altogether. He found himself back in Gotham, but in a world drastically changed from the one he had died in. Finding most remnants of his old life washed away, Jason started from scratch. A new identity, new job, new him. He wouldn't make the same mistakes again. He has spent the past few years defending his home. Not just for the humans, but for everyone innocent soul in the city.

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Superhero/villain Name: Mako
Civilian Name: Saraka Kute
Origin city/Planet: Chtho'Am
Hometown: Earth
Sex: Male
Race: Chtho'Am
Height: 4'2" (On all fours)
Weight: 180
Age: 25
Birth Date: 1996
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Costumed Appearance: Mako appears to be some kind of mix between a shark and a large dog. He has sandpaper-like blue skin, rows of sharp teeth, a menacing dorsal fin, and a long, snapping tail. He also has white, furry legs, intelligent green eyes, and a panting tongue too big for his mouth. He wears a bright blue 'collar', the charm of which is his Blue Lantern ring.

Civilian Appearance: Same as his costumed appearance.

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Costumed Personality: Mako is bright and cheerful, he strives to see the best in everyone he encounters. This courtesy extends even to his foes, and he often tries to find peaceful solutions to conflicts. However, if he is convinced there is no recourse but violence, he is a fierce fighter, his main goal being to eliminate the threat while containing any other casualties.

Civilian Personality: Saraka is extremely empathic, always listening to the stories of others. He tries very hard to connect with other people, even when his own experiences differ so drastically from them that one would think there could be no common ground. Saraka is determined to find the spark of goodness in every living being, and does not believe that any creature is too far gone for redemption.

Super abilities:
-Skills:

--Saraka was originally trained as a solder, and eventually a general. He is skilled in several martial arts of his home planet, as well as having understanding of many different battle tactics.
--Saraka received training as a diplomat in addition to being a solder. He understands how to speak with people to set them at ease in most cases.

-Powers:

--Ring Enhancement: The primary function of any Blue Lantern Ring is the capacity to re-energize and supercharge the powers of a Green Lantern ring, for just as a green ring enables a blue ring to use its fullest functions a blue ring can augment the powers of a green one. Prolonged charging of which has the dangerous effect of overloading said ring however, causing it to implode taking off the lightwielder's hand in the process. A well kept secret among the Blue Lantern Corps is that the light of hope can empower the rings/energies of another emotional spectrum besides will, the wielder of a blue ring must willingly enable this capacity first.

--Blue Energy Conduit: The rings use Blue energy, supplied by a Power Battery, which in most cases takes the form of blue light. The Blue energy of hope is an infallible connection to the universe. Hope is the most powerful of lights, and thus the universe speaks through it. A Blue Power ring's possibly one of the most powerful weapons in the known universe: it has the ability to affect and use fundamental forces of the known universe, including electromagnetic energies such as gravity, radiation, heat, light, and powerful blasts of concussive force. The ring can also create fields of force formed from an unknown energy that was bound by the users' will. The limitations of such use are the skill, knowledge and imagination of the user.

--Blue Energy Blasts: The ring can be used to fire blasts of blue energy or create weapons such as projectiles of them. The ring can project beams of force powered by the will of the user. The weapons power is more an indication of the hope of the user.

--Force-Field Generation: The ring can create various force fields of various sizes and shapes to protect the wearer and others around the user. With the cosmic scope of a Blue Lantern's abilities, it is only natural that the power ring is designed for operation in space. The ring creates a force-field around the wearer, protecting the user from the hazards of the void including filtration of stellar radiation and microscopic particulate matter which would ordinarily be fatal should the space debris strike the ring wielder at high speeds. An atmosphere appropriate to the ring wielder's biology is created inside the force-field, body temperature is maintained and waste products are removed. Gravitational stresses which could cause injury are stabilized for the ring wielder. This is one of only two abilities a Blue Power Ring has access to when away from an active Green Lantern.

--Energy Constructs: The ring can form constructs of blue energy. Unlike a Green Lantern Power Ring, The primary function of the Blue Power Ring will manifest its constructs in response to the targets specific psychosis. In this way, the ring can remove the corruptive influence of the red flame of rage by infusing hope. Otherwise the ring is a weapon capable of transforming the wearer's thoughts into physical constructs through the wearer's mastery of hope. A Blue Lantern can create any particular items or construct that they can imagine as long as they have the mastery of hope necessary to conjure it into existence. The constructs are made out of blue energy, which is a tangible form of pure hope, and they exist only as long as a Blue Lantern is fueling it with their mastery of hope. Items created by the rings are not indestructible and are only as powerful as the inspired hope of the Blue Lantern creating them.

--Phasing: The Power Ring allows the wearer to pass through certain solid objects, such as walls. Which objects that are not penetrable are not known, but it may depend upon the strength of the wearer's hope and the density of the object's molecular structure. It has also been cited that the wielder could pass through the fourth dimensional gap or dissemble their own molecular structure.

--Environmental Playback: Upon request, the power ring can recreate a holographic environment based on data in its memory banks. The ring wielder can observe events in a ghostlike state, but the ring wielder cannot alter the outcome of the playback. All objects in the playback will appear in the full spectrum of colors, regardless of the wielder's level of expertise creating simulacrums. The power ring will automatically end the playback if outside interference warrants the ring wielder's undivided attention.

--Energy Twin: The power ring allows the wearer to create an "energy twin" of his/her/itself that can travel at far greater speeds than that of the ring wielder's physical form. While the energy twin is active the ring wielder remains motionless, his/her/its life force is needed to guide the energy twin. The energy twin can not alter its surroundings, and may only be perceived by the Guardians or another ring wielder as a blue, ghostlike image. Any knowledge gained by the energy twin is transferred back to the ring wielder's physical form upon recontact with the body. The Guardians frequently used energy twins as a means of contacting a Lantern. As a rule, a ring wielder can not create actual, independent duplicates of him/her/itself, as the power ring cannot create life.

--Energy Absorption: The ring can absorb and store most other energies. Doing so does NOT replenish the normal store of energy the ring has. A ring that needs recharging but contained a store of electricity could only discharge that electricity, for example.
Hope Empowerment: the Blue Lantern ring is unique in that its base of power, Hope, can be manipulated by the ring user. Being in direct range of the emotional aura of a blue lantern allows them to charge an outer power reserve, by the sheer hope of the lantern its power will remain constant. The empowerment extends to even the stellar reactions of stars, allowing one to reverse the age of a dying star to that of a relatively new born star. Solely empowered by the hope of the population that relied on it, in turn empowering the Blue Lantern who then collects and uses it for the purpose of transformation.

--Flight: By the manipulation of anti-gravitons and directed molecular movement, the ring allows the user to fly at incredible speeds. In atmosphere, a Blue Lantern has been known to fly as fast as Mach 10 in atmosphere by creating an aerodynamic envelope around his body. Towing others, usually within a bubble, his speed is limited to the twice the speed of sound or 1440 mph. In space, Blue Lantern's speed can be significantly greater and has been known to approach 80% of lightspeed in normal space. Flight is possible at velocities exceeding light speed. In atmospheres, air friction is not a hindrance, since heat is either absorbed or reflected by the ring's field. This is one of only two abilities a Blue Power Ring has access to when away from an active Green Lantern.

--Wormholes & Spacial Warps: The power ring grants its wearer access to wormholes in space, enabling the ring wielder to rapidly cut time and distance needed for transport. Black holes can be navigated by experienced ring wielders.

--Healing: The rings show a considerable ability to heal the injuries of others, more so than any other power-ring has demonstrated. Saint Walker was able to regenerate Ganthet's hand in its entirety. Also, in another instance, Saint Walker's ring healed Arkillo's entire tongue, long after it had been ripped out.

--Electromagnetic Scanning: The ring has a wide range of detection abilities based on the imagination of the user. If one can conceive of it, he can probably detect it. Magical effects like clairvoyance, seem to be beyond the scope of the ring. Most normal electromagnetic phenomena are within the range of the ring, including radio, television, infrared, ultraviolet, and high frequency band communications.
Search Probes: A user was capable of sending probes through their Power Ring that were tasked with locating specific targets or individuals.

--Galactic Encyclopedia: The earlier rings worn by the Corps functioned as references for their users. Having the vast knowledge of the to draw upon, each ring functioned as a ready reference on most peoples, stellar events and conditions that may have been seen by other rings or other Blue Lanterns. The rings also served as a repository of adventures had by the Blue Lantern and these mission reports were stored in the Prime Battery for review and training.

--Universal Translator: The power ring acts a universal translator.

--Material Alteration: The Blue Lantern's uniform is not made out of fabric. It is created by the Power Ring whenever the wearer wills to wear it. It automatically appears over the wearer's normal clothing, and vanishes when the wearer wills to return to their civilian attire. Most Blue Lantern wear similar uniforms that are programmed into the ring by default. However, each Blue Lantern is able to adjust their uniform to fit their own needs, personalities and whims.

--Ring Duplication: Most Power Rings are capable of automatically duplicating themselves. Each duplicate typically shares the qualities and capabilities of the original ring. Each duplicate still requires to be recharged by a personal power battery. Some "temporary" rings can also be made, as well as rings with severe limitations and pre-programmed commands. All power rings, as being based upon the blue ring templates created by the Guardians of the Universe, are all programmed to be able to duplicate themselves on a specialised command known apparently only by the Guardians.

--Emergency Beacon: A Blue Lantern in distress can use his/her/its power ring as an emergency beacon. The alert can be directed to a Blue Lantern's neighboring sector, or it can be a Corps-wide alert.

--Homing Beacon: A homing beacon in the power ring can lead one Blue Lantern to another. The power ring can be ordered to disguise itself to elude power ring wielding trackers. Most often ring wielders will allow the beacon to signal their location to others.

--Mind Alteration: Though the ethics of mind tampering may be debatable, sometimes it is necessary. As the power ring relies on thought and hope to operate, mind tampering is not impossible. The difficulty lies in properly applying the power. There lies a risk of catastrophic damage to the mind should mistakes be made. A ring wielder can use the power ring to erase portions of an individual's memories. Blue Lanterns have used mind techniques as part of training. New recruits may be subjected to mind scans by other Lanterns or the Guardians of the Universe. They are taught to build mental defenses to protect themselves from psionic attack. The power ring can also be used to beam information from the ring wielder to another being.

--Invisibility & Light Refraction: A ring wielder can render him/her/itself invisible by willing the ring to bend light waves around his/her/its form, as well as that of the power ring. Presumably, a similar action allows an experienced ring wielder to create objects of colors other than blue.

--Preset Conditions: Commands can be stored in the ring to be executed at a later date, even if the bearer is not wearing the ring.

--Thought Relay: Otherwise known as a telepathic link.

--Levitation

--Security Protocol: The rings can be programmed. They are coded to the wearer to make them unusable if stolen.

--Avarice Immunity: The blue power of Hope cannot be affected by greed, so Orange Light constructs can't absorb it. The ring itself would not allow itself to be claimed by Larfleeze, stating "True Hope is selfless."

--Rage Immunity: True Hope cannot be affected by rage, and so the Blue power of Hope can extinguish the red flame of Rage. In fact, it can save a Red Lantern from their ring without killing them, so long as the Red Lantern is wearing a different power ring. This is done by calming the Red Lantern with an image of Hope (in the case of John Stewart, an image of him reunited with his wife), the Blue energy then acts as an antivenom, flushing out the tainted red plasma. After this is done, the former Red Lantern's heart can beat normally and blood regeneration can start.

-Vulnerabilities:

--Emotional Requirement: Unlike the "neutral" Green Lantern Power Rings, a Blue Lantern Power Ring demands that the wielder keep hope alive in their heart constantly. Hal Jordan's ring left him when Jordan could not hope beyond a trivial desire, and Barry Allen noted to Saint Walker that his ring was "struggling" with him. Saint Walker replied saying it was Barry struggling by not giving in fully to the ring. When a new Member of the Blue Lantern Corps experienced hopelessness, his Blue Lantern Power Ring left him and returned to the Blue Lantern Central Power Battery.

--Interference: as the continuing power of the rings connection of "universal hope", it has a tendency to cause a form of interference to Green Lantern Power Rings' long-range communication.

--Willpower Dependence: the Blue Lantern Power Rings can only function at their full potential in the presence of an active Green Lantern Power Ring. If another Green Lantern Power Ring is not in close proximity to the Blue Lantern, he or she is limited to only flight, a protective aura, and minimal strength enhancement. The Blue Lantern can still effect another with hope, but at greatly reduced energy.

--Recharge Protocol: Formerly, the rings needed to be charged after a period of 24 hours, regardless of how often it was used.

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Civilian Occupation: N/A

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Character History/Origin: Saraka Kute was born into a warrior-caste on his home planet. Constantly embroiled in war, the amphibious solder was raised to know nothing but hatred for the enemy. Duiring his formative years he was fed propaganda and brainwashing messages to instill mistrust and a desire for vengeance against them. As soon as he was strong enough to wield weapons, he was sent to the front lines, his superiors impressed by the devotion and ferociousness they saw in him. However, even the best propaganda can only prepare a young solder for so much.

During his time on the front lines, Saraka witnessed atrocities. Not just from the side of the enemy, but from his own people as well. He was present for several historic truces, and was even responsible for initiating one himself. They never lasted long, and one side would inevitably annihilate the other, but it began to give Saraka an idea that the people he was fighting were not monsters. They were just on the other side of an imagined line.

Eventually, having proved his worth in the field, Saraka was given a position as a general, commanding forces and meeting with important people in his government to discuss war efforts. By this time, he had developed a new appreciation for the solders, generals, civilians, and government on the other side of the line, and began to use his power and position to push for talks to be opened. It was slow going, controversial, and nearly ending with him being court-martialed several times, but Saraka would not give up. Eventually he hatched a plan. A small task force, led by himself, infiltrating enemy lines with no permission from his own government. They would parlay with the enemy line commander, and find out exactly what it would take to end this war. This breach of military hierarchy and breakdown in communication ended up being the push both sides needed to sit down and talk for the first time in over half a century. Saraka Kute was hailed as a hero.

In the aftermath of the new peace talks, Saraka was visited by an alien figure, dressed all in blue. The strange, gaunt being introduced itself as Saint Walker, and said that because of the great Hope shown to end senseless bloodshed, Sarak was being chosen as the next Blue Lantern recruit. Whisked away to a strange new world, Saraka was inundated with a series of tests and question for three days. At the end of it, he was presented with a custom Blue Lantern Ring. His new job was to patrol the galaxy, looking for those in pain and need, and kindle hope within them. Now, as his first real mission, he is being sent to Earth, to defend a newly minted Green Lantern from a strange, unknown threat...

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Superhero/villain Name: Kraken (Surface), Cuttlefish (Underwater)
Civilian Name: Custos Lolligo
Origin city/Planet: Posiedonis, Atlantis
Hometown:
Sex: Male
Race: Atlantean
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 190 lbs
Age: 28
Birth Date: 1993
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Costumed Appearance: Kraken wears a stealth suit, all black in its neutral appearance. It is covered in armored plating, textured with small hatchmarks. His face is covered in a demonic-looking dark silver octopus mask.



Kraken's suit has the ability to change its coloring and appearance depending on the situation, so further description is difficult to nail down.

Civilian Appearance: Custos most often wears black turtlenecks and dark-colored pants in his private life, preferring the dark colors to help him slip into the shadows if need be. He often refers to his turtlenecks as 'Tacticlenecks'.

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Costumed Personality: Kraken is a dichotomy of personalities. On a stealth mission, when secrecy if of the utmost importance, he is nothing short of a stoic professional. His years of training and field experience have made him excellent at efficiency, in communication, energy, movement, and anything else required. Of course, that experience has also taught him that sometimes things go wrong, and he has learned to go with the flow when the plan falls to pieces. In more chaotic situations, a different side of Kraken emerges. This one is loud and in charge, attempting to end thins via de-escalation and nonviolence if possible. However he is ready to fight at a moments notice if he believes the situation to be unsalvageable.

Civilian Personality: If one word were to be used to describe Custos, it would be "Bombastic". He is loud and friendly, personable and charming. He is always eager to make friends with anyone in the room, and is quick with a story or trick if asked for one. That being said, he knows when to step to the side, his spy training giving him a sense of when to be loud and distracting, and when to let others take the stage.

Super abilities:
-Skills:
--Peak Human Swimmer: Custos is the best swimmer the Earth has ever seen
--Expert Espionage Agent: Custos has been trained from birth to be an incredible spy, able to bypass security, talk his way past guards, and bring enemies of Atlantis to justice.
--Trained Combatant: Custos has been trained to be a warrior, ready to hold his own if the worst happens.
--Trained Tactician: Since he was old enough to understand battlefield theory, Custos has been learning the Art of War
--Vocal Mimicry: Custos has trained himself to mimic the voices of others, within reason. He can approximate the voice of someone he has heard in the past, with the more vocal examples he has leading to a better impression.

-Powers:
--Peak Amphibious Atlantean: Though all Atlanteans have the ability to survive in both air and water, Custos has perfected the ability, able to leave the sea for periods of up to two weeks before needing to return to a body of water.
--Enhanced senses: All of Custos's senses have evolved to a higher degree than the average human's, granting him superior eyesight, hearing, and smell.
--Superhuman strength: Due to both his adaptations to underwater life and the uncontrolled magic in his blood, Custos is capable of superhuman feats of strength. At current, he can easily lift and throw a tank or an airliner, though his upper limit has not been found yet.
--Superhuman endurance: Due to both his adaptations to underwater life and the uncontrolled magic in his blood, Custos is much more durable than any other normal human. He can shrug off blows that would have obliterated a normal man, run incredibly fast for a much longer time than normal, and react to situations with a speed that even a cat would be jealous of.
--Limited Marine Telepathy: Though not as strong as the former King of Atlantis's, Custos has the ability to command sea life. It requires some concentration from him to perform this ability, as well as the limitation the he must be able to see the creature.
--Mental Resistance: Due to his espionage training, Custos has developed keen mental resistances to avoid giving up sensitive information. This extends to tradition forms of torture, psychological manipulation, and most forms of basic mind control. A powerful telepath would likely be able to get through his defenses, but it would take more effort than usual and Custos would likely detect the intrustion into his mind.
--Water-Based Magic: Thanks to the magic flowing through his blood, Custos is able to control water around him. This type of magic is instinctual to him, and takes little effort. It would be possible for him ot learn more magic, but it would take many hours of study and he would likely never master it.

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--Cuttlefish suit: Built from the designs of ancient Atlantean stealth technology, the Cuttlefish armor is built for near-total invisibility. Form-fitting armor plates are made of lightweight psycho-responsive metal, allowing the wearer to shift the color and texture of the armor at a though. In the hands of a creative user, this allows them to blend into nearly any environment with a moments notice.
--Camouflage Disk: The suit is capable of ejecting a disk that, when activated, projects an camouflaged and noise-suppressed area about 15 feet in diameter. Though not as perfect as the stealth abilities of the suit, it is useful for hiding a small group of people or supplies.

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--Water pack: The Cuttlefish suit has a reserve of water hidden throughout its design, allowing Custos to tap into and use a supply of water for his magical attacks even when separated from a large body of water.
--Flashbang Disk: The suit is capable of ejecting a small disk that emits bright flashes of color and loud noises to disorient foes.
--'Ink' Disk: The suit is capable of ejecting a disk that dampens light and noise inside of its area of effect, effectively creating a zone of darkness and muted noise.

Civilian Occupation: Part-Time Fisherman.

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Character History/Origin: Custos was born to an Atlantean breeding program, attempting to create Peak Atlanteans. He was tested and found to have high levels of natural Atlantean resistances, as well as great potential for innate magic. One of only a handful of children with these abilities, he was chosen to receive lifelong training to become a special agent of the Atlantean military. Through long and grueling days, weeks, months, and years, Custos and the others were trained to become perfect diplomats, spies, soldiers, mages, and whatever else the military might one day need.

At the age of 18, the group was officially entered into service, under the code name 'Argonauts'. The team quickly proved themselves, taking on dangerous and multi-faceted missions as if they had been born for them; which they had been. The Argonauts were sent of many more missions, escalating in complexity and danger as the Old King Cerritus began to grow more and more paranoid, seeing enemies in every flickering shadow. The Argonauts were eventually taken out of the military hierarchy and placed under the direct command of the King, told to do his bidding and defend his crown no matter the cost. However upon completion of a particularly divisive mission, which saw the Argonauts as the scapegoats of a convoluted triple-bluff in order to justify the declaration of martial law in Tritonis, the team began to have their doubts.

Risking their security, their history, and their very lives, the Argonauts, led by Custos, were part of a coup against the paranoid king, deposing him and placing in his stead the young prince Orin. The idealistic young prince was not seen as the ideal choice by many people, but was considered a compromise among the Argonauts between the tyrannical reign of his father, and total anarchy and potential collapse of their secretive world. Vowing among themselves to help raise the young prince, the Argonauts began what they hoped would be a brighter future for all Atlantis.

For a time, it seemed, their plan worked, As Orin grew, his idealistic nature seemed to infect the population of the capital city of Posiedonis. His wild ideas for the nation, its people, and the seas beyond more often than not seemed to work, to the surprise of everyone involved. Atlantis truly seemed to be entering a Golden Age, and perhaps would have stayed on track, were it not for the Two Month War. King Orin, long laboring under the desire to reveal his undersea nation to the rest of the world, sent Custos to the surface to help the other Wonders with their war effort. He was instructed to reveal the existence of Atlantis in the aftermath of the war, and offer aid and services from the blossoming nation to any who needed it. The world at large was shocked by this revelation. The people of Atlantis were divided. Some, mostly the population of Posiedonis, supported the young king, eager to reach out to the surface world. Others were afraid of the surface dweller, or simply too greedy tow ant to share the wealth of their nation with the suffering countries above.

The rising tension in the world at large, and the undersea kingdom in specific finally boiled over some months later. A group of religious extremists from Tritonis, led by the very fiancee of the king, took control of the capitol. In a series of well-coordinated attacks, they killed or took custody of the entire Kings Council, several members of the Argonauts, and possibly even King Orin. Custos was able to escape by the skin of his teeth, stealing his stealth suit and leading a small contingent of loyal citizens to the relative safety of the surface world. Since then, Custos has been attempting to gather information about the now-isolationist Atlantis, looking for clues, rumors, anything that could possibly give him an edge over the tyrannical power structure in place, and hoping against hope that King Orin is alive somewhere.

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Nemesis: Queen Mera of Atlantis
Allies: Orin Aestus, Former King of Atlantis.
Team: Argonauts (Formerly), Justice League.
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Superhero/villain Name - Nano Impulse

Civilian Name - Alexandra Valinova (Presumed Dead)

Origin city/Planet - Central City, Earth

Hometown - Central City, Earth

Sex - Female

Race - Human

Height - 5’6”

Weight - >.[

Age - 18

Birth Date - May 22, 2003

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Costumed Appearance -


Appearing in what many would see as a rather tame outfit for a superhero, Nano Impulse wears a long black coat, typically with some layer of body armor hidden beneath it. She also wears a pair of tight shorts underneath the coat. Otherwise the only difference is whether or not Nano Impulse wears the half mask on the lower portion of her face. Otherwise her outfit does not change much from her typical attire, as the nanomachines within her body will usually move to harden her skin to levels similar to the body armor her fellow heroes might wear. Along with the fact that the girl is incapable of removing her robotic limbs, due to the limbs being made of the very nanomachines that are keeping the girl alive.

Non-Costumed Appearance -


Unlike the bright-eyed, hopeful little girl who lived in Central City before the Two-Month War, Alexandra is often enough not seen with the brightest of expressions on her features. Out of the costume, she dresses in a wide variety of outfits befitting of the teenager’s youthful age. Her eye bears a distrusting, hard glare that many may find unnerving. However, it is a trait gained from the fall of Central City and the years after as she led the group of survivors across the Shattered Scar. Her lost limbs still haunt the young girl with phantom pains as if they were being destroyed all over again. The nanomachines inside of her body the only thing keeping the girl alive, and also keeping her from aging very quickly. As they are meant to keep her within a prime state of being.

Icon - N/A

Costumed Personality -

Nano Impulse’s costumed personality is very much the same as her normal personality, as she had to live constantly under the hero persona for the last nine years since she woke up after Central City. She is a hardened hero, having seen some of the worst the world has to offer and struggled to keep her group of survivors alive. She has seen the death of many she was trying to protect, and hardened her heart because of it. While seeing the worst of the world hardened the girl’s young heart, it also drove her to further embody what she desperately felt was a hero the world needed now. While she does not act overly hopeful or outgoing, that personality long since buried to protect the young girl it embodied, make no mistake that Nano Impulse would not hesitate for even a second to try to save those in need. She tries to see the good in every person, and bring hope to a world that she has found to be severely lacking of it. Although the girl has much to learn about herself, and find out the kind of girl she wants to be now that she has reached relative safety.

Civilian Personality -

Alex’s costumed personality is the same as her civilian personality.

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- Skills

Computer Hacking - Being that her brain is partially comprised of a computer itself, Alex is quite adept at hacking and programming various computers. This skill is something she learned over time, from the experience of learning how to manipulate the computer in her brain to better control her nanomachines.

Situational Awareness - Having had to protect a small group of survivors in the harsh environment that made up the shattered scar, Alex is adept whenever it comes to keeping situationally aware of a chaotic environment.

- Powers

Speed Force Conduit -

Much like homo magi, the source of Alex's powers is something beyond herself, a dimension full of energy that seems to be the very fundamental force behind space and time. This dimension has gone by many names throughout time, though it is universally known as the Speed Force. People like Alex don't just have a connection to this realm as the magisters do, they rely on the leylines to channel their arcane powers and without them magic would simply continue on as normal. Speed Force Conduits on the other hand, serve a mutually beneficial purpose. Their powers are both a gift to the user, and a very necessary action for the Speed Force itself, serving as a release valve for the indescribably vast energies within the dimension. This is why there is always at least one speedster somewhere in the multiverse, running as fast as they can.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Superhuman Speed -

The primary power of a Speed Force Conduit, incredible speed. Because of the vast energies suffusing their body a speedster, as they are often called, is able to move at speeds beyond normal human ability. Currently, she is only able to achieve a speed of a mere mach 35.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Superhuman Stamina -

Along with superspeed, comes the ability to sustain it for long periods of time. Alex's superhuman stamina means that what would normally exhaust normal humans, is as easy as rolling out of bed. It takes excessive use of her powers to break a sweat, and pushing the limits to even come close to tiring her.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Superhuman Reflexes -

Another ability that comes paired with being a speed force conduit, is that of being able to perceive and react to things at superhuman levels. In an instant everything seems to slow down just for her, and she can easily dodge and redirect most direct attacks. No one is flawless though, and Alex's reflexes are only as good as her sense of awareness.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Accelerated Healing -

Down to the cellular level, Alex's body is in tune with the speed force and infused with its energies. Among the many other benefits and abilities, is that of greatly enhanced healing. What would take weeks for normal humans to heal from, she can do in mere hours if not minutes, and even some of the mortal wounds are just a setback. Accelerated healing can be a double-edged sword however, in that she has to be extra careful when dealing with broken bones and making sure to set them correctly as fast as possible before new bone growth occurs. Otherwise the bone would have to be broken again.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Enhanced Mental Processes -

Moving at superspeed is one thing, reacting another, but being able to understand everything is something that could become quite difficult. Luckily for speedsters, their minds are also accelerated to process information as fast as they receive it. As quickly as she can turn the pages in a book, Alex can read and understand it. While initially unable to retain more than fragments of information attained in such a way, over time speedster minds are capable of speed-learning entire subjects and referencing it later as if they had known it all along.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Electrokinesis -

Lightning. She can throw lightning from her hands. Well, it's not actually lightning, more like the electrostatic build up of energy bleeding off her body from the speed force when she's running at high speeds. With a little bit of effort she can directionalize the current that surrounds her, usually towards something that needs zapped. Alex can channel this into her metallic limbs, creating a form of ‘taser fists’ or even the ability to shoot electricity from her tail.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Speed Force Aura -

While running at high speeds the speed force envelops her body in an aura of energy, bleedoff from the buildup of kinetic energy that shrouds her and allows others traveling alongside her to be protected by the intense forces.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Enhanced Senses -

Even without immersing herself in the speed force, Alex's senses are vastly enhanced by its energies. This leaves her able to see things unfold as if in slow motion in front of her, hear whispers across the room and detect the subtlest changes in temperature or charge around her. At the moment, her senses are enhanced above human levels, but not on par with that of a speedster, this is due to the computer in her brain able to process the information faster.

NOTE: Alex does not have access to the speed force yet, she has an innate connection to speed force as a part of her relation to Velocity, but it is not yet awakened.

Nano-Morphing -

The nanomachines that inhabit most of Alex’s body allows her to morph aspects of her limbs to a limited degree. This comes in the manner that she is capable of morphing her legs and arms to appear more human, limb density, or forming a sort of machine gun on each of her wrists. The more she tries to morph or create, the more nanomachines must be redirected from other parts of her body. Losing too many nanomachines on her internal organs will kill the young hero.

Direct Data Interface -

Due to the computer attached to her brain, Alex is capable of directly interfacing with datastreams. This means that she can view, and interact with, the internet at will without the need of a computer. She is also capable of tapping into wireless signals, so as to make calls directly from her mind or even in harder circumstances hacking into technology directly.

Nano-Armor -

The nanomachines within Alex’s body work to help the girl survive. The result of this being that her skin, and bones are both as resistant to damage as the body armor most other superheroes might wear on their costumes.

- Gadgets

Cybernetic Tail -

Alex’s cybernetic tail is perhaps her most defining physical trait. Capable of acting independently as its own limb, Alex has learned over the last few years to use it quite adeptly. It is capable of producing enough strength to lift and throw up to 230 pounds, and striking within the blind of an eye. The three prongs at the end can close to create a pointed edge, or grip onto something. Within the ‘palm’ of the tail, three nozzles sit which are capable of producing a flame. This flame can be controlled to be a gentle flame one might use for light, or to keep warm at night. All the way to the level of being able to weld, or cut through metal.

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- Civilian Occupation

N/A - Alex’s civilian identity died among the rest of Central City, as such she has no other identity than her hero identity.

- Character History

Born the second daughter of the infamous mercenary Julianna “Reverie” Valinova and Iosef Valinova, Alexandra was something of a surprise to the couple. After a particularly intimate date night, Julianna found out that she was once more pregnant. Months, Alexandra Valinova was born in Central City. The girl seemingly having not a care in the world in the early years as she, like her sister, was a particularly bright spark. The wide, bright-eyed little girl had not an issue making an impression and bringing smiles to the faces of those around her. However, these pleasant times would not last very long for the young girl. At the age of five, her father suddenly passed away, from cancer she was told. Her mother seemingly became more distant and became more interested in those adult drinks she wasn’t allowed to have than she was in being a mother. During this time, fits of tears and being difficult were common for the little girl, who just wanted her daddy back. However, her older sister also stepped up during this time to take care of the young girl, and the two grew very close with time.

At age eight, Alexandra was in elementary school and had a difficult time getting along with some of her classmates. Often bullied over the fact that she did not have a father, and her mother wasn’t even around all that much. It was also during this time that the hero Velocity made a sudden appearance on the scene in Central City. The girl began to idolize this hero, owning several posters and dolls of the hero that had come out in the weeks following her appearance. The girl’s apparent idolization of the hero became another point of which the kids showed their cruelty to the girl. Often sending the girl home in tears to her older sister, which eventually led to the highlight of the girl’s whole life. When the hero Velocity showed up at the elementary school to have lunch with the young Alexandra. During this lunch, the girl even got to take a picture with the hero, which she then autographed. Something which Alexandra still has on her to this very day.

Yet only six months later, even the popularity from this little incident was suddenly thrown to the wind when the chaos of the Two Month War rolled through Central City. The first being that horrid night when kids were turned into monsters, and the streets ran a deep crimson. Much of that night was too much of a blur for the girl to really remember beyond that she had seen her hero in action. The following two months were terrifying for the little girl, as her sister suddenly went missing for extended amounts of time that the little girl couldn’t even begin to fathom a reason for. At the same time, people disappeared and were turned into monsters while the coven started attacking the city. She only remembers little bits of the chaos that followed, as it was simply too much for a young girl of her age to take on all at once.

After the conclusion of the war, the worst day of her life quickly came around the corner. While she was in school after things had finally calmed down one day, a wave of red energy screamed through the building and send everyone into a panic. Nothing immediately happened, just the cries and screams of panicking kids after the strange magic similar to the chaos of the past two months had suddenly appeared. Then, the horror began truly as Alex watched as her friends started to slowly turn to ash. It was not quick, and their pained screams echoed down the fall as their skin seemed to blacken, and cracks of red chaos magic shown through before their voices cut off and they fell to a pile of ash. Fearing whatever was happening, the young girl ran. Not in any particular direction, just away from the school even as she citizens of Central City all around her suffering the same fate. Alex screamed, she screamed from her sister, her mother, her daddy, God, Velocity. Anybody who would listen as she ran, begging for somebody to come and save her.

Then an unimaginable pain tore the girl’s limbs as she looked down in horror at her blackening limbs. Red magic burning through the cracks and her whole body as her voice raised in pitch and volume. The pain unimaginable as her vision clouded from the tears pouring forwards from her eyes. She didn’t want to die, she wanted to find her sister again. Yet the girl would not get this pleasant future, instead fell to her knees as the pain overtook her. Then to her side in the street as her vision faded away into darkness. All feeling left her body as she lost consciousness, her final thoughts being nothing but pain, fear, and sadness. The eight year old wanting nothing more than to go back in time and change everything.

Then she woke on a cold, hard surface. A bright light burning directly into her eyes, and blinding her as she heard voices all around her. With a sudden jolt and a scream of panic, the young girl shot off the table she had been laying on. Her tail grabbing the nearest man around the neck in a panic. Then in the few seconds after, it released the man as she slowly turned her attention towards the cybernetic tail that had responded to her will. How it seemed to feel a natural part of her. Looking around in surprise, she studied the six gathered around her. The dirt and wounds of survival evident on them as their clothes were torn and their faces dirtied. In the minutes after this, the scientists managed to calm her down enough to explain the situation. That she was in S.T.A.R. Labs, just outside of Central City. The people here had found her as she had fallen, before she had faded completely from the chaos magic. Rushing her back to their labs, the team had desperately injected her with an experimental nanomachine. The self-replicating machine had responded to the computer attached to her failing brain, and the machines spread throughout her body to save the young girl. Then miraculously, went even further so as to enhance the girl. It had taken nearly a year for them to stabilize the girl, and now here she was. Yet unknown to everybody in the room, the chaos magic that had tried to kill her before still existed within her, slowly eating away at her even as the nanobots managed to keep her alive and functioning.

In the 10 years since, the girl has been protecting this group of survivors and a few survivors from Central City that she picked up along the way. The group had been trying to make it back to civilization, but with the hostility of the shattered scar and its residents found themselves in a rather uphill battle. Many times sent in the wrong direction, or spending some time hiding or fighting off their enemies. Still, even as their numbers began to fall off the group tried to make it back home. Several times, many wanted to simply give up and try to make a deal with the cult. Yet the young girl leading them was always there to inspire hope they would make it home, as she led them across their hostile lands. Now they rest close enough to the border that they can see civilization in the distance, but still they must rest for the older or sick of the group before making the final push the next day.

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Nemesis:

The chaos magic slowly killing her from the inside.

Allies:

N/A

Team:

N/A
Team Velocibooty

Other:

N/A

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- Basic Information -

Superhero/villain Name - Sol

Civilian Name - Kara Palmer

Kryptonian Name - Mira Dru-Zod

Origin city/Planet - Kryptonian Military Ship

Hometown - New York City, Earth

Sex - Female

Race - Human

Height - 5’3”

Weight - >:[

Age - 18

Birth Date - January 14, 2003

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Costumed Appearance -


When acting as the hero Sol, Kara has a rather specific costume she chooses to wear out in public. Though unlike plenty of other heroes, Kara’s outfit is not made of advanced materials that are overly meant to fighting or being a superhero. Rather, it's made of the same material which one might use to make cosplay outfits. While high quality compared to most normal clothes one wears around on a day to day basis, the material is nothing compared to that of other materials used by the superheroes. The entire outfit is made from the same stash of material which Kara uses to make the cosplays she known for wearing. Its something that she applies in order to create the outfit which she is so commonly seen wearing.

Sol’s outfit primarily consists of the color white, though it does sport some golden accents and a sort of neon green. Although she has yet to figure out how to make the green parts glow as of yet, that is most certainly on her to do list. The outfit is made up of a corset on top, which is skintight and allows for movement while still showing off a little bit of her body. Then it goes down into a pair of skintight pants tucked into a pair of matching boots. A line of the green runs down the outside edge of each of the pant legs, outlined by the golden accents. She also wears gloves on each wrist that go up to about half her forearm, and cover the middle two fingers. Of course, the part of the glove going back from her hand is also gold. Finally, she also wears a collared white cape featuring the green material and the golden accents on the front of the collar. A silver symbol akin to a triangle, which is what she has chosen as her emblem, sits on the cape. It does not yet, but is one day planned to glow as well.

Sol is often seen as almost being carefree and relaxed when going around doing her superhero work. Often with a reassuring, friendly, smile on her features. Her eyes always seem to be alight with the joys of life, and hope can clearly be seen in her gaze for each and every person she helps. Her shoulder-length, pink, hair is typically worn down as she is running about. Overall, she appears as a young hero who rather enjoys being able to do exactly that, hero work.

(Image is a good reference for her outfit, its standard superhero affair)

Non-Costumed Appearance -


Outside of the costume, the way that Kara dresses is alot more skin to what somebody of her age would wear around. Simple clothing, yet clothing that is always ensured to match and make the girl look good no matter what she is doing. She tends to favor the darker colors because of how they stand out against her light skin tone and pink hair color. The girl is also quite friendly looking, very much keeping the same brilliant smile and twinkle in her eye that she does when running around as a hero. Kara is also a cosplayer/model, meaning that she often has a host of other outfits that she wears for photoshoots. Depending on the outfit, she may also use it for out in public when going to pick up coffee or lunch. Typically she also prefers to wear her hair down when just being simple citizen as well.

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Costumed Personality -

When wearing her costume, Kara is a very hopeful young hero. She has a seemingly bottomless good heart, one that shows every time she is active. Sol is the kind of hero who at one moment would stop a bank robber, and the next would be giving food to a homeless man on the streets. She loves the hero life, being able to finally help others and do something about the crime that roots deep within the back alleys of the city. Always seeming confident like nothing in the world could possibly stop her, and a confident grin always on her features. In her eyes, there seems to be an infinite amount of hope hidden behind her eyes. Her mannerisms seem to portray a relaxed persona, making jokes and seeming to ‘talk’ to those she is stopping. That being said, it is also very clear that the girl loves her city, and everybody in it. When others are put in danger, Sol is reliably there to protect the inhabitants and does have hints of anger towards those threatening the peace.

Civilian Personality -

Kara’s civilian personality is much more subdued than her costumed personality. Typically she is quieter and more reserved than she is as Sol. When doing her modeling or cosplay events, the girl is once more outgoing and even a bit flirtatious towards others. She is also highly intelligent, and kindhearted in nature. She can be a bit stubborn at times, and even show a bit of sass towards others. Yet she always tries to show respect towards others when she can. Of course, those damn catcallers on the street still get a middle finger by way of response or maybe even an insult thrown their way.

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- Skills

Baking - Kara is an extremely adept baker, having had to help out with a bit of the cooking at the orphanage which she grew up in.

Languages - Kara is fluent in English, Japanese, and French.

Cosplay - Kara is a professional cosplayer, and has skills in both the creation of the cosplay outfits while also being adequate at acting to fill in the parts of the character she is cosplaying.

Video Games - Kara is a rather skilled gamer, and absolutely will stomp your K/D into the ground.

- Powers

Super Senses -

A Kryptonian’s senses after such prolonged exposure to a yellow sun are enhanced to the point that they can see and hear events even from orbit. They are also capable of seeing through walls, x-ray vision, and thermal vision.

Superhuman Speed -

While not able to go as fast as a speedster, Kryptonians under a yellow sun are able to move at speeds that are seemingly impossible to beat unless a speedster. Their stamina and reflexes are also enhanced to adapt for this speed.

Superhuman Strength -

Along with the speed obtained from the yellow sun, Kryptonians also become impossibly strong. Their strength is seemingly incalculable, as a result of the yellow sun that seems to power them like some sort of super-battery.

Invulnerability -

Another ability that comes as a result of the yellow sun, Kryptonians are seemingly invulnerable to all sorts of damage. Of course, there are still attacks that can wound Kryptonians despite their seemingly-invulnerable state. These attacks are either very potent, or magical in their nature.

Flight -

Kryptonians are capable of flight, and extremely fast flight at that. Their blistering speeds at which they can fly means the Kryptonians are capable of being anywhere on the planet in a matter of minutes. They are also capable of flying in space, and even surviving that harsh environment without needing to breathe.

Enhanced Mental Processes -

Their physical properties are not the only properties enhanced within the Kryptonians, their mental capabilities are also enhanced. This means that they have exceedingly good memories, allowing them to learn things in near record time. They also are generally regarded as super-intelligent among humans.

Heat Vision -

Kryptonians are capable of channeling solar radiation and firing beams of it from their eyes, an ability that many refer to as Heat Vision. The impact of this beam is capable of causing explosions or melting straight through many objects.

Gene Tailoring -

Kryptonians ranked higher in the castes of their home had access to better gene tailoring. This affected not only their appearances, but also resulted in the abilities the Kryptonians gained from the yellow sun to be slightly altered at times. In the case of Sol, it causes her hair and eyes to glow a slight green when using her powers. Her heat vision is also a sort of neon green.

Protective Aura -

A unique trait due to her genetic tailoring, Sol is capable of channeling the solar radiation in a different manner than just heat vision. Instead she is capable of using it to form a protective barrier in a 6 foot radius around herself of the burning radiation. This is capable of blocking energy attacks coming in and kinetic attacks (such as melting bullets). However, this ability is exceedingly strenuous upon the user. The more damage attempted to absorb, the more it drains Sol. Stopping something such as an explosion will cause her to either drop the barrier or fall unconscious shortly afterwards.

- Gadgets

Utility Belt -

This a small golden belt around Sol’s waist which she uses to carry various tools. These tools include basic first aid tools, as well as other convenient little items. It also contains a slot for her cellphone.

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- Civilian Occupation

Kara is a cosplayer and professional model. She also streams sometimes, though typically this is not how she makes money.

- Character History

Born aboard a Kryptonian military ship, Mira Dru-Zod is the sole (living) descendant of the final ruler of Krypton. Zod the Mad. Her mother being a consort of the mad ruler who he had brought aboard the ship as he fled the dying planet. The ruler of Krypton was eager to see an heir brought into this world, with small delusions of ruling Krypton still lingering in the mad ruler’s mind. As such, an heir or heiress was critical to ensuring that his rule continued on after he was no longer the ruler. However, things would not go as was planned for the ruler of the dead planet. However, the young girl remembers nothing of this parent or life onboard the ship. As shortly after she was born, her mother put her child into an escape pod and fired it away from the ship. An act that proved to be her final one, as Zod murdered the woman in a fit of rage after he discovered what she had done.

The pod hurtled through space for a few months before it finally found a home on a new planet within the Sol system. This planet, Earth, was the third from a yellow sun at the center of the system, which would prove to change the baby girl’s life in ways one simply couldn’t imagine. Her escape pod came down in the dead of night in one of the more populated places on the planter, New York City. The pod crashing down in a small park behind an orphanage located in Brooklyn, and was found by one of the caretakers at the orphanage not long after it crashed down due to the noise the impact had caused. Carefully, she had removed the baby from the strange piece of technology when it started to make a strange noise. Barely having enough time to get the child of range, the pod overheated and exploded due to damage it had sustained upon re-entry. From that moment on, the caretaker decided that the child would be raised in the orphanage as a normal human, not the strange being she knew it to be from the odd technology it had arrived within.

For much of her young life, Kara was no different than the other orphans that she lived amongst. A story was made up about her parents dropping her off because they simply couldn’t afford to have a child, and wanted her to have a better life than what they could provide. Even from this young age, Kara made a lasting impression on those around her. Always so full of energy and life, the girl was ever inquisitive. She wanted to learn about everything she could possibly get her hands on, and wanted to befriend just about every other kid living among them. Despite being such a friendly little child, Kara was in her fair share of fights with some of the others that lived with her. Most of these fights coming up because she stepped in when others were being picked on by some of the older kids. This became a recurring theme for much of her childhood, and often enough led to incidents other kids picking on her for trying to step in.

Over the years following these incidents, Kara was enrolled in self-defense classes by the caretakers at the orphanage, since they figured it was better to have the girl at least be able to defend herself against those picking on her. Not long after starting these lessons, a billionaire from Gotham City by the name of Zoey Kasimir seemed to get involved with the little orphanage. Donating a large sum of money towards the place so that it could be improved and offer a better quality of life to those living within its walls. The generosity of the billionaire being something that Kara found truly inspiring as a little girl, and desperately wished she had some manner to pay it back towards others. The idea for how she could pay it back came not long after when Gotham’s own superhero, Grim, stopped by the place to talk with the children there. Delivering inspiring messages to each of them, and giving the young Kara the idea that someday she wanted to grow up to be a superhero like Grim. Thats how she would help all the others!

Yet it seemed hell would come to earth before the girl could even dream of becoming a superhero. The violence of the two-month war tore through the city like a plague, as chaos seemed to be the order of the day. Several of the kids in the orphanage were turned to monsters on that dreadful halloween, and several more never lived to see another day when the newly formed creatures tore a swath of bloody chaos through the orphanage on that halloween. A memory that still haunts Kara, as she clearly remembers hiding under her bed in fear while the thing that had been her best friend was tearing the girls who had been in the room with her to pieces. Where Kara was helpless to do anything to protect the others or turn her friend back from the monster she had become. Later that night when she was still hiding from the monsters, another appeared in the room. Yet unlike the monsters she had been seeing, this new presence did not seem to pose a threat. Instead, it was a somewhat gentle voice coaxing her out from her hiding spot. Telling her that it was okay, that the monsters weren’t coming to get her anymore. Whenever she was finally able to be extracted from her spot, Kara learned that her saviour that night was none other than the hero who had come to talk to the kids not that long ago. Grim. Soon after, the monsters were being turned back into children and some sense of normalcy started to come back to her world.

Yet that night was not the end of it, as over the next two months more kids would disappear from the orphanage at night. By the time it all came to a close, only about a quarter of the children had survived the dreadful experience. Yet at the end of it all, there was still a light as the war came to an end, and once more it was the heroes who had brought them all through the chaos. Another stark reminder to the girl of just who she wanted to be when she grew up, how she wanted to be able to help others in their times of darkness and be that beacon of light.

With the war behind her, the girl was able to grow up a bit more and entered highschool not long after. During this time, she dyed her hair from platinum blonde to the pinkish color she is known for in the modern day as a way to differentiate herself. She also got heavily into cosplay around this time, making costumes based off the anime, comic, movie, video game characters, and even some superheroes she so loved. This distraction allowing the girl a brief escape from the reality that their broken world was a mess, and would never be the same after those terrible two months. Being a rather attractive girl, this of course started to gain some attention for her. In turn, this led to the girl establishing herself on social media then from there she was contacted and brought in for some professional shoots. Soon enough, Kara was working as a model and a cosplay model, making enough money to move out and find herself a studio apartment on the top floor of a building in Queens.

It was then that her powers slowly started to manifest. Suddenly, Kara was able to see and hear things from far away. She was able to see through objects, or see the heat signatures of various things. Then her strength skyrocketed, as she was suddenly able to lift her entire bed with ease to vacuum under it while cleaning her apartment. As her abilities manifested, Kara took it as her chance to be the light in the dark world that had emerged from the two-month war. Using the skills from the years of making her cosplays, Kara designed a costume for herself. Using the name Sol, after the sun at the center of their system which she felt strongest when it was shining, and because she decided that she would be the world’s light. She then moved out into the streets to help out the citizens of New York City, everything from fighting crime to helping the homeless was under her belt. It was during this time that she also discovered her invulnerability, after she was unharmed despite being shot at nearly point blank with a shotgun blast from some armed robbers.

Sure, the world was full of darkness and crime had spiked following that hell on earth. But now, she had the means to become the light for the world. To bear its burdens so that it might smile one more day.

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Nemesis:

• The various gangs in NYC.
• Her loud neighbor below her.
• The Landlord.
• Rats.

Allies:

N/A

Team:

N/A

Other:

N/A

Superhero/Villain Name: The Unknown Soldier

Civilian Name: Samuel Mason Colefield

Origin City/Planet: Atlanta, GA, United States of America (Earth)

Hometown: None, at least for now

Sex: Male

Race: Human

Height: 6’1

Weight: 195 lbs

Physical Age: 23

Actual Age: 180

Birth Date: March 15th, 1841



Costumed Appearance: Most of a confederate soldier uniform (minus the hat) projected onto him from the “echoes” of his former comrades, albeit stylized and highly reshaped into a more tight-fitting, shorter-sleeved, and properly “heroic” attire based on hero costumes he saw whilst being a spirit. Think something like what Batman or Superman would wear, but with actual pants included. It includes added generic black hero head mask with eye holes and a short cape derived from other “echoes” to add an even more “heroic” touch. Honestly, no one can actually recognize it as being derived from an old generic Confederate soldier uniform due to how much it has been changed. Unless they happen to be very knowledgeable about old Civil War uniforms, at least.

Civilian Appearance: (the below in the hider, but with modern clothing)



Icon: An emblazoned “US”, which can also be seen on the back of his uniform, which ironically he feels stands for “United States” as well as his hero name.

Costumed Personality: A bold, brave, and generally polite hero who takes pride in helping others and seeking to save the weak. Even small things like helping get someone out from rubble, or treating the wounded from a disaster, are not above him by any stretch of the imagination when he jumps in to help. This of course doesn’t mean he won’t put a cap into a very evil person if it means saving someone in a severe enough situation, nor that he is unwilling to fight others among heroes or the like if he feels he must to do the right thing, but in the end he is just an imperfect person who is trying to do what is right and best. Even he isn’t immune to mistakes, though his years as a spirit did help him in many ways as he witnessed and saw many things in his time.

Civilian Personality: A generally well-mannered and relaxed person, raised the old Southern way to open doors for women, be generally polite to others, respect his elders, and enjoy good home cooking like nothing else. Despite the sudden and slightly jarring "newness" of his new body and being able to actually move about among the living again, however, he has enough familiarity with the modern world from his time spent as just a spirit to function (and try not to spend all his money on shiny things). He does admittedly get a bit excited about some modern things and superheroes, at times like an excited child, but at the same time does have a certain level of discipline as both a former soldier and well-raised southern boy that keeps this properly in check...at least normally. Samuel to has a level of pride in his vastly improved medical skills over the decades as well, though has taken a side hobby interest in cooking as well that he seems to enjoy as a calming activity.

Yet under all of his positivity and more upbeat aspects, Samuel is someone who inevitably has been scarred by war and death around him. Even as a spirit he became accustomed to being around and seeing conflict and war and death and such atrocities, yet on the other hand in his mind and heart does not feel nothing about these things when he hears of them or witnesses them. The events in what is now the Scar especially shook him during his travels, leaving him with a lingering sense of highly dreaded deja vu at seeing the United States split into two nations and a battleground all over again.

Super Abilities:

-Skills:

1 – He can utilize and care for a Whitworth Rifle properly due to the skills he had in life, but more than that he’s acquired the knowledge to become highly proficient with general firearms and weapons handling and use.

2 – He can communicate with the lingering spirits of the dead still attached to the mortal plane, due to being a super strong spirit, which is itself generally useful.

3 – Though information he can access from the “echoes” etched into his soul, Samuel’s medical and even surgical skills have seen an extreme improvement from their far less...”sanitary” and “effective” Civil War era roots.

4 – He is highly fluent in many languages of the world, including most European languages, both written and spoken. At least after having had well over 100 years to learn these things and converse about them with other dead.

-Powers:

1 – He can naturally summon the “echoes” others souls have left upon him, basically projecting the information etched into him by these echoes as spiritual servants who follow his orders. Albeit, they can be imbued with a copy of their old clothes/equipment they had on them at their deaths (or project them onto himself alternately) to be even more useful. Due to his power these “echoes” can become or be made corporeal (visible) to interact with the corporeal and even remain incorporeal (invisible to the normal person) in order to interact with other incorporeal things like other spirits and/or ‘intangible’ targets respectively.

2 – As a very powerful spirit now encased in flesh again due to becoming so powerful, he can perceive the differences between the living and dead, spirit and non-spirit, and the like to a very fine level. He can tell at a glance a possessed person from a normal one, as one example. He can also see spirits lingering in the mortal plane that normal people cannot perceive, which along with his ability to physically interact with them and the intangible due to his strength as a spirit this can be very useful potentially.

3 – His physical body is more of a...convenience, as it were, and he can naturally repair it if it takes damage (or even make a new one if the old one got destroyed). Of course this means he can seemingly “survive” ridiculous damage, like regenerating back from a head whilst still controlling his blasted-off parts or re-absorbing them, but he still finds this to be a very useful thing for his “new life” among the living again.

-Vulnerabilities: (Necessary for more powerful characters)

1 – Destroying his physically body is strangely one good way to deal with him, since it is just as squishy as other human beings' bodies. He has to repair it himself, after all, and so this distracts him. Likewise, utterly destroying his body is one way to stall him outright or get him off your back for a time as he has to work to reform it. Since he made himself a new body, he can only free roam as a spirit when it is destroyed entirely as well. This traps him in his flesh to an extent, though he still remains a very powerful spirit at his core.

2 – Servants made from “Echoes” can be destroyed by corporeal means when they are in corporeal form, and by incorporeal means when in incorporeal form. Samuel can feel where they are and when they have been destroyed as well, but otherwise can’t detect damage dealt to them. If they are destroyed all he can do is re-create these minions from the echoes again at that point. Further, these minions made from echoes are vulnerable to magic and powers able to harm, capture, and/or slaying spirits...albeit they do outright dissipate in the case someone tries to enslave/control them using magic or other means.

3 – Only energy attacks (this does not mean electricity or nuclear energy or such, just energy), anti-ghost tech, magic, psychic energy attacks (not including telekinesis since he’s incorporeal as a spirit) and enchanted objects can affect him as a spirit. Whether these hurt him or not as a spirit, as he is at his strongest as just that, depends on the strength of the things trying to hurt or affect him in the first place. Basic ghost-capturing equipment, for example, isn’t going to be able to seal him away or lock him up at all like it is able to do with generic ghosts/spirits.

-Gadgets/Weapons: Old weapons from the Civil War and both World Wars, as well as Korea and Vietnam, and even the modern era. These are themselves items projected from the information of the “echoes” he acquired from the dead in his world travels, which in more recent years before his “sudden re-acquisition of a body” were themselves encountered as he passed by many modern battlefields and cities. Especially when he passed anywhere near the Scar, for that matter...

But outside of those, really he has nothing else outside of being able to project and somewhat tweak the clothes/equipment of the former dead spirits whose echoes he has acquired. This does not amount to much variety of items, but at least covers a wide range of clothing types.

Civilian Occupation: Unemployed (currently, at least)



Character History/Origin:







Optional information:

-He has experimented with his powers a bit before leaving Japan, getting some amount of a better grasp of them. During that time he stayed at a local shrine run by some friendly yokai he had talked to before as a spirit. Admittedly, they did get a kick out of him embarrassing himself like an idiot in front of other humans though. He will probably never be able to live it down.

-His former corps has been a matter of debate by Civil War historians, who wonder where they disappeared to or died. Since where they died and the lost gold in all now in the Scar, it’s not likely the mystery will be solved anytime soon.

-He...may have worked on a hero persona and costume and such before getting on the plane back to America. For a long time he’d imagined the design workings of his own hero costume and such in his head, as he witnessed heroes and super criminals emerging in the world. The real question is if he will actually put this all to proper use on his part.

-He is on the plane back to the good old US (aka the eastern side of the former USA), which will be landing in Gotham.



Nemesis: (none, yet)

Allies: (none, yet)

Team: (none, yet)

Other: (none)

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Superhero/Villain Name: “Wonderland”

Civilian Name: Sophia Andersen

Origin City/Planet: Central City, Earth

Hometown: Bludhaven, NJ, USA, Earth

Sex: Female

Race: Metahuman (Human)

Height: 5’6”

Weight: 135 lbs

Age: 18

Birth Date: February 4th, 2003

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Costumed Appearance: Varies, due to her power

Civilian Appearance:



Icon: A letter “W”, written using some high-class curvy font that looks very fancy.

Costumed Personality: Something like an unamused fey, or perhaps more of a stoic goddess, who doles out justice and seeks to fight for what she believes is truly right. She has a soft spot for little kids, and tries to be careful about the area around her due to her powers’ effects, but to garner her ire is something not very fun altogether. She is willing to work with others, but at the same time is highly likely to try to hide her true identity vehemently due to anxieties about having her real face known to the wrong people.

Civilian Personality: A young woman who seems to be in an exasperated but casual mood generally, between the side effects of her power to just what is going on with the world around her. Of course, this and her past haven’t seem to stop her from still being a teenager in ways either. Sometimes she can do stupid things or act out on an emotional impulse, which can get her into trouble, but at heart is honestly a good person who just wants to do her best and try to make things better. She doesn’t mind her current job, though it has its high and low points, and despite keeping up on her hobbies she wishes that things were better for her and her family as well. However, the traumas of her past have inevitably had some form of effects on her...some perhaps to motive her positively towards the future, and others leaving lasting scars that she feels might never go away.

Super Abilities:

-Skills:

Making coffee drinks and hot chocolates

Hobby-level Robotics/Tinkering/Crafting (with exposure to and familiarity with local magitech shaping her definitively in this area as well over the years)

Swimming (is still pretty good)

Singing

Cooking (had to help her mom many a time)

-Powers:

She can enter an “elemental” state of a sort, the element being chosen at random when she transforms and also determining her appearance in the state. An ice form, for example, might make her look like a moving frozen statue where a wind form might appear wispy and ghostly and like some form of specter. In this form, she can create elemental minions to serve her (who automatically protect her and attack hostiles otherwise), fire off elemental blasts and waves and such shaped attacks, generate constructs such as walls and other simple structures, and even unleash an “elemental rain” effect over a larger area to assail it with an AoE destructive attack.

In her “elemental state”, her powers also passively warp the area by generating effects within a 25-meter radius in all directions of her. In a fire form geysers of lava might erupt from the ground in places and the heat becomes intense over time, in a water form water might leak up from the ground, in an ice form she might transform the area into an actively snowing “winter wonderland”, etc. These passive environmental effects and their limited range (along with her overall power) becomes more severe and exponentially stronger the longer she remains in her “elemental form”, which has its obvious drawbacks as well as advantages. On one hand she becomes more and more of a mighty juggernaut the longer she uses her powers in a given time, strikingly so, but at the same time she becomes exponentially more dangerous presence as well.

She also does not have to breathe air or such normal things in her elemental form, meaning she can even go into space when in this form and survive....only as long as she remains in that state though. Generally “flight” is a thing she is capable of in some of her elemental forms, as well generally being able to use her minions in part like drones she can “see” through if she so wishes.

She can also switch elements by rapidly switching in and out of her “elemental state”, though this leaves her having to “start from the weakest state” over again each time. Sometimes she might not have a choice to switch if a situation is pressing enough and she doesn't have the time to do so, which can be one advantage an enemy can press against her as well potentially.

Finally, as her power overall ramps up stronger and stronger, at a certain point the range of the passive effects she generates ramp up to 50 meters in radius. This is usually a sign that her powers have risen to a major power level, however, which carries certain ramifications.

-Vulnerabilities:

In terms of her main weaknesses, they are rather pronounced alongside her other traits.

1 - Outside of her elemental state she is a bit debilitated to a certain limited extent. Sensitive to bright light and loud sound (she can wear noise-softening headphones, or even use ear-covering headphones to listen to music for this, along with things like sunglasses on certain days), and a certain grogginess or added soreness/pain extra she naturally feels when she experiences those sensations. Though as much as she can be like a sore college student on the regular, she can still be happy and active and even smiling just like anyone else.

2 - As a result of this power, she starts off at her very “weakest” and her powers have to take time to ramp up stronger and stronger. This does meant she isn’t as useful on the fly, starting off at the level of knocking people over pretty solidly with her stuff, but neither is she useless. For the first several minutes of her state, indeed, her minions, blasts, waves, and — if she chooses to deploy it — rain abilities are all fairly weak.

3 – The longer she uses her powers, the more dangerous she becomes and the more collateral damage can potentially result from her presence alone. She also would have to cancel her elemental state and go back to normal if she was in it for too long in an area where the effects would get too dangerous.

4 – Her form, being elemental, is incredibly hard to damage without elemental/energy attacks themselves, and she can't be forced out of the form this way. It can disrupt her focus, however, and force her to focus on piecing herself back together.

5 – Her powers get harder to direct/control the longer she is in her elemental state, which can be both a hindrance and even potential advantage for her depending on the place and situation.

6 - Her powers make her easy to spot and locate from a distance, and avoid if one is faster than her.

-Gadgets/Weapons: (None, just has a normal wallet and cellphone and such)

Civilian Occupation: Starbucks (noted as a skilled barista)



Character History/Origin:

Sophia Andersen was born to a pair of loving parents and two older siblings in Central City, and spent her life growing up around her father’s robotics hobby and her mother’s delicious cooking. Yet the times shaped her parents’ response when her metahuman genes kicked in at the age of 4. The status of metahumans and “her kind” was shifting seemingly every year, and her parents did their best to keep her powers hidden and teach her to control them how she could. Anything to avoid the tragedy of anti-metahuman protesters and people harming one of their beloved children.

Sophia didn’t much understand, but for a child she was at least sober enough to listen to what her parents were trying to do for her. She trusted them, and she knew they loved her, and that was all that mattered to her at the time. At least one of her older siblings seemed to be on board, albeit the other seemed hesitant to remains around her. She went to school, talked to the other kids, and generally had a good time like some other kids as the world began to crack at the seams around them. Yet as 2010 went onward, and Sophia was only 7 years old, the family decided to go on a trip east to visit her paternal grandparents who lived in the New England area. In reality, this is just what she had been told to cover up them packing up many of their things and trying to get some “breathing room” for a weekend.

This was when the actions of the Blackthorn Coven and their Three-Horned God marked a drastic time of change in her life.

Central City as it was ceased to be. The world was bombarded with chaos hitherto unheard of before this point in time as well, the Midwest was scarred by a vile god and its followers, and the family became trapped in Hub City as the Three-Horned God was being battled by the future Justice League members and driven back. The sight of that battle, and the monstrosity as well as heroes before her eyes, was burnt into the then 7 year old Sophia’s mind more than any other sight before or after would in her lifetime. During the battle, her father died keeping them safe in a nearby building after being crushed by rubble. The rest of them had to flee, but were somewhat separated. One of her older siblings, the one who hadn’t much trusted her due to her being metahuman and now blamed her for the mess going on, was with her and abruptly attempted to leave her stranded in some rubble before her mother and remaining sibling came back to find her.

The body of that sibling who had tried to leave her for dead was found during the aftermath, a chunk of debris having cleft their skull wide open to bleed out on the ground. The three survivors eventually made their way to what would become the city of Bludhaven with only the clothes on their backs and what little things they had on them in terms of money and goods. They had nothing, had lost most everything, and in this dangerous new place they eventually made a home for themselves. They ended up living in an apartment bordered on one side by a nice Minotaur couple and by a relatively stable and at least neighborly inter-racial human-centaur couple on the other side of them.

Here they have lived ever since, despite the bad there, seeking to rebuild somehow. Sophia herself has managed to get a full through-high-school education through a “school” her family’s apartment residents set up for their kids (some being former teachers or teachers who were refugees), and has pushed herself to learn as well on the insistence of her mother. Despite it all, she managed to have some friends and associates and even have a part-time job at Starbucks for the last 4 years. But after seeing all the heroics of metahumans on television and internet, and what is going on in the outside world, the girl has had a building desire to help do something about it all. Even now when she sleeps she can hear and see it all again in her dreams, all burned into her mind and relived like she was going through it all over and over again in first person.

She wanted to make Bludhaven a better place, to make this shattered nation a better place.....just help people in the ways the Justice League and her neighbors in Bludhaven had helped her and her family in the past. Perhaps she could too eventually help put a permanent stop to the monster that had caused her dad and other older sibling’s deaths....the Three-Horned God...

Optional information:

-The Three-Horned God is something of a very sore point for her personally, with a personal and deep grudge that Sophia carries around with her even if it isn’t on the front of her mind.

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Nemesis: (none, yet)

Allies: (none, yet)

Team: (none, yet)

Other: (none)

Basic Information
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Superhero/villain Name: Ogre, The Ogre, Terror of the Scar(to demons).
Civilian Name: What is a civilian?
Origin city/Planet: The Scar, Earth.
Hometown: The Scar
Sex: Male
Race: Human?
Height: 7'6" to 15'
Weight: 500lbs to 5 tons.
Age: 10. Looks 25ish.
Birth Date: ?
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Costumed Appearance: N/A

Civilian Appearance:

Icon: N/A

Costumed Personality: Ogre is a rather simple and quite primitive in he way he reacts to things. If it threatens him he smashes it with his club or if it stays away he usually leaves it alone unless he is hungry. He is more social towards human living in the settlements/towns dotting the Scar but he is very blunt and a brute to put it mildly though food can endear him to come back more often to protect what he likes very fiercely. Given his general size and temperament Ogre can be extremely intimidating or terrifying to most sane beings which he uses to convince many demons to give him a wide berth. Survival is at the forefront of his mind at almost all times so he tends towards a spartan, often nomadic lifestyle scavenging/hunting as he goes. This life is all he knows and it has colored his views very heavily though sometimes he can't help but feel like something is missing or he is forgetting things.

Civilian Personality: Same as Costumed.

Super abilities:

-Skills:

Path finding- Being as unstable place as the Scar is, especially further in, being able to navigate reliably is an incredibly useful skill.

General wilderness survival- Ogre has been living in a demonic hellhole for ten years by learning where not to go and what not to eat among other common but important information about his home.

Expert Demon/Chaos corrupted wildlife hunter- This is effectively his day job which he does so regularly that unless its a particularly powerful demon or beast its become a mundane thing to him.

Melee and Improvised weapons proficiency- As strong as the huge man is he man not be a masterful wielder of weapons or various heavy objects but he knows plenty of ways to make use of his strength to make nearly anything a deadly weapon.

-Powers:

Super Strength- Ogre has wrestled down a Duke level demon noble with some difficulty, can wield most large and extremely heavy objects as weapons, and has demolished structures and the landscape around him with blows from his maul.

Super Durability/Endurance- The huge man has survived hordes of demons, cultists, magical attacks and once a very brief encounter with the Three Horned God which he would like to not repeat if possible because that put him out of commission for a couple weeks.

Exponential Growth- Ogre appears to be around 7'4" naturally but has reached 15' before when very angry and more likely when fighting tough opponents who start pushing his limit.

-Vulnerabilities: The Ogre's powers seem unstable, particularly changing size, and unfocused most likely as a result of living for as long as he remembers steeped in Chaos Magic. They also seem to have very little in the way of subtlety requiring creativity to make the most use of.

-Gadgets: A pair of binoculars a human from one of the towns showed him how to use.

-Weapons: His demonic Maul he liberated from its previous owner or his fists though he uses basically anything he can get his hands on.

Civilian Occupation: Hunter and Scavenger.

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Character History/Origin: Ogre's first memory was waking up chained to a Blackthorn ritual table where several cultists and their leader were trying to stab him while failing to even penetrate his skin. This upset him greatly which set him to struggling against the bindings holding him down that promptly started to bend and crack as he flexed against them. It sent the Blackthorn into a bit of a panic as he started pulping the nearest ones with his fists then ripped up the table in a rage making an even bigger mess of the squishy little men in front of him. Needless to say the leader took an extremely dim view of his ceremony being torn apart so he began firing bolts of magic into the huge man expecting him to fall over after proper show of force. Oh how wrong he was as the rippling behemoth turned around looking a couple feet taller than just a moment ago giving him just enough time to scream before he was ripped in half and then used as projectiles on the last couple of retreating offenders.

It took sometimes for Ogre to properly calm down after thoroughly trashing the general area. He tried to remember where he was or...who? Nothing but blankness answered him which understandably left him even more upset than before so he just ran for what felt like hours hoping something anything would come to him but nothing ever did. After he eventually stopped curled up under the wreckage of some old building it occurred to him that if he was even going to figure out his past actually being alive to use the information might be helpful so first things first he had some shelter, shitty as it was, but food and water would be nice. So he went looking around finding old food and stagnate water around other structures originally because there were many things that tried to attack him away from them. After awhile he started to learn however that the creatures weren't so scary or the small squishy men working with them, in fact some of the demons, a name he only learned later, were actually kind of tasty especially after putting the meat in a fire for a little bit.

The huge man started wandering more around discovering the strange land he found himself living in where things always seemed to shift around always changing bring all new sorts of creatures, beasts, sometimes even plants to fight, eat, or avoid. He hated the place at first but over time it kind of grew on him considering he was getting pretty good at sustaining himself and the nasty creatures began to run from him more often at least the smaller ones did. In a way it was pleasant that he made a place for himself here though it wouldn't stay that way forever as he had begun to severely anger the powerful demon in charge of the section of the Scar that Ogre was effectively terrorizing in a way even his servants feared. It was not something that could stand having a mere human taking part of his dominion away by force.

So soon enough the hunter of demons came face to face with a larger and mightier foe than he had even seen before wielding the largest weapon, 10 and a half foot long maul, he had ever seen with a fire in his eyes that roared out a challenge to him. The Ogre was given a little pause by this because he had never fought a demon quite like this before or one that looked like it could take the fight to him in quite the same way but there was no chance he would back down. The Duke proved to be both strong and intelligent enough to keep him on his toes as trying to get blows in past the giant hammer proved difficult at first even if he used sharpened metal rods, literally rebar made into a spear. This angered the huge man as he had been hit several times more than the demon had and feeling like the blood in his veins boiled what had only been an 8ft Ogre became 15ft of aggression and muscle with only one thought in mind. He managed to get an arm around the haft of the hammer behind the head yanking the weapon as well as his opponent forward with surprising force allowing a thunderous elbow to strike the Duke's face causing the large demon to drop his weapon as his arm and shoulder were all but torn off in the furious assault the opening provided. Leaving the severely beaten and bloody Duke alone for a moment The Ogre picked up the maul carved with demonic runes feeling a burning in his hand as he held it but nothing that would stop him from crushing the formerly proud and honestly foolish demon from having his head cracked open like an egg by the very weapon he used moments ago before his body was slowly dragged back to the tiring victor's camp.

Since then the huge man has held onto his symbol of victory as a warning to all who would stand in his way which dissuaded many from going anywhere near the behemoth except the foolish or even more powerful. His travels through the Scar have made him something of a local legend in some of the towns and settlements and a horror story told by parents to keep their children in line for some others. This did bring the ire of the lord of the land when Ogre got a bit too big for his hide pants as he went closer to the center than he had before where he was summarily beaten like only a millennia old demon could and thrown out very far away like a piece of trash. It was a lesson he has never forgotten mainly because it was the first time he was so utterly outclassed but also because of how badly he was left after waking up what must have been several days, he thinks, later. He rarely stays in more than one place for long since then and a fair distance away from the center of the Scar moving further out recently than he has in the past looking for new hunting grounds and just wondering what to do with himself. Something has been scratching at the back of his mind lately making him wonder if there is anything remotely interesting outside of his home of ten years that he hasn't ever seen before. There had been a couple times the other humans paid him in food to get them to near the edge of the Scar thanking him profusely as they ran further towards structures he could only just see in the distance and admittedly it had him curious but until recently he hadn't felt a...wanderlust quite pulling at him in the same way. Maybe soon he might try to see just what all the little ones were so grateful to see.

Optional information
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Nemesis: Three Horned God, Blackthorn Coven, Demons of the Scar(Imps sometimes).
Allies: None yet.
Team: None yet.

Other: None.