[CENTER][COLOR=GREEN][B]C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L[/B][/COLOR][h1][color=GREEN][b]MARTIAN MANHUNTER[/b][/color][/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/vvUC6mi.jpg?1[/img][h3][sup][sub][color=GREEN]JOHN JONES/J'ONN J'ONZZ [color=RED]♦[/color] DETECTIVE[color=RED]♦[/color] SEATTLE [color=RED]♦[/color] [/color][/sub][/sup][/h3][img]IMAGE/BANNER[/img] [/CENTER][COLOR=GREEN][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR] [CENTER][sup][color=green][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Qnt5bx1OI]"They beat him up until the teardrops start/But he can't be wounded 'cause he's got no heart." -- Elvis Costello[/url][/color][/sup][/CENTER] [INDENT][INDENT] J'onn J'onzz is an alien from the planet Ma'aleca'andra (Mars). As a young man J'onn served with the Ma'alec'andra Grand Army during the planet's war with the hive-mind like white Martians. J'onn was part of a special unit know as the Manhunters, committed to finding and bringing to justice the most heinous White Martians. In the final days of the war, a war that would end with a Green Martian victory, J'onn and his Manhunter unit were engaged in a firefight when a wormhole opened up on the battlefield and pulled J'onn into it. He tore through time and emerged out the other side in a strange place with a strange looking creature watching him. It turned out the man was Dr. Saul Erdel, a scientist experimenting in quantum mechanics, and he was on the planet Earth. The year was 1946. The stress of seeing a full-fledged alien caused the elderly Dr. Erdel's heart to give out. The old man died before J'onn could figure out what was going on. Confused and not sure what to do, the Martian fled into the night. Over the years J'onn traveled the world, using his powers and abilities to help as many people as possible while trying to discover a way home. Any hopes and dreams he had were crushed when NASA's probes and rovers on the surface of Mars reported that the planet was a dead one, and had been dead for a long time. The wormhole Erdel had opened sent J'onn through time as well as space. Mars and his family were long gone. Acting now as John Jones, a private investigator in Seattle, J'onn still grasps with being the last Martian and trying to find his true place in his adopted homeworld. [/indent][/indent] [COLOR=GREEN][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT] In the greater expanse of the mystery genre, the PI character often works best as a detached outsider to society. J'onn, a literal alien, is the perfect encapsulation of that spirit. I have an overarching story in mind that involves feds, crime, and the realization that J'onn isn't the only alien on the planet. [/indent][/indent] [COLOR=GREEN][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]C H A R A C T E R N O T E S:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][hr][/COLOR][INDENT][INDENT] Cameron Chase -- Field agent of the Department of Extra-normal Operations. Theo Neil -- Seattle PD detective and John's former partner. The Firefly -- Unknown serial arsonist operating in Seattle. Martin Malvo -- Chase's partner. [/indent][/indent] [COLOR=GREEN][INDENT][B][SUP][SUB][H3]P O S T C A T A L O G U E:[/H3][/SUB][/SUP][/B][/INDENT][/COLOR][INDENT][/indent][hr] [b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4951257]"Angel Eyes"[/url][/b] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4951257]I.[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4957513]II.[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4962084]III.[/url]