i do hope this is acceptable... been trying to make this concept work for a little while now. Edit: Reworked and renamed to be less OP sorry about that, sleep deprivation does funny things to me. [hider=Nightmare] [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/fbc99aeb-f535-4a8c-958c-a6933995262d.jpg[/img] [b][u]Name:[/u][/b] Isaac J. Castle [b][u]Alias:[/u][/b] Nightmare [b][u]Formerly:[/u][/b] Wild Card [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 36 [b][u]Powers: [/u][/b] A call to the void. – A dark ability he barley understands, similar to what you would call shape shifting just in a different light. Entering into a trance and muttering words he does not know or remember, a black void opens beneath him and he sinks in. after a certain amount of time, a creature will emerge that he shares a mental and physical connection. What emerges has only referred to itself once as Naswaru. Once the creature is dismissed or destroyed, he will appear were it last stood unharmed but fatigued. Evolved specimen – there is a 5% chance that whatever comes back through the void is evolved or at a higher level than the others of the same type. These specimens have stronger and have more powerful ability’s. However, they are harder for Isaac to control and he is more susceptible to their natural urges and instincts. [hider=Naswaru The Nightmare:] [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/eb8a57b2-dc7a-493c-9512-d57176b54951.jpg[/img] Somewhere overhead, you hear it. Something pounds at the air. A hideous black thing slides across the stars. Giant membranous wings carry it through the air, beating like those of some mythical fiend. There’s something about it that lets you know it’s only toying with you… Naswaru stands more than 8ft. tall and is most frightening. It also regenerates at an absurd rate, healing from death’s door to your doorstep in a matter of a half hour. And just plain overall, its physical gifts are not to be underestimated. massive bat-like wings sprout from the Vampire’s back. Nearly thirty feet from tip to tip, these wings are capable of carrying it high through the sky. it is death from above. Everything about this creature screams pain. Its Exsanguinating Touch literally causes blood to boil, bursting out of the body of its victim. Inanimate objects crack and sizzle as if acid were poured onto it. Those who have been tortured by this one typically bear terrible scarring from ruined capillaries and veins rupturing through their skin. The size of pencils but twice as thick, the stingers they fire are covered in inch-long barbs. Naswaru is sadistic, blood thirsty, and deadly. It's personality traits have already begun to develop with in Isaac causing a need to inflict pain and an unholy thirst for blood combined with the patience of a predator and an arrogance borne of birds of prey. On another note although he has a mouth it does not have vocal cords and instead projects its thoughts telepathically one way to talk to others in this form. In a sense you can hear him but unless you speak he cant hear you. [/hider] [b][u] Weaknesses:[/u][/b] When he dives he never comes back the same, there is a toll that must be paid for making the call. Sometimes it’s just a memory, it can be changed, erased, or not even his own. It could manifest as a twitch or unknown desire. Normally he comes back with personality traits of the beast. If someone were to ever gain control of his mind and force him to call to the void, he nor the person who forced him to will be in control of the demon. The creature will do whatever its primary goal would be without the care for collateral damage. If the creature suffers enough damage or is out for at most 6 hours it will dissipate and Isaac will be rendered unconscious. It takes a little time for him to complete the incantation and slip into the void, if someone were to interrupt this the call would not work and he would have to try again. It is not instantaneous. Even though the creature looks like it is from another world, he is still just a human and suffers from the same ailments and issues regular humans have. Eventually the beast will consume him entirely, this is what Hex warned. Without his pendant the beast has more influence on his reasoning and compulsions. [b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] An average built man, standing 5’9 and weighing about 180 Lbs. Deep sunken brown eyes, a thousand yard stare, and a permanent scowl are the first to greet you when you first meet him. Always sporting short neatly shaved hair and looking like he had not shaved for the last few days. The smell of smoke and cheap cologne, not strong enough to put someone off but definitely there. His skin always looks a little dirty and covered in various tattoos of different colors and images. These tattoos hide scars of a tortured and broken past long before he was given his ability. One thing that stands out with these tattoos and markings is several symbols of other hero’s. Some forgotten to time, others who are no longer among the living, and a few that still walk the streets and back allies. He has the look of someone who has seen or done some very bad things and has no one to blame but himself for it. Wearing an old patched up and partially reinforced leather trench coat that’s adorned with patches and pins. Under that is normally business clothes and some reinforced slacks that have seen better days. A tie, black but occasionally red, hangs lazily around his neck and an old leather backpack make up his traveling clothes. [hider=Crime fighting Suit:] The suit he wears was designed to make it so he wouldn’t be easily effected by airborne pollutants, intoxicants, or hallucinogens. Supporting its own self-contained breathing apparatus with oxygen and air scrubbers. As well as being reinforced, a contained layer of medical gel sits just on the inside of the suit, meant to both fill holes in the suit and himself. The last thing his suit has are morphine injectors and pain blockers. These are used when he believes he will be interrupted while beginning his ritual. [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/b2c8de76-2a82-458d-b088-d6f70e41779f.jpg[/img] [/hider] [b][u] Equipment: [/u][/b] Other than his average reinforced clothes he carries a staff that doubles as a walking stick. Strong metal ground to a point on one end and electricity surging through the other. Isaac is highly trained and skilled with most melee weaponry, gaining the skills mostly out of boredom than anything. [b][u] Origin: [/u][/b] [hider=The beginning:] >> Stolen as a baby by cultists because both his parents had aptitude with magic. >> Raised as a sacrifice, conditioned, and at times tortured. >> The ritual started early and lasted through his entire stay with them. >> Final ritual began when he was 16 under a blood red moon, covered in brandings and tattoos. >> Consumed by the void, the cultists hoped that a messenger from their god would rise. >> What came next was a release of elemental energy and the complete destruction of the cult and its stronghold by an out of control elemental spirit. [/hider] [hider=The Struggle:] >> Waking several days later in a hospital, rescued by law enforcement who thought the cult burnt itself to the ground leaving only the boy. >> Soon found himself escaping from the hospital in a fit of fear and culture shock. >> Began living day by day on the streets of Cedar Fort. >> Dodging gangs and criminal activity was eventually taken in by a small church that worshipped a machine god. >> Spent the next few years learning about the world around them and the machine god, a key member named Tomas instilling a focus on good vs evil. [/hider] [hider=Protective Nature:] >> Caught in between a gang fight with Tomas and sheltering in place. The fighting getting worse and worse sparked his ritual. >> A bright light and a being looking like an angel emerged from the dumpster they were hiding in. >> With a simple raise of its hand the fighting stopped, the gang members simply left and returned home. >> This revelation and Tomas’s push for him to be better sparked his inevitable joining of the fight against criminals and those that wished to do harm. [/hider] [hider=A naive kid:] >> He thought he was unstoppable. >> making memories and fighting crime with a power he barley understood. >> Joining a team as the wild card and picking up the same name. >> His team was tight nit and quickly became the family he always wanted, even falling in love with one of them. [/hider] [hider=The Golden Heights Incident] >> They were reporting to a hostage situation in a wealthy part of town the top of a new skyscraper filled with offices and apartments. >> there was three sky scrapers in this area and the one they were going to had already been evacuated with the others still in the process of doing so. >> The villain, a cryomancer, had a new friend who could control the minds of others. >> Lately the creatures that were responding to Isaac’s call were becoming stronger and darker, his mental state was becoming more and more strained with repeated use. >> When they finally began their assault he stayed back to be used as a last resort, but the mind controller surprised him and forced him into his trance. >> What emerged was something dark and powerful, an evolved specimen with a dark, sadistic, and blood thirsty personality. >> Although his team had won against the cryomancer none of them knew what to do when this creature strode through the door way. [/hider] [hider=The downfall] >> This thing he transformed into nearly disintegrated the cryomancer with a flick of its wrist. Contorting flesh and bone while keeping the man alive until the end and he was splintered across the floor. >> seeing this his team attempted to subdue him but one by one they all failed. All he could do was watch as his family was torn apart around him by him. >> The carnage and utter horror didn’t stop there. This thing made its way down eviscerating and deforming all who stood against it before it simply flew off into the forest. [/hider] [hider=The End ] >> Isaac would never forgive himself for what he did, branded a criminal and sought after by heroes and police alike. >> He returned to the church and has stayed there working ever since. They welcomed him back but he always sensed that they were keeping him at arm’s length. Almost as if they knew what he had done. [/hider] [b][u]Personality:[/u][/b] Isaac is a cold and quiet man, always trying to atone for what he has done through his actions. He will always be the first to offer assistance or help. Often spending what little money he has on helping others in need with food or shelter. If he senses they are having issues or are just lonely he may even break out of his cold personality and try to talk to them. Slow to anger with a depressed look about him, he finds himself sometimes thinking a bit too much on the given circumstances. The last thing he wants is to get into a fight and will try his best not too unless given no other choices. He has a fear of his ability’s and what they can do and does not like to show them off. However if asked, he is more than willing to open up and talk about them. He isn’t one to lose his composure or give up early more than likely he will try his best and give it his all on any given task. Always the protector, he would never leave anyone behind and is always willing to make the sacrifice play. [b][u] Misc. Facts:[/u][/b] Isaac enjoys singing and playing the guitar, he usually carries a holographic guitar but has an old wooden one at the church. He also enjoys Asian style foods more than others, always finding the time for a good noodle shop. On a bad day or after a change the voice of Naswaru lingers and talks to him. One could very well see him as being crazy for having a conversation with some one who isn't there. Naswaru wasn't always a demon, in the beginning it was an angel and it has slowly grown more dangerous and twisted with every use. [b][u]Relationship with Hex:[/u][/b] Hex was a strange character, a man that wondered into his church one day while Isaac was still fighting crime and wanted to speak to him about their god. After a brief conversation he revealed he was not here for the religion but for him, to talk to him about his power. Isaac being one to not turn someone away, listened to what he had to say. After their talk about eldritch magic and entities from another realm meant to fight evil, Isaac was more than convinced to let the man attempt to help him. The help he received was in the form of a necklace that helped him control the ones he banded too. Now with him gone Isaac feels indebted to the old man to at least make an effort to figure out what he was doing. [/hider]