[hider=Joseph Moore]
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[b]Name[/b]
Joseph Moore

[b]Hero Name[/b]
Rune

[b]Nicknames[/b]
Dogma (Former)
Dogman (Former)
Doodle
The Struggler
Lazy Bastard

[b]Gender[/b]
Male

[b]Age[/b]
22

[b]Date of Birth[/b]
December 26th

[b]Physique[/b]
Not much to say really. About 6'4" in height, short brown-grey hair, seemingly permanent stubble, eyes that can charitably be compared to a dead fish most of the time. Lean but fairly muscular, not that anyone ever gets to see it.

[b]Blood Type[/b]
O-

[b]Occupation[/b]
Hero

[b]Side[/b]
Hero

[b]Affiliation[/b]
H.E.R.O

[b]Tier[/b]
D-tier at the moment, and hopefully it'll stay that way.

[b]Personality[/b]
Joseph is someone who most people would probably find fairly unpleasant when they first meet. If he decides something isn't particularly important or exciting, he's more likely to just lie around with that same old dumb expression on his face while he waits for someone else do it. He can often be heard grumbling about small things that have happened throughout the day, and it's not rare for him to find the exact [i]wrong[/i] thing to say to someone. He should under no circumstances be trusted with large amounts of money, as he will see some random knickknack, mention how he can't see any use for it whatsoever, and promptly purchase twenty. If not that, it's probably wasted on alcohol. Many of these negative traits can be traced back to the crushing guilt and regret that comes from his failures during the leftover attack on Granborough. For example, a large part of his laziness comes from an aversion to the idea that people can safely rely on him, believing his more effective powers are too risky to use unless there's no other choice.

However, despite what he thinks about himself, he will always find some way to appear right when you need him. If you ever need someone to talk to, he'll find a comfortable spot to lie and listen to whatever you have to say. If your or anyone else's lives are in danger, he won't retreat even if it means risking his own. And if you ever think you aren't worth it, ever think you'd rather just let yourself die than drag everyone else down with you, he'll be there to call you an idiot for thinking that way.

[b]Backstory[/b]
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Joseph has been fighting for almost as long as he can remember. Discovering his powers at a young age, he was quickly swept up by another powered child, Hannah Washburne, who promptly pressed him into service upon learning that he was also like her. Instead of the life of peaceful, quiet life he had hoped for, he spent his childhood hunting leftovers in the forests and mountains surrounding their small town with a girl who was already loud and terrifying [i]without[/i] her powers, which increased her physical capabilities as she grew angrier. By the time they were fourteen, there were three things he understood well. The first was how to fight leftovers of almost any kind, using creative combinations of his runes along with various forms of conventional weaponry or even every day objects to take them down effectively even when Hannah [i]wasn't[/i] around to simply push a tree onto it. The second was that Hannah was most likely the scariest being he had and would ever encounter, leftovers and villains be damned. The third was that, no matter how scary she may be, there wasn't anyone else he'd rather have to watch his back.

However, around that time, the pair began to notice what seemed to be cult-like activity popping up around town, and quickly changed their activities, alternating between their usual hunting over leftovers and doing what they could to investigate and possibly disrupt said cult. It was during one of these missions where they encountered Eleanor Finch, a shy but excitable girl who had been a classmate of the pair since kindergarten but had rarely interacted with them, and her cousin Kyle, a sporty boy who was the type to try and cheer other people up even when he was sad or scared himself. This was currently in full effect, as the pair had stumbled upon the cults activities and been captured, where the cultists apparently intended to sacrifice them to draw in nearby leftovers, which seemed to be the object of their worship. It also turns out they had powers of their own, although theirs had only recently manifested, with Eleanor being able to give life to small inanimate objects such as dolls and have them help her with whatever she needed, and Kyle having the ability to create forcefields, which he could shape and manipulate even while projected to a certain degree. 

Despite some initial grumbling from Hannah, it wasn't long before the two were absorbed into the group, and the four continued to do the jobs Joseph and Hannah had previously done before. Another boy, Louis King, occasionally lent his support by helping the four formulate their plans, although he never quite ended up joining the group properly both due to his lack of powers and the fact that Hannah, unlike with Eleanor and Kyle, never actually ended up trusting him. However, the five of them seemed to be making good progress in preventing the cult from performing any further sacrifices or similar activities against the townsfolk. This all came to a head when they were seventeen. An absolutely [i]enormous[/i] horde of leftovers was spotted emerging from the mountains just half an hour out from the town, and it was clear that they were heading directly for the town itself, not just passing by. There was little time to evacuate, so the four teenagers knew what they had to do, no matter how suicidal it seemed. Scared for what must have been the first time in years, Joseph made the reluctant decision to use a runic array that, while he hadn't fully tested, was their best bet to carry them through the siege. This was encouraged by Louis, who knew how skilled Joseph was at creating his runes, and told him he was sure this one would function just as he thought it would. Despite some initial nervousness from Kyle and Eleanor, they both eventually agreed, reasoning that it might be their best option. Their powers had grown considerably from the early days, sure, but with this many enemies, they would need ever advantage they could get. Hannah on the other hand had trusted Joseph's abilities from the beginning, and was the first to accept his plan. And so, with their plan in place, the four unofficial heroes of Granborough set out to meet the approaching horde.

It was a disaster.

By the end of the day, the town had been all but wiped out, with over three quarters of the population dead. Hannah had disappeared, Kyle was left without an arm, Eleanor was in a comatose state, and the cult had brought about the creation of what they called their 'goddess of destruction', Calamity. All because of Joseph's runes. Hannah's distrust of Louis had been well placed, as he had been manipulating Joseph from the start. It turns out that he was, in fact, the leader of the cult, who believed that normal people were too lazy, relying on those with powers to solve all their problems and keep the world in the same boring state as it's always been. Instead, those with powers should create a [i]new[/i] world, and Calamity would be the one to do it. Kyle, who had always believed Joseph to be smarter than the rest of them, was enraged at him, thinking he should have been clever enough to figure out the mans manipulations. Even if Kyle hadn't thought that, Joseph [i]also[/i] blamed himself, because if he had just looked for another way, or decided to use a different rune that he knew for sure would be safe, he could have avoided all of this.

And so, after ensuring that Kyle, Eleanor and the townsfolk would all be relocated safely, he left. Abandoning his old life and identity, he wandered across the country, surviving off odd jobs. During this time, he outright refused to use any but his most basic runic arrays, for fear that there may have been some horrible side effect he hadn't considered like the rune he used in the siege. However, eventually he realised that he couldn't keep wandering forever, and has finally settled in the city of Castleburg nearly four years later. He managed to find an old storage shed he could convince the owner of to rent out to him as a cheap apartment, but he still needed a job to actually pay that rent. So, begrudgingly, he has taken a job doing the only thing he knows how.

Hero work.
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[b]Power[/b]
[u]Runecrafting[/u]
Joseph is able to write runes that apply various effects to whatever they're on. For example, he can take a piece of paper and write a few runes that could make it hard as metal, or write some on various spots on a large boulder to make it as light as styrofoam. The more runes he writes, the more complex the effects. However, at the same time, they must be incredibly precise, as even a single misdrawn rune or incompatible combination could cause the entire array to become unstable, which tends to make the results rather 'explosive' when he tries to activate them. As such, finding the right combination of runes to produce a certain effect can take weeks of research and experimentation, if not [i]months.[/i] Furthermore, if he needs to create new runes on the battlefield, he must take *absolute* care to ensure that it is done properly and perfectly, or else he risks critically injuring both himself and everyone around him when they are used. However, if actually properly applied, his runes could conceivably take him all the way to A-tier, if not [i]S-tier.[/i] 

Not that he'd ever let it come to that, of course...

[b]OTHER[/b] 
Joseph enjoys offering people sage advice, which is only ever asked for maybe a fifth of the time he provides it. This advice is often very, [i]very[/i] stupid. However, should people follow it, they might find that it does end up solving whatever problem he said it would, just usually in a strange, twisted, and roundabout way.

He'll rarely actually remember a persons name, instead either giving them a nickname or something that sounds [i]close[/i] to their name, but slowly devolves further and further from the right one each time he says it.
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[hider=Hannah Washburne]
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[hider=Elizabeth Warden/Liz/The Hag]
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[hider=Joseph Relationships][center]
[i]"Alright, let's start from the top..."[/i]
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Director Flowers (Powers)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Basically Father and Son

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"People don't think it's racist when I call him Colonel Fury do they?"[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
Like I just said, even if we're [i]technically[/i] just employer and employee, we're [i]basically[/i] like father and son. He tells me to do something, I [i]probably[/i] do it, he decides I didn't do it the way he wanted me to, and then yells at me to get out of his office. Just like my real dad. 

That being said, Dad never left me unconscious in the ruins of a Hooters with a broken arm, broken leg, and second degree burns all over my body, let alone it's shitty knockoff. 

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Number 2? I don't think she actually has a name. (Christina Lavender)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Aloof stepmother and son maybe?

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"So... not exactly proud of that one, but I don't think I've ever actually met her, so you know. Gotta do the best with what I've got."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I don't remember meeting her. Just like mother. Maybe some day.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Blade (Blade)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
I've heard of him once or twice.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Metal arms are super overused, you unoriginal prick!"[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I was excited until I found out it wasn't actually Wesley Snipes. 

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
The Wings of Law (The Wings of Law)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Douchebags from what I've seen so far.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Basically Gilderoy Lockhart if there were twenty of him."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
They're just kind of assholes if I'm being honest. The most personable one I met was the one at the waterpark who tried to kick us all out of the pool because I'm pretty sure she was hiding excalibur in it or something. Then she started hitting on Blaine, which was weird because they're both the same author.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Blaine (Blake)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Alcoholic partner in not-crime.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Stupid jerk won't let me in the 'Cell Club'... Sometimes I wanna get arrested to, you know?"[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
One of the four horsemen of the alcopocalypse. We go drink and things go wrong. It'd be funnier if I didn't always end up injured in the ditch.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Joestar (Starbright)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Who?

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Nah, I'm just fucking with you. I know who he is, I just [i]wish[/i] I didn't."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I don't think he knows who I am, which is preferable because I'd prefer not to ruin my reputation by being seen around him without insulting him.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Dollop (Doppel)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Who?

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"No, not fucking around this time, I seriously don't know who this guy is."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
Honestly, I don't even know if I got his name right. I'd ask someone to introduce me, but I also don't know if I'd actually care.

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[i]"Ok, who's next. Ah, christ, I thought I'd gotten further into these..."[/i]
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Pain (Zane)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Not really a fan if I'm being honest...

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Stop trying to step on my schtick you shady kiss-ass!"[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
Like I just said, he's a kiss-ass. Apparently he has a scary brutal side or something but I haven't seen it. The most brutal thing I've seen him do is completely deconstruct my attempt to get some interactions with new people, while simultaneously sucking up to Fury so hard he could practically lick the insides of his small intestine.
 
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Fanta (Skylar)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Enemies maybe?

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Apparently she [i]isn't[/i] a robot, so let's put another tally on the 'disappoint Joseph' list."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I think we're fighting, but I also don't know who she is. I do know that she sucks at using her staff enough that she couldn't even manage to hit a very [i]very[/i] drunk man as he stumbled around a bar, so I'm not particularly worried.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
I wanna say... Logan? (Jade)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Well, I think she probably counts as a co-worker.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"She's [i]also[/i] kind of a suck up, but she's a little funner to be around than the shadow douche."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
We work together, but it's pretty rare for us to actually, you know, [i]work together[/i]. I don't interact much with her outside of that either, because most of her screentime as far as I've seen happens when the others have ditched me to go hang out in prison.
 
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Casper (Jasper)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
I'm pretty sure he's my disciple.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Sure, he may not be the best communicator, but that's why I'm here to teach him. It's time for to become the hero this city needs [i]and[/i] deserves, Advice Joseph!"[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
He comes to me for advice, I give him awesome advice, he tries to find a polite way to tell me he thinks the advice is shit. I'm basically like the older sibling he never had.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Evangelion (Ava)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Kind of like a worried uncle, I guess?

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"You know Land Before Time 2? You remember how the gang were with Chomper? Like that."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
Yeah sure, she's pretty tough, but at the same time, she has the intelligence of a four year old, so I feel like I need to keep an eye on her. She's actually pretty friendly, so I'd hate to see her get hurt over something stupid.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Magento (Marcus)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
AVP's dad I guess?

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"He's kinda hard to look at when the light catches his colour scheme."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
We... Well, we haven't really talked much, so I haven't managed to get the best read on him, but he seems to take decent care of the monster brat, so he can't be all that bad.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Patricide (Patricia)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Eventual second disciple, calling it now

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Kid needs someone to talk to. Advice Joseph 2, Protective Boogaloo. Out this boxing day."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
So far, I don't think we've had a conversation where she hasn't called me an idiot. Which is fair, I guess, but it doesn't mean I'm not gonna try to change the little shits mind and make her see how cool I really am! That, or I'll just settle for getting revenge.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Jay (Jamie)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
I... I'm not fully sure...

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"She may actually be the biggest idiot I've ever met, and I've met [i]quite[/i] a few. I'm... worried about her, I guess."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
The second horseman... I've gotta keep this idiot from accidentally killing herself at all costs. That's all I'm gonna say.
  
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Status (Brie)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Drinking Associate

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"She's not so bad when we're drinking together, but otherwise, she's pretty much Hag 2.0."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
The third horseman. Hell, I might say we're something like drinking buddies even when the other two aren't around. Not so sure I can call people who are constantly at each others throats whenever they aren't drunk *buddies* though, so yeah, it's a weird dynamic.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Skywalker (Spacewalker)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
He's a co-worker.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Dunno if we've ever actually talked. I'm sure he's... a person... probably.[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I was excited until I found out he wasn't Mark Hamill.
 
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Geodude (Geo-gal)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Barely even see her most of the time.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Well, we don't talk very much, but I'm sure she doesn't talk to anyone else either, so at least other people are probably being disappointed too."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I thought she was gonna be like Toph. Instead, I just kinda feel like I'm talking to a wall, which is appropriate I guess. It's just kinda weird seeing it from the other side is all.
 
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Grifter (Drifter)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Not a friend, but definitely a pal

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Now this guy knows what's up, at least usually. We drink and trade non-classified info we've each gathered every now and then, so that's pretty neat.[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
This guy may not be a horseman, but he's definitely in the area a lot when the rest of us end up in the same place. I like to think of him as the guy blasting the trumpets and heralding our arrival as we descend upon whatever unlucky alcohol serving venue we set our sights on.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Splishy Splash (William)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
If I had to put a name to it, I'd say... Co-worker.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Honestly, I'm fine if he wants to flirt with Schematic, I just wish he'd not be so loud and obnoxious about it."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
We don't really interact much unless Bea's around, considering the fact that he follows her around like a bad smell. I think the closest thing we had to an actual conversation was when he was shirtless and flirting with her in the common room, actually. Then when I pointed out all his nipple hairs, he got a little more annoyed than I'd expected. Which was pretty funny, actually...

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Sirberus (Rumi)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Pretty much non-existent.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"I heard he's pretty smart, but that's about it. I wonder if we'd be able to get him out to drink at some point, [i]really[/i] overcharge our meridian raids, you know?[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I don't actually know if we've met, so I'm not sure. Sounds easy enough to hang around with though.
 
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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Headbutt

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
I think he's a co-worker, but I might be wrong...

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"This guy looks like he's gonna get us sued by Tim Burton the moment he's on screen."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
I haven't really talked to him, but from my own investigations, I can tell you two things. One, he's apparently a pranky asshole, and two, he looks like he was born and raised in goddamned [i]Innsmouth.[/i] So we might actually get along.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Shamrock (Levi)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
He's kind of a dickweasel

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"[i]"Oh look at me, I'm Shazbot, I'm so smart and perfect and I can do anything better than anyone else! Meaeaehhaeahh!"[/i]"[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
So yeah, if you hadn't already guessed, I'm not the biggest fan. The guy looks down on everyone, which is fine, because I look down on him right back.

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Ellis (Murmur)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Potential third disciple candidate

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"Now, I may not know who this brat is, but I know how having powers can affect the youth. I shall help her find the best path to happiness, as is the duty of all protagonists. [/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
Advice Joseph 3, The Revenge. Coming to a Hero 1 near you this summer.
 

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[b]Name of Person[/b]
Angelo (Wish)

[b]Relationship Status[/b]
Barely a thing, really.

[b]Quick Quote[/b]
[color=96EACE]"I don't know, really. Seems kinda uptight, like a stick in the mud. I'll think of a better joke if we ever say more than five words to each other."[/color]

[b]Relationship Description[/b]
Really, not that much. I imagine there might be more later on when her sister becomes yet another of my many students.
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