Here's my vigilante (soon to be HERO i hope)! Let me know what you think, or if I should change or add anything. [hider=Shadow Scythe Vengeance] [hr][hr][center][img]https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/NeIfj9XrMmy59mhUpPqqSNOXmFJGGuqKhNNbvlonEFo/https/i.pinimg.com/564x/ff/1c/89/ff1c89ee7bd499826b10336922d827b0.jpg?width=350&height=563[/img] [color=black][h1][b]Shadow Scythe Vengeance[/b][/h1][/color] [b][color=black]"Only in total darkness can we see the smallest light of hope. Shadow Scythe Vengeance, away!"[/color][/b][/center][hr][hr] [color=black][B][ NAME ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT]Penelope Mai Lu[/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ HERO IDENTITY ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT]Shadow Scythe Vengeance[/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ NICKNAME/ALIAS ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] Penny [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ AGE ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] Eighteen [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ GENDER ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT]Female [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ AFFILIATION ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] Vigilante [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ APPEARANCE ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] A tomboyish asian girl with short black hair and an athletic, toned body that’s covered in scars. Usually she wears baggy black hoodies with the hood up, or gym clothes when working out. Her outfit is a light but durable studded dark material with a skull mask and hood.[/INDENT][/color] [hider=Penny] [img]https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/lNTOshnugX7o_VKdhINW2-5Fz504F46n4ts3zknXOSQ/https/i.pinimg.com/564x/0d/d7/f7/0dd7f7fb96e7e43629a21cb52fc24302.jpg?width=403&height=450[/img][/hider] [color=black][B][ PERSONALITY TRAITS ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] Scythe is a protector of Castleburg through and through. She’s dark, mysterious: or rather, melodramatic. She spouts many “wise”, gritty quotes that she writes down in her bedroom at night. Easily comes off as trying to hard ti be intimidating or cool. However she genuinely wants to help, even if she can be off-putting or occasionally embarrassing to be around. Scythe is an extrovert, never afraid to try making friends in her own weird way. Fearlessness and rebellion are also cooked into her DNA, never one to avoid being reckless or courageous. Even when the odds are stacked against her she does her best. The vigilante has an affinity for darkness, closed claustrophobic places, and locked doors. Urban exploring is one of her favorite hobbies. The vigilante also has a significant social media presence and records herself fighting crimes, and posts regularly. Be it on Vengeance.(dot)net or more mainstream sites. Penny, the girl beneath the mask, has an overactive imagination. She’s a family person who talks to herself a lot if there’s no one around to talk too. She can also be immature and bratty which occasionally bleeds over into her superhero persona. [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ BIO ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] Penelope Lu is a first generation citizen of the US, her parents immigrants from China. Her father Bao worked at a technology firm, and her step-mother, an American expat by the name of Daisy, was stay-at-home. Or rather, she had to be. One thing unusual about Penny was her pain tolerance. Some key part of her brain was wired incorrectly, and such Penny cannot feel pain. If she does, it’s extremely muted. As a naive little girl this had serious consequences, her underdeveloped mind casually harming her own body without realising the consequences. Burned hands, broken bones, and unattended cuts abound. Her adventures were too much for a babysitter to handle so her mother quit her secretary job to watch after her. Though Daisy managed to get a handle on her adventurous, foolish child who was incapable of learning lessons, schools had no such luck. Penny, the rebellious idiot, hardly followed the rules. If it wasn’t stealing items like a kleptomaniac or yoinking keys to break into janitor's closets, it was sticking up for the other kids and getting into fights. It was pretty hard to beat her if you were another kid because she just never gave up. Nothing you could do would get her to back off unless you put her down hard, which was difficult because of how slippery she was. Penny yearned for adventure and thrills, and while she takes medication to stabilize her mood and keep her still, the goings-on of mundane life could never hold her attention. Often she would get lost in fantasy lands of her own construction. In this miasma of imagination, Shadow Scythe Vengeance, the grim protector of the people, was formed. Self defence training and just her experience of being a crazy 16 year old going around “fighting crime” in Castleburg forged her skills over time. Shadow Scythe Vengeance was just some weird kid in a hoodie and balaclava with no powers evident. If she wasn’t fighting crime she was setting up community events or just helping people with chores, favors, or non-violent investigations. In this crazy world of superheroes people came to tolerate or were endeared to this gravelly voiced weirdo high schooler. Surprising nobody, Penelope became a bit of an extremist, an anti-authority hero of the people, or so she saw herself. Overtime she built up something of a reputation, and “commandeered” some technology from her father’s place of work to create some gadgets. Or rather, get gadgets created for her. Vengeance(dot)net, Scythe’s public website, operates as a kind of vigilante social media. People can ask for help, report crimes, or give their support to Scythe. It’s mostly for people who maybe don’t trust HERO or the police as much. Scythe has even responded to criminals asking for help, but who don’t want to go to jail and get arrested by asking a superhero for help. Which Scythe has obliged since the alternative would be them going to a supervillain for help, which in her mind would only help evil consolidate power. This new way of crowd-sourced vigilantism has given Shadow Scythe Vengeance access to tools, gadgets, technology and vision she wouldn’t have otherwise. For the last three years she’s been a vigilante in her free time, going to high school and living a normal life on the side. [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][b]| MISCELLANEOUS |[/b][/color] [color=Turquoise][indent] Occasionally takes pills that calm her down and make her less whimsical or imaginative. Especially if she's trying to act more like Penelope and less like Shadow Scythe Vengeance. [/indent][/color] [color=black][B][ RANKING ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] D [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ POWERS ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT][b]Indomitable[/b] Penelope isn’t aware she has this superpower. It’s a defensive, passive power. Its effects are subtle and situational. The main feature is a strong resistance to all forms of mind control and mind altering effects. Be they from superpowered sources or otherwise, Penny’s mind is a fortress against psychic effects. This strength of spirit transfers into strength of body, rendering her immune to poison. For example, she can't get drunk. Penny is also reckless and cannot feel pain but that is a part of her mental condition, not power. [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ PHYSICAL STRENGTH ][/B][/color] ■■■□□□□□□□ Scythe is stronger than the average person due to training but has no super strength. 3/10 [color=black][B][ AGILITY ][/B][/color] ■■■■□□□□□□ Shadow Scythe Vengeance is very agile, having a love for freerunning and parkour, as well as being exceptionally talented at stealth. 4/10 [color=black][B][ INTELLIGENCE ][/B][/color] ■■■□□□□□□□ Scythe is decent with modern technology, especially web development. She’s also good at both tactics and strategy. [color=black][B][ DESTRUCTIVENESS ][/B][/color] ■■□□□□□□□□ With her gadgets Scythe can destroy things, but nothing about her own abilities makes her more destructive. 2/10 [color=black][B][ LETHALITY ][/B][/color] ■■□□□□□□□□ Scythe doesn’t use lethal methods to fight crime. 2/10 [color=black][B][ ENDURANCE ][/B][/color] ■■■■■□□□□□ Penny already has great cardio, but not being able to feel pain gives her an extra point. However her body can still damage itself, even if she doesn’t feel it. It’s very easy for Scythe to push herself far too hard without realising it and then reckoning with the consequences later. 5/10 [color=black][B][ EFFICACY ][/B][/color] ■■■■■□□□□□ Her powers don’t turn off, they’re passive, but she hasn’t quite mastered how to use them yet because she doesn’t know she has them. 5/10 [color=black][B][ SKILLS ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] Lock picking, pickpocketing, web design, costume making, and precision throwing. Also mountain and stunt cycling. [/INDENT][/color] [color=black][B][ EQUIPMENT ][/B][/color] [color=Turquoise][INDENT] [hider= The Justice Arsenal] Shadow Scythe Vengeance doesn’t keep all of this equipment on her all times, choosing loadouts for specialized occasions or keeping weapons in locations near where she operates. Freedom & Forgiveness: Her dual mechanical nightsticks. The ends can be electrified for extra non-lethal power. “Commandeered” weapons from her fathers security company. Staff of Eternal Folly: With a bit of work, Freedom and Forgiveness can be disassembled and attached to each other, forming a 5 and a half foot long staff with electrified ends. It’s flexible and extendable, and hits hard. Death Mask: A metal skull helmet and balaclava. The mask has a built-in filter and voice changer. The lenses can switch to infrared. Vengeance Armor: The entire suit she wears is made out of a light, flexible, but comparatively durable material. Gauntlets of Truth and Justice: The area from her knuckles to her elbow are especially protected, light armor is built in there. The Ties That Bind Us: Bolas, two heavy metal balls attached by a cord. Throwable non-lethal weapons that can restrict and incapacitate enemies from long distances. Horatio’s Finest Hour: Donated to her by an eccentric engineer from overseas. A versatile gun, more like a crossbow, designed to fire Bolas at even higher speed, precision, and accuracy. The name was insisted upon, and SSV is a woman of her word. It has an alternate function as a pressure cannon for firing various other projectiles. Moonbringer Shadow Scythes: A set of four, one handed scythes, more like warpicks than anything. The sharp metal blades can be detached, leaving only the heavy metal sticks for combat or throwing. All Shadow Scythes can be attached to Utility chains. They can also be combined together to create a grappling hook. Cycle of Violence: Her 20 speed bicycle. Painted [i]black.[/i] Utility Belt: What’s a vigilante without one? Also has a Utility Holster and a Utility Jacket on her outfit. Utility ropes and chains are often included. Duffel Bag of...Doom, or Something: A duffel bag to keep stuff in. Stench of Evil: Sourced online through Vengeance(dot)net. The formula was donated by a reformed villain from Miami. Explosive stink bombs with a vile, vomit-inducing smell. Spheres of Obfusciation: Smoke pellets that rapidly create a wide spread, thick smoke cloud. Handheld PC: More powerful and more useful than a smartphone. Comes with a USB for hacking. Capable of using the internet, including Vengeance(dot)net, to be untraceable. Touch screen controls for Guardian Angel. Guardian Angel: A high power quad-coptor drone with camera, also able to pick up cargo. It’s been modified to be nearly silent. [/hider] [/INDENT][/color] [/hider]