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[color=#DB2E2E]Real Name:[/color]
[indent]Jim Hammond[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Codename:[/color]
[indent]The Torch[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Age:[/color]
[indent]83[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Gender:[/color]
[indent]Artificial Male[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Appearance:[/color]
[indent]On the outside, Jim looks like a regular human, just being tall at 5’11’’ and having a well toned athletic build. He appears to be Caucasian, with baby blue eyes, and short straw blond hair. His skin is blemish and scar free as his skin can be repaired manually as it’s artificial. The most common outfit to see Jim in his hero uniform, as it’s the only clothes he owns that are fire proof. This uniform is a one piece crimson colored suit, with gold decals of a stylized flame. When wearing something else, Jim tends to wear plain t-shirts, sweaters, or jackets. On his lower half is usually jeans or dress pants, and either dress shoes and running shoes.[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Personality:[/color]
[indent]Despite not being really human, Jim has far more humanity then some people. Jim always seems to find a way to connect with others as he tends to be a people pleaser. Maybe not having to go through the pains of growing up, Jim is not jaded and has an optimistic view of the world. That is not to say that he doesn’t know pain, as he did live through the atrocities of World War II. But Jim tends to compress these negative feelings into energy used to make the world a better place. Jim is the kind of person to think that life is always getting better.[/indent]
[indent]But this simple look at the world does come at a cost. Jim has never understood the more complex emotions, whether that being due to him being created or just his natural temperament. Grief is hard for him, as is love. The only true romantic relationship he’s had was with Spitfire, whose live he had just saved before they began the relationship. His idea of love is that it is perfect and forever, so he still thinks that Spitfire would love him all these decades later. While Jim is enamored with changes in technology, he doesn’t get that people can change as well.[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Powers/Abilities:[/color]
[indent]Jim is an artificial human, who is close enough in body to humans that he had most of their weaknesses. His skin is not tougher, his bones can break as easily, and he can get head trauma. What does make him different is his unintended fire powers. Jim can set himself on fire at will, as fire does no damage to his body. When in this fire form, Jim can fly, shoot blasts of flame, or release bursts of heat. However, Jim’s flames abide by the rules of other flames, so water, lack of oxygen, and flame retardant chemicals can put out the fire. Another benefit of being an artificial human is that you can’t die. If Jim was deprived of oxygen, he would enter a stasis mode. In fact if Jim would ever have something happen to him that would kill a human, he merely goes into stasis.[/indent]
[indent]Jim is well read, and is quite skilled as a mechanic and a pilot, always having a way with machines. He has developed a level of mastery over using his powers in combat, and has been trained in unarmed combat by Captain America. Jim is also adept at learning computer software and hardware, as he finds computers one of the coolest technologies of the current age.[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]History:[/color]
[hider=My history section is a little bit too long][indent]Created as an experiment by Prof. Phineas T. Horton, Jim was created as an attempt to create an artificial human being. While this advanced project took many years to develop, the artificial human was finished in 1939. When he was first activated, Prof. Horton was exuberant, that was until the creation caught fire. While the Professor was naturally alarmed, the construct seemed to be fine, despite being on fire. So Prof. Horton decided to start teaching the creation. Within a few weeks he became as knowledgeable as an average adult, and soon after the Professor would figure out a way  to turn the fiery form on and off on the construct.[/indent]
[indent]Now being able to blend in with humans, Prof. Horton began introducing the creation to the wider world. Given the name Jim Hammond, the creation was passed off as a family friend of the Professor. Jim would have an easy time making friends, eventually deciding that he wanted to become a police officer. But before that could happen, Jim’s home of New York City was attacked by Namor the Sub-Mariner. The Prince of Atlantis was mad at the surface world, so he decided to attack one of its largest cities. During the attack, Jim would jump into the fray, using his fire powers. While fighting Namor. Jim would discover that he could use his fire powers to fly. Eventually Jim fought Namor to a standstill, causing the Atlantean to retreat to the ocean.[/indent]
[indent]Following this battle, Jim would be dubbed the Human Torch by the media. He became the focus of several newspapers as he was one of the first superheroes to emerge. Over the next year, Jim would build up the story of the Human Torch, fighting crime in New York City and  battling the mob. But that would all change when the United States entered the second world war. Jim would be approached by the US government, who knew he was the Human Torch. They gave him the job of being a special agent in the European theater of war.[/indent]
[indent]Jim would run many secret missions for America, fighting some of the strongest Nazi agents. But during this time, the secret society of Hydra would be formed. Hydra would take over all of the Nazi’s magical, scientific, and occult studies and projects. To counter this new organization, the Allies formed the Invaders, a special strike force of powered individuals. Jim would be one of the founding members of the Invaders, alongside the number one hero Captain America, and Namor, now seemingly working with the Invaders.[/indent]
[indent]But the Invaders roster would soon expand as heroes like Bucky, Union Jack, and the Whizzer joined the team. But the one new member who would get close to Jim was Toro, a teenage mutant with similar fire powers to Jim. The Invaders would work together for several years, facing many Hydra operatives. This would include a case where Union Jack’s sister was bitten by a Nazi vampire. In an effort to save her life, Jim gave her an infusion of his artificial blood. This would cause a change in her, allowing her to become the hero Spitfire. She would then join the Invaders, beginning a relationship with Jim.[/indent]
[indent]However, the Invaders would disband at the end of the war. Starting with the disappearance of Captain America and Bucky during a secret mission, Namor would also leave to return to Atlantis. The other members would all drop off for their own reasons, until it was just Jim and Toro. Their final mission together would be assisting the Russians in the invasion of Berlin. The two fire heroes had been tasked with capturing Hitler, and had approached his bunker. But the Fuhrer had a special guard of powered soldiers, who greatly damaged Jim. Toro would drag Jim’s body back to the American army, where he learned that he had gone into a stasis state.[/indent]
[indent]Jim’s body would be stored in a secret American government warehouse. He would remain there until the later 1960’s when he was temporarily revived by Prof. Horton. The now elderly Professor had dedicated the rest of his life to reviving Jim, who now had about four months of energy. Jim wished to be a hero again, so he was recruited into SHIELD, serving under a now adult Toro. Together they protected the world for a few months, during which time Jim thought that Hydra might still be around.[/indent]
[indent]But then Jim’s energy reserves ran out again, and he was placed in a SHIELD facility. But this time he would spend many decades in stasis, as the world greatly changed. Eventually in the late 2010’s, Jim would finally be revived again. A young SHIELD scientist had decided to try mixing alien Chitauri with Jim’s artificial body. This seemed to work as Jim now had an unlimited amount of energy. He would immediately seek out Toro, who was now in his nineties and living in a nursing home. The elderly man would be overjoyed to learn that his friend was back. Jim would then learn that Toro had been the former director of SHIELD. Using his contacts, Toro would get Jim reinstated in SHIELD.[/indent]
[indent]Jim would also learn that his friend Captain America was also alive and leading a new team, the Avengers. Jim would also learn that there was a new hero using the name Human Torch. Not wishing to cause any confusion, Jim shortened his hero alias to just the Torch. Jim would then serve as an agent of SHIELD for several years. While interacting with British agency MI-13, he would find that one of their agents was Spitfire, now apparently immortal. But before he could rekindle the relationship, the truth of Hydra controlling SHIELD came to light.[/indent]
[indent]Jim would just barely escape a massacre of clean agents. He would then find Captain America and help him take down Hydra. While the heroes were successful in defeating Hydra, it also meant that SHIELD was no longer a thing. But when Captain America decided to expand the Avengers into a global peacekeeping organization, Jim was one of his first recruits. Now Jim has been given a room at the Avengers Mansion, where he is ready to serve alongside a team of other Avengers.[/indent][/hider]

[color=#DB2E2E]Supporting Cast:[/color]
[indent][list][*]Thomas Raymond aka Toro - A mutant who served alongside Jim in WWII. At one point he was Director of SHIELD. Currently lives in a nursing home.
[*]Steve Rogers aka Captain America - Stalwart ally of Jim during the war. Helped him accustom to modern day, and recruited him into the Avengers.
[*]Jacqueline Falsworth aka Spitfire - Sister of Invader member Union Jack. Gained powers after a blood transfusion from Jim. She and Jim dated during WWII. Revealed to be immortal and alive in modern day.
[*]Namor aka the Sub-Mariner - The first powered individual Jim fought. They served together in the war. He is now King of Atlantis and considered a potential threat by the Avengers.[/list][/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Extra/Notes:[/color]
[indent]I’m playing Jim very similar to his 616 version, but this version hasn’t gone through as much, so he still is optimistic. I also want to explore what it means to be an artificial human, mostly through his relationships with others.[/indent]

[color=#DB2E2E]Theme Song:[/color]
[indent][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJV3EYto6II]Fire by Jimi Hendrix[/url][/indent]
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