[hider=SYM-24 "Horizon Rider"][center][img]https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/b3RmLjk2LjFjNjMzZC5TRzl5YVhwdmJpQlNhV1JsY2cuNA/pirulen.rg-regular.webp[/img] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe3h62MrlPE&ab_channel=ProjectMoonOfficial[/youtube][/center] [color=#1C633D][i]"Unit SYM-24 Online."[/i][/color] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/VC5mvFZ.png[/img] by [@Kamen Evie][/center][/cell][cell][color=#1C633D][i]"Loading File SYM-24.hfe."[/i][/color] [sup]_____________________________________________________[/sup] [sub][color=#1C633D][b]NAME:[/b][/color] HORIZON RIDER [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]EPITHET:[/b][/color] FALSE HERO [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]AGE:[/b][/color] 2 years [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]PRONOUNS:[/b][/color] Interchangeably He/Him, They/Them, It [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]HEIGHT:[/b][/color] 6’4” [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]WEIGHT:[/b][/color] 560 lbs. [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]NATIONALITY:[/b][/color] Horizon Frontiers [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]LIKES:[/b][/color] Fighting [sup]_______________________________________________[/sup] [color=#1C633D][b]DISLIKES:[/b][/color] Public Attention [/sub][/cell][/row][/table][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][color=#1C633D][h1][b]OVERVIEW[/b][/h1][/color] [color=#1C633D][i]"Beginning Unit Abstract."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][color=#1C633D][h3][b]APPEARANCE[/b][/h3] [i]"Projecting Visual Metrics..."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]On the surface, Horizon Rider makes good on his namesake, appearing as a dark bluish-green suit of advanced armor, with a dome-helmet completely concealing his face. Compared to on-brand Justice Rider models, his armor is much more plated, almost-scaled in appearance. His appearance was specifically designed to evoke official Justice Rider aesthetic and iconography to earn appeal with the public, while still allowing for utility and invoking menace. However, on closer inspection Horizon Rider appears much more insidious and biological. What should be the motor-servos between his limb joints are dark-red banded steel, more similar to muscle than actual mechanical contraption. His hands end in monstrous talons, and his feet are two-toed with a backwards third toe. While these could be written off as stylistic choices, it definitely fills a sense of uncanny dread to anyone who examines the unit too closely. [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#1C633D][h3][b]PERSONALITY TRAITS[/b][/h3] [i]"Opening ‘behavioral_aberrances.hfe’..."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]It’d be forgivable to assume that Horizon Rider was actually a robot, given their quiet and stunted mannerisms. Outside of a fight they’re incredibly silent, stoic, and virtually immobile. They wouldn’t even respond to casual banter or even small talk that serves no importance or value to them. It’s hard to draw the line where Horizon Frontiers’ conditioning begins and the actual genetic creature they developed begins. If provided with an objective or an order, they will pursue it with brute simplicity, accomplishing it in the most direct way possible. In combat is when Horizon Rider truly comes alive. When engaging in a fight, Horizon Rider becomes incredibly focused, animalistic, and sadistic, toying with their opponent as a predator would their prey. They’ll give an opponent the illusion of a fighting chance just to shatter it, slowly wear them down until they’re aware of their own helplessness, circle around before going in for the kill Part of Horizon Rider’s conflicting nature is the juxtaposition between Horizon Frontiers’ programming and constant control of him and his own instinctual, bestial nature. The Brazil fighting cup brings them no shortage of frustration, having to stand and pose in front of crowds when they wouldn’t hesitate to rip someone’s head off for staring them in the eye. Yet, in an attempt to maintain their public appeal, Horizon Rider is occasionally forced to engage in awkward gestures, such as a thumbs up or posing for a photo.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#1C633D][h3][b]BACKSTORY[/b][/h3] [i]"Opening ‘project overview.hfe’..."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Horizon Frontiers is one of the world’s leading medical and genetic research firms, dedicating all of it’s resources to studying the human body and unlocking the secret to the human potential. As far as the public is concerned, they’re a philanthropic foundation, distributing free gene treatments and medical prosthetics to those in need across the world, including those wounded in active conflict. With clinics and operations all across the globe, Horizon’s made well on their mission goal of “Curing All Humanity”. However, underneath their clean sanitized public image, Horizon Frontiers is an insidious organization that performs all sorts of inhumane experiments in the name of mastering the mysterious, esoteric force known as Ki. Anything that would provide a leg-up in their objective, say, the Power Stone, is something they will pursue to the ends of the earth to collect. Upon discovery that the prize of the World Fighting Carnival would be one such Power Stone, Horizon Frontiers immediately locked their crosshairs on the event, trying to obtain it as discreetly and swiftly as possible. Smash-and-Grab was off-the-menu, as the greatest fighters all across the world had come to the event, and Horizon Frontiers was hardly the only organization interested in such an artifact. They couldn’t buy it either, as the prize was quite literally priceless. The best method was to simply enter their own combatant and win the stone legitimately. For two years, Horizon Frontiers had dedicated all of it’s best available resources into the project to create a fighter strong enough to seize the stone. All of its’ Headquarters had pooled their rarest resources and got to work on “Project Horizon Rider”. The World Fighting Carnival was a public venue, watched by thousands of people in person and broadcast all across the world to millions, so not only did the subject have to be powerful and efficient, but also had to be appealing to the public masses. To accomplish this endeavor, the subject was aesthetically designed after the popular media franchise “Justice Riders”, their entire body covered in a stylized suit of armor to hide their true form. After two years of hard work and corporate extortion, Horizon Rider was born, a pure beast of battle in the guise of a noble hero of science. The unit was developed with two goals in mind. One, win the tournament and acquire the Power Stone through legitimate means. And two, engage in combat with various martial arts experts and provide valuable combat data to Horizon Frontiers for future endeavors. The project was overseen by Ulric Dotair throughout it’s two-year development. In the tournament proper, they will be observed by two Horizon Personnel on the scene, who will both collect combat data and report any aberrances. [/indent][/indent] [color=#1C633D][h1][b]FIGHTING STYLE & ABILITIES[/b][/h1] [i]"Target Identified. Beginning Combat Sequence."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][color=#1C633D][h3][b]SKILLS & ABILITIES[/b][/h3] [i]"Beginning Combat Maneuvers."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Horizon Rider was designed as the pinnacle of technology and biology. As such, their fighting style is not only incredibly strong and potent, but also skilled and calculated. They combine both traditional fighting methods with an entire arsenal of implanted weapons and devices. In a fight, they’ll tend to at-first rely on traditional moves and basic attacks, then bring out the big guns and attempt brute-forcing their way past the opponent if they are sufficiently challenged.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=#1C633D][h3][b]SIGNATURE MOVES[/b][/h3] [i]"Deploying Arsenal."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Bio-Blast[/u][/color] [indent][i]Deploying Concentrated Bio-Energy Attack.[/i] Horizon Rider’s arm sculpts and transforms into a laser cannon, which then charges and fires a bolt of his own Ki at the opponent. This attack can be charged for an additional time for a more deadly attack, generating a bolt larger than his own upper body, which will violently explode upon impact.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Bio-Blade[/u][/color] [indent][i]Activating Lethal Measures.[/i] Horizon Rider ejects a blade of pure energy from his wrists, able to cut through virtually any inorganic material like a knife through butter. The only defensive measure against this attack is the Ki of an opposing fighter, which will instead reduce it to severe cuts and burns on contact. Maintaining these blades for longer than a brief moment is an incredible waste of energy, however.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Rider Stomp[/u][/color] [indent][i]Mimicking Iconic Maneuver.[/i] In a darker twist on the iconic Justice Rider move, Horizon Rider kicks downwards into an opponent, stomping on them. The attack is typically reserved for downed/defeated opponents as a finishing move, though Horizon Rider is able to utilize this with a jump, performing a sort of meteor kick.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Tail Lash[/u][/color] [indent][i]Extending Stinger Appendage.[/i] An incredibly long and thin, yet incredibly dense wire extends from behind Horizon Rider’s waist, fully-controlled and maneuverable, serving as an additional appendage. The tail can perform a variety of attacks, from stinging and shocking the opponent to flailing wildly like a whip, spacing out an entire zone around Horizon Rider directly. Unfortunately, the tail is relatively fragile and easy to break or sever. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Ampule-Deployment[/u][/color] [indent][i]Recuperating Energy… Repairing Biological Trauma…[/i] Horizon Rider is implanted with a reserve of Horizon Frontiers’ healing serum, a liquid that reinvigorates the body and can even quickly regenerate moderate-to-severe trauma such as lacerations and broken bones. When activated, Horizon Rider will experience a second-wind, recovering his energy and healing damage suffered. It still has limits as to what it will heal, though, and Horizon Rider only has a select amount that has to periodically be refilled.[/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Acid Spit[/u][/color] [indent][i]Deploying Acidic Surprise.[/i] An underhanded and often-unexpected attack, Horizon Rider’s helmet briefly cracks open revealing a toothed maw, which will quickly fire a projectile spit at the opponent. Not only is the acid extremely caustic and able to melt through skin, but it will also quickly harden and stick, binding the effected limb. Most of the move’s utility is that it’s unexpected, and so an opponent that experienced it before will be well-armed to expect and avoid it. A second time. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [/indent] [color=#1C633D][h3][b]SUPER MOVES[/b][/h3] [i]"Extreme Measures Unlocked."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Bio-Beam[/u][/color] [indent][i]Bio-Cannon Charged to 200%.[/i] Horizon Rider creates his arm cannon, and instead charges and fires a massive beam of energy, creating an overwhelmingly powerful attack. For a brief moment afterwards, Horizon Rider is unable to deploy any other Bio-moves. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Berserker Mode[/u][/color] [indent][i]Artificial Limitations Removed. [color=red][u][b]DIE.[/b][/u][/color][/i] Horizon Rider kicks his entire body into overdrive, causing his entire body to tense and glow with sickly green veins as his entire body is pumped full of stimulant serum. In this state Horizon Rider becomes incredibly aggressive, yet also far faster and stronger. He’s generally unable to use any special maneuvers, instead unleashing pure animalistic instinct as he tears his opponent to ribbons.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=#1C633D][u]■ Blade of Justice’s Bane[/u][/color] [indent][i]Deploying Ultimate Countermeasure.[/i] Horizon Rider hypercharges one of his wristblades until it’s larger than his entire body, then delivers a single devastating swing. Not only is the attack itself perilously lethal, but the energy offshoot will travel a short distance, hitting anything that would delude itself into thinking it’s at a safe distance.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][color=#1C633D][h3][b]WEAKNESSES & LIMITS[/b][/h3] [i]"Caution: Unit has known limitations."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent]Despite Horizon Rider’s all-around combat perfection, they are a high-maintenance project, constantly requiring attention and routine upkeep to keep at top-performance. Many of their attacks are also incredibly costly and difficult to use, making prolonged encounters difficult. Finally, they were designed for the Brazil-Fighting cup, in which most combat is limited to a single fight, making them difficult at anything more complex.[/indent][/indent] [color=#1C633D][h1][b]OTHER[/b][/h1] [i]"Unit Abstract Complete."[/i][/color] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup] [indent][indent][/indent][/indent][/hider] [hider=Daren Metzger][center][img]https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/dHRmLjcyLjQwOWM1Zi5SR0Z5Wlc0Z1RXVjBlbWRsY2csLC42/punk-kid.regular.png[/img] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48q1pHpv07w&ab_channel=Nepsol[/youtube][/center] [color=12694B][i]"Guess that’s my cue?"[/i][/color] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][img][/img][/center][/cell][cell][i]"Mama always said I was a looker."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [sub][color=12694B][b]NAME:[/b][/color] DAREN METZGER [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]EPITHET:[/b][/color] HORIZON’S BUTCHER [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]AGE:[/b][/color] 26 [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]PRONOUNS:[/b][/color] He/Him [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]HEIGHT:[/b][/color] 6’4” [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]WEIGHT:[/b][/color] 280 lbs. [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]NATIONALITY:[/b][/color] GERMANY [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]LIKES:[/b][/color] Meat, cooking, monster hunting, swords, anatomy, gore [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]DISLIKES:[/b][/color] Pacifism, fascism, robots/cyborgs [/sub][/cell][/row][/table][sup][color=12694B]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/color][/sup][h1][color=12694B][b]OVERVIEW[/b][/color][/h1] [i]"Here's my resume."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][h3][color=12694B][b]APPEARANCE[/b][/color][/h3] [i]"They say dress for the job you want, yknow?"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]At first glance, Daren has a haunting appearance. His skin is ghostly pale and covered in scars, stitches, and blemishes. His eyes are small and black, practically without any pupils. He stands at a towering 6’4”, easily looming over any other opponent in the room, though his body is lanky and seems to lack much muscle mass. His teeth are thick, white tombstones that are constantly on display in a small, easy-going grin. His black hair is likely the most normal part of his appearance. Most of his body is covered in a choice of a butcher's apron and a large, doctor's jacket, as well as wearing tall rubber boots and thick gloves. His wardrobe is almost always covered in stains and visceral fluids. Iconic to his image is a massive, oversized cleaver he carries around with him, which despite his thin frame he can easily lug over his shoulder or carry on his back.[/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=12694B][b]PERSONALITY TRAITS[/b][/color][/h3] [i]"I can really appreciate the cut of a guy’s jib, yknow?"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Despite his ghastly looks, Daren is unfailingly polite, amicable, and easygoing. He never lets the heat get to his head, even when in the middle of butchering someone to ribbons or having suffered severe trauma. Much of his word choice is “Minnesota Nice”, failing to use any confrontational dialogue and generally speaking fairly, without any intense words. He also tends to use a lot of uncertainty in his dialogue (“i guess”, “kinda”, “probably”), avoiding directly stating any preference. To his own few allies he takes extra effort to ensure their wellbeing and to maintain communication. That’s not to say, however, that Daren is not without his morbid side; He has absolutely no qualms whatsoever engaging with gore or intense violence. Despite his polite surface, he’ll still follow any orders given to him by higher ups in Horizon, and loves fighting, especially against strong opponents. He also has a powerful killing intent that he is able to subliminate perfectly with his kind demeanor. [/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=12694B][b]BACKSTORY[/b][/color][/h3] [i]"Once upon a time there was one little german boy…"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Daren was originally a member of a family of traveling monster-hunters, who made a life out of seeking out the deadliest game the world had to offer for the best trophies; From urban myths to ancient legends, they lined the walls of their mobile home with the mementos from all sorts of beasts, cryptids, and even stranger quarry. Well-- His family, had. Poor Daren was shafted with making the trophies; Every one of his family's triumphs meant a gruesome, thankless taxidermy for him to pull off, never fully receiving the full huntsman training he was promised every time he asked. One night, when he was 22, his family was on a trip to South America, hunting down a jungle beast that had been terrorizing several towns for months. While the rest of his family was off hunting the creature, it attacked their RV where he had been hanging behind. The creature nearly tore the shelter to shreds, as Daren tried to desperately fend it off, already accepting his demise. The beast managed to tear off his arm with it's claws, and had what was left of it in grip of it's teeth... Suddenly, the beast was killed by a flurry of knives striking it along several points in it's back, thrown by a strange woman he hadn't recognized; She wasn't part of the hunting party, but was someone else altogether. Just as she saved his life, she made it abundantly clear that Daren had two options: 1) Die 2) Work for her Just before he lost consciousness, he managed a nod; Good enough for her, he presumed, since when he woke up he was in a hospital of sorts, having his otherwise-mortal wounds healed, his severed arm reattached. The woman revealed her name, Ivory, and that her group -- Horizon Frontiers -- had been hunting the beast, and several others, for a different reason than his family's own glory-hounding; However, they recognized they had existing skills with monster dissection, the very same reason she had saved his life. And thus, Daren became an operative for Horizon Frontiers, not only being given a more dignified output for his skills in butchery, but also being given the chance to live as the monster-hunter he always wanted to be. Horizon's primary reason for hunting down monsters and mythics was to harness the abilities of their physiology; Through research, they've deducted means of biologically grafting various organs and segments of living beings onto others, granting them some degree of their specific abilities; In the case of the jungle-beast that nearly killed him, it's own heart gave Daren inhuman endurance that allowed him to survive an otherwise crippling bloodloss. Since then, he's been the first eager guinea pig for several other grafting procedures, giving him a questionable degree of humanity -- Both physically, as he's taken on the aspects of several different creatures to both increase his power and repair his damaged body, as well as in spirit, given that he's become progressively untroubled by the idea of extending his butchery to that of other Nomads... [/indent][/indent] [h1][color=12694B][b]FIGHTING STYLE & ABILIES[/b][/color][/h1] [i]"Finally got some vacation time!"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]SKILLS & ABILITIES[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"I’ve been reaching into guts for years now. Mostly taxidermy."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Daren’s fighting style is incredibly basic, yet rightfully so. Daren is monumentally strong and tough, able to defeat far more skilled opponents with little more than brute force and basic techniques. His weapon of choice is a massive Cleaver, almost larger than his own colossal body, with enough weight and sharpness to treat any sort of armor or defense as tissue paper. Outside of combat, he has an expert proficiency with anatomy and physical trauma, including humans, animals, and even more obscure creatures such as mythics and cryptids. While he could potentially put this knowledge towards positive medical help, he more often utilizes it for autopsies and dissections. He’s also surprisingly worldly about different cultures. [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]SIGNATURE MOVES[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"Time for a hostile work environment..."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Cleave[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Schwing!”[/i] With a simple swing of his massive cleaver, Daren’s attack covers a wide area. A single direct hit can deal serious damage to a Nomad that finds themselves slowfooted.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Guillotine[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Die!”[/i] Daren lunges up into the air, then slams back downward with his cleaver, dealing enough damage to create a small impact crater.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Feel No Pain[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Keep it up and I might actually feel this in the morning.”[/i] Daren’s body is incredibly durable and resistant to pain. He can soak an intense amount of punishment, treating trauma enough to mangle an ordinary person as a temporary embarrassment. Severed limbs have little to no effect on him besides obvious performance issues. In fact, he can even pick up severed limbs – His own or an opponent’s, and stick them right back into place, gaining full functionality within seconds. [/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Bladestorm[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Spin to Win!”[/i] Daren swings his cleaver in a rapid, full 360 degree motion, hitting anything within five feet of him. Doing so takes a lot of exertion, and will leave him open and vulnerable to counter attack if it fails to hit.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Rupture[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Insurance’ll pay for it.”[/i] Daren strikes the environment with his Cleaver, infusing it with his own vitriolic and chaotic Ki. After a brief moment, the uncontrollable energy will cause the surface to rupture, sending dozens of shards flying towards the opponent.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Punt[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”FORE!”[/i] Daren swings his Cleaver upwards, sending the opponent flying up and into the air.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]SUPER MOVES[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"Lets make some deep cuts!"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Killing Intent[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Start running.”[/i] Daren supercharges his own Ki, greatly enhancing his already astounding strength and toughness. Attacks in this state can hardly even scratch him, much less slow him down, and the mere swing of his blade can create enough force to send targets falling. Additionally, Daren’s killing intent and murderous aura become so profound and powerful that weaker opponents can feel it, with weaker opponents even temporarily becoming paralyzed with terror by the sheer desire for violence Daren emanates.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Brutalize[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”Chop chop!”[/i] Daren grabs the opponent and holds them in place as he brutally slams his cleaver down on them again and again. Most Nomads are completely beaten into the ground by this attack, while ordinary folk become little more than a stain on the floor at the end of a full assault.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Cull[/u][/color] [indent][indent][i]”You’re FINISHED!”[/i][/indent][/indent] Daren spots a wounded opponent and lunges in for the kill, leaping straight up in the air and bringing the full weight of his cleaver down on them in a single focused, killing motion. While an incredibly difficult maneuver to pull off, if successful will kill virtually anything. [/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][h3][color=12694B][b]WEAKNESSES & LIMITS[/b][/color][/h3] [i]"Kinda fallin’ apart, here..."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Daren is lacking in the departments of both speed and range. Faster opponents are able to completely run circles around him, and combatants that can reliably fight at long distances are his natural enemy. He also lacks any refined or special technique, relying on brute force through most encounters.[/indent][/indent] [h1][color=12694B][b]OTHER[/b][/color][/h1] [i]"Quote here."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent]Anything else we need to know?[/indent][/indent][/hider] [hider=Arianna Legose][center][img]https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/dHRmLjcyLjE0ODM1Ny5RWEpwWVc1dVlTQk1aV2R2YzJVLjA/rabid-science.regular.webp[/img] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjEIgZLw2yM&ab_channel=Nepsol[/youtube][/center] [i]"Target Spotted."[/i] [table][row][/row][row][cell][center][img]ANIMU[/img][/center][/cell][cell][i]"Here's my file."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]_____________________________________________________[/sup][/color] [sub][color=12694B][b]NAME:[/b][/color] ARIANNA LEGOSE [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]EPITHET:[/b][/color] EYE ON THE HORIZON [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]AGE:[/b][/color] 20 [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]PRONOUNS:[/b][/color] She/Her [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]HEIGHT:[/b][/color] 4'9" [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]WEIGHT:[/b][/color] 135 lbs. [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]NATIONALITY:[/b][/color] America [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]LIKES:[/b][/color] Birds, video games, camera technology, justice riders, nature, being alone on a friday night [color=12694B][sup]_______________________________________________[/sup][/color] [color=12694B][b]DISLIKES:[/b][/color] Small talk, confrontation, attention [/sub][/cell][/row][/table][color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][h1][b]OVERVIEW[/b][/h1][/color] [i]"Agent Wandering Eye, at the ready."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]APPEARANCE[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"Sorry, I haven't slept in... I forget honestly."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Arianna is extremely short, standing at 4"9', to the point that she occasionally gets mistaken as being younger than she really is. She has messy black hair she never cares to arrange, and tired blue eyes clearly lacking any proper rest schedule. She almost pathologically wears the same token equipment, the Huginn-Module, which is a dark-blue colored jacket with a cyan-colored stripe running up it. It comes with a long-beaked bird mask with glowing-blue eyes, which when not active Arianna usually pushes up atop her head. Underneath, she usually wears a white t-shirt and shorts, with a belt of various technological gizmos wrapped around her waist, with a pair of shoes that match the jacket's pattern. The sleeves of the jacket are able to extend to extremely large, also ejecting a pair of sharp talons.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]PERSONALITY TRAITS[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"Is this for the employee review?"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent][b][color=12694B]Anxious -[/color][/b] Arianna is extremely timid and anxious, being quick to buckle under pressure for anything from a sensitive mission that needs to be done to a badly botched conversation. She much prefers her own company or that of her drones than that of strangers, or even her close allies.[/indent] [indent][b][color=12694B]Quick-Thinking -[/color][/b] At the same time, Arianna has shown herself to have a knack for thinking quickly, creating solutions on the fly and solving problems with multiple moving parts. Part of her survivability thus far is thanks to her observational skill, being able to quickly identify an opponent's weakness and take the initiative to exploit it.[/indent] [indent][b][color=12694B]Hard-Working -[/color][/b] Similarly to her other Horizon colleagues, Arianna has a bit of an issue with obsession with her technology. Much of her free time is spent upgrading and maintaining the Huginn-Module or her fleet of drones; She's even worked herself into a frenzy before and fell asleep right at the workbench (On one occasion nearly causing a devastating accident).[/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]BACKSTORY[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"I started working here for a little over a year ago. No, I do not have any previous employment history."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Franklin Legose was a great private inventor, having created dozens of different stealth and reconnaissance technology throughout his life. However, his accomplishment in innovation turned to horror when he discovered that several of his inventions, originally intended for wildlife observation and forensics, were eventually repurposed by various military and mercenary groups as tools of espionage and war once they left his hands. Seeing how his own ambitions had been warped so far beyond his intent disgusted him from the idea of contributing any more potential devices of war, and so he retreated from the world into isolation with his family. At first, he had his concerns of his daughter, Arianna, reacting poorly to the change of moving into near-total isolation from the rest of the world, but he had found she had a curiosity in the various animals in the wilderness around their home. Seeking to encourage such an interest, he decided to build one last project for her-- The Huginn-Module. Completing the device, she was then able to observe the world up close and personal while remaining distant from it. One day though, she found several other armed men patrolling the forest, as if they were searching for her. Using the Huginn-Module to evade them, she immediately returned home-- Only to find a smoking pile of wood instead, her home burnt to the ground. Fiddling through it’s remains, she found no trace of her father or who destroyed her home, But knew that it was because of the Huginn-Module that they came, and thanks to it that she escaped. For several days after, she wandered through the wilderness. Then, she encountered (or rather, was encountered by) a strange woman whose features she could not identify. Despite the Huginn-Module being active and concealing her, she saw straight through it and to Arianna, offering her a place with a group known as Horizon Frontiers. Though initially wary because of her own father’s distrust with lending his technology elsewhere, the woman assured her that, if Arianna had accepted, she would do more than enough good for humanity to repair her father’s own previous burdens. And so she accepted, becoming Horizon Frontiers’ top recon operative. Though she’s become increasingly aware and jaded to Horizon Frontiers’ true operations, every revelation only convinces her to double down in her efforts, in the hope that her father’s ultimate contribution to the world will be a positive one.[/indent][/indent] [color=12694B][h1][b]FIGHTING STYLE & ABILIES[/b][/h1][/color] [i]"Wait, you don't really expect me to fight them, do you?!"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]SKILLS & ABILITIES[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"I'm skilled in reconaissance, camouflage, espionage, eavesdropping, information technologies..."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Describe all your character's martial arts (if any) or all things fighting.[/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]SIGNATURE MOVES[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"Hold on, 'Combat' skills?!"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Drone Deployment[/u][/color] [indent][i]"Engage Defensive Maneuvers!"[/i] Arianna directly controls a small fleet of robotic, crow-like drones. Primarily designed for reconnaissance and espionage, they were also designed able to carry out assassinations, giving them some ability to be used as a defensive tool in case Arianna herself ever gets into danger. While individually weak, the Drones are able to harass and occupy an opponent, giving Arianna a chance to counterattack or escape. They're not very tough and are prone to being broken in a fight, and as a such overusing them can leave Arianna defenseless.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Eyes of Heaven[/u][/color] [indent][i]"Let's get a good look at you..."[/i] The Huginn-Module is outfitted with a variety of sensors and detectors, allowing Arianna to get an intimate and accurate analysis of the opponent, allowing her to identify their weak points and counter their incoming attacks. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Explosive Drone[/u][/color] [indent][i]"Go get 'em!"[/i] Arianna commands one of her drones to swoop directly at an opponent and detonate, delivering a powerful point-blank explosion directly near them. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Camouflage[/u][/color] [indent][i]"S-Stay away!"[/i] Arianna activates the Huginn module's stealth module, turning her temporarily invisible, allowing her to reposition herself to a better vantage point. The stealth isn't perfect, however; Moving too fast will create a visible distortion that gives away her position, and being too close to an opponent will further ruin the illusion. It's also incredibly costly in terms of energy for such a light module, and as a result can only be used for a few brief seconds. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Featherflux[/u][/color] [indent][i]"Take that!"[/i] Arianna ejects a fan of sharp, bladelike feathers from the Huginn-Module's sleeves, throwing a small cluster of knives at the opponent. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Glide[/u][/color] [indent][i]"Woosh!"[/i] Arianna is able to glide, falling at a slow pace, while wearing the Huginn module. Not true flight, she cannot gain altitude without using an updraft. [/indent][/indent] [/indent] [/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]SUPER MOVES[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"I warned you!"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Telltale Heart[/u][/color] [indent][i]"You're already dead..."[/i] Arianna scans the opponent's vitals, then makes a swift and decisive blow at the precise moment and location, dealing massive damage with an otherwise simple attack.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Unkindness[/u][/color] [indent][i]*Sharp Whistle*[/i] Arianna activates her entire fleet of drones, commanding them to rush in and maul the opponent all at once from several directions. As the opponent is being harried and pecked to shreds, she'll then activate all of the drones explosives, catching them in an explosive tsunami.[/indent][/indent] [/indent] [indent][indent][color=12694B][u]■ Nevermore[/u][/color] [indent][i]*Need some backup here!*[/i] Arianna deploys a signal, instantly calling in another full fleet of drones.[/indent][/indent] [/indent][/indent] [indent][color=12694B][h3][b]WEAKNESSES & LIMITS[/b][/h3][/color] [i]"What the hell did you expect from me?!"[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent]Arianna barely has any training for actual combat beyond self-defense. As such she's a very unlikely fighter, relying mostly on a fleet of drones which is expendable and quick to be destroyed. Her most common strategy is to harass and overwhelm the opponent then escape as quickly as possible. [/indent][/indent] [color=12694B][h1][b]OTHER[/b][/h1][/color] [i]"That's about all I have time for. I gotta get back to the nest."[/i] [color=12694B][sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔[/sup][/color] [indent][indent]Anything else we need to know?[/indent][/indent][/hider] [hider=Quotes] “Lowering Adrenaline.” (Taunt) “Generic Insult to your Mother” (Taunt) “...Recalibrating…” (Whiffing Super) “Target Suppressed.” (Round Win) “Deploying Signal for Extraction of Subject.” (Round Win) “Uploading Combat Data…” (Perfect Round) “FAILURE. REQUESTING EXTRACTION.” (Round Loss) “FATAL ERROR.” (Round Loss) [u][b]Win Quotes[/b][/u] “Suppression of inferior bio-mechanical specimen complete.” (Vs. Justin) “Suppression of unit 07 complete.” (Vs. Oh-Seven) “Acoustic irritant neutralized.” (Vs. Jaden) “Ideal subject located. Beginning Extraction...” (Vs. Beatriz) “Primary representative of baseline for design neutralized. Public appeal of SYM-24 projected to rise 85%.” (Vs. Jill) “Paranormally-empowered individual suppressed. Subject successfully outmatched in sample of ‘anti-hero’.” (Vs. Izzy) “Generic critique of art.” (Vs. Rosie) “Contract terminated.” (Vs. Voyt) “Recalibrating. Unable to recall context of previous actions.” (Vs. Lucas) “Rival corporation stocks projected to decline 87%. Mission complete.” (Vs. Florian) “Victory attributed to alcohol intoxication in target.” (Vs. Rui) “Supernatural entity suppressed. Superiority of science established.” (Vs. Cavan) “Target potential severely limited by psychological limitations. Victory unsurprising.” (Vs. Daniel) “Deleting audio log…” (vs. Oriko) “Euthanization complete.” (Vs. Locke) “Successfully re-established sense of reality in subject.” (Vs. Olivia) “Returning primate test subject to lab.” (Vs. Skyler). [/hider]