[hider=Speed Demon] [b]Character / Concepts Used[/b] Flash • John Constantine ⸻ [b]Name:[/b] Barry Allen [b]Alias:[/b] Speed Demon [b]Age:[/b] Early 30s [b]Personality (five words):[/b] Snarky • Reckless • Loyal • Profane • Restless [b]Alignment:[/b] Anti Hero [b]Archetype:[/b] Supernatural [b]Powers[/b] Occult Velocity (The Speed Force) Barry is bonded to an ancient extradimensional current known as the Speed Force. It is not scientific in nature. It is a predatory mystical presence that exists within motion itself. He does not channel it. He hosts it. The Speed lives inside Barry’s bio electrical impulses. Every neural spark and muscle contraction carries velocity. [list] [*]Superhuman speed and reflexes [*]Extreme acceleration [*]High speed perception and reaction time [*]Friction immunity while in motion [*]Momentum manipulation, converting impacts, falls, and collisions into propulsion [*]Kinetic redirection, using recoil, explosions, and physical force as movement vectors [*]Enhanced durability while moving [/list] A permanent lightning shaped Lichtenberg scar spreads across his chest where the Speed entered his body. The scar is always warm to the touch and faintly luminous when he accelerates. Mystics perceive a second presence riding within him, too fast to clearly identify. Whatever inhabits Barry exists as motion given hunger. Conservation of Momentum The Speed resists stopping. It wants motion preserved. Barry has learned he can slow himself by transferring velocity into something that can move. People. Vehicles. Debris. Structures with give. His fighting style reflects this: [list] [*]Running tackles [*]Shoulder checks [*]Grab and spin throws [*]Launching enemies [*]Redirecting bodies into other bodies [/list] He is not just attacking. He is offloading speed. If he strikes something that cannot absorb that momentum, such as Superman tier durability, anchored constructs, or immovable targets, the transfer fails. Momentum rebounds. Barry ricochets. He becomes the projectile. Charging heavy hitters is dangerous and forces him to rely on angles, terrain, and indirect engagement. [b]Skills / Equipment[/b] Occult Knowledge Barry retains extensive practical knowledge of ritual magic, demonology, warding, and banishment theory. However, he can no longer perform rituals himself. The Speed destabilizes stillness and symbolic alignment. He can advise, translate, and prepare circles for others, but his own spells consistently fail. Braking and Mobility Gear Barry engineers around his inability to stop.[list] [*]Reinforced riding boots with aggressive tread and retractable heel spikes for emergency braking [*]Grip plated elbow pads allowing him to drag an arm against pavement or walls to bleed speed and carve tight turns [*]Compact urban climbing axe or piton hybrid with tungsten tip and shock absorbing grip, used to hook structures, bite into concrete, arrest falls, pivot around corners, or act as an emergency anchor [/list] He routinely uses boots, elbows, and axe as three separate braking systems. Stopping is violent and leaves scars on the environment. Other gear includes:[list] [*]Armoured riding gloves [*]Minimal body armor under street clothes [*]Charms, chalk, salt packets, lighter, and whatever happens to be nearby [/list] ⸻ [b]Weaknesses[/b] [list] [*]Addicted to speed. Prolonged high velocity states erode memory, restraint, and identity [*]Stillness causes withdrawal like symptoms including tremors, agitation, and intrusive urges [*]Overuse leads to disorientation, physical collapse, and memory gaps [*]Vulnerable to powerful magical containment or reality anchoring effects [*]Reckless personality frequently overrides self preservation [*]Heavy, immovable opponents can turn his own momentum against him [/list] Barry fears losing the Speed. Barry also quietly wishes he could. [b]Arch Enemy[/b] Eobard Thawne. Except this one is a Divine counterbalance to Barry’s speed. [b]Appearance[/b] Lean, wiry build with constant kinetic posture. Barry rarely stands fully still. A branching lightning shaped Lichtenberg scar spreads across his chest, marking the point where the Speed entered his body. It remains permanently warm and occasionally glows beneath the skin. His signature attire includes: Red leather long coat Worn even before gaining his powers, originally his working occult coat. Over time it has been upgraded with abrasion resistant lining, impact thread stitching, and kinetic dampening in the shoulders and spine. The hem bears scorch marks from repeated high speed friction. When Barry runs, the coat flares violently behind him like a wound in the air. Skull motorcycle helmet Originally taken from a biker thug during his first unstable night post ritual, worn to hide his identity. It has since been rebuilt repeatedly to survive his speed, featuring reinforced composite shell, polarized visor hidden behind the skull’s eye sockets, internal HUD, and shock absorbing padding. Inside are etched fragments of binding glyphs and motion sigils, not to control the Speed, but to remind Barry who he used to be. He also wears armored gloves, reinforced boots, and grip plated elbow pads. [b]Brief Bio[/b] Barry Allen was a back alley occultist, solving hauntings and binding spirits for rent money. During a summoning ritual meant to banish an extradimensional entity, Barry opened something far older instead. The Speed Force answered. It did not possess him. It moved in. Barry now exists as a living conduit for velocity itself. His nervous system was rewritten into a permanent unresolved invocation. His bio electricity is no longer human. The faster he moves, the more the presence within asserts itself. He can no longer perform ritual magic. Standing still long enough to cast is agony. Instead, Barry solves supernatural problems with momentum and dark humor. Operating as Speed Demon, he saves civilians, mocks cosmic horror, and keeps running, even as motion slowly eats him alive. He runs because stopping lets the passenger breathe. [b]Notes[/b] [list] [*]The scar is hot to the touch and subtly disrupts nearby magical fields [*]Mystics perceive Barry as a walking unresolved summoning circle [*]Humour is a grounding mechanism. Silence makes things worse [*]Barry fears losing the Speed, but secretly longs to be ordinary again [/list] [/hider]