Byrd Man

Vanguard: Calder City

More importantly: what are the bennies like? Are we talking HMO, PPO? What's their 401K match percentage?

@Eddie Brock

No 401K, but plenty of 40K benefits. Up to half off on miniatures with an employee discount

Vanguard: Calder City

What’s the hierarchy with vanguard at the local office? I know I want a woman named Gail West as Legions superior. I said deputy director in the sheet but title is subject to change

Vanguard: Calder City

@Lord Wraith @Byrd Man I wanted to reject you both for personal reasons but I was overruled... feel free to move your characters to the character tab (or don't).

@Melissa

Thanks, shorty

Vanguard: Calder City

Heard this is the game where light powers are allowed?

Light Armor Warrior

R O C K
R O C K

^{"It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday." - Jigoro Kano}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ (FC: Tony Jaa; Dialogue: Green) _________________________________________________________ S U M M A R Y S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ Ken "Rock" Chaw _________________________________________________________ February 12th | 20s _________________________________________________________ Single | Male | Bisexual S T A T S S T A T S _________________________________________________________ Height | 5' 8" _________________________________________________________ Hair Color | Black _________________________________________________________ Eye Color | Brown _________________________________________________________ Hometown | Calder City -

H I S T O R Y H I S T O R Y ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Mountain was one of Calder City’s most distinguished heroes, a living legend. A master of Lethwei, The Mountain was able to turn his very body into a weapon against Calder City’s evils. The Mountain had an incredible healing factor, allowing him to push his body far beyond its limits and always get back up again. This is where he got his name, he was said to be as enduring and unbreakable as the mountains themselves. The Mountain's real name was Saw Chaw, and he was a fixture among the Vanguard, in and out of costume. A social worker by trade, Saw fought to keep the Vanguard fair, inclusive, and invested in the communities it sought to protect. He created community outreach programs, food and clothing drives for the homeless, and charity fundraisers. Even as The Mountain, Saw advocated for better protections for heroes' privacy and compensation for their appearances and likeness in media. Perhaps his biggest contribution was his fight against the practice of child sidekicks, striving to create protections for the youngest superhumans and prohibitions against their presence in the Vanguard. This crusade made it all the more surprising when The Mountain debuted his own child sidekick: Rock. Not one of Saw’s four biological children, but an adopted child, not from the local Saint Dymphna’s, but from parts unknown. Despite the pressures from Vanguard to return the child to civilian life, from colleagues and friends alike, Saw grinned and bore it. He seemed to know something everyone else didn’t. Persevering through the disapproval and the dangers of superheroics, Rock proved himself more than a capable student. He lacked The Mountain’s remarkable durability and healing, but made up for it in agility and martial prowess, demonstrating phenomenal mastery of Lethwei and Muay Thai for a boy his age. With every ounce of power his small body could muster, he could just stand alongside The Mountain as a worthy sidekick. But as Rock grew larger and his blows fell harder, The Mountain’s expectations grew. Rock had to be better: not just a better martial artist, but a better man, a better hero. It wasn’t long before their paths diverged. As The Mountain dedicated himself to his community, Rock found himself drawn into the world of combat sports. Enchanted by the depth and breadth of technique available to him, Rock found a way to better himself the same way he always had, straightforward training and mastery, free of The Mountain’s sensitivities. Growing into a young man, Rock travelled the world, training under a dozen masters and learning scores of moves, kata, forms, and more. He had, to his mind, nearly perfected his style. He competed in underground tournaments and took the hidden world of martial arts by storm. Yet, for every victory under his belt, every challenge overcome, each of his masters would insist he was not ready. He was not ‘complete’. He felt as though he was still the same sidekick, wasting away under the vanishingly little The Mountain had left to teach him. Until one week ago. Front page news: THE MOUNTAIN, SLAIN. Who could have done it? A hero of his adoptive father’s stature would have enemies, to be sure, but it was hard to imagine one that could cause The Mountain to crumble. How do you kill a man that can’t be killed? That can bounce back from almost anything? The only thing left for Rock to do is return to Calder City and find out. A B I L I T I E S A B I L I T I E S __________________________________________________________________________________ Belu Cortex - Saw thought of the name of Rock's ‘power’, evoking the indomitable ogres of Myanmar's folklore. The Belu were monstrously powerful man eaters, and Rock's talent allows him to defeat his opponents just as easily. Saw said that Rock could ‘devour’ the techniques of his enemies. It toes the line between human skill and superhuman ability. With a unique cortical structure, Rock's brain is optimized for hand to hand combat. He has spent his life immersed and training in all manner of martial arts, and his upbringing has produced a kinesthetic genius. He can duplicate most movements he observes with a handful of repetitions, especially those movements used against him in combat. The ability is distinct from other superhuman's Adoptive Muscle Memory in that he is not simply copying what he sees by rote, but rather developing complex understandings of movement and combat systems on the fly. This allows him to further iterate and produce variations of what he sees, rather than being locked into a cloned motion. This ability has allowed him to master dozens of combat systems at a stunning rate. Among others, he is a master of Lethwei, Muay Thai, BJJ, Judo, American Kenpo, Okinawan Karate, and Taekwondo. M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S __________________________________________________________________________________ Rock wants to find the one who killed his mentor and break them. Despite the years of distance between himself and Saw, the man was still the closest thing he had to a father. More broadly, Rock has always wanted to be the best. It was what Saw wanted, too. For Saw, being the best meant being the best at helping others, whether through the might of his muscles or the strength of his arguments. For Rock, it has only ever meant growing more knowledgeable, more powerful, for an end that seems less and less clear.

_sike

@DocTachyon

Vanguard: Calder City

We allowing second characters. Thinking about something with light and energy manipulation

Vanguard: Calder City

We Are Many

L E G I O N
L E G I O N

^{"I contain multitudes" -- Walt Whitman}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ (FC: THE ROOK CAST) _________________________________________________________ S U M M A R Y S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ CLASSIFIED _________________________________________________________ CLASSIFIED | CLASSIFIED _________________________________________________________ CLASSIFIED | CLASSIFIED | CLASSIFIED S T A T S S T A T S _________________________________________________________ Height | Variable _________________________________________________________ Hair Color | Variable _________________________________________________________ Eye Color | Variable _________________________________________________________ Hometown | Variable -

H I S T O R Y H I S T O R Y ___________________________________________________________________________________ In late 1993, just outside Washington D.C. a homeless, drug riddled Jane Doe gave birth to quintuplets in a gas station. Two twin boys, a third boy, and a lone girl were found by the Washington Metro PD on Christmas Eve and taken in by Child Protective Services at the start of 1994. They were thought to be a group of normal, if not underweight, children. As time went on, the Doe Quadruplets begin to manifest strange behavior. It was not unheard of for twins or siblings to seemingly have a close bond but the degree in which the four children moved was offputting. They seemed to share some strange form of telapathy, and the Doe Quadruplets would finish each other's sentences and seemingly shared the same thoughts. By the time they were ten, a specialists from the government interviewed them and came to a startiling conclusion: While they were four separate bodies, they shared a singular mind and consciousness. Less a shattered psyche, and more of a hive mind capable of extreme independence and coordination. The government specialists were from Vanguard, and immediatelty adopted the four children on behalf of the US Government. The four Doe children were given a new name: Legion, and began a life of training throgh Vanguard's special activities branch. By the time they were in their early 20's, Legion had become a full-fledged Vanguard field agent and one of the most capable ones. Years of honed metal and physical training meant the four bodies could move and coordinate in ways even the most talented groups of people could never accomplish. A skill one Legion body learned could be passed to the other three with no additional training. In terms of physical skill, all four bodies were at peak fitness and skill in most forms of armed and unarmed combat. The agent is a special unit onto itself, handling some of Vanguard's dangerous and most sensitive cases. But even if Legion is Vanguard's most decorated agent, they seemingly are kept at arms length. The strangess of their condition and aloof nature means many agents and Vanguard higher ups are off-put by their behavior. Many inside the organization are forever suspisicous of their true motives. Partnered with grizzled Agent Travino, Vanguard gives Legion a long leash... but a leash all the same. A B I L I T I E S A B I L I T I E S __________________________________________________________________________________ Legion is, for lack of a better word, a hive mind. One consciousness over four bodies that can act and work in harmony. With four minds worth of capacity, Legion is able to contain multitudes of knowledge and skills shared amongst all four bodies. P E R S O N A L I T Y P E R S O N A L I T Y __________________________________________________________________________________ Legion is cold and distant to everyone except Agent Travino and Deputy Director West, Legion's original handler from when Vanguard first found them. Legion if ruthlessly effective and seemingly has no other hobbies of goals besides the work. A life of being honed into a tool has left Legion untrusting of almost anyone. M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S M O T I V A T I O N S & G O A L S __________________________________________________________________________________ Classified

Vanguard: Calder City

Look, everyone should just be proud that I'm not making Spider-Man with the serial numbers filed off... again.

@Eddie Brock

RIP Mantis

Vanguard: Calder City

All sheets must be approved by the Inspector General and their approval must be notarized by a notary who has been approved by the Inspector General with a notarized approval from an indepndently approved notary who was approved by the committee of the Inspector Generalship whose members are selected by pure happenstance... simple enough

Where In The World?

du fuq

Absolute Comics - A Multi-Fandom Singular Universe Roleplay

H U M A N T A R G E T

H U M A N T A R G E T

^{"I'm a fool to do your dirty work. Oh yeah."
-- Steely Dan}

C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y C H A R A C T E R S U M M A R Y _________________________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER CHANCE _________________________________________________________ AMERICAN | HUMAN TARGET _________________________________________________________ OPAL CITY C H A R A C T E R N O T E S C H A R A C T E R N O T E S _________________________________________________________ [+] - King Faraday - Government Agent Onomatopeia - Assassin Brick - Crime Lord Calculator - Tax Evader M I S C E L L A N E O U S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ► - P O S T C A T A L O G P O S T C A T A L O G _________________________________________________________ [+] - P O S T C A T A L O G ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ -

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T ________________________________________________________________________________________ Are you a paranoid mob boss certain someone is out to get you? Are you a scuzzy CEO who did the crime but doesn't want to do the time? Are you once beloved child author now has problematic takes you blame on "toxic wokeness?" Then I am the man for you. Hi, my name is Christoper Chase and I'm the Human Target. For a reasonable and fair fee I will impersonate you. I'll be the decoy in your complex revenge plans, I'll do the crime while you relax on beach in a country that doesn't have extradition, I'll go on cable news and either cool the flames, or double down on your stance while you're free to continue working on your side project of poorly paced and written mystery novels. Every day we go through life with targets on our back. Having sworn nemesisees is a mark of a successful individual. Heck, if you don't have enemies in life are you even living? Look, death comes for us all. But if you can stave off the inevitable for a little while longer, why wouldn't you? Let me put that target on my back. I'm Christopher Chase and I get shot, stabbed, poisoned, and defenestrated so you don't have to. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Big Trouble In Little Mogadishu Chase finds himself hired by a local drug lord in a part of Brooklyn known as "Little Mogadishu" after the drug lord narrowly avoids assassination. Chase begins to drift down the rabbit hole of conspiracy as he discovers a vast network of public officials tied to the drug lord's empire. Pay the Piper A mob tax accountant hires Chase to get him to safety after a bounty is put on his head. Chase must get him safely to Canada ahead of both the mob assassins and the FBI. Click Click Boom! Chaes enters the employ of a low-level masked hero after Onomatopeia, a serial killer who targets capes, begins a new spree.