Name: Raditz
Age: 30 (Did not age while trapped in HFIL, but is aging again now)
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Canon, AU, or OC?: Canon
Universe of Origin: Dragonball Z
Personality: Raditz is an arrogant, mocking warrior, convinced that he is the strongest in the universe. Of course, due to this view he is prone to self-delusion, as he is without a doubt the weakest enemy the Z Warriors ever faced. He is also manipulative, and a pathological liar. However, when on the ropes, he becomes cowardly, as his one death was traumatic and he fears a second.
Raditz will run from an enemy he knows he cannot defeat, and tends to willingly attack only when he knows he is going to win.
Abilities/Weapons: His time trapped in HFIL has done nothing to boost his powers, and he still possesses the pathetic power level of 1,200 with which he died. He can improve this dramatically through intensive training or through near-death experiences, but Raditz is loathe to train and will refuse to put himself in a near-death situation if he can avoid it.
Despite his weakness for a member of his species, he is still far stronger than a normal human being. He can utilize his ki to fly, fire energy blasts from his hands, and fight for hours without tiring. He never learned the technique to read energy, which causes him to overestimate his skills and pick fights with enemies he has no hope of defeating. At the moment, he possesses no scouter, as it was broken on Earth and he has been unable to replace it.
Raditz possesses his tail, which allows him to transform in to a Great Ape if he looks at the full moon. Great Ape Raditz is both ten times larger and ten times stronger than normal. As a true Saiyan warrior, he retains control of himself when transformed.
It is also worth noting that, while his heart is pure evil, Raditz has never been placed in a situation of extreme need. As a result the power of a Super Saiyan has never revealed itself to him.
Current Power Level: 1,200 (12,000 in Great Ape form)
Backstory: During his youth, Raditz worked as member of the Saiyan Army. He was assigned to work alongside a young Prince Vegeta. When Frieza ordered all the Saiyans to return to Planet Vegeta, the prince refused the order and Raditz stayed with him on the planet they were invading. After his race's demise, he worked alongside Vegeta and Nappa directly for Frieza's Galactic Frieza Army. While working with a team led by Vegeta, Raditz traveled to Earth to discover if Kakarot had finished the mission that he was sent on as a baby over two decades prior: the conquest of Earth. Upon arrival, however, Raditz discovered that Kakarot had lost his violent Saiyan tendencies and also had no knowledge of his true ancestry or his mission. Raditz attempted to persuade Goku to join him and become a Planet Trade pirate, but to no avail. He was slain by Piccolo on Earth, along with Kakarot. While his final transmission would continue the story of Kakarot and Piccolo, he himself was confined to the Home For Infinite Losers in the afterlife.
However, due to the shenanigans of Janemba many years later, Raditz was finally able to escape from HFIL along with the Dictator, but rather than finding himself on Earth, he found himself in a strange, unfamiliar multiverse. Where the heck was he?
Faction: None
