Screen Name: -B-
Character you have created: Barsavis (He does not share his name, so in legend he is frequently known as "Beacon" by adults as well as "The Boogie Man" in mythology.
Alias: Mat Eastridge
Speech Color: TBD when site is fully operational
Character Alignment: Walking the Line
Identity: Secret, very secret
Barsavis is the embodiment of the Autumnal Equinox... Halloween.
-Moral: While he is a character that walks the line, it is a world of greys. He destroys when it needs destruction, and protects where it needs protection. His motivation above all is the protection of innocence, the standard of altruism, and self control. He, however, does not allow blanket judgements (such as laws and culture) dictate his actions.
-Core of Mystery: He holds a bitter sweet view. He blieves the way things were supposed to be have died before it could come into being. This, however, makes room for something new, the re-try in the universe. But for this world to come the old one must die.
-The Teacher of Courage: It is necicary to go into mystery to have courage. He has taken it upon himself as the self-appointed educator of children. He terrifies the spoiled into obediance, and he uses it to train others to stand up for themselves. This has earned him the reputation of being evil, but he insists that it be better to train them when there is no real danger present. But what happens when people are REALLY in danger?
-Protector: He believes it is the obligation of all to protect innocent people. Very important to note, I said "innocent" people.
-Playful: He loves kids and has an immature edge to him.
-Love of Beauty: He has studied art and nature in-depth. He is an artist at heart, not being repelled by reptiles, insects, anatomy, and other such things that are generally shunned. Instead he has found the beauty in these things and wears them proudly.
-Cautious: Barsavis chooses to never interact personally with anyone he encounters in his true form. This is not to protect himself, no it is to protect others from him. He knows how hazardous pride and power can become and what sort of temptresses they are. Because he is the protector, he refuses to allow any fame or reputation befall him.
-Clever: While he seems to be rather normal when interacting with him, he almost always has gears churning in the back of his mind. He uses his normal-ness as a mask to his cunning.
-The Guardian of the Gateway: Barsavis was originally the guardian of the portals through dreams. He is the one that prevents dreams from entering reality or the travel to other worlds through slumber.
Uniform/costume: A swath of vines, roots and natural growths surround a crystalline armour. Embedded inside, and mounted on his chest is a beetle (hence Bogie "beetle" man.) His spectral form is like his costume, only dark.
Time is a funny thing, or I should the perception of time is a funny thing, especially when sleeping. Sometimes you can go down for a night and it feels like not five minutes later you are cramming your breakfast down your throat so that you aren't late for your day. Sometimes it isn't like that at all, sometimes it is much longer. Sometimes it is scattered about and not in a single and obvious line.
That was what it was like with Barsavis. Really he started as Mat Eastridge, a young and clueless toddler with a heck of an imagination. However, through many fantastic dreams he learned. Originally plagued with nightmares, he learned to control his dreams. This opened the door to travel. He went many places, as an observer, as a participant, as a master. He went places that taught him to use his dreams while awake. Things made sense in this upside-down and backwards world. The human race planned for him as though he himself had affected the past. Each event came to him as a dream so that the lines of present and past were blurred. He knew things he had never done, but would have if he was actually there (or perhaps he was.) Piece by piece his waking life came in alignment with that of his dreams until it was just like going through a box of holiday decorations and saying "oh yah, I forgot about this."
Eventually a discussion was held concerning the now. The world was going down hill fast according to him. It was not just his obligation, but his duty to do something about it.
Hero Type: Supernatural (Stealth based psionic)
Power Level: Bottom of World Level, top of City Level
Powers :-Flight (150 mph, 40ft ceiling above surface)
-Spectral Form (Has a partitioned mind that allows two full functions and perceptions, but is limited to a maximum of 400 feet away, this additional perspective appears as a shadow to children.)
-Telekinesis (Can control fine articles as well as fluids. Strong by human standards, but nowhere as fantastic as most supers and machinery.)
-Smell fear (Can smell and distinguish different sorts of fear.)
-Ageless (Barsavis does not age, he is more spirit than a human.)
-Invisible mind (Psionics and mind-readers cannot detect him at all. Even people who can detect emotion are clueless.)
-Brain Fry: (When focused and looking into the eyes of his adversary, Barsavis can slow the synapses through a cocktail of exhaustion, dream, and fear. This makes the victim think slower than normal, and is usually imperceptible. If assaulted without restraint it can put a victim into a coma-like state. He or a psionic can reverse this but requires being physically present.)
Attributes:-Strength Level: 1 ton.
-Speed/Reaction Timing Level: Normal Human
-Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: Normal Human (but does not sleep)
-Agility: Normal Human
-Intelligence: Average
-Fighting Skill: Trained
-Resources: Minimal
Weaknesses: Barsavis has little self-confidence, and little faith in Humanity. He can find the negative in almost anyone, and he doesn't particularly like himself. His powers (particularly flight and telekinesis are affected by the amount of his will is available to him. While on a high he can deal with the world savers, on a low he is hard pressed to compete on the city level.)
Supporting Characters: Barsavis has a wife... Autumn. Both her name and the embodiment of the season. His Father-in-law is the embodiment of the winter solstice (Chris), and his mother-in-law is Winter. These characters all function as humans, are humans, and function in human society. The seasons still come and go along if they are not there. However, they CAN control the season by entering the ritual grounds. Currently Barsavis and his counterpart (The Vernal Equinox) guard and use the grounds conveniently located in Main.
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Barsavis opened his eyes. He couldn't sleep. A smile split Mat's lips broadly and rolled open to include his teeth. He couldn't sleep! No, you don't understand, he COULDN'T sleep. The power had returned. Barsavis was awake, and it was a time for fun and adventure, something had triggered the return to manual control. Sure, tonight would be a quiet night pretty much world wide in children's slumbers and bedding down. Almost none were going to be spooked by the Boogie Man tonight, but it meant a whole heck of a lot more to Mat that he finally got to stretch his telekinetic limbs and go flying again.
"I'm out on the town tonight, Dearest," he pecked his wife's cheeks. Blurry eyed, she glanced over to her husband to see that look in his eyes again.
"Mmmmm, you're so cute when you come back. Are you spooking or are you fighting crime?" She was still half asleep, and at one in the morning she was not about to get out of her warm covers.
He shrugged on a hoodie and crammed his feet in shoes. "One or the other. If it's a quiet night, I'm just going to scare the crap out of people, you know how it goes."
"Make me proud," She rolled over and went back to her well protected slumbers. Autumn hadn't faced a nightmare that Mat had not been puppeting and really it turned into a lot of fun as he did his best to awaken her deep fears and both of them laugh at the silly playground attempt at scaring her.