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The Bandaged Man

"Life is a dream we all have to wake up from. In death is our eternal salvation."

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Name: Unknown 

Title: The Darkness, The Bandaged Man

Age: Unknown

Sex: Male

Date of birth: Unknown

Lineage: Entropy's Birth

Class/Major: Deity

Class/Minor: Warrior

Occupation: Curator

Alignment: Neutral Evil 

Marital Status: Single 

Birthplace: Unknown 

Blood Type: Unknown 

Eye Color: Blood red, black sclera. 

Height: 6"

Weight: 176 lbs 

Hair Color/Style: Short, black hair, unkempt and messy.

General Appearance: Akin to the picture above, the Darkness takes the form of a human male, roughly 30 years of age. Bandages cover most of his body, wrapped most prominently around his head and hands. These bandages are bloody, worn and messy; at times the ends of the bandages fall free from where they've been tucked in and wave in the wind. The Darkness is often dressed impeccably in a black suit jacket, black tie, white shirt, black slacks and black dress shoes, though oft times his clothes are messy and dirty, befitting his image as one of decay. The words "Wake Up" are written in blood on the left breast of his white shirt.

Skin Tone/Condition: Normal

Markings: -

Combat Stats

Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous 

Equipment:

-Upper Body: -

-Lower Body: -

Weapons
Cali - A longsword, plain and simple. Except not really. The sword was once the legendary blade Excalibur, owned by the equally legendary King Arthur. For the most part it is a wholly good blade, but in one plane of existence, the Bandaged Man appeared and slayed the king and his knights of the round. The Darkness took the fabled sword and corrupted it, turning it into a grim visage of its past, fit for a dark warrior such as himself. The sword also houses a daemon lord, one that grants the blade an infinite sharpness and a cutting edge roughly two feet longer than the blade itself.
Bass - A mere flintlock pistol, Bass is the home to a particular daemon lord: Basilisk. The pistol itself holds the power to petrify anything it looks at, along with having infinite ammunition since it's a magic pistol.
Yankee - Yankee is a grey aluminium baseball bat decorated with the livery of the baseball team the New York Yankees. Picked up on one of the Bandaged Man's jaunts to present day Earth in some dimension or other, the bat is his main melee weapon. Imbued with the strength to level mountains and open canyons, the bat is also home to a daemon lord.
Aury - A simple length of chain, Aury is one of the Bandaged Man's secondary weapons and is home to a special lord: Ouroboros, the Eternal Serpent. The chain is wielded as a whip, though if Aury's power is activated, the chain curls in on itself into the shape of a circle and turns into a force shield that can absorb and reflect any energy projectile shot at it, amplifying its powers tenfold first before firing the projectile back out.

Abilities
Enhanced strength, stamina, speed and endurance.

Magic
Unstoppable Darkness - The Bandaged Man is a vessel of the Darkness, and as he's spent so much time as one, he is made entirely of the dark. Regular physical attacks don't even faze him, and it'll only take powered magic attacks to attract his attention or hurt him.
Serpent Limbs - The Darkness has loaned the use of his minions to the Bandaged Man. These minions are serpents made of darkness that emanate from his back. With sharp fangs and even sharper venom, these shadow minions act as extensions of his limbs as well as weapons.
Dark Body - Being made of darkness, the Bandaged Man can camouflage and submerge himself in shadows, swimming through them much like Cho can.
Unkillable - And of course, he can't die, regenerating his darkness whenever he sustains a fatal amount of damage.

Bio

Voice: Raspy, deep tone. British accent.

Personality: Cynical, aloof and blunt, the Bandaged Man isn't one to beat about the bush when he wants to tell you something. However, he does have an eloquent side, if he isn't busy or involved in anything unsavoury. His past as a ruthless killer is long behind him, and though he carries the mentality with him into battle, he is no longer the same outside of stressful or battle situations. And if he trusts you, expect him to be a loyal and trustworthy ally.

Backstory: Eons ago, in an advanced world akin to modern-day Earth, there once was a man. This man was a soldier, a mercenary and a killer, who commited atrocities unlike no other, for his world was cold, uncaring, unfeeling towards the sufferings of those in lower social status. With no family, no friends and no conscience, the soldier killed for money, power and glory. And, when he died, no one missed him. The only thing he found in death was a cold, dark black that he embraced with open arms.

What he did not expect was that the darkness embraced him back.

Formless, indistinct and without direction, the Darkness sought out this soldier and absorbed his intelligence and physical substance into itself, integrating him within it. This soldier was the first and only Avatar of Darkness.

For centuries, the Avatar was the herald of the Darkness. Wherever he set foot, death and destruction followed in his wake. Whole empires and worlds destroyed themselves merely because of his presence. And throughout this, the Avatar revelled in it. The wanton slaughter and chaos only fed his bloodlust and insanity, slowly turning him into a monster.

Then, one day, he was approached by someone. Another Avatar, this one of the Light. The two Avatars fought each other on a barren world, one devoid of life. The battle lasted two whole years, and systematically destroyed the planet they fought on.

At the end of it, the two Avatars had fought themselves to a standstill. A stalemate. Then the Avatar of Light explained to his counterpart that this was how things were supposed to be. The Avatar of Darkness, and by extension the Darkness itself, listened to the Light as they explained a compromise: the gigaverse and all they knew was always to be kept in a balance of Light and Dark, never with one in excess. These two forces were always to cancel each other out, never triumphing over the other.

Thus the Avatar of Darkness retreated. He withdrew to another barren world, one devastated by disease and famine, leaving it a husk of its former self. There, he thought and looked back at his actions. He and his master determind, after a long time, years even, that their actions had been in the excess, causing a resurgence of Light that had given the Light Avatar a reason to seek out his counterpart. The fight was merely to balance the two forces, not for one to win over the other.

The Darkness and his Avatar then struck an agreement: no longer would they engage in such wanton acts of destruction. The Darkness, after all, was nigh-omnipotent, just like the Light, and after the eons of being used through its Avatar, had gained intelligence and wisdom and judgement. With this knowledge, the Darkness gave his Avatar a new task: to act as himself, traveling at his orders to specific locations to spread chaos and death for the greater good of all existence, maintaining the balance as was decreed.

The Avatar took on a new image as the Bandaged Man, and spent the remainder of their time up until present as that balancing force, always maintaining a level of darkness and death to counterbalance the good and light in the gigaverse. However, he was only one man. So, taking things into his own hands, the Bandanged Man created the Four Horsemen, each from a singular, meaningful and powerful death. The Four were Death, a deadly and ruthless sniper, War, a courageous and headstrong soldier, Famine, a cold and silent assassin, and Pestilence, a compassionate and stoic medic. Once the Four were fully assembled and aware, he briefed them on their duties: to assist him in maintaining this balance of Light and Dark.

Thus is how the Bandaged Man is now, the "boss" of the Four, though occasionally he is of wont to perform these duties himself.

The best way to do something right, after all, is to do it yourself.

Others

Daemons

Being the pioneer of daemonic weapons, it would therefore make sense that the Bandaged Man has, in his possession, four powerful daemon lords within his four weapons, as unorthodox as they are.

Cali

Cali is a powerful daemon lord, one who used to be under Lucifer's command. The power that she wielded was that of death, and she was the main dealer of it. In Excalibur she serves, bringing absolute death to those that dared oppose the Bandaged Man. Contrary to her status as one of the most powerful daemons in his arsenal, Cali is not the leader of the four. Lofty and resolute, she is a duty-bound daemon, one who appreciates those who put their heart and soul into their work. 

Cali brings death, plain and simple. She passively extends the cutting edge of the sword, giving it an extra two feet in length and a foot in breadth. Anything she cuts will also never heal, not even if she wills it. The only way to survive a wound would be to not get hit or die. As such, Cali is rarely used when the Bandaged Man requires someone alive instead of dead. 

Bass

Basilisk is a unique daemon, originally a mythical monster. This particular basilisk was given daemonhood when it found and drank from an unholy font. When the Bandaged Man found it, it was already a daemon with intelligence. The lizard now inhabits the flintlock pistol the Man carried around, and its petrifying gaze is its main power. It is a strange thing, referring to itself in the third person and being curious about many things. 

Basilisk is able to petrify anything it sets its gaze on. The effect is nigh instantaneous, and its victims are frozen in a stone visage. If the petrification reaches the victim's heart, they die. However, Basilisk must maintain its gaze continuously on the target otherwise the petrification effect is reversed just as quickly. Once a victim is dead or completely turned to stone they will not turn back. 

Yankee

Yankee is another daemon lord, one with immense strength and destructive power on a world ending scale. Who he actually is and why he chooses to stand with the Bandaged Man is a mystery. However, all the daemons within his arsenal, and even those of the Four all acknowledge Yankee as the biggest of them all. To say his real name would be a great blasphemy, though he does like the name of Yankee. Stoic and wise, he is often silent, though when he is needed, he does not hesitate to speak and act. 

Yankee brings sheer force to the playing field. Each swing of his bat carries the force of several hydrogen bombs going off at once, though this unrelenting power can be scaled and lowered if need be. Otherwise, the bat itself is nothing special, other than being able to withstand the forces at play.

Yankee notes, absently, that the team he is named after plays their sport well, and is an avid fan of the game. 

Aury

Ouroboros is a serpent daemon, the only one of her kind. Her status as the Eternal Serpent is one she carries with conviction. Loyal to a fault, yet enigmatic and wise, Aury inhabits the chain that the Bandaged Man carries around and uses as a whip. 

Aury provides both offensive and defensive capabilities to the Bandaged Man. In her whip form, she can bite and latch onto her targets, injecting them with potent venom or allowing the Man to pull them towards himself. In her shield form she is able to absorb, amplify and redirect any energy projectile shot at her. Physical projectiles are merely deflected, because her shield powers only work on energy, be it magic or actual energy.
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