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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 Reed Nathaniel Richards Susan Storm _________________________________________________________ 34 & 32 | Engaged _________________________________________________________ Former Fantastic Four / The Future Foundation | American N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S N O T A B L E A B I L I T I E S & T O O L S - A B I L I T I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Reed Possesses a hyper-elastic, highly durable physiology that allows for reshaping, elongation, and expansion of his form. ◼ Sue Capable of bending light to become invisible and generating powerful, precise force fields. Her control is both fine-tuned and adaptable, able to protect, shape, or strike with remarkable finesse. - T O O L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Adaptive Nano-Weave Suits Custom-built by Reed using a blend of unstable molecules and nano-reactive fibers. These suits shift with their powers. Reed's stretching without resistance or tearing, Sue's turning fully invisible alongside her, or reinforcing under stress during field ops. They also provide limited environmental protection, minor impact resistance, and a failsafe biometric lock keyed only to them. Reed insists they're "still prototypes." Sue's worn hers through three building collapses and a gravitic field without issue. ◼ Baxcom A cobbled-together comms device built from salvaged Baxter Building components. Originally meant for interdimensional frequency monitoring, it now allows encrypted, short-range communication between allies. It's limited in bandwidth, but nearly untraceable thanks to Reed's quantum scrambling script. ◼ Spectral Lens Array Sue's modified eyewear, built from cracked quantum glass harvested during an early Reach skirmish, allows her to 'see' energy fields, gravitational fluxes, and faint traces of Reach tech. It assists in pinpointing energy signatures and detecting camouflage or cloaked units. ◼ Modular Fabricator Drone ("HERBIE Jr.") Built from the last surviving HERBIE chassis, now stripped down and mobile. HERBIE Jr. can be deployed for remote repairs, data scraping, or 3D-printing mission-critical tools from salvaged parts. Runs on solar/ambient energy and emits a charming chime when it boots up. ◼ The Argo A retrofitted transport built from the remains of an old Fantasticar prototype. A small two seater, the Argo has limited hover capabilities, short-burst cloaking, and a makeshift Faraday cage for keeping sensitive tech off-grid. Reed often calls it a "Death trap on wheels." Sue just calls it "Our ride." - N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S N O T A B L E S K I L L S & T A L E N T S - S K I L L (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Reed Quantum engineer, technologist, biophysicist, and inventor; his designs have shaped modern metahuman science, for better and worse. While not a traditional fighter, his battlefield creativity can shift the tide in unexpected ways, especially with the use of his power. ◼ Sue A leading researcher in hard-light physics and biophotonic shielding, with extensive field experience handling emergent phenomena. Sue's time in the field taught her more than physics. She's become a capable field leader. Calm under pressure, quick to assess terrain, and skilled in navigating hostile environments. She's developed an almost spy-like knack for reading rooms, slipping into restricted zones, and managing undercover operations. - T A L E N T (S) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ Reed Intuitive systems thinker. Able to conceptualize solutions in moments others would need weeks to formulate. His intellect remains his most formidable trait, being that he is arguably the smartest man on Earth. He is an instinctive builder who can make something extraordinary from virtually nothing. He's rarely without a working solution, even when working out of abandoned garages or alleys. ◼ Sue Strong emotional intelligence and exceptional spatial awareness. She often anticipates conflict before it begins and navigates group dynamics with quiet precision. - | T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... Reed and Sue met in a think-tank formed by Franklin Storm to nurture some of the worlds greatest young minds. It was the age old tale of unrequited love. Sue was obsessed with the slightly older and brilliant Reed, while Reed was so oblivious that it took a combination of Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm to have him realise all the times she was asking to study together, she was actually doing so to get closer to him, not to learn about thermodynamics. After their first date they knew it was love. The two of them were an inseperable team, and with Johnny and Ben at their side they were going to take the world by storm...if you'll pardon the pun. Reed's greatest idea was an interdimensional teleporter, something he had worked on from a young age, managing to send items through one end of the machine and out the other. With the resources available at the think tank, he was able to build a much bigger version of the teleporter, and after proposing his device to the US government he was given the backing to launch a space mission, using his technology to send his crew further into space than any human had ventured before. However with one condition, they were to work with the Latverian envoy to the think tank, Victor von Doom. The group had never liked Victor, but the government were insistent due to a conflict arising in the region of Latveria that the US had interests in. The publicity of sending one of their countrymen into space on a monumnetal flight was too good an opportunity to pass up. Of course, it didn't go to plan. The group that would shortly after become the Fantastic Four were altered on a chemical level by cosmic rays during their trip. They were lucky to make it back alive, and their ordeal only brought them closer together. After the space mission that changed everything, they tried to become something greater: public heroes, pioneers, an inspiration. It didn't hold. The world wasn't ready. And when the Reach arrived just as they were due to make their grand entrance, everything collapsed. They were underprepared and under-equipped. Useless against the advanced technology and might of The Reach. The team fractured quickly. Johnny wanted fame. Ben wanted stability. Reed wanted answers. Sue tried to hold it together, but after a devastating confrontation between Reed and Ben over a failed attempt to return Ben to normal, and Johnny's reckless behavior nearly exposing Sue's lab, the Four went dark. Officially? They disbanded. Unofficially? They split on bad terms. Now Reed and Sue operate as a two-person metahuman taskforce: low-profile, always moving, trying to stay one step ahead of Lord's regime. They chase down unstable Reach technology before it can be weaponized or salvaged by the government. Reed's guilt runs deep. His research, data meant to help locate emergent anomalies and map interdimensional flux was repurposed by Lord's regime to tag and hunt metahumans. Every captured mutant or vigilante with a tracker embedded beneath their skin is a reminder of what he helped build. He's made it his mission to tear it down. no matter the cost. Sue, meanwhile, has committed herself to building something new. A support structure. A resistance. The Future Foundation. She envisions it as a distributed network for young metas, fringe scientists, and refugees. She has hope that they can provide sanctuary for young Meta-Humans, a place they can escape to when they have nowhere else to turn. Together, they’ve salvaged pieces of the disbanded Baxter infrastructure, not a proper lab or base of operations, but a hidden basement server hub in Manhattan where the FF once stored early experiments. Now it's their base of operations, a barely-functioning, off-grid digital war room. They rarely see Ben or Johnny. When they do, it's tense. No one's quite ready to apologize. Maybe one day. But not yet. For now they trudge on, salvaging what they can together and reaching out to those they can. P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) I was recently speaking to my partner about how as a child I never saw the appeal of the Fantastic Four, and especially not Mr. Fantastic. As an adult though, I now realise the driving force behind the best stories are the interpersonal relationships between the characters within, and I honestly can think of few groups that exemplify this dynamic than the Fantastic Four. I've had an idea in my head since the Ultimate One roleplay I was involved in for a heroic version of The Maker. One who had lost Sue, but remained hopeful, albeit jaded and was out to help people. As I wrote this application though, I realised that without Sue, Reed would have very little left if Franklin and Valeria weren't born. Sue is his driving motivation for what he does more than anything else. I decided that a version of the two of them having lost Johnny and Ben due to family problems would be far more interesting and in line with my vision of these characters than my former idea. They have each other to rely on through and through, even if they are in the shadow of an event that tore their found family apart, and in a world that refuses to accept them. I see them trying to be a source of hope within the darkness of this world. They are trying to form The Future Foundation to reach out to young meta-humans with nowhere else to turn, and to form a network that can support each other. They might be younger than their usual depiction in the comics, but I intend to write them as the parental figures they are at heart. I want them to be characters that other players can rely on and will turn to for help or advice, and vice versa. Both of them are motivated in part by guilt. Reed primarily due to his perceived failure with the space misson, during The Reach Event, and because of his work being used by Lord to track young meta-humans. Sue is a lot more hopeful, but the fact she is estranged from her brother plays on her mind. If it isn't obvious already, I would hope for the two of them to become a driving force in uniting members of the RP under a team at some point down the line. As well as researching the Reach and their technology and having direct conflict with President Lord's forces in doing so. |
Pictures subject to change once I get home and can make a proper banner! I also notice the rule that specifies superheroes have only existed as a whole for five years and note that it conflicts with part of my backstory. Let me know if you need me to change the timeframe around their space mission. I thought it made more sense for them to have gone on it prior to The Reach invading, but I can work out another reason for them to have been hit by cosmic rays if you would prefer.
