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Create-A-Hero: A Superhero RPG (Closed)

Character you have created: Alias: Redback Speech Color (Actually say what you're using, don't go "Like this", or what not): I don't understand. Character Alignment: Hero Identity: None (Had to give up his real name to become Redback) Character appearance: Origin Info/Details: Redback was born in Scotland, sometime in the late 15th century and spent most of his early life fighting guys on the streets for money. After he was found by The Black Widow, Widow offered him the choice; to keep fighting on the streets, living hard from day to day. or become her assassin, to kill in return for power beyond measure. She presented him with a Gold slime and it reached out to him. She explained that it was a Spider, one of the many Spiders that she had created. A creature that lived off someone and granted them vast power. Staring into it, he saw himself with the power of a king, a castle of his own, an army under him... The creature called to him and he wanted... Needed to answer it. Reaching out, it attached to his hand and met with no resistance as it worked its way up his body and the countless years and countless lives of the Spider flashed before his eyes. Finally, he regained consciousness and was wearing a suit of gold armour. He looked around and saw the shadowy figure of a sapartan soldier, it nodded before turning and walking away. He knew of this man, he remembered his upbringing, the endless training, the glorious and bloody battles. The final battle, in which he had charged in and fought a long and bloody battle with Vlad the Impaler, finally transforming into the giant creature of pure rage, attempting to escape. He winced as he felt the blade pierce his throat, he swung wildly with his spear, before falling over, and into a portal. Then... He saw himself. Redback spent his first few decades assassinating barons and other small figures, before being sent to Feudal Japan to help in shaping the country's future. Then, when the new world of America was discovered, he was sent over to deal with the unending villainy, fighting in the American Civil War on the side of the Union. As the 20th century reared its ugly head, he was forced to go back to europe to instigate a war, a war that would end all wars... Or so it was supposed to be... After 5 failed attempts on the life of Kaiser Wilhelm, he targetted his nephew, Franz Ferdinand, and the first World War snowballed from there. He took part, on both sides, forcing both sides to witness the atrocities of war on such a scale. It wasn't until after the treaty of Versailles was signed that Black Widow realized the mistake she had made. With the stage already set for a second world war, Black Widow decided that the first war had not been bloody enough to cement the horrific nature in the minds of the masses, which is why Redback was assigned to protect the most despised man in history, and make sure he became the man he needed to be. It is indeed possible that Redback would be known as the most hated figure in history, were there more people that knew of him. As the 60's rolled around, Redback took his place for the last newsworthy killing he performed, by walking into the Dallas Book Depository on November 22nd 1963. An act that allowed a man to die an icon to aspire to, rather than a deviant that one should avoid. Redback, then dropped off the radar and let history sort itself out. Redback showed up again in Lost Haven in early 2011, gunning his way through a series of drug dens. Dayna Fowler was a reporter for channel 7 and was trying to get in on the scoop. The two finally met on December 21st 2011, when she caught him in the middle of a battle with a Mutant hitman that had been hired to protect one of their last dens. Although he won, Redback did suffer significant damage, and Dayna managed to drag him back to her house and fix him up. He declined a camera interview, but agreed to answer most any question she could ask. Her first question was about him, which he told her that he was an agent of the Spider and servant of The Black Widow, and explaining what that meant. Then she asked about anybody famous he had killed, to which he replied Kennedy. Naturally, this went on for quite some time, before she promised that she would follow him about and use him to get big scoops and work herself to the head of the news industry. He didn't particularly care. The first place she followed him was to a place he called "Fagin's." A dilapidated building with a warning from the architectural inspector, warning not to enter. Inside, he was looking after a number of runaway children. Some because they were abused at home, some because they hurt people with their powers, some simply because they had no-where else to go. Redback only agreed to look after them after they were tested by the Black Widow, who would determine if their future would be brighter or darker by staying. Those who are darker, he hands into the authorities, those who are brighter get to stay at Fagin's. He would bring them food and drink every day, he never interfered with what they planned to do, unless it was very against the law. It was at Fagin's that Redback was raising a boy, a side-kick as he liked to call himself. Dodger (William Artful Jones was his real name.) was a thief, and a mutant with electrokinesis, able to manipulate electrical current, absorbing, storing and shooting it, but not creating. When Dayna asked him why he kept Dodger around when he was so emotionally detached to everything, he simply replied that his death was going to occur within Dodgers lifetime, and so, it made no sense to emotionally detach himself from the boy. He has been assigned, by Black Widow to watch the city, due to an increase in villain activity. Although he has no orders to kill. As Redback went though the ages, he changed his appearance to be more fitting for the time. Originally having a suit of armour, appearing on battlefields across the globe to kill key leaders, being credited with several notable kills throughout the ages. he later moved onto a more sleek, musketeer look, then spent a long time in frontier America, and developed a cowboy appearance. He kept that look until the First world War. In the 80's, he updated his look again and has kept it ever since. Hero Type: Supernatural Power Level (Select one below): World Level Powers (Be Specific): Redback Spider (The Spider is a slime-based parasite that is bonded to Redback. The Redback parasite grants him a multitude of different abilities, apart from the increased Attributes, they also include:) Appearance Transformation (The Parasite is always around his body, acting as a second skin. He can change his face, clothes and hair/eye colour at will, but cannot change his size or body proportions. The slime can change its hardness, so it can go from being a tee-shirt to a full suit of medieval armour in but a thought. He can even change the properties of his clothes, making his long coat as hard as kevlar.) Telekinesis (His telekinesis is powerful enough to lift approximately 50 tons into the air, giving him roughly 50tPSI force when attempting flight. However, this is a power he never uses unless absolutely necessary. And even then, it is usually used reluctantly.) Full Power Mode (Full Power mode is a creature of unimaginable horror. This only activates when he is on the brink of death. He will transform into a large, slimy rage-monster. In this form, he will attempt to power his way out of his current predicament and make his way back to the Black Widow.) Advanced Healing (Not as powerful as that of say Wolverine, but his healing factor does allow him to heal from most any wound within 24 hours. Minor cuts and scapes heal in minutes. This power gives him an incredible pain tolerance threshold. In battles, he will rarely, if ever, show signs of pain. But that doesn't mean he doesn't feel it.) Attributes (Select one at each category): Strength Level: Able to physically lift approximately 750lbs (However, his telekinesis can lift substantially more.) Speed/Reaction Timing Level: 35MPH. Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: Able to exert himself at maximum for about 3 hours at a time. Agility: 5X human level (He is able to contort, bend and flex his body in ways that humans couldn't.) Intelligence: Above Average (Some would consider him a tactical genius, able to assess a situation and quickly discover the best solution to problems. He is also relatively book smart, though not a genius by any stretch of the imagination) Fighting Skill: Master (Having the equivalent experience of 2000 years of fighting) Resources: Minimal (The only resources he possesses beyond himself are the information that The Lost Boys provide, the Black Widow's instructions, and information that Dayna can provide) Weaknesses: Although he hides them well, weaknesses are a factor to him. Although the experience that he has gathered from previous lives gives him combat experience that the eldest of soldiers could never dream of, their instincts are copied onto him. Specifically the personality of one of his predecessors, a spartan soldier, had a severe dislike of using his powers, seeing them as unfair. As such he will rarely, if ever, call upon his powers in battle. Another weakness is in the Spider itself. When in his full Spider form, his only objective will be to fight his way out of the current predicament, meaning that it will ignore any other objective that Redback has been given in a bid for self preservation. He is not bulletproof, he can be killed by almost anything that would kill a normal human. Strong Sonic and Psionic blasts can sever his connection to the Spider and render him powerless. Changing the textile strength of his clothes is a conscious act, not an instinctive one, so, if he is unprepared for an attack on a part of his body, he has little defense. Supporting Characters: Dayna Fowler (A reporter and historian, she serves as his conscience, although he rarely listens to her when she tries to intervene in his work. Early in their working together, she tried to start a romantic relationship with him, trying to change him to be more like what she imagined, but quickly found that such a feat was not possible. She still holds him as a good friend, though.) Dodger (A 11 year old Electrokinetic boy. Dodger is a thief with a heart of gold and a smile that melts the heart of anyone that looks at him. He wears a leather jacket that is at least 2 sizes too large for him, and keeps a large amount of batteries in the pockets.) Black Widow (A being of immense cosmic power, she is the mistress of the Spiders. She is the one that grants Redback and the other Spiders their power.) Tarantula (Another Spider, born a Zulu Warrior in the late 19th century. His Spider is strength based. In recent years, he has come out as a homosexual.) Trapdoor (Another Spider, a femme-fatale and former Shinobi from Japan. Her Spider allows her to spawn poisonous barbs across her body that she can fire with the relative strength to a hand-gun. The Barbs don't pierce flesh well, only getting in far enough to deliver the poison. Redback has a strong dislike for her, she lacks discipline and has no sense of duty.) Do you know how to post pictures on RPG boards?: Not since they changed all of the coding... Sample Post (Minimum Four paragraphs containing dialogue. As this is an Advanced Level game, Sample must also meet the RPG forum's minimum requirement of 12 lines):

"You know, Redback, you really need to stop taking your fists to a gunfight." said Dayna as she plucked another bullet from his arm. Redback and Dayna were in her appartment, it was a small, 1 bedroom place, the door opening up directly into the living room, with the Kitchen being little more than a cupboard, a stove, a microwave and a toaster. The living room was only about 30 square meters (5X6), with 4 of those being the Kitchen. The furnishings were all cheap, with the sofa sat in front of the window of the appartment, looking 23 stories down to the streets bellow. "I should have known that "I need your help with something" meant "Mind if I come over so you can dig bullets out of my Triceps?" Why can you never just need help moving a couch?" she groaned. Redback said nothing. Finally, she pulled the last one out, there was a surprising lack of blood on the carpet. "I need to get me one of those Spiders." she said, before finishing the glass of wine she had been drinking. "You wouldn't like it." he said, getting up. the Parasite then rolled down his arm. "And I suppose a "Thanks" is out of the question?" she asked. Redback didn't reply. Instead, he walked over to the sofa and sat down. "You know, some days I wonder why I even talk to you." she sighed as she walked over and sat next to him. Redback reached into his coat pocket and took out a camcorder and handed it to her. "I don't know how much it caught, I had to set it up beforehand." he said. She opened the camcorder and pressed a few buttons before seeing the outside of a warehouse. An explosion sent Redback through one of the upstairs windows and landed on his back, he rolled over and began to walk away. but was hit in the shoulder by a bullet from someone that had appeared out of one of the doors. Redback turned and shot him in the leg. before walking away. "The rest of it is just watching the police and fire department arriving." he said. "Well, that all makes up for it." she said, before kissing him on the cheek. He took off his glasses and looked her in the eye, obviously confused by this act. "What?" she asked. "You're tall, dark, handsome and dangerous, how many women over the years HAVEN'T thrown themselves at you?" she asked. "You're the first." he replied. "Wait..." she smiled "Does that mean you are...?" His face didn't change, but a wide smile cracked on hers. "Seriously, the man who single handedly started 2 world wars, killed Kennedy and countless others, and you've never got laid? We need to change that." she moaned before rolling over ontop of him. He simply sighed and looked her in the eyes. "You haven't eaten anything today, have you?" "Nope." she replied. "You're drunk off one glass of wine... And I let you operate on me..." he sighed. "Don't make this about who operated on who." she said, unbuttoning her blouse. "Don't make this about your drunken attempts to start a romantic relationship with me, it's not going to work." he replied. She began to kiss his neck. "Of course it will." she said, then stopped. "Wait... You're not like Tarantula are you?" "No, he has romantic feelings for the same gender, I don't have romantic feelings." She reached for his armour and began to pull on it. "If you will stop with this, I will have sex with you." he said "But I will tell you before hand that it changes nothing." "Deal" she said before forcing her lips upon his. The parasite sliding off of his chest and into his back. **** The next morning, Dayna awoke in her bed and looked around, she grabbed her head, then quickly remembered what had happened. She got up and walked out into the living room in nothing but a Van Halen shirt that was far too large for her, that she used as a nightie. She saw Redback sitting on her couch. "We..." "Yes." he replied, gruffly. "Look, I'm... We..." "I told you, nothing would change." he said. She then turned around before realizing what he had said. "Wait, what?" she said, stumbling towards him. He caught her before she fell over. "Nothing changed? Everything has changed! You... Me... Had." she pushed her index fingers together. "And you say nothing has changed?" she asked. "You don't feel any different about me?" He said nothing. She slapped him in response. "Next time you need bullets being pulled out, don't come here, or i'll put more in!" she yelled. "I bet you didn't even wear a condom. Just for that, I'm not taking the pill, how do you think Black Widow will like your little Redbaby running around?" "Do as you wish, it's your body." he said, before walking to the door. As soon as he opened it, he heard her. "Wait..." she walked towards him. "Does... Does this really change nothing?" she asked, she looked into his eyes, they had the same, cold, emotionless stare as ever. She turned away and went over to her couch, sitting down. "I'm sorry. But I hope this opens your eyes as to why I don't have romantic relationships." He called before walking away.

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