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

Dedonus said
Iron Knight application complete with sample post.@ NMS: Just out of curiosity, what are you using to create the character banners?

Approved, and I'll PM you in a bit

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

Buio DiAngelo said
so, nitemare. is lyger open for interaction yet?

Not just yet, I'm finishing an arc with him now, but I'll be free after that. I should be finished tomorrow (I have the day off)

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

“Well, everything seems to be in order. Congratulations Mr. Hunter, you are clear for your opening.” Mr. Jeffries, the city building inspector said after a thorough walkthrough of the building that will soon be known all over the city as The Hub.

This was the last in a long list of inspections that the club had to pass in order to be allowed to open. Though the club was still more than 2 weeks away from being ready to open, they were now free to concentrate on other important matters- Finalizing vendor contracts, securing DJ’s and other entertaining, and the like.

Just as Mr. Jeffries had turned and began to make his way to the front door, his clipboard in hand, satisfied with yet another day’s work, there was a strange rumbling sound and the ground began to shake.

The tremor only lasted a few seconds, but had left the inspector shaken. The pale faced man turned back to Scott and forced a chuckle.

“Well, we don’t get many of those around here….though it isn’t unheard of.” He said, almost as if trying to convince himself more than anything.

Scott, who had spent some time on the West Coast was used to earthquakes, though never one in Maine.

“Yeah.” Was all he managed to say as the inspector turned around again and continued out the door.

Scott knew that while the earthquake, if that is what it had been seemed relatively minor in comparison to some that he had experienced in California, the buildings in Lost Haven were not built to withstand an earthquake, which meant that there was a good chance that the quake had caused some real damage, and it was quite possible that people may have been injured or otherwise needed his help.

There was a blur of motion as he raced to the front door and locked it. Then, another blur of motion as he raced up the stairs, past his apartment and out the roof access door, where he had shed his civilian clothes, taking to the skies as Icon to observe any damage that the earthquake had caused.

As Icon flew across the city, he was relieved to see that the actual damage caused by the quake was relatively minor after all. However, his relief was replaced by bewilderment as he approached Little Ulster. The section of town which had come to be called "New Detroit" by some of the city's residence in reference to the disproportionately high crime rate, as well of the state of decay of many of the buildings in the neighborhood.

However, what he saw when he reached Little Ulster was not the decaying neighborhood that he had come to know. Instead of crumbling tenements and and deteriorating storefronts, he found a nearly pristine section of city, the buildings no longer in a state of decay. On the contrary, they looked almost brand new, and in the middle of Little Ulster, where the notorious MacCarver tenement had been replaced by a new, neatly groomed park.

If he hadn't known better, Icon would have thought that he had taken a wrong turn somewhere and had found himself flying over another section of the city, however, he knew that this was not the case. Then something else caught his eye-Slowly flying over Little Ulster was what could only be described as a crimson, angel like being. He could only assume that she had something to do with the sudden rejuvenation of Little Ulster, however, before he could investigate the strange entity, something else caught his attention

Screaming, scratching and begging for help from down below. The sounds were muffled, almost as if coming from below the ground. Fearing the worst, Icon closed his eyes, and utilized his "radar sense," he found that his fears were well founded. The muffled sounds were in fact coming from below the ground. From his special sense, he was able to locate dozens of people under the ground where the infamous tenement had once stood, however, the cries for help were from but a few.

Icon immediately dove for the ground toward the cries for help, and upon touching down, immediately went to work to free whoever it was that had been trapped below. He moved fast, in moments moving a truck full of dirt and rock, then mortar and plaster. Suddenly, shock, then panic set in as he realized exactly what he was facing. The entire tenement was under the park. He began digging more furiously, until he had forced himself through the layer of brick and plaster, and made contact with an arm. He reached in and pulled the person out, and much to his relief the young woman was alive.

"It's alright, I've got you. Icon said as he pulled the young woman from what had once been her apartment, her only reply was a gasp of air.

"You'll be alright." he reassured her before returning to the task of rescuing anyone who may have been still alive.

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

Create a Hero RPG Application NPC

Character you have created: Alexander Anderson, Director of STRIKE
Alias: None

Speech Color (Actually say what you're using, don't go "Like this", or what not): N/A

Character Alignment: Walking the Line (for now)

Identity: To the general public, secret. Known to top level politicians

Character Personality (Give information on how your character acts, what he/she believes in, how they handle situations): Alexander is cold and calculating. He is generally distrustful of meta humans and is willing to do anything he has to do in order to keep the population of the US safe from these beings that he sees as nothing more than menaces. As the Director of STRIKE, he has access to nearly unlimited resources, and he is willing to use it all to do what he believes must be done. However, above all he is a patriot, having fought for his country nearly all his adult life. Though his days as a soldier and field agent are over, he continues to fight using the resources at his disposal to make sure that the American way of life continues.
Uniform/costume: Generally, he wears nothing but the best designer suits. However, he does occasionally like to wear a military uniform to remind those around him that he is not above getting his hands dirty.


Origin Info/Details: Growing up in a small suburb of Chicago, Alexander Anderson always wanted more. It was because of this that the day after he turned 18 he met with an Army recruiter and soon after joined the United States Armed Services. Anderson excelled in every aspect of his service to the United States, serving first as an infantry soldier. During a routine checkpoint stop, Anderson noticed that one of the men inside a vehicle that was stopped was acting strangely. The man began pulling at the shirt he was wearing, trying to get at something that was being concealed. Without thinking, Anderson fired into the vehicle, killing the man and his accomplices. After searching the vehicle, it was found that the man had been trying to reach a detonator to a bomb in the trunk of the car, which would have killed not only those inside the vehicle, but there was enough explosive material to vaporize everyone within a quarter mile radius. Anderson's actions not only saved the men in his immediate vicinity, but dozens others living and working in the surrounding areas. For his actions he received several distinctive honors, not the least of which was the Congressional Medal of Honor. Anderson also gained a certain amount of recognition within the Armed Services, and was eventually recruited for a covert black ops group tasked with taking out high risk targets.
On one such mission in the jungles of South America, Anderson came face to face with a meta human for the first time.
While working to assassinate a former drug lord who had elevated himself to leader of a militia that had overthrown the legitimate government of a small South American country, Anderson's unit was attacked by a man who had the ability to control electricity. Using his gifts, the man single handedly eliminated Anderson's entire unit, except for Anderson himself, and his best friend Marcus Ryder. With Ryder help, Anderson was able to eliminate the meta, as well as the would be dictator.
After returning to the States, Anderson and Ryder were debriefed on the events on South America, and then were offered new roles in the US Military, working for a new organization that had been put together to deal with just the kind of "hostiles" that they had dealt with in the South American jungle, as well as a variety of other phenomena that the US Government was not willing to admit even existed.
Anderson accepted the position along with Ryder, and together they worked for nearly 20 years to keep the existence of Meta humans and other unexplained occurrences, as well as the agency itself, known only to a few as STRIKE, a complete secret. Eventually, Anderson worked his way up the ladder of the organization, at first as a field agent and then an administrator, until attaining the office of Director. With his vast resources, Anderson has continued fighting a war that began for him over 20 years ago in a remote jungle in South America, and has spread all over the world. A war he knows that we as a species cannot afford to lose.

Hero Type (Select one):
Normal (Non-powered characters)

Power Level (Select one below): While he has no super powers, he does control one of the largest agencies in the Government, so I'd say World Level.

Powers (Be Specific): None

Attributes (Select one at each category):

Strength Level: Normal Human

Speed/Reaction Timing Level: Normal Human

Endurance at MAXIMUM Effort: Normal Human

Agility: Normal Human

Intelligence: Genius

Fighting Skill: Mastered

Resources: Extreme

Weaknesses : He is a normal human

Supporting Characters (Does your character have a significant other? A mother? Friend? Who are they, what do they have to do with your character?):
Marcus Ryder: Best friend and former partner. Ryder is Anderson's right hand man, and still often works in the field to make sure that the nature of STRIKE's business remains a secret.
Elizabeth Powers: Anderson's personal assistant
Other agents, metas, politicians, and underlings which will be described when used.

List a few reasons why you've created that character: Since the first season, STRIKE has been a major influence in our universe, yet the organization remains a mystery. I'd like to use this character to bring some of the inner workings of STRIKE to light, and possibly make it into the force that it could be.

What can you bring to the RPG?: an interesting character who can really shake things up.

Do you know how to post pictures on the RPG boards?: Yep

Sample Post (Minimum Four paragraphs containing dialogue):

From behind his desk Alexander Anderson reviewed the events of the last several months, and begins to feel sick. For over twenty years he has worked tirelessly to protect the people of America from the threat posed by the unknown. These so-called "metahumans" that had recently been popping up all over the world were just one of the many instances of the unknown that has surfaced over the years.

The emergence of public "heroes" such as this Icon character has been somewhat problematic, though it was nothing that could not be handled.Since the day Anderson became a STRIKE agent, he has worked tirelessly to investigate the bizarre. Both as an agent, and an administrator, he had seen things that most people on the planet would never even knew existed, and for most of his professional life, he has been one of the few that stood between those things and the American public.

Now, those very things which he had fought so very long to keep secret from the masses has begun to emerge and openly flaunt their seemingly god-like abilities for all to see...

And that is a problem.

Already, he has seen throngs of people welcome these beings with open arms, willing to place their safety, and the safety of their own children in the hands of these few extraordinary "Super Humans." In his experience with the few enhanced humans that he has encountered, that course of action would prove to be a mistake.

A mistake that was going to cost a lot of lives. And that was something that he would not stand for.

With a press of a button, Anderson's computer screen showed a video feed of all the recently recorded metahuman activity all over the world, as well as a superimposed map of the world showing any new reports of meta activity. As he saw the growing number of incidents involving super powered beings, his stomach turned. He knew that with each and every new incident is another defeat for STRIKE. It was this thought which brings about another, and before he can fully explore this new thought, the buzzer on his desk sounded.

"Yes, what is it Ms Powers?"

"Sorry to disturb you Director Anderson, but Mr. Ryder is here to see you."

"Very well, send him in."

With that, there was a buzzing sound and the door to his office slid open and Marcus Ryder, Anderson's best friend and most trusted agent entered the lavish room. Anderson and Ryder have been partners and best friends for over twenty five years. They have fought side by side and survived many situations together that would have claimed the lives of lesser men. Above all else, Ryder is the only man on the face of the earth that Anderson trusts completely.

"Marcus, what have you brought me?"

Ryder reached under his vest producing a folder, tossing it on Anderson's desk.

"See for yourself, Alex. Afraid it's not good news."

Anderson briefly scaned the report inside the folder before putting aside.

"It doesn't matter."

"Sir?" He said, unable to keep the surprise from his voice.

"It doesn't matter, none of it. We've been at this for a long time, Marcus. And the whole time that we've been dealing with these freaks, we've been doing so with kid gloves. But I think that it's time to take those kid gloves off, to stop dealing with these things as if they're your average criminal. It's time to take these 'people' for what they really are...monsters. I've decided that it is time for STRIKE to take a more proactive role in dealing with the superhuman threat."

Anderson smiled as he met Ryder's gaze.

"Marcus, it's time for STRIKE to show these metahumans just what we are capable of."

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The Fair Lady said
Mercy is not finished yet. :) But I think she's ready to show a little.Character you have created: Aurelia FairchildAlias: MercySpeech Color: SilverCharacter Alignment: Villain

Approved

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Absolutely. I'm away from my computer atm, but I'll be on in about an hour. I'll do it then

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

Looks good. I'll see what I can come up with for a banner, I actually have a couple of designs in mind

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

No worries. Life happens

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

Ded is right. Go for it. Also, there is a slight chance that I wont be around tomorrow. But I'll be back Tuesday

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Last Lightspinner said
Doctor Doom has a small nation, may a character have one?

If you want. Though Forsaken is the ruler of a small nation in this game as well