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Name: Carlos Jorge de Medeiros Pierto de Almeida
Age: 29
Sex: Male

Appearance: Carlos is a strapping man, standing at 6'1" and weighing at
205 lbs, with a very toned athletic build and mesomorphic body-type. He has wildly curled jet black hair and baby-smooth honey-gold skin. His face possesses a diamond-heart shaped face. His broad-foreheaded, high-cheekboned face being framed with small ears, a chiseled jaw, and a strong chin; decorated by arched eyebrows, jewel-like olive eyes fringed with long eyelashes, a contoured nose, and plump pink rosebud lips. He keeps his face shaved to a stubble, having a slightly thicker mustache and goatee. He has no tattoos, piercings, or scars, his teeth are a pearly white and his hands large, but elegant.

Personality: Carlos is an ego-maniac. He thinks he's more intelligent than he actually is, and his boastful demeanor leads people to make this inference. Carlos is what you'd call a living facade - caring only about how others perceive him; as a man, as an entrepreneur, and as a politician. Though he can be a glass house, he's very cunning, manipulative, charismatic, observant, and despite the way he will come off most of the time, extremely intelligent.

Powers: N/A

Almost 30 years ago, he was born on June the 1st, in San Miguel de Allende, to a Mexican supermodel and a Brazilian politician. Well, the labels 'supermodel' and 'politician' are flattering. Carlos' father, Augusto de Filipe de Alexandre de Frederico de Almeida, was a gangster and pimp, who used his power to take control of many small islands with poor inhabitants, only to hold them under an authoritarian dictatorship. And while Carlos' mother is a beautiful woman, she lacked manners, respect, personality - so much so, she couldn't even fake having a quality besides her looks. Augusto used the money and power that came with his gangster lifestyle to overthrow 5 small islands, furthering his reach, only to gain legitimate appraisal all over South and Central America. Rich, powerful, and well connected, he was on top of the world, using his power to bring his wife up with him.

It was in the late 80s when the used and abused people of his island began to revolt and rebel, making enough noise to spread the word of him as a dictator. People had been trying to expose him for years, but he always managed to swat down all those who attempted to spread the word. His reign was coming to an end. His army dwindling down, dying and fleeing by the dozens. America was cutting all ties with him, condemning him after many many dealings, and there weren't many options for Augusto. As a last ditch effort, he sent his newly pregnant wife off to Panama with what American money they had access too and a lot of Augusto's personal notes and books. She would use this as passage to back to Mexico, giving them to an old rival of her husband's. And so it happened.

Carlos' mother, Maria Salviadora Sanchez, would make her way to Panama via multiple speed boat rides and make the exchange for $100,000 and a ride to Mexico, where she'd acquire her dream home and raise her son. She made it a point to keep her son school and religion-oriented. Carlos would spend all of his childhood and adolescence in boy's academies, always being amongst the most popular and high-regarded students. He was adored by all and trifled with by none. At the age of 25, having acquired his masters degree in electrical engineering and physics.

With the help of his mother, Maria pulling as many favors as she could, Carlos would open the Bettertech, which would later become Almeida Tech, under the conglomerate Almeida Enterprises. With these superhumans rising, Carlos saw this as an opportunity to garner points with the populace, being that he's known as a devout Christian. Asked for his thoughts on it during a press conference, he said they needed to be registered and policed - not only did this lead to a spike in followers on all social medias, but this also lead to meteoric rise in the company's stock. All of this success has driven Carlos to continue antagonizing the superhero people, calling them mutants and using religion to get more and more people on his side. With so many wash for him to play this he decided to get in touch with known superhumans before proceeding any further.

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Here and getting to work on my OC right away!

Principalities & Powers

Extremely interested, and getting to work on an OC as we speak. But, Gracias y buena suerte, to the GM. Let me know if you need help with anything, not that you need it, just wanting to offer a helping hand since I have a lot of time on mine. Same goes for everyone else ♥

¡ Hola, damas y caballeros!

¡ Muchas gracias por la bienvenida!

The Last of Us - Europe: Pray for The Fireflies

TL;DR - This is a rough draft. I've really only actually worked on the first and final paragraphs of this entire piece, most of my information being directly from The Last of Us Fandom Wiki Page. I would love to see how many people are interested in the idea of a European Version of the last of us. I'd love to collaborate, spitball ideas and expand on this barebones offering. I'm a roleplayer - not a GM, so having a Co is ideal. Thank you for reading and have a blessed day!

¡Que dios te bendiga!

It all started - or ended 15 years ago. Scientists and scholars alike said, and maintain that the cordyceps fungus mutated in South American crops, which is where the first infected human was. The export of these crops then lead to the spread of CBI (cordyceps brain infection), throughout Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It wouldn't reach America until September, and on the 27th, the cordyceps outbreak in Austin, Texas would occur. In early morning hours, CBI had reached critical mass, and even though the infection had been rising in intensity for days, it reached such a state when people began to be admitted to hospitals. The infection spread quickly in cities like Austin, eventually being confirmed to have spread nationwide. That's when runners, those within the first stage of infection, began popping up worldwide. That's when FEDRA (Federal Disaster Response Agency) and the CDC (Center for Disease Control) took of the United States Armed Forces, declaring a state of emergency. As social order collapsed, the remaining U.S. military forces were deployed into major cities and created massive quarantine zones to contain the masses and isolate the infection. The Air Force carpet-bombed the surrounding areas of some of the quarantine zones, significantly the downtown area of Boston, with the objective of killing as many of the infected as possible, while also creating buffer zones. It was this that caused the rise of the Fireflies.

The Fireflies were formed in response to the US military's martial law placed on all Quarantine Zones. The group called for the return of all branches of government to end the military's rule and staged several attacks within the Quarantine Zones. Support from the public increased when soldiers executed at least six Firefly members. The Fireflies successfully defeated the military in several Quarantine Zones, notably in Pittsburgh, but their actions did not always have the desired results. In most uprisings, rioting citizens have fought more than actual Firefly members, leading to feuds that typically resulted in the citizens turning on their city's Fireflies after the revolt was finished, fearing a rein of oppression by the Fireflies, rather than the Military. The Fireflies lost control and were executed or forced to flee, allowing the citizens to take over, some adopting a 'survival of the fittest' philosophy instead of trying to find a cure. Those people would band together with others of like-mindedness would be pegged 'hunters'. Hunters seem to be distinguished from other hostile survivors (like Bandits) in that their ranks are made up of former citizens of Quarantine Zones that were abandoned by the military. In the case of Pittsburgh, a Hunter group formed from the remnants of civilian rebels that seized control of the zone after overthrowing the military and subsequently resisting Firefly influence. Supply shortages and failure to establish a better government eventually lead to the remaining people of the Zone degrading into murderous Hunters, who are forced to kill outsiders for supplies.

Though no countries 'survived' the apocalypse, only 60% of Earth's human population being left after the apocalypse, some countries did a better job fairing than others. Russia, The US, The UK, Australia, North Korea, and Israel, were the most successful in defending against the Runners, who outnumbered the armed forces and survivors by plagues. Countries with high population density, like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Singapore, had the highest rate of infection spread and the hardest time defending against the infected. Then, it was countries with low hygiene and medical care, like Africa, Central America, Brazil, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Next were countries with with weak militaries like Mexico, New Zealand, most small islands, Poland, Spain, Germany, Mongolia, Central Asia, The Balkans, and Portugal. Countries with strategically indefensible positions like France, Italy, Greece, and The Nordics.

With Russia, The UK, and North Korea unwilling to help; Australia and Israel unable to help, The US would be the only country to answer the cries of those less fortunate - and this would go without a hitch. FEDRA would create a foreign branch called the International Disaster Response Agency. With haste, they'd send FEDRA officials to Panama, Portugal, Morocco, and Australia, where they'd introduce their formula to a country before moving on to the next, in exchange for resources being sent back to America after each time a FEDRA official helped. It'd take years for these 4 men to finish their journey, only to return to America, which was showing them the long term results of the practice they had helped spread.

It's the year 2028, and word of the Fireflies having some success in trials with a passive vaccine has reached Europe. This has sparked a rebellion in Paris, France (💀 we all know why) and now a new group under the name 'Lucioles' have been launching terrorist attacks for weeks now, and there are talks of a final attack being launched on Christmas. This has both citizens and INDRA Agents, all over Europe, on edge - many other Quarantine Zone inhabitants being inspired to fight back.

¡ Hola, damas y caballeros!

Hello! I am Perdóname, and I don't know why that's my name, because it's Spanish for forgive me, but it's pretty to say. I'm making my introduction so late after registration because I thought it'd be ill-mannered to skip the reading material provided to me. English is not my first language, so I apologize for any mistakes. Any other Spanish speaking users? Feel free to contact me! I'll be posting an interest check directly after this, so look out for that. Gracias por leer, y tener un día bendito¡ ❤