@Rune_AlchemistHow are we on the F - M ratio? Do we need more of one?
It's actually rather even, at the moment, I think~
So make whichever you wish~
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STATUS: I just can't. This is too much. Berserk was so influential on so many things that I love. Goodbye, Miura. You'll be missed by many. 5 yrs ago
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I just can't. This is too much. Berserk was so influential on so many things that I love. Goodbye, Miura. You'll be missed by many.
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Migraines ew
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Welp apparently discord servers are having some pretty bad Latency issues.
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Well I just got my mitts on the Links Awakening remake. Excus eme while I disappear for a weak while I relive my childhood
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Migraine killed me today. Posts tomorrow.
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Bio
Hello! Welcome to my little bio.
Not much to say, really. Just a horror game protag that likes writing and playing vidya games when I'm not being chased by the cosmic forces of darkness. (I'm a security guard that works night shifts usually).
Have some dancing medjed.
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It's actually rather even, at the moment, I think~
So make whichever you wish~
@IrishAngelQueen's Active Characters
Real Name: Scorpios McRae
Superhero Alias: He would like to be called Fangsong
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Power Set: Scorpio has the ability to change into animals that are poisonous in some way and he can talk to them in their own language. He can also hum a tune that will render the listener immobile, like when a scorpion strikes it's prey. His favorite form is the King Cobra.
Other Skills: Scorpio has been taking street fighting lessons from the older kids in his neighborhood since he was old enough to kick someone in the shins. He can also handle guns and blades like a master.
Weaknesses: Sometimes Scorpio has trouble shifting back into a human or switching back to English. It's all very frustrating for him. He also has trouble controlling his anger and how he deals with it.
Personality: Most of the time, Scorpio is very laid back and relaxed, very rarely does he pick a fight, unless he strongly believes in what he is fighting about. He is also very protective of his mother and little sister, he loves them more than he can express and gets very angry when someone talks about his mother or his sister the wrong way. One time, he broke a man's nose for saying disgusting, rude things about his mother. Daredevil
Backstory: Scorpio's dad left his family when Scorpio was just seven years old, leaving him and his pregnant mother to fend for themselves. They had a rough time being able to afford food to put on the table until he was twelve, when one of the neighborhood kids started paying him to walk his dog everyday. It helped everything go just a little bit more smoothly.
Then the same kid, Ivan, started to teach him how to defend himself. They quickly became friends and Ivan helped Scorpio and his mom out a lot, especially when Scorpio's mom needed someone to look after his little sister, Valerica. By the time Scorpio was Sixteen, Ivan was nineteen and in college. They were still friends until the day Ivan was killed by a drunk driver on his way home.
Scorpio was heartbroken and blamed himself. He could barely keep his tears in check when his family went to Ivan's funeral. After that he bottled up his anger at the drunk driver who had taken away his best friend. He still looked after his mom and his sister, who was nine years old by now. One day, he'd been having a bad day at work, when he accidentally immobilized his boss when he told him to shut up. He went home a bit shaken, to find a letter waiting for him. It goes from there.
Other: Scorpio's entire family is Irish and Scorpio tends to indulge in a little Irish Whiskey on happy occasions, but not enough to get drunk. Ivan's death prevented that from ever happening. He also wears black mascara because his eyelashes are so bright you can hardly see them. He wears eyeliner just cause he finds some sort of weird humor in it.
Real Name: Scorpios McRae
Superhero Alias: He would like to be called Fangsong
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Power Set: Scorpio has the ability to change into animals that are poisonous in some way and he can talk to them in their own language. He can also hum a tune that will render the listener immobile, like when a scorpion strikes it's prey. His favorite form is the King Cobra.
Other Skills: Scorpio has been taking street fighting lessons from the older kids in his neighborhood since he was old enough to kick someone in the shins. He can also handle guns and blades like a master.
Weaknesses: Sometimes Scorpio has trouble shifting back into a human or switching back to English. It's all very frustrating for him. He also has trouble controlling his anger and how he deals with it.
Personality: Most of the time, Scorpio is very laid back and relaxed, very rarely does he pick a fight, unless he strongly believes in what he is fighting about. He is also very protective of his mother and little sister, he loves them more than he can express and gets very angry when someone talks about his mother or his sister the wrong way. One time, he broke a man's nose for saying disgusting, rude things about his mother. Daredevil
Backstory: Scorpio's dad left his family when Scorpio was just seven years old, leaving him and his pregnant mother to fend for themselves. They had a rough time being able to afford food to put on the table until he was twelve, when one of the neighborhood kids started paying him to walk his dog everyday. It helped everything go just a little bit more smoothly.
Then the same kid, Ivan, started to teach him how to defend himself. They quickly became friends and Ivan helped Scorpio and his mom out a lot, especially when Scorpio's mom needed someone to look after his little sister, Valerica. By the time Scorpio was Sixteen, Ivan was nineteen and in college. They were still friends until the day Ivan was killed by a drunk driver on his way home.
Scorpio was heartbroken and blamed himself. He could barely keep his tears in check when his family went to Ivan's funeral. After that he bottled up his anger at the drunk driver who had taken away his best friend. He still looked after his mom and his sister, who was nine years old by now. One day, he'd been having a bad day at work, when he accidentally immobilized his boss when he told him to shut up. He went home a bit shaken, to find a letter waiting for him. It goes from there.
Other: Scorpio's entire family is Irish and Scorpio tends to indulge in a little Irish Whiskey on happy occasions, but not enough to get drunk. Ivan's death prevented that from ever happening. He also wears black mascara because his eyelashes are so bright you can hardly see them. He wears eyeliner just cause he finds some sort of weird humor in it.
@Tiggas's Current Active Characters
Real Name: Tarquin Hayes
Superhero Alias: Undecided between The Legioneer or The Strategist.
Gender: Male
Age: 13 (his birthday will be 5 days after he joins, if you don't mind)
Power Set: Tarquin is able to make historical figures be inside his head, three at the time, and summon their inventions an armies, each summon lasts 10 minutes, he can only sustain 2 at a time and doesn't control them the historical figures do. Currently they are:
Other Skills: Tarquin is fluent in portuguese, knows alot about History, is a rather fast reader and the since figures can understand and read the languages they spoke translate them for him if they want.
Weaknesses: Tarquin is physically weak he is also really bad at reading people and socializing in general.
Personality: When you meet Tarquin, well probably your the one that started the conversation since he rarely talks to anyone and when he does hes usually overly polite and quiet rarely gives his opinion. When you get to know it and become friends what you will find under that shy person will probably surprise you, a happy person, a rather complex character since he had little to no interaction with other people making him unable to show emotions most of the time.
Backstory: Tarquin was born in Newark, New Jersey, his mother a portuguese immigrant and hotel manager his father an american businessman. Tarquin spent most of his time reading books, using toy soldiers to recreate historical battles and playing videogames (mostly 4hex strategy and rougelikes), he was surprised when it happened, one day while recreating the battle of Munda he heard a voice inside his head "Actually we wrecked them harder than that" Tarquin was surprised but at the same time he knew he wasn't crazy, actually he knew what happened, why it happened and how to do it again, not sure where the knowledge of how to use his powers came from Tarquin decided to hide them. That until the day when the letter from the academy came and he had to explain everything to his parents, after the confusion of showing his powers they finally acepted his son's powers and sent him to the Herculean Academy.
Other: Says what his thinking way too much specially when talking to the historical figures and he's not a big fan of chocolate or sweet food in general. Electra.
Real Name: Tarquin Hayes
Superhero Alias: Undecided between The Legioneer or The Strategist.
Gender: Male
Age: 13 (his birthday will be 5 days after he joins, if you don't mind)
Power Set: Tarquin is able to make historical figures be inside his head, three at the time, and summon their inventions an armies, each summon lasts 10 minutes, he can only sustain 2 at a time and doesn't control them the historical figures do. Currently they are:
A serious and reserved man doesn't talk a lot unless asked about something.
Summon:
- Legio VIII Augusta (summons the eight roman legion)
Summon:
- Legio VIII Augusta (summons the eight roman legion)
Wise and likes to give his opinion about everything and usually quotes Art of War.
Summon:
- The 180 Concubines (summons Sun Tzu's army of 180 Concubines)
Summon:
- The 180 Concubines (summons Sun Tzu's army of 180 Concubines)
Arquimedes: Humoristic and creative allways enjoys a good challenge.
Summon:
- Steam Cannon (summons Arquimedes steam cannons, they are automatically operated)
Summon:
- Steam Cannon (summons Arquimedes steam cannons, they are automatically operated)
Napoleon: selfish and egocentric and allways talking about himself and how his plan was better.
Summon:
- Le Grande Armée (summons Napoleon's Great Army)
Summon:
- Le Grande Armée (summons Napoleon's Great Army)
Other Skills: Tarquin is fluent in portuguese, knows alot about History, is a rather fast reader and the since figures can understand and read the languages they spoke translate them for him if they want.
Weaknesses: Tarquin is physically weak he is also really bad at reading people and socializing in general.
Personality: When you meet Tarquin, well probably your the one that started the conversation since he rarely talks to anyone and when he does hes usually overly polite and quiet rarely gives his opinion. When you get to know it and become friends what you will find under that shy person will probably surprise you, a happy person, a rather complex character since he had little to no interaction with other people making him unable to show emotions most of the time.
Backstory: Tarquin was born in Newark, New Jersey, his mother a portuguese immigrant and hotel manager his father an american businessman. Tarquin spent most of his time reading books, using toy soldiers to recreate historical battles and playing videogames (mostly 4hex strategy and rougelikes), he was surprised when it happened, one day while recreating the battle of Munda he heard a voice inside his head "Actually we wrecked them harder than that" Tarquin was surprised but at the same time he knew he wasn't crazy, actually he knew what happened, why it happened and how to do it again, not sure where the knowledge of how to use his powers came from Tarquin decided to hide them. That until the day when the letter from the academy came and he had to explain everything to his parents, after the confusion of showing his powers they finally acepted his son's powers and sent him to the Herculean Academy.
Other: Says what his thinking way too much specially when talking to the historical figures and he's not a big fan of chocolate or sweet food in general. Electra.
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@Card Captor has explained it perfectly, thanks mate :)
Anyway, as he said, you just get the CS skeleton from the CS tab and PM it to the GM and the two Co-GMs in one PM. That way we can easily discuss the CS :)
Edit:
Dammit Rune! Dont Ninja me!
Kekekeek~
Gotta be faster if you wanna beat me, mate :P
Uh hello c:, I'm new here, Your RP is interesting. I was wondering how i would go about applying, I'm not really sure of how this site works. I have rp'd before just not on this site, please bare with me eh heh. //sweat
:D
NEW PERSON~
Don't worry, we're not that strict. Our application process is a bit different than most other RP's on the site, I think, but as Card Captor said, just PM a CS to @Rune_Alchemist, @Zoldyck, and @XxFellsingxX.
So, me, Fell, and Zol.
Welcome to the guild, by the way!~~
@Daxam's Currently Active Characters
Real Name: Zacary Yoxall
Superhero Alias: N/A
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance:
Power Set:
Carbon Shell: Zac's skin turns black and hardens to the point where he can easily deflect most attacks with his bare hands. Also used to augment his fighting proficiency and can protect himself from most attacks
Enhanced strength
Other Skills: Skilled martial artist, excellent cook, and decent artist
Weaknesses: Will gladly put himself in harm's way to save someone, no matter how dire the situation; Blunt weapons: while he can deflect blades easily, blunt weapons (like baseball bats, hammers, even brass knuckles) can still damage or destroy his shell, provided he's hit hard enough; Has little to no sense of direction
Personality: Zac is your average, happy-go-lucky kind of guy. He loves to generally be friends to anyone and everyone. Generally well-liked in return, one would find it incredibly difficult to have something bad to say about him, though he isn't without his faults, as well. He can tend to be stubborn, especially when a life is on the line.
Backstory: Zac comes from a normal family. Neither his parents, nor his two sisters, have any powers, though his parents would hazard a guess to say that he got his abilities from his grandparents. Anyway, when Zac had first discovered his powers, he was fifteen years old and making dinner for his family when the knife he was using missed the carrot he had been cutting. Instead of taking his finger off, his skin had blackened and stopped the blade dead in its tracks.
At first, he had freaked out. After all, every other time he had cooked and hit his finger, there had been blood. A lot of blood. But when the initial shock wore off, he realized it was actually a pretty neat ability. For the next year, he practiced on honing his power and can now cover his entire body in the black shell.
About a month after his seventeenth birthday, Zac had been walking home from school. The sun was low in the sky, resulting in long, dark shadows and alleys. He had been about to cross the street when he heard a scream. In one of the dark alleyways, a group of drunk men had surrounded a woman. Before he knew what he was doing, Zac's shell had appeared, covering his body and turning it as dark as the shadows. A few moments later, the thugs that were still conscious had run away, screaming about a monster in the darkness. A few days later, a letter had arrived in the mailbox...
Other: He loves dogs :3
Also stole a hot plate. Loves cooking in his room.
Superhero Alias: N/A
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance:
Power Set:
Carbon Shell: Zac's skin turns black and hardens to the point where he can easily deflect most attacks with his bare hands. Also used to augment his fighting proficiency and can protect himself from most attacks
Enhanced strength
Other Skills: Skilled martial artist, excellent cook, and decent artist
Weaknesses: Will gladly put himself in harm's way to save someone, no matter how dire the situation; Blunt weapons: while he can deflect blades easily, blunt weapons (like baseball bats, hammers, even brass knuckles) can still damage or destroy his shell, provided he's hit hard enough; Has little to no sense of direction
Personality: Zac is your average, happy-go-lucky kind of guy. He loves to generally be friends to anyone and everyone. Generally well-liked in return, one would find it incredibly difficult to have something bad to say about him, though he isn't without his faults, as well. He can tend to be stubborn, especially when a life is on the line.
Backstory: Zac comes from a normal family. Neither his parents, nor his two sisters, have any powers, though his parents would hazard a guess to say that he got his abilities from his grandparents. Anyway, when Zac had first discovered his powers, he was fifteen years old and making dinner for his family when the knife he was using missed the carrot he had been cutting. Instead of taking his finger off, his skin had blackened and stopped the blade dead in its tracks.
At first, he had freaked out. After all, every other time he had cooked and hit his finger, there had been blood. A lot of blood. But when the initial shock wore off, he realized it was actually a pretty neat ability. For the next year, he practiced on honing his power and can now cover his entire body in the black shell.
About a month after his seventeenth birthday, Zac had been walking home from school. The sun was low in the sky, resulting in long, dark shadows and alleys. He had been about to cross the street when he heard a scream. In one of the dark alleyways, a group of drunk men had surrounded a woman. Before he knew what he was doing, Zac's shell had appeared, covering his body and turning it as dark as the shadows. A few moments later, the thugs that were still conscious had run away, screaming about a monster in the darkness. A few days later, a letter had arrived in the mailbox...
Other: He loves dogs :3
Also stole a hot plate. Loves cooking in his room.
@Card Captor's Characters
Hasn't been seen since the RP started
Hasn't been seen since the RP started
Real Name: Joel Jones
Superhero Alias: None
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance:
Power Set: Body Alteration. Joel is able to alter any organic part of his body into any other kind of organic matter found on earth (ie turning his skin into tree bark, or his hand into the head of an animal). However he can not create or destroy matter, so if he want's to make something that has more mass then he's willing to trade, he can use another aspect of his power; Organic Absorption. With this, he can temporarily absorb foreign organic matter (dead or alive) to supply the mass needed for larger alterations, and eject it from his body when he reverts the change. Something to note however is that any damage taken to an altered body part will transfer to whatever extra organic matter he used for his change (if any), or his own body (if he didn't use any foreign matter). Through experimentation, he was able to discover that he could absorb foreign organic matter to heal himself, by having it replace any broken or missing pieces of his body. Something else of note is that the larger the foreign organic matter is, the longer it takes to absorb it
Other Skills: Is a skilled boxer. He also has an interest in marine biology
Weaknesses: His powers rely heavily on having nearby organic matter, so if there isn't any usable nearby, then he becomes severly limited in what he can do
Personality: Joel is a very compassionate and generous boy, he makes an effort to reach out to other and tries to see the good in everyone. However he can also be easily blinded by his compassion, to the point of it becoming naivete. Coupled with his difficulty reading people, and it makes it easy to take advantage of his generosity.
That being said; if he has no choice but to fight, he will fight, even if it puts him at risk. While he has no problem getting rough with his opponents, he does his best to avoid crippling or lethal blows
Backstory: Joel Jones was born into a wealthy English family, with two loving parents. His early days of life were rather simple and carefree when compared to his later life. None the less, his life was relatively normal until he turned 6 and got a new little brother in the form of one 4 year old named David Barlow. As it turned out, Joel's father's life had been saved years ago by a poor man. Out of gratitude, he offered the man a favor. David was this man's son. As it turns out, he was calling in his favor to have David raised in the Jones home.
Joel was excited to finally have have a boy his age around to play with, but David didn't seem to share his enthusiasm. David was cold and distant, far too much for any 4 year old. While he managed to hid it well enough around Joel's parents, he didn't bother keeping up the act. This continued for a few years until David's 7 birthday.
After all the guests had left and things were winding down for the night, David was still outside, playing with some of his birthday toys, when a strange dog attacked him. It's eyes were blood red, and it had actual horns on it's head. David ran for his life to the nearest tree (as the monster dog was in between him and the mansion) and climb up it like his life depended on it. This didn't deter the dog, as even with David up on a branch, it was still trying to jump up the tree. Just as David was starting to catch his breath, the branch he was on snapped and he fell to the ground. The impact broke his leg, and he could escape from the beast any longer. Right before the monster dog lept on him to tear out his through however, Joel tackled it to the ground. As they soon discovered however, it had much more physical strength then a normal dog, so it was starting to get out of Joel's grip. In that moment, David grabbed the nearby fallen branch and whacked the monster in the head over and over again until it stopped moving. Once the adrenaline was cleared out of both of their systems, David asked Joel
"...Why?"
To which Joel responded
"Because you're my brother"
Those words broke a floodgate of emotions inside of David, and he sobbed in Joel's chest. Things changed between them from then on
However as it turned out, upon it's death, the monster dog had irradiated the two of them, and they eventually developed super powers
Other: He carries around a pouch filled with grass. Zodiac; Dragon. Blood Type; O
Superhero Alias: None
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance:
Power Set: Body Alteration. Joel is able to alter any organic part of his body into any other kind of organic matter found on earth (ie turning his skin into tree bark, or his hand into the head of an animal). However he can not create or destroy matter, so if he want's to make something that has more mass then he's willing to trade, he can use another aspect of his power; Organic Absorption. With this, he can temporarily absorb foreign organic matter (dead or alive) to supply the mass needed for larger alterations, and eject it from his body when he reverts the change. Something to note however is that any damage taken to an altered body part will transfer to whatever extra organic matter he used for his change (if any), or his own body (if he didn't use any foreign matter). Through experimentation, he was able to discover that he could absorb foreign organic matter to heal himself, by having it replace any broken or missing pieces of his body. Something else of note is that the larger the foreign organic matter is, the longer it takes to absorb it
Other Skills: Is a skilled boxer. He also has an interest in marine biology
Weaknesses: His powers rely heavily on having nearby organic matter, so if there isn't any usable nearby, then he becomes severly limited in what he can do
Personality: Joel is a very compassionate and generous boy, he makes an effort to reach out to other and tries to see the good in everyone. However he can also be easily blinded by his compassion, to the point of it becoming naivete. Coupled with his difficulty reading people, and it makes it easy to take advantage of his generosity.
That being said; if he has no choice but to fight, he will fight, even if it puts him at risk. While he has no problem getting rough with his opponents, he does his best to avoid crippling or lethal blows
Backstory: Joel Jones was born into a wealthy English family, with two loving parents. His early days of life were rather simple and carefree when compared to his later life. None the less, his life was relatively normal until he turned 6 and got a new little brother in the form of one 4 year old named David Barlow. As it turned out, Joel's father's life had been saved years ago by a poor man. Out of gratitude, he offered the man a favor. David was this man's son. As it turns out, he was calling in his favor to have David raised in the Jones home.
Joel was excited to finally have have a boy his age around to play with, but David didn't seem to share his enthusiasm. David was cold and distant, far too much for any 4 year old. While he managed to hid it well enough around Joel's parents, he didn't bother keeping up the act. This continued for a few years until David's 7 birthday.
After all the guests had left and things were winding down for the night, David was still outside, playing with some of his birthday toys, when a strange dog attacked him. It's eyes were blood red, and it had actual horns on it's head. David ran for his life to the nearest tree (as the monster dog was in between him and the mansion) and climb up it like his life depended on it. This didn't deter the dog, as even with David up on a branch, it was still trying to jump up the tree. Just as David was starting to catch his breath, the branch he was on snapped and he fell to the ground. The impact broke his leg, and he could escape from the beast any longer. Right before the monster dog lept on him to tear out his through however, Joel tackled it to the ground. As they soon discovered however, it had much more physical strength then a normal dog, so it was starting to get out of Joel's grip. In that moment, David grabbed the nearby fallen branch and whacked the monster in the head over and over again until it stopped moving. Once the adrenaline was cleared out of both of their systems, David asked Joel
"...Why?"
To which Joel responded
"Because you're my brother"
Those words broke a floodgate of emotions inside of David, and he sobbed in Joel's chest. Things changed between them from then on
However as it turned out, upon it's death, the monster dog had irradiated the two of them, and they eventually developed super powers
Other: He carries around a pouch filled with grass. Zodiac; Dragon. Blood Type; O
Real Name: David Barlow
Superhero Alias: None yet
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Appearance:
Power Set: Within The Shadows. David has the power to make anything inside of a shadow, or in the dark completely invisible to the entire light spectrum. He can only make part of something invisible too if he wants. Anyone completely under it's effects will be able to see other things and people made invisible with his power, but to differentiation them from objects not under his power, they will appear transparent and extremely faded. He also posses excellent night vision
Other Skills: David is a clever boy, he tries to win his fight out thinking his opponents rather then over powering them. He's also proven adapt at physiological warfare, using his words to get under the skin of his foes (although his time with him has granted Joel Jones an immunity to this). He's also an amazing actor, having developed a persona he uses in fights
Weaknesses: Light. Since his powers can only be used on people or things in darkness, if he's in a location that has too much light, it becomes unusable
Personality: David is a very jade boy. Due to having grown up drowning in the worst of humanity, he's quick to find the worst in other people, and has trouble trusting others. His alternate persona; DAVID (which he insists is in all caps) is cruel and condescending to his foes, openly mocking them while occasionally even laughing at them. However in reality, David is a scared and insecure boy. Having seen such evil so soon in his life has left him paranoid of other people. For him, DAVID is a crutch that he made from his memories of people he knew before living with the Jones'. Without that crutch, he just doesn't know how to interact with others...
Backstory:
The beginning of David's life wasn't a really great introduction to the world; He was born to an alcoholic father, and a mother who took up smoking not long after his birth. They lived in what could be easily called slums...it wasn't a safe neighborhood. Although his time with them was short, he picked up more then his fair share of nightmares. However things soon turned around for David; seeking to get rid of him without having to do anything, David's biological father sent him to the Jones mansion to call in a favor the head of the house owed him. Truthfully, he didn't expect the man to follow through on his word, since he doubted that he really believed that he saved his life when he was really just about to rob what he thought was a corpse. When David didn't return, he assumed that the boy had been killed along the way
Life at the Jones mansion was radically different. Not only was he now eating three meals a day, but he was eating his fill for all three of them, he had his own room with an actual bed, and he had clothes that didn't have holes in them. For David it was too good to be true...literally. David couldn't believe that these people would just take him into their home just like that without some ulterior motive. Especially his new brother; Joel Jones. David had just intruded on his territory, there was no way anyone would really be as okay with that as Joel seemed to be. However...his point of view drastically changed on his 7th birthday
After all the guests had left and things were winding down for the night, David was still outside, playing with some of his birthday toys, when a strange dog attacked him. It's eyes were blood red, and it had actual horns on it's head. David ran for his life to the nearest tree (as the monster dog was in between him and the mansion) and climb up it like his life depended on it. This didn't deter the dog, as even with David up on a branch, it was still trying to jump up the tree. Just as David was starting to catch his breath, the branch he was on snapped and he fell to the ground. The impact broke his leg, and he could escape from the beast any longer. Right before the monster dog lept on him to tear out his through however, Joel tackled it to the ground. As they soon discovered however, it had much more physical strength then a normal dog, so it was starting to get out of Joel's grip. In that moment, David grabbed the nearby fallen branch and whacked the monster in the head over and over again until it stopped moving. Once the adrenaline was cleared out of both of their systems, David asked Joel
"...Why?"
To which Joel responded
"Because you're my brother"
Those words broke a floodgate of emotions inside of David, and he sobbed in Joel's chest. Things changed between them from then on
However as it turned out, upon it's death, the monster dog had irradiated the two of them, and they eventually developed super powers
Other: His voice is normally very gentle sounding, however he developed a deeper and harsher one to use in his DAVID persona. Zodiac; Snake. Blood Type; AB
Superhero Alias: None yet
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Appearance:
Power Set: Within The Shadows. David has the power to make anything inside of a shadow, or in the dark completely invisible to the entire light spectrum. He can only make part of something invisible too if he wants. Anyone completely under it's effects will be able to see other things and people made invisible with his power, but to differentiation them from objects not under his power, they will appear transparent and extremely faded. He also posses excellent night vision
Other Skills: David is a clever boy, he tries to win his fight out thinking his opponents rather then over powering them. He's also proven adapt at physiological warfare, using his words to get under the skin of his foes (although his time with him has granted Joel Jones an immunity to this). He's also an amazing actor, having developed a persona he uses in fights
Weaknesses: Light. Since his powers can only be used on people or things in darkness, if he's in a location that has too much light, it becomes unusable
Personality: David is a very jade boy. Due to having grown up drowning in the worst of humanity, he's quick to find the worst in other people, and has trouble trusting others. His alternate persona; DAVID (which he insists is in all caps) is cruel and condescending to his foes, openly mocking them while occasionally even laughing at them. However in reality, David is a scared and insecure boy. Having seen such evil so soon in his life has left him paranoid of other people. For him, DAVID is a crutch that he made from his memories of people he knew before living with the Jones'. Without that crutch, he just doesn't know how to interact with others...
Backstory:
The beginning of David's life wasn't a really great introduction to the world; He was born to an alcoholic father, and a mother who took up smoking not long after his birth. They lived in what could be easily called slums...it wasn't a safe neighborhood. Although his time with them was short, he picked up more then his fair share of nightmares. However things soon turned around for David; seeking to get rid of him without having to do anything, David's biological father sent him to the Jones mansion to call in a favor the head of the house owed him. Truthfully, he didn't expect the man to follow through on his word, since he doubted that he really believed that he saved his life when he was really just about to rob what he thought was a corpse. When David didn't return, he assumed that the boy had been killed along the way
Life at the Jones mansion was radically different. Not only was he now eating three meals a day, but he was eating his fill for all three of them, he had his own room with an actual bed, and he had clothes that didn't have holes in them. For David it was too good to be true...literally. David couldn't believe that these people would just take him into their home just like that without some ulterior motive. Especially his new brother; Joel Jones. David had just intruded on his territory, there was no way anyone would really be as okay with that as Joel seemed to be. However...his point of view drastically changed on his 7th birthday
After all the guests had left and things were winding down for the night, David was still outside, playing with some of his birthday toys, when a strange dog attacked him. It's eyes were blood red, and it had actual horns on it's head. David ran for his life to the nearest tree (as the monster dog was in between him and the mansion) and climb up it like his life depended on it. This didn't deter the dog, as even with David up on a branch, it was still trying to jump up the tree. Just as David was starting to catch his breath, the branch he was on snapped and he fell to the ground. The impact broke his leg, and he could escape from the beast any longer. Right before the monster dog lept on him to tear out his through however, Joel tackled it to the ground. As they soon discovered however, it had much more physical strength then a normal dog, so it was starting to get out of Joel's grip. In that moment, David grabbed the nearby fallen branch and whacked the monster in the head over and over again until it stopped moving. Once the adrenaline was cleared out of both of their systems, David asked Joel
"...Why?"
To which Joel responded
"Because you're my brother"
Those words broke a floodgate of emotions inside of David, and he sobbed in Joel's chest. Things changed between them from then on
However as it turned out, upon it's death, the monster dog had irradiated the two of them, and they eventually developed super powers
Other: His voice is normally very gentle sounding, however he developed a deeper and harsher one to use in his DAVID persona. Zodiac; Snake. Blood Type; AB
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Currently Inactive. Dropped the RP~
Real Name: Adam Brenton
Superhero Alias: Grave
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Power Set:
Astral Projection: Adam's soul can leave his body, it's been able to do that since he was alive. He can travel unseen by normal eyes and can even interact with the material world if he concentrates, but the longer he's out the more thin he begins to feel. If he stays out of his body too long he fears he'll fade away entirely.
Other Skills:
Dead: Adam has been killed, but because his soul was always under his control he is allowed to keep playing the game on hard mode. This time, however, he doesn't have to eat, sleep or feel pain.
Analytical: He observes his surroundings very well, and can pick up on any information around him which might prove useful. He can also find the best hiding spot.
Empathetic: He can pick up on people's emotions very easily.
Weaknesses:
Dead: Adam is dead. While this has its advantages, his body no longer heals on its own and without outside assistance every bit of damage he takes is a permanent addition to his slowly eroding vessel. Broke his arm? It'll stay that way. Forever.
Afraid of Dying: Adam has already died once, and he didn't like it. Want him to rush in and save you? He may, but not without a lot of hesitating and weighing his options. Some think of this as cowardice, because it is.
Personality: When he was alive, Adam wasn’t a particularly sociable kid, but he wasn’t a loner either. He was a friendly kid and never seemed to get on anyone’s bad side, which was mainly because of his empathy, he always seemed to understand what was wrong and be there to listen. People liked hanging around him because he was easy to talk to. He was also that lazy sort of intelligent which makes a kid indecisive about what it is they want to do, but he thought he had all the time in the world to figure that out.
Being dead hasn’t really changed that, but it has made him more distant and harder to get close to. It’s also added a lot more fear to the optimistic boy he once was. Now, instead of being ready to jump into the trenches alongside you when you need a hand, he’s more concerned about breaking something he can’t fix, or being caught by some freak accident.
Backstory: Adam was born in a small town in Maine, and his childhood started off fairly normal. Two parents who worked hard to keep their family comfortable, an older brother and younger sister. Friends, school, it was all perfectly normal. At least it started that way. When he was in third grade he began to have ‘episodes,’ the teachers called them. He would simply pass out, and nobody could wake him up. They started off short, and when he came too he seemed to have no recollection of anything being wrong. He was taken to the doctor, but nothing was diagnosed. As far as they could tell, he was perfectly normal. The episodes began to get longer, and when they were over he would say he was dreaming.
Other kids began to make fun of him, or be afraid of him, for being weird. He was put in special classes for children with medical disabilities; it didn’t make any sense to him, and he couldn’t understand what was wrong. Eventually, his mother decided to home school him. After several more months of watching her son go in and out of consciousness, she finally sat down to talk to him. She told him about his grandmother, a woman with strange powers that she herself had never believed in. It was called astral projection, and it meant her soul could leave her body. She told him she didn’t know how to help, but he needed to learn how to control this or one day he would drift away from his body and never come back.
Naturally, that terrified him. He began to stay focused on keeping his powers in check, on keeping his soul firmly housed within his body, and it worked. He stopped drifting away and everything returned to normal. He even made it in time for the next school year. Years passed, and he always kept it in the back of his mind that his soul needed to stay in his body. He went so long without an incident that sometimes he thought it had never happened, just the imagined events of a child. Then, partway through high school, he died.
It wasn’t a natural death, it was a sudden and violent end. He was on his way home from school when he saw a fight breaking out in a parking lot, youthfully confident in his invulnerability he tried to stop it, he didn’t see the gun. One bullet through the heart and he was lying on his back, it wasn’t much longer before the ruined organ stopped beating entirely. However, a funny thing happened. He had been struggling to keep his soul in his body for so long that it had strengthened like a muscle, until even death couldn’t pull it away. That said, he had forgotten what he could do. For a long time he stood beside his dead body, watching its progress to the grave. Nobody could see or hear him. It wasn’t until he had witnessed his own embalming that he began to fear being alone, unnoticed for the rest of eternity. He began to remember what he had been doing when he was a child, controlling his soul, and he’d always been able to walk back into his body. Why should this be any different?
While it was still on the table, he stepped into his own corpse and walked off shakily. His parents were shocked to see him, his father fainted immediately, but his mother was more prepared for something like that occurring. She knew that in a small town she could never explain why her son was still alive, there was no place left for him in Maine. While they were struggling to find out what to do, a mysterious letter arrived in the mail which led him to Herculean Academy.
Other:
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Real Name: Hector Faust
Superhero Alias: Goetia
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Power Set: Summoning Magic - Faust can bring forth shapeless entities from another realm and give them a physical form of his own creation, which is why they appear to be beings from religious mythology. In reality they are something that even he doesn't fully understand. He can only control one of these entities at a time, and it's a taxing process. Currently, there are only three entities he can summon, but he's always researching.
What can he summon? Well...that's been classified by the god of the CS's.
Other Skills:
Arcane Knowledge - Faust is familiar with a variety of arcane texts and their contents, known and unknown.
Mythological Knowledge - Faust's research has made him familiar with a variety of different mythologies.
Agility - Although not especially so, Faust is fairly agile and has good reflexes, he can easily dodge careless or novice attacks and stay on his feet.
Memorization - Remembering arcane lore when using magic is incredibly important, so while he can't recall everything he's ever read he is very good at memorizing what he needs.
Weaknesses:
Limited Summoning - Once he has chosen an invocation, he's stuck with it for the duration of the battle.
Squishy - Outside of his magic, he's a normal human being and not capable of anything physically superhuman. This renders him particularly vulnerable in combat, and is only narrowly mitigated by his reflexes.
Incantation - He has to perform a ritual to summon an entity. Although this ritual isn't too long, unless he is supported or has a chivalrous enemy he is not likely to finish it before they can strike.
Subject: History
Personality: When he was younger, Hector was a little shit. He was self-aggrandizing, stubborn, impatient and overconfident. He valued knowledge more than experience, and power more than wisdom. He didn’t see where that path would lead him until walking it had cost him dearly. Now, tempered by his experiences, he has become devoted to using his power to benefit others. Using his experience as a lesson for others seemed like the best way to do that, which is why he became a teacher.
Backstory:
~ Also Classified by ze god of the CS's~
Other: High volume! Theme Song
Currently Inactive. Dropped the RP~
"Gaunt, grey and cold as a corpse. Because he is."
Real Name: Adam Brenton
Superhero Alias: Grave
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Power Set:
Astral Projection: Adam's soul can leave his body, it's been able to do that since he was alive. He can travel unseen by normal eyes and can even interact with the material world if he concentrates, but the longer he's out the more thin he begins to feel. If he stays out of his body too long he fears he'll fade away entirely.
Other Skills:
Dead: Adam has been killed, but because his soul was always under his control he is allowed to keep playing the game on hard mode. This time, however, he doesn't have to eat, sleep or feel pain.
Analytical: He observes his surroundings very well, and can pick up on any information around him which might prove useful. He can also find the best hiding spot.
Empathetic: He can pick up on people's emotions very easily.
Weaknesses:
Dead: Adam is dead. While this has its advantages, his body no longer heals on its own and without outside assistance every bit of damage he takes is a permanent addition to his slowly eroding vessel. Broke his arm? It'll stay that way. Forever.
Afraid of Dying: Adam has already died once, and he didn't like it. Want him to rush in and save you? He may, but not without a lot of hesitating and weighing his options. Some think of this as cowardice, because it is.
Personality: When he was alive, Adam wasn’t a particularly sociable kid, but he wasn’t a loner either. He was a friendly kid and never seemed to get on anyone’s bad side, which was mainly because of his empathy, he always seemed to understand what was wrong and be there to listen. People liked hanging around him because he was easy to talk to. He was also that lazy sort of intelligent which makes a kid indecisive about what it is they want to do, but he thought he had all the time in the world to figure that out.
Being dead hasn’t really changed that, but it has made him more distant and harder to get close to. It’s also added a lot more fear to the optimistic boy he once was. Now, instead of being ready to jump into the trenches alongside you when you need a hand, he’s more concerned about breaking something he can’t fix, or being caught by some freak accident.
Backstory: Adam was born in a small town in Maine, and his childhood started off fairly normal. Two parents who worked hard to keep their family comfortable, an older brother and younger sister. Friends, school, it was all perfectly normal. At least it started that way. When he was in third grade he began to have ‘episodes,’ the teachers called them. He would simply pass out, and nobody could wake him up. They started off short, and when he came too he seemed to have no recollection of anything being wrong. He was taken to the doctor, but nothing was diagnosed. As far as they could tell, he was perfectly normal. The episodes began to get longer, and when they were over he would say he was dreaming.
Other kids began to make fun of him, or be afraid of him, for being weird. He was put in special classes for children with medical disabilities; it didn’t make any sense to him, and he couldn’t understand what was wrong. Eventually, his mother decided to home school him. After several more months of watching her son go in and out of consciousness, she finally sat down to talk to him. She told him about his grandmother, a woman with strange powers that she herself had never believed in. It was called astral projection, and it meant her soul could leave her body. She told him she didn’t know how to help, but he needed to learn how to control this or one day he would drift away from his body and never come back.
Naturally, that terrified him. He began to stay focused on keeping his powers in check, on keeping his soul firmly housed within his body, and it worked. He stopped drifting away and everything returned to normal. He even made it in time for the next school year. Years passed, and he always kept it in the back of his mind that his soul needed to stay in his body. He went so long without an incident that sometimes he thought it had never happened, just the imagined events of a child. Then, partway through high school, he died.
It wasn’t a natural death, it was a sudden and violent end. He was on his way home from school when he saw a fight breaking out in a parking lot, youthfully confident in his invulnerability he tried to stop it, he didn’t see the gun. One bullet through the heart and he was lying on his back, it wasn’t much longer before the ruined organ stopped beating entirely. However, a funny thing happened. He had been struggling to keep his soul in his body for so long that it had strengthened like a muscle, until even death couldn’t pull it away. That said, he had forgotten what he could do. For a long time he stood beside his dead body, watching its progress to the grave. Nobody could see or hear him. It wasn’t until he had witnessed his own embalming that he began to fear being alone, unnoticed for the rest of eternity. He began to remember what he had been doing when he was a child, controlling his soul, and he’d always been able to walk back into his body. Why should this be any different?
While it was still on the table, he stepped into his own corpse and walked off shakily. His parents were shocked to see him, his father fainted immediately, but his mother was more prepared for something like that occurring. She knew that in a small town she could never explain why her son was still alive, there was no place left for him in Maine. While they were struggling to find out what to do, a mysterious letter arrived in the mail which led him to Herculean Academy.
Other:
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"Tread lightly or be consumed."
Real Name: Hector Faust
Superhero Alias: Goetia
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Power Set: Summoning Magic - Faust can bring forth shapeless entities from another realm and give them a physical form of his own creation, which is why they appear to be beings from religious mythology. In reality they are something that even he doesn't fully understand. He can only control one of these entities at a time, and it's a taxing process. Currently, there are only three entities he can summon, but he's always researching.
What can he summon? Well...that's been classified by the god of the CS's.
Other Skills:
Arcane Knowledge - Faust is familiar with a variety of arcane texts and their contents, known and unknown.
Mythological Knowledge - Faust's research has made him familiar with a variety of different mythologies.
Agility - Although not especially so, Faust is fairly agile and has good reflexes, he can easily dodge careless or novice attacks and stay on his feet.
Memorization - Remembering arcane lore when using magic is incredibly important, so while he can't recall everything he's ever read he is very good at memorizing what he needs.
Weaknesses:
Limited Summoning - Once he has chosen an invocation, he's stuck with it for the duration of the battle.
Squishy - Outside of his magic, he's a normal human being and not capable of anything physically superhuman. This renders him particularly vulnerable in combat, and is only narrowly mitigated by his reflexes.
Incantation - He has to perform a ritual to summon an entity. Although this ritual isn't too long, unless he is supported or has a chivalrous enemy he is not likely to finish it before they can strike.
Subject: History
Personality: When he was younger, Hector was a little shit. He was self-aggrandizing, stubborn, impatient and overconfident. He valued knowledge more than experience, and power more than wisdom. He didn’t see where that path would lead him until walking it had cost him dearly. Now, tempered by his experiences, he has become devoted to using his power to benefit others. Using his experience as a lesson for others seemed like the best way to do that, which is why he became a teacher.
Backstory:
~ Also Classified by ze god of the CS's~
Other: High volume! Theme Song
@Zoldyck's Currently Active Characters
Kára is standing tall at 6’1. She was trained to be a warrior, so that is reflected on her physique. This means that she is not like the average girl interms of her muscle tone. That being said, she doesnt have a massive bulk either. She’s strong and you’ll instantly see that, but it’s not like you’re looking at a bodybuilder or anything like that. Kára has blonde, nearly golden hair which she almost always braids with alot of effort put into it. A very striking feature are Kára’s bright blue eyes and because of the colour they almost seem like two sapphires. A final striking feature are the Norse styled tattoos along Kára’s back, arms and legs.
Kára does not have alot of clothing which she brought from home so she usually tends to wear stuff which originates from Midgard. That being said, she does have a limited wardrobe with her “own” clothes. These are mostly either based around animal furs, leather or just cloth. She does like her fur skirt alot though. Although it’s not really that fashionable… But she doesnt care about that.
-Superstrength, max load: 1500kg. A big car. Nothing more to say about it to be honest.
-Flight. Kára grows forth large white eagle-like wings from her back. With these she can propel herself into the sky and fly at high speeds, though she wont be able to even come close to the sound barrier. These wings are very strong and pretty heavy, essentially making them weapons on their own. They’re also rather thick, so they’ll be able to be used as a shield to protect Kára from harm.
-Himinnskjöld. Himinnskjöld is the name of Kára’s shield. It was crafted Brokkr and his brother to provide Kára with great protection. It is said to be unbreakable and able to absorb any force thrown at it. This is not completely true. Although the shield will atleast absorb the shock of most attacks, some will be able to get through. Largely radiation based attacks and mental attacks. And the shield is ofcourse completely reliant on it’s wielder. Weighing in at 100kg it’s not really something you’d call light and it’s magic will only work when carried by Kára, to anyone else it’ll just be a normal, really heavy, shield.
As a side note: Kára’s other weapons are also crafted by Brokkr and his brother. However, besides looking really nice and never becoming dull, they dont have any special properties. They also just weigh the same as their steel equivalants.
-Alfrigg. Alfrigg is a raven following Kára where ever she goes. He was send with Kára by her mother to make sure that she would have a guide and protector on Midgard. Alfrigg also serves as a messenger between Kára and her home. He is also the only one with access to her armour, though retrieving it might take a while, thus it’s not usefull when Kára is already in a fight.
-Great fighter. Since birth Kára has been trained by her mother and aquaintances for armed combat, considering what her future role would have been she would have needed alot of expertise in this field. Her shield is a central part of her way of fighting, usually acompanied by a long-bearded axe or a viking sword, sometimes even a dane axe, though she does not have that with her to the academy.
She is also adapt with a bow and arrow, though she is not a great marksman with it. If the target’s big enough or sits still she’ll hit it, but is it small and moving… Well, that’s a wasted arrow.
-Glíma. Kára is an expert in glíma which makes her quite adept at handling herself, even when unarmed.
-Skilled survivalist. Kára is well known in how to survive in hostile environments, especially in arctic enviroments. She is able to quickly set up shelters and also able to hunt effectively. Her cooking skills are… average at best though.
-Has a great historical knowledge.
-Mere human. Ignoring the superstrenght and the wings, Kára’s body is just the same as that of normal humans. She does not have any heightened durability or anything along those lines. This means that a cut from a blade does the same to her as with anyone else for instance. She also cant function without sleep or food, just like a normal human.
-Not the most educated. Although she has a great knowledge about history and sagas aswell as with combat methods, that’s pretty much the extend of her knowledge. Math, biology, physics… They’re all gonna be hard for her to get around to do.
Kára is a girl driven by a lust for glory and fame, but also of curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. All of which makes her a fearsome warrior who is dedicated to her cause. However, she will always think before she acts and will almost never go in head first.
Kára is deeply religous, often asking the gods for guidance and strength. When she achieves something great she will always thank the gods, for it was through their aid that she was able to achieve it. Kára also embodies the grim fatalism of her people, in that she fully believes and submits to the will of the gods and to the fate that was spun for her. As a result, Kára will often go into battle without second-thought, for her fate is already decided.
Kára abides by the Nordic ideals of courage, as well. She is brave in battle, and respectful to worthy adversaries. Kára also keeps to her word without fail, even when it would disadvantage her. She is also very protective to anyone who has earned her respect or friendship and is willing to lay down her life to protect them.
Born a long time ago in a place far from Midgard, Kára Raskstål did not have an easy childhood. Originally born as Kára Herjasdatter, she never knew her father and all she knows about him is that he was a great warrior once. Kára did not really miss her father that much though, as she got more then enough attention from her mother Herja.
Herja wanted her daughter to follow into her footsteps. This required Kára to be drilled mercilessly into martial combat from her birth. But she did not just get combat training, she was also taught of the Æsir and the Vanir and the sagas surrounding them, aswell as being taught of Yggrdrasil and it’s great importance in the universe.
It wasnt all just boring seriousness however, as Kára was also allowed to feast in the great halls where her mother sometimes brought guests from Midgard. Although she was still very young, it did not matter much and she was liked amoung the people there for her curiosity and fiery spirit.
During Kára’s training people noticed how fast her swings were. People could barely follow the blade of the axe she wielded. As a result people started to call her “Raskstål”, or fast steel. It was clear that she had inherited her parents’ martial skills. But dont mistake her for just being good with a sword or an axe. She was also one of the best glíma students of her class, being able to overpower a great amount of the other students while also remaining mobile enough to dodge counter attacks.
She remained humble through all of this however. She did not care for honours or glory. Well, that’s not exactly true. Her curiosity about Midgard overshadowed it greatly however. She had heard beautifull stories about the place. And not only that, she was 50% Midgardian herself, as her father came from it. She felt a burning desire to venture to it and explore that world.
Her mother was initially against this. She thought her daughter to be too young to venture out on her own. But Alfrigg, an ancient friend of her, said that he would guide the Kára through it all aswell as protect her against the dangers lurking on Midgard. Herja was still not satisfied. The people of Midgard had been strongly againt their kind for the last couple of centuries. She feared that they would shun and persecute her daughter, as the people of Midgard had always done to things they dont understand. Alfrigg pointed out however that a new age had dawned in Midgard. An age of beings more powerfull then mere humans. They were revered as “superheroes” and acording to him Kára would fit in with them without any problem.
Herja finally accepted. But on several conditions. Kára had to be trained another 4 years before she was allowed to go to Midgard. Herja also ordered equipment for her daughter by some of the greatest smiths of all the dwarfs. Brokkr did not dissapoint as he and his brother created a mighty shield which would stop any attack and made weapons which would never blunt or break.
For the next 4 years Kára trained with these weapons under the guidance of Alfrigg and Herja. When she finally reached the age of 16 Kára was finally allowed to leave. As promised, Alfrigg would always be by her side. As part of a spell cast on him centuries ago Alfrigg would only appear as a raven when he was on Midgard. Though he was still able to communicate in normal tongue.
After she left the rainbow bridge and entered Midgard she tried to communicate with the people there. There only was a slight complication… Kára wore full battle armour and her weapons with her. All the while she was drenched in animal blood, as this was poured over her in a ceremony to wish her a safe journey. Absolutely normal for Kára, not so much for the poor people she came across. And to make matters even worse, Kára did not understand the language these people spoke. Alfrigg tried to act as a translator but… Yeah, a talking raven didnt really improve anything.
This immediately made the autorities aware of a “homicidal, blooddrenched, insane” girl with a talking raven. After taking her in custody and getting an expert in old mythologies Kára was able to tell her story to the autorities. The next few months she was taught basic English by Alfrigg as she was awaiting what the autorities would do. She kept up her martial training while being secluded and was fairly well liked by her custodians.
Finally she recieved word that there had been made arangements for her to go to a place where her powers would be nurtured and where she would be given education about this world that the people here called “Earth”.
What was this place? A school called Herculean Academy.
-Tends to missunderstand things said to her due to only being taught English for a couple of months.
-Is deeply devoted to her gods and will practise her religion openly.
-Can sing really well, though she only sings in Norse.
-Has a horrible handwriting.
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Real Name: Anastasia Tepes
Superhero Alias: None yet
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Anastasia is 6’3 and has an athletic physique. Being a vampire she has the trademark vampire fangs. She also has very long hair which is so light blonde it nearly seems white and has blood red eyes with slit pupils.
Superhero Alias: None yet
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Daughter of a powerfull vampire by the name of Alucard Tepes and the human Elisabeth Gladstone. She grew up in the castle of her father which was situated in England. Here her father trained her to become his successor. To his dismay he discovered that she did not inheret all of his vampiric skills. She made up for this however by being very determined to make her father proud.
She was completly isolated from the rest of the world and her training was harsh, sometimes leaving her on the brink of death. She overcame these obstacles however and continued to become stronger. The older she got the more curious she became of the world around her. Her father however didnt allow her to either visit her mother or leave the castle.
She was eventually allowed to own some objects from the outside world. One of her favorite things from the outside was music, especially metal. It helped her in her training and it became her favorite way to spend her free time. That and anything considered geeky in the outside world.
But eventhough she would get any object she desired from her father, there was always one thing she wanted more then anything and that was a real friend. She was always so lonely and has actually never met anyone who doesnt work for her father.
Now she has recieved a letter from the Herculean Academy and she was very excited to hear that her father allowed her to join this new school. What she doesnt know is that her father planned to have her join this school just to see how Anastasia would perform against other superpowered beings.
But Anastasia doesnt care for that, all she cares for is to be amoung other people who are around her age and she hopes that she can finally make some friends.
She was completly isolated from the rest of the world and her training was harsh, sometimes leaving her on the brink of death. She overcame these obstacles however and continued to become stronger. The older she got the more curious she became of the world around her. Her father however didnt allow her to either visit her mother or leave the castle.
She was eventually allowed to own some objects from the outside world. One of her favorite things from the outside was music, especially metal. It helped her in her training and it became her favorite way to spend her free time. That and anything considered geeky in the outside world.
But eventhough she would get any object she desired from her father, there was always one thing she wanted more then anything and that was a real friend. She was always so lonely and has actually never met anyone who doesnt work for her father.
Now she has recieved a letter from the Herculean Academy and she was very excited to hear that her father allowed her to join this new school. What she doesnt know is that her father planned to have her join this school just to see how Anastasia would perform against other superpowered beings.
But Anastasia doesnt care for that, all she cares for is to be amoung other people who are around her age and she hopes that she can finally make some friends.
Anastasia is 6’3 and has an athletic physique. Being a vampire she has the trademark vampire fangs. She also has very long hair which is so light blonde it nearly seems white and has blood red eyes with slit pupils.
(Everything written here is how the character is BEFORE the RP begins. Things might change the more the RP progresses and the character grows.)
She was locked up from birth in a castle and trained to be the successor of one of the greatest vampire lords who ever lived… Ofcourse she is proud of this but she is also very afraid of disappointing her father. Since she never left the castle before now she is very curious about the outside world to the point of naivity. She is very cheerfull for someone with a history like her and tries to be kind and gentle to everyone.
However, when she is pushed her vampire instinct will take over and she will not listen to reason. She becomes very unpredictable and sadistic in this state. This will only happen when extremly pushed however, like when her friends or loved ones are being treatened.
She was locked up from birth in a castle and trained to be the successor of one of the greatest vampire lords who ever lived… Ofcourse she is proud of this but she is also very afraid of disappointing her father. Since she never left the castle before now she is very curious about the outside world to the point of naivity. She is very cheerfull for someone with a history like her and tries to be kind and gentle to everyone.
However, when she is pushed her vampire instinct will take over and she will not listen to reason. She becomes very unpredictable and sadistic in this state. This will only happen when extremly pushed however, like when her friends or loved ones are being treatened.
Anastasia is a vampire born from one of the strongest vampires who ever lived. However due to her mother being a “mere” human she does not have all the powers which are inherent to being a vampire. She is much stronger, tougher, faster and agile then a human and she has hightened senses, making her able to see, smell, hear and taste things others would not be able to. But that isnt to say that she is rediculously strong or fast. She is not able to lift a car or break the sound barrier for instance.
Some of the powers she is missing due to her human genes are the ability to transform, hypnotise people, turn other people into vampires/ghouls or fly. She can however jump very high and survive a fall from a building without a scratch.
Some of the powers she is missing due to her human genes are the ability to transform, hypnotise people, turn other people into vampires/ghouls or fly. She can however jump very high and survive a fall from a building without a scratch.
From her birth Anastasia has been trained by her father in many forms of combat. She is trained in several martial arts and enjoys hunting, her definition of hunting might be different then yours though. She is also trained in etiquete but she preffers to just be herself.
Her other interests are in almost all stuff considered geeky. She is hopeless in cooking and keeping things tidy however.
Her other interests are in almost all stuff considered geeky. She is hopeless in cooking and keeping things tidy however.
She ofcourse has the basic vampire weaknesses: Silver, holy water, garlic, holy symbols, stake through the heart, decapitation… All would kill or gravely injure her. She is however not killed by sunlight. Instead she is only weakened during daylight hours, though not at midday (at which time of day she becomes stronger).
She is a vampire and that means she requires blood to keep her up to full strength. Donor blood is enough to keep her at full strength but she is very tempted by the sweet aroma of fresh human blood.
She has next to no experience with interacting with people. This makes her unable to easily communicate with other people.
She is a vampire and that means she requires blood to keep her up to full strength. Donor blood is enough to keep her at full strength but she is very tempted by the sweet aroma of fresh human blood.
She has next to no experience with interacting with people. This makes her unable to easily communicate with other people.
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Standing at an awe inspiring 6'11/211cm Mishka is rediculously tall. Yet her length isnt the only striking thing about her as she is, for lack of better words, a beast. She has broad shoulders and is overall really muscular. Some other striking features are her white-blue eyes and her bright red hair, which is usually hanging loosly and reaches up to the lower part of her shoulderblades. Her face is certainly not ugly though there is a large scar running over her left eye. Speaking about scars, she has alot of them on the rest of her body. She usually wears practical clothing.
-Superhuman Strength. Need I say more? Ooh alright then. At her current strength she is able to lift a 60 ton tank and crush it in her hands.
-Superhuman Durability. Well this seems like a no-brainer. She is able to survive anything she can dish out. So that pretty much means that any basic kinetic attack, be it fists, bullets, swords or what not, is ineffective, not immume to it, but it will barely harm her. Ofcourse if they are made of a certain special item or empowered by some magic or technology then she might have some problems with it.
Also, this does not make her immume to soundblasts, drowning, gas, vacums or mental attacks, to which she is still as vulnerable as another super.
-Berserker Rage. You thought that she was already big enough? Well then you better not piss her off, cause boy are you in some trouble then. Not only does she grow in length and mass by 25%, she also amplifies her strength and durability by 50%. So imagine if her power ceiling was 100 tons, now it’s 150. The downside to this effect is… Well, she kinda loses her, already lacking, sanity and goes in a full on rampage. Though on the plus side, for anyone on the recieving end, this rage will only last for a very limited amount of seconds as it is a real drain on Mishka’s stamina. 5 minutes in this state would equal a full week without sleep. So after her stamina gets completely drained she will revert back into her original form, though with slightly torn up clothes, and euhm… Well, probably collapse and sleep instantly.
As she gets more control over her powers she will eventually be able to control this ability, triggering it on command and being able to keep to her senses and even control the extend of her growth. Also, as she gets stronger she will ofcourse be able to remain longer in this state.
-Close combat specialist. Mishka is one of the greatest fighters ever to be trained by her father, Dimitri Demidov, who was an advisor for a certain Spetznaz branch. This would mean that even without her super powers Mishka would have been deadly.
Most of these skills wont be applied to her own fighting style though, as she has developed a more… Aggressive system.
-Intelligent. Mishka is very intelligent. She might look like a dimwitted brute but she is actually a skilled tactician aswell as a grade-A student.
-Resourceful. As stated above, Mishka is smart. But not just in the classroom or on the battlefield. She is a great survivalist and is able to quickly think of fast ways to get out of trouble.
-Is an excellent marksman but doesnt like to use long range weaponry.
-OVERCONFIDENT. Now, overconfidence is always a weakness, but with Mishka it’s even more so. Mishka literally believes herself to be superiour to any other human, be they super or not. This makes her reckless as she is always sure that whatever obstacle she will be facing, she’ll triumph over it. Reality though, might not agree with her.
-Any non phisical attack will do the trick, though ofcourse it’s not an instant win. Also, Mishka might be super durable to phisical attack, that doesnt mean she is invulnerable to any phisical attack… You just have to hit her really really really hard… And a warhammer wont do.
-Insane. Now, here comes the problem. You see, Mishka isnt what you would classify as… sane. Sure, she might look sane at first glance. But say one wrong word and she might try to crush your skull in her hand. This makes her unpredictable, both to enemies aswel as to allies. And she might be a very intelligent girl, she loves fighting and most of her solutions to problems end up with, well, fights. She is also quite sadistic, preffering to maim her opponents and let them suffer for a period before she kills them. She also has some odd dietary preferences.
At first glance Mishka might look like a brute with no feelings. This is partly correct. Mishka truely believes herself to be superiour to most humans, both normal aswell as supers. She is quick to anger but does not immediatly phyiscaly attack someone who insults her, she has some restraint. Mishka likes to keep people at a distance and there’s a good reason for it, she doesnt know how to deal with them. She has litterally never had friends and doesnt have any memory of a loving family. In other words, she has never experienced what it means to be loved. Compasion, carring… Mishka does not know what these words mean. Atleast, she never experienced it. Deep down she knows she wants to experience love and friendship, but she tries her best to hide it.
This is a mini version of the backstory, the GMs already know the whole story. If you want to discover it yourself… You’ve gotta RP with Mishka! :P
Mishka Demidov was born on the 7th of October in 2007 in Yakutsk, Russia. She doesnt know how she got her powers, she was probably born with them. Mishka wasnt liked by the other kids because of her powers, but she didnt mind. She though of herself as superiour to them and she liked to remind the other children of their inferiority to her.
At the age of 16 her parents died and she was send to a Russian school for super humans. She remained here for one year before she was moved to HA in an exchange program. So she’s new in HA and looking for some excitement. Who knows, maybe she’ll get friendly with someone… Or not.
-Mishka actually loves singing and has a great singing voice… Yeah, didnt expect that one did you?
-Mishka loves nature and is totally in her element when she is in cold, snowy mountain forests. She also absolutely adores bears.
-Mishka is really into military hardware for some reason. She can name almost any weapon and it’s specs out of the top of her head.
-Mishka hates bugs. She is not scared of them, she is just disgusted by them and anything resembeling a bug… Well, that’s gonna get squashed.
-Mishka has an alcohol problem and tends to light a sigarette atleast once every three hours.
Age: 17
Appearance:
Standing at an awe inspiring 6'11/211cm Mishka is rediculously tall. Yet her length isnt the only striking thing about her as she is, for lack of better words, a beast. She has broad shoulders and is overall really muscular. Some other striking features are her white-blue eyes and her bright red hair, which is usually hanging loosly and reaches up to the lower part of her shoulderblades. Her face is certainly not ugly though there is a large scar running over her left eye. Speaking about scars, she has alot of them on the rest of her body. She usually wears practical clothing.
Power Set:
-Superhuman Strength. Need I say more? Ooh alright then. At her current strength she is able to lift a 60 ton tank and crush it in her hands.
-Superhuman Durability. Well this seems like a no-brainer. She is able to survive anything she can dish out. So that pretty much means that any basic kinetic attack, be it fists, bullets, swords or what not, is ineffective, not immume to it, but it will barely harm her. Ofcourse if they are made of a certain special item or empowered by some magic or technology then she might have some problems with it.
Also, this does not make her immume to soundblasts, drowning, gas, vacums or mental attacks, to which she is still as vulnerable as another super.
-Berserker Rage. You thought that she was already big enough? Well then you better not piss her off, cause boy are you in some trouble then. Not only does she grow in length and mass by 25%, she also amplifies her strength and durability by 50%. So imagine if her power ceiling was 100 tons, now it’s 150. The downside to this effect is… Well, she kinda loses her, already lacking, sanity and goes in a full on rampage. Though on the plus side, for anyone on the recieving end, this rage will only last for a very limited amount of seconds as it is a real drain on Mishka’s stamina. 5 minutes in this state would equal a full week without sleep. So after her stamina gets completely drained she will revert back into her original form, though with slightly torn up clothes, and euhm… Well, probably collapse and sleep instantly.
As she gets more control over her powers she will eventually be able to control this ability, triggering it on command and being able to keep to her senses and even control the extend of her growth. Also, as she gets stronger she will ofcourse be able to remain longer in this state.
Other Skills:
-Close combat specialist. Mishka is one of the greatest fighters ever to be trained by her father, Dimitri Demidov, who was an advisor for a certain Spetznaz branch. This would mean that even without her super powers Mishka would have been deadly.
Most of these skills wont be applied to her own fighting style though, as she has developed a more… Aggressive system.
-Intelligent. Mishka is very intelligent. She might look like a dimwitted brute but she is actually a skilled tactician aswell as a grade-A student.
-Resourceful. As stated above, Mishka is smart. But not just in the classroom or on the battlefield. She is a great survivalist and is able to quickly think of fast ways to get out of trouble.
-Is an excellent marksman but doesnt like to use long range weaponry.
Weaknesses:
-OVERCONFIDENT. Now, overconfidence is always a weakness, but with Mishka it’s even more so. Mishka literally believes herself to be superiour to any other human, be they super or not. This makes her reckless as she is always sure that whatever obstacle she will be facing, she’ll triumph over it. Reality though, might not agree with her.
-Any non phisical attack will do the trick, though ofcourse it’s not an instant win. Also, Mishka might be super durable to phisical attack, that doesnt mean she is invulnerable to any phisical attack… You just have to hit her really really really hard… And a warhammer wont do.
-Insane. Now, here comes the problem. You see, Mishka isnt what you would classify as… sane. Sure, she might look sane at first glance. But say one wrong word and she might try to crush your skull in her hand. This makes her unpredictable, both to enemies aswel as to allies. And she might be a very intelligent girl, she loves fighting and most of her solutions to problems end up with, well, fights. She is also quite sadistic, preffering to maim her opponents and let them suffer for a period before she kills them. She also has some odd dietary preferences.
Personality:
At first glance Mishka might look like a brute with no feelings. This is partly correct. Mishka truely believes herself to be superiour to most humans, both normal aswell as supers. She is quick to anger but does not immediatly phyiscaly attack someone who insults her, she has some restraint. Mishka likes to keep people at a distance and there’s a good reason for it, she doesnt know how to deal with them. She has litterally never had friends and doesnt have any memory of a loving family. In other words, she has never experienced what it means to be loved. Compasion, carring… Mishka does not know what these words mean. Atleast, she never experienced it. Deep down she knows she wants to experience love and friendship, but she tries her best to hide it.
Backstory:
This is a mini version of the backstory, the GMs already know the whole story. If you want to discover it yourself… You’ve gotta RP with Mishka! :P
Mishka Demidov was born on the 7th of October in 2007 in Yakutsk, Russia. She doesnt know how she got her powers, she was probably born with them. Mishka wasnt liked by the other kids because of her powers, but she didnt mind. She though of herself as superiour to them and she liked to remind the other children of their inferiority to her.
At the age of 16 her parents died and she was send to a Russian school for super humans. She remained here for one year before she was moved to HA in an exchange program. So she’s new in HA and looking for some excitement. Who knows, maybe she’ll get friendly with someone… Or not.
Quirks:
-Mishka actually loves singing and has a great singing voice… Yeah, didnt expect that one did you?
-Mishka loves nature and is totally in her element when she is in cold, snowy mountain forests. She also absolutely adores bears.
-Mishka is really into military hardware for some reason. She can name almost any weapon and it’s specs out of the top of her head.
-Mishka hates bugs. She is not scared of them, she is just disgusted by them and anything resembeling a bug… Well, that’s gonna get squashed.
-Mishka has an alcohol problem and tends to light a sigarette atleast once every three hours.
Real Name: Anouk Dijkstra
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Standing at 5’8, Anouk is just below the Dutch average height for women. Anouk has a lean body built, fitting of an athlete and she has a little tan going on. Anouk has “boring” light brown hair which she usually styles it in a mohawk. (As portrayed in the image) To make her hair “more awesome” she added in some red streaks in her hair. When she doesnt have her hair styled in a mohawk, it falls low enough to cover her eyes. Anouk naturally has green eyes but her eyes are usually coloured blue. This is due to her electric powers. When her eyes are a piercing blue it means that she is fully charged, though over the course of the day and with her expending more of her energy her eyes will eventually revert to being green, which means she is drained.
Anouk’s clothingstyle is more or less what you would expect of someone like her and she has quite the extensive wardrobe. So much so that naming them all would take far too long. Overall she will probably wear something along the lines of a t-shirt, a shortish skirt and a pair of boots.
Control over electricity.
Anouk has the ability to control electricity. She is basically a walking battery, the more rested and fed she is, the more energy she has. When her energy is lowering her abilities will become less potent.
Her most notable power ofcourse are her lightning bolts… Which are god awefull. At their highest strenght they will cause skin irritation. That’s it. They usually tickle abit. And that’s when she’s going all Sith on you. It might look impressive, she’s got a knack for making a show out of things, but in reality it’s more of a bluff. She does have a very high control over her lightning though, as she can do some precision shooting which might cause some bad hairdays for certain people.
Anouk’s best offensive ability she’s got at the moment is probably her “Thunder Punch” ability. What she basically does is channeling alot of her energy into her palm and when it makes contact with the opponent all this energy is released unto him/her. It’s basically at the strenght level of a low intensity taser at the moment, but once it get’s stronger it might be more akin to an electric chair… Or worse.
Her real ace up her sleve though is that her entire body is a conductor for electrical pulses. Considering the brain gives off electrical pulses aswell this gives her a very high reaction speed, bypassing her nerves system as the pulses from the brain go straight to the required muscle. This makes her fast, really fast. At her current power level she can accelerate from 0-60mph in 10 seconds. Her topspeed at the moment is capped at said 60mph. However, she can not keep this top speed up for long. If she keeps running at her topspeed she might be able to keep on running for 20 minutes before she completely runs out of energy and collapses.
What should also be noted is that Anouk has the ability to turn any item that conducts into electricity into a weapon. (Aslong as she can hold unto it ofcourse, so water doesnt apply) She can conduct the energy through say, a metal pipe, and with that create an electrically charged weapon.
-Is great with her guitar. Need I say more? Well, her best styles are probably the older rock, hard rock and punk songs. Although she can also play some heavy metal. Word of advice: Dont touch the guitar without premission… She wont appreciate it.
-Loves sports. Overal Anouk loves sports and this is reflected by her past time. She is especially loving football and kickboxing. There is nothing that beats playing her guitar though.
-Football, the proper kind. You know, that one game you play by kicking a ball with your foot! Growing up in the Netherlands there is no way you can not come into contact with football. And thus Anouk joined a local football club and ever since that time she has been in love with it. She used to be really good at it too, obviously because she had great skill and not because she was using her powers to cheat… Nooooo, not at all.
-Kickboxing, Dutch style which is inspired by Japanese martial arts and revolves more about kicking then punching. What better way for a child to blow off some steam then by punching and kicking something? Anouk is a star in kickboxing, she just loves how fast paced it is as opposed to alot of other martial arts.
-Concentration? What’s concentration? Anouk suffers from ADHD. This means she has some issues with focussing on important matters and she tends to get distracted by… Well, everything.
-Alot of water. Water conducts electricty, that’s a well known fact. The problem with water in Anouk’s case is that the water drains all of her energy in a very short amount of time. This is not only dangerous for her but also for those who are in the same body of water as her, considering a mini energy plant just released all of it’s power at once.
This only happens with large bodies of water though and not with small amounts like taking a shower.
-Insuficient power. Anouk needs to keep her energy level in check. Everything she does burns up energy and as we already established, if she has less energy her abilities are less powerfull.
There are 3 ways for her to regain energy. 1 is sleeping, duh. 2 is eating, hence why she has a huge appetite. And 3 is sapping away electricity from objects which use or generate electricity.
Anouk is a hyperactive cheerfull girl who gets excited about… everything. Anouk is very cheerfull and upbeat, you really need to try your best to bring her mood down. She is not a person to hold grudges, unless you harm her guitar, then you’re gonna be on her murder death list of pain. Anouk also loves to participate in contests and competitions, be it kickboxing or eating, she joins all of them. Winning is ofcourse great but for Anouk it’s the game and the excitement that ultimately counts, not the victory… That being said, she will ofcourse give everything she has to win. Anouk usually is kind harted to people but she also likes to tease others. She is also sort of a tomboy, disliking anything considered “girly”.
Born in 2006 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Anouk was the child of two superpowered humans. It already became apparent at a very young age that Anouk had some sort of superpower involving electricity. Everytime she touched a lamp for instance the light exploded due to an electrical overload. Her parents started training her, helping her control her abilities. This resulted in Anouk getting a remarkable control over her ability, but she was not allowed to make her powers stronger. Atleast, not without a proper schooling.
Already at a young age her parents noticed that she was not able to sit still. She was always moving, always running, always yelling. So they did what every responsible parent would do; They searched distractions for her. First thing was her guitar. She had always shown an interest in music and now she was going to be able to make music by herself… Boy did they regret that mistake. Her music wasnt bad, just really really loud. So, off to plan B, sports! Being Dutch and being a girl, the first choice her parents went to was obvious ofcourse… Can you guess what sport it was?
Did you guess football?
If you did, you’re wrong. Field hockey was the way to go! It was THE sport for girls… And boy did she hate it. Shortly there after she tried football, a sport usually only for men. And she was great at it! She seemed to be faster and more agile then anyone else. A few years later she also picked up kickboxing, considering she always loved to watch those matches on the TV.
Anouk and her parents moved to the States, Austin Texas to be exact, once she finished elementary school at the age of 13. Her she lived an overal normal life without anything exciting happening. She got kind of bored after 2 years and started practicing with growing her powers. She made some progress in this period, but not nearly as much as she would have had with a proper tutor. Luckily that is exactly when she got her invitation to Herculean Academy.
And now she’s here, at Herculean Acadamy, ready to kick ass an- is that a butterfly?
-Treats her guitar like it’s her everything
-Has a huge appetite for any sort of food
-Is, rightfully, terrified of large bodies of water
-Will look very presentable to the outside world, but to all those who thread her dorm… We salute your bravery.
-She might get excited about everything, but that excitement can turn really quickly to boredom if something is not what she expected from it. She might try to make said thing more fun though...
-Due to her concentration issues she has abit of trouble keeping up in class.
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Appearance:
Standing at 5’8, Anouk is just below the Dutch average height for women. Anouk has a lean body built, fitting of an athlete and she has a little tan going on. Anouk has “boring” light brown hair which she usually styles it in a mohawk. (As portrayed in the image) To make her hair “more awesome” she added in some red streaks in her hair. When she doesnt have her hair styled in a mohawk, it falls low enough to cover her eyes. Anouk naturally has green eyes but her eyes are usually coloured blue. This is due to her electric powers. When her eyes are a piercing blue it means that she is fully charged, though over the course of the day and with her expending more of her energy her eyes will eventually revert to being green, which means she is drained.
Anouk’s clothingstyle is more or less what you would expect of someone like her and she has quite the extensive wardrobe. So much so that naming them all would take far too long. Overall she will probably wear something along the lines of a t-shirt, a shortish skirt and a pair of boots.
Power Set:
Control over electricity.
Anouk has the ability to control electricity. She is basically a walking battery, the more rested and fed she is, the more energy she has. When her energy is lowering her abilities will become less potent.
Her most notable power ofcourse are her lightning bolts… Which are god awefull. At their highest strenght they will cause skin irritation. That’s it. They usually tickle abit. And that’s when she’s going all Sith on you. It might look impressive, she’s got a knack for making a show out of things, but in reality it’s more of a bluff. She does have a very high control over her lightning though, as she can do some precision shooting which might cause some bad hairdays for certain people.
Anouk’s best offensive ability she’s got at the moment is probably her “Thunder Punch” ability. What she basically does is channeling alot of her energy into her palm and when it makes contact with the opponent all this energy is released unto him/her. It’s basically at the strenght level of a low intensity taser at the moment, but once it get’s stronger it might be more akin to an electric chair… Or worse.
Her real ace up her sleve though is that her entire body is a conductor for electrical pulses. Considering the brain gives off electrical pulses aswell this gives her a very high reaction speed, bypassing her nerves system as the pulses from the brain go straight to the required muscle. This makes her fast, really fast. At her current power level she can accelerate from 0-60mph in 10 seconds. Her topspeed at the moment is capped at said 60mph. However, she can not keep this top speed up for long. If she keeps running at her topspeed she might be able to keep on running for 20 minutes before she completely runs out of energy and collapses.
What should also be noted is that Anouk has the ability to turn any item that conducts into electricity into a weapon. (Aslong as she can hold unto it ofcourse, so water doesnt apply) She can conduct the energy through say, a metal pipe, and with that create an electrically charged weapon.
Other Skills:
-Is great with her guitar. Need I say more? Well, her best styles are probably the older rock, hard rock and punk songs. Although she can also play some heavy metal. Word of advice: Dont touch the guitar without premission… She wont appreciate it.
-Loves sports. Overal Anouk loves sports and this is reflected by her past time. She is especially loving football and kickboxing. There is nothing that beats playing her guitar though.
-Football, the proper kind. You know, that one game you play by kicking a ball with your foot! Growing up in the Netherlands there is no way you can not come into contact with football. And thus Anouk joined a local football club and ever since that time she has been in love with it. She used to be really good at it too, obviously because she had great skill and not because she was using her powers to cheat… Nooooo, not at all.
-Kickboxing, Dutch style which is inspired by Japanese martial arts and revolves more about kicking then punching. What better way for a child to blow off some steam then by punching and kicking something? Anouk is a star in kickboxing, she just loves how fast paced it is as opposed to alot of other martial arts.
Weaknesses:
-Concentration? What’s concentration? Anouk suffers from ADHD. This means she has some issues with focussing on important matters and she tends to get distracted by… Well, everything.
-Alot of water. Water conducts electricty, that’s a well known fact. The problem with water in Anouk’s case is that the water drains all of her energy in a very short amount of time. This is not only dangerous for her but also for those who are in the same body of water as her, considering a mini energy plant just released all of it’s power at once.
This only happens with large bodies of water though and not with small amounts like taking a shower.
-Insuficient power. Anouk needs to keep her energy level in check. Everything she does burns up energy and as we already established, if she has less energy her abilities are less powerfull.
There are 3 ways for her to regain energy. 1 is sleeping, duh. 2 is eating, hence why she has a huge appetite. And 3 is sapping away electricity from objects which use or generate electricity.
Personality:
Anouk is a hyperactive cheerfull girl who gets excited about… everything. Anouk is very cheerfull and upbeat, you really need to try your best to bring her mood down. She is not a person to hold grudges, unless you harm her guitar, then you’re gonna be on her murder death list of pain. Anouk also loves to participate in contests and competitions, be it kickboxing or eating, she joins all of them. Winning is ofcourse great but for Anouk it’s the game and the excitement that ultimately counts, not the victory… That being said, she will ofcourse give everything she has to win. Anouk usually is kind harted to people but she also likes to tease others. She is also sort of a tomboy, disliking anything considered “girly”.
Backstory:
Born in 2006 in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Anouk was the child of two superpowered humans. It already became apparent at a very young age that Anouk had some sort of superpower involving electricity. Everytime she touched a lamp for instance the light exploded due to an electrical overload. Her parents started training her, helping her control her abilities. This resulted in Anouk getting a remarkable control over her ability, but she was not allowed to make her powers stronger. Atleast, not without a proper schooling.
Already at a young age her parents noticed that she was not able to sit still. She was always moving, always running, always yelling. So they did what every responsible parent would do; They searched distractions for her. First thing was her guitar. She had always shown an interest in music and now she was going to be able to make music by herself… Boy did they regret that mistake. Her music wasnt bad, just really really loud. So, off to plan B, sports! Being Dutch and being a girl, the first choice her parents went to was obvious ofcourse… Can you guess what sport it was?
Did you guess football?
If you did, you’re wrong. Field hockey was the way to go! It was THE sport for girls… And boy did she hate it. Shortly there after she tried football, a sport usually only for men. And she was great at it! She seemed to be faster and more agile then anyone else. A few years later she also picked up kickboxing, considering she always loved to watch those matches on the TV.
Anouk and her parents moved to the States, Austin Texas to be exact, once she finished elementary school at the age of 13. Her she lived an overal normal life without anything exciting happening. She got kind of bored after 2 years and started practicing with growing her powers. She made some progress in this period, but not nearly as much as she would have had with a proper tutor. Luckily that is exactly when she got her invitation to Herculean Academy.
And now she’s here, at Herculean Acadamy, ready to kick ass an- is that a butterfly?
Quirks:
-Treats her guitar like it’s her everything
-Has a huge appetite for any sort of food
-Is, rightfully, terrified of large bodies of water
-Will look very presentable to the outside world, but to all those who thread her dorm… We salute your bravery.
-She might get excited about everything, but that excitement can turn really quickly to boredom if something is not what she expected from it. She might try to make said thing more fun though...
-Due to her concentration issues she has abit of trouble keeping up in class.
Real Name: Kára Raskstål
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Appearance:
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Appearance:
Kára is standing tall at 6’1. She was trained to be a warrior, so that is reflected on her physique. This means that she is not like the average girl interms of her muscle tone. That being said, she doesnt have a massive bulk either. She’s strong and you’ll instantly see that, but it’s not like you’re looking at a bodybuilder or anything like that. Kára has blonde, nearly golden hair which she almost always braids with alot of effort put into it. A very striking feature are Kára’s bright blue eyes and because of the colour they almost seem like two sapphires. A final striking feature are the Norse styled tattoos along Kára’s back, arms and legs.
Kára does not have alot of clothing which she brought from home so she usually tends to wear stuff which originates from Midgard. That being said, she does have a limited wardrobe with her “own” clothes. These are mostly either based around animal furs, leather or just cloth. She does like her fur skirt alot though. Although it’s not really that fashionable… But she doesnt care about that.
Power Set:
-Superstrength, max load: 1500kg. A big car. Nothing more to say about it to be honest.
-Flight. Kára grows forth large white eagle-like wings from her back. With these she can propel herself into the sky and fly at high speeds, though she wont be able to even come close to the sound barrier. These wings are very strong and pretty heavy, essentially making them weapons on their own. They’re also rather thick, so they’ll be able to be used as a shield to protect Kára from harm.
-Himinnskjöld. Himinnskjöld is the name of Kára’s shield. It was crafted Brokkr and his brother to provide Kára with great protection. It is said to be unbreakable and able to absorb any force thrown at it. This is not completely true. Although the shield will atleast absorb the shock of most attacks, some will be able to get through. Largely radiation based attacks and mental attacks. And the shield is ofcourse completely reliant on it’s wielder. Weighing in at 100kg it’s not really something you’d call light and it’s magic will only work when carried by Kára, to anyone else it’ll just be a normal, really heavy, shield.
As a side note: Kára’s other weapons are also crafted by Brokkr and his brother. However, besides looking really nice and never becoming dull, they dont have any special properties. They also just weigh the same as their steel equivalants.
-Alfrigg. Alfrigg is a raven following Kára where ever she goes. He was send with Kára by her mother to make sure that she would have a guide and protector on Midgard. Alfrigg also serves as a messenger between Kára and her home. He is also the only one with access to her armour, though retrieving it might take a while, thus it’s not usefull when Kára is already in a fight.
Other Skills:
-Great fighter. Since birth Kára has been trained by her mother and aquaintances for armed combat, considering what her future role would have been she would have needed alot of expertise in this field. Her shield is a central part of her way of fighting, usually acompanied by a long-bearded axe or a viking sword, sometimes even a dane axe, though she does not have that with her to the academy.
She is also adapt with a bow and arrow, though she is not a great marksman with it. If the target’s big enough or sits still she’ll hit it, but is it small and moving… Well, that’s a wasted arrow.
-Glíma. Kára is an expert in glíma which makes her quite adept at handling herself, even when unarmed.
-Skilled survivalist. Kára is well known in how to survive in hostile environments, especially in arctic enviroments. She is able to quickly set up shelters and also able to hunt effectively. Her cooking skills are… average at best though.
-Has a great historical knowledge.
Weaknesses:
-Mere human. Ignoring the superstrenght and the wings, Kára’s body is just the same as that of normal humans. She does not have any heightened durability or anything along those lines. This means that a cut from a blade does the same to her as with anyone else for instance. She also cant function without sleep or food, just like a normal human.
-Not the most educated. Although she has a great knowledge about history and sagas aswell as with combat methods, that’s pretty much the extend of her knowledge. Math, biology, physics… They’re all gonna be hard for her to get around to do.
Personality:
Kára is a girl driven by a lust for glory and fame, but also of curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. All of which makes her a fearsome warrior who is dedicated to her cause. However, she will always think before she acts and will almost never go in head first.
Kára is deeply religous, often asking the gods for guidance and strength. When she achieves something great she will always thank the gods, for it was through their aid that she was able to achieve it. Kára also embodies the grim fatalism of her people, in that she fully believes and submits to the will of the gods and to the fate that was spun for her. As a result, Kára will often go into battle without second-thought, for her fate is already decided.
Kára abides by the Nordic ideals of courage, as well. She is brave in battle, and respectful to worthy adversaries. Kára also keeps to her word without fail, even when it would disadvantage her. She is also very protective to anyone who has earned her respect or friendship and is willing to lay down her life to protect them.
Backstory:
Born a long time ago in a place far from Midgard, Kára Raskstål did not have an easy childhood. Originally born as Kára Herjasdatter, she never knew her father and all she knows about him is that he was a great warrior once. Kára did not really miss her father that much though, as she got more then enough attention from her mother Herja.
Herja wanted her daughter to follow into her footsteps. This required Kára to be drilled mercilessly into martial combat from her birth. But she did not just get combat training, she was also taught of the Æsir and the Vanir and the sagas surrounding them, aswell as being taught of Yggrdrasil and it’s great importance in the universe.
It wasnt all just boring seriousness however, as Kára was also allowed to feast in the great halls where her mother sometimes brought guests from Midgard. Although she was still very young, it did not matter much and she was liked amoung the people there for her curiosity and fiery spirit.
During Kára’s training people noticed how fast her swings were. People could barely follow the blade of the axe she wielded. As a result people started to call her “Raskstål”, or fast steel. It was clear that she had inherited her parents’ martial skills. But dont mistake her for just being good with a sword or an axe. She was also one of the best glíma students of her class, being able to overpower a great amount of the other students while also remaining mobile enough to dodge counter attacks.
She remained humble through all of this however. She did not care for honours or glory. Well, that’s not exactly true. Her curiosity about Midgard overshadowed it greatly however. She had heard beautifull stories about the place. And not only that, she was 50% Midgardian herself, as her father came from it. She felt a burning desire to venture to it and explore that world.
Her mother was initially against this. She thought her daughter to be too young to venture out on her own. But Alfrigg, an ancient friend of her, said that he would guide the Kára through it all aswell as protect her against the dangers lurking on Midgard. Herja was still not satisfied. The people of Midgard had been strongly againt their kind for the last couple of centuries. She feared that they would shun and persecute her daughter, as the people of Midgard had always done to things they dont understand. Alfrigg pointed out however that a new age had dawned in Midgard. An age of beings more powerfull then mere humans. They were revered as “superheroes” and acording to him Kára would fit in with them without any problem.
Herja finally accepted. But on several conditions. Kára had to be trained another 4 years before she was allowed to go to Midgard. Herja also ordered equipment for her daughter by some of the greatest smiths of all the dwarfs. Brokkr did not dissapoint as he and his brother created a mighty shield which would stop any attack and made weapons which would never blunt or break.
For the next 4 years Kára trained with these weapons under the guidance of Alfrigg and Herja. When she finally reached the age of 16 Kára was finally allowed to leave. As promised, Alfrigg would always be by her side. As part of a spell cast on him centuries ago Alfrigg would only appear as a raven when he was on Midgard. Though he was still able to communicate in normal tongue.
After she left the rainbow bridge and entered Midgard she tried to communicate with the people there. There only was a slight complication… Kára wore full battle armour and her weapons with her. All the while she was drenched in animal blood, as this was poured over her in a ceremony to wish her a safe journey. Absolutely normal for Kára, not so much for the poor people she came across. And to make matters even worse, Kára did not understand the language these people spoke. Alfrigg tried to act as a translator but… Yeah, a talking raven didnt really improve anything.
This immediately made the autorities aware of a “homicidal, blooddrenched, insane” girl with a talking raven. After taking her in custody and getting an expert in old mythologies Kára was able to tell her story to the autorities. The next few months she was taught basic English by Alfrigg as she was awaiting what the autorities would do. She kept up her martial training while being secluded and was fairly well liked by her custodians.
Finally she recieved word that there had been made arangements for her to go to a place where her powers would be nurtured and where she would be given education about this world that the people here called “Earth”.
What was this place? A school called Herculean Academy.
Quirks:
-Tends to missunderstand things said to her due to only being taught English for a couple of months.
-Is deeply devoted to her gods and will practise her religion openly.
-Can sing really well, though she only sings in Norse.
-Has a horrible handwriting.
Themesong:
(Song starts at 0:33)
@Rune_Alchemist's Currently Active Characters
Real Name:
Alexis Sinclair
Superhero Alias:
Nothing official - but she has gave her the self title of 'Audiophile'
Gender:
Female
Age:
16
Appearance:
Alexis is fairly tall for a girl her age, usually a few inches taller than others her age. Her looks are average at best. She has black hair, that has light blue streaks in it. She normally wears a light jacket or shirt, with rough and torn jeans. She is a bit on the pale side, and has bright blue eyes. She is never caught without her headphones, which often play some form of rock or electronic music.
Power Set:
~Sound manipulation~
She has the ability to absorb outside sources of sound, and use her own body as a sort of amplification device to direct them towards a target. She doesn't exactly have fine control of this versatile ability at the moment. She tends to go more towards 'power' over 'finesse'. That said, if forced to she could probably get creative. There is a slight delay in the time between she absorbs sound, and the time she uses it.
Current abilities:
~Passive Abilities~
Sound Absorption - She can absorb any incoming soundwave, effectively rendering any sound based attack on her useless. And by 'incoming', it means she can't use her own voice as a weapon. Of course, its not an absolute thing and someone more skilled than her in the area would still probably cause some damage. She then converts the sound into offensive or defensive abilities using sound. The more she alters the sound, the more 'charge' time she needs.
Sound Perception - She can literally see soundwaves. The appearance of the wave varies on the source of the sound. Music, will have a more flowing appearance depending on the genre. Explosions and other harsh noises will usually have a more jagged appearance.
~Offensive Abilities~
Sonic Wave - After absorbing a sound wave, she can direct it to her hands, making the output a highly destructive blast or wave. Usually in a conical shape that radiates outwards.
Sonic Fist - If she punches or hits something hard enough for it to make an audible noise, she can focus that noise on her fist, increasing the amount of power behind it even if she's not that physically strong. She could potentially send someone flying into a wall once she becomes more refined in her abilities.
Sonic Scream - Probably her currently most powerful ability. Focuses sound waves into her mouth, and she unleashes it in the form of a powerful, destructive shout. Basically a more powerful version of Sonic wave, with more range and more destructive force.
~Defensive/non-combat abilities~
N/A, for now.
-Other Skills-
- Fairly good martial skills with hand to hand combat. The people at the Illegal program made sure that she could handle herself in many situations.
- Knows her computers well. She spends most of her off time either playing on one, or doing some sort of computer programmy stuff. A skill she picked up in the year after being rescued from the program. She dabbles in hacking a bit.
-Weaknesses-
While she doesn't really have any physical limitations, she suffers from quite a few emotional troubles.
- Doesn't really work well with others.
- Aggressive, and tends to fight first and ask questions later.
- Numb to a lot of forms of pain. A psychological side effect.
- She must have external sources of sound for her abilities to work. She can only amplify existing sound, not make her own from nothing, yet.
Personality:
Alexis, is a bit on the wild side. Following rules and listening to the teachers is not her strong suit. She'd rather day dream/listen to her music, or play video games. Yes, she's a bit of a geek and would rather spend her days slaying dragons in Dark Souls or some other playing mario kart or pokemon, rather than sports or studying. Also tends to 'party hard' too, and takes an 'I don't give a crap' attitude to everything.
Socially wise, she's...well, inept at best. She's a bit of a shut in and doesn't really engage in conversation with people she doesn't know that well. People usually have to approach her first if they want to be her friend. Unfortunately, she tends to come off as a bit of a sarcastic ass to people she's first meeting.
She has a very violent side to her towards people she doesn't like. Unfortunately, she tends to dislike people more than like them. She loves fighting, and proving that she's the best at everything. Highly competitive, she absolutely loathes losing, and isn't above 'cheating' to win. Of course, she says that there is no such thing as 'cheating' as long as someone wins, since all is fair in a competition.
Backstory:
Alexis was born and raised in good 'ole new york city. Her father, was a wealthy club owner, and her mother was a 'business woman'. Of course, that's what they told her when she was a kid, and she believed them. They gave her a good life, and growing up a bit she may have been a bit spoiled. However, more often than not her mother was away from home for work, leaving her with her father to care for her.
Not that Alexis really mattered. She had a father who was one of the 'cool' dads. Laser tag, video games, you name it. Not to mention she was quite popular at school, and was practically a little diva. The other girls was jealous, and the boys of course, thought she was icky as all boys do. Save for one, her best friend by the name of Kenneth, or Ken for short.
Unfortunately around the time she was 10, she was waiting on her father to pick her up from school when someone kidnapped her. That was the last time for 3 years she saw her parents. At the time, she didn't entirely know what or why, but the men in the labcoats said that her mother was a...unique, individual, and that she should have some 'unique' abilities. Not really know what was going on, there was little a ten year old girl could do but to obey the adults around her. And what did they tell her to do? Well, they told her that if she wanted to not be punished, then she would succeed and be good. She complied with them, soon after discovering her abilities to manipulate and see soundwaves.
Three years later, she was rescued from the program, by none other than her own mother. Apparently she was a rather famous - or infamous 'Super Villain'. Needless to say, her mother made sure none of the people who so much as touched her, lived to see another day. She doesn't talk much about that time, but for the three years following her rescue, she was...different to say the least. She was quiet, and didn't talk much, rather spending her time on computers and videogames.
When she turned 16, her mom decided to send her to the school. She had long sense stopped her days of super-villaining, so she didn't have much of a problem getting her daughter in, hoping it would be good for her.
Other:
Always carries some headphones on her.
One of her favorite pieces.
Real Name:
Alexis Sinclair
Superhero Alias:
Nothing official - but she has gave her the self title of 'Audiophile'
Gender:
Female
Age:
16
Appearance:
Alexis is fairly tall for a girl her age, usually a few inches taller than others her age. Her looks are average at best. She has black hair, that has light blue streaks in it. She normally wears a light jacket or shirt, with rough and torn jeans. She is a bit on the pale side, and has bright blue eyes. She is never caught without her headphones, which often play some form of rock or electronic music.
Power Set:
~Sound manipulation~
She has the ability to absorb outside sources of sound, and use her own body as a sort of amplification device to direct them towards a target. She doesn't exactly have fine control of this versatile ability at the moment. She tends to go more towards 'power' over 'finesse'. That said, if forced to she could probably get creative. There is a slight delay in the time between she absorbs sound, and the time she uses it.
Current abilities:
~Passive Abilities~
Sound Absorption - She can absorb any incoming soundwave, effectively rendering any sound based attack on her useless. And by 'incoming', it means she can't use her own voice as a weapon. Of course, its not an absolute thing and someone more skilled than her in the area would still probably cause some damage. She then converts the sound into offensive or defensive abilities using sound. The more she alters the sound, the more 'charge' time she needs.
Sound Perception - She can literally see soundwaves. The appearance of the wave varies on the source of the sound. Music, will have a more flowing appearance depending on the genre. Explosions and other harsh noises will usually have a more jagged appearance.
~Offensive Abilities~
Sonic Wave - After absorbing a sound wave, she can direct it to her hands, making the output a highly destructive blast or wave. Usually in a conical shape that radiates outwards.
Sonic Fist - If she punches or hits something hard enough for it to make an audible noise, she can focus that noise on her fist, increasing the amount of power behind it even if she's not that physically strong. She could potentially send someone flying into a wall once she becomes more refined in her abilities.
Sonic Scream - Probably her currently most powerful ability. Focuses sound waves into her mouth, and she unleashes it in the form of a powerful, destructive shout. Basically a more powerful version of Sonic wave, with more range and more destructive force.
~Defensive/non-combat abilities~
N/A, for now.
-Other Skills-
- Fairly good martial skills with hand to hand combat. The people at the Illegal program made sure that she could handle herself in many situations.
- Knows her computers well. She spends most of her off time either playing on one, or doing some sort of computer programmy stuff. A skill she picked up in the year after being rescued from the program. She dabbles in hacking a bit.
-Weaknesses-
While she doesn't really have any physical limitations, she suffers from quite a few emotional troubles.
- Doesn't really work well with others.
- Aggressive, and tends to fight first and ask questions later.
- Numb to a lot of forms of pain. A psychological side effect.
- She must have external sources of sound for her abilities to work. She can only amplify existing sound, not make her own from nothing, yet.
Personality:
Alexis, is a bit on the wild side. Following rules and listening to the teachers is not her strong suit. She'd rather day dream/listen to her music, or play video games. Yes, she's a bit of a geek and would rather spend her days slaying dragons in Dark Souls or some other playing mario kart or pokemon, rather than sports or studying. Also tends to 'party hard' too, and takes an 'I don't give a crap' attitude to everything.
Socially wise, she's...well, inept at best. She's a bit of a shut in and doesn't really engage in conversation with people she doesn't know that well. People usually have to approach her first if they want to be her friend. Unfortunately, she tends to come off as a bit of a sarcastic ass to people she's first meeting.
She has a very violent side to her towards people she doesn't like. Unfortunately, she tends to dislike people more than like them. She loves fighting, and proving that she's the best at everything. Highly competitive, she absolutely loathes losing, and isn't above 'cheating' to win. Of course, she says that there is no such thing as 'cheating' as long as someone wins, since all is fair in a competition.
Backstory:
Alexis was born and raised in good 'ole new york city. Her father, was a wealthy club owner, and her mother was a 'business woman'. Of course, that's what they told her when she was a kid, and she believed them. They gave her a good life, and growing up a bit she may have been a bit spoiled. However, more often than not her mother was away from home for work, leaving her with her father to care for her.
Not that Alexis really mattered. She had a father who was one of the 'cool' dads. Laser tag, video games, you name it. Not to mention she was quite popular at school, and was practically a little diva. The other girls was jealous, and the boys of course, thought she was icky as all boys do. Save for one, her best friend by the name of Kenneth, or Ken for short.
Unfortunately around the time she was 10, she was waiting on her father to pick her up from school when someone kidnapped her. That was the last time for 3 years she saw her parents. At the time, she didn't entirely know what or why, but the men in the labcoats said that her mother was a...unique, individual, and that she should have some 'unique' abilities. Not really know what was going on, there was little a ten year old girl could do but to obey the adults around her. And what did they tell her to do? Well, they told her that if she wanted to not be punished, then she would succeed and be good. She complied with them, soon after discovering her abilities to manipulate and see soundwaves.
Three years later, she was rescued from the program, by none other than her own mother. Apparently she was a rather famous - or infamous 'Super Villain'. Needless to say, her mother made sure none of the people who so much as touched her, lived to see another day. She doesn't talk much about that time, but for the three years following her rescue, she was...different to say the least. She was quiet, and didn't talk much, rather spending her time on computers and videogames.
When she turned 16, her mom decided to send her to the school. She had long sense stopped her days of super-villaining, so she didn't have much of a problem getting her daughter in, hoping it would be good for her.
Other:
Always carries some headphones on her.
One of her favorite pieces.
Real Name:
Beiq'irq, was the name she recalls upon gaining sentience.
To humans though, she tells them her name is Meredith Hillard - a name given to her by a man she had attacked shortly before gaining sentience.
Superhero Alias:
As a 'Supervillain' she was simply known as the 'Devourer', due to her beast-like nature and lack of any seeming intelligence, and the fact she devoured/destroyed everything she got her hands on. She doesn't really have an alias as of now, though. Superheroing isn't her thing.
Gender:
Female (though, she could switch genders easily if she ever wanted too.)
Age:
Easily old enough to be your Grand mum. But she tells everyone she's at a young, mature age of 30.
Appearance:
Meredith, has a two appearances she is most known for. Her first, is her common everyday appearance she uses before the students and other people.
Blond hair, brown eyes with black boots and long stockings. Petite, but beautifully pale skin and tall, but not lanky or unattractive. Usually carries a bag of various items in it.
Her other form is the 'You seriously done fucked up' form. Also what she actually looks like - her natural grown form if you will. After being a parasite, and living off of another living creature for a long time, most of her kind shed that skin and return to their natural forms, but Meredith rather likes her human form and has decided to stay in it, until the actual parasite grows to big for the host body.
Soft, squishy, a bit damp to the touch, and whatever you do, do not call her 'squid lady'. She stands around 7 feet, normally, but could easily change her size should she need to. Instead of walking, she moves more fluidly, thanks to the tentacles that replace her legs.
Do not be fooled by her bodies soft appearance and feeling, it is a rather durable organic material that causes most attacks to simply be absorbed, but if she needed to, she could harden it to some sort of red-blood looking armor. The more bio-matter she stores and consumes, the larger her form becomes. There are members of her species as big as the empire state building, but they typically live deep in the ocean or deep underground, on her home planet.
Power Set:
Self Bio Manipulation/Absorption.
She has control over her own body and can make her body do whatever she wants. Mostly used through some form of grotesque bone/skin/blood manipulation. Such as hardening the bones in her body to extreme levels, hardening her skin into nigh-impenetrable armor, and even using her own blood as projectiles. If its part of her body, she can manipulate it - even regenerate limbs or make new ones if she has enough energy. She could even change her appearance on a whim.
Of course, the greater the change she makes, the more energy and strain on her body it uses.
And to accomplish such feats, she has to absorb organic matter. As in, she literally must absorb outside organic materials. Plants, animals...humans. Any organic, fleshy matter she can absorb to some extent, and then use the energy she gains from it to alter her body in extreme ways.
Other Skills:
- Excellent at Melee combat with a variety of weapons, which she easily has access to a lot of since most of the time an amalgamation of her bones and flesh is what she uses for weapons.
- Highly intelligent. Logical thinking and puzzle solving is something she is so good at, some consider it another superhuman feat of hers. Untrue, as she thinks at the same rate as other humans. She simply learns things fairly easily and likes learning.
- Despite her small size, she is quite strong - inhumanly so. She could easily punch a car and send it flying.
- Speaks and reads a variety of languages. Dead and even some obscure alien languages.
- She is actually able to telepathically communicate on some level to others of her kind. Not actual talking per se, but feelings and emotions, and general ideas.
- Tends to think very logically, and not creatively. As such, creative solutions are not her thing. She'd rather do something the tried and true way, than improvise. (Also a bit of a weakness)
Weaknesses:
- Ranged attacks. Since her body relies mostly on itself in some form to fight, ranged fights are quite difficult for her.
- Any part of her she modifies...well, she still feels pain should any new appendage be damaged in some way.
- Could be fairly vulnerable while restructuring her form. Depends on how big and how complicated the change is.
- Extreme heat and cold. While she is able to control her body, it is still flesh, blood, and bone fundamentally. She can change its natural hardness by making her bones out of pure carbon, changing the strength of her skin, and her muscle mass, it is all still fundamentally that. She burns rather easily, and extreme cold would make her sluggish and give her hypotermia, just as any human or other fleshy creature would.
- Energy gained from absorbing organic matter can only be stored a few days, as such she tends to eat constantly.
Subject:
Biology. Anything dealing with the human body, bodies of animals, and other things she's a pro at.
Personality:
Honestly? Meredith isn't entirely all there. She's one of those people who always seems to be entirely 'too happy', with a smile on her face and a pleasant attitude to most things. She's often caught talking to herself, and actually having conversations with herself. And odd quirk, to be sure, and some question her sanity because of this.
Other than that, Meredith is usually quite the friendly person. She's a bit on the hyperactive side - or possibly insane side, take your pick. Especially right after she absorbs some organic matter. More often than not, she acts like a kid rather than someone who's been around long enough to be some of their grandmas. She would rather hang out with the kids, than with the stupid adults and heroes, which annoys some of her co-workers to no end.
She has a bit of a superiority complex, and does have the tendency to think she's the best thing on...erhm, two or three legs. Or no legs. Some days she has fun imitating a snail. Also tends to think she's the best looking thing too. Anyone who thinks their better than she is, is just one of the few ways to piss her off.
Of course, under that friendly exterior, is the parasite 'Beiq'irq. While not exactly hostile, it is extremely violent and sadistic once it starts getting aggressive. While she does tend to avoid fights and conflicts, once she does fight...well, lets just say she thoroughly enjoys it. This, is the true personality of the parasite. It likes nothing more than to just devour and assimilate everything into her own biomass. Being eaten/absorbed by her, is not a pleasant way to go.
Her people are a race of creatures that live and thrive off of absorbing other organic matter, and if given the choice they will always chose their own growth over other sentient beings. One must always keep that in mind - however, she is an oddity in that she actually cares to communicate with humans. Since they are the only sentient species on their planet, most use other animals as hosts, leading themselves to become a bit feral in the process.
Dear god this thing got long.
Other:
Tends to eat a lot of raw vegetables.
Might get uncomfortably close to people sometimes. No sense of personal space.
She likes touching things and people.
Also, when she says she has eyes in the back of her head...she usually means it.
By her peoples standards, she's still just a kid, which is probably why she still acts like one a bit. Even if she's technically nearing a century in human years, and has the knowledge, experience, and position to back that up, she's still a teenager when compared to others of her species, meaning she still has a lot of skills to develop.
For a kinda brief example of her powers, think of her as a Necromporph from Deadspace xP
yeah...for when the parasite finally loses it's patience :P
Beiq'irq, was the name she recalls upon gaining sentience.
To humans though, she tells them her name is Meredith Hillard - a name given to her by a man she had attacked shortly before gaining sentience.
Superhero Alias:
As a 'Supervillain' she was simply known as the 'Devourer', due to her beast-like nature and lack of any seeming intelligence, and the fact she devoured/destroyed everything she got her hands on. She doesn't really have an alias as of now, though. Superheroing isn't her thing.
Gender:
Female (though, she could switch genders easily if she ever wanted too.)
Age:
Easily old enough to be your Grand mum. But she tells everyone she's at a young, mature age of 30.
Appearance:
Meredith, has a two appearances she is most known for. Her first, is her common everyday appearance she uses before the students and other people.
Blond hair, brown eyes with black boots and long stockings. Petite, but beautifully pale skin and tall, but not lanky or unattractive. Usually carries a bag of various items in it.
Her other form is the 'You seriously done fucked up' form. Also what she actually looks like - her natural grown form if you will. After being a parasite, and living off of another living creature for a long time, most of her kind shed that skin and return to their natural forms, but Meredith rather likes her human form and has decided to stay in it, until the actual parasite grows to big for the host body.
Soft, squishy, a bit damp to the touch, and whatever you do, do not call her 'squid lady'. She stands around 7 feet, normally, but could easily change her size should she need to. Instead of walking, she moves more fluidly, thanks to the tentacles that replace her legs.
Do not be fooled by her bodies soft appearance and feeling, it is a rather durable organic material that causes most attacks to simply be absorbed, but if she needed to, she could harden it to some sort of red-blood looking armor. The more bio-matter she stores and consumes, the larger her form becomes. There are members of her species as big as the empire state building, but they typically live deep in the ocean or deep underground, on her home planet.
Power Set:
Self Bio Manipulation/Absorption.
She has control over her own body and can make her body do whatever she wants. Mostly used through some form of grotesque bone/skin/blood manipulation. Such as hardening the bones in her body to extreme levels, hardening her skin into nigh-impenetrable armor, and even using her own blood as projectiles. If its part of her body, she can manipulate it - even regenerate limbs or make new ones if she has enough energy. She could even change her appearance on a whim.
Of course, the greater the change she makes, the more energy and strain on her body it uses.
And to accomplish such feats, she has to absorb organic matter. As in, she literally must absorb outside organic materials. Plants, animals...humans. Any organic, fleshy matter she can absorb to some extent, and then use the energy she gains from it to alter her body in extreme ways.
Other Skills:
- Excellent at Melee combat with a variety of weapons, which she easily has access to a lot of since most of the time an amalgamation of her bones and flesh is what she uses for weapons.
- Highly intelligent. Logical thinking and puzzle solving is something she is so good at, some consider it another superhuman feat of hers. Untrue, as she thinks at the same rate as other humans. She simply learns things fairly easily and likes learning.
- Despite her small size, she is quite strong - inhumanly so. She could easily punch a car and send it flying.
- Speaks and reads a variety of languages. Dead and even some obscure alien languages.
- She is actually able to telepathically communicate on some level to others of her kind. Not actual talking per se, but feelings and emotions, and general ideas.
- Tends to think very logically, and not creatively. As such, creative solutions are not her thing. She'd rather do something the tried and true way, than improvise. (Also a bit of a weakness)
Weaknesses:
- Ranged attacks. Since her body relies mostly on itself in some form to fight, ranged fights are quite difficult for her.
- Any part of her she modifies...well, she still feels pain should any new appendage be damaged in some way.
- Could be fairly vulnerable while restructuring her form. Depends on how big and how complicated the change is.
- Extreme heat and cold. While she is able to control her body, it is still flesh, blood, and bone fundamentally. She can change its natural hardness by making her bones out of pure carbon, changing the strength of her skin, and her muscle mass, it is all still fundamentally that. She burns rather easily, and extreme cold would make her sluggish and give her hypotermia, just as any human or other fleshy creature would.
- Energy gained from absorbing organic matter can only be stored a few days, as such she tends to eat constantly.
Subject:
Biology. Anything dealing with the human body, bodies of animals, and other things she's a pro at.
Personality:
Honestly? Meredith isn't entirely all there. She's one of those people who always seems to be entirely 'too happy', with a smile on her face and a pleasant attitude to most things. She's often caught talking to herself, and actually having conversations with herself. And odd quirk, to be sure, and some question her sanity because of this.
Other than that, Meredith is usually quite the friendly person. She's a bit on the hyperactive side - or possibly insane side, take your pick. Especially right after she absorbs some organic matter. More often than not, she acts like a kid rather than someone who's been around long enough to be some of their grandmas. She would rather hang out with the kids, than with the stupid adults and heroes, which annoys some of her co-workers to no end.
She has a bit of a superiority complex, and does have the tendency to think she's the best thing on...erhm, two or three legs. Or no legs. Some days she has fun imitating a snail. Also tends to think she's the best looking thing too. Anyone who thinks their better than she is, is just one of the few ways to piss her off.
Of course, under that friendly exterior, is the parasite 'Beiq'irq. While not exactly hostile, it is extremely violent and sadistic once it starts getting aggressive. While she does tend to avoid fights and conflicts, once she does fight...well, lets just say she thoroughly enjoys it. This, is the true personality of the parasite. It likes nothing more than to just devour and assimilate everything into her own biomass. Being eaten/absorbed by her, is not a pleasant way to go.
Her people are a race of creatures that live and thrive off of absorbing other organic matter, and if given the choice they will always chose their own growth over other sentient beings. One must always keep that in mind - however, she is an oddity in that she actually cares to communicate with humans. Since they are the only sentient species on their planet, most use other animals as hosts, leading themselves to become a bit feral in the process.
Beiq'irq, is actually a parasitic being from the far reaches of deep space. Hatched - yes, hatched, on some swampy sea planet that orbited a bright red star. At least, that's about as much as she can remember about her home world. A group of alien biologists stumbled upon the planet and the curious organisms that lived there. She, was supposed to be sent back to their home world for testing.
Well, she had other ideas. She wasn't sure what happened exactly, but some time during the flight, something went wrong. She was ejected out the airlock - and ended up in an earth graveyard in the early 1900's. She had intended to latch onto a human, and she did - but unfortunately, it was a recently deceased human which made the process go a bit...haywire.
Instead of completely overriding the humans will and replacing it with her own, there was nothing to replace. The brain had already died, and since she was still a baby, a hatchling, she had no control over her own abilities yet. Infesting a dead body was a bit of a taboo back on her home world, at least for young ones. This caused a bit of a...problem, if you will. Since she couldn't assimilate the dead body, she had to do the best she could and unfortunately lost whatever semblance of 'sentience' she had in the process.
Yep, she was essentially what some might call a 'zombie' for her first few years on the earth. A seemingly mindless creature with a desire to eat human flesh. As she consumed more, she started looking like something out of a Lovecraftian horror story. This continued for at least fifty or so years, with her staying out of the highly populated areas and eating on whatever unfortunate traveler that came her way. Somewhere along the way, the superheroes became aware of her presence, and labeled her as a threat.
It wasn't until the 1980's did she finally gain sentience. After a fight with the superheroes in which she was almost completely incinerated, a scientist researching a way to combat cancer found a tiny little bit of her that wasn't incinerated. Curious, about the strange, grey goop that he found, he took it home with him.
He was surprised, the next morning when he found that it had grown to almost double its original size, and now sported several grotesque eyes, tentacles, and a mouth. It seemed docile, for the most part, and the eyes followed him curiously around the room. After running a few tests on it, he found the curious little parasite that lived in the center of the creature.
It wasn't until his own daughter was dying from cancer did he attempt to remove the creature and implant it into his daughter, in hopes of using its abilities to fight the cancer. It went horribly, horribly wrong. Finally free, she lashed out at the scientist. After a struggle, the scientist had removed the parasite from the fleshy mass, and did succeed in implanting it in his daughter. He didn't exactly get the result he was hoping for, but by the time Beiq'irq was conscious again, the scientist had expired.
Beiq'irq, felt terrible about the things she had done after she had regained her sentience. For a time, she just disappeared off the face of the planet. Went off the grid, as they say. Of course, the superheroes all believed her to be dead from their last confrontation, so it was easy enough to assume the identity of Meredith Hillard. Who, became a pretty successful Biologist in the time.
On a whim, she decided she wanted to be a teacher at the school, thinking enough time had passed that she could easily get in without too much trouble. She doesn't hide her identity, if asked, but she doesn't exactly like talking about it either.
Well, she had other ideas. She wasn't sure what happened exactly, but some time during the flight, something went wrong. She was ejected out the airlock - and ended up in an earth graveyard in the early 1900's. She had intended to latch onto a human, and she did - but unfortunately, it was a recently deceased human which made the process go a bit...haywire.
Instead of completely overriding the humans will and replacing it with her own, there was nothing to replace. The brain had already died, and since she was still a baby, a hatchling, she had no control over her own abilities yet. Infesting a dead body was a bit of a taboo back on her home world, at least for young ones. This caused a bit of a...problem, if you will. Since she couldn't assimilate the dead body, she had to do the best she could and unfortunately lost whatever semblance of 'sentience' she had in the process.
Yep, she was essentially what some might call a 'zombie' for her first few years on the earth. A seemingly mindless creature with a desire to eat human flesh. As she consumed more, she started looking like something out of a Lovecraftian horror story. This continued for at least fifty or so years, with her staying out of the highly populated areas and eating on whatever unfortunate traveler that came her way. Somewhere along the way, the superheroes became aware of her presence, and labeled her as a threat.
It wasn't until the 1980's did she finally gain sentience. After a fight with the superheroes in which she was almost completely incinerated, a scientist researching a way to combat cancer found a tiny little bit of her that wasn't incinerated. Curious, about the strange, grey goop that he found, he took it home with him.
He was surprised, the next morning when he found that it had grown to almost double its original size, and now sported several grotesque eyes, tentacles, and a mouth. It seemed docile, for the most part, and the eyes followed him curiously around the room. After running a few tests on it, he found the curious little parasite that lived in the center of the creature.
It wasn't until his own daughter was dying from cancer did he attempt to remove the creature and implant it into his daughter, in hopes of using its abilities to fight the cancer. It went horribly, horribly wrong. Finally free, she lashed out at the scientist. After a struggle, the scientist had removed the parasite from the fleshy mass, and did succeed in implanting it in his daughter. He didn't exactly get the result he was hoping for, but by the time Beiq'irq was conscious again, the scientist had expired.
Beiq'irq, felt terrible about the things she had done after she had regained her sentience. For a time, she just disappeared off the face of the planet. Went off the grid, as they say. Of course, the superheroes all believed her to be dead from their last confrontation, so it was easy enough to assume the identity of Meredith Hillard. Who, became a pretty successful Biologist in the time.
On a whim, she decided she wanted to be a teacher at the school, thinking enough time had passed that she could easily get in without too much trouble. She doesn't hide her identity, if asked, but she doesn't exactly like talking about it either.
Dear god this thing got long.
Other:
Tends to eat a lot of raw vegetables.
Might get uncomfortably close to people sometimes. No sense of personal space.
She likes touching things and people.
Also, when she says she has eyes in the back of her head...she usually means it.
By her peoples standards, she's still just a kid, which is probably why she still acts like one a bit. Even if she's technically nearing a century in human years, and has the knowledge, experience, and position to back that up, she's still a teenager when compared to others of her species, meaning she still has a lot of skills to develop.
For a kinda brief example of her powers, think of her as a Necromporph from Deadspace xP
yeah...for when the parasite finally loses it's patience :P
Real Name:
Ziska Sieghild
(That means Battle Victory, to you filthy uncultured swine.)
Superhero Alias:
N/A
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Appearance:
Ziska stands at approximately 168.5cm (that is 5'6", you insufferable American louts.) She has long, raven black hair with extremely pale skin, and her visible eye is a red color. Most would find her to be quite attractive.
On her right eye, is an eye patch. She tells most people she lost the eye in an accident. Not a total, lie, but not the whole truth either. If she were to remove the eyepatch, they would find that she still has a quite functional eye...except, the sclera is pitch black in color and the Iris is a frosty blue that glows slightly in the dark. This eye, is the source of her abilities.
She normally wears a black tight-fitting military uniform with black tights and combat boots. She wears white gloves, as she obviously can't dirty her own hands, can she? She doesn't hide the fact she has a rather large distaste for non-supers or those that rely on trinkets and other objects for their abilities.
Some might find her fashion sense a little...eccentric, but coming from a military family with a long history of service, its standard attire for her. The cap, is purely ceremonial and she only wears it for appearances.
Power Set:
Ziskas abilities, at first would seem to be a form of a highly trained Attack Prediction. She can, in fact, sense any sort of danger in the immediate area to herself, and if physically possible for her, she can flawlessly counter any physical attack, or dodge any non-physical attack as long as there is a slimmest chance for her to.
This power is not absolute, however. The power can only work on attacks she can actually see, or physically stop or dodge. If she is physically unable to dodge/counter/attack, then the power can only minimize the damage at best, or at worse not work at all. Attacks from behind, are also effective since she has no defensive powers that could activate automatically. Surprise attacks are also effective.
In reality, this is just a constant side effect of her actual ability...which she tries, for the most part not to let the rest of the student body know about. She never uses her actual ability in public unless absolutely necessary.
Fear Manipulation
Now, whether this is the actual eye of the ancient Greek God of Terror/Battle is a mystery shrouded in an enigma and wrapped in a paradox. There is nothing in the old texts about Deimos being able to control fear, however the eye lets her do just that. All that is really known about this powerful artifact, is that once the user acquires it, it is forever bound to them and grants them the ability of the ancient god.
The eye gives her two abilities. The passive ability she calls her 'Battle Sense', which is explained above and the ability to control and sense fear on some level.
The former ability, she has mastered just about as well as she can in her current state. The latter...well, she doesn't like using it for multiple reasons that will be listed in the weaknesses section below.
Simply put, the eye allows her to control the emotion of fear. She could kill a weak minded person simply from giving them a fear induced heart attack. For her foes, she could scare them into a catatonic state, if they are weak of mind. For her allies, she could absorb their fears, and turn them into berserker soldiers that fear neither death, injury, or anything else while making her own self stronger. Or, she could achieve the same effect by making them more afraid of her than death or injury. Increasing someones strength and abilities through sheer fear - which would also increase her strength as she fed off of the fear.
Currently, the most devastating thing she can do with her power, is send someone into a never ending nightmare of their own worst fears. She has no control over what someone sees, she can only start the events in motion. If they fall for the trick, they are rendered catatonic until they manage to break free from the fear. During this state, the victim becomes a battery to fuel her own powers.
This, is the worst case scenario for someone fighting her. The more fear there is for her to feed on, the more powerful she herself becomes.
she can sense fear, as well. Useful...for keeping track of people near her.
Other Skills:
Aside from her abilities, she has been trained in swordplay. Her Battle Sense abilities make her quite good at it as well. She wields a simple, yet elegant sword. They actually came in a pair, but for now she only uses one. One is silver/black, the other is gold/black. A gift from her father before she was sent to the school to study.
was also trained in physical defense, and has a basic understanding of martial arts and use of rifles/guns.
Weaknesses:
The powers most obvious flaw, is that it will not work on people without fear. Of course, all people have fears, correct? So then theoretically this weakness shouldn't exist...
Aside from that, her powers need fear to fuel them. Either fear from the surrounding area and others, or fuel from herself.
Emotionally, despite her ice-queen exterior, she's quite a bit on the troubled side. If only from her constant fear of not being good enough, failing, and need to be perfect. It is more than enough to fuel the eyes basic abilities.
The eye also causes the user to suffer from chronic nightmares themselves, as such, she has conditioned herself to sleep very little unless she absolutely needs it.
...needless to say, the Eye, is not a toy just anyone should mess with.
Personality:
Ziska is a seemingly harsh girl with an even harsher outlook on life. She has a strong belief in order, following the rules and making sure others do so as well. After all, without rules there would simply be chaos, and chaos is...undesirable. She regularly makes sure that students aren't breaking the rules, and if someone is caught cheating on a test or something, she will make sure they know that such a thing is...unwelcome.
She is a no-nonsense woman with a bit of a superiority complex and who does not put up with a lot of shenanigans. If you have time to be slacking off, you have time to be bettering yourself. At least, that is what she believes. She practices this herself, as she can often be found studying, training her swordsmanship, or trying to develop her other powers further. Though the latter can be a bit difficult...to find a willing subject for.
Needless to say, she's not going to be winning any popularity contests. While she follows all the rules, doesn't break any, and for her record is clean for the most part, the way she treats the other students keeps her from being anywhere on the popularity scale.
If someone actually took the painstaking time to get to know her on some level, or actually simply just started a small conversation with her, they'd find that she's actually quite amicable and friendly - as long as they behaved themselves in her presence. And by that, I mean show her what some might call an unreasonable amount of respect.
Under her ice-queen exterior though, is a very troubled girl who is constantly obsessed with being the best at almost everything. The fear of not living up to her fathers expectations is what drives her, and is the main source of fuel for her abilities.
However, she does have an intense...dislike, for non-supers. A belief that has been driven into her by both her father and mother, and is quite vocal about her opinions on them, and people who rely on silly, easily broken trinkets for their abilities.
Backstory:
Ziska Sieghild was born on a cold winter day in January. Born to a rather well off old German family in Brandenburg with ties to old Nazi Germany in WW2. She was the fourth, and last child of the Sieghilds'. Both of her parents were supers, and her three siblings also had abilities as well. Little Ziska though...did not, much to her parents dismay as they both...thought very little of those without abilities.
Still, they thought of her as their own daughter...and if she wasn't going to have abilities, then she would simply have to use her natural talents in other ways. From the day she could walk, her parents made her undergo strict training and studies so that she, as a normal person without abilities would be able to stand even the slimmest chance against those with abilities.
She eagerly applied herself, wanting little more than to please her parents. It didn't leave her much time for a social life, or for really playing or getting along with her other siblings, aside from her oldest brother who often got the both of them into quite a bit of trouble.
As she got older, her parents trained her in sword play, marksmanship with various guns, and other martial pursuits. She was a quick study, and easily picked up on things. However, no matter how hard she applied herself, she was never...good enough for either of her parents or even came close to comparing herself to her siblings.
This...eventually led her to search for a way to get better...to acquire powers of her own. Not exactly an easy test, or a sure-fire process. Genetic enhancements, cybernetics...radiation. She all looked at with scrutiny. However, none were an exact process, and most could lead to...disastrous results.
At the age of 13, she was sent to study abroad at a relatives house in Greece.
The relative seeing that she was obsessed with gaining powers, suggested that perhaps she would find what she is looking for there. After a series of backroom deals and dealing with rather...questionable merchants and sources of information, she finally found something that suited her needs.
Magic.
Or at least...a form, of it. She had never held much stock in gods and such, but when presented with what could be a potentially life changing experience, and grant her abilities on par with those of her siblings...she eagerly leaped at the chance. Through a bit of information gathering, she found a person, secluded in an ancient part of Greece...someone who called herself an Oracle, who might possibly be able to help her.
The oracle explained there was one way she could gain...superhuman abilities. Drinking the 'blood of a god' could possibly yield the results she was looking for. After spending a few days weighing the pros and cons, she took the oracles offer.
It was easy enough, drinking the concoction the oracle presented her with, but that was the easy part. To this day, she won't exactly say what happened since she swore an oath to not tell anyone about what transpired, but she came out a changed girl, with the 'Eye of Deimos', and the ability to manipulate a persons fear.
After returning home, two years later and spending most of the rest of her years honing her abilities, she presented herself and her new abilities to her father, who was quite surprised at this development. When asked...she told the only lie she ever told her father.
She was born with the abilities, but they were not able to manifest in such a controlled environment. Both of her parents, were thrilled - for once...she finally felt like she was part of the family.
However, with that, also comes with the responsibilities. When she was 16, she enrolled to her first year of Herculean Academy. She was sent mainly to learn, and as a boarding school just like all of her siblings. However, her father also asked her to...tell her of the superhero school. She simply assumed he wanted to know more about it.
This is her second year here, and she is looking forward to it.
Other:
(e.g. voice actors, theme songs, any quirks or tidbits that weren't included above)
Ziska Sieghild
(That means Battle Victory, to you filthy uncultured swine.)
Superhero Alias:
N/A
Gender:
Female
Age:
17
Appearance:
Ziska stands at approximately 168.5cm (that is 5'6", you insufferable American louts.) She has long, raven black hair with extremely pale skin, and her visible eye is a red color. Most would find her to be quite attractive.
On her right eye, is an eye patch. She tells most people she lost the eye in an accident. Not a total, lie, but not the whole truth either. If she were to remove the eyepatch, they would find that she still has a quite functional eye...except, the sclera is pitch black in color and the Iris is a frosty blue that glows slightly in the dark. This eye, is the source of her abilities.
She normally wears a black tight-fitting military uniform with black tights and combat boots. She wears white gloves, as she obviously can't dirty her own hands, can she? She doesn't hide the fact she has a rather large distaste for non-supers or those that rely on trinkets and other objects for their abilities.
Some might find her fashion sense a little...eccentric, but coming from a military family with a long history of service, its standard attire for her. The cap, is purely ceremonial and she only wears it for appearances.
Power Set:
Ziskas abilities, at first would seem to be a form of a highly trained Attack Prediction. She can, in fact, sense any sort of danger in the immediate area to herself, and if physically possible for her, she can flawlessly counter any physical attack, or dodge any non-physical attack as long as there is a slimmest chance for her to.
This power is not absolute, however. The power can only work on attacks she can actually see, or physically stop or dodge. If she is physically unable to dodge/counter/attack, then the power can only minimize the damage at best, or at worse not work at all. Attacks from behind, are also effective since she has no defensive powers that could activate automatically. Surprise attacks are also effective.
In reality, this is just a constant side effect of her actual ability...which she tries, for the most part not to let the rest of the student body know about. She never uses her actual ability in public unless absolutely necessary.
Fear Manipulation
Now, whether this is the actual eye of the ancient Greek God of Terror/Battle is a mystery shrouded in an enigma and wrapped in a paradox. There is nothing in the old texts about Deimos being able to control fear, however the eye lets her do just that. All that is really known about this powerful artifact, is that once the user acquires it, it is forever bound to them and grants them the ability of the ancient god.
The eye gives her two abilities. The passive ability she calls her 'Battle Sense', which is explained above and the ability to control and sense fear on some level.
The former ability, she has mastered just about as well as she can in her current state. The latter...well, she doesn't like using it for multiple reasons that will be listed in the weaknesses section below.
Simply put, the eye allows her to control the emotion of fear. She could kill a weak minded person simply from giving them a fear induced heart attack. For her foes, she could scare them into a catatonic state, if they are weak of mind. For her allies, she could absorb their fears, and turn them into berserker soldiers that fear neither death, injury, or anything else while making her own self stronger. Or, she could achieve the same effect by making them more afraid of her than death or injury. Increasing someones strength and abilities through sheer fear - which would also increase her strength as she fed off of the fear.
Currently, the most devastating thing she can do with her power, is send someone into a never ending nightmare of their own worst fears. She has no control over what someone sees, she can only start the events in motion. If they fall for the trick, they are rendered catatonic until they manage to break free from the fear. During this state, the victim becomes a battery to fuel her own powers.
This, is the worst case scenario for someone fighting her. The more fear there is for her to feed on, the more powerful she herself becomes.
she can sense fear, as well. Useful...for keeping track of people near her.
Other Skills:
Aside from her abilities, she has been trained in swordplay. Her Battle Sense abilities make her quite good at it as well. She wields a simple, yet elegant sword. They actually came in a pair, but for now she only uses one. One is silver/black, the other is gold/black. A gift from her father before she was sent to the school to study.
was also trained in physical defense, and has a basic understanding of martial arts and use of rifles/guns.
Weaknesses:
The powers most obvious flaw, is that it will not work on people without fear. Of course, all people have fears, correct? So then theoretically this weakness shouldn't exist...
Aside from that, her powers need fear to fuel them. Either fear from the surrounding area and others, or fuel from herself.
Emotionally, despite her ice-queen exterior, she's quite a bit on the troubled side. If only from her constant fear of not being good enough, failing, and need to be perfect. It is more than enough to fuel the eyes basic abilities.
The eye also causes the user to suffer from chronic nightmares themselves, as such, she has conditioned herself to sleep very little unless she absolutely needs it.
...needless to say, the Eye, is not a toy just anyone should mess with.
Personality:
Ziska is a seemingly harsh girl with an even harsher outlook on life. She has a strong belief in order, following the rules and making sure others do so as well. After all, without rules there would simply be chaos, and chaos is...undesirable. She regularly makes sure that students aren't breaking the rules, and if someone is caught cheating on a test or something, she will make sure they know that such a thing is...unwelcome.
She is a no-nonsense woman with a bit of a superiority complex and who does not put up with a lot of shenanigans. If you have time to be slacking off, you have time to be bettering yourself. At least, that is what she believes. She practices this herself, as she can often be found studying, training her swordsmanship, or trying to develop her other powers further. Though the latter can be a bit difficult...to find a willing subject for.
Needless to say, she's not going to be winning any popularity contests. While she follows all the rules, doesn't break any, and for her record is clean for the most part, the way she treats the other students keeps her from being anywhere on the popularity scale.
If someone actually took the painstaking time to get to know her on some level, or actually simply just started a small conversation with her, they'd find that she's actually quite amicable and friendly - as long as they behaved themselves in her presence. And by that, I mean show her what some might call an unreasonable amount of respect.
Under her ice-queen exterior though, is a very troubled girl who is constantly obsessed with being the best at almost everything. The fear of not living up to her fathers expectations is what drives her, and is the main source of fuel for her abilities.
However, she does have an intense...dislike, for non-supers. A belief that has been driven into her by both her father and mother, and is quite vocal about her opinions on them, and people who rely on silly, easily broken trinkets for their abilities.
Backstory:
Ziska Sieghild was born on a cold winter day in January. Born to a rather well off old German family in Brandenburg with ties to old Nazi Germany in WW2. She was the fourth, and last child of the Sieghilds'. Both of her parents were supers, and her three siblings also had abilities as well. Little Ziska though...did not, much to her parents dismay as they both...thought very little of those without abilities.
Still, they thought of her as their own daughter...and if she wasn't going to have abilities, then she would simply have to use her natural talents in other ways. From the day she could walk, her parents made her undergo strict training and studies so that she, as a normal person without abilities would be able to stand even the slimmest chance against those with abilities.
She eagerly applied herself, wanting little more than to please her parents. It didn't leave her much time for a social life, or for really playing or getting along with her other siblings, aside from her oldest brother who often got the both of them into quite a bit of trouble.
As she got older, her parents trained her in sword play, marksmanship with various guns, and other martial pursuits. She was a quick study, and easily picked up on things. However, no matter how hard she applied herself, she was never...good enough for either of her parents or even came close to comparing herself to her siblings.
This...eventually led her to search for a way to get better...to acquire powers of her own. Not exactly an easy test, or a sure-fire process. Genetic enhancements, cybernetics...radiation. She all looked at with scrutiny. However, none were an exact process, and most could lead to...disastrous results.
At the age of 13, she was sent to study abroad at a relatives house in Greece.
The relative seeing that she was obsessed with gaining powers, suggested that perhaps she would find what she is looking for there. After a series of backroom deals and dealing with rather...questionable merchants and sources of information, she finally found something that suited her needs.
Magic.
Or at least...a form, of it. She had never held much stock in gods and such, but when presented with what could be a potentially life changing experience, and grant her abilities on par with those of her siblings...she eagerly leaped at the chance. Through a bit of information gathering, she found a person, secluded in an ancient part of Greece...someone who called herself an Oracle, who might possibly be able to help her.
The oracle explained there was one way she could gain...superhuman abilities. Drinking the 'blood of a god' could possibly yield the results she was looking for. After spending a few days weighing the pros and cons, she took the oracles offer.
It was easy enough, drinking the concoction the oracle presented her with, but that was the easy part. To this day, she won't exactly say what happened since she swore an oath to not tell anyone about what transpired, but she came out a changed girl, with the 'Eye of Deimos', and the ability to manipulate a persons fear.
After returning home, two years later and spending most of the rest of her years honing her abilities, she presented herself and her new abilities to her father, who was quite surprised at this development. When asked...she told the only lie she ever told her father.
She was born with the abilities, but they were not able to manifest in such a controlled environment. Both of her parents, were thrilled - for once...she finally felt like she was part of the family.
However, with that, also comes with the responsibilities. When she was 16, she enrolled to her first year of Herculean Academy. She was sent mainly to learn, and as a boarding school just like all of her siblings. However, her father also asked her to...tell her of the superhero school. She simply assumed he wanted to know more about it.
This is her second year here, and she is looking forward to it.
Other:
(e.g. voice actors, theme songs, any quirks or tidbits that weren't included above)
~Adal Siegheild~
Super Alias:
Frostbite
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Adal has messy dark brown hair, and always has an overall scruffy appearance to him. He normally wears a big military styled jacket, with gloves and loose jeans. He's obviously not the most serious of people, and seems to care little about his overall appearance. He has amber colored eyes, and a tattoo of a dragon circling his left arm.
He stands around 6'3. His weight?...not that big of a deal.
~Powers~
Adal, is basically a living chunk of Ice. He can turn his body into organic ice, and withstand the harshest of below freezing temperatures quite easily. Additionally, he can control the temperature around him in the immediate area, effectively making areas reach below freezing temperatures easily enough, as long as no one is effectively trying to heat up the place. Of course, such a feat would take awhile, and would not happen instantly.
Aside from that, he has some limited control over any ice he touches, and can form chunks of ice as long as there is water in the air. While he mostly uses it for physical weaponry and enhancements, he can use it for ranged attacks, such as firing off spikes of ice at someone.
Other skills:
Other skills? Nah, he's to lazy to learn anything else other than the basics. He'll wing everything else.
Physical weapons, such as swords and such have a bit of a hard time hurting him, as he is a big chunk of compact ice essentially. They'd injure him,sure....and then he'd freeze their weapons firmly to his body. Blunt weapons work best for their shattering abilities.
He's pretty strong, and while doesn't really do a whole lot of combat training, he punches you in the face, you now have a broken face.
While fire will effect him eventually, one should note they would at first have to heat up his body temperature for the ice to melt.
Pretty good with his hands.
Weaknesses:
-Lazy. You could not get him to do anything. Especially physical labor. No. If he doesn't have to do it, he won't.
- Gets hot easily. Doesn't like fire, since they melt his coolness. Though, its not really much of a physical danger since he could just coat his arms in ice, but prolonged exposure will have an adverse effect on him.
- Not the most observant of people. He likes a direct approach, and doesn't like needlessly complicated things. Just tell him what to do, and he will.
- Any sufficient force could easily shatter him into tiny pieces. That said, his body is stronger than normal ice due to him being able to control the density of it.
~Personality~
Adal, is probably the most well adjusted of the Sieghild siblings. He's quite friendly, and would rather spend his days sleeping under the sun rather than...doing whatever it is his siblings do. In fact, he's pretty much the black sheep of the family. He doesn't care for his parents beliefs, which is why he doesn't have much to do with family affairs at the moment. In fact, the only one he keeps in touch with, is Ziska, despite her giving him the cold shoulder frequently, and labeling him as 'a worthless Popsicle'
He doesn't like needlessly complicated things, and prefers to take things one step at a time. Or not do them at all, preferably. Though, if he does do them he would like to do them in the quickest and least amount of time as possible.
While not exactly a hard worker, he's not a slacker either. If he puts his mind to doing something, one can find he has an almost tenacious stubbornness and cleverness that runs in all of the Seighild children. He'll do anything he's tasked with until its done, and done so well he won't have to do it again for a month.
Has a tendency to flirt a bit with girls, though...and has a thing for red-heads.
Backstory:
Like Ziska, he was born into the Seighild family. As the first child, he received a lot of special treatment when he was a kid. Now...some might take this and become a spoiled brat like his kid brother Gerald, who is 21. He, however, turned out quite differently. It was clear from quite early on that he didn't have much of a work ethic, or even really cared much for his parents beliefs about super humans and normal people.
That said, as the only child until Gerald was born, he received pretty special treatment, which he found incredibly annoying. When Gerald was born, and he became his parents favorites, he was quite happy to be out of the spotlight and be able to nap most of the day. By the time he was ten, he was pretty much able to do whatever he wanted to as long as he didn't get in his parents way and stayed relatively quiet.
When he was Six, Ziska was born. The last of the Sieghild children, and the only one born without any powers. He took a liking, to his little sister. Mostly because unlike Gerald and Velda, she was shunned a bit like he was simply because she had no natural abilities. To the sieghild family, that was nothing but a bad omen, and while they didn't mistreat her, she received pretty much the same cold shoulder he did after Gerald was born.
However, unlike him, she wanted to prove herself to the family, and spent hours upon hours improving herself and studying so she wouldn't be 'useless' as her father said. Every once in awhile, he could drag her out and the two behaved just as normal kids would. When he wasn't up to shenanigans with her, he usually sneaked out of the house and into town to get up to other mischief, or just generally be lazy.
So, he sneaked out of his parents house a lot, and ended up looking around town more or less by himself. That's where he spent most of his time, either in town or outside just snoozing under a tree or something. Sometimes, he could convince Ziska to get out and do stuff to. Well, until she turned 13 and went to study abroad. He was left pretty much alone to his own devices when he was 19, although that wasn't anything new.
two years later, when he was 21 Ziska returned, and returned with quite a bit surprise. She now had superpowers. Well, for someone who was considered to not even blink when someone fires a gun at him, he was honestly surprised. He didn't pay too much attention to it, though he was slightly worried that she would end up like Gerald or Velda, if she kept trying so hard.
Soon though, she was shipped off to study in Herculean Academy. Two years later, he is also going there....to work as a maintenance/Security man.
...what? xP
I kid, I kid xD
Super Alias:
Frostbite
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Adal has messy dark brown hair, and always has an overall scruffy appearance to him. He normally wears a big military styled jacket, with gloves and loose jeans. He's obviously not the most serious of people, and seems to care little about his overall appearance. He has amber colored eyes, and a tattoo of a dragon circling his left arm.
He stands around 6'3. His weight?...not that big of a deal.
~Powers~
Adal, is basically a living chunk of Ice. He can turn his body into organic ice, and withstand the harshest of below freezing temperatures quite easily. Additionally, he can control the temperature around him in the immediate area, effectively making areas reach below freezing temperatures easily enough, as long as no one is effectively trying to heat up the place. Of course, such a feat would take awhile, and would not happen instantly.
Aside from that, he has some limited control over any ice he touches, and can form chunks of ice as long as there is water in the air. While he mostly uses it for physical weaponry and enhancements, he can use it for ranged attacks, such as firing off spikes of ice at someone.
Other skills:
Other skills? Nah, he's to lazy to learn anything else other than the basics. He'll wing everything else.
Physical weapons, such as swords and such have a bit of a hard time hurting him, as he is a big chunk of compact ice essentially. They'd injure him,sure....and then he'd freeze their weapons firmly to his body. Blunt weapons work best for their shattering abilities.
He's pretty strong, and while doesn't really do a whole lot of combat training, he punches you in the face, you now have a broken face.
While fire will effect him eventually, one should note they would at first have to heat up his body temperature for the ice to melt.
Pretty good with his hands.
Weaknesses:
-Lazy. You could not get him to do anything. Especially physical labor. No. If he doesn't have to do it, he won't.
- Gets hot easily. Doesn't like fire, since they melt his coolness. Though, its not really much of a physical danger since he could just coat his arms in ice, but prolonged exposure will have an adverse effect on him.
- Not the most observant of people. He likes a direct approach, and doesn't like needlessly complicated things. Just tell him what to do, and he will.
- Any sufficient force could easily shatter him into tiny pieces. That said, his body is stronger than normal ice due to him being able to control the density of it.
~Personality~
Adal, is probably the most well adjusted of the Sieghild siblings. He's quite friendly, and would rather spend his days sleeping under the sun rather than...doing whatever it is his siblings do. In fact, he's pretty much the black sheep of the family. He doesn't care for his parents beliefs, which is why he doesn't have much to do with family affairs at the moment. In fact, the only one he keeps in touch with, is Ziska, despite her giving him the cold shoulder frequently, and labeling him as 'a worthless Popsicle'
He doesn't like needlessly complicated things, and prefers to take things one step at a time. Or not do them at all, preferably. Though, if he does do them he would like to do them in the quickest and least amount of time as possible.
While not exactly a hard worker, he's not a slacker either. If he puts his mind to doing something, one can find he has an almost tenacious stubbornness and cleverness that runs in all of the Seighild children. He'll do anything he's tasked with until its done, and done so well he won't have to do it again for a month.
Has a tendency to flirt a bit with girls, though...and has a thing for red-heads.
Backstory:
Like Ziska, he was born into the Seighild family. As the first child, he received a lot of special treatment when he was a kid. Now...some might take this and become a spoiled brat like his kid brother Gerald, who is 21. He, however, turned out quite differently. It was clear from quite early on that he didn't have much of a work ethic, or even really cared much for his parents beliefs about super humans and normal people.
That said, as the only child until Gerald was born, he received pretty special treatment, which he found incredibly annoying. When Gerald was born, and he became his parents favorites, he was quite happy to be out of the spotlight and be able to nap most of the day. By the time he was ten, he was pretty much able to do whatever he wanted to as long as he didn't get in his parents way and stayed relatively quiet.
When he was Six, Ziska was born. The last of the Sieghild children, and the only one born without any powers. He took a liking, to his little sister. Mostly because unlike Gerald and Velda, she was shunned a bit like he was simply because she had no natural abilities. To the sieghild family, that was nothing but a bad omen, and while they didn't mistreat her, she received pretty much the same cold shoulder he did after Gerald was born.
However, unlike him, she wanted to prove herself to the family, and spent hours upon hours improving herself and studying so she wouldn't be 'useless' as her father said. Every once in awhile, he could drag her out and the two behaved just as normal kids would. When he wasn't up to shenanigans with her, he usually sneaked out of the house and into town to get up to other mischief, or just generally be lazy.
So, he sneaked out of his parents house a lot, and ended up looking around town more or less by himself. That's where he spent most of his time, either in town or outside just snoozing under a tree or something. Sometimes, he could convince Ziska to get out and do stuff to. Well, until she turned 13 and went to study abroad. He was left pretty much alone to his own devices when he was 19, although that wasn't anything new.
two years later, when he was 21 Ziska returned, and returned with quite a bit surprise. She now had superpowers. Well, for someone who was considered to not even blink when someone fires a gun at him, he was honestly surprised. He didn't pay too much attention to it, though he was slightly worried that she would end up like Gerald or Velda, if she kept trying so hard.
Soon though, she was shipped off to study in Herculean Academy. Two years later, he is also going there....to work as a maintenance/Security man.
...what? xP
I kid, I kid xD
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Not much to say, really. Just a horror game protag that likes writing and playing vidya games when I'm not being chased by the cosmic forces of darkness. (I'm a security guard that works night shifts usually).
Have some dancing medjed.
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