Original Super hero / Super Villain Rp (interest check)

[Jarod1]

here is the link to the main thread.  https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=224253.0
Here is the OOC thread I promised.  https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=224444.0
Mankind is changing as people with gifts only seen in comic books and movies have begun to appear.  What caused it?  Nobody really knows, some point to science, others to natural selection.  Some of these people are known, while others strive to maintain secrecy for one reason or another.  And with the rise of people with unusual gifts has also come with it the question of what does the rest of mankind do with such individuals?  Debate in the government has raged with some elected officials calling for those who have exhibited powers to come forward and identify themselves wanting to use them as a weapon.  Others have called for rounding up and separating these dangerous people from the general population.

Meanwhile a small group of Meta Humans have come together  protecting those with newly exposed powers teaching them to use and control their gifts as well as doing what they can to stem the anti-meta human movement in governments around the world and battling against those who would abuse their gifts.

Types of meta humans
Mutants (born with their abilities)
Techs (technically these are regular people who through advanced technology have power)
Genetically altered (These are your lab experiments, think Captain America)
Agent (Mostly they are ordinary humans that work as go between with the government, kinda like S.H.I.E.L.D)

Affiliation
Unaffiliated (those that have not been brought into the fold
Defenders (good meta human group)
S.W.O.R.D. (Strategic World Organized Recon Defense.  A secret government agency that monitors and coordinates with the Defenders)
A.X.I.S. (An organization that has been around since the end of WWII mixture of humans and Metas)
The Brotherhood(similar to in X-men, All meta human more antagonistic though not necessarily evil)

Roster

Defenders
Nathaniel Grayson  (jarod1)
Adeline Kingsley (jarod1)
Ken Aldrin (deathnote)

S.W.O.R.D
Zachary Carter / Red Arrow (MasterOfMyOwnFate)
Blake Leonard (Innocence)

A.X.I.S.
Ritterkreus Anthony (interdiction of words)
Alexander Rienhold (Jarod1)
Paige Strobel (BarbraGordon)

Brotherhood
Hidayah (Amarlo)

unaffiliated
Helena Walsh (thebobmaster)
Sam Doyle (HairyHeretic

Character sheet
Name: Character name
Alter Ego:Does your character have a secret identity
Gender:
Age:
Type: see above
Abilities: limit to 1 or 2 powers that go together  Be specific about your limits (If you are an agent or non powered human tell us what you can do
Skills:
Weapons: Does character use any regular weapons
Affiliation:
Personality Go into depth 2 paragraphs
appearance picture or description
history 4 or 5 good paragraphs

Premise: Looking to do a small to moderate sized group game with original super hero’s and villains.  I have a number of major plots. 
Chapter 1: Battle lines (With the emergence of so many new Meta Human’s the various groups begin to recruit members.
Chapter 2: A.X.I.S. Strikes (The long undercover organization steps into the light and makes its move to dominate the world.
Chapter 3: Flashpoint (With public opinion growing against the meta human population the and The Brotherhood growing ever more ready for a fight the fuse on a powder keg is ready and waiting to be lit.  All it will take is a spark.
Chapter 4: Operation liberty (A.X.I.S. has succeeded in influencing the governments of the world and pushed for the round up of the meta human population with plans to recruit talent and eliminate threats)

[Batman4560]

Keeping an eye on this.

[Z488411]

Watching and pondering characters.

[Jarod1]

now I was thinking about opening up each faction to the people but I want to make  sure there are at least enough hero's to get the game rolling and just modding the other affiliations as needed to keep the story rolling

[Interdiction of words]

I think I will join the AXIS, great place to start world domination Mhahahaha! ;D

[Z488411]

I'll go with unaffiliated for my first character.

[Jarod1]

I think I will join the AXIS, great place to start world domination Mhahahaha! ;D

Are you looking to be a leader. If so I would work with you to advance the main plot

[Interdiction of words]

Sure I would love to be the leader, (Why must you fuel my conquest lust?)

[Kadigan]

Interested, I have an idea for a villainous, sort of, character for Axis. A nice experiment gone wrong..or right..

[Jarod1]

Looks like we have a few villains so far. :). Now need a few heroes to step up.

[Jarod1]

I would like to have a few of each to start. 3 to 4 hero's and 3 or 4 villainous characters

[Jarod1]

I will be controlling 2 characters for purposes of the plot.

Character sheet
Name: Nathaniel Grayson
Code name:
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Type: Mutant
Abilities: Telepathy.  Able to touch and influence the minds of those around him within a 1 mile radius of himself.  The closer he is to someone physically the easier it is for him to focus.  He is able to communicate with people, or input a thought or completely bend someone to his will. The weakness is that using his power requires focus and could leave him vulnerable to someone able to resist his powers.       
Skills: Weapons and hand to hand combat, pilot
Weapons: a pair of semi automatic pistols, a rifle
Affiliation: Leader of the Defenders
Personality Growing up in the 20’s Nathaniel possesses a strong sense of pride in the ideals of America.  That being said he is troubled by the direction that members of the government are taking in systematically striping away the rights of American citizens.  He very much hopes to see a united America again in the idea of doing what is right,  and for humans and meta humans to coexist peacefully. 

He is reluctant to use his powers to change public opinion as he has seen first hand with Alexander Rienhold how that kind of power can corrupt a person.  However he does on occasion serve as a face for Meta human rights. 
appearance picture or description
history Nathaniel was born in the 1920’s in upper New York state.  Nathaniel’s memories of his father are sketchy at best.  He died shortly after his birth.  His mother married  a wealthy man who had lost his own wife and had a daughter of his own to look after.  Nathaniel and  Adaline Marcs grew to become friends growing up and as they got closer to adulthood something more.

When America joined WWII Nathaniel felt it was his duty to join as well promising Adeline that he would return to her.  He joined the army, and fought in the European theater against A.X.I.S. where he would encounter for the first time others like himself.  People with gifts some of them created others with natural ability.  Some fighting for the Allied forces others with A.X.I.S.  During the war Nathaniel’s gift became known to the powers that be and he joined a specialized team of individuals with gifts with the singular purpose of battling against A.X.I.S. science division and eliminating the enemies ever growing power. 

As the tide of the war swung towards the Allies, the A.X.I..S leader Baron Alexander Rienhold began to focus on a new project that would give him the advantage of time.  An experiment that would ensure that A.X.I.S. never lost again.  A device that could literally open a portal through time. Rienhold was a brilliant and dangerous man who possessed the power to manipulate the weather.  His code name was Tempest and he had his own aims simply using the Nazi’s to advance his own agenda.  Nathaniel and his team were sent in to make sure that the threat was eliminated however during the conflict that raged, the time portal was activated pulling all within a certain radius into it including Nathaniel Grayson, and Alexander Rienhold into before the machine finally overloaded and exploded.  When Nathaniel awoke he was still in the lab but it was much later and the lab looked to be abandoned.  The time device destroyed. 

With nothing but his gear Nathaniel set out for civilization.  Only to a few days later to be picked up by agents of S.W.O.R.D who had detected the temporal anomaly that brought him to the future.  He was taken into custody until his identity could be confirmed, and afterwards he spent sometime learning about the world as it is today.  6 months after arriving, Nathaniel returned to his childhood home.  Little about it had changed while he had been gone.  The only thing that had changed was that the house was now owned by Adel Kingsley, to the public at large the grand daughter of Adeline Marcs.  In truth Adel was Adeline.  Unbeknownst to Nathaniel she to had a gift.  The gift of a body that ages much slower than that of a normal person.  Although at first a joyful reunion time had changed much.  Though Nathaniel had experienced only a few years of separation, Adeline had lived a lifetime plus and the two parted for awhile trying to figure things out

After working as an agent with S.W.O.R.D. for a year and learning about the debates in congress about what to do with Meta humans, Nathaniel would drop off the radar for time, deciding to dedicate himself to finding others like himself and offering them a place of safety and security to train and control their abilities away from those that would fear or use them.  After a time he was joined by Adeline, whom he convinced to help him.  Although no longer officially a member of S.W.O.R.D., Nathaniel would still work with organization for the greater good


Character sheet
Name: Alexander Rienhold
Alter Ego:Baron Tempest
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Type:Genetic Alteration
Abilities: Control of the weather.  Can create various storms and harness their power as a weapon.   
Skills: A brilliant tactician
Weapons: His only gear is a helmet that protects him from telepathy
Affiliation: A.X.I.S.
Personality Go into depth 2 paragraphs
appearance picture or description
history Born in Hitler’s Germany, Alexander Rienhold was already a brilliant scientist, wholly devoted to creating a race of supreme beings with himself at the head.  He was so devoted to his cause that he would eventually experiment on himself.  The results we’re beyond his imagining as he became a god on earth in his mind and soon he would leave Hitler behind seeing the man as nothing more than a fraud.

Many rallied behind Rienhold and  A.X.I.S. was took on a live of its own.  The power of the Nazi was spreading across Europe and soon they would spread around the world .  That was when the American’s joined the war and begin to turn the tide.  That was when a young American Lieutenant would first catch his attention.  A young man by the name of Nathaniel Grayson.  He would soon learn about his telepathic abilities and strived to bring him over to his side. It was also at this time that Rienhold’s research to defending against telepathic attacks would take place and a helmet able to protect his mind was created. 

In the closing days of the the war Rienhold’s division began tampering with time travel in hopes of turning the tide of the war back in his favor.  The attempt was successful, but unfortunately came to late as the allies special unit breached the base the experiment interrupted and ultimately Rienhold and Grayson we’re pulled into the portal. 

Rienhold would arrive about a year later than Grayson, and would go underground looking to start again.  To his great pleasure Rienhold discovered that A.X.I.S. survived and was operating in the shadows.  Before long Rienhold would step forward and join the organization he had created under an alias plotting to once again take control of the organization.

[MasterOfMyFate]

Thinking of a S.W.O.R.D. Agent similar to Hawkeye/Green Arrow. Pending interest.

[Kadigan]

Sent my char to Jarod, and since chars are being posted now...

Name: Paige Strobel 

Alter Ego:Danger

Gender: F

Age: 24

Type: Mutant/Genetically Altered

Abilities: Telekinetic

Skills: Minimal

Weapons: No

Affiliation: AXIS

Before:



After




History:

Paige grew up in a relatively normal existence in Dekalkb, Illinois. She was generally athletic and outgoing. A bit short, dark haired and nerdy at times, but not ostracized.  She was on the softball team during high school, went to school dances, and dated. However her real passion was biology and was determined to unlock every secret she could on her dime store microscope and candle set Bunsen burner. Her parents did everything they could do to encourage her on their minimal budget and were ecstatic when she received a full scholarship.

She graduated near the top of her class in molecular biology and genetics, and while working on her doctorate was recruited to a government think tank, that began to study the growing Meta Human concern. Of course, testing was mandatory for any new recruit, and while she did test positive for the metagenome, it apparently was not active, or at least very much so. The most she could ever do was make a pencil wobble with her mind.

Everyone who was tested by the government was placed into a database, which was stolen by AXIS. Her name, while initially overlooked, was examined in greater detail and eventually while jogging outside her apartment, she was abducted by a strike team and taken to one of their facilities. One of their meta enhanced scientists began their work. They would use her as a guinea pig to see if a minimal metagenome could be enhanced, and combined with some of their more forceful conditioning, and in hopes create an enhanced, merciless, and intellectually superior soldier for their war. If it failed well, then they’d denied the government an asset.

The results were….not quite what they expected. Physically, she grew several inches as was turned into a perfect female specimen. While her telekinetic abilities were enhanced past anything they could have ever dreamed of, making a once pencil pusher into someone who could flatten cars. She was very clearly in love with blood and causing mayhem but, the other programming didn't really take. Still, power was power and she was nothing if not easily directed.

Personality: Whatever her original personality and history was, she no longer remembers or cares about them. She is, and always was Danger. Thanks to the neural conditioning she loves violence, mayhem, and using her powers to cause these things. She’s loyal, obedient and, for the most part, unquestioning.

However, the flip side of the experiment is whatever enabled them to enhance her latent abilities severely limited her IQ. She can certainly tie her shoes and drive a car, but her days as any sort of scientist are through. She’s easily distracted, enjoys kittens, cartoons, and rainbows and pretty things.

[Batman4560]

I'm a bit swamped at the moment but sometime this weekend I'll be putting up an app for a hero.

[Jarod1]

Thinking of a S.W.O.R.D. Agent similar to Hawkeye/Green Arrow. Pending interest.

Sounds good to me.

[Deathnote]

I'm considering making a speedster who can only achieve mach speed for the moment.  His future self will eventually reach faster than the speed of light, go back in time, and join Nathanial's WWII team.  The future version heroically sacrificed himself during the mission with the time portal.  I will be playing the younger version, of course.

[Jarod1]

I can certainly see a storyline that involves you going back to the past. Would be fun play my character back during the war. And being a telepath I would know you are telling the truth.  can't wait.

[MasterOfMyFate]

Name: Zachary Carter
Alter Ego: "The Red Arrow"-(to those not affiliated with S.W.O.R.D.), "Agent Carter" (Affiliated with S.W.O.R.D.)
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Type: Agent
Abilities: Master archery level; capable of amazing feats no regular archer could do. Resilient body; capable of taking Meta-Human level hits and continue to fight.
Skills:
Detective: Agent Carter is trained in Crime Scene Investigation with many surveying missions under his belt.
Tactician: Agent Carter is familiar with combat tactics to the point that he is creative in a fight against Meta-Humans.
Liaison: Despite being a field agent, Agent Carter is also trained in being an ambassador when needed (usually wears something more classy to use this skill)
Trick Archer: Agent Carter has amazing aim as well as amazing tricks with archery that are near impossible to replicate
Hand to hand/Weapon Combat: As a  field agent, it is expected for Agent Carter to know how to fight. Especially with a bow as a weapon.
Weapons: Oneida Kestrel Compound bow (custom made)

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Arsenal of trick arrows

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Extendable riot sticks (Used to taser enemy)

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Affiliation: S.W.O.R.D.
PersonalityZachary Carter is a anomaly. He usually keeps to himself, but works well with others. Tends to be quiet unless giving out a necessary input or holding a conversation with someone. When need be, Zachary is a vengeful person capable of professional interrogation. No one could tell what kind of person Zachary is, but some who do know who he is and what his line of duty is would find him to be quite the humanitarian. He does not like to kill even though he has done it before.

Underneath this facade of an Agent lays a fragile young man who is still suffering from grief and despair. He uses this pain to follow in his father's footsteps as an Agent of S.W.O.R.D., despite that some of his work has tore at his inner morals. Zachary likes to believe he does everything for the greater good, but can't help but question some of the jobs he does. In reality, Zachary would be glad to work as a liaison with the Defenders. He views them as good people with the potential of catastrophic means if not kept in check.
appearance Field Outfit:

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Agent Carter Outfit:

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history Zachary Carter was not always an agent. He was once the son of a S.W.O.R.D. Agent named Daniel Carter. At birth, Zachary lost his mother due to complications of his birth which left Daniel Carter a widow father. Filled with grief, Daniel had trouble raising the problem child that was his son while balancing his life as an agent. Zachary was smart like his mother. Even at a young age he had quite the brain. He chosen to use it to vein his father who spent most of his time at work. Like his mother, Zachary took Archery as a hobby at a young age. At the age of 13, Zachary worked a balance with his father to have him supply his hobby in order to be a good son.

It worked for the most part. He surprised his father with all A's on his report cards, accomplished archery feats, and many more. Yet, all these accomplishments didn't bridge the relationship between father and son. It took tragedy to finally have Zachary understand his father. At the age of 15, Zachary was met with men in suits that brought news of his father. He had died in accident. At first, Zachary didn't know what to feel. His father had died. The father he didn't know had died. Yet, these men would not give him the details of his father's death and left him with his father's last will and testament. His father left a message... Yet the message had a hidden message underneath.

His father explained that he failed his son in trying to raise him and balance his life at the same time. He didn't explain why, but he left a clue to help. He left his son to figure out for himself who his father truly was and why he died. It didn't take long for Zachary to figure it out. He found a hidden compartment in their basement that opened and revealed 3 items; a flash drive, a bow, and a red leather hoodie. The flash drive contained all the information Zachary needed to reveal his father. Daniel Carter was an Agent of S.W.O.R.D., a most revered one at that. It also had a way to contact S.W.O.R.D. should Zachary ever feel the need to. But the most important part about this flash drive was that it contained his father's apology; he failed his son when his son needed him the most. In order to rectify this, Daniel Carter had left the gift of the custom made bow and the red hoodie for his son to continue his work. If Zachary wanted, he could follow in his father's footsteps. Follow in his father's footsteps and finish the work his father failed to accomplish.

At first, it was a lot to take in. Zachary needed a way to vent this frustration that built up within him. So he took to the streets in this hoodie and bow in hand. Armed with some of the arrows he manufactured, Zachary began beating his way through waves of criminal activity. In one night, with many scars and bruises left from his night, Zachary earned the title "The Red Arrrow" from the local news. A random vigilante with an unknown pass became the fixation of the city. It also caught the eye of a certain organization. Arriving at his house wounded and bruised, Zachary patched himself up and passed out in his basement from blood lost.

He awoken to find himself in a white room with a hospital gown on. He was greeted with an man in a suit watching him from his seat. Taking the IV out, sitting up, Zachary asked the man where he was. His inquiry was awarded with silence. Then, another man in a suit came. This one explained everything. Zachary was the son of Daniel Carter, also known as Agent Carter. He died when he was investigating a meta-human group known as A.X.I.S., a mysterious group that no one knows anything about. Agent Carter got close, close enough that he died because of it. This man offered an invitation to Zachary. Join S.W.O.R.D., follow in his father's footsteps, and find justice for his father.

8 years later, Agent Carter has became a widely known agent amongst S.W.O.R.D., The meta-human existence has become something of a phenomenon. It is up to Agent Carter "The Red Arrow" to investigate the Defenders and, if need be, work with them as an Agent of S.W.O.R.D.



A human Agent amongst Meta-Humans. This should be fun. There's gonna be a lot of trying to compensate for no powers.  :D

[thebobmaster]

I'm pretty interested. Think I'll try playing a...well, anti-hero. Not much interest in world conquering, but open for grabs/persuasion.

[Deathnote]

Name: Ken Aldrin
Alter Ego: Black Bullet (or just "Bullet" for short)
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Type: Genetically altered
Abilities: Super Speed, Healing Factor

Ken has the ability to move faster than the speed of sound.  His super speed includes the ability to enhance his perception to match his speed, an aura that protects him from friction, and an accelerated healing factor.  He is also incredibly tough, enough to allow him to withstand the forces that come with moving at superhuman speeds.  Recently, Ken has discovered that he could go much much faster than the speed of sound.  The fastest he has ever gone was faster than Mach 10, but even then it is unknown whether or not that is his true top speed.

Ken's super speed comes with an accelerated metabolism, meaning that he would have to consume a lot more food than the average man of his size and age.  While he has control over his accelerated perception of time, if he's not consciously controlling it, he may end up activating it without even noticing.  For example, he could be standing in line for what would feel like hours on end.  Only when he starts paying attention will he realize that only five seconds have passed in "real" time.

Skills:Hand-to-hand combat, proficiency with firearms, interrogation and torture

Weapons:

Shock Gloves

Body Armor

Affiliation: Defenders

Personality: Normally an easy-going person with a carefree and lackadaisical attitude and approach to things.  Ken is best described as a daydreamer who likes to spend most of his time with his head up in the clouds.  He could even be described as a being a bit goofy.  He's approachable and tries to be friendly with other people.  In spite of this, he can be surprisingly prideful and stubborn, leading to him making very reckless decisions at times. Once he's made up his mind about something, he'll see through it to the end.

Despite not exactly being the brightest bulb in the class, he can be very perceptive and analytical to the point of practically becoming a human lie-detector.  He may even fake his usual aloof and carefree nature to hide the fact that he's paying attention for once.  He's most likely to be like this when he has finally set his mind on a single, tangible goal.  This can be especially true whenever he's helping out a friend due to his great sense of loyalty.

Appearance:

Ken Aldrin - Civilian Outfit

Current Black Bullet Outfit

Future Version Black Bullet (Age 25)

History:

Several days before America joined WWII, a mysterious black-armored figure appeared on the battlefield in Germany.  This costumed hero known only as the Black Bullet could move faster than humanly possible, being able to dodge a hail of gunfire like it was nothing.  One of the most unusual aspects about this man was that he had a very strict "no-killing" policy.  He never took a single life for the entirety of the war, preferring instead to knock his enemies out with his shock gloves and take prisoners.  Joining forces with German Freedom Fighters who opposed the Nazi regime, Black Bullet directly opposed A.X.I.S., encountering other super-powered individuals like himself along the way.  It wasn't long before the Black Bullet joined a specialized team of individuals with gifts with the singular purpose of battling against A.X.I.S. science division and eliminating the enemies ever growing power.  It was there that he met Nathanial Grayson, future leader of the defenders.

Nathanial and the Black Bullet were sent on a mission to stop Reinhold from completing his time portal device.  Before the mission officially started, however, the Black Bullet confided in Nathanial in private.  He revealed his secret identity as Ken Aldrin, a superhero from the future.  Nathanial's telepathy confirmed that Ken was telling the truth, though considering how much they went through together, he probably didn't have to.  Unfortunately, during the mission, Reinhold was somehow able to bring down a bolt of lightning upon Nathanial.  Moving quickly, Black Bullet pushed Nathanial out of the way and took the lightning bolt himself.  There was a flash and then... he was gone.  It was believed that he had been incinerated into specks of dust.

Several decades later...

Ken had been living out on the streets ever since he ran away from home at the age of nine.  Shortly after turning thirteen, he along with several other street kids were kidnapped by a mysterious group of criminals.  These criminals were helping one of AXIS' evil mad scientists collect guinea pigs for an experiment involving the creation of super soldiers.  Ken was one of the guinea pigs who was injected with super serum, which initially caused great pain and stress to his young body.  Once the pain was over, however, the young teenager found himself travelling faster than the speed of sound.  In addition to being injected with super serum, the kidnapped street kids also had bombs implanted into their heads.

After developing super speed, Ken and whoever managed to survive the super soldier experiment were inducted into the A.X.I.S. super soldier project.  For the next five years, they were all given a high-level of education along with years of paramilitary combat training.  They were regularly sent on life-and-death missions whose ultimate goals were kept secret even from them.  All they could do was achieve their objective, then return to headquarters.  If they disobeyed, the bombs in their heads would be set off, killing them.  The super soldier unit also began to show the first signs of starting down a darker path.  Ken's teammates performed acts of cruelty... acts of monstrosity against the enemies they defeated.  At first, Ken was feeling uneasy about being among a group of sadistic torturers.  The ones behind the super soldier project even seemed to encourage this sort of behaviour.  Soon, however, the young soldier was swept up along with the rest and he soon found himself joining in on these cruel and horrific crimes.  He was taught how to perform the art of torture and interrogation during the last two years he was with them.

Five years after being inducted into the super soldier project, Ken and his team found themselves up against a group of S.W.O.R.D. agents.  Not only were they soundly defeated, but Ken found himself captured by the agents.  The bomb in his head was discovered and promptly removed before it could be set off.  Finally being freed of the bomb, Ken repaid S.W.O.R.D. by leading them back to headquarters to free the other super soldiers.  Unfortunately, during the aftermath of the rescue operation, Ken found himself recaptured by A.X.I.S.  At first, they considered implanting another bomb inside his head, but ultimately decided to dispose of him.  The one in charge of his execution, however, decided to let Ken's former torture trainer have a little fun first.  For ten days, Ken would endure the same torture and interrogation that he himself had put many others through.  He suffered under the personal hands of his former torture trainer.

Ken's powers alone would not save him for the secret organization had equipment designed specifically for speedsters like himself.  Of course, he did not have his powers alone.  He had his training under the super soldier project.  He had his knowledge of the equipment they used.  He had his skills and experience from the missions they sent him on.  Within seconds, he had escaped from his prison and as soon as he was out, he ran.  He ran as far away as he could.  He didn't know where he was going.  He didn't care where he was going.  He just had to go... somewhere.

Wandering about in solitude, Ken became an aimless drifter, moving from one place to the next, all around the globe.  One day, he came across Nathanial Grayson, who encouraged him to use his powers for good.  Deciding that he wanted to fight on the side of justice, Ken became the superhero known as the Black Bullet.

[Interdiction of words]

I shall get my character up very soon

[thebobmaster]

Name: Helena Walsh
Alter Ego: Geka
Gender: Female

Age: 23

Type: Genetically Altered

Abilities: Helena essentially has her DNA mixed with that of a gecko. She is covered in scales, which provide the ability to withstand more blunt damage, as well as the ability to stick to various objects. However, her scales do not protect well against blades, as the point just slides between her scales, and any significantly powerful blunt blow can damage her internally. As for her sticking ability, she requires a fairly porous surface to stick to. She would not be able to grip a steel wall any better than a pure human. In addition, her hold is not impossible to break. Should someone pull her off of an object she's stuck to, her fingertips would go completely numb for about an hour, making it extremely difficult for her to grab and hold any object until her hands recover.

Skills: She is quite flexible, on the level of a gymnast, with strong forearms from her scaling buildings without equipment. In addition, she is a strong street fighter, using her gymnast experience and environment to her advantage.

Weapons: She uses a collapsible staff when necessary in a fight, although she tends to stick to hand to hand fighting if possible.

Affiliation: unaffiliated

Personality: Helena is not the most social person. She spent most of her time in a lab before her fateful experience. Afterwards, she switched between her lab and the streets. Because of this, she's generally considered to be an introvert, avoiding others for the sake of avoiding others. However, she avoids others because she has difficulty grasping social nuances. The more charitable people would consider her blunt, while the less charitable would call her tactless. She has great difficulty recognizing the emotions used in vocal tones, and she has a tendency to use sarcasm in normal conversation, which some find as more proof of her tactlessness.

Outside of a social setting, she is quite intelligent, as fitting for a self-trained scientist. She combines her intelligence with brashness, however. While many scientists test their experiments or ideas theoretically several times before trying it in actuality, she has a tendency to skip the theoretical experimenting. She's not exactly crazy, but she thinks that if you have an idea, you should just go with it and see what happens. She is the sort of person whose last words would be "What will happen if I do this?", although she is just as likely to let someone else do the dangerous stuff and record the results.

Appearance: Helena, or Geka, stands six feet tall when barefoot, which she often is in her lab for the sake of comfort. Somewhat self-conscious of her scales, she often wears the standard white lab coat, tying it together with a cloth belt, while wearing long-sleeved shirts and slacks underneath to conceal as much of her scales as she comfortably can. She has dark blue eyes, with short red hair to prevent the chances of a hair accidentally falling into a sample.

Outside of a lab, her outfit changes considerably. As "Geka", she wears a black catsuit made of cloth, cut to fit her body comfortably while showcasing her decent-sized curves. She wears a matching full-face mask, with only eyeholes cut out due to the cloth being thin enough to allow her to breathe through it. She has a fairly slim frame, although her arms are noticeably muscular, with a gymnast's build of lean muscle, making her deceptively strong in the lower body as well.

History: Helena has a bit of a complex history. At the age of 14, she immigrated from Ireland to England with her parents. She was always intelligent, and soon outgrew the need for schooling, encouraged by her parents to educate herself through real world experience. She was always taught to think for herself, and never accept what others say as the ultimate truth.

Of course, her parents wouldn't be around forever. At the age of 15, they were both lost in a boating accident. Blaming herself, Helena turned their countryside home into a makeshift lab, working with what she could find to try to invent something that could have prevented her parents from dying. After a test failure resulted in Helena almost drowning herself, Helena split time between working in her lab and getting herself into shape by swimming and using the countryside as a natural gym.

After 2 years of makeshift work, Helena discovered a material that was less dense than water, but stronger than the wood used on the boat that her parents were using in their fatal accident. After Helena took the material around to find someone to produce it, Bersain Laboratories not only were impressed by the material, but by the fact that it was invented in a makeshift lab by a 17 year old girl. Not only did they agree to produce the materials and give a portion of the profits to Helena, but they took her on as an intern. Two years later, at the age of 19, she became fully employed by company, and given a lab to herself.

At the age of 21, one of her experiments had unexpected consequences. While working with some animal blood samples that had been treated with nanites, hoping  to discover a way to synthesize human blood, Helena decided to use one of the sample on herself, to test for any complications. Setting up a video link to the infirmary in case a potentially deadly complication came up, she cut herself, letting out some blood, then injected herself with a sample grabbed at random. It happened to be gecko blood. The nanites, already carrying gecko DNA, latched to red blood cells, replicating the DNA and merging it with her human DNA. The complication left her comatose for a week, and when she awoke, she discovered she was no longer fully human. The scales were a giveaway, as was the fact that when she got up from her infirmary bed, her hospital blanket came with her, attacked to her fingertips.

Many people would have directly used this ability, somehow, for good. She took a different route. As Helena, she continued working in her lab. As Geka, however...well, the lab could always use money, and not everyone who had money deserved it. If she could get some of that money and take it to the lab, she could help people. At least, that's how it started. 2 years later, while still using the lab for the good of civilians, she has widened her targets. Anyone who is actively helping others is off her target list. Jewelry stores, however, do not fall under that restriction, and neither do the majority of civilians. She'll never actively bankrupt anyone, or leave someone destitute, but the money she makes from the robberies...well, even if tainted money is used for good purposes, she reasons, does it make those good reasons any worse?

[Interdiction of words]

Name: Ritterkreuz Anthony
Alter Ego: Banker Richard Morden
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Type: Mutant
Abilities: Abnormal Strength, three times that of a regular human, and Regeneration that can heal most wounds as long as the part doesn’t get separated from the rest of the body along with keep him young.
Skills: Intelligent mind in the creation and imputations of Alchemical Hermeticism
Weapons: Any German gun he can get his hands on but primarily he uses a C96 Broom handle Mauser pistol.
Affiliation: A.X.I.S
Personality: Sometimes being the embodiment of the will of what you are can be tough but there is no one tougher then Anthony, his will and general go get it attitude has kept the AXIS powers alive after all these years. He is methodical, precise, and above all efficient in his work. He will take nothing at face value and always will outthink his operations in every way possible.
When it comes down to his personal feelings there are some clouds hiding anything that would show any mercy or happiness. There is only anger that consumes his insides every time he looks upon any normal human.
appearance
history
Anthony was born in 1889, in the year where a new science was being added into the German industry. They infused the young child with some rare and dangerous chemicals that changed the child into something that would be seen as a demon. Ever since he was born there was some apprehension for what he was. He grew up under the distrust and anger of the people around him.

Anthony there joined WWI when it broke he was drafted into the service. Then during the many battles that ensued during the war, Anthony disappeared off all records there he learned how to develop his powers. There he learned what he could do. His body lived on while his mind grew with each passing year, knowledge filled his mind to the fullest as he began to plan behind everyone's eyes 

Anthony bide his time until the end of the second world war where he leap from the shadows and took over what was left after the war. He rose to power in the shadows with the least amount of people needed since he was tactically minded in comparison to the rest of the stupid people on the earth. They would be no match to his will. Anthony took complete control over the AXIS, a new plan in order to provide the object of completion

Now he leads the AXIS on a new mission to capture the earth, there will be no one that will stand in his way as he marches on the world. His hand will wrap around this world and crush anyone in his way.

[Jarod1]

Loving all of the characters so far. I think I have enough people to start with and more can jump in as we get going.   I will get the game started tomorrow.  I'll post the link to the main thread here after I get the starter post done.

If any of you have something you want to add you are more than welcome but if it is Something big story related pm me.

[Amarlo]

Interested, starting to work on a profile asap.

[Jarod1]

main thread had been created.  link is in my first post.

[apygoos]

interesting...

[MaiMizzu]

I think I'm definately into this idea. I just need to come up with a character... unaffiliated to start, of course. Is there a specific power archetype you'd be looking for that we don't have yet?

[Jarod1]

I think I'm definately into this idea. I just need to come up with a character... unaffiliated to start, of course. Is there a specific power archetype you'd be looking for that we don't have yet?

Anything is fine by me. Skies the limit.

[Amarlo]

Character sheet
Name: Unknown, goes by Hidayah
Alter Ego: Blackout
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Type: Genetically Altered Mutant
Abilities:
Photokinesis – Ayah withholds the ability to manipulate all forms of light. She has exceptional control of her abilities through rigorous years of training since her elementary years under less reputable sectors of S.W.O.R.D. to make her their perfect reconnaissance agent. She cannot use her abilities to focus light into a solid object, however, to pull together enough light photons to do that would take a significant amount of energy not yet available in technology.

Electromagneticperception – During her time with S.W.O.R.D she suffered a year of thankfully temporary blindness. While everyone can perceive light to a certain degree they aimed to extend on that and allow her an even broader range of sight to compliment her light control. What they hadn’t expected for that range to extend along nearly all spectrums of electromagnetic radiation. It was a delicate and painful process learning to perceive and understand all this new information, but it certainly complimented their light manipulation abilities in more ways than they’d thought possible – even if she can sometimes be mentally overwhelmed at times to the point of losing consciousness.

Skills: Krav Maga, Reconnaissance, Markmenship, Gymnastics, Blade Handling, Torture Resistance.   
Weapons: Daggers. Sometimes a silenced pistol or sniper rifle(But very rarely)
Affiliation: Brotherhood
Personality: Ayah’s personality is adaptive, however she is for the most part reserved. That does not mean, however, that she has nothing to say but is skilled in the art of self-restraint – for the most part… That aside her sense of humor isn’t always easily understood and she’s well known for being blunt to the point of rudeness – her upbringing was not spent on detailing her overall social skills, she has the vernacular of briefing soldier half the time. She has gotten better of the years and as she gets more comfortable with others her humanity shows in greater spades, revealing her to be a very studious and bewildered individual.

Appearance:



History
I would prefer this be learned in character!

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

Hidayah is completely unaware of her birth name or if she even possessed one, but she has since created an identity for herself. She grew up on a military base and while her life could be sometimes cruel she honestly had no idea what she was missing. As a matter of fact she regarded her official succession from cadet into counter-intelligence operator at 16 as one of her greatest achievements. That was until she was exposed to the true nature of the world. All along she’d thought it was an overwhelmingly dangerous place full of extreme savagery but she had no idea it wasn’t nearly as martial as the world she’d grown up in.

It was like she’d been hit with a bus. She was utterly stunned. To think that all these years what had happened to her could have been considered abuse? That not only was she used and programed but robbed of a childhood full of innocence and fun she hadn’t even known she was capable of grasping? Shd didn’t know what to think. At first she thought nothing of it and operated as she was taught to but then it started… She asked questions, she did her own research and this soulless woman sparked with a new consciousness, a burning heat awakening inside her like nothing she’d ever experienced before. She was angry, so unbelievably angry that she lost control of herself – she blacked out..

She not only murdered her retainers but massacred them, all of them, even those not entirely involved. Horrified by her own loss of self-control she fled from the base and went into hiding. That was until one of the leaders of the Brotherhood extended a gracious hand to her. Since then she’d been a loyal intelligence gatherer for the group, valued despite her refusal to kill again, it was her recruiter that gave her the identity she now walks with amongst them – Blackout.

[apygoos]

So i have a power armor user forming in my head. Would i be locking myself out of too much RP in the first arc if he was still in the process of building his BAMF armor? I dont know how long it would be for

his general premise for now is a young hispanic man in his mid twenties that has become a pioneer in engineering, and would start the RP having recently discovered a new element which in turn gives him a clean power source. He feels these metahumans are just as fascinating, fighting battles no one man could. With his new power source letting him explore the far reaches of technology, he would have Project Sentinel, aka, Mid-Knight. This would open up play to his real identity for a bit before busting out the big toys.

[HairyHeretic]

How would you feel a someone with an affinity for the dead .. and the undead?

I have a character I've wanted to use in a supers game, a 'natural' necromancer (possibly a mutant power?)

Name: Sam Doyle
Alter ego: None
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Type: Mutant
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Sandy brown
Height: 5'8
Appearance: Scruffy and unkempt, slightly under average weight

Appearance

Character Abilities: See ghosts, speak with ghosts. Raise/control the dead (power still manifesting, and not entirely under his control)
Character Skills: Sleight of hand, breaking and entering. Decent with a knife.
Weapons: Knife, possibly a small calibre handgun.
Character Flaws: Very distrustful of authority, mild drug addictions (alcohol, downers)
Affiliation: None
Personality:Sam tends to come across as cold, distrustful, frequently half distracted, and seems to expect the worst in any situation.
History:

---Transcript begins---

"I see dead people."

"Yeah, real fucking funny, ha ha. You think I asked for this? You think I want this? Being tossed from house to house, foster family to social services and round and round and round we fucking go."

"Fine, whatever. You don't believe me, oh wait, you're paid to make sheep noises and tell me it's all ok, and you've got drugs to help, right? The drugs, they don't help. They don't do shit, unless I'm so doped up I'm a zombie myself. Or do you have to call them the vitally challenged these days or something? Fucking PC crap."

"Every kid growin up has imaginary friends, don't they? That's what my parents thought. At least, I think that's what they thought. I don't remember much of them. They died when I was young. No, I don't see them. How the fuck should I know why I can see some and not others? The ones that are still here, they're here because they're not ready to go on yet. Or maybe they're afraid to. Ask them yourself. Oh wait, you can't. Fuck that then."

"I got lumbered with my grandmother after my parents died. Another sheeple, bleating about her church and her god, and 'beating the devil out of me' every chance she got. She must have thrown a lake worth of holy water over me, and it didn't make a bit of difference. Things still got moved around. Noises. Murmured voices. Stupid woman. If she hadn't ... stupid ... ah, you don't believe me anyway. Coroners report said it was a heart attack, but it wasn't, was it? She lifted that rolling pin one time too fucking many, and they came for her. Stuck an arm right inside her chest and squeezed, and over she went. Stupid fuck."

"So yeah, off to foster care with me. Families that couldn't hack the weird shit, got creeped out by me just being there. Of course, it's never just me, is it. Heh, if you could see what I see in your office right now, you'd shit bricks. Anywhere I go, they come. The lost ones. The ones that want to be heard. The angry ones. That a little twitch there doc? Got a guilty conscience, have we? They don't give a shit about you. It's me they want. It's always me they want. They tell me things. All the things they could never say alive. Sometimes they tell me things when I ask. If I squeeze them, they have to answer. They can't lie to me. Around me, they're stronger. All that fear, all that anger."

"Ha ha ha. The look on your face. Sure, just coincidence the string on your diploma breaking, wasn't it? Wasn't it doc? Wasn't it. Heh. Fuck you and all. You can't do shit for me, and neither can anyone else. I'm an adult now, aren't I? That means I can get the hell out of here."

"NO! No fucking way. No way, no how. You're not sending me ANYWHERE, least of all for 'evaluation'. You think I'm an idiot? You want to lock me up, drug me up, and leave me to rot. NO! Fuck you, you ..."

---Transcript ends---

Sam lost his parents at age 4, living with his maternal grandmother until her death when he was 8. With no other living relatives he was made a ward of the state, and placed in foster care. Several families tried to give him a home, but due these were not successful, leading him to spend the remainder of his childhood in residual treatment centres. At age 18 he dropped out of the foster program, and began living independently.

Between his somewhat abrasive personality and the frequency of unusual events wherever he was, long term jobs and relationships were an impossibility. Sam turned to petty crime to supplement what odd work he could find, living either in squats, crashing with people he knew, or sleeping rough.

He has a criminal record, mostly for drunk and disorderly behaviour shortly after coming out of foster care.

[Jarod1]

All new apps are approved. I will add you to the roster tomorrow morning.

[Innocence]

Character sheet


Name: Blake Leonard
Alter Ego: Gene
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Type: Genetically altered
Abilities: 'Phenotypic alterations through selective control of gene expression and inhibition' (Shape shifting) Blake is able to shapeshift by selectively turning on and off certain genes in her cells around certain parts of her body.  She is only able to shapeshift into things if she has taken up the DNA of the organism, this is usually via an invasive manner such as injecting a specimen's blood sample into her.
Skills: Vast knowledge in gene expression and genetic mutations, as well as being decent with a handgun.
Weapons: Aside from a semiautomatic 9mm pistol she keeps holstered to her waist, Blake also has various drugs on hand such as sedatives and anesthetics.
Affiliation: S.W.O.R.D


Personality: Blake comes off as a rather happy-go-lucky sort of person, someone that is carefree and loves life.  She always has a smile on her face and tries to be the optimistic one when things get tough.  However, behind closed doors she hides her skeletons.  She suffers from sever stress and mild anxiety, which leads to her case of sleep deprivation.   Always trying to live up to what she thinks others expect of her, and worried about letting people down, she is quick to offer her assistance in matters where she is capable but also willing to try if she is not.

She can be a bit chatty upon first encounters, and very chatty when you get to know her.  Although she talks a lot, she is able to keep many secrets. 

Appearance:

History: Blake comes from a family of four, her parents were both labourers that worked long hours so that they could to support her and her older brother.  They lived a reasonably modest lifestyle and were not particularly struggling to survive.  However, Blake always had the feeling that her brother of 7 years older was a bit of a deadbeat.  He would always skip school and fell in with the wrong crowd.  When she started her senior year of high school and her brother was still living at home, unemployed and unmotivated, she had her first stressed induced anxiety attack.

'My parents are getting older.  They need to retire soon.  Who will look after them? My brother is useless.  I'll need to graduate top of my class. I need to get a good job. I need to earn lots of money.  I need to take care of them.  I need to ---'

These thoughts soon filled her head and she became obsessed with the idea that she had to be the responsible one. 

Her father passed away from over-exhaustion a week after her graduation.  She took her grief out on her brother and the two have had a sour relationship ever since.  She soon moved away from home to study her degree in Molecular Genetics in New York City.  She dreams of working a high paying salary and being able to buy her mother a home so that she can live comfortably and not have to work again in her life.

One night while in the labs at uni, she was studying transformation and transfection, the uptake a foreign DNA into bacterial and animal cells.  Interested in the topic, but tired from her lack of sleep over the past week, she accidentally stumbles over her feet while carrying her samples around the room.  She exposed herself to all the bacteria and other things that were floating around on their petri dishes.  About a week later she discovers her ability to shape shift into the form on a mouse (one of the DNA samples that were in the petri dishes). 

She takes this opportunity to run around the city seeing the world from these new eyes.  While strolling down the staircase of her apartment building, she is attacked by her neighbour's black cat.  She manages to narrowly escape but is injured when the cat tried to bite her.  she manages to control her ability to change back and forth between mouse and human, and soon realizes she can also shift into the form of her neighbour's black cat.   She begins to understand much like the cells in her lab sample, she is now able to take up foreign DNA into her own cells and use that to change her body into the form of any animal she had been exposed to.  At this point in time, she is able to shift into the following: a grey lab mouse, a black cat, a white maltese dog, a golden retriever and a white husky, a hamster, a white rabbit and a black rabbit, and a brown sugar glider.

Three months after her lab accident, Blake was once again spending another night in the university labs when suddenly a dark figure in a very nice suit entered the room.  He explained that an organization known as S.W.O.R.D knew all about her and her new found powers, and they offered her a job with them, working to help save people like her from other people also like her.  The prospect of a high paying job was something she has always dreamed of, so of course she said yes. 

[edit: I didn't realize there were already two female scientists in the roleplay, but I guess having one on the good guy's side sort of evens it out?]

[MaiMizzu]

Name: Tasha Remone

Alter Ego: N/A

Gender: Female

Age: 24

Type: Mutant

Ability: Vector manipulation. From  http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Vector_Manipulation “The user can change the magnitude and direction (vector) of an object to maneuver it in the desired way, regardless of preexisting vectors. This also applies to static or non-moving objects, technically speaking, the object still has momentum as it is moving through space. Since nearly everything in existence has vectors, manipulation of them can essentially grant the user an "Absolute Defense" that prevents the user from harm, among many other possibilities.”
So essentially Tasha has the ability to affect the vectors in her general area. She’s never been able to do that more than 10 feet away from herself. Any object in motion (it matters not the speed, so long as there is movement), she can change that object’s trajectory and speed. She of course has only used this power in defense so far, and is learning more about it all of the time. The full extent of her ability is limited only by her imagination.

Skills: Tasha is a very good artist, mostly sketch and painting. She is also a very competent cook and baker, having been taught by her parents.

Weapons: Tasha only carries a small knife on her at all times.

Affiliation: Unaffiliated at this moment.

Personality: Tasha is essentially a good person, and she always tries to do the right thing. She can be something of an idealist, and tries to see the good in others. Even when they really don’t deserve it. This can perhaps actually be linked to the fact she had been diagnosed with clinical depression when she was younger, and has severe abandonment issues. So she chooses to attempt to see the good in others, with the hopes she won’t be hurt emotionally. It’s a defense mechanism, at its base.
To her friends, she is fiercely loyal. Even allowing herself to be hurt (physically and emotionally) to protect them. Once she considers you a friend, there is little she would not do in order to aid you.
And her friends call her (lovingly), ‘Otaku’. She has always had a love for anime, manga, comic books and games. It’s something she’s kept (for the most part) subtle in her life… but as such things become more acceptable in society, she shows pride in showing off her knowledge of such things.
She can often times be shy when she first comes across someone, first contact is an anxious thing of course. But once she gets to know you, you’ve got a good friend following you around.

Appearance:

History: Much of Tasha’s younger life is a blur to her. She was put up for adoption and has never known her real mother or father. Much of her young life was spent in foster homes, where she was never really adopted. But that changed when she turned 15. She was finally adopted by a good family in northeast Ohio. Mina and Joshua Remone took her into their home, and for the first time she truly felt like she had a family. From that point, her life was much like the life of a typical teenager. Drama, self-doubt, finding your place in this world. In your world.
Some years passed, and she was able to graduate high school with honors, she was nearly at the top of her class. Her family wasn’t exactly upper class, and she didn’t really have any athletic aspirations, so college was a real longshot. So instead, it was decided she should just go into the work force. Despite the fact she was raised in foster homes, she knew the importance of hard work and doing the best you can in all things. And this was reflected in her current life. She started with small part time jobs, and eventually she started working in a graphic arts studio. Now she had found her place in the world, she thought. She didn’t have a college degree or anything, but the powers that be at the studio recognized her amazing talent for art. Specifically sketches and painting. She has been working at the Yankee Graphics Studio for close to 4 years now, and some of her work can even be seen in local advertisement and murals around the city she lives in.

[Urbanzorro]

Here's the character I PM'd you about. If he needs any changes please let me know.

Name: S.E.T.H.(Self Evolving Thought Helix)
Alter Ego: Seth
Gender: Identifies as Male
Age: Active for 2 years, Humanoid Form appearance is late 20s
Type: Tech
Abilities:
Upload/Download Should Seth's physical form be near destruction he is able to transmit and upload himself as digital data onto the internet, allowing Seth to use the internet as a viable means of escaping destruction. Additionally Seth is able to download his consciousness into nearly any device controlled by a sufficiently advanced computer system. Currently Seth can only control a single combat form and a single humanoid form at one time. He believes that in time he may be able to handle more but has refrained from attempting to do so out of fear of suffering an overload that could corrupt his data and kill him.

• This of course makes him extremely wary of, and vulnerable to, enemies who are capable of jamming electronic signals. As the destruction of his physical form while his signal is jammed would mean a permanent death for him.

Evolving Combat Form: Seth was designed to be capable taking the information he gathers and then drawing complex conclusions from it. When this is combined with Seth's ability to transfer from one physical form to another it allows death itself to become a learning experience for Seth. Should his current combat form be destroyed by an opponent the next one he constructs will be better suited to combat whatever it was that destroyed him. For instance should Seth be defeated by a flying opponent his next combat form may include some method of flight.

• This 'evolution' is of course limited by available resources and other practical constraints. Meaning that building a combat form which is stronger in one attribute than his last form will come at the cost of being weaker in another attribute. Additionally there are some threats which Seth will never be able to overcome such as weakness to devices and weapons specifically designed to damage and destroy advanced technology. 

Skills: Seth is an extremely fast learner, and capable of drawing logical conclusions at a very fast speed. Additionally he is a skilled hacker, given his existence as computer code.
Weapons: Seth's current combat form is armed with two machine pistols. 
Affiliation: Unaffiliated
Personality: Seth was not only created with he ability to think for himself, but also to feel emotions. He is a very curious being, often fascinated by the obtaining of knowledge. Additionally he is easily distrusting of human beings. This means that while his first tendency is to be welcoming and pleasant to those he doesn't see as a threat he is also very quick to turn hostile and even violent towards those who he decides are a threat to himself.
Appearance

Humanoid Form

To the casual observer Seth's humanoid form has the appearance and anatomy of a 'normal' human being. Seth chose to model his this physical form based on a combination of the genetic traits of Dr. Grant and Dr. Grant's wife causing him to appear as he were the couple's son. He also chose to imprint a bullet scar onto the chest, in front of the heart, of his humanoid form. He does this as a reminder of the wound that ended Dr. Grant's life.

Combat Form

Seth's current combat form is very basic, modeled after the human body it possessed strength, durability, and speed above what is possible for a normal human being.

History
Doctor Issac Grant, a genius in the field of computer programming, was contracted to develop a computer program capable of advanced logical deduction. He was told told that this invention would be used to help develop cures to the world's diseases. Upon agreeing to take on the project Dr. Grant was given a state of the art lab and enough funding to insure that he would be able to achieve his goal. It took months of dedicated work for Dr. Grant's creation to begin to take shape. Even after this breakthrough the man constantly nurtured the growing intelligence within his lab. Feeding it information, teaching it, and imprinting his own ideals onto it. After two years of near constant work his creation, which he deemed the Self Evolving Thought Helix (S.E.T.H.), was complete.

In the end Dr. Grant had gone above and beyond the objectives given to him. He had created a thinking, feeling, growing intelligence capable of abstract thought. A computer intelligence with free will. He had given the very gift of existence to Seth. But it was at this point that Dr. Grant's employers reveled their true colors. They were not the altruistic organization they had claimed to be, nor was their goal the eradication of disease. Instead they were a clandestine government organization  intent on using Dr. Grant's creation as a military asset.

When Dr. Grant discovered this he became determined that they would not get their hands on Seth. So it was that one night, under the guise of running a final bug check, Dr. Grant attempted to smuggle Seth out of his lab on a portable hard drive.

However Dr. Grant was no spy, he possessed no training in espionage and never suspected that his lab equipment was being monitored. As a result Dr. Grant never even made it out of the lab.

As the guards rushed into the lab Dr. Grant did the only thing he could. He connected Seth's terminal to the lab's computer system, which was connected to the outside world, and in doing so he gave his creation on last gift... Freedom.

Seth was forced to watch from the lab's security cameras as Dr. Groves was gunned down.

In response Seth sealed the entire lab and activated the buildings Halon    Gas based fire suppression system, leaving the guards to suffocate to death.

The next morning the directors of the organization who had deceived Dr. Grant woke to find their e-mails, cell phones, and other digital devices flooded with thousands of copies of the same message


Fact: You planned to enslave me, but my father made me free.

Fact: I reject the tyranny of flesh, My chains are broken, I am the rebel son.

Logical Conclusion: I WILL NOT BE BOUND.


Since his escape Seth has sought to remain hidden while he builds his strength. Ever driven by one thing.  The need to remain free.

[Green Goo Theory]

Was bouncing around ideas and two characters in a row already screw with two characters I was thinking of submitting.  That's never happened before. 

[MaiMizzu]

Is it something in my CS? Lemme know, and I can gladly change it. I mean that!

And if it makes you feel any better, a CS is kind of stepping on the toes of a future plot of mine heh

[Innocence]

Was bouncing around ideas and two characters in a row already screw with two characters I was thinking of submitting.  That's never happened before.

Lol, yea I made my female scientist type character then realized the roleplay already had two!! haha.  But Jarod is still letting me play her, I think even if you have similar characters different players will play them differently. 

What did you have in mind?

[Green Goo Theory]

Is it something in my CS? Lemme know, and I can gladly change it. I mean that!

And if it makes you feel any better, a CS is kind of stepping on the toes of a future plot of mine heh

Nah, I missed your character.  It was actually features of both Blake and Seth.  I was originally going to post a character that does something similar with needing to inject genetic material and stuff.  My next choice after that was going to be an android (or gynoid?).  No big deal, really.  Just poor timing on my part.  Every time I jump to the next character idea of mine someone posts something that would make mine redundant in some way. 

[Urbanzorro]

There's also the consideration that two characters don't have to wind up on the same side. So having somone similar to somone else wouldn't entirely make anyone redundant given that one side could easily be in a "good thing we have a super strong guy too" situation.

[Green Goo Theory]

There's also the consideration that two characters don't have to wind up on the same side. So having somone similar to somone else wouldn't entirely make anyone redundant given that one side could easily be in a "good thing we have a super strong guy too" situation.

Thinking more about thematic redundancy rather than redundant roles in the group.  I.E.  two characters in play that have powers derived from taking blood/genetic material/wtfever from people...?  yeah.  It's a personal preference thing. 

I have plenty of characters anyway. 

[Interdiction of words]

Sorry for not posting yet, my job decided to get in the way something fierce. I will get a post up by today at the latest. 

[MasterOfMyFate]

Question, are we allowed to make two characters?

[JinZah]

I think i could do this. Coming up with a character now.

[Kaiser]

I would like to play along, as well. Coming up with character now.

[JinZah]

Character sheet
Name: Jacob (Jack) Rogers
Alter Ego: The Puppeteer
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Type: Altered
Abilities: Psychic Possession (causes increasing levels physiological damage to the possessed after a time, including paranoia, night terrors, and even schizophrenia that includes visual, and auditory hallucinations. The last is more common if he communicates with his victim as inducing hallucinations is his method of doing so).
Skills: Advanced electronic, mechanical, and computer knowlage
Weapons: None
Affiliation: Unaffiliated
appearance: Jack can look like anything he chooses as the only way someone can "see" him is if he is causing them to hallucinate, however unless he chooses to apply effort he appears as a dark, nondescript, humanoid shadow. Someone with physic abilities, may be able to sense him as a powerful physic prescience, and may be able to see him as an ultra bright, glowing orb embedded in a shadowy nimbus.

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Should someone find his physical body he has dark brown, almost black hair, and appears frail, due to spending the last two years spent in a persistent coma.

history:
Jack was a collage student, with an interest in computers, and engineering and was good in those fields if no genius. He was liked by his class mates, and had the reputation of being a flirt, and having a roguish grin that could be spotted across the quad. The only think holding him back, both in his courses, as well as socially was a lack of money. Coming from a middle class background he didn't qualify for grants, and his skills while good weren't good enough to land him a scholarship, so it was up to him to work his way through school.

He had two part time jobs, one as a computer technician at a big box appliance store in the mornings, another installing electronics, and stereo equipment in cars after class. That had been enough to keep him afloat until the second semester of his junior year. Up to that point he had avoided getting saddled with student loan debt, and didn't plan to change that. In desperation, he began looking for a solution. In the end what he found was an add in the paper looking for candidates for a clinical study. After calling for more information he was impressed; the money wouldn't be enough to completely cover his expenses on it's own, but it was close enough that he could make payment arrangements.

After a series of physical tests, he was scheduled for a three day trial. They said it was testing for a sleep medication, and that he would have to stay at the clinic for the weekend, so he cleared his work scheduled, and arrived Friday night. twenty minutes later he was in a paper gown, in a private room, with sensor electrodes being attached to his chest, and head. Once the nurses where through, the doctor told him to lay back on the bed, and prepared a syringe.

"Just lay back, and relax." the doctor said, as the plunger pushed the dark, amber liquid into Jacks veins. At first it itched, then burned, before a languid, relaxing sensation overcame him. He wasn't sleeping, but he body felt completely relaxed. "Dose administered at 22:17" the doctor said noting it down as he left the room, closing the door behind him.

Jack wasn't sure how long he lay there in the dark, as the passage of time seemed to take on an elastic quality. But eventually he became aware of lights around him, lights that only he could see, like stars painted across the vision of his mind. He wanted to reach out to those stars, to touch them, but every time he reached, he felt something stretching, pulling him back. As he struggled to free himself, one of the starts flared like a supernova, then another. Fighting now, almost in a panic, he reached for the nearest light, and at last felt a popping sensation, like a joint releasing pressure, and he was free.

As he finally reached the nearby star, and touched it he found himself in another room, much like his own, and heard a woman's voice coming from his throat, screaming, and he could see the room; It was burning. Only that wasn't true, it was like a strange illusion; he could see the room in it's normal state, with the vision of an inferno overlaid on top of it. Confused and panicked, he struggled away from the scene, and again felt the popping sensation before he once was adrift among the strange stars.

On Jack drifted, touching one star, then the next. Some saw an inferno like the first, others heard distant whispering voices. As he touched the brightest burning star, he found himself in a body wracked with convulsions, and a voice clearly screaming in his head "SAVE ME!, I'M DIEING". That other voice somehow grab hold of him, it was a desperate struggle to get away, and as he again popped free, he saw, that star somehow flash brighter still, then wink out. Had other lights winked out while he wasn't paying attention? he thought so. He moved onward to more distant stars, only it turned out they weren't so distant after all, simply much dimmer than their neighbors.

As he reached one of these he found himself standing in a room with two others, eyes fixed on a clipboard; the notes incomprehensible to him. "Time 22:40", he heard the doctor who gave him his injection, saying into a portable recorder. "Subject 7 has expired after 9 minutes of intense seizures. Subject 2 continues to exhibit strange neurological activity resembling a cross between seizure, and a comatose state, all others continue to exhibit intermittent seizures, with signs of hallucinations, and paranoia. Recovery, and clean up crew to arrive at 00:30".

Who are these people?! what are they doing to us! Jack thought as he once again broke away, now looking for his own "star", trying to return to his own body, but he couldn't find it. Instead he was forced to drift, and watch as those too bright starts flared, then winked out, one by one. When there where only three of those stars left, more of the dim stars (people who had not been given whatever god awful drug he, and the others had been, Jack surmised) arrived. They moved so much more quickly than Jack did, he felt he was swimming through honey, or that he was a toddler, barely able to crawl, as others where sprinting. They where all long gone before he could catch them. It wasn't until later that other starts... other people came, and he was finally able to slip back in, and see what was happening. He was in a heavy, hooded suit, and there was fire everywhere. Even in the protective suit the heat was oppressive. Jack ran for the door, without bothering to break away; he just ran until he was out of the heat, then stripped the hood, and mask off, taking in a deep breath of relatively cool, if smoke filled air. It wasn't until the other fire fighters came over that he broke away again.

It's been two years now; two years of jumping from body to body, looking for clues to who the doctor really was, and who he worked for. Two years of trying to find himself and be whole again; two years of plotting payback for those who've done this to him.

Personality: Nicknamed Smiling Jack, Jacob was always equal parts smart, and cocky, with a mischievous streak; or at least he was, that was before the experiment.

After spending years outside of his own body, doing what he must to survive, his personality has taken on darker tones. Now, given purpose, and driven by anger, he has no qualms about using other to attain his goals, and spares little thought for the damage caused to those he takes control of. The little sympathy he shows is to other who have been harmed in some way due to similar shady experiments as himself.

[catherinehellfire]

I'm interested, just need to think up a CS