Realistic or Modern MASKED ROLEPLAY CHARACTER

[KyleTok]

Welcome to the MASKED character page!

We will have to wait on the IC page because the overall lore of this world is going to be decided by the characters! So first step for this RP is to have each hero Archtype claimed and ready to start. Once all heroes are set, I will organize the first campaign! A crisis that includes everyone! So stay tuned.

The universe we are creating in this roleplay is heavily based on the story elements that you, the role-players, include with your characters. What this means is that there are no aliens until one of your characters introduces aliens, there are no evil corporations until your characters introduce evil corporations. The story elements that you introduce with your character's backstory and goals are meant to create storylines that other characters can explore with you! Therefore, each character has to be created using one of hero archetypes included in MasksRPG (more about them below).

The above also means there is a limitation. We cannot go too crazy in expanding the world beyond what's defined in the character because we are meant to explore each other's backstories together! That means that in order to expand the world further, when we are done our first major arc, we will open up to NEW archetypes! For now, we will focus on the following 9. That being said, as the Lead, I will be able to manipulate the world freely so that I can create good and engaging stories that allows everyone to participate.

The Archetypes that make this story are:
NOTE! There can be more than one character with the same archetype - As long as all types are claimed, and your character is flavored differently.

Claimed By:
Character:

You're a hero who should not be a superhero. You don't have any powers, but instead rely on a certain expertise of yours, whether it be bow and arrow, or proficiency with a sword. You're out of your depth but who cares? This is awesome. The story elements surrounding this character will always underestimate and put pressure on the Beacon to have to prove why they belong in the team.

Claimed By: Excal
Character: Ofanim

You're big, strong, and tough. You know what fighting really is, and you're good at it. Sure... you've got a soft side, too. But you only show that to the people you care about most. Everybody else? They can eat your fist. This is a hero with a dark origin, some weapons program or human experimentation, that made you so destructive that it scares you. The story elements surrounding this character will often remind them what they are, especially by using enemies that are just like them. An enemy would threatened to reveal something from their past.

Claimed By: Elenion Aura
Character: Underworld

You've got these cool powers. But everyone keeps telling you how to use 'em. You know what they need? Someone to give them trouble, to make sure they don't always get their way. And hey! You're the perfect hero to do it. This is a reluctant hero of sorts that is likely to rebel without a cause as performance looking for an audience. They have powers that allow them to act on a lot of mischief. The story elements surrounding this character are often about them trying to prove a point - which can either result in a listening audience, or them being left cold and alone.

Claimed By:
Character:

Something about your powers dooms you. It's just a matter of time before your doom comes for you. Until then, though... you've got villains who need fighting and a world that needs saving. After all, it's better to burnout than fade away... This is a grim hero aware of an inevitable tragedy that will eventually come upon them. The story elements surrounding this character are focused on their growing hopelessness of knowing something that others do not. It is their ability to see the best in people that makes them want to stay here in this world.

Claimed By: KyleTok
Character: Agent Ruby

Wake up. Breakfast. School. Work. Homework. Sleep. Repeat. It burns you up, being stuck in this life, unable to make a real difference. That is... until you put on the mask. And then, you can be someone else: a hero. This is a hero with major obligations outside of their alter-ego. They are all about the double life, the nature of having two identities. This hero will struggle when their lives cross over, putting pressure on them to deter all suspicions about them to keep those they care about safe. This hero better keep their mask on tight!

Claimed By: Hypnos
Character: The Headliner(Byline)

You're the latest in a storied heroic lineage, a family that shares a name and a cause. Now, everybody is watching and waiting to see if you've got what it takes to uphold that tradition. No pressure, right? This is a hero with big shoes to fill. Typically a child of another superhero taking on the mantle of their parent. The story elements surrounding this character includes their predecessors, alongside rules and traditions they've sworn to uphold. The Legacy constantly has to deal with high expectations, which lead to a lot of bad decisions.

Claimed By: SpotBandit
Character: Cupid

You're not from here. Your home is an amazing place, full of beauty and wonder. But there's something to this place... So you'll be hanging around. At least for now. This is a hero that comes from another planet or dimension. Maybe an alien from mars, or a fairy from the magic realm. Creating this hero gives a big opportunity to expand the universe beyond the earth we are on. This hero will face trouble from their homeland brought into the world of humans, and they would be torn to choose whether to join their people, or protect the humans from them.

Claimed By: ThatGuyWithSouvlaki
Character: Zephyra

You proved yourself to an experienced hero. They think you've got what it takes. They've been training you for a while, and now you have to decide...do you want to be like them? Or will you find your own path? This hero is defined by two things: their training and their mentor. They have a level of skill and preparation beyond that of anyone else - and their story would begin with them having been training for some time. Their mentor, however, constantly makes the Protégé face conflict of ethics, as their Mentor is slowly revealed not to be a hero at all.

Claimed By:
Character:

You can recall a time not too long ago when you looked... normal. When you didn't feel their stares. When you didn't hear their gasps. When no one thought of you as a monster. Those were the days, huh. This hero lost their human appearance upon getting their powers, turning into a rock golem, or a sea creature, or thick mist - whatever their new form takes, they can no longer blend in. While other heroes get to take off their masks, this hero's mask always stays on.

Originally I planned to limit this roleplay to 5 players to start, but the roleplay attracted a lot more interest than I had anticipated - so I'm leaving the limit flexible for now and see how many characters pour in. I promise to do my best to organize everything, but if it gets a little out of hand I would appreciate your best attempt to cooperate with my rules and requests. If I say no to something, please respect it, I am trying to have as much fun as you!

Spoiler: If you are interested in creating a character, you first have to agree to the rules:

About campaigns:
This roleplay operates in campaigns. Even after creating a character, you need to sign up for a campaign before you are allowed to join it. You may sign up to a campaign while it's going. But keep in mind that me, or other leads of the campaigns are allowed to reject your application if they don't think it makes sense for your character to join it. In case that does happen, you can always attempt to join with an npc if you are really itching for some roleplay - Please do not reject people signing up as npcs unless there really are no npcs in your story.

Campaigns can be a group effort, but they can also be 1 on 1. The point of campaigns is to tell stories in short format. Think of it like of Marvel Movies, characters get their stand alone movies that don't include other characters, but they all exist in that same world. Every campaign will be logged in the official OOC page, which will act like a wiki for all the events that happened! In other words, this roleplay is not slice of life - but it can be if you want to roleplay with each other outside of main campaigns!

Another point about campaigns - They are meant to explore elements introduced with characters. So one campaign will focus on an element from the Beacon, while the next will focus on an element from the Delinquent. This forces our characters to work together and help each other.

If you want to write a standalone story and want it to become part of the official list, you can. We all have the power to expand this world within the rules set with our character application.

DO NOTS:
Do not betray your archetype
You are allowed to stretch and flavor your archetype, and define it however you like, but if you straight up ignore its purpose in leading the story, you are betraying the archetype. (Don't create a Spiderman and then turn him into Black Panther.)

Do Not God-mod
God modding is when a character features god-like abilities, such as invincibility, mind control, or other unrealistic powers that might not fit with lore. Another form is when your character does something impossible that could kill them. Everyone wants to be the badass that can dodge everything, but please don't do that.

Do Not Meta game
Meta gaming is when a player applies out of charter retrieved information to their in-character, such as having information that only several in-characters players knows, and you obtained it without having your character there, or by just hearing it from others out of character. However, if your powers permit you to have certain information, you may use it with the permission of other players. Consent is key.

Do Not Auto Hit
Auto is when a player performs an action without giving the affected players a chance to respond to those around him. More advanced role-players will go into detail with their actions and emphasize their attempts. For example, say "Batman attempts to punch joker in the face" instead of "Batman punched joker in the face". Give the other players, or me when I control the enemies, the chance to respond.

Do Not Power-play
Power-playing occurs when a player operates someone's character without the other player's consent. The most blatant example of this would be a player writing, "Your character falls off the cliff when he walks up to it." As you can see, you take active control of what the other character does. Not only is this not fair to the other player, but it's also discouraged because often players will misconstrue the behaviors and personalities of characters they didn't design.

Do Not Play Mary-Sues or Gary-Stus
A Mary-Sue is a specific kind of character that has a lot of feats, and no flaws. Is your character any of the below?
A character who’s too perfect, lacking realistic or logical flaws, or whose flaws do not affect them in any ways.
A character who’s exactly like their creator, except idealized or made “better”.
A character who’s far too powerful, especially whose abilities exceed that which is possible for his/her race in the setting of the story. Particularly if said character has abilities that do not exist within the boundaries of the story’s world. Often these characters are technically legitimate, but are very, "Look at how unique and cool I am!"
A character who’s cliched, having qualities or characteristics that are overused by people trying to have a powerful/perfect/cool character. This includes but is not limited to the traits listed as Popular Role-Play Trends.

Spoiler: Character Form. Reply to this post.

Please read other already posted characters when writing your own. The lore of the world is based on the information creation with each character like a prompt story. So try to tie in some elements with your story, and make sure not to step on anyone toes. If you want to brainstorm with others on certain details, go to the OOC page and let us know!
Basics
Archetype: The?
Full Name: (the name behind the mask.)
Alter Ego: (The name you have when the mask is on.)
Age: Actual age and age appearance if that information applies.
Date of Birth: The RP is set in todays time.
Gender: Please also include preferred pronouns. (e.g. Female She/Her)
Origin: Where did your character come from? this does not have to be in Canada or the US.
Based in: Where in the world is your hero based in. For example everyone knows daredevil is the guardian of hells kitchen. (It's probably best to stay in the US or Canada for campaign purposes.)
Situation: for example, high school student by day, hero by night. Or maybe you live as a nomad with a bunch of trained assassins. This is not only asking for occupation.
Sexuality:
Relationship Status:
Open to Romance: From 1 to 10. 1 being not at all, 10 being absolutely.

Appearance
Images are a must! this is a very visual RP. You need a picture of your character standing from feet and up. You can either draw your own or use a free character designer on the web, there are plenty you can use. (Flash was disabled after 2020 so they might be a tiny bit harder to find but theyre still out there. I will also offer my services to create a vector design of your character using different assets online. Example.)

Spoiler: OR YOU CAN ASK ME TO MAKE ONE FOR YOU!

This shouldn't have to be said, but please don't steal art for this. There's free tools online.
For accessibility reasons, please also include a short description of your appearance.
Civilian Appearance:
Heroic Costume:
Height:
Weight:

History
Perhaps the most important bit about your character. This is where you introduce your contribution to this universe. What you write here becomes cannon, and is information that anyone can incorporate to their own stories or campaigns. If you describe a certain organization, then other players can be aware of it too (unless you specified its something only your character is aware of). If you create a new place, its now a place others can visit too. So take your time with this one and have fun with it.
For the Bull: You are not the only one like you. So tell us about the program that created you. Was it a super soldier program? illegal human experimentation? Describe the people who did this to you and introduce them into the overall story.
For the outsider: please be as descriptive as you can from where you come from! tells us about this new species you are introducing.
For the Legacy: Tells us about the legacy of heroes! Are we all meant to be aware of the lineage?
For the Protégé: How did you end up with your mentor? If you are part of some sort of league of assassins, please be descriptive of it to introduce it into the story.

Relationships
Tell us about any important individuals to your character who will come into play in your own plotline revolving around your character. These characters are NPCs that you could make available for others to interact with as well. This means that sometimes when your OC is not available in a scenario, you can stand in as one of your NPCs. A short description and an image would suffice.
For the Beacon: It would be good to introduce someone close to you who is part of the authorities, to help you get an edge that other heroes don't have.
For the Bull: Someone acts as your anchor, who can draw your softer side. The program you come from wants to use you as a weapon, but this person you care about shows you that you can be more.
For the Delinquent: There is someone who is good and just, but who is so damn full of themselves. They think they can guilt you into using your talents for "good", but they don't care to listen about what you're actually passionate about. Screw them. Let's think of ways to piss them off!
For the Janus: Someone close to you is starting to get suspicious! How is it that every time this hero shows up, you disappear???
For the Legacy: Who is your predecessor? Who are the "council" who remains to judge how well you uphold the mantle?
For the Protégé: You have a Mentor. Who are they. Why do you look up to them?

Personality
Describe your character's personality. What are they like with new people? what are their goals? what motivates them? What are things they like or dislike. What kind of interaction can other players expect with your character?
For the Bull: There is no effect on your personality necessarily once you gained your powers, but you do begin to resent knowing you are meant to be a weapon.

Powers/Skills/Weapons
In this section you have to define what your character can do. This section can technically change as your character grows - but I do recommend not going in the overpowered route, there is only so much fun we can have if your character ends every campaign as the one punch man.
For the Beacon: What is your specialty that makes you a real threat?
For the Delinquent: Whatever your powers are, they allow you to commit a lot of mischief.
For the Doomed: What about your powers dooms you? (Think of Raven from teen titans for example)
For the Legacy: What power or object is passed down to you? Skills do not get passed down.
For the Outsider: Your powers are specific to your species. While you might be a little unique, the other of your species can do most of the things you do.
For the Transformed: What powers did your transformation give you?

Your Nemesis!
Every hero has their nemesis! Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, Professor X and Magneto, Thor and Loki, Mutant Ninjas and Shredder! Who is your nemesis and why? what kind of threat do they pose? What are their motivations? Your Nemesis will yield its own campaign so that you don't have to face them alone and allow other characters to face with you. Note that your nemesis can also be an organization/gang and not a specific person. It can also be a concept! like a curse that has fallen on a town and needs to be broken, or a computer program gaining awareness.
For the Beacon: Most appropriate if your nemesis doesn't have any powers either. Maybe the corrupt chief of the police department. Or corrupt CEO of a pharmaceuticals company. Or a leader of a growing gang in your city. This is not a requirement, but might fit the story best.
For the Bull: Your nemesis comes from the same program you do! Maybe it's another super soldier, or maybe its the mad scientist that experimented on you! Either way your Nemesis and Origin are tightly related.
For the Delinquent: Your Nemesis is the one person who actually makes you want to be a hero, just so you can smack them in the face!
For the Doomed: Your Nemesis can actually be your own powers. At any day it might doom you, and yet you win the fight every day. If you wish, however, you can create an external nemesis as well if it fits your story! you get the flexibility for that as the doomed.
For the Janus: Your Nemesis knows you both with and without the mask, but they don't know the two are the same person! Think Doctor Octopus and Peter Parker.
For the Legacy: Your Nemesis was passed down to you along with the mantle. Maybe it's a similar legacy of villains, or an organization, or ageless enemy.
For the outsider: Regretfully, your nemesis is someone from your homeland. They want to reach this world and threaten it by declaring war on humanity - and you want to protect your new home as well as save the lives of your own people from war. Think of Orm Curry and Aquaman.
For the Protégé: Your Nemesis is your Mentor! Although you are not aware of it at first.
For the Transformed: This Nemesis constantly forces you to come out into the public looking the way you do, because for some reason you are motivated to stop them. You have the absolute most freedom as the transformed to think of your Nemesis.

Spoiler: BBcode Character template for MASKED!

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🠋🠋Input your selected Archetype.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Full Name: The Name behind the mask.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Alter Ego:The name you have when the mask is on.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Age: Actual age and age appearance if that information applies.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Birth Date: Keep in mind the RP is set in todays time.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Gender: Please also include preferred pronouns. (e.g. Female She/Her)🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Sexuality: 🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Origin: Where did your character come from? this does not have to be in Canada or the US.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Based in: Where in the world is your hero based in. For example everyone knows daredevil is the guardian of hells kitchen. (It's probably best to stay in the US or Canada for campaign purposes.)🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Relationship Status and Openness to Romance from 1 to 10. 1 being not at all, 10 being absolutely. (e.g. Single 5).🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Situation: Short summary of what they are doing today occupation wise, lifestyle, current goals. You change this box as the RP progresses to let players know their current situation.🠋🠋
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🠋🠋Enter History Below:🠋🠋
✦For the Bull: You are not the only one like you. So tell us about the program that created you. Was it a super soldier program? illegal human experimentation? Describe the people who did this to you and introduce them into the overall story.
✦For the outsider: please be as descriptive as you can from where you come from! tells us about this new species you are introducing.
✦For the Legacy: Tells us about the legacy of heroes! Are we all meant to be aware of the lineage?
✦For the Protégé: How did you end up with your mentor? If you are part of some sort of league of assassins, please be descriptive of it to introduce it into the story.
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🠋🠋Enter Personality Below:🠋🠋
✦Describe your character's personality. What are they like with new people? what are their goals? what motivates them? What are things they like or dislike. What kind of interaction can other players expect with your character?
✦For the Bull: There is no effect on your personality necessarily once you gained your powers, but you do begin to resent knowing you are meant to be a weapon.
➜➜[/comment]__________________________________________PERSONALITY HERE__________________________________[/border]
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🠋🠋Enter Relationships Below:🠋🠋
✦Tell us about any important individuals to your character who will come into play in your own plotline revolving around your character. These characters are NPCs that you could make available for others to interact with as well. This means that sometimes when your OC is not available in a scenario, you can stand in as one of your NPCs. A short description and an image would suffice.
✦For the Beacon: It would be good to introduce someone close to you who is part of the authorities, to help you get an edge that other heroes don't have.
✦For the Bull: Someone acts as your anchor, who can draw your softer side. The program you come from wants to use you as a weapon, but this person you care about shows you that you can be more.
✦For the Delinquent: There is someone who is good and just, but who is so damn full of themselves. They think they can guilt you into using your talents for "good", but they don't care to listen about what you're actually passionate about. Screw them. Let's think of ways to piss them off!
✦For the Janus: Someone close to you is starting to get suspicious! How is it that every time this hero shows up, you disappear???
✦For the Legacy: Who is your predecessor? Who are the "council" who remains to judge how well you uphold the mantle?
✦For the Protégé: You have a Mentor. Who are they. Why do you look up to them?
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🠋🠋Enter Powers Below:🠋🠋
✦In this section you have to define what your character can do. This section can technically change as your character grows - but I do recommend not going in the overpowered route, there is only so much fun we can have if your character ends every campaign as the one punch man.
✦For the Beacon: What is your specialty that makes you a real threat?
✦For the Delinquent: Whatever your powers are, they allow you to commit a lot of mischief.
✦For the Doomed: What about your powers dooms you? (Think of Raven from teen titans for example)
✦For the Legacy: What power or object is passed down to you? Skills do not get passed down.
✦For the Outsider: Your powers are specific to your species. While you might be a little unique, the other of your species can do most of the things you do.
✦For the Transformed: What powers did your transformation give you?
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✦Every hero has their nemesis! Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, Professor X and Magneto, Thor and Loki, Mutant Ninjas and Shredder! Who is your nemesis and why? what kind of threat do they pose? What are their motivations? Your Nemesis will yield its own campaign so that you don't have to face them alone and allow other characters to face with you. Note that your nemesis can also be an organization/gang and not a specific person. It can also be a concept! like a curse that has fallen on a town and needs to be broken, or a computer program gaining awareness.
✦For the Beacon: Most appropriate if your nemesis doesn't have any powers either. Maybe the corrupt chief of the police department. Or corrupt CEO of a pharmaceuticals company. Or a leader of a growing gang in your city. This is not a requirement, but might fit the story best.
✦For the Bull: Your nemesis comes from the same program you do! Maybe it's another super soldier, or maybe its the mad scientist that experimented on you! Either way your Nemesis and Origin are tightly related.
✦For the Delinquent: Your Nemesis is the one person who actually makes you want to be a hero, just so you can smack them in the face!
✦For the Doomed: Your Nemesis can actually be your own powers. At any day it might doom you, and yet you win the fight every day. If you wish, however, you can create an external nemesis as well if it fits your story! you get the flexibility for that as the doomed.
✦For the Janus: Your Nemesis knows you both with and without the mask, but they don't know the two are the same person! Think Doctor Octopus and Peter Parker.
✦For the Legacy: Your Nemesis was passed down to you along with the mantle. Maybe it's a similar legacy of villains, or an organization, or ageless enemy.
✦For the outsider: Regretfully, your nemesis is someone from your homeland. They want to reach this world and threaten it by declaring war on humanity - and you want to protect your new home as well as save the lives of your own people from war. Think of Orm Curry and Aquaman.
✦For the Protégé: Your Nemesis is your Mentor! Although you are not aware of it at first.
✦For the Transformed: This Nemesis constantly forces you to come out into the public looking the way you do, because for some reason you are motivated to stop them. You have the absolute most freedom as the transformed to think of your Nemesis.
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[SpotBandit]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS
• NEMESIS
• GALLERY
• TRIVIA

• • Gabriel Atlas
  • Cupid

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  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Outsider

  Full Name

  Cupid

  Alter Ego

  Gabriel Atlas

  
  
  
  

  Age

  20 (appearance), 150 (true age)

  Date of Creation

  1/05/1870

  Gender

  Male (He/Him)

  Sexuality

  Asexual, aromantic

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  From Heaven's highest, purest clouds

  Based in

  Varies, but mainly the USA

  Relationship Status

  Single, 0

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  A wanderer of Earth, in search for a malevolent fallen angel that betrayed Heaven and its inhabitants back in his realm that escaped to this one. Under the guise of a human, Cupid works for money to support himself during the day (mainly just for food, as he can sleep amongst the clouds), all the while trying to pinpoint where the fallen angel is lingering. He will often help out strangers in danger or in general need of assistance thanks to his benevolent nature.
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  
  Cupid comes from another realm where both Heaven and Hell exist together, though separately. He was created in Heaven roughly 150 years ago, and for a large portion of his life, he lived in complete bliss with the other angels. His species have a very close relationship with their god as they live within close proximity to him. Their connections with their god are amplified by the fact that he had carefully hand-sculpted each individual and brought them to life with their own personality and defining characteristics, and for this they cherished their god greatly and held him in high regards. In turn, their god showered them with love. In this sense, Cupid lived a very picture-perfect life with little conflict in it at all, and he often practiced archery in his spare time as he found himself with a natural talent for it. In his time in Heaven, Cupid was taught by his god and others to be benevolent and kind to every being, even if they were of opposing beliefs and ideals-- such as the spiteful demons that lived below in Hell. Any naturally evil or malevolent spirits that found themselves without a body were cast into fiery pits and transformed into demons, and while the angels knew of the demon's hatred of the pure-hearted, they knew very little of the other species' deceptiveness and were blinded by their own teachings, thus they treated the demons with far more respect than what was deserved.
  
  Unfortunately, this would begin to prove the angel's own downfall, as demons would begin to slowly lure angels to the Underworld, speaking of their god in the most venomous, callous ways, and often praising the Underworld as an infinitely more free utopia where the angels could do anything and say anything without any repercussion. The demons did this to spite the angel's god and for their own entertainment, and unfortunately for some angels, they were lead away from Heaven on the back of these lies and turned wholly to darkness. For a while, it remained an unspoken issue that the angels often wouldn't talk about in fear of causing a panic or disturbing the false sense of peace and security they had in the clouds, as the peaceful species wanted to keep themselves living in the facade that everything was exactly like what it used to be. For the first time since its creation, Heaven had come under a silent attack that slowly ate away at their civilisation.
  
  Having existed alongside other stand-up angels and then having those angels suddenly disappear one day was like a knife in the back to Cupid and the other angels who refused to listen to the demon's teachings, as they knew exactly what happened to those unfortunates and where they had ended up. What stung the angels the most was how distraught it would make their god whenever he had one of his precious creations turned against him. The remaining angels theorised that the massive downpours that would rain from the very clouds they walked on were the tears of their god, weeping whenever he had one of his beloved angels lead to evil.
  
  Seeing their god shattered, the remaining angels decided to band together to protect Heaven and the remaining innocence within. The dedicated angels, whom of which Cupid was one, swore to protect Heaven's pearly gates from any demon who dared step foot into the clouds. Their god gave them his blessings and bestowed upon them durability, gateway summoning, and the power to summon holy weapons at any given time. In turn, the angels vowed to protect Heaven and its inhabitants from the reach of demons and their malevolent teachings. The angels, still noble and benevolent to those who weren't of darkness, became fierce to protect what was still pure. It was this moment onwards that the defending angels were given the title of 'guardian angels'.
  
  Cupid and the other angels were remarkable at protecting the remaining angels within the gates of Heaven. While they disliked violence and would often try to talk any demon out of a potential fight to have them to return to Hell, they wouldn't hesitate to attack when the integrity of their homeland was put at risk. Their kills were quick, clean and accurate. Even though it could be easy to get lost in the violence, the angels were consistently aware that while they were cleaning the world of corruption, it was still another potentially once-innocent soul now placed to rest forever. The guardian angels, though they enjoyed protecting the innocent, never ceased to yearn to have their old Heaven back.
  
  One final, vicious display of betrayal within Heaven would rattle the realm, its inhabitants and its god for the rest of its days. A rebel angel who had lived within the safely golden gates, Orion, had organised a mass overthrowing of Heaven and its inhabitants as the angel craved the power that God possessed, and was envious that the kindly god had access to such unimaginable abilities. The corrupt angel had predicted that even in the face of certain defeat, their god wouldn't fight back against what were at one point his own children. Mass amounts of fallen angels and demons swarmed the gates of Heaven, and the guardian angels found themselves quickly overwhelmed and in an extremely dangerous situation where they could quickly lose their lives. Cupid, being centered about ranged attacks with his enchanted bow, could only take out so many opposing souls before he found himself having to retreat within the gates of Heaven to avoid being slaughtered. All other guardian angels similarly retreated into the gates of Heaven, though many found themselves wounded or almost dead.
  
  The god- now enraged that his fallen creations' hatred had festered to the point that they would kill the very angels that they had once shared a peaceful life with in Heaven, and fiercely determined to protect the guardian angels that had refused to leave the his side even with rampantly spreading darkness- turned against the rebelling army and its leader, and used his power to defeat the army within minutes. The rebel angels, stripped of any holy power they may of had left, fell through the clouds of Heaven and descended into the depths of Hell, with their wings and halos stripped from them forever. Orion narrowly escaped the outburst by opening a small gateway to the Overworld realm- Earth- where the god's power couldn't reach him.
  
  Cupid, being one of the few remaining guardian angels who weren't injured in the short battle, was soon tasked with chasing down the rebel angel to bring him back to Heaven for justice for his acts against the angels, Heaven and their god.
  
  His journey leads him to the United States on Earth in a desperate chase to find Orion before he begins to cause issues-- or worse, escape forever.
  
  
  TLDR;
  Cupid is created through a sculpture, and while he was alive angels lived in close contact with their God. They live in a realm seperate to Earth, though Earth and the realm of Heaven and Hell share direct ties. Everything was perfect. Cupid and the angels were so benevolent and kindly that they even treated demons respectfully-- fun fact; bad idea. The angels' naiveté eventually began to allow the demons to spread darkness throughout the angel community and convert angels to evil. Most remaining angels, like Cupid, eventually stop ignoring the problem and vow to protect Heaven from the growing darkness and become 'guardian angels'. Eventually Orion, a rebel angel, co-ordinates a mass attack on Heaven in an attempt to kill any remaining angels who refused to serve darkness and to also steal God's power, expecting him to be so kindly that he wouldn't even fight against his creations. Plot twist, he's completely wrong, and an enraged God finishes off the army within minutes. In his haste, Orion flees the dimension to escape the wrath of the god. Cupid is sent after him and ends up on Earth to find Orion before he does something tremendously stupid or disappears forever.
  
• PERSONALITY
  
  Cupid is what you'd imagine of the stereotypical angel. He's very soft-spoken and near criminally kind, even to people that one could consider complete strangers. He was both sculpted with these two main features in mind, and even though he was additionally taught to respect others, it's almost impossible for him to immediately be suspect of someone. This unfortunately feeds into a certain naiveté/gullibility that Cupid possesses, as most threats a sharp-minded or even subtly aware person would be able to see a mile away, Cupid wouldn't see until said threat was blatantly obvious (for instance, Cupid may dismiss someone acting erratically or aggressively in hopes they will calm down, when in reality most observing would know said person was on the brink of attacking someone). This may also have been fed into through his time in his world, where a large part of his life consisted of complete peace and no conflict, which though it has left Cupid with his trademark benevolence, it has left him to be soft-- both emotionally and physically (thankfully the latter has been somewhat taken care of through a blessing, but he's still a glass canon). As a matter of fact, because of how friendly and unsuspecting Cupid can be, before most fights the angel will attempt to talk down the opponent and calm things before they have to get aggressive (which hasn't solved much). Because of his natural hesitance to fight, it takes Cupid a little bit of warmup in most situations before he can become more aggressive in his tactics.
  
  Despite coming from a species that was created by a literal god, Cupid isn't crazily religious-- at least in the sense that he isn't so devout that any utterance of sin would cause him to pop off, or that he would constantly praise his lord's name to anyone and everyone that had a set of functioning ears. While he's doggedly loyal to said god that created him, his mannerisms and usual lack of mention or word of where he came from or how he came to be makes him come off as if he were atheist- so long as he's in the presence of people who are not religious. Truth be told, having come from such a wild place, his situation seems so normal to him that he doesn't quite find the very existence of where he comes from or who made him out of the norm, and thus he feels no urge to needlessly praise something that-- while he's on Earth-- doesn't seem to be at all applicable to humans. The lack of a god on Earth also doesn't seem at all to bother Cupid, as he's aware he comes from a wholly different place with completely different circumstances, and he too is aware of the fact where he came from and what goes on in his realm exists is- by all means- insane. Because of this, any speech that may go against the teachings Cupid was raised with won't bother him. Directly insulting his god on the basis of knowing where Cupid came from, on the other hand, would definitely irk him.
  
  Though trying to offend Cupid is akin to trying to insult a brick wall, Cupid can find himself irritated by simple acts of disrespect and over-vulgarity relatively swiftly. Respect is something he values dearly, and seeing a lack of it in most situations (usually in colloquial situations where such behaviour isn't called for, for instance conversations) can easily stir him so long as his gentle requests to stop go ignored. Cupid's soft upbringing has left him- in some situations- with thin skin, and sometimes if he doesn't quickly disengage himself with any situation that may be proving itself irritating to him, he may grow mad. While being mad doesn't necessarily mean much in terms of arguments (for instance, if he grows angry during an argument, he'll just cut the conversation short to go blow off steam elsewhere), growing angry in the battlefield greatly hinders Cupid's aim with his bows and arrows-- which again, may feed into his anger like a cycle, which afterward may feed into a sense of self-doubt. It's integral that Cupid keeps at least a somewhat cool head during any fights he may find himself in, which for the most part he's capable of doing.
  
  What motivates Cupid to keep himself going is mainly his god, as he's a creation of him and owes him his respect and loyalty. Cupid also thrives off of the positive interactions of others, which also keep him both happy and motivated to continue his search for the angel who fell from Heaven. In situations where Cupid isn't able to have any positive connections or interactions reciprocated to him, he may begin to struggle to keep himself as chipper as he can be. Being in a wholly seperate realm from his own god and having no ability to communicate (without summoning a portal to head back to Heaven) also puts Cupid down a fair bit, but the thought of returning back to his realm with a captured Orion is a massive comfort to him. Still, loneliness is something that drains Cupid greatly. Friendly connections sustain him.
  
  
  IN SHORT
  Positive personality traits:
  Approachable, kind, respectful, loyal, considerate, often a very healthy person to be around, will listen to any problems a character has and will console them/offer support, firmly dedicated to protect those who are innocent or vulnerable.
  
  Negative personality traits:
  Can be easy to rile up, battle performance relies on his mood, he relies on healthy and positive interactions of others to keep going (not wholly emotionally self-sufficient) thus this may impact his battling capabilities, gullible and naïve, oftentimes too passive for his own good (a pushover, almost to the point he may put himself in danger), emotionally soft.
  
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  
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  -Guardian Angels-
  APPEARANCE: *working on the art!
  Being the other angels that Cupid has existed alongside, along with being the angels who were strong enough to resist the rampantly spreading temptations of the demons, the guardian angels are angels that Cupid has a great respect for and a strong relationship with. They are Heaven's means of defence against the impure, and while they still hold the concepts of peace and mercy in high regard, they're not strangers to being aggressive when push comes to shove. Having dealt with the poison of evil seep into their once whole community to claim any innocents unfortunate enough to be lured away from Heaven, the guardian angels are unflinchingly determined to keep the remaining angels within Heaven's gates safe from any further influence of demons. The guardian angels are blessed by their god with enhanced abilities, and share the same abilities that Cupid does. Their weapons of choice vary, but the guardian angels of Heaven prefer to use bows and arrows to take down any malevolent being intent on further corrupting their humble community.
  
  -God-
  Cupid's god is exclusive to the realm he comes from, and despite being powerful, has absolutely no access to Earth or Hell, as his powers and existence are exclusive to Heaven-- meaning that he cannot even venture outside of the realm. Their god, who doesn't go by a specific name, is the reason Cupid's species exist, and the kindly god would spend months upon months pouring over each of the angel's sculptures to make sure that they were perfect before he would bring them to life. All of the angels from Heaven share their god's compassion, though unfortunately for the fatherly god, he would have some of his creations lured from him to the depths of the Underworld, which for him was an unbearable pain-- after all, they had spent about ~100 years with him on average, and to have something so beloved of yours stolen from you-- the memories, the happiness-- out of spite? Such a pain was indescribable. It's because of the pain he'd gone through losing some of his angels that he cherishes the angels he has remaining so dearly, and said cherished angels are the reason that he finally punished those who dared betrayed the species by stripping them of their holy status and banishing them to Hell-- to protect what angels remained loyal to him.
  To species other than his own, he is just as kind to them as he is his own angels, though any outsiders who intend on causing trouble within the gates of Heaven will be promptly escorted out. The angels have gone through a lot as it is.
  
  Oddly enough, only the angels and demons of Cupid's realm can observe the true appearance of their god. Any other species will only interpret the god as something they can comprehend-- for instance, a human may comprehend the appearance of the god as a man draped in robes. Another may interpret the god as a white stag enveloped in light.
  
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  
  (Powers unique to Cupid because of his status as a guardian angel are marked with * asterisks)
  
  - Flight
  Because of their impressive wings and their powers (mainly just the latter), angels are quite adept with flight despite the lack of aerodynamic compatibility that their humanoid shape naturally has. Angels are especially nimble in flight, and it's very unwise to challenge one when they can use the sky to their advantage.
  
  
  - (Some) Durability*
  Most angels aren't that durable thanks to the fact their bones are more hollow to aid with flight and what-not, but because of his willingness to defend others from threats, Cupid was granted enhanced durability from his god- though he's still quite frail. This allows him to take some heavy hits without fear of breaking any bones. Unfortunately for Cupid, this durability doesn't make said hits hurt any less.
  
  - Gateway Summoning*
  Cupid can summon gateways by plucking one of his feathers and using their power within it as a basis for summoning a gateway that can stem from different countries back to Heaven! Of course, his feather doesn't do all the work as it only offers the foundation of a gateway, and he must put in a great deal of holy energy from himself to actually ignite the portal. Long-distance places, especially when summoning a portal back to his realm Heaven, can leave Cupid so exhausted that he'd barely be able to stand. It can take a full day or more for Cupid to regain himself in the sense that he'd have enough energy to function normally- not summon another portal. This is perhaps Cupid's only ability that has the potential to be manipulated by others against his will, though how others would be able to manipulate his portals or his powers is beyond him.
  
  NOTE: Because this ability is so demanding of Cupid's body, at best he can only summon a portal once a month without fear of rendering himself unconscious or damaging himself-- and even then he'll often wait far longer before summoning another. He's extremely hesitant to call upon gateways to begin with, and only does it if he absolutely needs to go places quickly.
  
  - Weapon Summoning*
  On top of being able to summon portals, Cupid can also summon his trusted bow. The bow itself has been blessed and is made purely of light, and thus glows quite brightly. Because of its holy status, only Cupid and other angels (or other holy beings) can even grab the weapon. Any attempts to hold the weapon by any other creature will result in them clasping at thin air.
  
  [SKILLS]
  
  - Flight
  As mentioned above, angels are naturally adept at flight and evasive manoeuvres in flight thanks to their holy powers and lighter weight. So long as they have the sky to their back, their opponents are going to have a big problem on their hands-- though their ability to fight solely relies on wether or not they can fly. If they're without the sky, they're out of their depth.
  
  - Impressive aim and archery
  Cupid, since his creation, had always been a fan of archery. The thrill he got whenever he aimed a bow at a target and let fly an arrow only to have the arrow hit a perfect bullseye was indescribable, and it was a talent Cupid revelled in. His efficiency in this field allows Cupid to excel in ranged combat, and even if he's whirring around in the sky, his arrows won't struggle to hit their target-- so long as he's in the right mindset.
  
  [WEAPONS]
  
  - Holy Bow
  Cupid only has one weapon, and that's his bow. He's been with it since early in his life, and he cherishes it dearly. While only being a master in one weapon and having no experience in any others severely limits what Cupid is capable of achieving in terms of battles, it was and still is all he needs to combat the demons of his realm. Cupid has to rely on re-summoning his bow if he finds himself disarmed, though if he's somehow restricted from summoning his dear weapon, Cupid can only hope to fly away from any danger he may face.
  
  
  IN SHORT
  Strengths:
  Very adept with his bow, extremely agile in the sky, cannot be disarmed due to the ability to re-summon his weapon, keen eyes and a steady hand guide his arrows to his target (so long as he isn't distracted by something), a very difficult opponent to take down in the right circumstances.
  
  Weaknesses:
  Cupid is completely out of his depth if he can't fly to keep distance between he and any other opponents (specific situations will either make him an extremely difficult opponent or a sitting duck, one or the other), can only take a small handful of heavy hits (and any hits to his wings, if heavy or well enough aimed, can render him fair game), can only deal ranged attacks (a master of one weapon but with no variation in others)
  
• NEMESIS
  Cupid's current nemesis is a fallen angel from Heaven, Orion. In later years of his creation, Orion had become envious of their god's powers, and with the growing influence from the demons below, he found conditions ripe to try to seize a weakened Heaven and take power for himself. While the vicious rebellion didn't work, the angel's betrayal was of the highest order, and before he could be cast from Heaven forever, he narrowly escaped through the use of the very own blessings given to him as a guardian angel (he summoned a gateway to the Overworld Earth where he was free of any repercussions for his actions). Orion's naturally deceptive and chaotic nature makes him unpredictable, but most from Cupid's realm agree that Orion is either trying to permanently escape punishment from their world to seize another more defenseless one, or has strategically retreated in order to plot another assault on Heaven. It's believed that Orion had tinkered with the dark arts of the demons below, and gained the power to control and manipulate others to his will. Some rumour he can turn the weak minded into demons, spreading his influence through the world like poison. Whatever the case, the plotting Orion is a festering threat that should be swiftly dealt with before he either escapes or builds forces that cannot be reckoned with.
• CHARACTER GALLERY
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• CHARACTER GALLERY
  - As mentioned above, Cupid can summon portals using either a massive portion of his holy power (long distance, or to Heaven) or decent portion (short distance). An angel's holy power is essentially their life force, and they can only ever expend their holy power when they ignite portals (though death from other means is very possible and feasible, and do not take a toll on an angel's holy power). HOWEVER, an angel doesn't technically 'die' when they expend their holy power. Instead, not having any power means that an angel will revert back into their original sculptures made by their god. Basically, they turn back into the statue they were made as before they were granted their powers. While this technically doesn't 'kill' the angel, and they can be revived back by their god with their memories and everything in-tact, being in a situation that Cupid is in- where he is in a wholly other realm that his god cannot even reach him (without sending another angel to Earth to find Cupid, which is then extremely unlikely to happen soon)- is essentially as bad as dying.
  
  - Being ~130lbs to help him fly, Cupid cannot easily lift another person off of the ground for flight unless they are also light (and even then, he will struggle). Cupid cannot escort anyone to any place using his wings. They're strictly meant for his own flight.
  
  - Angels have very good cold tolerance, and do well in low-oxygen, high-altitude, freezing environments. It's something of a blessing they all share-- and they need it, given they live up so high in the clouds. Without it, it would be the equivalent of plotting a human on Mount Everest and telling them to live there.
  
  - Included in the old reference, but updated to be more informative; an angel's halo floats constantly above their head, and is a sign of their status as a higher, holy being. Unlike the holy bow that Cupid wields, the halo can be grabbed and handled by anyone. It is made completely of holy magic, and can be an indication of an angel's mood. How an angel feels can be evident by how much the halo tugs on something that removes it from their resting spot, as when removed, halos will somewhat swiftly- but gently- float back atop the angel's head (the further the halo is taken, the more aggressively it will tug to get back to its owner). If the angel is irritated, the halo will be hard to pull away some, and will be extremely hesitant to leave the angel's head- like a magnet, almost. It will return quickly and aggressively to the angel's head, and while the angel won't have to worry about having their face smashed by their own halo, anything in the path of the halo will be rammed into.
  
  - Cupid hates having to conceal his appearance as an angel. While he by no means hates humans, he also dislikes heavily having to hide his natural appearance. This is part of the reason why Cupid will return to sleep in the clouds for the night-- it is because he can get to fly, and be in a place where he won't need to conceal his appearance (on top of this, the clouds comfort him because they're a reminder of his own realm).
  
  - Cupid can manipulate clouds, and can interact with them as if they were physical objects. To most, they will simply phase through a cloud, but Cupid can control at will when he will either phase through one or interact with one (holding, standing on, punching-- anything that touches it). This is because of his holy power, which grants angels the ability to walk on them as they do in Heaven. Clouds can also be criminally fluffy beds to sleep in.
  
  
  
  

  Spoiler: Old non-BBCode ref

  
  
  -Archetype-
  The Outsider
  
  -Full Name-
  Cupid
  (Angels from his realm only have one name)
  
  -Alter Ego-
  Gabriel Atlas
  
  -Age-
  20 (Appearance-based age)
  150 (True age. Angels are created with the appearance of adults and are wholly ageless)
  
  -Date of Creation-
  1/5/1870
  
  -Gender-
  Male (He/Him)
  
  -Origin-
  Cupid comes from a different realm, straight from the highest, purest clouds of Heaven.
  
  -Based in-
  United States, though thanks to his abilities, he can travel between distant places with great ease (though depending on his method of transport, he'll be temporarily exhausted)
  
  -Situation-
  A wanderer of Earth, in search for a malevolent fallen angel that betrayed Heaven and its inhabitants back in his realm that escaped to this one. Under the guise of a human, Cupid works for money to support himself during the day (mainly just for food, as he can sleep amongst the clouds), all the while trying to pinpoint where the fallen angel is lingering. He will often help out strangers in danger or in general need of assistance thanks to his benevolent nature.
  
  -Sexuality-
  Asexual, aromantic
  
  -Relationship Status-
  Open to Romance: 1
  (Any attempts at romance or even subtly flirtatious remarks won't fail to fluster Cupid, though he's not particularly comfortable with them at all)
  
  -Appearance-
  
  (Art by me! I'm really proud of both the art and design. Some parts of the art are super sketchy/look really janky because my dumb ass decided that merging all the layers together and saving the file would be a good idea. Shortly after I realised I wanted to make significant design changes ^^'')
  
  Cupid's pastel appearance is quite wild to say the least. To begin, the lower segments of Cupid's arms and legs (the elbow of the arm and the knees of his legs) are highly comparable to that of a bird's legs, although purple. His legs have the feet and talons of birds, while his hands have the same structure of hand humans have, though are large and donned with sharp claws. Another noticeable feature of Cupid are his impressive set of wings, of which have peculiar cross markings on them (and said wings are criminally soft). His eyes are a bright peach colour and his skin is quite light.
  
  On Cupid's head where a human's ears would normally be are two oddly shaped ears which are quite sensitive to sound. The 'ears' above are vestigial, and don't serve any purpose outside of existing and emoting. They often stay relaxed and pressed up against the head. Floating just above said vestigial 'ears' is a purple halo. It gives off a subtle glow. The halo can be moved around freely, however in certain circumstances the halo will be very inclined to stay above the angel's head (usually by the angel's own accord and often when expressing irritation), much like a magnet.
  
  Cupid's clothing he dons is the regular sort of clothing you'd see up in Heaven where he comes from, as being up so high in the sky is quite cold (the angels have a natural cold tolerance, hence their snug clothing isn't as snug as it would need to be for any other animal on Earth). There are plenty of crosses printed on Cupid's clothing.
  
  Cupid's wings are often tucked up behind his back so they don't get in his way.
  
  -Civilian Appearance-
  
  (Ignore the sketchy chair ^^' I couldn't get its perspective to look nice so it forever stays incomplete.)
  Cupid's human appearance is far less eccentric than his regular appearance. Using his holy magic, Cupid can effortlessly conceal his remarkable appearance with the guise of an average young man with brown hair, accompanied by few other defining features. In this disguise, Cupid will wear simple button-up shirts (often black) and any pair of dark jeans with shoes, and will always wear a cross necklace hidden underneath his shirt. He dislikes having to conceal his appearance, but so long as it keeps him undercover he'll have to deal with it.
  
  
  -Heroic Costume-
  Cupid's 'costume' is just his average attire he wears in Heaven.
  
  -Height-
  5'9"
  
  -Weight-
  135 lbs / 61 kgs
  Angels are very light, as it helps them stay agile in flight. Their bones are naturally more hollow to keep them light, but they are more prone to breakages.
  
  -History-
  (Note: This is my own headcanon of Heaven/Hell that's set in a different realm, and is more of its own thing than it is based on pre-exiting concepts of Heaven and Hell. The realms are tied to Earth as we know it, but are usually only accessible by angels and demons. I'm atheist but I enjoy the idea of Heaven and Hell too much not to toy with it ^^'')
  
  Cupid comes from another realm where both Heaven and Hell exist together, though separately. He was created in Heaven roughly 150 years ago, and for a large portion of his life, he lived in complete bliss with the other angels. His species have a very close relationship with their god as they live within close proximity to him. Their connections with their god are amplified by the fact that he had carefully hand-sculpted each individual and brought them to life with their own personality and defining characteristics, and for this they cherished their god greatly and held him in high regards. In turn, their god showered them with love. In this sense, Cupid lived a very picture-perfect life with little conflict in it at all, and he often practiced archery in his spare time as he found himself with a natural talent for it. In his time in Heaven, Cupid was taught by his god and others to be benevolent and kind to every being, even if they were of opposing beliefs and ideals-- such as the spiteful demons that lived below in Hell. Any naturally evil or malevolent spirits that found themselves without a body were cast into fiery pits and transformed into demons, and while the angels knew of the demon's hatred of the pure-hearted, they knew very little of the other species' deceptiveness and were blinded by their own teachings, thus they treated the demons with far more respect than what was deserved.
  
  Unfortunately, this would begin to prove the angel's own downfall, as demons would begin to slowly lure angels to the Underworld, speaking of their god in the most venomous, callous ways, and often praising the Underworld as an infinitely more free utopia where the angels could do anything and say anything without any repercussion. The demons did this to spite the angel's god and for their own entertainment, and unfortunately for some angels, they were lead away from Heaven on the back of these lies and turned wholly to darkness. For a while, it remained an unspoken issue that the angels often wouldn't talk about in fear of causing a panic or disturbing the false sense of peace and security they had in the clouds, as the peaceful species wanted to keep themselves living in the facade that everything was exactly like what it used to be. For the first time since its creation, Heaven had come under a silent attack that slowly ate away at their civilisation.
  
  Having existed alongside other stand-up angels and then having those angels suddenly disappear one day was like a knife in the back to Cupid and the other angels who refused to listen to the demon's teachings, as they knew exactly what happened to those unfortunates and where they had ended up. What stung the angels the most was how distraught it would make their god whenever he had one of his precious creations turned against him. The remaining angels theorised that the massive downpours that would rain from the very clouds they walked on were the tears of their god, weeping whenever he had one of his beloved angels lead to evil.
  
  Seeing their god shattered, the remaining angels decided to band together to protect Heaven and the remaining innocence within. The dedicated angels, whom of which Cupid was one, swore to protect Heaven's pearly gates from any demon who dared step foot into the clouds. Their god gave them his blessings and bestowed upon them durability, gateway summoning, and the power to summon holy weapons at any given time. In turn, the angels vowed to protect Heaven and its inhabitants from the reach of demons and their malevolent teachings. The angels, still noble and benevolent to those who weren't of darkness, became fierce to protect what was still pure. It was this moment onwards that the defending angels were given the title of 'guardian angels'.
  
  Cupid and the other angels were remarkable at protecting the remaining angels within the gates of Heaven. While they disliked violence and would often try to talk any demon out of a potential fight to have them to return to Hell, they wouldn't hesitate to attack when the integrity of their homeland was put at risk. Their kills were quick, clean and accurate. Even though it could be easy to get lost in the violence, the angels were consistently aware that while they were cleaning the world of corruption, it was still another potentially once-innocent soul now placed to rest forever. The guardian angels, though they enjoyed protecting the innocent, never ceased to yearn to have their old Heaven back.
  
  One final, vicious display of betrayal within Heaven would rattle the realm, its inhabitants and its god for the rest of its days. A rebel angel who had lived within the safely golden gates, Orion, had organised a mass overthrowing of Heaven and its inhabitants as the angel craved the power that God possessed, and was envious that the kindly god had access to such unimaginable abilities. The corrupt angel had predicted that even in the face of certain defeat, their god wouldn't fight back against what were at one point his own children. Mass amounts of fallen angels and demons swarmed the gates of Heaven, and the guardian angels found themselves quickly overwhelmed and in an extremely dangerous situation where they could quickly lose their lives. Cupid, being centered about ranged attacks with his enchanted bow, could only take out so many opposing souls before he found himself having to retreat within the gates of Heaven to avoid being slaughtered. All other guardian angels similarly retreated into the gates of Heaven, though many found themselves wounded or almost dead.
  
  The god- now enraged that his fallen creations' hatred had festered to the point that they would kill the very angels that they had once shared a peaceful life with in Heaven, and fiercely determined to protect the guardian angels that had refused to leave the his side even with rampantly spreading darkness- turned against the rebelling army and its leader, and used his power to defeat the army within minutes. The rebel angels, stripped of any holy power they may of had left, fell through the clouds of Heaven and descended into the depths of Hell, with their wings and halos stripped from them forever. Orion narrowly escaped the outburst by opening a small gateway to the Overworld realm- Earth- where the god's power couldn't reach him.
  
  Cupid, being one of the few remaining guardian angels who weren't injured in the short battle, was soon tasked with chasing down the rebel angel to bring him back to Heaven for justice for his acts against the angels, Heaven and their god.
  
  His journey leads him to the United States on Earth in a desperate chase to find Orion before he begins to cause issues-- or worse, escape forever.
  
  
  TLDR;
  Cupid is created through a sculpture, and while he was alive angels lived in close contact with their God. They live in a realm seperate to Earth, though Earth and the realm of Heaven and Hell share direct ties. Everything was perfect. Cupid and the angels were so benevolent and kindly that they even treated demons respectfully-- fun fact; bad idea. The angels' naiveté eventually began to allow the demons to spread darkness throughout the angel community and convert angels to evil. Most remaining angels, like Cupid, eventually stop ignoring the problem and vow to protect Heaven from the growing darkness and become 'guardian angels'. Eventually Orion, a rebel angel, co-ordinates a mass attack on Heaven in an attempt to kill any remaining angels who refused to serve darkness and to also steal God's power, expecting him to be so kindly that he wouldn't even fight against his creations. Plot twist, he's completely wrong, and an enraged God finishes off the army within minutes. In his haste, Orion flees the dimension to escape the wrath of the god. Cupid is sent after him and ends up on Earth to find Orion before he does something tremendously stupid or disappears forever. )
  
  
  -Relationships-
  (wip)
  -Guardian Angels-
  APPEARANCE: *working on the art along with Cupid's human disguise ^^'
  Being the other angels that Cupid has existed alongside, along with being the angels who were strong enough to resist the rampantly spreading temptations of the demons, the guardian angels are angels that Cupid has a great respect for and a strong relationship with. They are Heaven's means of defence against the impure, and while they still hold the concepts of peace and mercy in high regard, they're not strangers to being aggressive when push comes to shove. Having dealt with the poison of evil seep into their once whole community to claim any innocents unfortunate enough to be lured away from Heaven, the guardian angels are unflinchingly determined to keep the remaining angels within Heaven's gates safe from any further influence of demons. The guardian angels are blessed by their god with enhanced abilities, and share the same abilities that Cupid does. Their weapons of choice vary, but the guardian angels of Heaven prefer to use bows and arrows to take down any malevolent being intent on further corrupting their humble community.
  
  -God-
  Cupid's god is exclusive to the realm he comes from, and despite being powerful, has absolutely no access to Earth or Hell, as his powers and existence are exclusive to Heaven-- meaning that he cannot even venture outside of the realm. Their god, who doesn't go by a specific name, is the reason Cupid's species exist, and the kindly god would spend months upon months pouring over each of the angel's sculptures to make sure that they were perfect before he would bring them to life. All of the angels from Heaven share their god's compassion, though unfortunately for the fatherly god, he would have some of his creations lured from him to the depths of the Underworld, which for him was an unbearable pain-- after all, they had spent about ~100 years with him on average, and to have something so beloved of yours stolen from you-- the memories, the happiness-- out of spite? Such a pain was indescribable. It's because of the pain he'd gone through losing some of his angels that he cherishes the angels he has remaining so dearly, and said cherished angels are the reason that he finally punished those who dared betrayed the species by stripping them of their holy status and banishing them to Hell-- to protect what angels remained loyal to him.
  To species other than his own, he is just as kind to them as he is his own angels, though any outsiders who intend on causing trouble within the gates of Heaven will be promptly escorted out. The angels have gone through a lot as it is.
  
  Oddly enough, only the angels and demons of Cupid's realm can observe the true appearance of their god. Any other species will only interpret the god as something they can comprehend-- for instance, a human may comprehend the appearance of the god as a man draped in robes. Another may interpret the god as a white stag enveloped in light.
  
  
  -Personality-
  Cupid is what you'd imagine of the stereotypical angel. He's very soft-spoken and near criminally kind, even to people that one could consider complete strangers. He was both sculpted with these two main features in mind, and even though he was additionally taught to respect others, it's almost impossible for him to immediately be suspect of someone. This unfortunately feeds into a certain naiveté/gullibility that Cupid possesses, as most threats a sharp-minded or even subtly aware person would be able to see a mile away, Cupid wouldn't see until said threat was blatantly obvious (for instance, Cupid may dismiss someone acting erratically or aggressively in hopes they will calm down, when in reality most observing would know said person was on the brink of attacking someone). This may also have been fed into through his time in his world, where a large part of his life consisted of complete peace and no conflict, which though it has left Cupid with his trademark benevolence, it has left him to be soft-- both emotionally and physically (thankfully the latter has been somewhat taken care of through a blessing, though he's still a glass canon). As a matter of fact, because of how friendly and unsuspecting Cupid can be, before most fights the angel will attempt to talk down the opponent and calm things before they have to get aggressive (which has rarely done anything). Because of his natural hesitance to fight, it takes Cupid a little bit of warmup in most situations before he can become more aggressive in his tactics.
  
  Despite coming from a species that was created by a literal god, Cupid isn't very religious-- at least in the sense that he isn't a crazy devout angel and that any utterance of sin would cause him to pop off. While he's doggedly loyal to said god that created him, his mannerisms and lack of mention or word of where he came from or how he came to be makes him come off as if he were atheist. Truth be told, having come from such a wild place, his situation seems so normal to him that he doesn't quite find the very existence of where he comes from or who made him out of the norm, and thus he feels no urge to needlessly praise something that-- while he's on Earth-- doesn't seem to be at all applicable to humans. The lack of a god on Earth also doesn't seem at all to bother Cupid, as he's aware he comes from a wholly different place with completely different circumstances, and he too is aware of the fact where he came from and what goes on in his realm exists is- by all means- insane. Because of this, any speech that may go against the teachings Cupid was raised with won't bother him. Directly insulting his god on the basis of knowing where Cupid came from, on the other hand, would definitely irk him.
  
  Though trying to offend Cupid is akin to trying to insult a brick wall, Cupid can find himself irritated by simple acts of disrespect and over-vulgarity relatively swiftly. Respect is something he values dearly, and seeing a lack of it in most situations (usually simply colloquial situations, for instance conversations) can easily stir him. Cupid's soft upbringing has left him- in some situations- with thin skin, and sometimes if he doesn't quickly disengage himself with any situation that may be proving itself irritating to him, he may grow mad. While being mad doesn't necessarily mean much in terms of arguments (for instance, if he grows angry during an argument, he'll just cut the conversation short to go blow off steam elsewhere), growing angry in the battlefield greatly hinders Cupid's aim with his bows and arrows-- which again, may feed into his anger like a cycle. It's integral that Cupid keeps at least a somewhat cool head during any fights he may find himself in, which for the most part he's capable of doing.
  
  What motivates Cupid to keep himself going is mainly his god, as he's a creation of him and owes him his respect and loyalty. Cupid also thrives off of the positive interactions of others, which also keep him both happy and motivated to continue his search for the angel who fell from Heaven. In situations where Cupid isn't able to have any positive connections or interactions reciprocated to him, he may begin to struggle to keep himself as chipper as he can be. Being in a wholly seperate world from his own god and having no ability to communicate (without summoning a portal to head back to Heaven) also puts Cupid down a fair bit, but the thought of returning back to his realm with a captured Orion is a massive comfort to him. Still, loneliness is something that drains Cupid greatly.
  
  
  IN SHORT
  Positive personality traits:
  Approachable, kind, respectful, loyal, considerate, often a very healthy person to be around, will listen to any problems a character has and will console them/offer support, firmly dedicated to protect those who are innocent or vulnerable.
  
  Negative personality traits:
  Can be easy to rile up, battle performance relies on his mood, he relies on healthy and positive interactions of others to keep going (not wholly emotionally self-sufficient) thus this may impact his battling capabilities, gullible and naïve, oftentimes too passive for his own good (a pushover, almost to the point he may put himself in danger), emotionally soft.
  
  
  -Powers/Skills/Weapons-
  
  [POWERS]
  (Powers unique to Cupid because of his status as a guardian angel are marked with * asterisks)
  
  - Flight
  Because of their impressive wings and their powers (mainly just the latter), angels are quite adept with flight despite the lack of aerodynamic compatibility that their humanoid shape naturally has. Angels are especially nimble in flight, and it's very unwise to challenge one when they can use the sky to their advantage.
  
  
  - Durability*
  Most angels aren't that durable thanks to the fact their bones are more hollow to aid with flight and what-not, but because of his willingness to defend others from threats, Cupid was granted enhanced durability from his god- though he's still quite frail. This allows him to take some heavy hits without fear of breaking any bones. Unfortunately for Cupid, this durability doesn't make said hits hurt any less.
  
  - Gateway Summoning*
  Cupid can summon gateways by plucking one of his feathers and using their power within it as a basis for summoning a gateway that can stem from different countries back to Heaven! Of course, his feather doesn't do all the work as it only offers the foundation of a gateway, and he must put in a great deal of energy from himself to actually ignite the portal. Long-distance places, especially when summoning a portal back to his realm Heaven, can leave Cupid so exhausted that he'd barely be able to stand. It can take a full day or more for Cupid to regain himself in the sense that he'd have enough energy to function normally- not summon another portal. This is perhaps Cupid's only ability that has the potential to be manipulated by others against his will, though how others would be able to manipulate his portals or his powers is beyond him.
  
  NOTE: Because this ability is so demanding of Cupid's body, at best he can only summon a portal once a month without fear of rendering himself unconscious or damaging himself-- and even then he'll often wait far longer before summoning another. He's extremely hesitant to call upon gateways to begin with, and only does it if he absolutely needs to go places quickly.
  
  - Weapon Summoning*
  On top of being able to summon portals, Cupid can also summon his trusted bow. The bow itself has been blessed and is made purely of light, and thus glows quite brightly. Because of its holy status, only Cupid and other angels (or other holy beings) can even grab the weapon. Any attempts to hold the weapon by any other creature will result in them clasping at thin air.
  
  [SKILLS]
  
  - Flight
  As mentioned above, angels are naturally adept at flight and evasive manoeuvres in flight thanks to their holy powers and lighter weight. So long as they have the sky to their back, their opponents are going to have a big problem on their hands-- though their ability to fight solely relies on wether or not they can fly. If they're without the sky, they're out of their depth.
  
  - Impressive aim and archery
  Cupid, since his creation, had always been a fan of archery. The thrill he got whenever he aimed a bow at a target and let fly an arrow only to have the arrow hit a perfect bullseye was indescribable, and it was a talent Cupid revelled in. His efficiency in this field allows Cupid to excel in ranged combat, and even if he's whirring around in the sky, his arrows won't struggle to hit their target-- so long as he's in the right mindset.
  
  [WEAPONS]
  
  - Holy Bow
  Cupid only has one weapon, and that's his bow. He's been with it since early in his life, and he cherishes it dearly. While only being a master in one weapon and having no experience in any others severely limits what Cupid is capable of achieving in terms of battles, it was and still is all he needs to combat the demons of his realm. Cupid has to rely on re-summoning his bow if he finds himself disarmed, though if he's somehow restricted from summoning his dear weapon, Cupid can only hope to fly away from any danger he may face.
  
  
  IN SHORT
  Strengths:
  Very adept with his bow, extremely agile in the sky, cannot be disarmed due to the ability to re-summon his weapon, keen eyes and a steady hand guide his arrows to his target (so long as he isn't distracted by something)
  
  Weaknesses:
  Cupid is completely out of his depth if he can't fly to keep distance between he and any other opponents (specific situations will either make him an extremely difficult opponent or a sitting duck, one or the other), can only take a small handful of heavy hits (and any hits to his wings, if heavy or well enough aimed, can render him fair game), can only deal ranged attacks (a master of one weapon but with no variation in others)
  
  -Your Nemesis!-
  Cupid's current nemesis is a fallen angel from Heaven, Orion. In later years of his creation, Orion had become envious of their god's powers, and with the growing influence from the demons below, he found conditions ripe to try to seize a weakened Heaven and take power for himself. While the vicious rebellion didn't work, the angel's betrayal was of the highest order, and before he could be cast from Heaven forever, he narrowly escaped through the use of the very own blessings given to him as a guardian angel (he summoned a gateway to the Overworld Earth where he was free of any repercussions for his actions). Orion's naturally deceptive and chaotic nature makes him unpredictable, but most from Cupid's realm agree that Orion is either trying to permanently escape punishment from their world to seize another more defenseless one, or has strategically retreated in order to plot another assault on Heaven. It's believed that Orion had tinkered with the dark arts of the demons below, and gained the power to control and manipulate others to his will. Some rumour he can turn the weak minded into demons, spreading his influence through the world like poison. Whatever the case, the plotting Orion is a festering threat that should be swiftly dealt with before he either escapes or builds forces that cannot be reckoned with.
  

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[Hypnos]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Thomas
  • Byline

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  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Legacy

  Full Name

  Thomas Boston Wilbur

  Alter Ego

  Byline

  
  
  
  

  Age

  19

  Date of Birth

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  Gender

  Male ( He / Him )

  Sexuality

  Heterosexual, 7

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  Evergreen City, MA

  Based in

  International ( Primarily North America )

  Relationship Status

  Single

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Public Identity / Student at Five Duke’s University, RI
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  The mantle of ‘The Headliner’ is one that long predates its current bearer, and with the continued good fortune which has thus far blessed the title’s many holders over their years of service to the people of earth, no doubt it will long outlive him as well.
  
  Finding his origins during the Second World War: the original Headliner had been born to a Jewish couple of little note, in the city of Krakow, which at the time had been a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, though would later make up a core territory of the newly created state of Poland. He had been raised in a fairly nondescript fashion, adopting the rural and agricultural lifestyle of many of his peers, and Franciszek Wolski had little ambition further than merely tending to his family’s farm, and carving out a small and humble life for himself in his homeland, though like many other things, these modest hopes for the future were disrupted by the arrival of the Second World War.
  
  Like the majority of his peers, Wolski had enlisted in the Polish armed forces soon after the German invasion had been announced, though with the swift and efficient advance of the Wehrmacht, there was little hope that the paltry Polish defences could withstand such a threat. After barely a month of fighting, Poland had fallen, and Wolski found himself a prisoner of war to the German Reich, an unfortunate fate given their unique hatred for people of his heritage. As a healthy young man in his early twenties, rather than offering a quick and merciful death, Wolski was instead considered an ideal candidate for the human experimentation program which had been developing behind closed doors within the Reich. The stated goal had been to find a way to genetically alter the human body to perfect the malicious Nazi idea of a ‘master race’ though in truth the initiative seemed to serve as little more than an excuse to torture and torment prisoners in the most grusome and painful fashion.
  
  So it was that Wolski found himself restrained upon an operating table, screaming for his life as he was injected with countless chemicals, and subjected to brutal mutilation at the hands of his captors. Yet unlike those that preceded him, Wolski continued to live.
  
  Later on, when recounting the story to his grandchildren and great grandchildren, Wolski would claim that he had been merely too stubborn to die, though in truth, it is completely unknown how the unique experimentation upon his body somehow managed to manifest itself into something other than his own demise, even to the very people who had conducted the experiments in the first place.
  
  Whatever it was that prevented his death: it didn’t stop there. Wolski found himself growing stronger, more sturdy: resilient to the pain which had previously been so harsh. Scalpels which his captors attempted to use to cut him open would snap in two before breaking the surface of his skin, and it wasn’t long before Wolski grew strong enough to tear himself from the confines of his prison and launch a daring escape, along with those others unfortunate enough to be held in the same facility.
  
  From here, Wolski would learn of his other abilities: a sonic scream that seemed loud enough to shatter a man’s eardrums, and the ability to launch himself into the air without falling. Quite quickly he became an icon.
  
  Behind enemy lines, and seeking justice for the fate that had befell him and his people, Wolski became a wartime hero, and sensation in the local press. Not a day would go by without the papers reporting frontpage news about his latest exploits: the origins of the mantle which he would later adopt as his own, and as a symbol of hope and freedom ‘The Headliner’ became very popular in allied propaganda. When the US entered into the war Headliner would meet with General Eisenhower and President Roosevelt, becoming a vital tool for continuing the war effort, and by the time the dust had settled, and the war came to a close, he had established himself as an international hero.
  
  Following the end of the war: Wolski had little left back home to return to, and emigrated to the United States, marrying an American woman who he had grown quite fond of whilst working with the allied forces. He would anglicise his name in an attempt to avoid prejudice, taking the surname ‘Wilbur’ in honour of one of the first men to take flight, and even though he would settle down in his new home, he would never give up the fighting and heroic spirit which he had nurtured during wartime, always standing up against injustice when he saw it.
  
  The progenitor of one of the most prominent heroic dynasties of America.
  
  As it transpired, whatever it was that had altered the first Headliner and given him the supernatural abilities which he would use for his heroics, turned out to be genetic, and Francis Wilbur’s son had not yet been three hours old when he first began to soar out of his cradle.
  
  Boston Wilbur was a very different man from his father: a byproduct perhaps of the way in which both men were raised. The Second Headliner was a hero, that much was for certain, not a villainous bone within his body, though whilst his father had been raised with the hardworking grit and camaraderie of the Second World War, Boston was a legacy of the skepticism and suspicion of the Cold War that came after.
  
  It was during this time period that heroics started to become more political, and world relations would become more tense. Less of an international hero, and more of a domestic one, the new Headliner stood up for freedom and democracy and was unwilling to back down when it came to subversive and anti-American activities. He became a founding member of one of the first large scale superhero teams ‘The Children of Liberty’ and received mass support from the American government as a symbol of the great virtues of America.
  
  Despite these ties that he held and maintained, Boston never allowed any of this to get in the way of his real and ultimate goal: helping people, and whilst looking back upon his tenure as the Headliner he seems like little more than a product of the era in which he lived, it is undeniable that he still did a great amount of good, and was the right hero for the period.
  
  As the Cold War began to simmer out: the hyperpatriotism of Boston Wilbur and the other all-American protectors of the time began to fall out of fashion, making way for a new generation of more modern and liberal heroes.
  
  Enter: The most famous Headliner of them all, Jay Wilbur.
  
  The new Headliner was an everyman, standing up for humanity no matter where it was that they came from. In his secret identity as a social worker, Jay helped out the less fortunate in a way that his predecessors never could in their capes, though as soon as he donned his super suit, he could take on planetary threats with just as much ease. It was during this period that the name ‘Headliner’ became synonymous with heroics, surpassing his peers to become one of the most famous heroes of the day.
  
  Whilst his predecessors had been either too humble to seek the attention, or too secretive to want the spotlight, Jay was friendly and affable, and most importantly a sweetheart of the media, establishing a reputation as a friend to everyone who wasn’t afraid to give an interview or two as long as it didn’t interrupt the more important task of saving lives.
  
  Of course, this attitude, and the age of modern technology including facial recognition software that was growing increasingly more accurate over time, was completely antithetical to the traditional superhero idea of a secret identity. In 2005 on a live television broadcast, Jay Wilbur became one of the first heroes to voluntarily unmask himself to the public, and take on the fulltime role of a celebrity-hero, shedding much of the piracy of his old life to build up a trust with the people he loved so much.
  
  Which brings us nearly to the present.
  
  For the vast majority of his life, Tommy Wilbur has lived every single moment in the public eye, from the minute that he awakens in the morning, to the minute that he goes to sleep at night, and every single second in between. Some might choose to focus upon the positive aspects of this way of living: afterall it is true that being the son of an international hero and celebrity is accompanied by perks that many might kill to obtain: the wealth, the fame, the superpowers, though all of these booms come with an incredibly harsh tradeoff.
  
  Privacy has been a non-existent aspect of Tommy’s life ever since he was a child, and every single person that he meets seems to know a great deal about him before he even has the chance to open his mouth in introduction: or at least, they know a great deal about his family, and its history. Villains have also proved to be a problem, given their proclivity to kidnap and hold hostage Tommy and his sister in an attempt to get at their father, though no evil-doer has yet been able to breach the Wilbur 'indestructible’ skin before the Headliner himself has come to the rescue.
  
  Despite his rather public status, life for a superhero hasn’t proved much different from life outside of that sphere, in terms of the day to day. Even with his status, Tommy still needed to go to school and get his education, and whilst his father was eager to ensure that his children would be prepared to take on the ‘family business’ when they were ready, outside of donning a costume to fight crime on the weekends, the progression of Tommy’s life has been fairly ordinary.
  
  At school he was given a certain level of reverence due to his parentage, and of course bullies avoided someone they knew could quite literally lift them up, and throw them onto a roof, however that also made any connections which he did make seem a little more hollow. Did his friends actually like him, or were they obligated to do so because he had a part time job of saving the world?
  
  Whenever he would go out to fight crime alongside his father, he would adopt the mantle of ‘Byline’, the Headliner’s sidekick, though he always new that this role was always meant to be temporary: a stepping stone before he could take on the role which he was actually meant to hold.
  
  Currently, Tommy is studying at Five Duke’s University in Rhode Island, though with his father quickly approaching his fiftieth birthday, the age at which both his grandfather and great grandfather had passed on the Headliner mantle to their sons, he is hopefully expecting a change in his life very soon.
• PERSONALITY
  For the general public, Tommy manages to maintain a rather upbeat and open personality, which is meant to be a mirror of the outlook of his father: This is the personality which he wishes was his own, and he does try to live up to the lofty ideals which have been set by those that have gone before him, though the weight of his father’s shadow can often prove to be very suffocating.
  
  In truth, it seems that he adopts a much different character depending on the nature of the person that he’s talking to.
  
  Whilst at school amongst his classmates, he can be loud, brash and friendly, playing into the notion of the fame and popularity that his father’s has brought him.
  
  In front of the press, he tells jokes, and tries to keep things light, as is expected from a young hero.
  
  Among more senior heroes, he does his best to seem humble, and grateful for the safer world that they are trying to pass on to the next generation, whereas amongst more junior heroes: his peers, he tries to take on a role of leadership and strength to assert himself within a group of people he often sees as better and more deserving than himself.
  
  Alone: he is plagued by self doubt, though that is to be expected of someone intended to carry on a legacy so storied as that of The Headliner. Only time can tell if he’ll ever be remembered quite so fondly as his father.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  Francis Boston Wilbur ( born Franciszek Wolski ) - b. June 2nd 1917
  Tommy’s Great Grandfather and the Second World War Superhero Headliner I. Though Frank remains physically quite healthy for his incredibly old age, his mind has deteriorated greatly, and he’s no longer mentally capable.
  
  Boston Howard Wilbur - b. December 27th 1945
  Tommy’s Grandfather and the Cold War Superhero Headliner II. Old, grouchy and incredibly stuck in his ways, Boston doesn’t get out much anymore, though he’ll occasionally make public appearances alongside other members of his old Team for various causes. Very tough on his grandson and constantly wants him to man up.
  
  Jason Francis Wilbur - b. April 14th 1971
  Tommy’s Father and the present day Superhero Headliner III. Almost toxically positive and optimistic, things come very easy to Jay, and he is one of the most famous and celebrated heroes of his day. Very busy, but does his absolute best to be a good father to his kids, even if he can be a little oblivious at times.
  
  Stephanie Leigh Wilbur - b. October 18th 2001
  Tommy’s Twin Sister and his father’s other sidekick under the name ‘Skyline’. Hypercompetitive with her brother, especially with the idea of inheriting the ‘Headliner Mantle’. A much more capable fighter.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  - Enhanced Strength -
  Able to lift up a much greater amount of weight than the average person: enough to lift a car over his head with a little difficulty.
  
  - Enhanced Durability -
  Rock hard skin that seems at first to be completely unbreakable, though is actually susceptible to wearing down after sustaining strong damage over a long period of time.
  
  - Flight -
  Can launch himself high into the air, and propel himself long distances in a short amount of time.
  
  - Sonic Scream -
  Can emit a loud, high-pitched hypersonic shockwave from his mouth when he screams, baring enough force to burst a person’s eardrum and cause severe damage to both organic and inorganic objects.
  
  Weaknesses:
  - Poor Technique -
  An overreliance upon physical strength has made Tommy quite lazy in regards to actually learning how to fight, and even though his father has attempted to make him learn to become a more disciplined fighter, he's never bothered to listen.
  
  - Severe Allergies -
  Even with the invulnerability brought about by his powers, it turns out Tommy is deathly allergic to bees, which can cause him to seize up, and lose a lot of the functions of his body.
  
  - Overblown Reputation -
  Over the long history of the various Headliners in the superhero community, the rumour has gone around that they are completely indestructible. This is absolutely not the case. Whilst they are much stronger and more durable than the average person: continued blunt force trauma, or really any other kind of physical damage can still effect them, even if it is to a lesser extent.
• NEMESIS
  The Thane - The Ancient enemy of all of the Headliners thus far. A man who first lived during the era of the Viking Invasion of Britain, yet through some magic or another has somehow been able to sustain his life up until the present. The Thane bears some degree of responsibility for creating The Headliner in the first place, due to his involvement in the Nazi Regime during the Second World War, which means that he has a very personal relationship with each new incarnation of The Headliner. A grave international threat, despite this storied history, The Thane is seen more as the archnemesis of Tommy’s father, and the boy himself has little personal relationship with the villain, even if he is expected to rise up and fight against him.
  
  Doctor Disaster - A more personal archnemesis for Tommy himself, and considered a bit of a joke amongst both heroes and villains. Despite this less than stellar reputation, it has been Disaster whom Tommy has personally fought against the most, especially during his time as a younger hero, and despite the fact that Tommy is incredibly insistent that Doctor Disaster is most certainly not his nemesis, past evidence seems to suggest otherwise.

 

[ThatGuyWithSouvlaki]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Civillian
  • Hero

  • ㅤ
  • ㅤ
  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Protege

  Full Name

  Alexandra Constantine

  Alter Ego

  Zephyra

  
  
  
  

  Age

  19

  Date of Birth

  24/06/2001

  Gender

  Female (She/He)

  Sexuality

  Bisexual

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  Of Greek Ancestry

  Based in

  New York

  Relationship Status

  Single, 5

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Alexandra is currently working as bodyguard and aid to Dr Mary Ling, training under her tutoledge. In the evenings, she either superheroing or completing mission for the good doctor. Kept so busy that she found little time for R&R.
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  Alexandra did not exactly have the most auspicious beginnings in her life, born as the unwanted result of a drunken one-night stand. Her mother, Anne-Maria being only a teenager at the time dealing with various issues and addiction to alcohol and drugs, Alex's father a random unknown man her mother had found in her drug filled stupors. Anne-Marie did try to improve herself for Alex's sake with varying degrees of success and relapses so Alex was mostly under the care of her grandparents though they to did not have the means to take care of her. It was coming up to the point that Alex would be taken into foster care before an unlikely figure agreed to take Alex to his care: Her uncle Theodore. Theodore was a brilliant and renown scientist but also reclusive and eccentric, an unlikely figure to take of a young child. Yet despite some initial growing pains and near misses, Theodore proved a capable guardian and Alex adored him and for once in her young life found a home with him.
  
  Growing up Alex became her uncles assistant and protégé, learning the sciences from him and thanks largely to that she was an advanced student at school. Life was not easy under her uncle, despite her uncles successes he did not seem to live a rich life, and he seemed to constantly be approached and accosted by scary individuals. As she grew to her teens see soon began to realize who these people were somewhat, benefactors looking for updates on her uncles experiments. Though her uncle would not give details, it was clear to her, he was falling behind and fearing for the both of them. Gradually her uncle would involve her in more experiments and not as an assistant but as a guinea pig, giving her injections and studying her body response despite her protest.
  
  Then tragedy struck, armed men attacked Alex's uncle lab. It soon becaome clear that her uncles benefactors were not waiting any longer for results. Both Alex and her uncle were taken captive and her uncle interrogated, what she learned shocked her to her core. One thing led to another, under torture her uncle seemed to expire, and she found herself lashing out the attackers with a wirlwind forming around her knocking them aside like ragdolls and destroyed the lab. She passed out from the exhaustion and when she came to she realized she had been rescued by the last person she expected: Dr Mary Ling, her uncles former partner and friend she had met several times.
  
  Dr Ling took Alex under her care and helped explain what happened. Alex was genetically changed her, seemed to be able to guide the winds with thought will and gesture. Her uncle had been working for years to give people powers and other effects through genetics, Alex was the only success. Dr Ling gave Alex an offer, if Alex came to work for her, she would help teach Alex how to control her powers and guide her to the people responsible for her uncles passing. Still angry and seeing little other options, she agreed. Under Dr. Lings tutorledge, Alex became Volt an up and coming hero among the others raising into prominence fighting against criminal and other creatures that threaten people. However, also at the same time, she was Dr Lings Bodyguard and hit woman a fact that made her a controversial figure in the community despite her good works.
  
• PERSONALITY
  Self-confident and assertive, Alex may come of as stoic and serious at first meeting focused solely on the task she had sat for herself. Give her a little time and more relaxed setting, she shows a more relaxed manner as well and can be humorous and playful even a little flirtatious. She is dedicated and royal to the people who she considers close to her but also not one to be blindly loyal and is not afraid to break the rules if it is for the greater good. She can be stubborn at times as well, though intelligent and capable she can get overwhelmed, either by biting more than she can chew or not understanding the world and tech outside her island, but would rather power through than ask for help.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  
  Dr Mary Ling: See Nemesis. Mother figure and second mentor to Alex after her uncle passed. Their relationship appears more professional than affectionate, with Mary Ling treating Alex in regimental employer and employee fashion.
  
  Dr Theodore Constantine (deceased): Nobel Prize winning scientist and uncle to Alex. Eccentric and brilliant responsible for making genetic treatment possible. A father figure and mentor to Alex in the science in her early teens, using her as an assistant to his experiments, this relationship is what lead to the events of Dr Conroy's death after kidnapping by unknown assailants and Alex receiving her powers.
  
  Anna-Maria Constantine: Alex's single mother. Anna-Maria meet Alex's father during a party while she was still in high school and Alex was a result of a one-night stand. A teen mother and suffering with her own issue with drugs, she left the raising of Alex to her older brother Theodore. Currents in rehab showing promise and maintains limited strained cordial relationship with her daughter.
  
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  Aerokinetic: Alex is able to create, shape and minipulate the air around her causing varous effects, from causing breezes to potential, though not without considerable effort and training, hurricanes. Her abilities allow her some other side benefits, able to lift herself and other objects, speed herself forward or even act as a form of detection able feel shifts in the wind.
  
  Martial Arts Training: Her mentor her provided training in hand to hand and melee fighting with various styles.
  
  Retractable wings: Her mentor provided Alex with a suit with special retractable wings at the back, allowing Alex to use her power to allow gliding and even flight. It is also a handy weapon for melee if necessary.
  
• NEMESIS
  Dr Mary Ling - The CEO of BioMechanica, noted scientist, minor celebrity and secretly a meta human/superpowered individual. She was a partner to Dr Constantine, helping and financing his Nobel Prize research in Genetics before a falling out made them part ways. She herself helped developed many medical treatments and been noted as philanthropist for various good works. She was able to find Dr Kline and Alex when they were kidnapped and added in the rescue of Alex though Dr. Constantine had perished. She took Alex in becoming her guardian and mentor with the use of Alex new power though in outwards appearance Mary Lings action appear out of kindness and to honour a fallen colleague, her true motives are unknown._

 

[Excal]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Henry
  • Ofanim

  • ㅤ
  • ㅤ
  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Bull

  Full Name

  Henry Williams

  Alter Ego

  Ofanim

  
  
  
  

  Age

  23, Appears 30

  Date of Birth

  1998

  Gender

  Male He/Him

  Sexuality

  Heterosexual

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  United States

  Based in

  Across the US for now

  Relationship Status

  Single, 1

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Moves with the homeless crowd generally when he travels, otherwise lives as a roommate, and works as an assistant, to a veterans social worker in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  Henry was born to a family of earnest, devout Christians, who raised him with a fervent faith that bordered on fanatic, with an acute focus on service for others.
  
  His family were huge supporters and fans of the international, multidenomenational superhero organization, "Radiants of Christ", a group of devoted supes who fought evil and crime worldwide (under the oversight of the American Military of course) while carrying out aid for any and all ministries, supporting missionaries where they could, be it defending the mission hospitals in ofanim China during the Sino-Japanese War and Civil War from collateral or assault (but not engaging), or carrying supplies to charity work in Africa.
  
  The organization, which came around in the 1960s, proclaimed a miraculous process of ofanim monastic training that led to the 'ascension' of individuals to these powers, a communion with the Holy Spirit that blessed those who seemed worthy. It was discovered by the first Christian Radiant, Charles Goodfellow, an at the time playboy oil baron child who barely followed his Evangelical faith, when he was supposedly struck by a brilliant vision during a camping trip to the mountains of New Mexico that led him to funnel his inheritance into the building of a monastery that would channel this communion, sharing his vision with select preachers, priests, and monks invited from across the world, who were strangely convinced to aid him despite their vast differences.
  
  The organization was practically a new sect, yet it proclamed that it supported the whole church body of Christ, with no discrimination and no set doctrine beyond the foundational beliefs shared by the majority (Original Sin, Ressurection, Ofanim etc), save to aid all missionary efforts. Ironically, despite initially being held with skepticism by all sects for its lack of loyalty to any, and doubts of it's proclaimed communion, it soon became a worldwide exhibition of the power of Christ and his followers, and was welcomed readily, especially in the face of Communism and its Scientific Materialism during the Cold War, leading to a resurgence in converts that was previously dropping.
  
  The heroes numbered 12 presently (10 when Henry was born), and although they came from various backgrounds, ethnically and culturally, the 'blessing' created a kind of uniformity among them. An increase in muscularity, skin hardened to a smooth, bronze marble, with cracks of penetrating sunlight, eyes blazing, a reverberating booming voice, and a serene disposition blanketing their personalities, making them saintly, ofanim. They didn't seem to age, evidenced by Charles, who should be 80, looking barely a day over 25 when he first communed. Their powers ranged from super strength, athleticism, endurance, and resistance, as seen in the 'Guardian' type heroes of the first 7, including Charles, to a kind of psychic, empathic assault and manipulation, moderate telepathy, and wingless flight by 3, the 'Angel' type, to the awesome elementary destruction of fiery, electric bolts hurled by the last 2 'Seraphim'. And all possessed the ability to break out into a light that burned with a luminescence to cause immediate sight damage.
  
  In this environment, Henry developed a severe case of hero worship from a young age. He was a sensitive child, creative and hyper, to a point of being an over sincere 'fool', pouring that energy first into Scripture and Sunday School (which was met with a fair degree of bullying by children who found his sacchrine energy deeply annoying, but he tolerated it with a fair amount of turning the other cheek) and then later into drama class, and their reenactments of biblical tales. He channeled his 'hero worship' into striving to play the role of 'heroic' figures like Jesus and Moses, to embody them fully, committing himself to a fitness regime and method acting tactics, self hypnosis, ofanim, deep meditation conditioning, stuff he read about online, all in preparation for his lifelong dream of applying to become a Radiant.
  
  While the process to initially join was fairly open, requiring recommendation from the church community, an exam on par with higher end university requirements, and a physical test just above in difficulty to the average army test, the real process was during the monastic training, a series of ascetic developments challenging body, mind, and soul that narrowed hundreds into less than a dozen, though those who failed still acquired employment and the prestige of serving the luminescent organization in another capacity. Rarely did people 'quit'.
  
  Henry won the prestige of being selected after high school and became a brief celebrated man of his small town.
  
  Flying to the monastery in New Mexico, the compound appeared more like a multi layered castle than a simple abbot of worship. They began at the lowest tier where the farming work was done, stripped of all outside possessions and contact, given simple robes, committed to living an ascetic routine for 2 months of silence, carrying out menial tasks, reading, or prayer, mostly prayer. The experience purified their bodies of any modern chemical, caffine, sugar, alcohol, ofanim, weed, nicotine, the gases of the city, all leaving with their respective withdrawl and after effects. This, along with the 'Dark Night of the Soul' experience faced by many unfamiliar with long stretches of silence and personal emotional confrontation, weeded out the majority of applicants.
  
  For those remained, a blanket of numbing calmness descended on them, where time seemed to stretch out as if they'd been there for years. Their senses became more sensitive and accute, their emotions deeper and at times overwhelming. Ofanim. Their social walls fell and they became like vulnerable children. In this state they moved on to the next tier, geographically and in training. Here they were given training specific to their predicted hero 'type'. Military like fitness for the Guardians, scholarly studies for the Angels, dexterous, yogic esque practice for the Seraphim, for the energy they would have to tame if they ascended.
  
  Here they were given mentors.
  
  And each mentor was radiant. Just old enough to carry authority, just youthful enough to 'connect' and carry conversations like they were their personal uncles and aunts, letting them in on a personal secret they shouldn't yet know. If one had previously felt unappreciated and unheard in their life, now they were heard and tended to. Supported at every step. If one had doubts and craved miracles, in private and at night they were carried away to places of natural beauty and moments of serenity. If one had an insatiable curiosity, they would share esoteric literature and 'sneak' them into restricted libraries. It was fantastical.
  
  And it was during this dream that Henry caught the worms of doubt. His ferverence in life had prepared him more than most for the monastery's tricks and so rather than a daze he existed in a state of hyper awareness. It was too much like a book, it was too wonderful. The mentors, they smiled and talked with an exaggerated, ritual flourish he recognised from theater. Whenever he drew near the sloped walls of the next tier, he heard the rhythmic repetitious thumping of industrial machinery, distant, faint but there. When he caught sight of the adherents above, they walked with a dull hazed look, staring past him if they saw him.
  
  Certain phrases began to stand out in the prayers and lectures. Hidden in plain everyday ritual and studies, not emphasized but fading in and out, sometimes in topics, sometimes in glitches, a random stuttering in prayer, whispers. Luminescent grace. Radiance of the messengers. The Watchful spokes. Ofanim. Ofanim. Ofanim.
  
  His mentor began to pester him about his doubts, even though he was a model applicant. What's wrong? Is he okay? Was he tired? He seemed off. Come pray.
  
  The awareness coalesced into a shivering disquietude, yet he didn't want to disappoint his family, his fellows, his dream. He utilized his old theatre techniques to lull himself into subconscious, slumbering state of sensation, with a radiant smile and flourish. He set this every night until his mentor stopped noticing. He rigged his safe word and assumed his role.
  
  2 months passed and from several dozen came 4.
  
  The day came and they lined up and marched in procession, chanting reverberating hymns, up into the highest church, bowing ofanim as they passed the Thrones of God, aSCending spiraling steps, Serene stONe cherubim bearINg witness UPOn FIEry circlet bastions, DEVOtional vibrations MEETING mechanical orchESTRAtion, brilliant BOOMING HUMS that echoed in their chests. They BElloWED DEEP AND their chests ACHED in the thin MouNTAIN air, ears RUptuRed with, throats tendons STRAINED like cat wires, OSCILLATING ARTIFICIAL ORGAN DRONING, and there they met THERADIANT T H R O N E BORNWITNESS, LUMIN ESCENT JUS T ICE RE IGN DOWNON H I G H, FIE E R Y WHEELS WITH EYESONALLSIDES
  
  AND IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE LIGHT
  
  AND LIGHT WAS WITH HENRY
  
  AND THE LIGHT WAS HENRY
  
  BURNING HIS FUCKING SIN
  
  I AM WHO I AM
  
  OFANIMOFANIMOFANIM
  
  and henry woke up
  
  And Henry screamed.
  
  And Henry ran.
  
  He didn't stop screaming, he didn't stop running, until 12 months later, when a kind old broken soldier, who fixed other broken soldiers, found in an alley a stuttering, crying, beautiful young man, with eyes like the sun and a skin like marble bronze.
• PERSONALITY
  Henry is very quiet. He moves carefully, almost clumsy. He speaks softly, hiding the boom and vibrations. He doesn't make eye contact. He's curt, to the point. He's not phased by the emotional outbursts of others. He even smiles sadly at them sometimes.
  
  The sound of machinery used to make him scream and cause destruction. He's learned to hold himself until he can get away. He wears ear plugs in the city. He doesn't touch the subway. The crowds unnerve him, but so does empty nature. He meets the sight of mountains with a tense gaze.
  
  He is a big, anxious, startled giant. Kind and be kind.
  
  He tries to end combat quickly. Prolonged stress induces him into a trance, a state of serene psychopathy until the combat ends and when he returns he will hide and pray for forgiveness
  
  He cannot take on the Radiant directly. Not yet. But he will uncover how they work. He will find their hidden sanctuaries. He will break every bone and every wall and every wheel in service to them. Until one day he finds the monastery once more, and tears its machinery down. And then finally he will wake up from this dream.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  Blessing Brown: A quiet, humble veteran army combat medic, she's working as a social worker in the local veteran's association and counselor in a veteran's support group, who offered shelter and work for a stumbling bronze man.
  
  Family: He doesn't remember them anymore, and when he tried to find them online, he found an imposter operating his old Facebook profile, pictures, videos even, talking to them about 'his' missionary work after the monastery. He's too paranoid to visit them.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  Radiance:
  
  Occasionally, Henry can release a heavy burst of luminescence from his whole body that's severely blinding and, to those close, can burn skin like a UV ray. The light does not obscure his vision, and the state can be maintained for a few minutes. Afterwards Henry will be deeply exhausted and weakened.
  
  Super Strength:
  
  Henry can tear down walls with a few swings and could probably lift a tank with some exertion. High jumping is possible. Momentum based sprinting is possible (he's not a nimble runner though).
  
  Fortitude:
  
  Henry has a tough skin that seems as solid and smooth as marble, save a few radiant cracks, that could probably take a few tank shells before beginning to break. A few.
  
  Recharge:
  
  Henry doesn't actually require food or sleep. He recharges his strength through sunlight and heat although once a year he must find an artefact of the ofanim, found in hidden sanctuaries across the world where the Radiant operate, and reenact a smaller ritual of his initiation, absorbing its energy, for a complete revitalization or he will begin to deteriorate.
• NEMESIS
  

  
  The Radiant of Christ and the Ofanim.

 

[KyleTok]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Bianca
  • Ruby

  • ㅤ
  • ㅤ
  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Doomed

  Full Name

  Bianca Ramírez

  Alter Ego

  Agent Ruby

  
  
  
  

  Age

  Appears 28

  Date of Birth

  may 12 1950

  Gender

  Female She/Her

  Sexuality

  Fluid

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  Orlando, Florida, USA

  Based in

  Everywhere

  Relationship Status

  not disclosed

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Bianca is a high ranked Agent of the Guardian Initiative Division stationed in the US to pursue and license superheroes, in the organization's interest to regulate vigilantism. Her current top priority is the health and quality of the organization, despite the looming presence of the Director whom she found out to be a malicious leader. Her actions play to not raise any suspicions, but Bianca hopes to soon enough take ownership of the Guardian Initiative and incarcerate the Director for the war crimes he has comitted.
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  The day Bianca got her badge, was the worst day of her life.
  
  Bianca is a high ranked agent of the Guardian Initiative Division, an espionage, special law enforcement, and counter-terrorism agency with worldwide presence that deals with paranormal and superhuman threats to international security. The G.I.P has governmental support in nearly every country and has only become known to the public eye during the cold war, around the time that Bianca was recruited.
  
  During a period of geopolitical tension, Bianca was asked to sit in the back of the room while military leaders in the round table in-front of her debated a pre-emptive attack that would result in mutually assured destruction between the united states and the Soviet Union. The director of the G.I.P had wanted her to sit in and observe as he tried to discourage the leaders from executing an attack, but after his last plea fell on deaf ears, the director sighed, nodded to Bianca, and walked out of the room. The military men continued to debate, so much that no one noticed Bianca was equipped with a bomb. And after one click. BOOM. The director had made a safe distance and waited outside of a burning military base as soldiers scurried to put the fire out. A moment later, Bianca stepped forward from behind the director, as if she came from somewhere else entirely, completely unharmed. Mission accomplished, crisis averted.
  
  She had only been recruited not long before that happened when the director sought her out, on the worst day of her life. On that day, Bianca had only just become aware of her ability. She stood outside of the collapsed banquet hall, staring at the rear of the truck that had burst through the side of the building, as the walls continued to slowly crumble at the scene, and beat up limbs hung out from under the debris. She stared at her clean hands, then at her still white dress. Everyone was dead - but she was standing outside - completely unharmed. She was supposed to get married that day, but then out of nowhere the ceiling had collapsed on her and the next thing she knew, she was outside.
  
  When her power first triggered, her aging had halted. Bianca was virtually immortal. Being unable to die, the Director took advantage of her ability as a suicide bomber that can detonate more than once. She was his best assassin at the time, but at a great cost to her, as every time her powers triggered to save her from death, she lost a memory. By the time she had completed seven missions, she realized she had forgotten her late fiancé's name. She sought out the help of the director, but he assured her that those memories she lost no longer matter, and had convinced her that under his care, she could be more than she ever was before.
  
  After a public scandal involving a superhero revealing their real identity to the public, the Guardian Initiative was left exposed after having recently been working with said superhero. The attention turned on the organization, and with the mayhem that assured, the director was forced to turn his attention to the matters at hand. As superheroes rose to fame around the world, the organization that always kept to the shadows was now publicly known as the superhero company. The operations of the Division had to adapt, now operating as an overall law enforcement extension that oversees matters related to paranormal cases that the police would otherwise need to face alone.
  
  Throughout this period, Bianca earned many opportunities to climb up the ranks of the organization, no longer just a suicide bomb lacky, with clearance to places and resources she never had access to before. When usually the director would be leading her everyday activities, he was too busy to notice what she was doing now. In a wave of curiosity, Bianca had stumbled on classified documents on herself, dated at a time that she was still a child. She learned that the organization was aware of her from birth and had classified her as a “temporal anomaly.” Things were not making sense, but she did recall that on the worst day of her life, the one day she cannot seem to forget, the Director sought her out exactly on the day that her power first triggered. So, she continued to dig, and found document after document of different “assets” whom he sought out – until she landed on a mission file, detailing the events of her wedding night. The Director was responsible for the truck that struck the banquet hall.
  
  Bianca learned that her mentor, the Director, a man who never revealed his name to her, was not the role model she thought him to be. He was grooming her to one day take over his role, so that she could continue acquiring assets the way he does. From there on, Bianca refused to use her ability, unless absolutely necessary, and had documented every important event in electronic files that only she had access to. She would let the voice reader read her notes to her every night, remind her of events that her powers might have made her forget. She was determined, now knowing the Director’s true nature. She would one day take over his role – but she would do it better. Until then, she has to play to his rules, without raising any suspicions.
  
  Throughout the years, Bianca has faced many threats, superhuman terrorists, demons, and more. With every encounter, she would go back to her office and document it. By today, Bianca had nearly forgotten her entire life from before joining the organization, and the state of the Division was all she cared about. She is now a high ranked agent stationed in the US to collaborate with other extraordinary individuals to face any paranormal threat that the country may face. The public had come to know her as Agent Ruby, still rocking her agent attire and badge, while carrying a red blade and mask, both of which are cursed objects given to her by the Director. She, like many super individuals, had become subject to a lot of fans and criticism - but all she cares about, is the Guardian Imitative Division. Meanwhile, her Mentor, and only person whom she has personal memories with still in her mind, is still looming over her shoulder, preying on her every move.
• PERSONALITY
  You may see Bianca smile, but you will never see her laugh. Every bit of her personality is calculated - she is never outright surprised, and is never truly unsure of what to do. Most of her life from before becoming an Agent is lost to her, and with that all the personality traits that she would have acquired through the years. Although she can't remember much of her past life, for some reason the day when her powers triggered is still crystal clear in her mind - a thought and memory that haunts her. Every time that she lets her power trigger, she hopes that's the memory to go. Therefore topics about weddings and relationships might draw a strange reaction from her, but only because of that one single memory that refuses to leave her - the memory of the worst day of her life when she lost all her family and friends.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  The Director of the Guardian Initiative Division: Bianca does not know his name, in fact no one really does. He used to be the only person Bianca trusted, as he seemed to allow her more access than anyone in her position has ever been in. She never understood his personal interest in her, but she never questioned it until evidence she should came to light. He is her Mentor and Nemesis. More details under Nemesis.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  Bianca has become a Temporal Anomaly - Whenever she receives a fatal blow, her body reverts to a time state before she received that blow and then is displaced out of harms way. If she had sustained any non fatal injuries before the fatal blow was served, the non fatal injuries remain - this means that although she may not be killed, she may still be incapacitated. The director theorizes that she could easily be defeated if someone just kept her in a medically induced coma. The biggest weakness to this ability, is that every time she triggers it, she loses one of her memories. She regularly documents everything she needs to know to do her job, and reads it every day to remind her - but eventually, she's ought to run out of memories to lose, which will result in her losing her mind entirely - Maybe then she would be able to finally be put to rest.
  
  Bianca is Ageless. Ever since her ability was triggered for the first time, Bianca had stopped aging.
  

  
  The Red Blade: Bianca carries around a red blade with her - a weapon she is still not exactly the most proficient with, but it does enough to get her by in battle, considering she can't really be killed. In extreme situations, she may fatally injure herself with the blade in order to trigger the displacement factor of her ability, either to escape a cage, or enter one. The blade is a cursed object, one of many that the G.I.D has acquired throughout the years. The history of the blade is mostly still a mystery, but it's curse is clear. The user that wields this blade shall win the battle, but will perish in the war. In other words, despite not being proficient with sword fighting, the curse allows Bianca to wield the blade in a way above her skill, at the cost of her life - but in Bianca's situation, that isn't much.
• NEMESIS: THE DIRECTOR
  The director is her nemesis, having been the one responsible for the accident that killed her family and friends. The director knew she would survive it, as there is something about her ability that he understands. Seeing as anyone recruited to the agency has to be at least 15 years of age, the director would have to be at least 89 years old - although he does not exactly look it. He does not appear young, but he definitely has some way to prolong his lifespan. Bianca is aware that the Director has ulterior motives, but she does not know what they are.
  
  The Director without a doubt is a man of a lot of power, not because of any abilities he might have, but because of his position. He has a lot of influence over political matters, and has the guns to back up any of his decisions. Under the organization, he has access to many agents who have abilities of their own, as well as ownership over the licensing of heroes. Any superhero out there whom he licensed under his regulation, is obligated one way or another, to serve him, whether they are aware of doing it or not.

 

[Elenion Aura]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Civilian
  • Hero

  • ㅤ
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  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Delinquent

  Full Name

  Jason “Jay” Natchez

  Alter Ego

  Underworld

  
  
  
  

  Age

  Eighteen

  Date of Birth

  Mar 21 2003

  Gender

  Male (he/him)

  Sexuality

  Homosexual

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  Dulce, New Mexico, USA

  Based in

  Phoenix, Arizona, USA

  Relationship Status

  Single 7

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Runaway; freeloader; partying too much
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  According to Jicarilla Apache legend, The Tribe originated underground, and so called themselves Haisndayin, “the people who came from below.” It has been said that in the Underworld—where First Man and First Woman are believed to reside to this day—the animals speak the language of men and the shadows dance in the place where no light shines.
  
  Stories from the distant past—like those of First Man and First Woman’s descendants who left the underworld to settle the world above, or of the Great Hero, Naiyenesgani, “the killer of monsters”, who with strength and wit did slay many horrors which plagued the people—used to thrill Jay as a boy. He would often beg and bargain, “Dáda, one story more!”
  
  It has been years since Jay has implored his father to tell him a tale of their ancestors. It has been years since Jay believed in any of that. Monsters and boogeymen were real on the reservation. Only they went by different names. On leathery wings they flew, catching the wind. Invisible and insidious, like a plague, they leapt from one household to the next. Addiction and Depression were chief among them, and many of the Tribe were held under their power.
  
  Life on the rez was no picnic, perhaps least of all for a sixteen year old closet-case with a piss-poor attitude. In those days, Jay felt like he was on a long, slow march toward nothing at all. If not for Isaias, who knows what might’ve happened.
  
  They first met as young boys—roughly the same age, Isaias was a few months Jay’s senior—and slowly became fast friends. Jay was prickly and offbeat and rarely made a good first impression, even as a kid. Isaias was the opposite in almost every sense of the word. Timid, polite, and respecting of authority. To the outside observer, their friendship seemed about as natural as rain in the desert.
  
  There is a certain rite of passage among young boys of the tribe. A test of courage on the Eve of the ceremony that would see them become proper men in the eyes of the people. It was also an excuse to try and scare the crap out of your friends. The premise was simple enough: go to one of the three Sacred Doors (“door” here is a misrepresentation; in fact, it’s more like a yawning hole in the earth with a ladder conspicuously placed to allow one brave soul at a time to make a most perilous descent) and dare one another to get as close as they could to the entrance.
  
  Whoever got the closest was the bravest, and won nothing if not the respect of his peers.
  
  Certainly, it might not sound like much challenge at all. What was so unsettling about a hole in the ground? As legend had it, each Door was in fact an entrance to the Jicarilla ancestral subterranean home, which was believed to have long since been overrun by monsters, dark, unholy terrors, and the things that nightmares are made of.
  
  Jay, to the surprise of absolutely no one, wasn’t invited by any of his contemporaries to take the plunge. When Isaias asked him to go, his first reaction was to balk and question whether or not his old friend had been secretly replaced with someone else. Where had the frightened boy, afraid of his own shadow, gone? Who was this impostor?!
  
  Eventually, when he ran out of jokes, Jay agreed and the pair of them embarked on their quest once the Sun had set on a particularly cool spring evening. The ritual was best performed under cover of darkness—that primordial fear that all men know.
  
  Then came the typical—albeit almost wholly one-sided—egging on. “Just get closer!”, “I dare you to step on the first rung”, “What? You scared?”
  
  Isaias was a self-proclaimed believer. He believed in the old legends, the ones that Jay had cast off years ago. Which was why Jay was floored when his friend actually did it. One step. Two steps. The silhouette of Isaias had begun to fade as he approached the yawning pit. Picking his jaw up off the ground, Jay hurried to catch up with the older boy, reaching him just as he’d positioned his foot on the top rung of that conspicuous ladder of dubious origin. Seeing him there, silhouetted by a light from the shadows, Jay began to understand, and with understanding came a sense of profound happiness, of stillness, of peace.
  
  It did not take long for that peace to curdle in the air, as from out of the pooled blackness of the cave stretched out... Something. They looked like hands—only they were wrong. The wrongness of them was hard to qualify. Like how the sound of a word, spoken in reverse, then played backwards, was wrong. Uncanny. Isaias had watched Jay the whole time, seeing his expression shift from joy to terror. And all Jay could do was watch as that undulating darkness reached up and snatched Isaias in its clutches. His memory of what came next was... Fractured, to say the least. He remembered grabbing Isaias' hand as he sunk below the earth, and remembered the feeling as that thing tried to drag Jay down with it. Its touch was like sandpaper, only worse, like microscopic daggers of ice, one thousand fold, pricking at his skin. The last thing he remembered was a voice, calling from out of that void. And then the world went dark.
  
  When Jay awoke the next morning, the Reservation police force was already on the scene. And it bears mentioning that that force was comprised solely of the sheriff—who just so happened to be Jay's older brother, Chester—and the deputy. When he'd come to, Chester explained that a rancher had found him that morning, lying on the ground, unconscious nearby and had called it in. Jay, in a panic, told Chester everything. A search party was put together but turned up nothing. As it always had, the ladder down into the supposed 'underworld' simply led into an old, abandoned mine. Isaias was nowhere to be found.
  
  From then on, it did not take long before the effects of that being's touch became manifest. Shadows began clinging to Jay in ways that were not strictly natural.
  
  A whisper went up among the people. They spoke of Isaias’ tragic disappearance, and of Jay’s miraculous survival... And subsequent metamorphosis. And with those whispers, came expectation. With expectation, responsibility. Jay, still mourning the loss of his best friend, rejected this—and the tribe—wholesale. Under the cover of night he flew from that place to start a new life in a new city. A life that belonged to himself alone.
• PERSONALITY
  Brash, headstrong, and uncouth, Jay is a petulant, lackadaisical boy who would prefer to drift through life like leaves borne upon the west wind.
  
  Ever since the incident, Jay has been on the run. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally. Carrying the burden of his entire tribe’s hopes, their dreams... It just wasn’t him. Not only did he not think he could do it, but he also didn’t particularly want to, either.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  Isaias Walker: Jay’s childhood best friend and, for most of that time, his secret crush. Polar opposites, where Jay was rude, Isaias was compassionate. Where Jay was aloof, Isaias was an open book. Where Jay was a loner, Isaias made friends with everyone he met. They were an odd pair, but nigh inseparable. And as far as Jay knew, Isaias had died—officially he was “missing”, but Jay didn’t expect much kindness from a world as cruel as his—without ever knowing the true depths of Jay’s feelings for him.
  
  Chester Natchez: To say that Jay and his elder brother didn’t see eye to eye was an understatement. Kind of like Isaias, only worse, Chester and Jay couldn’t be less alike. Chester was Jay’s older brother, the tribe’s local lawman, and, since their parents were out of the picture, Jay‘s surrogate parental figure. He was also just the worst. Chester had been in semi-regular contact since Jay’s exodus from the rez, and had made it abundantly clear how little he approved of his younger brother’s new lifestyle.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  Shadows: Ever since that night at the Door, Jay has been able to control shadows, molding them into shapes, tools, and constructs as he sees fit. This ability is versatile. So far, Jay has learned how to use his shadows—or perhaps more aptly, darkness—to create smokescreens, illusions, duplicate himself or others, or conceal his presence. Recently his shadows have begun taking on a more corporeal quality, varying from a thick, inky fluid to solid mass, shaped by his will.
  
  Despite its obvious power and utility, Jay has also noted some drawbacks. Namely, light. In the face of intense light, his shadows—even the solid ones—are liable to melt away. Likewise, he’d noticed that his power is markedly more potent at night. Lastly, and perhaps unsurprisingly, is the fact that behind the power, Jay is still just a mortal man, with all the weaknesses to go with it.
• NEMESIS
  The One from Below: A creature awoken when, by chance, two young boys of the people disturbed its centuries long slumber. Now, every night at dusk, it stirs. Soon, it will have strength enough to dislodge itself from the world Below and walk once more the land above.

 

[Autobotschic]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Civillian
  • Hero

  • ㅤ
  • ㅤ
  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Transformed

  Full Name

  Skylar Davons

  Alter Ego

  Wraith

  
  
  
  

  Age

  23 years old

  Date of Birth

  October 6th 1998

  Gender

  Female (She/her)

  Sexuality

  Demisexual

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  Born in Manama, Bahrain

  Based in

  Cape Canaveral, Florida

  Relationship Status

  Single, 6

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Skylar is the sole inhabitant of an island owned by her father off the coast of Florida. She spends her days inventing small trinkets, small AI robot animals, slightly larger scale weapons, and works on keeping herself proficient in flying. Skylar’s father has kept her hidden away from the world for fear of the government finding out what happened to her.
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  For as long as Skylar could remember, it’s always just been her and her dad. She doesn’t have any memories of her mom, and it’s the one subject her dad doesn’t feel comfortable talking about. But that was okay with Skylar, because her dad was her whole world. Callahan taught her everything she knows, but struggled as a single father. Skylar befriended a little boy named Connor when she was in preschool, who was missing his legs and got around in a wheelchair. Callahan, always having a knack for inventing, decided to gift Connor a pair of prosthetic legs since his family couldn’t afford them. Skylar and Callahan worked for weeks on them, Skylar in charge of the painting, and Callahan handled everything else.
  
  Seeing Connor’s face light up when he could finally walk again set Callahan on the career path that would eventually birth SkyTech, a company well known for charity work and highly advanced prosthetics. Skylar was a junior engineer and the face of the charity work at a young age of sixteen, well known among the public. While she loved helping other children, her heart was in the sky.
  
  With her dad’s blessing, she began taking flight lessons to eventually become a pilot.
  
  While Skylar was working in the lab, tragedy struck one day. She was working on a new prosthetic prototype and passed out. After a couple days off work per her father’s pleading, the episodes got worse, and Skylar stopped coming to the lab entirely.
  
  Months went by, and Skylar continued downhill. Fainting turned into seizures, she started having migraines, and ultimately was losing control of her motor functions. Callahan took her to the doctor and had his worst fear recognized; Skylar had Stage 4 brain cancer.
  
  Skylar eventually became so ill she was unable to speak, and Callahan’s heart broke every time he looked at his daughter.
  
  One of Callahan’s business partners, Charles Attinger of Changing Worlds Industries pushed Callahan to get out of business so he could attend to his daughter, when in reality Charles wanted SkyTech’s technology.
  
  Callahan, knowing his work was important, hired the best doctors to watch her around the clock while he worked to find a solution and continue to run his business. Eventually, Skylar went into a coma.
  
  Fearing life without his daughter, Callahan did the only thing he knew how to do; he built Skylar a new body. She survived, but the skin grafts enver took, leaving the metal parts of her exposed.
  
  Skylar was happy to be alive when she woke back up, thinking her father had found a miracle cure. Instead, when she looked in the mirror, she barely recognized herself.
  
  Therapy was a long road, and the full recovery was even longer. By nineteen, Skylar had resumed life as normal, except for the fact she was cybernetic now. She stayed out of the public eye, and the media was constantly banging on the door to SkyTech asking what happened to her.
  
  Callahan and Skylar came to an agreement, and Skylar moved out to one of her father’s beach houses on a remote island off the coast of Florida. She kept the companionship of the bots she built, giant robotic yet sentient animals as she trained in her new body and discovered new features.
  
  Skylar currently remains on the island, far out of the eye of the public and the world. Callahan fends off the media claiming Skylar is out doing something else, and Charles Attinger makes his plans to bring down SkyTech once and for all.
  
• PERSONALITY
  Skylar is very timid around new people as she knows she’s a freak, a cheap party trick at best to ogle at. She takes a while to warm up to others, but is very bubbly once she does. She loves her father dearly, and appreciates the efforts he went to to save her. Sky’s quick witted and cunning, but if stuck in her own head can’t help but think about what life could have been like. Her thoughts can get quite sentimental, and she’ll withdraw into her laboratory for hours when this happens.
  
  Having been separated from people for so many years now, Skylar’s isn’t quite sure on how to interact with them. She’ll come off too quiet and stoic, maybe even judgemental, but in truth she’s paranoid she will say the wrong thing so it’s better to not say anything at all.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  Callahan Davons - Skylar’s father. A brilliant man who would give his daughter the world if he could. He’s the CEO and head engineer of SkyTech, an organization that creates functioning prosthetic limbs for amputees as well as other medical wonders to help people resume life as normal after a major life changing event. Callahan is 5’10” tall, with flaming red hair, green eyes and freckles. His glasses sit low on his crooked nose, face clean shaven, and he is lean with slight muscular definition. Skylar always says his laugh sounds like a seal bark.
  
  Charles Attinger - One of Callahan’s business partners. Skylar never liked him as he kept urging Callahan to sell some of his tech to the militaries of the world, claiming prosthetics were “wasted opportunities.” Charles is slightly taller than Callahan at 6’ even, with salt and pepper hair and trimmed beard. He’s not very fit, but always has a dark gleam in his brown eyes.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  Since becoming a cyborg, Skylar has received many upgrades compared to a normal human. She now has the ability to fly, superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability. The lower parts of her arm can transform into a plasma gun, plasma knife, and other various equipment. She can scan objects with her robotic eye to tell the material they are made out of and send projections in the event she needs to use them as a weapon. Skylar’s wings can temporarily fuse together to create a shield in the event she’s being fired upon, and the nanoites in her body will regenerate any broken bones, flesh wounds, or mechanical issues after some time. The larger the wound, the more time it takes to heal.
  
  Skylar is super sensitive to EMP bursts, and it temporarily knocks out her systems and puts her down. She is water resistant, but if driven to keep into the ocean, the pressure will crush her.
• NEMESIS
  Charles Attinger, business partner to SkyTech, CEO of Changing World Industries. Charles keeps trying to steal the tech at her dad’s labs, and was successful once. Thus Judas-27 was born, another cyborg much like Skylar, except he was mind wiped to become a war machine and is programmable to whichever country pays the highest price for him. Charles likes to send Judas on test runs to draw Skylar out of hiding. If he can kill Callahan’s daughter, Callahan would surely sell SkyTech machinery to him.

Spoiler: Skylar Davons, The Transformed

Basics
Archetype: The Transformed
Full Name: Skylar Davons
Alter Ego: Wraith
Age: 23
Date of Birth: October 6th, 1998
Gender: Female, She/her
Origin: Bahrain
Based in: Florida
Situation: Skylar is the sole inhabitant of an island owned by her father off the coast of Florida. She spends her days inventing small trinkets, small AI robot animals, slightly larger scale weapons, and works on keeping herself proficient in flying. Skylar’s father has kept her hidden away from the world for fear of the government finding out what happened to her.
Sexuality: Demisexual
Relationship Status: Single
Open to Romance: 6

Appearance

Civilian Appearance:

Spoiler

Heroic Costume:

Spoiler

Height: 6’2”
Weight: Roughly 400-500 lbs

History
For as long as Skylar could remember, it’s always just been her and her dad. She doesn’t have any memories of her mom, and it’s the one subject her dad doesn’t feel comfortable talking about. But that was okay with Skylar, because her dad was her whole world. Callahan taught her everything she knows, but struggled as a single father. Skylar befriended a little boy named Connor when she was in preschool, who was missing his legs and got around in a wheelchair. Callahan, always having a knack for inventing, decided to gift Connor a pair of prosthetic legs since his family couldn’t afford them. Skylar and Callahan worked for weeks on them, Skylar in charge of the painting, and Callahan handled everything else.

Seeing Connor’s face light up when he could finally walk again set Callahan on the career path that would eventually birth SkyTech, a company well known for charity work and highly advanced prosthetics. Skylar was a junior engineer and the face of the charity work at a young age of sixteen, well known among the public. While she loved helping other children, her heart was in the sky.

With her dad’s blessing, she began taking flight lessons to eventually become a pilot.

While Skylar was working in the lab, tragedy struck one day. She was working on a new prosthetic prototype and passed out. After a couple days off work per her father’s pleading, the episodes got worse, and Skylar stopped coming to the lab entirely.

Months went by, and Skylar continued downhill. Fainting turned into seizures, she started having migraines, and ultimately was losing control of her motor functions. Callahan took her to the doctor and had his worst fear recognized; Skylar had Stage 4 brain cancer.

Skylar eventually became so ill she was unable to speak, and Callahan’s heart broke every time he looked at his daughter.

One of Callahan’s business partners, Charles Attinger of Changing Worlds Industries pushed Callahan to get out of business so he could attend to his daughter, when in reality Charles wanted SkyTech’s technology.

Callahan, knowing his work was important, hired the best doctors to watch her around the clock while he worked to find a solution and continue to run his business. Eventually, Skylar went into a coma.

Fearing life without his daughter, Callahan did the only thing he knew how to do; he built Skylar a new body. She survived, but the skin grafts enver took, leaving the metal parts of her exposed.

Skylar was happy to be alive when she woke back up, thinking her father had found a miracle cure. Instead, when she looked in the mirror, she barely recognized herself.

Therapy was a long road, and the full recovery was even longer. By nineteen, Skylar had resumed life as normal, except for the fact she was cybernetic now. She stayed out of the public eye, and the media was constantly banging on the door to SkyTech asking what happened to her.

Callahan and Skylar came to an agreement, and Skylar moved out to one of her father’s beach houses on a remote island off the coast of Florida. She kept the companionship of the bots she built, giant robotic yet sentient animals as she trained in her new body and discovered new features.

Skylar currently remains on the island, far out of the eye of the public and the world. Callahan fends off the media claiming Skylar is out doing something else, and Charles Attinger makes his plans to bring down SkyTech once and for all.


Relationships
Callahan Davons - Skylar’s father. A brilliant man who would give his daughter the world if he could. He’s the CEO and head engineer of SkyTech, an organization that creates functioning prosthetic limbs for amputees as well as other medical wonders to help people resume life as normal after a major life changing event. Callahan is 5’10” tall, with flaming red hair, green eyes and freckles. His glasses sit low on his crooked nose, face clean shaven, and he is lean with slight muscular definition. Skylar always says his laugh sounds like a seal bark.

Charles Attinger - One of Callahan’s business partners. Skylar never liked him as he kept urging Callahan to sell some of his tech to the militaries of the world, claiming prosthetics were “wasted opportunities.” Charles is slightly taller than Callahan at 6’ even, with salt and pepper hair and trimmed beard. He’s not very fit, but always has a dark gleam in his brown eyes.



Personality
Skylar is very timid around new people as she knows she’s a freak, a cheap party trick at best to ogle at. She takes a while to warm up to others, but is very bubbly once she does. She loves her father dearly, and appreciates the efforts he went to to save her. Sky’s quick witted and cunning, but if stuck in her own head can’t help but think about what life could have been like. Her thoughts can get quite sentimental, and she’ll withdraw into her laboratory for hours when this happens.

Having been separated from people for so many years now, Skylar’s isn’t quite sure on how to interact with them. She’ll come off too quiet and stoic, maybe even judgemental, but in truth she’s paranoid she will say the wrong thing so it’s better to not say anything at all.


Powers/Skills/Weapons
Since becoming a cyborg, Skylar has received many upgrades compared to a normal human. She now has the ability to fly, superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and durability. The lower parts of her arm can transform into a plasma gun, plasma knife, and other various equipment. She can scan objects with her robotic eye to tell the material they are made out of and send projections in the event she needs to use them as a weapon. Skylar’s wings can temporarily fuse together to create a shield in the event she’s being fired upon, and the nanoites in her body will regenerate any broken bones, flesh wounds, or mechanical issues after some time. The larger the wound, the more time it takes to heal.

Skylar is super sensitive to EMP bursts, and it temporarily knocks out her systems and puts her down. She is water resistant, but if driven to keep into the ocean, the pressure will crush her.

Your Nemesis!
Charles Attinger, business partner to SkyTech, CEO of Changing World Industries. Charles keeps trying to steal the tech at her dad’s labs, and was successful once. Thus Judas-27 was born, another cyborg much like Skylar, except he was mind wiped to become a war machine and is programmable to whichever country pays the highest price for him. Charles likes to send Judas on test runs to draw Skylar out of hiding. If he can kill Callahan’s daughter, Callahan would surely sell SkyTech machinery to him.

 

[ach1lles]

• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Civillian
  • Hero

  • ㅤ
  • ㅤ
  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Doomed

  Full Name

  Elias "Eli" Heinrich

  Alter Ego

  Vedius (V)

  
  
  
  

  Age

  18

  Date of Birth

  March 7th, 2003

  Gender

  AMAB Non-binary (they/them)

  Sexuality

  Bisexual

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  Berlin, Germany

  Based in

  New York City, U.S.A

  Relationship Status

  The only dates they have are exam dates, 5.

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Prep school Ivy-league hopeful with a charity project on the side.
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  May 21st, 1999. In the smoke-filled rooms of a Shanghai restaurant, a giant is born. Atar Energy Incorporated, an energy distribution, construction, R&D company and the result of a merger between four powerhouses in the industry, is signed into existence. Headed by Tony Hu, Chinese billionaire and entrepreneur, Atar was an attempt to expand the man's influence globally. The other companies acquired? Hutzen Energy, a German-based company that specialized in the storage and transportation of energy, led by Johann Heinrich, Marquess Technologies, a Canadian-based nuclear engineering and R&D company led by Carol Lavinet, and Epoch One Development, a chemicals and construction conglomerate based in France, led by Gabriel Volke. Heinrich, Lavinet and Volke were given positions as officers and directors in the company.
  
  March 7th, 2003. Elias Heinrich is born to Johann Heinrich and Nicole Cardoza, daughter of the CFO of Angelia, a Philippines-based communications company. There is a quiet ceremony. Cardoza and Johann Heinrich divorce three years later.
  
  July 5th, 2004. An auction is held by the city of Maphis, New York, for acres of land upon the edge of Lake Ontario. Atar wins the contract for an alleged $330 million, though, to their dismay, realizes that the government had sold the land without the intent of completely clearing out residents. Though a majority of them have moved, several were steadfast in their refusal to let their homes go. The eventual media outcry becomes loud enough to force Atar to secede, losing millions in stocks and investment bonds on this project.
  
  March 10th, 2006. Elias moves to New York from Berlin, later enrolled at St. Raphael’s School, a private school for the wealthy and elite. Being in the same city as their father had some benefits, with Johann able to invest more time into raising his child. However, a majority of Elias’s childhood was spent with a revolving cast of hired babysitters, nannies and tutors, though they were able to maintain a close relationship with their father.
  
  April 17th, 2006. Persaeus, a drug and chemical engineering project, led by Gabriel Volke, is launched. With Asteria, an independent American aerospace manufacturer and subsidiary of Atar, they set out to create a drug designed to combat the effects of muscle atrophy and other body degeneration effects created by long-term space travel. Persaeus had lingered for another 10 years, passed from production team to production team, none achieving proper results. Rumours began to build that Persaeus was, in actuality, a cover-up for another project until-
  
  October 16th, 2016. Persaeus is shut down, with Atar withdrawing all funding and strangling the project after years of it bleeding money. A majority of the products are disposed of, though a few were left to rot with no companies willing, or perhaps able, to destroy the rest. These scraps find their way into Atar’s warehouses, who now face a conundrum: though the impact of the failed Persaeus program upon their reputation was minor, it was only achieved through promises that they could no longer sustainably keep. Even the best-case scenario would result in several million dollars and years of research down the drain, and with a material that they shouldn’t have created in the first place, abandoning it as it was just asking for tragedy.
  
  Allegedly, Heinrich had eventually suggested re-purposing the chemical, asking Volke if there were any other properties of the project that Volke could supply. Volke denied any alternate uses, until later, under immense pressure, admitted that it could have some uses as a potential toxin, though the effects would be unprecedented and unpredictable, the likes of which the military couldn’t be interested in.
  
  Heinrich suggests using Persaeus for private use.
  
  November 2nd, 2016. In a high-profile arrest, Carol Lavinet is sent to court for embezzlement. In January, she would be tried and found guilty, later sentenced to 20 years in prison, later reduced to 10.
  
  December 26th, 2016. Atar makes a public announcement of the involvement of Gabriel Volke in a drunk-driving incident, with Volke being struck by a driver on his way to Christmas dinner. Heinrich expresses his sorrow of losing his most beloved coworker and announces a large donation to Volke’s children’s charity, citing that even after death, his legacy would continue to the next generation. All proceeds of Atar’s New Year’s Gala would be donated as well.
  
  Reporters make note of Atar’s generous insurance policies.
  
  January 1st, 2017. Maphis’s waters grow darker.
• PERSONALITY
  Superficially, Elias is exceedingly, impossibly polite—mild-mannered, charming, and an absolute delight to bring home to your parents. Yes, they would love to talk about Susan, that human scum from HR, Mrs. Kim, and of course, fine wine experts are all snobs, Mr. Abernathy. Say, how have the twins been doing?
  
  However, beneath that cool exterior is a prideful, pedantic, and hyper-rational perfectionist, stubborn and strong-willed. Their rigid moral system aligns with the concept of the needs of many outweighing the needs of the few; hence their willingness to self-sacrifice, but also making them particularly ruthless when they believe that something needs to get done. This makes them a thoroughly unpleasant character if you truly wish to get to know them, their arrogance and passive-aggressive civility shutting down most of those who attempt to.
  
  These attitudes lead to their tendency of manipulation and threats, a defence-mechanism for when plans spiral out of control. While they refuse to stoop down to outright emotional manipulation, they are willing to blackmail, defame and a hundred other words for “threaten to destroy your entire reputation” if they truly believe that they are standing in the way of justice. However, this has close to never occurred on a large scale before—again, due to their mild-mannered-ness and tight control of their persona—and that they are, in all senses, someone who tries to do the right things. Does this excuse the actions that they are willing to commit? Perhaps not. But for Elias, justice is an act that requires violence—done in silk gloves.
  
  Likes: Campus trivia nights, animals (none like them back), pistachio ice-cream, abstract strategy games, and caffeine-fueled 3 a.m. rants about classical art to Youngmi.
  
  Dislikes: Tea (it’s just hot leaf juice???), wearing glasses, losing, rum raisin ice-cream, analytical geometry and people who don’t know when to shut up.
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  Johann Heinrich — Elias’s father, and the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atar Energy Incorporated, a massive energy company providing power to half of the continental U.S.A. and sections of neighbouring countries. Though they rarely see each other, with Elias being at boarding school and Johann on business trips, they have an incredibly close relationship and make efforts to call each other each week.
  
  Landon Yusef — The amicable school doctor with an endless stash of lollipops and anxiety. Or, the doctor that’s currently providing cover-ups for Elias’s weak knee with an excuse of a torn ligament during lacrosse practice. He knows that they’re lying and their symptoms are only getting worse, but with the threat of the Heinrichs pulling funding from the school, he learns to shut up and keep providing pain medication.
  
  Youngmi Kim-Abernathy — President of St. Raphael’s Student Council, Vice-Leader of the chess team, and the closest thing to a friend that Elias has. Youngmi is quite possibly the only one even slightly aware of the true circumstances that Elias is facing, though her knowledge is limited to two things: Elias has a weak knee, and there’s something that they aren’t telling her. That isn’t stopping her from trying to find out, however.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  Parasitoid — Or whatever abstract chemical name that Atar has cooked up for it. A thin, black plasmatic creature, in the loosest sense of the word, that’s found a home in Elias’s left leg. Though designed to be a poison, it seems to have gifted Elias the ability to leech and gift health from/to other human beings, though it only works on skin-to-skin contact.
  
  Additionally, Elias’s body seems to have been partially transformed into a vessel for such abilities; they can store the energy that has been gathered from multiple subjects within themselves and suffer little-to-no consequence, seeming to have an excess amount of such energy naturally stored within themselves. However, they are unsure what the limits (and consequences) of this ability are, so far. With this, they can essentially heal, and in some cases, revive, people.
  
  However, there is a cost. With each use of their ability, the parasitoid seems to devour a bit more of Elias’s body. It starts with mild aching in the region, quickly evolving into severe pain and muscle atrophy, with nerve endings being eaten away. In the late stages, Elias theorizes that they’ll lose all control and sensation in the region. So far, only their knee has reached such a critical stage, forcing them onto a dependency on pain-killers and using braces on the worst days.
  
  Eventually, it will devour Elias whole. But they see it as a small price to pay.
• NEMESIS
  Atar Energy Incorporated — Or rather, what they’re willing to do. The fact is this: Atar is a corporation above everything else; their existence is to create wealth for those at the top, and those include Elias’s father. Their power is only growing, and soon, their pawn will reach D8.

 

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• Overview
• HISTORY
• PSYCHE
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
• THE NEMESIS

• • Civillian
  • Hero

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  BASIC INFORMATION

  
  
  

  Archetype

  The Bull

  Full Name

  Keethan Joglo

  Alter Ego

  Myth

  
  
  
  

  Age

  19

  Date of Birth

  Nov. 5th, 2002

  Gender

  Male (He/Him)

  Sexuality

  Straight

  
  
  
  

  Origin

  UAE, Dubai

  Based in

  National, currently USA

  Relationship Status

  Single, 7

  
  
  
  

  Situation

  Currently in an old apartment complex that's been shut down and marked for demolition in a couple months for to lay low
  
  
  
  
• HISTORY
  
  Keethans life used to be normal, and promising. His mother was from Dubai, and his father was british, and from what he could remember, they used to take very good care of him. In school, he was one of the smarter kids, though not exactly the most social, if you mentioned his name, most of the people there would be wondering ‘who’s that’.
  
  This is what made him the perfect candidate for Project Occisor, a secret, underground organization that was working to develop artificial superhumans that they could control, and sell. Mainly the powers that they specialize in include manipulation ones own atoms, allowing them to teleport, phase, turn invisible, etc. . Only a very few handful of people that don’t work there know about this organization, including Dr. Mary Ling.
  
  Keethan was kidnapped when he was 14, while he was in his house asleep, a squadron posing as police officers barged in, knocked him out, and took him. It is unknown what happened to the rest of his family
  
  They took him to a facility in Dubai. After that, he was kept in a cell, scientists often coming in and out to run tests on him. He never ate, instead at night, they would sedate him, and insert tubes into him to force feed him nutrients.
  
  This went on for about a year, until finally, the scientists were able to confirm that his blood and body was compatible for the experiment. On that day, they took him into a lab, and the trials for administering the powers started. He was put into a machine, and was administered shocks all over his body, changing the ways his atoms were configured. He was kept there for a week, constantly being shocked, with no food, water or sleep. Finally, when he came out, he had powers.
  
  From there they wasted no time in training him. He was forced to do their routine every day, running, parkour courses, analyzing blueprints and buildings, figuring out where was the best point to enter each building was, and how to use his powers. His training went on for about 4 years, the exact same routine
  
  Finally, they decided to put Keethan to the test. They surgically inserted a device into his neck, to be able to control his mind, and his thoughts. After that, he started his assassinations.
  
  He was able to see and hear everything while going through his assassinations, but could not do anything to the mind control device he had implanted. He continued this, mercilessly, and mindlessly killing, for
  
  6 months passed, and eventually, he was put to the final test. He was sent to assassinate two people, and capture their daughter. He went through the mission as usual, easily avoiding security cameras, and slipped into the house. Only after he killed them he recognized their faces, as his parents. That was what woke him from his mind control. He quickly came to realize that their daughter must have been his little sister . He took her, and fled away from there.
  
  Ever since then, he had been constantly moving from place to place, trying his best to avoid detection, and slowly kill the organization
  
• PERSONALITY
  
  Keethan when you first meet him, can be very charming, and polite. He’d probably stop to help you out, or make conversation with a stranger. However, that is just an act, he is actually extremely cold, and calculating, there is not a single thing that he does for no reason, not a single conversation where he needs something from someone. Though he might stop and help you put your groceries in your car, when you get back home, you’ll find a few missing. He sees everyone and everything as expendable, except for those he cares about, which is only his sister at the moment. He rarely has any morale, he doesn’t care who he hurts, or what he has to do to take down Project Occisor, no matter how harsh. Though deep down, he occasionally doubts whether or not this is all worth it, he brushes it off. He only sees himself as a weapon, as that's how he was built.
  
  Once you get to know him more, he does have a slightly more caring side. Though he’s often tougher on those close to him, it's usually because he cares about them, and doesn’t want to lose them. He usually tries his best to avoid making such relationships with people, as usually, people sell him out immediately
  
  
  
  RELATIONSHIPS
  His little sister: Ever since fled with her, he’s been taking care of, and raising her, homeschooling her, and teaching her about ‘the bad people’(Project Occisor). She is the main reason he aims to take out the organization, to stop them from experimenting on her.
  
  
• POWERS/ABILITIES/ITEMS
  
  POWERS
  
  Phasing
  
  -Ability: Basically he can walk through any surface, phasing through them by becoming less dense
  
  -Downside: He can’t go through anything that's electrified, meaning if there was an electrified fence, he couldn’t go through it, or any form of pure energy, like force fields, or lasers.
  
  Teleportation
  
  Ability: Self explanatory, he can transport his atoms from one place to another
  
  Downside: Whenever he teleports, he’s temporarily blind, the effects varying depending on the distance. For example if he teleports across a room, he might not be able to see for about half a second. But if he teleports about a mile away, he’ll be blind for about 5 minutes. He can also only teleport anywhere within his line of sight
  
  Ghost Mode
  
  When he enters ghost mode, he is basically, well, like a ghost. He becomes see through, can run faster, and go through anything. He usually uses this if he’s being shot at
  
  Downside: He can only hold ghost mode for as long as he can hold his breath, as he can’t breath while in this state
  
  SKILLS
  
  He is extremely proficient with blades such as katanas, knives, and throwing knives.
  
  WEAPONS
  
  Electromagnetic Throwing Knifes(ETK’s): Basically, he has a small device on his hand, so that after he throws the knife, he just has to make a wrist movement, and the knife will come back to him, like a magnet. This will not work if it has to go through a thick wall such as brick or steel, though it can get through drywall easily
  
  Twin Katanas: These are just simply twin katanas, nothing special, but he is extremely proficient with them
  
• NEMESIS
  
  Project Occasis: This is his main nemesis, as they are the organization that experimented on him. Though most of the organization's actions are hard to interpret and understand, their primarily goal is to establish control over the world by controlling the most powerful resource: Superhumans
  
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  EXTRAS

  
  -He has a British Accent
  -The experimentation made his eyes a golden color. He has dark brown contacts to avoid it being seen