Blackadder
Inquisitor Ordo Hereticus
Name: Alex Sevier
Cape Name: Penchant
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Origin: A Death in the Family
Drive: Reconcile My Past
Classification: Changer 3-8 / Thinker 3
Costume: A black bodysuit cut in the style of a nondescript military BDU (battle dress uniform), but with an under-layer of flexible armor. Penchant also wears a helmet with a facemask that has interlocking segments that allow it to impressively adjust to his facial expressions.
Background: Alex came from a North Carolina back-country family. His family put itself through a great deal of effort and a serious loan to secure him the money to be the first in the family who would go to college (excepting a 2 year community college term for his father). Alex took being accepted to Carpenter University very seriously and applied himself to his work. Unfortunately, it was high standards academics, and even with intense focused study, he was still only doing so-so at best.
That didn't even include the side work he was doing through a school program to provide additional money for himself and for his family. One night, Alex arrived at the closest convenience store to learn they were out of 5-Hour Energy, Red Bull, and anything else he was needing to help him get through. Dispirited, when someone stopped him outside and offered "an even better brand for a few extra bucks."
Alex had no issue absentmindedly handing over the cash then swigging the small vial; "low dosage, man, lots of power to this." In truth, Alex didn't really even remember this the next day, when he discovered something shocking...
Unfortunately, while the powers - once Alex got a grip on them - helped with the workload pressure, it was countered by the increasing difficulty in communicating with people around him. And just because the universe wanted him to suffer more, he received a call one day from the Gaston County Sheriff. His parents had been killed in a hit and run.
Orphaned, grieving, with no money and far from home, Alex was quickly forced into making some very difficult choices...
Sheet
Stats
Smash +1
Influence +2
Maneuver +1
Protect -1
Investigate 0
Power Summary: Shapechanging based on perception of observers.
Bonds
Fitting In: Frequently Difficult
Bond Threshold: 9
The Team
Balor: 1 [The guy who brought the team together, but Alex finds a bit creepy.]
Cherubim: 1 [She's so sweet.]
Pygmalion: 2 [They get along reasonably, but she's always trying to nudge him down the dirtier road. Alex also knows Lott as something of a friend from Carpenter University, but hasn't yet connected the two identities.]
Repel: 1 [Ironically for being initial partners, Josh's selfishness and ego is repellent to Alex. But they managed to work together and not get caught which should count for something.]
Carpenter Hills
Law Enforcement: 1 [So far, they've found Penchant to be less than headache inducing. So far...]
The City: 1 [Penchant might be mistaken by some as an independent vigilante hero, given how he appears to focus on the crooks.]
Carpenter University: 2 [Alex appreciates his college, even if his status there is going to soon be a bit murky.]
Cape Name: Penchant
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Origin: A Death in the Family
Drive: Reconcile My Past
Classification: Changer 3-8 / Thinker 3
Costume: A black bodysuit cut in the style of a nondescript military BDU (battle dress uniform), but with an under-layer of flexible armor. Penchant also wears a helmet with a facemask that has interlocking segments that allow it to impressively adjust to his facial expressions.
Background: Alex came from a North Carolina back-country family. His family put itself through a great deal of effort and a serious loan to secure him the money to be the first in the family who would go to college (excepting a 2 year community college term for his father). Alex took being accepted to Carpenter University very seriously and applied himself to his work. Unfortunately, it was high standards academics, and even with intense focused study, he was still only doing so-so at best.
That didn't even include the side work he was doing through a school program to provide additional money for himself and for his family. One night, Alex arrived at the closest convenience store to learn they were out of 5-Hour Energy, Red Bull, and anything else he was needing to help him get through. Dispirited, when someone stopped him outside and offered "an even better brand for a few extra bucks."
Alex had no issue absentmindedly handing over the cash then swigging the small vial; "low dosage, man, lots of power to this." In truth, Alex didn't really even remember this the next day, when he discovered something shocking...
Unfortunately, while the powers - once Alex got a grip on them - helped with the workload pressure, it was countered by the increasing difficulty in communicating with people around him. And just because the universe wanted him to suffer more, he received a call one day from the Gaston County Sheriff. His parents had been killed in a hit and run.
Orphaned, grieving, with no money and far from home, Alex was quickly forced into making some very difficult choices...
Sheet
Stats
Smash +1
Influence +2
Maneuver +1
Protect -1
Investigate 0
Power Summary: Shapechanging based on perception of observers.
- Simple: To mentally 'hear' other people's perception/desires of him, but cannot tell specifically who thinks what.
- Simple: To choose to shapeshift into what other people subconsciously perceive him as or desire him to be. Ability is more effective the more people sharing the same perception of him.
- Difficult: To gain superhuman levels of abilities.
- Difficult: To change according to multiple differing perceptions at once.
- Borderline: To pick out and change according to a specific perception within a group of observers.
- Possible: To change according to perceptions other than direct sight.
- Impossible: To change according to his own perceptions of himself.
Bonds
Fitting In: Frequently Difficult
Bond Threshold: 9
The Team
Balor: 1 [The guy who brought the team together, but Alex finds a bit creepy.]
Cherubim: 1 [She's so sweet.]
Pygmalion: 2 [They get along reasonably, but she's always trying to nudge him down the dirtier road. Alex also knows Lott as something of a friend from Carpenter University, but hasn't yet connected the two identities.]
Repel: 1 [Ironically for being initial partners, Josh's selfishness and ego is repellent to Alex. But they managed to work together and not get caught which should count for something.]
Carpenter Hills
Law Enforcement: 1 [So far, they've found Penchant to be less than headache inducing. So far...]
The City: 1 [Penchant might be mistaken by some as an independent vigilante hero, given how he appears to focus on the crooks.]
Carpenter University: 2 [Alex appreciates his college, even if his status there is going to soon be a bit murky.]
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