Age: 29
Gender: M
Race: Human
Appearance (pics if possible):
Young Blood?: Tsk. Boy scouts. (No, and he's too old to join anyway.)
Bio: Floyd Jeremiah Tolson, citizen of the United Kingdom, was born in Birmingham in the year 1989, to a middle class family. With powers manifesting in his body from a very early age, Floyd's early childhood can best be described with thorough fanboying over superheroes. The national hero Captain Steel in the history books, and Gwyneth Griffith on television, and many, many, many other heroes from across the whole planet. Sometimes one or another would even end up appearing in his city, which would be a treat for both him and the local population, and as time went on, his idolization of the profession only grew. Even if he had heard of the Young Blood Massacre back when he was young, he shrugged it off an began to pursue a potential career as a superhero, starting out by scraping up enough money to move to America and join the esteemed Thomsen High in San Diego.
Thomsen High then took off his rose glasses and threw him into the real world - sorry, kid, but with these powers, you're not going to go very far in the business. What, you can turn off your sense of smell to see more clearly? Would that do well against your classmates who can tow trucks and destroy buildings? Despite putting in more and more effort to try to become into a sort of "powerless hero" through training (which left him with a somewhat good knowledge of martial arts), Floyd eventually ended up dropping out after failing to endure the pressure, and moved in to a poor apartment in the city, with his life's dream crushed.
In the next few years, combined with the already intense situation of having to live all by himself for the first time in his life, Floyd nearly grew insane in his growingly desperate attempts to get back into the hero business. He put on a costume and the undercover name "Point-Blank" to fight crime as an unregistered hero, but all he was left with were bruises, unsuccessful attempts at stopping robberies and eventually getting shot by a bullet through the shoulder in a bank heist gone terribly wrong. Although he recovered, Floyd turned to even more insane forces for help. He could have sold his soul just to gain a bit more power...
...ask and ye shall receive. One night, in his apartment, Floyd received a visitor in the form of the fly-shaped demon Beelzebub, who offered him a deal - he will grant his wish of gaining gigantic strength, high enough to compete with the lucky powerful supers (and also build him a sword to go with these new powers, which Floyd still uses to this day), while in exchange, Beelzebub would gain Floyd's soul. Once he dies, he will burn in Hell forever. After a bit of debating with himself, Floyd agreed, and from there on out, a completely different Tolson entered the stage.
However, by then, it had been too late. Although Floyd had surpassed his limits, he had become too disillusioned with the idea of being a superhero to return to the business. And, after all - no matter what he does, he will head straight to Hell anyway, so why even bother with doing good when you can do the most satisfying thing? Floyd became an anarchist, spending his time traveling around America, doing whatever his heart desires - eat, drink, get women, rob someone if he's short on money, fight some other super, whether hero or villain, if he feels like having a fun battle. Floyd has turned far from his initial heroism, but he does not classify himself as a villain, either - after all, in his eyes, "if doing good were fun, of course I'd go do it".
Powers:
- Agent of Beelzebub: Always make sure to read the terms and conditions of anything you sign. Floyd did not acquire superhuman abilities simply for a one-way trip to Hell in the undetermined future. Unknowingly, Floyd acts as an agent of the demonic entity through which it expresses its will on the planet, causing chaos and sending souls to Hell at an accelerated pace. Of course, that doesn't mean that this pact does not come with benefits for Floyd regardless, such as:
- Superhuman Condition: Through his demonic pact with Beelzebub, Floyd's physical condition is many times beyond that of a normal human person. His strength, speed, reflexes and endurance are all firmly in superhuman levels. He is able to endure bullet fire, lift up vehicles and go toe to toe with fellow trained superhumans without much of a problem. Floyd's superhuman strength is not automatic, however. Though he is inherently somewhat above peak human, he needs to tap into the demonic energy pumped into him to activate all of the power granted to him by the pact, signified by crimson crackling energy around his body.
- Self-Sustenance: The demonic energy pumped into Floyd means that he no longer needs to consume food or water to keep on living, although he can still eat for pleasure (and does so lavishly) and can still be killed. In addition, this does not include air, so asphyxiation is still lethal to him.
- Sensory Manipulation: This is Floyd's superpower, which he held since his earliest days. To put it simply, Floyd is able to partially or completely turn off some of his senses at will in order to strengthen others. So, for example, he could turn off all senses but his eyesight to have the most precise vision possible, or turn off everything but small to be able to feel even the most incremental scents. Before his demonic pact days, Floyd considered it to be a very weak power - there's only so much a person of average strength can do even with enhanced senses, after all - but now with his superhuman condition, the horizons have definitely broadened. In battle, Floyd usually turns off everything but vision, hearing and balance in order to strengthen his reflexes and battlefield awareness even beyond the usual levels.
Limitations:
- Demonic Pact: Floyd's power comes from selling his soul to Beelzebub - the transfer is held safely in the demon's lair. Should one or both of the parties decide to cancel the pact, Floyd's soul will be free, but his powers will vanish. (I mean, he'll still have his sensual manipulation... but that can't win battles by itself.)
- Connection to Beelzebub: Floyd's demonic prowess is power transferred to him by Beelzebub - if the demon dies, Floyd's powers will vanish, for obvious reasons. In addition, the power he draws cannot be more powerful than the demon himself, again for obvious reasons.
- Mortality: Floyd is obviously not immortal - Beelzebub wants his soul within a reasonable timeframe, after all. You can kill him with diseases, poison, overpowering him, so on and so forth...
- Sensory Blindness: Sensual Manipulation can only increase Floyd's senses so far. The farther you go with turning off "unnecessary" senses, the more vulnerable you become, after all. If Floyd decides to turn off everything but hearing to search for his opponent, you can catch him off-guard - he won't see you. If Floyd turns off everything but vision for higher precision, you can take him down by sneaking up on him - he won't hear you. If he turns off his pain receptors, he is in the dark on just how badly he is injured. So on and so forth...
Weaknesses (Reasons why someone could kick their ass):
- Anti-Magic: Demonic magic is still magic, and anyone with devices or powers which are focused on nullifying it will have an easy time taking Floyd down.
- Divine/Light Magic: As power drawn from God, angels or other generally divine sources is superior to power drawn from hellish sources, so are they superior against Floyd'd demonic strength.
- Sensory Blindness: Already explained how it works a bit above. Basically, if you have a clue how Floyd's superpower works, you can find ways to use it against him.
Likes: Fighting. Lots of fightin'. It's thrilling, it's intense and it gives Floyd the ego boost he sorely needs.
Dislikes: Now that he's become thoroughly jaded after his superhero career turned out poorly, Floyd generally dislikes superheroes and them running around everywhere. He doesn't consider himself to be a villain, though. Two sides of the same coin to him.
Additional Information (Optional; remove if unused)-
Birthday: June 14
Theme song: https://youtu.be/VF0HPpD8Cbk
Favorite food: Fish and Chips
Greatest fear: Fear of his insecurities of his masculinity.