Young Bloods(REBOOT OOC, Superhero RP, Open)

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 5:31 pm

Rupudska wrote:
Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
The number of characters is nearing 60, so frankly, it would be easier if you offered options so I could tell you if they're taken or not

Anything specifically to do with light manipulation, perhaps?

We do have a couple of characters with related powers at the moment, Renata Martinez and Tommy Towers. Though, if you can put enough of a twist on your character to make it different from them, it shouldn't be an issue.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:19 pm

Aaand the archive has been updated. Can't be bothered to make detailed notes this time around, but added a bunch of characters as well as the two new races and the new country, and removed Cody as per the player's request. Also updated the Birthday Calendar.

by **Turmenista** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:27 am

by **Finland SSR** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:21 am

Rupudska wrote:
Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
The number of characters is nearing 60, so frankly, it would be easier if you offered options so I could tell you if they're taken or not

Anything specifically to do with light manipulation, perhaps?

Already taken by best human girl.

by **The Rebel Alliances** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:38 pm

The Orphan Kids

The kids who now inhabit the child hood home of Alexis Cain share only that they none of them no longer has anyone to ensure a safe home for them. Though various circumstances they have all taken shelter in the abandoned home and made it their own. Kyle the eldest by a single year has made himself the 'guardian' of the group of kids at only 11 years old. He is helped by Tyler(10), Isabella(10) and Marcus(9) to help look after Sarah the youngest at only six years old. Kyle has been an orphan as long as he can remember, and despite his age has experience in surviving on the streets. Be it begging, stealing or knowing where to hide or sleep. He still bears the scar when he was caught stealing and was unable to escape his pursuers. This experience has made him older beyond his years and he sees himself as the protective older brother of his 'siblings'. Isabella is the daughter of migrant workers from Mexico, whose parents were killed in a random shooting as they lived on the bad side of town. Her remaining family far off in Mexico she ended up on the streets and soon after met Kyle. Tyler was on a family trip to San Diego from New York only for his parents to abandon him and leave. Marcus ran away from his abusive uncle who he was living with after his single mother died of cancer. As for Sarah, no one knows where she came from, she never talks about it herself.

For all of these kids, their lives changed when the world forgot about them and they became orphans of San Diego. But their lives changed a second time after they met Alexis Cain, an original resident of the home they have taken shelter in. Alexis herself has taken a liking to these kids. Appointing herself their stand in mother/guardian and doing her best to ease as much of the burden as possible from Kyle. However, Alexis has involved herself in a dangerous life which could threaten the safety of the kids further. And while she will do anything to protect them, she knows that she cannot live with them 24/7 as that would only draw more attention to them from enemies trying to get to her. So now it remains to be seen if the lives of these children will change for the better now that a up and coming vigilante has taken them under her protection and what effect these kids will have on shaping Alexis herself. Will these children help bring about some salvation for the condemned vigilante known as Vendetta? Or will Alexis' involvement with the orphans end in tragedy?

by **Rupudska** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:37 pm

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:42 pm

Just for the record, the alias Mirage is already taken by the character Nile Canaan.

by **The Knockout Gun Gals** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:32 pm

Zarkenis Ultima wrote:Here's a mission app for a fairly big (albeit optional) arc I'm planning for not too long down the road. Since it involves some important surprises I'd rather not reveal, the summary's a bit scarce, but I tried to give enough details that aren't top seekrit

Mission Title: Shadow Heist/Night of Chaos
What heroes would be involved, if any?: Icarus, possibly; anyone who wishes to participate is welcome.
What Villains are involved, if any?: The Cabal will serve as the main antagonists.
Location(s): San Diego
What is the heroes’ objective, if any?: During the first phase, stop the robbery. During the second phase, restore order in San Diego.
What is the villains’ objective, if any?: Steal the chemicals, distribute them and disrupt order within the city.
Quick Summary: Members of the secretive group of teenage criminals who call themselves the Cabal have finally decided to make their move, after a long period of preparation. Their target: A large facility belonging to a powerful corporation renowned for its unique and very expensive products. Their objective: Extract a wealth of dangerous chemicals stored within the facility and take them to an undisclosed location for later use. The heroes of San Diego try to stop them, but through meticulous planning, flawless execution and an apt distraction to cover their entrance and exit, the Cabal manages to get away with their prize.

Once the goods have been secured and a period of lying low has elapsed, the second part of the plan is enacted: the Cabal begins distributing the chemicals throughout San Diego in order to make a cryptic statement, and the city is plunged into chaos as a result, the forces of law and order finding themselves quickly overwhelmed and in dire need of assistance as the crisis grows. Will the city's fall carry the name of the Cabal far and wide, or will the heroes of San Diego be able to stop the Cabal's schemes this time?

This mission is official now, now with the Cabal showing their face?

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Tue Jul 17, 2018 11:41 pm

It's pretty close now, Knockout, but I wouldn't really call it officially on-going until the Cabal starts making their move on their target.

by **The Knockout Gun Gals** » Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:03 am

Zarkenis Ultima wrote:It's pretty close now, Knockout, but I wouldn't really call it officially on-going until the Cabal starts making their move on their target.

Okay.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 5:31 pm

Archive update. Added Clara and Keith to the character list, added Alex to the team list, added Clara and Keith's birthdays to the calendar.

by **Segral** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:28 am

The Reflection: The Land of Glass

Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.

-Ernest Holmes

Welcome to The Reflection, the land beyond mirrors. A mirror is something that exists in every home, something that is created both naturally and artificially in every corner of Earth and other worlds, something that we see ourselves in, see the world around us in. It can help us, inject us with confidence, improve the way we appear, tell us things we didn't notice about ourselves. But while it can be a friend, it can just as easily be a foe, destroying what we think of ourselves, teaching us to hate ourselves, and make us obsessed with ourselves. Indeed, a mirror is a complex and intricate tool, capable of revealing so much by only showing us things we already see. But there is another side to a mirror, one beyond the reflected world they hold the facade of.

Mirrors are fickle things, and can only be opened with magic, power over portals or mirrors, or an indomitable will. If one brings a specific type of magical power upon a mirror, either artificial or natural, it will seemingly melt upon itself, and create a thick whirlpool, a vortex that leads you to the Reflection. As well, those with the power over portals and mirrors also have the ability to explore the mirror realm, although they may not open the gates as easily as a magician. However, even regular man may open up the portal to the Reflection. With a strong will, mind, body, and heart, a man may stand in front of a mirror and cast all their energy into opening the portal. Only the very strongest of men may do this, everyone else is doomed to fail.

Once you step through the gate to the Reflection, your mind will be overwhelmed by the sheer light that emanates, a final safeguard meant to overwhelm and destroy the weak-minded or weak-hearted that stumble through on accident, without a recognition of what is to come. But once your body and mind awake, you will be greeted with a sight you will never believe.

It's your world.

Yes, your world. But it is not your world entirely. Everything is made out of pure glass. The buildings, the people, the sky, the ground, even the trees, all made of glass. Each shine a color, the pigeons chirping blue, the church bells sending arcs of gold, the trees right kaleidoscopes of color, each branch and leaf radically different. Several mirrors are designed to inhabit a small fraction of the world, or rather a reflection of it, in a small, gated community that is connected to all other gated communities. Things in the reflection constantly change in real time, things disintegrating and reforming and destroying and creating, some slow, some fast. When a vase breaks on Earth, it breaks in the Reflection. When a building is built on Earth, it slowly builds in the Reflection. But as you spend time in the Reflection, as your mind accustoms to it, you realize the dire straits it's in. It's broken, beyond belief. In space, it is whole, but in time, it is shattered. Buildings that burned down 50 years ago still stand whole and new, while trees that still stand today are reduced to stumps. Some people move as if they are walking in low-gravity, some have their movements sped up as if on a forward-play button. The clock-tower that stands in every little mirror hub is different, and moves differently, meaning that there is no sense of cohesiveness between the areas of the Reflection.

The people and living things of the Reflection, The Glassed, are not ones of power, not ones of strength, they are puppets, faceless individuals meant to mimic the creations of Earth. Their minds are dull, their minds are undeveloped. They cannot feel emotions, they do not have autonomy over what they do. They remember what it means to be a Glassed, they have a vague understanding of the world around them, they still believe in the world and strange happenings around them, but that is it. They are but mere pawns, playthings, every living thing.

The Three Powers of the Reflection have kept the world hidden from the Earth and other worlds, by using the facade of a mirror, only showing things predictable, already seen. And even those who have stumbled through are deemed insane and untrustworthy upon return, assuming that they do. But more and more are beginning to reach that plane of reality, and more and more are beginning to realize mirrors for what they truly are.

The Three Powers of the Reflection (NPC)

Known Reflection Geography

The Glass: The Reflection is primarily made of colored glass, the material out of which most of the mirrors in the world are made of. This glass is pure, unadorned glass, no jewels or minerals encrusted in the plates, and is quite opaque, reflections coming back foggy and milky. Each structure or thing shines its own color, making almost a kalidescope of different colors, from black fish, to brown and green trees, to the cyan of smoke, they all glimmer and shine. Upon touch from anything, it bends and warps slightly, rippling, but remaining its shape. However, the most impressive part of the Glass is the thing it shows; history.

Upon sight by the naked eye, one can see mirages, shadows, indistinguishable shapes moving through the individual panes and blocks of glass. If one strains with their ears, they can faintly hear indistinguishable, strange noises, echoes, and fragments of sound echoing off the glass. To explore further, one must do the same things they did to reach the Mirrorworld; cast a spell, use a power, fight with every inch of will they have, before reaching out and touching the glass. They will then experience a vision beyond any memory they ever had; a complete history of the object, past, present, future, with their sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. The whole memory would take centuries, so the actual snippets are placed all around the actual object in the form of panes, each containing their own snippet of the memory. The same goes for the Glassed counterparts of humans, touching them can reveal what happened and what will happen to a person.

It's quite vivid.

The Water: The water is a much older material used in the recording of the universe, being as some of the first portals were made of water. Before the first water was created and pooled, the Reflection was completely closed off, and the interior was completely made of shimmering light, bouncing around and warping and shifting. Once pools of water came to be, everything changed, the entire Reflection suddenly transformed into floating worlds of pure, untainted water.

The water is now much rarer in the reflection, now used almost exclusively in nature and the wilderness as a reflection, in places with no civilization or enhanced tools and technology. However, those who have gained fleeting glances are amazed by the splendor. The water forms solid, three-dimensional structures, quivering and shaking as if they could break at any moment. They reflect and shine different colors, bright light shimmering and emanating off of them. They make no noise, they reveal nothing, they just contain pure, blissful, silence.

Tiny white swirls of froth circle and swim through these structures as they sway, and these are what contain the memories of the world they form. But instead of giving whole memories, they only give memories of a certain aspect of the world. Some froth only show the weather, some only show the topography, some only show people and living things, some even show only births and deaths of that location. Whatever the case, the memories they show are but fragments, imperfect.

The Salt: The final known material of the Reflection, salt, is actually quite rare and not much is known about it. Salt comes from natural salt flats, caused by water evaporating and leaving behind beds of salt and minerals. Salt is also a much older material than glass, although water still remains the known original element.

The salt is much less grandiose and spectacular than the other two materials, with the world it recreates usually being wilderness and rugged desert surroundings. The salt forms a clogged powder, almost like a single solid structure, a pure grayish-white with a dull radiance to it. It is shifting and loose, like the sand it recreates, and it seems to blow away and spin away at random, collapsing and reforming.

The visions and sounds visible by the naked eyes and ears however, are a stark contrast to the stillness of the water. In fact, the images visible in the salt are quite clear, the powder shifting in patterns that replicate certain objects and events, the sounds contained in those memories quite audible, so much so that it's quite the clutter wherever you walk. But once you finally read the memories fully, you realize that these memories are actually quite strange. Instead of long, continuous memories, they are recorded as a series of blurry, unfocused snapshots, images, that give you only a basic picture of what the memories contain. They are interspersed with bursts of color and and occasional strong sensory stimuli, as if the memories are as broken as the time the Reflection operates on.

The Inhabitants of the Reflection

Race Name: The Glassed/Watered/Salted
World of Origin: The Reflection

Territories: The Glassed inhabit the Glass areas of the Reflection, the Watered inhabit the Water areas, and the Salted inhabit the Salt. Pretty straightforward.

Race Appearance:

It's important to note that these are only the human forms of the three entities. In fact, every living thing has its counterpart, so many look different than this. This is just a general idea of what a Glassed, Watered, or Salted Human would look like.

Description/Lore: The three known entities, the Watered, Glassed, and Salted, are meant to replicate the three known materials that make up the Reflection; glass, water, and packed salt. At first, they only existed as the Enlightened, which were large bursts of light meant to replicate the bouncing atoms and strange extra-terrestrial workings of the universe. However, as modern-day "mirrors", formerly open portals to The Reflection began to appear, the materials of the Reflection rapidly changed, becoming water and other substances.

The Watered were the first known creatures to be brought into life, replicas of living things created out of pure water, the same water that made up the environment. They roamed the Reflection for years, erratically mimicking the happenings of the external universe. Eventually, the first salt pans were naturally formed, and the Salted were brought into existence, the exact nature of the entity depending on its proximity to a Reflection Portal.

As time went on, advanced civilizations developed, and began to create their own portals to the Reflection, only to have them abruptly closed off. Most involved polished metal, shining fabrics, and of course, glass mirrors, leading to the creation of the Glassed, the primary inhabitant of the Reflection. But besides those human made materials, other life forms have created their own forms of reflection, so much so that it is impossible to judge how many types of dwellers exist within the Reflection, out of materials we don't know a thing about. Only time will tell.

Race Powers:

Memory Possession: Much like how using powerful abilities on an object in the Reflection yields the entire past, present, and future of that object, the same can be said for the inhabitants. Using magic or superhuman abilities on the inhabitant that reflects a real-world counterpart, one can see everything that has happened and will happen to that real-world counterpart.
Body Transmutation: Natural or artifical mirror portals only lead to a certain amount of area, as other mirrors link to other areas. One floor of a house may be all glass, but the second floor is another area entirely. Or, if one walks through a natural area with a water mirror, while holding a mirror, glass will creep through the area of water in the Reflection. To cope with this, when crossing these boundaries, known as Transfer Lines, the dwellers will shift between materials automatically, without any effort or strain.
Mimicry: As the inhabitants are meant to copy the actions of the real universe, they have perfect mimicry over their individual, albeit slightly imperfect. If you walk, they will walk. Jump, they will jump. Kill, they will kill.

Race Limitations:

Mimicry: However, their Mimicry is a double-edged sword. While it allows them to copy and mimic actions, it means that they are forever limited to only copying those actions. Meaning, they cannot take any action of their own accord. As well, it's only limited to a single person for their entire existence.
Stuck: While life forms may wander into the Reflection, the contrary is not true for the inhabitants. They cannot leave the Reflection in any way, shape or form, they are permanently located inside the realm, forever.

Race Weaknesses:

Mindless: The inhabitants are puppets. They have no cognitive thought, they are not sentient, they do not have autonomous choices. They only have the dimmest of memories, such as who they are, what the world around them is, and what they must do. They have no power to act otherwise.
Fragile: The dwellers of the Reflection are no stronger than the life forms they mimic. While some may be more durable, they can be broken and destroyed in the same fashion as their real-life counterparts can, which is relatively easily for the most part.

Additional info:

Other dwellers, such as the Metallic, the Clothed, and the Wooden exist, but are not listed.

In terms of naming inhabitants, they are simply named after their real-life counterpart, but reversed. (i.e "John Doe" becomes "Eod Nhoj")

It's also important to note that while the death/destruction of something in the real world will cause the destruction of their Reflection, the opposite is not true. This means that someone's Reflection could be broken, yet they will continue to live. However, should the universe be decimated and the Reflection used to resurrect it, this loss of Reflection could cause the disappearance of that person from the universe, depending on what time point the resurrection occurs.

Things to Remember:

Just because water, salt, and glass are the only ones listed here does not mean they are the only ones that exist. These are the three main materials/inhabitants, but many others exist, such as copper, bronze, silver, lacquered wood, and even shiny fabrics. However, these three are common and unique, therefore they are listed.

The Reflection's purpose is to be a record of the Universe, one that is stored in case of universal apocalypse. In this case, the Reflection will act like a computer back-up, assuming the place of the real universe as it exists today, in a time-point which will be decided by the Three Powers.

Finally, the possibility of time-space paradoxes and strange happenings is definitely something to take in consideration. For example, if the Reflection of a married man with children is broken, what effect will it have on the world? In rare cases like these, the universe will naturally take the simplest and least damaging route around this, leaving an altered but still whole universe.

However, the most pressing issue is the destruction of time. Due to the fact that time is broken, when the universe is replaced, it too will have broken time, resulting in the same side effects as in the Reflection. Due to this fact, the Powers are attempting to resolve this issue, but it will take a long time before it can be fully fixed.

by **Grand Rivia** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:22 pm

Name: Douglas Kook, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Kook's Kitchen
Age: Sixty Eight
Gender: Male
Race: Human, Caucasian
Appearance (pics if possible): In spite of his advanced age, Douglas manages to carry the physique of a tractor. His height is incredible; he towers over everyone at 6′ 10″, and his weight is 300 lbs. Unfortunately for him, both of his legs are artificial, the result of a terrible accident decades prior. He has a humongous tattoo of the USMC's flag on his back. In regards to his looks, he has shoulder length hair and a horseshoe mustache, both of which are textured white as a result of his age.

His wardrobe is quite massive, but he typically wears a very specific type of suit; that being an all white business suit with a matching dress shirt and pair of shoes. Regardless of his attire at the time, he will always wear an American flag tie and a white ten-gallon hat.

Young Blood?: No.
Bio(Please treat this as a replacement for a writing sample. No more than a few paragraphs is necessary but it should be well written): On the date of March 21st, 1950, he was born.

Douglas Kook wasn't always the immensely adored fast food powerhouse he is today. He originated from the capital of Texas itself, the ever-prosperous city of Austin. That is, of course, the official story.

In reality, he was born in the dilapidated ghost town of Medicine Mound, in the Hardeman County of Texas to a deranged family of cultists. The Kook family preyed on their victims by typically setting up spike strips on the desert highway, and then luring in their prey with false affability and hospitality. Once contained, the family would conduct all sorts of nefarious occult experiments on their newfound test subjects. But why go through all of this effort in the first place?
For their son, of course. Douglas was the key to it all. The experiments, the conversations with various eldritch entities, and other abominable things would not go to waste. Douglas was going to achieve great power in his time. But first, he needed to unlock his hidden 'power.' Without the occultist activities, he would have never manifested his mental energy.

Now like most Americans, Douglas found himself getting shipped to the jungles of Vietnam at a particularly young age. As a Marine, to be more precise. His family was appalled at the idea, and they demanded him not to go, lest he be disowned forever, and have all of the family's efforts go to waste. Douglas, however, was stubborn and refused to compromise on the matter. His stubborness would cost him his legs when, on a hot summer afternoon during the Tet Offensive of 68', he had both of them amputated after getting impaled on a dung-covered punji stick. His pleas for help reached no one, and he was forced to remove himself from the trap and amputate his own legs with a machete. He would then spend the next few hours attempting to crawl back to the FOB, before getting discovered by a North Vietnamese scouting team and summarily being imprisoned. For the next two years of his life, Kook would live under the hideous, grueling conditions of the notorious Hỏa Lò Prison, where he was subjected to all sorts of nefarious torments by his captors. Most of his fellow inmates were actually pilots, so a marine, Kook received "special treatment" from his captors, and not necessarily in a good way.

When he had finally reached despair and yearned for the release of death, he had finally awoken his power, a manifestation of his mental energy. He used it to escape from his confinement.
At the conclusion of the war, Douglas returned home, now bearing artificial legs, to the surprise of his family. He spent the next few years of his life slowly building up his business, which he called 'Kook's Kitchen', a fast food restaurant that served traditional Texan cuisine such as the chicken fried steak, the pecan pie and naturally, the All-American hamburger. By nineteen eighty six, Kook's Kitchen was an enterprise set to rival the likes of McDonald's and Burger King. Today, Kook's Kitchen is the second largest restaurant chain in the entire world, above other southern-based chains such as KFC. Kook's Kitchen has 25,000 locations in over 110 countries, exporting American culture through the free market. It remains second place to McDonald's by measurement of sales.

Ever since returning from Vietnam, Kook's personal relationship with the federal government is one of resentment, and he has become increasingly bitter over the decades. Generally dissatisfied with how soldiers and patriots, such as the famous hero 'Liberty' and the countless men he himself served with are exploited and tossed aside has left him frustrated. He has hinted multiple times during several public appearances that he is eyeing the Presidency, and may indeed be plotting to assume power. One can only imagine what drastic measures he will go through to truly reach the apex and attain his vision of America.

Powers:

[Insert Power Name Here]: Fortunate Son.

Kook is not a meta-human. Rather, his power is a manifestation of his mental energy, his fighting spirit. Thus, his power actually takes the form of a second person, a spirit of sorts, that is always standing next to Kook when activated. But it would be incorrect to assume that this is, in any way, a different character. His power is not at all a unique person. It has no sense of individualism, or even a mind of it's own. It is entirely an extension of Kook.

Before talking about it's ability, I will go into detail about it's appearance. The manifestation takes a very ghastly form. Standing a 7'0 with a weight of 383 lbs, it is frighteningly larger than Kook himself. It dons the apparel of a butcher, complete with a thick leader apron. It reveals no skin except for it's head, which takes the form of a shaven bloodied boar that has tusks and a nose ring. A sullied bandage is wrapped around it's left eye, soaked in all sorts of filthy fluids that cannot be named.
It's right eye socket is perpetually peeled open via a peculiar device embedded within the thick fat surrounding the eye orbit. As stated, it has zero hair or fur to speak of, and the crown of it's head has no skin, exposing decomposing brain that is festered with insects and other creatures of an eldritch origin.

It's hands are key to understanding it's power. It's right hand is covered with a red glove that has five tubes attached to it's knuckles, all of which superficially seem to emerge from it's sleeve. Needles protrude from the finger tips of it's right hand. His left hand, however, looks considerably more bland by comparison, being encompassed by an ordinary leather glove. The unique appearance of it's right hand is, in fact, a red herring. It's the left hand that opponents should be cautious of.

It's principal ability is to stop time, and then proceed to erase it. Not literally. Kook has no control over time. His ability is not a chronokinetic one. What he does instead is to alter the perception of time of whoever is attacked by him. For the next eleven seconds after getting hit, Fortunate Son's opponent enters an unconscious state of mind, a dream like phase where they have no knowledge as to what is actually occurring. The victim is entirely at Kook's mercy during this period. If the eleven seconds do pass by and the subject is still alive, they will snap back to reality and have zero recollection of what had just occurred. Thus, time is both halted and erased.

Alongside this incredible power, Fortunate Son's sheer brute strength can aid it in winning the day. It's by no means super strong, but a single punch has the impact of a cinder block. Likewise, it can utilise the needles of it's right hand as claws.

(Note, you do not have a maximum or minimum of 2 powers. If you don’t need all those, delete them. If you need more, copy and paste.)

Limitations (Reasons why your char can’t end the universe):

Fortunate Son can only work to it's maximum potential at close range. It is mentally attached to Kook and thus, cannot move more than fifteen feet away from him. It is physically incapable of moving beyond that limit. It also moves at an incredibly slow pace.

Weaknesses (Reasons why someone could kick their ass):

[Insert Weakness Name Here]: Because Fortunate Son is psychically connected to Kook, any violence committed against it will deflect back to Kook, and vice-versa if Kook is harmed while Fortunate Son is activated. While it may nigh-unbeatable if it were a one-on-one fight, the odds are drastically evened simply through the introduction of a second combatant. Fortunate Son uses it's ability with it's left fist, and will get increasingly overwhelmed the more it has to put up with.

Fortunate Son's ability also has a twenty second cooldown which initiates at the conclusion of it's affect.

Likes: America, good cuisine, bare-knuckle boxing, rodeos, and fire arms.
Dislikes: Europeans, anti-American resentment, the federal government, Communists, and having his power discovered by anyone.

Additional Information (Optional; remove if unused)-
Birthday: March 21st, 1950
Theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKJDAVvs_JA
Favorite food: A T-Bone steak.
Greatest fear: Having his power become public knowledge, and generally failing.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 4:08 pm

Looks good, Rivia! Accepted. I'll add the character to the archive whenever I make the next update.

by **Agritum** » Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:22 am

Just some sidecharacter to pepper Elle's backstory, who MAY appear in later chapters.

by **United Kingdom of Poland** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:58 pm

Mission Title:Sins of our Parents
What heroes would be involved, if any?:Youngbloods, Wendy and Roy especially
What Villains are involved, if any?:Wendy’s parents
Location(s):San Diego
What is the heroes’ objective, if any?:Rescue Wendy and Roy, Stop the Javerts before they can plan their next big hiest.
What is the villains’ objective, if any?:Pull off the heist of the century
Quick Summary(paragraph please): Wendy’s parents, having escaped from jail, kidnap Wendy and Roy while on a date and force her to help them execute one last score. A race against time transpires as the Youngbloods race to rescue two of their own and wendy deals with the demons of her past.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 8:44 pm

Agritum wrote:-snip-

Finally got around to reviewing this. "Alienation" is not a weakness, so I'd like it if you replaced it with something related to her power that can actually be exploited. Put down a number on the age field too, assuming you want me to add it to the archive. Everything else seems fine.

United Kingdom of Poland wrote:-snip-

A bit barebones, but that's fine. I'll accept the mission app. I take it the character app is for a minor character in said arc; do you have need for me to add it to the archive?

by **United Kingdom of Poland** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 9:58 pm

Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
Agritum wrote:-snip-

Finally got around to reviewing this. "Alienation" is not a weakness, so I'd like it if you replaced it with something related to her power that can actually be exploited. Put down a number on the age field too, assuming you want me to add it to the archive. Everything else seems fine.

United Kingdom of Poland wrote:-snip-

A bit barebones, but that's fine. I'll accept the mission app. I take it the character app is for a minor character in said arc; do you have need for me to add it to the archive?

sorry I might have been running on fumes when I made those, and I'll flesh both out tomorrow. Murray's going to play a bigger role than just being a single arc character, but someone who's still a background character. You can keep him off the archives for now though.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:12 pm

United Kingdom of Poland wrote:
Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
Finally got around to reviewing this. "Alienation" is not a weakness, so I'd like it if you replaced it with something related to her power that can actually be exploited. Put down a number on the age field too, assuming you want me to add it to the archive. Everything else seems fine.

A bit barebones, but that's fine. I'll accept the mission app. I take it the character app is for a minor character in said arc; do you have need for me to add it to the archive?

sorry I might have been running on fumes when I made those, and I'll flesh both out tomorrow. Murray's going to play a bigger role than just being a single arc character, but someone who's still a background character. You can keep him off the archives for now though.

No need to apologize, and alright. I'll add the arc app to the archive sometime soon; feel free to update it whenever you want, though, just let us know.

by **New Neros** » Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:06 pm

Name: Konrad Murray | Invader
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance:

Young Blood?: No.
Bio: Konrad Murray was born to a middle class household, there was no major underlying events or sinister things that happened to him as he grew up. Around age sixteen, he developed his mental abilities, and quickly informed his parents of them. They sought professional help and Konrad was put on the path to service in the military after tests were conducted on his ability, who intended to use his gifts to ease information extraction from enemy combatants. He joined the Army and became a servicemen.

By day, he was a pencil-pusher and accountant, but it was only his cover, because by night, he was an interrogator with an uncanny ability to draw information from his clients. Rather than through torture, Konrad would walk with his captives through their mind, witnessing the events that lead them to this particular patch of life, and console them on tragedy's and loss they had suffered. Once finished, he would hand off his findings and retire, exhausted from the experience. Over time, he became increasingly good at his job, to the point that consent was hardly an issue when breaching a mind, and eventually, he was giving out orders to the inmates and spies to be carried out when they were returned.

Through his work, he would eventually meet Legion, a soldier of fortune making his living through mercenary activity, using his superpowers to bring the force of several squads at the hefty price of one lone gunman. The two became fast friends, with Dr. Konrad Murray probing Legion's mind each night in order to find the secrets his mind held. By that time, Dr. Murray had earned a nickname "Invader", for his ability to enter the mind, but he was left dumbfounded by Legion who seemed to block out memories before a certain event, all the way back to childhood. Invader eventually discovered that this was due to Legion's cloning ability, and that they were reading the mind of a clone intentionally designed to throw wrenches into their investigation.

At that revelation, Invader was ready to retire his post, and seemed to genuinely seek out those in need of mental support and guidance, starting up his own private practice in Southern California. The military still keeps tabs on him, and frequent check-ins tend to grow bothersome rather than helpful in protecting the doctor, who's yet to come under fire for his secret service to the military. One thing the government is not aware of, though, is that the source of Konrad Murray's start-up capital for his clinic was paid for by Legion, allowing the doctor to perform the service he always wanted to and escape the increasingly dark operations he was apart of.
Powers:

[Master-Level Telepathy]: Dr. Konrad Murray is an expert on the mind and memories, going so far as to enter a person's subconscious and meddle about. In his past, he used this ability for interrogation and extracting information, but now uses it to help drug users and mental patients find some form of relaxation from the assault that their mind generates. To the people he's affecting, he seems to be a reality warper, but it's all mental, down to the sensations they feel and the visions they see.
[Psychological Intuition]: Like a road map, Invader is able to see and read the lines of which a person operates and works, and with his telepathic powers, can change and reset those perimeters. He can manipulate people by knowing them intently without ever having met them, knowing things that they have told no one, and other such items. He usually uses this ability to sense the trouble people are undergoing, and then assists them in overcoming their limitations, but in the past, used it as a tool of manipulation and mind-control by having others accomplish sinister tasks for him.

Limitations:

Invader is just a human, nothing special about him except his mind. Even that is squishy and susceptible to high-caliber rounds and concrete-busting punches.
There are several road blocks to accessing memories and changing the perception of reality, mental blocks are a big one that must be overcome and people who are extremely grounded to reality are also hard to shake. Still, it means that the telepath cannot read minds or immediately dive into the brain of someone in his line of sight, he has a process to undertake in order to prep his subject for mental examination.

Weaknesses:

[Line of Sight]: Konrad Murray requires line of sight to be achieved in order to begin his mental reading, and the further away his target, the harder he has to try to warp perception or access memories. In addition, breaking line of sight will drastically reduce if not dispatch his perception check or memory examination.
[Only For Humans]: Invader's power only works on humans and superhumans, he cannot affect robots or aliens with drastically different physiology than his own species. It's possible if an alien is accustomed to earth life and is socially adapted, but outright xenos are off the operating table for him.

Likes: Helping Others, Psychology, Dressing Well, Ice Tea
Dislikes: Owing Favors, Unmotivated Individuals, Teeth Grinding

Additional Information (Optional; remove if unused)-
Birthday: October 9th
Theme song:
Favorite food:
Greatest fear:

by **Agritum** » Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:13 am

Zarkenis Ultima wrote:
Agritum wrote:-snip-

Finally got around to reviewing this. "Alienation" is not a weakness, so I'd like it if you replaced it with something related to her power that can actually be exploited. Put down a number on the age field too, assuming you want me to add it to the archive. Everything else seems fine.

United Kingdom of Poland wrote:-snip-

A bit barebones, but that's fine. I'll accept the mission app. I take it the character app is for a minor character in said arc; do you have need for me to add it to the archive?

Adjusted.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:12 pm

So I decided to make a little something detailing Oberon's strengths and weaknesses given the coming training exercise (I will stress that this is for players, not characters, and that metagaming is a big no-no). Feedback appreciated.

Name: Oberon
Appearance: Here
Powers:

[Robotic Body]: As a mecha, Oberon is designed to be a force to be reckoned with, able to face off against powerful superhuman. This translates into speed, strength, and most notably, durability that is far beyond a regular human's threshold.
[Force Blades]: The swords that Oberon wields incorporate force-field technology, which allows them to either violently repel enemies as a means of attack or slice clean through most materials. While they are not a part of Oberon per se, they can be stored within its body and deactivated remotely.
[Arm Cannons]: Oberon can morph its hands into cannons which fire off bursts of blue energy. The intensity of these attacks can vary; while they are usually restrained to non-lethal output, they can become more powerful to match an escalating situation, potentially having the intensity to punch through several walls. Sustained beams are also an option, though they are far more draining and leave Oberon vulnerable.
[Energy Wings]: The energy wings on Oberon's back give it the ability of high speed flight and allow it complete control over direction and acceleration, making it a very agile airborne fighter. The wings themselves are incorporeal, though the emitters are not.
[Shield Generator]: In addition to its natural resilience, Oberon is equipped with an energy shield which normally takes the form of a tight-fitting bubble, though it can be focused directionally to offer a greater defense at the cost of leaving other areas exposed. The shield is designed to take on anything from superhuman blows to bullets to explosions.

Limitations:

Oberon has no artificial intelligence of any sort and as such cannot function independently of Alexis (or another designated pilot).
While it has large energy reserves and internal generators which extend its battery life, Oberon cannot fight forever. As a rule of thumb, the more intense its performance, the faster it will run out of energy.
For obvious reasons, Oberon cannot use its arm cannons and force blades at the same time (though it can alternate).
In addition to having a limited capacity to absorb damage, Oberon's shields have another drawback: while focusing them directionally, Oberon cannot use its arm cannons.
While using its arm cannons to fire a sustained energy beam, Oberon must remain stationary, which makes it a sitting duck; firing a beam also deactivates the shields, as all of the mech's energy is poured into it (it can be used during flight, but it will not achieve its maximum output this way).

Weaknesses:

[Disruption]: While Oberon is immune to EMPs, the technology that its force blades, energy wings and shield generator rely on can be disrupted through the use of sustained high-intensity sonic pulses. This turns Oberon into a still very tough yet unshielded and flightless mech.
[Overheat]: Excessive amounts of heat coming from external sources can cause Oberon's internal heat dissipation to fail, prompting it to shut down completely as a failsafe.
[Backstab]: Oberon's wing emitters, which are on its back, are an easy target if its shields are not active at the moment: without too much effort, they can be destroyed or torn off, rendering Oberon flightless.

by **Finland SSR** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:16 am

Name: Amadeo Obregón
Real name: Rezvalthal az Saarterie
Age: 17
Gender: M
Race: Hadrian
Appearance (pics if possible):
This with 100% less sword and 100% more scaly arms

Young Blood?: N
Bio:

Who are Amadeo's real parents and how did he end up on Earth is a complete mystery to him, though the boy has theorized that he must have come from one of the Hadrian scientists who initially landed in Montana and helped the Earthlings fight off an invasion of rift creatures almost immediately thereafter. Perhaps he was left orphaned by one of those rift creatures temporarily breaking loose and killing some of the Hadrians trying to seal them. Or maybe the story of his real family is a lot more mundane. Either way, he hasn't delved deep into it, although his species and what they are like still interests him.

The story Amadeo does know revolves around Alejandro and Cecilia Obregóns, two wealthy Ecuadorian former bureaucrats who collaborated with the still fairly recent Andean Condor regime, got a chance to retire in peace and decided to spend the rest of their days as freelance UFO enthusiasts. After all, when you live on a pile of money and don't really have to care about anything else, why not take up on a weird hobby together? This meant that when the news broke out across the world about an unidentified spaceship landing somewhere in Montana, the couple packed their bags and set straight for the United States, where they became witnesses of an outright war against an invasion of extra-dimensional rift creatures and the united forces of Earth's superheroes, later aided by Hadrian scientists who saved the planet by closing the rift.

Allowing civilians to explore warzones was not going to fly under any government's watch, but the Obregóns weren't the type of UFO fans to just listen to the American military's orders, and secretly infiltrated one of the cities destroyed by the sealed rift creatures in the dark of the night, hoping to find any flying Hadrian spaceships or maybe the aliens themselves. Though they didn't exactly find what they sought, Lady Luck decided to shine upon them that night - and thus, while exploring what once used to be a museum of natural history, Alejandro heard the sound of a baby crying somewhere. And not just crying, but outright roaring, as if that was a lion cub. It wasn't actually a lion cub, but rather an odd baby lying in the rubble. Human and yet not. Purple hair, horns, bone tail, claws... That's one of those Hadrians, isn't it? And it seemed to be completely abandoned - perhaps his parents perished in the fight, or fled beforehand...

Jackpot. The Obregóns decided to take the baby as their own, as a little prize for two proud and dedicated alien enthusiasts, and decided to name him Amadeo, "beloved by God". Cecilia thought it would be a lovely name for someone who arrived here from the skies.

Amadeo went through an early life of seclusion, relative alienation and luxury in Quito, Ecuador. Seeing as Amadeo was wildly different from his foster parents, neither one even tried to keep up the masquerade and were honest with him - he is an alien, an outsider, whom they have adopted, but that doesn't make the ties between them any less real than that of a real family. The real problem came from the way Amadeo would have to react with the people outside of his foster family. Fearing that looking after an alien child would get more than just a few raised eyebrows from their friends and neighbors, the Obregóns deliberately hid his existence from official documents and everyone else, locking him in his room if any visitors came about, often for hours. If he was ever allowed to go outside, he was forced to wear baggy clothing and a hoodie to hide his crystals, horns and tail, strict time limits were maintained for any going out and, if asked on where he's from, he should never, ever say that he is an Obregón.

And yet, despite this seclusion, Amadeo held deep care for everyone around him, family or outsider, human or animal. The Obregón family home was unique in that it was the first wealthy home established in a fairly poor district of Quito, thus Amadeo's keen eye would constantly catch instance after instance of the worst that Condor Ecuador had to offer - poverty among large portions of the population, a rising gap between the rich and the poor and a state which was growingly turning more and more authoritarian and domineering. More often than not, Amadeo would end up spending his daily allowance not for himself or for saving money, but for buying something to the few friends he had, all far less well-off than him. However, when his foster parents learned of this, all he received was not thanks for helping others, but reprimanding for getting too risky with his friendships and almost compromising the whole hiding thing.

This combination of desiring to help everyone and yet being unable to help anyone resulted in anger and frustration, and as Amadeo slowly advanced to his teenage years, this anger and frustration manifested into rebellion. Through the few connections the Hadrian had, he learned about a long running resistance movement against the Andean regime - the Anticóndoristas, a guerrilla resistance movement first established in the early 2000s as an American and MERCOSUR funded movement championing democracy in Ecuador, instead of either the Condor regime or the former junta. The 15 year old Amadeo fled his family home and escaped into the Andean mountains, joining up to the rebellion and offering his service.

The Anticóndoristas, already pressed with lacking manpower and constant government hunts and thus having no reason to deny someone just because they are an alien (beggars can't be choosers applies), quickly screened him for any potential ties to the regime and soon accepted him as one of theirs. This was the first time that Amadeo could truly state that he was among people who recognized him as one of their own, not just a trophy from an alien hunting hobby, or a nobody locked in his room, or a mysterious hooded rich kid they should shy away from. His allies in arms, all human unlike him, saw no reason to discriminate towards him just because he was a Hadrian, and, in fact, given that the boy was enthusiastic, talented and a quick learner like all of his kind, he soon became a respected member of the rebellion.

The third year of fighting alongside his fellow rebels for the freedom of his people (even if his people did not recognize him as one of their own) was starting to tick, and the Anticóndoristas, having regained some of their strength and even attracted new recruits during their time, feel confident enough to raid the heart of the country itself, Quito, and try to deal a heavy blow to the Condor regime to destabilize it, and Amadeo has been designated as one of the leaders of the mission. Set to take place in August. Little do they know that they aren't the only group opposed to the regime aiming to take it down on that same day, or that there might be a third party thrown into the fray against their will...

Powers:

Hadrian Physiology: As one of the children of the legendary World Dragon Hadrimmelis (metaphorically, of course), Amadeo has all the inherent strengths, abilities and weaknesses of a Hadrian.
Superhuman Condition: Though not able to tear down mountains or shake continents, Amadeo has physical stats superior to that of an average human. His bones are stronger than that of a normal person, his jaw strength allows him to easily puncture or rip off human flesh, he has supernatural lungs and can thus hold his breath for longer than average or blow people away with a powerful roar, his horns and tail give additional combat flexibility, so on and so forth.
Language Assimilation: Amadeo, much like other Hadrians, has the ability to instantly gain fluency in a specific language almost immediately upon verbal exposure. This has led to him being designated as the first line of contact with foreign agents who wish to contact or support the Anticóndoristas, and as a result, Amadeo is fluent in various dialects of Spanish, American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Quechua, Aymara and even Chinese.
Tracking: Amadeo, much like other Hadrians, has access to a sixth alien sense which allows him to track any living beings he has touched in the past 24 hours.
Elemental Resistance: Amadeo, much like other Hadrians, has resistance to fire, heat and electricity, though not a complete immunity.
Anticóndorismo: A martial art/guerrilla warfare tactic which Amadeo, much like the other members of his anti-Condor resistance unit, is trained in. The massively unequal forces between the Condor government and the Andean Condors themselves on one side and the Anticóndoristas on the other side has forced them to withdraw to the jungles, favelas and mountains of the country, using underground press, sabotage and ambushes to fight against the regime one step at a time. Anticóndorismo proclaims avoiding direct conflict with enemy forces and only using lethal force if absolutely necessary, and, even if direct conflict is unavoidable, avoiding revealing your real capabilities until you are assured that using the full extent of your powers will result in immediate victory - and as it turns out, Amadeo's Hadrian abilities are great for this approach to battle. As a result of being trained in this tactic, he is an expert in stealth, using the environment to his advantage as well as hand-to-hand combat.
Modified Taser Pistol: Amadeo is equipped with a taser pistol whose grip has been custom-made to be able to be gripped by a Hadrian claw without falling on the ground, getting crushed or failing to fire. When fired, it releases nonlethal bullets which administer a stunning electric shock upon contact. Outside of roaring, which can only be used very sparingly to avoid alarming anyone, this is the only ranged option he has available.

Limitations:

No Spellsongs: Because of his upbringing in an Earthling family, Amadeo has no access to a significant part of Hadrian powers, this being their spellsongs. In fact, he doesn't even know that there is such a thing as the Goddess whom he could call out to for help.
Clawed Hands: The alien, clawed nature of his hands means that Amadeo is very limited in what weapons he can wield. Any guns need to have their handle and grip modified beforehand, and try finding me a rifle designed for Hadrian usage on the black market.
Guerrilla Fighter: The nature of Amadeo's guerrilla war against the Condor regime means that he avoids direct conflict against opponents he isn't sure he could instantly defeat, and even if combat is unavoidable, he is more interested in sneak tactics rather than subduing the enemy. This can bite back at him if he faces an opponent against whom these tactics are ineffective - for example, an enemy who can track his position or simply destroy everything around them to remove him from the equation. The Condors' members Boulder and RADAR come to mind.

(That last one is also a weakness, though I think it fits the category of limitations because it explains why Amadeo can't just go in guns-blazing and kill everything he wants to in sight.)

Weaknesses:

Cold: Like all Hadrians, Amadeo is unadapted to cold environments or attacks which use cold and ice. It slows him down physically and mentally and leaves him vulnerable.
Fleshy Spots: Amadeo's skin and flesh not covered by scales or bones is as strong as that of an average person. This weakness is especially visible if the opponent uses something ranged at him, like a gun, because without any spellsongs at his disposal, Amadeo has little options against that.

Likes: Helping the poor and the weak, socializing, successful plans and ambushes, venison, beef.
Dislikes: Vegetables and fruits, consumerism, the Condor government, racism and species-ism, killing people, failure.

Additional Information (Optional; remove if unused)-
Birthday: January 19th, 2000
Theme song: The Storm Before the Calm
Favorite food: Whatever's edible (and isn't vegetables)
Greatest fear: Failure.

by **Zarkenis Ultima** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 4:19 pm

Finland SSR wrote:---

Nice work Fin. Accepted.

by **New Neros** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 6:50 pm

Young Bloods(REBOOT OOC, Superhero RP, Open)

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