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by Skylus » Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:54 pm
by Okayanos » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:00 pm
Skylus wrote:Amaterasu
by Skylus » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:03 pm
Okayanos wrote:Skylus wrote:Amaterasu
This is going to need to be fully filled out. In addition, you're going to have to do more research into the character's power if you want to use her here. And put more detail into the powers. And expand on... everything really.
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by Turmenista » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:27 pm
by Nexicoe » Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:38 pm
by Turmenista » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:07 pm
The man known as Johnny Swift was, originally, a young super-powered vigilante living in San Diego that was gifted with the power of super speed. For the most part, his childhood was unremarkable except for a streak of delinquency in his middle school years. Upon his graduation, Johnny's life seemed to be slated for the better, as he left home equipped with the knowledge to make the world a better place and the skills to do so. His world was suddenly rocked, however, when he responded to a villain who happened to have crafted a strange prototype reality-warping weapon, that Swift unfortunately became a test target for. By all known laws of Physics, Johnny was expected to cease to exist after his reality was warped.
However, the exact opposite happened. After the villain's weapon effectively merged two alternate universes into one upon shooting the speedster, Johnny was figuratively (and literally) transformed into an entirely different person seemingly instantaneously (though, for him, it seemed much longer) after his conscience merged with another, older, stronger, and smarter individual also known as Johnny Swift from another dimension parallel to his own, who just so happened to also have the power of super-speed along with a plethora of knowledge from his many years wandering the world and stars as a sort of "wandering hero." This Johnny Swift was a more experienced and seasoned hero, who had garnered quite the reputation for himself for using a crowbar as his primary weapon, whilst also seemingly being able to defeat the world's strongest villains and accomplish feats thought impossible. Using his newfound knowledge and strength, Johnny was able to defeat the villain and save the day (hooray, but nothing really was at threat here), though found himself with a dilemma on how to approach the new world around him.
After the merger with the other version of himself (which I will refer to as Johnny Swift 2.0), Johnny retained a number of his old powers along with a few new ones from Johnny Swift 2.0. Some of these are self-explanatory, others have parentheses to give more simplified info on the power.Johnny Swift 1.0
- Super Speed (His theoretical max speed was Massively Hypersonic. Allows for quicker dodges, better agility and mobility, and rapid attacks)
- Super Jump (Used in combination with his super speed to gain vertical advantages, scale obstacles, or just dunk on people powerfully)
- Afterimage Creation (From moving so fast)
- Enhanced Reading and Photographic Memory (can quite literally speed-read things, finishing books in seconds and recalling the information, though blanks sometimes on small details)
- Momentum-based Attacks (using the momentum from moving so fast to hit things really hard)
Johnny Swift 2.0
- Peak Human Condition (Working out a lot does that to you)
- Adept Martial Artist
- Adept Marksman/Crowbar fighter
- Enhanced Perception (What this means is that time now essentially moves slower for him when he is running, though others with super speed appear to move regularly)
- Kinetic Energy Attacks (Essentially, you move so fast that you can turn a part of your body into a human battering ram that disregards some armor due to the sheer kinetic energy. Step up from his Momentum-based Attacks)
- Massively increased speed (Easily capable of Relativistic speeds with a potentially higher max.)
- Going at super speeds requires a super metabolism, and this means hunger and thirst is very common. If Johnny does not stay hydrated and/or fed constantly, his powers will weaken severely.
- Any trips or sudden stops while running can potentially injure him majorly.
- Rather average when it comes to strength, compared to most people.
- Johnny is a cocky, arrogant, disrespectul fighter with massive self-pride, often blatantly going into fights he can't win.
- Sonic-Based Weaponry/Powers, for some reason, will hurt him majorly. With enough exposure, it could potentially kill him. Also, ice based weaponry/powers are able to cause slowing of molecular movement, this makes it difficult for him to maintain his speed and will slow him substantially.
by Skylus » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:26 pm
by Turmenista » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:33 pm
by Nexicoe » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:37 pm
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by Nuridia » Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:58 pm
by Kraicia » Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:34 pm
by Ihury » Sat Oct 27, 2018 2:58 am
A P P L I C A T I O N
Name
Juhani Bergqvist
Alias/Titles
"Hodur" (Höðr)
Originating From
An OC version of Earth with fantastical elements and a continuing Cold War. In this world, spirits and demons roam freely and are often tamed/subjugated by humans, who are then able to harness their powers either by directly commanding the spirits/demons or by having them possess an object of choice (usually a weapon).
Rifts to other worlds are known to open at random, accounting for several disappearances and other such freak occurrences; the advent of war has increased the rate of appearance of such rifts.
Gender
Male
Age
31 (born 22 May 1997)
Appearance
Juhani Bergqvist is most often seen wearing a dark grey coat with a dark grey ushanka; his most notable feature is the white mask with which he covers his face, a completely blank white mask with no facial features whatsoever. He stands at 176cm, and weighs approximately 75kg, though nobody is quite sure. He has a head of thick golden hair that resembles the mane of a lion, usually hidden under his hat.
Prior to his being wounded in a Soviet artillery strike, Juhani Bergqvist was noted to be a rather average-looking man who did not strike anyone as particularly attractive or noticeable. The few who have seen his face after his being wounded note that Juhani's whole face above his mouth is covered in scar tissue, with no nostrils or eye sockets remaining, but often say little more about his appearance.
Species
Human
Brief Backstory
Juhani Bergqvist was born in a small village in Västergötland in the Kingdom of Sweden (a theocratic absolute-monarchy) on 22 May 1997, to a family of carpenters. He reveals little about his family background, except that he led a rather uneventful childhood until his drafting into the Royal Swedish Army at the age of 19.
Posted first to an artillery unit, Juhani, who had poor mathematical ability, requested to be posted out to an infantry unit. His request was granted, and Juhani served two years as a medic in an infantry battalion, before subsequently undergoing sniper training. He proved to be an exceptional sniper with a steady hand, quickly outclassing shooters far senior to him in terms of experience and rank.
Juhani, now 24, was subsequently posted to the 11th Infantry Division, which was, in fact, a specially commissioned unit that dealt with the harnessing of occult powers for combat purposes. Under the supervision of Bishop Åke Karlsson, a high-ranking clergyman in the royal government known for his extensive knowledge of the dark arts, Juhani Bergqvist tamed an ice spirit named Gunnthrá, binding it directly to himself.
In 2022, the Kingdom of Sweden and the People's Republic of Finland declared war on each other. The 11th Infantry Division was part of a Swedish force that captured Finnish territories all the way to Karelia, where they were met by an elite Finnish army supported, among others, by troops from the Soviet Union and the pro-Soviet Democratic Republic of Japan. Among the Japanese soldiers whom the 11th ID encountered was Hikaru Mochizuki, a Japanese commando and sniper, whom Juhani engaged in a forest for several days. Their duel ended on Christmas Day in 2023, when a ceasefire was signed between the Swedes and the Finns, and for the first time after a year of constant duelling, Juhani Bergqvist finally met with his rival, finding him to be very much alike despite their completely different ethnic and political backgrounds.
Caring little for politics himself, Juhani Bergqvist suggested that Hikaru desert with him to the neutral Norway, where they could quietly live out the war. Hikaru, however, appeared to be heavily angered by the proposal, and flatly refused to do so, citing his loyalty not to the communist government of North Japan but to his fellow soldiers who, like him, had also been cast into a war they did not wish to fight. Having come to a consensus that neither party could agree, Juhani and Hikaru parted ways, each returning to their respective sides.
Juhani would soon come face to face with his old rival Hikaru again, however, in 2024, when civil war broke out in Finland. The two were set to engage in another sniper duel, but were interrupted by a Soviet artillery strike. Juhani himself survived, but in the process of trying to hide, was hit in the face by shrapnel and burning splinters, which tore out his eyes and melted the skin above his mouth into a horrific, gory mess. By some miracle, he survived, and was evacuated to base camp, and subsequently back to Stockholm, where he received urgent medical treatment from one of the most well-known military hospitals, on the insistence of his commanders.
Now permanently out of action, the blind Juhani was honourably discharged from the Royal Swedish Army with the rank of Lieutenant, and lived as a wanderer for two years, accompanied only by the ice spirit Gunnthrá. During this time, he taught himself how to fight without the use of sight, which he now no longer possessed, and fine-tuned his hearing to such an extent that he was able to "see" his surroundings to a surprisingly high degree of accuracy.
Deciding to reinvent himself as a mercenary, Juhani took the name "Hodur" (after a blind god from Norse mythology), and began accepting assassination requests and other such underworld jobs. Hiding his face behind a mask, Juhani Bergqvist soon made a name for himself as an assassin with a remarkably high success rate, and a sniper who could take out impossibly difficult targets with relative ease.
Little did Juhani know, he would soon come face to face with an old rival of his...
Powers and Abilities
- Gunnthrá: During his time in the Royal Swedish Army, Juhani Bergqvist enlisted the services of an ice spirit named Gunnthrá, who follows him as a familiar spirit. He grants Juhani the ability to manipulate ice, allowing him to create ice out of water vapour in the atmosphere, freeze water, and also grants him with superhuman levels of cold tolerance.
- Echolocation: Being blind, Juhani compensates for his lack of sight with a remarkably refined sense of hearing, which allows him to mentally picture a scene, thus allowing him to fight and even operate a rifle to remarkably high levels of accuracy.
- Sniper: Juhani Bergqvist is an accomplished sniper, possessing a very steady hand and, prior to his wounding, very good eyesight. After being blinded by a Soviet artillery strike, Juhani has trained himself to snipe by ear, and can do so with shocking levels of accuracy.
Tier
10-A
Attack Potency
10-B (Physical)
9-B (sniper rifle)
10-A (ice)
Speed
Athletic human (running, melee combat)
Superhuman (sniper)
Lifting Strength
Athletic human
Striking Strength
Athlete class (melee)
Street class (sniper)
Street class MAX (ice)
Durability
Street level
Stamina
Peak human
Range
200m (ice)
4km (sniper)
Standard Equipment
- Sniper rifle - a custom-built weapon designed by Bergqvist for himself. He uses a metal sight rather than a telescopic scope, arguing that the latter may flash and give away his location.
Intelligence
Aside from his high level of tactical prowess, Juhani is also rather knowledgeable in political affairs (despite his disinterest in them), and is a huge appreciator of music. He considers himself to be rather poor at mathematical calculations, however, and takes a rather long time to do mental calculation.
Weaknesses
- Blindness: The most obvious of all his weaknesses. While he is exceptional in his use of echolocation, even that becomes less reliable when there is much background noise.
- Gunnthrá: Though Gunnthrá is a more benevolent spirit compared to Hikaru's Mangetsuin, using his power still takes a toll on Juhani's physical health. Using his power in any form for excessive amounts of time will lead to Juhani becoming very physically and mentally fatigued, sometimes even causing migraines and stomachaches.
Notable Attacks/Techniques
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Theme Song
Frederic Chopin - Etude "Torrent", Op 10 No 4
Welcome to the Multiverse.
A P P L I C A T I O N
Name
Hikaru Mochizuki
望月 煇
Alias/Titles
"Werewolf"
Originating From
See above
Gender
Male
Age
27
Appearance
Hikaru is a young man who looks far younger than he actually is, with many people mistaking him for a teenager. Standing at 173cm and weighing 68kg, he has a lean, muscular body, with the phrase 精力善用 ("maximum efficiency, minimum effort") tattooed down his back in red ink. He wears his silver hair long, with his fringe covering one of his amber eyes, which are noted to have a dashingly handsome yet vicious and cruel quality to them.
Most of the time, Hikaru's attire consists of a beige coat and baggy trousers, a long white scarf (the sort worn by kamikaze pilots) and gloves, and a pair of goggles that he wears on his forehead unless firing his weapon. Aside from his rifle, the Mangetsuin, Hikaru also carries a military-issue wakizashi for emergency hand-to-hand combat.
Species
Human
Brief Backstory
Hikaru Mochizuki was born on 17 March 2001 in Hakodate in the Democratic Republic of Japan (日本民主主義共和国, AKA North Japan, a Soviet-sponsored communist state in Hokkaido), the only child of a woodblock print maker and a traditional kanpō physician. He is of partial Russian and Circassian descent through his father.
At the height of Soviet-Chinese tensions in 2016, 15-year-old Hikaru was drafted into the People's Army of Japan, where he first served in an infantry unit and then, after displaying a flair for battlefield tactics, underwent training first as a commando and later as a sniper. Posted to Company IV of the 3rd Commandos Battalion, the then Cpl. Hikaru was introduced to the world of unauthorised weapon enchantment and possession by his battalion commander, the maverick Lieutenant-colonel Naoto Iida, who secretly trained Hikaru and several other commandos under his command in the art of demon control. Hikaru proved to be adept at the skill, and at the age of 20, he tamed a deranged werewolf spirit, the Mangetsuin (満月韻, lit. "full moon poem"), which follows him to this day, bound to the sniper rifle which Hikaru uses.
When war broke out between Nationalist China and the Soviet Union in 2022, the 3rd Commandos was sent, along with 10,000 other North Japanese troops, to the Soviet-allied People's Republic of Finland to help Finnish troops fight back the forces of the Kingdom of Sweden, which had allied itself with Nationalist China. It was during this campaign, known as the Karelian Conflict, where Hikaru eventually met his rival and soon-to-be arch nemesis, Swedish sniper Juhani Bergqvist. In a forest, the two engaged in a three day long sniper duel, which saw 26 and 22 soldiers on the Swedish and Finnish side respectively killed by the other side's sniper, and neither one willing to back down.
On Christmas Day of 2023, a temporary ceasefire was declared between the People's Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, and for the first time, Hikaru met with his rival Juhani. The two got along surprisingly well, as each one soon came to realise that they had no interest in the political cause, but while Juhani was in favour of deserting, Hikaru refused to abandon the people by whose side he had fought. Unable to come to a consensus, the two snipers returned to their respective sides, thinking they would never see each other again. The 3rd Commandos remained in Karelia, in anticipation of further action.
Conflict would soon break out again, this time between the Soviet-supported communist Finnish government and a republican insurgency sponsored by the Kingdom of Sweden. Now promoted to senior sergeant, Hikaru soon came face-to-face with his old nemesis Juhani Bergqvist once again, but another duel that was to take place between the two was cut short by Soviet artillery strikes. Hikaru sustained a broken arm as he dived into a shell-scrape, but Juhani, who could not escape in time, had it far worse; the Swedish sniper lost both his eyes, as shrapnel and tree splinters tore through his face.
Thinking Juhani to be dead, SSgt. Hikaru Mochizuki slowly became obsessed with the Swedish sniper, viciously castigating himself for having failed to take him out himself while simultaneously expressing a level of respect for him accorded to no-one else. When he learned that Juhani had, in fact, survived the blast, Hikaru begged company commander Capt. Iida to allow him to secretly cross enemy lines to meet his Swedish counterpart. Iida initially expressed support for the idea, but upon receiving disapproval from his Finnish superiors, eventually rejected Hikaru's request.
In 2027, the North Japanese government, by then riddled with destructive levels of bureaucratic inefficiency and corruption, collapsed under its own weight, and the island of Hokkaido plunged into power vacuum as the People's Army of Japan split into innumerable factions and itself descended into factionalism. The North Japanese 3rd Commandos Battalion, unable to contact the powerless Provisional People's Government of Japan, was thus stranded in Finland, just as the People's Republic of Finland, now bereft of external support after the USSR withdrew sponsorship for the Finnish government, started to lose its grip on the nation's territories, and the People's Republic was soon reduced to a rump state in Uusimaa, with the remaining Finnish territories becoming dominated by warlords of various political alignments.
Lieutenant-colonel Naoto Iida took charge of the 3rd Commandos Battalion, which soon became an apolitical mercenary group working for the highest bidder. He began encouraging his men to tame demons for their own use on the battlefield, an activity he had previously kept clandestine due to restrictions imposed by the communist government; Hikaru, being adept in this, took on a supervisory role, becoming something of a second-in-command to Lieut-col Iida.
His rivalry and obsession with Juhani Bergqvist was soon to be rekindled and even more heavily-fuelled, however, as reports of a sniper-for-hire wearing a blank white mask with no eyes soon surfaced. While the identity of the sniper named "Hodur" remained unknown, Hikaru's analyses of the masked assassin's techniques and tactics left him with no doubt that Hodur was, in fact, his old rival, Juhani Bergqvist, somehow still a capable sniper despite the loss of his eyesight.
Powers and Abilities
- Mangetsuin: When he was 20, Hikaru tamed a werewolf spirit under the supervision of his commanding officer, naming it Mangetsuin, "full moon poem". The demon provides him with two powers:
- Fire: Mangetsuin allows Hikaru to produce fire in small amounts, no larger than a large campfire at the very most. Using this ability, Hikaru is able to start fires with a touch, produce fire on his fingertips, and if he has enough energy, to cast bolts of fire as projectiles.
- Steady hand: As it is bound to his weapon, Mangetsuin allows Hikaru to aim his rifle more steadily, its will controlling the rifle's recoil and Hikaru's involuntary muscle movements.
- Sniper: Hikaru is known to be one of the most accomplished snipers in the former North Japanese military, boasting a kill-count of 47 from his time in the military and an additional 62 verified kills after the North Japanese 3rd Commandos went rogue (for a total of 109 verified kills and an additional 16 unverified). Known to be a perfectionist and mathematical genius, Hikaru calculates each and every shot with obsessive precision, somehow taking wind direction and distortions into account, and claims to have never missed a shot in his life.
- Survival: Being a trained ranger, Hikaru is adept at living off the land, possessing extensive knowledge of navigation, animal cooking techniques, and other such survival skills.
Tier
9-B
Attack Potency
10-A (Physical)
9-B (sniper rifle)
9-B (fire)
Speed
Athletic human (running, melee combat)
Superhuman (sniper)
Lifting Strength
Athletic human
Striking Strength
Athlete class (melee)
Street class (sniper)
Small building class MAX (fire)
Durability
Street level
Stamina
Peak human - Hikaru can remain outfield for up to nine months at a time.
Range
500m (fire)
5km (sniper)
Standard Equipment
- Mangetsuin - a custom-built rifle, constructed according to Hikaru's specifications, to which the demon Mangetsuin is bound.
- Wakizashi - a standard-issue short military sword meant for hand-to-hand combat
Intelligence
In general, Hikaru is of average to above-average intelligence, but is noted to be exceptionally gifted at field tactics and at speed calculations.
Weaknesses
- Obsession: Hikaru is known to be extremely obsessive over many things, even when out in the field; when acting as a sniper, he often forces himself to calculate the trajectory of his bullets to extraordinarily high levels of accuracy, and will often find himself highly unsatisfied and almost furious when his bullets hit their mark in places he did not intend.
- Anger: Known to be a man of violent temper, Hikaru is one of the less charismatic members of the 3rd Commandos, and his outbursts of anger and violent streak have made him a rather controversial figure within the mercenary unit.
- Mangetsuin: Harnessing the power of a demon doesn't come without a price. For Hikaru Mochizuki, the more he enlists the help of his familiar demon, the more his mental state suffers; he becomes more reckless, and in particular, his anger becomes even more violent and explosive than it already is, with the aftermath of prolonged communication with the demon on the battlefield being hours upon hours of brooding so intense that it feeds off his physical energy, leaving him a trembling wreck.
This is partly due to the stress inherent in the channeling of demons' powers, but also due to the malevolent personality of the Mangetsuin; Hikaru himself has calculated that due to the bodily stress he has to endure in channeling the demon's power, his lifespan will not exceed 50 years.
Notable Attacks/Techniques
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Theme Song
Modest Mussorgsky - A Night on Bald Mountain
Welcome to the Multiverse.
Faction Name
People's Army of Japan 3rd Commandos Battalion
日本人民軍隊第3コマンド団, Nippon Jinmin Guntai Daisan Komando-dan
Originating from
See above
Race(s) that the faction is made up of
- Human (predominantly) - although originally comprising Japanese soldiers from Hokkaido, the 3rd Commandos soon came to include people of other ethnicities, such as Finns, Estonians, Russians, Georgians, and Armenians.
- Demons / Familiar spirits (subjugated, often tied to a human or possessing a weapon)
Faction age
50 years (founded in 1978)
Technology/Abilities
The 3rd Commandos Battalion operates largely on outdated military technology roughly analogous to late 2010s tech from our world. Their main strength lies in the abilities they gain from taming demons, a skill in which the battalion has become very adept since going rogue after the collapse of the North Japanese government. As of now, there are 41 members of the PAJ 3rd Commandos Battalion that have at least one demon under their control.
Despite their outdated tech, however, even the non-demon-wielding commandos of the 336-man battalion are considerably tough soldiers, having trained under extreme conditions and having seen action in at least five different conflicts since the creation of the battalion in 1978.
Tier
10-A (regular soldiers)
9-C (demon controllers)
9-B (Hikaru Mochizuki)
9-A (Naoto Iida)
Industrial Capacity
N/A - the battalion relies mainly on captured munitions.
Military Prowess
The PAJ 3rd Commandos specialises mainly in sabotage, assassinations, and raids, and markets itself as a special forces mercenary group rather than as standard, run-of-the-mill soldiers-for-hire. It has seen extensive combat, primarily in harsh winter conditions, in which it specialises, but with its going rogue after the collapse of the North Japanese government, the battalion under Lt Col Naoto Iida is also beginning to branch into the use of magic and supernatural powers in its combat styles.
Notable Individuals
- Lt Col Naoto Iida (飯田 直虎 中佐): 40-year-old Naoto Iida has been in command of the 3rd Commando Battalion for 10 years. He recently revealed that he has a demon familiar named Hibashira-maru, of which little to nothing is known.
Short history of the Faction
Initially part of the People’s Army of Japan, the 3rd Commandos Battalion was formed in 1978 on the orders of the founding North Japanese President Kunimori Akazora, who wanted to expand the scope of the North Japanese military’s special operations.
The 3rd Commandos saw action in Mainland China, where it supported the Communist Party of China in its ongoing war against nationalist forces, as well as in various Eastern European conflicts. Though traditionally averse to the idea of harnessing demons and supernatural power for the purpose of combat, the North Japanese government nevertheless turned a blind eye to the activities of its special forces units, which sometimes dabbled in such activities with varying levels of success.
In 2022, when war broke out between communist Finland and royalist Sweden, the 3rd Commandos was posted to Karelia along with several other normal units of the PAJ. There, under the command of Lt Col Naoto Iida, the battalion engaged with numerous Swedish troops, sustaining relatively few losses compared to other units. Upon the conclusion of the war, the battalion remained in Finland on the orders of North Japanese President Katsutoshi Numazawa, but went rogue under the command of Lt Col Iida, who could not contact the North Japanese government after it had collapsed in 2027.
As of the present, while it still retains its old name, the PAJ 3rd Commandos Battalion is essentially a rogue unit, working for the highest bidder, while using its funds to research further into the use of supernatural powers, even as the political structures of the world begin to collapse.
Weaknesses
- Resources: Having relied on the North Japanese government’s inordinately large military budget, the 3rd Commandos as a mercenary unit now finds itself largely bereft of funding, and sustains itself largely on captured materiel and payment from its clients.
- Command: the battalion, having relied on direction passed down from the civilian government, now finds itself led by Lt Col Naoto Iida; while he is a capable and charismatic military leader in his own right, it has yet to be seen whether or not Lt Col Iida can navigate the waters of the underworld.
- Demons: Though they are one of the most elite units in the world where conventional warfare is concerned, the battalion has little experience handling the field of the supernatural, and with a sometimes erratic personality like Iida in charge, there are some junior leaders who think that something catastrophic is in the works.
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