06-07-2004, 01:32 AM
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"The Beast"
Real name: Henry "Hank" Peter McCoy
Occupation: (current) Adventurer, (former) Biochemist
Identity: Publicly known
Legal status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Other aliases: None
Place of birth: Dunfee, Illinois
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Norton (father), Edna (mother), Robert (uncle)
Group affiliation: (former)X-Men, Defenders
Extent of education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry
Base of operations: Mobile; (former) Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York State; Defenders Mansion, Colorado;
History: Henry McCoy's father, Norton, worked at a nuclear power plant where he was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during an accident. Norton was unharmed, but the radiation affected his genes, and as a result his son Henry was born a mutant. Unlike most superhuman mutants, Henry showed signs of mutation from birth: unusually large hands and feet. As he grew older, he also showed increasingly pronounced agility, strength, and speed. Henry became a star football player as a teenager. His remarkable athletic abilities which seemed to border on the superhuman attracted the notice of both Professor Charles Xavier, who was forming his original X-Men. He joined the X-Men, taking the code name "Beast." A brilliant student, Hank completed his doctoral studies under Xavier's tutelage, and finally left the X-Men and Xavier's school to travel a little and live a normal life for a while. After spending several months travelling, Hank returned to New York, taking up a position within the Brand Corporation.
It was at during this time that he was kidnapped, along with Walter Langowski and Hank Pym by Dr Doom, and forced to aid him in the creation of a device to syphon of the vast stores of energy within the planet devouring alien entity known as Galactus, whom he had tricked into coming to earth by duplicating the signal of his herald. Unfortunately before Doom could enact his scheme Galactus was been driven back by the Fantastic Four with aid from his former herald the Silver Surfer. Angered beyond belief by the interference of the Richards clan and the Surfer, Doom altered his plan determining to rob the Surfer of his cosmic energy. Tricking the gleaming alien into his castle, Doom imprisons him within the device and begins the transfer. All appears to be going well when the control panel for the device explodes, allowing the Surfer's energy to surge into Doom unchecked causing his very being to disassemble as the energy sought the swiftest way to return to it's true host. With Doom seemingly destroyed, the Surfer made light work of Doom's guards and freed the captured scientists. Despite their participation in the attack upon him, he had shown no ill will towards them, indeed going so far as to return them to the places from which had been kidnapped weeks earlier.
Returning to New York, Hank struggled to come to terms with what he had been involved in. Although he had been a prisoner, he felt he should have been able to do something to stop Doom. After several tortured weeks trying to return to his life as a company scientist, Hank finally decided he could not ignore his mutant abilities, and the responsibilities that came with them, while others like Doom sought dominance over the world. He planned to return to the X-Men but a chance encounter with Dr Stephen Strange and his Defenders led him down a different path. Seeing a chance to do some good and perhaps mold the team into a more formal structure, Hank petitioned and was accepted for membership. Hank continued to study of course, this time however he took advantage of the knowledge of Dr Strange to learn more about the mystical and how it could be used to affect the physical body. After a short time his former X-Men cohorts Angel and Iceman joined the Defenders alongside him, together with stalwart members The Hulk and Valkyrie. The team bonded well, a mix of youth and experience. During their many adventures he grew closer to Brunhilde, their relationship moving from team mates and friendship to love. Shortly after Warren and Bobby joined them, the Defenders were called upon to aid in a search for Reed Richard who had disappeared. The search led them to another encounter with Doom, although much changed from the last time they had met, having taken over the teenage body of Franklin Richards. Aided by some Latverian rebels, the team, along with the Invisible Woman, the Thing and the Human Torch managed to enter Latveria and the Castle of Doom itself. A pitched battle ensued between the rebels and Dooms robot army, during which they were able to retrieve the injured Reed and reunite the Fantastic Four. Their joy was short lived however as Doom/Franklin escaped depriving the Richards' of their son. Hank promised that he and the Defenders would be ready to aid them in recovering Franklin should they discover his whereabouts. The group of weary heroes returned to New York and the Baxter Building, where Reed replaced their damaged costumes with more durable ones constructed from unstable molecules, which would prove much more durable. The team took their leave, allowing their grieving friends time to themselves to come to terms with their loss., and headed back to their mountain hideaway in Colorado, Dr Strange's New York mansion currently being off limits due to demon infestation.
Unfortunately their journey home was interrupted once more, this time by an encounter with Crusher Creel, the Absorbing Man. After a brief battle, they continued homeward, taking the subdued Absorbing Man along. Arriving in Colorado, Hank took it upon himself to try and find a cure for Creel's situation. Valkyrie returned to Asgard and obtained a sample of the same herbs used by Loki to give Creel his powers initially. Developing a serum he believed would cure Creel, Hank was preparing to inject Creel when he broke loose. As Hulk and Hank struggled to subdue Creel once more, Hulk tripped causing Hank to accidently inject himself with the serum. The serum interacted with Hank's mutant gene and the ambient Gamma radiation from the Hulk causing radical physical changes. If he could have looked at it dispassionately he would have been fascinated. His skin turned green and he grew fur over his entire body, his ears became larger and pointed, and his canine teeth became larger, resembling fangs. The serum also further increased his superhuman agility, endurance, speed, and strength. However from Hank's perspective, all he could remember was the feeling of intense pain throughout his body as though his skeleton was being twisted and turned inside out. This was accompanied by screaming agony as his skin stretched to accomodate his new shape, muscles growing burning with energy. Hank struggled to his feet, assaulted by a million needles bursting from inside him. He screamed in pain, and animal sound.. no longer human. Looking down at his hands, they were not his hands. These monsterous hairy green clawed things were not his hands. Unable to stand the pain any longer he lashed out, his clawed fingers raking the walls and floor. His snout twitched, catching scents familiar in flavour but unfamiliar in their intensity. He squinted through the pain, trying to make sense of the blurred shapes milling around him. He felt enclosed. Trapped. Caged. Had to go. Get Out. Get Outside. Leaping forward he crashed into two of the shapes nearest to him. They made unintelligible sounds at him. The first one he picked up and flung behind him with surprising ease, as though he was lighter than he should be. He 'felt' the whump and pleasing crack as the body crumpled against the wall. He was startled by a burning cold. The other shadow, it was doing this. Hank bulldozed forward despite the freezing pain, catching his opponent sharply in the chest with his shoulder, crushing him against the far wall of the room. The shadow coughed and spluttered, sinking to the floor clutching it's chest. The cold stopped. Hank paused and looked around for a way out. Three other shapes were moving about in the room, but they seemed to be ignoring him. Sniffing the air, Hank leaped over the fallen body and crashed through the half open door, bounding down the corridor to freedom. He remembered his breath catching in the back of his throat, his voice becoming a gutteral scratching roar as he disappeared into the woods surrounding the mansion. Driven over the edge by the pain of his transformation and his changed appearance, the figures Hank had turned on were his fellow Defenders. In his attack he left Warren and Bobby badly injured, leaving Valkyrie and Hulk alone to subdue Creel.
Some month's later, at the request of Brunhilde who had been called back to Asgard by Odin and had unable to search for Hank herself meantime, Charles Xavier managed to track down Hank using Cerebra. They found Hank living in the deep in the forest, now a beast in visage as well as name. He had regained much of what he once was but was subject to sudden animalistic rages, and had totally blacked out the events leading up to his present situation. Deciding to relocate back to the Institute, Hank and Brunhilde parted ways, as much because Hank couldn't trust himself not to hurt her even more than he had already when he disappeared. With Charles' help he was finally able to come to terms with his transformation and his actions. His first encounter with Bobby and Warren, who had in his time away also returned to the school, was uncomfortable to say the least but their friendship was a long one and this turned into just a minor bump in the road. When not working with the Professor on his condition, Hank busied himself around the school, helping select the latest batch of children to join the school and taking the time to enhance some of the school's and x-men's systems. After several months, Hank was just beginning to find his place in the world again when he was whisked off from the Institute and thrust into a whirlwind of fractured alternate realities. This wasn't a totally new experience to him, but in the past the journey had usually been his choice. This time it seemed that should he not do his level best to make sure these realities moved on in a particular direction, his own world would cease to be. It was during this time he met and fell in love with Victoria Essex, another time tossed refugee. His mutation also took another turn, causing him to become a hulking brute of great strength. With time he learned he was able to control this transformation, becoming the brute at will. Just as they were recovering from their latest mission when they were abruptly whisked away yet again - but where to this time?
Height: (Beast) 5 ft. 11 in. (Brute) 9ft.+ approx.
Weight: (Beast) 355 lbs. (Brute) 900lbs approx.
Eyes: (originally) Blue/Black, (currently) Yellow/Gold
Hair: (originally) Dark Brown/Black, (currently) Green
Other distinguishing features: Covered with fur, unusually large hands and feet, pointed ears, fang-like teeth
Powers: In his 'Beast' form Hank has superhuman strength, agility, endurance, speed and dexterity. He is strong enough to lift (press) 4,000 pounds. His legs are powerful enough to enable him to leap 30 feet high in a standing high jump, and 50 feet in a standing broad jump. He is able to crawl up brick walls by wedging his fingers and toes into the smallest cracks and applying a vise-like grip on them. He has enough power to smash through a eight-inch thick oaken door with a single blow or tie a six-inch solid steel bar into a knot. He has the agility of a great ape and the acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialist and acrobat. Ha can walk a tightrope or a slack rope as easily as most people can walk on a sidewalk. He can walk on his hands for many hours, or perform a complicated sequence of gymnastic stunts such as flips, rolls, and springs. He can easily match or top any Olympic record at gymnastics apparatus (such as flying rings, climbing ropes, horizontal bars, trampolines). Further, his manual and pedal dexterity is so great that he can write using both hands at once or tie knots in rope with his toes. The Beast is quite fast, able to run on all four at approximately 40 miles per hour for short sprints. His stamina is approximately quadruple that of a well-trained athlete in his prime. His physiology is durable enough to permit him to take a six-story fall without a broken bone or stain (providing he lands on his feet). At the time of his further mutation into his present furry form, his metabolism underwent a period of accelerated change. As a side effect, he was able to metabolize and recover from penetration wound to his body within a matter of minutes. Since then, his body's metabolism has stabilized and he no longer has quite such a rapid recovery rate. He is still able to recover from most wounds within a few hours. When transformed into his more brutish form, Hank's body gains an incredible amount of muscle and bone tissue, which cause his speed and strength to increase almost exponentially. He has proven able to lift upwards of 80 tons and leap upwards of 1 kilometer. Hank has enhanced animalistic senses which give him greater sensitivity to his surroundings.
Equipment:
Uniform: Created by Reed Richard from unstable molecules, the uniform will conform to the wearers body irrespective of the size changes. It will also react to the wearers mental commands of sufficient strength becoming clothing suitable for most occasions. At present Hank most often wears it as a two piece, consisting of Jacket and pants. The pants have pockets on the thighs and the jacket has several small internal pockets inside.
Spectacles: Hank's spectacles no longer act to correct his minor eyesight problem, but he continues to wear them as a source of stability in his life. He has had them upgrade to accomplish other more useful tasks. Optical Capabilities: Video Capture - Up to two minutes of streaming video may be stored in the glasses memory. Video Link - The tech-glasses may be linked to one another, allowing the wearer to effectively see through another set of eyes. This capability is limited to a 50 metre range. X-Ray - The glasses are capable of biological x-rays, although they may not be used to see through things such as walls. Heat Readout - The glasses may be used to view ambient temperature differences in nearby objects. Bio-Scan - The glasses are capable of minor medical scans such as heart rate and brainwave activity. Energy Scan - Certain types of energy signatures may be detected through the glasses. Audio Capabilities: The glasses may be used to transmit video signals at a range of 50 metres. They may transmit audio signals up to 1 mile using their built in antenna. Or, they may be used over longer distances using existing satellite carrier waves (this function will be left up to the GM...a dice roll will be required for this function.) The glasses may also be used to pick up existing radio signals such as police band, AM/FM and other similar signals. But, this ability is limited to GM approval. Storage: The glasses may store up to 2 minutes of video footage or up to 1 megabyte of text data. It will be left up to the GM's discretion as to when your storage capacity has been met. By combining various functions of the glasses it is possible to create custom displays and functions such as a tactical heads up display.
Image Inducer: Device invented independently by Hank while he was at the Institute. It creates a solid holographic matrix which allows him to pass as a normal human.
Pocket PC: Hank carries a battered old Pocket PC which has gotten him out of several tight squeezes in the past. He usually keeps this in his thigh pocket.
Other Items: Small silver case containing lock of golden Hair and a picture of 'Toria as a child sitting on her Hank McCoy's knee. Small Atlantean Tool Kit. Water Bottle, Pack of Cards
--------------------Character #2--------------------
Name: Alex Elder, Crimson
Height: 5 ft. 4 in.
Build: Athletic
Eyes: Blue (Golden when in vampiric state)
Hair: Blue/Black
Other Features: Enlarged Canines and claws
Occupation: Teenager, Vampire, Chosen One.
Base: New York
BRIEF HISTORY
Alex Elder was an ordinary New York teenager; he was a good student and runner, had a good relationship with his parents and a pretty girlfriend. However, shortly after his 16th birthday he started to get low marks and was axed from the running team. He began to suffer from almost constant mood changes which began to drive a wedge between him and his family. After having a major fight with his parents and telling his girlfriend Julie Ryder to go away, Alex and his friends were driving through Central Park at two in the morning, when their car was surrounded by a gang. As the teens tried to make their escape they were attacked viciously by the gang who Alex later found out were the Jelly Bats, the bloodiest vampire gang in the city. Alex's friends were massacred after only getting a short distance from their abandoned vehicle, but Alex due to his track ability managed to almost get away before one of the vampires, a street acting woman named Rose caught up to him and sank her teeth into his neck. However before she could complete her kill, she was prevented by a strange man-like creature hovering a short distance above her. The stranger, Ekimus drove the gang off and retrieving Alex's almost lifeless body, carried him off to the abandoned church which he had been his home for many years. As Alex drifted in a semi conscious haze between life and death Ekimus cared for him, feeding Alex his own blood to keep him alive and push the metamorphosis which was underway beyond it's usual conclusion point. After a month in Ekimus care, Alex finally regained full concsiousness and surprised to find himself alive, refused to believe Ekimus assertation that he had become a vampire, and not just any vampire, but that Alex is the Chosen One, the final stage of vampire evolution. Rushing away from Ekimus, Alex pushed open the large church doors and was instantly felled by the searing pain as the sunlight outside touched his body. Still not willing to really believe what Ekimus had to say, Alex waited until nightfall and left the church to seek his own answers. Although a friendly vampire named Joe tried to take Alex under his wing, Alex wanted no part of the vampire world and ran home, only to realize that a month had really gone by and his picture was on missing posters all over the city. Going up the fire escape of his parents' apartment to look in on his little sister, he had to fight a sudden urge for blood was almost too great to resist. Pushing himself off the fire escape he ran off into the night screaming for blood but not wanting to get it the way he has to.
Eventually found and returned to Ekimus care, Alex finally accepted his vampirism, although he was still unsure about the whole 'Chosen One' title he had been landed with. Spending his time equally with both Ekimus and Joe, Alex eventually learned that Ekimus was one of the first beings to inhabit the earth. Ekimus was actually the last of an ancient race known as the Grigori, created by God in the beginning to be his children. The Grigori however were seduced by the angel Lucifer in an attempted coup on Heaven. After a battle which ripped Heaven asunder, Lucifer was cast down, and the Grigori punished for their transgressions. Ekimus set out into the outside world to seek his own redemption.Older than Adam and Eve, Ekimus was the first vampire. In ancient times he encountered a beautiful woman Lisseth, herself cast from God's favour when she was rejected as Adam's mate in the Garden of Eden, who stole the secrets of the vampire from him becoming the vampire queen, perverting his nature into a dark predator of the night. Appalled at the race they had spawned, Ekimus has devoted himself since that time to trying to stop Lisseth at every turn with the aid of the chosen ones. After going through dozens of perspective vampires he finally found Alex Elder, the boy who he believed could finally turn the tide of the war by destroying the vampire queen. Together with Ekimus, Joe, the reincarnated St. George and a mysterious young woman called Scarlet, and a fallen angel named Zauriel, Alex eventually battled his way to victory, although not without suffering their own losses.
Just over two years have passed since that day and Alex is now technically almost 19, although his body refuses to age beyond 16 which a constant annoyance to him. He has spent his time battling the other supernatural forces which prey on humans, along with Ekimus who still seeks a way to redeem himself in the eyes of the Lord. With Ekimus' continued instruction, Alex is now better able to control his evolved powers. He has fine tuned his pyrokinetic (firecasting) and telekinetic (flight and moving objects) powers to such a degree using them now requires little or no concentration. He has also learned to tolerate sunlight to a certain degree, especially in the early morning/ late evening and can even move about in the daytime when there is heavy cloud cover although it causes him discomfort. Other times when he has to move about during the day he has to ensure his entire body is covered. His long coat has an enchantment which keeps the interior refrigerated (Alex feels neither heat nor cold but the refrigeration helps Alex move about more comfortable in the day time). He still manages to survive without resorting to killing humans for blood, thanks to Ekimus' contacts at a local blood bank, although if needs must he will resort to drinking the blood of lower animals.
Powers:
Enhanced Strength, Speed & Agility
Pyrokinesis
Telekinesis (Which allows him the power of flight)
Razor Sharp Extendable Claws on each finger.
Clothes & Equipment
Black Leather Bodysuit, matching gloves and boots. The suit is distinctive in that it is covered in large metal buckles.
Tanned Leather Hooded LongCoat (Within the coats refrigerated interior are several pockets in which Alex stores spare blood packets and sunblock)
Long Grigorian crimson Silk Scarf decorated with symbol for eternity.
"The Beast"
Real name: Henry "Hank" Peter McCoy
Occupation: (current) Adventurer, (former) Biochemist
Identity: Publicly known
Legal status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record
Other aliases: None
Place of birth: Dunfee, Illinois
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: Norton (father), Edna (mother), Robert (uncle)
Group affiliation: (former)X-Men, Defenders
Extent of education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry
Base of operations: Mobile; (former) Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester County, New York State; Defenders Mansion, Colorado;
History: Henry McCoy's father, Norton, worked at a nuclear power plant where he was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during an accident. Norton was unharmed, but the radiation affected his genes, and as a result his son Henry was born a mutant. Unlike most superhuman mutants, Henry showed signs of mutation from birth: unusually large hands and feet. As he grew older, he also showed increasingly pronounced agility, strength, and speed. Henry became a star football player as a teenager. His remarkable athletic abilities which seemed to border on the superhuman attracted the notice of both Professor Charles Xavier, who was forming his original X-Men. He joined the X-Men, taking the code name "Beast." A brilliant student, Hank completed his doctoral studies under Xavier's tutelage, and finally left the X-Men and Xavier's school to travel a little and live a normal life for a while. After spending several months travelling, Hank returned to New York, taking up a position within the Brand Corporation.
It was at during this time that he was kidnapped, along with Walter Langowski and Hank Pym by Dr Doom, and forced to aid him in the creation of a device to syphon of the vast stores of energy within the planet devouring alien entity known as Galactus, whom he had tricked into coming to earth by duplicating the signal of his herald. Unfortunately before Doom could enact his scheme Galactus was been driven back by the Fantastic Four with aid from his former herald the Silver Surfer. Angered beyond belief by the interference of the Richards clan and the Surfer, Doom altered his plan determining to rob the Surfer of his cosmic energy. Tricking the gleaming alien into his castle, Doom imprisons him within the device and begins the transfer. All appears to be going well when the control panel for the device explodes, allowing the Surfer's energy to surge into Doom unchecked causing his very being to disassemble as the energy sought the swiftest way to return to it's true host. With Doom seemingly destroyed, the Surfer made light work of Doom's guards and freed the captured scientists. Despite their participation in the attack upon him, he had shown no ill will towards them, indeed going so far as to return them to the places from which had been kidnapped weeks earlier.
Returning to New York, Hank struggled to come to terms with what he had been involved in. Although he had been a prisoner, he felt he should have been able to do something to stop Doom. After several tortured weeks trying to return to his life as a company scientist, Hank finally decided he could not ignore his mutant abilities, and the responsibilities that came with them, while others like Doom sought dominance over the world. He planned to return to the X-Men but a chance encounter with Dr Stephen Strange and his Defenders led him down a different path. Seeing a chance to do some good and perhaps mold the team into a more formal structure, Hank petitioned and was accepted for membership. Hank continued to study of course, this time however he took advantage of the knowledge of Dr Strange to learn more about the mystical and how it could be used to affect the physical body. After a short time his former X-Men cohorts Angel and Iceman joined the Defenders alongside him, together with stalwart members The Hulk and Valkyrie. The team bonded well, a mix of youth and experience. During their many adventures he grew closer to Brunhilde, their relationship moving from team mates and friendship to love. Shortly after Warren and Bobby joined them, the Defenders were called upon to aid in a search for Reed Richard who had disappeared. The search led them to another encounter with Doom, although much changed from the last time they had met, having taken over the teenage body of Franklin Richards. Aided by some Latverian rebels, the team, along with the Invisible Woman, the Thing and the Human Torch managed to enter Latveria and the Castle of Doom itself. A pitched battle ensued between the rebels and Dooms robot army, during which they were able to retrieve the injured Reed and reunite the Fantastic Four. Their joy was short lived however as Doom/Franklin escaped depriving the Richards' of their son. Hank promised that he and the Defenders would be ready to aid them in recovering Franklin should they discover his whereabouts. The group of weary heroes returned to New York and the Baxter Building, where Reed replaced their damaged costumes with more durable ones constructed from unstable molecules, which would prove much more durable. The team took their leave, allowing their grieving friends time to themselves to come to terms with their loss., and headed back to their mountain hideaway in Colorado, Dr Strange's New York mansion currently being off limits due to demon infestation.
Unfortunately their journey home was interrupted once more, this time by an encounter with Crusher Creel, the Absorbing Man. After a brief battle, they continued homeward, taking the subdued Absorbing Man along. Arriving in Colorado, Hank took it upon himself to try and find a cure for Creel's situation. Valkyrie returned to Asgard and obtained a sample of the same herbs used by Loki to give Creel his powers initially. Developing a serum he believed would cure Creel, Hank was preparing to inject Creel when he broke loose. As Hulk and Hank struggled to subdue Creel once more, Hulk tripped causing Hank to accidently inject himself with the serum. The serum interacted with Hank's mutant gene and the ambient Gamma radiation from the Hulk causing radical physical changes. If he could have looked at it dispassionately he would have been fascinated. His skin turned green and he grew fur over his entire body, his ears became larger and pointed, and his canine teeth became larger, resembling fangs. The serum also further increased his superhuman agility, endurance, speed, and strength. However from Hank's perspective, all he could remember was the feeling of intense pain throughout his body as though his skeleton was being twisted and turned inside out. This was accompanied by screaming agony as his skin stretched to accomodate his new shape, muscles growing burning with energy. Hank struggled to his feet, assaulted by a million needles bursting from inside him. He screamed in pain, and animal sound.. no longer human. Looking down at his hands, they were not his hands. These monsterous hairy green clawed things were not his hands. Unable to stand the pain any longer he lashed out, his clawed fingers raking the walls and floor. His snout twitched, catching scents familiar in flavour but unfamiliar in their intensity. He squinted through the pain, trying to make sense of the blurred shapes milling around him. He felt enclosed. Trapped. Caged. Had to go. Get Out. Get Outside. Leaping forward he crashed into two of the shapes nearest to him. They made unintelligible sounds at him. The first one he picked up and flung behind him with surprising ease, as though he was lighter than he should be. He 'felt' the whump and pleasing crack as the body crumpled against the wall. He was startled by a burning cold. The other shadow, it was doing this. Hank bulldozed forward despite the freezing pain, catching his opponent sharply in the chest with his shoulder, crushing him against the far wall of the room. The shadow coughed and spluttered, sinking to the floor clutching it's chest. The cold stopped. Hank paused and looked around for a way out. Three other shapes were moving about in the room, but they seemed to be ignoring him. Sniffing the air, Hank leaped over the fallen body and crashed through the half open door, bounding down the corridor to freedom. He remembered his breath catching in the back of his throat, his voice becoming a gutteral scratching roar as he disappeared into the woods surrounding the mansion. Driven over the edge by the pain of his transformation and his changed appearance, the figures Hank had turned on were his fellow Defenders. In his attack he left Warren and Bobby badly injured, leaving Valkyrie and Hulk alone to subdue Creel.
Some month's later, at the request of Brunhilde who had been called back to Asgard by Odin and had unable to search for Hank herself meantime, Charles Xavier managed to track down Hank using Cerebra. They found Hank living in the deep in the forest, now a beast in visage as well as name. He had regained much of what he once was but was subject to sudden animalistic rages, and had totally blacked out the events leading up to his present situation. Deciding to relocate back to the Institute, Hank and Brunhilde parted ways, as much because Hank couldn't trust himself not to hurt her even more than he had already when he disappeared. With Charles' help he was finally able to come to terms with his transformation and his actions. His first encounter with Bobby and Warren, who had in his time away also returned to the school, was uncomfortable to say the least but their friendship was a long one and this turned into just a minor bump in the road. When not working with the Professor on his condition, Hank busied himself around the school, helping select the latest batch of children to join the school and taking the time to enhance some of the school's and x-men's systems. After several months, Hank was just beginning to find his place in the world again when he was whisked off from the Institute and thrust into a whirlwind of fractured alternate realities. This wasn't a totally new experience to him, but in the past the journey had usually been his choice. This time it seemed that should he not do his level best to make sure these realities moved on in a particular direction, his own world would cease to be. It was during this time he met and fell in love with Victoria Essex, another time tossed refugee. His mutation also took another turn, causing him to become a hulking brute of great strength. With time he learned he was able to control this transformation, becoming the brute at will. Just as they were recovering from their latest mission when they were abruptly whisked away yet again - but where to this time?
Height: (Beast) 5 ft. 11 in. (Brute) 9ft.+ approx.
Weight: (Beast) 355 lbs. (Brute) 900lbs approx.
Eyes: (originally) Blue/Black, (currently) Yellow/Gold
Hair: (originally) Dark Brown/Black, (currently) Green
Other distinguishing features: Covered with fur, unusually large hands and feet, pointed ears, fang-like teeth
Powers: In his 'Beast' form Hank has superhuman strength, agility, endurance, speed and dexterity. He is strong enough to lift (press) 4,000 pounds. His legs are powerful enough to enable him to leap 30 feet high in a standing high jump, and 50 feet in a standing broad jump. He is able to crawl up brick walls by wedging his fingers and toes into the smallest cracks and applying a vise-like grip on them. He has enough power to smash through a eight-inch thick oaken door with a single blow or tie a six-inch solid steel bar into a knot. He has the agility of a great ape and the acrobatic prowess of the most accomplished circus aerialist and acrobat. Ha can walk a tightrope or a slack rope as easily as most people can walk on a sidewalk. He can walk on his hands for many hours, or perform a complicated sequence of gymnastic stunts such as flips, rolls, and springs. He can easily match or top any Olympic record at gymnastics apparatus (such as flying rings, climbing ropes, horizontal bars, trampolines). Further, his manual and pedal dexterity is so great that he can write using both hands at once or tie knots in rope with his toes. The Beast is quite fast, able to run on all four at approximately 40 miles per hour for short sprints. His stamina is approximately quadruple that of a well-trained athlete in his prime. His physiology is durable enough to permit him to take a six-story fall without a broken bone or stain (providing he lands on his feet). At the time of his further mutation into his present furry form, his metabolism underwent a period of accelerated change. As a side effect, he was able to metabolize and recover from penetration wound to his body within a matter of minutes. Since then, his body's metabolism has stabilized and he no longer has quite such a rapid recovery rate. He is still able to recover from most wounds within a few hours. When transformed into his more brutish form, Hank's body gains an incredible amount of muscle and bone tissue, which cause his speed and strength to increase almost exponentially. He has proven able to lift upwards of 80 tons and leap upwards of 1 kilometer. Hank has enhanced animalistic senses which give him greater sensitivity to his surroundings.
Equipment:
Uniform: Created by Reed Richard from unstable molecules, the uniform will conform to the wearers body irrespective of the size changes. It will also react to the wearers mental commands of sufficient strength becoming clothing suitable for most occasions. At present Hank most often wears it as a two piece, consisting of Jacket and pants. The pants have pockets on the thighs and the jacket has several small internal pockets inside.
Spectacles: Hank's spectacles no longer act to correct his minor eyesight problem, but he continues to wear them as a source of stability in his life. He has had them upgrade to accomplish other more useful tasks. Optical Capabilities: Video Capture - Up to two minutes of streaming video may be stored in the glasses memory. Video Link - The tech-glasses may be linked to one another, allowing the wearer to effectively see through another set of eyes. This capability is limited to a 50 metre range. X-Ray - The glasses are capable of biological x-rays, although they may not be used to see through things such as walls. Heat Readout - The glasses may be used to view ambient temperature differences in nearby objects. Bio-Scan - The glasses are capable of minor medical scans such as heart rate and brainwave activity. Energy Scan - Certain types of energy signatures may be detected through the glasses. Audio Capabilities: The glasses may be used to transmit video signals at a range of 50 metres. They may transmit audio signals up to 1 mile using their built in antenna. Or, they may be used over longer distances using existing satellite carrier waves (this function will be left up to the GM...a dice roll will be required for this function.) The glasses may also be used to pick up existing radio signals such as police band, AM/FM and other similar signals. But, this ability is limited to GM approval. Storage: The glasses may store up to 2 minutes of video footage or up to 1 megabyte of text data. It will be left up to the GM's discretion as to when your storage capacity has been met. By combining various functions of the glasses it is possible to create custom displays and functions such as a tactical heads up display.
Image Inducer: Device invented independently by Hank while he was at the Institute. It creates a solid holographic matrix which allows him to pass as a normal human.
Pocket PC: Hank carries a battered old Pocket PC which has gotten him out of several tight squeezes in the past. He usually keeps this in his thigh pocket.
Other Items: Small silver case containing lock of golden Hair and a picture of 'Toria as a child sitting on her Hank McCoy's knee. Small Atlantean Tool Kit. Water Bottle, Pack of Cards
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Name: Alex Elder, Crimson
Height: 5 ft. 4 in.
Build: Athletic
Eyes: Blue (Golden when in vampiric state)
Hair: Blue/Black
Other Features: Enlarged Canines and claws
Occupation: Teenager, Vampire, Chosen One.
Base: New York
BRIEF HISTORY
Alex Elder was an ordinary New York teenager; he was a good student and runner, had a good relationship with his parents and a pretty girlfriend. However, shortly after his 16th birthday he started to get low marks and was axed from the running team. He began to suffer from almost constant mood changes which began to drive a wedge between him and his family. After having a major fight with his parents and telling his girlfriend Julie Ryder to go away, Alex and his friends were driving through Central Park at two in the morning, when their car was surrounded by a gang. As the teens tried to make their escape they were attacked viciously by the gang who Alex later found out were the Jelly Bats, the bloodiest vampire gang in the city. Alex's friends were massacred after only getting a short distance from their abandoned vehicle, but Alex due to his track ability managed to almost get away before one of the vampires, a street acting woman named Rose caught up to him and sank her teeth into his neck. However before she could complete her kill, she was prevented by a strange man-like creature hovering a short distance above her. The stranger, Ekimus drove the gang off and retrieving Alex's almost lifeless body, carried him off to the abandoned church which he had been his home for many years. As Alex drifted in a semi conscious haze between life and death Ekimus cared for him, feeding Alex his own blood to keep him alive and push the metamorphosis which was underway beyond it's usual conclusion point. After a month in Ekimus care, Alex finally regained full concsiousness and surprised to find himself alive, refused to believe Ekimus assertation that he had become a vampire, and not just any vampire, but that Alex is the Chosen One, the final stage of vampire evolution. Rushing away from Ekimus, Alex pushed open the large church doors and was instantly felled by the searing pain as the sunlight outside touched his body. Still not willing to really believe what Ekimus had to say, Alex waited until nightfall and left the church to seek his own answers. Although a friendly vampire named Joe tried to take Alex under his wing, Alex wanted no part of the vampire world and ran home, only to realize that a month had really gone by and his picture was on missing posters all over the city. Going up the fire escape of his parents' apartment to look in on his little sister, he had to fight a sudden urge for blood was almost too great to resist. Pushing himself off the fire escape he ran off into the night screaming for blood but not wanting to get it the way he has to.
Eventually found and returned to Ekimus care, Alex finally accepted his vampirism, although he was still unsure about the whole 'Chosen One' title he had been landed with. Spending his time equally with both Ekimus and Joe, Alex eventually learned that Ekimus was one of the first beings to inhabit the earth. Ekimus was actually the last of an ancient race known as the Grigori, created by God in the beginning to be his children. The Grigori however were seduced by the angel Lucifer in an attempted coup on Heaven. After a battle which ripped Heaven asunder, Lucifer was cast down, and the Grigori punished for their transgressions. Ekimus set out into the outside world to seek his own redemption.Older than Adam and Eve, Ekimus was the first vampire. In ancient times he encountered a beautiful woman Lisseth, herself cast from God's favour when she was rejected as Adam's mate in the Garden of Eden, who stole the secrets of the vampire from him becoming the vampire queen, perverting his nature into a dark predator of the night. Appalled at the race they had spawned, Ekimus has devoted himself since that time to trying to stop Lisseth at every turn with the aid of the chosen ones. After going through dozens of perspective vampires he finally found Alex Elder, the boy who he believed could finally turn the tide of the war by destroying the vampire queen. Together with Ekimus, Joe, the reincarnated St. George and a mysterious young woman called Scarlet, and a fallen angel named Zauriel, Alex eventually battled his way to victory, although not without suffering their own losses.
Just over two years have passed since that day and Alex is now technically almost 19, although his body refuses to age beyond 16 which a constant annoyance to him. He has spent his time battling the other supernatural forces which prey on humans, along with Ekimus who still seeks a way to redeem himself in the eyes of the Lord. With Ekimus' continued instruction, Alex is now better able to control his evolved powers. He has fine tuned his pyrokinetic (firecasting) and telekinetic (flight and moving objects) powers to such a degree using them now requires little or no concentration. He has also learned to tolerate sunlight to a certain degree, especially in the early morning/ late evening and can even move about in the daytime when there is heavy cloud cover although it causes him discomfort. Other times when he has to move about during the day he has to ensure his entire body is covered. His long coat has an enchantment which keeps the interior refrigerated (Alex feels neither heat nor cold but the refrigeration helps Alex move about more comfortable in the day time). He still manages to survive without resorting to killing humans for blood, thanks to Ekimus' contacts at a local blood bank, although if needs must he will resort to drinking the blood of lower animals.
Powers:
Enhanced Strength, Speed & Agility
Pyrokinesis
Telekinesis (Which allows him the power of flight)
Razor Sharp Extendable Claws on each finger.
Clothes & Equipment
Black Leather Bodysuit, matching gloves and boots. The suit is distinctive in that it is covered in large metal buckles.
Tanned Leather Hooded LongCoat (Within the coats refrigerated interior are several pockets in which Alex stores spare blood packets and sunblock)
Long Grigorian crimson Silk Scarf decorated with symbol for eternity.