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Throwing my hat in the ring with one chaotic gremlin! I'll likely make more characters, but this one I just had to get up (so please excuse typos, she was done on mobile. Images will be added later tonight)! I'll likely create a true villain heavy hitter later tonight or tomorrow, since I know that's needed.

Real name: Lillian Woods
Codename: Cheshire
Species and appearance: Human, with a symbiotic relationship to a shadow demon.
Standing at 5'1 with white blonde hair and startling green eyes, Lillian would be the least intimidating person if it weren't for the five inch red and black horns that jut out from the top of her head. Of course, she often hides them under hats nowadays, unless in her Cheshire persona. When using her shadow powers, her skin and hair change to navy blue to black, with her eyes and horns glowing a neon pink. Her teeth also become larger and sharper, her mouth widening at the edges.
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Age: 21
Alignment: Chaos, technically a villain but has been known to work with heroes when the mood strikes her.
Costume/clothing: In costume, she wears an all black jumpsuit with hot pink accents. As far as day to day wear goes, she favors dark clothing with pops of bright color, usually with her hats.
Occupation: Streamer and video creator
Backstory:
Born to a completely normal family, as the middle child of five, Lillian had a completely normal middle class upbringing. She went to public school, participated in extracurriculars (theater, choir, and soccer), and started to dabble in the dark arts at a young age. What started with a prepubescent fascinations with ghost stories and urban legends became darker and darker as she grew older. She delved into spells and rituals, trying just to see what she could summon. It never worked, of course, until she was 18 and stumbled upon a ritual that claimed to chain a shadow demon to one's soul. She assumed it would fail like all the others, but tried it anyway, which is how Moralis came to be attached to her. It wasn't all bad, however, she and the demon struck a deal. In exchange for hitching a ride Earthside in Lillian's body, Lillian would receive fantastic powers, and use them to sow chaos. Not enough to cause the end of the world, that would be counterproductive, but enough to entertain the demon lingering in the back of her mind. If Lillian so chooses, she can sever the connection to Moralis at any time, but doing so will forfeit her soul when she dies. If the connection is forcibly severed, she isn't sure what will happen to her soul. By keeping the connection and entertaining Moralis, when Lillian's body can no longer keep up with causing chaos, Moralis will descend back into hell and Lillian will keep her soul, tainted as it will be.

Powers:
-Shadow step: Able to teleport and transverse through shadows without being seen. If the shadow is interrupted, she is forcibly ejected. She can also only teleport to places she can see or has been before, and only if shadows are available for her arrival. She can also choose which body parts are in the shadows, giving her the nickname of Cheshire due to her ability to slowly phase her body into the shadows.
-Night Whip: Able to solidify and control shadow tendrils. She can also form them into other shapes, but tendrils is by far the easiest.
-Dark Vision: Able to see as well in pure darkness as a normal human would see in dim light.
-Shadow Healing: By retreating into the shadows, Lillian can heal most injuries, short of loss of limbs and major organs.

Weaknesses (if any):
-If the connection between her and her demon is severed, she loses all powers. This has yet to happen but with the right rituals one could.
-Ultimately still human, leaving her vulnerable to most things.
-While traveling through the shadows, her eyes still glow, meaning she can be found and seen if she opens them.
-Sensitive to bright lights

Personality traits and interests:
Lillian is chaos incarnate, but in the most bubbly way. Positive and full of cheer, she brightens any situation. Of course, this sharply contrasts her interests in the demonic, but variety is the spice of life after all. As Cheshire, she chooses no sides, aiding villains and heroes alike when the mood strikes her. Whatever is going to be more fun to her at the moment is the side she chooses. She's also been known to switch sides mid fight, making her an unreliable ally, but it's still good to have her on your side, even if you can't fully trust her.
Of course, sometimes what looks like her, isn't her. Moralis temporarily taking the wheel when Lillian is incapacitated. Moralis is always in the back of her mind, the two hide no thoughts from each other, and the demon would never do anything to jeopardize their free ride. They would, however, do things to cause chaos, which is where most of her mid fight alliance changes come from. Lillian takes a blow that knocks her out, or close enough to it, and Moralis is unable to help themselves from snatching the wheel to create chaos.
Interests/Likes:
Spicy food, podcasts, the occult, reading, night.

Sexuality: Pansexual, panromantic
 
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gravemermaid said:
Throwing my hat in the ring with one chaotic gremlin! I'll likely make more characters, but this one I just had to get up (so please excuse typos, she was done on mobile. Images will be added later tonight)! I'll likely create a true villain heavy hitter later tonight or tomorrow, since I know that's needed.

Real name: Lillian Woods
Codename: Cheshire
Species and appearance: Human, with a symbiotic relationship to a shadow demon.
Standing at 5'1 with white blonde hair and startling green eyes, Lillian would be the least intimidating person if it weren't for the five inch red and black horns that jut out from the top of her head. Of course, she often hides them under hats nowadays, unless in her Cheshire persona. When using her shadow powers, her skin and hair change to navy blue to black, with her eyes and horns glowing a neon pink. Her teeth also become larger and sharper, her mouth widening at the edges.
Age: 21
Alignment: Chaos, technically a villain but has been known to work with heroes when the mood strikes her.
Costume/clothing: In costume, she wears an all black jumpsuit with hot pink accents. As far as day to day wear goes, she favors dark clothing with pops of bright color, usually with her hats.
Occupation: Streamer and video creator
Backstory:
Born to a completely normal family, as the middle child of five, Lillian had a completely normal middle class upbringing. She went to public school, participated in extracurriculars (theater, choir, and soccer), and started to dabble in the dark arts at a young age. What started with a prepubescent fascinations with ghost stories and urban legends became darker and darker as she grew older. She delved into spells and rituals, trying just to see what she could summon. It never worked, of course, until she was 18 and stumbled upon a ritual that claimed to chain a shadow demon to one's soul. She assumed it would fail like all the others, but tried it anyway, which is how Moralis came to be attached to her. It wasn't all bad, however, she and the demon struck a deal. In exchange for hitching a ride Earthside in Lillian's body, Lillian would receive fantastic powers, and use them to sow chaos. Not enough to cause the end of the world, that would be counterproductive, but enough to entertain the demon lingering in the back of her mind. If Lillian so chooses, she can sever the connection to Moralis at any time, but doing so will forfeit her soul when she dies. If the connection is forcibly severed, she isn't sure what will happen to her soul. By keeping the connection and entertaining Moralis, when Lillian's body can no longer keep up with causing chaos, Moralis will descend back into hell and Lillian will keep her soul, tainted as it will be.

Powers:
-Shadow step: Able to teleport and transverse through shadows without being seen. If the shadow is interrupted, she is forcibly ejected. She can also only teleport to places she can see or has been before, and only if shadows are available for her arrival. She can also choose which body parts are in the shadows, giving her the nickname of Cheshire due to her ability to slowly phase her body into the shadows.
-Night Whip: Able to solidify and control shadow tendrils. She can also form them into other shapes, but tendrils is by far the easiest.
-Dark Vision: Able to see as well in pure darkness as a normal human would see in dim light.
-Shadow Healing: By retreating into the shadows, Lillian can heal most injuries, short of loss of limbs and major organs.

Weaknesses (if any):
-If the connection between her and her demon is severed, she loses all powers. This has yet to happen but with the right rituals one could.
-Ultimately still human, leaving her vulnerable to most things.
-While traveling through the shadows, her eyes still glow, meaning she can be found and seen if she opens them.
-Sensitive to bright lights

Personality traits and interests:
Lillian is chaos incarnate, but in the most bubbly way. Positive and full of cheer, she brightens any situation. Of course, this sharply contrasts her interests in the demonic, but variety is the spice of life after all. As Cheshire, she chooses no sides, aiding villains and heroes alike when the mood strikes her. Whatever is going to be more fun to her at the moment is the side she chooses. She's also been known to switch sides mid fight, making her an unreliable ally, but it's still good to have her on your side, even if you can't fully trust her.
Of course, sometimes what looks like her, isn't her. Moralis temporarily taking the wheel when Lillian is incapacitated. Moralis is always in the back of her mind, the two hide no thoughts from each other, and the demon would never do anything to jeopardize their free ride. They would, however, do things to cause chaos, which is where most of her mid fight alliance changes come from. Lillian takes a blow that knocks her out, or close enough to it, and Moralis is unable to help themselves from snatching the wheel to create chaos.
Interests/Likes:
Spicy food, podcasts, the occult, reading, night.

Sexuality: Pansexual, panromantic
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I won't lie I love her so much already, I'm such a fan of the strong chaos bringers, like they just give my brain such an ich xD
Venom is literally one of my fave spiderman villains too so this whole character is basically perfect to me
 
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Real name: Cassius "Cas"/"Buzz" Carter
Codename: Asset 227 / Cicadis
Species: Human-Insect Chimera
Appearance:
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(Not shown: black cicada-like wings reaching down from the tops of his shoulder blades down to his waist).

Age: 19 - Birthday is June 6, 2003
Alignment: CIA / Independent, Neutral Evil
Costume/clothing: (see above)
Occupation: Assassin, intelligence agent, secret police, eco-terrorist.
Backstory:
Cicadis was "born" in a secret laboratory on June 6, 2003. The result of a top-secret genetic experiment combining human embryos with DNA harvested from different types of insects. While the project was largely a failure, producing a large number of unviable human infants, they did encounter one success moments before they were going to be ordered to close: a bug-winged baby they named Cassius Carter. Belonging entirely to the CIA, Cas was groomed to become a deep-level asset since the moment he emerged from his nameless surrogate mother.

Years of relentless training, constant sophisticated education, and abuse followed. Although Cas never asked to be made the way he was, those secret workers tasked with taking charge of the twisted child and turning him into an asset—no more valuable to national security than a filing cabinet—did not hide their disgust and disinterest, even as they pushed him further and further to higher heights. Although the human part of him grew into a handsome boy, the chittering of his wings and his occasionally disturbingly insect like behavior (odd twitching movements, cocoon building, unblinking staring) made him something to be avoided and dealt with at a distance, not cared for. He was subject to constant medical, physical, and psychological experimentation to determine the results of the test before he inevitably died of some mysterious genetic defect.

But Cassius did not die: his genetics were perfectly stable and his overall health (not counting the effects of neglect, abuse, and experimentation) was perfect. By the time he hit puberty, this was starting to become clear to the researchers, and a new plan had to be developed. He was entrusted to the care of a team of veteran field agents in deep cover in the forests of Virginia, where they would give him agent training in combat, socialization, and other important skills. In their home, he received his first true glimpse of the world outside, and was equal parts awed and dismayed by what he saw: a vast, beautiful world, more full of life than he could have imagined which he instantly fell in love with, packed side-by-side with the venal, destructive masses of humankind. As he was trained into an individual operative by these agents, in his own spare time Cassius read more and learned more about the world—about climate change, about habitat loss, about history and evolution, and about superhumanity—the more he grew not just to hate the individual humans who treated him like dirt, but to hate all of humankind as well. Seeing in himself the obvious fact he was a superhuman, as well as the numerous superhumans that did marvelous things as villains and heroes, his ideology of anti-human, superhuman supremacy was formed.

However, that has to wait. Though the Agency treats him much more kindly than when he was a simple research test subject, they still own Cassius and keep him on a tight leash. From the time he was fifteen, they began to send him on missions: assassinating targets, gathering and planting evidence, collecting surveillance, all sorts of dirty work that haunt the dreams of conspiracists and dissidents worldwide. Judging that he would have no loyalty to anything but the CIA, they now have assigned him shadow with a "recently uncovered" agent, both to teach him better morals and combat skills and for Cicadis to keep an eye on the asset—The Captain. Time would tell how this would unfold…


Powers:
+Tymbal: using a specialized organ in his chest and the cells in his body (as well as the wings on his back and his own voice box), Cicadis is able to produce intense, piercing waves of sound—similar to the song of a cicada. This sound can be used for long distance communication (even transmitting Morse code), and at short ranges can be used as an incapacitating weapon, capable of bursting unprotected eardrums at 10 meters and disrupting bodily functions at 2.
+Vibrating Frequency: Cassius' insectoid cells are capable of vibrating at intense frequencies, allowing him to use the resultant friction to produce heat and fire and to drill though wood, soft stone, and flesh—more with the proper focus and tools. This takes up much of his energy, however, and has to be sparingly used.
+Insect Mobility: Cassius is able to use his wings and his surprisingly powerful limbs to make very rapid movements, hopping around the place like a very quick human-sized flea.
+Durability: His cells have a thin, invisible layer of chitin that makes them more able to withstand physical punishment than the usual human—not quite at the level of bulletproof, but still significant in hand-to-hand or adverse environments like sandstorms.
+Breathing Pores: Cassius does not need to use his lungs to breathe, and is instead able to process oxygen through his skin—although eventually strangulation would cause a stroke or a broken spinal column/neck, it would not result in hypoxia.
+Cocoon Regeneration: In a safe location with stable temperatures, Cassius can put himself into a cocoon/dormant state, where his body is enveloped in a thick biological envelope. Over days, weeks, or even months, this can be used to recover from many injuries—including nervous damage and lost limbs—with the exception of major internal organs and the brain.

Weaknesses (if any):
-High Metabolism: needs to constantly load up on sugar to keep up with the energy demands of his metabolism (supplemented with nicotine, caffeine, and occasionally cocaine and amphetamines).
-Highly reactive to chemical pollution, poisoning, or chemical weapons, even from things usually considered food grade or otherwise harmless. Often wears a face mask in civilian settings to prevent this from impacting him—blames "severe asthma and allergies". His standard gear includes a CRBN rebreather and a skin-tight filter wetsuit for protection—breathable so he can breathe from his skin, but dense enough to prevent most hostile chemicals and particles.
-Hydrophobia: Gets anxious around large bodies of water, and cannot really swim.
-Sensitive to cold, which reduces his speed and agility. Frequently wears
-When in his cocoon, is completely senseless and helpless, unable to defend himself or even understand what is going on outside.

Personality traits and interests:
A self-described sadist. Enjoys puzzles, riddles, and enigmas. Fights dirty and like a coward. Gets a rush from hurting and being hurt. Has a thoroughly dark and cynical worldview, viewing everything through jade-colored glasses. Not really a feminist, but definitely is a misandrist. Despite his hatred for humanity, he does quite admire their cultural works: his favorite artists are Francisco Goya and Auguste Rodin, he likes poetry by Robert Frost and novels by Steven King, and he likes to go to the symphony and, oddly enough by his own admission, to music festivals—he hopes to somehow preserve these. Cas is an easy and brilliant conversationalist, but he is not an easy man to make friends with. Has a dark, often self-effacing sense of humor, frequently with a nasty bite. Cassius enjoys the finer things in life: is aware of all etiquette and protocol, enjoys fancy clothes and fine dining in luxury hotels and neighborhoods. Also has an appreciation of nature.

Cassius believes that superhumans are the "next dominant species of evolution," that humans are inherently inferior to superhumanity. In addition, since humanity is unwilling to reform itself, he believes that the common goal of superhumanity should be to stop the ongoing Sixth Mass Extinction event through annihilating the fossil-fuel guzzling, habitat wrecking, myopic and greedy and foolish human global civilization, and by doing so quickly—preferably by a bioweapon, but aside from wanting to limit ecological fallout from the extinction he is not super picky about the "hows". Because of this, he has zero compunction about ending human life—man, woman, or child—but his racist/speciesist "code of honor" will prevent him from outright killing a non-technologically based superhuman if other options are available (although violence, kidnapping, imprisonment, and torture are still on the menu). Cassius is willing and unflinching in his ability to steal, lie, cheat, maim, murder, and destroy if it will advance his main goal of superhuman supremacy and human extinction: he does not necessarily lack empathy, but he seems to lack a conscience. He is obedient to those with authority and power over him, content to bide his time.

Sexuality: Asexual, heteroromantic. Though Cas is disgusted by sex, he is flexible enough to go both ways if it gets him what he wants—he's unlikely to enjoy it, though. As he is a misandrist, he only likes to associate on a romantic level with women.
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I was also thinking of having my second character be an insect hybrid (in this case a butterfly) and an assassin. Would it be cool if you had some shared lore with my character? Maybe they became rivals in the past or something, or maybe also both their agencies developed a shared affinity for creating insect chimeras. Maybe they ran into each other in the past as they shared a target. 🤔

For context, the butterfly guy I'm planning on submitting is part of an organization based somewhere in Eurasia (but operates globally) that commissions assassins. He would be stationed in New York and would be tasked to take out targets in that area. Unlike other assassins, he would not enjoy assassinating discretely (e.g. poisoning a drink or cleaning up his murders); he would prefer to have fun with his job and to put up an extravagant show every time he is tasked to murder someone. He likes making his murders obviously show that he's the one who committed the crime, kinda like adding a signature but instead of a written signature he would use a certain style of killing or stylizing the target's body.
 
_rigel_ said:
I was also thinking of having my second character be an insect hybrid (in this case a butterfly) and an assassin. Would it be cool if you had some shared lore with my character? Maybe they became rivals in the past or something, or maybe also both their agencies developed a shared affinity for creating insect chimeras. Maybe they ran into each other in the past as they shared a target. 🤔

For context, the butterfly guy I'm planning on submitting is part of an organization based somewhere in Eurasia (but operates globally) that commissions assassins. He would be stationed in New York and would be tasked to take out targets in that area. Unlike other assassins, he would not enjoy assassinating discretely (e.g. poisoning a drink or cleaning up his murders); he would prefer to have fun with his job and to put up an extravagant show every time he is tasked to murder someone. He likes making his murders obviously show that he's the one who committed the crime, kinda like adding a signature but instead of a written signature he would use a certain style of killing or stylizing the target's body.
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I like this—DM me! We can coordinate details
 
Bubble Girl Fun Facts!
Voice Talent: Kristen Wiig
Theme: Colors Flying High
How Do Her Bubbles Attack? Cavitation - Rapid and intense cavitation, with smaller and tighter streams focusing Bubble Girl's blasts and doing more damage, rendering them able to dent armor, while wider 'shotgun' like blasts could hit with the force of a solid punch.
 
She knows, but she didn't want to spill that a hero might've been hurt. It's important to maintain a 'the heroes are invincible' look as long as possible, it gives people confidence in them.
 
Okie I'm thinking of making my starter post with Darcy take place in Nightwitch's library (maybe also her scolding Darcy for killing another person again). I imagine them to have collaborated in the past in gaining info about what happened to Darcy's mother or what ritual she conducted, and perhaps now Nightwitch found another lead. 🔮
 
_rigel_ said:
Okie I'm thinking of making my starter post with Darcy take place in Nightwitch's library (maybe also her scolding Darcy for killing another person again). I imagine them to have collaborated in the past in gaining info about what happened to Darcy's mother or what ritual she conducted, and perhaps now Nightwitch found another lead. 🔮
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Thinking Nightwitch might be something of an Agent Coulson for the more supernatural PCs.
 
gravemermaid said:
Throwing my hat in the ring with one chaotic gremlin! I'll likely make more characters, but this one I just had to get up (so please excuse typos, she was done on mobile. Images will be added later tonight)! I'll likely create a true villain heavy hitter later tonight or tomorrow, since I know that's needed.

Real name: Lillian Woods
Codename: Cheshire
Species and appearance: Human, with a symbiotic relationship to a shadow demon.
Standing at 5'1 with white blonde hair and startling green eyes, Lillian would be the least intimidating person if it weren't for the five inch red and black horns that jut out from the top of her head. Of course, she often hides them under hats nowadays, unless in her Cheshire persona. When using her shadow powers, her skin and hair change to navy blue to black, with her eyes and horns glowing a neon pink. Her teeth also become larger and sharper, her mouth widening at the edges.
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Age: 21
Alignment: Chaos, technically a villain but has been known to work with heroes when the mood strikes her.
Costume/clothing: In costume, she wears an all black jumpsuit with hot pink accents. As far as day to day wear goes, she favors dark clothing with pops of bright color, usually with her hats.
Occupation: Streamer and video creator
Backstory:
Born to a completely normal family, as the middle child of five, Lillian had a completely normal middle class upbringing. She went to public school, participated in extracurriculars (theater, choir, and soccer), and started to dabble in the dark arts at a young age. What started with a prepubescent fascinations with ghost stories and urban legends became darker and darker as she grew older. She delved into spells and rituals, trying just to see what she could summon. It never worked, of course, until she was 18 and stumbled upon a ritual that claimed to chain a shadow demon to one's soul. She assumed it would fail like all the others, but tried it anyway, which is how Moralis came to be attached to her. It wasn't all bad, however, she and the demon struck a deal. In exchange for hitching a ride Earthside in Lillian's body, Lillian would receive fantastic powers, and use them to sow chaos. Not enough to cause the end of the world, that would be counterproductive, but enough to entertain the demon lingering in the back of her mind. If Lillian so chooses, she can sever the connection to Moralis at any time, but doing so will forfeit her soul when she dies. If the connection is forcibly severed, she isn't sure what will happen to her soul. By keeping the connection and entertaining Moralis, when Lillian's body can no longer keep up with causing chaos, Moralis will descend back into hell and Lillian will keep her soul, tainted as it will be.

Powers:
-Shadow step: Able to teleport and transverse through shadows without being seen. If the shadow is interrupted, she is forcibly ejected. She can also only teleport to places she can see or has been before, and only if shadows are available for her arrival. She can also choose which body parts are in the shadows, giving her the nickname of Cheshire due to her ability to slowly phase her body into the shadows.
-Night Whip: Able to solidify and control shadow tendrils. She can also form them into other shapes, but tendrils is by far the easiest.
-Dark Vision: Able to see as well in pure darkness as a normal human would see in dim light.
-Shadow Healing: By retreating into the shadows, Lillian can heal most injuries, short of loss of limbs and major organs.

Weaknesses (if any):
-If the connection between her and her demon is severed, she loses all powers. This has yet to happen but with the right rituals one could.
-Ultimately still human, leaving her vulnerable to most things.
-While traveling through the shadows, her eyes still glow, meaning she can be found and seen if she opens them.
-Sensitive to bright lights

Personality traits and interests:
Lillian is chaos incarnate, but in the most bubbly way. Positive and full of cheer, she brightens any situation. Of course, this sharply contrasts her interests in the demonic, but variety is the spice of life after all. As Cheshire, she chooses no sides, aiding villains and heroes alike when the mood strikes her. Whatever is going to be more fun to her at the moment is the side she chooses. She's also been known to switch sides mid fight, making her an unreliable ally, but it's still good to have her on your side, even if you can't fully trust her.
Of course, sometimes what looks like her, isn't her. Moralis temporarily taking the wheel when Lillian is incapacitated. Moralis is always in the back of her mind, the two hide no thoughts from each other, and the demon would never do anything to jeopardize their free ride. They would, however, do things to cause chaos, which is where most of her mid fight alliance changes come from. Lillian takes a blow that knocks her out, or close enough to it, and Moralis is unable to help themselves from snatching the wheel to create chaos.
Interests/Likes:
Spicy food, podcasts, the occult, reading, night.

Sexuality: Pansexual, panromantic
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Looks good, I'll add them to the char list when I get a chance.
 
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