Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread
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				Title: <strong>Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le Immortelle</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 17:43:32</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Amazon<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Batwoman<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Donna Ross<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Age:</strong> 22<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> None<br><strong>Profession:</strong> Waitress at Big D's bar and college student by day. Caped crusader by the night.<br><strong>Personality:</strong> Donna is a passionate woman who is never afraid to stand for what's right. Often she would land up in trouble due to that since a young age. She's smart, witty and has a sarcastic outlook on life. The life in the shithole that Gotham has become now coupled with her past has made her a bit cynical which often shows even in the way she fights crime which is without a shade of mercy many times.<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance out of costume</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in costume</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://i53.tinypic.com/mvi35x.jpg)</td><td>(http://i54.tinypic.com/2luuwdj.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>History:</strong> Donna Ross has a rather amusing history as to how she became what she is today. Daughter of a cop, Jack Ross who was gunned down in one of the million coverups by the Gotham criminals moving in dark shadows and power circles, Donna was raised by her mother Alice. She has despised the state in which the city is ever since and hates the fact that she could be able to find the people who were responsible for the killing. She met Bruce when she was riding in his neighbourhood on her bike and spotted him get attacked by a gang of teenage criminals. Coming to his rescue she and Wayne cleaned the house.<br><br>As time went on, he took her under his wings..asking her to prove her worth to take over the mantle..something which she did! And was given the coveted costume as the Bat returned to Gotham once again, striking fear in the hearts of all the bad guys and cleaning up the city as time went on. It was around the same time Catwoman was on her major spree of robberies and was on a massive streak and like they say, history always repeats itself as both women began a love affair which was to have a devastating impact not only on their lives but also on the fate of the entire Gotham!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le Immortelle</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 17:44:05</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Chrystal<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Catwoman<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Katrina Wayne<br><strong>Gender:</strong> F<br><strong>Age:</strong> 23<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> Kitty<br><strong>Profession:</strong> Part time waitress in a pizza restaraunt, full time jewel theif &amp; cat burgler<br><strong>Personality:</strong> Katrina is a wimpy little submissive who wouldn't say boo to a beetle, let alone a goose. Catwoman, however is a sadistic evil bitch who thinks nothing of killing in cold blood, and will happily rape a female victim, or even a male one, before killing them.<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance Out of Costume:</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in Costume:</strong></td></tr><tr><td> (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f1/200304734-001.jpg)</td><td>(http://backseatcuddler.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/catwoman011.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table><strong>History:</strong> Katrina Wayne is a very distant relative of Bruce. Born with none of his wealth or privilege, she harbours a seething resentment to him, and to all those with power, money and privilege. She was working as a Pizza chef/waitress/delivery girl, and was called to deliver some pizzas to a wealthy but ruthless business mogul, who tried to molest her. To pay him back, she embarked on an ill-conceived plan to burgle his penthouse apartment. Unfortunately her plan backfired badly, when he caught her trying to gain entry. He ruthlessly pushed her off the balcony, and she fell to her death. However,&nbsp; by pure coincidence, the fall that should have killed her merely left her unconscious and with several broken bones.<br><br>She was found by the ageing Selina Kyle, AKA Catwoman, who recognised a kindred spirit and took her in, nursed her back to health, then trained her. The last phase of Katrina's training was to see if she was ruthless enough to kill. She was! At that moment, the mantle of The Catwoman passed from mentor to student and Kyle became Katrina's servant. The new Catwoman's first exploit was to seek revenge upon the man who had taken her first life.<br><br>She soon came to the attention of Batwoman, and the two began an on-again-off-again love affair, that extended to their out-of-costume identities. The fact that Katrina and Donna are lovers has a profound effect on their relationship as criminal and vigilante, the extent of which will be revealed in the solo RP!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le Immortelle</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 17:50:36</strong>
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				Player Name:&nbsp; Novak<br>Character Name: Bruce Wayne<br>Real Name: Bruce Wayne<br>Gender: Male<br>Age: 65<br>Nickname: <br>Profession: Retired vigilante/Billionaire <br>Personality: Quiet and reclusive.&nbsp; Haunted by his past.<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance out of costume</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in costume</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/dcanimated/images/1/1c/Oldbruce.jpg)</td><td>(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:-qy2qAmCdFgw3M:http://www.neurosoftware.ro/programming-blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/e1a00_Batman___Colored___by_pochrzas.jpg&amp;t=1)</td></tr></tbody></table><br>History:&nbsp; Bruce Wayne was traumatized at a young age by witnessing the murder of his parents at a young age.&nbsp; This event was the spark for young Bruce to want to drive crime and corruption from Gotham.&nbsp; He spent the early part of his life studying all over the world mastering crime solving techniques and multiple forms of martial arts and fighting techniques.&nbsp; He returned to Gotham at the age of 24 feeling ready to take on crime vowing to never kill or threaten with a lethal weapon.&nbsp; His career in fighting crime lasted long and hen encountered many friends such as Lucius Fox, Robin, and Batgirl.&nbsp; Enemies such as Joker, Riddler, Two Face, Poison Ivy, and Bane.&nbsp; And then their were people who filled both billets at times, most notably Catwoman.&nbsp; After losing almost all he knew he vowed never again after breaking his one rule.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 17:50:49</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong>Snark<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Scarecrow<br><strong>Real Name:</strong>Kirk Graber<br><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br><strong>Age:</strong>27<br><strong>Profession:</strong>Professional criminal, illegal bio-arms dealings<br><strong>Personality:</strong>Not nearly as psychopathic as his name sake, but not really stable either. Arrogant and selfish and thus able to find ways to justify his actions. Cold and logical as a criminal, until he wants to give someone the spooks, while when out of the costumes seems to be well adjusted, even charming.<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance Out of Costume:</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in Costume:</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://fr.dreamstime.com/male-scientist-working-in-a-lab-thumb10640601.jpg)</td><td>(http://ffmedia.ign.com/batman/image/batman_begins_scarecrow1_1097175512.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table><strong>History:</strong> He kind of wishes he had one of those tragic origins stories. It'd make for a perfect excuse. No, he lived an average life. What wasn't average was his intellect, especially in the field of chemistry, and his cunning. Maybe not a super genius type, but certainly well educated. You would say the younger Kirk had a bright future with such excellent grades at Gotham U. That's where it all got started. He was one of a a couple student volunteers prepping an older science building for demolition. He was to get the last of the things out of the building, since there were still simple things like chairs left in some classes. Apparently they even opened and emptied Dr. Cranes old office, since the door was open and nothing but the large bare desk was left. Superstition made staff lock that room up decades ago. He had to investigate. He didn't know much about psychology but that he did know curious was human nature.<br>He must have stared at the briefcase he found in the desk well hidden secret compartment for an hour before opening it. It was kind of what he expected but it was still shocking to actually see it. The last known costume of the scarecrow, built to be an Effie gas mask,, but it also kept the chilling look of most of Crane's costumes. Under it was four delicately preserved vials of a murky yellow-ish substance. Fear toxin.&nbsp; That was right up his alley! He knew then that he had to examine the stuff. And he did. For a year. That was when he started to get those creeping thoughts about trying to put this costume to use. One day he just thought he'd... try it on. It would be absurd to say he was changed completely by putting on an old outfit of some dead guy.... But he might have had a revaluation about just what he could do with what he'd found.<br>Turns out gangs of today's Gotham have a bit of an arms race going to see which group of thugs could get their hands on the biggest firepower. He never saw himself as a salesmen, but it didn't take much convincing some of the who's who the the underground that biological warfare was the next step in their battle for territory and respect. He made quite a sum this way, going around in his creepy mask selling the fear toxin he was able to replicate, along with other neat poisons he came up with. Things grew fast from their, until he had a mini empire built on this scheme.<br>He has since made a hobby of collecting chemicals he considers of important historical significance to the city of Gotham.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le Immortelle</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 17:55:59</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong>Pendarious<strong><br><br>Character Name:</strong>Madame Blizzard<strong><br>Real Name:</strong>Maria Freeze<strong><br>Gender:</strong>Female<strong><br>Age:</strong>19<strong><br>Nicknames:</strong> Dame of Glaciers<strong><br><br>Profession:</strong>engineer<strong><br>Personality:</strong>When she isn't geared up trying to wreak havoc on the city of Gotham She can be kind and gentle young woman though she has a sense of duty to her former mentor and late adoptive father Victor Freeze.<strong><br><br></strong><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance out of costume</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in costume</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/Ilnuch/Tranquil%20Maidens/Yuria16.jpg)</td><td>Think of Mr. Freeze's Suit only redisigned to fit a woman</td></tr></tbody></table><br>History:[/b] Maria was abandoned shortly after she was born and left in the care of an orphanage. As she grew up there she was forced to do manual labor in order to attain food. when she was 10 years old she was adopted by a mechanical engineer by the name of Victor Freeze. Freeze who was unable to save his wife was loneley and heartbroken. he adopted the girl simply because he had seen her out doing work and he believed that she could keep him company for the remainder of his life.<br><br>The girl was brought into the Freeze household and taught everything about engineering that the master of the house knew. Soon she was able to build suits and various other powerful machines of her own. She was 14 when victor finally named her. She had been "Girl" up until this point and to show his affections Victor named her Maria Freeze. Victor was aging and his health was failing him so he was trying to prepare maria to run everyting in his stead. The girl looked up to victor as her savior and agreed to do anything if he instructed her to do it. As her 18th birthday fast approached victor began to send her out on errands that were hitting the point of illegal such as freezing cops and stealing their money or various valuables to sell. Soon enough she became a full fledged criminal who dubbed herself "Madame Blizzard" Blizzard was quick to attain a reputation for her cold nature and was likened to glaciers. Common crooks began to call her "Dame of Glaciers"<br><br>Her 18th birthday came and Victor passed on. Maria now the Head of the Freeze estate continued the line of work left to her by her late father. She was involved in the buisness world and making a good amount of money both legally and illegally with the inventions she made. Slowly her depression got the better of her and she drifted into a form of madness. at 19 Maria is clinically insane however publically she still holds a straight face. Madame Blizzard is a cold and heartless being who instead of capturing people in ice freezes them all the way though so that they become pure ice.<br><br>Weakness: she is insane and is prone to halucinations or being easily distracted if the proper things are said or done.<br><br>Note: she does not have the weakness to heat that her late father had.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Le Immortelle</strong> on <strong>06-12-2010, 17:58:51</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Callie Del Noire<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Prometha<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Carla Anne Preston<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Age:</strong> 21<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> <br><strong>Profession:</strong> Doctoral Candidate, Cybernetics (Bio-Cybernetics), Mathematics <br><strong>Personality:</strong> Dedicated researcher who seems 100% focused on her research in her civilian persona, as Prometha she lets her 'hair' down and lets her implants and the 'templates' guide her banter in combat. Typically her 'combat skill set' is that of the 20th century Huntress (Helena Bertinelli) with some overlap from the 'power templates' of her metahuman donors. <br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance out of costume</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in costume</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://www.pajiba.com/assets_c/2009/10/Rachel-Nichols-723620-thumb-350x465-5217.jpg)</td><td>(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Scarlett_GI_Joe_2009.png)</td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>History:</strong> <br>Born to well off parents, Carla's talents and aptitude for math and science were quickly spotted. Her parents, realizing what she might have to endure, made sure she interacted with children of her age while helping her develop her mind. Riding, Gymnastics, society social events and more helped her develop a stable personality as she was admitted to MIT at age 15.<br>She quickly excelled at the growing field of medical research and in specific cybernetics. While working on a long term internship in Gotham, she found the remains of the Prometheus helmet/suit system. She found an old recording of the Huntress and studied it. Working from that she tied it to her research into a biological computer system that would let her mimic the implanted abilities more easily. She was brought into a special project dealing with a special biological culture which could reshape itself under stimuli. Working the suit's systems into the neural network the culture could make, she discovered that she could mimic metahuman metabolic processes with her upgraded engram programs developed from Promethus' suit. Using a specially programmed medial robot, she implanted the neural network and cultured a sample of the bio-culture to link in with it. <br>In the months since then, she's been testing out her abilities, using neural net to mimic certain metahumans and skillsets from the archive she's been building. She typically keeps the Huntress profile running and adds in a few specialty skills as she gets them (electronics, safecracking, and such). She has developed fairly good computer based investigative skills and has managed to compile a small arsenal and carbon hardened armor suit capable of handling the average weaponry encountered on the street. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>07-12-2010, 01:01:41</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Writersblockade<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Johnny Knuckles<br><strong>Real Name:</strong>Jonathan Garret<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Age:</strong> 32<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> “Knuckles” or simply “nuc”<br><strong>Profession:</strong> Mobster<br><strong>Personality:</strong> Nothing more than a highly evolved enforcer, he believes in shooting first, then starting the conversation after the survivors have reached cover. A fatalist at heart, he holds onto his power and small piece of Gotham with an iron grip.<br><strong>Appearance</strong> <br>(http://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz178/Writersblockade/JohnnyKnuckles.jpg)<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Jonathan grew up in Gotham. Lived and breathed Gotham his whole life. The son of a failed entertainer and grocery cashier, Jonathan also knew the hard reality of life. He was never getting out of Gotham. From the moment of that realization on, he lived with the intent of making his life as high profile as possible. He took boxing lessons as a kid, and even progressed to golden gloves level at seventeen. That was until some mobster decided he didn’t like the fact that he bet stupidly and lost his money on one of Johnny's opponents.<br><br>Jonathan was shown the way to the hospital the hard way, and he woke up with his left hand…his infamous jab hand tore to shit. To this day, on cold nights, the pain was a dark reminder of the last time he dared to hope that his realization was a lie…that the hands he was born with were going to get him the life he felt he deserved. He lay in that hospital bed and stewed. Went through the hellish rehabilitation and stewed more. <br><br>Finally, when he was released from the hospital, he was approached by Frankie Falcone. He was another mobster, one not pleased with the coward who’d shattered Johnny’s hand. Agreements were made, and Johnny’s hate turned to malicious joy as Frankie arranged for a special glove to be made for him. He’d never box professionally again, but he could jab now…and the glove was weighed evenly with reinforced metal along the knuckles. The vengeance he visited upon that mobster was the stuff of hushed conversation, and before long it was Knuckles standing beside Frankie at meetings. When Frankie got pinched for the long haul, it was Knuckles that he left his small fiefdom to. <br><br>It was Knuckles who held it still.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>12-12-2010, 18:52:26</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Urbanzorro<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> The Black Mask, Sir Vandal Savage IV<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Vandal Savage<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Age:</strong> Official Age: 27&nbsp; True Age: Unknown<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> None<br><strong>Profession:</strong> Billionaire, Philanthropist, Industrialist <br><strong>Personality:</strong> In public Vandal is seen as being kind and caring, almost the the point of being seen as personifying what is 'good' in humanity. In private, he is cold, collected,&nbsp; calculating, and utterly ruthless he sees all those around him as nothing more than pawns on a chess board to be used, sacrificed, and even discarded as necessary.<br><strong>Appearance Out of Costume:</strong><br>(http://webspace.webring.com/people/su/um_5031/methos.jpg)<br><em>"I am not a caveman. I am a visionary. A veteran and orchestrator of every significant war mankind has ever had. And I will continue to shape world for the war of tomorrow. My tomorrow."</em><br><strong>Appearance in Costume:</strong> <br>(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g227/mkarmageddon88/Nolanverse/Black_Mask.jpg)<br><br><strong>History:</strong> <br><br><span class="bbc_u">-Report Begins-<br>File: 494810-A <br>Subject: Vandal Savage IV/Savage Industries<br>Contributing Sources: The Gotham Times, The Daily Planet, MI-5 Official Files, Interpol Offical Records, Department of Defense Files</span><br><br>The name Vandal Savage&nbsp; has known it's share of both fame and infamy. The first Vandal Savage amassed a fortune that, if handled correctly, would last his family thoughout time. Vandal's grandfather, Vandal Savage II was a Nazi war criminal responsible for untold atrocities. His father, Vandal Savage III was a madman with illusions of immortality who had at times claimed to have been both Vandal Savage II and Vandal Savage and who squandered large amounts of money on attempts to rule the world. And died in prison in Kaznia.&nbsp; <br><br><br>Official records state that Vandal Savage IV was born in the United Kingdom. Where he was apparently raised by his mother, never learning of just who his father was until later in life. His mother, knowing all too well who the boy's ancestors were and the legacy they carried, hoped to protect him and shape his childhood in order to steer him away from the shameful actions of his forefathers. By all accounts her plan worked spectacularly. When he finally reached the age of 18 Vandal was told of true linage and rather than reacting with rage or anger he showed nothing but calm acceptance. And guilt over the evils committed under his name's previous owners.&nbsp; <br><br><br>Within three years Vandal had managed to regain control of the Savage family assets, which were estimated to be in the area of several billion Euros. He publicly announced that with his new found wealth he sought to redeem his family's name and start a new Savage family legacy. Working tirelessly he founded several different humanitarian funds, built "free hospitals" in the third world, and established Savage Industries. A massive corporation originally focused on producing clean energy source.<br><br>&nbsp;<br>By the time he was 25 Vandal found himself kneeling before the Queen of England to be knighted for his 'economic and humanitarian services to the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the world. By this point Savage Industries had grown the European Union's answer to both Lexcorp, and Wayne Enterprises combined. Producing everything from foodstuffs to weapons technology. Two months later at his 26th birthday party Vandal announced plans for Savage Industries to break into the American market. Announcing that he hoped to help the United States and other North and South American countries with the promise of new jobs.<br><br><br>Three months ago Savage Industries announced that it's port of entry into the United States would be none other than Gotham City. Citing the city's crime rate, and struggling economy as reason enough to show just how Savage Industries could help the United States. A week later Savage Industries bought out Wayne Enterprises' long time local competitor GothCorp. Renovation, construction, and modernization crews have since been working nearly around the clock on GothCorp's factories to tool them up for their new purposes. Vandal has personally been overseeing this from within Gotham City. His exact place of residence is not known to the public. <br><br>According to public opinion Vandal Savage IV is a businessman with the skill of Lex Luthor, and the heart of the young Bruce Wayne, and Gotham's greatest hope for a legitimate economic answer to the problems it faces. <br><br><span class="bbc_u">-Report Ends-</span> <br><br>Sadly the public face of Vandal Savage IV is nothing more than a facade. His public image, his intentions, even his name are all lies. He is not Vandal Savage IV... He is Vandal Savage, born Vandar Adg of Blood Tribe 50,000 years ago. He possesses a genius level intellect, superior speed, superior strength, and immortality. Over the centuries, Savage's has effected history over and over again as an adviser to kings and pharaohs in Sumer, Egypt, and Europe. He has ruled hundreds of civilizations under hundreds of names: Khafre, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, and Vlad the Impaler, to name a few. He has also worked as close friends and advisers to the likes of Erik the Red, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ra's al Ghul, Otto von Bismarck and Adolf Hitler. He was the court physician in France, and even used the royal family for syphilis experiments. <br><br>His plans are always well thought out and can span over several centuries. Why he is in Gotham, only he can ever know. In order to protect his current good image he has adopted the persona of The Black Mask which he uses to preform an illegal activities. As The Black Mask, Savage can let his true self bleed through. As such The Black Mask is vicious, cruel, and already making moves to become the number 1 organized crime leader in Gotham. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>12-12-2010, 18:54:33</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Shihong<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Sabotage<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Tom Wyatt<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Age:</strong> 24<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> "Boomer", "Mr. Grafitti", "The Mad Painter"<br><strong>Profession:</strong> <em>By Day:</em> Student taking classes half-time at a community college.&nbsp; <em>By Night:</em> Urban Terrorist<br><strong>Personality:</strong><br><strong>Appearance Out of Costume:</strong>&nbsp; (1) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Characters/Sabotage4-1.png) <br><strong>Appearance in Costume:</strong> [Pictured]<br><strong>Relationships:</strong> No family to speak of.&nbsp; Lives with his On-Again-Off-Again girlfriend, Stacy Williams (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Characters/SabotageandGumby-1.png), who is both aware of and actively <em>encourages</em> his nocturnal behavior.&nbsp; Addicted to cigarettes, chems, and body modification, and has just the right connections to the suppliers Tom needs for his Paint Bombs.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> <br><br>Yet another victim of gang violence, another tally for the statistical records, Thomas lost his parents when he was still in High School.&nbsp; Until that point he had been fascinated by the arts, particularly in the contemporary movements that drew surreal landscapes out of empty canvases and shattered perception with layer upon layer of vibrant paints that stung the eyes and warped the mind like a potent visual drug.&nbsp; Aesthetics were everything, from the worry lines in people's faces to the peculiar way a tree struggled to survive amidst concrete jungles like a hand clawing out of the earth.&nbsp; <br><br>Unwilling to let Child Services stick him with some temporary foster family so late in life, he fled the public eye and the authorities.&nbsp; On some crazy whim he wound up on Stacy's doorstep, a drugged out young woman that he had only spoken to a scant few times.&nbsp; Rather than throw him out, the lucid young woman saw the pain weighing on his shoulders and allowed him to move in what what little he had.&nbsp; <br><br>Though he eventually returned to get a GED so that he could begin taking classes on the sly and continue the education that his parents had started him down, their deaths consumed his life utterly.&nbsp; He began to see Gotham for what it really was: a gray city saturated with pain and madness, infected down to its very core.&nbsp; Where once he could see beauty in a piece of trash rustling in the wind, or in the way the sunlight diffused through a layer of black smog, he now found himself honing in on all the ugly things in life.&nbsp; His artistic sensibilities screamed and wailed against his skull like a trapped animal, begging to inject some life into the fetid corpse of an urban landscape.<br><br>So he did, though it started small at first.&nbsp; A mural seemingly blooming to life on the side of a drab corporate skyscraper overnight; a heartfelt promise of change scrawled in massive neon letters over billboards that were surely too tall for any normal hooligan to deface; elegantly flowing mustaches and goatees strewn across telescreens in Central Square, marking newscasters and spokespeople as comical devils.&nbsp; No surface seemed untouchable, no wall sacred enough or well-guarded enough to avoid his brush and his cans of spray paint.&nbsp; He enlisted the help of other like-minded street artists, organizing them and sending them to all parts of the city in order to spread the word.<br><br>But with the rise of a new Batwoman, the filth of the city only seemed to grow.&nbsp; With a single target to focus all of their fury against the criminals of Gotham started banding together in tumorous lumps, hoping fervently that greater numbers would serve to deter this Defender of the Night.&nbsp; His messages were ignored and forgotten, merely a minor nuisance for the city's cleaners, and Tom's little band of avant-garde artists was swiftly forgotten in the face of greater threats.<br><br>There was only one thing to do:&nbsp; Get Louder.&nbsp; Bigger.&nbsp; More extravagant, until the city would be forced to listen to his every word.&nbsp; "The Art" had suddenly become less important than "The Word", the means by which he hoped to open the eyes of Gotham to the taint surrounding them and get those souls who remained unbroken in the face of corruption to stand up for themselves and demand action.&nbsp; That he might only be exacerbating the problem never came to mind.<br><br>Using Underground chemicals, a process that came surprisingly easy to the young man who had never had much interest in the sciences, Thomas turned his paints into devastating weapons:&nbsp; "Paint Bombs".&nbsp; Essentially modified grenades, these weapons packed enough punch to blow through stone while splattering mind-numbing neon colors on every nearby surface.&nbsp; The fumes from the chemical cocktail were as potent as a can of pepper spray, providing excellent cover and turning his little crusade into full blown terrorism.&nbsp; His major targets tend to be corrupt organizations, other gangs, and especially corporations with nasty secrets to hide.<br><br><div align="center">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/rcburner/Characters/Sabotage2-1.png)</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>12-12-2010, 20:40:12</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Chrystal<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Panthera<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> N/a<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Age:</strong> 5 (22 equivalent)<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> Kitty, Fur bag, Shitty monster!<br><strong>Profession:</strong> Catwoman's sidekick and Bodyguard<br><strong>Personality:</strong> Wild.<br><strong>Appearance Out of Costume:</strong> (http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/blackleopard1.JPG)<br><strong>Appearance in Costume:</strong> N/A<br><strong>History:</strong><br>Panthera is a black panther. She was born in Gotham zoo, and purchased by Graham Felixton when she was six months old. He trained her to be part of his home's security system, a role she was reasonably content to fulfil, until the day Catwoman came calling. Panthera (not her name at the time) recognised that here was a woman on whom the spirit of Baste rested. She followed Catwoman home and moved in with her.<br><br>Sinse then Catwoman has given her a data-chip implant which enables her to communicatre in a rudimentary way with the human. She has come to love and respect her new mistress, and would gladly lay down her life for her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>15-12-2010, 19:36:31</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Alessandra (Ali)<br><br><strong>Character Name:</strong> The Huntress<br><br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Portia de Luca<br><br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> N/A<br><br><strong>Profession:</strong> Mafioso/CEO<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> <br><br>There are two sides to Porta de Luca. Known for being protective and very serious, yet entirely capable at working a room and charming even the cold old order of the American Mafia. Analytical and observant, Portia naturally puts herself at arm's length from everyone around her. Be it family, Family, or associates. She has never been seen in a serious relationship. <br><br>The cold and calculative Porta dissapears the moment the Huntress comes out. Passionate, extreme, and utterly without fear. The Huntress fights fast, violent, and with an inner rage that often catches her victims off guard. <br><br>Portia despises the Mafia but views the only way of truly taking it down as from the inside. (Expanded upon in History.)<br><br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance Out of Costume:</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance in Costume:</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/portiadeluca.jpg)</td><td>(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb396/rubixon/thehuntress.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>History:</strong> <br>&nbsp;<br>Giovanni De Luca was an Italian born assassin that became a 'made man' in the old country, only to be asked to move his new wife and young daughter to the United States. In a bid to aid an American Mafia that had been fading for far too long to maniacs and metahumans, the Cosa Nostra asked certain prized lieutenants to move and 'rectify' a situation had had gone from bad to worse. <br>&nbsp;<br>With success in both Coast City and Bludhaven, Giovanni was promoted again and again until he orchestrated a seizure of power in both the buisness sector and in Mafia territory, becoming a major player in the American Mafia and a Don of his own Family in one day of bloody and cut throat actions termed 'Black Monday' by other families in the area. <br>&nbsp;<br>Such a rise in power would not go unnoticed by the old guard of the American Mafia. When soon Giovanni de Luca came to Gotham City, it took the Gotham Mafia establishment too long to realize that the de Luca name was already there. In everything from the shipping buisness to fast food franchises, Giovanni's building empire was already a silent owner or part owner in a great stake of their city. With his unpredictable, shrewd actions in both violence and diplomacy amongst the other Gotham City Dons along with his success as a legitimate buisnessman, de Luca's power was only rising. <br>&nbsp;<br>With the threat of a united Gotham Mafia under the overrule of de Luca, the diminished old power stewards of the Gotham Mafia made one last desperate move. On Christmas Day a group said to be ten deep burst into the de Luca estate in Gotham Heights, shredding both house and Mafiosos alike in a ruthless massacre dubbed Gotham City's most violent in decades. The Christmas Day Massacre had left the de Luca family extinct, save for a few cousins, and Giovanni's own daughter. <br>&nbsp;<br>Portia de Luca was always a quiet girl. Silent, sweet natured, and bookish were always the way the girl was remembered by those in the de Luca crime family that remained to remember her. While distant relatives asked for the child, it was the man who took over for Giovanni de Luca's original line of work of assassations, Ian Goyer, that Giovanni left the girl to in his will. <br>&nbsp;<br>Goyer was a British commando turned assassin first out of trick of fate, and later out of sheer financial and personal reasons. His training under Giovanni had mostly been operational, and by the time his old mentor's young daughter came to him had had learned infinitely more out of his love for his new profession. The moment Goyer laid eyes on the seven year old Portia de Luca, he knew what her purpose would be: He would turn her into a weapon, one which would be used to take vengeance on those who had taken her parents from her. <br>&nbsp;<br>Portia de Luca had no childhood after that day. Her training began immediately and unrestricted. She holds a degree in Corporate Communications from the Sorbonne, and both a masters and PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics. She achieved this by the age of 22 while receiving training in secret from Goyer and Richard Dragon. Where her father was a quick minded and ruthless buisnessman, Portia de Luca has become a true master in the art and science of international buisness. Applying such radical approachs to buisness as the Theory of Constraints, Lean theory, and Six Sigma, Portia de Luca bought failing and crumbling buisness after failing and crumbling buisness only to turn downsize, raise product quality, and worker efficiency...and in turn cost efficiency of the bottom line. Sometimes called a 'corporate terrorist', the result was nearly inevitable, what buisnesses would assist her the most in her ultimate goals were kept while all others were sold off piece by piece to the highest bidder.<br>&nbsp;<br>When Portia de Luca returned to Gotham City it was on the cover of Buisness Week and being covered by Bloomberg and CNN. Using the ultimate power broker of money, Portia used to the fact that she could make more of it than anyone else available to usher her return to not only the Gotham Mafia, but to the American Mafia as a whole. Now the majority owner but never direct mananger of multi corporations, Portia de Luca has turned her focus squarely on Gotham City's Mafia...and her quest to ruin it from the inside-out. <br>&nbsp;<br>Taking on the mission given to her by her guardian and mentor Ian Goyer, Portia has decided a theatrical method of hitting the Mafia from the outside while secretly exposing and bleeding them from the inside by taking on the mantle of a former feared and dangerous enemy of the Gotham City Mafia: The Huntress.<br>&nbsp;<br>She is neither villain or hero, merely a very dangerous and resourceful young woman on a fanatical quest for blood and revenge. A quest that can only end in her own death or the death of the Gotham City Mafia as it is known, or had ever been known. A fact she has willingly accepted. <br><br><strong>Note: </strong>The parallel between Portia's story and Helena Bertinelli's is not on accident. However, Portia is not a Helena clone. Instead she is more about half Helena (Huntress) and half Jason Todd (Red Hood). Minus all the crazy...not that she doesn't have her issues.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Gotham Beyond: Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Chrystal</strong> on <strong>15-12-2010, 19:37:55</strong>
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				<strong>Player Name:</strong> Vergil1989<br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Poison Ivy II<br><strong>Real Name:</strong> Dr. Karin Freeze Isley.<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Age:</strong> 35<br><strong>Nicknames:</strong> Mother Nature, May Queen<br><strong>Profession:</strong> Ecologist and botanist scientist.<br><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Appearance in Costume;</strong></td><td><strong>Appearance out of Costume;</strong></td></tr><tr><td>(http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/poison-ivy-batman-arkham-asylum-artwork.jpg)</td><td>(http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/evocativefics/images362194_Empire_UmaThurman.jpg)</td></tr></tbody></table><br><strong>History:</strong> Dr. Karin Freeze Isley was the result of the original Poison Ivy and Victor Freeze's temporary alliance.&nbsp; Even the cold as ice snowman couldn't resist the woman's sensuous nature and caved in to her charms, though ironically that was right before both of them was captured and beaten by the great black bat.&nbsp; Now, many years later, Karin has excelled and grown just as intelligent as her now deceased mother, though her DNA is just as twisted and strange as her two parents.&nbsp; She has found that she can transform at will between her normal everyday face and that of Poison Ivy, her true appearance if asked, much like a modern day Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.&nbsp; Not only that, but the cold doesn't bother her at all, able to swim in freezing waters that would kill anyone else without protective clothing on.&nbsp; Her discovery of her origins began much earlier however when she was taken away from the restrained and contained Pamala Isley that was behind bars in Arkham Asylum at the time, and put up for adoption with no one knowing who or what she truly was.<br><br>Even at a young age, Karin exhibited strange power over men and women alike, able to make them do her bidding by emitting pheromones she was able to control with precision that made the original pale in comparison.&nbsp; Not only that, but her affinity for plants and animals made perfect sense for her to go into said fields, able to make even the unhealthiest looking plants grow and become healthy just by being around them, let alone actually ordering them to do so with her thoughts.&nbsp; Her criminal life hasn't started yet however, but much like her mother had tried to do before her, Karin plans to dominate the world under her green thumb, covering the world in botanical growths that will consume everything in their path, with her leading the charge.&nbsp; First things first though, and that is to remove the Bat and his cronies.
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