HDC as Superheroes!

[massacre man]

Sounds good so far, everyone. Though I think I may have to tone Dante's character down a bit. I'll do one for myself.

Civilian Name*: Wayne Lucas
Hero Alias*: Blur
Status (Good, Bad, Civilian)*: Good
Abilities*: Reflexes, Speed, Strength (Not superhuman strength, just "lifts a lot of weights" strength)
Personality: The smartass hero with a quick wit. 18 years old. He seems to be completely happy when in public. But when he's in civilian mode he seems very sad and is nearly a shut-in. He feels lonely and life seems to move much slower for him. He lives in a small apartment by himself.
Costume: Street Clothes. He doesn't care if people see him, though that rarely occurs. He still keeps his name secret.

[massacre man]

Characters so far.

GOOD
Blur aka Wayne Lucas
Volpone aka Eric Westward

BAD
Momus*
Red Dynamo aka James Macky

CIVILIAN
Haystack aka Charles Robert Redcock
David Artaud*

???
Dante Dyson aka The Shadow

*=Same person

Keep the characters coming!

[The Flayed One]

Civilian Name: Rikki Lee

Hero Alias: The Dier

Status : Neutral (though does his best to be good)

Abilities: Not so much of an ability as a curse, the Diers soul must find a new body every ten days. Once he inhabits a body, it is slated to die within ten days. The previous soul will be forced into the previous body to its doom. If the Dier does not choose his own body, his soul will immediately inhabit the closest humanoid body to him without choice, forcing the persons soul in it to its doom

Personality: Lonely and withdrawn, the Dier has been known to help out with good causes when he can. He must be very careful of his clock, though, and prefers to keep company with those terminally ill or whom he views as deserving the fate to ease his own psychological burden.

Costume: Whatever his newest host is wearing.

[Elvis_Christ]

^^ That character sounds pretty fucking cool man.

[bwind22]

I'll think this over and post later. How long do we have?

[Freak]

Civilian name: Unknown

Hero Alias: Baren

Status: Evil

Abilities: Obsorbes the power of any hero he is near.

Personality: Cruel and uncaring.

Costume: Whatever he has on at the time.

[_____V_____]

Civilian Name*: Vallen Abraxas

Hero Alias*: Renegade

Status (Good, Bad, Civilian)*: Vigilante. Can be good, can be bad.

Abilities*: Has the uncanny ability to transform, metamorphose or fuse together common, everyday objects into deadly weapons of his choice - - bullets, cartridges, timer bombs, rockets, guns...even huge ones, according to the situation he finds himself in. He is a crack shot and never misses his targets.

Carries a pair of .45s with him wherever he goes, and doesnt need anything else because of his unique ability. Has a brooding, dark side to his superhero personality.

Personality: Vallen was originally a hardened sniper in the Marine Corps. A steely frame and huge body, with a soft heart and jovial, friendly persona. Once he returned home to Twilight City on the Fourth of July weekend and found out that a local Jamaican cult gang, the Voodoo Skulls, had been terrorising his neighborhood for the past year. He came face-to-face with the gang when he walked into an alley where they tortured a helpless old man to death. Blinded by rage at what he witnessed, he beat up several of the gang members with his bare hands...injuring himself in that incident too.

After the gang members fled, he returned home and was chided and reprimanded for his conduct by his wife and 11 year old son who treated his injuries. Later that night, the Voodoo Skulls stormed into Vallen's house and grabbed hold of him before he could react. He was tied firmly to a living room post with barbed wire which cut deep into his already wounded hands, legs and neck, and was left a raging, furious but helpless spectator to the brutal and bloody gang-rape of his wife, who was left naked and spread-eagled on the floor, and bled profusely till a gang member walked over and slit her throat.

They then proceeded to cut his son in several places, pulling his tongue out and slashing it clean off his mouth. All the while Vallen roared, moaned, tried to wrench himself out of his bonds but the barbed wire kept digging in deeper, opening his wounds. Finally when his son extended his bloody arms towards him in sheer helplessness, a gang member grabbed his hair and slit his throat brutally too. Vallen could do nothing but watch in his weakened state, utterly helpless. When they put a knife to his throat, his numb, grieving mind welcomed the darkness as the knife slid across his throat slowly, and laughter echoed all around his house in the darkness of the night.

Vallen got rescued by one of his Marine Corps friends who came to visit the next morning. Barely alive, his throat was sewn back together (the scars of which he carries till this day) and he was patched up and taken to the Marine Corps hospital. It took eight whole months for him to regain his health back, and all this time the rage inside him kept building...stronger and more stronger.

Tried to escape several times from the Corps to get his revenge, but everytime he was caught and brought back. Frustrated by his repeated attempts and lack of commitment to his job, The Marine Corps sent him to a secret base somewhere in Nevada, where his name was included for a military experiment against his will. He kept protesting while he was chained to the chair and got subjected to several physical, psychological and extremely rigorous experiments. Because of this, his unconscious part of the brain woke up and he became extremely smart and agile, and managed to escape the secret base through extremely tight security.

Wandering for days with the military on his back (dodging them again and again), he stumbled into a town, stole some clothes and a vehicle, and manage to drive across to Twilight City. Confronting the Voodoo Skulls in their own lair, and in a huge frenzy of furious rage, he proceeded to smash everything in his path...hacking the heads off every single gang member and hanging their heads on the doors of their lair. He then tracked down the rest of the gang and finished all of them off, before vanishing into the night.

A known, sworn enemy of street gangs and drug dealers all around Twilight City, his hometown. Gang cartels and motorcycle gangs tremble in fear at the mention of his name. Sometimes works for the underworld and the mafia, sometimes against them - it all depends on the purpose.

Has no affinity nor is driven for money.

Can communicate with birds, dogs, wolves and bats in their language. They also act as his spies as they patrol Twilight City on his behalf. They also aid him when he finds himself in a tight spot.

Declared as vigilante. The military is still searching him. Present whereabouts is unknown.

Costume: Wears black all the time. Black jeans or leather pants, with a black tee shirt and jacket, and a black overcoat. Black goggles. Bulletproof vest beneath. Holsters for his .45s on either side of his chest, under the forearms. If on a mission, he uses a M40 Remington sniper rifle. Can carry concealed weapons too. Because of his skills and his unique ability, he is considered to be THE most dangerous vigilante in the US today.

Unpredictable, lightning fast and stays merged in the shadows. Impossible to detect, even with infra-red or nightvision goggles.

Usually rides a totally black, modified Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

[ferretchucker]

I apologize MM, I haven't finished this CIO as soon as I said I had. I'm gonna be wrapping it up very soon, however. Anyway, I need to be off you school, but I'll write my character afterwards.

[roshiq]

Civilian Name: Jason Romero
Hero Alias: Zombie Man
Status (Good, Bad, Civilian): Pure Evil
Abilities: Endless strengths and with a little drop his own blood he can raise the all deads of an entire cemetery! He has the psychic power to control his army of dead who only listens to him. He has also the perfect intelligence to understand every situation and soundly capable to take necessary measures.
Personality: Very cruel...always like to get busy with eating human flesh!
Costume: Nothing particular but always wears a bullet proof helmet...you know why! :D
Background: A 'mad' scientist who was in the secret Zombification Research financially aided by a terrorist group but something went wrong and he has become the Zombie Man!

[massacre man]

Originally Posted by bwind22

I'll think this over and post later. How long do we have?

Until Ferret finishes Corpse In Orbit. Take your time, sir.