The Vigil

I'm game (obviously). And while I'd say I prefer Marvel as a whole because I think a lot of characters are deeper, I'm a lot more familiar with the mythos of DC and most of my favorite heroes are DC.

So are we going to be a bunch of mid-tier/street-level heroes (IE as strong as Spider-Man at absolute maximum)? Because I could see us working pretty well in pretty much any universe if that's the case, whether it's creating our own mythos or working within DC or Marvel.

I could really only see myself participating in this if we created our own mythos rather than using an existing universe (But don't let that persuade you to use an existing universe just to keep me out).

Also - I'd love to be a super villain... But i'll need some minions.

MUAHAHAHA

I have a fetish for all things DC so I guess my interest has been checked.

If Butter's happy with henchmen fine... But I'd prefer to have heroes, so not everyone just immediately jumps on the Bad Bandwagon. So uh, Butter?

Well, powers would probably be more like the second in that particular case. Unless there was something specific about said lasers like... I dunno, he or she can use said laser to bounce off things and see around corners using the light that isn't absorbed by the object.

I'd prefer having actual costumes. Whilst 'normal' clothing would be fine, they don't usually inspire fear or admiration to the degree of an actual costume would. UNLESS it's something signature that makes them stand out in a crowd. For instance: The Question wears all blue overcoat and fedora (before it was stolen by a certain crowd), with an orange shirt, black tie and a face mask. So long as it fits the character, that'll be fine. We're not gonna be like Heroes and have cheer leaders running around in a tank top, jeans and a hoodie for instance.

So long as this is its own thing and avoiding pre-established heroes, I'm not just on the bandwagon but I will personally pay for the bandwagon and help drag it along. So yeah, count me in with a side of fries and a special order of stoked.

Alias: Esprit

Nicknames: Esper, sometimes called "The Witch" by unsympathetic media sources

Gender: Female




Height: 5'5"

Weight: 120 lbs

Eye Color: Green

Hair Style: A bit over shoulder length when not in hood

Hair Color: Dark brown

Facial Hair: N/A

Skin Color: White, slightly on the pale side

Build: Somewhat light, but well-exercised

Distinguishing Features: Strong French accent,

Costume:

(Add the mask in the first picture.  Glowing only occurs when she is 'charged', hair comes out of the hood a little, not quite as form-fitting)

Weaponry:
--She has a peculiar knife she calls "Panthalassus," which seems to be a very old hunting or sacrificial knife made of a black metal and seems to spark vibrantly when she uses her powers (and does so occasionally even when not)--she seems to use it as a way to direct her abilities.
--A wooden practice sword

Equipment:
--Panthalassus
--Always tries to keep bamboo and Petri dishes on her
--Usually has rudimentary surgical tools



Skills: She's medically trained, she's also got a good mind for biochem and general chemistry, has some fencing experience, and has recently been learning to dance.

Vehicle: Has an old 1984 Triumph Bonneville.

Other Possessions:
--A peculiar amulet

Karma: Neutral Good



Power/s:
--Life Drain: All of her powers draw off of the direct life power of organisms, and while she can use her own this is essentially a last-ditch scenario. Most of the time, she takes the energy from nearby lifeforms and uses that to fuel her powers. Plants, funguses, and bacteria (highly concentrated) are her most common. She can take energy from animals, but the creatures are usually small and unintelligent, cats being about the extent of that power; proportionately animals provide the most life force. A human can willingly allow her to take energy from them, but the moment they become unwilling (consciously or no), it cuts her off. The smaller the organism, the more likely it is that taking energy will kill it--she tries to avoid taking too much from larger organisms to keep it alive (e.g. trees).
--Telekinesis: Self-explanatory, she can use life energy to lift objects or people, the more energy the larger the object and/or the longer the time.
--"Witch's" fire: An oddly-colored green-yellow fire. Seems to more or less be normal fire, just capable of moving without an obvious fuel source (guess what the source is).
--Wards: Can guard those behind the ward from damage, can be small, brief wards, or sustained large ones. Size and duration affect energy drain, as well as the intensity of the attack being held off.
--Healing: Can utilize life energy to heal wounds. A favored method of hers is to use the subject's own energy to do the healing, so long as they are willing and not on death's door of course.
--The Fog: A recently discovered ability she's still toying with. So long as it is sustained, an obscuring fog covers an area, in which senses of direction are scrambled. So far, she has discovered it takes little energy, but is difficult to control beyond small patches and she herself is vulnerable to it.
--(Side-effect) Mental attunement: Whenever she drains energy from an animal, she starts taking on aspects of that creature in her head until that energy has been depleted. Humans don't really affect her any (as far as she knows), but if she drains from a cat she will become extremely moody and selfish, or an ant colony would make her very intent on improving whatever she considers her 'hive' (and even more single-minded than usual).
--Failed experiments: A great deal of her powers have been untapped, and her efforts to improve the healing aspects has uncovered several useless or uncontrollable ones. The most famous is the "bone hedge," which began overgrowing several areas, including graveyards, a while back. Most of these are side-effects when tampering with corpses (mostly small animals), and might be similar in nature to the mental attunement, though she hasn't been able to find patterns.

Strengths and weaknesses:
Strengths:
--Versatile power set
--Very intelligent with medical training
--High upper limit to her powers' strengths

Weaknesses:
--Requires 'fuel' sources
--Power strength reliant on available energy
--Once an area is depleted of usable organisms, her powers are rendered inoperable
--Can potentially kill herself or an ally if careless with power draw
--The mental attunement issue can be problematic in certain situations


Esprit is a private person, even by super hero/villain standards, usually preferring to sit back and assist other heroes while they take the limelight. When cornered she's talkative enough and, while hardly the life of the party, she's friendly and accommodating, but will usually attempt to slip away when she gets the chance. She's an intellectual first and foremost, and generally is either doing her real-world job or doing research with her fellow heroes, especially focusing on attempts to use her abilities for medical purposes. Often times she will skip meals out of pure forgetfulness, being so engrossed in something that she simply forgets, and when so focused she can be difficult to distract. She lives by the doctor's motto, "First, do no harm," but due to her powers' nature of first doing harm, she has amended that to "do as little harm as possible." Perhaps because of this, she has grown to treat her powers much as one would a leashed tiger: with great respect.

The media has been very hostile towards Esprit, and with good reason: for a time, she was considered a villain. Mind, this wasn't out of any malice or even specifically thieving habits, but rather she started doing a series of experiments on cadavers (mostly animal, but some human from natural causes) in the hopes of bringing them back to life. She failed at that, but when they were reburied parks and graveyards across the city began experiencing horrific bone-plant hybrids which grew uncontrolled. To this day she has no idea how it happened, but it took a great deal of time for her to be even made aware of what was happening, so focused was she on her experiments. The heroes in the area eliminated the "bone hedge" and, when they confronted her, she was horrified and after a great deal of conversation she agreed to perform any further experiments under hero supervision (or at least with their foreknowledge). She has since become a little more traditional of a heroine, helping people whenever she isn't tucked away, but her poor publicity has made things difficult for her. Most of the time, she appears in conjunction with other heroes, and attempts have been made to improve her image over time, with some success.  Unfortunately, some media sources just point to the damage of her powers and keep banging the villain drum.

Alias: Spitfire

Nicknames: Spitfire

Gender: Female


(If applicable, if not just explain why this can’t be seen, e.g: Hair is covered by helmet, ect)

Height: 6'0

Weight: 65 kilograms

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Style: Ponytail, usually.

Hair Color: Dark Brown

Facial Hair: N/A

Skin Color: Lightly tanned.

Build: Athletic

Distinguishing Features: Not the most feminine person, she works as a mechanic.

Costume: A loose fitting flight jumpsuit, says Spitfire on the back, and has a layer of material that regulates her body temperature.

Weaponry: None

Equipment: A Watch.



Skills: Good with machinery, trained in boxing and mixed martial arts, is quite good at doing tricks with her balisong.

Vehicle: Modified 2014 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake

Other Possessions: Whatever is in her apartment, nothing really worth mentioning.

Karma: Chaotic Good





Power/s: Fire and Heat Manipulation, Psychometry.

The heat manipulation has limitations. The hotter she wants an object to go, the colder her body gets, and vice versa for cooling an object. It's 20:1 C for touch, and 10:1 for the first 10 metres, and then 1:1 for 10 onwards.

Fire is also limited. The flames cannot go further than 10 metres, and even then they are only licking the target.

Psychometry has limitations, too. Spitfire cannot go back further than 10 years, give or take, and of course, she has to touch the object.

Strengths and weaknesses: Fiery temper, short range in her capabilities, not the best defence, can potentially kill herself with her power.



Spitfire is for the most part benevolent. But her approach can be blunt. She's very prone to kicking down doors, and beating criminals into submission. That's not to say she won't look around for an easier way to handle the target. Her trust in the government is somewhat lacking, finding their response to everyday circumstances taking too long, but she doesn't oppose it. Spitfire, in the media, is seen as a loose cannon, prone to unnecessary violence. She attempts to not pay attention to the media, and focuses on her life. Spitfire's lucky enough to have her personal life seperate from her superhero life, and therefore she doesn't receive attention from the public, and that's the way she plans to keep it. The public don't pay that much regard for Spitfire, and there is only speculation that she has any actual powers.