[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Aeronaut

Real Name: Jack North

Genre: Superhero

Powers/Special Skills: none

Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: jetpack

Affiliations: The 50

Other Aliases: North Carolina

Status: active

Bio:

Jack was always a tinkerer. He had a profound knack for taking apart machines and tweaking them to make them much more efficient. He was also an avid admirer of the Wright Brothers, and dreamed of expounding on their flying machine designs to levels unseen by the world. And so he began work in his modest North Carolina barn/workshop on a jetpack that could be worn by him. Neighbors would wonder what exactly it was that rocketed through the night sky across the countryside in the surrounding counties. When Jack felt that he had perfected his design, he announced himself to the world as the amazing Aeronaut, rocket-propelled wonder of the skies!

 

Jack would later audition to be a member of the national super team called The 50, composed of a superhero from each of the United States. He served as North Carolina’s hero for ten years before stepping down to return to his quiet farm.

 

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[Blue Blazer]

Loving all your characters!

[Blue Blazer]

Lookin' good as always, ams!

[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Aerohawk

Real Name: Oliver Johnson

Genre: Superhero

Powers/Special Skills: feathery wings allowing flight

Weapons/Tools/Armor: bladed throwing ring

Affiliations: Ornithia

Other Aliases: Avirzus (“The Thief”)

Status: active

Bio:

Oliver was a young man with little direction. Never one to worry about his studies, Oliver lived for the ocean. When he had tried his hat at college and then a blue collar career, he one day decided that his true calling was to roam the seas as a wandering sailor. He worked long enough to save up for a moderate-size sailboat, stocked up on as many provisions as he could fit on it, and bade farewell to dry land. For days he sailed across the vast ocean until he came upon a raging hurricane that in his haste to leave he had not researched. His little boat was thrown around while he clung on for dear life. The mast broke off and he was skewered in the leg, his femoral artery cut. He passed out as his boat sank beneath the waves.

 

For days, his consciousness surfaced in brief, confusing images of strange people surrounding him. When he finally came fully awake, he found himself in a bed in a room that seemed at the same time to be both ancient and incredibly advanced. His leg was wrapped in bandages. Oliver soon learned that he had been rescued by an unknown race of beings known as Ornithians, who would have been human were it not for the huge feathery wings sprouting out of their backs. The Ornithians lived, secluded from civilization, on a small island. Oliver learned that the huge amount of blood he had lost had been replaced by the blood of one of Ornithia’s citizens. His life had been saved, but he began almost immediately to show signs of growing his own pair of wings.

 

For his life, the king of Ornithia demanded that Oliver repay him by marrying Ornithia’s ill-tempered princess. At first Oliver was glad to do so, but after a few days spent with her, he realized that he would be doomed to a life of misery. In the dark of night, Oliver put his new wings to the test and escaped the island. He finally made it back to the U.S., nearly dead from exhaustion, and established himself as the superhero Aerohawk in Tucker’s Point, a coastal city on the east coast. Many times hunters from Ornithia have arrived to escort Oliver back to the island country, calling him “Avirzus” because they believed he had stolen the gift of life and flight that they had granted him, but thankfully Oliver has made many friends in the hero world, and has so far been able to fight them off every time.

 

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[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Aegir
Real Name: Oskar Eriksson
Genre: Supervillain
Powers/Special Skills: super strength, durability, stamina; hydrokinesis
Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: suit containing vial of seawater
Affiliations: none
Other Aliases: none
Status: at large
Bio:
From an early age, Oskar always dreamed of power. He wanted to be the most powerful person in the world, and every night he prayed for such a position. When his prayers were not answered by the Christian God, Oskar turned to the deities of his ancestors, those present in Norse mythology. He was heard by the trickster god Loki, who appeared to him in a dream. Loki granted Oskar the powers of Aegir, the old Norse god of the sea. The only condition was that to wield such power, Oskar would have to be within inches of the ocean.
Then Loki told Oskar that if he were to destroy all beings as mighty as him, he would then be the most powerful man in the world. So, Oskar, taking the alias Aegir, fashioned himself a suit containing a vial of ocean water and, with his new super strength and ability to control water, he set out, tracking down and challenging every superhuman he encountered. Sometimes he wins, and sometimes he loses, and sometimes he winds up at the Superhuman Containment Facility, but he is relentless in his quest for power. His travels have taken him to the United States, where his search continues.

 

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[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Adumbro

Real Name: Chris Irving

Genre: Superhero

Powers/Special Skills: control of darkness and shadows

Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: none

Affiliations: Night Terror; Children of Villains support group; The Junior Defenders

Other Aliases: none

Status: active

Bio:

Chris is the son of Calvin Irving, who is the supervillain Night Terror. Chris never could get used to his father’s nefarious ways and, unbeknownst to his predominantly evil family, sought out some sort of outlet to vent his frustration. He found it in the form of COV, a support group dedicated to the children of supervillains. In the weekly meetings, Chris was finally able to talk about how unhappy he was pretending to be happy that his dad was a super-powered criminal. The positive feedback he got from the group and the knowledge that he wasn’t the only kid who felt that way brought new life to Chris. He had inherited his father’s power over darkness, but now he knew that he didn’t have to turn to a life of evil like his dad and older brothers. Instead, he began moonlighting along with several other group members as teen hero Adumbro. In fact, the loosely formed team eventually became officially organized and, taking after their idols, called themselves the Junior Defenders.

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[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Adrena
Real Name: Veronica Gables
Genre: Superhero
Powers/Special Skills: superhuman “fight or flight” abilities, most notably speed, strength, and endurance
Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: none
Affiliations: Dynamos Alpha Red Team
Past Aliases: none
Status: active
Bio:
Throughout her childhood, Veronica’s parents wondered why she was such an angry, violent child. While she never hurt anyone, she was known to break objects, mostly her toys, when she got mad or excited. They endured it for a few years, but finally they took Veronica in to see a doctor.
What they found out amazed them. The doctor excitedly told them that Veronica had a condition that had never before been documented in medical history. Her adrenal glands seemed to produce 5 times the amount of adrenaline into her system as a normal human, which increased her “fight or flight” instincts and abilities by 5 times as well. This meant that any time Veronica’s heart beat at an above normal rate, she gained super strength, speed, and endurance.
Unfortunately for her parents, Veronica was an angrier than normal child. The doctor prescribed her depressants, which seemed to keep her calm most of the time. In high school, she seemed to be able to lead a normal life. However, she befriended a young man by the name of Dave Madison, and the two began dating. When Dave revealed to her that he was a mutant with the ability to control gravity, Veronica tearfully admitted the same. Her parents had told her that she was the only person in the world with superpowers, and that she must always suppress her abilities. Angry and inspired by her boyfriend, Veronica secretly stopped taking her medication, and found that now, at the age of 18, she could control her emotions much better. After graduation, she and Dave ran off and became a crime-fighting couple, until 6 years later they were asked to join Alpha Red.

 

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[Blue Blazer]

If looks could kill…

 

Also, I forgot to mention that each entrant can post as many entries as desired. That will go for every contest.

[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Adapter
Real Name: Franklin Evans
Genre: Superhero
Powers/Special Skills: able to mimic the powers of other superhumans
Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: limited-strength armor and helmet
Affiliations: none
Past Aliases: none
Status: active
Bio:

Franklin may never have known that he’d been born with his mutant ability, had it not been for an otherwise normal day at work. He was a teller at a Caligo bank that was, without warning, invaded by the mighty supervillain Mastodon. When the destructively strong criminal forced his way into the bank and demanded the contents of the vault, Franklin was suddenly flushed with the feeling of immense power. He was chosen by Mastodon to open the vault and when he grabbed the wheel to open the door, it broke off in his hands. Always a pretty cool-headed and quick-thinking fellow, Franklin realized that he had somehow taken on Mastodon’s super strength, and so he courageously swung the wheel around and smashed it into the villain’s head, sending him flying across the bank and out into the street. Stunned enough to think better of going back in, Mastodon fled the scene, and a new hero was born in Franklin. After several visits from other superheroes, Franklin realized that his body would adopt each of their powers for a limited time. He created a costume combining Kevlar and reinforced plastic and took the alias Adapter.

 

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[Blue Blazer]

Blazing Blue Character Contest #1

 

ZYDECO

 

Zydeco is a voodoo witch with various limited black magic powers. She is the leader of the Black Menagerie, a Louisiana bayou-based team of supervillains with a similar theme. She is the sister of fellow group member Blood Brother. Zydeco is rarely seen without her twisted staff, broken from the branch of a tree where several of her ancestors were hung for practicing the black arts.

 

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Zydeco is female and African-American, which are really the only necessary elements. You can pretty much overhaul her look. A complete re-imagining is just as likely to win as a simple update. The Black Menagerie does not share any similarities in their costumes, so certainly no restrictions in that sense.

 

Okay, you maniacs, have at it! I'll judge the entries at some point next Monday afternoon.

[Blue Blazer]

That seals it! Headlessgeneral's flattery has made the decision for me. I'll give you this week's character posthaste.

[Blue Blazer]

Jeff Hebert said:

I think uploading them to something like Photobucket is the right way to go. It makes me nervous to think that they're all going to be here and if something happens to me or the site or whatever … ugh. Some big dedicated photo hosting site is, I think, far and away the most prudent way to go.

Luckily a very selfless friend of mine went through the torturous process of copying the majority of my pics onto a Photobucket account for me not too long ago. So most of them are already there and I can do the rest as I go.

[Blue Blazer]

Alias: Acolyte
Real Name: Jordan Short
Genre: Demon Hunter
Powers/Special Skills: highly trained hand-to-hand-combatant
Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: Heaven’s Light
Affiliation: ChristGard
Past Aliases: none
Status: active
Bio:
Acolyte serves a short role in the story of Father Devlin. He was the youngest member of ChristGard at 17. He was an altar boy in the Catholic church where the future ChristGard member Saint. When Saint was contacted by Christgard, he began to act strangely, and Jordan, fearing something terrible was happening to his mentor, took it upon himself to investigate. He uncovered Saint’s involvement with the secret demon hunting group, at which time he himself was offered membership. His weapon is a torch that burns with a fire that had been lit the night Jesus was crucified and has not gone out since, known as Heaven’s Light. Its flames can destroy the darkest of evil. Acolyte is rash and hot-headed, always ready to leap into action at the slightest sign of danger. He is currently reported as being third-in-command of ChristGard, a secret group of demon slayers sponsored by the Vatican.

 

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[Blue Blazer]

Alias: “Acid” Raines
Real Name: Frank Raines
Genre: Supervillain
Powers/Special Skills: composed of highly caustic acid, able to burn and melt through touch
Special Weapons/Tools/Armor: none
Affiliations: none
Past Aliases: none
Status: at large
Bio:
Frank was a worker in a plant that produced industrial chemicals. One day, a fellow worker was goofing around with him and accidentally knocked Frank into one of the vats full of a quick-burning acid. Frank should have been killed almost instantly, but instead his body went through a powerful and dangerous change. He became composed of the acid and turned a dark sickly green while his hair went stark white. Now his very touch can burn through metal. The change drove him partially insane and he turned to crime, taking the nickname “Acid” Raines.

 

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Awesome. I think I may go ahead and send this off on its maiden voyage this afternoon. Stay tuned for Contest #1!

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