Johnny Blaze
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Screen Name: NiteMare Shape
Character you'd like to portray: Spike aka William the Bloody
Superhuman powers, traits, other attributes of interest: Highly skilled in armed as well as unarmed combat, advanced regenerative powers, exceptionally high pain tolerance, situational adaptability and analytical abilities. As well as normal strengths and weaknesses of a vampire
Originally appearing from (which comic, and company?): Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Horse Comics
Fictional history of the character (as you're going to interpret it): One night in 1880, William's existence changed forever. Up until this point, he had led an entirely unremarkable life. He was a struggling poet, who, when not caring for his ill mother was unsuccessfully pursuing the affections of Cecily, a woman who believed that she was simply too good for the likes of him. For the most part he had no real friends, only acquaintances who teased an mocked him as well, even giving him the nickname "William the Bloody," on account of his "bloody awful poetry."
On this night, after being rejected by the object of his affections, William quite literally "bumps" into the vampire Drusilla, who takes him under her wing, transforming him into a vampire.
After his rebirth, William's first thought was of his mother. He returned to the home he shared with her, and in an attempt to end her suffering from tuberculosis, sires her as well. Unfortunately for him, this did not turn out well for him. Upon becoming a vampire, William's mother began berating him, making suggestions that he had a sexual fascination with her. After being subjected to his mother's tongue lashing, William found he had no choice but to stake her, as he would rather see her dead than to live as a demon. This incident was very traumatic for him, and had left deep psychological scars that he would carry on with him for nearly a century and a half.
After leaving the home that he had shared with his mother, William and Drusilla rendezvoused with Angelus and Darla, and the four vampires caused mayhem all across Europe as well as Asia.
At some point, William adopted the name "Spike," because of the pleasure he took in torturing his victims with railroad spikes, perhaps as a way of lashing out at one of his tormentors from his mortal life, who had once stated "I'd rather have a railroad spike through my head than listen to that awful stuff."
Over the decades that the four vampires rampaged through Europe and Asia, Spike and Angelus had developed somewhat of a sibling rivalry, mostly stemming from Angelus' continued physical relationship with the ever unfaithful Drusilla. They also had somewhat of a philosophical difference when it came to killing. Angelus enjoyed the act of the kill more for its artistic value, while Spike relished the thrill of the hunt. Also, Angelus did not share Spike's eagerness for combat.
While in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, Spike ran afoul of the Slayer. After a brutal fight, Spike gained the upper hand, and eventually killed her.
Spike continued on his path for more than seven decades before meeting a second Slayer while in the New York subway in 1977. The second Slayer, Nikki Wood again put up a valiant fight, but was eventually overpowered and killed by the vampire. This time he took a souvenir, her black leather trench coat, which would become his trademark along with his platinum blond hair.
Shortly after escaping an angry mob while in Prague, Spike and Drusilla (who he affectionately referred to as Dru) arrived in Sunnydale California. Here they joined with the remaining members of the Order of Aurelius and attempted to eliminate the current Slayer, Buffy Summers. Spike led a group of vampires to attack the Slayer at her high school just two nights before the Night of St. Vigeous, the time when a vampire's powers are at their peak. During this attack, Spike is reunited with Angel, who has been cursed with his soul and now fights along side the Slayer. Spike is defeated, and is forced to return to the Order's hideout in an old factory. There he offers penance to the leader of the Order, "The Anointed One," before throwing the childlike vampire into a cage, and exposing him to daylight.
After Angel loses his soul and reverts back to his previous persona of Angelus, Spike is delighted to have his old partner in crime back in the fold. However, Angelus quickly wears out his welcome by once again pursuing Dru, as well as belittling Spike every chance he gets. When Angelus comes up with a plan to reawaken the demon Acathla and suck the world into Hell, Spike forms an uneasy alliance with the Slayer to defeat Angelus.
Spike kept his word to Buffy for the most part, staying away from Sunnydale for nearly a year before returning full time during the Slayer's freshman year in college. When he returns, he picks up where he left off before the temporary truce with Buffy. That is, until a secret military group known as The Initiative captured him and implanted a chip in his brain. This chip effectively "neutered" him, making him incapable of harming humans.
After escaping The Initiative, Spike went to Buffy for help. From this point on Spike became somewhat an unofficial member of the "Scooby Gang," although he temporarily betrayed them when the demon cyborg Adam promised to remove his chip.
After Adam's defeat, Spike again rejoined the Scoobies, fighting along side Buffy, who he had developed romantic feelings for. He helped Buffy and the rest of the gang in their struggles with the Hell God Glory, even subjecting himself to torture in order to keep Glory from finding out that Buffy's own sister was "The Key" which she was looking for.
After Buffy is killed in the final showdown with Glory, Spike continues fighting with the Scoobies, and even looks over her sister Dawn.
After Buffy is revived, she and Spike begin seeing each other. It is not a healthy relationship, as she is using him to cope with being pulled back to this world from "Heaven." The relationship is often intense and violent, and leads to Spike learning that his chip does not work when he hits her, leading him to believe that she came back "wrong." Buffy eventually ends the relationship, which leads to Spike again leaving Sunnydale, this time traveling to Africa where he seeks out a demon shaman, who he hopes will "fix" him. The demon puts Spike through several potentially fatal trials, which he passes. As a reward for surviving the trials, the demon restores Spike's soul.
Eventually Spike returns to Sunnydale, but he isn't the same. The restoration of his soul has driven him mad from guilt. Buffy finds him and brings him to her basement where he tries to come to terms with his current situation. He finally regains his sanity and helps both Buffy and Faith, train the Potential Slayers for the upcoming showdown with "The First."
Soon, the chip which the Initiative had implanted begins to malfunction, and is removed (much to the dismay of Buffy's long time friends Giles and Xander) before it kills him.
Unfortunately, The First had programmed Spike with a trigger, in the form of a song that his mother had sung to him when he was a child. When this trigger was activated, Spike became a relentless killer. During a showdown with Robin Wood, an ally of Buffy, as well as the son of the Slayer that Spike had killed on the New York subway, Spike is able to figure out what the trigger is, as well as work out the issues he has about his mother, breaking the hold the trigger has.
During the final battle with The First, Spike and the Slayers go into the Hellmouth itself and do battle with the First's vast army of super vampires known as the Turok Han. Spike wears an amulet that was given to Buffy by Angel, an amulet that is to be worn by a champion.
When the amulet activates, it emits a bright light that destroys the First's army. Instead of leaving with the rest of the gang, Spike chooses to stay in the Hellmouth, saying that he wants to "see how it ends." He gleefully watches the destruction that he is causing, until he is eventually destroyed by the light as well, his sacrifice closing the Hellmouth for good.
Hero, Villain, or Walking the line?: Hero
List a few reasons why you chose this character: I think I can bring a great character into this rpg. He is one of my favorite characters...period. I've always wanted to play him in a rpg of some sort, and this provides a unique opportunity to play him in a different type of setting
How will this character differ from it's original incarnation?: He will be much the same as the original incarnation, however the main difference is that because Angel had turned down the offer to run Wolfram and Hart, Spike was not accidentally brought back by Angel as a ghost, but brought back by Wolfram and Hart themselves so that he could serve their purposes
Write two complete sentences explaining what you can bring to this RPG: I can bring an experienced roleplayer to this game. Also, I can bring a great character, some sarcasm and smokes.
How many days a week you intend on posting in the RPG: As often as possible,
Please provide a small sample post as your character, at least three paragraphs and one line of dialogue in length:
He sits alone in the dark room just as he has done since he was brought back. He doesn't know where he is, or how long he's been there. And he sure as hell doesn't know how he got to where he is.
The last thing he remembers is standing in the Hellmouth, watching the destruction that he was causing with the amulet that he was given. He remembers a searing pain as the amulet began to incinerate everything in that pit, including him. Then there was nothing.
The next thing he knows he is again surrounded by a raging torrent of wind and fire, but this time he is not alone. He remembers seeing people, in fact there were a lot of people, most of them in suites. As he looked around he saw that he was in some sort of office, and it dawned on him.
For years he had heard stories about a law firm that dealt almost exclusively in the supernatural. Most of their clients being vampires and other sorts of demons. But he always thought that they were just stories, even though deep down he had a feeling that they were true. If anyone could have brought him back from the void, it would be them. But why would they bring him back, then lock him up in this dark room alone. His only contact with the outside world being when someone slides a packet of blood through an opening no bigger than a mail slot, and slamming it shut before the packet even hits the floor.
So he sits, pondering his past...and his future. Wondering what his future will bring, and if he even has a future. He begins to wonder if maybe this is a punishment for all the evil he had done through years. Maybe he wasn't brought back at all. Perhaps this is his Hell. Just as he begins on this line of thinking the door to his cell opens, filling the room with a bright light. Standing in the doorway he sees two figures, one male, and one very familiar female.
"I hope that you've been comfortable. We needed to make sure you were, how shall I say this...? Stable, when we finally came to talk to you. Why don't you come with us, we have a lot we have to talk about...Spike."
"Indeed we do. You've been a very, very naughty boy...deary."
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