One Universe: Independents Edition RPG APPLICATION
Screen Name: Carnage27
Character you'd like to portray: Leonardo
Superhuman powers, traits, other attributes of interest: Leonardo is a genetically mutated turtle grown to human-like size and features. His mutation granted him and his brothers mild super human strength, speed, stamina, and durability. Leonardo is the most well-rounded of his brothers, and the designated leader.
Leo and his brothers are also masters of the martial arts and the way of the ninjas, excelling in hand-to-hand combat and stealth.
Originally appearing from (which comic, and company?): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Mirage Studios. Currently appearing in a comic by the same title from IDW Publishing.
Fictional history of the character: Leonardo began his life as a simple pet turtle bought by a boy along with his three brothers. But on the trip home to name his new pets, the boy dropped the glass bowl which he was carrying the turtles in. The bowl shattered, and the turtles slid down into the sewers of Manhattan. There, they stumbled into a green, glowing ooze, along with an old pet rat named Splinter which had been living in the sewers after the death of his master.
The ooze mutated the animals, granting them human intelligence and anthropomorphic forms. As the infant turtles grew, Splinter raised them as his sons, including teaching them the ways of the ninja and martial arts.
Leonardo quickly showed himself to not only be the most skilled fighter of the group, but also showed himself to be a born leader. Splinter quickly named him the leader of the group and instructed the other four to follow his orders. Raphael, the largest and strongest turtle, as well as the teams loose canon, never took well with the decision and has begrudgingly followed since that day. Michelangelo, the youngest and most immature of the brothers, often needed extra attention from Leonardo in order to keep his jokester personality in line. Donatello, the smartest and least socially inclined of the four, often followed without hesitation.
Not only was Leonardo a born leader, but he is also guided by a strict moral guide of the Bushido code. He detests firearms, and believes honor is the most important trait one can have.
The Turtles left their subterranean home and took to the streets in order to stop injustice and crime in New York. In a plan devised by the eldest turtle, the four brothers all donned red bandannas over their eyes, ensuring that even when they were in different areas, the criminals of New York would believe they were combating one enemy.
In the past year, they took on the Purple Dragon Gang, which turned out to be a front for the more powerful Foot Clan, led by the dangerous and mysterious Shredder, who Splinter believed had murdered his old master. In the process, the Turtles befriended the human April O'Neil, who was instrumental in helping the Turtles with more mundane tasks. They also found an ally in Casey Jones, a misguided yet well-meaning vigilante.
The Turtles eventually drew the Shredder's ire, and he ambushed them at their home, causing them, April, and Casey to flee Manhattan to April's house in the country.
But they were not even safe there. The Shredder tracked them down, and burned the country house down. The brothers believed Splinter perished in the blaze, and decided to launch a desperate assault on the Foot's stronghold.
There, they fought tooth and nail, but only Leo made it to the Shredder. Leonardo fought bravely, but was defeated by the Shredder, until Master Splinter, alive and well, intervened. It was then that Shredder revealed himself to be Hamato Yoshi, Splinter's former master, who was bent on creating a criminal empire. But Leonardo ended that dream, decapitating the Shredder and ending the Foot's reign of terror in new York.
Now, six months later, Leonardo is left alone in New York, but something is about to happen that will require him to put his family back together.
Hero, Villain, or Walking the line?: Hero
List a few reasons why you chose this character: As I've said many a time, he's my favorite comic character. And reading the IDW comic series has given me some good ideas for stories.
Write two complete sentences explaining what you can bring to this RPG: A dedicated player and GM. Plus, I've got a love for this character and want to finally get a full story arc in with him.
How many days a week you intend on posting in the RPG: As many as needed.
Please provide a small sample post as your character, at least three paragraphs and one line of dialogue in length: I sit in meditation, reflecting on the past months. I sat here and watched as my brothers left one by one, each for different reasons, unable to stop any of them. I've even lost my mentor, my father Splinter. He's gone back to April's country estate, now rebuilt, to meditate in nature.
I'm left to patrol the streets of New York alone. Since the defeat of the Shredder, the crime in the city has been quiet. The Foot has all but disappeared, seemingly. And the Purple Dragon has been completely eliminated. But I won't leave this city. I took it upon myself to protect it. And protect it I will.
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With or without my brothers."
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