"One Universe" RPG SEASON III SIGN-UP FORM
Screen Name: Blacklight
Character you would like to play: Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider
Powers: Superhuman strength and durability. Invulnerability to heat and flame. Ability to project regular and ethereal flame or "Hellfire" so to speak. Can transform his bike into the Hellcycle using Hellfire. Can travel between interdimensional realms and along any surface with the Hellcycle. Wields a magical, seemingly indestructible chain made of hellfire. Has a "Penance Stare" that forces criminals to feel the pain of all the innocents they've harmed when they stare into the Rider's eyes. Wields shotgun that can produce Hellfire as well as regular bullets.
Brief biography of the character's history: Johnny Blaze was the son of Barton Blaze and Naomi Kale, born in Waukegan, Illinois. He spent his early years in the Quentin Carnival where his parents starred in a stunt show with Craig "Crash" Simpson. Blaze's family had ended when his mother abandoned Barton and Johnny and took the family's remaining two children, Barbara and Danny, with her. When his father died in a stunt, Blaze was adopted by Crash and Mona Simpson. The Simpsons helped Blaze by lying about his past, making him believe that his real mother was Clara Blaze, who had died. Blaze became an enthusiastic member of the Simpson clan, growing closer to and developing a fondness of their daughter, Roxanne. Johnny soon decided to follow in his father's and adopted father's footsteps and becomes a stunt cyclist in Crash's new show in Metropolis and Gotham the Crash Simpson Stunt Cycle Extravaganza. Crash had become a real father figure in Blaze's eyes, and on learning of Crash's life-threatening cancer, Blaze turned to the occult. His studies led him to a spell which supposedly could summon Satan himself. After performing the ritual and summoned the lord of hell, he sold his soul to who he believes was Satan but actually is the demon Mephisto, in order to save the life of his stepfather. Crash Simpson's cancer was cured or at least Johnny believed it was, although Crash died soon after in a stunt trying to jump over 22 cars. Mephisto, when confronted by Blaze over Crash's death, declared that he had kept his end of the bargain. Johnny's exact words in the bargain had been for Crash to be spared the disease which was killing him, not for the cancer to be cured, though this was the obvious intent behind Johnny making the deal to begin with. True to his word, Crash had not died of the cancer, but instead had died during the failed jump. Which Mephisto quickly pointed out when he came to claim his prize. Blaze, still at the mercy of Mephisto, believed he would lose his soul to Mephisto until he was saved by Roxanne. Roxanne proclaimed her love for Blaze, and drove Mephisto away with the purity of her emotion. Blaze was unaware that Mephisto had bonded him with the demon Zarathos as an act of revenge for not being able to obtain Johnny's soul for himself. Johnny was transformed into a Ghost Rider, a leather-clad skeleton, his head cloaked in a sheath of flame, the night after Crash's death. While Johnny still had his soul, he was forced to punish the wicked and evil upon Mephisto's demands whenever needed. Since then, Johnny has become a drifter, and has since somewhat learned to keep control of his body from being fully under Zarathos' command, but not all the time.
List a few reasons why you have chosen that character: I'm more of a second-tier type character guy, and Ghost Rider tickles my fancy a bit. Of all the characters I've played, I'd like to try a mystic/hell oriented character for a change. Plus, Blaze is practically a clean slate, allowing for some subtle changes to incorporate small DC Elements into his OU mythos.
What can you bring to this game?: Kung-fu ninja clown clan! And a bike on fire. Oh, and some more kung-fu ninja clowns!
Color and font you plan on using for your character's speech: Bold Arial Black for Johnny (italicized for inner thought), Bold Italicized Arial Red for Zarathos, and Bold Arial Crimson for Ghost Rider.
How many times do you intend on posting a DAY IN the RPG: seven to the ninth power.
Please provide a small sample post with original content in the style that you plan to write your character in (must be at least 3 paragraphs long and contain at least 1 line of dialogue):
Everyday I hear their cries... Innocent victims.
"HELP!!!"
Everyday I hear their laughs... Those who do evil.
"Hahahahaha!!"
VRROOOM!
And everyday... I hear... him.
It's time, Johnny.
As Zarathos beckons, the stunt cyclist known as Johnny Blaze takes a seat on his bike. Revving the engine, and readying himself to blast forward onto the pavement as his skin slowly begins to fade away, revealing his white skull. The spikes on his jacket begin to portrude to lethal lengths. His chain around his chest begins to intensify in heat. And the wheels of his bike simultaneously ignite in the same hellish flames as his skull. Johnny Blaze has now become nothing more than a voice. The same type of voice he hears everyday. Nothing remains but the Rider...
The Ghost Rider.
"Let's ride!"
