Rise of Marvels: 2099 Edition Character Application:
Character You Would Like to Play: Doom (Victor von Doom)
Character Alignment (Hero, Villain, or Walking the Line): Walking the Line
Character's Speech Style and Color (actually say what the **** it is, *******s): Georgia. Bold and dark green.
Faction They Belong To (i.e. members of a corp, church or cult, underground meta group, etc): Doom is the founder of a small but deadly paramilitary force known as the Ministry of Doom.
Appearance/Costume (Briefly describe or post a picture of what your character's costume looks like):
Powers and Abilities: Genius-level intellect, longevity, magical prowess, and a powered armoured suit outfitted with an arsenal of weaponry, a propulsion system for flight, superhuman strength and invulnerability, and technopathic abilities.
Brief Origin/History of Your Character and Their Personality: After one of his many defeats at the hands of the Fantastic Four in the early years of the century, Victor von Doom realised that he would only keep failing if he continued to attempt to kill them. Leaving a Doombot in charge of Latveria, he passed into another dimension and began dabbling in experiments to make himself immortal - hoping to defeat his foes by
outliving them. Many years passed before he succeeded (partially, at least; he is unsure of whether he is truly immortal or whether he has just enhanced his longevity) and he made his return to his home dimension...only to be caught in the middle of the Great Cataclysm. He attempted to retake control of Latveria, but was unable to do so before a branch corporation of Alchemax, called Saviour Corp., spread across the nation and assumed leadership. To add insult to injury, they used advanced technology to take control of Doom's own Doombot and used it as a puppet ruler. Determined to retake his land, Doom went underground and scoured the globe, grimly observing the industrial growth that ended the Age of Heroes. Realising that he could not act alone if he wanted a decisive victory, he recruited a small band of anti-corporation vigilantes to aid him in his quest and set about retaking Latveria for himself.
Supporting Cast: The Ministry of Doom, consisting of:
*Everett Astrovik/Blaze; son of Justice and Firestar; pyrokinesis
*Lucy Carter-Rogers/Legacy; son of Captain America and Sharon Carter; peak human attributes
*Robert McCoy/Beast II; son of Beast and Abigail Brand; green fur and energy blasts
*Hisako Ichiki/Armor; former X-Man grown old but slowed in aging by her powered form, which she is now restricted to
*A small group of 12 soldiers
How Often Do You Intend to Post in This RPG Each Week: Depends, will change on a week-to-week basis, but probably three or four.
Sample Post (must be a minimum of 4 paragraphs with at least 2 lines of dialogue from your character):
The assault began at 8:03 AM exactly.
Doom had employed his sorcerous acuity to determine the Saviour Corp. facility's weakest point in its expansive shedule; it was a small cog in the organisation's vast machine network across Latveria, but it was still heavily manned and guarded. Even with his own miniature army beside him, he thought it wise to possess the tactical advantage when he launched his strike. Peering into his makeshift scrying pool in their current refuge of a tiny mountainside cavern for a sold twenty-four hours had enlightened him as to the base's security timetable. It had taken another day to rally the troops and formulate a working battle plan. The strategy meeting had been brief but thick with tension - for all their power and skill, Doom found his soldiers burdened by stress and exhaustion, as well as their own petty problems that he had no intention to take into consideration. For the most part, they all understood this and tried to separate their personal aggravations from their 'professional' business. But there were a few who did not adhere to this principal, and Doom found himself growing increasingly irritated with them. If he didn't require their help in retaking his nation, he would kill them without a second thought.
The most regular offender in this regard was Everett Astrovik, the pyrokinetic codenamed Blaze who, while being admittedly deadly, was far too headstrong and obsessed with his own wellbeing for Doom's liking. He had struck up a relationship with one of the female troops when he had first been recruited, and had become increasingly agitated since her untimely death. Doom had not given her loss a second thought - she was nothing but a distraction to one of his key pawns. Blaze, however, had taken it hard and had become embittered, often daring to interrupt his leader. The other metahumans under Doom's command were less trouble to his authority: Legacy, the daughter of the legendary Captain America and his SHIELD lover, was a noble warrior who took her orders well; Armor was too wisened and experienced to doubt her commands now; and Beast, the second man to bear the name, was only a nuisance because of his constant wisecracking. They were an efficient fighting force if not a perfect one, an unlikely set of allies drawn together by their metallic master and a combined hatred of the Corporate Age that had consumed them all.
Their strike at the Saviour Corp. facility that morning proved to be just as effective as all the others. Blaze led the way, burning the group a path into the back of the building. From there, Beast, Armor, and the dozen footsoldiers engaged the rabble that were beneath Doom's attention while he, accompanied by the flaxen-haired Legacy, passed this battle by and slipped into the control room.
"Here we are, Victor," Legacy announced, her voice startling the few scientists that lingered in the room. The guards that remained were less surprised and dived in front of the white-coated experts, their weapons levelled at the intruder.
Doom cast out his hands. Energy sprayed outwards from his gauntlets, tendrils casually blasting away the guards and then lashing out at the scientists. He took no pleasure from killing such insignificant ones, but he was not about to leave them alive either.
"Kneel before Doom!" he bellowed as they crumpled into corpses. "Fools. Let us rid Latveria of this part of the Saviour Corp. abomination, my follower."
"I follow your orders because I think they're the fastest way to bring Saviour Corp. down. I'm not your follower." Her gaze burned into him before she launched herself across the room in a display of cat-like agility and landed before the main computer bank.
"On the contrary, you function under my whims, Legacy. Do not forget that I am in control here," Doom replied calmly, his suit's propulsion system carrying him to her side. "Now stand aside so that I may work." Behind his mask, his eyes narrowed in concentration as he reached out and placed his hand against the machine. Slender cables extended from his wrist and locked themselves into the computer, and a second later, the screen began to flash as images rushed by at a breathtaking pace. After a few moments, it stopped on a red panel that read:
ACTIVATE SELF-DESTRUCT
PASSWORD NEEDED
Doom cocked his head to the side and felt his technopathy reach out across the circuit boards and wires, commanding them to deliver him the password. ACE27R. He nodded, and the combinnation of letters and numbers popped up on the screen, followed by a message informing them that the self-destruct procedure had begun.
A grim smile contorted his scarred face. "I believe that is our cue to leave."