Character you would like to play: Kallark - The Gladiator
Powers: Gladiator possesses a number of superhuman capabilities as a result of his unique alien physiology including superhuman strength (capable of shattering a planet),superhuman speed, stamina and durability (capable of withstanding an explosion equivalent to a supernova); reflexes; heat vision (stated as "hotter than a star"); frost breath and is capable of warp speed flight (measured as "a hundred times the speed of light"). Gladiator's abilities increase and decrease in accordance with his level of confidence and is vulnerable to a certain form of rare radiation.
Basic history of the character (Up until this point): Kallark is an alien from the distant planet Stronia. The planet was one ravaged in war, the entire species divided into two familes had battled endlessly for millenia. War was all a Strontain knew and they were bred from birth to be soldiers. Kallark himself was the top of his class in every sense and quickly rose through the ranks to become Praetor, personal bodyguard of the Strontian Majestor and her people.
It was in this position that he saw the brother of the majestor, the cruel prince D'Ken unleash his final doomsday device to destroy his sister and take the Strontian throne for himself. The Majestor learned of D'Kens Neutron Bomb and sent Kallark out into space to meet D'Kens battleship in combat. The battleship was a ruse though and the bomb had already been launched. The Neutron bomb was intended to wipe out a specific set of targets around Strontia, but the vile D'Ken had miscalculated and before he could react, from the vastness of space, Kallark watched his homeworld burn and explode, shattering into the stars.
In one simple act, the entire planet and his entire species was wiped out. Kallark, Praetor to the Empire was lost. The Gladiator was the last of his species.
He turned from the fire and the destruction and wandered the bleakness of the universe, trying to find a place and waiting for the blackness of death so that he may join his people once more. Eventually though, he came upon a small planet in the Sol system. A planet the natives called 'Earth'. And it is here, upon this 'Earth' that he now finds himself. An alien without a home. A man without a family. A warrior without a war.
Why Have You Chosen That Character?: Kallark has always interested me. He's what I'd consider to be Marvels equivalent of Superman and that's a direction I'd quite like to take him in.
What Do You Plan On Doing With This Character (IE: How are you changing him or her?): He'll be ahero to the people. But I really want to tell a tale of a lonely man trying to find his place. I always thought that being the very last of something is a concept that can and has produced some of the greatest stories I've read and I'd love the chance to turn my hand to that and try to create my own.
Two Complete Sentences Explaining What You Can Bring To This RPG (As A Player): I'll reiterate what I put in my last app. Experience and a smidgen of talent.
Please provide a small sample post in the format you wish to portray your character in (Minimum three paragraphs/one line of dialogue, maximum six paragraphs):
The Planet Strontia. Home of the soldier. The land of war. This is where he was born. In the fire and the storm and the blood of battle. A life fit for no child. His toys were weapon of death. His friends were victims of their fate. His life was nothing but the desire to win. To die for the cause was the greatest honour befitting a Strontian.
But Kallark was denied that honour.
He was the only one left. A lone wolf. A man with no home and no life. An existence that yearned for death ot take him.
But he was a God.
The power gifted to him from heritage and experience. Other species cowered before him. They knew the dark legacy of his kind and the violence they so readily wrought. The universe despised Strontia and her bastard children.
And so he flies, with no destination or course. A relic of a lost culture. A curiosity of the past. Centuries old and yet still so young. A mind as strong as the physical body it was encased in.
Kallark.
Lost son of Strontia.
And as he stares at his hands and sees the echoes of blood upon them he knows that there is no place for him. Not for people like him. Too much blood. Too much death.
So he travels to the farthest reach of the universe. To the system ruled by the star they call Sol. And he finds a planet as blue and as vibrant and as full of life as Strontia once was. He knows of these 'humans'. Short lived and weak. A mere speck in the corner of the great blackness. But yet full of hope and wonder.
He descends to look upon them and search for his place.
But to them, even a lonely God is still one to be feared.
They level their weapons at him and order his surrender. But surrender is never an option for him. It is treason to his fallen blood kin. He does not surrender, but also he does not fight.
He extend his arms outward, a gesture of openness.
"Fear me not, Earthers. I mean you no harm. My name is Kallark, but those who know me call me The Gladiator".
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