Okay. I didn't really like my last app for the Black Knight. More specifically the origin I came up with (didn't help that I couldn't come up with a sample). So I decided to revise my app with a new origin I think might work better. Even wrote the sample this time.
ULTIMATE MARVEL RPG APPLICATION
Screen Name: Blacklight
Character you would like to play: Dane Whitman, the Black Knight
Has this character appeared in the Ultimate comic books? If not, how will you 'Ultimatize' him or her?: No. This version of Dane Whitman will be more modern, as in no flying horses (as cool as they were), no squires that end up becomng villains... Just a badass with a sword. He'll also be more of a soldier.
Is the character a hero, a villain, or walking the line?: Hero
The big question - Why this character?: Dane interests me, and he in the 616 is one of the classic members of the Avengers, and as such, I'd like to Ultimize him to have him join the Ultimates.
Brief background information of the character:
SHIELD has tried numerous ways to create the perfect soldier for the U.S. Government to build an army of... From serums to gamma rays, and even hi-tech suits of armor and Pym particles, they've tried and tried and tried their best to create a super soldier fit for them to control.
However, SHIELD wasn't the only organization created to create the perfect soldier...
There is yet another special organization dedicated to re-creating the super-soldier proccess used on Steve Rogers if not creating a new proccess altogether. The only difference? This one tries to accomplish this through
arcane means.
An operation directed by Dr. Stephen Strange, an expert in the fields of magic and the paranormal, H.A.M.M.E.R., the High Authority Mystic and Magical Emergency Reaction, a division of the Government dedicated to defeating threats mystical and magical, has had no successes in their various attempts at using magic or mystic items to create a super soldier, until now.
Nathan Garrett, one of Strange's top agents in the field of recovering mystic artifacts, finally located an object of immense power. One that will fnally help them to create a super soldier: the Ebony Blade.
Enter Dane Whitman: a U.S. Marine that had been chosen by Strange and Garrett to wield the Blade, for he exceeded all the physical specifications they thought would be neccessary to weild it.
Once Strange convinced Whitman into grabbing hold of it's handle, the sword granted him a strength that rivaled the strongest of fighters, and he found himself sporting garb worn proudly by many a knight before him. He then took on the codename "Black Knight" and has since become one of SWORD's top agents.
Currently, he has caught the (only) eye of a certain director of SHIELD to join his team of Government sanctioned superheroes...
Powers, abilities, and noteworthy equipment: The Ebony Blade grants Dane enhanced strength and agility on par with Captain America. The sword itself is indestructible and can cut through any substance.
The sword, as long as he stays in contact with it, heals him of any physical injury with speed comparable to Wolverine's healing factor.
Due to the Ebony Blades's mystic nature, it allows Dane to summon powerful magics by thought alone for things such as teleportation or to fire bolts of arcane energy from the sword's blade.
Dane is also a skilled hand to hand combatant from his time as a marine. His more predominate martial art being kickboxing.
What can you bring to this game?: MORE ULTIMATES!
What color and font would your character use? (Please fully type the font out): Black Century Gothic Bold
How many times per week do you plan on posting?: as many as needed
Do you know how to post pictures on the Hype! boards:
Provide a small sample post for your character, about 4 paragraphs with at least one line of dialog:
"How ready is he, Strange?"
From his office in the top levels of the HAMMER base known as "The Sanctorum", Dr. Stephen Strange watched as his top agent, Dane Whitman: Codename "Black Knight" was engaging in his regular excercises in their elite training room, The "Eye".
"I'd say that he's just about ready. Eager to steal him away already eh, Nicky?"
"Considering what's been going down lately, I'm going to need to increase the ranks of the Ultimates sooner rather than later, Stephen. Not to mention it's a matter of Nat--"
"National Security blah blah blah... I know, Nick. I was merely yanking your chain. I'll tell him to report to the Triskelion as soon as possible."
"Yeah. And don't try and pull anything, Strange... Or I swear--"
"Never do, Nick."
Just as Dane's Ebony Blade had finish slicing through one of the last training drones, the Doctor's voice boomed over the microphone.
"Agent Whitman. General Fury of SHIELD gave me orders to have you report to the Triskelion immediately."
After Strange finished speaking, the Knight placed his sword gently on his shoulder as he sighed. As much as he didn't want to leave HAMMER, he couldn't disobey a person like Nick Fury. So he figured he didn't have a choice.
"Well... it was fun while it lasted." He mumbled as he sheathed the Ebony Blade and made his way for the nearest Sanctorum exit.