EvilPettingZoo

Ok, so here is what I went with... Or at least a rough paraphrase as I am at work so can't look at what I actually wrote I went somewhat along the retrovirus thing, but not quite:

A normal man before the Rikti invasion, he was captured be the invaders during the earliest parts of the war. On their command ship he became one of their test subjects. Seeking to learn all they could about the human species, they submitted him to a nightmare of biological, chemical, and radiological experiments. They made him crave death.

His salvation came in the form of Positron, leading a strike force on the command ship, discovering him and bringing him out. His body was ravaged, and rehabilitation took months, but he was never the same. He is so scarred and broken that he is barely recognizable as human anymore. He now wears a suit of Power Armor given to him by Positron to hide his ugliness, as well as gain other benefits such as flight.

There was one positive side effect from his ordeal. At some point during the experiments he gained the power to effect the temperature around him. Now he can freeze the moisture in the air to encase an enemy in ice, or make fire rain from the very sky.

He turns his new abilities towards vengeance.....



Very cliche I know... but hey.. it's comic book stuff...

Thanks for the help guys...

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I have an origin story about all my heroes except the one that has become my main (of course). My main problem is that I picked Science as his origin, and am having trouble thinking of a story to match that.

So looking for ideas.

He is a fire/ice blaster. Costume is a suit of power armor...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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During the Rikti War, many atrocities were commited in the name of the War; by us, no doubt, but especially by them!

One of the more horrific of these atrcities was the release of a complex family of retroviruses that induced uncontrollable mutation-like effects in those that contracted the diseases.

Many lives were lost to the effects of their own new powers run amok. Some people would be racked with fever, getting worse and worse, until, finally, they burst into flames. Others had chills so bad they literally froze to death under heated thermal blankets. Still others melted into disrupted moldering puddles of what was once flesh as a result of the massive deadly radiation that they suddenly started giving off. And on and on the stories went, with unbelievable powers turned against the bodies that housed them. Some poor souls caught multiple versions of the virus at once, and scientists and doctors were never able to determine the exact cause of death, since it could have been any of a number of the effects the infections triggered.

Fortunately, medical science was soon able to develop a countervirus that, although it did not eliminate the effects of the mutagenic retroviral agents, it at least prepared the bodies of the populace for them, so that, with concentration and training, these powers could be harnessed and directed. The counteragent was immediately distributed as a vaccine, a measure against the Rikti abomination.

Within days, hundreds of new heroes flocked to City Hall to register themselves and to aid in the efforts against the invaders. Though untried and still new to their powers, these fine people had an axe to grind... against the monsters from another dimension that had utterly and completely changed their lives forever.

One such man was <<Insert your character's name here>>

OOC: OK... so... what'cha think??

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Nice.... I like the retrovirus idea....

I have an origin story about all my heroes except the one that has become my main (of course). My main problem is that I picked Science as his origin, and am having trouble thinking of a story to match that.

So looking for ideas.

He is a fire/ice blaster. Costume is a suit of power armor...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!