Post by Samantha Wright on Jul 9, 2019 10:46:34 GMT -8
Samantha Wright
BASICS
Character Name: Samantha Wright
Secret Identity Name if Applicable: N/A
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Group: Villains
CHARACTER BUILD-UP
General Appearance/Physical Appearance:
Samantha is 5ft 10 and has an athletic build. She has pale skin, long black hair (usually kept in a pony tail) and brown eyes. After being struck by lightning, she has a number of intricate, almost beautiful burn scars on her back caused by the electricity. She can be described as pretty, but is in no way glamorous. She mostly makes no effort to appear attractive unless she really has to.
Samantha's metal suit is silver and black - it's lightweight, tight-fitting, sleek, flexible and is designed to be aerodynamic. It covers her completely, and she mostly uses it while running or using her abilities (see image). Due to her "pure" connection to the Speed Force (she hasn't altered it or connected to the Negative Speed Force) her speed force lightning is the average orange/yellow.
Personality:
Some villains act because they want to cause chaos. Some act based on a lack of empathy or respect for the laws of society. Others want to create an empire for themselves to rule over. Perhaps one of the most dangerous types of all are the villains that believe they are doing the right thing, especially if they have the ability to do it.
Samantha has many strongly held beliefs. For a variety of reasons, she has a hatred for the rich, the religious (she doesnt discriminate, she has disdain for all groups) the military, other criminals, and she has even started to see innocent people as her enemies. After experiencing the worst of humanity, she believes that people are born evil and need to be taught how to be good - often through violence, as she thinks it is the only thing people listen to. In her own way, she wants to help by creating a world where people are accepted and to ease suffering, but her methods are violent and criminal.
She believes many heroes are bad, as they have advanced weaponry and abilities that they could use to make the world a better place, but they often keep them for themselves and focus only on the people within their home cities rather than fix injustices for all. She believes their knowledge and the money they used to develop their equipment should have been used in a better way, and she sees them as no better than the rich that hoard their possessions and act selfishly while others suffer.
Because of her strong motivations, she simply doesn't care who she hurts or how many people she kills, viewing murder as acceptable for her cause or outright deserved. She will sometimes conduct social experiments to prove to people that she is right, so they can also understand the evil she sees inside of them.
Using her abilities and wearing her suit are cathartic for her, but not the only thing she chooses to focus on. Her life is not just spent running and killing. She enjoys creating art, baking and fixing/improving electronics and computers in her spare time, as they distract her and give her something constructive to focus on. While not inside her suit, she seems like an ordinary, if not cynical and aggressive, person.
Samantha will most likely not be enthusiastic about teaming up with other villains due to her general disdain for them, but will not be against it if it can benefit her, further her goals or help to take on a hero.
She is known to steal from those who she believes deserve it or have too much to finance herself.
Skills/Abilities/Weapons/Powers:
Samantha is a Speedster, and has a connection with the Speed Force. This gives her a number of abilities including:
Super speed - Samantha can run far faster than an ordinary human. Her current top speed is 800mph, though this will increase with time. She can run on water and up walls.
Enhanced reflexes - The speed her brain can function has been increased along with her physical speed, allowing her to react quickly to a situation and process information at a faster rate. This includes 'Flashtime', the time slowing experienced by all Speedsters when using their abilities.
Accelerated healing - She can heal injuries faster than an ordinary person. Her bones can heal in a matter of hours. This slows her aging process.
Enhanced stamina - Samantha can run for longer than an ordinary human.
Phasing/vibrating - She can vibrate her particles at such a speed that she can pass through people and objects. Vibrating her vocal chords allows her to disguise her voice, vibrating her face allows her to mask her identity and she can vibrate her hands quickly enough to break locks, glass etc. She can also use her phasing as a weapon to strike a person's internal organs, though it requires a lot of concentration.
Time travel (potentially) - She doesn't know how to do this yet.
Inter-dimensional travel (potentially) - Also doesn't know how to do this yet.
Throwing lightning (potentially) - Can't do this yet.
Military training: Includes hand-to-hand combat, firearms training (though she doesn't use guns) and the ability to fly jets.
Genius-level IQ.
Knowledge of computers and electronics.
Peak of human physical condition.
Her suit: it's not completely bullet-proof, but allows her to withstand more punishment, especially at speed. It has a HUD that displays her heart rate, current speed and has an encrypted GPS system. Batteries within the suit are charged using the lightning she generates as she runs. Samantha has plans to improve her designs in the future.
Weaknesses:
Cold - Exposure to cold temperatures slow her particles and can lessen or even nullify her speed.
Energy absorption/manipulation - Those with the ability to absorb or manipulate energy, particularly kinetic energy, will be able to temporarily stop her from using her abilities.
Anti-gravity - Without weight, she can't access her speed.
Electricity absorption - Can remove her speed, but her cells never lose the potential to channel speed force energy. She can regain her abilities through exposure to electricity as it reboots/recharges her.
Fast metabolism - Samantha requires thousands of calories every day to stay in peak physical condition and avoid dehydration while using her abilities. It also prevents her from getting drunk.
Bullets - Her suit is not completely bulletproof, and while she has learned to dodge them, they are currently able to travel faster than her and present a threat.
She exists in the military databases, officially listed as MIA.
History:
Samantha was born in Gotham. She was raised in a middle-class household by her parents, who were very traditional and devout christians. Her bisexuality caused a conflict in her family - they refused to accept her for who she was and often claimed she was going to hell because she liked both women and men. She always felt like an outsider, like she didn't belong and that she was wrong and needed fixing. She often found it difficult to make friends. She was never completely sure what she wanted to do with her life, or what her career would be. Despite the obstacles in her way, she seemed like a very intelligent young woman, with a gift for technology and electronics.
She earned a Bachelors degree in electrical engineering, but Samantha knew she had to move as far away from her parents as possible so she could live her own life without their small-minded judgements. Eventually, she decided to join the military and wanted to become a pilot in the USAF. She saw it as an opportunity to escape, and enjoyed the sense of freedom she felt while flying. After completing all of the necessary training, she was recruited and flew in a number of combat missions in the Middle East, especially air strikes.
After destroying a target that involved passing through a hail of anti-air fire, when returning back to the air force base she was caught in a freak lightning storm. Due to the damage her plane had sustained, a frayed electrical wire caused the fuel in the engine to ignite, resulting in the cockpit filling with smoke/chemicals and one engine failing. Her plane was struck by lightning, causing many instruments to also fail. Both factors resulted in her losing control of her jet and it began to nose-dive. She had no idea of her altitude due to the failing instruments, and was forced to eject into the storm. Her plane hit the ground beneath her in a large explosion, while she was struck by lightning before she lost consciousness.
When she awoke, she lay beside the burning wreckage of her plane, and she was surrounded by militants. She tried to run, and her body suddenly flew forward with incredible speed. She fell over, and despite discovering that the lightning storm hadn't exactly struck her without consequence, she didn't understand how to control her abilities and she was captured and imprisoned.
In captivity, she was beaten and tortured on a daily basis. Her captors wanted her to use the abilities they had seen in the desert with the intention of using her or even attempting to give themselves her powers. She protested that she had no idea how to use them or what they were, but they were dissatisfied with her answer. She spent most of her time as a prisoner in chains. They shot at her to force her to dodge their bullets, but she couldn't and was struck by the bullets instead - surviving only due to her accelerated healing. Other prisoners with her were treated worse, subject to torture, executions and slavery. After weeks of captivity, she finally learned to dodge the bullets they fired at her, but it didn't stop her cruel treatment. They tried to push her harder, torturing her if she refused. But the more they pushed, the more she learned of her new powers. After a few months, she learned to phase by moving her particles so quickly that she could pass through objects, and armed with that knowledge, she escaped her bindings.
She massacred everyone. Men and women alike. Friendly military forces that would later occupy the village where she was held reported dismembered bodies and enough blood to stain walls red. Organs were missing from bodies, heads were missing and people were mysteriously torn apart. Now free, Samantha refused to stop running. Her captivity had given her an understanding: most people in the world were evil. Good had to be taught, by force if necessary. She saw the way the world truly worked: the rich, the criminal and the ideological did whatever pleased them, while causing suffering in others. Both her parents and captors had caused her pain because she was different, and she had to fix it. She decided that she wanted no one to suffer as she had.
Before returning home, she used her speed to steal military tech from a variety of installations and used her knowledge of electrical engineering to build a protective suit for her use. She has many things on her 'to-do' list, and has decided to start by "improving" Gotham. She currently lives under the name "Samantha Carter", and has used stolen money to purchase an apartment in the city. She has recently started to visit a therapist to help her recover from her traumatic experiences, though she omits a large amount of information.
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