Post by Namor on Jun 30, 2012 15:16:11 GMT -5
“IMPERIOUS REX!”
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Name: Namor
Alias(es): Namor McKenzie, Namor the First, the Avenging Son, Sealord, Lord of the Seven Ses, the Scion of the Deep
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Age: 107, as of October 27, 2012.
Height: 6' 2"
Physical Description: The Prince of the Blood is an imposing figure. He has short, dark hair and penetrating blue eyes, chiseled features and a a haughty, imperious expression. His body is lean and muscled, with the powerful build of an endurance swimmer. Most of it is on display as well, as he rarely wears more than a pair of green, scaled briefs.
What sets him clearly apart from the mass of ordinary humanity - speaking visually - is his sharply pointed ears, the gill-slits on his throat that open underwater, and the small pair of fin-like wings that grow on each of his ankles. Also, save for head, eyebrows, and eyelashes, he is completely hairless.
Face Claim: Donnie Yen
Personality: The first and most clearly obvious thing about Namor's personality is arrogance. It drips from him, sounds in every syllable he speaks, hangs about him like a cloak as he walks. He is both a king, and the most powerful champion of his people, and he knows it.
What surprises people who get to know him is the deep undercurrent of humility and concern within him. Yes, he is arrogant. He is the Avenging Son, the Prince of the Blood. But he is also King of Atlantis, and his every thought is for the welfare of his people and, by extension, his friends.
Affiliation: None, currently. Historically, the Invaders.
Identity: Publicly known, inasmuch as his existence is known.
Powers or Special Abilities:
- Superhuman Strength: Namor is one of the most physically powerful beings on the planet. At his peak he can lift thousands of tons, rend steel in his bare hands, and mold titanium like clay.. He is capable of going toe to toe with the Hulk on even terms.
- Superhuman Speed and Agility: Without unduly exerting himself, Namor can run at speeds over 100 miles per hour and swim at speeds exceeding 75 knots. He can dodge bullets with some effort, casually pluck arrows out of the air, and capture hummingbirds in flight without harming them.
- Superhuman Stamina and Durability: At his peak, Namor can exert himself at full strength and activity for hours before fatigue begins to set in. He is impervious to man-portable firearms, terminal velocity impacts, the crushing pressures of the Abyssal Plain, and most forms of radiation.
- Aquatic Healing: Namor heals at an accelerated rate, able to heal broken bones and torn muscles in a matter of hours at his peak.
- Extended Longevity: The average Atlantean has a lifespan of about 120 years. Namor is currently over a hundred years old, and is still in his physical prime. At this time, his exact lifespan is unknown. It is possible that he is functionally immortal.
- Amphibious Breathing: Like all Atlanteans, Namor can breathe indefinitely underwater due to having gills located behind his ears. Unlike most Atlanteans, however, Namor can also breathe on land indefinitely as well without the aid of breathing devices whereas most Atlanteans can only survive being out of the water for a matter of minutes.
- Aquatic Telepathy: Namor possesses a telepathic rapport with all, forms of marine life. He is able to mentally communicate with most forms of marine life and can mentally persuade them to do his bidding.
- Flight: The wings on Namor's ankles allow him to fly at speeds in excess of 300 miles per hour, and swim at speeds of over 150 knots. None of the scientists or scholars of Atlantis understand why this is so, but when the wings have been injured he has been unable to fly until they were healed.
- Enhanced Senses: Namor can navigate by echolocation and by sensing pressure changes on his skin. Underwater, this serves him as well as sight. The abilities are not so useful in the thin atmosphere of the surface. He can also see clearly in the darkness of the ocean depths.
Skills:
- Expert Combatant and Tactician: Namor has been trained in human and Atlantiean arts of war since the age of 8, and has fought in one war of the surface dwellers and three of the Atlanteans. He is a master of all weapons and of hand-to-hand combat. He is also accustomed to developing strategy, commanding armies, and leading men into battle.
- Multilingual: Namor speaks virtually every language on Earth.
- Engineer: Although he does not possess the technical genius of a Reed Richards or a Tony Stark, Namor is a trained engineer capable of repairing and modifying Atlantean technology.
Disadvantages:
- Dehydration: Although his hybrid physiology grants him a number of advantages over that of a normal Atlantean, he is still highly dependent on water. Over time, as his skin dries, his powers wane. At his absolute weakest, he would be on a physical par with Captain America.
- Heat: Namor does not inherently sustain greater injury from fire and heat-based attacks than anyone else, but they do dehydrate him faster.
Occupation: King of Atlantis. Adventurer.
Citizenship: Atlantean
Place of Birth: Atlantis
Relatives: Fen (mother, deceased). Leonard McKenzie (father, deceased). Thakorr (maternal grandfather, deceased). Korra (maternal grandmother). An assortment of uncles and aunts and cousins and nephews and nieces. Dorma (wife, deceased).
History: Namor was raised in the courts of the King of Atlantis. He was at first an outcast, a half-breed by-blow of the rebelliousness of his mother Fen and her dalliance with the human scientist Leonard McKenzie, kept close at hand more to keep him from becoming a potential rallying point for a coup than for any other reason. This began to change, dramatically, at an early age.
By the age of four, he possessed the strength and agility of a grown Atlantean. By the age of eight, he was far beyond being just a "physical progeny". His powers were rumored to be a gift of Poseidon himself and his grandfather, King Thakorr, chose to begin grooming him as his chosen successor rather than risk having the powerful child rise against him to take the throne by force. From that day forward, Namor was raised as a Prince of the Blood, trained in the arts of war, tutored in law and science and rhetoric, taught to believe that he would one day be the greatest ruler of the greatest nation that ever existed.
At the age of twenty, Namor left Atlantis to go questing, seeking to earn glory and build reknown for himself. It was on this decade-long wanderjahr that he came across Atlantean communities, devastated and abandoned, and sought their attackers. This led him to a HYDRA installation in the Mediterranean, where Dr. Heinrich Zemo, aided by the Atlantean Meranno, had been conducting grotesque experiments on captured Atlanteans in an effort to unlock the secrets of their enhanced physical abilities. Namor destroyed the installation and freed those of his people that he could, but both Zemo and Meranno escaped.
Unfamiliar with the political distinctions between the surface world nations, Namor turned his rage on all air-breathers indiscriminately, sinking both military and civilian shipping. A memorable attack on Long Island was thwarted by Steve Rogers and James Hammond. Together, the two heroes were able to subdue Namor. Once he learned the truth of what had happened, he swore to make amends by joining the Allied cause for the duration of the war.
With the end of the war and the disappearance of Captain America, Namor returned to the seas and to Atlantis. He vanishes from the histories of the surface world at this point for several decades, caught up in internal politics as he struggled to secure his throne after his grandfather's passing. He fought off a coup staged by the Atlantean general Krang, and defended his people from invasions by the Atlantean barbarian warlord Attuma.
In recent decades, the surface world has intruded on his thoughts once more. Increasing pollution and overfishing threaten the seas that are life itself to his people. He first acted behind the scenes, covertly funding ecological activist groups of the surface world and even purchasing and managing a corporation (Oracle, Inc.) that specialized in alternative energies and pollution control technologies - mostly derived from Atlantean technologies.
But now, hypoxic regions grow in size and number each year, spurring harmful algal blooms and fish kills. The acidity of the oceans increases, gnawing at both the corals and the structures of the Atlanteans. Heavy metals and other toxins choke the waters they breathe and the foods they eat, and undersea noise reduces communications networks that once spanned the globe to a few hundreds of miles. The surface world is destroying Atlantis, and Namor's advisers call for action before their people are destroyed.
And now it falls to Namor to decide. Shall he extend the hand of friendship to the surface as the Lord of the Seven Seas? Or will they quake before the fury of the Avenging Son?
PLAYER DATA
Name: First. It's a long story, basically involving how I'm known on Whoniverse.
Preferred Method of Contact: Private Message. If I get to know you, we can talk about Skype.
Other Character(s): Deadpool. Thor. Victor von Doom.
