Post by Noctua on Oct 17, 2021 1:14:23 GMT
General Information
Name: Garrick Valeria
Alias: Noctua
Identity Status: Hidden
Age: 23
Sex: Male
Species: Ascended Metahuman
Occupation: Superhero
Residence: New York City, New York
The Man Behind The Mask
Garrick has never been the most imposing man in a room. At full height, he stands a few centimeters above 5'11, his quiet and unassuming personality making it easy for most to pass him by. His hair, once a brighter blonde, has darkened considerably over the years, but still complimenting the set of calming blue eyes he has. A thin beard can occasionally be seen on his face though not often as Garrick prefers a clean shave to reduce the possibility of his hair getting latched onto or grabbed by someone.
Powers and Abilities
Mystical Athleticism:
At a baseline level, there is no question that Garrick is superhuman. His strength alone rivals those put out by higher-end exoskeletons, his speed alone great enough to outperform vehicles. His hand-eye coordination has also improved to not only allow him to block bullets, but to do so well after they’ve been fired.
Garrick’s resiliency allows him to power through hits capable of killing a regular man outright, fall from greater heights, survive exposure to extreme temperatures, and stay in one piece from greater concussive forces. He boasts an immunity to poisons and diseases as well a higher functioning response to traumatic shock. He can go longer without food and water, as well as operate for extended periods of time with no rest before starting to suffer from the drawbacks.
Recovery-wise, Garrick seems capable of coming back from even the brink. Though his regeneration isn't instant, given time, he can heal from some of the most grievous injuries. Small cuts and bruises will likely already be fading by the hour, broken bones mend together fine after a couple of days, and anything above that varies entirely on the severity of the wound.
Supernatural Senses:
Garrick’s senses were enhanced every second of his life, but years of crime-fighting and training have pushed those senses farther above. He can see details in great clarity while in complete darkness, track someone’s scent for days on end, feel the smallest vibrations on a surface, detect the faintest flavors in a dish, and hear muffled noises over a large distance away.
Enough time training while blindfolded and deprived of any other number of senses has given him an acute sense of echolocation. Not only that but, whether from a mutation in his ability or from his time cultivating his perception, Garrick possesses a degree of electroreception.
360° Neck Rotation:
As the name suggests, Garrick is capable of rotating his neck completely around. Further enhancements to his flexibility have made it impossible to kill him through a neck snap.
Retractable Talons:
Sets of thin talons rest where a human’s nails would be. Garrick is able to extend them at a moment’s notice and cause them to focus into a single point, causing them to actually resemble a talon. When not protruding from his fingers, his talons look indistinguishable from a regular nail.
Mental Fortitude:
Before, Garrick's mental resilience came from the sheer belief in his ideals and an unnatural refusal to give up. Following the Trials of War, his steel will was recast, forged anew to be unbreakable.
If he is able to keep going, Garrick will keep going, to the best of his ability. With the strength and discipline to ignore exhaustion and pain, attempts to interrogate him through mundane efforts are entirely ineffective. Telepathic intrusion and entities capable of mental subjugation will find their efforts wasted against him.
Skills
Ace Acrobat:
Ever since his youth, Garrick has been quite the accomplished gymnast, giving him an unbelievable amount of agility, dexterity, and flexibility. Constant outings as a vigilante and intensive training have elevated him to a master in this field. He can traverse environments, weave around projectiles, and execute unorthodox techniques in combat with a graceful ease.
Master Fighter:
After spending an extensive amount of time training under the Avatar of War, Garrick’s combatant prowess is nothing short of legendary. He has mastered every fighting system in human history, both recorded and unrecorded, and boasts an identical level of competency when it comes to war time tactics and strategies.
Infiltration Expert:
Convert infiltration and observation are two areas Garrick has become well-versed in. He can not only move from place to place without producing sound, but can do so quickly. His steps are light enough to avoid triggering pressure-based traps, even capable of going unfelt or heard by sensory enhanced entities who possess little training.
Quick Learner:
Though not born with a natural photographic memory, years upon years of tutelage have given him a memory that is identical in nature. His learning becomes intuitive when the subject directly relates to combat.
God Chi
Garrick’s very soul flows with an unyielding energy, sanctified and made divine. At a passive level, it has made him inviolable. Intrusive changes to his mind, body, and soul are met with complete failure. This has made him immune to temporal manipulation, magical transmutation, genetic rearrangement, atomic change, and other similar methods of influence. It is partly because of his divine essence that he can heal as fast as he can now and it is fully because of this chi that he was able to elevate his physical body to the level it is now.
On a more active level, Garrick can muster his chi for a multitude of effects. The less violent of the effects is to manipulate the way his body works. If he were to concentrate the flow of his chi to his eyes for example, he would be able to not only see in the different spectrums, but see the life force and various other energies within this world.
The more catastrophic use Garrick’s found for his God Ki is to use it to supplement his attack. He is able to concentrate a large amount of his chi to greatly amplify the amount of power behind a strike as well as the durability of that body part. Though exhaustive when he initially tried it, he’s since then trained to be capable of doing so multiple times in a row.
As time goes on and his experience with this power grows, he will come across more abilities hidden within himself, simply waiting to be discovered.