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skybournerp · 7 years

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“If you let it, life will push you over the line until you're the villain. Problem is, you don't always know that you've crossed that line.”

A B O U T

Name: Rowan Pettibone Nickname: N/A Hero Name: Vanguard Age: Thirty-four Date & Place of Birth: December 25th, 1983 & Durant, OK Sexuality: Pansexual Pronouns: She/Her Faceclaim: Julia Jones Alternate FCs: N/A Status: TAKEN

M O R E

Previous Degrees: N/A Occupation: Combat Instructor Vigilante Rank: Hero Power: Tactile Telekinesis Limitations: Level of protection, augmentation, and utilization is proportionate to the user’s level of skill. Immense amounts of repetitive force may break through energy constructs. General usage may cause persistent headaches. Heavy use and over-extending of one’s abilities will lead to severe migraines and physical exhaustion.

P E R S O N A L I T Y

+ adaptable, determined, composed – detached, mistrustful, independent

B I O G R A P H Y

As the daughter of two notoriously minor league villains, Rowan and her older sister, Holly, were born and bred to follow in their parents footsteps. Between the powers they could possibly possess and the trove of tricks and tips to be taught, the girls were sure to succeed where their parents failed and make it to the big leagues. That would prove to be difficult, however, after a job went horribly wrong, landing both Hypnos and Mirage in prison. With both caretakers out of the picture, Rowan and Holly were left to look out for each other, but even that could not last.

Unable to handle the new responsibilities thrust upon her, and unwilling to follow her parents’ example any longer, seventeen year old Holly disappeared one night to pursue her own path. Her final words to fifteen year old Rowan were encouraging her to do the same. Having never truly found her alignment with good or evil, Rowan eventually struck out on her own as a vigilante. Sometimes she helped those who needed it. Sometimes her help came at a steep price. It depended on how she was feeling that day. Regardless of her methods, it became clear her actions were having an impact on the communities she passed through--good and bad. She became known as a vanguard of change, and then she became the Vanguard.

The Vanguard’s methods were not conventional, and rarely did they ever meet the approval of the high and mighty heroes that stumbled upon the aftermath of her work, but Vanguard got results. For years, Rowan was able to fly under the radar, but as she grew older, she became more jaded and cynical. It impacted her work even further. The Vanguard gained more and more notoriety across the spectrum, but one job would soon find her at the top of many heroes’ Naughty List. A routine hit on a corrupt city official ended with his two children--who weren’t supposed to be home--in the intensive care unit. After that, no longer could they allow the Vanguard’s vigilante activities to go unchecked.

Due to her good deeds in the past, Rowan and the Vanguard were given a choice: put her knowledge to good use by educating the new generation of heroes at Skybourne University under close supervision, or be classified as a danger to the public and pursued as a villain. Rowan considered her options very, very carefully before coming to a decision. Six months shy of her thirtieth birthday, Rowan became a member of SkyU’s faculty team. Since then, she’s actually enjoyed her time educating young heroes and their support alike on what the textbooks and do-gooders won’t tell them.

F A M I L Y

Oliver Pettibone (father - estranged) Ivy Grayson (mother - estranged) Holly Pettibone (older sister - estranged)

C O N N E C T I O N S

Selena Silverio: As a general rule of thumb, Rowan has always avoided cops--now that her babysitter is SuperCop, that rule’s been shattered. SkyU and the heroes have held up their end of the deal, and Rowan plans to continue holding hers, but she doubts she’ll ever get used to the great and noble Verity breathing down her neck.

Alysha King: Though Rowan tried to maintain emotional distance from the students and faculty of SkyU, she felt a sense of kinship with the Electric Hawk after digging up her personal history. Very rarely had Rowan encountered another child of a villainous union on this side of the moral fence. Not yet willing to make herself known, she’s gone out of her way to ensure others don’t trouble Alysha, as they have in the past.

#julia jones fc #superhero rpg #original rpg #lsbio #rowan pettibone

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skybournerp · 7 years

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“There are perhaps many causes worth dying for, but to me, certainly, there are none worth killing for.”

A B O U T

Name: Kristopher Maier Nickname: Kris Age: Thirty Seven Date & Place of Birth: April 2nd, 1980 & Honolulu, HI Sexuality: Demisexual Pronouns: He/Him Faceclaim: Jason Momoa Alternate FCs: N/A Status: OPEN

M O R E

Previous Degrees: Associates in Physical Therapy, B.A. in Psycology, M.A in Psychology Occupation: Team Combat Instructor & Guest Lecturer Classes Taught: Criminal Psychology Rank: Hero Support Power: Life-Force Inhibition Limitations: Along with Kris’s own reluctance to use his powers, the effects of the paralysis are only temporary. The stronger someone is, the weaker the effects can be.

P E R S O N A L I T Y

+ forgiving, tranquil, understanding - obstinate, interfering, forgetful

B I O G R A P H Y

Leonard Maier and Kala Kehale had what many considered a fairy tale romance. They met while he was stationed in Honolulu and he swept her off her feet. Within two years, the couple had married, called four other countries home, and brought two beautiful boys into the world of heroes. It wasn’t until Kris and his little brother, David, showed signs of possessing powers as they entered elementary school in country number eight that the trouble in paradise began. In their budding relationship, the topic of heroes and super powers had never come up. Leonard came from a line of normal and super heroes alike; Kala came from a line that feared those with these god-like abilities. Not a night went by that there wasn’t a mild shouting match in the Maier household, and though neither were willing to give up on the other just yet, neither noticed the impact it had on their children until it was too late.

The Maier boys became as different as night and day in every way possible. Kris went from lively to passive, inclined to avoid conflict, deflect the anger of others, and resolve situations peacefully; his life-force inhibiting power only encouraged these tendencies. Meanwhile, David only became more and more aggressive, and his ability of pulse manipulation only served to encourage his explosive and unpredictable behavior. Some days it seemed as though his sole purpose in life was to be as defiant a creation as he could be, constantly pushing and testing their parents’ patience. After the boys graduated high school, David found the breaking point.

Kris saw the flaw in the officers’ actions immediately: violence was their first and only reaction. David could be a tough cookie to break, but Kris truly believed that with enough dedication, the situation could have been resolved peacefully. Instead, he had to live his life knowing his baby brother would rot in prison. Kris had been out drinking with his brother to celebrate his graduation, when another guy had shoved them to the side at the bar. Although it wasn’t really grounds to start a fight, both of the men were easily angered and a bar fight quickly broke out. As much as Kris tried to mediate, the cops were quickly called to the scene. They immediately began taking people down, tackling the brawlers to the ground. It was like Kris had noticed the students were trained to handle situations at Skybourne. It didn’t work. But things with David escalated, he used his ability to take down the cops subduing him. Those cops had to be rushed to the E.R. and Kris decided he’d seen enough. Clearly David couldn’t be trusted to use his ability responsibly so Kris took off after him and used his power to paralyze David long enough for the cops to catch up. Kris would never forget the look of betrayal on his brother’s face as he was driven away in a cop car.

That day was a revelation for Kris. Supers needed to learn more responsibility over their own abilities. Civilians often got twisted up in scenes with supers that they couldn’t avoid and there were too many casualties because of the mentality to ‘shoot first, ask questions later’, so he decided to make a change. The only way he could do that was to teach combat to the Skybourne students. And he was hired on as the team combat instructor. His idea was to teach the students to cause minimal harm while working together and to communicate with others. That was the key importance. He’s experienced a lot of tension in the department because many of the faculty believe that he is holding the students back and have even gone so far as to tell them to ignore his instruction but he is slowly opening the minds of other students and making them more conscientious of the others involved. Recently, he has also begun lecturing criminal psychology where he focuses in on the minds of people who commit crimes so students don’t just paint them all with a broad brush.

F A M I L Y

Leonard Maier (father - alive) Kala Kehale (mother - alive) David Maier (younger brother - estranged)

C O N N E C T I O N S

Rowan Pettibone: Kris has started to pick up on the fact that some of the other instructors have begun to tell their students to ignore his instruction. Rowan seems to be the only exception, and in fact began incorporating some of his techniques into her own repertoire. Given his knowledge of her life, he’s interested in getting to know her better.

Devon Clarke: Kris knows about Devon’s own hesitation with their powers and has taken it upon himself to help them. He finds it noble that they are so cautious to follow the same path as their mother and wants to help them learn to embrace their power without fearing it.

#jason momoa fc #superhero rp #rpg #uni rp #rp #kristopher maier

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