Post by NPC on Nov 7, 2011 6:12:27 GMT -5
Reviewed by: BG
Accepted by: BG
19 Jan. 2012
<Roberto Rizzo>
Full Name: Roberto Michael Rizzo
Age: 42
Civilian or Special: Special
Currently Located: Texas
Affiliated with: Villain
Celebrity Claim: Donovan, Jeffrey
Relation to You: Father of Sidney Rizzo
Roberto is a very cold and uncaring man. He tends to live by his own set of rules and completely disregards and defies rules set by any other. He tends to see things in a very black and white manner and has a problem differentiating between what is right and what is wrong. What Roberto believes is right, isn't always necessarily that way but since he's set in his ways, arguing with him should be avoided at all times.
He is a selfish man, only out for what he can gain for himself and doesn't care if others need to be harmed or betrayed to do so. Roberto isn't exactly what you'd call a team player, though he is deceptive enough to make people believe so, he is only out for what he can gain. That's not to say that Roberto won't work in a team, if the price is right of course this man will do anything for a fee.
Roberto has a tendency to enjoy having the last word, he's not one to back down around others no matter how outsmarted he is by them. He isn't the sharpest tool in the shed but what he lacks in knowledge and understanding, he gains in having a smart mouth and determination enough to over power those around him. Suffice to say that if Roberto doesn't make an impression vocally, he's always got his fists to back him up and that's something the man has always been good at.
He can be a very violent man at times and never shows any remorse, he doesn't care about what gender or age a person is, if he believes they need to be taught a lesson he will be the one to give the lesson and won't back off until he's satisfied that the person in question has gotten the message loud and clear.
Roberto stands at roughly 6'2, he has dark brown (almost black) hair and green eyes. He has very distinguished features upon his face, a rather strong jaw-line, a fairly broad nose and particularly small beady eyes. He has many scars, a various few on his face.
Robert's most prominent scar is the one on his forehead that he gained several years ago, an injury inflicted by his teenage daughter. He's fairly fit in build, working out as often as he can to maintain his physique.
When it comes to clothing he tends to wear casual attire mostly, jeans and t-shirts or shirts for comfort mostly but on the rare occasion he'll bust out a suit or two if he needs to make an impression. Roberto likes dark colours, plain colours included, white, greys, blacks and navy colours. He chooses comfort over style any day.
Fear Manipulation
Roberto has the ability to sense fear in others. By sensing there fear he is able to manipulate it and amplify there fears to a point where his target can become so overwhelmed by there fright that they are physically scared to death.
Roberto psychically provokes the target's brain to release fear-inducing chemicals. The victim's perception is altered, they may see their environment as ominous and Roberto as dark and foreboding, or even seen as a monster depending on his own preference.
His ability to induce and manipulate fear in others gives him a sense of pleasure and the more scared a person is, the stronger he becomes.
Phobic Vampirism
Roberto has the ability to feed off of other peoples fear. By using his ability Roberto is able to feed off of the energy that comes from ones fear and absorbs it, by doing so he is then able to convert the absorbed energy and use it in the form of strength.
With this ability he can gain strength up to a superhuman level when others nearby are frightened enough, or even more strength if they also possess other strength-related abilities.
The more frightened a person is, the stronger Roberto becomes. Because of the nature of his ability, Roberto seems to take great pleasure in deliberately scaring others and the feeling he gains from doing so. He's always been the type of man to feed off of others fears and now, with his ability has an added bonus for doing so.
His ability is semi-based on sensing fear pheromones. Roberto claims that he can smell a person's fear, thus being able to accurately predict if a person is afraid.
Roberto was born in Arlington, Texas to Leonardo Rizzo and Katerina Ramirez.
He was the middle child of three . He never seemed to find his place within the family, his older brother Eduardo had always been seen as the golden child and his younger sister (and only girl in the household) Isabel was practically inseparable with there mother. Being outshone by his other siblings, it was no surprise that Roberto turned out to be the bad seed.
He flunked out of school and got himself a criminal record so he become almost impossible to hire. His father threatened to kick him out on more then one occasion, and after getting tired of his ways sent him to live with his grandfather Ignacio. Whilst living with his grandfather, he worked on the ranch helping build an extension on the stables and assist with the duties his grandparents went about daily.
For sometime it was believed that this was the start of a new man, only as months passed by he found himself straying. Roberto got involved with a few guys about town and before long, the police began there routine stop bys at the family home.
This was the final straw for his parents and at the age of 19, Roberto was disowned by his father. He still had money and phone calls from his mother, in secret but his father wasn't interested. He moved to Houston, Texas to start fresh and sure enough he met a girl.
Roberto believed that it had been love at first sight, Claudia was his world. But sure enough over time, things changed. They were young and irresponsible and such things lead to Claudia becoming pregnant. Roberto didn't want to be a father, but it was to be and 9 months later Claudia gave birth to a baby girl, Sidney. Admittedly, he would have liked a son but...he couldn't get everything he wanted.
Once Sidney was born life seemed to become even harder and he realised how hard being a parent was, babies needed everything and they weren't cheap. There relationship became strained and he found himself become evermore impatient with Claudia. Sometimes the simple sound of her voice rubbed him up the wrong way and he'd explode into a fit of rage.
Roberto was certainly aggressive toward his partner, which was surprising when Claudia had agreed to marry him regardless of everything. He always used to take his anger out on her and she allowed him, she tried her best to protect Sidney but as the girl got older she soon followed quickly in her mothers trail. He had issues, he knew that but he didn't really try to get out of it. It was as if he liked being feared.
Of course, Claudia was always fearful bust Sidney...she had some bottle. Roberto had never been much of a father to her nor a husband to his wife. He'd gotten away with many years of hurting the both of them until Sidney had enough and hit him back. He didn't see it coming, at all and had not expected for his teen daughter to beat him to a bloody pulp. After that incident, Sidney convinced her mother to press charges and Roberto was taken in by the police.
An injunction was placed against him, and he wasn't allowed to see his family. Several months later he'd gotten himself involved in some heavy stuff and was taken in again, this time charged and was sent to prison. Roberto severed several months in county jail before he was released. Jail was rough for anyone, and it changed him but not for the better. No one would ever change him, he was simply always going to be that same man. He had no care for anyone else, other then himself and his own needs and he'd do whatever means necessary to get what he want and if that meant going back to jail again, so be it.
The outside world had changed and things were much darker then they had previously been. Roberto found himself being faced by a proposition, one that could gain him a lot more then his petty crimes had. A clean slate, and a one way ticket to freedom...all he had to do was sign his name on the dotted line and all his problems would disappear.
