Post by Gabriel McBride on May 30, 2014 6:57:09 GMT -5
Louis Cypher
Full Name- Louis Cypher
Gender- Male
Age- 30 (Is actually much older)
Date of Birth- 12/21/1983 (according to records)
Sexual Orientation- Bisexual (Doesn't subscribe to labels)
Location- New York
Celebrity Claim- Fimmel, Travis
What should we call you?- BTP (BeyondThePale)
Play anyone else?- Gabriel McBride
Have You Read the Rules?- Wait, I gotta go milk the cat
Personality-
Louis is a sociopath through and through. He is, and has been, the CEO of the corporation he started in the early 1900's. Every few decades he fakes his death and returns as his own successor. His longevity has given him a god complex and he does nothing to even attempt to quell his ego. Since he first developed his gift, Louis was hailed as a God, so he has had a lot of practice playing the role.
His unnaturally long lifespan has only served to harden him against emotions of nearly every kind. He believes he lives an eternity free of vice and imperfection, but his deepest flaws are those he himself does not perceive as weaknesses. He is prideful; his lifetime spent perfecting himself, in both mind and body, has made him a specimen, even amongst those he allows himself to perceive as his peers. Unfortunately, or perhaps by intent, those he views as his peers are long since dead or barely considered living at all. His view of his own self perfection is the source of his narcissism and his avarice is the result of his desire for ever evolving expansion of his own personal gain. The God he once was, determines what feeds the megalomaniacal businessman he is today.
Louis views humans as tools, and by necessity; food. Nothing more, nothing less. The increase in those evolved beings, like him, in recent years has altered Louis' perception of the world he now lives in. He is curious of this new age and he has planted roots in its ever advancing conceptualization. He thinks of himself as an equal observer and antagonist, wondering just how far he can push before the entirety of civilization implodes upon itself.
Likes-
[*] Wealth
[*] Power
[*] Strength
[*] Intelligence
[*] Winning
Dislikes-
[*] Poverty
[*] Impotence
[*] Weakness
[*] Ignorance
[*] Ineptitude
Strengths-
[*] Intelligence
[*] Adaptability
[*] Ambition
[*] Authority
[*] Power
Weaknesses-
[*] He considers his legacy to be of the utmost importance.
[*] He is overly confident due to the nature of his ability and the seemingly uninterruptible longevity he enjoys from it.
[*] He holds himself in the highest regard and lacks the modesty not to make it apparent at every opportunity.
Skills-
[*] Jack of all Trades (Unlike the usual interpretation, he knows a lot about apparently everything, or as close to it as one can get)
[*] Martial Training (Kalarippayattu, Sebekah, Pankration, Dim Mak and various other modern and ancient martial arts. At one time or another he has mastered every martial art, excluding those that may be redundant or superfluous to those he has already studied. He is not one who likes to repeat himself in any way.)
[*] Advanced weapon training
[*] Advanced firearm training
[*] Polyglot (He speaks over 60 languages including ancient Egyptian, Greek, Aramaic and Sumarian)
[*] Eidetic Memory (Thanks to his peak human condition he has perfect mental recall)
Flaws-
[*] Narcissism
[*] Avarice
[*] Anger
[*] Pride
Abilities/Powers/Skills-
Abilities: Primary – Life Force Consumption
Secondary – Peak Human Condition
Powers:
Life Force Consumption: By touch, Louis is capable of absorbing the life force of a living being and adding it to his own. This results in a form of longevity (prolonged life span) as well as Cellular Regeneration. He may absorb as much, or as little, Life Force as he determines upon making physical contact with a living being. He is also capable of transferring his own life force to another individual for the purpose of healing, or even reversing the aging process.
When Louis absorbs life force, it reduces the target's life span (for longevity) and/or current health (for cellular regeneration). After being afflicted by this ability, the victim may become fatigued, ill, or should he be permitted to draw exorbitant amounts of life force, they could be severely aged or even dead. Louis is capable of controlling this ability as long as he "feeds" regularly. This is an ability that must always be used, like an addictive parasite within the host. If he does not "feed" after a while he will show signs of withdrawal, as well as physical and mental symptoms of starvation. The longest he went without feeding was several centuries while wondering a desert, only surviving due to his ability cannibalizing his life force reserve from his previously gluttonous, and wanton use of it. This self starvation left him in a coma like state for an unknown length of time (Unknown because he wasn't sure exactly when he fell victim to it initially). <More of this event is covered in his backstory>
Peak Human Condition: Due to his longevity and constantly revitalizing form, Louis' physical and mental capacity is at the peak of the human condition. He possesses the strength, speed, agility and endurance equivalent to that of a master athlete in each form. He is, by all accounts, the perfect athlete, though he is lean and by all appearances soft, Louis has honed himself to physical perfection over his vast life span. During his expansive existence, Louis has developed a natural form of eidetic memory, having learned more than even the most complete collection of historical documents could ever teach, since he had the distinct advantage of living through nearly each and every event known to modern man (since the rise of the Sumerian empire). His ability to rejuvenate mind and body has allowed him to unlock his potential. While he is not considered "beyond human ability" in certain regards, he is certainly more complete in both aspects (physical and mental) than any "normal" human may ever hope to become.
Detailed Definitions of Peak Human Capabilities:
100% Muscle Use: Able to completely use every muscle in their body while under normal conditions most humans use only 30 percent. Even chimps can be 4 times stronger than the average human because they can use every muscle in the body. This is because their body structure allows them to do so.
Maximum Brain Capacity: Louis can use/access 100% of the brain capacity, gaining extended knowledge and usage of the brain. He is able to think in ways that normal humans could never imagine or understand. Louis can remember things he has forgotten, replicate knowledge and become completely competent and aware of whatever situation he is in.
Peak Agility: Louis' agility is of a superior standard, even among gold-medal-winning athletes and other highly trained professionals in the field of athletics. Louis is able to climb the highest of buildings with no form of support and navigate any variety of obstacle courses with apparent ease and grace. Furthermore, Louis is capable of jumping up to 6.2meter/20 ft in a single bound and 3.2meter/10 feet without a starting run-up. Louis can always accurately coordinate his body with perfect balance, dexterity and flexibility. Even Louis' celerity is much better than the likes of an ordinary human enabling him to move with perfect agility, reflexes, speed, and accuracy. Louis is able to move in any type of physical way flawlessly.
Peak Accuracy: Louis is capable of achieving smaller and distant targets depending on the location. Louis' brain is hardwired for advanced precision superior to any gold-metaled archer who has ever competed. Additionally, Louis' aim is obviously not supernatural, it is just at the peak of human efficiency. It's said by peers and/or foes that users of this ability are near-impossible to miss single/multiple targets.
Peak Combat Capability: Louis' combat ability is enhanced to that of the very zenith of natural potential. Louis is able to take down multiple grand-masters at once with this ability. Louis beyond that of the finest Olympic martial artist and is also able to learn new martial arts in a very short period of time. Louis may even be able to take down unskilled Super-humans with this ability.
Peak Durability: Louis has a higher-level of bone and muscle density than the average person. His durability is at the peak of human conditioning, which makes him capable of withstanding situations that the average person cannot.
Peak Endurance: Louis can endure more physical stress than average humans. He can tolerate large amounts of physical pain such as being shot or stabbed repeatedly, burned with high heat, and beatings that no ordinary person could handle. He can also hold his breath for 3-7 minutes and remain calm through stressful or painful situations. He can also tolerate extreme hunger, unbearable thirst, and strong urges to sleep.
Peak Healing: Louis' natural healing capabilities are at the highest levels of human potential. his white blood cells fight off microbes, infections, diseases, disorders, wounds, etc at an accelerated rate. Additionally, cuts/wounds would be healed in minutes and broken bones healed in hours.
Peak Intellect: Louis is more intelligent than the most intellectual human, or at least able to use his brain more efficiently. He is able to perform feats of the mind comparable to computers: remembering vast amounts of knowledge flawlessly, performing complex calculations or other similar tasks. He is capable of learning a variety of complex skills in as little as a day, which would take a normal person years to attain mastery over.
Peak Longevity: Louis naturally ages slower than normal humans, due to having extremely healthy cells, even without taking his primary ability into consideration. Life Force consumption allows Louis to enhance this ability to a limited form of Immortality. He can survive up to 200+ years without feeding, though this would result in the progressive reduction of both physical and mental ability until he is rendered to a death like state, until he is capable of consuming enough Life Force to return him to his natural state.
Peak Reflexes: Louis can catch a fired arrow in midair, dodge offensive attacks, and perform amazing physically defensive feats; He could even evade strikes from beings with super speed, and dodge multiple gunfire with ease.
Peak Sensory System: Louis' sense of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste are enhanced to near-superhuman condition. Louis is capable of near telescoping sight, acute tactile sensitivity, hearing nearly inaudible sounds, having a sense of smell similar to an animal and tasting even the most remote and minute ingredients.
Peak Speed: Louis can run up to 60km/h (40 mph).
Peak Stamina: Louis is capable of running for dozens of kilometers/miles without ever losing his breath. Additionally, he can exert himself to maximum capacity for several hours without the need to rest before showing any sign of fatigue.
Peak Strength: Louis is capable of lifting many times his own body weight. His max potential is roughly 10 times that of the average human.
Peak Understanding: Louis is possessed of a greater understanding and realization of concepts, people, things, events or situations than the average human, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgments and actions in keeping with this understanding. Louis is in complete control of his emotional reactions, so that universal principles, reason and knowledge prevail to determine his actions. Peak Understanding is also the comprehension of what is true coupled with optimum judgment as to what action to take.
Effects of Life Force Consumption on Peak Human Condition: The moment Louis consumes life force of any amount, s portion of his peak condition is temporarily raised to superhuman levels. He can choose to enhance either his mental or his physical functions at one time. The duration of this enhancement depends on the amount of life force consumed and immediate availability. His longevity and regenerative capabilities are the most immediately effected by life fore consumption. He has lived longer than historical documents can accurately, and in even minute detail, depict with any kind of certainty. Not even he is sure how long he can live, though he is certain it will be longer than most in this world.
Limits-
Life Force Consumption: This ability is limited by its tactile application, meaning he must make physical contact with his intended victim in order to activate the life force feeding process. Furthermore, Louis is afflicted by constant hunger, which he has endured for several thousand years. He knows well the limits of his capability to resist the urge to feed, and by challenging it, he has developed an endurance threshold. This threshold is fragile and must be methodical and meticulously maintained.
Additionally, If he is reduced to a death like state, and his brain stem is unobstructed as described above, his life force consumption effects an area at a severe reduction in strength. In such a state, he may consume a single human at the peak of their life (around 30 years of age, and in relatively good health) within an hour.
He must feed regularly or suffer adverse effects. 24 hours after his last full consumption, he becomes "hungry" again. Clinically speaking, Louis has a severe plasma and red blood cell deficiency. Consumption of life force revitalizes him and then immediately begins to deteriorate. Within 24 hours his plasma his reduced to normal deficiency and within 12 weeks his red blood cells are all but depleted and his hemoglobin levels have plummeted to the point that starvation is setting in and he must feed. If he has not consumed life force by this time his physical and mental state begins a slow deterioration. He can sustain himself temporarily on normal food and drink to prolong this deterioration, but some day it will render him catatonic and until that day he will be progressively more lost within the effects of permanent withdrawal.
Peak Human Condition: His physical and mental superiority deteriorates as his "hunger" grows, just as if he was starving from lack of nourishment. The longer he goes without feeding the weaker he becomes both mentally and physically.
Appearance-
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Faction- Villain
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Mother- Unnamed Surrogate
Father- Cain Adamson Cypher- Deceased
Siblings- /color] None
Spouse / Partner- None
Children- None
History-
According to official records, he was born Louis C. Cypher in 1983, as a result of an arrangement made by his birth father Cain Adamson Cypher and an unnamed surrogate mother. According to his records, Louis was sent away at birth to be raised for one purpose and one purpose alone; to become the heir to Cypher Industries and the Cypher family fortune. A practice that can easily be determined to be a family tradition since Adam Louis Cypher first came to America in 1915. When Cain Cypher died on December 21st 2012, Louis made his first ever public appearance accepting his inheritance via press conference which followed immediately by a board meeting at Cypher industries. The board meeting was interrupted by a man wielding an automatic riffle who managed to murder over half the bard members prior to taking his own life. It was determined that this same man was responsible for Cain Adamson Cypher's murder as he was found in possession of the hilt of the blade that had broken off in the back of the former CEO's skull, at the base of his spinal cord. The case was closed and the suspicions of the circumstances involving Louis' ascension were laid to rest.
This is a decent enough story in and of itself, a believable, all be it odd one at that. However there is more to the mystery of Louis hidden by the tragedy that lead to his inheritance. In truth, Louis Cypher was Cain Adamson Cypher...in fact, the same man had played the roll of CEO of Cypher Industries for the last century. The real Adam Cypher came from a family of modest means and status in Ireland. Sadly he had no family, no heirs and no prospects. His health was fading and his wealth was draining just as quickly. What is not on record today, is that Adam Cypher died. Not due to succumbing to his disease, but by far more nefarious means. The man who now stands as the CEO of Cypher Industries took more from Adam Cypher than his name. It was all a situation of happenstance and aligning of opportunities.
The man who has evolved into Louis Cypher is barely a man at all, at least not as he perceives himself, and for good reason. If it weren't already obvious by references to his longevity over the last century, Louis is no mere human. He is an extension of the species of genus “Homo Sapien”, though he has evolved to something much more. In his time, when he first became aware of his gift, he was revered as a deific being; a God.
Louis actually predates even the earliest development of Sumer. Even Louis is uncertain of how long he lived prior to the advancement of human civilization, however he does know one thing for certain. He killed his brother over a woman and was exiled from his homeland. It was in his wondering, shunned by his people, that he first attempted to end his own life. He threw himself from a cliff into shallow water and was found on shore by people who believed him dead. Upon touching him, they discovered at the same moment as he did...that he was very much alive and had the ability to feed off the life force of others in order to continue living. He continued his travels, cursed, he believed, by the God of his people to never find eternal peace for taking the life of his brother. Eventually he found himself wondering a barren wasteland, with no sign of life for unimaginable hours. Finally he collapsed, thinking that he might finally know peace and never awaken from the darkness which took him. However this peace was short lived...at least in terms of his understanding of the passage of time.
He soon found himself, floating in and out of consciousness as his body's innate desire to feed upon life force discovered sources of nourishment. At first it was subtle, like a man dying of thirst, but can only find a single drop at a time, and this alone was barely enough to sustain him. He was less than a man when he felt his consciousness expanding. He was aware that he had somehow fallen into a cavern of some sort. Centuries of dust and debris clung to his form, his robes having long since given way to the erosion of time. His skin had become hard like stone due to the collection of the elements as time progressed and he remained laying upon a natural elevated stone slab. He had no concept of the perception of time, however there were moments of deeper clarity...those few moments when he realized he had somehow attracted worshipers. His body's innate aura of life force consumption made these people believe him to be some kind of physical personification of a deific power. They soon began making sacrifices to him. First it was animals, then eventually they began sacrificing their elderly and soon enough their young. However, they did not understand the scope of his ability. They would slit the throats of their sacrifices and drop them within the radius of his consuming aura. He only ever had a few precious moments of true life force coursing in his body before it was inevitably snuffed by “natural” selection.
Eventually, he became strong enough to move...ever so slightly. Until one day they found him standing upon his slab. They took it as an omen that he was coming to them...to guide them, or some other foolish prophetic assumption. In truth, the more aware he became, the more board he became as well. He wanted to see their reactions, he wanted to test their resolve to worship him...for he had grown accustom to it and perhaps, in his delirium, he submitted to their perception of him. They erected a throne made of solid gold and placed it behind him on the slab, careful not to offer any unofficial sacrifices in the process. He was pleased with their devotion and he eventually was found seated upon it. He was growing less certain with his desire to fade out of existence and more certain with his evolving intent to rise above the curse he had supposedly been burdened with. He even began to view it as a reward for the sacrifice he had made of his brother to his people's God, or whatever it was they prayed to. Soon, he even became certain that there was no God before him...that through his sacrifice and trials he had earned his place as a true God amongst mortals. Such was his destiny...and such was the effect that time and constant deification had on such a broken mind as his.
Finally, one night came, that he was made aware of a new sacrifice...this one was not one of slaughter, but one of unmolested and not fading from his grasp. It was fully his to take. Though not enough to provide him the strength to break free of his temporal constructed prison, but it was enough for him to take note of a young girl. She was apparently a person of great importance for she had lead a young man to his aura and successfully disabled him without killing him so that he could be fed to her beloved Godking. This is what she called him...or so he believed from what he could decipher of their language. She brought him a similar sacrifice every full moon and he could feel himself growing stronger as the years progressed. Soon the girl who could not have been more than seven summers into life when she started this ritual, was a young woman, and recently betrothed to a leader of a rival clan. She told him that her father planned to unite the two most powerful clans so that they may unite all their people within a single kingdom. She did not want this and prayed to him for guidance, for salvation...for protection. On this night, she had given him three strong men as sacrifice, thinking her enhanced devotion would spur him into action. She was disappointed to see he remained as still as the stone he was apparently crafted from. It wasn't until her betrothed husband found her here and the bodies of his three most loyal servants dead at their idol's feet that he took to beating her for her arrogance. It was a man's duty to select sacrifices for the betterment of their people, not for a woman and her whims. It took a moment for his actions to register. Perhaps it was the increase in life force he was allowed to consume...perhaps it was the violence that was unfolding before him...or perhaps it was that he cared...no...he knew why something had changed in him at that moment. This woman, this...Lur'aella, he believed she called herself, though he could not be certain he even cared enough to truly remember her name...Either way, she did not belong to this dying thing that clung to his fading life like so little lard to a sweltering cooking pot. She had not made sacrifices to this waste of delicious life force. She was HIS...and he would not allow what is HIS to be disturbed with such blatant disrespect.
For the first time in centuries...He moved...their GodKing cracked the shackles of his temporal prison and stepped from the stone slab that had been all he knew for longer than he cared to remember. He left the throne and the slab in what seemed to be a single stride and he took that which was his to claim. The man turned on him, thinking him some insubordinate mortal he could potentially strike down. Little did he know, his hand had raised to a God...and never would it raise again.
He took his place as Godking of the clans and named Lur'aella his high-priestess. His was the first true kingdom, known today as Mesopotamia. It wasn't until Lur'aella passed away that he took his leave from his verging kingdom. Mesopotamia became divided and he once again became a wanderer, though with a different purpose in mind. He was not meant to be a mere ruler of a kingdom. Over the decades as a living GodKing, he discovered that less was more...and he would rather just simply be a God. What's more, is that he developed an obsessive certainty that there were others in the world like him...perhaps even older than him, that could reveal to him the true meaning of their gifts and the purpose of their being in this world of lesser beings.
Needless to say he found those like him. Beings masquerading as pantheons and myth, while seated on high and doing not more than what he himself had been doing in Mesopotamia. Be it the Greek Gods, Roman Gods, Gaelic, Mayan, Asian, Aztec, Middle Eastern...They were all the same...doomed to one day fade from existence and be rendered not more than myth and in some instances of modern recollection, fantasy. He knew he wanted to be more...he knew he could be more. He walked through the ages, seeking his purpose, looking for a place that his gifts would be worthy of. Until finally he realized...such a place did not exist. There would be no kingdom worthy of his singular attention...unless he helped forge it. He had to discover a way to blend into the world, to adapt to its all be it unbearably slow, evolution and when it became large enough, adequately world encompassing...he could simply sit back and manipulate it for his own amusement.
Sadly it took too long...and he became complacent in its lack of adequate progress. The new world came and went and the ages passed until he found himself wondering 19th century Europe, just as lost as he had been in that desert so many centuries ago, seeking the end of eternity. He did not succumb as he had before, not after he had finally discovered the enjoyment of living as he was capable of doing. He enjoyed power, fortune and authority far too much to give it all up. In short, his pride had grown too vast.
The world was changing and the industrial age was growing with so many technological advances in such a short period of time. He knew something was coming and he knew he wanted to be apart of it. Over the millenia he had accumulated a great deal of wealth and he used it to influence the rise and fall of empires, from Rome to America. He could not claim credit for the rise of the United States of America itself, and its rebellion against England, for if he had any power over it, things would have ended far less democratically. No he had his eyes on the bigger picture, banking...If the trail could be followed from the beginning of the first banking system to modern records, one would discover that Cypher Industries is, all be it a new company with ever expanding versatility in a seemingly endless variety of markets, to the point that it is impossible to determine exactly what its true purpose is...and underneath all the red tap, one would find that Cypher Industries is everything it seems to be, and so much more than it claims to be all at once. In truth, Cypher Industries is the front for a new world order on the verge of monopolizing and unifying World Banking under one brand and standard. The Cypher Lineage has its hand in every pot from banking to stock markets to even most governments. He is one of few multibillionaires who claim diplomatic immunity without belonging to a single country. He is a sovereign entity, a nation onto himself and he enjoys total anonymity as well as complete support an recognition from the united nations, as being so.
Now, the man known as Louis C. Cypher, one of, if not the, wealthiest man in the world, is also the most unsatisfiable man in the world. He wants to manipulate the world into unraveling itself or inevitably succumbing to his indisputable leadership, perhaps several millenia still from seeing fruition, without even the slightest idea what he would do once this is accomplished. Perhaps he would simply sit back and watch the world burn itself to the ground for the sake of his amusement. Only one thing is certain in the eyes of Louis Cypher...he wants everything and he will stop at nothing until he it is his.
Sample RP-
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