Name: Dederic Solomon
Age: Immortal
Gender: Male
Conduit/Citizen/Gang Member: Conduit
Powers:
- Immortality - Activating his conduit gene granted Dederic immortality as a spirit, forced to roam the world for eternity.
- Non-Corporeal Body - Dederic’s body is non-corporeal, meaning he is not affected by physical attacks and/or actions.
- Invisibility - Like all spirits, Dederic can become invisible at will.
- Flight - Another trait of spirits, Death can hover and fly effortlessly.
- Possession - If properly focused, Dederic can possess dead bodies and inanimate objects. He tends to struggle controlling these things, but they make for useful meatshields and/or distractions.
Any affiliations: None
History: Well, this is going to be a fairly big task to fill out, featuring Dederic’s immortality, but I’ll try my best.
Dederic was born and raised in 13th century Milan by two parents who were deep into the darker practices of witchcraft. He was taught from a young age that in a world filled with darkness it was best to join the darkness than to fight against it. This was one of the first lessons that Dederic was taught by his parents. His father began to train him in the ways of necromancy soon after he turned thirteen, teaching him the ways of how to deal with souls and call upon the undead to do his bidding. While nothing ever worked, Dederic was persistent in his practices of necromancy and soon surpassed his father, just a few years into his training. His parents taught him much about philosophy, which was their way of proving how his necromancy was justified.
At age eighteen, Dederic left his home in Milan and traveled to a nearby village, having learned all he could from his parents. At first, everyone in the village was kind to their new neighbour, even if he did live in a cabin slightly farther away from everyone. The cabin, which was hidden just beyond the tree line of the woods, was creepy. People often heard low growls and loud howls and screams coming from its direction shortly after their new neighbour had settled in. Animals began to go missing first, disappearing in the night. After that, the children. After a few children had been taken, the villagers began to grow fearful and searched their new neighbours house, finding all the missing animals and children. Some were alive, while others were dead.
The villagers wasted no time with a trial, deciding that Dederic was far too dangerous to let live any longer. They bound his wrists and feet to a stake and burned Dederic alive, watching to make sure the necromancer was truly dead. Dederic, however, was lucky enough to be a conduit, and getting burnt alive was enough to activate his conduit gene right before he died, giving him an immortal, spirit-like body and minor necromantic powers. The villagers were tormented to the point of suicide by Dederic’s ghost, and when his lust for revenge was done he disappeared, waiting for young necromancers to call upon him for advice.
As the centuries passed, Dederic mastered his spiritual form and grew more and more tired of simply tormenting those who he saw fit to torment. Empire City, though, offered a wonderful opportunity to Dederic after the blast. Armed with the knowledge offered from immortality and the powers of an evil spirit, he made his way to the city as soon as he could to try and mess around with the already emotionally-unstable inhabitants.
Appearance:
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Personality: Immortality gives one time to think, and after centuries of pondering the meaning of life, Dederic realized that there is no meaning of life. Like he was taught by his parents back when he was alive, the world is surrounded by darkness, so it's best to join the darkness. He's learned over the years that the world is constantly surrounded by chaos, so he decided to join the side of chaos and wreak havoc whenever he felt like it. Dederic is overjoyed at messing with people's heads and causing paranoia. Haunting others gives him an adrenaline rush. He still looks for a better way to pass time, however, as haunting people gets old after a few hundred years.
Karma effects on appearance and powersHero: Dederic is outlined in blue and almost glows when he smiles.
Champion: Dederic is outlined in a white color and his hair is slightly trimmed down.
Guardian: Dederic is outlined in a green color and appears more solid.
Neutral: Dederic is as he appears above.
Thug: Dederic glows with a crimson color and is even more translucent.
Outlaw: Dederic is outlined in a red color and is even more translucent.
inFamous: Dederic has no glow or outline, and appears all completely black, blending into the shadows.