Naipe
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Naipe | |
| Player: Boy Toys | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Corruptor |
| Threat Level: | Confidential |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Esteban Alejandro Montilla de la Rosa |
| Known Aliases: | Esteban, Señor Montilla, Cards |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 35 |
| Height: | 6'2" |
| Weight: | 180lbs |
| Eye Color: | Brown (Glowing yellow) |
| Hair Color: | Auburn |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Spaniard |
| Occupation: | Professional Gambler, Male Escort, Powered Security (Sin Enterprises) |
| Place of Birth: | Cataluña, Spain |
| Base of Operations: | Confidential |
| Marital Status: | Single (to be verified with the Nevadas authorities, actually Separated) |
| Known Relatives: | Malorie (W. Scorned), x-wife(see above), Esteban Alejandro Montilla Sr. (father). Isabelle de la Rosa (mother) |
| Known Powers | |
| Kinecist, Energy redirection | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Poker Player, Martial Artist, Dancer | |
| Equipment | |
| Set of marked playing Cards, poker chips, weighted dice | |
| No additional information available. | |
((Naipe is an RP character in the in Sin Enterprise. Based around the concept of the anime pretty boy, mixed in with Gambit, the Stereotypical Matador, the Rogue gambler stock character, some Antonio Banderas and ALOT of Pepe le Pew all mixed in. The name is pronunced "NEYE-pay", that is a playing card in spanish.))
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Affiliation
Sin Enterprises[1]
Personality
Although Naipe acts arrogant as hell, he knows that he is not the biggest or the badest Hombre around. He will appear flamboyant, careless and irresponsible, but in truth he is an extremely cold and calculating manipulator. The carefree facade is his poker face. He will direct a target’s attention elsewhere while preparing his attack.
Naipe does have one mayor character flaw. He is an extremely self-destructive yet tries to hide it as romantic flirtation. The more dangerous the lady is, the more he will act as attracted to her. The more she rejects his advances, the more he will act interested. This way he can hide his true nature and people will think of him just as an obsessive flirt, not seeing just how dangerous he is to himself and to others.
Abilities Profile
Powers
Naipe is a Kinecist. He can manipulate the natural energy around him and redirect it in several different ways. The most apparent way of manipulation is that he can project blasts of kinetic energy out of his hands.
Another is the manipulation of the natural potential energy to be able to run faster, jump higher and hit harder. This he can do on himself or those around him. He is also able to deflect or simply resist attacks done on him.
He is now practicing directly manipulating the energies around a target to trap them in place.
Skills
Expert Savateur ((Savate or French Footfighting, is a French martial art which uses both the hands and feet as weapons and combines elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques.))
Maestro in Destreza ((The Spanish sword system is a universal method of fighting based on reason and mathematics. Its practitioners called the system La Verdadera Destreza, "the True Skill", and it is largely based on the works of Aristotle, the geometry of Euclid, and other classic authors.))
Additional Skills: Gambling of any sort. Certified Chef, specially seafood. Dancer, specially Paso-Doble, zapateo Gitano, tango, and flamenco. Acoustic Guitarist.
Weaknesses and Limitations
Naipe has one mayor problem. The same way he can manipulate the natural energy around him, he can do very little without it. This means that without actual movement around him, he can barely walk. He will be seen around a lot of people and activity just to feed of that energy.
The other extreme is just as bad. Naipe has an energy cap. To avoid reaching this cap, Naipe will beging to act hyperactive just to vent out the stored energy. When he does not vent enough, he can have a sudden burst release, basically blowing up the area around him.
History
Esteban Alejandro Montilla de la Rosa was born was born in Cataluña, Spain. Son of a bullfighter and a flamenco dancer, everyone expected Esteban to follow in this parent’s footsteps as a showman. As he matured, Esteban studied bullfighting, dance, and music. His mother used to call him “mi pequeño naipe escondido”, my little hidden playing card because Esteban would have the natural talent of surprising everyone when they would underestimate his talents. It was during this time that Naipe noticed the only times he felt alive was when the rush of the bull, the thrill of the dance, anything that would get his, and his audience’s heart pumping. The only problem was he would become reckless and careless.
His father died during a bull run, leaving Esteban to care for his ailing mother. Still a young man, but already an obsessive gambler, Naipe lost his families fortune on a rigged casino’s in Monaco, furtune that he thinks to this day could have been used to cure his mother’s condition. Fealing directly resposable and frustrated that only by cheating and lieing do people win, Naipe left everything behind; his bright future as a matador, as a Flamenco Dancer, as a Guitarist; and simply wandered the world. By this time his powers had emerged, offering Naipe another way to sustain himself.
During on of his wanderings, Naipe could not resist the call of the gamble. He headed into Vegas with all the intentions of cheating his way from casino to casino. It was during one of his wining streaks that Naipe did the unthinkable. He lowered his hand and walked out the door. He saw the most beautiful woman he had seen in his life. A group of the Carnival of Shadows had attacked the local bank next to the Casino and there she was, Malorie. In a spur of the moment, he helped out the Carnaval escape the local heroes. For the first time, Naipe did not hold back, and he then saw the limit’s of his powers. When Malorie’s clan was surrounded, when the local Hero Corp had the upper hand, it happened. Naipe does not remember much, just simply a flash and every single hero was out, his first Nova. He does not really remember much of the following days. Just that by week’s end, when the alcohol was gone, when the songs died down, when the silence that he so hated came, he realized he had a ring on his finger, a marriage certificate in his pocket and a stranger that kept calling him “honey” and “sweatheart”.
So he ran. He did not know this woman. He barely remembers the bank incident. He has no idea why he has a carnival mask tattooed on his… sensitive side. Then he realized one thing. It is hard to run from someone who can read your thoughts and can predict the future. Everytime he get’s close to someone, Malorie knows. Every time he moves to a new city, Malorie knows. Calling herself the Widow Scorned, Malorie has dedicated herself to making Esteban’s life miserable.
Since then, Esteban has been working at Sin Enterprises to have access to their technology and doing random missions for Ghost Widow for her Fortuna powers to avoid being found by his tormentor.
Or atleast that's his side of the story.
OOC and Spoilers
To be filled.
