Shadowscourge
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Shadowscourge | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Corruptor |
| Threat Level: | 9 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Kurt Darker |
| Known Aliases: | Shadowscourge |
| Species: | Human (Mutant) |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Height: | 6' 4" |
| Weight: | 190 lbs |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Hair Color: | Blonde |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Welsh |
| Occupation: | Mercenary |
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Base of Operations: | Unknown |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Deceased |
| Known Powers | |
| Negative energy control, teleportation | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Proficient with weapons such as swords and pole arms. | |
| Equipment | |
| Known to carry various katanas/staffs depending on his mood | |
| Enjoys teleporting random people, drinks often, and has been known to smoke weed while roaming the isles. | |
Despite what most people think, Shadowscourge is not a cynical villain bent on destroying the world. He is merely someone that wishes to be entertained, and nothing is more entertaining than watching a school bus get crushed by dark energy. He simply wishes to destroy things for his own amusement, and being equipped with the tools of destruction, there is very little else to consider other than which building to implode. He has no goals, no objectives, no purpose for doing what he's doing. He kills simply because it is fun.
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History
"Yeah, I'll admit my childhood was a little fucked up, but you got to do something to take your mind off of it. I enjoy killing people."
The Child
Kurt Darker was the mutant son of Michael and Sharon Darker who grew up quite wealthy a very long time ago. His financial status as a young boy often granted him privileges that most young children never got to experience. Anything Kurt ever wanted his parents would get it for him. At the age of twelve, Kurt felt a severe pain as dark energy shot from his hands. Kurt’s parents, not yet knowing their son was a mutant, walked in on him with the dark energy surrounding him. Kurt became frightened which triggered the energies to attack his parents. After witnessing the death of his parents, the horrified Kurt ran away from home, leaving his fortune behind to forget that tragic day.
The Hermit
After running away from home Kurt encountered a group of mutants like himself known as the Family. They taught him alternate fighting styles, such as swords and pole arms, through rigorous training. Not too long after joining the Family, Kurt met an attractive girl nicknamed by pedophiles the Dime. His interest in her was noticed by the Dime’s boyfriend, Richard Clark, which started a feud between the two. Richard attacked Kurt, but was engulfed with waves of negative energy and soon suffocated. Kurt, once again, was forced to run away from home due to him not being able to control his power.
Kurt lived a life of isolation in the wild. It was there he trained himself to control his mutant abilities. He discovered through meditation that he can shape the forms of negative energy and where this energy came from. He noticed that the dark energies erupted just above his skin from very small gaps in the dimension. His mutant powers were clearer than ever to him and in darkness he donned the name Shadowscourge.
The Assassin
After leaving the wilderness, Shadowscourge joined an elite group of assassins that traveled the world to kill people for money. He spent years in this guild and it was the closest thing to home he ever had. Shadowscourge’s last target was a scientist performing dangerous experiments with particle accelerators and antimatter. Shadowscourge was sent to stop the particle accelerator from being used. Once inside the scientific base of operations, he noticed that there was some competition that was not from his guild, so he prepared to defend himself.
The other assassin known as Cradle, with powers of superhuman strength, noticed Shadowscourge and attacked him. A fight ensued between the two assassins as a result Shadowscourge was hurled into the particle accelerator and locked in. Cradle then attacked the physicists performing the experiment so that no one could release him. The particles accelerator was turned on and beams of energy collided into Shadowscourge. The beams of energy were absorbed into an alternate dimension due to the small openings releasing Shadowscourge’s dark energy. As a result the particles that collided tore several holes into our dimension and everything in the particle accelerator vanished, including the assumed dead Kurt Darker.
The Survivor
The true fate of Shadowscourge was that he was hurled into the dimension that contains his dark energies. It was here that he realized time was non existent, and he could travel through this dark dimension as freely as he desired, almost as though he could fly. In what seemed like months Shadowscourge found a way to return back to our dimension in a matter of seconds. Upon returning to our dimension, Shadowscourge realized that he could do this whenever he desired, which granted him the ability to teleport himself and those around him. He was also granted healing abilities by using the darkness to tend his wounds. The particle accelerator allowed Shadowscourge to open larger gaps in our dimension to not only release darkness, but to absorb objects for teleportation and to transfer healthy tissue from other humans and creatures to himself. With this power he left the Assassin's guild and traveled to Mercy Island to locate the one known as Cradle.
Personality
Despite his dark past and sinister demeanor, Shadowscourge actually looks at the bright side of things. He almost always has some smart ass remark for anyone he meets and is very immature, especially for his age, which could very well be over 100. He also tends to teleport clueless civilians for his own amusement. Shadowscourge may be cocky at times, but is very disciplined and patient. He chooses to laugh and make jokes, but when things get serious, so does he. He won't rush into a fight unless he knows he has the strategic advantage and surprisingly, he thinks things out very well. Shadowscourge is a very intellectually gifted person and an incredibly skilled fighter which makes him an exceptional mercenary.
Powers and Abilities
"Now I know that being a mutant who's powers deal with dark energy from another dimension only really attract fat girls that shop at hot topic, but if you look past all the gothic emo crap, I'm actually not such a bad guy... you know, other than the killing part."
Shadowscourge in a nutshell has the ability to tear a hole in our dimension which releases dark energies from his dimension. This can be used for a great number of things ranging from attacking his enemies to teleporting across the city.
Powers
Dark Energy Control: Can control the dark energies from his own dimension to attack his enemies.
Dark Energy Healing: Can transfer the energy from another organism to himself in the form of dark energy to heal his wounds or cure his diseases. This was acquired after his encounter with Cradle.
Teleportation: Can teleport himself and others by tearing a hole in our dimension to his dimension, then pushing others or himself in his dimension to match the coordinates of that in our dimension. This was also acquired after his encounter with Cradle.
Extended Lifespan: Due to the inability to age in his own dimension his lifespan in our dimension has been dramatically increased. No one truly knows how old Shadowscourge is, and is impossible to determine.
Abilities
Weapons: Shadowscourge has trained extensively with swords and pole arms though has never been seen to use either publicly. He usually starts and ends a fight with negative energy, thus preventing any need for other weapons.
Martial Arts: Going through rigorous training, Shadowscourge has mastered many forms of martial arts including Chanbara, Choi Kwang Do, Ju Jitsu, and Ninjitsu.
Weaknesses
Drowning/Suffocation: It is nearly impossible to kill Shadowscourge with physical damage, though it is possible to kill him by drowning him or cutting off his air supply in some form, but due to his teleportation keeping him in this state would prove difficult but theoretically possible.
Mind Control: Shadowscourge has no defense against mind control except his incredible willpower, but not even that can stop the most powerful of telopaths. Shadowscourge can be controlled by a telopath for a short period of time.
The Sun: If hurled into the center of the sun during a supernova, Shadowscourge would die.
