Dr. Phantasmo
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Dr. Phantasmo | |
| Player: @Phantasia | |
| Origin: | Science |
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| Archetype: | Dominator |
| Threat Level: | 20 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Dr. Kristoph Richter |
| Known Aliases: | no others yet known |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 23 |
| Height: | 5'11" |
| Weight: | 160 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | German |
| Occupation: | Before incarceration, a superpower researcher and psychologist. As of now, a renegade mad scientist. |
| Place of Birth: | A small town outside of Berlin |
| Base of Operations: | Currently residing, and operating out of a dockside warehouse in Oil Spill, Port Oaks. |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Confidential |
| Known Powers | |
| Telekinesis, mind control | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Confidential | |
| Equipment | |
| Protective gas mask, various lab tools/chemicals | |
| No additional information available. | |
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Contents |
History
The man that Dr. Phantasmo used to be was different, but at the same time the same as he has become in many ways.
A young boy is born in a small town just on the outskirts of Berlin. Upon becoming older, those surrounding the boy judge him as somewhat of a prodigy in the field of Psychology, but his true passion is for the great super heroes he hears and reads about all the time. Much to his dismay, the boy's parents convince him to go to off to become a successful Psychologist, and thus the boy becomes a man.
Kristoph was at the top of his classes while attending school for his unhappily chosen career path, but soon gained the attention of his true destiny, a superpower research company. They had him immediately granted full access as a company researcher, and he was given his own lab, and his first, and perhaps unfortunately last assignment with them, to find a way to grant somebody mind-based Superpowers.
He became obsessed with his research, not to impress his peers, but out of his own curiosity to see if such powers could actually exist at a resource he could grasp. He experimented with many odd, but at least safe materials. Animals, plants, soil, even some of the Rikti technology, when he could get his hands on it. Then he discovered the "Mindbloom Mushroom", which was what one could say would be his turn to a darker path....
Kristoph found the bizarre mushrooms 1000 feet below the surface of the amazon rain forest, it's chemical compound presented him with some possibly mind altering materials. But he needed a human subject, not wanting to break the strict code of ethics held by his company, he turned some of the fungus into a liquid, and injected it into the only person he could really trust to keep it a secret. Himself.
He first began to experience cold sweats, the a relentless twitching of his neck and back which violently turned into a seizure like state, accompanied by a relentless and impending feeling of absolute panic and paranoia. he heard alarms in his head, and the sounds of people screaming. When he closed his eyes he saw distorted faces, and ghastly nightmarish beings with grotesque faces all around him, it was absolute hell before his very senses, and he was ready to assume the fungus to be a failure, and just some horrible poison, when he passed out cold on his lab floor...
Kristoph woke up only to discover he had finally done it, and acquired a mind based power of scientific origin. but remembering that his experiment was himself, he would have to wait until his powers grew for it to out way the misconduct of his breaking of the code of ethics. he began to use his Mindbloom Mushroom on human test subjects, first using homeless people, before kidnapping joggers and other random travelers. As his research began to go well, his targets became more specific. he would go after people he heard talking on the radio, political candidates, and even some dancers and a popular T.V. show host.
His experiments had completely lost all ethical values, he used shock treatment, Solitary confinement, pain infliction, leeches, even amputation and makeshift surgery, some of which mentioned was sloppily done, as he was no medical doctor. many people died, or were kept imprisoned in his lab both physically and mentally damaged.
Of course, his company peers eventually caught onto Kristoph, and shortly after, the police. His lab was raided and he was put on trial for the horrors he had committed. Kristoph was sentence to Life in the Zig. He found it tough to cope with all of the bigger, meaner villains in prison, and often used his psychological influence to gain allies. After about a year, he was tipped off on the next time Arachnos would be busting into the jail to get some big name villain out. he would play this to his advantage.
Kristoph crept out into the yard, and snuck on board an Arachnos Helicopter, jumping off into the ocean when the islands were in view. he swam for his life to shore, and quickly met up with his contact, an old friend of somebody he met in the Zig. She was a Surgeon named Eleonora, and began helping his cause.
With a solid foundation in the Rogue Islands, Kristoph started a new chapter in his research, this time as "Dr. Phantasmo"!
News in the Rogue Islands
Phantasmo realized that his own power can be increased through constant use, much like the way a body builder exercises to increase muscle mass. It's rumored that his prison escape is, in the eyes of one his wealthier past experiment survivors, completely unacceptable. A group of Contract killers may have marked him for death, as the price for his head is on the high side right now.
The good news for him is, Phantasmo and his Surgeon have established a small hidden lab in the attic of a building in Mercy, calling it the first official base of operation under the organization "Phantasmo Research". However, as time passed the contract killers that have him marked for death have been tipped off to his base location, forcing him to pack up, and leave Mercy.
Phantasmo has recently claimed an abandoned warehouse somewhere in The docks of Port Oaks after "acquiring some funding" from the bank. He has set up his lab in this warehouse, but hopes it will only become temporary, as he sees a better future for the building as his shipping warehouse when Phantasmo Research takes off.
Powers
Dr. Phantasmo's powers are all mind based. The Mindbloom Mushroom's odd chemical reaction in his brain reacted to his vast knowledge of Psychology and his thoughts were able to effect his surroundings, including the minds of others. Since back when he first acquired his powers, he was able to hypnotize people, and put them to sleep, usually reserving such for his kidnappings or other personal gain. Now that he's exercised his mind powers, he can now make good use of his telekinesis shoving his foes, and pushing them away with just a simple thought process.
His more mental based power can invoke a feeling of fear, panic, and hopelessness into his opponents. if a weakened individual allows him to invade they're thought process and create these emotions inside them, it could very easily escalate to temporary psychosis, and eventually shock and death. On the other hand, he could make them into one of his puppets.....
Abilities
Phantasmo has a number of abilities and equipment to help him and aid his mind powers.
-His mask, for one is equipped with a voice scrambler to hide his voice, and invokes a "quarantined" feeling onto mind controlled foes.
-Finally perfecting his self-telekinesis power, Phantasmo is able to levitate and thus attack from the air, and terrify is mind-controlled victims even further. he ditched his salvaged jet pack in favor of his new power, as well.
