Golden Onyx
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Not the right woman to cross | |
| Golden Onyx | |
| Player: @Rose in Winter | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Scrapper |
| Security Level: | 10 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Jehane Gould |
| Known Aliases: | none |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 21 |
| Height: | 6’ 2” |
| Weight: | 170 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | blue |
| Hair Color: | black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | United States Citizen |
| Occupation: | full-time hero |
| Place of Birth: | Gamoa (small island off the coast of North Africa) |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City, RI |
| Marital Status: | single |
| Known Relatives: | Bill Gould (father), Elaine Gould (sister) |
| Known Powers | |
| Katana/Invincible | |
| Known Abilities | |
| complete calm during battle | |
| Equipment | |
| suit of golden armor | |
| No additional information available. | |
Golden Onyx was the first character made by the player of Rose in Winter. Originally a tanker, Golden Onyx was re-rolled as a scrapper. She is named for her dark hair and skin and the suit of armor she wears, which is gold in color. While attractive, it is her own skin that makes her invincible, not the armor.
(non-graphic references to extreme violence)
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Affiliations
Supergroup: Shinsengumi
Personality
I will tell you what you want to know, but I will not give you details. They are unnecessary. There are some things I will tell, but not all.
Here are some things that are true about me: It is true I was born in a small island nation off the coast of North Africa. It is called Gamoa. I lived there when I was a child. I have lived in the United States of American for almost 10 years.
It is true that Adam Malinowski and Christa Donnelly rescued me. I will not tell you from what. That is an unnecessary detail.
It is true that Dr. Parr tried to help me. That she was not as successful as she’d hoped was not her fault. She was not equipped to heal me; that took my own work and the work of the Man of Gold after that. It is also true that I did not speak until I was 14. Adam and Christa say that I probably spoke before that, but I never spoke to them until I had begun speaking again, and then I spoke only in English. I do not speak Gamoan, or Egyptian, or Arabic; only English. I have no gift for tongues. If I did, perhaps it would not have taken me ten years to speak again.
It is true I am adopted. So is my sister.
Here are some things that are less true: It is not true that my name is not my real name. Jehane Gould is my real name; it is the only name I know. I will give you details: Jehane is what Christa called me. Jehane, after Mme. Jehane Sadat; Gould comes from my father.
It is not true that I remember my village. I will not speak of that further.
It is not true that I wear contacts. My eyes are really blue.
Another true thing. It is also true that I am a mutant. But no one knew that until later, and it was the Man of Gold who told me. I will not tell you of the Man of Gold. He trained me, and he gave me my armor.
That is all you need to know.
Psychiatrist’s Note: the subject’s psyche is far from normal. She exhibits no emotion.
Powers
Golden Onyx is invincible because of her mutation. While her skin is normal in color and texture, it is virtually impenatrable and does not bruise. It seems to absorb the shock of blows with blunt objects to the point that Golden Onyx does not feel the blows, and deflects edged weapons. Even bullets have a hard time penetrating her flesh.
The man who trained Golden Onyx, “The Man of Gold,” taught her to use many weapons, ranged and non-ranged, blades and blunts, and several different martial arts. Together, they decided she was best with the katana, and she trained extensively in the use of the Japanese Samurai blade before she came to Paragon City. She still returns to the Man of Gold for further practice and training at least once a month, as he does not trust the busy trainers of Paragon City to give her the specialized attention he can.
Primary Power Set
Golden Onyx’s extensive training with the katana makes her a foe to be reckoned with. The people of Atlas Park, Galaxy City, and King’s Row are one hero safer, but she dreams of expanding this safety to all of Paragon.
Secondary Power Set
Blades, blunt objects, and bullets bouncing off her body without leaving a mark -- all these are things the invincible hero is used to. The Man of Gold also helped her learn to focus this mutant ability to increase her natural protection. She still works on this when she returns to him for training sessions.
Other Abilities
If you need a good listener whom you know will not repeat what you tell her, Golden Onyx (or Jehane, whichever you prefer) is the right person to go to. She has talked at least two Supergroup members through complete mental breakdowns, despite her inability to display emotion.
Character History
Jehane Gould was born in the African Nation of Gamoa, located on a small island off the coast of North Africa. When she was a small child of perhaps four years, Gamoa’s benevolent but ineffective ruler was overthrown in a bloody coup. The new government was run by a former Army General turned Rebel. He and his followers began a systematic genocide, similar to the one in Darfur. One of their first actions was to import American contractors from less-than-reputable groups, and other mercenaries that not even those groups would have. Their first official government act (the genocide was unofficial, but no less real for that) was to declare Gamoa off-limits to foreigners, which resulted in driving out the Red Cross.
Two Red Cross workers, Adam Malinowski and Christa Donnelly, on their way to a port to take a boat from Gamoa –- and moving as quickly as they could –- took a wrong turn somewhere in the middle of nowhere. When the dirt road they were on ended, they came across a site of terrible decimation. An entire village of perhaps 1000 people, all dead, lying where they had fallen, bodies desecrated. And outside one small house, a single child, bloody and silent, held the body of a female adult in her arms.
The Red Cross workers rescued the child, and the United States of America granted her refugee status. She was quickly placed in a group home run by Dr. Deborah Parr, a noted child psychologist. It was clear from the first that the girl’s mental profile was not normal; given a coloring book to use, the girl colored everything red, with the exception of the faces of any people. Those she colored an unrelieved black. In addition to this, she displayed no emotion, and refused to speak. Doctors could find nothing wrong with her physically, and the conclusion was that the refusal to speak was a psychological block. It was also clear, from the blank face turned to them when they spoke to her about Gamoa (Adam spoke the country's dialect) that she had no memory of her family, her village, or anything else about her life until that point.
This amnesia was confirmed when at 14, Jehane began to speak. The first person she spoke to was Bill Gould, a man who had applied to adopt her. Dr. Parr accepted the application. Jehane Donnelly (Immigration had assigned her Christa's last name) became Jehane Gould, and went home with her father to a small New England town. A few years later he adopted a second daughter, by the name of Elaine. A freckle-faced blonde as unlike her dusky sister as possible, Elaine and Jehane grew very close.
At age 18, Jehane became an American citizen. At 21, her trainer, the mysterious Man of Gold, declared her ready to go out on her own. Golden Onyx has been in Paragon City since, except for regular visits to her family and The Man of Gold for training.
Trivia
Golden Onyx had a breakthrough when facing a small group of unscrupulous mercenaries (led by a man called Paulsen) in New Orleans. Along with many other heroes, Golden Onyx had gone to New Orleans after Hurrican Katrina to help the citizens stranded there. She was set to guard a Hazmat lab. When Paulsen and his hand-picked men tried to gain entrance to the lab, she denied them. When they attacked her, she recognised the leader as the man who had lead the attack on her Gamoan village. At this, she entered into a violent flashback.
When she was done with the group, no one would ever recognise them again. When her relief came to the lab, Golden Onyx demanded the password with eyes wild and wide. When it was given, she collapsed to the ground, curled into the fetal position, and refused to speak. Fortunately, her family and The Man of Gold knew what was needed to heal her, and she soon after returned to duty in Paragon City.
Weaknesses and Limitations
Lack of emotion makes her cold and unnapproachable. Lack of humor makes others uncomfortable around her.
