Lashir
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Lashiir | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Magic/Natural |
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| Archetype: | Mastermind/Fortunata |
| Security Level: | ' |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Mu-Sharukana |
| Known Aliases: | ' |
| Species: | Post-Human |
| Age: | Claims to be 80 |
| Height: | ' |
| Weight: | ' |
| Eye Color: | Purple |
| Hair Color: | Purple/black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Vietnamese/Japanese/Mu |
| Occupation: | Fortunata/stripper/Kage |
| Place of Birth: | Thanh Hoa |
| Base of Operations: | Somewhere in spider city |
| Marital Status: | Has a mate/bodyguard |
| Known Relatives: | None known |
| Known Powers | |
| Super speed/reflexes/flexibility, Lighting based powers, Mastery of the netherworld | |
| Known Abilities | |
| ' | |
| Equipment | |
| Countless magical artifacts and Foci | |
| Currently associated with the Fallen Vanguard and Vindictive. | |
vae victum
Lashir is an old old man, though he maintains a youthful appearance few suspect his actual age or origins, despite his claims of relative youth he is in reality much older, one could actually argue he's Chinese as his birth was slightly before Vietnam gained its independence from China. his family history goes back before even that to Ancient Mu, coming from a very powerful bloodline that barely managed to escape the onslaught of the circle of thorns he was already destined for 'greatness' of one sort or another from birth, compounded by the families tendency to use eugenic breeding with other Mu descendants even into an age where these sort of things would of been impractical and clumsy. yet somehow by sheer luck they managed to find other Mu families again and again.
From early on he was a disciplined man and he was, for the most part, ignorant of his latent magical powers. that all changed when he joined a small force combating the invading Han. during combat he came across a small booklet on a fallen body, he couldn't really make out which side it came from as the body was not only mutilated but charred beyond all recognition, this small booklet taught him magic and sorcery, to this day he carries the booklet on him and his servants often carry large bags around their waists that not only carry their own equipment and resources but all magical reagents for the spells contained within those tomes.
For countless years afterwords he studied the tomes extensively in the secrecy of his home, in that time gaining immortality, learning the secrets of alchemy, creating his first homonculi and of course uncovering his own Mu ancestry. it was at this time his psionic energy started developing in isolation, and thus the first shadow of depression that would plague him for the rest of his life(likely permanently) started to develop and yet this was...at the time...only a minor concern and he didn't think much of it, finally he had learned all he could from the book(though he still carries it in the unlikely event he forgets anything) and emerged to a country it war and strife.
During this time he served under the Trinh lords collecting any artifacts or items of importance as he combated the forces of the Mac Dynasty in one way or another. usually subtle manipulations and spells rather then outright combat and warfare. after the fall of the Mac Dynasty he enjoyed a long period of calming self contemplation in a small meditation chamber he had carved underneath the earth with a series of spells and enchantments, only awaking briefly to get involved with the war in Laos before returning to his slumber again.
He remained in slumber through most of the french colonization, sensing his presence a rival wizard in the french forced him into complete self contemplation through a series of spells and crafted artifacts locking him away from the outside world, a sort of precursor to Mu's soon to sour relationship with France one could say. he later awoke enraged at the trickery and at his countries assimilation into French Indiochina and began to slowly work against them from Saigon, still Vietnam was not freed until japans invasion of the pacific, after which Lashir felt he owed japan something for their assistance and joined the Japanese imperial wind.
Though Japan was inevitably defeated he continued to fight alongside the lord of frost against Captain Volcano, battle after battle on island after island, not only using spells but actually joining combat, though he no longer ruled like feudal lord anymore he fought as though he was protecting all of his people from the united states and their allies. for the first time in quite awhile he engaged in close combat with heroes his super-reflexs and acrobatics slowly and painfully beating them to the death, cracking ribs and smashing bones, he had become a whirlwind of destruction and attacking him from any angle was ill advised as he was so fast he could dodge bullets and he was fully capable of snapping the neck of a fully grown man/women/super mutant with nothing but his thighs making capture next to impossible and hand to hand combat suicidal.
Despite this he had a few close calls, a bullet was one thing but a rocket propelled grenade was quite another. an unknown attacker at one point tried blasting him to smithereens while he was sleeping in camp, the blast sent shrapnel flying everywhere and a particularly large piece of metal(blasted off from a machine built by a super who was good with technology and was working with some strange black crystals) nearly impaled him, he ended up fussing more about how his books nearly got destroyed rather then his close call with death or the fact that now his skin had turned Onyx in coloration.
eventually it all came to an end when Lord Frost finally killed Captain volcano, it was said that afterwords a battered and bloodstained Lashir roared so loudly and fiercely upon detecting the psionic death cry of a life in Volcano's direction that the nearest group of hero's fled in terror, one getting killed by the sheer sound and the other getting pummeled to death in a bloodthirsty frenzy.
afterwords Lashir surveyed the bloodied wreckage of the battlefield now knowing that despite the victory his current name and life were over, after pulling some strings both in magic and in contacts he managed to rewrite most records and took the name of Lashir, his former self and outcast and pariah by the outside world for though he could rewrite records he could not rewrite minds nor memories. despite this he maintains an air of dignity during the rare occasions he speaks of the event and does not regret a moment of that war.
His next course of action would somewhat unexpectedly have him fighting alongside his sworn enemies, in the united states Nemesis had declared himself emperor and while he did not like the states government he realized the super-villian was a far worse leader for the world, he secretly snuck in among the hero's forces and tried to stop Nemesis, this showed him his first true taste of carnage, though he had killed many super-hero's and villains himself the blast from Nemesis gun ripped a bloody swath through the assembled supers which he would never forget(Though this would not be nearly as traumatic as his experience with Alpha team in the Ritki wars.) after Nemesis was finally defeated he settled down in paragon for awhile, absorbing the culture and atmosphere, eventually however the Right for Might came into effect with him under its jurisdiction now. while he would not fight in southeast Asia he had no problem tearing the Russians apart and even felt a sort of kinship with his new country...this however quickly soured when he saw the injustices done under the act and waited in the shadows of paragon city, no longer wanting to get involved in global politics he embraced hedonism and came to work as a stripper.
he rarely talks about what caused him to temporarily cause him to leave the career but in truth it was a sexual assault on him by a depraved 'fan' who he later accidentally killed earning him jail time from a particularly corrupt branch of the governments justice system. when Arachnos later broke him out of the Zig he gladly joined the cause letting out a roar much like the one he had let out during the death of Captain Volcano, his gaze was full of such intense malice and hate that it frightened even his saviors but thankfully for them his lethal brand of justice was to be dispensed elsewhere, he carved a bloody path through the Zig before leaving on-board an Arachnos flier to the rogue isles.
there, unaware of his Mu blood he joined Arachno's as a fortunata utilizing his considerable psionic power, as an agent of Arachno's he gained a reputation for being considerably more fair then most, but also exceedingly brutal, even by Arachnos standards, and dealing out death to any who would try to create Anarchy under Lord Recluses fascist government.
More recently he has started up a cult in St martial under his control and gained an adoptive daughter who aspires to become a powerful necromancer, though a few members of this cult are armed with guns the majority have mastered their bodies and arcane techniques transforming them into perfect weapons to serve under Lashir's banner, from his large home near the highway of St Msrtial he rules this house and all who reside in it much like the feudal lord he was, they are more then happy with this arrangment as many were the poor in St martial who lost all their money to the Giza and just happened to have Mu blood, however a few of these are former members of an 'anti-ghost group' of Nazi Germany who studied the occult or even old parts of the Imperial wind, though the former seemed to have reformed under Lashir's guidance..
Followers and their Ranks
Cultists: Cultists are followers of the Mu lord who have studied as genin(lower men)who do most of the grunt work, masters of their bodies the cultists of the Silent Lash Clan are a quiet bunch but undoubtedly loyal to the end, they can either progress into greater warriors armed with better physical techniques and explosive shurikens who function as the front line troops, or they can become blackguards who function as Lashir's spec ops.
Motto: Gaudium per servitus
Blackguards: Referred to by the cultists as the 'Lords of War' the blackguards are a frighting bunch who's seemingly old style weapons are actually quite high tech, equipped with impervium katana's and wrist mounted crossbows(Who drew inspiration from the little mounted crossbows employed by the Drow, Lashir being the complete nerd that he secretly is decided that would be an awesome addition to his ninja's and figured out a way to craft the devices.) they pack a powerful punch only heightened by their extreme stealth and unrelenting focused blood-lust, which instead of being a mindless berserk frenzy is more focused on attacking points in nano-seconds that cause as much damage as possible.
Motto: dies mos non servo lemma , quod nos own nox noctis.
The statues: Whats known of these Oni statues is very little, however it is said that a powerful Mu warrior who happens to join the ranks of Lashir's ranks may willingly wish to entomb his soul in this creature, the material these things are made out of is often called the 'bloodstone' however where its normally the illusion of blood these things can actually bleed(in the unlikely event you crack their skin.) the ancient blood of Mu. these powerful monsters channel endless flames through dark sorcery to annihilate their foes.
Motto: terminus illae bellum est satus of alius.
Lashir as an Arbiter and commander: Lashir has a history of being an extremely Zealous Arachnos agent and this has culminated in him earning himself arbiter status and the ability to function as a commanding force in a divisons, his agents can typically be recognized by the black and pink color patterns on their uniforms that indicate they are part of his spider corps. his forces have also been known to use blaster Arachnobots or specially enhanced toxic tarantula's, bane spiders, and widows in tight situations to down high level super powered targets.
He is equipped with Psi blades as part of his training as an assassin, making him not only lethal has a psychic combatant but also as a widow in his own right, these psi blades retract and extend as he wills and are covered in a thin sheet of psychic energy that cuts through most things...even dimensional entities though the latter require significantly more force its still a far more effective weapon then most if any other piece of equipment out there(And if something is better he tries to improve upon them, as he currently is trying to do with the Null Blade, a weapon wielded by a superhero that is basically a weapon constructed out of gravity and fluctuations in the time stream.)he wields these weapons with such precision and knowledge of anatomy that many Arachnos operatives think he might of been a doctor in his past, if he was or wasn't is never confirmed.
As a symbol of authority he has a customized Arachnos scepter that also functions as a handy war mace and weapon when he needs to crack armor for his blades, the mace is hooked up into his body and attached to his spider pack, which in itself is a cybernetic implant jammed into his spinal cord, it also acts as a beam weapon the fuel from it derived from his constantly pumping Mu blood and Psi crystal, this mace only gives the slightest hint of the cybernetic body horror of Lashir's body, it can also fire web grenades that also seem to be derived from his body, while he is physically more catlike then anything this alone is an indication that the spider aspect has had a major effect on Lashir's psyche and by extension his body.
