Pallas
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Pallas | |
| Player: @Cullexus | |
| Origin: | Magic |
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| Archetype: | Tanker |
| Security Level: | 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Victoria Kincaid Neri |
| Known Aliases: | Vicky, Kincaid, The Mythic Woman, The Modern Athena |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 30 |
| Height: | Varies |
| Weight: | Varies |
| Eye Color: | Blue/Silver |
| Hair Color: | Brown |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Professor of Archaeology at Paragon University |
| Place of Birth: | Çanakkale, Turkey |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City, RI |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Dr. Julian Nino Neri (father,deceased), Dr. Marie Kincaid (mother). |
| Known Powers | |
| Invulnerability to most forms of damage; increased strength, stamina and reflexes. All artifact-based. | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Fluent in five foreign Languages (Latin, modern and ancient Greek, Arabic, Italian), Highly adept at fighting with all types of melee weapons, MA in Archaeology and expert knowledge in ancient rituals of magic. | |
| Equipment | |
| The Blessed Helm of Athena(C5 magical artifact),Custom Impervium Sabers, UNA - 100 Energy Blades | |
| No additional information available. | |
History
Origin
When Vicky Neri found the Blessed Helm of Athena, she was an undergraduate student in Paragon State University doing her internship in an excavation site on Megara, Greece. She discovered the artifact alone; read aloud the inscriptions etched along the helm’s visor and was overcome with a strong desire to place it over her head. When she did so, she became possessed by the helm’s power and her spirit and mind united with the helm. She learned then the origin and nature of the helm: It was a divine artifact created by Athena as a boon to the goddess’s favored heroes, from Perseus and Jason to Odysseus and Diomedes. With the power of the artifact, Vicky becomes an avatar of Athena herself, receiving all the knowledge, experience and prowess of the helm’s previous wearers and gaining the invincibility of a champion of the war goddess. Vicky becomes Pallas whenever she wears the helm. She is transformed into an 8ft. tall version of herself clad in armor of varying design. Her memories and appearance are the same as Vicky Neri but the avatar’s personality is much more reserved and sober compared to Vicky’s approachable and friendly demeanor. The helm grants Pallas near invulnerability against any damage as well as superhuman strength, endurance and reflexes. Pallas is also an expert sword fighter thanks to the knowledge gained from the helm. She wields either her Vanguard issue energy blades or a pair of impervium sabers given to her by Positron for services rendered to the Freedom Phalanx.
Career
Pallas began her highly decorated career participating in several Task Forces organized by members of the Freedom Phalanx, for which she was eventually given the rank of Task Force Commander as well as becoming a Freedom Phalanx Reserve member. Pallas was also given the Stalwart Medallion for saving the Terra Volta reactor after all but two members of her Task Force died protecting it. She was awarded the Atlas Medallion when she helped uncover The Council's program focused on bonding their elite soldiers with Nictus. Pallas became a full member of the Midnight Squad after saving Croatoa from the supernatural forces that had been assailing the it and developing a strong bond with the positive spirits that protect the town.
When not wearing her helm, Vicky Neri is an archeologist specializing in pre-classical Greek city-states of Ionia at Paragon University Croatoa where she is part of the History and Humanities Department and a Professor of Classics at PU Founder´s Falls. She has a B.A. in Archaeology from Paragon University and an M.A. in Classics from the University of Cambridge. In 2007 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
Professor Neri is also a member of the Midnighters, where she is an expert in ancient Greek and Middle-Eastern artifacts and rituals. Vicky has worked extensively with the secretive magical organization and has become a representative and liaison between them and other private and government organizations, such as as Vanguard, the PPD, Portal Corp., and the enigmatic Menders of Ouroboros.
Powers and Abilities
The Blessed Helm of Athena
Eons ago, when the Olympic gods emerged to overthrow the titans for dominion over humanity, some managed to escape their Olympian enemies and remained influential for a time. Among these titans was Pallas, the titaness of Martial Prowess and Battle. When the goddess Athena finally overthrew Pallas and took her titles (becoming Pallas Athena), the titaness surrendered her helm to Athena as a token of respect towards a worthy foe and successor.
Athena granted her helm as a boon to her favored champions. Heroes of old wore the helm during their greatest struggles against the forces of evil and chaos. It granted them the divine strength and wisdom of Athena, making them invincible against their adversaries. After the Greek dark ages passed, the helm was kept in Athena's temple in Megara until it passed into myth and then forgotten from memory.
The helm has been classified by MAGI and the Midnight Squad as a class 5 Magical Artifact, equal in power to the sword Excalibur and the Girdle of Hera in power. The helm itself resembles an ancient Greek hoplite’s helm of the Corinthian type, however, it is made entirely of gold instead of bronze and it has numerous prayers and incantations to Athena etched along the rim of the visor. Despite the fact that it’s notched and scratched, the helm appears to be indestructible. Vicky was allowed to keep using the helm by MAGI since it only seems to respond to her; other people are either ignored by its magical forces or are violently repelled when trying to recite its sacred engravings.
It is the origin of all of Palla's supernatural powers. When worn, it turns her from a 5'10" young woman into an 8'6" tall ageless amazon wearing armor of varying design. The avatar's appearance varies so much that even the helm itself changes, from a crested hoplite helmet to a modern-looking version of itself to even a simple gold headband.
Although the helm itself does not seem to be sentient or inhabited by a spirit, it does change Palla's personality when worn. This is due to it transferring the memories and knowledge of all the previous users to her as if they were her own. WIP
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Allies and Enemies
Affiliations
Pallas was approached during her time in Vanguard by former PPD captain David Earl Mayer, aka Captain Daystar, in order to form a special inter-organizational Task Group. Captain Daystar had long been a liaison between for the PPD and worked on better cooperation between it and other groups. The group's name was Victory's Chosen and it included members from several different groups:
Pallas and Captain Daystar were the co-founders. Daystar brought in access to the resources of the PPD while Pallas shared her connections within the Midnighters and Vanguard.
Swordwolf and Silver Eyes were serving in Vanguard when they were recruited into Victory's Chosen. They had worked with Pallas there several times and so were a natural fit into the new group. Swordwolf was rather infamous for his brash nature and independent streak but Pallas had known the hero since his origins with the ill-fated teenage vigilante group The King's Men.
Auroa Crowe and Bronze Hawk were two heroes who had begun working with the Midnighters when Ravenette, a retired hero and former Midnighter, asked Pallas and Daystar to take the two young heroes under their wing.
Sunlancer and Doctor Theodorus Xanatos came in last into the group. Sunlancer was a former PPD officer who looked up to Daystar and had asked to join his new group after becoming a Peacebringer. Doctor Xanatos was a respected chemist and a member of MAGI. He worked mostly as a scientific adviser for the group. He also helped design much of the equipment used by the group.
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