Pi Tau
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| PI TAU | |
| User:Tyranno | |
| Origin: | Magic |
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| Archetype: | Controller |
| Threat Level: | 27 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Xtiplix Biological Coalescent PT-101 |
| Known Aliases: | "Pi" |
| Species: | Pi Tau |
| Age: | Billions of Years |
| Height: | 6 Foot, 4 Inch |
| Weight: | 168 lbs. |
| Eye Color: | White |
| Hair Color: | None |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | None |
| Occupation: | None |
| Place of Birth: | Universal Singularity |
| Base of Operations: | The Occult |
| Marital Status: | None |
| Known Relatives: | None |
| Affiliations: | Evergreens, Alpha Squad |
| During Project Bifrost an alien known as Mars Five summons Pi Tau energy to Earth and coalesces the energy into biological form and thus a new super-hero is born. | |
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Summary
Pi Tau is a bizarre and arcane extra-dimensional creature coalesced from billions of Dark Matter particles. He has been converted from Dark Matter energy into a living physical organism that has found his way to Earth to seek knowledge and adventure.
Origin
Pi Tau is an extra-dimensional creature derived from "anti-de Sitter" or “warped” space.
In his native form, Pi Tau is a living entity that is difficult to describe in physical terms. He is essentially a living organism that dwells across millions of scattered sub-atomic particles that defy all of our known physical laws. If Pi Tau is to believed, his race is responsible for both the creation and proliferation of a strange universal energy which Earth scientists refer to as: Dark Matter.
Pi Tau contends that he and his entire race have existed since the dawn of the universal singularity. However he also claims the creation of the singularity itself remains a universal mystery even to his people.
Creation
Pi Tau underwent a process known as dimensional mitosis where the billions of sub-atomic particulars that form Pi Tau’s essence merge and then divide into traditional organic cells to eventually form a crude embryo. That embryo can then exist in the material plane.
These embryos can only be created and cared for by the Xtiplik – an alien race that invented dimensional mitosis. The embryo is then grown into full adulthood and can live as most carbon-based beings do, with RNA structures similar to most life forms on Earth.
Very few of Pi Tau’s kind have undergone this process, and since the Xtiplik race has since become extinct, it is unlikely there will ever be anymore.
Embryo
Pi Tau underwent the dimensional mitosis thousands of years ago but for reasons unknown was kept in embryonic state in a cryogenic laboratory. Just before the Xtiplik race went extinct, Pi Tau’s embryo and cryogenic chamber were launched into space for preservation. Mars Five, a living clone of the Xtiplik race discovered by the nation of Cobiness, discovered the existence of the embryo out in space, through a transmission he received from an arcane satellite known as Polaris-1 launched by Alpha Squad.
Mars Five initiated the “Bifrost Project”, which became a code word for a unique project where a bizarre arcane beam of energy summoned several aliens to Earth, and Pi Tau's embryo was one of them. The embryo was then grown to adulthood and taught Earth’s customs, some of Earth’s languages and had its metabolism altered slightly to adapt to Earth’s atmosphere, air pressure and gravitational pull.
Thus, Pi Tau was born, or more accurately "decanted" by Mars Five.
Name
Pi Tau was given his name by Mars Five. The markings on the embryonic tube that contained his organic form was marked with markings that can be phonetically translated to the letters “P” and “T”, thus Mars gave the greek representation of these letters (Pi) and (Tau) as the name of the creature he was growing.
The Occult
Pi Tau’s creation was the key catalysts for the development of a new super group known as “The Occult”, a super-hero group dedicated to serving those with vast arcane powers and links to the occult. Pi Tau’s contention is that all “arcane” energy is essentially manifestation of powers derived from string theory particles and energy, such as Dark Matter.
Doctor North
One of Pi Tau’s first orders of business was to deduce the amount of arcane energy inside the various members of Alpha Squad. It was expected that Doctor North (who had rumored to have links to the arcane powers of Nordic mythology) would produce the highest amount of arcane energy derivations from Pi Tau’s analysis. In fact, North contained very little arcane power within him. North, according to Pi Tau is merely a highly sophisticated biological mutant, although Pi admitted the mutations are so perfectly precise and so wildly heterozygous to normal human DNA that North can’t possibly be human, and looks instead to have been crafted by some other entity, solely for the purpose of creating a creature with the powers and abilities of Doctor North.
Personality
Pi Tau’s personality could be described as both frigid and aloof. Pi Tau is not without emotion, but his emotions are complex and well-guarded. He has very little familiarity with the fragile nature of human ego, and will often be both blunt and brutally honest in his assessment of things. While he is generally courteous and formal, he is also quick to criticize weakness and shows little to know genuine love for human beings or life as a whole. As a creature that derived from the universal singularity, he sees life on the physical plane as both temporary and largely irrelevant to the overall function of the universe. Indeed, he would consider all of mankind more of a nuisance than anything, except that he believes that for reasons he cannot fully explain humans and the planet Earth provide key clues as to the origin of the universal singularity that bore his race. In other words, for all the stupidity and boorishness of humans, they seem to be vitally important in the overall fate and mysteries of the universe.
Pi Tau is neither arrogant nor boastful, (unlike Mars Five) and he seldom (if ever) over-estimates his abilities or over-states his importance. In fact, Pi Tau rarely says anything at all, unless asked something directly and then he’ll deliver a brutally honest and some socially discordant opinion, in a sharp hissing voice that is rather unsettling for human ears.
Interests
Pi Tau has a keen interest in what humans call “magic”, but he prefers to refer to as the “celestial source of my race”, which is to say the strange powers and energy of extra-dimensional space. He has a particular loathing of the Circle of Thorns, which he claims abuse and warp the awesome power of the universe for deeply selfish and shallow reasons. If Pi Tau has any passion what so ever, it is to see that arcane energy is used for the purposes of advancing knowledge and building stronger more reliable bridges from one plane to another – a project he believes will one day bring harmony to the universe.
Pi Tau’s strong academic interest in arcane power often means he does things which many would consider “unheroic” or even “evil”, for he has no consideration at all for human morality. Pi considers human morals rather trite and obtrusive and will volunteer that opinion if pressed. He will disassociate with anyone who chooses morale code over knowledge and understanding of the arcane nature of the universe.
Physical Appearance
Pi Tau’s physical appearance was coded into the DNA of the embryo that formed during dimensional mitosis. While Pi Tau has never met another member of his race in physical form, he believes that they can vary in appearance based on how the DNA is sequenced and managed during the mitosis process.
Pi Tau appears as a tall (6 foot 7”) bipedal creature with very long, thin legs and arms. His entire body is thin and rather weak physically as it was never designed to operate on a physical planet of this size, (he was originally sculpted to live on a small Xtiplix satellite apparently). Thus, his body finds it hard to move and operate on Earth and as such he prefers to move around using his telekinetic power. This means his arms and legs have atrophied which explains his thin/spindly appearance.
Pi’s skin is jet black and rather moist, it will glisten and gleam under direct light this is because the pores of his skin emit a colorless gel that protects his skin from UV radiation. The gel also processes light into energy, (which he uses for food). He also wears a mask over where his mouth would be located. The mask is a device that can transmit his mental thoughts into a variety of human languages. This is how Pi Tau can speak, but without the mask he is incapable of speaking at all. Pi Tau has no telepathic capability he can simply transmit his thoughts into words via the mask. Pi Tau does not require breathing, he absorbs carbon dioxide from his skin (a process which is enhanced by the super suit he wears). He can go several hours without replenishing his carbon dioxide intake, but after that time period will slowly degenerate and go into a deep hibernation if left without exposure to carbon dioxide.
Costume
Pi wears a skin tight outfit made of a polymer construct of his own design. The polymers react chemically with his skin to enhance the photosynthesis he requires to survive. The suit allows him to go indoors and in the dark for long periods of time as the suit can build “reserves” of both food and chemical energy, essentially “feeding” him when sunlight or other light sources are not available. Very long exposure to darkness however will cause Pi Tau to atrophy and wither into a state of deep hibernation.
Pi’s costume is colored with the designs and colorings of Genoba, the satellite of Xtiplik that was to be Pi Tau’s true home before the Xtiplik race was extinct. Since the Genoban’s would have promoted him to the royal family (as a diplomatic gesture to Pi Tau’s extra-dimensional race), he also wears Genoban royal robes. The robes are organic, and the microbes and cells that form the material can not only clean themselves, but repair the garment as well. This leads to the truly remarkable sight of Pi Tau running around the sewers of Paragon with nary a blemish, tear or dirt mark on his fine royal robes.
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File:Pitau2.jpg Pi Tau fights Fortunata, this is essentially an origin story for Red Widow |
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Time Paradox Story
In 2011 Pi Tau apparently dies in a fire set by a mental patient at Steel Canyon General Hospital.
However, centuries later, a demon named Torquil, is losing a battle to Astro Nova. Torquil travels back in time to Earth in 2007 and transforms a mental patient known as Dudley into a demi-demon, known as Demon Wing. He then bequeaths his creation to Ghost Widow, of Arachnos.
The transformation ensures the fire that kills Pi Tau in 2011 never takes place, and therefore Pi Tau's demise in 2011 cannot happen. It also means Aason Blades can never discover Pi Tau's corpse in the 24th Century. The time corruption therefore traps Astro Nova in the early 21st century (who had traveled back in time himself to follow Torquil).
Amber Crystal
A bright orange crystal of mysterious origin was once used by Cobra Fist, Psycho Boy and Chaos Red to travel to damaged time threads to try and repair them. It is the only crystal known, that can directly travel to time-paradoxes. Astro Nova and Pi Tau seek this crystal in an attempt to return Astro Nova to the 24th Century.
The crystal was stolen by Psycho Boy, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
