Redeemed Heart
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| The Redeemed Heart | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Natural |
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| Archetype: | Peacebringer |
| Security Level: | 36 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Richard "Heart" Elinanon |
| Known Aliases: | Heart, The Burning Heart (2005), The Willful Heart |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 20 |
| Height: | 5'10" |
| Weight: | 158 lbs |
| Eye Color: | Grey irises, white pupils |
| Hair Color: | Varies with style |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | College Student, Tournament Martial Artist, Licensed Super Hero |
| Place of Birth: | Milledgeville, GA |
| Base of Operations: | The Temple of Dawn |
| Marital Status: | Attached |
| Known Relatives: | All deceased |
| Known Powers | |
| Tranquility | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Accomplished Martial Artist | |
| Equipment | |
| None | |
| Blessed of the Circle of Dawn | |
Heart was my first real attempt at a character within the mythos of City of Heroes. The rampant canon-violation of a non-Kheldian Peacebringer kina kills that, no? *laugh*
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Affiliations
Heart is currently a Blessed of the Circle of Dawn, with no other associations.
Personality
Heart is quiet, submissive, and gentle. He speaks incredibly infrequently, favoring American Sign Language, hides behind Ruby Fusion when he can, and is most inscrutable and reclusive. When threatened, however, Heart tends to demonstrate a certain amount of eagerness to defend himself - acting instead of waiting. When he adopts the Willful style, he becomes more aggressive, in many ways, while retaining his silence.
Powers
Heart draws power from a style of martial arts, known as the Sacred Arts, that channels emotion into strength for the body and mind. When he was known as the Burning Heart, he channeled his rage and anger and fear into dark energy - as the Redeemed Heart, he channels peace and love into positive energy. As the Willful Heart, he channels passion and desire into fire and directed energy attacks.
Regardless of the form he uses, Heart seems to possess the ability to ignore the laws of physics, mostly gravity and inertia. He flies almost without effort, stopping and turning on a dime.
Tranquil Offense
Channeling positive energy in a variety of ways, Heart lashes out in melee and at range. In addition to his offense, his tranquility is useful for protecting and healing others or hindering the enemy, when applied properly. His favored combat style is advancing rapidly to melee, striking an enemy with a rapid combination of powerful melee attacks, then moving back to pepper the enemy with energy blasts.
Tranquil Defense
Heart's tranquility allows him to enhance his survival in myriad ways. While he is still only human, he can invoke an array of defensive powers - deflecting bullets, predicting the movements of enemies, healing himself of the trivial wounds that would slow him down enough to allow a fatal one to pierce his guard, and enhancing his resistance to the damage that could kill him.
Guardian Demon Shapeshift
As one of many of a long line of demon hunters, Heart possesses an interesting power - when he travels to a world where he is forced into a different form to survive, he may, upon returning to the real world, manifest this form whenever he wishes. The only form Heart currently possesses is that of an exceedingly durable behemoth, nicknamed the Guardian Demon. (The fact that it neatly resembles the White Dwarf only solidified the City's decision to classify him as Peacebringer.)
Transcendant Nature
Heart displays a penchant for ignoring the laws of physics. This allows him to fly at incredible speeds, sometimes even becoming nothing more than a ghost..
Passionate Offense
Heart's boundless passion allows him to project energy blasts that are different in form and effectiveness from his Tranquility style. These blasts more often knock his enemies around, have a concussive element, and have more significant area-effect attacks. He cannot harness this power as a melee attack - his passion has a long reach. This is his primary ranged ability in the Willful style.
Wanton Offense
Heart's desire allows him to create and manipulate flame in arm's reach. Indiscriminately burning whatever it touches, it requires careful control to avoid collateral damage. Heart favors attacks that create weapons with the flame in order to extend his reach and avoid collateral damage, but still retains others for certain situations. This is his primary melee ability in the Willful style.
Character History
Coming Soon.
