Shadow Nail
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
Shadow Nail is my main City of Heroes character. I made him when I started playing again in the summer of 2008 after a four year hiatus (Got the game back when it came out, but other things in life took precedence, and I had to cancel and get a new acount later). Orginally I planned to have him just as a darker, anti-hero character based on my childhood idol, Wolverine. Then as I got into the swing of things, decided to make a completely new and original background and get into RP after some experience with table-top games. Thus Shadow Nail in his current form was born!
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History
The Realm of Akum
The being called Shadow Nail is not of this world. "Shadow Nail" is not human, demon, angel, devil, nor god. He is merely a shell, or avatar, of the being Serenthos. Serenthos hails from an unnamed dimension were the sole ruler is a powerful entity named Akum. Not much is known of the dimension that Akum inhabits, only what Serenthos utters of the place. It is presumed that it is as old as the universe, if indeed time affects the place. What has been said is that Akum is the supreme being of its realm. It wields true omnipotence in its lands, but it's vast powers are contained in the dimension. While its goals are unfathomable to any mortal, it can be assumed that Serenthos was sent to Primal Earth for an, as of yet, undiscernible purpose. Akum's dimension is unique: it exists in all realities in the same place. Meaning that it is unchanged and singular in every reality. To add to this bizarre nature is the fact that while all realities 'touch' the dimension, Akum's realm is closed off to these planes of existence. Nothing known in every reality has gone in or out of the realm. Until the coming of Serenthos.
The Clearer of the Way
Serenthos is the High Priest of Akum. He is a powerful entity in his own right, second only to Akum, his master, in his own realm. Serenthos leads the secular cult dubbed 'The Followers of Akum'. Protege to Akum, Serenthos was named the 'Clearer of the Way'. He was tasked to find a way to escape the dimension, among other things. After an undetermined amount of time, Serenthos finally unlocked the arcane secrets of the realm. Due to his unique nature as a powerful entity, yet below his master's absolute power, Serenthos saw he alone possessed the knowledge and ability to cross the barrier. Serenthos also realized that while he could exit the dimension, the sheer force of his crossing stemming from the immense amount of magical energy from his realm and being had the potential to cause irreparable damage to the fabric of realities. Thus Serenthos decided to pour part of his essence and powers into a shell he had fashioned. This avatar of himself was considerably less powerful, lacking his nigh-omnipotence but still retaining god-like abilities. After the necessary steps were taken to complete the shell, Serenthos proceeded to open the gate and cross into the other plane.
Arrival unto our plane
Serenthos emerged successful. He had crossed from Akum's realm into the other planes. After arriving he proceeded to again split parts of himself, creating more and more avatars. Scattering these parts of his essence across the multiverse, he began his oberservance of the multiverse. Serenthos manifested himself shortly after the creation of the multiverse, leading to the belief that Akum's realm is free from the boundaries of the rest of the universe. After perhaps billions of years of observation of the worlds, Serenthos gathered his cast-off essences and returned to Akum's realm to share his chroniclings and begin the next phase of his role as the Clearer of the Way. Serenthos would soon re-emerge with new plans for the realms. For whatever reason, he arrived on our Earth at the onset of life. Continually watching the Earth, Serenthos observed the emergence of life and evolution on Earth. It wasn't until the eventual evolution of homo sapiens that Serenthos finally became involved. Until the advent of humanity, he had never interfered with the cycle of Earth. Appearing before the first people of Earth, he was quickly revered as a god. Some believe that it was here that he first began his plan that involved the people of Earth.
Present
After thousands of years of watching humanity and learning their intricacies, Serenthos became long forgotten by the people of Earth. Exactly as he had planned. With world events escalating and global communications at the highest point in human history, he launched the next step of his plan. Creating an avatar of himself to pour his mystical essence into, he decided that the best guise and place to start was as a hero of Paragon City. With so many super-powered and unnatural beings already in the city, he could draw less attention to himself. Under the hero identity of "Shadow Nail", he set off to increase his power. Since the shell he created contained only contained a fraction of his released essence, it was considerably weaker. After spending more time on Earth, it became stronger and stronger, until finally reaching its peak. What Serenthos -Shadow Nail- intends to do now is unknown.
Powers and Abilities
Regeneration
As Shadow Nail, his prime power is his regeneration. There seems to be almost no limit to his ability to reform his body. This is probably because it is not made of flesh or machine, but pure magical energy. Firearms, blades, missiles, claws, lasers; all are capable of cutting the body, but damage is repaired almost instantaneously. While not particularly resist nor durable, being able to regenerate every part of his body allows him to wade into situations that most wouldn't dare enter. Even after self-destructing his body and releasing massive dark force from his body, he seems to regenerate back from nothing.
Claws
The talons that Shadow Nail possess are merely 'toys' that he chose for there ease of use and concealment. While not the strongest weapon in Paragon City, Shadow Nail has almost limitless stamina, and combined with these claws, he can attack a foe mercilessly until it is defeated.
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| Shadow Nail | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Magic |
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| Archetype: | Scrapper |
| Security Level: | 50 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Serenthos |
| Known Aliases: | High Priest of Akum, Clearer of the Way, Servent of Akum |
| Species: | Avatar of Serenthos |
| Age: | Unknown, potentially billions of years |
| Height: | 7' (in current body) |
| Weight: | 250 lbs |
| Eye Color: | Red |
| Hair Color: | None |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Extradimensional |
| Occupation: | High Priest of Akum |
| Place of Birth: | Dimension of Akum |
| Base of Operations: | Currently Paragon City |
| Marital Status: | Confidential |
| Known Relatives: | Confidential |
| Known Powers | |
| Claws, Regeneration, Various magical spells, Limited shape-shifting | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Nigh-Omnipotence in own realm, Master tactician, Excellent at persuading mortals, Magical Mastery, Master of Invocations, Immortal | |
| Equipment | |
| Shadow Talons | |
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