Sulphurous

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Sulphurous
Player: @Peripheral
Origin: Magic
Archetype: Mastermind
Security Level: Confidential
Personal Data
Real Name: Unknown
Known Aliases: John Sumner, formerly Jane Sumner
Species: Human
Age: Actual age unknown, current age irrelevant
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 160 lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Blond
Biographical Data
Nationality: American
Occupation: N/A
Place of Birth: Unknown
Base of Operations: Paragon City, Rhode Island
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Unknown
Known Powers
Demon summoning, some magic, functionally immortal
Known Abilities
Confidential
Equipment
Silver necklace, notebook
No additional information available.




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Personality

John is unstable at best. He is paranoid, hypervigilant, and prone to hysterical laughing fits when frightened. It is unclear how much of this stems from his original self and how much is a result of ongoing difficulty accepting his situation or the fragmentation of his personality as the bulk of his memories are lost upon each of his deaths. When calmer, he is an opportunistic coward. He tends to fall into a pattern of petty criminal activity while taking compulsive and often counterproductive measures to avoid drawing attention to himself. Given a chance, he will try to talk his way out of any threat he encounters.

His main goal is survival. Despite his dissatisfaction with his situation and insistence that bargaining with demons is a bad idea overall, he is unwilling to consider a straight reversal of his deal. He maintains that he likes being alive and that without his ersatz reincarnation it's probably not a possibility.

Powers

Though John would rather avoid combat, when pressed he will reflexively start summoning demons to his defense. He displays some limited magical ability, ranging from creating a flaming whip to minor healing and defensive spells, but he cannot explain how he manages these or why he chooses those specific effects. These seem to follow the same pattern as John's remembered abilities: he can only produce effects automatically and will generally fail if his attention is drawn to the process.

John is functionally immortal. Upon each of his deaths, his soul transfers to a new body and begins again. However, most of his memories are lost or confused in the process. Death remains a large setback.

Abilities

John retains some procedural memories from his past selves, and this sometimes gives him skills in areas where his current self may have no experience. Such actions are usually performed automatically, and drawing John's attention to them can jar him out of the state needed to retrieve the applicable memories.

Weaknesses and Limitations

Most of John's memories are lost each time he dies, and those that remain are often jumbled and without context. He may recall something an earlier self did several decades ago but have difficulty remembering what the Internet is or that the Soviet Union collapsed. Sums of money have very little meaning to him unless paired with some explanation of their current worth.

This partial mindwipe on death has been exploited by the demon owning John's soul at least once, and may have been originally intended to make him more compliant. It also means that John cannot remember the original terms of his deal or why he thought it was important. However, this may actually help keep John relatively sane by helping him repress memories of his many deaths.

Equipment

Each version of "John" wears a fine silver chain necklace despite apparently being allergic to it, and he will scratch himself raw within a few days of getting a new body. If pressed, he will admit that he thinks he sold his soul for the chain and will refuse to consider removing it.

At a friend's urging, John's last self, Jane, kept a notebook of her recollections including lists of people and places she wanted to remember and other information that could help her or her later selves piece together their original identity. John keeps this close at hand.

Character History

The bulk of John's history is unknown. Some of his recollections place him in Paragon City as early as the 1930s, but he has not lived in the city continuously since then. His last self spent most of her life in the Rogue Isles and was certain none of her earlier selves had been there before.

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