Post by Beast on Dec 24, 2009 5:06:30 GMT 10
::Beast::
Name: Henry "Hank" P. McCoy
Codename: Beast
Affiliation: X-Men
Age: 35
Physical Appearance: Beast has an astonishing, breathtaking appearance to any who have never met him before – especially humans. Although his blue fur, claws, and fangs do give him the air of a ferocious beast ready to pounce, these features betray the true intelligent pacifist he is. Dr. Henry McCoy was given the name beast for his blue skin, abundant amount of hair covering pointed ears, and his tearing claws on both his hands and feat. Beast’s hair matches his skin, but in a darker, navy tone, forcing his blue eyes to be almost invisible, if it weren’t for the whites around the pupils.
Beast is riddled with muscles, showing physically his superhuman strength and durability, and his muscled legs also show off his superhuman agility and speed. Henry has 20 claws, on each finger and toe. In addition to Beast’s overall strength, these razor sharp claws can cut through flesh, wood, stone, and even some metals. Along with these claws, Beast possesses elongated canines that are useful in close-combat situations.
Although on average, Beast has an ape-like physique and overall appearance; because of secondary mutation he has taken a feline form. Though his muscles are no less, any place that was not covered with fur, is now. Along with these changes, Beast has a more prominent nose, and instinctive yearning for flesh.
Often times, Beast’s clothing consists of anything scholarly, such as a simple shirt, blazer, and khakis. However, on missions with the X-Men, he often just wears shorts with a belt buckle that symbolizes the X-Men. [X]
Strengths:
- Degrees in many subjects
- Fluent in many languages
- Gymnastics and combat
- Research
Weaknesses:
- His powers (often out of control)
- Feral state (no common sense)
- Beast has a limit of running 40 MPH on all fours for up to 30 minutes without tiring himself out. On two legs, he can run 40 MPH also, but for only 15 minutes before starting to tire.
Powers:
Beast is one of the most advanced mutants of all, when it comes to his powers. He has multiple powers that all complement each other. These are:
- Superhuman Strength: Beast can lift up to 10 tons for 10 minutes with some difficulty, and push up to 20 tons for up to 15 minutes with some difficulty. These times are only if needed, because regularly he does not keep something lifted or push something for a long period of time, and he has to exert small amounts of energy for 1 ton lifting, and 5 ton pushing, but 10 ton lifting and 20 ton pushing does use up some of his energy. His punches send enemies flying, and his feline movements and techniques only add to this result.
- Superhuman Speed: While running on all fours, Beast can reach speeds of up to 40 MPH, if the destination is a short distance away. Otherwise, he is slightly above average.
- Superhuman Stamina: Because of Beast’s highly advanced musculature, he produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity. He exerts himself for hours before his fatigue toxins begin to disable him. During battles, his fatigue doesn’t normally set in unless the battle continues for hours.
- Superhuman Durability: The Beast’s bodily tissues are more resistant to some injuries that a regular human body could not handle. Although great impact forces are easily withstood by Beast, bladed weapons and firearms can injure him. Beast can withstand falling from large buildings or even getting punched by another superhumanly strong mutant with little to no discomfort.
- Superhuman Agility: Hank’s agility, balance, and bodily coordination are much more advanced in comparison to the finest athlete. He has the ability to walk on his hands for long periods of time, as well as do complicated flips and rolls easily and can keep it up as long as he wants, though in his feline form, it has taken some getting used to.
- Superhuman Dexterity: Beast is as well coordinated with his feet as with his hands. Writing is possible with both, and with his ambidexterity and intelligence, he can write two different things at once with both hands and both feet.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: The Beast’s body can cure itself of the common cold in only a few hours and broken bones in a few days to a week, depending on the extent of damage, whereas humans would take weeks or even months.
- Pheromones: The Beast can excrete pheromones that attract the opposite sex. These pheromones are not extremely strong because of his overall appearance, though friendship is accomplished by Henry.
Other Skills:
Dr. Henry McCoy is a genius; he is a world-renowned biochemist, with great insight into mutant genetics and evolutionary biology. He also has expertise in chemistry, physics, differential equations, electronics, nano-effusive devices, anatomy, philosophy, ancient cultures, art history, musicology, and literature. He is a polyglot. Beast is also an accomplished keyboard musician.
History: Henry McCoy was born as mutant because of a relative; his father. Norton McCoy was a worker at a nuclear power plant; each day, Norton was exposed to massive amounts of radiation. Even though this radiation never affected him directly, besides altering his genes, it did affect his son when he was born. Unlike most mutants, Henry was born with a sign that he was mutant; he had oversized hands and feet and an innate superhuman intellect. Because of his enhanced superhuman abilities, he became a star football as a teenager, and he did his mutation and thirst for knowledge until the school expelled him after he was exposed after a mutant. Both his athletic abilities and brilliance attracted the attention of Professor Charles Xavier, who was forming the original X-Men at the time. The Professor offered unlimited academic opportunities at his prestigious School for Gifted Youngsters. However, the costumed criminal El Conquistador kidnapped Henry’s parents and held them hostage in order to force Henry to aid him in his criminal schemes. Assisted by Xavier and the X-Men, Henry defeated the criminal, and joined the X-Men. From this point on, he was known as the “Beast”.
Under Xavier’s tutelage, Hank’s days were absorbed with differential equations, Proust, and countless workouts in the X-Men’s Danger Room, a training area for the team. During his first months with the X-Men, Hank began to date Vera Cantor, a librarian, but soon after, Kraven the Hunter stalked Beast down to hone his skills in a battle with him. If the other X-Men hadn’t stopped Beast and Kraven the Hunter from fighting, Hank would have killed him because of the mass rage Kraven had sent him into.
Once McCoy had completed his Doctoral Studies, he left the X-Men and Xavier’s school to become a genetic researcher with the Brand Corporation. At the Brand Corporation, he invented a serum that would activate latent mutant powers. Upon testing the serum, Henry became a beastly, ape-like creature. With this, he gained gray fur, claws, fangs, and an extraordinary healing factor, but during a battle with Quasimodo, his life force was virtually expelled, causing his fur to turn blue and loss of his healing factor.
Eventually, Beast decided to join the Avengers, and revealed his dual identity to the world. Afterwards, Hank singlehandedly saved the X-Men from Mesmero, assisted in deciding Phoenix’s fate, saved a poisoned Vera Cantor with the help of Doctor Strange, Reed Richards, and Daimon Hellstorm, and helped to reorganize another super-group, the Defenders into a more formal combat organization.
Sample RP: (Since I already have a character on here, I believe this is unneeded.