Name Meaning/Nicknames:
Suusu - It means elder. It is mainly used by those that know him well and have very much respect for him.
Black Phoenix - For those that know him by his occupation. Those who've seen or heard of his work developed the name because of the black fire that he uses.
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Alliance: None. See occupation for reason.
Occupation: Sellsword. In other words, mercenary he is hired for various assignments ranging from deliveries and assassinations. Obviously, price will increase due to difficulty and dangers as well as other factors.
Abilities:
Fire generation and control - Xero has three mechanics that allow him to control and create the fire. All three mechanism are fused with his nervous system so that pinpointing certain nervous impulses will allow him to trigger the program. They are located at the palm of his hand. First mechanic is the phosphorous particle generator. The PPG converts compound that are absorbed through his diet as well as his lungs, into phosphorous particles. ATP, the energy substance of the body, is broken down to ADP and a phosphate. Since the body creates numerous amounts of ATP it won't drain any of the energy compound. The phosphate compound is then broken down to the phosphorous and oxygen gas and hydrogen gas. The phosphorous and hydrogen gas are then secreted while the oxygen gas is absorbed back into the body so that the mitochondria can use the oxygen to create more energy. These particles are extremely reactive to oxygen. Once in contact with oxygen it immediately ignites, thus creating the fire. The particles are secreted at the palm and the knuckles. The second mechanism is the focal gravity amplifier. The gravity amplifier creates a center focal point. That focal point is then increased in gravity as well as its gravitational pull. Thus the generated particles can then be compressed into a spherical orb also known as a fireball. In a sense it creates a miniature star. The explosion effect of the fireball is created due to the life span of the miniature star and its unstable core. Since the gravity generator is artificial it actually creates the unstable core. Enough disturbance to the spherical structure would cause the miniature star's unstable core to overload and thus self destruct. The final mechanism is the accessory force propulsion amplifier. The AFPA is a sub piece of the gravity amplifier. It allows for the miniature star to travel at different speeds by adjust the gravity patterns to create the propulsion.
Immunity and thermal barrier - The cells in his lowest layer of the skin mutated to generate and oil substance that would be embedded into the keratinized cells of the outer layer of the skin. The oil substance is completely impermeable to oxygen thus when ever fire touches the substance it is immediately suffocated of oxygen thus snuffing it out. However, within this anti-oxygen oil contains bacteria that can only live in de-oxygenated environment and have adapted to feed off of other bacteria as well as have an outer wall that acts as a thermal reflector. The thermal reflector allow heat to be redirected away from his skin. Initially, generating fire as the sense above would force the pain receptors in the skin to reach threshold and force him to stop the generating the fire. With this defense he was able to create such with out harming himself. Immunity comes from the bacteria eating other bacteria so that own immune system does not have to fight it. The mechanisms that were embedded into him would initially be threatening to his life and would be rejected however his body's immune system was purposely severely disrupted thus his body's immune system would not notice the mechanisms.
Reason behind black fire - During his growth, the melanocytes were mutated to produce a second melanin that responded to phosphorous. Malanocytes produces melanin, a pigment for the skin. It's basically the pigment you see when a person tans. However, Melanin 2 binds to the phosphorous compound and changes the color during ignition. Originally, the fire would be white. With the compound bound to phosphorous the color was changed to black. The blue hinted core shows that it retains normal attributes of fire since the blue color of fire means that it is at an extreme concentrated temperature.
Character Looks:
General appearance - Xero stands at 5'8, with dark emerald eyes and short black spiky hair. He always has a band that contains a square panel. It looks basically like a square watch, however, it is a machina diagnostics check mechanism, allowing him to check the status of the Phosphorous Partical Generator and the Focal Gravity Amplifier. However, his monitor is only visible to him due to the pattern that the monitor generates. The glasses that he wears is a natural decipher of the monitor as well as prescription glasses. The glasses prescription is not very intense so he can make do without it. As for clothes, he wears a light fabric inner black shirt. Over his inner shirt is an orange dress like clothing. The dress like clothing extends all way down to his feet however splits on the side at the point of his wait. Over this he wears a colored leather breastplate that has white lines that resemble certain ribs of the ribs cage. Branching from where the sleeves of the breastplate, would be pauldrons of the same fabric as the breastplate. Branching off of the pauldrons are pieces of renegade clothing that somewhat resemble sleeves. Off of the back collar would be a clothing formation of a hood, which he usually never wears. The hood is not very large. As for lower extremities, he wears black pants that closely resemble slacks however are of different fabric then slacks. His shoes are normal and allow for agility. His body frame is the agile and slender type, meaning he was build for speed.
Assignment appearance - See pic, partly because I'm too lazy to describe it.
Alignment: Neutral. Being that he is a sellsword his alignment will be purposely changed to fit his assignment, however acting normally, he will have a neutral alignment.
Personality: Xero is a very isolated person. He usually does not want to interact with others unless it has something to do with an assignment. His past remains past. It would take an extreme event for him to tell everything that happened to him to someone. However, under this shell, he is actually a very empathic and caring person.
History: Xero was born in a research facility dedicated to bio weapons engineering. This research facility was hidden from all public and went through extreme lengths to hide it. The Alcadia government used this facility to engineer weapons and the kinds alike. Xero was the experiment subject for the engineering bio weapons. In the basic sense, he was used as the test subject to create a superhuman. With the immune system and defenses that Xero was born with, he was perfect test subject for the experiment.
As time passed by, the Phosphorous Particle Generator and the Focal Gravity Amplifier were embedded into his hands and fused with his nervous system. The scientist knew that they could not create a direct connection to the central nervous system so they used the electricity generated the the axons of the nervous system for the trigger affect. It took years to properly find the correct threshold of electricity to trigger the activation of the devices. Once these measurements were calculated and embedded into Xero, he went through harsh training to be able to use the devices. By the age of sixteen, a night came when Xero went berserk and burned down the research facility. The government made sure that everything was completely burned to hide evidence of a weapons research lab. They propagated the fire as an experiment to find a new source of energy.
Xero escaped and lived among a humble home of two poor elderly. He took care of them in exchange for his stay. However, he was traded and tortured to fight again. The ones that did take him made him the occupation and reputation of a sellsword. He had not choice but to obey otherwise he would forfeit his life by either them or the dangerous outside the cities. By the age of nineteen, he had already gained a name under his business, so he deserted his owners to go on his own. He knew that there would be no way strive for a different life now that he had that name grafted on to him. So, he accepted his position and He connections that would allow for those to reach him but never see him face to face.
Any weapons/armor you have: Collared leather breastplate, Hands and feet
Any items you have: None besides his clothes and currency
Any battle skills you have: Close quarter combat basics and swordsmanship basics
Character Flaws: Xero is basically anti-social so the most basic incidences that could be cleared with a simple apology or explanation, he would just keep quiet and probably further developing the problem. He has an intense anger towards the Alcadian government for making him the way he is.
Lover/Relationship Status: None at the moment
Pic:
Note: Made by a friend. This was an old avatar that I had before.
Note: This was the avatar I had before when the above picture was drawn.
