Varaj

[Toriji]

Name: Varaj Du'Shraek

Age: Just short of 1Million

Gender: Asexual

Timeline: Parallel to Toriji's world only

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Power Level:9

Appearance: At first Varaj appears as an impossibly thick set of animated gold armor, but in actuality he is a lightning Elemental. He is composed ccompletely of electric energy and uses the armor to affect the physical in more effective and creative ways. The only par of his appearance that would give away that he is made of electricity is the flickering yellow light that pours from the eyeholes in his otherwise gapless armor.

Personality: A perfect sadist. He derives a great ammount of pleasure from causing others pain and pleases himself on a daily basis with anyone who crosses him in the slightest. He is cruel, unforgiving, and a bastard in pretty much every way.

History: Varaj was born and has always been an elemental. He has lived in his dimension his whole life and has on multiple occasions tried to take the title of Demon King.

His story is smowhat different that most elementals though. In the realm he and Toriji are from the elementals are tiny messengers of the Gods who are present in everything pertaining to their own element to assure anture moves along as it should. But you could say that Varaj fell off of the assembly line a little early. He was made with the flaw of his unquencheable sadism and went generally unnoticed by the realm. He began to consume other elementals and started to grow in size. After about one hundred-thousand years he grew to his full size and moved on to bigger prey.

He obtained his armor and sword from a demon who acted as blacksmith on the Eternal Clock Project to create the tool of destruction nkown as the Clock of Eternity. He stole the original sword, shield, and armor. However he stole them before the crystals were implanted into the metal, so they weren't capable of storing spirirtual energy. He moved on to collect an army and has assaulted the Throne several times killing everyone in his army except for himself. He has always regrouped and tried over and over, but recently his power has been growing because he has started consuming more of his bretheren. He is hopeful that this attempt will be his success.

Skills: Electrokinesis- Beyond controlling his own body with utmost mastery, Varaj is capeable of controlling any type of electric phenomenon within roughly ten yards of him. This is highly dangerous for other electrokinetics as he is usually capable of overpowering them and killing them with their own powers.

Legendary Speed- As can be expected from a lightning elemental, he is insanely fast. He is somewhat slowed by his armor, but he trades off his light speed for it any day to satisfy his cold desires. He is still capable of running at several times the speed of sound.

Items/Equipment: Siphrilite Blade- His Blade is made os siphrilite and conducts electricity extremely well. The blade is actually composed of thousands of fragments that are held together by static and heat. It falls apart when not under Varaj's influence.

Siphrilite Armor/Shield- His armor and shield are both also composed of siphrilite. They are aproximately an inch thick and unlike this blade are solid pieces.

Weaknesses:He has no glaring physical weaknesses, but as an elemental his body abides to elemantal relationships. Earth is an effective deterrent and water will actually shrink him.

His skills are only effective on bodies with nervous systems and organs.

[Ninmast]

So against anyone who can resist electricity, he's essentially completely powerless?

[raptorman]

I got the impression that he was also incredibly fast and strong, that helps.

After all one does not need to use the correct power to win a fight often, and high powered entities often can overwhelm resistance.

[Ninmast]

Yes, but there seems to be nothing special about his gear despite the fact that they conduct electricity and that electricity is the only thing holding him together, and his strength and speed would probably avail him little against other high-powered opponents.

H.A.C.S. for instance seems like a character who would for purpose of example render Varaj completely impotent.

[raptorman]

I would agree on that one, though if Varaj has mastery of electricity he could likely take control of people and spam the H.A.C.S Unit.

I also get the impression that Varaj has a massive army on his side, and his army likely has minions who can do other things too. I think in some cases armies factor into power levels.

[shinaobi]

Don't read between the lines before you've read the lines themselves, raptor. It;s already been made clear that Varaj is a hilariously incompetent leader; what little support he can recruit is either sacrificed in an unsuccessful attempt on a prize he has coveted for a long time, or cannibalized for personal power-gain.

And, in order to control electricity and gain only its benefits, machine-makers learned early on to at least provide enough insulation to keep electricity from seeping out of the circuit and causing painful/fatal shocks to the operators. Any attempts by Varaj to electro-take over Hollywood-style would probably just fry the hell out of H.A.C.S. and anything nearby, if anything happened at all.

[Ninmast]

Shinaobi's right, and I suspect the nature of Varaj to be totally incompetent is in a way an attempt by Toriji to give himself an opponent that doesn't actually threaten his attempt at personal glory.

[raptorman]

Jan 13, 2010 21:04:14 GMT -5 Ninmast said:

Shinaobi's right, and I suspect the nature of Varaj to be totally incompetent is in a way an attempt by Toriji to give himself an opponent that doesn't actually threaten his attempt at personal glory.

Ahh, I get it. Never mind my previous points I see what you are saying.

[zandyne]

How the devil is he a PL9 when his only power is being an over-sized battery with a "rotating spike"?

Make no mention of how anything that can move a hunk of metal can terrorize this guy, hell even a RAINY DAY could technically ruin him, what gives?

[Ninmast]

As I've said, I do not believe Toriji's intent was for him to be a significant threat, even given his power level.

[ketaro]

Jan 13, 2010 23:04:55 GMT -5 zandyne said:

How the devil is he a PL9 when his only power is being an over-sized battery with a "rotating spike"?

Make no mention of how anything that can move a hunk of metal can terrorize this guy, hell even a RAINY DAY could technically ruin him, what gives?

It's purely for plot reasons I guess. This is a character made to only be used in Toriji's RP.

[zandyne]

I somewhat know this yet... really...? It might just me and my silly opinion, but having someone so glaringly flawed then slapping a 9 next to Power Level seems silly, even if it is "just for an RP."

All Toriji technically has to do is set up mist or sprinklers around the castle and the "only" problem is practically gone. It just seems really weird.

Sorry I just can't get over it. This guy is supposed to be the main villain yet he just comes off more as a really big fly, I mean that's probably the point, but...where's the oomph of challenge? ]8\

[ketaro]

Hah, another thing wrong with the profile. You forgot to put Race in, Toriji xD (like that matters tho)

[Ninmast]

I don't think there's supposed to be an "oomph" of challenge, Zandyne.

[Toriji]

Alrighty...

If a HACS unit were to come within a certain radius of Varaj, all of the electricity within the nit would be subject to his control. With a L9 power like that he is capable of shorting out a nervous system with a single touch.[i.e. the lighter the surge the closer he need to be]

He doesn't need the armor or sword to cause damage. He's freaking lightning. Lightning has killed on its own before and so can he, even if he doesn't derive as much pleasure from it. Also, without the armor he can move about at light speed.

It doesn't rain in Toriji's world and even so it'd have to be a 40 days and 40 nights flood to put him completely out. I suppose I could say that it would shrink him slightly. Just by consuming more elementals he'd regain his strength very easily. And earth would just be an aversion and it'd have to be earthen energy, not just some dirt.