Post by Subtle on Oct 15, 2007 18:50:09 GMT -5
Name: Subtle. Last two names forgotten.
Age: Unknown. Around 74 total years of experience, currently looks to be in the early 20s.
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Power Level: 4, though he can go toe to toe with higher through smart execution
Timeline: Modern
Appearance: Subtle is slightly tall, 6 feet, with a dark, tone body, black hair and brilliant blue eyes. His hair is neatly spiked.
He often dresses in dark colors, wearing black boots and fingerless gloves. Generally he wears a sleek black jacket and pants of the same material, collar up, tucked into his boots and drawn tightly with a leather belt.
It is of importance to note that Subtle always wears sunglasses.
Personality: Subtle is incredibly logical. The world around him is a massive game of chess, and everything can be broken down into information to learn, process and use to his advantage. He is constantly watching the area around him, constantly trying to learn about his surroundings( though he rarely asks direct questions, as he'd rather those hes with imagine he already knows just what hes dealing with) He tends to look for symbolism in things, and often many of his own actions are just as symbolic.
In groups Subtle is usually quiet and antisocial, but he will politely hold conversation if hes spoken too ( though he despises small talk) He is a firm believer that actions speak louder than words though, and he when he comes to trust someone, he trusts them with his life. Who he trusts is often hard to tell though. Some who know he can be fiercely loyal are manipulated into thinking that his compassion extends to them when in fact that is a lie used to his advantage.
Subtle exercises regularly and stays on top of current events, though he ignores politics as long as his own life is largely unaffected by them. He stays away from indulgences of all sorts, drugs, sweets... he is even nearly asexual. His life is his knowledge and his battle for mortality.
History: Subtle's history can be divided into 5 parts. Japan ( First Life), Greece ( Second Life), Tricen ( Third life), Neo-Tricen ( Third life) and Current ( Fourth Life)
First Life Subtle was born in ancient Japan and trained most of his life as an Theif and an assassin, known then as The Eyeless. He was born into poverty but eventually found his way to training as a Ninja in his early childhood, eventually becoming profeicent with Kunai Knives and a Ninja-To at his side, as well as many tools. He eventually moved away from his clan, caring little for their less honorable ways. He and two freinds, now brothers, started their own sect, each of them more skilled than the normal man, doing assassination and bodyguard work. After 5 years, he found himself guarding a young woman, named Izumi. a princess by day and, unknown to him, a priestess by night. As they spent time together she slowly grew fond of him, and they kept in touch by letter after the mission ended. In time Subtle and his brothers were sent on a mission to kill another Lord, Izumi's father. Subtle would never be able to do that, to harm her in that way, so he broke away from his friends during the mission, and went to save her, to get her to saftey, away from destruction that was about to occur in the castle. After a month had passed and peace had settled over the land again, Subtle took the princess back to the castle, openly, expecting to be praised for his heroic deed. While the king was happy, he would never allow him to have his daughter's hand... He expected to leave without a hitch, but the religious sect Izumi belonged to, Izumi was a priestess of, was furious. As soon as Subtle left they spoke with the king, demanding Subtle be aprehended. Subtle was found shortly after and taken in for execution at dawn. The priestesses themselves would do the execution, as with all the worst criminals. He was led out onto a wooden table and bent over it, his face covered in a black bag to hide his identity, and a masked priestess held out a hand and expelled his soul from his body, sending it into a summoning circle that cascaded him through time. When his body crumpled over, his mask was removed, and the priestess who executed him began to tremble... none other but Izumi was under the mask. Her suicide shortly followed.
Second life: In Subtle's second life he found himself a wandering, bodiless soul in the times of ancient Greece. He lurked for many years, exploring, discovering traditions and current events, until he found a suitable body for himself to posses, one of a young aristocratic solider. He quickly rose in the ranks as he learned new methods of fighting, and how to command troops. This life is what fuels much of Subtle's desires of nation building, and where Subtle learned to be a stronger leader. After countless battles, he eventually found himself just under the command of Alexander the Great, when he stood before the Gordian Knot. The ruler did not carry a sword, and asked for Subtle's, which he used to hack away the Knot and find his place in destiny. When Subtle asked if his blade should mark him king of asia, Alexander had slain him on the spot, casting Subtle's soul free of the body he had possessed.
Third Life: In Subtle's third life he found himself in southern California at the begining of 2000, lurking again, finding television a good source of information for current events, observing shady business deals that he later used to extort money from different companies. Perhaps he spent too much time in this phase, as his defenses dropped. As he was listening to yet another tale of y2k doom from a television outside a electronics shop he made the fateful mistake of entering the body of a young boy, 14 years of age and a slacker in every regard. He had no opinions on politics, no moral convictions. His only passion in life was that of video games, but Subtle saw something beneath the surface, an aura of unimaginable power, one who's fate was to burn the tree of life. Subtle allowed his host to live and began possessing the young boy from time to time. Observing in the night, researching, using extorted money to fuel stock investing. Eventually Subtle had his own identity, his own bank account and enough money to live however he wanted. He began to take control of his host more and more often as the year hit 2000 and their earth merged with Atlantis and Atamos. Subtle saw through the media falsification and realized just how much the world had changed, eventually he began to scout around, renting a private helicopter and pilot to explore on his own terms... he came in contact with a nation of waring anthropomorphic penguins and united them under his rule into a safe nation.
He began reading more and more of prophecys surrounding the Phoenix aura inhabiting his host, and looking through related mythology. He eventually read of a promise land, a new eden, and in prophecy it was stated that whoever controlled this land would control the world. It was only natural for him to desire a shot at the kind of power he was denied in his last lives. He dispatched countless penguins to the area, scouts and soilders, eventually building small bases, but as they begun to inhabit the area they noticed other small scouting parties, Elves, taking control of parts of the area. Skirmishes begun, and begot battles upon battles. Eventually the whole island turned into a war zone and the battle spilled into parts of the other worlds. Subtle began sending troops into the elven homelands, and the elves soon realized the home of Subtle's alternate identity and began attacking his home land. Penguins and Elves began clashing in the middle of Yorba Linda, California. Eventually the elves used a dragon to blow through the dome covering much of the united states, shooting a massive hole through the sky as they knew it, revealing to earth that the other worlds now existed. The Earth government couldn't stand by this, and decided to join with the Atamian and Atlantian central governments and retaliate against both the penguins and the elves. Eventually the three great nations pushed both forces off of the holy island and erected a great city, to be neutral and shared between all three nations, known as Tricen.
In order to deal with the Penguin and Elf war at all times of day, Subtle had to remove himself from the boundaries set by the host body. He eliminated his host's parents during one of the attacks on Yorba Linda, making it look like they were killed by elves. This pushed his host into submission for a long time, frightening and demoralizing him, making him not want to exist in the real world. Subtle began using the body 90% of the time, instead of only 20% as before... and it was only natural for him to take residence in tricen, knowing that the city was destined for greatness.
Being wanted as he was, blamed for so much of the war, he couldn't live directly in the city though, so he built a base of operations deep under the forest on the city outskirts. The only real entrance was through a small outhouse located in the middle of a clearing. Gifted people begun flocking to the city, as the union of the three nations and the chaos that their intermingling caused created a new job opportunity. Mercenaries. Subtle knew that he would be safer with a personal bodyguard of friends, so he quickly established his own mercenary team and begun to work. It was entertaining and educational for him... over time he realized he could access the power of Erick's aura if their consciousnesses temporarily fused, though it was difficult for him to achieve this. He also encountered a familiar face working for his biggest rival mercenary team, a girl known as Izumi, the girl he fell in love with in his first life.
Time went on and he met another man, another rival, Known as Tiablo. A simple human who made a game of stealing military secrets had accidently found his way to ancient Atamian technology, a massive robotic fortress that could build an army of robots. The two men clashed with each other in the streets, fighting with a single pistol between the two of them, Subtle injured and unarmed, neither knowing the power of the other. At times the worked together to save the city, but over time both realized the other wanted to control Tricen they began to confront each other. Subtle and his team dealed with the small robot strike forces personally, but eventually they needed more support, and Subtle began calling in penguin troops. The fights stayed at small sized until one day a massive wave of robots began descending from the Chronos, Tiablo's motherbot, which had made its way right into Tricen. Penguins and mercenaries from all over the city began fighting back the unending hordes en mass. Militaries from the three great nations began to mobilize and help fight back the robot hordes, and eventually the Chronos was closed in... naturally Tiablo did the only thing a villain of his stature would and initiated the self destruct of the bot, housing dozens of nuclear weapons... giving the whole island 3 hours to evacuate before it was nuked into submission.
Subtle evacuated safely, though much of his team ended up spread out across the world. The three great nations built a new neutral city on recently deradiated land in atamos over the next year, while subtle gathered up his old team. During this process he met up with a priestess, just like the ones of old, in his first life, and using an elaborate ritual she separated him from his host body, giving him a body of his own.
Third life part 2: The aftermath of the destruction of Tricen was horrendous for Subtle, as nuking of the city was blamed on his army. He moved into the city this time though, in an ancient cathedral connected now to a modern apartment complex. His adventures in this time were even more eclectic, fighting off the awakening of an ancient race, dealing with a massive robot solider, many assassins and enemy mercenary teams, dealing with devils and demons and eventually the awakening of 7 great elemental spirits, known as Machina, who grew in strength as each other one died. His former host began to grow more powerful as time went on, eventually gaining an artifact from the machina of fire that allowed him to harness his phoenix aura with much more ease. Battles were fought and Subtle's team grew in strength and numbers... eventually Izumi found her way to Subtle's side again, as her former leader, one she was bound to had died. Not long after though one of his best friends died and that put his plans into motion quicker than he expected.
Too long he spent living in this world not knowing why his soul travels, why the worlds merged the way they did... he would stop at nothing to find this answer, to find the Triple Nexues, the points where the worlds meet, where the answer lies in legend. He needed power though, power he could not attain. Before he had stolen a goblet of strength from a demon lord, one that he used to bestow infinite power on himself and let his subjects drink from to grow in power as a reward, but even with that, he was not strong enough... he knew the strength he needed was so very close... With help from Izumi, he was ready to ascend to godhood.
He gathered his mercenary team into a volcano and lured Erick out to the center with him, where Subtle used his forbidden technique, the Soul Crush, to expell the phoenix aura from him and with aide of izumi, into his own body. He now had that infinite power in his grasp, and none of the baggage, though Erick was left with only a shred of life. He let those from his team who wished to join him do so, and let the others leave safely... He was not so arrogant as to kill them for opposing him.
He used his new, increidible powers to draw magma deep from the inside of the volcano and shape it into a massive floating fortress, and at the center he placed a massive crystal, infused with much of his own aura, which he used to power the fortress and allow it to fly. His new team assembled there, as did 90% of his penguin army. He begun the quest to assemble three great artifacts, from the three worlds, to form a key to the nexus.A book of ancient magic from Atlantis, a Cube holding the core of a Atamian super computer... and the staff of a man, Red Arkellis, Subtle's former freind, the man who's death fueled his final plan, whos rebirth was for much time unknown to Subtle.
Subtle had much to do though with his new power. He obliterated all the enemys of the penguins up in the arctic, and much of the elven forces that hadnt already joined with the atlantian goverment, though never attacked any of the other great nations, as he didnt want to incur their wrath. Eventually Tiablo came after him, attacking his fortress while he was sleeping. Subtle was drawn out and began to fend off the attackers, but it was all simply bait, as Tiablo dropped a massive ion cannon blast on him that blew apart his body, his castle and most of his army. Izumi was unharmed due to wards on their bed room though. Tiablo stole the core of the Citidel and took it back to his base on the moon, where Subtle reformed. He destroyed much of Tiablo's citys until coming to T himself, who ripped open a miniature black hole that sucked both of them into purgatory. After a breif stint with the ruler of purgatory, Bagetlle Moppet, he found his way back on earth and to Izumi. They found a small aircraft and made their way to Tricen, which subtle deradiated with his massive powers... he erected another citadel where he would lure Red and the dregs of his old team for a final encounter.
The battle on that day was absolutely massive. Tiablo attacked in force, trying to save the world from Subtle finding the answer ( the world was said to end if one found the Nexus), and because Subtle's floating fortress was destroyed, the demon world equivalent, the fortress of the demon lord who held the goblet of shadows before was damaged, causing him to attack too. The three great nations mobilized in order to suppress all of this, ending up in a massive multi front war. Many heroes and villains alike died, and countless troops lost their lives as well. Subtle stayed away from the chaos though, as his former host found himself facing Subtle alone.
The Mortal boy knew what had to be done... but subtle was arrogant, subtle thought the boy could never scratch him and it was true, but in his arrogance he allowed the boy to make a single strike at him, before Subtle ended his life. The boy used that single strike to use the technique that forced his soul from his body... the Soul Crush. The Phoenix Aura shot from Subtle, still partially connected, though the rest of it immediately returned to it's host. The aura drew the two together as both drew from its powers, shooting into the air, both wearing the red wings of the phoenix... they clashed and clashed through the sky, the beam connecting them scling through the walls of the citidel, the mountians, the towers and trees... Finally, his former host mustered enough power from his own Soul to crash Subtle into a wall, which crumbled on him and ended his life.
Fourth Life: Subtle has recently awakened again, this time in his own body... and he sets out on his way again, in another world, disconnected from the last he was in.
Abilities:
As far as super natural abilities go, Subtle has one. A small technique known as The Soul Crush that uses a sacrifice of ones own energy to expel a soul from another being. Often times the soul from the other being will instantly shoot back towards the body it came from, knocking out or instantly killing the person from the shock. Other times it may dissipate or be trapped in another object. Subtle strongly prefers never to resort to this ability, as those it is used on often learn the technique. This move has killed him in the past, twice, and after using it Subtle is generally too fatiuiged to use much of his aura technology for the day, and too weak to use the Soul Crush again for a week.
Other then that, its worth noting that Subtle is Incredibly intelligent and above average with most melee weapons and most fire arms. He also cannot access his aura to draw ki from it in any normal way ( Or else he'd learn how to put it to best use and probably end up being high tier)
Tools: Firearms: Subtle carries a pair of modified FN Five-seveNs, altered so the handles can lay flat against the barrels, and multiple clips for each weapon ( usually around 6. They all hold 30 bullets)
Kunai Knives: Subtle is known to carry many Kunai knives, stored in his jacket. Most are simply made of Steel, though some are known to be blessed with holy water ( tied with white leather instead of black), some are loaded to detonate an electro magnetic pulse ( known to glow a soft blue) and a single one is made of a black obsidian and can store soul energy
Sunglasses: Subtles sunglasses hold a powerful computer in them. They utilize small amounts of stolen nano technology modified to use trace amounts of his aura as a power source rather than electricity. He can use them to search the internet, zoom in on things, record audio and video, see in a night vision or infared fashion or even see people's aura. The connection to his aura forms at the end of each stem of the glasses, and is strong enough to effectivly hold them in place, so they dont fall off when hes jumping around in an acrobatic fashion. They also block out most mental intrusion.
Jacket: Subtle's jacket is made of a black steel thread, woven tightly thanks to nanotechnology, effectivly giving him much of the cover of a bullet proof vest. The inside is lined with multiple kunai knives and cartridges for his pistols that can launch through a sleeve into his hand with the proper body movement and thought. His pants are made of a similar material but store no weaponry. Both also look incredibly smart.
Walking Stick: A simple walking stick, 3 feet in length. Most of it is made of a slick, non reflective jet black metal. The top 8 inches are made of gold though, ribbed for a better grip, with a base mounted with a massive emerald, and 4 smaller ones around the little one. Sections of his staff can be twisted in combination with pressing the smaller green gems to alter his staff's size slightly ( it can extend to about 8 feet). The golden hilt can detach and the center emerald can harness his latent aura to from a short blade of energy, 18 inchs long. This acts as a physical blade ( not like a lightsaber) though its incredibly sharp and can parry energy ( lightsaberish) weapons. The hilt can also detach the top to wirelessly interface with computer systems to hack though ( though if the software is non traditional subtle has to preload it to hack it), it can project a flash of light, a grappling hook, and a small ball point pen ( one of the miniature gems pops up to sit atop the pen) Lock picks and small needle sized grenades. The hilt and staff can be combined to form slightly different weapons, like a sytche or a kwan do, but this function isnt used nearly as often as it was before. In fact, subtle tends to rely on his guns and knives much more than his blade these days.
Magnet Gloves; The gloves around Subtle's hands look mundane but hold powerful technology. They draw upon his aura as a power source and can be used to create and manipulate magnetic fields. Common uses of this is to create a shield to block bullets, magnetize himself twards a wall to run on it momentarily, throw his knives and turn them in mid air, hold both hands together and focus to use his walking stick like a rail gun, to use a wall as a launching point to propel himself around, or to steal change from the homeless. The magnet gloves are very good against smaller objects but Subtle cant quite juggle something the size of a bicycle.
Weakness: Subtle's body itself is only that of a power level 3 human's. He has no innate defenses.
Author Notes: Subtle had kunai knives before I knew naruto existed, though much of his gunplay is a direct refrence to equilibrium. Much of this profile is still being worked on.
Age: Unknown. Around 74 total years of experience, currently looks to be in the early 20s.
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Power Level: 4, though he can go toe to toe with higher through smart execution
Timeline: Modern
Appearance: Subtle is slightly tall, 6 feet, with a dark, tone body, black hair and brilliant blue eyes. His hair is neatly spiked.
He often dresses in dark colors, wearing black boots and fingerless gloves. Generally he wears a sleek black jacket and pants of the same material, collar up, tucked into his boots and drawn tightly with a leather belt.
It is of importance to note that Subtle always wears sunglasses.
Personality: Subtle is incredibly logical. The world around him is a massive game of chess, and everything can be broken down into information to learn, process and use to his advantage. He is constantly watching the area around him, constantly trying to learn about his surroundings( though he rarely asks direct questions, as he'd rather those hes with imagine he already knows just what hes dealing with) He tends to look for symbolism in things, and often many of his own actions are just as symbolic.
In groups Subtle is usually quiet and antisocial, but he will politely hold conversation if hes spoken too ( though he despises small talk) He is a firm believer that actions speak louder than words though, and he when he comes to trust someone, he trusts them with his life. Who he trusts is often hard to tell though. Some who know he can be fiercely loyal are manipulated into thinking that his compassion extends to them when in fact that is a lie used to his advantage.
Subtle exercises regularly and stays on top of current events, though he ignores politics as long as his own life is largely unaffected by them. He stays away from indulgences of all sorts, drugs, sweets... he is even nearly asexual. His life is his knowledge and his battle for mortality.
History: Subtle's history can be divided into 5 parts. Japan ( First Life), Greece ( Second Life), Tricen ( Third life), Neo-Tricen ( Third life) and Current ( Fourth Life)
First Life Subtle was born in ancient Japan and trained most of his life as an Theif and an assassin, known then as The Eyeless. He was born into poverty but eventually found his way to training as a Ninja in his early childhood, eventually becoming profeicent with Kunai Knives and a Ninja-To at his side, as well as many tools. He eventually moved away from his clan, caring little for their less honorable ways. He and two freinds, now brothers, started their own sect, each of them more skilled than the normal man, doing assassination and bodyguard work. After 5 years, he found himself guarding a young woman, named Izumi. a princess by day and, unknown to him, a priestess by night. As they spent time together she slowly grew fond of him, and they kept in touch by letter after the mission ended. In time Subtle and his brothers were sent on a mission to kill another Lord, Izumi's father. Subtle would never be able to do that, to harm her in that way, so he broke away from his friends during the mission, and went to save her, to get her to saftey, away from destruction that was about to occur in the castle. After a month had passed and peace had settled over the land again, Subtle took the princess back to the castle, openly, expecting to be praised for his heroic deed. While the king was happy, he would never allow him to have his daughter's hand... He expected to leave without a hitch, but the religious sect Izumi belonged to, Izumi was a priestess of, was furious. As soon as Subtle left they spoke with the king, demanding Subtle be aprehended. Subtle was found shortly after and taken in for execution at dawn. The priestesses themselves would do the execution, as with all the worst criminals. He was led out onto a wooden table and bent over it, his face covered in a black bag to hide his identity, and a masked priestess held out a hand and expelled his soul from his body, sending it into a summoning circle that cascaded him through time. When his body crumpled over, his mask was removed, and the priestess who executed him began to tremble... none other but Izumi was under the mask. Her suicide shortly followed.
Second life: In Subtle's second life he found himself a wandering, bodiless soul in the times of ancient Greece. He lurked for many years, exploring, discovering traditions and current events, until he found a suitable body for himself to posses, one of a young aristocratic solider. He quickly rose in the ranks as he learned new methods of fighting, and how to command troops. This life is what fuels much of Subtle's desires of nation building, and where Subtle learned to be a stronger leader. After countless battles, he eventually found himself just under the command of Alexander the Great, when he stood before the Gordian Knot. The ruler did not carry a sword, and asked for Subtle's, which he used to hack away the Knot and find his place in destiny. When Subtle asked if his blade should mark him king of asia, Alexander had slain him on the spot, casting Subtle's soul free of the body he had possessed.
Third Life: In Subtle's third life he found himself in southern California at the begining of 2000, lurking again, finding television a good source of information for current events, observing shady business deals that he later used to extort money from different companies. Perhaps he spent too much time in this phase, as his defenses dropped. As he was listening to yet another tale of y2k doom from a television outside a electronics shop he made the fateful mistake of entering the body of a young boy, 14 years of age and a slacker in every regard. He had no opinions on politics, no moral convictions. His only passion in life was that of video games, but Subtle saw something beneath the surface, an aura of unimaginable power, one who's fate was to burn the tree of life. Subtle allowed his host to live and began possessing the young boy from time to time. Observing in the night, researching, using extorted money to fuel stock investing. Eventually Subtle had his own identity, his own bank account and enough money to live however he wanted. He began to take control of his host more and more often as the year hit 2000 and their earth merged with Atlantis and Atamos. Subtle saw through the media falsification and realized just how much the world had changed, eventually he began to scout around, renting a private helicopter and pilot to explore on his own terms... he came in contact with a nation of waring anthropomorphic penguins and united them under his rule into a safe nation.
He began reading more and more of prophecys surrounding the Phoenix aura inhabiting his host, and looking through related mythology. He eventually read of a promise land, a new eden, and in prophecy it was stated that whoever controlled this land would control the world. It was only natural for him to desire a shot at the kind of power he was denied in his last lives. He dispatched countless penguins to the area, scouts and soilders, eventually building small bases, but as they begun to inhabit the area they noticed other small scouting parties, Elves, taking control of parts of the area. Skirmishes begun, and begot battles upon battles. Eventually the whole island turned into a war zone and the battle spilled into parts of the other worlds. Subtle began sending troops into the elven homelands, and the elves soon realized the home of Subtle's alternate identity and began attacking his home land. Penguins and Elves began clashing in the middle of Yorba Linda, California. Eventually the elves used a dragon to blow through the dome covering much of the united states, shooting a massive hole through the sky as they knew it, revealing to earth that the other worlds now existed. The Earth government couldn't stand by this, and decided to join with the Atamian and Atlantian central governments and retaliate against both the penguins and the elves. Eventually the three great nations pushed both forces off of the holy island and erected a great city, to be neutral and shared between all three nations, known as Tricen.
In order to deal with the Penguin and Elf war at all times of day, Subtle had to remove himself from the boundaries set by the host body. He eliminated his host's parents during one of the attacks on Yorba Linda, making it look like they were killed by elves. This pushed his host into submission for a long time, frightening and demoralizing him, making him not want to exist in the real world. Subtle began using the body 90% of the time, instead of only 20% as before... and it was only natural for him to take residence in tricen, knowing that the city was destined for greatness.
Being wanted as he was, blamed for so much of the war, he couldn't live directly in the city though, so he built a base of operations deep under the forest on the city outskirts. The only real entrance was through a small outhouse located in the middle of a clearing. Gifted people begun flocking to the city, as the union of the three nations and the chaos that their intermingling caused created a new job opportunity. Mercenaries. Subtle knew that he would be safer with a personal bodyguard of friends, so he quickly established his own mercenary team and begun to work. It was entertaining and educational for him... over time he realized he could access the power of Erick's aura if their consciousnesses temporarily fused, though it was difficult for him to achieve this. He also encountered a familiar face working for his biggest rival mercenary team, a girl known as Izumi, the girl he fell in love with in his first life.
Time went on and he met another man, another rival, Known as Tiablo. A simple human who made a game of stealing military secrets had accidently found his way to ancient Atamian technology, a massive robotic fortress that could build an army of robots. The two men clashed with each other in the streets, fighting with a single pistol between the two of them, Subtle injured and unarmed, neither knowing the power of the other. At times the worked together to save the city, but over time both realized the other wanted to control Tricen they began to confront each other. Subtle and his team dealed with the small robot strike forces personally, but eventually they needed more support, and Subtle began calling in penguin troops. The fights stayed at small sized until one day a massive wave of robots began descending from the Chronos, Tiablo's motherbot, which had made its way right into Tricen. Penguins and mercenaries from all over the city began fighting back the unending hordes en mass. Militaries from the three great nations began to mobilize and help fight back the robot hordes, and eventually the Chronos was closed in... naturally Tiablo did the only thing a villain of his stature would and initiated the self destruct of the bot, housing dozens of nuclear weapons... giving the whole island 3 hours to evacuate before it was nuked into submission.
Subtle evacuated safely, though much of his team ended up spread out across the world. The three great nations built a new neutral city on recently deradiated land in atamos over the next year, while subtle gathered up his old team. During this process he met up with a priestess, just like the ones of old, in his first life, and using an elaborate ritual she separated him from his host body, giving him a body of his own.
Third life part 2: The aftermath of the destruction of Tricen was horrendous for Subtle, as nuking of the city was blamed on his army. He moved into the city this time though, in an ancient cathedral connected now to a modern apartment complex. His adventures in this time were even more eclectic, fighting off the awakening of an ancient race, dealing with a massive robot solider, many assassins and enemy mercenary teams, dealing with devils and demons and eventually the awakening of 7 great elemental spirits, known as Machina, who grew in strength as each other one died. His former host began to grow more powerful as time went on, eventually gaining an artifact from the machina of fire that allowed him to harness his phoenix aura with much more ease. Battles were fought and Subtle's team grew in strength and numbers... eventually Izumi found her way to Subtle's side again, as her former leader, one she was bound to had died. Not long after though one of his best friends died and that put his plans into motion quicker than he expected.
Too long he spent living in this world not knowing why his soul travels, why the worlds merged the way they did... he would stop at nothing to find this answer, to find the Triple Nexues, the points where the worlds meet, where the answer lies in legend. He needed power though, power he could not attain. Before he had stolen a goblet of strength from a demon lord, one that he used to bestow infinite power on himself and let his subjects drink from to grow in power as a reward, but even with that, he was not strong enough... he knew the strength he needed was so very close... With help from Izumi, he was ready to ascend to godhood.
He gathered his mercenary team into a volcano and lured Erick out to the center with him, where Subtle used his forbidden technique, the Soul Crush, to expell the phoenix aura from him and with aide of izumi, into his own body. He now had that infinite power in his grasp, and none of the baggage, though Erick was left with only a shred of life. He let those from his team who wished to join him do so, and let the others leave safely... He was not so arrogant as to kill them for opposing him.
He used his new, increidible powers to draw magma deep from the inside of the volcano and shape it into a massive floating fortress, and at the center he placed a massive crystal, infused with much of his own aura, which he used to power the fortress and allow it to fly. His new team assembled there, as did 90% of his penguin army. He begun the quest to assemble three great artifacts, from the three worlds, to form a key to the nexus.A book of ancient magic from Atlantis, a Cube holding the core of a Atamian super computer... and the staff of a man, Red Arkellis, Subtle's former freind, the man who's death fueled his final plan, whos rebirth was for much time unknown to Subtle.
Subtle had much to do though with his new power. He obliterated all the enemys of the penguins up in the arctic, and much of the elven forces that hadnt already joined with the atlantian goverment, though never attacked any of the other great nations, as he didnt want to incur their wrath. Eventually Tiablo came after him, attacking his fortress while he was sleeping. Subtle was drawn out and began to fend off the attackers, but it was all simply bait, as Tiablo dropped a massive ion cannon blast on him that blew apart his body, his castle and most of his army. Izumi was unharmed due to wards on their bed room though. Tiablo stole the core of the Citidel and took it back to his base on the moon, where Subtle reformed. He destroyed much of Tiablo's citys until coming to T himself, who ripped open a miniature black hole that sucked both of them into purgatory. After a breif stint with the ruler of purgatory, Bagetlle Moppet, he found his way back on earth and to Izumi. They found a small aircraft and made their way to Tricen, which subtle deradiated with his massive powers... he erected another citadel where he would lure Red and the dregs of his old team for a final encounter.
The battle on that day was absolutely massive. Tiablo attacked in force, trying to save the world from Subtle finding the answer ( the world was said to end if one found the Nexus), and because Subtle's floating fortress was destroyed, the demon world equivalent, the fortress of the demon lord who held the goblet of shadows before was damaged, causing him to attack too. The three great nations mobilized in order to suppress all of this, ending up in a massive multi front war. Many heroes and villains alike died, and countless troops lost their lives as well. Subtle stayed away from the chaos though, as his former host found himself facing Subtle alone.
The Mortal boy knew what had to be done... but subtle was arrogant, subtle thought the boy could never scratch him and it was true, but in his arrogance he allowed the boy to make a single strike at him, before Subtle ended his life. The boy used that single strike to use the technique that forced his soul from his body... the Soul Crush. The Phoenix Aura shot from Subtle, still partially connected, though the rest of it immediately returned to it's host. The aura drew the two together as both drew from its powers, shooting into the air, both wearing the red wings of the phoenix... they clashed and clashed through the sky, the beam connecting them scling through the walls of the citidel, the mountians, the towers and trees... Finally, his former host mustered enough power from his own Soul to crash Subtle into a wall, which crumbled on him and ended his life.
Fourth Life: Subtle has recently awakened again, this time in his own body... and he sets out on his way again, in another world, disconnected from the last he was in.
Abilities:
As far as super natural abilities go, Subtle has one. A small technique known as The Soul Crush that uses a sacrifice of ones own energy to expel a soul from another being. Often times the soul from the other being will instantly shoot back towards the body it came from, knocking out or instantly killing the person from the shock. Other times it may dissipate or be trapped in another object. Subtle strongly prefers never to resort to this ability, as those it is used on often learn the technique. This move has killed him in the past, twice, and after using it Subtle is generally too fatiuiged to use much of his aura technology for the day, and too weak to use the Soul Crush again for a week.
Other then that, its worth noting that Subtle is Incredibly intelligent and above average with most melee weapons and most fire arms. He also cannot access his aura to draw ki from it in any normal way ( Or else he'd learn how to put it to best use and probably end up being high tier)
Tools: Firearms: Subtle carries a pair of modified FN Five-seveNs, altered so the handles can lay flat against the barrels, and multiple clips for each weapon ( usually around 6. They all hold 30 bullets)
Kunai Knives: Subtle is known to carry many Kunai knives, stored in his jacket. Most are simply made of Steel, though some are known to be blessed with holy water ( tied with white leather instead of black), some are loaded to detonate an electro magnetic pulse ( known to glow a soft blue) and a single one is made of a black obsidian and can store soul energy
Sunglasses: Subtles sunglasses hold a powerful computer in them. They utilize small amounts of stolen nano technology modified to use trace amounts of his aura as a power source rather than electricity. He can use them to search the internet, zoom in on things, record audio and video, see in a night vision or infared fashion or even see people's aura. The connection to his aura forms at the end of each stem of the glasses, and is strong enough to effectivly hold them in place, so they dont fall off when hes jumping around in an acrobatic fashion. They also block out most mental intrusion.
Jacket: Subtle's jacket is made of a black steel thread, woven tightly thanks to nanotechnology, effectivly giving him much of the cover of a bullet proof vest. The inside is lined with multiple kunai knives and cartridges for his pistols that can launch through a sleeve into his hand with the proper body movement and thought. His pants are made of a similar material but store no weaponry. Both also look incredibly smart.
Walking Stick: A simple walking stick, 3 feet in length. Most of it is made of a slick, non reflective jet black metal. The top 8 inches are made of gold though, ribbed for a better grip, with a base mounted with a massive emerald, and 4 smaller ones around the little one. Sections of his staff can be twisted in combination with pressing the smaller green gems to alter his staff's size slightly ( it can extend to about 8 feet). The golden hilt can detach and the center emerald can harness his latent aura to from a short blade of energy, 18 inchs long. This acts as a physical blade ( not like a lightsaber) though its incredibly sharp and can parry energy ( lightsaberish) weapons. The hilt can also detach the top to wirelessly interface with computer systems to hack though ( though if the software is non traditional subtle has to preload it to hack it), it can project a flash of light, a grappling hook, and a small ball point pen ( one of the miniature gems pops up to sit atop the pen) Lock picks and small needle sized grenades. The hilt and staff can be combined to form slightly different weapons, like a sytche or a kwan do, but this function isnt used nearly as often as it was before. In fact, subtle tends to rely on his guns and knives much more than his blade these days.
Magnet Gloves; The gloves around Subtle's hands look mundane but hold powerful technology. They draw upon his aura as a power source and can be used to create and manipulate magnetic fields. Common uses of this is to create a shield to block bullets, magnetize himself twards a wall to run on it momentarily, throw his knives and turn them in mid air, hold both hands together and focus to use his walking stick like a rail gun, to use a wall as a launching point to propel himself around, or to steal change from the homeless. The magnet gloves are very good against smaller objects but Subtle cant quite juggle something the size of a bicycle.
Weakness: Subtle's body itself is only that of a power level 3 human's. He has no innate defenses.
Author Notes: Subtle had kunai knives before I knew naruto existed, though much of his gunplay is a direct refrence to equilibrium. Much of this profile is still being worked on.
