Dominic de Dracule

[Oathkeeper]

Name: Dominic de Dracule [Dominic of the Dragon] (Dom)

Age: 21 [Commonly appears to be]

Gender: Male

Race: Cursed Human

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Power Level: 4

Timeline: Modern (Can be used for any though)

Appearance: He is at essence a black shadowy image of a may with a ponytail just slightly past shoulder length, in a set of loose fitting clothes, but he can assume the form of anyone or anything.

Personality: He loves a good joke, most often involving an unsuspecting person and his powers.

History: Dominic, years later and many miles from his pirating lands. He was in the prime of his life, but he defied the gods. He did not stay to fight like he should have, and the navy battle never happened. The gods, angered by this, cursed him, stripping away his body leaving him a shadowy wraith of his former self, but one god was merciful, and gave him the ability to hold and use the forms and natural powers of others.

Dominic was born in 1703 to a ex-soldier-turned-fisherman in France. Dominic was torn between love of his father, and his disgust of his position. His father was granted the title de Dracule for his ferocity during his service, and yet now he was a simple fisherman. Dominic wanted something more for himself, and eventually became an oceanic merchant. He failed horribly and resorted to piracy to make a living.

Years had passed since he became a pirate, and eventually he commanded a small ship under the command of a more famous pirate. As it may, towards the end of his human life the pirates were set to engage a Navy armada in a final war between pirates and the Navy. Dominic deserted when it counted most.

This angered a certain god, Calypso, as Dominic had unknowingly disrupted her plans. Because of this, and perhaps because it was Calypso to begin with, Dominic was cursed and unable to hold the form as a human. He was forced to live as a shadowy wraith until he died, and it would have happened, had another Deity not given pity to him.

Although his original form was not given back to him, Dominic was granted a divine gift to mirror nigh anything he witnessed, granting him a new possibility for life. Years passed and Dominic found he could live forever as a man in his prime, merely by keeping his shape as such. Delighted over the possibilities, he spent his time making appearances as famous people and using that to get things for free.

This in turn led to his prankster nature, as he can assume the form of others, and perform things like 'reaching out of a mirror' or turn into someone like ... oh say Clinton, and ask random questions to the person. He is not harmful per say, but sometimes his jokes do get close to hurting someone.

Powers: Doppelganger- He can imitate any aspect of an object, from texture and heat to sound and natural powers. While he is weaker than the original, Dominic would be able to imitate Superman’s powers. Where as Superman can lift a plane with one hand, Dominic could lift half a plane, using both hands. This enables him the ability to live forever by staying at a certain age forever.

Teleportation- He can travel through objects at will. He uses this mainly to appear move through shadows, or to make himself go into a mirror to play with peoples nerves. This of course can lead to him being stuck in the pieces if the said teleportation tool is broken. If he goes into a mirror and it breaks, he is stuck there until the pieces come back together somehow so he can pull himself out of the object.

Minor Telekinesis- He can not moving anything heavier than a metal chair, but it is still enough for him to bring a broken mirror together to free himself. This is self taught, so nothing fancy. It is merely something he learned after the fifteenth time he was trapped by his mirror being broken with him inside of it.

Minor Enchanting- He is able to enchant some what, mostly able to make someone not examine and ask too many questions Dominic would not know. This is useful if someone wants to ask him about the past, something Dominic is not able to clone when he Doppelganges someone.

Gift of Tongues- He can speak virtually any language, from long dead languages to imitating the sounds of winds and speaking in animal. This mainly is used to accompany his various disguises, from his French cop to his Irish boxer, and anything else he may think up.

Weapons: His cane, which is able to transform with Dominic. It shapes itself usually into a cane or staff, but can be a whip or chain, a belt, or anything that would be used as a weapon, but could also be hidden or disguised easily.

Weakness: He is weaker all around then whatever he doppelganges. Dominic is still a mortal, even though he can technically use his powers to stay one age forever. He likes to run away a lot. He has a habit of making jokes at the worst of times. He also has a self set of laws, and he does not acknowledge the laws of government. He has a little below average mental resistance, and he amuses himself easily.

[Subtle]

Why is his hair blue?

[Oathkeeper]

Haha, why not? He is a doppelganger! Anyways, so the powerlevel and stuff is okay?

[Subtle]

Wouldnt he have to imitate someone specific to gain their powers? who has blue hair?

[Teh Donut]

Nayra does. *duh duh dun*

I like him. I don't like how his dopelganger powers give him the ability to transform into anybody and instantly gain their powers, no matter how toned down they may be. I believe Ninmast made a very good arguement about doppelgangers copying special unique, character/race-specific powers on another character some time ago...

[Oathkeeper]

When we get to those issue we can fine tune it, when I finish and add the histrory, I am going to change it to he has to see the power in use first though, and yeah it is severly weaker than the original.. And He has blue hair, cause the last person he Deppelganged had blue hair.

[Ninmast]

I don't have a problem with racial abilities being duplicated (for instance, Superman's powers are racial, not unique, so any Kryptonian who has absorbed enough radiation from a yellow sun has them), but unique abilities shouldn't be duplicated just by shapeshifting, alone. Just because you turn into Goku's twin, for instance, doesn't mean you know the Kamehameha Wave or Spirit Bomb.

[Teh Donut]

I'm not sure, but don't doppelgangers copy passive abilities, such as superstrength, enhanced regeneration, and telepathy, not abilities that require technique and practice to learn?

[Ninmast]

Exactly, but I was speaking more as if he was just a general shapeshifter, taking the form of one of a specific race, rather than trying to become someone specific. If he shapeshifted into someone specific, he'd be subject to all of that person's strengths and weaknesses.

[Oathkeeper]

True, although in his power, he is much weaker than the original in question. While he doppelganges into superman, he has all of supermans weakness, but whereas superman lifts a plane above his head with a single hand, it would take Dominic half a plane, and both hands to lift it that high. In addition, after I finish typing his history up, I am goin got add that he has to see the power in use. If he sar Star go and shoot energy beams, then cloned into her, but did not see her fly or use superspeed for instance, he would only be able to use the energy beams.

[Ninmast]

No, that wouldn't work, because he wouldn't know HOW she shot energy beams. That isn't a natural ability. It's a learned technique. Unless he actually learns HOW to shoot energy beams, or shapeshifts into a race that has it as a natural ability, he can't shoot energy beams, even if the person he's copying can.

[The Silent Orator]

So... assuming that he knows how to shoot beams... if he copies a character who doesn't know it, does that restrict his beam-shooting?

[Ninmast]

If he, himself, knows energy manipulation, then yes, he can use it in any form, with the exception of those that are racially incapable of it, such as Edenites. However, he'll still only have access to his own techniques. For instance, he may know how to shoot energy blasts, but it may not be the same method that Star uses. So if he duplicates Star, he can shoot energy blasts using his own method, but not the same method Star uses, because he doesn't know it.

[Oathkeeper]

Okay, so the Doppelganging needs some tweaking.... not too much I hope. The other powers are good though, and everything else checks out? I am almost done with his history as well.

[Ninmast]

I think so, yeah. And Doppleganger powers won't need much alteration at all, just change "and powers" to "and natural powers." Everything else sounds good. In fact, I really like this character.