Post by Richard Rider on Oct 29, 2012 16:59:13 GMT -5
{Richard Charles Rider}
Name: R {Richard Charles Rider}[/b][/color]Space}
Nicknames: {Rich, Nova, Nova Prime, Nova Centurion 11249-44396, Buckethead, Goldy}
Age: {24}
Occupation: {He was one of many Nova Centurions. Now they're all dead. It's just him now. In his civilian life, He's on the dole, having lost his job at the burger joint. He also happens to be one of the newest recruits to the Avengers.}
Eye color: {Green, glowing blue/white when in costume}
Hair color: {Brown}
Playby: {Jensen Ackles}
Canon/Original: {canon}
Powers: {Yes}
{1} {Supersonic-near light-speed flight}
{2} {Super strength-able to lift well in excess of 100 tons}
{3} {Energy manipulation-as the host of the Nova Force, Nova can absorb energy and unleash it in powerful blasts}
{4} {Super Intelligence-The WorldMind of Xandar supplements Nova's own intelligence with the collective knowledge of the Nova Corps}
Parents: {Charles Rider} {Mary Rider}
Siblings: {Nothing to see here}
Children: {Nope!}
Other: {Xandrian Worldmind-it's a sentient supercomputer stuck in his brain}
Likes:
{Disney anything}
{Jokes}
{The power that comes with the Nova Force's host}
{Flying}
[/ul]
Dislikes:
{{eaches}
{Beards}
{Wondering whether he'd be dumber without the Worldmind}
{Weddings}[/ul]
Personality: {Richard generally displays a light-hearted, easy-going, cheeky attitude. He's more extroverted and gregarious than his Worldmind counterpart. He can't help but fling out a slew of one-liners when he fights. He has a bit of an eye for the women, and it can distract him a bit. He generally puts on a positive, optimistic attitude in life. When he meets someone new, he tries as hard as he can to befriend them. He feels that it is important to connect with his childhood, and as such, his love of Disney movies (and practically anything with the word Disney on it) remains with him in his adult life. If rules are set out for him, he makes an attempt to follow them to the letter.
Behind his positive attitude lurks an inner sadness. A sadness that is fueled by the fact that he needs the Nova Force to survive. A streak of vengeance also twists within him. Vengeance for the Nova Corpsmen who died. And guilt. Guilt that he wasn't able to fufill Dey's last wish. The last few molecules of his depression are still there, but they're fading away, bit by bit. He's still a tiny weeny bit unsure about the Worldmind being in his head, and the fact that it has the capacity to control his body. His anger, too, is terrible, for he doesn't even raise his voice. His rage festers deep inside him. He tries not to hold grudges, but he can't help but hang on to them.}
History: {Richard Charles Rider was born in Hempstead, New York. Both of his parents were sports enthusiasts and owned a small sporting equipment shop. Richard grew up in a very fitness-oriented environment, and was introduced to several sports from a young age. When he attended school, he became a sports star, known for his good athletic ability but quite low intelligence. This identification of him continued when he went to the Harry S Truman High School, and joined the football team. In his second year, when he was about to score a winner for his team, he vanished into nothing. Teleported away by a force not-of-this-earth.
Richard came to on the floor of a spaceship, where a blue-skinned alien wearing a strange golden uniform, adorned with a red cape, greeted him. The alien, who Richard learned was called Rhomman Dey, was part of something called the "Nova Corps", and he had been tracking an alien criminal called Zorr. Dey had been injured fatally, and needed a replacement for him in the Corps. His dying act was to transfer his share of the Nova Force to Richard, who was transformed into a Nova Corps Centurion. He had all this power, but no guidance on how to use it. For a week or two, he took the life of a superhero for his own, until he was called to Xandar, the home of the Nova Corps. During the period in which he was trained in the use of the Nova Force, he learning about Rhomman Dey's role as "Nova Prime", and that Dey had picked Richard purely at random to inherit the role from him. Richard served in the Corps as a Centurion for a couple of years, until he expressed a desire to return home, to his friends. Even though he was forced to give up his share of the Nova Force, the Corps granted Richard's request, returning him to Earth.
Richard spent the next few years flipping burgers and desperately trying to make ends meet due to his disrupted education. His life took a downward spiral as he slipped into a depression, full of regret for leaving the Corps and guilt for not honouring Rhomman Dey's last wish. He believed himself to be slowly turning schizophrenic, as he could hear a voice in his head. He consulted a couple of therapists, who could offer no help. On the eve of his 21st birthday, Richard was confronted by a man with completely grey skin. The man introduced himself as Garthan Saal, a former Nova Corps Centurion, who explained that the Corps had been completely wiped out by an invasion on their homeworld of Xandar. He said that the entirity of the Nova Force had been transferred to the last named Nova Prime: Richard. The Force lay dormant in him after the Corps' destruction, and Saal wanted it for himself. He pushed Richard off a roof in an attempt to kill him and take the force. The adrenaline rush had the adverse effect and reactivated the Nova Force. Richard incinerated Saal, but found his power going out of control. The voice in his head emerged again, and a costume formed around him. The voice identified Richard as Nova Prime, and itself as the Xandrian Worldmind, the supercomputer that co-ordinated the Nova Corps. Richard remained on Earth, following the life that he had started when he was a teenager.}
----------
Your name: {Puzzle}
Random Fact about you: {I ish vegetarian}
Custom Title for Character: {Golden Centurion}
[/size][/blockquote]
