Vorpal

Stefano Masciolini as Keith O'Neil

GENERAL Name: Keith O'Neil Birthdate: 01/01/1946 Faction: Superhero Team Codename: Vorpal Position: Position/Job Title/Rank Hometown: Hometown FAMILY STATISTICS Partner(s): NA Height: {$height} Father: NA Weight: {$weight} Mother: NA Hair Color: {$haircolor} Siblings: NA Eye Color: {$eyecolor} Children: NA

Background

IC Events

Traits

Powers

• Feline: Keith's senses are heightened to resemble those of a cat: he possesses the hearing of a cat, capable of perceiving sounds up to 64 kHz (1.6 octaves above the range of a human.) As with all felines, Keith can see in dim lighting, giving him a minimum light detection threshold up to seven times lower than that of humans and his sense of smell is about fourteen times as strong as a human's.
• Indomitable: Vorpal has an admirable will- as willful and as easy to tame as your average feline, and more. Due to the unique nature of his transformation, Vorpal's mind is a rather interesting experience- those who venture into his mind will find that there is a strong taste of Wonderland therein, not unlike traversing a mental maze. The unsettlingly strange nature of his psyche makes him very resilient against psychic manipulation and mind-reading. This particular feature also allows Vorpal to acquire a hunter-like focus when dead set upon achieving something.
• Claws: Vorpal's claws are standard predator fare for a feline. Should they break or be damaged, they will grow back again in the fullness of time.
• Illusions: Vorpal can create false sensory impressions. This ranges from visual images to phantom sounds and smells. The focus required for the illusion is directly proportional to how complex and large the required illusion is. Illusions have no substance and cannot have any real-world effect- anyone who touches one will simply walk through them. Vorpal can use his power of illusion to turn himself invisible, but it will not fool standard methods of detection such as infra-red, touch and scent. The illusions are not psychic in nature but visual, so disbelieving them will not dispel them.
• Agility: Vorpal's unique composition allows him to perform gymnastic feats easily- his reflexes, dexterity, balance and flexibility are above those of a human being. It allows him to run over narrow surfaces such as ledges or even cables and wires without losing his balance, and to perform acrobatic jumps onto and from them.
• Rabbithole: The warping of reality is a basic tenet of chaos magic, and Vorpal is capable of creating 'rabbit holes' in the fabric of reality- two connected portals that may be placed anywhere within his line of sight while in combat. Anything entering into one portal will immediately emerge from the other, maintaining the same direction and momentum relative to the portal (until gravity asserts itself, in the case of a change of direction due to portal placement). The portal may not be closed while a living being is crossing it. Inanimate objects, on the other hand, do not have this protection and can be 'sliced' by the portals- though indestructible and magical objects such as Mjolnir are exempt from this as well. Enchanted objects charged with Holy or Order magic will instantly cause the portals to collapse just by approaching them. The largest portal Vorpal can create is ten feet across. Vorpal can perform long-distance trips with the rabbit holes, but they require a great deal of concentration and thus cannot be done while in the middle of combat or similar situations. He doesn't necessarily need to have visited his destination, but he needs to have some sort of comprehensive image of his location, otherwise the risk of the portal opening somewhere else entirely is very high.

Skills

• Acrobatics: Keith had the potential to be a contender for an Olympic participation- he even enjoyed his gymnastics training, but ultimately his rebellious phase went into full throttle and the pleasure of infuriating his father won. Although he slacked some in his training, Keith has found that now that he has an incredibly more flexible and balanced body, he can do some truly impressive things, with room to perhaps become astonishing were he to continue training.
• Brawling: Keith is a competent fighter, something that he has accumulated from a combination of a rebellious youth and training in Jujutsu. He's not at his best when relying on sheer strength, but he can draw on his agility and flexibility for some very effective fighting.
• Knievel Who?: Keith is very competent riding motorcycles and their upkeep. He is also inclined to be reckless in his approach to driving, which explains why very few people ever decide to ride with him.

Advantages

• Connections: Even in his disgraced state, Keith can still manage to call in a favor or two from a very small number of family and friends of the family still willing to talk to him.- just as long as the favor is small enough not to attract his father's attention. This is mostly reserved for a truly dire scenario.
• Motorcycle: Keith was kicked out of his home with just the clothes on his back (and on the floor), but he also did manage to keep his motorcycle. The 1961 Harley Davidson FLH Panhead is one of the more impressive offerings from Harley, featuring a 60 horsepower engine that can pull its massive chassis to almost 100mph. The motorcycle allows Keith to be mobile and grants him a certain degree of independence- provided he can manage to afford fuel and upkeep. Outside of the few things he has managed to accumulate since being kicked out, the Harley is probably his one prized possession.

Flaws

• Look, Shiny: Because of his nature, Vorpal is not satisfied with the direct approach to a problem. Vorpal's flare for the dramatic means that to him, it is absolutely unacceptable to fight crime in any way that is not spectacular or eye-catching. This lure of the spectacle will make him opt for the more 'ingenious' or far more mischievous option, even if the direct solution to a problem is best.
• won? Vorpal is very much a creature of pride and can be tempted by the need to always be Top Cat.
• Herding What?: The downside of being extremely strong-willed is also the tendency of wanting to have one's own way. Often, he does try- but it's hard for a cheshire to change his stripes, and there are times when he finds himself falling back on this oldest of feline habits.
• My Poor Ears: Vorpal's heightened sense of hearing leaves him particularly vulnerable to sonic attacks, which can stun him severely depending on their intensity.
• Curious? ME?: The old saying doesn't lie: cats are extremely curious beings. Moreso one who is actually sapient and part human. Vorpal wouldn't exactly call himself 'nosy', but he does have a knack for smelling a mystery- and an almost psychological inability to Let It Go. If he comes across a mystery, a riddle, a strange occurrence or something of an unusual nature, it will catch the cheshire's attention and drive him to obsession until he can figure out an answer.
• Mixed Signals: For all of his outward bravado and confidence, Keith is terrified of letting people get too close to him- he is always wary of being hurt or betrayed. And yet, at the same time, he is gregarious and personable, a true extrovert who craves and yearns for friendship and contact. The conflict inherent in that contradiction can make Keith seem fickle and altogether too eager to change moods at the drop of a hat, appearing warm and welcoming one minute and aloof and wary the next. Trust comes slowly to him.
• Out and Down: Keith has been essentially disowned by his father and a large part of his family. His family's wealth is of very little consequence, since it is now out of his reach, as well as many of the circles that he grew up in. Keith has had to make his way in the world working odd jobs and being frugal- something entirely new to him. And, while there are parts of the country where a young gay man can thrive without hiding who he is (such as New York City and its publicity and fashion circuits), many of Keith's interests don't exactly align with those spheres. There are many places where it's dangerous to be gay and out- and while Keith can certainly take care of himself, it's a hard and lonely life.
• He's A Freaking Cat: Even though Keith can hide his appearance using his powers of illusion, the fact remains that he's still very much a freak. He can't maintain his illusion when he sleeps, and so he has to be very careful, lest he be discovered. Although he is not technically a mutant, to the casual observer one strange-looking person is the same as another. His illusions can't hide the fact that he's covered in fur from the touch of another's hand, nor is he exempt from being detected by those who can sense magical illusions.

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Logs

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1965-06-28 - Foiled! (log: billy keith plot victor-mancha)

1965-06-16 - Beasts (log: amber halgrim kai keith social)

1965-05-28 - Dead Can Dance (log: dead-girl felicia-hardy forge julie keith social)

1965-05-06 - Up On The Roof (log: billy keith noh-varr social)

1965-04-23 - Reconnecting (log: billy keith social)

1964-12-10 - Fire Demons Have Terrible Vacation Manners (log: keith peter-parker social strange thor)

1964-12-04 - It Came Upon A Midnight Drear (log: keith social strange)

1964-10-29 - Cigar Factory Throwdowns (log: hope kamala keith ne sage social)

1964-10-14 - A Cat meets an Alien (log: keith social warlock)

1964-10-13 - Goons and Blanks (log: chance danny keith plot)

1964-10-11 - The Cat and the Witch (log: billy keith social)

1963-11-09 - Tourists (log: akihiro gamora keith social)

1963-09-20 - Fright Night (log: keith once-upon-a-hellmouth plot solomon)

1963-09-10 - We Need A Clubhouse (log: eito keith nova social)

1963-09-10 - Rooftop Reception (log: akihiro ben danny-rand johnny keith roberto social sue)

1963-09-03 - The Masks We Wear (log: keith missing-pieces piotr social)

1963-09-03 - Escape From Coney Island II (log: akihiro keith kitty laura logan luke maverick missing-pieces natasha plot x-men)

1963-09-03 - Escape From Coney Island I (log: jean-grey keith kitty laura logan luke missing-pieces piotr plot rogue x-men)

1963-08-27 - Quotas (log: keith piotr social)

1963-08-27 - Quiet Night Turned Violent (log: christine keith nova plot)

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