PLAYER: Ax CHARACTER: Urza Planeswalker CANON: Magic: The Gathering.
AU NAME: Urza Harbin AU AGE: Early 50s (PB is John Glover)
BLURB: Urza Harbin was born and raised in a family of means, with a wealthy father and an academic for a mother, and spent most of his early years ensconced in the best schooling available. He excelled, and was regarded as something of a prodigy when it came to science and engineering fields, obtaining multiple doctorates by the time he turned thirty-five. He has published a number of papers on artificial intelligence, robotics, and new methods of applying them. He's famous, or at least niche-scientist famous. He married a fellow academic (this aspect is subject to change tho) and taught for a few years.
From there he went on to work for various companies to build his reputation before moving into the head developer at a robotics research firm, where he has the pull (and lack of oversight) to basically work unhindered on advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence. Ostensibly the company pays him to work on weapons, but Urza has enough standing that most of his research is stuff he is interested in and profit for the company is just a byproduct of his work.
However for all his education, Urza is secretly a metahuman. His gifts are primarily focused on technoempathy and an enhanced intellect not all that dissimilar from a supercomputer, though he possesses a rarely used ferrokinetic ability as well. Simply put, his brain understands machines and can manipulate them to suit his needs.
Urza is a bit of a harsh man, mostly because he sees the world as a giant network of organic and inorganic machines and has trouble relating to normal people. He's not mean or harsh, he's just blunt and awkward to most people. However, he is deeply passionate about AI, robotics, and also education...and so is happy to help work with kids on STEM projects and do guest lectures at colleges and high schools, even running an outreach program for kids in bad neighborhoods to learn more about science and engineering. Think like a combination of Otto Octavius and Bill Nye, without the supervillain aspects attached.
LOOKING FOR: I'm open to anything, really. Urza could theoretically have a PC wife and family. Students, people he's inspired, people who HATE him, AI, Robots, really I'm good with ideas, just throw them at me.
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I think the only character I'm really looking at is Urza.
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CHARACTER: Urza Planeswalker
CANON: Magic: The Gathering.
AU NAME: Urza Harbin
AU AGE: Early 50s (PB is John Glover)
BLURB: Urza Harbin was born and raised in a family of means, with a wealthy father and an academic for a mother, and spent most of his early years ensconced in the best schooling available. He excelled, and was regarded as something of a prodigy when it came to science and engineering fields, obtaining multiple doctorates by the time he turned thirty-five. He has published a number of papers on artificial intelligence, robotics, and new methods of applying them. He's famous, or at least niche-scientist famous. He married a fellow academic (this aspect is subject to change tho) and taught for a few years.
From there he went on to work for various companies to build his reputation before moving into the head developer at a robotics research firm, where he has the pull (and lack of oversight) to basically work unhindered on advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence. Ostensibly the company pays him to work on weapons, but Urza has enough standing that most of his research is stuff he is interested in and profit for the company is just a byproduct of his work.
However for all his education, Urza is secretly a metahuman. His gifts are primarily focused on technoempathy and an enhanced intellect not all that dissimilar from a supercomputer, though he possesses a rarely used ferrokinetic ability as well. Simply put, his brain understands machines and can manipulate them to suit his needs.
Urza is a bit of a harsh man, mostly because he sees the world as a giant network of organic and inorganic machines and has trouble relating to normal people. He's not mean or harsh, he's just blunt and awkward to most people. However, he is deeply passionate about AI, robotics, and also education...and so is happy to help work with kids on STEM projects and do guest lectures at colleges and high schools, even running an outreach program for kids in bad neighborhoods to learn more about science and engineering. Think like a combination of Otto Octavius and Bill Nye, without the supervillain aspects attached.
LOOKING FOR: I'm open to anything, really. Urza could theoretically have a PC wife and family. Students, people he's inspired, people who HATE him, AI, Robots, really I'm good with ideas, just throw them at me.
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I think the only character I'm really looking at is Urza.