PLAYER: Nix CHARACTER: Magnus the Red CANON: Warhammer 40000
AU NAME: Magnus last-name-to-be-determined AU AGE: like... 47?
BLURB: Magnus is a Meta-human, and this is something obvious immediately on sight, because his skin is bright red and he is twelve feet tall. This has, without exaggeration, been the defining factor in his life. In his childhood, his family was forced to move from Central Ward due to his undisguisable differences, and this is just the first in a very, very long line of conflicts Magnus has had with The Establishment™.
Now, in his adulthood, Magnus is a well-regarded (if controversial) academic. He has a bit of a Marvel-style multi-disciplinary genius thing going on, except that his main focus is the social sciences, and his body of work focuses on sociology and anthropology as it relates to Meta-humans. His critics accuse him of being a Meta-human supremacist — and he is, even if he keeps those beliefs veiled in his professional life. He firmly believes that Meta-humans are nothing but the continuing evolution of humanity, that the path to peace is to elevate all humans to Meta-human status (though he will entertain debate about the precise methods that should be used to do so), and exclusively uses the term "post-human" instead of the more accepted Meta-human.
He also works with the NSO! He helps fund and organize programs related to access to education, with a focus on education concerned with social sciences, philosophy, and the arts. He's extremely passionate about learning in general, and making sure the under-privileged have access to it is one of his greatest concerns!
In addition to being red and Huge, Magnus has psychic powers that I'll fully decide on later. He is, unfortunately, someone for whom being overpowered is important to his character, so I'm still working out how to achieve this without being obnoxious.
LOOKING FOR:
Magnus actually adores the Youths™ and falls into a mentoring role very easily, so I would love CR with younger characters! Particularly those that are artistically-inclined, academically-motivated, only in need of a gentle nudge to become so, or are just generally alienated from the world in a way that would make Magnus's own philosophies appealing to them.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, adult coworkers and academic peers! Magnus is the sort of person who, by nature, has trouble connecting with others as equals, but I would love for him to have some working relationships that can maybe evolve in the direction of Magnus eventually seeing someone as being on his level.
People who will butt heads with him, or at least challenge what he says! Despite presenting a facade of humility and openness, Magnus has a terminal case of "I'm always correct and if anyone disagrees with me, they're the one who is wrong" Disease, so of course he's gonna grate on some people. I'm interested both in people who overall get along with him but think he needs the ego check every once in a while, and people who just straight-up can't stand his stupid smug face.
Conversely, I'm also all for people who... don't do that, and very much agree with the way he thinks, haha. Or people who have some other form of extremist views that at least follow the same trajectory as his, even if they don't match up with 100% accuracy. People he can speak openly to, essentially.
Artists in general. Magnus isn't an artist himself, but he is a collector, and he appreciates creative types!
People who will definitely make fun of him for being named Magnus, lmao.
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I doubt this is going to be an issue, but for the record, I'm planning on saying Magnus was adopted with his original family being ~mysterious~ on the off-chance anyone ever considers playing one of his brothers.
Anyway, so far as WH40k characters go, I'm also considering Mortarion. Unfortunately, however, their canon relationship is too significant for me to app both!
Mortarion would be a character that fits into a very different role, and interact with the setting in a very different way. The rough overview is as follows: In infancy, Mortarion was adopted by a Meta-human with disturbing powers, who used them to become a powerful crime-lord in the Last Ward. Kept in line with abuse, his father used Mortarion as a henchman for the first twenty-something years of his life. A few years ago, however, his foster father was taken down by one of the NSO's vigilante groups, who took Mortarion into their custody for rehabilitation after he aided them.
Unfortunately, Mortarion is going to need more than a few years to get over decades of abuse! Despite being a Meta-human himself, his view of them is very negative, thanks both to the actions of the man who raised him and his own powers being pretty nasty as well. Bitter and withdrawn, he's slow to trust, and doesn't have a particularly high opinion of the NSO's goals despite all the help that has been given to him. I would, if I apped Mortarion, be looking for pretty much the opposite of what I want with Magnus — more adult characters who are willing to put up with his glaring personality flaws to help him grapple with the trauma of his upbringing, and people who have a similarly conflicted view on their own identity as a Meta-human. Let me know if there's interest in a character like that!
Also, this isn't really the same thing, but I didn't have anywhere else to put it so: I'm not really sure how to say Magnus lost his eye in this AU, so let me know if there's any interest in, like, Meta-human body parts being a thing that gets sold on the black market.
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CHARACTER: Magnus the Red
CANON: Warhammer 40000
AU NAME: Magnus last-name-to-be-determined
AU AGE: like... 47?
BLURB: Magnus is a Meta-human, and this is something obvious immediately on sight, because his skin is bright red and he is twelve feet tall. This has, without exaggeration, been the defining factor in his life. In his childhood, his family was forced to move from Central Ward due to his undisguisable differences, and this is just the first in a very, very long line of conflicts Magnus has had with The Establishment™.
Now, in his adulthood, Magnus is a well-regarded (if controversial) academic. He has a bit of a Marvel-style multi-disciplinary genius thing going on, except that his main focus is the social sciences, and his body of work focuses on sociology and anthropology as it relates to Meta-humans. His critics accuse him of being a Meta-human supremacist — and he is, even if he keeps those beliefs veiled in his professional life. He firmly believes that Meta-humans are nothing but the continuing evolution of humanity, that the path to peace is to elevate all humans to Meta-human status (though he will entertain debate about the precise methods that should be used to do so), and exclusively uses the term "post-human" instead of the more accepted Meta-human.
He also works with the NSO! He helps fund and organize programs related to access to education, with a focus on education concerned with social sciences, philosophy, and the arts. He's extremely passionate about learning in general, and making sure the under-privileged have access to it is one of his greatest concerns!
In addition to being red and Huge, Magnus has psychic powers that I'll fully decide on later. He is, unfortunately, someone for whom being overpowered is important to his character, so I'm still working out how to achieve this without being obnoxious.
LOOKING FOR:
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: I doubt this is going to be an issue, but for the record, I'm planning on saying Magnus was adopted with his original family being ~mysterious~ on the off-chance anyone ever considers playing one of his brothers.
Anyway, so far as WH40k characters go, I'm also considering Mortarion. Unfortunately, however, their canon relationship is too significant for me to app both!
Mortarion would be a character that fits into a very different role, and interact with the setting in a very different way. The rough overview is as follows: In infancy, Mortarion was adopted by a Meta-human with disturbing powers, who used them to become a powerful crime-lord in the Last Ward. Kept in line with abuse, his father used Mortarion as a henchman for the first twenty-something years of his life. A few years ago, however, his foster father was taken down by one of the NSO's vigilante groups, who took Mortarion into their custody for rehabilitation after he aided them.
Unfortunately, Mortarion is going to need more than a few years to get over decades of abuse! Despite being a Meta-human himself, his view of them is very negative, thanks both to the actions of the man who raised him and his own powers being pretty nasty as well. Bitter and withdrawn, he's slow to trust, and doesn't have a particularly high opinion of the NSO's goals despite all the help that has been given to him. I would, if I apped Mortarion, be looking for pretty much the opposite of what I want with Magnus — more adult characters who are willing to put up with his glaring personality flaws to help him grapple with the trauma of his upbringing, and people who have a similarly conflicted view on their own identity as a Meta-human. Let me know if there's interest in a character like that!
Also, this isn't really the same thing, but I didn't have anywhere else to put it so: I'm not really sure how to say Magnus lost his eye in this AU, so let me know if there's any interest in, like, Meta-human body parts being a thing that gets sold on the black market.