Cardinal
===IDENTITY===
Full Name: Samael Jophiel Percheron
Nickname(s): Sam
Codename: Cardinal (Card)
Alias(es): n/a
Age: 17
Classification: Metahuman
Affiliation: Lawful Neutral; He has always followed orders or done what is best for whoever or whatever he serves. If he has no allegiances, he quickly finds a law or order to cling to.
===PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION===
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Gender: Male
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 144 lbs
Other Traits: Sometimes has face paint applied based on religious beliefs. Often has his hair wrapped in a single long braid.
===POWERS===
Powers:- Crazy Assassin-y Skizzles: Freerunning, hand to hand combat, proficiency with a bunch of weapons, sweet acrobatics and really stronkkk/fit. Typically, he does prefer hand-to-hand combat, but he is especially well versed in combat with staves and blades. His fighting style could be called very quick, with a lot of aerial flips and twists. He can jump higher than the average person, up to 6 feet, and run up to 30 miles per hour!
- Blessed: As a baby, his mother dipped him in the River Styx and was blessed by his grandmother, who was said to be an oracle. Because of these things, he is protected from 'dark magicks'; many spells cast on him simply dissipate or are extremely weakened.
- Ancient Magicks: Thanks to his bloodline and special training, Card has learned to channel the energies of the universe through his body (similar to the homo magi but not exactly). He is not particularly well versed in these abilities but he can, to a certain extent, levitate himself and small objects. Levitating himself is exclusively used for meditation at this time as he usually levitates only a few feet off the ground. Small objects can slowly drift toward him and he also typically doesn't use this in combat since it usually isn't effective. The area that he has practiced these magicks are in a more violent way. He can challenge the energy through his body and beam it out through his hands in a form of a dangerous ray. These rays, about the radius of his hands, are a heat that will scald any person it touches, burns through cloth and wood easily and can melt through metal if concentrated for long enough. He can also channel these energies into the form of a shield or force field that can withstand a surprising amount of force and pressure. The wider the area of the field, the less it can withstand. It can withstand a rain of gunfire but if he holds the shield for too long, he will get tired and be unable to continue. He can summon a force field as a sphere around his body with about a 3 yard radius but at that size, a bullet can break through. His magical energy is separate from physical stamina, however, so even if he is unable to channel the energy, he can still fight.
Skills:Quartermaster - He is adept at using almost any weapon and can quickly learn how to use any new weapons, although he does not prefer using guns as it takes away the skill from the battle.
Multilingual - In his time with the Order, he has learned to speak English, Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin and Hebrew (his native language).
Sneaky - He rather adept at reconnaissance, spying and sneaking up on people as that's what he's done his whole life.
Weaknesses:Dependency - He's been molded into basically the perfect soldier, almost mindlessly following orders once he has sworn allegiance. He becomes extremely unproductive without direction.
Honor - Card strives to embody this ideal, so he would never kill someone without them having a chance to defend themselves
Human Vulnerability - Bullets hurt, swords cut, heat is hot, these thingzzz
Equipment:Dem Fists - His greatest weapons; Uriel and Raphael
Riddled with Knives - He has many many many knives hidden throughout his suit, some larger for elongated combat, others shorter, used for throwing
Bowstaff - A metal staff that he carries on his back
Blow Darts and Blowgun - A pouch of darts that induce sleep after a few moments if it breaks the skin of a target. Coupled with a long wooden tube dart gun, Card has a reliable long range, silent way to incapacitate his targets
===PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE===
Personality:Card has been brought up to be extremely respectful of his elders and his superiors, so, around anyone ranking above him, he will remain silent unless spoken to. Among those ranking beneath him, he with act as a sort of big brother figure, caring quietly and teaching sternly.
In his whole life, he has never truly had anyone exactly equal to him, so he would be rather confused with how to relate to another as he has had little chance to develop his own confidence to reveal his inner self to another person.
In his mind, Card finds the good in every situation if he can manage it, dwells on the brighter things in life and acknowledges his problems, but doesn't let them bring him down. He feels in touch with animals, especially birds, and sometimes gives them their own personalities and talks to them as if they were their true friends.
The only true love in his life is his mother and he is extremely defensive of her. Should anyone ever harm her, he would feel his true rage unleashed onto them. When Card does get angry, he is of the sort that could do something that he may regret later on. His will is strong, but it is not unbreakable.
Strengths:Skilled detective, tracker, loyal, honest, strong will, hard working, smart
Interests/Habits:Meditation
Animals
Singing/humming/whistling
Swimming
Freerunning
===PERSONAL BACKGROUND===
Family Members: Adolphus Percheron - father
Orianna Percheron - mother
The Oracle - great grandmother
Place of Origin:Metsoke Dragot, Israel
History:Metsoke Dragot Assassin Order
Descended from the ancient days when kings would plot against kings, kingdoms would rise and fall and magic was rich in the world, an order was founded to follow the magical energies flowing through the world and bring balance in them to ensure that the world would ultimately know peace. That order was known as the Metsoke Dragot Order, named after their first member.
At the founding of the order, when it's said that the energies of the universe would speak, Metsoke learned that there would come a day when an oracle would come to the order and the first male of their line would become the greatest member of their order but would sever the energy's ties to the earth if he strayed from the just path. The first elders kept watch for this oracle to arrive and ensured that their successors knew the tale but, as eons passed, these tales turned into legends to all but the most studious scholars.
The Oracle
When the prophecy was all but forgotten, a young woman was adopted into the order. After being trained in the order for years, she began to focus on coupling with the energy of the universe exclusively and soon became so in tuned that she could actually see into the future. Through her first few visions, however, she learned of the ancient prophecy and what the order would do to her and her ancestors. Because of this, she decided to keep her abilities secret.
Soon, she would fall in love with another well known assassin in the order. She began to meet with him in secret and eventually she decided to reveal her secret to him. Much to the oracle's dismay, the assassin was completely shocked and attempted to turn her over to be killed by the elders of the order. As the oracle frantically, tried to dissuade her love from betraying her, she killed him. It was because of this that, she knew that she couldn't trust anyone with her secret.
Furthering the Lineage
Soon after the assassin's death, the Oracle learned that she was with child. She would give birth to a beautiful girl and name her Orianna. Growing up within the order was a different experience as the girl was taught from day one that the order was law and she must do anything to fulfill that law. Orianna learned to fight in the way of the order but could not channel the energies of the universe for whatever reason. Nonetheless, she proved herself to be one of the greatest assassins in the order. Once she came of age, she began travelling the world, fulfilling the order's will and eliminating those that would attempt to stifle their rights.
After years of on the field work, she was left crippled after a failed mission when she fell from a tower in London and broke her left leg. As the order only healed through the energy of the universe and they had no skilled medical physicians, the energy didn't flow through her and couldn't heal her, she was crippled from that day onward.
As she was looked on as a burden on the order, the elders quickly found use of her and arranged for her to be married with the most high elder's own grandson. This man, Adolphus Percheron, was a ghastly, arrogant, cruel, conniving man, and Orianna knew it, sadly she had no choice and was married under the harvest moon.
The River Styx
Soon Orianna and Adolphus had a son and named him Samael. While Orianna was filled with joy as she first looked upon her son, The Oracle looked on in great fear as she knew that the age old prophecy was finally going to pass. All she knew was that she wished for her own family to be safe and, after seeing the order slowly grow evil, she decided that she would give her grandson as much as she could to carry the prophecy through. She asked to hold her grandchild and took him on a pilgrimage to bless him in the eyes of the old energies.
She simply roamed into the desert and allowed the ancient energies to guide her. Months would pass, only the universe sustaining them when the Oracle could feel that she had come upon the most ancient areas of the earth. It's said that she had to fend off the most fearsome beasts such as the Hydra, and Cerberus to continue on. She found the fabled River Styx and bathed her grandson in the river just as the ancient warriors had done. Samael glowed and smiled as he immediately seemed healthier and happier.
When the Oracle returned with the child, Adolphus struck her as he never gave her consent to take him. It's said that the Oracle then dissipated to live among the old energies as this world no longer needed her. For weeks, Orianna wept.
Samael
Samael would be trained more harshly than any other pupil before him under Adolphus from the moment he could walk. He started days early and only found comfort with his mother as night passed. Sam was quickly molded into the perfect assassin and followed every order he was issued. His first kill was at the age of eight and it was not his last. His mother would urge him to learn the ancient magicks as even the elders noted his immense potential. Although he would channel the energies many times, it was not was he focused on by any means. Nevertheless, he progressed extremely quickly and learned to use a few techniques, some thought to be extinct.
All while growing up, his mother pushed to point out every flaw in his father in hopes that her son wouldn't become him. Sadly, as Sam grew older, she saw him really looking up to his father. Adolphus, soon stopped training Sam exclusively and allowed his son to develop his own style on his missions.
Adolphus became discontent with his standing eventually and began looking on enviously to the elders and vocalizing his thoughts on their 'outdated' policies. Soon, he acted and he, along with his band of loyal assassins, sacked Metsoke Dragot and killed all of the elders to claim the seat of leader of the order as his own. In the coup, Samael become extremely confused as to who he should fight for, the elders were his absolute superiors but his father was, well, his father. Distraught, he hid in the duration of the fight only to find his mother in the end, stabbed in the name of blood lust and fading away. He would remember her last words to him, "Kill your father..."
In a state of confusion and rage, he took up arms and stormed the tower, killing many of Adolphus' assassins before meeting his father. After a long fierce battle, Adolphus finally came up victorious, frowning to Samael and saying, "You are no son of mine."
He then cast Samael into the Dead Sea to waste away, but before Samael would die, the spirit of his grandmother would save him and tell him to run from this land until he could return.
Taking upon the alias of Cardinal, a religious leader and peace keeper, Samael left the holy land. In his attempt to find honor in loyalty to a new cause, Card must learn how to find honor in himself.
Notes: Card will one day learn that his mother, in fact, did not die and is still at Metsoke Dragot. Nonetheless, Card's main focus since his mother's apparent death has been dwelling on becoming stronger in the universe's energies, learning how to use energy beams and apply force fields. He would train tirelessly, looking to one day face his father again.
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