ABRAXAS APPLICATION.
Nov. 14th, 2022 08:15 pmOOC INFORMATION
Player Name: Jen
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IC INFORMATION
Character Name: Henry Creel
Canon: Stranger Things
Canon Point: Almost immediately after being banished to the Upside Down.
Age: 32
Background: A wiki link HERE
Arrival Scenario: Solvunn
Suitability: As a villain in his narrative, to say Henry is a highly motivated character is an understatement. He is very driven by his personal goals — in canon, these include, broadly, discovering a new power and using it to tear holes in reality to further his own ends of remaking the world. While taken from an earlier canon point, the Singularity represents a similar interest to him; it’s likely he will seek out ways to understand the monolith and learn if there are ways to harness its power. Also, as a resident of Solvunn, learning more about the Old Gods would also interest him. In fact, part of the appeal of apping this character is to stir up a little trouble. Opening up portals to let a few monsters in? Doing a little murder? Manipulating others? Possibly all just another day ending in “Y” for Henry Creel.
It’s worth noting that not only is he a Big Bad, but he comes from a horror canon where monsters and other supernatural happenings have continually plagued a small town. He will not be unsuited to any dark themes that may crop up amid the game’s plot.
Powers:
Henry is one of the most powerful psychokinetic individuals in his canon. As a result, a good chunk of his abilities are related to manipulating another person's mind in some way. I will always discuss OOCly with the player first before having him use any of these more invasive abilities on another, regardless of Henry's IC disregard for preferences. Also note that Henry is coming from an earlier canonpoint, which means he does not have all of his abilities from the end of the season! I will only be touching on the ones relevant to him as he'll be played in Abraxas.
PERSONALITY QUESTIONS
Describe an important event in your character's life and how it impacted them.
When Henry was only twelve, he discovered he had psionic abilities sometime after his family moved to the small town of Hawkins, Indiana. This development was critical in forming a new, nihilistic perspective on life, one that he still carries with him to this day.
Described by his father as a sensitive child—and further implied by the show and Henry’s own dialogue that he never quite fit in and was considered “broken” by the adults around him and society at large—Henry’s worldview was already skewing jaded even at a young age. Exacerbated by his differences and growing discontent regarding his inability and unwillingness to conform to society’s expectations of normality, he had already begun to feel resentful of humanity. With the addition of his powers, Henry was able to see into the minds of others, viewing their memories and soon deigning everyone as artificial, performative, and hypocritical. This new worldview eventually culminated in decisions that would drive the plot of the narrative forward.
From a story structure standpoint, he would not have been taken away by the US government without the discovery of his powers, either, which led to twenty years spent living in an underground lab that only strengthened his misanthropy and justified, in his mind at least, his actions moving forward.
Does your character have a moral code, or other set of standards they try to live by?
Henry’s moral code is so low to the ground that it may as well be in the gutter. His worldview is predicated on misanthropy and nihilism, and his general lack of empathy for people means he has very little qualms about hurting others to achieve his goals. He puts on a nice, polite facade to hide it—leaning hard into his equally manipulative capabilities—but very rarely does he actually care about the feelings or problems of others in a way that isn’t purely clinical. If he is ever invested, it is only to bolster his worldview, not to challenge it. While he won’t commit any blatantly despicable crimes on a whim, all Henry ever requires is a reason and a moment of opportunity for this possibility to become a reality.
Henry despises what he believes is human artificiality. He sees the mundanity of everyday life and routine as rote and tiresome, and he describes society’s enforcement of order as a “straightjacket.” If there is one set of standards he’ll abide by, it is that he will never appreciate the performative nature of humanity and refuse to be controlled by it.
It is also worth noting, however, that Henry is a huge hypocrite. He dislikes facades, but he wears a kind and friendly one all the same to manipulate others. He believes that people are marching mindlessly through their lifetimes, disillusioned by their uglier selves beneath, while indulging in reprehensible actions himself. He despises being controlled, believing he never had the freedom to make his own choices in life, while his powers revolve around depriving a victim of their agency and manipulating their trauma and grief. Henry is either keenly unaware of these discrepancies or refuses to acknowledge them, and will always default to believing his point of view is the correct one without anything or anyone to directly challenge him.
What quality or qualities do they admire most?
Henry admires, perhaps unsurprisingly, traits he believes he has himself. At the forefront of these are resolve and ambition — given his own wish to change the world, or at the very least not play the tiresome part that everyone else does, he knows that there is value in possessing a strong, unerring conviction to see certain goals through to the end. Lesser individuals would give up or simply take the path of least resistance, but Henry has little to no respect for people who settle for what others dictate for them.
In a related way, Henry also admires those who refuse to conform, even if that means being seen as other or different. He appreciates individualism on a basic level, even if he cannot quite bring that one step further and admire the individual themselves — rather, it is more accurate to say that Henry admires the strength to be different and incite change where it is needed. (Even if his own way of going about that, further along in his canon, is morally questionable at best and cruel at worst.)
Speaking even more broadly, Henry admires strength because he knows it is the most effective tool in advancing all of the above. Having found a kinship with spiders, and therefore adopting the stance of “predators devour the weak,” possessing power (in whatever form it takes) means justifying one’s role in the natural order of things.
Do they have a part of themselves they dislike?
It would be next to impossible for him to admit it to himself, much less anyone else, but at his core—if you really, really go looking for it—Henry dislikes feeling as though he does not fit with the world around him and his inherent inability to connect with others. He would much rather decide that the world itself is broken (and in fact, this is a large underlying part of his motivations in his canon, as referenced in the first section of this questionnaire) than admit that he could be — a label that was plastered onto him by various doctors and teachers when he was a child, and reinforced, in his admittedly unfair opinion, by how easily his mother (and by extension, the rest of his family) was ready and willing to give him up.
I cannot stress enough how literally impossible this would be for him to even talk about without significant character growth, but there is also part of Henry that is simply lonely, given his inability to connect significantly with anyone. Has this manifested in a healthy way? Absolutely not. Would he deny it until his last, dying breath? Absolutely yes. It represents a level of vulnerability he lacks the self-awareness and emotional maturity to really confront, and he will continue to pretend it is not there, and his own issues are not the actual problem, forever and ever and ever.
What is their sign, and why?
I've chosen the Hierophant for Henry because, for good or ill, one cannot argue that he does not hold a strong set of personal values. Canon proves that he adheres to them starkly, even to the detriment of everyone else. Especially to the detriment of everyone else; but it means he fits the bill rather well, regardless.
SAMPLES & ARRIVAL
Samples:
TDM TOPLEVEL
Player Name: Jen
Are you over 18?: Yes
Contact:
Other Characters in Game: Stephen Strange (
sorser) and Sephiroth (supersoldier)IC INFORMATION
Character Name: Henry Creel
Canon: Stranger Things
Canon Point: Almost immediately after being banished to the Upside Down.
Age: 32
Background: A wiki link HERE
Arrival Scenario: Solvunn
Suitability: As a villain in his narrative, to say Henry is a highly motivated character is an understatement. He is very driven by his personal goals — in canon, these include, broadly, discovering a new power and using it to tear holes in reality to further his own ends of remaking the world. While taken from an earlier canon point, the Singularity represents a similar interest to him; it’s likely he will seek out ways to understand the monolith and learn if there are ways to harness its power. Also, as a resident of Solvunn, learning more about the Old Gods would also interest him. In fact, part of the appeal of apping this character is to stir up a little trouble. Opening up portals to let a few monsters in? Doing a little murder? Manipulating others? Possibly all just another day ending in “Y” for Henry Creel.
It’s worth noting that not only is he a Big Bad, but he comes from a horror canon where monsters and other supernatural happenings have continually plagued a small town. He will not be unsuited to any dark themes that may crop up amid the game’s plot.
Powers:
Henry is one of the most powerful psychokinetic individuals in his canon. As a result, a good chunk of his abilities are related to manipulating another person's mind in some way. I will always discuss OOCly with the player first before having him use any of these more invasive abilities on another, regardless of Henry's IC disregard for preferences. Also note that Henry is coming from an earlier canonpoint, which means he does not have all of his abilities from the end of the season! I will only be touching on the ones relevant to him as he'll be played in Abraxas.
TELEKINESIS - The ability to move solid objects with his mind! Henry is able to do this with both small objects and large, showing very little strain with either. He's able to manipulate them with relative precision, as well. PSIONIC BLAST - Or basically using his telekinesis in a much more forceful, offensive way, Henry is able to create a blast of force with his mind to push objects away or otherwise break them. TELEPATHY - Henry is able to reach into the minds of others, viewing their memories and past experiences. From there, he can transpose his own consciousness and manipulate the events within. Like this, he is in total control of the scene unless interrupted physically (this leaves both him and the other individual in a trance-like state) or the other person is able to break his hold on them. (Canonly, the only real way to do this is to "slip away" from his influence by hearing a favorite song on the outside.) ILLUSION INDUCEMENT - He can make people see things that are not there! From complex illusions to more simple changes, Henry does not require intrusion into someone else's mind to do this. PSIONIC RESISTANCE - He has a high resistance to psionic powers used on him. In this instance, it usually comes down to a battle of willpower to resolve the conflict between two psychokinetic-powered individuals. MINDSCAPE - This does not apply to the same degree from an earlier canonpoint, but it is fair to assume Henry still possesses his own "space" inside his mind; a zone that represents his own subconscious and one in which he can drag others' conscious minds into. Later in the season, we see that it is littered with visuals related to Henry's experiences, ones that he would not yet have undergone yet in Abraxas. Regardless, this would merely manifest as an aesthetic change, instead; the concept would still apply. PSYCHIC ABSORPTION - (This is what the wiki calls it, I don't know what else to label it, either.) When Henry kills a victim, presumably with his telepathic powers in which he infiltrates another person's mind, he absorbs their memories and skills, and if they are psionic like him, adds their power to his own. In his mindscape, these victims are represented as dead avatars, trapped in his head, but ultimately non-interactable since they are not conscious, but merely a representation of what Henry has taken from another.
PERSONALITY QUESTIONS
Describe an important event in your character's life and how it impacted them.
When Henry was only twelve, he discovered he had psionic abilities sometime after his family moved to the small town of Hawkins, Indiana. This development was critical in forming a new, nihilistic perspective on life, one that he still carries with him to this day.
Described by his father as a sensitive child—and further implied by the show and Henry’s own dialogue that he never quite fit in and was considered “broken” by the adults around him and society at large—Henry’s worldview was already skewing jaded even at a young age. Exacerbated by his differences and growing discontent regarding his inability and unwillingness to conform to society’s expectations of normality, he had already begun to feel resentful of humanity. With the addition of his powers, Henry was able to see into the minds of others, viewing their memories and soon deigning everyone as artificial, performative, and hypocritical. This new worldview eventually culminated in decisions that would drive the plot of the narrative forward.
From a story structure standpoint, he would not have been taken away by the US government without the discovery of his powers, either, which led to twenty years spent living in an underground lab that only strengthened his misanthropy and justified, in his mind at least, his actions moving forward.
Does your character have a moral code, or other set of standards they try to live by?
Henry’s moral code is so low to the ground that it may as well be in the gutter. His worldview is predicated on misanthropy and nihilism, and his general lack of empathy for people means he has very little qualms about hurting others to achieve his goals. He puts on a nice, polite facade to hide it—leaning hard into his equally manipulative capabilities—but very rarely does he actually care about the feelings or problems of others in a way that isn’t purely clinical. If he is ever invested, it is only to bolster his worldview, not to challenge it. While he won’t commit any blatantly despicable crimes on a whim, all Henry ever requires is a reason and a moment of opportunity for this possibility to become a reality.
Henry despises what he believes is human artificiality. He sees the mundanity of everyday life and routine as rote and tiresome, and he describes society’s enforcement of order as a “straightjacket.” If there is one set of standards he’ll abide by, it is that he will never appreciate the performative nature of humanity and refuse to be controlled by it.
It is also worth noting, however, that Henry is a huge hypocrite. He dislikes facades, but he wears a kind and friendly one all the same to manipulate others. He believes that people are marching mindlessly through their lifetimes, disillusioned by their uglier selves beneath, while indulging in reprehensible actions himself. He despises being controlled, believing he never had the freedom to make his own choices in life, while his powers revolve around depriving a victim of their agency and manipulating their trauma and grief. Henry is either keenly unaware of these discrepancies or refuses to acknowledge them, and will always default to believing his point of view is the correct one without anything or anyone to directly challenge him.
What quality or qualities do they admire most?
Henry admires, perhaps unsurprisingly, traits he believes he has himself. At the forefront of these are resolve and ambition — given his own wish to change the world, or at the very least not play the tiresome part that everyone else does, he knows that there is value in possessing a strong, unerring conviction to see certain goals through to the end. Lesser individuals would give up or simply take the path of least resistance, but Henry has little to no respect for people who settle for what others dictate for them.
In a related way, Henry also admires those who refuse to conform, even if that means being seen as other or different. He appreciates individualism on a basic level, even if he cannot quite bring that one step further and admire the individual themselves — rather, it is more accurate to say that Henry admires the strength to be different and incite change where it is needed. (Even if his own way of going about that, further along in his canon, is morally questionable at best and cruel at worst.)
Speaking even more broadly, Henry admires strength because he knows it is the most effective tool in advancing all of the above. Having found a kinship with spiders, and therefore adopting the stance of “predators devour the weak,” possessing power (in whatever form it takes) means justifying one’s role in the natural order of things.
Do they have a part of themselves they dislike?
It would be next to impossible for him to admit it to himself, much less anyone else, but at his core—if you really, really go looking for it—Henry dislikes feeling as though he does not fit with the world around him and his inherent inability to connect with others. He would much rather decide that the world itself is broken (and in fact, this is a large underlying part of his motivations in his canon, as referenced in the first section of this questionnaire) than admit that he could be — a label that was plastered onto him by various doctors and teachers when he was a child, and reinforced, in his admittedly unfair opinion, by how easily his mother (and by extension, the rest of his family) was ready and willing to give him up.
I cannot stress enough how literally impossible this would be for him to even talk about without significant character growth, but there is also part of Henry that is simply lonely, given his inability to connect significantly with anyone. Has this manifested in a healthy way? Absolutely not. Would he deny it until his last, dying breath? Absolutely yes. It represents a level of vulnerability he lacks the self-awareness and emotional maturity to really confront, and he will continue to pretend it is not there, and his own issues are not the actual problem, forever and ever and ever.
What is their sign, and why?
I've chosen the Hierophant for Henry because, for good or ill, one cannot argue that he does not hold a strong set of personal values. Canon proves that he adheres to them starkly, even to the detriment of everyone else. Especially to the detriment of everyone else; but it means he fits the bill rather well, regardless.
SAMPLES & ARRIVAL
Samples:
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