Post by Wonder Girl on Apr 9, 2008 0:14:04 GMT -5
The Character
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Cannon or your own: Canon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/ect): DC
Characters civilian name: Cassandra Elizabeth Sandsmark
Code names/Aliases: Wonder Girl/Drusilla
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..ect]: Superhero
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Gender: Female
Age: 18
Apparent Age: 18
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height and weight: 5'3"/125lbs
Appearance:
;Cassie has been a pretty girl all her life but has she grows she becoming more beautiful and goddess like. Her body his thin and streamline giving the natural look of Spartan woman with the mixture of Amazon. Her look is all natural and she wouldn't go into too much make up. Her blue eyes are blond hair are not the best testament to the girl being a of Greek birth but it better then some girls. At she can wear black wig and not get looked twice at. Her skin tone is a milky white and body is perfect in the ideal of the Spartans. Zeus did well at created his own child.
Her body seems flawless and heart just as bold as the clothing she wears. Bearing a little skin never gave a bad impression for those that look. Her clothing since her first days of WonderGirl has become more revealing in nature. Boots and belly tops are the calling for the evening. Her ears seem to have star studs in the in the ears all the time. Cassie loves to look nearly perfect at all times. Her colors revolve around the red, white, blue, gold, silver, and black of the American people. Stars are almost a must on all her costumes were on the clothing or ears.
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Super Powers:
When Cassie first became Wonder Girl, she attempted to fight crime with the help of Amazon artifacts "borrowed" from Wonder Woman. She derived super strength from the Gauntlet of Atlas, while gaining flight and super speed from the "Sandals of Hermes". It was also during this period that she was trained in unarmed combat, largely by former Wonder Woman stand-in Artemis.
The powers granted to Cassie by Zeus were largely the same as those granted by the artifacts, but they operated at a higher level. Unfortunately, they also came with a rarely used loophole given to Cassie's mother Helena, wherein her powers could be canceled if her mother so wished. Soon after Cassie joined the Teen Titans, she was granted the Lasso of Ares by the War god himself. The lasso gave Cassie the ability to manipulate electricity through it's enchanted fibers.
When Zeus and the rest of the Olympic Pantheon left Earth during the Infinite Crisis, Cassie realized that her powers were waning -- with some instances of total failure. In order to help defeat Alexander Luthor, Cassie finally gave into Ares, taking half of his powers to replace what she had lost. She seems to have retained her former abilities, but recent battles show her strength may have been enhanced -- a fact Cassie herself has commented on.
Learned Abilities:
None
Equipment:
formerly Gauntlets of Atlas, Sandals of Hermes, lasso of lightning
Weaknesses (Must Have):
Her lasso of Lightening is controlled by anger. If Cassie is not angered by something she will not be able to use the sting of her father. Her mother is also blessed with touch that can take away her powers though she hardly uses it. This touch was given to her by Zeus and is known as Maternal depowerment. Sometimes Cassie tends to lose her powers for reasons that are unknown to every one,and there is a possibility that Ares can take away the powers that he has given to her if he really wants to.
Background:
For most of her adolescent life, Cassie Sandsmark was a normal teenage girl. She lived alone with her mother Helena, a respected archaeologist . Her father was absent for her entire childhood, to the point that Cassie wasn't even aware who he was.
Helena Sandsmark had begun working with Wonder Woman through a kind of happenstance, but the heroine made a quick impression on Cassie. When Wonder Woman found herself dangerously close to defeat at the hands of a clone of Doomsday, Cassie borrowed some of WW's unused equipment (notably the Sandals of Hermes and the Gauntlet of Atlas). After helping defeat the villain, Cassie continued to use he artifacts to occasionally assist the Amazonian Princess.
Later on, Cassie was able to steal a moment of Olympian god Zeus' time, which she used to request actual super powers. Zeus was impressed enough by the child's willpower and courage to grant her request. The powers came with a loophole, however: Helena has the ability to cancel Cassie's ability whenever she wishes. Thus far, Helena has allowed her daughter to continue unabated, only rarely using this ability.
Cassie soon accepted the title of Wonder Girl, and trained with Artemis, Donna Troy, and even Wonder Woman herself. She became especially close to Troy, whom she had idolized as a child (a fact that is evident by the choice of wig for her original Wonder Girl costume). It was Donna who gave Cassie the original Wonder Girl costume, a symbolic passing of the torch.
While assisting the Amazonians whenever the opportunity arose, Cassie found herself wandering deeper into the world of superheroes. After being assaulted by the villain Harm, Cassie found herself recruited by Robin, Superboy, and Bart Allen, a group of teenage heroes known as Young Justice. Along with Arrowette, Secret, and Empress, Wonder Girl represented the second wave of Young Justice members, creating an honest team out of what was originally three sidekicks goofing off and fighting crime as an afterthought.
During her tenure with Young Justice, Wonder Girl grew into a full-fledged superhero. She took over leadership of the team when Robin stepped down from the post, all while cultivating a crush on Superboy and close friendship with Secret and Arrowette. It was during this period that Cassie's secret identity was revealed to the public when she was forced to defend her high school against an attack by Wonder Woman's nemesis the Silver Swan.
Just as Wonder Girl began settling into her leadership role, the Teen Titans and Young Justice were offered sponsorship by a mysterious corporation called Optitron. While mulling over the pitch, both teams were assaulted by Indigo, a misunderstood android who unwittingly activated a homicidal Superman robot. Donna Troy was killed in the ensuing battle, an incident that left the heroes shattered. Depressed and guilt-ridden over the death of her friend and idol, Cassie contemplated retiring from superheroics.
Instead, she found herself persuaded to join a new incarnation of the Teen Titans, reformed from the ashes of Donna's death by Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire. Wonder Girl fought alongside former Young Justice teammates Superboy, Robin, and Impulse (now going by Kid Flash), as well a de-aged Raven and new recruit Speedy. The new team came up against a litany of threats from the original incarnations past, fending off assaults by Deathstroke, Brother Blood, The Fearsome Five, and Dr. Light. She also found herself constantly confronted by the Olympian Ares, who gave her the lasso she currently uses.
While a member of the Titans, Cassie surmised the true identity of her father. After assisting Wonder Woman in defeating Hades and restoring order to the Olympian Pantheon, Cassie was granted one wish which she used to force the revelation of her true parentage -- Zeus himself. Zeus and Helena Sandsmark had a dalliance while Zeus was disguised as a human, resulting in the now half-Olympian Cassie.
Personality :
Cassie has displayed a remarkable amount of growth in her relatively short career. She originally took up the Wonder Girl legacy because of two opposing ideals: youthful exuberance and a strong sense of duty. Cassie's inexperience plagued her during the early stages of her career, but she always attacked situations with an indomitable sunny disposition.
Cassie's tenure as a member of Young Justice was littered with change, in both her civilian and superhero identities. She found herself with a powerful crush on Superboy, leading to new moments of indecision and dramatic fluctuations in confidence. However, it was out of these low points that Cassie truly found herself. Cassie ditched her childish original costume in favor of a more adult outfit, a sign of her burgeoning confidence in herself and her abilities. It was during this period that Cassie's leadership potential emerged, as she took the reigns of the team from Robin and led a massive strike force of young and inexperienced heroes into the team's most epic battle.
She still displayed the strength that had made her such a strong member of Young Justice, however, going as far as to take the lead in her relationship with Superboy and help Raven adjust to her life as a teenager.
Cassie continued as a stable, dedicated heroine until the loss of her powers. She has distanced herself from her mother and her teammates, letting her grief and the influence of Ares make her bitter and more violent. She has shown glimpses of the "old" Cassie during recent events, however, leading one to believe that her personality will right itself as she deals with her loss.
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Brief Sample Roleplay
Cassandra Sandsmark was not in the best of moods right now. She had just come home from visiting her mother and the two of them had gotten into an argument. With all of the registration stuff going on recently, her mother was scared for her and didn't want her to do it. Cassie on the other hand just didn't know what to do. She wanted to so as not to get into any trouble, but on the other hand she felt that what she had was something she only wanted a certain amount of people to know. Not the whole world.
Sighing softly, she brushed a stray lock of golden hair out of her eyes. She didn't want to upset her mother or anything like that, but it wasn't as if she was a child anymore. She was old enough to make her own decisions now, and she was pretty sure that this was one of those moments where the decision should be left entirely up to her.
Frowning slightly, she kicked at the ground. She did not need to be in such a bad mood right now. She wanted to think happy thoughts....it was just not happening just yet. Sighing once again, she looked to the side of her to see a tree.
Smiling slightly to herself, she climbed up into it. She liked being off of the ground. Whether she was flying or just in a tree like right now. It made her feel safer and happier. It also kind of made it easier for her to think more clearly about things that were going on right now.
Closing her cerulean orbs for a moment, she sighed once again, listening to the sounds around her. She'd need to speak to her mother sometime soon. Just not yet...right now she liked being by herself, listening to any of the sounds of nature around her.
Sadly though, she knew that this quiet wouldn't last that long. It never really did. People liked making noises around this place. It was crowded, and it was full of people. Not that she minded or anything like that, it was more just that, well sometimes she felt that people needed to take some time and stop to smell the roses as the old saying went. They did smell awfully pretty.
