Post by kalel on Jul 2, 2008 19:52:39 GMT -5
Superman was marked as an adoptable but I didn't see him so I just made up the bio.
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Canon or your own: Canon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/etc): DC Comics
Characters civilian name: Kal-El
Code names/Aliases: Clark Kent, Superman
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..etc]: Superhero
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Gender: Male
Age: Indeterminate
Apparent Age: Early 30s
Hair: As Clark, his hair is black and ruffled, somewhat unkempt as though he slept on it and didn’t use a brush. As Superman, his hair is flat and near to his head, styled normally in a wave.
Eyes: Bright, shining blue, extraordinarily expressive
Height and weight: 6'2, 225 pounds - and pretty much all of it muscle.
Appearance:
Kal-El is one handsome bloke. He has a square chin, symmetrical face, piercing blue eyes, and an ice cream cone figure. Though as Clark he seems a little thin and gangly, he is very muscular and strong, with a narrow waist and hips, toned legs, and large hands.
He wears normal clothes over his Superman outfit.
Picture [if available]:
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Super Powers:
Kryptonian Physiology: Superman's cellular structure is more dense, resilient and biologically more effective than human tissue. Under natural Kryptonian conditions, does not seem to possess superhuman strength levels despite his enhanced cellular ability without constant exposure to yellow solar energy. Without such charging, his strength seems on par for a human of his height and weight who engages in regular physical activity. As an alien he possess several organs whose functions are not yet disclosed or understood but are believed to be part of and perhaps even the source of his biomatrix force field and reclamation aura. Superman's body also stores energy actively within his bio-cellular matrix as an energy pattern that is linked to his body's electromagnetic field. This energy powers most of Superman's electromagnetic capabilities such as flight and heat vision. It also supplements his physical strength by a factor of 12,000 times or so.
Solar Energy Absorption: Technically, this is the main source of Superman's powers. Because Superman's powers are greatly due to exposure to Earth's yellow sun, his powers have been affected by extreme absorptions of solar power, whether voluntary or involuntary. However, Superman has used this to his advantage in battle in many instances, and to his detriment at certain times.
Superhuman Strength: While the exact magnitude of Superman's strength is unknown, it is generally accepted that Superman is sufficiently strong to lift 100,000 tons or more. The exact specfic range is unknown as Superman's strength, like his other powers, has fluctuated over time. Superman's strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is through his act of conscious will manipulation that allows Superman to engage in physical feats that are beyond merely applying applicable force such as moving a mountain without said rock crumbling under its own mass while Superman moves it. At his theoretical maximum, fully immersed and over charged by yellow solar radiation, the New Earth Superman has been noted to be able to concentrate his will into physical force enough to allow him to move Earth-moon sized planetary bodies out of their orbit [9] where after emerging from the Sun over-energized, Superman physically pushed "WarWorld" (The Dwarf Planet Pluto) across the solar system and into a boom tube. However being at that level has been directly shown to be adverse to him, and his body is unable to contain that level of energy directly for any true length of time without harmful effects. And again, this level of control and power access is not normal for him to achieve and even in this particular instance. Superman's normal strength levels are obviously in the multi-megaton range. Currently he only maintains enough strength to do battle without killing, move mountains, but not enough to move planet sized objects on his own.
Invulnerability: Superman's body is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces (He has survived low yield nuclear explosions where he was in direct contact with a fourty megaton detonation bomb but was knocked unconscious as a result). This ability's levels have changed over time, at times allowing him to fly into a sun and emerge unharmed, as evident most recently through Krypton's red sun [10] and survive and directly entering directly into the Sun. .[11] Superman has even been shown withstanding Darkseid's Omega Effect while they were fighting near the surface of a yellow sun [12], a feat that was previously considered impossible. In addition, his immune system protects him from toxins and diseases. The most common explanations for his invulnerability are Superman having a super-dense molecular structure and/or a supercharged bioelectric "aura" which acts as an invisible "force field" around his body to within a few millimeters from his skin, and presumably within his body as well. The proximity of this field to his skin means that loose clothes, for example, may be burned off of him, while cloth that is close to his body is protected by the "aura;" This phenomenon is sometimes cited as Superman's reason for wearing a skin-tight bodysuit. It is also the understanding that he may unconsciously extend part of this field into objects in contact with him which is assumed for him being able to carry and move objects that would collaspe under their own mass, overcoming gravity or inertia tearing them apart around his human-sized hands.
Superhuman Stamina: Superman has the ability to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an undefined period. Theoretically, most incarnations of the character has practically unlimited stamina as his enhanced nourishment is produced from the solar energy his cells process; however his base physical structure still does need to process food stuffs as well as has the psychological need to eat and drink just as Earth humans do, despite the fact that his superhuman powers receives the majority of that energy from a yellow sun. He does require sleep on occasion so he can dream. He can also hold his breath for an undefined duration.
Flight: Superman is presumably able to manipulate psionically, graviton particles, in an unknown and apparently unconscious manner, to defy the forces of gravity. Under one Earth gravity, Superman is capable of speeds of multi Mach speeds in Earth's atmosphere. His control of his flight is very precise and he can perform aerobatic feats such as hovering, flying backwards and even lifting great weights while flying. Superman has repeatedly demonstrated he has the ability to achieve orbital speeds, fly in outer space and land safely down to a planet's surface from outer space.
Superhuman Speed: Superman is capable of enhanced reflex action and the ability to move at incredible speeds by sheer force of will. He is not as fast as the Flash, but he can achieve faster than light speed under his own power in space [13]. Superman can match most other speedsters in their ability to perform super-fast movements, reactions, and processes. He can use this power to disarm opponents who do not have heightened reflexes, catch bullets or shrapnel or cross vast distances in seconds.
Super-Breath: The ability to create hurricane force winds by blowing, and to chill his breath in order to freeze a target (this latter ability has also been called "freeze breath" and "arctic breath"). Superman can also breathe in large amounts of air, an ability used when dealing with and disposing things like clouds of poison gas.
Super Hearing: The ability to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. The only Earth creature who can detect sounds at the frequency he can is a blue whale (0.01-200,000 Hz). He has shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency. He can identify a person by their heartbeat, or pick out a single voice in an entire city.
Heat Vision: The ability to fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it with the conscious act of activating this power. Visually, the power is typically depicted as two beams of red light firing from his eyes. These beams can be made invisible, allowing Superman to work undetected. The maximum temperature of his heat vision is said to be around that of a nuclear detonation. The area of effect can be consciously determined by Superman, down to the microscopic level. Recent stories imply the precision is so exact it can bypass a target's outer shell (not causing damage to a person's skull for surgical purposes) or even defenses (such as invulnerability or intangibility).
Superman Vision: Under only the rays of a Blue sun, Superman found out that he develops a new vision power that allows non-Kryptonians Superman-like powers. The lasting effects seem to only work under a blue sun, once Superman and that person leaves the planet of the sun, the person will lose his powers.
Super Vision: He also possess a superior sensory arrangement of microscopic, telescopic, infrared and ultraviolet visual capabilities. He is able to see the entire spectrum. Microscopic, chemical, x-ray, auditory, ultrasonic, magnetic, photonic, etc. Star Laboratories has not been able to complete define how Superman has been able to utilize his powerful senses, part of the mechanism is physical, part of it is believed to be psionic in nature. Abilities include:
▪ Electro-magnetic Spectrum Vision: can see well into most of the EM Spectrum. He can see and identify radio/television and any and all broadcast/transmitted frequencies, allowing him to avoid detection through radar or satellite monitoring methods. Superman can see the paranormal aura that every living thing generates. This ability is apparently one of the main reasons that Superman is a vegetarian, as he can see the passing of the "soul" at death.
Telescopic Vision: The ability to "zoom in" his distance to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics. The total telescopic ability is unclassified, but presumed limited to some extent.
X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. He can see things behind a wall as if the wall were not there, or can "peel back" layer after layer of matter in his mind. Opponents sometimes used lead-lined constructs in an attempt to hide things from Superman. Kal-El is able to focus his vision past layers of matter, literally seeing "through" them -- possibly perceiving x-rays, cosmic rays or other forms of energy invisible to normal human vision which pass through Earth's atmosphere (and solid objects) after emission from stars. Since it is passive, this ability would not generate harmful radiation in the same manner as a focused projection of hard X-rays.
Microscopic Vision: The ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the atomic level (normal optical microscopes can only see objects down to the size of chromosomes).
Infrared Vision: Allows him to see better in total darkness. He can detect the heat signatures of living beings or devices in operation.
Ultraviolet
Chemical
Ultrasonic
Magnetic
Auditory
Photonic
Learned Abilities:
Expert Combatant: Superman has been trained in the art of Boxing by Wildcat, wrestling by Wonder Woman, and underwater/ space combat by Mongul.
Genius-Level Intellect: Superman has shown enhanced intelligence, meorization and computational abilities; his mind works sharply and with extreme speed. His analytical powers are impressive — he is able to use his senses to read information directly from machines (and, with careful usage of his heat vision, he can even reprogram certain machines). He also posseses a photographic memory which means he has total recall.
Equipment:
Superman possesses a Legion Flight Ring, although he doesn't always need to use it.
Weaknesses (Must Have):
Magic: Superman is also vulnerable to magical effects. Although he is no more detrimentally affected by such effects than a normal human would be, this is a significantly exploitable weakness in comparison to his incredible physical resilience.
Kryptonite: Since the destruction of Krypton, its remains (rendered radioactive by the explosion) have been spreading throughout the universe as kryptonite, a crystalline substance whose specific radiation is lethal to Kryptonians native to this reality. There is currently only one natural type of Kyrptonite in the New Earth dimension: Green (Red Kryptonite of the New Earth dimension is artifically created through radioactive manipulation of Green) and both types' effect are directly poisonous to Kryptonians native to the Kryptonite source in a very fast rate. Both forms of Kryptonite are deadly to all living organisms but as a reduced rate compared to Kryptonians same to that native dimension. External dimensional Kryptonite has been repeatedly shown to be ineffective against Kryptonians who do not originate from that same source dimension as Kal-El was against the Kryptonite of the Superboy of the "Pocket Universe".
Lead: Superman cannot see through lead with his vision powers.
Solar Energy: Superman will eventually weaken without replenishing his energy reserves with normal (yellow) sun radiation. He is not replenished by red sunlight, and its radiation can be used to weaken him.
Psionics: Depending upon the writer, Superman is either highly resistent to psionic affects (typically attributed to either his advanced Kryptonian mind or alien brain structure) or he can be affected as easily as a normal human, albeit one with a high level of will power.
[A/N: I choose the former, please]
Background:
Kal-El was born on the doomed planet Krypton to Jor-El and Lara. Although Jor-El had hoped to send his pregnant wife away from the planet in a test rocket and avoids its destruction, Kal-El was born earlier than expected, and the life support systems could only support one. Therefore, the baby was sent alone to Earth, the last son of Krypton.
The babe's spaceship landed near Smallville, Kansas, where he was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who raised him as their son, Clark Kent. As he grew older, he began exhibiting extraordinary powers, including super-strength and flight.
His friends in Smallville included Pete Ross and Lana Lang who continued to remain friends with Kent into their adult lives as shown when Ross became Vice President during Luthor's Presidency.
While Clark was still a youngster, the amnesiatic Daxamite Lar Gand arrived in Smallville, Clark was excited to find someone like himself, even theorizing that he was his older brother and naming him "Mon-El". However, after accidentally exposing the Daxamite to lead, his memories returned. Clark sent him to the Phantom Zone until a cure for his lead poisoning could be found.
After graduating from high school, Clark traveled the world. He spent some time in Australia, where he met and had a brief romance with Callie Llewellyn. When Clark returned home to Smallville, he began openly using his emerging talents and powers in the costumed super-hero identity of Superman. He would formally enter into college and shuttle between Metropolis UniverSity and his parents' home in Smallville.
During his earliest time as a public superhero, Clark was visited by a team of other super-powered youths from a thousand years in the future, the Legion of Super-Heroes, brought Clark to their time and inducted him into their membership, and sharing many adventures with Clark during his youth. Clark occasionally travelled between this future and his own native time, before permanently returning to his own native time.
After graduating college, Clark later moved to Metropolis full time, where he began working as a journalist for the world-renowned newspaper, the Daily Planet.
Personality:
Kal-El, especially as Clark, tends to be kind of like a nerd. He can be klutzy, and sometime people think he's a little 'spacey' because he's not always perfectly aware of what's going on around him (well, to the untrained eye). He can be kind of distant, but to his friends he's warm, friendly, and kind. He can be arrogant at times but that tends to come from his being aware that he is what the people of Earth call a 'superhuman'. He tries to avoid being arrogant as much as possible.
As Superman he is a natural leader, and can be both charming and blunt. He can take charge of situation with a firm hand and be stern and sharp when need be.
Other: All powers and history based off of the New Earth Superman, borrowed from the DC Comics Database. I also chose to have him unmarried and without his ‘son’ Christopher because I prefer the rivalry with romantic undertones with Lois.
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Brief Sample Roleplay
Light. Life.
Kal-El lifted himself clear even of Earth's binding atmosphere and felt the warm rays striking his body, heating him from the inside out. His wounds began to heal a little faster with the application of the light, and he closed his steel blue eyes, allowing his mind to take over while his body sucked in the energy, healing itself.
Such a little planet and yet he had proven to himself over and over the need to protect it as though it was Krypton itself. Because, after all, he had nothing else. Or little else. But he could not live on Earth as a true human - or even as a Kryptonian - and not come to love it. The humans were a young race, still squabbling amongst themselves for the best piece of fruit. It was not his place to teach them any different. But it was his place to protect them while they fought. It was a burden he accepted gladly. It was a purpose, a drive, a motivation. It was not without merit and not without troubles.
But the war...the war had made him question even that.
The Character
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Canon or your own: Canon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/etc): DC Comics
Characters civilian name: Kal-El
Code names/Aliases: Clark Kent, Superman
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..etc]: Superhero
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Gender: Male
Age: Indeterminate
Apparent Age: Early 30s
Hair: As Clark, his hair is black and ruffled, somewhat unkempt as though he slept on it and didn’t use a brush. As Superman, his hair is flat and near to his head, styled normally in a wave.
Eyes: Bright, shining blue, extraordinarily expressive
Height and weight: 6'2, 225 pounds - and pretty much all of it muscle.
Appearance:
Kal-El is one handsome bloke. He has a square chin, symmetrical face, piercing blue eyes, and an ice cream cone figure. Though as Clark he seems a little thin and gangly, he is very muscular and strong, with a narrow waist and hips, toned legs, and large hands.
He wears normal clothes over his Superman outfit.
Picture [if available]:
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Super Powers:
Kryptonian Physiology: Superman's cellular structure is more dense, resilient and biologically more effective than human tissue. Under natural Kryptonian conditions, does not seem to possess superhuman strength levels despite his enhanced cellular ability without constant exposure to yellow solar energy. Without such charging, his strength seems on par for a human of his height and weight who engages in regular physical activity. As an alien he possess several organs whose functions are not yet disclosed or understood but are believed to be part of and perhaps even the source of his biomatrix force field and reclamation aura. Superman's body also stores energy actively within his bio-cellular matrix as an energy pattern that is linked to his body's electromagnetic field. This energy powers most of Superman's electromagnetic capabilities such as flight and heat vision. It also supplements his physical strength by a factor of 12,000 times or so.
Solar Energy Absorption: Technically, this is the main source of Superman's powers. Because Superman's powers are greatly due to exposure to Earth's yellow sun, his powers have been affected by extreme absorptions of solar power, whether voluntary or involuntary. However, Superman has used this to his advantage in battle in many instances, and to his detriment at certain times.
Superhuman Strength: While the exact magnitude of Superman's strength is unknown, it is generally accepted that Superman is sufficiently strong to lift 100,000 tons or more. The exact specfic range is unknown as Superman's strength, like his other powers, has fluctuated over time. Superman's strength is more an act of conscious will on energy fields than actual physical strength. It is through his act of conscious will manipulation that allows Superman to engage in physical feats that are beyond merely applying applicable force such as moving a mountain without said rock crumbling under its own mass while Superman moves it. At his theoretical maximum, fully immersed and over charged by yellow solar radiation, the New Earth Superman has been noted to be able to concentrate his will into physical force enough to allow him to move Earth-moon sized planetary bodies out of their orbit [9] where after emerging from the Sun over-energized, Superman physically pushed "WarWorld" (The Dwarf Planet Pluto) across the solar system and into a boom tube. However being at that level has been directly shown to be adverse to him, and his body is unable to contain that level of energy directly for any true length of time without harmful effects. And again, this level of control and power access is not normal for him to achieve and even in this particular instance. Superman's normal strength levels are obviously in the multi-megaton range. Currently he only maintains enough strength to do battle without killing, move mountains, but not enough to move planet sized objects on his own.
Invulnerability: Superman's body is nigh-invulnerable to extreme energy forces (He has survived low yield nuclear explosions where he was in direct contact with a fourty megaton detonation bomb but was knocked unconscious as a result). This ability's levels have changed over time, at times allowing him to fly into a sun and emerge unharmed, as evident most recently through Krypton's red sun [10] and survive and directly entering directly into the Sun. .[11] Superman has even been shown withstanding Darkseid's Omega Effect while they were fighting near the surface of a yellow sun [12], a feat that was previously considered impossible. In addition, his immune system protects him from toxins and diseases. The most common explanations for his invulnerability are Superman having a super-dense molecular structure and/or a supercharged bioelectric "aura" which acts as an invisible "force field" around his body to within a few millimeters from his skin, and presumably within his body as well. The proximity of this field to his skin means that loose clothes, for example, may be burned off of him, while cloth that is close to his body is protected by the "aura;" This phenomenon is sometimes cited as Superman's reason for wearing a skin-tight bodysuit. It is also the understanding that he may unconsciously extend part of this field into objects in contact with him which is assumed for him being able to carry and move objects that would collaspe under their own mass, overcoming gravity or inertia tearing them apart around his human-sized hands.
Superhuman Stamina: Superman has the ability to maintain continuous strenuous physical action for an undefined period. Theoretically, most incarnations of the character has practically unlimited stamina as his enhanced nourishment is produced from the solar energy his cells process; however his base physical structure still does need to process food stuffs as well as has the psychological need to eat and drink just as Earth humans do, despite the fact that his superhuman powers receives the majority of that energy from a yellow sun. He does require sleep on occasion so he can dream. He can also hold his breath for an undefined duration.
Flight: Superman is presumably able to manipulate psionically, graviton particles, in an unknown and apparently unconscious manner, to defy the forces of gravity. Under one Earth gravity, Superman is capable of speeds of multi Mach speeds in Earth's atmosphere. His control of his flight is very precise and he can perform aerobatic feats such as hovering, flying backwards and even lifting great weights while flying. Superman has repeatedly demonstrated he has the ability to achieve orbital speeds, fly in outer space and land safely down to a planet's surface from outer space.
Superhuman Speed: Superman is capable of enhanced reflex action and the ability to move at incredible speeds by sheer force of will. He is not as fast as the Flash, but he can achieve faster than light speed under his own power in space [13]. Superman can match most other speedsters in their ability to perform super-fast movements, reactions, and processes. He can use this power to disarm opponents who do not have heightened reflexes, catch bullets or shrapnel or cross vast distances in seconds.
Super-Breath: The ability to create hurricane force winds by blowing, and to chill his breath in order to freeze a target (this latter ability has also been called "freeze breath" and "arctic breath"). Superman can also breathe in large amounts of air, an ability used when dealing with and disposing things like clouds of poison gas.
Super Hearing: The ability to hear any sound at any volume or pitch. The only Earth creature who can detect sounds at the frequency he can is a blue whale (0.01-200,000 Hz). He has shown enough control to block out ambient sounds to focus on a specific source/frequency. He can identify a person by their heartbeat, or pick out a single voice in an entire city.
Heat Vision: The ability to fire beams of intense heat at a target by looking at it with the conscious act of activating this power. Visually, the power is typically depicted as two beams of red light firing from his eyes. These beams can be made invisible, allowing Superman to work undetected. The maximum temperature of his heat vision is said to be around that of a nuclear detonation. The area of effect can be consciously determined by Superman, down to the microscopic level. Recent stories imply the precision is so exact it can bypass a target's outer shell (not causing damage to a person's skull for surgical purposes) or even defenses (such as invulnerability or intangibility).
Superman Vision: Under only the rays of a Blue sun, Superman found out that he develops a new vision power that allows non-Kryptonians Superman-like powers. The lasting effects seem to only work under a blue sun, once Superman and that person leaves the planet of the sun, the person will lose his powers.
Super Vision: He also possess a superior sensory arrangement of microscopic, telescopic, infrared and ultraviolet visual capabilities. He is able to see the entire spectrum. Microscopic, chemical, x-ray, auditory, ultrasonic, magnetic, photonic, etc. Star Laboratories has not been able to complete define how Superman has been able to utilize his powerful senses, part of the mechanism is physical, part of it is believed to be psionic in nature. Abilities include:
▪ Electro-magnetic Spectrum Vision: can see well into most of the EM Spectrum. He can see and identify radio/television and any and all broadcast/transmitted frequencies, allowing him to avoid detection through radar or satellite monitoring methods. Superman can see the paranormal aura that every living thing generates. This ability is apparently one of the main reasons that Superman is a vegetarian, as he can see the passing of the "soul" at death.
Telescopic Vision: The ability to "zoom in" his distance to see something at a great distance, without violating the laws of physics. The total telescopic ability is unclassified, but presumed limited to some extent.
X-Ray Vision: The ability to see through anything except lead. He can see things behind a wall as if the wall were not there, or can "peel back" layer after layer of matter in his mind. Opponents sometimes used lead-lined constructs in an attempt to hide things from Superman. Kal-El is able to focus his vision past layers of matter, literally seeing "through" them -- possibly perceiving x-rays, cosmic rays or other forms of energy invisible to normal human vision which pass through Earth's atmosphere (and solid objects) after emission from stars. Since it is passive, this ability would not generate harmful radiation in the same manner as a focused projection of hard X-rays.
Microscopic Vision: The ability to see extremely small objects and images down to the atomic level (normal optical microscopes can only see objects down to the size of chromosomes).
Infrared Vision: Allows him to see better in total darkness. He can detect the heat signatures of living beings or devices in operation.
Ultraviolet
Chemical
Ultrasonic
Magnetic
Auditory
Photonic
Learned Abilities:
Expert Combatant: Superman has been trained in the art of Boxing by Wildcat, wrestling by Wonder Woman, and underwater/ space combat by Mongul.
Genius-Level Intellect: Superman has shown enhanced intelligence, meorization and computational abilities; his mind works sharply and with extreme speed. His analytical powers are impressive — he is able to use his senses to read information directly from machines (and, with careful usage of his heat vision, he can even reprogram certain machines). He also posseses a photographic memory which means he has total recall.
Equipment:
Superman possesses a Legion Flight Ring, although he doesn't always need to use it.
Weaknesses (Must Have):
Magic: Superman is also vulnerable to magical effects. Although he is no more detrimentally affected by such effects than a normal human would be, this is a significantly exploitable weakness in comparison to his incredible physical resilience.
Kryptonite: Since the destruction of Krypton, its remains (rendered radioactive by the explosion) have been spreading throughout the universe as kryptonite, a crystalline substance whose specific radiation is lethal to Kryptonians native to this reality. There is currently only one natural type of Kyrptonite in the New Earth dimension: Green (Red Kryptonite of the New Earth dimension is artifically created through radioactive manipulation of Green) and both types' effect are directly poisonous to Kryptonians native to the Kryptonite source in a very fast rate. Both forms of Kryptonite are deadly to all living organisms but as a reduced rate compared to Kryptonians same to that native dimension. External dimensional Kryptonite has been repeatedly shown to be ineffective against Kryptonians who do not originate from that same source dimension as Kal-El was against the Kryptonite of the Superboy of the "Pocket Universe".
Lead: Superman cannot see through lead with his vision powers.
Solar Energy: Superman will eventually weaken without replenishing his energy reserves with normal (yellow) sun radiation. He is not replenished by red sunlight, and its radiation can be used to weaken him.
Psionics: Depending upon the writer, Superman is either highly resistent to psionic affects (typically attributed to either his advanced Kryptonian mind or alien brain structure) or he can be affected as easily as a normal human, albeit one with a high level of will power.
[A/N: I choose the former, please]
Background:
Kal-El was born on the doomed planet Krypton to Jor-El and Lara. Although Jor-El had hoped to send his pregnant wife away from the planet in a test rocket and avoids its destruction, Kal-El was born earlier than expected, and the life support systems could only support one. Therefore, the baby was sent alone to Earth, the last son of Krypton.
The babe's spaceship landed near Smallville, Kansas, where he was found by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who raised him as their son, Clark Kent. As he grew older, he began exhibiting extraordinary powers, including super-strength and flight.
His friends in Smallville included Pete Ross and Lana Lang who continued to remain friends with Kent into their adult lives as shown when Ross became Vice President during Luthor's Presidency.
While Clark was still a youngster, the amnesiatic Daxamite Lar Gand arrived in Smallville, Clark was excited to find someone like himself, even theorizing that he was his older brother and naming him "Mon-El". However, after accidentally exposing the Daxamite to lead, his memories returned. Clark sent him to the Phantom Zone until a cure for his lead poisoning could be found.
After graduating from high school, Clark traveled the world. He spent some time in Australia, where he met and had a brief romance with Callie Llewellyn. When Clark returned home to Smallville, he began openly using his emerging talents and powers in the costumed super-hero identity of Superman. He would formally enter into college and shuttle between Metropolis UniverSity and his parents' home in Smallville.
During his earliest time as a public superhero, Clark was visited by a team of other super-powered youths from a thousand years in the future, the Legion of Super-Heroes, brought Clark to their time and inducted him into their membership, and sharing many adventures with Clark during his youth. Clark occasionally travelled between this future and his own native time, before permanently returning to his own native time.
After graduating college, Clark later moved to Metropolis full time, where he began working as a journalist for the world-renowned newspaper, the Daily Planet.
Personality:
Kal-El, especially as Clark, tends to be kind of like a nerd. He can be klutzy, and sometime people think he's a little 'spacey' because he's not always perfectly aware of what's going on around him (well, to the untrained eye). He can be kind of distant, but to his friends he's warm, friendly, and kind. He can be arrogant at times but that tends to come from his being aware that he is what the people of Earth call a 'superhuman'. He tries to avoid being arrogant as much as possible.
As Superman he is a natural leader, and can be both charming and blunt. He can take charge of situation with a firm hand and be stern and sharp when need be.
Other: All powers and history based off of the New Earth Superman, borrowed from the DC Comics Database. I also chose to have him unmarried and without his ‘son’ Christopher because I prefer the rivalry with romantic undertones with Lois.
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Brief Sample Roleplay
Light. Life.
Kal-El lifted himself clear even of Earth's binding atmosphere and felt the warm rays striking his body, heating him from the inside out. His wounds began to heal a little faster with the application of the light, and he closed his steel blue eyes, allowing his mind to take over while his body sucked in the energy, healing itself.
Such a little planet and yet he had proven to himself over and over the need to protect it as though it was Krypton itself. Because, after all, he had nothing else. Or little else. But he could not live on Earth as a true human - or even as a Kryptonian - and not come to love it. The humans were a young race, still squabbling amongst themselves for the best piece of fruit. It was not his place to teach them any different. But it was his place to protect them while they fought. It was a burden he accepted gladly. It was a purpose, a drive, a motivation. It was not without merit and not without troubles.
But the war...the war had made him question even that.
