Post by Gambit on Jun 3, 2008 14:38:01 GMT -5
Gambit
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Cannon or your own: Cannon
Copyright (Marvel/DC/ect): Marvel
Characters civilian name: Remy Etienne Lebeau
Code names/Aliases: Gambit
Class [Superhero, Vigilante, Mercenary..ect]: Mutant hero
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Gender: Male
Age: 26
Apparent Age: See above
Hair: Brown, often long and shaggy
Eyes: Glowing red.
Height and weight: 6'9"/ 180 lbs
Appearance: See picture
Picture [if available]:
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Super Powers:
"Kinetic Energy Transference: Remy has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy thus “charging” that item with explosive results. He prefers to charge smaller objects, such as his ever-present playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for him to throw. The only real limitation to this ability is the time required to charge the object. The larger it is the more time it takes. Most charging takes place through direct skin contact. A mental block prevents him from charging living tissue.
Enhanced Agility: Gambit's ability to tap energy also grants him near-superhuman agility and dexterity which gives him an added edge he has used to his advantage by developing a unique acrobatic fighting style.
* Static Interference: ability to create static, because of the charged potential energy always in his body, that shields his mind from detection and intrusion by even the most powerful telepaths. The shield has the added effect of destabilizing touch based powers.
Hypnotic Charm: ability to "charge" the kinetic energy within a person's brain, allowing a subtle influence over any sentient mind. This power allows Gambit to compel others to believe what he says and agree with anything he suggests. More powerful minds have proven immune to Gambit's charm. "
Learned Abilities:
Bilingual in English and Cajun French, skilled in throwing small objects, including knives, throwing spikes, and playing cards, with extraordinary accuracy. Gambit is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, utilizing streetfighting techniques and acrobatics.
Equipment: Deck of cards, armored uniform and a bo staff.
Weaknesses (Must Have): Gambit is a very skilled fighter, and has pretty good control over his powers...but the unexpected can and often does arise. He can be damaged by wide range of attacked including magical, mental and physical. He is also just a mortal man.
Background:
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Remy LeBeau is a mutant, trained to be the leader of Thieves Guild.
Abandoned at birth due to his burning red eyes, the child who would one day become Remy LeBeau was kidnapped from his hospital ward by members of the New Orleans Thieves' Guild who referred to the child as "le diable blanc" - the white devil. They believed he was the child that had been prophesied to unite the warring Guilds. Soon after, Remy was placed in the care of a gang of street thieves who raised the child and taught him the ways of thievery.
Later, when he was around ten years old, Remy attempted to pick the pocket of Jean-Luc LeBeau, then-patriarch of the Thieves’ Guild. Jean-Luc took the boy in off the streets and adopted him into his own family. As part of a peace pact between the Thieves’ Guild and their rivals, the Assassin’s Guild, a marriage was arranged between Remy and Bella Donna Boudreaux, the granddaughter of the head of the Assassin's Guild. However, Bella Donna's brother Julien objected to the marriage and challenged Gambit to a duel. Remy killed Julien in self-defense, but was excommunicated and banished from New Orleans in an attempt to maintain the non-aggression pact between the two guilds.
Remy wandered the world as he plied his skills as a master thief, aided by his mutant power to charge objects with explosive energy. He employed playing cards he charged with kinetic energy as his trademark weapon. At one point Remy had approached the master geneticist Mr. Sinister for help in controlling his powers. Sinister removed some of Remy's brain tissue to reduce his power levels, thus affording him a greater degree of control. As a result, Remy was now in the geneticist's debt, and Sinister subsequently charged the thief with assembling the team of assassins called the Marauders. Remy did not realize that Sinister would employ the Marauders to massacre the underground mutant community known as the Morlocks. Seeing the horrific results of his actions, Remy attempted to stop the massacre but was almost killed by the Marauder named Sabretooth. However, he did manage to save one young Morlock girl who would one day grow up to become the X-Man named Marrow.
Eventually, Remy encountered Storm, a member of the outlaw team of mutant adventurers known as the X-Men. Storm had been transformed into an amnesiac child who had turned to theft as a means to survive. Remy helped her escape her enemy, the malevolent psionic entity known as the Shadow King, and they became partners. Later, when the X-Men's founder Professor Charles Xavier returned from a long period of travelling in outer space, Storm sponsored Remy's admission into the X-Men. Remy soon fell in love with his fellow X-Man, Rogue, blessed and cursed with the ability to absorb other mutants' thoughts and abilities through skin-on-skin contact. The feeling was mutual, but the two soulmates were condemned never to touch. "
Personality : The true personality of Remy LeBeau is somewhat a mystery. Though he is obviously charming, laidback and charismatic, he can also come off as aloof and distant. He remains friendly enough, but perhaps as a testiment to his childhood he seems to be a bit of a loner. He is quick witted and not really one for idle chat.
Other: Info taken from
en.marveldatabase.com/Remy_LeBeau_(Earth-616)
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Brief Sample Roleplay
This woman was a scrapper, whoever she was. He may not know her name or any other bits of key information, but as Remy LeBeau was sent sailing through the cool, crisp midnight air he had decided there was one thing he could be sure about this lady. She meant business. The Cajun slammed into the wall of some building he didn't bother to identify. He was up within seconds and was quickly aware of the angry (and super strong) woman who was now charging him. As he sprang to his feet he gripped his trusty staff tightly and hosted into the air. Now it was just him and his enemy in the enclosing and quickly darkening back alley. His crimson eyes glowed in sharp contrast to the blackness that surrounded them. A smirk spread across his lips as he twirled the bo staff in an expert exhibition of his skills.
"Dat was no wise ting ta do, eh, mon cheri?"
