John Rivers.

Real Name:John Rivers
Super Hero/Villain/Renegade/etc Name:
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Alignment:Good
Age:19
Gender:Male
Race:Human
Hair:Blond
Eyes:Green
Height:5'11
Weight:165

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Personality: John is a open minded individual with a taste for solving crimes, He can get lost inside a Mystery book or a case and most of the time will get lost in his own thoughts and zone out from the rest of the world. He is hard to understand since he slips into different languages without even realizing it especially when explaining things to friends and foes. He is a bit of a showman and showoff using his intelligence to make others feel inferior and pointing out little facts. John's one weakness is his vanity which is why he doesn't have any friends since he does like to make other people feel dumb. Once you get to know him he is a nice guy but annoying.

History: John Rivers was born to Richard and Joann Rivers in Washington D.C. at Rivers Hospital. His father was a famous Doctor and quite wealthy while his mother was a Accomplished Fiction writer and well known for a few romantic novels. John was a ordinary baby he cried when he wanted something laughed when tickled and enjoyed youth. As he grew he noticed more than others and at a young age was almost talking complete sentences while other babies were drooling.

At a year and a half old John was already in Pre K where he showed brilliance by learning colors and shapes faster than any other child and knew the Alphabet only a hour after hearing it. As John grew he showed more and more intelligence and moved quickly up in grades. By the time John was 8 he was in Middle school and there he discovered Sherlock Holmes. The young boy was captivated by the Fictional detective and his are of deduction and knowledge and soon set his sights on following it just to prove it could be done. John studied Deduction techniques picking them up quick and working them into every day life when meeting people and surprising them with his skills. John graduated high school at 14 being set in a accelerated program he went to college being accepted as a future genius and there he studied Anatomy, history, Science, Mythology, chemistry, nuclear Physics, Engineering and Design and many other classes. The young teen stayed on for many years learning new ways to look at things and how they worked.

Five years later even though technically he graduated three years ago John left Harvard with many degrees including law. The Young man returned home where he was greeted by his parents and after a big party settled in. However he was not happy at this life being waited on and Pampered his mind always working he decided to start up a private detective business much like Sherlock Holmes. Borrowing money from his Parents he bought a small building and named it Rivers Detective agency and after only a week he had his first customer. A woman was afraid her husband was cheating on her and John took the case out of mere boredom.

Many cases came after that but it wasn't enough and he thirsted for a challenge in his life, Finally it came when a man hired him for a special job and John followed the directions given. It lead him to a privately owned business where he met Professor Kyle Jenkins. He spoke to John for hours about a program he wanted the young man to be apart of and it would test him to the limits and he accepted.

John worked for Months helping with a formula and then Engineering a machine and six months later it was complete. John asked why this machine was built and one of the workers told him why and John was appalled at what he had been tricked into building having thought this machine would help people not create monsters of war. John refused to allow his machine to be used in this manner. So slipping from his room John went to where the machine was and began to dismantle it in silence but he was caught by the guard. In the struggle John was knocked into the machine and the door closed slamming shut and locking. The guard was scared and tried to open the door as John banged on it but it was no use. Lights flew through the Machine and into the small area John was captured in where he screamed for help but it wasn't forthcoming.

John was scared like he had never been before since removing parts from the machine had made it unstable and therefore unpredictable, the machine whirled into life and inside it grew denser as the air thickened and pushed down on John's body. He felt the pull as he struggled for the machine he had built was a Time machine like those in his fiction books, Of course he never thought it would work but he had to try and was successful however John feared that father time didn't like mortals playing with his realm and now he was being punished. The machine roared out in a frenzy as it shook back and forth then from the outside it exploded ripping out half of the building and killing every poor soul there. John was safe inside from the explosions but not the changes that overcame his D.N.A. and suddenly it was over. John walked out of the machine looking around at the destruction and in his fear ran from the building, ran from his machine, ran from the dead that littered the ground in whole and pieces.

John ran and couldn't breathe, he ran until his body felt like lead, he ran until the world no longer made sense and down was up and up was down. But still he ran and in that run he heard a honk and looked over as a car slammed on it's breaks. John jumped and suddenly everything seemed to slow down and with ease he jumped out from in front of the car and rolled and then the car whooshed by sliding on brakes. John looked down at himself and felt the tiredness and passed out. The driver picked John up and took him to the Hospital where his parents were called and after a week he was released.

John spent a year away from home working with his new gift though it had come at a terrible price for many had died. John spent a Year with one friend he met while in college who happened to be in Spain and there John met Master Lo a master in yoga and Meditation. He sensed darkness in the young man when they met and wanting to help taught John how to meditate and he way of Yoga. John soon learned to forgive himself for what he had caused and six months later returned to Washington. John had a plan having heard of people who were smarter than he was from master Lo and one specifically. The Black Knight. John Had heard that the Black Arrow trained under the Black Knight a long time ago and he hoped to follow in Arrow's footsteps and become the next prodigy of the Black Knight.

Powers: genius: John is a Genius.

Instant Reflexes: For a limited time John can speed up his reflexes by activating his Adrenaline to super human levels allowing him to do things a normal person couldn't like slide under a burning truck thrown at him or move over things thrown. This can also be used for punching but it can only go so long before it tires him out. (3 posts activation. 2 posts before can be activated again)

Power Grid: (You have 22 points to spend on your Power Grid unless you can fly, in which case you have 20. Each stat can start at 6, not 7. 7 must be earned.)
STR:2
SPD:2
END:2
INT:4
EP:2
FS:2

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Roleplay Sample: (If new or new character)

Your power doesn't make any sense and doesn't follow our system. Theres no rule against a power that increases you reaction time for a short period of time, but you have to explain it better. Making yourself think faster does not, in any way improve you reaction time. I like that you want a power that works this way, but it has to be explained in a way that makes more sense. Perhaps making it put you into a adrenaline rush state of mind where everything is slowed down slightly in your head so you have more time to react. This way it still effects your mind like you wanted it too, but doesn't break out system. Try not to look at this like I'm trying to bash your character Rex by making you change something, I'm just trying to help you explain your power a bit better this way you can be approved without having to drastically change anything.

No problem it does work better the way you say it with the increased adrenaline and I guess it would be easier to accept without much issues so sure.

Powers have been worked out. History and personility all make sense, you mentioned how his powers were given, everything looks good. Approved and Moved.