Character creation, Valor Viper

Ch 1

Introduction

Valor Viper is a heroic snake hailing from the country of Sinaria. He started out as a archeologist. His life would change one day however, when he would meet an ancient being who he would later call friend. Now clad in a powerful magic armor, and equipped with a powerful staff, he could fight and protect the world from all sorts of evil. But how did this start?

It started about 2 years ago. Valor Viper (real name Niko Nile) was an archeologist hailing from the country of Sinaria. He had always been interested in the far past. Ancient civilizations, untold treasures, history of all sorts. He dreamed of looking into this as a child. He eventually graduated from school and made a wonderful life in archeology. He explored the ancients cities of his country and brought home many exciting treasures from his exploits. But there was something wrong.

Niko didn’t have any friends or relatives left. His relatives died when he was young, and Niko found it hard to make friends from his grief. He usually kept to himself in school, and was usually very lonely. He needed a friend. But he didn’t know where to start. Even with his finds, he still wanted to be able to share it with someone. Then his life would change one day.

Ch 2

Dangerous Discovery

Niko was commissioned to investigate what appeared to be some sort of completely destroyed structure near the coast of the country. It seemed to be just a pile of large rocks, but they believed there might be more there. He took the job with the hope of making some new discoveries.

He went to the site, and didn’t know where to start looking. But all of a sudden, he started to hear a voice from nowhere. In a soft, low spoken voice, it told him to come. He didn’t know what to think. Was his loneliness driving him crazy, or was the place haunted? But it then asked for help. Not knowing what he would get into, he tried to follow the voice. He followed the voice to what appeared to be group of very large rocks . The voice told him to dig. With his pic ax, he started to try to bust the boulders up. Sure enough, an opening soon appeared. Curious, he stepped inside to look around.

He found a magnificent display of different pictures and hieroglyphs throughout the chamber. It seemed to detail a story about a pharaoh. From what he could gather, there was a massive war between an ancient pharaohs forces and the forces of darkness. There seemed to be a duel deciding the final part. This pharaoh won, but for some reason, he seemed to be getting sick from something after. It seemed that the Pharaoh had died from the disease and was mummified. A story such as this would be an amazing find, one that would be recorded in history forever. He made it to the end of the chamber, which appeared to be a dead end. He however, hears the voice again.

Push the different stone, it said. Niko looked around and found a stone near the end that was of a different color then the rest. He pushed it in, not knowing what would happen. All of a sudden, the floor began to shake and a part of the wall rolled open, revealing a new chamber. In it contained a plethora of treasures and even better, an ancient book and a sarcophagus. He realized that this must be the tomb of the pharaoh he had seen on the hieroglyphs earlier. He wanted to see it for himself. He takes his crowbar and opens the sarcophagus. Suddenly as he prys it open, a pool of darkness spills out, scaring Niko. He looks inside, and finds an ancient mummified snake within it. The voice tells him, book. Realizing it must be referring to the solid gold book nearby, he looks into it. It was filled with all sorts of crazy symbols and such. Thing is, Niko could actually read it!

The book detailed of an ancient war between the snake pharaoh known as Sereph III, who battled against undead forces of a wizard known as Mycanos. With the armies clashing, Mycanos eventually challenged the Pharaoh to a duel to decide the fate of the kingdom. Sereph won, and seemingly defeated this evil once and for all. Such a interesting story, Niko thought.

However, he stopped reading when he heard what he thought was snoring. The voice then said “help him.” He rushed to the open sarcophagus and realized the mummy inside was alive! Amazed at this turn of events, he knew he needed immediate medical attention. He grabbed him, the sword and a strange glowing staff near the entrance to the tomb and rushed as quickly as he could to the hospital nearby.

This find shocked everyone inside and immediately an entire team of medical workers brought him into the intensive care facility. They started to unwrap him as Niko looked into the texts even further. It listed of something particularly troublesome. Apparently, Mycanos had one final trick up his sleeve and placed a curse on the pharaoh as a form of vengeance for his defeat. It would turn him into a creature of darkness and who knows what will become of him then. The ones closest to him decided to mummify him with enchanted wrappings and a sarcophagus that would preserve his body, keep him in deep sleep and keep him from aging. But Niko now realized that the creature he brought here may end up going berserk!

Ch 3

Ambient Armor

As the medical team unwrapped the last of his wrappings a surge of dark energy shot out, and Niko knew he needed to do something. He immediately took the staff ready to fight this ancient creature. As he grabbed it though, something miraculous happened. A light shined around him right as he grabbed it, and he seemed to have somehow transported into a ancient room within the old kingdom. There was someone there. A women going by the name of Sareena. Niko asked what was going on. She explained that she was the voice that led him to the tomb. She was part of the royal guard, and Niko was her descendant. When the undead army destroyed the kingdom, what remained of the people there were forced to flee beyond the sea to start life anew. He wanted to know more, but she explained there was no time. She would continue to guide him and asked that in return, he would protect the pharaoh. He agreed, with hope that there may be a shred of light still within him. She then explained that the staff he picked up was filled with both light and dark magic. It was used by the royal guard to transform the user into powerful warriors clad in armor to fight against enemies in the kingdom. It also had a more, interesting ability. The staff itself chooses its wielder, and it did indeed choose Niko. The staff itself will look into the mind of the wielder to look into its knowledge, capabilities, and technological knowledge. It will then adapt to that user to be able to fight at his maximum capabilities. In another flash of light, Niko seemingly exits this vision, and she tells Niko, she will always watch over him.

He opened his eyes, and realized what happened during that was actually happening in only seconds. But, his body felt stronger, faster, and metal. He looked to his right toward the mirror, and saw himself in a fantastic suit of armor, filled with tech from the time period. He turned back toward the pharaoh, who now was waking up. He readied himself, thinking he may have to fight him. To his surprise as the pharaoh opened his eyes, and simply asked questions in confusion. Who were they? Where were they? What happened to him? Niko thought for a moment, and realized that the darkness in him must have indeed fully bonded with his body. However, instead of killing him or fragmenting his mind, it instead changed him. He could feel the dark power off of him from the armor, but it seemed that the darkness could not fragment his mind due to the hibernative sleep. The royal court have unintentionally saved him. He saw Niko, and saw him with the staff, and asked “Are you part of the royal guard? What’s your name?”

Niko immediately put down the staff and the armor dissipated along with it. “I’m Niko sir. There is a lot I have to tell you.” The pharaoh replied “Well go ahead young one. Please tell me what has happened to me.”

Ch 4

Waking World

Niko explained to Sereph that he has been asleep for more then a thousand years. His closest followers had put him to sleep with the hope that the future world would be able to find a cure for his affliction. It seems that his affliction however, had fully bonded with him. The curse could did not affect his mind however, most likely due to being put into hibernation during the time. His kingdom was destroyed by the evil he faced long ago, and that the world has greatly changed during his sleep. Niko explained that he apprently is an ancestor of a warrior of the warrior guard, and wishes to help him now.

Sereph was saddened by the loss of his kingdom, but quickly became interested in how much the world has changed since he slept. He asked Niko about what the world is like now.

Niko explained to Sereph how the world has motorized vehicles, skyscrapers that pierce the clouds, new technology and medical care (as Sereph has been now exposed to), and the strange box showing stories and gladiator battles of the new age (aka, the television and football). He began to think that this new world he is now exposed to may actually be fun. Sereph wanted to hear more. He wanted to learn about the history of the new world while he slept. Niko told him about the new discoveries made, 2 wars, and important characters who changed the world. Sereph found enjoyment hearing these stories from Niko.

News of this amazing discovery made it to the government of Sinaria, who originally commissioned Niko to look at the ruins. A group of researchers from the science division of Sinaria were sent to the medical facility with the hope of learning more from Sereph about the past, his life, and how he feels about the new world he has now woken up in. They brought all the treasures from his tomb to his hospital bed and told him that they were his. When they asked what he planned to do to it, he said “give it back to my people,” (he would later create a museum to showcase the ancient treasures and when off duty, would visit and tell stories to the younger visitors).

Ch 5

Rash Raiders

News of this find eventually reached the ears of a group called the Raiders, who were a gang of thieves plaguing Sinaria. They heard of this incredible story through their channels and knew this was too good of an opportunity to pass up. They wanted to steal his treasures and take the old pharaoh hostage, knowing full well the government would pay ANYTHING for his safe return. They dressed themselves as hospital workers and came carrying a sedative. When they came into the room however, it seemed Sereph knew that they had evil intentions. He blasted the first group that came in with a dark energy blast. When a second group came in, Niko readied to fight and took down the rest with his staff. The group was taken into custody and Niko watched stayed awake the entire night while Sereph slept to make sure no one else came after him.

News of this amazing find hit news stories all over the world. Ancient civilizations, magic, treasures of extreme rarity, a pharaoh who should be gone, and his amazing abilities who managed to take down the raiders. Sereph was asked to come to speak before the new government of Sinaria. Hearing his stories, they eventually asked him to join the SIA (Snake Intelligence agency), to take on major threats to Sinaria and beyond. In return, they would help him adapt to the new world, and would allow him to keep all treasures for himself to do as he pleases. He agreed, on the condition that Niko could join him on his operations. They said he would have to be trained up, but Sereph replied that he could do it himself. Now going by the code name, Slither Snare, he trained Niko to be a powerful warrior on the force of good. With the sun/moon sentinel staff, he would prove to be a powerful force for good. Now known by the code name valor viper, he will show evil the force of ancient power. They are usually very careful to keep casualties from the battles to a minimal so that their enemies can be tried for their crimes. They will very rarely result to lethal force.

Gear: Sun/Moon Sentinel Staff: A staff filled with ancient magic. It allows him to dawn a special set of armor that adapted itself to today’s worlds technology. The armor is very sturdy, and can also turn black at nighttime for stealth incursions. The staff itself is very strong. It can be infused with light by pointing it toward the sun or darkness by pointing it toward the moon. Slither Snare can also infuse it with darkness

Sun effect: Quicker speed and reflexes. Staff becomes very hot.

Moon effect: Increased cutting power and range. Staff is infused with dark ice.

Cyber Cycle: Staff can be held upfront to create a motorcycle made from ancient technology. His primary use of travel with Slither Snare. Can drive across water.

Solar Singe/ Lunar Lock grenades. Grenades infused with light or dark energy that do the following

Solar Singe: Explodes into a blinding a blinding light to blind enemies, and will also burn them. Good for surprise attacks.

Lunar Lock: Explodes into chains of darkness that bind enemies. Also good for surprise attacks, but also capturing enemies.

Abilities: Sun Smasher, Moon Mist: Infused with light energy, he can slam the ground sending a pulsewave of heat energy forward. Good for large groups. With dark energy, he can slam the ground to create a dark mist to hide himself. The mist will also dampen sounds so he can sneak around the enemies confused in it and silently take them out one by one. His visor will detect heat signatures. Also good for large groups or quick escapes.

Sun Strike/Star Stuck: Can shoot a ball of energy from his staff. With the light energy, it shoots a very quick flaming ball forward, which when it hit an object or enemy, it will explode and separate into small blasts and explode again. Good for large groups and vehicles. With dark energy, the blast will create a sticky substance to restrain the enemies when it explodes. It will also cause the enemy to get sick and weaken from the toxins within, eventually causing unconsciousness. Good for capturing multiple foes.

Sun Spinner/ Lunar lights: Throws the staff at enemies like a boomerang. With light energy, it will track and hit multiple targets before returning. Good groups of targets at long distance. With dark energy, it can will release a fluid on targets hit that work as a neurotoxin. Subjects will go blind, feel immense pain and eventually lose consciousness. Good for singular targets and interrogations.

Sun Storm/Comet Chaos: With light energy, by spinning his staff, he can create a fire twister to either protect himself from attacks around him or send it directly at enemies. With dark energy, he creates a freezing thats send icicle shards in all directions, and reflects back projectiles back at his opponents. Good for defense and small groups.

Tech terror/Dark Dread: Defeating enemies creates a charge. When his armor glows, he can unleash a devastating attack based on his current element. With light energy, he gains super speed and can unleash a huge flurry of light energy strikes against his unfortunate foes. With dark energy, the entire area becomes pitch black and can unleash powerful freezing strikes against his confused foes. Good for crowd control, vehicles, and powerful enemies.

Likes: His best friend, Sereph III (aka Slither Snare)

History and archeology

Treasures and treasure hunting

Riding his Cyber Cycle

Ancient magic

Football

Ghost stories

Adventuring

Learning new abilities

Helping others

Puzzle solving

History

Making discoveries

Dislikes:

Tyrants

Necromancy

Terrorist factions and organized crime

Being unable to protect others despite his best efforts

Kidnappers

Selfish people

People who take credit for others achievements

News channels (he feels the media is too negative and stretches the truth way too much, despite his rescue team being known on it)

Hockey (He feels all the new regulations against fights ruined the game).

Being alone