Personality: Max used to be the biggest hard ass in the office. He maintained a cool exterior, but inside, he was a raging lunatic. On long stressful assignments, the inner beast would emerge, usually resulting in a hole punched in a wall. Max never got a good night's sleep, he ground his teeth to fine powder, junior agents were terrified of him. Now, he's mellowed some, but can still be a bitch when under extreme duress.
Appearance:
In a word, immaculate. Max always dresses perfectly whether in a suit for the office or jeans and a sweater for at home. He keeps several changes of clothes stashed around his office and car so that the illusion doesn't falter if he can't go home. He keeps his dark hair perfectly combed and shaves several times a day. Most think it's just to be anal retentive, but a few close friends know that it's because Max's facial hair grows annoyingly quickly.
Abilities: ~Top level FBI agent: Max has access to documents others can't see and is well liked by the President who trusts Max enough to do just about anything he asks. ~Master Negotiator: Max can plant the seeds of surrender in a fugative's mind and make the perp think it was their idea.
General Bio: Max found his calling when he joined the FBI. He rapidly rose through the ranks and made team leader at a ridiculously young age. And then he met Gina. Gina Vitagliano was a passenger on an airplane hijacked by terrorists. During the three day stand-off Max was in charge of negotiating, Gina was gang raped by her captors while Max and the other government and military officials could do nothing but watch and listen via the surveilance devices placed by the SEAL team.
Max had been in constant contact with Gina via the radio, and she ended up falling in love with Max. But Max couldn't handle the baggage. For the next four years, Max was a mess. Not only had he failed to keep Gina safe, but now the girl wouldn't leave him alone. And girl she was. Gina was only half his age. Max managed to dodge her most of the time, but when he was shot out in the field, it was Gina who held his hand all through his hospital stay and recovery.
But not even though Gina loved Max more than life, Max finally managed to push her away. She went abroad, and it very nearly killed Max. He lived each day in dread, in when Gina's name showed up on a list of civilians killed in a carbombing in Hamburg, Max was hardly surprised. Gina hadn't died, though. She and her friend had been kidnapped by terrorists in an attempt to bait her friend's love. Over the course of the ensuing drama, Max finally came out and told Gina he loved her. He proposed to her, and they married shortly after coming home. Since then, he's actually slept. He leaves the office at normal hours rather than pulling consecutive all-nighters. He's mellowed.
Attached NPCs: -Jules Cassidy ~Deb Erlanger: one of the better field agents, though a sweet girl in the office -Joe Hirabayashi (Yashi): efficient, though comes off as bored, half-asleep, catatonic, etc. -George Faulkner: all business; the others are working on getting him to lighten up and learn to take a joke
Personality: Ulquiorra is a very cold, callous, dispassionate figure, and is rather aloof, brooding, and indifferent, willing to harm both his comrades and enemies should they ever get in his way. He refers to anyone he does not find interesting as "trash" and treats them as expendable. Despite this, he is not particularly violent, unlike most of his Espada comrades, and will only fight when provoked. Ulquiorra has a strange habit of killing victims he is particularly interested in by stabbing them with his bare hand in the same location as his hollow hole. Whether he is consciously aware of this habit or not is unknown. During a speech to Orihime, he claims he cannot believe in human emotions, which he refers to as the "heart", reasoning that if his eye cannot see them, then they do not exist. These words, and much of Ulquiorra's overall behavior, can lead one to assume that he is a firm believer in the concept of materialism. It would appear that as a result of his isolated life as a hollow, Ulquiorra does not understand feelings and emotions as well as empathetic characters like Orihime tend to. His overall behavior towards his allies and enemies, as well as his apparently self-inflicted habit of stabbing people in the chest, may symbolize that fact. His cold demeanor allows him to stay completely calm and in control in most situations, and he is not easy surprised or caught off-guard. However, he does not seem to comprehend the human trait of fighting against all odds or the very concept of a human heart/emotions; during his latest battle with Ichigo, he completely overwhelms the Shinigami after releasing his zanpakuto, yet Ichigo continues to fight on regardless. This briefly causes him to lose his cool, causing him to shout at Ichigo out of frustration that "to continue fighting is pointless". He then transforms into his Segunda Etapa form in an attempt to show him "true despair". He also seems to contradict himself, telling Ichigo that it's natural for humans to mimic hollow to become stronger, but they will never be the equal of hollows, though the Arrancar are doing much of the same by imitating Shinigami.[2]
Ulquiorra is also highly perceptive, cunning, and analytical; during his and Yammy's first visit to the human world, he makes several surprisingly accurate remarks on the humans who confronted them. He theorizes that Orihime Inoue's healing power is a temporal-spatial ability, which Aizen later describes as the rejection of fate, and comments on how Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai can easily cut through Yammy's defenses. He also notes Ichigo's power fluctuation, which varies between very weak and stronger than his own.
Ulquiorra seems to be demanding as well, such as when he came to Orihime's chamber and ordered her to eat a meal an arrancar servant brought in, claiming that, for Aizen's benefit, it was her "duty" to stay alive. When Orihime hesitated, he threatened to force the food down her throat, or strap her to a table and feed her via an IV. This also implies that, while he prefers not to dirty his hands, Ulquiorra is fully capable of committing truly abhorrent and inhumane actions without feeling any shred of remorse or hesitation.
Appearance: His cold demeanor allows him to stay completely calm and in control in most situations, and he is not easy surprised or caught off-guard. However, he does not seem to comprehend the human trait of fighting against all odds or the very concept of a human heart/emotions; during his latest battle with Ichigo, he completely overwhelms the Shinigami after releasing his zanpakuto, yet Ichigo continues to fight on regardless. This briefly causes him to lose his cool, causing him to shout at Ichigo out of frustration that "to continue fighting is pointless". He then transforms into his Segunda Etapa form in an attempt to show him "true despair". He also seems to contradict himself, telling Ichigo that it's natural for humans to mimic hollow to become stronger, but they will never be the equal of hollows, though the Arrancar are doing much of the same by imitating Shinigami.[2]
Ulquiorra is also highly perceptive, cunning, and analytical; during his and Yammy's first visit to the human world, he makes several surprisingly accurate remarks on the humans who confronted them. He theorizes that Orihime Inoue's healing power is a temporal-spatial ability, which Aizen later describes as the rejection of fate, and comments on how Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai can easily cut through Yammy's defenses. He also notes Ichigo's power fluctuation, which varies between very weak and stronger than his own.
Ulquiorra seems to be demanding as well, such as when he came to Orihime's chamber and ordered her to eat a meal an arrancar servant brought in, claiming that, for Aizen's benefit, it was her "duty" to stay alive. When Orihime hesitated, he threatened to force the food down her throat, or strap her to a table and feed her via an IV. This also implies that, while he prefers not to dirty his hands, Ulquiorra is fully capable of committing truly abhorrent and inhumane actions without feeling any shred of remorse or hesitation.
Abilities: Master Swordsmanship Specialist
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant
tremendously skillful speed
Keen Intellect
Cero: A cero is a orb made of focused power. Ulquiorra's is green, and is fired from his Index Finger.
Enhanced Hierro: refers to the hardened skin of the Arrancar, which is a result of their compressed spiritual power. While not openly stated, it has been seen repeatedly that Ulquiorra's skin is highly durable even by Arrancar standards.
Enhanced Strength
High-Speed Regeneration: Despite having great attack power and speed, Ulquiorra's greatest strength is his regenerative power. It is first witnessed after he removed and crushed one of his eyes, then he is seen with two eyes again in his next appearance, and Yammy comments on it to that effect. This is displayed once more in his battle against Ichigo's evolved Hollow form where he regenerates the arm that was torn off. Ulquiorra states that it is his greatest power, one which most Arrancar give up in return for greater strength. He explains that he can quickly regenerate any part of his body except for his brain and Internal organs. However, this power also requires that he had sufficient spiritual energy
released Form: By drawin ghis sword, and calling out "Bind, Murciélago" Ulquiorra unleashing his true power. Murciélago unleashes with a burst of spiritual energy that falls around Ulquiorra as black rain. In his released state, Ulquiorra becomes bat-like in appearance. He gains giant wings on his back, his hair becomes longer and wilder on the left side of his head, and the remains of his Hollow mask centers atop his head, with two large horns extending outward to the sides towards the front. The lines on his face become broader and more triangular and his fingernails lengthen. His Arrancar attire becomes more form fitting and closed at the top, becoming more like a robe towards the bottom. In this form, he uses an energy spear instead of a sword. He uses this very rarly.
Second release: By calling out "Segunda Etapa" Ulquiorra uses the power that no espada has. Ulquiorra refers to his second state as "True Despair", both before and after its release, likely because its immense power instills despair upon the opponent. Segunda Etapa can be presumed as the Arrancar equivalent of a Shinigami's Bankai. While he retains his black wings, his long white coat is gone, revealing a more defined musculature with his chest appearing as blood-like liquid is dripping from his Hollow hole, which becomes larger. His waist is covered in something similar to black fur, his arms turn completely black, from the mid-biceps to the finger tips, and his fingers grow claw-like extensions; his feet become like talons, his eyes turn yellow while his sclera turns green and the thin "crying" marks under his eyes are displaced towards the outside of his cheeks by similar triangular lines that taper off towards his chin. Ulquiorra's mask remains turn into horns, and the #4 Espada tattoo is no longer visible on his chest. He grows a very long and thin but powerful tail which is capable of being used as a weapon or to lift and strangle a victim. Agian, very rare.
General Bio: Ulquiorra's human life is never revealed, but it is known that he was a Vasto Lorde class Menos Hollow before becoming an Arrancar. After a series of events, Ulquiorra was kill in battle, yet found himself in Megaville. Taking this opprotunity, Ulquiorra now wants to Take Megaville, and present to Aizen once he returns to Hueco Mundo.
Post by TheTimeSweeper on Jun 5, 2009 17:40:04 GMT -5
Hmm, possibly. It would probably depend on which ones. Sonic or Kirby, for example, probably wouldn't work and Pokemon wouldn't work either. Mario might work though.
Yeah, he looks anime, but he's not. Its a cartton video game. Also, with the picking a char everyone knows, Most if the cartoon Char I know have been taken, and couple with the fact that I havn't watched cartoons in a while aren't helping me out here.
Post by tomaszavenger on Jun 6, 2009 8:10:20 GMT -5
Look, Gaara, there are plenty, if you're a stuck, here are some ideas. Look them up if you don't know about these:
Johnny Test (Johnny Test, Susan/Mary Test, Doukie (I think that's how its spelt), Agents Black and White)
Robotboy (Robotboy, Tommy, Lola, Gus, Kamikaze)
Grim Adventures (Billy, Pudin, Mindy, Grim)
Sonic (It was made into a cartoon as well as an anime, this is refering to the cartoon version. This is probably a last resort though, as playing anthropomorphic characters is a dangerous scenario which can have too great an effect on the outside world to shift the roleplay too much) (Sonic, Tails, Princess Sally)
Codename Kids Next Door (I don't know how well this would fit in exactly though.) (Too many to list).
Megas XLR (Coop, Kiva and Jamie)
Time Squad (Otto, Larry, Buck)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cartoons is a huge list of cartoons and anime if you are still stuck. Just find a cartoon here, and you're all set. Make sure you scroll down to 1990s/2000s though.