BIOGRAPHY

Black Hearth was born on a distant world one solar system away from earth. His world was very similar to that of earth's, but far more technologically advanced. The young alkin, as his kind were called, was a runt by most standards. He was much smaller, thinner, and generally weaker than his brothers and sisters. Respectively, he would constantly be berated and teased about his size as a child. His parents also seemed to favor his older siblings, while discouraging him. This cycle of sadness and pain would cause the young metal man to become a shut-in, reading books rather than playing outside.[break][break]



Black Hearth would spend much of his free time reading adventure stories and fantasy novels about his people. Mythology was his favorite subject. In an effort to outdo his siblings, the young boy would vow to become the smartest Alkin alive! He would study tirelessly, always besting his peers in highschool testing. Unfortunately, this effort would only get him labeled as a 'nerd' and bullied even greater. After some time had passed, he would eventually discover a book hidden deep within his school library. It was a dusty old tome, writing in an ancient language few knew, Al-Latin. luckily, he had picked up the knowledge, and was able to read the thing.[break][break]



In a wild turn of events, the book was a grimoire of dark magic. A book filled with incantations for all sorts of rituals and spells. The book would promise the reader anything they desired, if they would swear their soul to evil. While most would decline, Black Hearth did not. Writing "I agree" on a page, a strange power would come over him. He became imbued with pure evil, and all it's gifts.[break][break]


He learned spells of Dark Technomancy. Gaining control of the dead and machines alike. He would learn of spells that could turn the bodies of the dead into his own robot army, as long as he had the right number of corpses, and the know how.[break][break]



Deciding to get his revenge against the bullies who had wronged him, Black Heart would visit his town's cemetery to test his new power. Before him, an army of dark murderous robots made in his image would arise. They would go on a massive killing spree, murdering his entire town in the night. The metal man would use his skills again to summon forth for soldiers from the dead, and become a warlord of sorts, slowly killing all who lived on his home world. While others of his kind may have escaped, the man figured it was unlikely...
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With his home world wiped away of life, he decided it was time to move on to another world. He wouldn't attempt geocide there, but perhaps total domination... The closest planet he found, was earth. [break][break]

CHARACTER POWERS

✰ Mystic Alien Physiology [break]
Mystical Alien Physiology [break][break]

Black Hearth is a member of the Alkin race. They are a humanoid alien species characterized by metal armor-like skin. Members of his kind are often 10-12 feet tall, and weigh roughly 650 lbs. While the species' can take more damage than humans, their skin can still be penetrated by bullets and the like. It would be the effective equivalent of a human wearing platemail armor. Unfortunately, due to Black Hearth's genocidal rampage, much of has species have been slaughtered. Certain members of the Alkin posses magical abilities that are buried deep within their minds. These powers were usually technomancy or necromancy. In the case of Black Hearth, it was a twisted form of technomancy.[break][break]

X- While durable and sturdy, the weight of the metal skin tends to slow him down quite a bit. He's roughly 2/3rds as fast as an average human because of this.[break][break]

↣ Technomancy [break]
Technomagic[break][break]

Exposing himself to the power of the grimoire has granted Black Hearth an oddly specific, but powerful ability. Through the powers of ancient technomancy, he is capable of creating technological constructs from corpses.[break][break] 

While there are many listed applications of Technomagic, the only form Black Hearth can use is "Technological Constructs" which require once living corpses to create.[break][break]

↣ Dark Technomancy [break]
Technological Constructs[break][break]

Black Hearth has learned the arts of 'Dark Technomancy', a special form of technomancy that requires once living corpses to create machines. He can only use technomancy for the purposes of creating technological constructs such as robots, weapons, vehicles, and ships. Creating these constructs requires human corpses, which are magically converted into machines! While within 30 feet of a corpse, Black Hearth can fire a beam of black energy from the palm of his hand. Once the beam strikes the body, it melts into a liquid metal. This metal is similar to mercury in appearance and properties. Once melted, Black hearth can sustain the beam to reshape the puddle into a machine of his choosing. The machine he reshapes a corpse into must be one he has studied in detail, and could mentally recreate. For this reason, there are only a couple of different things he can actually create with this power.[break][break]

Primarily, he uses this power to create "Necro-Drones" his personal robotic minions. These minion rise wielding rifles that fire plasma bolts, but are slower than modern bullets. While dangerous in large numbers, a trained fighter could easily defeat a nerco-drone. Creating a Necro-Drone requires one corpse per robot, though Black Hearth can create up to two at once if he fully dedicated his turn to it. (Note: Necro-Drones are intended to be fodder enemies, like battle droids from star wars, or putty patrol from power rangers.)[break][break]

Aside from his Necro-Drones, there are three other machines he can make with his abilities, but rarely does. If Black Hearth can get his hands on ten corpses at once, he can spend two posts to create his "Skull Walker". It's a massive walking tank of a robot, equipped with twin plasma guns, it's about as effective as a modern tank. Alternatively, if the dark lord can manage fifteen corpses, he can spend two posts to create a "Death Bot" instead. This machine is a large walking mech, roughly 25 ft in height, and armed with plasma cannons around it's head. The Death Bot can only be piloted manually, as oppose to his other creations. The greatest machine he can create with this ability is something he only ever did once. He can construct the "The Death Boat" a hulking space ship the size of a small sky scraper, complete with several large cannons. The chances of him ever constructing a second are little to none, as he would need an entire city's worth of bodies, and several hours of concentration.[break][break]

Outside of his current robots, Black Hearth does take some time to study other potential designs, but lacks the creativity for the time being.[break][break] 


Limitations and Weaknesses: Such an impressive power would obviously come a vast array of limitations and weaknesses.[break][break]

X- First and foremost, for Black Hearth to create anything, he would need to be near dead corpses. The corpse must be roughly adult human in size, as anything smaller would not provide enough metal to reshape.[break][break]

X- While Black Hearth can turn corpses into liquid metal, he cannot effect bodies that have already been reanimated, or that are undead creatures.[break][break]

X- He also cannot use this power to resurrect necro-drones that have been destroyed. He must use organic matter that was once alive to create more.[break][break]

X- As a general rule of thumb, the larger the mechanical object, the more bodies and time it takes to create. It also requires an intricate knowledge of the object to create it.[break][break]

X- While Black Hearth's constructs are loyal to him, they can still be taken control of, hacked, or shut down by anything that would effect a regular robot. Electromagnetic pulses can also cause his robots to malfunction.[break][break] 

MISC.

⍟ QUOTE/CATCHPHRASE:[break][break]

"All knees shall bow before ME! BLACK HEARTH, THE DEATH EATER!" [break][break]


✽ Possessions [break][break]

• Red Blade. Black Hearth possesses a large glowing sword with a red blade. He has no training with swords, but has a lot of brawn compared to humans, though any trained swordsman could defeat him. 
  
  
• Necro-Drone Entourage. Black Hearth keeps a small posse of robot thugs at his beck and call at all times, just in case he lacks the ability to raise some. Once they've all been defeated however, he'll be in trouble.  
  
  
• The Death Boat. Black Hearth's residence is on a large spaceship that circles around the earth to avoid detection. The ship has never been used for combat, but could potentially be if attacked.

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