WATSON

BIOGRAPHY

Hundreds of years ago in medieval England, there lived a powerful lord by the name of Caldwell. He possessed riches and power beyond his wildest dreams, yet still paranoia filled him. His one fear was losing his power. Desperate for any way to avoid the inevitability of his fate, he called upon a deal with a demon. This demon, Urzel, offered him a simple way out of his fate. He would allow the lord to outrun Death, whenever the reaper should come for him. The lord accepted, and was granted the powers of the Speed Demon. [break][break]



He lived peacefully until the end of his days, when the Reaper did indeed come for him. Doing as Urzel told him, he ran. He ran, and he ran, and he ran. For days and days he ran from Death, always hearing it’s clanging scythes behind him. He refused to submit and accept the uncertainty of the next life, so he continued to flee. Eventually, his body refused to move. After all of the running without rest, he was at the end of the line. Collapsing on the ground midstep, he’d run himself to death. [break][break]



Despite the grim fate of the lord, his bloodline remained. He had many children in his time, and the family only grew with each passing generation. Fanning out across the globe, it was only natural that the true lineage soon faded into obscurity. As such, our story continues many many years later. In a simple suburb in Massachusetts, there lived a genuine descendant of the original Lord Caldwell. However, this would prove to be no ordinary descendant. [break][break]

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Diana Watson was born to a loving household of seven. Blessed with two loving parents and a whopping five older siblings, Diana had a pretty comfortable childhood. Following in the footsteps of her brothers and sisters, she found herself exploring all sorts of interests in her schooling years. From cheerleading, to music, to dance, to sports, to video games she was always out exploring some aspect of the world. She had the perfect combo of boundless energy and a willingness to try just about anything. [break][break]


As she grew older, there was one particular thing which really grabbed her interest more than anything else. After seeing a real life superhero save herself and the denizens of her small town, she absolutely fell in love. Not with that hero in particular, but just the idea of heroism in general. She followed all the big names from Wayport, and did just about everything she could to express her fandom. At the end of the day, there was something magical about the way that they constantly put themselves on the line to save others. While she partook in various forms of community service, she wanted nothing more than to help people like a real superhero. [break][break]


As if fulfilling her wish, she soon began to hear a voice in her dreams. A rough, commanding and monstrous voice, it would merely tell her to run. Run until she escapes from this mortal coil. Run until not even death can catch her. Soon, the voice began to grow worse. It would no longer invade her dreams, but would interrupt her while she was awake. Desperate to make it stop, she relented. At first, she just ran as she normally would, but giving into the voice changed something. She no longer ran like a typical fourteen year old girl, she grew faster. Much, MUCH faster. Before she knew it, she could break the sound barrier. As it turns out, she somehow managed to inherit the deal made with Urzel generations ago, as if the demon never actually received his end of the bargain. [break][break]


Of course, like any responsible daughter, the first thing she did was tell her parents. That was a pretty awkward dinner conversation, but it ended in a surprising way for Diana. Instead of her parents telling her to fulfill her destiny and go save people as a superhero, they told her the opposite. She wasn’t allowed to use her powers for anything, and was forbidden from even mentioning it to anyone. That wouldn’t do. This was the moment she’d been dreaming her whole life for, and the nice voice inside her head finally gave it to her! If this wasn’t a sign that she needed to take, nothing would be.[break][break]


Like any irresponsible daughter, she decided to run away from home. “Borrowing” some materials from her sewing class to make herself a costume, she set out with nothing but the bare essentials. It didn’t take her long to get to Wayport (for obvious reasons), and she immediately headed to Aegis. Deciding to take up the alter-ego Blur, she was ready to live out her superhero dream. While she did miss her family, she figured that she’d be able to go home at some point in her life. For now, she needed to learn the ropes of saving people. That’s if she can manage to stop fangirling over all her new co-workers. [break][break]

CHARACTER POWERS

✰ LINGERING DEMONIC WILL [break]

Demonic Symbiosis [break][break]


As a byproduct of inheriting the curse, Diana also inherited a small piece of the demon Urzel's soul. While she doesn't gain any additional powers through having Urzel, he can communicate with her as a voice in her head. He can perceive anything that Diana perceives, and he doesn't have any direct control over her body. [break][break]

As for Urzel himself, he's typically a dormant presence. When Diana wishes to speak with him, he's typically rude, unhelpful and destructive. He'll often try and manipulate Diana for his own devices, though he doesn't actively dislike her. He sees her more as a helpful lackey rather than someone he dislikes. He doesn't know if his soul fragment will ever be able to return to the proper Urzel, but he intends to try. [break][break]



↣ THE CURSE OF THE DEMON'S SPEED [break]

Supernatural Speed [break][break]

Due to the lingering Caldwell lineage in her blood, Diana inherited his ability of super speed. More specifically, she can accelerate her body to inhuman levels, allowing her to move at speeds which should be physically impossible for any human. While she can move any body part at her insane speeds, she cannot move anything more minute like molecules. The maximum speed that she can achieve normally is the speed of light, or 299,792,458 meters per second. However it is worth noting that Diana's mind has trouble keeping up with her body when she moves at her highest speeds. While she is able to act on instinct, her body can't process how fast she's moving and adapt on the fly. Similarly, she finds it harder and harder to steer or stop the faster she goes. [break][break]

As one might expect from running as fast as she does, she naturally gets quite tired. Its unlikely that she can sustain her top speeds for more than a second or two without breaking down. The longest that she's ever been able to run at the speed of light is five seconds, but she was unable to fight for a few days afterwards. While she is good about being able to recuperate in the midst of a fight, there's only so much running she can handle before she'd need to evacuate.
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As she goes faster and faster, her body begins to show more of the dark origins of her powers. Dark energy tends to follow her when she runs super fast, and her body is completely consumed by it when she reaches her top speeds. While it doesn't have any active detriments, it gives Diana the appearance of a corporeal shadow rather than a proper human. [break][break]



↣ UMBRAL TRESPASS [break]

Darkness Teleportation [break][break]


Due to her curse, she is able to interact with shadows to a minor degree. More specifically, she is able to turn herself into a two dimensional shadow, and travel along a surface within that form. She is able to move at around the same speeds as her running, and it consumes the same amount of energy. From her perspective, she's merely just running along whatever surface she finds herself on. While she cannot be directly harmed while she is a shadow, she also cannot actually interact with any objects in the third dimension. She cannot use this ability when she is in super bright light, and she'll also be forced out of it if any bright light shines on her shadow form. Despite what one might expect, she can't easily hide in the shadows of people or objects. Her shadow form still has two bright red lights representing her eyes, which can pretty easily be made out if she tries to hide. [break][break]

MISC.

⍟ QUOTE/CATCHPHRASE:[break][break]



"You're too slow" [break][break]