The New Teen Titans

[KRCmdrSheppard]

Would a teenage Power Girl (or Supergirl) have a chance of being accepted? I have known quite a few GMs who won't allow any Kryptonians ever.

[Markov]

We're currently doing some research to see if Supergirl/Power Girl would fit in the current timeline. If my memory serves me right (which it may not, which is why we're researching) she was around when Tim was the Teen Titans Robin.

[Markov]

Okay, so going by the Teen Titans Go comics, which are a spinoff/continuation of the original show, she's already part of the Justice League. So she wouldn't be working with the Titans because she'd already be an adult by our timeline.

[KRCmdrSheppard]

Since this rp acknowledges the existence of Go and considers to be the same continuity I cannot participate.

[Markov]

We don't acknowledge the show. I don't consider the show to be canon. I meant the comics, which were a continuation of the original show instead of....whatever the Go show was. But I appreciate your interest and hope you have a good day.

[KRCmdrSheppard]

Any version of Go be it show or comics should not be considered anything other than garbage to be used by those desperate and out of real kindling

[Markov]

Okay, there's no need for that here. You can go.

[Price]

Name: Cruxos (Krŭk-zos)
Hero Name: Crux
Age: 16
Gender: Male

Alignment: Hero
Loyalties: Olympus, later Teen Titans
Powers/weapons:

Divine Wisdom: As the son of Athena, Cruxos has inherited a rather sizable portion of her wisdom. Athena hopes he will use this gift to aid humanity.

Mortal Reading: A rare gift from his adoptive father, Hades, Cruxos possesses the ability to read a mortal creature's entire history as well as their possible futures. The future is ever-changing, so it is extremely difficult for the boy. The past is a different matter. He can read all mortal creatures, from insects to humans, as if they are books. He shuns this power as it pertains to mortal beings as the utmost intrusive invasion of privacy.

Sacred Bond: The most important role for any deity, a god to his or her bonded, is the formation, maintenance, and upholding of the mortal bond. This bond must be formed consensually on pain of great cost to the offending deity. Once formed, the deity is permanently linked, mind and soul, to their mortal. In what will pass a single instant to the mortal, the deity will live the entire life of the mortal up until that point and experience all of the same thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations that the mortal has felt through their own eyes as if it were their own life. Even their name will be used in place of the mortal’s. It is an arduous undertaking for any deity, let alone a semi-deity like Cruxos. If unprepared for the bond, the deity tends to lose a sense of him or herself in the memories, unable to differentiate their own true memories from those that they have experienced through the bond. They will suffer the same trauma themselves that the mortal has undergone to that point. In short, it can be extremely taxing to a deity to take it on. The bond extends beyond simply living a mortal’s life. Once it is formed, a telepathic link is formed between the pair and can be accessed at any time. The bond becomes a shared space that can be accessed by either party at any time. The mortal and deity will feel the other’s presence in their mind whenever the bond is tapped into, allowing them to share emotions back and forth. The deity has the special power to take on the mortal’s burdens of pain (mental, emotional, and physical) and offer peace in exchange. Depending on the bond’s strength and experience, this process can range from taxing, excruciatingly difficult, to even impossible.

Olympic Spear: This weapon is the gift that Zeus bestowed upon his favored daughter and by proxy, his favored grandson. The Olympic Spear was struck with Zeus's lightning, giving the weapon great power. Only an Olympian may wield it, and no mortal can break it.

Shield of Achilles: The famed shield of Achilles has been recovered and blessed by the gods, given to Cruxos on his sixteenth birthday. The shield acts as a protection against most mortal weapons. It is powerful enough to withstand a blast from an rpg and has been tested against some of the lower Olympians' finest spells. It has yet to see true combat beyond sparring though.


Short Sword: All ancient Greek soldiers carried a short sword into combat in the event they lost their spear. Cruxos is no exception. Crafted by Hephaestus, its blade has seen Crux through many close combat situations.
Face Claim:

Spoiler: Corey Fogelmanis 

Voice Claim: Corey Fogelmanis circa 2017 albeit with a heavy Greek accent
Casual Appearance: Cruxos is rarely seen outside of his armor. He prefers to wear it as it keeps him safe, reminds him of home, and helps him to be ready at a moment's notice.

Super Appearance:

Spoiler: But with a spear in his hand, and the pictured short sword on his belt. 

Personality: Cruxos inherited the best features of his mother, a tactical mind that is analytical in nature and a wisdom that is slow to form judgment but resolute once it has. He can offer sound advice clear of bias or prejudice as well as merciful compassion to those he cares for. He is shy if not a bit standoffish among strangers, but is far more lighthearted around those he is comfortable with.

Cruxos is a proudly fierce warrior who takes pleasure in a good fight. His attitude during battle is very different than his personality outside of it. He is wrathful and unforgiving, brutal when dishing out judgments of the gods. He tends to rush headfirst into danger whether he has support or not. He believes it to be his duty as an Olympian. As reckless as this is, he doesn't yet see the danger. After all, how could a mortal hurt a demigod?

Cruxos has an extremely childish side brought out when he is seeking the approval of his Titan leaders or when he is excited or afraid. This side of him is almost like a puppy and can range from extremely timid, shy, and guilty, to overly exuberant and full of boundless joy depending on the situation.

History:

Immediate Family: Created by Zeus, Cruxos has no biological parents. Athena took on the role of the boy’s mother and Hades has been as much of a father figure as the boy has ever known. Of the other Olympians, the twins Apollo and Artemis have spent the most active time with him as his uncle and aunt respectively. Apollo taught him the arts and the way of music while Artemis taught him the way of the wilderness and how to hunt in it.

Distant Family: The rest of the Olympians would easily be considered distant, Poseidon the most amicable of them, Hephaestus the most apathetic, and Ares is easily the most hostile towards the demi-god.

Parenting and Upbringing: Cruxos was born to be the sole hope for the future of Olympus and has been raised accordingly. Athena drilled him in combat as soon as he was old enough to walk and schooled him herself from her personal library. She was firm and although she cared for him, she was not the most nurturing. As the goddess of wisdom, she acted more as a guide than a traditional mother. His father figure, Hades, was far gentler by contrast. When the intensity of his mother became too much, Cruxos would spend his days with his father learning the duties of the Underworld.

His other relatives have spent time teaching him proficiency in their own areas of expertise, but only Apollo and Artemis seem to regard Cruxos as anything other than a means to an end.

Infancy:(0-2)

Spoiler: Spoiler 

Cruxos was blessed by each god and goddess of the Pantheon. It was in his destiny to be great. To that end, his infancy was anything but nurturing. Even as a toddler, Crux was given early training in combat.

Childhood:

Spoiler: Spoiler 

(3-12) Crux’s combat training continued throughout his childhood. He was gifted his mother’s spear and Achilles’s shield as his own arms. He worked tirelessly day and night in constant drilling, sparring, and training. He often fought in the arena against all sorts of Olympian monsters and was often gored. His mother allowed this. They were lessons of what not to do, mistakes he would learn and train to correct.

At the age of seven, he was given his first host of men to lead. Athena taught him all of the basic strategies of warfare and once he learned those, she taught him the advanced forms as well. Soon he was a master tactician as well as a master spearman, and a hand-hand combat expert.
All the while, he received private tutoring from Athena herself. She taught him the arts, mathematics, sciences, social studies, and so on. She taught Cruxos to be fluent in all the modern languages as well as the ancient dead ones.

His other relatives taught him their ways as well. Cruxos especially took to the bow and hunting of Artemis and the musical arts of Apollo.

Adolescence:

Spoiler: Spoiler 

(13-17) By the age of fourteen, Cruxos had become an accomplished general who had led scores of battles against the monsters and vagrants who threatened the peace of Olympus.

At the age of sixteen, Cruxos left Olympus to begin his rite of passage into godhood, a trial of sorts. He was to live in the mortal realm and accomplish a deed fitting of earning godhood.

Other: Always has his spear and shield close by, prays to his family every morning and every night, always goes down to the beach and up to the Tower’s roof at least once a day.

Password: Boodles

[Markov]

Got Cruxos up on the main page. Broke it for a moment but I managed to fix it.

If anyone's curious, all of our profiles and stuff equal about 14 pages.

[Price]

Name: Dick Grayson
Hero Name: Nightwing
Age: 25
Gender: Male

Alignment: Hero
Loyalties: Officially solo, but aids the Bat Family, the Justice League, and the Teen Titans when the need arises.
Powers/weapons:

Abilities: Acrobatics, Computer Hacking, Escapology, Genius Level Intellect, Indomitable Will, Investigation, Martial Arts, Stealth, Swordsmanship, Tracking

Weapons: Eskrima sticks, wingdings (his version of batarangs), smoke pellets, grapple gun

Face Claim:

Spoiler: Matthew Lawrence 

Voice Claim: Scott Menville

Casual Appearance: Dick's civilian clothes are nothing special, as he dresses more to blend in than anything. He wears an assortment of graphic t-shirts, jeans, and tennis shoes in pleasant weather and maybe a light jacket or hoodie if it is chilly out. If the need arises, as the son of Bruce Wayne he does have the means to look more professional by breaking out a suit and tie.

Super Appearance:

Spoiler: Nightwing 

Personality: Time has made Dick more serious in nature, but he is still far less brooding than the Bat- even so far as to still be rather outgoing among those he trusts. He is terrible at keeping in touch. Although he has quietly kept tabs on his former teammates since they all went their separate ways, he rarely crosses paths with them and only if he needs help professionally. He isn't much of a romantic, as he is still not over Starfire nor his brief fling with Barbara Gordon. He spends most of his time isolating himself in his work and mentoring the new Robin(s).

History:

Spoiler: The last ten years 

After the Teen Titans slowly drifted apart, Dick returned to Gotham City under Batman's orders expecting to be treated more as a partner than a sidekick. It was immediately clear that wouldn't be the case and the relationship between Dick and Bruce suffered as a result. Barbara Gordon, who had taken the guise of Batgirl while he was away, was there for him. She helped him preserve a fractured relationship with Bruce and earned his trust and friendship. Just as importantly, she was there for him as he dealt with missing his team...and losing Starfire. Barbara became his confidant, and in time, their relationship evolved into something more complicated than just friendship.

It wasn't long after Dick's eighteenth birthday that everything went to Hell. An already thin as ice relationship between Batman and Robin was, at last, totally severed when Robin found out through miscommunication at the JLA that Batman had not only been closely monitoring the Teen Titans, even in the privacy of their own Tower, and that the Bat had even gone so far as to have some of the members of the League, himself included, quietly intervene during some of their most critical but successful missions. All the while he lied to the League so that they thought Robin had actually cleared it and had requested their help himself. That breach of trust followed by condescension and a stubborn unapologetic attitude from Bruce when confronted was the final straw. Dick took his share of the inheritance and moved to Bludhaven where he became Nightwing. When Barbara tried to stop him, he blew up and ultimately made her choose between him or Batman's crusade. As if the coffin needed any more nails, the entire Bat Family was rocked by the Jason Todd incident. As awful as this incident was, it did at least have one positive effect. Barbara and Dick reconciled setting in motion a better future for the Bat Family.

The new Robin, Tim Drake, idolized Dick and tried to copy him in every way. This didn't sit well with Bruce, who was worried that Tim would try something recklessly out of his league to ultimately get himself killed. Beyond that, Bruce was having a hard time relating to the boy. Under Alfred's advice and Barbara's constant pressure, he finally gave in and reached out to Dick in hopes that the old Robin could mentor the new Robin. Dick, again under Barbara's constant pressure, agreed. That decision changed the dynamic of the Bat Family forever. Tim and Dick formed an instant connection, and immediately Dick became a big brother for Tim. As he took more and more time away from Bludhaven to be there for Tim, he spent more time around Bruce. Dick and Bruce eventually and very gradually rehabilitated their relationship for Tim's sake. Nightwing even came to help out in Gotham from time to time.
All this time, Dick has never once forgotten the team. He still keeps the communicators active, just in case. He has kept a watchful eye on each member of the original team, following them closely over the years. He has reserved his strictest supervision for Terra, the honorary Titan, ever since Beast Boy told the team of her sudden revival. Though her memories seem lost and her powers gone, Dick still fears that someday the latter could reemerge without the former...and that Slade could come for her. After the clattering of stones in the last bar fight she broke up, Dick has become concerned enough to travel to Jump City strictly for observation purposes.

Other:
Password: Boodles