Post by Sapphire on Feb 19, 2006 22:18:50 GMT -5
Real/Full Name:
Sapphire Hinoshima
Titles/Nicknames:
“Mistress of Fire”
Gender:
Female
Age:
16
Birthdate:
September 3rd
Species:
Part cat feral (human/cat hybrid with cat ears, eyes, fangs, claws, and a tail) and Kiramonian (alien)
Place of Origin:
Japan
Status:
Good
Affiliations:
The Teen Titans (Alpha)
Physical Appearance:
Standing at 5’4” in height, Sapphire has long, navy blue hair that ends at her waist and has a natural wave to it. She has bangs that frame the sides of her face and some that is parted to the right side of her head, contrasting against bright, sky-colored eyes, which have slit-shaped pupil causing them to resemble a cat’s eyes more than a human’s. White cat ears stick out from the sides of the top of her head instead of human ears, as well as a matching white tail behind her. She has a slender body that rests somewhat between a feminine and slightly more masculine figure, with toned muscles resulting from years of martial arts training but retaining some of the usual curves one can expect a girl to have. Her body also has strange tattoo-like birthmarks; below the corner of each eye is a small diamond-shape mark and on her right hand there is a mark that resembles a heart with three haloes on either side of it.
Outfit/Costume:
Sapphire sports a black tank top that crops at the mid drift with a hooded jacket—which is light blue on the bottom and then a cerulean blue at the very top over the bust—worn over it, zipped all the way up. She also wears a cerulean blue skirt with another, longer, light blue skirt draped over it on the back. Underneath both skirts are a pair of gray shorts. A silver-colored metal belt is worn around her hips with a brooch attached to the buckle that resembles a swirl with feathers. Around her neck she wears a blue collar that resembles a belt and to complete her look she wears arm length black, fingerless gloves and matching black boots that end above the knee with thick silver bracelets on both wrists and ankles. Although it does not have the appearance as such, all of her clothes and accessories in this outfit are completely flame retardant.
Streetwear:
In her street clothes Sapphire often keeps a few items from her usual wear, since her Titans outfit is flame retardant and she doesn’t know when she might need to use her powers on the fly. Usually wears her same black tank top, collar, belt and brooch. Over her tank top she wears a long-sleeve, light-colored denim jacket adorned with several zippers and pockets and is cropped just below the bust with some navy blue star patterned patches sewn onto the left sleeve. With this she wears dark colored blue jeans with her same silver belt and brooch on the buckle. Since the jeans hug her legs a pair of black lace-up boots are worn over them, ending below the knee. The boots are adorned with a few blue stars at the heel which match the ones on her left jacket sleeve.
Powers:
- Pyrokinesis
Sapphire’s primary power is the ability to create and control fire at will, which was passed down to her by her mother genetically. The flames that she creates are a light blue, and when she manipulates flames that are not of her creating they may also turn blue as well while she controls them. Her ability to manipulate fire is quite extensive and is not limited to just fire, but forms of heat as well, such as absorption of heat from magma to make it cool. She is physically immune to fire herself, and since her pyrokinetic powers are controlled through her will she can also force the flames that she manipulates to take specific shapes or travel along desires paths. - Electrokinesis
Passed from her father, Sapphire also has the ability to control forms of electricity and electromagnetism. Primarily she uses this to give herself the ability to fly and create shields of electromagnetic energy to repel certain attacks, but she can also create bolts of electricity and control lightning for an offensive power. She is also, similar to her pyrokinesis, able to absorb electricity. She can also use this power to magnetize metal objects or demagnetize them. - Healing
Through an ancient power that sleeps within her, Sapphire also has the ability to heal wounds. This power, unlike her other powers, which stem from sheer mental willpower, is controlled by emotions primarily, such as the desire to save and protect or nurture. This also manifests itself with the ability to heal and recover from injuries much quicker than normal.
Skills/Abilities:
- Martial Arts training
Sapphire has had extensive training in martial arts and other close-quarters combat since she was very young, and as a result is quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat. - Ninjutsu
In addition to martial arts training Sapphire has had some instruction in the shadow arts, or ninjutsu, as well. With her training she is able to conceal her whereabouts and movements, hide in the shadows, and provide useful distractions for both combat and escape. - Feral
Due to Sapphire’s part-cat genes, she has senses that are above human level, particularly eyesight—she can see well in the dark and farther than normal humans and with sharper accuracy. Hearing is the second strongest sense. Touch is also enhanced; if she puts her bare skin to a surface she can vaguely feel vibrations from movement or impact with the same surface (i.e., putting her bare hand to the floor and feeling the vibrations from another person’s footsteps). She also has superhuman reflexes as a result of these genes and is more nimble and flexible than an average person. - Kiramonian Spirit Calling
Because her father was an alien from a planet called Kiramo, Sapphire shares some traits of a Kiramonian—most prominently an ability called “Spirit Calling” which allows her to reach her Kiramonian spirit out to connect with the spirit of the planet Kiramo. This allows her to actually call upon the power of her ancestors that dwell within the “Heart of Kiramo” which is a powerful collective force of sentient spiritual energy. When she uses Spirit Calling she can use the power channeled from the Heart of Kiramo to transform her powers in different ways (though at their core they remain the same). When this happens her appearance makes different changes, such as hair color, eye color, and the markings on her body will also glow. The color of the fire she creates also changes color when using this power.
Weaknesses:
- Due to the fact that she cannot absorb electricity, unlike with her pyrokinetic powers, she can still be hurt by attacks that are electricity or lightning-based.
- Water weakens her pyrokinesis, either rendering them temporarily unusable or significantly weakened. With her electrokinesis water can amplify it, but it poses a high risk of going out of control as a result and “shorting out.”
- Because of her superhuman senses, high-pitched noises on certain frequencies can harm her or even paralyze her.
- She has a bad temper, and as a result if something sets her off she shows a more ruthless side to her that can cause her powers to go out of control.
- When using the Spirit Calling, although she becomes more powerful, it leaves her more vulnerable. If she is attacked it can deal more damage than normally, and if it severs her link with the Heart the shock can leave her badly injured or even temporarily comatose.
- Although Sapphire is able to recover from injuries at an unusually fast rate because of her healing powers, she is for whatever reason unable to actually use her healing powers on herself at will, meaning if she is gravely wounded she has no way of healing her own injuries. When her own injuries do heal because of her powers it is on a subconscious level, usually when she is unconscious.
Personality:
Sapphire is a complex girl. She appears in front of most people to be a confident, strong, and independent young woman who can more than hold her own in any given situation—however, deep down inside she is actually very self-conscious, insecure, and self-doubting. She is naturally, though, a kind-hearted person with an ability to sympathize with others. Dependable and loyal to her friends, she always will make an active effort to help someone in need without asking anything in return, and will go out of her way in order to help her friends. Due to not having many in the past as a child, she treasures the friends and companions she has now wholeheartedly.
However, also because of past experiences, she finds it difficult to truly and fully confide in even her closest of friends and has problems opening up emotionally to anyone. There are many things she keeps inside to herself, never revealing her true feelings for fear that doing so will make her vulnerable to being hurt. As a result she sometimes can feel very lonely even when around many friends, but will always put up a front and appear happy. If confronted, she will deny that anything is wrong and do anything to avoid the subject. She will also take on the responsibility all by herself because she doesn’t know how to rely on others, and this can land her in some trouble.
Due to her closing herself off emotionally, and also because she wants to be a good leader, she tries to do everything very logically and analytically, sometimes even overanalyzing a situation to try and compensate for her emotions. Despite her efforts, though, her compassion and sympathy for others will often overpower the logical routes that she has assessed.
In spite of her problems wearing her emotions on her sleeve, however, she has serious anger issues that result from years of conditioning. As such her temper can sometimes all too easily get the best of her, and cause her to lose control of both herself and her powers and becomes more vicious and ruthless. She very much dislikes it when this side of her comes out, and has made a conscious effort to get her anger under control, but if the right nerve is struck it’s difficult for her to keep a cool head.
Goals:
- To control her temper and learn to completely control her powers
- To defeat the Malign Brotherhood
- To learn more about Kiramo and connect better with the Heart
- To atone for past mistakes and right her own wrongs
Likes:
- Taking naps in the sun
- Milk, sushi, and salty or spicy foods
- Star gazing
- Music
- Flying
- Spring and Summer
Dislikes:
- Water
- Bitter or sour tasting foods
- Cold or rainy weather
- Loud, abrupt noises
- People who betray or abandon others
- Bullies
- Those who hurt others without remorse
- The term “half-breed” or “freak”
Relationship Status:
Single, though there is someone she likes...
Friends & Allies:
- Hybrid
- Jack
- Nerezza
- Kira
- The Titans
Foes & Rivals:
- Malice (Arch-Enemy)
- Scar
- The Malign Brotherhood
History:
Because of her strange, cat-like appearance, Sapphire was feared by the kids in her neighborhood and their parents, who thought she was some kind of demon or monster, and so she didn’t have many friends when she was little. She was even bullied by some children at school because of her looks, calling her a “half-breed” or “freak.” During an incident where she first discovered how to use her powers, she accidentally injured a kid in her class who pulled on her tail. The school deemed her a menace to the other students and she was expelled.
After that, her father and mother began to train her in martial arts to help her learn to control her powers and abilities in hopes that she could live life just like any other kid. However, before this goal could be realized, Malice, her father’s jealous older brother, came to their home seeking out revenge after being stranded on earth. Using his own psychic powers he tricked Sapphire into setting the house on fire and, when Malice attempted to take her life, Sapphire’s mother used herself as a shield to save her. Her father tried to fight Malice off and escape to safety with Sapphire, but the burning house roof collapsed on top of him. Desperate and scared, Sapphire tried to use her powers to stop the fire from spreading but quickly lost control due to panic. Malice had no choice but to knock her unconscious or risk being swallowed up by the flames.
However, rather than kill her, he decided to try and raise her into a weapon. This was made easy since the traumatic experience coupled with the blow to the back of her head from Malice gave Sapphire amnesia. After this Malice took Sapphire under his wing under the name “Eruya” and began to train her himself in combat and to control her powers using anger and rage. She was constantly fed lies by Eruya that she was the one who killed her parents and that she was some sort of inhuman monster. The fact that everyone in her hometown feared and despised her for reasons she couldn’t remember only fueled these lies, and she believed them.
Four years passed like this, and on the night of her twelfth birthday Sapphire decided that she wanted to leave (after the prompting of a stranger) and see the world. Without telling Eruya she snuck out and ran away to set out on her own.
While exploring she met a young boy named Kakeru who had also been bullied in the past because he had the ability to change into an oversized wolf. The two bonded and became very close friends. After almost a full year of roaming the countryside together and living side by side, their peace was disturbed. Kakeru’s older brother, “Ryuu”, who was possessed by the vengeful spirit of an ancient power, came to forcefully take the other piece to his power, which dwelled within Kakeru. It was then discovered that this power was one of a set of three, and Sapphire had the last piece. The two were thrust into a life or death battle that ended with Kakeru (who knew that they were no match even combined for his older brother) taking Ryuu out in a suicide attack in order to save Sapphire. Torn apart at losing her first and only friend, she fled to the mountains of Japan where she intended to live in isolation.
After just a few months, however, she was discovered by an alien named Ezalb, who had come to Earth in order to resupply his ship for the voyage home. Seeing how lonely she was, Ezalb offered her the chance to come with him on his ship and leave Earth for other, distant worlds. With no home, no family, and nowhere else to go, Sapphire agreed, and the two left the little blue planet behind.
Upon returning to Ezalb’s home, which was a large space station that was home to many others like him, Sapphire was shocked to discover that Ezalb was a high-ranking member of an elite assassin organization known enigmatically as “the Order”, which worked in the shadows across the galaxy to thwart forces of darkness of evil that would seek to bring other worlds to ruin. Wanting to do something more meaningful with her powers, she decided to join their ranks and become an assassin. She was trained in the shadow arts (Ninjtusu) and other means of stealth, especially from Ezalb, who grew to be her mentor and a surrogate father figure.
Sapphire worked her way up the ranks quickly since she was a quick learner, and eventually took over Ezalb’s position as a “Guardian”, the most elite of assassins, when he decided to retire and began to take on assassination missions. Although she wasn’t very fond of the idea of taking another person’s life, she believed it was for the greater good. She learned later, however, that the Order’s High Council (the “executive” branch, if you will) was manipulating the Order’s assassins to eliminate those who were obstacles in their goal to become the single most powerful organization in the galaxy. Upon learning this she and Ezalb made plans to overthrow the High Council, but unfortunately were betrayed by one of the other Guardians, resulting in Ezalb’s death. Sapphire managed to barely escape with her life, but not after leaving the Order’s headquarters in complete disrepair.
Sapphire knew she would be declared a wanted criminal since she was not able to provide proof of the High Council’s true intentions. With nowhere else to go, she fled to earth and altered her appearance so that she would be more difficult to recognize.
After that she started to wander around from place to place, becoming a drifter. About a year after that she got the attention of the Titans Myriad because of her “superhero” work when she used her powers to help fight off some super-villains and they gave her an invitation to attend one of their recruit assessments held in the Galactic Titans Station to see if she had what it took to be a Teen Titan. She reluctantly agreed to join, and ended up gaining three new friends in the process; Hybrid and Jack, who together with her formed the original Titans Alpha, and Nerezza, who started out their enemy and became an unlikely—but welcome—friend. She has since lived out a new life as a Teen Titan—not an assassin, but a superhero doing good and protecting innocent people.
Several months after joining the Titans, Malice (Eruya in disguise) found her and made contact, taunting her with information about her forgotten past. He lured her to Kiramo, her father’s homeplanet, in order to use her blood to unlock the gates to the Heart of Kiramo, the sentient core of the planet, so he could use it to destroy the other Kiramonians through their spiritual link to the Heart. It was then that she discovered the truth about her parent's deaths, Malice's real identity, and was able to regain her lost memories. She, with the Titans’ help, managed to stop him, and discovered a latent ability she inherited from her father's Kiramonian heritage--"Spirit Calling."
Sometime after this, perhaps several months, she was found by another old enemy--Ryuu. However, he was not alone. All this time Ryuu had been searching for Sapphire to complete the trinity of power they all possessed, along with Kakeru, who was under his control. The Titans loyally fought beside Sapphire to defeat Ryuu and save Kakeru, and in the end they successfully managed to help Kakeru regain control over his body and mind. Sapphire and her best friend were reunited and she was enthralled that she had regained something that she thought had been lost forever, giving her a spark of hope for the future after a past of seemingly nothing but painful loss.
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