John Hardey
THE BULL
HERO NAME:
REAL NAME: John Hardey
LOOK: Male, White, Casual Clothing, Simple Costume
ABILITIES: Superhumanly tough, incredibly strong, and uniquely skilled at fighting (Mass Altering)
LABELS
| DANGER | FREAK | SAVIOR | SUPERIOR | MUNDANE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +2 | +2 | -1 | +1 | -1 |
CONDITIONS
| AFRAID | -2 to Directly Engage a Threat | |
| ANGRY | -2 to Comfort or Support or Pierce the Mask | |
| GUILTY | -2 to Provoke Someone or Assess the Situation | |
| HOPELESS | -2 to Unleash Your Powers | |
| INSECURE |
-2 to Defend Someone or Reject Others' Influence |
BACKSTORY
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Who changed you?
I volunteered. I engaged in a lot of protests and demonstrations against the occupation of Halcyon City, and of course the Tangee crack down on that shit hard. Pretty sure I've racked up a long record of "civil disobedience" for all my jail time. My aunt practically begs me not to go against them, but I don't know what else to do. I'm just too damn angry over what they did to us.
Anyway, that's when I met someone I call "The Recruiter". He promised me a path to power, a way to hurt the Tangee in the way that matters. All I had to do was show up and wear a mask. It sounded too good to be true. If people could just hand out superpowers, then origin chasers wouldn't be a thing. But then I figured that if I could hurt the Tangee somehow, what did I really have to lose? So I got a mask and showed up.
Everyone was wearing them, like they were trying to relive the time when we had heroes. They subjected me to all kinds of tests, trying to find which procedure wouldn't outright kill me I guess. Eventually they settled on blasting me with particles of an alien metal, one that could produce mass altering force fields. It hurt like a bitch, but I didn't die and by the end of it I could transform my body into that alien metal.
- How did you escape from them?
I should have realized that it was too good to be true. They had no intentions on letting me leave my test pod, not while I still had free will. Wish I could say I went beast mode and started tearing shit up, but I can't. Someone else was doing that. I don't know what happened, whether it was some other test subject that got loose, or the Tangee discovered them, or some other third party but they left me alone to deal with it. It was long enough that I shrugged off whatever mental stupor they placed me under and I was able to increase my mass enough to break out of my pod, then I got the hell out of there. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I just ran through every barrier, charging through wall after wall, and by the time I got through the other side that place wasn't standing.
I still don't know what happened, and I don't care. My goal hadn't changed. I was going to bring all my anger on the Tangee, and this time I had the power to do it.
- Who, outside the team, tries to take care of you now?
I lost my family during the invasion, so I live with my Aunt now. She doesn't want me to do anything reckless, just keep my head down and stay out of the way. But I can't do that, I can't ignore what they did.
- Why do you try to be a hero?
Hero? I'm not a hero. I'm just someone with a grudge. During the invasion the Halcyon bridge was damaged and falling apart. Captain Steel was there holding the bridge up like all the times before, so that the people on the bridge could be rescued. The Tangee didn't care. They used that time when Steel was vulnerable to abduct, and the bridge collapsed. I lost my family that day. Now they covered up that crime, upping their propaganda to make it look like they're the heroes, saviors of humanities future, and people just go along with it. But I can't. I can't accept that they can get away with it. I can't look the other way and keep my head down. I have to do something, and now I can. I can't win against them, they've already proven that. I don't expect to win. I expect to make them hurt before I go down.
- Why do you care about the team?
They're idiots. They think they can do what a whole city of heroes couldn't. But they aren't bad people, and I don't want anything to happen to them. If the Tangee want to get to them, they're gonna have to go through me.
WHEN OUR TEAM FIRST CAME TOGETHER...
We defeated a dangerous enemy. Who or what was it?
THE BULL'S HEART:
You always have exactly one love and one rival. You can change your love or rival at any time; give
the new subject of your affections or disdain Influence over you. Take +1 ongoing to any action
that impresses your love or frustrates your rivals.
Love:_____________
Rival:____________
Defender: When you leap to defend your love or
rival in battle, roll + Danger instead of + Savior
to defend them
INFLUENCE:
You’re selective about who you let in. Give your love and rival Influence over you, but that’s it.
MOVES:
Thick and Thin Skinned
Whenever you have Angry marked, take +1 ongoing to unleash your powers.
Physics? What Physics?
When you unleash your powers to barrel through an insurmountable barrier, roll + Danger instead of + Freak.