Post by cmd1095 on Feb 17, 2023 9:23:30 GMT
General Information
Name Shizo Fulgent
Identity Rajin!
Gender Male
Age 16
Date of Birth December 31st
Place of Origin Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Hero Student
Faction Class 1A
Appearance
Visual Appearance
Physical Appearance
Shizo is a dark-skinned man of average height and build, with short black hair. His most notable physical feature are his blue eyes, which often glow when his quirk is in use. He also bears a Lichtenburg mark on his forearms due to a training incident.
Civilian Clothes
Shizo prefers jackets and other long-sleeved shirts to cover up the scars on his arms, but generally adjusts his outfits to suit the occasion, having long since learned the benefits of being a social chameleon
Hero Outfit
Tattoos - not actually tattoos but adhesive pads that conduct electricity and amplify electromagnetism, improving Shizo's ability to generate and control electricity and the magnetic fields it generates. The 'tattoos' glow when channeling energy
Utility belt - has all the hero essentials from first aid supplies to rope to handcuffs
Thermal cream - used for emergencies only due to limited supply, Shizo carries a canister of a special cream he can smear on himself that rapidly conducts heat and cools his body down. Unfortunately he can't use his quirk while doing this as the quirk will fry the cream off. It helps him avoid heat-stroke from quirk overuse, but is expensive and leaves him vulnerable.
Personality
Bad Habits Shizo can't save money to save his life. He's very much an impulse shopper. He also has a hard time asserting himself in the face of authority figures even when he thinks they're wrong.
Goal He's not sure, but he's trying to become a hero because he doesn't feel he has a choice currently
General Personality Shizo is a boy who hasn't entirely figured out his own personality due to how repressed he's been in his life by his parents. He does exhibit heroic qualities such as kindness and empathy for others, but doubts whether those are his own personality traits or just what his parents have coached him to be like. He has a keen interest in art, particularly manga and anime styles and anything with a lot of self-expression... but he hasn't fully delved into those hobbies because they're 'unbecoming of a hero' and is only just now getting to explore them. His whole life he's been groomed to just be a hero, and he doesn't know how to be anything else yet despite desperately wanting to.
Underneath the issues from his upbringing Shizo genuinely is a kind person with a lot of enthusiasm and energy... but until he has time to really break out of his shell he's defaulted to being a social chameleon to avoid trouble.
Deathly afraid of quirk - due to an incident in his training. Shizo has become afraid of large amounts of electricity and things associated with it, especially thunderstorms. Because of this he almost exclusively uses his quirk to electrify his body to zap people he punches or kicks, but rarely ever fires off actual lightning bolts anymore.
Personal Life
Mother Kallen Fulgent, quirk: Electrokinesis - Kallen can generate and conduct electricity, but cannot control it very well beyond general direction
Father Podex Fulgetn, quirk: electromagnetism - Podex can manipulate magnetic fields, letting him manipulate metals and electrical currents freely in the area around him. however he cannot generate electricity himself
Siblings N/A
Extended Family
History
Shizo's parents got together for a quirk marriage, nothing more. Both of them had once had aspirations for fame and fortune through becoming heroes, but neither of them had made the cut due to shortcomings in their own quirks. Kallen was capable of producing huge amounts of electricity, but lacked a proper way to control it, making her a liability on the battlefield and in rescue operations. Podex had the ability to manipulate electricity through magnetism, but his inability to generate it made him weak in battle, and his magnetic fields weren't strong enough to get by with just manipulating metal. Both dropped out of hero school before getting licensed, and they were both incredibly bitter about it.
For Shizo's parents the fame and fortune of being a top hero was all they wanted from life... but they didn't have what it took to get it themselves. And so they turned to quirk marriages. Finding in each other the components they were lacking in their quirks, they quickly tied the knot and went all in on raising a child who would not only be a powerful hero that could make them rich... but also start a dynasty of electrokinetic heroes to make their name live on in fame and glory for all time. They wasted no time, Kallen getting pregnant before the vows were even exchanged.
With quirk marriages it's never a guarantee the kids you birth will have the quirk you wanted, even with genetics and a perfect match. But the Fulgent family got lucky, they wouldn't have had the funding to raise multiple children to the age of 4 or 5 to see if they got it right, so when Shizo was born and raised to the age where his quirk manifested, it was a stroke of pure luck that he manifested just the kind of quirk they wanted. All of Kallen's electrical capacity along with Podex's ability to control it. And with the ideal quirk secured... it was time to begin training Shizo.
To say the training Shizo went through bordered on abuse would be an understatement. It was absolutely an abusive household. Shizo wasn't allowed friends, or hobbies, or interests not related to being a hero. He was made to study and train without mercy. Any hints of his own personality were squashed underneath what a hero should be like. Hobbies were cultivated that would fit in with a good public image, like community service or art, anything that would make him look good as a hero. It didn't matter if he hated the 'hobbies' if it would suit his career, and any time not spent on those things was spent training.
It was undeniably effective though, by the age of 9 Shizo was already a more potent fighter than most high school hero students, and only seemed to be getting stronger. If he'd kept on the same pace he probably would've applied to UA at the appropriate age and graduated into one of the most potent heroes of his generation... but his parents were not professional trainers. They were greedy, shallow, impatient human beings, and they wanted him to be even stronger than that. They didn't want a prodigy, they wanted a legend. A head of a hero dynasty to last generations. They wanted the next Mindstorm to bear their family name, and so their training methods became increasingly unhinged and dangerous. Some methods were effective... but one in particular shot themselves in the foot.
Shizo could take in external electricity to power up his quirk, so his parents figured what better way to get him used to manipulating larger amounts of it than to orchestrate him taking in a lightning strike? They put him at the highest point they could in the middle of a thunderstorm, and wouldn't let him down until he channeled a lightning bolt. Soaking wet and exhausted from the merciless training, Shizo was indeed struck by a lightning bolt. But unlike his parents intended this didn't elevate him to new heights of power. It pushed him past his limit, the energy overwhelming his body's ability to channel it and horribly burning him. He spent a month in the hospital recovering from it, and even after recovering he was left with scars on his arms from where the lightning had passed through him.
This incident did nothing to dissuade Shizo's awful parents from training him, but it did instill a crippling phobia of electricity in him... something a bit troublesome for someone whose quirk was generating the stuff. His parents tried to bully and abuse him into using his quirk anyway, but while they could "motivate" him for brief periods, he stopped using his quirk unless absolutely needed. He only allowed himself to use it so long as the electricity remained inside his body, where he didn't have to see it.
Seeing the writing on the wall, Kallen and Podex adapted somewhat, having their son develop a new fighting style using the energy to turn him into a walking tazer... not quite the god of lightning they'd wanted to raise, but acceptable until he grew old enough to overcome his fear... something they made clear he was expected to do eventually. And even with this handicap he was still a competent fighter, all of the other training didn't go away just because of some measly trauma. So when he was old enough Shizo applied to UA like he was told. His parents said in no uncertain terms that he would be cast out if he failed to get in though, and he'd be punished if he ended up in 1B and not 1A... so Shizo used his quirk at full power during the entrance exam, blowing away countless robots and scoring exceptionally high on the exam to get into 1A
His acceptance appeased his abusive parents for the time being, and so Shizo was packed up and shipped off to live in the UA dorms to become the hero his parents expected him to be. As the new year starts, he begins his training with fresh anxieties and fears... but also hope that maybe this time away from his overbearing parents will help him become his own person and find out what he truly wants... and if he becomes a hero and secures a good career in the process all the better.
Quirk
Name Thunderstorm
Quirk Type Emitter
Power Shizo can generate, conduct, and control electricity in its various forms, channeling it through his body to electrify his touch, firing it off as bolts of energy. The amount of energy he can generate on his own is intense, roughly equivalent to a lightning strike if he fires at full power, but can be amplified further by either charging up (see supermove), or by channeling other energy sources through himself through things such as power lines that he can touch.
Strikes from Shizo's lightning bolts inflict electrical burns, electrocution, and potentially other electricity related things like muscle spasms and whatnot.
Supermoves
Thunder God's Dance - Shizo charges up as much energy as he can, then unleashes it all at once at targets in front of him in the form of chain-lightning bolts that jump between targets. Because he focuses on power instead of control here, and because of the amount of energy involved, this technique is designed to be a fight finisher, and will leave Shizo very exhausted and overheated, rendering him unable to use his quirk for a post as he recovers.
Because of the stamina drain, compounded with the normal drain accumulated during a fight, he currently can only use this once a fight, with any attempt at a second usage liable to knock him unconscious, and to be executed with less power. Additionally his quirk is weakened until he can rest and recuperate even after consciousness is restored, due to him overtaxing his 'muscles' for energy generation. (Also, Shizo refuses to use this technique currently unless there's imminent mortal danger, due to his fear of his own quirk)
Living taser - Shizo's solution to his fear of his quirk and using electric shocks at ranges where he could see the electricity, he instead focuses his energy throughout his body, giving anyone who makes physical contact with him an electric shock much like a taser.
Drawbacks
Overheating - Shizo's body has a natural resistance to the electricity it generates, but doesn't have a built in way to deal with the superheated air that results from it. The area around Shizo heats up and causes his body to heat up as well. Overuse of the quirk will quickly make his body overheat.
Rain or bodies of water - rain and bodies of water are a double edged sword for Shizo. Water conducts his electricity very well, arguably making his offensive potential greater... but water brings about a host of issues to deal with. The electrified water evaporates and surrounds him with steam which exacerbates the overheating issue. His ability to avoid friendly fire and use precision aiming drops dramatically. And if there's enough water or he's submerged it can impact visibility and/or boil him alive. As a general rule it's much safer to just not use his quirk in heavy rain or aquatic situations at all.
Capacity Overload - when drawing in external energy sources to amplify his quirk, Shizo runs the risk of taking in more electricity than he can handle and injuring himself. This is especially true if he tries to do it when water is involved, making the energy much harder to control.
Fighting Style
Shizo avoids using his quirk as much as he can. Focusing on close quarters martial arts and his Living Taser technique to disable opponents. As such he adopts a swift and agile fighting style that emphasizes mobility and quick light hits, as he's relying on subduing enemies by tasing them rather than through punching them out.
Name Shizo Fulgent
Identity Rajin!
Gender Male
Age 16
Date of Birth December 31st
Place of Origin Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Hero Student
Faction Class 1A
Appearance
Visual Appearance
Physical Appearance
Shizo is a dark-skinned man of average height and build, with short black hair. His most notable physical feature are his blue eyes, which often glow when his quirk is in use. He also bears a Lichtenburg mark on his forearms due to a training incident.
Civilian Clothes
Shizo prefers jackets and other long-sleeved shirts to cover up the scars on his arms, but generally adjusts his outfits to suit the occasion, having long since learned the benefits of being a social chameleon
Hero Outfit
Tattoos - not actually tattoos but adhesive pads that conduct electricity and amplify electromagnetism, improving Shizo's ability to generate and control electricity and the magnetic fields it generates. The 'tattoos' glow when channeling energy
Utility belt - has all the hero essentials from first aid supplies to rope to handcuffs
Thermal cream - used for emergencies only due to limited supply, Shizo carries a canister of a special cream he can smear on himself that rapidly conducts heat and cools his body down. Unfortunately he can't use his quirk while doing this as the quirk will fry the cream off. It helps him avoid heat-stroke from quirk overuse, but is expensive and leaves him vulnerable.
Personality
Bad Habits Shizo can't save money to save his life. He's very much an impulse shopper. He also has a hard time asserting himself in the face of authority figures even when he thinks they're wrong.
Goal He's not sure, but he's trying to become a hero because he doesn't feel he has a choice currently
General Personality Shizo is a boy who hasn't entirely figured out his own personality due to how repressed he's been in his life by his parents. He does exhibit heroic qualities such as kindness and empathy for others, but doubts whether those are his own personality traits or just what his parents have coached him to be like. He has a keen interest in art, particularly manga and anime styles and anything with a lot of self-expression... but he hasn't fully delved into those hobbies because they're 'unbecoming of a hero' and is only just now getting to explore them. His whole life he's been groomed to just be a hero, and he doesn't know how to be anything else yet despite desperately wanting to.
Underneath the issues from his upbringing Shizo genuinely is a kind person with a lot of enthusiasm and energy... but until he has time to really break out of his shell he's defaulted to being a social chameleon to avoid trouble.
Deathly afraid of quirk - due to an incident in his training. Shizo has become afraid of large amounts of electricity and things associated with it, especially thunderstorms. Because of this he almost exclusively uses his quirk to electrify his body to zap people he punches or kicks, but rarely ever fires off actual lightning bolts anymore.
Personal Life
Mother Kallen Fulgent, quirk: Electrokinesis - Kallen can generate and conduct electricity, but cannot control it very well beyond general direction
Father Podex Fulgetn, quirk: electromagnetism - Podex can manipulate magnetic fields, letting him manipulate metals and electrical currents freely in the area around him. however he cannot generate electricity himself
Siblings N/A
Extended Family
History
Shizo's parents got together for a quirk marriage, nothing more. Both of them had once had aspirations for fame and fortune through becoming heroes, but neither of them had made the cut due to shortcomings in their own quirks. Kallen was capable of producing huge amounts of electricity, but lacked a proper way to control it, making her a liability on the battlefield and in rescue operations. Podex had the ability to manipulate electricity through magnetism, but his inability to generate it made him weak in battle, and his magnetic fields weren't strong enough to get by with just manipulating metal. Both dropped out of hero school before getting licensed, and they were both incredibly bitter about it.
For Shizo's parents the fame and fortune of being a top hero was all they wanted from life... but they didn't have what it took to get it themselves. And so they turned to quirk marriages. Finding in each other the components they were lacking in their quirks, they quickly tied the knot and went all in on raising a child who would not only be a powerful hero that could make them rich... but also start a dynasty of electrokinetic heroes to make their name live on in fame and glory for all time. They wasted no time, Kallen getting pregnant before the vows were even exchanged.
With quirk marriages it's never a guarantee the kids you birth will have the quirk you wanted, even with genetics and a perfect match. But the Fulgent family got lucky, they wouldn't have had the funding to raise multiple children to the age of 4 or 5 to see if they got it right, so when Shizo was born and raised to the age where his quirk manifested, it was a stroke of pure luck that he manifested just the kind of quirk they wanted. All of Kallen's electrical capacity along with Podex's ability to control it. And with the ideal quirk secured... it was time to begin training Shizo.
To say the training Shizo went through bordered on abuse would be an understatement. It was absolutely an abusive household. Shizo wasn't allowed friends, or hobbies, or interests not related to being a hero. He was made to study and train without mercy. Any hints of his own personality were squashed underneath what a hero should be like. Hobbies were cultivated that would fit in with a good public image, like community service or art, anything that would make him look good as a hero. It didn't matter if he hated the 'hobbies' if it would suit his career, and any time not spent on those things was spent training.
It was undeniably effective though, by the age of 9 Shizo was already a more potent fighter than most high school hero students, and only seemed to be getting stronger. If he'd kept on the same pace he probably would've applied to UA at the appropriate age and graduated into one of the most potent heroes of his generation... but his parents were not professional trainers. They were greedy, shallow, impatient human beings, and they wanted him to be even stronger than that. They didn't want a prodigy, they wanted a legend. A head of a hero dynasty to last generations. They wanted the next Mindstorm to bear their family name, and so their training methods became increasingly unhinged and dangerous. Some methods were effective... but one in particular shot themselves in the foot.
Shizo could take in external electricity to power up his quirk, so his parents figured what better way to get him used to manipulating larger amounts of it than to orchestrate him taking in a lightning strike? They put him at the highest point they could in the middle of a thunderstorm, and wouldn't let him down until he channeled a lightning bolt. Soaking wet and exhausted from the merciless training, Shizo was indeed struck by a lightning bolt. But unlike his parents intended this didn't elevate him to new heights of power. It pushed him past his limit, the energy overwhelming his body's ability to channel it and horribly burning him. He spent a month in the hospital recovering from it, and even after recovering he was left with scars on his arms from where the lightning had passed through him.
This incident did nothing to dissuade Shizo's awful parents from training him, but it did instill a crippling phobia of electricity in him... something a bit troublesome for someone whose quirk was generating the stuff. His parents tried to bully and abuse him into using his quirk anyway, but while they could "motivate" him for brief periods, he stopped using his quirk unless absolutely needed. He only allowed himself to use it so long as the electricity remained inside his body, where he didn't have to see it.
Seeing the writing on the wall, Kallen and Podex adapted somewhat, having their son develop a new fighting style using the energy to turn him into a walking tazer... not quite the god of lightning they'd wanted to raise, but acceptable until he grew old enough to overcome his fear... something they made clear he was expected to do eventually. And even with this handicap he was still a competent fighter, all of the other training didn't go away just because of some measly trauma. So when he was old enough Shizo applied to UA like he was told. His parents said in no uncertain terms that he would be cast out if he failed to get in though, and he'd be punished if he ended up in 1B and not 1A... so Shizo used his quirk at full power during the entrance exam, blowing away countless robots and scoring exceptionally high on the exam to get into 1A
His acceptance appeased his abusive parents for the time being, and so Shizo was packed up and shipped off to live in the UA dorms to become the hero his parents expected him to be. As the new year starts, he begins his training with fresh anxieties and fears... but also hope that maybe this time away from his overbearing parents will help him become his own person and find out what he truly wants... and if he becomes a hero and secures a good career in the process all the better.
Quirk
Name Thunderstorm
Quirk Type Emitter
Power Shizo can generate, conduct, and control electricity in its various forms, channeling it through his body to electrify his touch, firing it off as bolts of energy. The amount of energy he can generate on his own is intense, roughly equivalent to a lightning strike if he fires at full power, but can be amplified further by either charging up (see supermove), or by channeling other energy sources through himself through things such as power lines that he can touch.
Strikes from Shizo's lightning bolts inflict electrical burns, electrocution, and potentially other electricity related things like muscle spasms and whatnot.
Supermoves
Thunder God's Dance - Shizo charges up as much energy as he can, then unleashes it all at once at targets in front of him in the form of chain-lightning bolts that jump between targets. Because he focuses on power instead of control here, and because of the amount of energy involved, this technique is designed to be a fight finisher, and will leave Shizo very exhausted and overheated, rendering him unable to use his quirk for a post as he recovers.
Because of the stamina drain, compounded with the normal drain accumulated during a fight, he currently can only use this once a fight, with any attempt at a second usage liable to knock him unconscious, and to be executed with less power. Additionally his quirk is weakened until he can rest and recuperate even after consciousness is restored, due to him overtaxing his 'muscles' for energy generation. (Also, Shizo refuses to use this technique currently unless there's imminent mortal danger, due to his fear of his own quirk)
Living taser - Shizo's solution to his fear of his quirk and using electric shocks at ranges where he could see the electricity, he instead focuses his energy throughout his body, giving anyone who makes physical contact with him an electric shock much like a taser.
Drawbacks
Overheating - Shizo's body has a natural resistance to the electricity it generates, but doesn't have a built in way to deal with the superheated air that results from it. The area around Shizo heats up and causes his body to heat up as well. Overuse of the quirk will quickly make his body overheat.
Rain or bodies of water - rain and bodies of water are a double edged sword for Shizo. Water conducts his electricity very well, arguably making his offensive potential greater... but water brings about a host of issues to deal with. The electrified water evaporates and surrounds him with steam which exacerbates the overheating issue. His ability to avoid friendly fire and use precision aiming drops dramatically. And if there's enough water or he's submerged it can impact visibility and/or boil him alive. As a general rule it's much safer to just not use his quirk in heavy rain or aquatic situations at all.
Capacity Overload - when drawing in external energy sources to amplify his quirk, Shizo runs the risk of taking in more electricity than he can handle and injuring himself. This is especially true if he tries to do it when water is involved, making the energy much harder to control.
Fighting Style
Shizo avoids using his quirk as much as he can. Focusing on close quarters martial arts and his Living Taser technique to disable opponents. As such he adopts a swift and agile fighting style that emphasizes mobility and quick light hits, as he's relying on subduing enemies by tasing them rather than through punching them out.
