Teraptus Icebreed

Full Name: Teraptus Icebreed
Age: 16
Race: Human
Birthplace: West City, Cardinal, Earth
Status: Playtesting

Fighting Style

Unlike many power wielders, Teraptus avoids fighting, unless it is to further his research. When it is necessary, however, Teraptus's martial arts and ki wielding abilities are well-rounded, if unspectacular and vanilla. Through dedicated practice, mentorship, and experimentation, he has developed a specialization for hardening his ki outside of his body. His passion is currently invested into small-scale technology that interfaces with his ki and helps him (and perhaps, some day, other ki wielders) possess finesse that he would otherwise not be able to achieve.

Biography

Teraptus was a normal child born to abnormal parents. His mother is a professor of metaenergy, and she pressed him to excel at school and continue his studies both on and off campus. His father was one of the impromptu martial artists of Cardinal of no real repute, always finding himself second, third, or Nth fiddle to the far more powerful and capable power wielders in the world and less than a shadow to the biggest threats that Earth has faced. Through inherent curiosity and a two-fisted education in both advanced martial arts and modern technology, Teraptus found a unique understanding of ki. During his budding teenage years, he starred in the West City Science Exposition when he created a device based on principles of ki and electricity that he pioneered, which allowed any person walking by to project a real -- if weak, small and impractical -- ki barrier using their own dormant spiritual power. Though his research into power wielding technology was nothing less than genius, he had an otherwise fairly average school life. Though he received almost top marks in his classes, it was more through determination and pressure from his mother that he managed it.

In the few short years since, he has further developed both his fighting abilities and his technological expertise. He continues his research under the funding of Capsule Corporation, and he is frequently found there. Teraptus also has a girlfriend whom he does not always appreciate as some think he should. Marie Yung fell in love with the young pioneer at the exposition, a product of her admiration for the power wielder community and the way Teraptus seemed to take her in his hand and make her one of them as if it was what he did casually on the weekends. She frequently helps Teraptus with his homework, and visits him when he is working at the lab. Their social and scholastic lives otherwise differ considerably, so the two are not seen together very often.

Teraptus's work has garnered the attention of more than Capsule Corporation. Dozens of power wielders, both those with and without influence, have approached him, seeking some kind of powerful tool that will help them become better than everyone else. He routinely turns them away, telling each the unfortunate truth that higher levels of spiritual power posess unique challenges to technology, and that nothing he has been able to fabricate has been able to actually amplify power. There has even been a threat on his life, causing his parents to second-guess the direction in which they drove their son, but Teraptus remains unphased by the danger. The only security step he has accepted has been the least intrusive one -- to wear the very devices he has been developing, giving him at least a significant skill advantage in most common skirmishes.

Previous Teraptus Icebreeds

Teraptus Icebreed has had two previous incarnations:

• Teraptus was a brooding ne'er-do-well who met the demoness Alisa Eclipse in virtual prison, Cardinal's first attempt to police power wielders. Alisa kidnapped him to her pocket dimension, tainted his soul, and made him her slave. Since she was his only real contact of consequence, nobody really noticed.

• More recently, Teraptus was a mysterious martial artist who toured Cardinal, seeking to teach random youths on the street to harness their dormant ki. He participated in a Tenkaichi Budoukai, in which he participated so poorly that Alothin gave him a consolation prize for perservering. He faded into obscurity after that.