Post by ancalagoner on Oct 10, 2024 22:17:40 GMT -7
CHARACTER NAME
Full Name: Cain Marko
Super Hero/Villain Name: The Unstoppable Juggernaut
Gender: Male
Age: Looks to be in his mid-20s, but is actually over 70.
Occupation: Villain and Mercenary.
Team Affiliation: N/A
General Appearance: Cain stands at 9'5", and he has red hair and blue eyes. He is this humongous and bulky in or out of costume. Outside of costume, he tends to keep things simple: he usually sticks with a t-shirt, black pants, and maybe a simple overcoat if it's chilly that day.
Personality: Cain Marko is, to put it frankly, a hot mess. He is a man with a mean streak a mile wide and a knack for brutality in all its forms. He's impatient and impulsive, always preferring the most direct brute force methods available over having to actually think. He's also got a fiery temper; it doesn't take much to get under his skin, and he can hold a grudge like no one's business.
Yet, despite his many, many flaws as a person, he was never without his own brand of nobility. While never one to claim to be "moral" or "honorable", even at his worst, Cain always operated on his own little code of conduct: never backstab somebody who's helped you out, don't kill kids, and don't hurt people for the sake of hurting them (though hurting them as part of a job or for the sake of a grudge are A-Okay). In addition, if you became Juggernaut's friend (which actually isn't that hard to do, all things considered), then you've got a friend for life. That bond will only break if you do something to betray his trust; otherwise, he's with you to the end. At his best, he's a bonafide true-blue hero, even if a little rough around the edges. During those moments where his better nature gets the better of him, he goes out of his way to protect others, and he doesn't even ask for any pay!
Unfortunately, his stints as a good guy never last. As much as he may appreciate the perks, in the end, his desire for power will always drive him back into Cyttorak's clutches. He can't help himself; it's less of a want and more of a compulsion. While a part of it is just really liking the feeling of being strong, this aspect of Marko is also born from fear. Despite his best efforts, he remembers very well what kind of punk he was before he stumbled upon the Crimson Gem. To be frank, he'd rather die than go back to being a two-bit half-wit dropout nobody with no prospects, no future, and no hope. He can't go back to that. He won't.
Cain is anti-authoritarian in the sense that he hates it when people try to tell him what to do. Of course, this means he has a real grudge against Cyttorak, who pretty much railroads Cain into being a particular type of person Or Else. This, naturally, means that Marko has less than no loyalty to Cyttorak and wouldn't hesitate to jump ship if a definitively better deal showed up. It's just that no offer better than the Lord of Destruction's has shown up, so Cain's stuck with what he's got for now.
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Weaknesses: Marko has several weaknesses, some of which are more apparent than others.
1. The Whims of Cyttorak: While not his most famous weakness, this one is by far the most important one. All of Cain's power is given to him by Cyttorak through the Crimson Gem. Thusly, he only has the power that the demon god allows him to have, and his strength waxes and wanes according to the big red bully's mood. If he's really happy with Cain, the Juggernaut's strength can go so far as to allow him to stalemate with World Breaker Hulk. If he's not happy, Cain's only super strength comes from his altered slab-of-muscle body (about enough to uppercut a dude through a ceiling, but nothing more). Sometimes he's throwing down with the best Thor has to offer, sometimes he's trapped in a block of cement for months. This factor of Juggernaut's power is why his effectiveness varies so much throughout all of his appearances.
2. Telepathy: Probably his most famous weakness, Cain has absolutely no natural or mystical protection against psionic attacks. Once his helmet and skullcap are out of the way and there's a telepath nearby, the fight's basically over. It's technically not beyond Cytorrak's power to fix this; the demon god just doesn't feel like doing so.
3. Magic: All of Juggernaut's powers are magical in nature; thusly, sufficiently strong magic is uniquely able to pierce through his otherwise unmatched defenses. Ironically, the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak spell in particular is exceptionally good at restraining him.
4. Mobility: While Juggernaut does technically have very limited superhuman speed and leaping capability thanks to his super strength, the fact of the matter is that Cain has to walk to get where he wants to go. If you can force or trick him into a portal, lure him into something like cement mix or quicksand, or just throw him into the middle of the Atlantic ocean, he has no way to get back but to footslog. Sure, he will eventually get back, but that could take anywhere from hours to months depending on what happened.
5. Bad Attitude: Cain Marko is, technically speaking, about as intelligent as a normal person. However, he is extremely impulsive, impatient, and quick to anger, which ends up causing him to do a lot of stupid stuff. Taunts, insults, attacks against his person (even if they do literally nothing), and especially attempts to get his helmet off will almost always get him to forget what he's supposed to be doing and focus on smacking the offender around. These qualities also usually cause him to develop tunnel vision, which makes him a lot more susceptible to being lured into a trap of some kind.
6. Addiction: A low-key but ever-present part of Cain's character is his dependence on being the Juggernaut. Every time he has ever lost his powers, he has worked his ass off to get them back even though it meant putting himself back under Cyttorak's thumb. It is not a matter of choice for Cain; he needs to be the Juggernaut. Even if the Crimson Gem weren't bound to his soul, he wouldn't be able to ever willingly give it up; he is too reliant on the power it grants him. Unfortunately, this means that any time he tries to turn hero, it never sticks. Cyttorak wants Cain to be a selfish destructive monster, so Cain inevitably falls back into bad habits to maintain his master's favor. He hates this situation, he despises it with every fiber of his being, but he can't do anything about it...for now, anyway.
-Power Gained By: The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak.
-If mutant, what class? N/A
Taken Category: Villain.
Registration Status: Unregistered; Cain's already got one obnoxiously ever-present and petty monolithic entity breathing down his neck every second of every day for not towing the line, he absolutely don't need a second one!
Abilities: Despite what some may assume, Juggernaut is not a thoughtless brute. He's a brute, for sure, but he knows what he's doing. He's a former soldier who made it through the U.S. army training, and he has decades of experience getting into scraps with all sorts of foes. As such, he's developed a pretty effective hand-to-hand style, a mix of military precision and street brawl brutality. Make no mistake, he's not throwing punches haphazardly; he knows exactly where he needs to aim to make you hurt.
Relatedly, while Cain's no super genius, he's not as dumb as he often acts. He's got a pretty good sense for tactics (though he ain't no strategist), and he has a working knowledge of how to make skullcaps, at least. He can even be perceptive and insightful when he wants to be; he just never wants to bother with that bologna. Also, once again, he's a trained soldier; while he almost never indulges in them, he knows how to use and maintain firearms with passable skill. He's nowhere near the level of someone like, say, the Punisher, but he can shoot straight and expect to his target, at least.
Equipment and Assets:
1. The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak: The artifact that empowers Cain, it is the conduit through which its namesake grants his power to his chosen Exemplar. The Gem has been bonded with Cain's soul; while he can take out the physical form of the Gem, it is impossible to actually separate it from him without Cyttorak's approval.
2. The Crimson Cosmos Armor: An armor forged within Cyttorak's personal domain using materials that can only be found in that infernal place, the armor is inherently magical in nature. Cain can summon and demanifest it at will. The helmet of the armor protects him from all forms of telepathy, no matter how powerful. At some point, Cain managed to scrounge up enough of this psychic-blocking material to make a skullcap that grants him the same immunity, which he has taken to wearing underneath his helmet as an added form of protection.
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