Shadowveil's character profiles

[Shadowveil]

Name: Sekhmet (Hybrid Test Subject 313-K-GAMMA)

Age: 19

Species: Human-animal hybrid

Description: Sekhmet is a human spliced with DNA from a serval, Verreaux's Eagle and bat. She stands about 5-foot-9 (including her ears) and looks like a large, bipedal serval. She has a ridge of short, black and white feathers down her back, and longer flight feathers along her arms.

Abilities: Sekhmet has the best of the senses of her animal genes. She can move on two legs, or drop to all fours if she wishes to run faster. She is as flexible as a cat, with the claws and teeth of a serval, and is a lot stronger than her light build would suggest. Although she has retractable claws, her hands are still human-like enough to allow her to manipulate objects. Her bat genes also give her the ability to echolocate and hear at very high frequencies. She can jump more than three metres vertically, and the flight feathers along her arms allow her to glide. Due to her feline teeth and jaw, she speaks with a slight hiss and growl to her words.

Weapons: Sharp teeth and claws. She has recently acquired a GORON wrist console with laser cannon, beam sword and EMP cannon features.

History: Sekhmet was created as part of the ill-fated Project Hybrid. The aim of the Project was to create genetically-enhanced super soldiers by splicing animal DNA into human test subjects. Unfortunately for the scientists, these hybrids proved to be uncontrollable. A lapse in security allowed several to escape, and they soon set others loose. (See here for the full tale of the escape, as yet incomplete.)

Sekhmet was part of a sub-group within the Hybrid project, dubbed Project Sphinx. The intention was to create an elite team of feline-avian-bat hybrids, intended for special operations deep in enemy territory. They were designed to rely absolutely on their “siblings” (think Star Wars: Republic Commando…with fur).

Sekhmet’s four siblings, named Isis, Nephthys, Anubis and Osiris, were killed in an escape attempt gone wrong. Of the five, only Sekhmet was recaptured alive. The death of her comrades left her mentally shattered. Her memory from this point on is hazy, it seems likely the scientists of Project Hybrid were using memory-suppressing drugs to keep her in a controllable state. The memories of her former comrades and their deaths resurfaced during her escape from the laboratory, with almost disastrous consequences.

She remembers nothing of her life before she was changed, not even her own name. Whether this was deliberate or merely a side-effect of the hybridization process is unknown.

(Special thanks to Nasari/ChiChi234 for starting the RPG in which this character was created)

[Shadowveil]

Name: Shadowveil, sometimes Veil to those she regards as friends. She has many other names, none have been revealed so far.

Age: Ageless

Species: Tethiran

Description: Variable, she is a shapeshifter. These are the five most common forms she may be seen in, although she has many more.

Humanoid: Apparently human female of indeterminate age. Black hair, green eyes that often have a slight glow, usually seen wearing battle-scarred black armour. Dragon-like wings, formed of solid shadow. She can hide the wings and the glow of her eyes if she wishes to appear human, but this is not often.

Dragon: A red dragon with a wingspan of approximately 30 metres. A composite form, borrowing features from many dragon species.

Gryphon: Brilliant crimson fur and feathers. Similar in size to a leopard. The wings are long and narrow, with stiff metallic feathers that are razor-edged. The feline features of this form are greatly influenced by the Bloodcat.

Windsteed (also called a gryphoncat): Far larger than the pure gryphon form, this creature is similar in size to a horse. Short, dark red fur with thin, dark brown stripes. In shape it much like a large tiger, although taller, with the head and wings of an eagle.

Wolf: Dark grey fur, shading almost to black along her back. Taller and longer of body than a normal wolf. She uses this form mostly when she wishes to go unseen.

Abilities: Many. Suffice to say, she is an extremely powerful magic-wielder and is skilled with a wide range of weapons. The spells she uses are from many different worlds, some are even of her own invention. She is resistant to damage from fire, and totally immune when in dragon form. She can cast a shield to deflect physical projectiles as quickly as one might raise an arm to ward off an attack. For more information, see the notes on her species.

Weapons: A soulbound Atlan sword, imbued with lightning. The weapon is an extension of her own power, so she is the only one who can touch it without harm. Should any other try to wield it, the energy in the blade will attack. It can sense the intentions of the one holding it, and so varies its attacks accordingly. Someone innocently picking it up would receive a shock that would numb their hand for a few hours. It would do a lot more damage to someone intending to harm its wielder.

She has other weapons stashed in corners of the multiverse, and some she can summon at will.

(For more information, see the notes on her species.)

[Swix]

Very nice Shadowveil, you might get on with Kheesth (she's my only magic wielding character...)

And Sekhmet doesn't appear to conflict with my hybrid. I'm not sure about Klaine though