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The next several years of her life were a bit of a nomadic phase, criss-crossing the country doing god-knows-what for god-knows-who. What motivated her to turn her talents and natural abilities to 'hero-work', vigilantism and occasional theft, she doesn't say. She claims there was no real triggering event, just a strong sense of social justice and a deep empathy for the impoverished and down-and-out. Who knows, it may even be true. She is after all a self-admitted adrenaline junky, and actively enjoys pitting fancy foot-and-knife-work against guns, superpowers, and lasers.  
 
The next several years of her life were a bit of a nomadic phase, criss-crossing the country doing god-knows-what for god-knows-who. What motivated her to turn her talents and natural abilities to 'hero-work', vigilantism and occasional theft, she doesn't say. She claims there was no real triggering event, just a strong sense of social justice and a deep empathy for the impoverished and down-and-out. Who knows, it may even be true. She is after all a self-admitted adrenaline junky, and actively enjoys pitting fancy foot-and-knife-work against guns, superpowers, and lasers.  
  
Petty street crime didn't and still doesn't concern her. What earned her ire and the bite of her knives were those who profited and got rich off the suffering and misery of others: the hitman silencing witnesses, the racketeer, the human trafficker, the exploiter by any other name. typical modus operandi usually involved theft and redistribution of ill-gotten gains, some to victims, enough to herself to keep her operating. She was at it for about a year and a half on her own before linking up with the Citadel.
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Petty street crime didn't and still doesn't concern her. What earned her ire and the bite of her knives were those who profited and got rich off the suffering and misery of others: the hitman silencing witnesses, the racketeer, the human trafficker, the exploiter by any other name. typical modus operandi usually involved theft and redistribution of ill-gotten gains, some to victims, enough to herself to keep her operating. She was at it for about a year and a half before getting more serious and linking up with the rest of the superheroic community.
  
 
<span style="color:#8B0000;">Sam's Footnotes:</span> ''With great snakiness comes great responsibility. Or something.''
 
<span style="color:#8B0000;">Sam's Footnotes:</span> ''With great snakiness comes great responsibility. Or something.''
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<span style="color:#8B0000;">Sam's Footnotes:</span> ''....''  
 
<span style="color:#8B0000;">Sam's Footnotes:</span> ''....''  
  
And she's not cold blooded either. Her temperature regulates normally, for the most part. Her scales actually hold in heat fairly well, so she rarely suffers during winter months. However their prescence prevents her from sweating normally in order to lower her body temperature, so paradoxically her semi-reptilian nature puts her at greater danger in how weather than in cold.
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And she's not cold blooded either. Her temperature regulates normally, for the most part. Her scales actually hold in heat fairly well, so she rarely suffers during winter months. However their prescence prevents her from sweating normally in order to lower her body temperature, so paradoxically her semi-reptilian nature puts her at greater danger in hot weather than in cold.
  
 
Also she molts-
 
Also she molts-
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Heightened senses: Sam can see in the dark, 'smell' with her forked tongue, and detect heat as a sort of 'sixth sense' through a pair of pit organs just under her nostrils. She is however, partly color-blind.  
 
Heightened senses: Sam can see in the dark, 'smell' with her forked tongue, and detect heat as a sort of 'sixth sense' through a pair of pit organs just under her nostrils. She is however, partly color-blind.  
  
<span style="color:#8B0000;">Sam's Footnotes:</span> ''The tongue thing- I know what you're thinking, stop or I'll bite you- the tongue thing is actually kind of a pain in the ass. You know how much speech therapy I had to go to just so I didn't draw out every S like sssss? God I even annoyed -myself-.''
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<span style="color:#8B0000;">Sam's Footnotes:</span> ''The tongue thing is actually kind of a pain in the ass. You know how much speech therapy I had to go to just so I didn't draw out every S like sssss? God I even annoyed -myself-.''
  
'''Chosen of the Serpent:''' On a not-so-chance foray to Nimoth, land of the dead, Samantha encountered Amoth-Sur - primordial goddess of the scaled and cold blooded, and possibly the inspiration behind many of the more benevolent serpent deities mankind has worshipped throughout its history. An goddess, but a very old one, nearly forgotten in the mortal world. Perhaps she saw something in the young mutant that she hadn't seen in herself; perhaps she was just glad for new company, or a capricious flight of fancy as such old and powerful beings are known for. Either way - Samantha Sheridan, mutant snake-girl thief and vigilante of Saginaw, Michigan ended up gaining the boon of Amoth-Sur and perpetual welcome in her court and gilded city.
 
 
The blessings of Amoth-Sur impart the following abilities:
 
 
'''''Diamondback:''''' Ophidia's scales have hardened to the point where they're like a light, flexible natural armor, capable of turning aside light slashing weapons and absorbing low caliber bullet impacts, though not in the latter case without considerable pain. They're not quite rigid, their hardness is more of a flexible sort like Kevlar.
 
 
'''''Scaled Assault:''''' Drawing on the aspect of the serpent in its lightning strike, Samantha can make a charge, leap, rapid advance, flying kick, etc. with twice the force she could orginarily bring to bear. This ability can only be called upon sparingly - OOCly, 'once per encounter' is the general rule.
 
 
'''''Black Venom:''''' A new poison in addition to her natural paralytic toxin, the black venom doesn't lock up the targets muscles but instead causes horrid pain that grows in intensity the more the poisoned target moves about.
 
 
'''''Serpent's Call:''''' With a loud hiss, Ophidia can summon a number of mildly venemous snakes from.. virtually out of nowhere. Fun.
 
 
== '''Affiliations''' ==
 
 
'''The Citadel:''' ''"I'm really glad I met up with these guys - well mostly girls - early on. We fight the good fight, and we do it our way without the cops looking over our shoulder every five seconds or asking anyone for permission.
 
 
== '''Allies and Aquaintances''' ==
 
 
'''[[Anarchy|Vivi]]:''' "Minute I heard her over the R&P network, we hit it off pretty fast. She's a great leader and an amazing person and I can't think of anyone I'd rather be doing this with. Crazy to think she's just 18 and managed to pull all of this and all of us together. And she's a great- ..Nevermind."''
 
 
'''[[Renny Two-Hand]]:''' Ha, this guy puts up with so much shit from us. I can tell the whole snake people and magic and evil robots thing is a little out of his element. Man of few words, but those few are usually pretty important or fucking hilarious. I'm glad he's around, he's got a fuckload more real-world experience than most of the rest of us and he is scaaary when he goes all gun-kata in that suit of his. 
 
 
'''[[Nightinwail]]:''' "Mah Ghosty. Vivi's adopted daughter. No I have no idea how the fuck that works. But definitely the coolest dead person I've ever met.
 
 
'''[[Divael]]:''' "Quiet. Sweet. Pulled our asses out of the fire or put them back together more than a few times already. Viv lucked out with her. And honestly so did we."
 
 
'''[[Lycan]]:''' "Fluffhawk! I love this guy, he's fun as hell, tough as nails, and he means I'm not the only one of the crew with a goddamn tail."
 
 
'''[[The Flea]]:''' "Only worked with him once. Hard to believe, but I think there's a really good, decent, brave man under all the thick layers of batfuck crazy. Also I watched him fight the Blue Bruiser in his underwear, that like made my month."
 
 
'''[[Strix]]:''' Hehe, pigtails.
 
  
 
== '''Quotes and Random Ophidia-isms''' ==
 
== '''Quotes and Random Ophidia-isms''' ==
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''"'Manimal?' Sexy Badass Ninja Snake is the PC term, thank you."''
 
''"'Manimal?' Sexy Badass Ninja Snake is the PC term, thank you."''
 
''"That's pretty funny, but you're still a dick."'' - Comm chatter/insults directed at [[Hooligan]]
 
  
 
''"Something tells me one of these days, I'll end up finding out whether or not this grows back."'' - On her tail.
 
''"Something tells me one of these days, I'll end up finding out whether or not this grows back."'' - On her tail.
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''"Oh suure, blame it all on the snake, how fucking convenient."'' - On the Book of Genesis.
 
''"Oh suure, blame it all on the snake, how fucking convenient."'' - On the Book of Genesis.
  
== '''Comments''' ==
 
''"Samatha Sheridan. . ."''{pauses a moment to smirks a little and shake her head} ''"You know what they usually say about snakes? Deceitful? Not to be trusted? Insert VIPER suspicions here? Yeah. . .no. Sammy is nothing like that. At all. I really, really enjoy her company. More than I probably should but you know. . .?"'' {shrugs her shoulders} ''"I don't give a fuck. I'll be right beside her. Hell, she's my room mate. My co-worker. My team mate. My. . ."'' {stops herself and smirks a bit more before just shrugging again and walking off} -- [[Anarchy]]
 
 
''"Sam is weally nice! She has the pwettiest eyes and she would be a gweat fwiend."'' -- [[Chocolate Chip Chelsea]]
 
 
''"Interesting appearance. Loud and excitable. But she's effective."'' -- [[Violet Mask]]
 
 
''"...Strangely down to earth? I think that's a good start. Don't know much of anything about her history...I remember first finding out about the Cocytus Corps, and, let's just say I didn't expect her to be familiar with Dante. For now, I'll file her under 'drinking partner,' though her willingness to help in my investigations hasn't gone unnoticed."'' -- [[Renny_Two-Hand|Reynold Graves]]
 
 
<span style="color:#8B0000;">"Oh, surprised I read BOOKS huh? Nahh, I liked ''Inferno'', it's creepy, morbid fun."</span>
 
 
''"Let me start off by saying that I don't expect to see her slithering on the floor like a real snake. That being out of the way, She's the kind of person I'm relieved to know on my side, with her poisonous bite an all... But, on a more casual note, she's fun to hang out with. It's like if she's a compilation of witty and funny replies on legs at time, heh." She smirks. "She's fun. I need to get to know her better."'' - '''[[Divael|Natasha Roy]]
 
 
''"A decent sort. Don't know all that much about 'er, but Samantha's pretty nice from what I've gathered. Shows that not even a barrier between species - come on, snakes are often seen as evil from a traditional, if biased standpoint - can get in the way of being a good person."'' - [[Skarius Snowtalon|Snowtalon]]
 
 
''I like her attitude. Like myself, it's hard looking different than others in this world. Sometimes you get stares that are hard to shake off. She keeps her chin up and is quite friendly.'' - [[Day Nine|Arunee Prem]]
 
  
''SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE! Well, Snakewoman with the attitude of a F*Bleep*ing Gladiator, Who else do you want as a friend? Something that'll always try to eat you.'' - [[Skull|Anonymous]]
 
  
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Latest revision as of 03:51, 23 October 2014


Ophidia
Player: @machinegunblues
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Character Build
Class Focus: Survivable/Dodgy DPS
Power Level: 40
Research & Development: Science
Biographical Data
Real Name: Samantha Sheridan
Known Aliases: Ophidia
Gender: Female
Species: Human mutant
Ethnicity: ..Snake?
Place of Birth: Saginaw, Michigan
Base of Operations: Millenium City, midwest
Relatives: None
Characteristics
Age: 21
Height: 6'2
Weight: 160 lbs
Eyes: Red, slitted
Hair: Green and black
Complexion: Green, scaley
Physical Build: Athletic, dense and compact muscle tissue
Physical Features: Slitted serpent pupils, scaley skin, foldable fangs, tail
Status
Alignment:
██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██

Chaotic Good

Reputation:
██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██

Unknown

Identity: Public
Years Active: About 2 years as what she is now
Citizenship: American
Occupation: martial artist, thief, bartender
Education: Self-taught
Marital Status: "I'm kinda in a thing OK it's complicated"
Known Powers and Abilities
Agility, durability, heightened senses, poison (detailed below)
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Katar-knives, body armor, gas mask, about a dozen different self-designed costumes
Attributes
 
   Strength
   Endurance
 
   Agility
   Speed
 
   Fighting
   Projectiles
 
   Durability
   Resistance
 
   Intelligence
   Psyche
 
   Intuition
   Charisma
 
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Snake in the Grass

Ophidia - AKA Samantha Sheridan - is a humanoid mutant with reptilian and especially serpentine characteristics. In the relatively brief amount of time she's been kicking around, the snake-woman has managed to make a small name for herself as a street-fighter, thief, and eventually self-made hero.

Samantha is a bit squirrely about her past, and while she'll relate the occasional exploit or amusing anecdote, she rarely if ever gives anyone the full story. What she does admit to and which can be confirmed is that she was born in the blighted city of Saginaw, was either kicked out of her house or ran away at 14, and spent several years thereafter as a traveling performer. Presumably it was then and there that she picked up her acrobatic abilities and considerable skill with a blade.

Sam's Footnotes: That's right. I literally ran away and joined the goddamn circus. I mean fuck, my Dad told me to often enough, pff. Seriously though, it was a logical choice. I'm a snake-woman who can walk a tightrope and eat fire, I'm like P.T. Barnum's wet dream. Pretty simple to adopt the stuff I learned to more practical purposes outside a huge freakin' tent. Had a little help there..

The next several years of her life were a bit of a nomadic phase, criss-crossing the country doing god-knows-what for god-knows-who. What motivated her to turn her talents and natural abilities to 'hero-work', vigilantism and occasional theft, she doesn't say. She claims there was no real triggering event, just a strong sense of social justice and a deep empathy for the impoverished and down-and-out. Who knows, it may even be true. She is after all a self-admitted adrenaline junky, and actively enjoys pitting fancy foot-and-knife-work against guns, superpowers, and lasers.

Petty street crime didn't and still doesn't concern her. What earned her ire and the bite of her knives were those who profited and got rich off the suffering and misery of others: the hitman silencing witnesses, the racketeer, the human trafficker, the exploiter by any other name. typical modus operandi usually involved theft and redistribution of ill-gotten gains, some to victims, enough to herself to keep her operating. She was at it for about a year and a half before getting more serious and linking up with the rest of the superheroic community.

Sam's Footnotes: With great snakiness comes great responsibility. Or something.

Personality and habits

"First person to quote Samuel L. Jackson gets bit."


Sam is gregarious, talkative, and a bit of a loudmouth. If she has an internal censor, it's usually switched off or frequently ignored. Though extremely friendly and sociable she's known to have a bit of a temper, and if properly offended rarely hesitates to let the other party know exactly how she feels about it. A string of profanities if they're lucky; sucker punches and paralytic bites if they're not.

Sam's Footnotes: I get along pretty well with most people. Except the ones I don't.

Samantha frequents the bar scene, and while she doesn't drink constantly or every day, when she does it's frequently to excess. She has a minor cannabis habit and smokes cigarettes, though neither at this point seem to interfere with her athletic performance.

Notably she seems to almost always wear something on her neck; a wrap, a scarf, or frequently a ubiquitous black choker. Her tail is very expressive, twitching when she's nervous, swaying slowly and evenly when contented.

Traits and Powers

Reptilian Characteristics: Samantha is a mutant whose powers mirror those of one particular branch of the animal kingdom - the reptile, and especially the serpent. She is covered head to toe in scales, larger around the midsection and belly, finer along the neck and face. Her eyes are narrow and slitted like a snake's as well.

She is not a reptile, strictly speaking. One look at her is enough to figure she's probably a mammal.

Sam's Footnotes: ....

And she's not cold blooded either. Her temperature regulates normally, for the most part. Her scales actually hold in heat fairly well, so she rarely suffers during winter months. However their prescence prevents her from sweating normally in order to lower her body temperature, so paradoxically her semi-reptilian nature puts her at greater danger in hot weather than in cold.

Also she molts-

Sam's Footnotes: The less they know about this the better, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

Serpentine muscle: Sam has very tight, compacted muscle tissue and a high degree of control over the same. Stronger than the average person of her size without really having to work for it. She can take quite a bit more trauma without succumbing than even another strong, athletic human.

Lizard-like Agility: Amazing feats of acrobatics come almost naturally to Samantha. She can leap several times her height vertically into the air, and her balance is naturally superb. Fighting techniques more common to kung-fu films than real life are easily with her reach and capability to perform. She can move in almost complete silence, and stand, sit or crouch in a single position for hours with minimal discomfort.

Poison: She has a pair of snake-like fangs that can unfold into striking positions on her upper jaw. These are loaded with a nasty paralytic poison, exposure to which causes an opponent's muscles to seize and lock up as if in rigor mortis. It's rarely fatal unless she goes out of her way to dose her enemy with as much poison as she's got. Her knives are usually coated with the stuff, and often a single nick is enough to take someone out of a fight or severely reduce their effectiveness.

A power she usually doesn't admit to relates to a series of spines running along her back. In a situation of extreme stress or threat, these spines can release an aerosolized version of her toxin in a nasty miasmic cloud. She is loathe to ever do this, as -breathing- her poison as opposed to simply being bit or knicked can and often is deadly, preventing a person from breathing properly. It can also be as dangerous to her allies as to her enemies.

Knife-Fighting/Martial Arts: Samantha fights with a pair of sharp, well-made, but otherwise unremarkable katar punching knives. Her usual technique tends to mix lighting fast, poison dosing strikes with flying kicks, knees, and leg sweeps. Though her training doesn't compare to that of other martial-arts based heros, her natural agility and raw talent tends to compensate.

Heightened senses: Sam can see in the dark, 'smell' with her forked tongue, and detect heat as a sort of 'sixth sense' through a pair of pit organs just under her nostrils. She is however, partly color-blind.

Sam's Footnotes: The tongue thing is actually kind of a pain in the ass. You know how much speech therapy I had to go to just so I didn't draw out every S like sssss? God I even annoyed -myself-.


Quotes and Random Ophidia-isms

"I'll bite you. Don't think I won't." - Common threat. Mostly empty.

"OK assclowns, let's get this done fast, I am -not- missing Justified for your bullshit." -Tangling with a pair of warring gangs in Westside.

"*Chewbacca noise*" - At Lycan in his half-transformed state.

"That's a stupid place for a wall."

"'Manimal?' Sexy Badass Ninja Snake is the PC term, thank you."

"Something tells me one of these days, I'll end up finding out whether or not this grows back." - On her tail.

"I'd rather not tangle with VIPER. They'd probably black-bag me and try to turn me into some kind of fucked up mascot or something."

"Oh suure, blame it all on the snake, how fucking convenient." - On the Book of Genesis.