Levi Mardones





/ Levi Mardones /

"Have you seen me? I'm so hideous that I scare myself sometimes."


Face Claim - Cole Sprouse


The Runner

"I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge." - Herman Melville

Part of a group beings that no one really knows about. A group of beings that are responsible for a big part of the universe that people feel highly uncomfortable about. But he's there, and he exists. Even in those weeks every month where he wishes he was essentially any other being. Or dead. He still has to be who he is though, do what he does. For who else would help to reap the tainted souls that inhabit the earth?

 


LEVI'S APPEARANCE

Levi is a very conventionally handsome sort of guy. He stands at 6'0 feet tall. White, but on the tanner side of the spectrum. Hair is naturally black, but he dyed it darker so it was now jet black. Which is either slicked back with a bunch of escaping strands or all pulled forward with the ends falling in front of his face. But he's always very put together. He's a fairly skinny guy, but very muscular. Most of his body weight is quite a bit muscular. So he has some nicely defined abs and a pretty nice v-line.

He has small thin green eyes. The color of a field of grass or those green smoothies health nuts make. With fairly medium length eyelashes. Average sort of lips for a guy, medium and somewhat thin. A small thin nose. Sharp jawline with fairly decent cheekbones. A black obsidian ring from Hades, that was supposed to help him with powers and such but he couldn't figure out how it worked or how too work it. He wears a lot of button-ups and jeans. Liking to look professional yet casual at all times.



LEVI'S APPEARANCE (MORE IN DEPTH)


Outward Looks

6'0, 181 lbs. // Twenty Years Old

Short jet black hair. Slicked back with a few escapee strands or pulled forward so loose strands are in his face.

Skinny, but extremely muscular

¼ Scottish, ¼ English, ¼ German, ¼ Danish

Clothes

He likes to dress like a very relaxed professional. A lot of button-ups and jeans. With the occasional bowtie too. When he was feeling a little lazy, he'd turn too big oversized sweaters instead. When he was feeling really scandalous, he'd even throw on a tank top sometimes. But he always looked very put together, just how he liked it.


Scars, Piercings, and Tattoos

Scars: Large deep scars on his back, where his wings would be in his other form. Along with various scars both around it and around the rest of his body.

Piercings: None

Tattoos: None




PERSONALITY






BACKGROUND 

Millions of years ago, after Zeus had cut Kronos into a million tiny pieces and thrown him into the deep depths of who knows where humans (or the earliest versions of them) were freely roaming the Earth. Along with the ghosts of the dead.

But, unlike current members of the dead, these ones had a very warped sense of consciousness. The only thought they were focused on was trying to bring themselves to back life. Which they'd do anything to achieve. Most of the time they succeeded in killing a human, but rarely did that ever bring them back to life. Which consistently furthered the population of the dead on earth while doing nothing to help the living. 

The dead ended up outnumbering the living.

Which Zeus and the other gods saw. Soon coming to the consensus that this could and would not be the case. Not just the dead outnumber the living, but being able to roam the earth and torture those inhabiting it. 

So the decision was made to create a place where all the dead could be held.

But being the gods they are, specifically relating to Zeus and Hades, are extremely lazy beings who refuse to do most anything themselves. Meaning that creatures needed to be created to do that work for them. Creatures which Hades insisted on creating himself. Making them as terrifying and intimidating of creatures as possible.

ποινή του θανάτου - poiní tou thanátou - Death's Penalty

Created straight out of the mind of Hades, they were creatures who would surely strike fear into the hearts of anyone who saw them.

Their heads are that of a bull's skull. With eye sockets seeming to hold endless pools of utter nothingness. Extremely muscular bodies. Except they are covered in a pale, white, somewhat see-through color, of which you could see everything that was happening underneath. Body cutting off at the ankles, leaving a skeletal ankle and foot in its place. Large leathery wings sprouting from the large rips in their backs. Finished off with the frequent bouts of random bleeding.

Terrifying.

The first time Zeus saw them, he collapsed and did not wake for several days. Also known as the exact reaction Hades wanted.

These creatures were tasked with building the underworld. Brick by brick. Stone by stone. They essentially had to create something out of the nothing they were given. Which they did. They were extremely gifted at both building and sculpting. With guidance from Hades, they had the place carved out within a month. Big enough for all the dead roaming the Earth now, with room for a good amount of the ones yet to come.

Though that space obviously wouldn't be enough. People would keep dying. So more room would need to be made. They all knew that much. But, the poiní tou thanátou wanted nothing more than a chance to be human.

Hades did not want to let them go, but he knew that keeping them there would be somewhat wrong.

So the two struck a deal.

The poiní tou thanátou would be allowed to go up and live among humans. But, for one week every month, they would return to their original forms and then go back down to the underworld. So they could further work on expanding the area even more.

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Jonathan and Mary. Those were his parents' names. Very simple and very common. But it fit them, and they loved those names very much.

They met during one of their stints down in the underworld. Making Tartarus deeper and wider, trying to fit all the horrible souls that seemed to be flooding in.

The two were working right next to each other. Within that first day, the two managed to start talking. By the fourth day, as cliché and fake as it sounds, the two were in love with each other (or were at least beginning to fall).

At the end of the week, the two went home with each other. Where the two had sex.

After that, the two progressed in a fairly normal manner. Moving in with each other, falling in love, getting married, all that other fun stuff. Along with having a baby nine months later.

With most poiní tou thanátou children, both parents usually weren't full. It was usually one poiní tou thanátou parent and then the other human. That way they wouldn't turn out that terrifying when they switched to their natural form. While also being plagued with less physical and mental illnesses.

Obviously with Levi that wasn't the case.

As a human, he's a fairly nice looking guy. As a poiní tou thanátou, he's worse than any others you could possibly see. Also being plagued with illnesses worse than what any other of them experienced.

Though it wasn't until puberty that the truly ugly side showed itself. That was also when he caught Hade's eye. Which proceeded in another deal being struck.

Instead of going down and helping work on the underworld during the required week, he would instead remain on Earth and be used as his personal soul reaper.

That's when he started running. When he turns he has absolutely no control over what he did. Every slightly tainted could he come into contact with would end up getting reaped. No matter how much he fought against it.

So, he started running. Cause if he didn't, he'd take a whole town out within months.






POWERS

Human Abilities

Enhanced Intelligence // The user has intelligence that is significantly above standard genius level intellect; possessing exceptional intellectual capabilities, mental capacity and concentration, mental calculations, memorization, perception, deduction, analyzation, cognition and competence, wit and ingenuity, prowess and knowledge, calculations, reading skills, learning capacity, thought process, creativity, originality, etc., typically to a degree that is associated with the achievement of new advances in a domain of knowledge.

Danger Intuition // The user can sense nearing danger, acute danger, potential danger, immediate danger, potential immediate danger, or impending danger and sense unwanted or hectic threats to their well-being and evade it. The intuition usually regards themselves but may include their surroundings (a distant car-wreck).  


Poiní Tou Thanátou Abilities

Bone Manipulation // The user has complete control over the bones of oneself and others, bare skeletons or separate bones, including growing, shaping, manipulating density/weight, creating constructs, etc.

Enhanced Strength // User has strength beyond that of a normal member of their species.

Feral Mind // User can tap into primal, unstoppable rage that allows them to perform in vastly increased capacity, taking and inflicting damage that they wouldn't in their normal state. In some cases, the user's mind descends so far into the feral rage that, mentally, they are little more than animals.

Fear Inducement // The user can evoke and increase fear and horror in others causing the target’s brain to release fear-inducing chemicals.
The victim’s perception may be altered, causing them to see their environment as ominous and the user as dark and foreboding, or even seen as a monster.

Death Inducement // User can kill anyone and possibly even anything using varying means, either instantly, slowly over time, after certain conditions are met, or after a certain period of time has gone. May be used by touch, at a distance, simply willing it to happen, or performing a certain ritual.

Absolute Immortality // The user possesses absolute immortality, is unable to die, age, get sick, or be permanently wounded, is absolutely self-sustained, and as the user's mind and soul are as immortal as their biological bodies, they are immune to mental/spiritual damage. Any injuries the user suffers immediately heal, even if the user's body is disintegrated or blown up or completely erased, even if the user is completely destroyed to the sub-atomic level, they will still return to life. Alternately, some users are absolutely immune to all harm, and can never die from any natural causes.
The user's existence and soul become completely free and independent of even the concept of reality, making them unbound to the subjects of life, death, and manipulations. Also, the power cannot be removed, rendered truly perfect and absolute.    



Shared Abilities

Regenerative Healing // The user can rapidly regenerate. In other words, they recreate lost or damaged tissues, organs and limbs, sometimes slowing, or even stopping, aging. The rate and amount of healing varies widely; some can regrow missing limbs, others must put the limb back in place for rapid regeneration. They are generally in very good physical shape as their bodies are constantly reverting to a healthy state, granting them nigh-inexhaustible stamina and vitality.
At higher levels, users can regenerate not just their cellular tissues, but also their DNA, undoing genetic mutations and breakdown, as well as maintaining one's youth by extending telomeres. This also gives them immunity to diseases and infections, undoing any unwanted symptoms, as well as provide a form of self-sustenance, foregoing the needs for oxygen and food intake. If advanced enough, the ability will cause the body to cease aging as the cells are regenerating and dying in equilibrium, granting immortality.

Enhanced Reflexes // User has drastically enhanced reaction speed, allowing them to dodge bullets, catch flies in mid-air, dodge and maneuver around complex attacks, catch falling objects, block detriments and react instantaneously to what others take more time to react to.
Death Sense // The user is capable of sensing the coming of death, able to determine when someone is dead or dying or if others have died in a specific location. At times, this extends to seeing the names and lifespans of those whose faces the user sees.






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