Owain Venomdrinker

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Owain Venomdrinker
Player: @Knightward
Origin: Science/Strange Mutation
Archetype: Mastermind
Threat Level: 50
Personal Data
Real Name: Owain Gilmore
Known Aliases: Owain, That Old Bastard
Species: Human
Age: 677
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 139 lbs
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: White
Biographical Data
Nationality: Praetorian
Occupation: Mercenary General
Place of Birth: Confidential
Base of Operations: Rogue Isles
Marital Status: Unmarried
Known Relatives: None
Known Powers
Mercenaries, Poison, Mace Mastery
Known Abilities
Leaping, Fitness, Leadership
Equipment
Antique Armor, Cloaking Device, Scorpion Mace, Walkie-Talkie, Scorpion Energy Shield
No additional information available.


More to come at some point!

Owain went through a couple of incarnations in the City of Villains Beta before I settled on a final concept for the Praetorian foil for Knightward. The original concept involved being a bloodthirsty spirit summoned back from the grave, but I liked this version better. For this one though, I unrepentantly took a lot of liberties with Praetorian Earth, largely because I can. So if the devs ever flesh it out further... well let's hope that day doesn't come.

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Personality

Owain Venomdrinker isn't well known for his cold calculations, but only a fool would assume he's just a violent sociopath.

Owain Venomdrinker is, in short, a ruthless and bloodthirsty monster. He has no remorse for his actions, infact he takes pleasure from the greater agony and destruction he inflicts. Owain's life ultimately revolves around his fulfillment of his bloodthirst. The only thing holding his violent urges in check is a cunning intellect sharpened over the centuries and his advanced age. Truth be told, while Owain hides behind a veneer of confidence, his old age has instilled a fear of the limitations that come with it. The fact that he probably only has a couple of decades before natural causes finish him off does not help matters either.

Powers

Owain is perhaps best known for his collection of poisons. He is a mutant, although his mutation does nothing by itself. Owain's metabolism processes most bio-toxins differently, often creating an exponential inverse effect. Toxins that paralyze or atrophy muscles instead strenghten his. Likewise, the reason for living to be almost 700 is due to various organic poisons he consumes regularly. Hence the name, Owain Venomdrinker.

Owain Venomdrinkeralso controls a personal army made up of an unknown number of cells in the Rogue Isles if not elsewhere. While he often keeps a squad with him, it is kept small so as to keep the full numbers secret. What is known is that there are enough to keep the troops with him replaceable. Many of them if not already career mercenaries, have defected from other paramilitary organizations such as the Council, Malta, and possibly even Arachnos. The troops are kept close and supplied via a small-scale teleporter Owain keeps with him. They are also kept loyal by an empath device Owain reversed-engineered after ripping apart one of Paragon's Heal-Bots. Each soldier is implanted with an empath chip, forcing them to endure Owain's damage should he choose. Thus obediance is assured through threat of death.

Abilities

Owain Venomdrinker pictured with a squad of his soldiers.

Fitness

While old age has stripped Owain of much of his physical prowess he can compensate it in limited ways with his collection of poisons. While frail, he possesses regenerative qualities above that of a normal human, much less the elderly.

Leaping

Owain Venomdrinker was a very skilled and dangerous warrior in his youth. While again, he lacks that strength now, he still has some nimbleness to protect himself in a fight. When he needs to travel great distances Owain drinks chemicals which would normally induce muscular atrophy. Thanks to his mutation, they briefly allow him to jump massive distances.

Mace Mastery

Owain's "patron" in Arachnos is Black Scorpion. As such he has limited access to his patron's armory. Preferring the visceral feel of hand to hand combat, Owain does not use his scorpion mace to fire at enemies, but merely subdue them. He also has a scorpion shield activated almost at all times.

Leadership

Centuries of warfare have made Owain a tactical genius. You name a scenario, he's probably fought through it.

Stealth

One of the things you learn in warfare is to avoid blindly charging into the enemy. Owain Venomdrinker keeps a cloaking device on him to both avoid a attack without a clear tactical advantage, and to keep some of the fire off him when in battle.

Weaknesses and Limitations

Owain Venomdrinker has a suit of high tech armor that functions like a personal emergency room, injecting whatever medicines are needed to keep him from the brink of death.

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Allies and Tools

Enemies

Character Story

Trivia

External References

@Knightward - Global Handle

Knightward - CoHGuru.com

Herocorps file on Owain Venomdrinker

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