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Open MHA: New Horizons (Discussion Thread)

U.A. High, the #1 ranked high school for heroics, and its many successful graduates, is inspiring other nations to create their own hero training programs, especially those who are unremarkable on a global scale. The Philippine government, dealing with political and economic struggles, decides to establish a new hero school in the heart of Cebu in collaboration with private sponsors, all of them shrouded in mystery. They hope this new project can serve to train their youth, and improve their society.

Bayani Academy.

But rumors are circulating about the school’s mysterious origins—rumors of an unknown benefactor and the unique students that roam its halls stir both excitement and suspicion. It quickly becomes a name worldwide, and an international hotspot, often taking in students with lots of potential that no other schools are willing to accept.

Amid training, friendships, and rivalries, the students must band together to protect one another and prove their worth. But as they uncover the truth, they face a critical question: Is the academy truly a beacon of hope, or is it part of a larger, more dangerous conspiracy?

We're on Pokecharms. Follow Pokecharms rules.

No god-like powers, so that nobody is overpowered.

Keep things PG.

Don’t make your posts too short, so no one-liners.

The important rule is to have a ton of fun.

Put Bayani in your bio to be accepted. It’s just to make sure people read the rules.

Name:
Age: (15-16)
Nationality:
Birthday:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Appearance:
Personality:
Background:
Quirk:
Hero Name/Hero Costume:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Others:

And here's my character, and he's quite the fragile boy.

Name: Ezra Ortega P. Valdez

Age: 15

Nationality: Filipino

Birthday: August 4

Gender: Male (He/They)

Sexuality: Bisexual

Appearance:

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He has vertebrae-like protrusions on his back, coming out directly from the spine, which extends into his skeletal tail. It resembles a stegosaurus, complete with thagomizer on the end. His eyes are the most unsettling of all, two empty sockets filled with a pulsing teal energy that can change shape and form with his emotions.

Personality: On the surface, Ezra is a showboat, full of flair, charisma, and charm. He’s quite social, always wanting to chat with someone to pass the time, and wants to make friends. While he isn’t a spoiled brat, he can come off as incredibly bold, blunt, and brash, made worse by his impulsive nature.

But all that pompous nonsense is just an act. Deep down, Ezra is an intelligent kid with a heart of gold, who’s compassionate and empathetic. They alway want to give a helping hand, even if he has no idea what he’s doing. He is quite brave when he needs to be, especially when it comes to his friends.

The only reason he bothers acting like this theatrical showman, is simply because he doesn’t want to be forgotten…

Background: Born into a wealthy family, Ezra has lived a life of luxury and was surrounded by success. But as the middle child, he was left in the background and had to constantly remind his cold and somewhat neglectful parents of his existence.

His father is an important figure in the community, being a senator and having done lots of things for the community. Ezra has two older sisters, one of them being a newly licensed Pro Hero, who has become the golden child of the family. She also shares some of their… more problematic beliefs. She was never nice to them when they were kids, often too self-absorbed in her own fame and glory. There are even rumors that she is only a hero due to nepotism, though this is unconfirmed.

Ezra’s other sister was born quirkless and was shunned at birth. She has now become an activist for both quirkless citizens, heteromorphs, and all other minorities, especially her heteromorph girlfriend. The rest of his family sees her as a rebel, a stain on their good name, but she was always the better sister to Ezra. While she was always busy with her own problems, at the very least she had the decency to spend some time with him.

His younger brother is kind of a spoiled brat, but Ezra has seen some empathy and genuine kindness in his little brother. As a whole, Ezra felt unremarkable, a neutral player in his family’s internal conflict, one the world never saw.

It’s the reason he developed his “showboat” personality, as a coping mechanism to deal with his loneliness. He didn’t want to be rebellious and lose all his privileges, but he also didn’t believe in their discriminatory ideals. He felt split down the middle, unsure of what side to take, or even who he really was.

That’s when he developed his quirk, and finally made some friends. The spirits he summoned understood him better than his family ever would, and over time Ezra would truly bond with his prehistoric souls. They acted as mentors, peers, and parents to the growing boy.

Eventually, that all culminated in him going to Bayani Academy, after saving several people from a dangerous band of villains. He did this to finally stand out, make a name for himself, and to find out who he truly is meant to be. Most of all, they want to put on a good show.

Quirk: Paleomancy

It’s an Emitter-type quirk that allows the user to summon the spirits of extinct creatures to aid him. These spirits appear undead, made of spectral teal energy, with parts of their skeletons sometimes being visible. When using his power, this energy will erupt and envelop his skeletal hands, slightly resembling translucent fire. While the extinct specters usually behave like savage animals, these spirits seem to have a connection to Ezra. He can understand them, command them, and according to him, they have their own personalities.

It takes energy to summon these spirits, especially the larger creatures. Calling upon large creatures like theropods, sauropods, and megafauna costs an immense amount of stamina and calories. It is why he prefers to call upon smaller creatures, and is kind of a glutton. In addition, this quirk has altered his skin into pure bone, as well as his tail and eyes. His joints often click and rattle as he moves, and the quirk has increased his metabolism greatly.

Hero Name/Hero Costume: Ezra's hero name is “Sigbin: The Fossilized Hero”. His costume resembles voodoo doctors, with bones and skulls galore. He doesn’t really need the mask since they already looks like a skeleton. Ezra has teal accents on his outfit, especially on the chest in a ribcage pattern.

Likes: Paleontology and zoology, singing (He’s actually really good at it), Luxury items (mostly perfumes), musicals, iced tea, good food video games, and late evenings.

Dislikes: Lack of social stimulation, boredom, being humiliated or shown up, normal tea (the stuff you boil in a teapot), being lonely or mistreated, early mornings, and bullies.

Others: He has a piebald python for a pet, which they lovingly named Wraith.
 
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Name: Ueda Atsuko
Age: 15
Nationality: Japanese
Birthday: December 31st
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Appearance: Atsuko is 6'1" with shoulder length black hair tied back and out of the way. Her eyes are a metallic grey that turn red when her quirk is active. She's on a athletic, yet slightly curvaceous frame. There are scars from attempted attacks after a villain found out who was her father.

Her sleep clothing is a red shirt with a Japanese pro Hero on it. There are shorts under the shirt as the shirt is long.

Her typical, non-uniform outfit is mix of various outfits based on the season of the year.

Personality: Atsuko is someone who is typically level-headed, and able to keep calm in even the most "Oh, Crap!" Situations. This does not mean she is emotionless, however due to how her Quirk works, she is actually quite emotional. If she does get close to someone, she will protect them as best she can, even to the bitter end. As such, do not mess with her friends, or civilians. It won't look pretty when that happens.

Background: Ueda Atsuko is the daughter of a Japanese Pro Hero and a Marketing agent. The Pro Hero in question is in fact the one on her sleepwear shirt. Her father has a Strength boosting quirk, where as her mother could turn to metal and manipulate a similar radius around her when turned to metal. Her childhood was spent with her mother, discovering her quirk when she was 2. During this time, her mother called in someone to help. It was the Pro Hero in question, and the two trained when she was not studying and at school. Around 8 years old, a villain attempted to attack her, leaving small scars across her body.

When she turned 12, her mother moved to the Phillipines after the Pro Hero was killed in action alongside three other people. It was at that time her mother revealed the truth, her father was the Pro Hero. For the last three years, she has been going to school in the Phillipines, and eventually was accepted into Bayani academy. Now, she awaits what's ahead as she prepares to study and become a hero in the Philippines.

Quirk: My Strength is Metal (Type: Emitter/Transformation)

Atsuko can use the metal around her to increase her physical abilities. Her strength increase based on the metal in a certain Radius.

Her current radius is 10 meters (32.8 ft) and her multipliers are based on the metal's density. Her current sustainable limit is 20 minutes. After that, it starts to degrade over the course of half the sustainable limit.

Current values are half the Metal's Metal. She takes the metal with the highest density into account when her strength, endurance, durability, and speed are enhanced.

For example, a room with a non-working hard drive as it's main source of metal would have a Multiplier of 9.66 due to the small amounts of gold in said Hard drive.

Hero Name/Hero Costume: The Metallic Hero: Aurum.
Her costume is a gold shirt that clings to her frame, with similar colored and propertied pants. There is a belt for Support items, and a pouch for holding metals. Her boots are Reinforced, alongside her gloves, which are red.

Likes: Metals, Studying, Training, Music (weirdly enough), Calming things, Otters, making friends.
Dislikes: Getting ambushed, knives, Injuring herself, Boredom, getting lost.
Others: She has slight PTSD from her attack when she was 8. Her mother has explained it.
 
Name: Ueda Atsuko
Age: 15
Nationality: Japanese
Birthday: December 31st
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Straight
Appearance: Atsuko is 6'1" with shoulder length black hair tied back and out of the way. Her eyes are a metallic grey that turn red when her quirk is active. She's on a athletic, yet slightly curvaceous frame. There are scars from attempted attacks after a villain found out who was her father.

Her sleep clothing is a red shirt with a Japanese pro Hero on it. There are shorts under the shirt as the shirt is long.

Her typical, non-uniform outfit is mix of various outfits based on the season of the year.

Personality: Atsuko is someone who is typically level-headed, and able to keep calm in even the most "Oh, Crap!" Situations. This does not mean she is emotionless, however due to how her Quirk works, she is actually quite emotional. If she does get close to someone, she will protect them as best she can, even to the bitter end. As such, do not mess with her friends, or civilians. It won't look pretty when that happens.

Background: Ueda Atsuko is the daughter of a Japanese Pro Hero and a Marketing agent. The Pro Hero in question is in fact the one on her sleepwear shirt. Her father has a Strength boosting quirk, where as her mother could turn to metal and manipulate a similar radius around her when turned to metal. Her childhood was spent with her mother, discovering her quirk when she was 2. During this time, her mother called in someone to help. It was the Pro Hero in question, and the two trained when she was not studying and at school. Around 8 years old, a villain attempted to attack her, leaving small scars across her body.

When she turned 12, her mother moved to the Phillipines after the Pro Hero was killed in action alongside three other people. It was at that time her mother revealed the truth, her father was the Pro Hero. For the last three years, she has been going to school in the Phillipines, and eventually was accepted into Bayani academy. Now, she awaits what's ahead as she prepares to study and become a hero in the Philippines.

Quirk: My Strength is Metal (Type: Emitter/Transformation)

Atsuko can use the metal around her to increase her physical abilities. Her strength increase based on the metal in a certain Radius.

Her current radius is 10 meters (32.8 ft) and her multipliers are based on the metal's density. Her current sustainable limit is 20 minutes. After that, it starts to degrade over the course of half the sustainable limit.

Current values are half the Metal's Metal. She takes the metal with the highest density into account when her strength, endurance, durability, and speed are enhanced.

For example, a room with a non-working hard drive as it's main source of metal would have a Multiplier of 9.66 due to the small amounts of gold in said Hard drive.

Hero Name/Hero Costume: The Metallic Hero: Aurum.
Her costume is a gold shirt that clings to her frame, with similar colored and propertied pants. There is a belt for Support items, and a pouch for holding metals. Her boots are Reinforced, alongside her gloves, which are red.

Likes: Metals, Studying, Training, Music (weirdly enough), Calming things, Otters, making friends.
Dislikes: Getting ambushed, knives, Injuring herself, Boredom, getting lost.
Others: She has slight PTSD from her attack when she was 8. Her mother has explained it.

@Cmeriwether, your character is accepted! I like this unique take on metal-based quirk, and she’s even got some classic trauma.
 
Seems interesting. I think I'll make a character bio at some point, especially since this is my last full week of school and after next week I have 6 weeks off school and I can do a lot in 6 weeks aaaaaand I'm talking too much again.

Edit: typo
 
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Name: Leigh Jones
Age: 15
Nationality:
British
Birthday:
9 January
Gender:
Female
Sexuality:
Demisexual
Appearance:
generated image

Personality:
Leigh is kind, caring, thoughtful, understanding and generally a nice person to be around. She usually has the moral high ground, but isn't afraid to get her hands dirty if it's necessary.
Background:
Leigh was born to Quirkless parents. Her Quirk manifested pretty much immediately, as unexplainable things seemed to happen around her. By the time she was 12, she was feared as a "goddess of chaos", even though she had next to no control over the details of the clearly unexplainable things happening and she wasn't a goddess, but that's not the point. She didn't have many friends growing up and, after nagging her parents for a solid 6 weeks, she was finally enrolled in Bayani Academy.
Quirk:
"Trick or Treat". A very unfitting name, since there are no treats whatsoever. This Quirk causes unexplainable things to happen whenever she wants, but she has no control over exactly what happens.
Hero Name:
Chaos Hero, Omni-Breaker
Likes:
Fun, people, tea (to any real-life Brits here, I unfortunately had to put this), comedy movies, video games, heroes
Dislikes:
Judgemental people, guns, British food, impractically small swords, religion, horror movies
Others:
Leigh has ADHD. Understandable, considering her Quirk.
 
Name: Leigh Jones
Age: 15
Nationality: British
Birthday: 9 January
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Demisexual
Appearance:
generated image

Personality:
Leigh is kind, caring, thoughtful, understanding and generally a nice person to be around. She usually has the moral high ground, but isn't afraid to get her hands dirty if it's necessary.
Background: Leigh was born to Quirkless parents. Her Quirk manifested pretty much immediately, as unexplainable things seemed to happen around her. By the time she was 12, she was feared as a "goddess of chaos", even though she had next to no control over the details of the clearly unexplainable things happening and she wasn't a goddess, but that's not the point. She didn't have many friends growing up and, after nagging her parents for a solid 6 weeks, she was finally enrolled in Bayani Academy.
Quirk: "Trick or Treat". A very unfitting name, since there are no treats whatsoever. This Quirk causes unexplainable things to happen whenever she wants, but she has no control over exactly what happens.
Hero Name: Chaos Hero, Omni-Breaker
Likes: Fun, people, tea (to any real-life Brits here, I unfortunately had to put this), comedy movies, video games, heroes
Dislikes: Judgemental people, guns, British food, impractically small swords, religion, horror movies
Others: Leigh has ADHD. Understandable, considering her Quirk.

Accepted, and this character reminds me of Milo Murphy from Milo Murphy's Law. Her quirk definitely works as a plot device.
 
Well I didn’t know that, but Ezra is pretty frail so most of the nutrients went towards his height. Maybe I should make them shorter, what do you think?

Also Ezra probably has some sort of antique on him made of some dense metal. Like a ring or bracelet that they are wearing.
 
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Well I didn’t know that, but Ezra is pretty frail so most of the nutrients went towards his height. Maybe I should make them shorter, what do you think?

Also Ezra probably has some sort of antique on him made of some dense metal. Like a ring or bracelet.
He's good, I'm trying not to have the tallest character in this RP.

That Antique could do something in terms of Activating Atsuko's Quirk.
 
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