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"Me? I am simply here to answer your prayers."
Name: Asmodeus Prime
Alias(es): God-Emperor of Elysium, Stargazer, False Prophet, Emperor Asmodeus, Caritas, Harbinger, Elysium's Sorcerer Supreme, The Destroyer of Denver
Gender: Male (Usually)
Age: ???
Species: ???
Height: 6 ft 6 (Varies)
Weight: 215 pounds (Varies)
Powers and Abilities
Physical characteristics
Asmodeus is a humanoid of enhanced physical characteristics. Generally, his actual strength and durability is not what it appears to be.Through only his pure physicals, can he bench somewhere in the range of 1,500 pounds. Indeed, his body is not bulletproof, either, and he seems to simply compensate for this with his mind or by gaining more power to make durability less of a factor. He is enhanced, able to take rather tremendous blunt impact and crushing pressures that deform steel and concrete, as well as kill normal humans. But he is not bulletproof or immune to such piercing impacts.
His body is however, immune to disease through his own workings and manipulations of himself at the molecular level. His psionics in tandem with his adaptation of the arcane, renders him highly resistant to molecular manipulation, atomic manipulation, poisons, and exterior elements due the level of control he has over his body and how it works.His ability to repel or resist such attacks depending on the potency of the attack in question He is immortal and seemingly can sustain himself indefinitely at higher levels of power. Through meditation, he can survive in a vaccum indefinitely at most any level. .His body is capable of healing at an accelerated rate due to his conscious and subconscious psionc enhancements, but it has limitst. Lodged objects and grievous bodily harm in particular are troubling.
When Asmodeus drains himself or devoutes a tremendous amount of energy to himself, he body takes a more "undead" like appearance due to the fact that he is taking forces used more to sustain himself and channel them into energy used for various purposes, making him generally less physically capable (as well as less good looking), but more powerful and psionically useable.
-Deity-
Asmodeus is a being that seems to derive power from indeed, worship and prayer of others towards himself. Hence, he often refers to himself as a "god." From this, Asmodeus actually draws power through persuasion of others, to sometimes even bind their "souls" to him.
The mechanics of this are mostly unknown to even him, though he knows how it works in practicality. In essence, beings can worship him in a variety of ways as they see fit, through tribute, sacrifice, prayer, fasting or simply by living a certain lifestyle, so long as they do so as a way to show their faith towards him. Some beings may even bind their souls to Asmodeus and are said to be brought into an afterlife of his construction after death.
However, his empowerment from worship can obviously be negated or dampened if the person no longer worships him. Because of them being either convinced of otherwise. "True believers" however who bind their souls to him will in actuality empower him. Often done in the sort of deal.
How much power each person grants him does not seem to inherently depend on the person's race at all, more so, how wholly committed they are
Faustian Covenant: The gift of power in exchange for one's soul, for their life. Through this, one can alter where in the afterlife they end up by agreeing and accepting "Divine Empowerment" through Asmodeus. Through this, he can give people small fractions of his own power, physically enhancing their own physical characteristics, "awakening" certain powers people already have within them (such as magic) or even granting them knowledge of access to other people's magic.
The Force of the Mind.
Powers that seem to stem from the mind's ability to act on the universe around itself and even influence reality and what lies within. Power over both minds and matter.
Telepathy
Asmodeus can communicate with people who are "psychically active" such as mutant telepaths and earthly "mediums." This ability lacks offensive capacity if the user is not bound to Asmodeus in any way they would concede to or even against normal people.
However, things such as telepaths, ghosts, demons, spectres and generally any such incorporeal entities (and those who ineract with it) are particularly vulnerable to being outright attacked and sensed by Asmodeus, their capacity to defend themselves depending on the user's own power.
His power over those who are subject to him, slowly becomes absolute, the less the user exists. Prolongued periods of time driving his worshippers slowly more fanatic. More akin to brainwashing, the effects of this are slow and permanent, rather than him forcing the mind into believing something, he truly changes what people see and believe through subtle influence over gradual periods of time. Akin to what earthly beings may call brainwashing.
However, if a user consents and offers no resistance. Asmodeus can functionally do as he pleases with their mind, warping it to his own desire and purpose.
Astral Protection enables the god emperor to send his Astral body to wherever he desires in the universe, viewing all from the spiritual plane. Through this, he can interact with spiritual entities presence on the plane, violently or otherwise. Being an entity of cosmic proportion, Asmodeus is equally as powerful on the astral plane as he is on the physical, if not more so, able to manifest any number of weapon to do away with most whoever dare oppose him on that plane. However ,he lacks the distinct ability to overpower the will of any "inert" mortal who does not consent to his will.
Omni-Elementalism
The ability to move matter with one's mind, this is easily his most developed ability and the one with the highest power cap. On his own planet, and in his own system, he is capable of shielding against supernovas and moving planets. However, this power grows weaker the further he is from his worshippers. On earth, he cannot accomplish the same feats as some of the world's most powerful mutants can.
Using this, Asmodeus can move practically any matter he can see. From stone, to water, to even the air itself. He can causes blasts of wind, explosions, tidal waves, water jets, shape environmental objects into weapons, create balls of plasma (including lightning) and much, much more. However, he must have his eyes to be to process where things are. He can slowly use his mind at high levels of control to bring about storms, when at higher levels of power.
In general however, Asmodeus must perceive an object in order to properly grasp it.
It a versatile ability, of endless application. Flight, propulsion, crushing matter into it's composite components, halting particle beams and exerting flesh rending force upon his foes with but a stare.
Third eye of Asmodeus
A sensory capability that resides in his body, it allows him to functionally automatically detect beings and objects of high power, supernatural phenomena (depending on how potent) and to have large degree of cosmic awareness of the general state of reality and the universe. This perception of energy correlates to exactly how much raw power and object possesses and even normal things, such as nuclear reactors, set of Asmodeus' senses. Things like normal humans and many superhumans (All but the most powerful) are practically invisible to him.
Asmodeus' power seems to draw on the same "Aether" the rest of his power is drawn from, each soul and prayer seemingly allowing him to tap into more and more, to further enhance it further with the limits only being as to how many followers Asmodeus is capable of attaining.
The will of the mind.
Perfect Mirror
An indestructible mirror that Asmodeus can summon that can reflect kinetic, thermal, electromagnetic and magical energies right back towards the source instantly. It is approximately 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide. He has tested it against planet shattering impacts, and even supernova, none of which caused any damage.
However, it can only be in one place at one time
False Vision
Asmodeus manipulates the essence of visual sight itself, causing apparitions and constructs of any visual material to appear, namely, light. This light generated lacks solidarity but can in tune, take many forms. It can be used a construct, can be a weapon or it can be used as an illusion to warp an object of what one sees or the very perception of all of what is around them.
When more powerful, this light can become intense enough to damage what it touches. An apparition of astral energies can be used to harm other such apparitions. An apparition of light, not unlike an laser or gleaming beam of the sun, able to burn what it touches. These apparitions can be given sentience even, and have a will utterly of Asmodeus' own desire.
Phantom Blades
Blades that that have differing properties from conventional matter.
- Approximately as durable as high quality steel when physical
- Is capable of phasing and out of different realms of existence, including into objects and into people. Can enter the astral plane to strike intangible things.
- Appears to be sentient. It seems to see in all directions but cannot hear. It can lose sight of people and get lost or even be tricked. It also can't see things when it is intangible.
- When intangible it is also invisible. Doesn't bother to dodge things.
- Each blade is capable of moving at approximately 60 miles per hour on their one. However, if Asmodeus or some other outside force moves it, then it can move in essence, as fast as that outside force can move it.
- Each seems to have a "strength" around that of a human.
Reverse mend
The ability to heal one of all damage, the ability working as a "reset" of one's body,at sufficient potentency, it can even reverse aging. The spell works by removing foreign elements and ailments from the boy and resetting it towards it's more previous state. This makes it ineffective at healing things that have always been there (Like diseases from Birth) but can make it efficient at "healing" others from effects acquired recently. It can remove the spells.
The spell however doesn't afflict the mind and cannot cure mental diseases, though, it is however set to purge outside magical effects that do not naturally exist in non-magical beings, such as illusions, insanity, fear and other such effects. It will not do this for other magical beings however, and generally is less than ideal for healing them.
Blink
A teleportation that enables him to travel at the speed of light, and give the illusion of teleporting. While in this state, he cannot perceive where he is going and is completely intangible. He also cannot truthfully act or even touch things. He can appear within solid objects, but the force to break it apart depends on the strength of the object itself, making thin air or water more ideal to appear in than say, something like Carbonadium.
Warp
:Long distance teleportation, this often requires numerous followers on his parts. Roughly the population of earth would enable him to move something as large as a planet. A city of people loning their power to him allowing him to move just as many. It requires a substantial amount of energy and it takes exactly 2 minutes to complete.
Divine Lightning
An aspect of Asmodeus' own cosmic power manifest.
This enchanted energy bypasses any known laws of electricity, bending only to the will of Asmodeus and it's effects can be many, making it a versatile tool and a deadly weapon in Asmodeus' arcane arsenal.
This form of enchanted energy has numerous effects that are capable of being chosen by it's wielder. One of them being transmutation. This allows the lightning to transmute and transform what is struck to an item of Asmodeus' own choosing, be it a pile of ash, a chicken, simply stone or air. The lightning interferes with atomic bonding of the material. It can easily be used to strike down any mortal dead through their armor, with no harm to it whatsoever or even phase itself through obstacles in an effort to reach it's target. It's speed is that of lightning, and it can phase through most kinds of armor upon impact. Even Adamantium is not immune to it's effects with intense effort on Asmodeus' part, enabling it to rend apart so called "gods" at the atomic seams.
However, it is not without shortcoming. This magic works by manipulating the target's atoms, and hence, things that are composed of atoms, such as quarks, are immune. Not only this, but the lightning does not work on things that have an inherit resistance to magic and arcane forces, such as the likes of Nth metal and Arcanium. Not only this, but it does not work on silver, or on iron. Which can stop and block the lightning without harm.
Soul Rend
Though not useful against normal humans, this can be used to subjogate things like ghosts, demons, magical creatures and other such entities who might prove vulnerable to it. Generally things that have a soul but lack free will or control over their own souls.
Binding chains
Strong, whip like chains with a power that varies with Asmodeus' own, they are used to stall and subdue certain beings, and has ergokinetic properties, enabling the chains to manipulate what they can wrap around things to drain them.
The Corridor
This power is used to send people into another plane of existence, another dimension for physical and etheral things things alike, Asmodeus can send (normally subdued) beings into another dimension, in another reality. Even if they escape or even at times, destroy the dimension, they still have to find their way back to our universe, somehow. He can make another one or even a personal one at whim
However, it can also be used to store things or to protect people from imminent danger.
Essence of Void
Darkness is the absence of light, and without light, many life forms come to eventually die. Cold is nothing more than the abstinence of heat. Decay and starvation, attributed to the absence of vital nourishment from the body. The essence of void is to create an abscence in a concept. To remove heat causes cold. To remove light? This is darkness. This is the essence of Void.
A Void is an absence, one the universe seeks to fill. Through the use of this concept, this allows for the control of manipulating the absence of matter and energy. Through this, one can dampen or remove heat, any form of light and to create a lack of matter, a perpetual vacuum which may take form or shape of any shape within the imagination of the user.
However, to remove energy, requires energy. And the void can be overcome much like many a material.
From the Ashes
When Asmodeus' body is destroyed or he otherwise killed, his Astral body travels back to his homeworld where he will inhabit a new body. From there, he is functionally reborn a new in a freshly prepared body.
Equipment
Elder Stave
A conduit for his own power, and a weapon of numerous capacities and uises, the Eldart stave is a weapon Asmodeus summons to do any kind of battle, be it up close or afar.
In it's default state, it takes the form of a dual bladed spear. However, it can be seperated into blades or used as a staff capable of enhancing Asmodeus' own projection energies and also allowing him to use it as he pleases. Trace amounts of Adamantine within the shapeshifting staff, moved and manipulated by Asmodeus' mind, enables it to block and conduct most all forms of non-kinetic based energies, enabling the staff to be ideal for tackling any sort of foe. However, despite it's shapeshifting nature, the blade borders on indestructibility, able to withstand energies and impacts that could collapse a star
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Two gems reside in the staff, and these are the home of two large soul carns, to which warriors who have formed the divine pact may join Asmodeus in eternal battle, and serve to better augment his cosmic, mystical abilities.
Phoenix Curse
"You've seen my descent. Now watch my rising."
Forged from the feathers of numerious phoenixes, alchemically altered in an unmentionable anf horrid process, these feathures have been tainted. The armor itself, is alive, and lives to serve it's lord Asmodeus, granting him infentesimal and unending life upon his own demise and allowing for the resurrection of others for but a single feature. A feather can be used as a conduit and a means storage for mythical energies, and thus, it serves to augment and grant Asmodeus' own power when not in the presence of his followers. This armor allows for the absorbtion of other magical attacks even, to fuel his own ever increasing power.
The beauty that is Asmodeus is a lie. Merely, an echo of what once was. He indeed has achieved immortality, but with some measure of cost. His body is locked into the appearance resembling that of an undead and indeed, in many ways he is. Asmodeus cannot permanently alter his own body through any mean. Upon his death, his body will resume the form of what it once was, rejecting all matter of toxins, disease and anything that renders him no longer alive. However, it prevents him from directly fortifying his abilities or augmenting himself through means other than actively defending himself with spells and skill.
Skills
Reflexes
Asmodeus has had eons to tune his reflexes the field of battle. Despite his luxurious and lavish lifestyle, he is quite keen on quicker attacks and always looking for this. This is attributed to years of his enemies desire to exploit his various weaknesses.
Mortal Combatant
Despite Asmodeus' use of the magics, he has come to find a need to master martial arts. In certain sectors of the galaxy, in which Asmodeus does not bring his own army, his power can weaken substantially to the point that he cannot find himself wholly reliant upon always being at his maximum power, particularly when his opponents are aware of the nature of his abilities and thus how to weaken him.
Thus, Asmodeus has spent eons in an effort across the cosmos, spanning galaxies at a time, to master the most efficient and practical aspects of martial arts for his own use in combat, when the need to bloody his blades, as either lesser in power or greater, arises. Asmodeus takes great pride in his skill, and to the degree in which he has mastered it. Indeed, to be "like a mortal" has enabled the Elysian Emperor to better understand the mortal mindset and to understand.
His method of combat revolves around the use of weapons. He is not so foolish as to allow any to steal or deprive him of his weaponry, taking measure to learn counters to disarming techniques used by beings of humanoid and otherwise foreign and abnormal anatomy.
Asmodeus prefers the nimbleness of two blades of either curved or straight shape. The curve offers a multitude of different ways to cut and slash the enemy, as well as features a non-lethal edge. The straightest blade offers ever useful penetrations and ideal impact at the blade's very tip, as well as offering more range for it's mass. That of a duel wielding fencer, is what Asmodeus can be compared to by earthly standards.
Other areas of excellent include the stave and the spear, both being ranged weapons, but each of different intent and lethality. The stave is a spellcasting weapon usually, that can be used Often, with the sharpness of Asmodeus' blade, it seems hardly relevant. Indeed, while Asmodeus may know how to fight as mortals do, he will use his powers to his fullest advantage. Enabling him move with the fleetness of foot flight affords him, to move and propel his blades outdside of his hands and to integrate spells into his melee attacks for a wide variety of useful and highly destructive effects that would allow him to rend buildings and the like in two.
The God-Emperor's style of combat is designed to be as fluid and adaptive as it is deadly and at times, overwhelming when at higher levels of power.
The Forbidden Knowledge
Knowledge is considered to be the ultimate source of power, and Asmodeus ever seeks to learn as much as he can so as to manipulate the very fabric of the universe, and perhaps beyond, to his own liking. Asmodeus has a vast knowledge of the occult, and in truth, he has been robbed of a great many of his own spells in the past. This has lead to him exploring the cosmos in effort to re-obtain the power and knowledge necessary to "fill the gaps" in this lost knowledge, enabling Asmodeus to regain his spells, use many of the spells of others and even create new ones as he and his followers come to study the laws of science and more esoteric practices in tandem.
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