Post by tachyon on Mar 8, 2008 21:25:50 GMT -5
Name: The Watcher
Age: Unknown, at least 2 million years, most likely more.
Species: Zeta Reticulan Bioconstruct
Strength: Unknown.
Abilities/Strengths: Apparent invulnerability; bullets and laser weapons pass right through it, and it has been seen to survive in a vacuum without pressure suits.
Weaknesses: Unable to physically interact with objects; like its name suggests, it can only watch.
Personality: The Watcher has an enormous superiority complex and an even bigger ego, even for its kind. Over the eons it has taken on many human personality traits, mainly the negative ones.
Appearance: The Watcher is of 3 bodies and 1 mind, its voice switching between them at will. Over the ages its appearance has changed to suit the times; in its current guise all three forms are dressed in black trenchcoats, black gloves, black fedoras and mirrored glasses. It's faces are gaunt, white and human enough to be convincing, but warped enough to be disturbing. It appears to glide rather than walk, as its feet are never seen under it's floor-length coats.
Throughout human history, at every critical juncture, when the fate of humankind has hinged on one battle, one death, one vote or course of action, it has been there. Passing through our time as ghost, a myth, a mere legend, it has seen all of our greatest triumphs and worst failures. Our primitive beginnings, the first cities, the building of the Pyramids, the rise of the Roman Empire, the Crucifixion of Christ, the coming of the Dark Ages, the plagues, the journeys to the New World, the Industrial Revolution, the War to End All Wars, and the wars after that, the Atomic Age, the Technological Revolution, and eventually our expansion to the stars. It has seen, and at times instigated, them all.
The Watcher continues to fulfill its purpose from the shadows, and to shape us for it's master's ends...
Age: Unknown, at least 2 million years, most likely more.
Species: Zeta Reticulan Bioconstruct
Strength: Unknown.
Abilities/Strengths: Apparent invulnerability; bullets and laser weapons pass right through it, and it has been seen to survive in a vacuum without pressure suits.
Weaknesses: Unable to physically interact with objects; like its name suggests, it can only watch.
Personality: The Watcher has an enormous superiority complex and an even bigger ego, even for its kind. Over the eons it has taken on many human personality traits, mainly the negative ones.
Appearance: The Watcher is of 3 bodies and 1 mind, its voice switching between them at will. Over the ages its appearance has changed to suit the times; in its current guise all three forms are dressed in black trenchcoats, black gloves, black fedoras and mirrored glasses. It's faces are gaunt, white and human enough to be convincing, but warped enough to be disturbing. It appears to glide rather than walk, as its feet are never seen under it's floor-length coats.
Throughout human history, at every critical juncture, when the fate of humankind has hinged on one battle, one death, one vote or course of action, it has been there. Passing through our time as ghost, a myth, a mere legend, it has seen all of our greatest triumphs and worst failures. Our primitive beginnings, the first cities, the building of the Pyramids, the rise of the Roman Empire, the Crucifixion of Christ, the coming of the Dark Ages, the plagues, the journeys to the New World, the Industrial Revolution, the War to End All Wars, and the wars after that, the Atomic Age, the Technological Revolution, and eventually our expansion to the stars. It has seen, and at times instigated, them all.
The Watcher continues to fulfill its purpose from the shadows, and to shape us for it's master's ends...