Lord
Ash claims
to be the first and best-loved son of Azazel, thousands
of years old, and maintains a palatial domain in the Brimstone Dimension
itself, served by at least a dozen other Children of Azazel.
It is known that he serves Azazel directly, and the
proclamations of his enforcers is treated as the direct will of Azazel (even if this is rarely, if ever, the case).
In truth, Lord Ash is only 250 years old, the son of two
Children of Azazel, named Pyre and Crimson, who
violated an ages-old taboo forbidding Children of Azazel
from mating with each other. Naming their grey-furred child ‘Ash,’ the couple
soon discovered that their child had special gifts, even for a Child of Azazel. Azazel’s gifts breed
true, being far dominant over their human blood, and Ash succumbed to the will
of his ‘grandfather’ and slew his own parents for violating the taboo, setting
himself up as the new enforcer of his lord’s decrees, and assembling the Children
for the inevitable time when they would gather to free their father.
As arbiter of law among his kind, and enforcer of what few
laws and traditions govern the Children, Lord Ash will soon have to send his
soldiers to address rumors that Serpentine and Brimstone have begun some sort
of relationship. First, will be the seductive [b] Satin, [/b] called by some
‘the Succubus,’ with an intoxicating musk of pheremones
that make men her playthings, only to find themselves enslaved by the addictive
venom in her kiss. If she fails to tear Brimstone away from his forbidden
dalliance, arms-men will be sent to drag Serpentine away by force, confining
her to the Brimstone Dimension entirely.
If his arms-men fail to return, he might feel put upon to
make a rare and hated appearance on the earthly plane, to deal with things
personally, with his unique ability to draw inflict an unstable teleportive effect onto anyone touched, or even a person or
item at range (with reduced strength), causing them to be torn apart, their
essence scattered equally across the Brimstone Dimension and the surface of the
Earth, disintegrating them utterly!
Ash neither knows nor cares why such things are forbidden,
he only knows that he will countenance no competition for his status, no other
Children with power such as his. Azazel himself lies
trapped in the maelstrom at the center of the Brimstone Dimension, which means
that for now, and possibly centuries to come, none but he shall sit the Smouldering Throne.
Lord Ash (no other name known)
PL 15 (235 pp)
Abilities: Str 24, Dex 16, Con
26, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 14
[50 pp]
Attack: Melee +2, +8 with claws, Ranged +2 [4 pp]
Defense: +4 (+2 flat-footed) [8 pp]
Initiative: +3
Damage: +7 (penetrating) with claws, +14 Corrosion attack,
+8 with Disintegrate
Saves: Toughness +12, Fort +8, Ref +3, Will +6 [7 pp]
Skills: Bluff 8 (+10), Climb 0 (+7), Concentration 0 (+2),
Diplomacy 6 (+8), Disable Device 1 (+4), Disguise 0 (+2), Escape Artist 0 (+3),
Gather Information 4 (+7), Handle Animal 0 (+2), Intimidate 8 (+10),
Investigate 2 (+5), Knowledge (arcane lore) 8 (+11), Language (English),
Language (Latin), Language (Portuguese), Language (Mandarin, native), Notice 5
(+7), Perform (oratory) 2 (+4), Profession (administrator) 4 (+6), Search 2 (+5),
Sense Motive 6 (+8), Sleight of Hand 1 (+4), Stealth 4 (+7), Survival 0 (+2),
Swim 0 (+7) [16 pp, 64 ranks in skills]
Feats: Ambidexterity, Environmental Adaptation (Brimstone
Dimension), Attack Specialization 3 (hand to hand), Evasion 1, All-Out-Attack,
Power Attack, Improved Sunder, Fascinate (diplomacy), Equipment 4
(headquarters), Minions 9 (ten 90 pt. minions)
[23 pp]
Powers:
Super-Senses 4 (darkvision,
direction sense, awareness (dimensional movement or teleportation powers),
Power Feat: Innate) [5]
Immunity 8 (aging, own powers, heat/fire attacks,
attacks or effects based on the Brimstone Dimension*, Power Feat: Innate) [9]
Additional Limb 1 (prehensile tail, free Improved
Grapple, Power Feat: Innate) [2]
Strike 1 (claws, razor-edged tail-tip, curling
horns, Extra: Penetrating, Power Feats: Innate, Mighty) [4 + 7 (to add
Penetrating to Str damage)]
Impervious 8 (added to Toughness from Con) [8]
Teleportation 10 (Power Feats: Easy, Change
Direction, Change Velocity, Turnabout, Progression 2 (500 lbs), Alternate Power
– Teleportation 6 (Extras: Attack, Ranged, Power Feat: Progression 2
(500 lbs)), Alternate Power – Super-Movement 3 (Dimensional Travel 3
(all)) [28]
Regeneration 2 (Recovery Bonus 1, Resurrection 1
(/week)) [2]
Insubstantial 4 [20]
Flight 1 [2]
Corrosion 14 (Extra: Affects Corporeal, Power Feat:
Disintegration 8 (Extra: Affects Corporeal)) [43]
[130 pp]
Drawbacks:
Noticeable – Additional Limb (four-foot long grey tail
tipped with a wedge of what looks like razor-edged obsidian, usually draped
over his arm and twitching rhythmically)
Noticeable – Strike (glossy black claws, horns and
tail-spike, appearing like multi-faceted obsidian)
Noticeable – Immunity / Impervious (grey-furred skin with
a glossy-black lion-like mane / ruff of skin around the neck)
[-3]
Abilities 50 + Saves 7 + Skills 16 + Feats 24 + Powers 129
+ Combat 12 – Drawbacks 3 = 235 pp