Post by The Red Skull on Jul 12, 2006 17:57:28 GMT -5
Name: Johann Schmidt
Alias: The Red Skull
Age: In the 110s-120s
Gender: Male
Side: Neutral
Appearance:
Height Unknown
Weight Unknown
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour None
Mutation/Powers: The Red Skull had no superhuman abilities. He was a highly gifted strategist and political mastermind. When The Red Skull acquired the cloned body of Steve Rogers he was endowed with a body that was in perfect physical condition, with strength, agility, and physical endurance that exceeded that of any olympic athlete who ever performed. Despite the scar tissue covering his face and head, his senses were still above-average. He was trained in the use of most conventional firearms and was a good hand-to-hand combatant.
He typically armed himself with a trick cigarette that could fire fatal poison gas — his trademark "Dust of Death" — toward his victim that distorts the victims face into a "red skull".
History/Background: Chronologically, the first Red Skull to appear in the 1940s comics was George Maxon, an American businessman and Nazi agent who led a ring of spies and saboteurs. He faced Captain America during two of the latter's first missions. A formidable opponent in his own right, Maxon was killed during the last encounter. However, in the later Silver Age period, writers decided that Maxon had simply been a decoy for another Red Skull who was still living, named Johann Schmidt. This Red Skull, through retconning, would now be considered the earliest Red Skull according to the continuing stories. This led to the Maxon incarnation of the Red Skull being sometimes labelled as the Red Skull II and the Schmidt incarnation (a character which appeared chronologically later in the books) as the Red Skull I.
As with many supervillains, Johann Schmidt had a traumatic childhood that warped his mind paving the way for villainy in his adult life. Schmidt's mother died in childbirth and his father blamed Johann for it and tried to murder him, only to be stopped by the attending doctor. The father later committed suicide and Johann was orphaned. He grew up on the streets struggling to survive and his hatred of humanity grew with each day. A key episode was when he fell for a local Jewish girl, but when she spurned his clumsy advances, he murdered her, finding a release for his frustrations. With that, his depravity grew still more.
In his late teens during the rise of the Third Reich, Schmidt got his most prosperous job, a bellhop in a major hotel. There he served the rooms of Adolf Hitler himself. By chance, he was present when the Führer was furiously berating an officer and swore he could train Johann himself, a simple bellhop, to be a better National Socialist. Looking closely at the youth and sensing his dark inner nature, Hitler decided to take up the challenge and recruited Schmidt.
Dissatisfied with the standard drill instruction his subordinates used to train Schmidt, Hitler took over personally. Upon completion, Hitler gave Schmidt an unique uniform with a grotesque red skull mask, and he emerged as the Red Skull for the first time. His role was the embodiment of Nazi intimidation, while Hitler could remain the popular leader of Germany. To that end, The Red Skull was appointed head of Nazi terrorist activities with an additional large role in external espionage and sabotage. To the end, he was spectacularly successful, wreaking havoc throughout Europe in the early stages of World War II. The propaganda effect was so great that the United States government decided to counter it by creating their own equivalent using the one recipient of the lost Project Rebirth, Steve Rogers, as Captain America.
The two counterparts soon clashed in what would be a series of engagements throughout the war, ending with a final battle that left the Skull buried under the rubble of a bombed building. Because he was immediately exposed to an experimental gas there, he remained in suspended animation for decades.
-Thanks to Wikipedia
Sample Post:
The cool breeze on a summer night blew into the Nazi's face, as he stood out, looking upon the damage his men had done. Within the time frame of three hours, an entire British Village was burned to the ground, and all of the men there dead, left, of course, with the Skull's calling card - a red skull, which occured only when the gas that had formed the man, or monster, over the years. He pulled the cigarette from his mouth as the last of the town's goods were brought forward.
"Have you found anything of use, comrades?" the Skull asked his team. They responded with a nod. One stepped forward holding a case, and he cracked it open, inside a small vial, containing a red liquid.
The troop whom had carried the case out handed it to his leader and stepped back. "Mein Führer, haben wir das Gift gefunden. Der Doktor hielt heraus." The Skull saltued his comrade with a typical Nazi salute, and the he took hold of his gift.
"At long last, we have found it. The Führer would be so proud of us, but yet, he is long gone, whilst I must carry on his will as his most loyal servant. Yet now, I once more hold the poison which has deformed me, and allowed for my longetivity in life! The time has come to when the America will cower before the Red Skull!" He held out his hand and tighly made a fist. Soon, America, in the midst of this confusion, would fall. And the Nazi's would rightfully rule the Earth, as they should have years ago.
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Note: None of this is actual beliefs, I'm just trying to play the Red Skull like he is.
Alias: The Red Skull
Age: In the 110s-120s
Gender: Male
Side: Neutral
Appearance:
Height Unknown
Weight Unknown
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour None
Mutation/Powers: The Red Skull had no superhuman abilities. He was a highly gifted strategist and political mastermind. When The Red Skull acquired the cloned body of Steve Rogers he was endowed with a body that was in perfect physical condition, with strength, agility, and physical endurance that exceeded that of any olympic athlete who ever performed. Despite the scar tissue covering his face and head, his senses were still above-average. He was trained in the use of most conventional firearms and was a good hand-to-hand combatant.
He typically armed himself with a trick cigarette that could fire fatal poison gas — his trademark "Dust of Death" — toward his victim that distorts the victims face into a "red skull".
History/Background: Chronologically, the first Red Skull to appear in the 1940s comics was George Maxon, an American businessman and Nazi agent who led a ring of spies and saboteurs. He faced Captain America during two of the latter's first missions. A formidable opponent in his own right, Maxon was killed during the last encounter. However, in the later Silver Age period, writers decided that Maxon had simply been a decoy for another Red Skull who was still living, named Johann Schmidt. This Red Skull, through retconning, would now be considered the earliest Red Skull according to the continuing stories. This led to the Maxon incarnation of the Red Skull being sometimes labelled as the Red Skull II and the Schmidt incarnation (a character which appeared chronologically later in the books) as the Red Skull I.
As with many supervillains, Johann Schmidt had a traumatic childhood that warped his mind paving the way for villainy in his adult life. Schmidt's mother died in childbirth and his father blamed Johann for it and tried to murder him, only to be stopped by the attending doctor. The father later committed suicide and Johann was orphaned. He grew up on the streets struggling to survive and his hatred of humanity grew with each day. A key episode was when he fell for a local Jewish girl, but when she spurned his clumsy advances, he murdered her, finding a release for his frustrations. With that, his depravity grew still more.
In his late teens during the rise of the Third Reich, Schmidt got his most prosperous job, a bellhop in a major hotel. There he served the rooms of Adolf Hitler himself. By chance, he was present when the Führer was furiously berating an officer and swore he could train Johann himself, a simple bellhop, to be a better National Socialist. Looking closely at the youth and sensing his dark inner nature, Hitler decided to take up the challenge and recruited Schmidt.
Dissatisfied with the standard drill instruction his subordinates used to train Schmidt, Hitler took over personally. Upon completion, Hitler gave Schmidt an unique uniform with a grotesque red skull mask, and he emerged as the Red Skull for the first time. His role was the embodiment of Nazi intimidation, while Hitler could remain the popular leader of Germany. To that end, The Red Skull was appointed head of Nazi terrorist activities with an additional large role in external espionage and sabotage. To the end, he was spectacularly successful, wreaking havoc throughout Europe in the early stages of World War II. The propaganda effect was so great that the United States government decided to counter it by creating their own equivalent using the one recipient of the lost Project Rebirth, Steve Rogers, as Captain America.
The two counterparts soon clashed in what would be a series of engagements throughout the war, ending with a final battle that left the Skull buried under the rubble of a bombed building. Because he was immediately exposed to an experimental gas there, he remained in suspended animation for decades.
-Thanks to Wikipedia
Sample Post:
The cool breeze on a summer night blew into the Nazi's face, as he stood out, looking upon the damage his men had done. Within the time frame of three hours, an entire British Village was burned to the ground, and all of the men there dead, left, of course, with the Skull's calling card - a red skull, which occured only when the gas that had formed the man, or monster, over the years. He pulled the cigarette from his mouth as the last of the town's goods were brought forward.
"Have you found anything of use, comrades?" the Skull asked his team. They responded with a nod. One stepped forward holding a case, and he cracked it open, inside a small vial, containing a red liquid.
The troop whom had carried the case out handed it to his leader and stepped back. "Mein Führer, haben wir das Gift gefunden. Der Doktor hielt heraus." The Skull saltued his comrade with a typical Nazi salute, and the he took hold of his gift.
"At long last, we have found it. The Führer would be so proud of us, but yet, he is long gone, whilst I must carry on his will as his most loyal servant. Yet now, I once more hold the poison which has deformed me, and allowed for my longetivity in life! The time has come to when the America will cower before the Red Skull!" He held out his hand and tighly made a fist. Soon, America, in the midst of this confusion, would fall. And the Nazi's would rightfully rule the Earth, as they should have years ago.
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Note: None of this is actual beliefs, I'm just trying to play the Red Skull like he is.
