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'''Vherio''' is a '''poltergeist'''. Posessing a '''mechanical avatar''' that contains his '''ashes''', Vherio acts as a '''guardian''' of humanity using his '''swords''', telekinetic powers, and nearly '''two centuries''' of military experience.

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| name = Vherio
| player = [[User:Gringat]]
| image = vherioimage1.jpg
| caption = ''"Hence, to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence. Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."'' - Sun Tzu
| class_focus = Swordsman
| level = 14
| research = Tailoring & Mechanics
| realname = ''Unknown''
| alias = Vherio, ''Revolucion''
| gender = Male
| species = Human (Poltergeist)
| ethnicity = Caucasian
| birthplace = Dijon, Burgundy, France
| operations = Global
| relatives = ''Unknown''
| age = 234
| height = 5'10"
| weight = <1g
| eyes = NA
| hair = NA
| complexion = NA
| build = Spectral, Invisible to Naked Eye
| features = Large Cannon Wound to Torso
| alignment = 7
| reputation = 7
| identity = Public
| years_active = 154
| citizenship = French
| occupation = UNTIL Agent, Vigilante, Wedding Tailor (Formerly), French Shock Trooper (Formerly)
| education = ''Unknown''
| marital = Bachelor
| powers = [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Aura_Reading Aura Sight][http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Telekinetic_Aura Vector Telekinesis], [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Technological_Possession Technological Posession]
| paraphernalia = Porcelain Mask, Various swords, Brass Avatar, War Avatar, UNTIL Avatar (in production), radio for communication with [[The Liberators]].
| strength = 7
| endurance = 10
| agility = 7
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= '''''<div style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color: #000000">Vherio Takes Form</div>''''' =

== Previous Life ==

'''Frustratingly little''' is known about '''Vherio's''' former life. Only by speaking with those able to see his '''incorporeal spirit''', and what scant historical records he has found, has he managed to formulate some sort of picture of who he must have been. His spirit appears dressed in a '''French military''' coat, around thirty years of age and with a '''massive festering cannon wound''' on his lower torso and a gash on his head. His theory so far is that he must have been fighting in the Battle of '''Waterloo''', only to die of complications from the wounds in a market town in '''Burgundy''', France, near the city of '''Dijon'''. The house he haunted did not belong to him, however, which suggests he was taken in by someone else.  He also knows he must have had money and some kind of education, because he is able to read and write. After his death he haunted his home for '''54 years''', causing the population to flee and the town to become '''abandoned'''. All Vherio remembers of this time is a red mist of '''primeval rage'''. He has no idea why he remained on Earth as a '''poltergeist''', but is determined to unearth the rest of his history to find out.

== Awakening ==

As far as Vherio is concerned, his "life" began in the year 1859 after an attempted '''exorcism''' by a local priest backfired. The poltergeist Vherio "awoke", fully sentient, over the dead body of his would-be saviour. He found himself bound to the now delapidated building, unable to leave, but still able to '''manipulate objects''' around him.
After searching the area, he found a small buried urn that contained his own '''ashes'''. He found that if he carried the urn with him, he could leave, but only slowly, by rolling it on the ground. Eventually he began constructing a '''material body''' around the urn using pieces of the buildings in the abandoned town, allowing himself relatively comfortable humanoid movement.
Vherio spent some time in the town unsure what to do next. He read the priest's bible, and, enthused, made his next haunt the town's abandoned chapel. He attempted to find solace and understanding in '''God'''.

== Spirit of War ==

At the time of Vherio's awakening, France had just won the Franco-Austrian war, casting the army in a light of power and grandeur. He wished to find purpose, and found it in serving his country in France's '''land army'''. While he learned how to operate a firearm, he discovered an affinity for '''swordsmanship''' - another skill he must have learned while still alive. Vherio gained a lust for battle and honed his telekinetic skills - but also kept his true existence secret. 

Vherio fought in the Crimean. His first large war, however, was the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, which resulted in the formation of Germany. France lost. Hard. Vherio continued to serve, however. He fought in both '''world wars''' and as many conflicts in between he could find. He had a thirst for battle that could not be quenched.

== Spirit of Fear ==

By WWII, Vherio's skills had increased massively and he had gained an '''infamous''' reputation as a mechanical, unrelenting force of death on the battlefield. '''Bullets''' would not hurt him. he would take '''bombs''' in his stride and simply ignore '''poison gas'''. He had the power to rip the treads off tanks and blow enemy soldiers away at a moment's thought. It is at this time that he donned his '''mask''' - a symbol of freedom, death and bloody revolution. It is also at this time he took on the moniker '''"Revolucion."''' He swore vengeance on the Nazis after the invasion of his beloved home city, Dijon.

'''Revolucion''' headed a team of similarly supernatural soldiers, consisting of [[Klaus Vesper]], a Jewish-German Revenant, the ghost of [[Chantelle Blackwood]] and the twins Ivor and Sergei Vastoff, who were vampires. Klaus and Vherio remain staunch allies to this day. Vherio and Chantelle were as close to lovers as one could get without having hormones involved. The four of them harassed supply lines and troops in '''Axis''' france (being immune to Totenkopf's anti-superhuman sorcery), and earned a fearful reputation as [[The Wraithmarchers]].

After the end of  the second world war, and the '''atom bomb''' dropped on Hiroshima, Vherio saw little more point in '''war'''. There had been no honour in WWII, times had changed, the cost had been too high, and now a war could be won with the press of a '''button'''. He and Chantelle Blackwood retired and, though they could not marry, they began tailoring '''wedding dresses''' in a shop in Paris. It was not a successful business, but their living costs were nonexistant. They were, if not at '''peace''', very close to.

== Spirit of Vengeance ==

Such peace did not last forever. Vherio experienced the world's shock when '''VIPER''' appeared to the world in 1963, and in 1965, the '''Qularr''' attacked Earth. The monstrous batrichoid creature, '''Doku''', destroyed most of '''Paris''' and slew much of its popultion with its '''poisonous breath''', including all those Vherio knew and loved. After the attack, Vherio was approached by Klaus Vesper, and enlisted with him in a newly forming organisation that called itself '''UNTIL''' - namely UNTIL's '''Project Stargazer'''. He swore vengeance upon the '''Qularr'''.

Vherio also swore vengeance on the '''Gadroon''' when they attacked in 1988, and the '''Sirians''' when they attacked... and the '''Hzeel''', the '''Elder Worms'''... In fact, Vherio became an intensely hateful '''guardian''' of the human race, unable to '''trust''' or accept any non-natives or, to a lesser extent, AI.

= '''''<div style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color: #000000">Guardian of Humanity</div>''''' =

While Vherio does not call himself such, he acts as a '''guardian''' for all humanity, seeing UNTIL as a like-minded force to aid him as he aids them. He focuses more on '''extraterrestrial''' threats to the world, because those, he believes, are the greatest, though having "lived" through WWII, '''Green Monday''' and the '''Battle of Detroit''', he does not see humanity as innocent either. Due to his '''abrasive''' viewpoints and lack of willingness to listen to '''reason''' concerning them, he and Chantelle '''drifted apart''' in the 90s. He does not know where she is now.

== UNTIL Agent ==
Originally they had only a loose association with UNTIL, instead choosing '''vigilantism''' in Paris, but Vherio and Vesper became full '''UNTIL agents''' in 2011. Vherio knows many significantly ranking UNTIL members, though none in the Americas. He has not operated in the west until now.

Called to '''Millenium City''' by Vesper, Vherio waits on him for feedback about a lead he was following that may be pointing to an alien '''infiltration''' in the making. Frustratingly, Vesper's messages to Vherio became more and more cryptic, before stopping altogether.

== Liberator ==

Seeing that he would be in '''America''' for a long while, Vherio decided to join with a newly (re)forming '''supergroup''', [[The Liberators]], after finding one of their flyers in a subway. Vherio is a willing and powerful member of the team, but holds few fantasies about staying with them should UNTIL call him away. He also holds a deep, hidden grudge against [[Tielrah Ser'ai]], one of its members. Being an alien, Vherio cannot help but be wary of her even though UNTIL formally allowed her to stay.


= '''''<div style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color: #000000">War Machine</div>''''' =

Using his ghostly powers, Vherio is able to perform many feats, including manipulation of matter, posession of mechanical entities and seeing spirits and auras. He uses a large number of artefacts and gadgets in order to take down his foes.

== Spectral Powers ==

'''Invisibility''': Vherio's ghostly form is '''invisible''' to the naked eye.

'''Vector Telekinesis''': While not true telekinesis, to most people this ability appears to be. Vherio creates invisible '''extensions''' to his spirit that resemble tentacles with human hands at their tip, capable of grabbing, lifting and throwing objects as heavy as two and a half '''tons'''. He can also go the other way and manipulate tiny objects with extreme '''precision''', such as the workings of a watch, lock, car or automaton.

'''Technological Possession''': Vherio can sieze '''control''' of machines, including robots and power armour within about 30 metres of his urn, by inhabiting them as he would his own body. He uses this ability most of the time in order to control the mechanical '''avatars''' that belong to him, but in combat against a robot or power-armoured person he is virtually '''invincible'''.

'''Spirit Vision''': Due to his spectral nature, Vherio is able to see '''auras''' and other '''spirits''' that are invisible to the human eye. His vision works in such a way that he cannot see colour, and life energies are instead the "colours" he sees by. This makes people the most colourful things in his world, but on the other hand makes it very difficult for him to read text.

'''Interference''': Vherio projects a halo of '''electromagnetic radiation''' around himself which plays merry hell with any electronic devices in his vicinity. This is especially true for cameras, which glitch out and display ghostly forms before sparking and shorting out. Robots, radios and computers without '''EMP shielding''' suffer a similar fate.

'''Soul Consumption''': In order to gain immediate power, Vherio can absorb the tenuous spiritual energy of other organisms, killing them in the process. Usually, this is from plants and small animals. Vherio refuses to consume sentient souls, seeing it as a deed worse than cannibalism.

== Gadgets ==

'''Avatars''': Vherio's standard avatar is made primarily out of '''brass''' and dressed in stylish clothes he made himself. Under the clothes, the avatar has a large number of cavities and compartments for supplies and devices, as well as a central, removable brass sphere mounted in his chest which contains his urn of ashes. 
Devices carried in the avatar include a geiger counter, an electric torch, a small toolkit, an EMP-shielded radio( for talking to [[The Liberators]]) and two first aid kits. He also carries two or more '''swords''' from a large personal collection of his at all times. 
Vherio finds this avatar the most practical due to it being light, flexible and easy to repair. He currently has three identical avatars of this type.

'''Swords''': Vherio has a large collection of swords, both '''historical''' and modern. Few of them see real use, but those that do are mainly two French '''rapiers'''; duelling blades. He has also been seen using heavy shortswords, Japanese katana, laser blades and his personal favourite; a spy sword hidden within a functioning black '''umbrella'''. 
Vherio's spirit actually wields two '''spectral swords''', and uses them in synchronicity with his avatar's movements. These invisible blades can directly cut the soul, slay the undead and pierce some arcane wards, but it requires immense concentration on Vherio's part to be able to wield his spectral blades and real blades separately.

'''War Avatar''': Built towards the end of World War Two, the war avatar is built out of the same materials and armouring as heavy '''tanks''' and artillery of the period. It weighs more than most cars and can severely damage whatever it walks across. Vherio's swords are less effective when using the War Avatar, as he does not have his normal level of dexterity, but the pneumatic pistons in its joints make up for that with raw '''strength'''. Vherio often carries a '''rocket launcher''' when using this avatar.

'''UNTIL Avatar''': Vherio awaits this new avatar that UNTIL is currently building. Using bleeding edge power armour technology and ultra-light materials, the UNTIL Avatar promises a more '''powerful''' and effective Vherio than ever before... but the project is secretive and time-consuming. They are already well '''behind schedule'''.

'''Mask''': Vherio's "Guy Fawkes" mask is made of porcelain, or painted metal in the case of his War Avatar. Emotionless, passive and threatening, the mask is arguably Vherio's greatest tool due to the reputation behind it. 


== Weaknesses ==

'''Magic''': Magic, particularly '''necromancy''', is Vherio's Achilles heel. He is able to destroy machines and power armour at a moment's thought, but at the same time a simple hedge wizard can best him if he is not careful. What makes magic especially '''dangerous''' to Vherio is his '''ignorance''' of both magical practice and even the metaphysics of his own form. It should be noted that one of Vherio's most hated nemeses, '''Monstrance''', wields potent spirit magic. 

'''Other Spirits''': Vherio can posess technological entities, and dead matter, but if a spirit already inhabits something, Vherio '''refuses''' to posess or even pass through it. Likewise he will not take control of the remains of a person. This conflict of morals becomes acute when he is dealing with '''A.I.'''

'''Interference''': The halo of radiation surrounding Vherio is more of a hindrance than a help in the modern world. He cannot use most computers, and cannot be filmed or photographed except from over 30 metres away.

'''Colour Blindness''': Vherio uses the auras of living things to give colour and definition to his world. In a sterile environment, he's almost blind. He also cannot read text or distinguish patterns and pictures printed on a flat surface.

'''Anchorage''': Vherio is bound to his earthly remains in the form of an urn of ashes. This is kept secure in a brass sphere in the chest cavity of whichever avatar he happens to be using. He is incapable of travelling far from his urn, and grows progressively weaker as with distance from it. Were the urn to be pierced, the effects would be disastrous for him.

= '''''<div style="color:#FFFFFF; background-color: #000000">Behind the Scenes</div>''''' =

Vherio was conceptualised, created, and joined The Liberators all in the same day: the 20th February 2013. Originally there was no explanation as to what or who he was, just a mask and a fearsome reputation. 

Inspiration for Vherio came primarily from underground music producer "Savant". His appearance is based off the cover art for Savant's album "The Alchemist". The technological electronic music mixed with modal chords and harpsichord fits Vherio well. Many aspects of Vherio's makeup come from other musical cues as well; namely French House, Sabaton and the band "Steam Powered Giraffe".

This is not the first character of mine to be named Vherio. Due to overlooking the first one when making the second, it's now stuck. Worse, it bears far too much resemblance to Savant's "Vario" album. If I was able, I would rename the character "Revolucion" at the nearest oppertunity, but unfortunately that seems implausible.

The character Vherio is the first successful character of mine to work solely within CO lore, without drawing on outside elements from the Forgotten Realms or BIONICLE. As a result, Vherio becomes more approachable and easier to use in-game.

Vherio uses "The Unleashed" as a class. This fits him well and I doubt that his powers would differ by much if he was freeform.


== Themes ==

'''Mechanical Maverick:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=xrifAb6mdIU Savant - Volture]

'''Battle/Action:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFVUpve_0wU Savant - Hero from the Past]

'''Love/Introspective:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ2Va5FgLA4 Steam Powered Giraffe - Electricity is in my Soul] (please forgive the RB video, it's the best one I can find. :I)

'''Violent Peacemaker:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvdbDw5bXnQ Sabaton - A Lifetime of War]





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