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<div style="text-indent:40px;">Jon was tired of horrible dates and deceptive profile pictures. So he did what any intelligent person would do in their search for true love and turned to the occult for guidance. He picked and chose various parts of lore and ritual from torrented metaphysical PDFs, Google image search results on ancient sacred texts... and from crudely drawn anthropomorphic animal images on Deviant Art. Jon created the ultimate spell to call forth a benevolent astral guide, at least by his own opinion.</div>

<div style="text-indent:40px;">One cool, starry night he set out to his favorite park and started building his spell circle--sacred stone by sacred stone freshly purchased from Pier One. He worked throughout the night, naming and acknowledging the houses of Oberon, the aqueducts of ''Babylon'', the territories of ''Faerie'', the layers of ''Hell'' and the Gates of ''Heaven''. He wove a tapestry of prayers, sutras, incantations and curses. However, when it was over he felt no different. Feeling rather silly, he packed up his things and returned home.</div>

<div style="text-indent:40px;">His first transformation caught him unexpectedly. Instead of summoning an astral guide during the ritual he had become one instead. He tore out of his clothes, let out a savage lion roar, scared everyone away, chased a few pigeons and took a nap in a tree. He woke up in a cage at an animal shelter for super hero pets, although the friendly staff said they were used that sort of thing.</div>

'''Dimensional Energy Manipulation''' <div style="text-indent:40px;">He can manipulate dimensional energy to either heal, shield, or damage himself or others. It comes from an unknown source deep in the ''Astral World.'' He has learned how to spread his power & influence in the ''Material World'' which can  result in a mystical zoomorphic ''epidemic''.</div><br>

'''Astral Travel''' <div style="text-indent:40px;">Beastlord can travel freely to places in the lower astral plane as well as limited travel to the more accessible reaches of ''Yesod'' including ''Faerie,'' ''Babylon'', ''Netherworld'' and ''Elysium.'' The deeper he goes into the astral, the harder it is for him to return, and if he travels beyond ''Yesod,'' he may not be able to return. He is, however, able to bring a few traveling companions along with him.</div><br>

'''Mystic Idiot-Savant''' <div style="text-indent:40px;">Beastlord has an unusual ability to intuitively cast advanced spells. He can't say how or why they work, unfortunately.</div><br>

'''Babylonian Textiles''' <div style="text-indent:40px;">To protect himself when not powered up, Beastlord wears enhanced regenerative textiles from the astral realm of ''Babylon.'' In particular, he is fond of their clear hyper-plastic shielding, designed to absorb kinetic energy and disintegrate upon massive impact. The textiles are not as strong as "regular" powered armor, but strong enough to save him from serious injuries until he's fully powered up. Within nanoseconds of Beastlord returning to human form the textiles reconstruct to pre-configured form. He has a few outfits loaded into the textiles and can alter between them with some tinkering.</div><br>

'''Tablet of Babylon''' <div style="text-indent:40px;">Advanced touch display tech from ''Babylon,'' this tablet connects to active servers in several astral realms, notifying him of emergencies in the ''Astral World''. Designed for use in the astral realm, it continues to work in even the most magical  of places where the laws of physics may not apply. It automatically connects to most networks in the ''Material World'', which has gotten him into trouble quite a few times after clogging a few restricted encrypted emergency channels (in particular ones used by the ''Champions,'' ''UNTIL,'' ''UNITY'' and ''NATO'') with selfies. So he usually keeps it in "airplane mode" unless his regular cell phone gets bad reception. It is, however, always connected to the astral realm. Since it is a technological device it tends to get overlooked by most mystics. Quite possibly one of the world's strongest super computers, he keeps the tablet in a messenger bag next his other devices and manga.</div><br>

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<div style="text-indent:40px;">Generally people see Beastlord as a B-rated superhero known as the ''"weird, naked animal-guy"'' in the background of most featured images in media reports. When reporters drill through the list of super hero names present at supervillians like ''Gravitar'''s latest rampage he is usually listed, but no details are ever given about his endeavors, besides the fact that he "seems to get defeated often." Foes and allies alike tend to underestimate him. Not one to crave attention, he likes it that way. He can be found browsing the net or reading an e-book on his ''Tablet of Babylon'' in a quiet cafe when he's not out having adventures.

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<div style="text-indent:40px;">Ever since his initial transformation he feels a subconscious call towards the ''Astral World.'' This desire to find something he can't describe has fueled many of his adventures.</div>

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<div style="text-indent:40px;">A long-time fanboy of [[Caliga]] for no justifiable reason, he was honored when the Crowned Avenger invited him to join his super group [[Conquer]]. Insider reports speculate that this may be due to his asset as a power-source rather than a teammate, but Beastlord doesn't seem to mind. Darren's Pizza, a conquer hangout, humbly requested Beastlord top stop turning their servers into anthropomorphic unicorns.</div>

<div style="text-indent:40px;">The "Astral Animal Guide" spell that Beastlord cobbled together was actually a variation of the ''Loom of Space,'' a spell to create a plane of existence from scratch. He is actually now a lesser ''Dimension Lord,'' and a being whose existence is the entirety of a world. Beastlord's mind remained in the Material World but his "world-body" lies somewhere in the ''Astral World'' in ''Netzach,'' beyond ''Yesod.'' Since it evolved separate from his mind, it is a fairly stable and happy dimension, unlike most worlds created by the ''Loom of Space.'' Unknown to him, it is a world filled with glorious beings known as "Hunks" who only desire to worship him and/or kidnap him. However, if Beastlord ever did fully enter that dimension he would become a full and true ''Dimension Lord'' and might not be able to return to Earth. He does not know this, but continues to search for his unknown home anyways. There also seems to be a few paradoxes in his story: how did he "guess" how to become a dimension lord originally? Perhaps the birth of universes is a complicated thing that puts effect before cause sometimes.