Luctus
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 Luctus  Player: @therealjibily
Affiliations
Identity
Real Name Lyman de Wit Aliases Luctus Birthdate January 14th Birthplace Halifax, Nova Scotia Citizenship USA, Canada Residence Millennium City Headquarters Millennium City Occupation Pawn Shop Clerk Legal Status Unknown Marital Status Single · Known Relatives · Unknown
Physical Traits
Species Sub-Type N/A Manufacturer N/A Model N/A Ethnicity Dutch Gender Male Apparent Age 17 Height 5'7" Weight 125 lbs. Body Type Slim, Muscular Hair Blonde Eyes Blue, Glowing White Skin Pastey · Distinguishing Features · Glowing eyes
Powers & Abilities
· Known Powers · Super Physique, Celestial Fire, Regeneration, Flight, Limited Empathy · Equipment · None · Other Abilities · Trivia, Puns
 Lyman is the son of a museum curator and an archaeologist. His family moved very often, and Lyman spent as much time reading tomes and exploring tombs with his family as he spent in school reading children's books and exploring playgrounds. He always had a knack for learning, and it didn't surprise his family when he turned out to be a history buff. Lyman suffered from intense migraines sporadically during his childhood. It took him, the doctors, and his family around 10 years to figure out the trigger. His migraines always occurred on days of natural disasters. The ringing in his ears he always heard was not normal. He was hearing the suffering of people around him. They also figured out, after some broken furniture and bones, that he became physically stronger as the noises got louder. Lyman's family was killed in a plane crash on their way to a secluded dig site in Greece. Lyman survived the crash with his body unharmed, but mentally he hasn't been the same since. He began to hear a voice. The voice claims to be Penthos, the spirit of mourning. Penthos wants Lyman to stop the suffering. Find the noise and stop those causing it. Penthos says the powers Lyman has are a gift he bestowed; and it is Lyman's duty to carry out his mission. But Penthos doesn't always talk to him, so Lyman tries his best to carry out his work while still enjoying his life. Inspired by the heroes he had seen and read about, Lyman chose to follow in their foot steps. If there are no criminals there will be less suffering. He chose the name Luctus as a sign of respect for Penthos, as Luctus is the Romanized name of the spirit. 
This timeline will get more and more anachronistic due to time passing faster in the real world than in RP world.
 Lyman de Wit lives in a small rundown apartment in Westside. His parents were archaeologists, and were not extremely wealthy, so not much was left for him when they died. He completed his GED early in his high school years so that he could join them on their excavations. After they died Lyman took a job at a local Pawn Shop with a colleague of his parents. Lyman is an avid soccer fan. Most of his free time while on excavations with his family was spent playing soccer with the local kids. He likes Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and video games, but he doesn't consider himself a nerd.  Despite, or possibly because of "The Ban", Lyman de Wit acts as a sort of mix between an Avatar and a vessel for the Greek Pantheon's spirit of mourning, Penthos.  Unwilling to simply accept The Ban that would forbid Penthos to step foot on Earth, the spirit of mourning decided to transfer his power and consciousness into an urn before he was forced to leave. Being a prideful member of a Pantheon stuck in an urn was not a pleasant experience for Penthos, especially as the Greek Empire faded into history and his Urn was buried under thousands of years of time. This was compounded by the massive human population increase that occurred while he was trapped in his vessel. Unable to do anything but mourn for the the exponentially larger amount of suffering, Penthos began to feel as though his charge of embodying the misery of humanity was not his ultimate purpose. He decided that his real duty was to end the suffering. He no longer wanted to embody mourning when the world was so full of it. His chance to escape and carry out his new purpose came when a group of archaeologists uncovered the ruins in which is urn was buried. The de Wit parents, who were expecting a child, unwittingly cracked the urn while excavating. Penthos seized the opportunity to jump to the nearest vessel, a much more useful one. That new vessel was the unborn child that would be named Lyman.
 Lyman/Luctus can 'hear' mental suffering in the form of varying tones. Every sentient being capable of feeling sadness has a noise. Lyman is able to hear nearly every human, alien, etc. on Earth from anywhere on the planet; however, the further away the source is the less distinguishable any particular tone becomes. At any given point Luctus can only successfully pick out sources within a 300 mile radius. He is much more capable of picking out tones if he is familiar with the person it is coming from. Luctus becomes more powerful when he is around suffering. These powers include enhanced physique, celestial fire, and regeneration, as well as the ability to fly. These powers all scale with the amount of mental suffering around him. Luctus is also able to transfer a nominal amount of physical pain from others to himself. This power does not seem to change with his others powers.
   Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks I See Failure - Antarctigo Vespucci
 Comments from other heroes go here. "At first, I was not sure how I felt about Lyman. Now that I've come to understand him, and the nature of his abilities, a bit better, I see him as a young man who shows incredible strength to bear the burden that he does. I cannot imagine what it must be like to feel, to hear the emotions of others. The fact that he has not lost faith in humanity entirely speaks volumes of his character." - Faith
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