Thomas Park
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| "The real fight starts when it hurts." | |
| Yeonwoo "Thomas" Park The Tenacious | |
| Player: Darwin | |
| Basic Data | |
| Class Focus: | Melee Tank |
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| R & D: | Arms |
| Level: | 40+ (Theoretically Boundless) 4 (Formerly) |
| Occupation: | Runner (Formerly) Powerlifter (Formerly) Ravenswood Academy Superhero Student (Formerly, Did not graduate) Vigilante (Current) Junior Laboratory Inspector (Current) |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Park Yeonwoo |
| Known Aliases: | The Tenacious Tommy Wannabe Solo Leveler The Failed Athlete Clown (By Bobby Creeseman) Tenacious Tommy Retcon |
| Identity: | Secret |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 27 |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Weight: | 166 lbs |
| Eye Color: | WIP |
| Hair Color: | WIP |
| Blood Type: | WIP |
| Biographical Data | |
| Birthplace: | Calgary, Canada |
| Birthdate: | WIP |
| Nationality: | Korean Canadian |
| Current Residence: | Renaissance Centre |
| Religion/Faith: | Protestant Christian |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Languages | |
| English | |
| Known Relatives | |
| Unnamed Parents Park Jun Ho (Ancestor, Deceased) | |
| Known Powers | |
| Unknown Limit Breaking Power | |
| Training / Abilities | |
| Fastidious Eye Technological Knowledge | |
| Equipment | |
| Unknown | |
| Footnotes | |
Park: You take what you got! As little as it is. And you turn it into something big! That is what it means to be an athlete.
Creeseman: Yet you have failed all your life. I have watched you through the eyes of my Heralds. Everyone pulls ahead of you, despite sacrificing less. How can you still have such faith in a world that will never love you-
Park: So what? So what if everyone is better than me? More talented than me? Better looking than me? They can condemn me for being Korean. For being short and being ugly and being weak. They can condemn you for being gay. That's THEIR business. But if even YOU can't love yourself, who in this world will?!
- Thomas Park vs. Bobby Creeseman
Park Yeonwoo, also known as Thomas Park is a vigilante operating in Millennium City who sometimes works alongside the members of Grainger's Team. Originally a failed athlete due to the limitations of his body, Thomas had a fateful encounter with one of Bobby Creeseman's Heralds, Rukia, in which the Herald of Ruin had seemingly killed the former. After miraculously surviving the ordeal, Thomas's body unlocked a unique and strange ability that allows him to push past his limits through sheer grit and willpower when near death, and to resist the effects of Cut Destroyer without the dependency of Celestial powers. However, he does not have full control of the power.
Thomas is the first person in history to have survived an attack by Rukia with the intention to kill, making him a target of both the Supercosmic Villain, as well as his older sister. Thomas is also believed to be crucial in UNITY's plan to stop Creeseman once and for all.
Background
Many years ago, an extremely wealthy and talented North Korean general named Park Jun Ho received a curse that condemned his bloodline from producing successful sons, for which every son to be born would be plagued with the curse of never reaching Jun Ho in success or would result in a stillborn. As a result, the Park bloodline produced mainly daughters. Due to Jun Ho's pride, the general remained adamant that all subsequent children retain the surname "Park" to keep his bloodline intact for years to come.
When Yeonwoo was conceived, the child was found to possess a brain tumor, with the doctors predicting that the child would have a very high chance of becoming a stillborn. In a desperate attempt to appease the curse, Yeonwoo's father suggested aborting the child and hoping for a daughter, however, Yeonwoo's mother remained adamant about giving birth to the son and allowing him to live. As a compromise, the couple sought out Christianity and joined a fellowship, in which countless hours of prayer were arranged for Yeonwoo's birth to go successfully. Yeonwoo's birth was met with a miracle, in which the child displayed signs of life and the tumor mysteriously disappeared. As a result of the gratitude the parents had for the faith, Yeonwoo's father decided to give his son another name, Thomas, after one of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
Powers and Abilities
Due to being a son born in the bloodline of Park Jun Ho, Thomas initially received the generational curse in the form of a brain tumor that put his life at risk. Miraculously, the tumor had disappeared allowing Thomas to be born and to live his life, however, the curse would instead manifest through crippling degrees of diseases and illnesses.
Despite Thomas' fierce work ethic in his dream to become a tank like his role model, Terra, the aspiring hero was met with countless failures as his body refused to improve in response to his training and diet. This led to Thomas possessing a significantly weaker body compared to other superheroes, including those who did not possess any superpowers. When Thomas enrolled in Ravenswood Academy, Socrates noted that Park was only able to achieve Level 4. Upon leaving the simulation and entering the Powerhouse, the trainers were incapable of pushing Thomas's body beyond the Level 4 mark, with almost every other superhero achieving Level 6. As a result of this, Defender advised Thomas to abandon his dreams to become a superhero for his safety.
"Ask yourself, Thomas. Is the strength you want for others, or for yourself? Must you really become a superhero if the only goal you have is to become better than the Thomas Park that was yesterday?"
- Terra to Thomas
Above Average Athleticism: Thomas' admiration for Terra has been foundational to his desire to become stronger in spite of his limitations. This admiration has manifested in the form of a fierce desire to train himself consistently. Though the results of his training have been relatively lackluster in comparison to other highly trained individuals in the superhero scene, Thomas' conditioning was still respectable considering his background.
- Above Average Strength: Thomas' main forte in his athleticism is his strength. From multiple years of weight training, Thomas has built a strong array of muscles allowing him to bench press around 100 kilograms, deadlift 140 kilograms, and squat 125 kilograms. When Thomas was attacked by several members of The New Purple Gang, the athlete was strong enough to throw an Earner and momentarily trade blows with a Hired Muscle, however due to his low stamina, the spike in adrenaline caused Thomas to be overpowered quickly by the larger and stronger enforcers until Terra arrived to save him.
- Average Endurance and Stamina: Thomas' biggest weakness is his stamina due to his asthma. Though Thomas runs consistently, the athlete noticed that his body is incapable of running any longer than 20 minutes before "gassing out", even if it is a light jog.
