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DAY 12: 21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents….THE JURYMAN 2502
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 12: THE JURYMAN 2502
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY: In the late 21st Century man began to reach out into deep space long term travel and colonization. Several in and extra solar system establishments sprung up including one funded by a joint American/Japanese/Saudi operation of the colony York Al Medinah Edo after the home cities of each corporate entity.  By the early 22nd Century the great powers of Earth had become embroiled in a Third World War.  The colonies realized that they wanted no part of what would be mutually assured destruction of the home-world  The 12 colonies seceded from Earth jurisdiction and formed a confederacy for mutual commerce and defense.  Over the next 400 years the colonies joined other worlds and non-human civilizations to form the entity known as The United Stellar Conference.
York Al Medinah Edo became major industrial hubworld and as such became prey to many of the problems a large urban center suffers.  Corruption, crime and social unrest became rampant.  From this world came a man by the name of Mohammed Alan Akita, who worked for a cybernetics firm known as TransCyber Interplanetary.  Mohammed was a brilliant cyber-neurologist, who was on the verge of developing a technique of downloading human consciousness itself. Unfortunately his research was cut short when he stumbled upon information of what his work was to be used for, and subsequently murdered in his lab, and made to look like an accident.  But before his death Mohammed was able to transfer his consciousness into inter-webscape.  Mohammed eventually found a way to in cyberspace to construct a robotic body for him to implant his consciousness.  Mohammed had a passion for the Heroic Age adventurers of the early 20th to mid 21st Centuries.  His favorite were two men of different era’s known as the Juryman.  Mohammed took on this identity to do battle with the corrupt and criminal elements of York Al Medinah Edo and beyond as the new Juryman!
#12 Cellbloc
Real name: Damon Hallway
Height:5’7
Weight:229 lbs.
Age: 42Â Race: African-American
Location: Harlem, NY
Damon Hallway is a High School teacher who wanted to make a difference. As Cellbloc, his goal is to stop any crime in his neighborhood.
Powers: Has hand to hand skills.
Personality: Never afraid to stand up to himself.
#11 Armer
Real name: Christina De La Cruz Fabian
Height:5’8
Weight:105 lbs. Race:Latin-American
Location: Inwood, NYC
Since today is Veteran’s Day, I might has well create a character for this occasion.
Lisa served in the war in Iraq and has been a military brat most of her life before settling in the Inwood(Upper Manhattan)area. The US government has enlisted her to serve again, this time by wearing a specially designed suit of armor filled with the latest in US military technology. Armer stands for Armored Readied Motivating Every Regiment. She’s a powerful force in eliminating any force standing in it’s way.
Powers: Super-Strength, endurance. Hidden compartments including missiles and explosives in various places throughout the suit.
Personality: Proud of her country but not conceded. Not afraid of a challenge in front of her.
#10 Maiden
Real name: Nancinda “Nancy” Smith
Height: 5’6
Weight:197 lbs.
Nancy is your typical teenager looking to belong in the world. One day she discover a necklace that gives her the power to do anything she wanted. She became Maiden, a teenager saving the world and making a difference in the world.
Powers: Creating beams from her hands. Able to use light as a weapon.
DAY 11: 21st Century Sandshark Studios presents: SHADOW MAGE
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 11: SHADOWMAGE
Character Biography-Gindrell Thorne is the 112th Necromancer, tracing her family back to the 6th Century BC. Her family have been the keepers of The Thorne Grimmuar, a mystical encyclopedia of sorts. As such she is considered one of the most powerful magic folk in the known universe. She was born in 2572 to Marcale and Judial Thorne, was trained in the magical arts, before taking the mantle from her mother in 2597. (Her parents are from Brelle IV and are New Reformed Pagans, in her religion the man takes the female name upon marriage.) In 2602 she received a vision to meet up with a group of various persons to deal with the forces of Kraul on Golundan IV. She defeated Kraul and eventually became a member of the pre-eminent costumed adventurers of the early 27th century known as THE GOLUNDAN CORP.
DAY 9: 21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents: THE SHADELING
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 9: THE SHADELING
Character Biography- Randall Kiplard was born in Leavenworth Kansas in February 1924. His parents were simple farmers who survived the dustbowl and Great Depression. Of their 6 children 2 died during the depression of dust lung. Three more died in Europe or The Pacific in World War II. By the time Randall returned from his tour of duty in the Atlantic Theatre, his parents were both ill from various ailments. By 1947 Randall had become the sole survivor of his family. He was forced to sell most of his family farm, but kept the house and a small plot for himself. Randall enrolled himself at college and got a job to help make ends meet, but in time he put himself through medical school and became a general practitioner. For the next several years he became the town doctor, and had a prosperous practice. Then in 1962 Randall was approached by the Army to be part of their experiment. He was determined by undisclosed clandestine obtaining of DNA sample that he had the genetic markers to undergo a process that would attempt to re-create PROJECT OLYMPUS that gave the world Mister Amazing, Miracle, and Kat Carson a generation earlier.
Kiplard after some persuading agreed to submit himself along with several others of similar genetic marker, to the process. The end result was a group of government controlled supers known as THE DIVISION. The group was introduced to the public in 1963 and over the next dozen years were used to combat several US threats across the globe. Kiplard was dubbed THE SHADELING due to his power to manipulate shadows into a semi-solid state and even use it as a form of teleportation. However, his teammates and others noticed that Kiplard exhibited certain behavioral changes when exposed to prolonged exposure to THE SHADOW DIMENSION.
Things came to an end sadly to The Division in 1975, as they along with dozens of other heroes and villains came to fight a cosmic invader known as GHOR THE AHNILALATOR. They were able to overcome him and his army. But at a loss of over 20,000 civilians, 7000 Allied soldiers and most of the meta and super hero community. All but two of the Division lost their lives. Strangely though Kiplard’s body was never recovered.
#9 Golem
Real name: Harry Gomas
Height:6’1
Weight: 3000 lbs. Race: Caucasian/Dominican
Age: 27Â Location: New York, NY
Harry was 17 when he was involved in a near death explosion causing a laboratory experiment bonded with his bio-genetic chemistry, causing both to become one. Now in his 20’s, he’s able to control his ability to transform into being able to think carefully and focus on what he wants.
Powers: As Golem, he has the ability to create anything with his mind while be able to created himself into boats, A wall, etc.
Personality: A Go Getter. Always self assure.
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Jerry Khaba brother of the pharaoh, was buried alive with the fallen king’s body. He was a man of looks, fashion and self preservation. He loved tanning, and he wasn’t finished his tan when he was locked in Khaba’s tomb. So he used sorcery to keep himself alive so that when his brother’s tomb was raided – hopefully not long after the ceremony – he could bask in the sun one more time before passing. Only 4660 years passed when the tomb was unsealed, Jerry was so excited! After all the scientist were scared away,  taking one step into the sun, he was overwhelmed by its brightness. He went to block what eyes he had left from the sun, he burst into dust. The above picture is a depiction of what his last moment was like… total and utter euphoria.
DAY 8: 21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS…MISTER TSUNAMI
DAY 8: MISTER TSUNAMI:
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY-Jimmy Aioki was born in a Japanese internment camp in 1943. His mother died in childbirth, and his father died in the pacific during the war. Jimmy was raised with his grandparents in Southern California. Jimmy excelled in school and graduated early from high school at the age of 16. Jim then went on to cal tech where he was recruited by a military project there to try and re-create the Project Olympus project that created the super-heroes Miracle, Mister Amazing and Kat Carson. Jimmy was contacted because he possessed the rare genetic sequence that scientists postulated was responsible for the Olympus formula taking effect on a life form. Jimmy along with 5 other members were given what was actually an estimated approximation of The Olympus Formula. This resulted in strange manifestation of latent powers in the participants. Jimmy found that he could control and manipulate water and was code named Mister Tsunami by the army.
The group was introduced as THE DIVISION to the public in 1963 and were used in various military operations across the globe.
In 1975 the group was among other costumed adventurers that joined in the battle against the cosmic dictator known as GHOR THE AHNILALATOR. They were successful in turning him back, but at the cost of the loss of lives among the heroes, a small town in Kansas, and more specifically all but one member of the Division, including Jimmy Aioki.
#8 Eric Manchester
Real Name: Eric Manchester
Height: 6’0
Weight 231 lbs. Age:46
Location: London, England
Eric Manchester is a member of Cero European, a Europe based division of Cero Agency located in London. He is Miles Connery(look for last year’s entry #15)’s UK contact who is an equivalent to James Bond’s FBI Contact Felix Lither. A former operative for MI-6, Eric has seen his share of near death experiences and his adventures can make even James Bond himself jealousy with envy.
Eric comes from not the greatest of upbringings and has joined MI-6 after his stint in The Royal Navy 15 years before. He has joined Cero European for the past 25 years fighting the good fight against evil scientists, dictators, terrorists, etc. He is Miles’s trusted ally and is considered a great friend.
Powers: None. He possesses hand to hand combat skills, including but not exclusive to, judo, karate, and Jeet Kun do, Bruce lee’s celebrated fighting style.
Personality: Always the one to goes after anything he set his mind to. Sometimes cold and distant.
DAY 7-21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents: MISS NOCTURNAL
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 7
MISS NOCTURNAL:
Maya Alvarez was born in Havana Cuba in September of 1940. When she was four, her father was killed by the local organized crime ring for not paying his protection fee for his small business. Her mother did her best to try and raise her, but at the age of 10 her mother died of breast cancer. From the age of 10 on, Maya lived on the streets, fending for herself as a petty thief, and sometime street performer. Over time she came to the notice of a group of revolutionaries, who slowly indoctrinated her into their group. When the Cuban revolution broke out, Maya acted as a spy and saboteur. When Castro came to power in 1959, Maya joined the Cuban Army and earned a commission. In 1960 her life was changed forever when she, along with four others across the globe were abducted by a unknown alien entity, and had experiments performed upon her, before being returned along with the others.
At first, things seemed normal; all she could recall was in a fractal dream state. But within 48 hours, she began to mutate, her skin turning purple, growing bat like wings, and developing a form of echolocation that could be used as a weapon like a sonic scream. She also developed a strange connection to try and find the other abductees. Through a set of unusual circumstances the group all met up and over time formed a team of costumed adventurers called THE PHANTOM FIVE. Maya was dubbed Miss Nocturnal by the media. At first she was considered a loose cannon due to her aversion to her western world team mates, and general temperament to her other members. But over time she became a trusted and fiercely protective member of the group, going so far as to develop a strange romance with fellow team member Construct.
Then in 1975, the team joined other super heroes, villains, and world armies, to do battle with a space conqueror known as GHOR THE AHNILALATOR. Ghor was defeated but at a high price. Many soldiers and supers were killed including Miss Nocturnal and all but one of The Phantom Five.
#7 Butterfly
Real name: Rosania Colon
Height: 5’6
Weight: 215 lbs.
Race: Dominican/Italian
Location: Born in Passaic, New Jersey, now based in New York, NY
Rosania has a fitsation as far as butterflies. Feeling that nothing can be done against crime, Rosania created a new persona by creating a mask that resembled a butterfly and becoming Butterfly.
Powers: None. She has some hand to hand combat skills.
Personality: Confident and is willing to do what it takes.
Day 6-21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents: CONSTRUCT
21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents:
The 30 Character in 30 day challenge:
Day 6
CONSTRUCT-
Hisao Hitoshi was born in June of 1940 in a small fishing village on the northern coast of Japan. Hisao at the age of 4 was diagnosed deaf, and as such became the subject of ridicule and spite among the children and some of the adults of his village. But his mother and father took great care to raise him with every bit of energy and love they could muster. When Hisao grew to adulthood he worked in the same cannery his parents both worked. Though seen by many as an imbecile he was well read and managed even to teach himself to read in four different languages, as well as study many subjects such as engineering and botany.
Be it as it may though things seemed like Hisao would lead an unfulfilled life as a low level worker, until an event in 1960 changed all that. He, along with four other people across the globe were abducted by an unknown alien entity, and were experimented on. When they were returned, all seemed normal, and but the exception of strange fractal dreams, the experience was mostly forgotten.
Not long after their return however. A strange mutation took place in all five abductees. Hisaro’s mutation consisted of him developing advanced powers of telekinesis and energy to matter construct. In short, Hisaro can communicate with his mind and build energy/matter constructs on an advanced level! He also found himself connected psychically with the other abductees. So much so, that events led them to find one another, and form a team of costumed, super powered adventurers known as THE PHANTOM FIVE. Hisaro took on the name CONSTRUCT and became a valuable member of the team through a series of adventures lasting over a decade and a half.
Things ended on a sad note however, as a world conquering space dictator known as GHOR THE AHNILALATOR, invaded Earth in 1975 with a large army in tow. He was turned back in the end, but not without brutal and deadly consequences. All but one, including Construct were killed in the battle to repel the invaders.
#6 Phantoma
Real name: Peggeriana “Peggy” Jones
Height:5’9
Weight:212 lbs.
Location: Outer space
Phantoma is an intergalactic vigilante operating in all sectors of the galaxy. When she was Peggy, she was once a Galactic Police officer betrayed by her superiors after being accused of a crime she did not commit. Forced to go into exile and faked her own death, Peggy use her police training and a sense of design to create a one woman force against intergalactic criminal activity as Phantoma.
Powers: Has wristbands that can shoot anything from lazer beams, gravity fields, etc.
Day 5, 21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents: LIGHT FORCE
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A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 5
LIGHT FORCE:
Character Biography-William Gibson was born to Biochemical Engineer and GibTech founder and CEO Lawrence Gibson and his Wife and fellow Biologist Alysia. When William was 4 he was diagnosed with some form of rare brain cancer. The cancer was ruled inoperable by over a dozen top neurologists. The Gibsons used all their resources to find a cure. They succeeded with an experimental form of radiation and chemical treatment. The cancer went into complete remission and things seemed fine for young Billy. Then at the age of 12, his parents were murdered by a rival corrupt businessman by a man named Charles Barker. Barker managed to avoid prosecution with slick lawyers, and greasing palms. GibTech was handed over to a trust while Gibson immersed himself in his own world to avoid the grief of his parents demise. Then at age 14, Gibson discovered he had the power to be a living breathing, self sustaining, electrical battery. He found a way he could get justice for his parent’s murder. Gibson dedicated his life to both bringing his parents company back to prominence while also using those recourses to fund his battle against Barker’s criminal empire as Light Force. He built a suit that would focus and harness his electrical abilities, which he can use in conjunction with the suit for various tasks, such as force fields, electrical bolts, and power blasts.
Recently Gibson has been spotted and funding the activities of the Washington DC based costumed adventurers known as ORION PACT, alongside other members such as Deathfactor and Lady Hades.
#5 Sepria
Real name: Romana Fabia
Height: 5’6
Welght: 212 lbs.
Race: Soviet/Russian
Location: Parts unknown
This is one of two villains I’m creating for the challenge this year.
Romana was a test subject in a soviet experimental program in genetics gone wrong. she was supposed to be died but somehow was able to survive and she beings a evil vendetta again society and the world as large.
Powers: Her abilities come from her suit, including flight, dispensing nuclear blasts from her hands, etc.
Personality: Very vindictive, always get her way.
Day 4: 21st Century Sandshark Studios Presents-RAPUNZEL DARQUE
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A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 4
REPUNZEL DARQUE:
Rapunzel Darque is an enigmatic figure in the world of the supernatural.  She is the owner/operator of an coffee bar/internet café in Georgetown in Washington DC. The establishment known as THE AUTOMATIC DRIP caters to the mystic and preternatural community. The door cannot be seen by non magic persons. She is much more than a humble coffee girl as she possesses certain abilities of clairvoyance and other powers which she has been known to use in service of some of her more…affluent and Important patrons.
#3 Erik Crowe
Erik is an arrogant man who thinks himself high above mankind. His pompous character drives him to do good deeds only
for fame and glory, not self sacrifice. Erik knows little about respect, he is very rude to those he comes in contact with.
His attitude towards everything is really selfish. His abundant deeds allowed him to make his costume out of pure gold,
showcasing that he is the most important “god” in the galaxy.
Because of his crude behavior and villainous murder towards evil doer’s, Erik finds him self desperate and lonely in the near
future. Erik Loves material possessions, spatially the shinny kind, mostly Gold and Diamonds. He surrounds himself with
servants in a tower constructed by himself in honor to his might and glory. Erik will stop at nothing to acquire what ever
he pleases.
2012 Challenger: Donyae
Hello!
My name is Donyae and I’m a little late. But I thought I would introduce myself anyway. I do art and have a comic that I never update but I hope that by doing this it will force me to, you know, update that thing. I’m also attempting Nanowrite. So yeah. Good luck everybody!
Oh yeah. You can find me at:
http://defaultdaydreams.com
And my comic at:
http://carnivalgrotesque.com
#4 Omon
Real name: None
Height:6’1
Weight:3000 Tons
Location:Unknown
OMON stands for Original Motivated Operations Network. It is a robot with artificial intelligence and an unstoppable force against crime. OMON is the creation of one Dr. Frederick “Fred” Newton, A noted voice in the field of robotics and wanted to see if it is possible to emerge man and machine into one. Due to some unusual circumstances, he suddenly got killed. A group of his fellow scientists has somehow brought his subconsciousness into the hallowed robotic body by using the latest in modern technology and kept him alive inside his new robotic body. Because of fear and the public’s misunderstanding of what happened, Fred must work in alliance with the scientists and stop all evil wherever it happens.
Powers: Super-strength, speed, able to pick up anything without trouble, etc.
Personality: Optimistic but not naive to his situation.
21ST CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS: DAY 3-THE LIBERATOR
21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS PRESENTS
A DAN NOKES HAPPENING…
THE 30 CHARACTERS IN 30 DAYS
DAY 3
Character Biography: Martin
Batiste, Â the 14th Baron of Bonne
Terre was born in the French
Province Nord-Pas-de-Calais in July
of 1750. He grew up in comfortable
surroundings and wanted for
nothing, yet even at an early age,
saw the inequities and injustice
surrounding him. Martin as he
grew into adulthood became
engrossed in the Enlightenment.
He immersed himself in science,
engineering, politics, social
philosophy among other disciplines.
In 1768 his Father died under
mysterious circumstances, and an
altered (later learned falsified) will
that named his Uncle Rene as the
heir to his father’s lands and titles.
When Martin attempted to
challenge the ruling, his Uncle
concocted a scheme to frame Martin
for his Father’s murder. Martin
went into exile in order to gather
strength to clear his name and
regain his title.
Over time Martin met men and
studied under men like Ben
Franklin, Voltaire, along with some
of the finest swordsmen, military
strategists, criminals, and whoever
could aid him with his main goal.
While in Prussia, Martin observed a
meteor land nearby. He went to
explore the crash site to find the
meteor was not only still intact, but
was made of an unidentified metal
ore that he later dubbed
INVINCIUM. Martin took the ore
and had it smelted and forged into a
shield in the shape of the Fleur-de-
lis. He decided to take on the role
of a masked adventurer known as
THE LIBERATOR and used the
shield as his symbol.
Martin returned to France in 1773 to
find Bonne Terre was in a state of
ruin. Batiste had become a cruel
tyrant who bled the countryside dry
for his own selfish gain. Martin
began a 5 year campaign against his
Uncle, and eventually regained his
land and title, and in process
became a national legend and came
to the attention of King Louis XVI.
In 1777 he was summoned to Paris
where he was asked to go to
America to aid in revolutionary
cause. He was requested by Ben
Franklin personally. Martin landed
in Baltimore in January of 1778. He
met up with George Washington
and a Spaniard adventurer known
as Phantasma. Washington had the
two costumed crusaders gather a
band of fellow adventurers that
went on  a series of missions
varying from sabotage to guerilla
warfare. Over time these super-
heroes did their part to help win
America its Independence, in the
process Martin gained the respect
and almost universal admiration by
both the common citizenry and its
top governmental and social
figures.
Jean returned to France in 1783.
He went into a semi-retirement at
that point, mostly a few adventures,
ruling Bonne Terre, and
philanthropic work. He even
managed to find a wife and have two
children. Then the French
Revolution struck and Martin’s life
was near ruined. The republic
seized his lands and fortune,
imprisoned his family, as well as
tortured and imprisoned him.
Things looked bleak. Even the
people of Bonne Terre turned on
him either out of fear of the
committee, or in some misplaced
sense of allegiance to the new
republic. Things only became
worse as cholera took his wife and
daughter’s lives while imprisoned.
Martin languished in jail for over a
year until a series of impassioned
plea from over 2 dozen political
figures, including George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and
James and Dolly Madison, had
swayed the government to release
Martin and his surviving son
Michael on the provision that they
leave the country immediately.
Martin was given a stipend and a
government position by President
Washington. Eventually Martin and
Michael relocated to New Orleans in
1804 after it became a possession of
the US. Both spent the next decade
or so in a quiet manner. Then in
1815, events led to the Battle of New
Orleans. General Andrew Jackson
was in need of men of all quarters to
aid him in his effort to hold the city.
Jackson approached a then a 64
year old Martin to don the Liberator
garb one last time. Martin
reluctantly agreed, and once again
aided United States in maintaining
its fragile newfound freedom.
In 1817 Martin returned to France
and Bonne Terre. Louis XVIII
returned his title and properties to
him, and he spent his final days
trying to rebuild the humble land to
its former stature. He died
peacefully in 1831. A statue of him
in his Liberator costume was
erected 5 years later. In 1916 his
great grandson Jean took on the
mantle and shield of the Liberator,
carrying on the legacy as he fought
in both World Wars.
2012 Challenger: Garry McLaughlin
Hi folks, so I’m a bit late getting started on the 30 Characters Challenge, but I thought I’d play catch up, write an intro post, then post up my first two characters. Really excited to get started on this – had planned to do it next year, but ended up getting distracted by other things. Not so this year!
I’m a semi pro comic writer and artist from Glasgow, Scotland, and you can see some of my work here: garrymac.daportfolio.com.
Bear with my first few posts – they’re very rough 🙂
#3 Powernaut
Real name: Eric Casen
Height: 6’0
Weight:228 lbs.
Race:Caucasian Location: New York, NY
Powernaut is a former professional wrestler turned adventurer looking for where that adventure takes him. He was the bread winner for the United Wrestling Organization until the promoter and the board of the company decided to dismiss him due to his disagreement with him. So Sets himself on the adventure of his life as Powernaut, his wrestling name. Powers: Endurance and super-strength. Personality: A go-getter and someone you would wanna get to know.
#2 MK – 330
Once a human, little is known of this abomination. His data records indicate that he traveled from the future as a fugitive, injured from several bullet wounds, self administered healing nano-machines hat got corrupted from the time stream causing him to morph into a synthetic life form over time. The accident has changed his character and now he roams the strange land and time he has landed in to redeem what is left of his soul.
330 just began to learn emotions such as compassion and courage.
He definitely has learned to adapt and survive by living on his own
as he had time to rethink about his situation and purpose in
whatever existence he has come to painfully embrace due to his
misfortune, or rebirth.
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