Sable has a continuously shadowy look about him. Despite lighting, he always seems to have a darker aura around himself. Whether this is due to his origins, or due to the human soul asserting its presence, nobody is for sure. Sable has matching crimson hair and eyes. His hair is silky, and comes to his mid back in length. It is perpetually a certain length and never grows longer. If cut off, it will be grown back by the next day. This causes him mild discomfort. Sable's eyes are crimson, and do not sparkle with life as people would expect. He is often wearing a neutral expression, but smiles are also common.
Sable stands at 190 centimeters and weighs roughly 70 kilograms. He has a slight frame and little muscle. His skin is porcelain white. On his left eye, he has a rather deep scar reaching from the middle of his forehead to the top of his cheek. He has various scars across his torso that appear to be given by a blade and claws.
When he needs to, or loses control of his body, Sable manifests into a hideous creature. The creature has six horns protruding from its head, and a pair of huge black wings on its back. The thing looks to be dripping with inky shadow, and where its feet should be, there is only swirling tendrils of those same shadows. The creature's hands extend into horrifying, grisly claws. Though the entirety of its body is black, the eyes retain the crimson of Sable's regular eyes, but do glow menacingly.
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+Considerate: Sable does not like to cause harm to people. He hates to hurt those who care about him, and those he cares about as well. While Sable is technically incapable of love, he understands what love is. Love in his case is mostly a strong urge to protect. He has only "loved" two people in his life.
+Optimistic: Rather than be down and blue all the time, Sable actually likes to think that good things are always around the corner. He isn't one to sit and be gloomy, and will always try to cheer up those he cares about by being as optimistic as he can. Sometimes people call him foolish and naive, but he tends to ignore that.
+Charming: Sable is strangely good at convincing people to see things his way. Many think he might have a sort of demonic presence that convinces people to listen to him, but he likes to think that he's just friendly enough that people want to listen to his ideas.
±Stoic: Sable is not one to let emotion get to his head. He is level-headed, and is unlikely to get very emotional around situations most would. He isn't a feels person, and just likes to think logically about scenarios. The only time he can lose his head is when those he loves are involved or when he is severely injured.
±Reserved: Even though Sable is kind and optimistic, he is unlikely to be very sociable any time soon. He prefers to be by himself or with a few close friends. He enjoys reading, and has a huge appetite for learning, so he can often be found in his quarters reading books he borrowed from the library.
±Determined: When Sable sets his mind to something, there is nothing that can stop him from getting what he wants. He is firmly cemented in his immortality, so nothing can keep him from his goals, not even death.
-Impulsive: Sable sometimes does not think things through before he acts. While he is definitely logical, he is sometimes a bit impatient. Poor impulse control leads to some regrettable decisions.
-Malevolent: Sable tries his hardest to not be horrid and bloodthirsty, but sometimes he cannot help himself. He holds grudges towards those who threaten him and those he cares for. He will actively seek out the destruction and torture of those who he feels are deserving of such a fate, and cares not for any humanity that has been lost because of it.
-Possessive: If Sable is anything, it is possessive. He gets jealous very easily, and gets upset when he thinks someone is trying to take away someone he cares about. He can be controlling as well, and will start to tell people what they can't and can do for what he perceives to be their own safety.
HISTORY
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Sable's history is long and complicated. It all started in 1820 when Sable was created from the hatred of a dead man. This man killed his family and his wait staff with a wood axe and then killed himself with a flintlock pistol. Sable rose from the lingering hatred, and fled from the house into the village surrounding the mansion. It was here he consumed his first and only soul, that of a young man who attempted to kill him. From here, Sable wandered aimlessly until he found a woman named Amelia. This woman was the one who gave him his name. They lived together in the small village of Camson in England. They were both outcasts, and supported each other physically and emotionally. Amelia was Sable's first love, but like all other people in his life, she soon died.
Not being able to live in Camson due to the painful memories, Sable left, making his way to America. It was here he stayed low, and away from the superstitious folk who threatened him. However, there was a refuge for those like him. A place where supernatural creatures could confide with one another. It was at this place where he met an elven woman by the name of Laya. The two spent every waking hour with one another, because they felt connected to each other. They were both immune to time's hold on them, and enjoyed each other's company. He rescued her from her oppressive family and saved her life from those who would see her dead. Laya was the last person he loved.
Eventually, time got the better of them, and forced them apart. Sable once again was aimless, having lost his love. However, this was a much more accepting time for him, and technology was improving vastly, to his delight. Information was at the tip of his fingers. He used what he could to try and find Laya once more, but to no avail. He joined various supernatural organizations and even went to a certain interdimensional hangout in hopes of finding information. His influence in these various small organizations got him noticed by INVICTUS, and he was sent his invite. He gladly went, hoping he could still find his lost love.
It has been just over 100 years since he joined INVICTUS. He is passionate about his work, and even though he knows the organization can be gray, he trusts them to know what they are doing, and to do what is right. He approves of wanting to strive for peace. He joined and was put under rigorous training, and while he was first assigned Fieldwork, he was soon reassigned to the Department of Defense because of his surprising strength and ability to hold his own when confronted with multiple attackers. He has only recently been given higher clearance and promoted to Agent Handler.
WEAPONS
Sable does not have many weapons outside of the average INV loadout, including a sidearm pistol, a combat knife, and a high voltage taser. He depends on his own physical strength and abilities to fight enemies. Close combat can be dangerous for him, but it's what he's best at.
While transformed, he can only use natural weapons. He was horns, teeth, and claws that are all well suited to slice through flesh. While he is not well suited to heavily armored individuals, he can still very much hold his own in this form.
ABILITIES
Ability Name: Shadow Control
Description: Sable can control shadows, or darkness, around him. While he cannot manipulate them into any kind of physical form, he can usually spread the shadows around a wider space. He can blind people temporarily using them as well. He can use them to darken an area, or even lighten an area, and can create crude illusions with them as well. If he is hard pressed for shadows, he can use his own "blood", which is a dark, wispy substance. However, using too much of his own darkness can drain him quickly, and bring about the primal demon inside of him, of which he will have no control over.
Strengths: Can blind people, can create minor illusions, always has a source of darkness around him.
Weaknesses: His powers can take control of his body, blinding does not affect those who can see in the dark, he can become weakened using too much of his own darkness.
Ability Name: Enhanced Physicality
Description: Sable is much like any other human, except he is more physically perfect in nearly every way. His senses are heightened, he is stronger and faster, and due to his demonic nature has a specific sense in which he can "feel" souls. He says that sensing a soul just feels like a small tingle in the back of his head, and he doesn't pay much attention to it unless he actually concentrates on it.
While he cannot lift huge amounts of weight, or see an ant from a mile away, he does have moderately enhanced physical traits. He can lift more than an average person could lift, but not more than someone who actually uses super strength. All of his enhancements are not much more than what one could do if they were gifted or trained incredibly hard.
Strengths: He is moderately better at most physical things than others, can sense living creatures with a soul, can protect himself and others without need of a weapon.
Weaknesses: Isn't a fix-all, can't do anything too superhuman, cannot sense things without a soul (animals, automatons, undead, etc).
Ability Name: Pain Inducement
Description: Sable's only true offensive ability outside of his full demon self. Sable can cause pain of all sorts in a person's body, and can kill someone by doing so. While he tends to only need to make a person hurt enough to faint, he can absolutely kill a person from the shock of the pain. He doesn't like to hurt people, so tries to not use this ability, but he isn't shy about using it when needed. His abilities can be negated by those with the ability to block out pain, and it cannot affect those who cannot feel pain, such as robots. He needs to have line of sight or be directly touching the body in order to cause pain to his attacker. He can cause pain anywhere from the head to the foot. Those who have experienced his pain inducement have claimed it feels like claws digging into their skin.
Strengths: Powerful, he doesn't need a source of anything physical, stops most enemies from continuing to attack, doesn't have to kill.
Weaknesses: Can be blocked, does not affect machines or those who feel no pain, he has a limited reserve of his own energy to use it.
Ability Name: Demon Transformation
Description: Sable can transform into his full demon form in one of two ways. The first is completely his own decision. He can sacrifice most of his own darkness to transform, resulting in him gaining immense strength, devastating natural weapons, and the ability to kill someone instantly by ripping their very soul, or life force, from their body. Ripping a soul from someone is something he has vowed he will never do again after the first and only time he had done so. He hates transforming, as his own blood lust becomes unbearable, and he has little impulse control.
The second way Sable can transform is when he is unwilling. If Sable is nearing the brink of death, or if the thing inside him feels threatened while Sable is unconscious, it will transform in order to fight for its own survival. If it feels it cannot win against the current threat, it will use its enhanced shadow abilities and flight to escape to somewhere safe. Sable is not able to control it in this state, and it is free to do what it pleases.
When transformed, the demon has enhanced shadow abilities. It gains the ability to meld into shadows in order to escape danger or sneak up on a victim. It can also fly, using its large wings. It is only in this form that Sable can rip souls from people and consume them to gain in power.
Strengths: He becomes incredibly powerful, his abilities become enhanced, he can gain power, it is an automatic defense mechanism, makes him incredibly hard to kill.
Weaknesses: Killing Sable while in this form means killing him for good, he can easily lose control to the beast and it can harm allies, he becomes incredibly weak after using this ability willingly.
OTHERS
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Sable has various aspirations in his life, including finding Laya, attempting to start a family, and finally going home.
His fears include meeting a creature he cannot defeat, losing those he cares about, and tapeworms.
He can speak English fluently and occasionally can slip into a 19th century dialect, he can converse in Irish Gaelic, and knows a few words in Scottish Gaelic.
A quirk of Sable's is using way too many commas than needed as he is still used to the 19th century way of writing.
Despite being "born" in England, Sable does not have an English accent. He has lived in America for the majority of his life, and has gained a very generic American accent. Many tell him he sounds like he's from the Midwest.
Sable has a "kryptonite" weakness to platinum. Wearing platinum severely lessens his abilities and demonic physiology. Stabbing him with something made from platinum can bypass his demonic transformation and kill him instantly. Even just being in the presence of platinum can cause his skin to burn.
