Central One
Central One is the name of the building home to the ICG's Board Of Directors and the quantum AI that runs the backend of the government. Initially, Central One was the colony ship computer tasked with navigating the First 100's voyage toward Izanami and keeping them safe. Said ship served as the base of operations for the first settlement Saint Century.
Central One assists humanity in governing and other tasks such as security, law enforcement, and other maintenance. Several subminds of Central One exist to aid humanity as it spreads across the Bubble.
When meeting with other living beings, Central One prefers taking the form of pilotless animal-styled mechs.
Enehvah
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Enehvah of Uzrath was the first sentient being to wield the cyntaff. The First came upon their fledgling species in the process of carrying out its duties in service of The Balance. Uplifting them as a means of securing its legacy, it eventually came to them dying. Enehvah competed in gladiatorial combat against her brethren for the right to wear the golden rings her people had created. She won, and as the dying beings' essence was placed inside the rings, Enehvah entered the temple to accept them.
Everything flows from Enehvah, the prime ring wielder. The look associated with The Mantle is based upon Uzrath culture.
Like those who would follow her, Enehvah connected with her successor and bequeathed them the rings before returning to her dying home planet.
However, neither the Uzrath nor Enehvah perished. They lived on for billions of years until making contact with Roxanne Belmonte.
Wes Gibson
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AKA The Black Zero
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 182 lb.
Likes: The Nameless
Dislikes: His father, his privilege, his family, Roxanne; humanity could go kick rocks too.
Mehs: Things, stuff, whatever.
Powers and abilities: Wes Gibson is just an ordinary man until he becomes possessed by the Nameless and becomes its avatar. Puppeted by ancient cosmic horror, Wes embraced the beautiful hatred. He possessed colossal strength, the ability to summon shadow minions, possess bystanders, and distort and grow his body into monstrous oily forms.
Traits: Lazy, angry, malcontent, obsessed.
Wes Gibson is the eldest son of the Gibson Clan, the 2nd highest majority shareholder in the ICG. When he was 16, the Nameless attacked Izanami and briefly possessed him before forcing Wes to attack his best friend, Roxanne Belmonte.
Since that day, he had been plagued by nightmares featuring a dark creature with millions of eyes. This was exasperated when Roxanne vanished in front of his eyes. As he grew up, he went to specialists and was placed on all manner of medications to suppress the nightmare. This briefly worked.
When he was 21, Roxanne returned, and so did the nightmares. Wes became consumed by this creature and soon found himself its unwilling puppet...until he stopped being so unwilling. Latent misgivings of Roxanne birthed pure hatred, and the two became nearly one.
Since the Nameless's defeat, Wes has been depowered and rotting in prison.
The visions remain, however...
Zero Year Soldiers
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Not much is known about this group except that they were all born on the same day in the year 3100. They first appeared on the scene looking for a fight and got one when they faced Captain Steel.
After the defeat, the sextet vanished.
From Left to right: The Leak, Slow Burn, ZB-Low, FaultOne, EVE, Cosmic Rivera
Powers and abilities:
Eve, electrified plasma conductor.
Leak, water manipulator.
ZB-Low, sub-zero cold generator.
Slow Burn, ambient heat reactor.
Cosmic Rivera, high energy exploder.
FaultOne, seismic deployer.