Cal Rankin Jr.

[caljr]

SHIELD Files
~CALVIN MONTGOMERY RANKIN JR.!!

Obey Your Master
Master
Master of Puppets
I’m Pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams

The File Jacket

Name: Calvin Montgomery Rankin Jr
Nickname(s)/Alias: CJ, Cal
Codename: Puppet Master
Identity: Public
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Straight
Profession: Criminal
Character Type: Mutant
Faction: Villain
Powers:
Puppet Mastery:
While maintaining eye contact Cal is able to control a person as if they were a puppet. He can control their limbs and mouths but that’s all. No mind control or organs. The person is fully aware of what’s happening when he does this. After control has been made initially he only needs to keep them within a 10yard radius but still has to look at them and move his hands to control them. He can only control or move one person at a time but can leave three people suspended at a time but it gets trickier the longer it goes. He also can not force them to access their powers as he only control their body. The few exceptions may be someone with super strength or a stretching ability.
Ablities:
Breaking and Entering
Manipulation
Hand to hand combat(Trained in American kick boxing and boxing)
Acrobatics
Parkour
Gun training(While not a master marksman by any means he can usually hit what he’s aiming at.)
Canon?: OG, whoops I mean OC


PRETTY FACES

Eyes: Yellow
Hair: Purple
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 150lbs.
Any outstanding features?:
Most would count the blue skin as something odd

Appearance:
While appearing as harmless and sometimes weak he is anything but, powers not included. He is wiry and strong given his size. Not anywhere near superhuman or even peak he can hold his own in a fight. His knuckles are scarred from several fights. His purple hair is usually messy, long and unkempt, which is just the way he likes it. His clothes are usually just the simple jeans and a T-shirt with a pair of boots to complete the ensemble.

What’s the most concerning about him though are his eyes. Despite the fact they’re yellow it’s the look he has in them. He has the eyes of a mad man, someone who is clearly not sane in anyway shape or form. It’s not uncommon to see him staring off into the distance and muttering to himself. Anytime he does get locked up, which is rare, the other inmates leave him alone. Or they would if he wasn’t blindfolded and kept in his own cell.


Hello THeRE

Likes:

• Booze
  
• Women
  
• Cigarettes
  
• Hurting people
  
• His sister

Dislikes:

• Heroes
  
• His mother
  
• Close spaces
  
• telepaths
  
• Prison

Fears:

• Losing his sister
  
• Losing his sanity(lol)
  
• Enclosed spaces (While not severe he does have bad claustrophobia)

Weaknesses:

• His sister. He’ll do anything to keep her safe
  
• Those with telepathy, telekinesis and strong will are immune to his powers
  
• Insane: His powers have driven him insane causing him to suffer from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
  
• Women: he’s a sucker for a pretty face

Strengths:

• Parkour
  
• Acrobatics
  
• Leadership
  
• Manipulation

Any secrets?: He is terrified his sister will go good and be forced to fight her.

PERSONALITY:
Cal has two side, or several sides depending on who you ask. The side the police and heroes know is the side of a completely insane mad man who enjoys hurting people. He takes great pleasure in using his ability to make them hurt themselves. He's shown signs of intense instability, or at least that's what Arkham said. He suffers delusions and feels all humans and heroes need to suffer for some imagined wrong.

But then there's the side his sister and some women see. On that side he's sweet, caring and friendly. He's extremely loyal, putting his own life on the line to ensure the safety of those who loves. He can be a bit of a flirt at times, even distracting him at times. He has issues with his mother however and feels she is to blame for all that has gone wrong in his sister's life. He's got the mindset of a guardian and anytime she's captured the police station is left in a blood bath.

BACKGROUND:

Mother:

• Clarice ‘Blink’ Ferguson(AoA) (Alive 50yrs old)

FATHER:

• Calvin ‘Mimic’ Rankin (Dead 25 Kevin ‘Protheus’ MacTaggert possessed and burned his body out)

SIBLINGS:

• Cali Rankin ( Alive, 23)

OTHER FAMILY:

• Victor ‘Sabretooth’ Creed(AoA, Adoptive Grandfather)(Alive, 70)

HISTORY: ( At least 3 paragraphs)
Blink’s heart was ripped to pieces the day Mimic died. But she soon discovered one positive thing, he’d live on. Days later she discovered she was pregnant and it turned out to be twins. Placing Sabretooth in charge of the Exiles she travelled to Earth 12, where Mimic was from, to have her children. She was over joyed when she had a boy and a girl, but still saddened when they’d inherited her physical mutation, just in a different color.

When they were old enough and before their powers manifested the X-Men trained them in various things including combat to ensure they’d either be new X-Men or new Exiles. Along with the training her mother and the other X-Men told the kids stories about their father and what a great man he was. Not wanting to their mother had to leave and go rejoin the Exiles in their quest. She spent days with her children before leaving. But her departure caused her children to become bitter. If there were no heroes she could’ve stayed with them. It was around this time Cali’s first power manifested. She soon awoke the powers of one of the other X-Men children. Cal then quickly asked Cali to wake his powers up. At first he moved his hands around trying to figure it out. It was until he looked up that he noticed Beast was moving in circles.

The two continued training and about 3 weeks later Cali used her new power on herself and discovered she could also fly, a very useful ability. But Cal began to lose his grip on reality. Awakening his strong power so early caused his psyche to fragment and everytime he used his powers it seemed to only make things worse. Cali was terrified for her brother and knew their mom could fix things. Using a portal making mutant they jumped in, only to end up in the wrong universe with no way to get back. They’d gone to Blink’s last location as she did periodically check in on them. But they were off and landed in a world different from their own. On 12 mutants are revered and the X-Men were celebrities, but with their skin colors they found themselves hated. Soon the anger first towards their mother and heroes shifted to humans in general. So using their powers they go around making mutants and meta-humans out of people and showing the world mutants should be feared for good reason. And anytime one of them is captured the other one always breaks them out. They had no choice to resort to crime and actually began enjoying it. On one hand they needed money and on the other hand their hatred for heroes and mother issues fueled their choice to become criminals.

ACTOR/ACTRESS USED:
Gerard Way

POST RP EXAMPLE:

The bank was surrounded by cop cars with flashing lights. Some mutant was robbing the bank that was all they knew. They didn’t know who or what the mutant’s power was, because if they did they probably would’ve called the heroes in right away. Because inside was the blue skinned mutant known as Puppet Master. He was sitting on the counter laughing as he counted his money. A lit cigarette rested firmly in his lips, ash falling on his black shirt and jeans, not like he cared. Three guards stood there frozen, staring at Cal.

“Whoo, nice haul. Just over one million. Alright, so who wants to play my game first?”

He asked with a smirk before pulling his gun out and pointing it at the hostages who all screamed as he did which just made him laugh even more.

“Never gets old. Alright, eeny, meeny, miny, mo…”

He stopped on one guard and his free hand raised. He held his hand out with the fingers spread. With a quick twist the guard reached for his gun with another hand movement he raised the gun to his head. The guard started to close his eyes but Cal opened his finger and the guard opened his eyes.

“I just love looking into someone’s eyes as they die.”

He said with an evil smirk before taking another drag. With a quick flick of the finger the guard pulled the trigger and his lifeless body fell. He then turned his attention to one of the other guards. With more hand movements the guard grabbed his gun and raised it. Cal spun his finger in a circle and the guard turned around. With a few more quick movements the guards began to walk towards the door, his eyes filled with fear as he did but his mouth remained shut tight. The guard opened the door and looked at all the cops. He raised his gun and began to fire at them and the cops quickly returned fire, having no choice.

* THE face BEHIND the MASK!

Alias: God. But otherwise Stavir works
Age: --
Gender: Male
RP Experience:6 years or so
Where did you find us?: MAGIC! No actually an ad on another site

Rules: Yeah...

[tommy]

The only problem I really have is with the power of control. I don't need an explanation of how it works, I can think of at least three myself, but I want to know some limitations.

1.Would he be able to control several people at a time?

2.Can he force those under control to utilize the powers of people who need to actively activate them(i.e.making human torch shoot fire blasts)?

[caljr]

Ok, expanded on it. But just for clarification

1.) He can keep three people frozen or suspended at one time but only move one at a time.

2.) The only powers he could control would be something like super strength or possibly stretching as he only controls the body not the mind.

[tommy]

Three people locked and one in control seems like a bit much to me, but I expect that having so many people under some sort of control would have some seriously detrimental effects. I like to trust people don't abuse these types of abilities, but I'm going to keep an eye out.

1/2 staff approval

[Abigail Stark]

I would like to know how he and his sister became criminals. Other than that, it looks good.

[caljr]

To Tommy:
Yes, the more he has controlled the harder it is to one hold control and make them do things more intricate than walk.

To Abigail:
I expanded upon the history. Their hatred of heroes and them discovering mutants were hated here caused them to turn to crime. Not to mention they needed the money

[Abigail Stark]

I approve. Don't forget to post your claims, and add yourself to the character index.