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I should point out in that thread I'm goign to be my previous painter hero AVant garde x3 I would enjoy doing somehting with this universe' bevel

Name: Bevel "Rivette" Gear Powers: Bevel's status as one of the empowered has been subject of debate as the only manifestation of feats that could be considered superequine would be her impressive intellect, perception and capacity for memory and knowledge. Unlike a majority of scientists and tech based ponies of this era she doesn't refer to herself as a heroine in any sense but she has helped out the superhero community multiple times and has worked with the Sentinel's academy as a researcher and developer of equipment for many heroes who require help either controlling or honing their powers to better effect. One of her most notable cases was the invention of a sturdy suit for one of the students whose powers were gravity based... however constant use of them in any capacity made her nauseous, especially when used on herself to simulate flight. Bevel's creation allowed her body to acclimate to this and not be bothered by the changes of gravity around it and allowed the hero to pursue her career. In addition to her endeavor's with the academy, Bevel has made multiple contributions to the magitech advances of the modern age and has even been making great strides in the fields of prosthetics and Golemancy of the modern day. One of the most popular creations she has made have been tech golems, many of which have worked alongside multiple police departments in Equestria as artificial enforcers of the peace and some more bulky, but powerful ones that were the product of a joint effort between her and other companies to provide the Sentinel's academy suitable protectors when the most influential hero in the world was away. For obvious reasons, Bevel has created multiple Artificial enforcers who work alongside her in various forms and shapes with only one she has made not being released to assist the public. Her work in magitech prosthesis has been a very reliable and has changed the lives of many creatures in Aquellia and Equestria a like, it was thanks to her skill and knowledge in this field that allowed her and other scientists to save the life of a Friend: ZELDA. Backstory: Born to a pair of ponies in Equestria: one a mage and the other a... former mad genius thief turned engineer post rehabilitation, Bevel has had more than a few curious experiences in her life, from her aunt being a mad pirate queen constantly trying to convince her to join the family business, to having to deal with interdimensional monsters, horrors, and abominations that lurk and shamble in the dark corners of the mind and reality... and even leaving the bounds of the planetoid that Equestria and other continents call home. Her childhood was spent heavily in the company of intelligent and influential minds in the world through good connections was taught by more than a few of them. With her sharp mind she proved a talented mare in the magitech field and began to put it to use in various fields in whatever could satisfy an almost glutinous mad curiosity that lied inside her. Eventually her curiosity took her to the field of the force that empowers the majority of heroes of the world and separates natural , species based powers: Overmagic. Her desires to understand this phenomenon brought her to the academy to where she made a name for herself as a sort of "Smithy" in the media as a mare who hones and equips heroes of both young and old eras to live up to their potential. At one point she had been given the nickname of "Rivette" After a picture of her wielding a rivet gun bearing the mark of a prench manufacturer and working on one of the academy's custodians and after that... that was the closest she came to being an out and out hero but she did trademark the term and used it for her company and named it "Rivette Revolutions" and even made a mascot in a costume with a signature item she wears on her head: A checkerboard patterned top hat with the image of an industrial Rivet emblazoned on the front. Allies: Regularly works with Machina at the academy, usually providing him with support in a few endeavors. Is a close friend to ZELDA after the... incident that put the griffin in her current state. Bevel hopes to one day perfect the ultimate prosthetic body to allow the griffin a chance to touch and feel like her old self again. While not so much allies, Bevel's personal squad of assistant artificial enforcers are often at her side and assisting her in various projects. Villains: None at the moment but the spot is open for any who'd like to be her nemesis. Notability: Bevel is a mare of high profile, but rare public appearance. Despite seeming a genuinely cheerful and exciteable pony she tends to enjoy speaking to others through magical holofeeds or through letters or the like with few exceptions being made. While this has made talking to her difficult for member of the press she has been more than willing to offer her help to students at the academy or civilians who need help as a result of the collateral damage some empowered fights can cause. She has her fans among the populace but she has never made the same level of popularity as some of her costume clad colleagues have as of yet.

Really most of the problems with Captain High Tide , DErpravener has voiced rather excellently. If you are sure about really wanting to play this but, remember that since we don't have many 'ghost based' heroes around as of yet so that limits possible threads with her. Please respond to this when you can.

Both have been approved! I hope to see them in action soon! I also wanted to bring up the idea of other pontential threads for the academy dwellers. If possible I'd like the faculty players to comment on it as well. Combat practice: In this thread idea the faculty ( and a few volunteers from the students or lesser known heroes with experience) take on the role of the 'villain' in the thread and will require a pair of students to work together and figure out a way to defeat the more seasoned veteran in certain scenarios. I was thinking perhaps a sort of capture the flag theme with the flag supposed to represent a civilian that needs to be saved by the hero trainees and a hostage to the hero playing villain. Lunchroom Food war: A more lighthearted premise in which the students of various walks have a foodfight with the aid of their various powers and wits... not much more to the idea than that so it could be used for humorous moments of character development for your heroes or just a bit of fun! Field trips: Basically not one thread but an idea or theme that could keep idea fresh and allow students to do more than sit aroudn the academy all day. part of being a hero is being able to perform in multiple enviroments if you want to be versatile to hold your own against whatever villain is threatening the world. Think of it like a change of pace or tone... suddenly a big city hero has to work in a small town or in a place surrounded by nature. Heroes who spent their careers in dark, gloomy, and gothic places suddenly find themselves in bright, sunny cheerful places that they must be able to acllimate to. These are just some of the ideas I 've had recently and if anyone has some other ideas i'm open to hearing them!

Character approved! Hooray for the faculty!

Approved, Just would like clarification do you mean that Daring do in this universe is one of the six who were present on nightmare night or that The centurian was. I'm a bit unclear on that. Also I should point out Luna in this universe's hero moniker is Moon-lit- knight. I'm excited to See how Dash will do! In other news, The academy has opened it's doors. If you have any questions please bring them up to me! This is my first setting and I'll welcome any help within reason.

Approved I'm working on the OP for the academy's opening as well as planning some lore for the AU. I'm hoping to get the academy opening thread before tomorrow or later during it. Approved Approved Remember everyone that your own heroes' threads can be started anytime so long as they have this AU's tag on them! The academy opens threads will likely be open for any heroes willign to attend so long as they don't actively work against the institution. Associates for the academy are also allowed. A bit of a powerhouse but like Leo said he seems a bit less likely to fine many plots on a low level. However, this isn't too much of a problem I'm sure he'll be great against certain more powerful threats in the future! I also have a sneaking suspicion someone is excited for the World of warcraft expansion... Approved.

Finally got this app finished. Will review the newer apps shortly and then will probably need to hold off on reviewing new characters so I can finish the academy's opening OP! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superhero Name: Avant Garde (Legacy hero) Powers: Paint and ink manipulation Avant Garde’s powers allow her to control and enhance paint to create various effects. Her time using this skill and being taught it’s various applications by her mentor she’s been able to animate images of living creatures for short times, manipulate and move ink or paint and control its viscosity, density, and make it take on the properties of things she is painting. Example: Painting a swirling shape in front of her creates a strong gust. The last ability requires the use of some of the paint she has access to and as result she can run out. Depending on the level of detail in some pieces a regular way of detaining a criminal has been to literally capture them in a painting (by exhausting them until she can manage to get them to be part of a forced still life session.) Like many powers in the universe it can be improved and strengthened over time with practice. Alias: Second heiress to the the Trottingham Dukedom, Presteza Backstory: A pampered and privileged heiress from the trottingham dukedom, Presteza was constantly bored and annoyed with the posh stylings of her noble roots she often found herself bored and unhappy. She wasn’t often allowed to leave the estate without an escort , but she often snuck out to explore. On one of these little excursions she met an elderly mare named Atelier, a former superhero of prench origin, Avant garde. Because of a few reasons, the mare wound up retiring, content to live out her days in Trottingham. She was worried that she may have to move if anyone found out her secret… but the filly promised she wouldn’t tell a soul and was true to her word. Over time the two ponies became friends with Atelier becoming almost like an aunt in the filly’s eyes. The old mare taught her all she knew about painting… well not -all- she knew but enough that an average (if privileged) filly should know about them. In time, while she was with her the filly managed to complete a portrait of some someone and gained her mark; a paintbrush and magical swirl. One day the two went on a trip to an art expo being held in the park when a strong but rather foolish villain came in and attempted to steal several art pieces in the attempt to try and get rich off of them. The young pony attempted to try and save several works despite the danger and seemed to not be willing to listen to reason when told she wasn’t going to be able to do anything… eventually she was knocked out and all the art was stolen. There was a bit of luck though as she managed to track down where the villain was hiding out and wound up on the losing end of what one could call a fight if you were trying to be generous. Soon as things looked their darkest, Atelier arrived but she revealed herself to be the former ascended hero: Avant Garde. Making short work of the villain she decided to make the filly an offer... Weeks later A new Avant Garde had come onto the scene. Although due to the heroine having fallen into obscurity, and now a new one was here, with a different look and a very peppy attitude. Over time the new link in the legacy wound up becoming a popular hero in her home and among some niche fans. She has fought crime for quite a while but is still relatively new but shows much promise. Weaknesses: Despite the mare’s ability to manipulate whatever can be described as paint, the paint that she uses is still paint; and a result her power is vulnerable to fire if she is using oil based paints or ink. For this reason she’s often seen with four small gourds of non-flammable paint at her side, but once it is exhausted she’s forced to rely on… her very limited hoof to hoof skills. While she can hold her own decently in a fight against opponents who don’t have any formal training, against someone with more experience she’s at a major disadvantage, she is however very good at dodging and lithely… but that can only get a pony so far against higher tier villains. Notability: The modern day Avant garde has become a popular hero but not to the point of world wide recognition or even countrywide recognition, a few older ponies have heard of her predecessor but most say she just disappeared a little over two hundred and forty years ago but a lot of her exploits are still talked about today...and seemed to have faded into myth. This hero’s disposition seems to be something of the trickster and plotter archetype. Avant garde tends to goad and poke fun at her opponent’s expense or pretends to act like a fool and run her mouth as she thinks up a good plan to defeat her villains and resolve other situations. Avant Garde today is mostly known by the hero clubs in Trottingham and some of the more well versed fans of them as well as heroes who tend to monitor up and comers. She has been called many things, ranging from “clever trickster with great potential” to “A stupid foal who's in over her head.” One thing she’s made particularly clear… is that she’s here to stay. Enemies Re-Vision: A black and white stallion with a simple looking but neat suit whose power is… Censorship. His origins are mysterious and only seem to be known to the first Avant garde hero. His powers allow him to make anything around him and that he directly touches “Acceptable and proper” in this case that means removing all unique or outstanding traits so as to make something that couldn’t offend someone and if they are offended they can be changed as well. His powers usually manifest as a draining of colors but a consistently upbeat but not abrasive attitude from those he touches. Example if he touched Rainbow Dash she’d lose all the traits that made her who she was, her competitive edge, love of flight and aspirations to instead become a smiley inoffensive mare who never flew over the speed limit. Things in a certain radius around him tend to have colors drained or washed out rapidly until all is in a greyscale tone. Information on him is scarce and full extent of his powers unknown.

I've been dwelling on my thoughts on his for a while... Honestly the thing is that you're app focuses almost entirely on what he can do and how he was able to achieve it... you haven't told us much of anything about his personality or any thing unique or different about the character... a lot of this is revolving around the power and fear he brings to the world and honestly you seem far more interested in the power and things he could do rather than taking him anywhere interesting as a character. IN addition to all this, with all his power and resources... how often do you think he could get involved in anything and still have dramatic stakes. I don't mean like constantly fighting the sentinel and the knight ... mostly because the sentinel and knight will mostly be similar to like they are in show but likely much more busy , having to leave world and deal with cosmic level threats that will take up their time. I honestly don't want to play the sentinel all that much except for future story based things, she's not going to be a regular appearing force in every other ponies story... So who else would really give Sombra a challenge? For the time being I think This AU might not need a Sombra character for now. Would you be okay wiht apping a lower level villain or character, or a hero? Very nice work! Only thign I'd ask you to change is calling Tia in this universe a rpincess... because she never took up an actual royal position and the world is still run by representatives of the other species of pony. Ohh... Minotaurs~ WE need more of those in this forum in general x3 Approved! A tech based villain, always fun~ I'll only be sorely dissapointed if giant robots do not get involved at somepoint... like REALLY giant robots. Like BIG O or PAcific ri sty-- er as I was saying: approved. I had been hoping to make some superhero teams who might have more a closer tie to the govt... so Approved! I think this will turn out to be a great turn and something for heroes to aspire to other than ascension. Approved! I'll look forward to seein you use this one, Dusty! Approved! I'll be interested in seeing what Morpheus will get into!

First and foremost, Take a step back and think about this. Aren't all the powers and abilities you've given him a bit much? All these artifacts combined with all the power at his disposal, is there a way he could conceivably be beaten... if you're play a villain or a hero you need make it possible for them to lose otherwise the story or battle their in has no weight to it. Why does he need immeasurable magical power in addition to several powerful artifacts, the alicorn amulet might be okay but the eyes, the mechalimb and the heart too? why couldn't those themselves be his powers or special abilities? Does he really need a yellow lantern ring? I mean it's possible the various corps could be nodded to in future threads but this isn't a straight up crossover universe its supposed to have some original things in it. It's okay to have a powerful character but you need ot balance them out, for instance. Sunlight Sentinel is at her strongest in the sunlight but she's learned how to finitely keep a charge of solar energy in the night time so she can be beaten by toughter heroes if they forced her to expend that power. AT that point she is basically just a tall pony and with wings and a horn with above average magic... Okay, in regards to to the losing their magic thing, that kinda falls under the production of lore that effects everyone. Besides the govt of Equestria was supposed to have commisioned a group of skilled mages and all the immense advancements in casting and magical methods should have made the raisin g of it and the moon easier to do... And in the show there was no mention of the unicorns in the history of equestria when they were doing the raising ever had such an issue. As for the genetic engineering I suppose that could work to a point. There has to be a limit to the amount of power he can expend if there is any realistic chance of him being defeated and if his body has no limiter as to what is channeling all that extra power how could he really be alive without something else to channel that and how would he have been beaten in the past? In addition to all these abilities, why and how was he able to make such a huge coperation after all that has happened to him? with all the implants and magic and things I cant imagine him looking very normal and with all the damage done to his mind how could he manage to run it effectively or avoid the notice of either the sentinel or the knight? You also seem to imply he did this all in the course of a short time as a baby, how does that work? one of the last criticism I'll have to add is that... well this is pretty dark for an origin story in this universe. I had said before in this thread that things are to be kept pg and playful, content wise think young justice, Justice league (unlimited) and the modern marvel cinematic universe. IPlease keep that in mind, alright? I do hoever liek the idea of a villain working to empower other villains while hiding behind a company doing shady deals and stuff though.

Magi app approved! Davroth app approved! Sorry I've been takign so logn everyone, Real life and the gala have needed my attention. I'll be getting to work on another app of my primary heroine for the rp as soon as I can.