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Character Name: Ariadne Sarkissian
Character Journal: histress
Physical Description: Ariadne is about five feet eight inches tall, dark-haired, hazel-eyed. She's got the build of someone who has spent a good deal of time working out and training.
Age: 21
DOB: November 18, 1991
PB: Phoebe Tonkin
Character Location/Home: Madripoor/New York City
Alignment: Villain!
Relatives: Ophelia Sarkissian/Viper (mother); Wolverine (father); Misha Logan (half-brother), David Roberts (half-brother), Emily Hudson (half-sister)
Abilities: A mutant who has also been genetically meddled with, Ariadne has a plethora of superpowers. She possesses enhanced reflexes, regenerative husking (that is, after receiving injuries that could prove fatal to others, Ariadne sheds her outer skin to reveal a fresh form underneath), and retractable nails that are sharp enough to claw through skin. Ariadne is immune to poison, toxins, and venom, and her body produces the same - normally secreted through her saliva, though she can also grow fangs to bite her enemies with in close range. (She’s also able to produce antidotes to her poison, though she’s not likely to do that very willingly.) Much like a snake, Ariadne can also “taste the air” with her tongue.
Weaknesses and Flaws: Producing antidotes weakens Ariadne to a pretty good degree. Though she’s quick, she doesn’t have any degree of superstrength, and if you get past her defenses and her poison, well, she can be hurt. Sure, she can regenerate, but something like a beheading will kill Ariadne.
Personality: Ariadne is cold and vicious - not in the socially exasperating rich bitch way that Brooke is - but more in the I’m-a-supervillain-hell-bent-on-having-HYDRA-rule-the-world sort of way. Though she can be charismatic and charming - as any good spy is trained to be - she can also flip that and be hard-handed and heartless. She does have a sense of honour, though, so if she’s given you her word, she sticks to it. That’s why she doesn’t tend to give her word out all that often. She’s always more than happy to lull you into a false sense of security before she strikes.
Backstory: Ariadne was born to Ophelia Sarkissian, the byproduct of something that had happened between Wolverine and Viper. The exact details of how Viper became pregnant with Ariadne aren’t publicly known, but suffice to say that Ariadne’s the daughter of a hero and a villain. Throughout her pregnancy, Viper sometimes had flashbacks to the time that she believed she was Jessica Drew’s mother, though these ended once Ariadne was born. (She was actually, oddly enough, named somewhat in honor of Jessica Drew, considering that Jessica employed the “Ariadne” name every once in awhile.)
Viper knew that she wanted a daughter who would love her and obey her, a daughter who wouldn't leave her or oppose her. She also wanted a weapon, knowing that her daughter would be a high-risk way to get to Viper. Having heard of vishkanyas (poison girls) from ancient India, and the practices to make them, as well as betting that Ariadne would develop a healing factor of some sort, given her father’s genetics, Viper started experimenting on Ariadne when she was a child, by feeding her small, non-lethal amounts of various poisons until Ariadne started building up an immunity to them. It was a sick, twisted thing to do, but it worked.
As she grew older, Viper doted on Ariadne, found her the best teachers that money could buy, and trained her both mentally and physically. Ariadne would be Viper’s crowning achievement - and she was. Ariadne excelled. At the age of sixteen, when Ariadne was pit against eleven other girls to see who was the most vicious of that lot, it was she who stood victorious.
Since then, Ariadne has been one of HYDRA’s golden children, causing chaos and creating terror wherever she goes as one of their most effective spies and assassins.
She’s stuck close to the shadows…until now. Of late, Ariadne has moved to New York City, taking up a position with one of HYDRA’s public companies - the Typhon Group - working in their pharmaceuticals department.
Plans: We need some villains in the game, as most of our playable characters are heroes, anti-heroes, or in some way, hero-adjacent. Ariadne’s going to cause trouble, whether it be for our new, young SHIELD agents, the Avengers, or even the X-Men. For an early plot, we could maybe do something that would pit Ariadne directly against SHIELD, maybe with them both going for a mysterious object that’s just landed on Earth - something like the Phlogiostone or something. Basically, she’s going to be a thorn in their side, albeit one who is actually successful sometimes.
Sample Post:
There was nothing worse than the best-laid plans going absolutely awry. Ariadne Sarkissian - codename pending - cursed under her breath as she threw herself off of the fourth story on the inside of what was supposed to have been an abandoned WESPE facility. Back in the day, they had discovered something similar - though far more unstable - than Pym Particles. Ariadne had come here tonight to get their information.
What she hadn’t counted on were the SHIELD agents trolling the place. Ariadne hissed as a bullet went clean through her shoulder. Dark, thick blood splattered on the metal grate bridge that she had landed on just moments earlier. She whirled around, knowing that a SHIELD agent was fresh on her heels. She placed a hand on her wound to stanch the bleeding - it wouldn’t do for her DNA to be left behind here - and lashed out with a kick, her stiletto heel catching the agent right in the eye. She learned forward and hissed, spitting out a thin sliver of saliva into the other eye. The eye started bubbling up with the special mix of toxins and poisons that Ariadne had generated just then.
She turned, then, and started heading for the exit. She had a vial of the particles in a pouch on her belt, and she wasn’t parting with it. Her skin, though, started peeling. Tch. Healing factor. Why can’t it work the way other people’s do? She didn’t want to leave her shed skin behind her.
Mom was right, she mused, leaping off the grate to go down to the next floor. Next time, bring along some Pitvipers or some ninja. Except, of course, the Pitvipers were clones of her mother and tended to mother her as well. In a way that Mom doesn’t. They had been some odd measure of comfort when Ariadne had been younger and wanted to be mollycoddled.
She looked up. No more agents up there, that was good.
But there was one coming up in front of her. Ariadne hissed again and flipped towards the agent. She landed in front of him and slashed outwards, her fingernails growing out into sharp talons. She scratched the SHIELD agent in the face and then reeled him in. She leaned in and bit the agent’s neck. Sometimes, biting to deliver poison was so much better than spitting it out.
She let the agent fall off the bridge and then ran straight for the window across the way from her. She didn’t have any supernatural strength, but she could spot a weak spot from many feet away. Ariadne threw herself at the window and sailed out into the night, tucking herself into a ball. She landed in a crouch and then stood up, stripping herself of the rest of her skin. She looked down and checked her shoulder. The bullet wound was healed, closed up. She threw her shed skin against the building’s exterior and started running towards the dark green sedan she had parked a mile away. Halfway there, she pulled a device out of her belt and pushed the large, green button.
The WESPE facility - as well as any DNA she may have left behind - went boom.
Ariadne smiled. Okay, it could have gotten worse than she’d hoped. She’d gotten away unscathed.
Mostly.
A SHIELD agent she hadn’t accounted for had caught the whole thing.
But they still didn’t have the particles that Ariadne had managed to steal.
HYDRA - 1; SHIELD - 0.
Email: You guys have this!
AIM: You guys have this too!
Other Contact: Y'all had better have this as well!
Character Name: Ariadne Sarkissian
Character Journal: histress
Physical Description: Ariadne is about five feet eight inches tall, dark-haired, hazel-eyed. She's got the build of someone who has spent a good deal of time working out and training.
Age: 21
DOB: November 18, 1991
PB: Phoebe Tonkin
Character Location/Home: Madripoor/New York City
Alignment: Villain!
Relatives: Ophelia Sarkissian/Viper (mother); Wolverine (father); Misha Logan (half-brother), David Roberts (half-brother), Emily Hudson (half-sister)
Abilities: A mutant who has also been genetically meddled with, Ariadne has a plethora of superpowers. She possesses enhanced reflexes, regenerative husking (that is, after receiving injuries that could prove fatal to others, Ariadne sheds her outer skin to reveal a fresh form underneath), and retractable nails that are sharp enough to claw through skin. Ariadne is immune to poison, toxins, and venom, and her body produces the same - normally secreted through her saliva, though she can also grow fangs to bite her enemies with in close range. (She’s also able to produce antidotes to her poison, though she’s not likely to do that very willingly.) Much like a snake, Ariadne can also “taste the air” with her tongue.
Weaknesses and Flaws: Producing antidotes weakens Ariadne to a pretty good degree. Though she’s quick, she doesn’t have any degree of superstrength, and if you get past her defenses and her poison, well, she can be hurt. Sure, she can regenerate, but something like a beheading will kill Ariadne.
Personality: Ariadne is cold and vicious - not in the socially exasperating rich bitch way that Brooke is - but more in the I’m-a-supervillain-hell-bent-on-having-HYDRA-rule-the-world sort of way. Though she can be charismatic and charming - as any good spy is trained to be - she can also flip that and be hard-handed and heartless. She does have a sense of honour, though, so if she’s given you her word, she sticks to it. That’s why she doesn’t tend to give her word out all that often. She’s always more than happy to lull you into a false sense of security before she strikes.
Backstory: Ariadne was born to Ophelia Sarkissian, the byproduct of something that had happened between Wolverine and Viper. The exact details of how Viper became pregnant with Ariadne aren’t publicly known, but suffice to say that Ariadne’s the daughter of a hero and a villain. Throughout her pregnancy, Viper sometimes had flashbacks to the time that she believed she was Jessica Drew’s mother, though these ended once Ariadne was born. (She was actually, oddly enough, named somewhat in honor of Jessica Drew, considering that Jessica employed the “Ariadne” name every once in awhile.)
Viper knew that she wanted a daughter who would love her and obey her, a daughter who wouldn't leave her or oppose her. She also wanted a weapon, knowing that her daughter would be a high-risk way to get to Viper. Having heard of vishkanyas (poison girls) from ancient India, and the practices to make them, as well as betting that Ariadne would develop a healing factor of some sort, given her father’s genetics, Viper started experimenting on Ariadne when she was a child, by feeding her small, non-lethal amounts of various poisons until Ariadne started building up an immunity to them. It was a sick, twisted thing to do, but it worked.
As she grew older, Viper doted on Ariadne, found her the best teachers that money could buy, and trained her both mentally and physically. Ariadne would be Viper’s crowning achievement - and she was. Ariadne excelled. At the age of sixteen, when Ariadne was pit against eleven other girls to see who was the most vicious of that lot, it was she who stood victorious.
Since then, Ariadne has been one of HYDRA’s golden children, causing chaos and creating terror wherever she goes as one of their most effective spies and assassins.
She’s stuck close to the shadows…until now. Of late, Ariadne has moved to New York City, taking up a position with one of HYDRA’s public companies - the Typhon Group - working in their pharmaceuticals department.
Plans: We need some villains in the game, as most of our playable characters are heroes, anti-heroes, or in some way, hero-adjacent. Ariadne’s going to cause trouble, whether it be for our new, young SHIELD agents, the Avengers, or even the X-Men. For an early plot, we could maybe do something that would pit Ariadne directly against SHIELD, maybe with them both going for a mysterious object that’s just landed on Earth - something like the Phlogiostone or something. Basically, she’s going to be a thorn in their side, albeit one who is actually successful sometimes.
Sample Post:
There was nothing worse than the best-laid plans going absolutely awry. Ariadne Sarkissian - codename pending - cursed under her breath as she threw herself off of the fourth story on the inside of what was supposed to have been an abandoned WESPE facility. Back in the day, they had discovered something similar - though far more unstable - than Pym Particles. Ariadne had come here tonight to get their information.
What she hadn’t counted on were the SHIELD agents trolling the place. Ariadne hissed as a bullet went clean through her shoulder. Dark, thick blood splattered on the metal grate bridge that she had landed on just moments earlier. She whirled around, knowing that a SHIELD agent was fresh on her heels. She placed a hand on her wound to stanch the bleeding - it wouldn’t do for her DNA to be left behind here - and lashed out with a kick, her stiletto heel catching the agent right in the eye. She learned forward and hissed, spitting out a thin sliver of saliva into the other eye. The eye started bubbling up with the special mix of toxins and poisons that Ariadne had generated just then.
She turned, then, and started heading for the exit. She had a vial of the particles in a pouch on her belt, and she wasn’t parting with it. Her skin, though, started peeling. Tch. Healing factor. Why can’t it work the way other people’s do? She didn’t want to leave her shed skin behind her.
Mom was right, she mused, leaping off the grate to go down to the next floor. Next time, bring along some Pitvipers or some ninja. Except, of course, the Pitvipers were clones of her mother and tended to mother her as well. In a way that Mom doesn’t. They had been some odd measure of comfort when Ariadne had been younger and wanted to be mollycoddled.
She looked up. No more agents up there, that was good.
But there was one coming up in front of her. Ariadne hissed again and flipped towards the agent. She landed in front of him and slashed outwards, her fingernails growing out into sharp talons. She scratched the SHIELD agent in the face and then reeled him in. She leaned in and bit the agent’s neck. Sometimes, biting to deliver poison was so much better than spitting it out.
She let the agent fall off the bridge and then ran straight for the window across the way from her. She didn’t have any supernatural strength, but she could spot a weak spot from many feet away. Ariadne threw herself at the window and sailed out into the night, tucking herself into a ball. She landed in a crouch and then stood up, stripping herself of the rest of her skin. She looked down and checked her shoulder. The bullet wound was healed, closed up. She threw her shed skin against the building’s exterior and started running towards the dark green sedan she had parked a mile away. Halfway there, she pulled a device out of her belt and pushed the large, green button.
The WESPE facility - as well as any DNA she may have left behind - went boom.
Ariadne smiled. Okay, it could have gotten worse than she’d hoped. She’d gotten away unscathed.
Mostly.
A SHIELD agent she hadn’t accounted for had caught the whole thing.
But they still didn’t have the particles that Ariadne had managed to steal.
HYDRA - 1; SHIELD - 0.
