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hellsbountyhunterJohnny Blaze is quite a few things. He's a stunt rider, a celebrity, a doomed soul, a cursed man. At heart however, Johnny is a carnie. One of the souls doomed to wander the earth like Cain from Kung-Fu, obeying some distant and indistinct order that their soul orders them to follow. He comes by it honestly, as the son of Barton Blaze, a Carnival Stunt Rider, and Naomi Kale-a woman with her own reasons for joining up with the Quentin Carnival. Naomi was running, and Barton felt the need to move, impulses passed on to their son.
Beyond that, Johnny's rash and impulsive. At the age of eight, Johnny woke up one night hearing a loud argument. The next day his mother was gone, and Barton took up smoking like the rest of the guys in the Carnival. Lacking in a mother figure to temper the love of speed inherited from from his father, Johnny absorbed everything that Barton could teach him. He learned to be reckless and to play to a crowd, which means-that in the presence of people who don't know him very well, he's impassive and overwhelmingly cool, complete with shades and a cowboy hat. (Hell, he's even got a pimp cane)
When in the presence of friends however, Johnny's a quiet man. An introspective and surprisingly intelligent individual, Johnny spends his leisure time watching tv, or repairing his stuntcycles in his garage apartment. He has little patience for books, save those about the occult, and will oftentimes be seen scrounging around in second-hand bookstores. He'll watch anything on TV however, from comedy shows to Asian Serials. He's very familiar with things like that, being that he suffers from near incurable insomnia.
Johnny does not brag about his job, and he does not talk about his parents. He changes the subject whenever it comes up, and he'll only use his fame if he thinks it'll help.
Despite the lifestyle that he professes to lead, Johnny never drinks (preferring instead to eat jelly beans) or smokes. As an ex-carnie, he has some funny ideas about religion, but acknowledges that there's something else out there beyond the ordinary and the normal. He will never expound on his knowledge however. Simply put, Johnny Blaze is like fire. He burns brightly very quickly, but will soon cool down.
As the ghostrider, he's manical in the persuit of his duty. He's very aware of the transformation, and manages to maintain his mental state. It's difficult, because those first few times that one turns into a Ghost Rider it's extremely painful. He doesn't yet have control over his ability, but he's trying to be rational about it and learn to apply the transformation usefully rather then just go- werewolf monster at the full moon. As it is, knowing what he knows, he would probably make an effort to stay away from people who'd be "evil" or "darksiders". (He has no wish to cause fights) Or if he did, he'd run outside.
His powers are numerous, but chances are he won't use a few of them due to the fact that I want to keep true (in some way) to comic canon. Basically he's a flaming skull, has difficulty being killed, and can use the penance stare (because the power is just too cool). This is not a toy, and can be healed by anyone with magical healing skills. (If he'd use it, he'd use it and then ask to be put in the cells afterwards.) He really doesn't want to hurt anybody? It's....the rider.
I'm excited about playing Johnny, because (initially when I first thought about bringing him to Milliways, I was trying to picture what'd happen if Johnny was on security and gave people the penance stare. Ghostrider: *STARE* Patron: *falls down dead*) Since that wouldn't happen, I think, that Johnny would work through his canon, having a fun time with all of that. Once that's done, he'd be more then willing to lend his flaming chain to any cause that'd require him. He has a very strong sense of injustice being done to people, and would be against demonic influence in particular.
This new into canon, Johnny is affected by evil. Afraid of making a scene however, he would probably go outside and the bar would refuse to let him back in. Something like that werewolves have. Once he's got control of it however, he'd be willing to lend a flaming chain to any cause that needed him. His circumstances have given him an acute sense of injustice-although he'd probably have to be reigned in if the goal's too close at hand.
Beyond that, Johnny's rash and impulsive. At the age of eight, Johnny woke up one night hearing a loud argument. The next day his mother was gone, and Barton took up smoking like the rest of the guys in the Carnival. Lacking in a mother figure to temper the love of speed inherited from from his father, Johnny absorbed everything that Barton could teach him. He learned to be reckless and to play to a crowd, which means-that in the presence of people who don't know him very well, he's impassive and overwhelmingly cool, complete with shades and a cowboy hat. (Hell, he's even got a pimp cane)
When in the presence of friends however, Johnny's a quiet man. An introspective and surprisingly intelligent individual, Johnny spends his leisure time watching tv, or repairing his stuntcycles in his garage apartment. He has little patience for books, save those about the occult, and will oftentimes be seen scrounging around in second-hand bookstores. He'll watch anything on TV however, from comedy shows to Asian Serials. He's very familiar with things like that, being that he suffers from near incurable insomnia.
Johnny does not brag about his job, and he does not talk about his parents. He changes the subject whenever it comes up, and he'll only use his fame if he thinks it'll help.
Despite the lifestyle that he professes to lead, Johnny never drinks (preferring instead to eat jelly beans) or smokes. As an ex-carnie, he has some funny ideas about religion, but acknowledges that there's something else out there beyond the ordinary and the normal. He will never expound on his knowledge however. Simply put, Johnny Blaze is like fire. He burns brightly very quickly, but will soon cool down.
As the ghostrider, he's manical in the persuit of his duty. He's very aware of the transformation, and manages to maintain his mental state. It's difficult, because those first few times that one turns into a Ghost Rider it's extremely painful. He doesn't yet have control over his ability, but he's trying to be rational about it and learn to apply the transformation usefully rather then just go- werewolf monster at the full moon. As it is, knowing what he knows, he would probably make an effort to stay away from people who'd be "evil" or "darksiders". (He has no wish to cause fights) Or if he did, he'd run outside.
His powers are numerous, but chances are he won't use a few of them due to the fact that I want to keep true (in some way) to comic canon. Basically he's a flaming skull, has difficulty being killed, and can use the penance stare (because the power is just too cool). This is not a toy, and can be healed by anyone with magical healing skills. (If he'd use it, he'd use it and then ask to be put in the cells afterwards.) He really doesn't want to hurt anybody? It's....the rider.
I'm excited about playing Johnny, because (initially when I first thought about bringing him to Milliways, I was trying to picture what'd happen if Johnny was on security and gave people the penance stare. Ghostrider: *STARE* Patron: *falls down dead*) Since that wouldn't happen, I think, that Johnny would work through his canon, having a fun time with all of that. Once that's done, he'd be more then willing to lend his flaming chain to any cause that'd require him. He has a very strong sense of injustice being done to people, and would be against demonic influence in particular.
This new into canon, Johnny is affected by evil. Afraid of making a scene however, he would probably go outside and the bar would refuse to let him back in. Something like that werewolves have. Once he's got control of it however, he'd be willing to lend a flaming chain to any cause that needed him. His circumstances have given him an acute sense of injustice-although he'd probably have to be reigned in if the goal's too close at hand.
