Gabriel Cortez

Gabriel Cortez
A.K.A.
Age	20
Voice Actor
Relatives	(all estranged) Persephone Aensland (mother) Nikolai Yevtushenko (father) Megumi Aensland (sister) Jonathan Aensland (brother) Melaina Cruz (half-sister) Dmitri Yevtushenko (brother) Thelema Yevtushenkova (sister) more, i'm sure.
Series	Devil May Cry/Bayonetta
Player	Tony

• Name: Gabriel Cortez
• Age: 18
• Sex: Male
• Birthday: April 29
• Parents: Persephone Aensland, Nikolai Yevtushenko
  • Place of Birth: Moscow
  • Nationality: N/A
  • Specialty: Supernatural Extermination
  • Hobbies: Training
  • Likes: History, philosophy, occult
  • Dislikes:
  • Favorite Food: Spicy
  • Least Favorite Food: French
  • Favorite Music: Rock (when he discovers it)
  • Favorite Sport: N/A
  • Most Valuable Possessions:
  • Level of Education: High school
  • Seiyuu/Voice Actor:

• Physical Stats
  • Height: 6'0"
  • Weight: 165 lbs.
  • Eyes: Blue
  • Hair: White
  • Special: Very swarthy with starkly-contrasting white hair.

Appearance

Gabriel is a well-built man of average stature but incredible athleticism. He is lean, well-muscled, with a darkly-skinned Mediterranean complexion. He has shaggy white hair that he keeps mostly straight, with broad shoulders and an agile frame.

Personality

Laid back, iconoclastic, friendly, protective, flirty

Background

Gabriel was originally born to a divided family, with Nikolai Yevtushenko and Persephone Aensland fostering a wide range of children over the years. He was barely hours old when the rift opened. A robed figure emerged from the breach -- a Lumen Sage, masked in starlight, bearing the staff of the Sealing Rite. He had tracked rumors of a forbidden union between Inferno and the lost blood of Sparda, believing such a child to be a threat to cosmic order -- or perhaps the key to restoring it. The infant shimmered with duality: his veins pulsed with both temptation and divinity. The Sage didn’t hesitate. A single chant silenced the guardians around the child’s cradle. Another carved a sigil into Gabriel’s chest -- a luminous brand to suppress his Infernal instincts. With cold reverence, the Sage took the boy into the fold of Paradiso’s dogma. Persephone never found him.

Gabriel was raised in the marble cloisters of a secret Lumen monastery, hidden between the folds of realms, where angels walked not as visions but as watchmen. To the world, he did not exist. To the Order, he was "the Lamb" -- a living contradiction, part-devil groomed to serve the Light. Every day began with prayer and purification. His blood was bled and analyzed; his mind shaped with scripture and radiant pain. He excelled quickly, displaying terrifying control over both holy incantations and latent demonic surges. For this, he was praised--and further bound. He was forbidden to look upon the stars without guidance, forbidden to dream without permission. Desire was sin. Curiosity was danger. Freedom was death.

Skills

Abysmal, Novice, Good, Very Good, Incredible, Amazing)

Physical Skills:

• Alertness - Incredible
• Athletics - Amazing
• Stealth - Incredible

Social Skills:

• Subterfuge - Good
• Streetwise
• Intimidation - Very Good
• Leadership
• Expression
• Etiquette - Good
• Performance - Good

Mental Skills:

• Computers - Good
• Investigation - Incredible
• Medicine - Good
• Law - Good
• Occult - Incredible
• Politics
• Science
• Technology

Other Skills:

• Driving - Good
• Survival - Very Good
• Empathy
• Animal Ken

Special Abilities

Guardia Imperial - Gabriel has the ability to negate and absorb incoming kinetic and spiritual energy when he's defending himself. This requires focus and concentration and cannot be used "on the fly" or as a counterattack. He must dedicate an entire action or series of actions to Imperial Guard in order to benefit from it. Gabriel cannot prolong the use of this without tiring himself from the strain. Overly powerful attacks can break his guard or deal excessive damage despite it.

• Imperial Release - After absorbing kinetic or spiritual energy, Gabriel can project it through his body into a counterattack.
• Acorazado - Gabriel's power can manifest as a potent set of metaphysical and physical armor in the likeness of Renaissance, gothic platemail. This allows him to fight without focusing on defending himself, as the armor will negate most incoming kinetic or spiritual energy for a brief time. Utilizing this ability removes Gabriel's ability to use Guardia Imperial until he can rest.

Weaponsmaster - Gabriel has trained extensively in the use of various weapon types, including shapechanging ones (namely, the Combat Cross). He is considered proficient in almost every conventional melee and ranged weapon available.

Powers & Merits

Magic Absorption - Gabriel has the ability to absorb certain types of magical or spiritual energy, making himself stronger and adapting its nature to himself. This allows his body to dynamically alter itself as he absorbs objects or energies within himself. He can also recall certain objects absorbed at-will.

Lumen Sage - While not a direct descendant of the order of Lumen Sages, Gabriel was trained in its ways and rituals. His lack of access to true divine power limits his effectiveness as a holy warrior, but the Sealing Sigil on his chest allows him to perform them without injuring himself.

• Light Speed - A burst of spiritual energy enhances Gabriel's perception of time to nearly freezing it, giving him preternatural reaction speed. It has limited use.
• Sage Walk - In the light of the day, Gabriel can traverse water and vertical surfaces for a short time. Unavailable at night or where the Light of the Laguna can't reach.
• Healing - Limited use of spiritual energy to restore and rejuvenate a target, including himself. Gabriel's usage of it is slower and best used outside of combat.
• Remove Curse - This allows Gabriel to chant and remove a curse from a person. More powerful or long-lasting curses can be hard to remove, but with proper time and effort, he may be able to cleanse anyone from evil magic.

Sealing Sigil - Emblazened upon Gabriel's chest is a lightly-glowing blessed rune that seals away his dark power. This is considered a "power" because negating his infernal nature protects him from the power of the divine. If the seal is ever suppressed, removed, broken, or damaged, he will suffer the full power of holy items and effects, including his own.

Chained Incubus of Sparda - Gabriel is mostly devil with only a small portion of his body actually considered human. While the Sealing Sigil on his chest suppresses a vast majority of his power and nature, it still provides him with preternatural abilities.
If the Sigil is ever suppressed, removed, broken, or damaged, he will have full access to his blood power, making his abilities on par with other high-level demons.

• Enhanced durability
• Enhanced strength
• Enhanced speed
• Enhanced regeneration
• Wall Jump: Using his superhuman strength, Gabriel can kick off a wall to gain extra altitude when there's a vertical surface available.
• Air Hike: Gabriel can hop off a plane of spiritual energy in mid air, essentially allowing him to double jump at will.
• Enemy Step: Gabriel can leap and flip off an enemy's body after a jump.
• High Time: Employing his superhuman strength, Gabriel can knock an opponent into the air with a stunning upward slash, often followed by Aerial Rave.
• Charge Shot - Gabriel can imbue ranged weapons with absorbed spiritual energy. This is considered non-elemental.
• Devil Trigger: Incubus (Suppressed) - Gabriel's Devil Trigger form grants him ram horns and leathery bat wings proportional to the size of his body. It also creates a spiritual layer of protection around his body to serve as armor since his clothes reduce to little more than a loin cloth.
  • Supernatural durability
  • Supernatural strength
  • Supernatural speed
  • Supernatural regeneration
  • Shadow Wave - Every swing of Gabriel's weapon creates a wide arc of dark energy following the direction of its cut.
  • Soul Fist - Creates a powerful ball of dark energy to project at an enemy and explode.
  • Shadow Tentacles - Tendrils of dark energy protrude from Gabriel's arms to manipulate and attack targets at a great distance. These do not create Shadow Waves.

• Animal Magnetism (1) - Gabriel is descended from sex demons. It shows in his aura and seemingly natural charisma despite his upbringing.
• Poison Resistance (2) - You have an innate ability to resist the effects of many toxins. Whenever you need to roll to resist poisons, you get a +2 Bonus.
• Daredevil (3) - You love to take risks, and are damn good at living through them. +2 Bonus when risking your life.

Unique Items

• Tizona - A cup-hilted Spanish-style cavalry saber.
• Colada - A long-barreled, high-caliber revolver.
• El Campeador - A modernized, cybernetic 'Combat Cross.' Often wielded in Gabriel's off-hand, it utilizes portions of slain demons to power unique abilities.
  • Blessed - This weapon deals substantially enhanced damage to unholy targets.
  • Empusa Stake - A long piece of blessed silver inlaid with cold iron that has the ability to drain spiritual energy directly from a target when implanted into it. This can help power up Gabriel's other abilities.
  • Marionette Axe - A razor-sharp, curved ax blade extends from one side of the Cross.
  • Baphomet Shield - Small emitters in the arms of the cross project a small, buckler-sized shield of ice energy in front of it to deflect blows. Will shatter, but can reform after a short cooldown period.
  • Behemoth Bindings - A nearly-indestructable chain-whip that ejects from the end of the cross, with a "cuff" at the end that can grab onto objects. Its cuff can "open" almost 360 degrees and expand, so it can grab onto things of various sizes, small to enormous, and it's incredibly hard to break. Also great for acrobatics.

Items Of Note

Supernatural hunting gear

Weaknesses & Flaws

• Anti-Magic - Objects, items, or effects that negate magical energy can "shut down" Gabriel's abilities.
• Sealed Devil - Gabriel's Sealing Sigil restricts his power and his nature. If it is ever suppressed, removed, broken, or damaged, he will lose access to his Lumen Sage abilities and be forced to confront the power and draw of his infernal origins.
• Isolated Upbringing (1): Gabriel was raised in the Church, and mostly sequestered away from "normal" life. o he has trouble adjusting to this Outside-World thing. Dealing with any community outside the one in which you were raised raises a -1 Penalty on Social rolls, when RP'ing accomodates it.
• Group Enmity (2) - Devils/Demons

NPC(s) to go with char

N/A