Post by Princess Katie on Feb 29, 2008 1:55:35 GMT -5
Name: Victor ‘Vic’ Yorick Valiant
Age: Created a little before WWII.
Gender: Male
Group: Dream
Occupation: Adventurer (really!)
Appearance: Tall and lean, bronzed and angular, young yet world-wise, Vic is the absolute embodiment of a 10-cent Pulp Comic Action Hero. Always “just back from an expedition”, Vic's skin is permanently bronzed by “tropical suns". He has golden-brown hair in a standard style of the 1930’s (a side parting and an ‘accidental’ wayward lock of hair on the right) and green eyes flecked with gold. His facial hair is never longer than manly-man stubble, but he’s clean-shaven about half of the time.
He usually dresses in some variation on the ‘button down white shirt and khakis’ look, typical of old-school archaeologists, often supplemented with a scarf, pendant, feathered hat-pin, or some other relic from his adventures. For that pulp-hero look, he often rolls up his sleeves and unbuttons the top few buttons of his shirt. Vic has a special, tailor-made waistcoat underneath his shirt in which he carries an assortment of gadgets and talismans. Neither a pith helmet, aviator cap, nor a fedora are an uncommon accessory for the strapping Vic, it really depends on from which adventure he “just returned.”
Personality/History: Spying, Deep-sea diving, raiding pyramids, scaling sheer cliff faces, hunting big game, dating artifacts, and translating ancient languages are all part of a day’s work when you’re the Amazing Victor Valiant. He took down several Nazis per dream, whether in a plane or in hand-to-hand combat. Vic rescued maidens, both exotic (and gorgeous) foreign ladies and propaganda poster-style American girls, on a near-daily basis often receiving payment in the form of a kiss in front of a huge, billowing American flag and fireworks.Vic’s cool and skills know no rival, especially once one takes into consideration that nearly every facet of his personality and history has been fabricated by Vic himself.
In the time of the Great Depression, the average person’s mindset was bleak. It is only logical that, in their dreams, people created a larger-than life figure to distract them from their real-life issues. Victor Y. Valiant did just that. He was especially popular with the prepubescent boy crowd. He was created to be amazing in everything he did.
Unfortunately, whoever first dreamt Vic up neglected to give him something ever-so-essential to an action hero—bravery. He has the strength, the knowledge, the look, everything required to be a completely stunning pulp hero, but he is far too scared to do half of the things he says he had. He could have shown those Nazis what-for if he had not been too afraid. That poor girl could have been completely spared from that lion mauling had Vic not decided that he really didn’t feel like wrestling the King of Beasts. That ancient relic could have so been his, if he wasn’t so afraid of that whole “Mummy’s Curse” thing, that is. Most of his ‘ancient artifacts’ are bought from private collections. His big-game taxidermy and plethora of trophies and medals? All purchased. The sad reality is that the Amazing Victor Valiant, King of Dream Derring-Do is a gutless wonder that would put even the Cowardly Lion to shame.
Luckily Vic is a better actor than he is a stalwart, and he has nearly everyone fooled into believing that he is, in fact, a swashbuckler. Every now and again, word leaks out that Valiant is nothing but a fraud, and Vic lies low until everyone has forgotten, and then conveniently reappears.
Powers: While it is not exactly a power, Mr. Valiant has a crackerjack imagination and is an expert at improvisation.
Other Information: Despite all his other falsities, Vic is actually a pretty good shot. His weapon of choice is the Colt Peacemaker.
To keep his stories from gaining too much suspicion, Victor has two houses. His main home is in Dreamland, it is where he keeps all his relics and usually lives. He also has a small apartment filled with history books and journals located in the back streets of Chimera. This is where he goes when he is supposedly ‘on expedition’, and it is top secret.
I'm probably going to add more/fix this up, but I wanted to post it. Because.
Age: Created a little before WWII.
Gender: Male
Group: Dream
Occupation: Adventurer (really!)
Appearance: Tall and lean, bronzed and angular, young yet world-wise, Vic is the absolute embodiment of a 10-cent Pulp Comic Action Hero. Always “just back from an expedition”, Vic's skin is permanently bronzed by “tropical suns". He has golden-brown hair in a standard style of the 1930’s (a side parting and an ‘accidental’ wayward lock of hair on the right) and green eyes flecked with gold. His facial hair is never longer than manly-man stubble, but he’s clean-shaven about half of the time.
He usually dresses in some variation on the ‘button down white shirt and khakis’ look, typical of old-school archaeologists, often supplemented with a scarf, pendant, feathered hat-pin, or some other relic from his adventures. For that pulp-hero look, he often rolls up his sleeves and unbuttons the top few buttons of his shirt. Vic has a special, tailor-made waistcoat underneath his shirt in which he carries an assortment of gadgets and talismans. Neither a pith helmet, aviator cap, nor a fedora are an uncommon accessory for the strapping Vic, it really depends on from which adventure he “just returned.”
Personality/History: Spying, Deep-sea diving, raiding pyramids, scaling sheer cliff faces, hunting big game, dating artifacts, and translating ancient languages are all part of a day’s work when you’re the Amazing Victor Valiant. He took down several Nazis per dream, whether in a plane or in hand-to-hand combat. Vic rescued maidens, both exotic (and gorgeous) foreign ladies and propaganda poster-style American girls, on a near-daily basis often receiving payment in the form of a kiss in front of a huge, billowing American flag and fireworks.Vic’s cool and skills know no rival, especially once one takes into consideration that nearly every facet of his personality and history has been fabricated by Vic himself.
In the time of the Great Depression, the average person’s mindset was bleak. It is only logical that, in their dreams, people created a larger-than life figure to distract them from their real-life issues. Victor Y. Valiant did just that. He was especially popular with the prepubescent boy crowd. He was created to be amazing in everything he did.
Unfortunately, whoever first dreamt Vic up neglected to give him something ever-so-essential to an action hero—bravery. He has the strength, the knowledge, the look, everything required to be a completely stunning pulp hero, but he is far too scared to do half of the things he says he had. He could have shown those Nazis what-for if he had not been too afraid. That poor girl could have been completely spared from that lion mauling had Vic not decided that he really didn’t feel like wrestling the King of Beasts. That ancient relic could have so been his, if he wasn’t so afraid of that whole “Mummy’s Curse” thing, that is. Most of his ‘ancient artifacts’ are bought from private collections. His big-game taxidermy and plethora of trophies and medals? All purchased. The sad reality is that the Amazing Victor Valiant, King of Dream Derring-Do is a gutless wonder that would put even the Cowardly Lion to shame.
Luckily Vic is a better actor than he is a stalwart, and he has nearly everyone fooled into believing that he is, in fact, a swashbuckler. Every now and again, word leaks out that Valiant is nothing but a fraud, and Vic lies low until everyone has forgotten, and then conveniently reappears.
Powers: While it is not exactly a power, Mr. Valiant has a crackerjack imagination and is an expert at improvisation.
Other Information: Despite all his other falsities, Vic is actually a pretty good shot. His weapon of choice is the Colt Peacemaker.
To keep his stories from gaining too much suspicion, Victor has two houses. His main home is in Dreamland, it is where he keeps all his relics and usually lives. He also has a small apartment filled with history books and journals located in the back streets of Chimera. This is where he goes when he is supposedly ‘on expedition’, and it is top secret.
I'm probably going to add more/fix this up, but I wanted to post it. Because.
