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Player Information
Name: Courtney
Age: 35
Contact: courtings
Other Characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Billy Kaplan
Canon: Marvel 616
Canon Point: Strikeforce (2019) Issue 4
Age: 21/22???? what are timelines in comics???
History: Billy Kaplan Wikia

Personality:

Billy grew up on the upper east side of manhattan in a very comfortable lifestyle, but he had a lot working against him- as far as his peers were concerned. Skinny, short, nerdy, and gay, Billy knew from a young age that he wasn’t going to fit in and that didn’t bother him. He knew who he was and he wouldn’t apologize for it or pretend to be someone else. He was comfortable with himself even when he was being bullied by his classmates. He didn’t particularly like that part, but he would never give in to them or their threats- or the occasional bloody nose or black eye. He is sarcastic and sassy which sometimes lead to even more black eyes and bloody noses. Still, as he wasn’t really one for the confrontation he started avoiding his biggest bully, taking different routes around school. When he caught his bully picking on someone else he put his foot down and told him off. It was ok to pick on Billy, but Billy wouldn’t stand by and watch someone else get hurt. He protects people who can protect themselves- and even those who can like his own teammates. When the team is told to disband by Captain America and Iron Man because they are too young, Billy is ready to go against their orders and continue helping people, because it’s the right thing to do.

It’s important to note how big of a nerd Billy is. Self-proclaimed and proud. He grows up worshiping superheroes, collecting comics, playing DnD, and video games. He has a love and an overabundance of knowledge of pop culture and musicals and even runs the superhero wiki in his world.

He’s a little overprotective of those he loves, especially his boyfriend, Teddy, who he would do absolutely anything for. Like, try to bring his dead mother back from another dimension (more on that later). This leads to the fact that Billy tends to leap before he looks. He’s headstrong and absolutely sure that he is right- as only a teenager can be. When the team is searching for the Scarlet Witch, Billy leaves them in the middle of the night to go investigate Doom’s castle by himself- a really dumb and dangerous thing to do, because he is sure he can handle it himself and that he knows Wanda is in there (he’s wrong, he gets captured, his boyfriend is really pissed about it).

The events of this journey of finding the Scarlet Witch have a few outcomes that shape who Billy is growing into. First, it confirms what Billy was already convinced of- that he and Tommy (Speed- his soul twin brother) are the soul sons of the Scarlet WItch and that he inherited his powers from her. It’s also the first fight that has had a negative outcome for the team. Two of their teammates die during the battle with Doom and Billy instantly blames himself. If he had had a better grasp on his abilities or hadn’t forced the team to go after Scarlet Witch Cassie Lang and Vision wouldn’t have died. These events convinced the team to disband and sent Billy into a spiral of depression and insecurity that he’s still struggling with.

Billy can be a little bit of a conundrum. He is very secure with who he is as a person, as a gay man growing up in the mid-2000s, but he’s also very insecure about almost everything else, especially after the team disbands. He falls into a deep depression that lasts months, not wanting to interact with the world of anyone in it. It takes Teddy months to get him to finally agree to talk to someone- even if it’s just him. He spends the next few years learning how to deal with his depression, and anxiety, with the fact that he doesn’t think he is good enough and that he messes everything up. He becomes slightly self-absorbed during this, neglecting his boyfriend and their relationship to the point that Teddy sneaks out to be a superhero every night for months and Billy doesn’t notice. He doesn’t notice that Teddy is dealing with the death of his mother and his boyfriend’s depression and lying to Billy until Billy catches him sneaking back in. And then it’s like a slap in the face. A wake-up call that he had become so self-absorbed it took Teddy in tears for him to realize. He resolves to be the best boyfriend ever.

His magic has never been very reliable. He can use chaos magic to bend and warp reality. He can basically do whatever he desires, but he has to really want it and mean it. When he first discovered his abilities it was hard to control- because he had no confidence in himself and he was scared of what he could do. Teddy helped with that and gave him his mother’s self-help books to try and learn how to focus his wishes. As he got better at it his confidence grew and therefore so did his abilities. What he learns while traveling through worlds is that he is going to grow up to be the Demiurge. Basically, he’s a magical messiah that is going to rewrite the laws of magic which will echo backward and forwards through time and space. That’s a really heavy burden to learn when you basically think you are a screw-up and not worthy of the power you already have. He accepts that he has a destiny but that he’s not ready for it and he knows he needs to work on himself more.

Abilities & Skills:
Chaos Magic: Billy's main power is the ability to manipulate Chaos Magic, which he inherited from his mother. His magic is based on his wants, when he wants something to happen he has to chant and visualize it happening. As he grows stronger there are some spells he can accomplish without chanting. The chaos magic also gives him the following abilities:

Teleportation: Can teleport himself and others over undetermined distances.
Healing: Can quickly heal others through his spells.
Flight: Billy can use his magic to make himself fly and help others do the same.
Solid Energy Constructs: Billy can manipulate mystical energy to create solid constructs such as disks, shields, force fields, and other projectiles.
Conjuring: Billy can create clothing, decor, and food from seemingly nothing.


Inventory/Companions: Other than the superhero costume he's wearing on arrival he doesn't have anything special of note on him.

Choice: Witch
Reason: Billy is a witch, but not in the traditional sense. He's never had real magic training, and everything he knows has been cobbled together through jumping head first into dangerous situations. But magic has always been a part of him, and not having it would be like losing a piece of himself. Having his powers change and having him learn actual magic and spells would be an interesting thing to explore. Especially if he is starting from scratch. Also, he would love it, the nerd.

Sample:
Sample 1 (from past game)
Sample 2 (from past game)