Kajaro Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Anyone care to help me name this character? Dark Champions character whose power is Duplication. The color of his power is that he acts as a splitter in his own timestream. Imagine everyone having a life path along a time continuum. Then imagine that this character has the power to stand in the center of his and split himself into 4 other simotanious clones. As a side result from this interruption to his own timestream he ages slower and subsequently has lifesupport aging 200 year lifespan. A couple names I've had already (besides the already taken XMEN Multiple) are SPLICE and EQUATION. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Splits a single stream into several? Sounds like "Prism" to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Bushway Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 The Simultaneous Man Re-Run Fourplay Crossroad (More apt if he's able to pull his duplicates from the 3 most likely "possible futures," but that's a whole 'nother set of powers) Quad Four-eigner Parallel Man Parallax (master of the Chronal Parallax Effect!) Divisor Dividend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Re: Character Names Originally posted by Kajaro Anyone care to help me name this character? Dark Champions character whose power is Duplication. The color of his power is that he acts as a splitter in his own timestream. Imagine everyone having a life path along a time continuum. Then imagine that this character has the power to stand in the center of his and split himself into 4 other simotanious clones. As a side result from this interruption to his own timestream he ages slower and subsequently has lifesupport aging 200 year lifespan. A couple names I've had already (besides the already taken XMEN Multiple) are SPLICE and EQUATION. Thoughts? Synergy, Synchronus, Warp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Okay; I'll take a stab at it...... Quadratic Quadratix Splitter Equinox Lateral Parallax Gemini Siamese MC Square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Here's my four cents worth. . . Duplicity Split Stream Alternative Concurance Confluence Congregant Diaspora (Is he Jewish by chance?) Dichotomy Quatrain Quaternary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterhawk Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Fourshadow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 splitstream (a play on words from slipstream) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajaro Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Thanks for the great feedback. These are great ... Though I think I missed something explaining this that caused a big kick on the number four. He can split into four other simotaneous clones ... counting himself would be five total beings. I don't want to discourage feedback and really need the help - just thought I would try to clear it up to see if the number 5 is as magical as 4 has been lately. Haha, thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Boy Interrupted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Pente Pentagram Pentacle Cinco de Hombre (literally "Five of Man") NOM (actually an acronym for Number Of Man) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevHooligan Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Echo- cuz he has echos of himself in different... aw, nevermind Many Me-I call him... Many Me! Legion (I know it's been used, but in a different context) Um, Timeclone? No that sucks. Super Captian Dude Guy? Nope. Eh, Legion is the only one I like of mine. Sorry. But the concept is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Similarly he could be a Battalion, Regiment, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajaro Posted April 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 What are your opinions of these? Echo Splice Fraction Split Hero Inc Justice Co. Knight(s) or the like ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Originally posted by Kajaro What are your opinions of these? Echo Splice Fraction Split Hero Inc Justice Co. Knight(s) or the like ... I like Echo. Also; Resonant Sine Reverb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajaro Posted April 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Curious, what does Sine mean and how is it pronounced? Sin? Sign? Sin-a? Seen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 Originally posted by Kajaro Curious, what does Sine mean and how is it pronounced? Sin? Sign? Sin-a? Seen? Pronounced 'sign'. Going on the echo 'angle'; i thought echo = sound = waves = sine waves. Ever see an oscilliscope? A sine wave is what's usually displayed on the screen of one of those. Usually to indicate sound, or electrical current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Shecky Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Originally posted by Kajaro ... Dark Champions character whose power is Duplication. The color of his power is that he acts as a splitter in his own timestream. Imagine everyone having a life path along a time continuum. Then imagine that this character has the power to stand in the center of his and split himself into 4 other simotanious clones. As a side result from this interruption to his own timestream he ages slower and subsequently has lifesupport aging 200 year lifespan. ... The concept sounds very similar to a villain from Omega Flight (a villain group in "Alpha Flight"): Flashback, a duplicator whose copies came from his own future. Flashback was royally screwed when somebody killed one of his future clones. He didn't know exactly when his copies came from, but he knew he was going to die very suddenly. Great name though. Of the names mentioned so far, I really like Re-Run and Fourshadow. (I know you want him to make 4 duplicates, but you could use that name anyway--he has 4 "shadows"--or just give him 3 duplicates instead for the sake of a good name.) Here are a few more ideas: Tempus Fugitive (from tempus fugit--"time flies") Forecast (or Fourcast) Consequence Clonesequence (conflation of clone and and consequence, accent on clone so it doesn't sound like "clone sequence") Tomorrow Man The Living Ancestor Quintet (or Quartet) The One Man Gang Army of One Portent I've had a few duplicating characters: A Million in Juan (villianous duplicator from Puerto Rico) and Doublevais (a French brick, very similar to Deuce in "Champions of the North"). Naming them is the best part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajaro Posted April 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Imagine the paper doll. Where you have - what appears to be a single cut-out of a paper person but, when cut, unfolds in to many more exact duplicates of the first paper doll. In the philosophical aspect of this characters powers every living being has a destiny. That destiny is their own path along the time continuum that moves all things forward. This temporal rope, to use this explanation, guides us through infinite. Now this particular character - for whatever reason - unwinds his own temporal rope ... splits it ... into five (counting himself) completely identical ropes going int he same direction. He exists outside of a time path. Each duplicated self is actually him from his exact position in time. That being said, each duplicate - or temporal echo - are able to have different experiences than the original. Thus each "rope" could ultimately lead to a different place in inifinite from the originator. This character learns from the experiences of his four other selves when he pulls the temporal echoes together to form a unity and thus becoming whole again. As a side result, he has LS: Aging (200 years) since he virtually bursts his own timeline everytime he duplicates. I also took a Character Disad Distinctive Feature (only vs. unusual detection) Temporal Echo Aura. Basically someone with time-esque powers or odd detection senses (like detect life, spirit, soul, etc) would notice my character in perfect clarity where others are blurry (or vice versa). Does that sound like something philosophically reasonable? Or is this whole thing coming across a bit whacked? Thoughts? PS I like the name suggestions so far. Thanks everyone ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajaro Posted April 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Aha! What about: Epoch (though I am not sure how it is pronounced) Def: 1) an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development. 2) an extended period of time usually characterized by a distinctive development or by a memorable series of events. 3) an instant of time or a date selected as a point of reference (as in astronomy) Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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