Renegade

This is the entry for my supervillain/anti-hero character Renegade who appears in my comics and a couple of my creepypastas. I own this character, so do not use him or make rip-offs of him.
*Nicknames and Aliases- The Mega Madman, The Bad Boy of Barsor, Psychotic Hustle, The Dark Rogue, Methati, The Hameh, The Playmaker, Mr. Caleb, Moody Blue, Fukushūsha, The One No One Has Anything On, The Goodbye Stranger, The King of Derangement, Super Bass, The Haunted Malice
*Secret identity- Unknown
*Birthplace- The city of Barsor on the planet Neublars
*Occupation- songwriter/handyman (formerly rock performer and gambler)
*List of powers, abilities, and weapons- strength, intelligence, agility, piloting, marksmanship, stealth, mechanical ability, endurance, energy blast, energy dart, energy forcefield, thought clouding, glass kinesis, poison gas immunity, weapons jacket, combat skill, electrical invulnerability, mimicry, weapons expertise, mind control near-immunity, body twist, energy phoenix, hiding, mind merge immunity, heightened abilities and senses, power grant, chemical genius, three thousand hits, prison without bars, speed, heightened reflexes, energy mend
*Status- member of the Blue Flame Crew, honorary member of the Super League of DiMera, unofficial member of Shophetim, member of Forever Red
*First appearance- SLJ#54
*Hobbies- performing music/writing/playing card games/art
Personality
* Renegade usually appears self-assured, but he can have wild mood swings and is often a study in contradictions. For instance, when it comes to attacking others, at times he is cunning, but at his worst he is little more than a raving animal. He has a tendency to act recklessly, though sometimes his behavior merely seems reckless because he’s actually capable of handling a dangerous situation easily, avoiding damage, or recovering from damage quickly. He enjoys unsettling his foes and he has admitted that he has the tendency to flip out when he gets the chance to overpower them. One of his trademarks is maniacal and unhinged laughter. He is also noted for being very intimidating, even unsettling formidable figures such as Devotee, The Endurance, and Adversary. His intimidation has even caused people to suffer physical symptoms. His sharp mind and life experiences allow him to determine things about people, such as realizing that Mateo Valerio Skull alias Demiangel had an evil father and that Damien Sunn was a corrupt reporter. He isn’t shy about commenting on his power and ability, but it should be noted that he can support his claims. He discusses his powers matter-of-factly rather than arrogantly, so his talk about being formidable isn’t overconfident boasting by any means. Renegade is very honest even when discussing his mental illness. The only time he wasn’t honest was when the delusion caused by his addiction caused him to claim he wasn’t a gambling addict. After realizing he truly was an addict, however, he became honest about this aspect of his life too. Due to his gambling addiction, he is against gambling and casinos. He once commented, “Who says there’s honor among thieves?” when robbing a gambling den, showing his low opinion of those who operate them. Due to abuse he has suffered, he is mentally ill and desires vengeance. This has led to violent and even self-destructive behavior. He has sworn revenge against the Council of Barsor and has a habit of calling his foes “G-men” (a slang term for a government agent), but he is not anti-government, and he has made it clear he will condemn and even personally punish anyone who would attempt to commit anti-government acts in his name. He has expressed the feeling that no one can or will help him and only he can help himself, and stated that he needed to cry violence because no one would care when he cried tears. Over time, however, he has developed feelings of trust toward the Super League of Justice and accepted their help at times. While he is still considered an enemy of the Super League of Justice and Shophetim, he thinks highly of them and is even friendly to them at times, even going so far as to play baseball or other games with them. He especially thinks highly of Super Creature, Swamp Avenger, his sponsor, Blue Thunderbolt, and his rivals, The Flying Fox, Ki, Devotee, The Blue Battler, and Tangerine Warrior. He has given members of Shophetim encouraging words and even helped them in battles. Sometimes when he assists a member of Shophetim he states, “Let this be my penance.” This indicates that he considers helping them both a righteous act and a humbling act. He has stated he is a Christian and believes in a merciful G-d, but admitted that he has trouble fully trusting his Heavenly Father since he was abused by his earthly father. He has said that he’s “not great at praying” and noted that his prayers are more talking at G-d than talking with G-d, but he reads the Bible daily, reading a chapter from Nehemiah (whom he describes as “awesome”), something from Psalms or Proverbs, and something from the Gospels in addition to whatever else he reads from the Old or New Testament. He has a definite moral code. For instance, he doesn’t like to hurt women or children and thus tries to incapacitate underage or female foes as painlessly as possible (such as using knock-out gas or tranquilizer darts). He is very fond of his girlfriend, the kindhearted Adeline Goldera alias Ringdove. He once noted that Ringdove was the only one he feared because she was the one who could lay his soul bare, and who cared even when he didn’t. He is close to his talking pet ravens, Moses and Aaron, and engages in conversation with them. He is protective of Boy Notorious and has implied that he looks at him like a son. Renegade enjoys many different types of music and is also a fan of a number of Earth celebrities, such as Edgar Allan Poe, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, and Pete Rose. He has a number of quirks, such as enjoying the feel of a straitjacket (provided he’s not in a crazed state) and taking cold baths. He sometimes listens to multiple songs or albums at the same time, and he has a habit of referring to people by their birth names or full names rather than their pen names or given names (such as calling author George Orwell “Eric Arthur Blair” and calling baseball player Tony Pérez “Atanacio Pérez”. The notable exception is him saying Pete Rose instead of Peter Rose). Despite being so fearsome, he enjoys children’s shows such as Teletubbies.
Appearance
*Renegade is a male Neublarsan. He has a very slender build, with Super Creature noting that he was almost as skinny as Kiwi. He has light blue skin which is paler than a normal Neublarsan’s, a row of curved, fluorescent blue blades running from his crown to the base of his skull, a pair of fluorescent blue antennae with lines near the tips, ears which taper and curve to a point, a crooked beak, eyes with black irises and white pupils, and a white spur on the back of each ankle. Like most Neublarsans, he has unique teeth. He has fangs at the front of his mouth followed by a gap in the middle and human-like molars at the back of the mouth. He foams at the mouth whenever he gets carried away about something, and his eyes often have an insane look to them. When he is powered up or using his thought clouding ability, his pupils glow fluorescent blue. When he is using his prison without bars technique his sclera glow fluorescent blue while his pupils turn blood red. Parts of his torso, arms, and back are heavily scarred as a result of the abuse he has suffered. Each of his hands has three curved, white-clawed fingers and a curved, white-clawed thumb while each foot has three curved, clawed toes. His long tail curves up, forms an S-like shape, and tapers to a pointed tip with a row of white spikes on the curl near the tip. He wears a black leather jacket. Underneath the jacket he usually wears a wanderer’s outfit, a prisoner’s outfit, or a black combination of the 1919 Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox jerseys. He wears his ring on his left hand. 
Entry
*The Mega Madman. The Bad Boy of Barsor. Psychotic Hustle. The Dark Rogue. Methati (Sanskrit for “he hurts”). The Hameh (a vampire bird of Arabian legend that springs from the blood of a murder victim and seeks to drink the blood of the murderer). The Playmaker. Mr. Caleb. Moody Blue. Fukushūsha (Japanese for “the vengeful”). The One No One Has Anything On. The Goodbye Stranger. The King of Derangement. Super Bass. The Haunted Malice. These are the nicknames of the criminal known as Renegade, the supervillain so powerful and so dangerous that Super Creature has issued a “flee on sight” order for most non-powered heroes. Even the most powerful heroes have trouble battling Renegade, who has a brilliant but warped mind in addition to his other powers. The creature who became Renegade was originally a tortured rock star who had lost nearly everything to gambling. He nurtured a hatred for his hometown city council, the Council of Barsor, whom he blamed for his problems. It was originally thought that the solo source of his hatred was his belief that the Council was hypocritical and didn’t do enough to help downtrodden gambling addicts. However, it was later revealed that his abusive father was once on the Council, adding to his hatred. One day, a laboratory was experimenting with a new type of energy. The scientists released the energy, thinking it would go off into space somewhere. Instead, as the creature was some distance away ranting about the Council, the stream of energy hit him in the back. When he regained consciousness, he discovered that he had absorbed the energy and now had its powers. After training and developing his powers, he dubbed himself “Renegade” and attacked the Council. After easily gaining the upper hand, Renegade decided that the Super League of Justice was all that stood in the way of his revenge. He flew to Earth to challenge them. They found it difficult to fight him, but managed to defeat him. Super Creature, seeing Renegade’s inner torment, promised to help him if he wanted him to. The two have formed a sort of bond over the years, though Renegade remains a violent and unpredictable adversary. He has a similar relationship with The Flying Fox, whose hustle and heart he admires. A study in contradictions, Renegade is a friend of Kayla Dimera and, like Blue Remora, helped fight The Vanquisher. Because of this, he is an honorary member of the Super League of DiMera and an unofficial member of Shophetim in addition to being a member of Lortic’s Blue Flame Crew. Renegade can be vicious, but he also has his own moral code. While he often fights against injustice and corruption and occasionally assists Shophetim, Renegade continues his war against them, thirsty for his revenge against the Council. 
Description of powers, abilities, and weapons
*Renegade is highly intelligent and skilled at building and repairing machinery. For instance, he was able to copy plans for a rocket and build it himself. He then flew it to Earth, showcasing his piloting skills as well. He is also good at creating chemical mixtures. He created his so-called Renegade Toxin, which when injected or drunken causes shortness of breath, unconsciousness, convulsions, and uncontrollable fits of laughter. He has enhanced strength, speed, stealth, and endurance in addition to his astounding energy powers. He can shoot powerful blasts of energy from his hands and control the intensity of these blasts. He usually makes them strong enough to knock a person off their feet, but he can make them strong enough to blast through or even destroy a brick wall. Super Creature has even commented on how powerful Renegade’s energy blasts are. In fact, Renegade once temporarily blinded the invulnerable hero by firing powerful energy blasts directly into his eyes at close range. Renegade can also shoot energy darts from his fingertips or create an energy force field which melts incoming projectiles, such as tranquilizer darts. In his three thousand hits technique, he fires at least 3,000 energy darts from his energy force field. If he’s low on power, he can create a phoenix-shaped energy blast and use it to drain and absorb energy from another source, such as a generator. The energy he absorbs is converted to the energy which gives him his powers. If the energy phoenix passes through a person, it renders them unconscious. Renegade’s brain runs on the energy which gives him his powers rather than on electricity like a normal person’s. This does not affect him. If Renegade is temporarily out of energy, his brain runs on electricity again. This does not affect him either. Renegade also has some psychic power. If he focuses all his power, he can cloud an opponent’s mind, causing them to sense things that aren’t there or not to sense things that are there. For instance, he can make himself seem invisible or cause an opponent to imagine their weapon has transformed into a snake. He once used his thought-clouding power to make The Flying Fox see The Sparrow as his greatest enemy. Flying Fox suddenly saw Sparrow as Hyena Harry and used his tranquilizer pistol to render him unconscious. Renegade can use this power to torture an opponent in his prison without bars technique. He can also shatter and control glass just by thought. He is a very skilled fighter who can fire a weapon with accuracy, use a variety of weapons, and figure out how to use ordinary objects as weapons. He also carries a variety of weapons and other items in his jacket. He is very agile and can twist his body to an impressive extent, allowing him to perform contortionist-type feats. He is good at hiding. Like all Neublarsans, he is immune to the effects of electricity. His powers also render him immune to poison and knock-out gases. He is immune to most forms of mind control and can prevent someone from mind merging with him. His reflexes, abilities, and senses are above normal Neublarsan levels, his immune system is much stronger, and his injuries heal at a faster rate. He can temporarily grant power to others (his power returning to him when he wills it) and form energy strands to bind and heal his or someone else’s injuries. He is a skilled mimic and has an incredible singing voice, which can prove distracting. He also has a maniacal laugh and madness-filled eyes which can prove unsettling. His bite can cure fits of drug-induced psychosis. He can escape from a straitjacket using either sheer skill (using his agility and strength) or sheer ferocity (biting and tearing it to shreds). He has a crystal key which he can use to teleport to The Holy Deadzone (his name for the Crystal Realm).
Weaknesses
*If Renegade uses up all his energy, he must wait for his energy powers to recharge. However, this rarely happens because he has an immense amount of power. He can only use his energy phoenix technique once during a battle. If he suffers a concussion, he’ll fire energy blasts at random until he runs out of power. The prison without bars technique is so strenuous that he can only use it for five minutes. He has a number of psychological problems and also experiences psychosomatic symptoms (physical ailments caused by mental or emotional suffering). Due to his mental problems, he may lose control of his actions during a battle. He may also overexert himself, causing him to pass out and collapse. He is a recovering gambling addict. Alcohol makes him very sick. He is susceptible to Lortic’s hypno-ray beam, Blue Flame lantern, hypnotic wave device, and hypnotic energy helmet. 
Trivia
*Renegade was a result of me thinking it would be interesting to have a character that was like a rock star version of Lortic, one of my major supervillains. Although Renegade ended up being very different than Lortic character-wise, the original idea is reflected by him being physically similar.
*Certain aspects of Renegade’s character come from the first Hyena (Summer Day), a recurring foe of Firestorm, the Nuclear Man (Ronnie Raymond and Professor Martin Stein), from DC Comics. The Hyena laughed maniacally, had a vengeful and reckless personality with a definite sense of morality and an unstable psyche, and was a fearsome fighter who had impressive physical ability and sometimes used gimmicks. She also had an issue with authority due to the way her father had treated her. One character described The Hyena’s laugh as being worse than that of The Joker, the arch-enemy of Batman. Speaking of which, The Joker (specifically from Batman: The Animated Series) was another influence. Not only does he have an insane laugh and an unhinged mind, but he is also intelligent and skilled at using various chemicals & gadgets. A non-comic book influence was the villain Todd Manning from One Life to Live (played by Roger Howarth), who was complex and had been abused by his father.
*He has the most nicknames of any character.
**The Mega Madman- The first season of the American version of Big Brother had a cast member called “Mega” or “The Mega Man”. While I didn’t think much of the show, I liked the name and reflected that Renegade was a mega madman.
**The Bad Boy of Barsor- Barsor is Renegade’s hometown; the rest is self-explanatory.
**Psychotic Hustle- This is based on Pete Rose’s nickname, Charlie Hustle. 
**The Dark Rogue- At one time I planned to have a character named Rogue (who also had a bad father, interestingly enough). Because of that, I decided to call Renegade the Dark Rogue as contrast.
**Methati- This is Sanskrit for “he hurts” and is related to the word madness. I came across it while looking through a dictionary. I felt it was appropriate because while Renegade can hurt others, he also is hurting himself.
**The Hameh- This is a vampire bird of Arabian legend. It springs from the blood of a murder victim and seeks to drink the blood of the murder. I learned about it from The Creature Catalog by Michael Berenstain. 
**The Playmaker- This term refers to a player who leads the offense for a team. It refers to what a great asset Renegade is because of his power and ability.
**Mr. Caleb- The main villain in the film Lethal Weapon was named Mr. Joshua. In the Book of Numbers, Joshua and Caleb were the only spies who were courageous instead of cowardly. I decided that if you had a name based on Mr. Joshua, it should be Mr. Caleb. While Renegade is very different from Mr. Joshua, he has the same confidence.
**Moody Blue- This is the title of an Elvis Presley song. 
**Fukushūsha- This is Japanese for “The Vengeful”. I got it from the title of an episode of Naruto: Shippūden. 
**The One No One Has Anything On- This is simply a reference to Renegade being so powerful and skilled.
**The Goodbye Stranger- This comes from the song “Goodbye Stranger” by Supertramp.  It’s a very catchy song featuring a character who insists on doing things his own way, which can be viewed as empowering or selfish depending on how one views the character and his actions.
**The King of Derangement- An article on Power Rangers called the character Tommy Oliver “the King of Rangers”.  I thought the title was neat and decided to rip it off for Renegade.  I decided “derangement” would be a good term both for its similarity to the original title and the way it describes how unsettling Renegade can be. Renegade can also induce a hallucination with the same name. 
**Super Bass- This comes from the song by Nicki Minaj. While the song describes someone’s heart rate increasing due to being attracted to someone, Renegade uses the title to describe those who face him having elevated heart rates due to anxiety.
**The Haunted Malice- This is a reference to the Edgar Allan Poe poem “The Haunted Palace” as well as the infamous Pacers-Pistons brawl called “the Malice at the Palace”.
*In 1998 or ‘99, when I was still developing Renegade, I read that gambling addicts can experience withdrawal symptoms just like heroin addicts. This can range from feeling shaky and uneasy to suffering severe headaches and diarrhea. I decided to make Renegade a gambling addict in order to show this. Since Renegade is influenced by a number of insane and/or troubled villains, I also gave him a number of psychological problems ranging from behavioral disorders to full-blown mental illnesses. However, I have chosen to avoid specifying what most of his conditions are, giving only vague descriptions. The really weird thing is I found out one condition that Renegade has from the jacket cover of My Prison Without Bars by Pete Rose. It mentioned oppositional defiant disorder. I thought, “I have no idea what that is, but that sounds like something Renegade would have!” When I did a little research, I realized, “Oh, my gosh! That’s Renegade to a T!” I gave Renegade this condition and spent years not knowing I’d given him this condition. How freaky is that?
*He is one of the only Karaverse characters to name individual attacks and techniques.
==Stories that feature Renegade==
*The Interview
*The Horrors
*A Meeting of Maniacs
*Two lunatics talking about Power Rangers
*Sudden Emotions
*Gift Exchange
*Siblings
*Renegade is
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