Lupus

Lupus is an investigator serving the Counter-Joker Agency and is currently assigned to Squad Jupiter. 
== Personality ==
Lupus puts on an air of professionalism when around his superiors, and will never question or disobey orders, but when in the heat of battle he reveals his true self. Lupus loves to fight, and more than that, he loves to watch things explode. While he'll never put his destructive tendencies ahead of his work, he will do everything in his power to convince all involved that the problem can be solved by blowing it up. Lupus is far more laid aback when around those he considers to be comrades. He is very slow to anger or stress, as even the heat of a light or death battle is considered a fun time as far as he's concerned.
Lupus has a love for tinkering and technology bordering on the obsessive. He refuses to use any weapon or piece of equipment that he did not personally design, and spends any and all free time designing or building new inventions. Lupus has a particular fondness for the melding of technology an 
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Aura ===
Aura is a physical manifestation of one's soul. Aura has several applications, primarily serving as a defensive shield against attacks. Aura also allows Lupus to detect the life forces of others without the need for sight. 
=== Bomb Voyage ===
Lupus' semblance allows him to imbue anything he touches with energy, causing it to catch fire whether the material is flammable or not. Once the infused object comes into contact with anything else, it will explode violently. Lupus is capable of controlling the amount of energy he imparts into different objects, though he can not control when they detonate. Bombs in waiting will not be detonated until they make contact with something that is not infused with Lupus' energy. The severity of the explosion depends on the amount of energy put into the object, as well as how much of the object made contact with another object. This means that an extremely large infused object hitting a very small thing, may explode many times in succession, or all at once if it hits something equally large. The explosions are supernatural in nature, and have the unique property of leaving Lupus, as well as any object he has infused with his energy undamaged by the resulting explosions. 
Lupus ability to use Aura has an interesting effect on Bomb Voyage's interaction with Dust. Unlike most things which simply explode, Lupus' Semblance synchronizes and harmonizes with Dust, magnifying it's potency several times over. 
== Equipment ==
=== XPLS-N Combat Suit ===
Lupus' expands upon and evolves the concept of dust woven clothing by creating a suit of armor with dust forged into the very metal. This gives the armor capabilities far beyond what it could have if it were made of simple metal. It is powered a generator using a unique kind of dust developed by Lupus himself. Dubbed "Explosion Dust" it is made by combining Electricity Dust with Combustion Dust, and then leaving that combination to prolonged exposure to Lupus Semblance. This creates a power source that is constantly drawing upon the latent spiritual power that exists everywhere to power itself, burning with explosive power much the way Lupus himself does while using his Semblance. 
Enhanced Strength and Durability: The XPLS-N is capable of drawing upon power from it's core to greatly increase Lupus' physical capabilities. The extent of which depends on how hard Lupus is willing to push the core but at it's base level Lupus is orders of magnitude stronger than most people, being capable to level rooms, or bring down entire buildings should he push the suit considerably far. The suit's durability also increases depending on the amount of energy pumping through it, being able to withstand all of the force it puts out and more. While minor, the suit is capable of slowly self repairing damage, being largely composed of dust, the energy from the suit effectively increased the amount of dust in the suit, allowing it to self-repair. 
Enhanced Speed and Flight: As many jokers are capable of increasing their speed to beyond Superhuman levels, Lupus made sure he would be capable of doing the same. In addition to the armor being able to amplify his speed in the same way it does strength, the armor is fitted with several thrusters aided by Gravity Dust. The thrusters themselves use Combustion Dust for propulsion, which would already allow for high speed flight, but the Gravity Dust worked into the armors metal allows Lupus to freely control it's weight, usually making it near-weightless to substantially increase the speeds it can reach, allowing Lupus to run down all but the fastest of opponents. 
Integrated Weapons Systems: The XPLS-N armor features two primary integrated weapons. The first is a wrist mounted blade meant to be used in close combat. This blade is capable of being charged with any kind of dust at Lupus' disposal, producing a variety of attacks. Most commonly the blade is used with Electricity Dust to paralyze the opponent on contact, though it can be used in a variety of other ways. The second is a shoulder mounted cannon, able to be used at short to mid ranges to produce concentrated shells of Dust to blast the target. 
Controlled Dust Injection System: Injecting raw dust into one's body can be very dangerous and extremely painful, but Lupus' suit makes sure that the amount of dust being injected is always at a manageable level. The main purpose of this is to supercharge Lupus brain, exponentially increasing his reflexes and overall mental capacity in the heat of battle. This also greatly sharpens his senses to superhuman levels, overall making him far more observant and aware of his surroundings. 
Hard-Light Dust Barriers: Lupus armor is able to create barriers of Hard Light dust, producing shields that can block a variety of attacks. These shields vary in size and potency, with larger more durable shields limiting Lupus' mobility much more substantially while he maintains them. These shields can be combined with other kinds of dust to produce varying effects, or with Bomb Voyage to create barriers that detonate whatever is trying to hit them. 
Warp Dust Storage System: One of many kinda of dust infused into the suit is Warp Dust, another creation of Lupus. An inanimate object that has been infused by the owner's aura can be touched to a piece of Warp Dust in order to store the item inside of it. By thinking of the item and touching the Warp Dust crystal, the owner may pull the item out. Warp Dust is particularly useful for storage as any given crystal is capable of storing objects hundreds of times the crystal's actual size. Lupus uses Warp Dust to store his weaponry, allowing him to quickly and seamlessly swap weapons in the heat of battle, and store substantial quantities of ammunition. 
Nuke System: The XPLS-N armor features a significant number of safety protocols. It restricts the amount of dust being injected into Lupus at any one time, how much energy can be extracted from the core at once, and how much energy Lupus' semblance can output at any one time. This protocols serve to protect both Lupus and those around him. The Nuke system disables each one of his suit's limiters, resulting in an explosive but extremely dangerous influx of power. Unleashing all of the excess power stored within the armor's core would be one thing, but Lupus takes his a step further. With his semblance unrestricted, Lupus pours his explosive aura directly into the suit's core. While all dust has it's effects exponentially magnified by Bomb Voyage, being of his own design and made via his own energy, the potency of Explosion Dust amplified by Bomb Voyage is without rival. With no limiters on it's output, the armor's physical capabilities are pushed orders of magnitude beyond what it would otherwise be capable of. When the Nuke System is first activated, the massively multiplied output of energy will nigh-instantly repair any damage done to the armor. Lupus reflexes are similarly multiplied, with him seeing the vast majority of things in slow motion due to the speed of his brain activity. All of this power comes at a substantial cost however. It burns through the suit's energy stores very quickly, and the energy must be constantly expended by Lupus moving and attacking. Should he remain idle too long with the Nuke System active, the energy will build and overflow until the armor detonates with an explosion of Nuclear Proportion. Once the energy is burnt out and the Nuke System wears off, the armor will still be functional but only at a fraction of it's usual output as the core has to both recharge from the surrounding energy, and power the suit, slowing both processes. The massive increase in mental capacity also puts a great deal of stress on Lupus' body and mind, exhausting him physically and mentally once the system wears off. 
=== Firearms ===
Much like his armor, each of Lupus' firearms have all manners of dust directly forged into them. This allows him to increase things like the velocity of the bullets fired, and their force on impact with a combination of his semblance and his armor's power supply. 
Lancer Assault Rifle: Another creation of Lupus, the Lancer Rifle is a large gun that fires deceptively small rounds. The bullets fired by the Lancer are far smaller than the bulk of the gun would suggest but for good reason. The gun uses Combustion Dust instead of gunpowder, this in conjunction with the very low mass of the rounds being fired makes them considerably faster than bullets fired from most guns. This is due to the fact that Lupus designed the gun to hit and kill superhuman targets, many of whom may be able to out speed normal bullets. What would result in poor damage from the small rounds is greatly amplified by both Dust and Bomb Voyage. 
On the underside of the Lancer is a Chainsaw, used to rip and tear through enemies in close quarters. Like everything designed by Lupus it is made with both Dust and Bomb Voyage in might. When the Lancer is amplified by bomb Voyage on it's own, the Chainsaw blade will effectively cause rapid fire explosions as each individual tooth along the saw blade creates an explosion as it grinds against a target. Within the gun is a mechanism that allows for Dust to be fed through the chainsaw, applying various elemental effects to it and granting it a great number of different attacking options. 
Anti-Freak Rifle: A stark contrast to the Lancer, rather than focusing on rapid fire to tag speedsters and hinder targets, this gun focuses on tearing through even the strongest of defenses. The AF Rifle boasts a size and barrel length that puts even the largest military grade anti-tank rifles to shame. This gun is not magazine fed, and instead is loaded with a singular massive shell longer than the average man's arm. The rifle itself uses a high amount of Combustion Dust amplified by Bomb Voyage, and the shells can range from traditional to dust loaded variants. The size of the shell and the quantity and potency of Dust used to fire it makes the AF Rifle's recoil far too much for almost anything to handle. In order to fire the weapon even once, Lupus must use his armor's Gravity Dust to amplify his own weight many times over in order to withstand the kick of the weapon. While unwieldy and cumbersome for most situations, the AF Rifle is unmatched in terms of raw power amongst Lupus' arsenal. The round fired by the AF Rifle is the equivalent of what some of the largest Artillery weapons fire, stronger than those many times over due to the increased potency of combustion dust over traditional propulsion methods. 
Spray n' Pray: The Spray N' Pray is a large, 12 barreled chaingun, capable of putting an unparalleled number of rounds downrange. Using a similar Caliber to the Lancer Rifle, the Spray N' Pray is capable of far more damage while leaving Lupus substantially less mobile. Even with it's small caliber size, the bulk of the size and number of barrels makes it difficult for Lupus to move quickly while using it, especially while firing. He is capable of bursts of speed by using his suit's thrusters in short bursts, but the main purpose of this weapon is to rain death on whatever it's pointed at regardless of the consequences. 
Big Iron: The Big Iron is a revolver that Lupus always carries with him even when not wearing his armor. While perfectly capable of using the same types of ammunition as his other weapons, there is a unique function of the Big Iron in that it is capable of making delayed explosions. It does this by using Space Dust, a type of Dust synthetically created by Lupus and available in such small quantities that Lupus does not use it for any of his other weapons. Space Dust allows Lupus to use Bomb Voyage on a bullet without it exploding when it makes contact with something, as the Space dust creates a small bubble of suspended space, preventing the bullet from actually touching everything. This allows bullets from the Big Iron to embed themselves in the environment, or inside of a target to be detonated later. 
=== Dust ===
Dust has a wide variety of applications as part of Lupus' arsenal. As mentioned above, rather than just making them explode, Lupus' semblance explosively increases the potency of any Dust that it charges. There are many kinds of dust, some of them created by Lupus himself during his experiments, that have a wide variety of applications but as use for ammunition and via it's integration into Lupus' armor. 
Elemental Dust: There is a kind of dust for pretty much all of the basic elements (water, earth, fire, air, etc.) which are the most simple in their application. When used as ammunition, elemental dust bullets creating blasts of their respective element in varying sizes depending on the size of the round, and whether or not Lupus has enhanced the Dust within the bullets with his Semblance. Elemental dust is among the many types forged into Lupus armor, and allows any of his physical attacks to carry any of those elements with them when he strikes, or to create explosions of any or all of the elements available when using Bomb Voyage rather than his traditional explosions. 
Combustion Dust: Easily one of the most important components in Lupus arsenal. It is used as a much stronger alternative to gunpowder for all of his firearms, allowing his bullets to be many times faster and more impactful than traditional bullets of the same caliber. Combustion dust is also the source of propulsion for his suit's thrusters. 
Gravity Dust: As mentioned above, Gravity Dust is used to manipulate the weight of the armor for various purposes. Traditionally this is used to reduce the weight of Lupus and the Armor to near nothing, greatly increasing the speeds it can achieve when giving chase, though this has the obvious downside of making it require far less force to throw Lupus off course. As a result he is also able to use to Gravity dust to make his suit heavier, sacrificing some degree of speed to greatly increase the armor's stability and give in an advantage in physical confrontations.
Mag Dust: Developed by Lupus by combining Electricity and Gravity Dust, Mag Dust bullets can have one of two charges, which attract each other. When the round makes contact with something, the charge will temporarily be transferred to the target, making other Mag Dust rounds track and follow the target doggedly until the charge is dispersed or the bullets hit some other surface. While not too useful due to the armor's capability for high speed flight, it does allow Lupus to walk across any solid surface at any angle he pleases. Category:Characters
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