Vanishor (Arash)

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> Arash's evidence photo by the Black Mesa Security Corps
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> ### Nationality
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> Iranian
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> ### Real Name
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> Arash K.
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> The Vanishor
> Arash
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> ### Status
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> Alive
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> ### Homeland
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> Islamic Republic of Iran (Formerly)
> United States of America
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> ### Affiliation
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> M.E.R.C
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> Evan's Right Hand Man
> Black Mesa Security Corps (Formerly)
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> ### Ranking
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> Right-Hand Man
> Security Specialist in BMSC (Formerly)
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> Anti-Hero
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> Unnamed Father †
> Unnamed Mother †
> Unnamed Sister †
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> ### Abilities
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> Carbon Skin;
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> Invisibility
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> ### Disease
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> Unknown Xenian Crystal Disease
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> Basic Firearm Training
> Experienced in Hand-to-Hand combat
> Stealth
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> ### Species
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> X-Human
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> Male
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> 6'1
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> Brown
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> Brown
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> Alive
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> ### Age
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> 27
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> August 25th, 1992
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> 2
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> ### "I'm fuckin' Invincible!" - Arash, to Lt. Watts.
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Arash K. otherwise known as The Vanishor, is an X-Human originating from XSG-324-19. Arash is Evan's Right-Hand Man in his Mercenary Group, often acting as his personal Enforcer.

## Biography

Arash was born in Iran on August 25th, 1992. As he reached his tenth birthday, he and his family fled to the United States, ending up in New Mexico when he was eleven. He was living in New Mexico on that fateful day when the Black Mesa Research Facility in New Mexico performed their Anti-Mass Spectrometer Test on a Xenian Crystal on May 16th, 2003. On that fateful day, after the Xenian Crystal was inserted into the Anti-Mass Spectrometer by Gordon Freeman, the ensuing 'Portal-Quakes' caused by the test resulted in the collapse of the house Arash and his family lived in. This led to the deaths of his entire family, aside from his father.

Unable to cope with the loss of his wife and daughter, two years after May 16th, 2003, Arash's father ended up dying in a car crash resulting from his drinking. At the age of 14, Arash found himself alone in New Mexico, living place to place in his small New Mexican town. The young Arash entered his teenage years with a powerful anti-imperialist anger and revolutionary fanatical rage towards the Black Mesa Research Facility. Later, he would begin to reluctantly associate with mercenaries who also had a strong interest in destroying and exposing Black Mesa for what they've done.

In 2014, the now 22-year-old Arash, now turned mercenary, was sent in by his boss to go undercover as a Black Mesa Security Corps Officer to be an informant for his mercenary group.

A year had passed, Arash had become a security specialist, now having the clearance; he was asked to guard a Xenian Crystal Sample in the Black Mesa Research Site: Sigma. As he began guarding the Xenian Crystal Sample, he contacted his boss, telling him he was guarding a Xenian Crystal. His boss, shocked that Arash even got this close to a crystal, ordered him to steal it, breaking his cover, but they would get a Xenian Crystal in return.

As Arash reluctantly agreed to steal it, he finally touched the crystal, which of course infused its radioactive energy into Arash, forever changing his biological structure. As Arash finally woke up, he found the crystal shattered and grey. Confused as to what happened to him and the crystal, he ran. He eventually ended up back at the mercenary group's main base of operations, an old abandoned Black Mesa Security Outpost from the 1980s.

Arash finally arriving at his 'home,' he soon discovered that he had suddenly gained the ability to go invisible, and he also discovered the fact that his skin was as hard as diamonds. With his newfound powers originating from the Xenian Crystal, Arash would go on to become his boss's right-hand man, earning the name "Vanishor."

By 2019, Arash, now known as the Vanishor, had become a somewhat legendary figure in the mercenary community. Due to nobody seeing someone with his abilities before, he became a threat and interest to the Black Mesa Research Facility, and they would stop at nothing to find Arash.

## Personality

Arash, as stated before; has a powerful anti-imperialist anger and revolutionary fanatical rage towards the Black Mesa Research Facility, due to losing his Family to them and their Tests.

Arash is also rather egomaniacal and overconfident in his abilities, only enhanced further by his (seemingly) indestructible skin. Often using this as an excuse to hurt others, seeing himself as better than others.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

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* **Carbon Skin**: Arash can reorder his skin into a carbon metamaterial, granting him extraordinary abilities such as 'diamond-hard skin' and all without compromising his mobility while fully hardened like this. Furthermore, he can apparently remain in this state indefinitely. Note that Arash cannot opt be invulnerable while remaining visible, nor vulnerable while invisible. When in his carbon metamaterial state, he is both invisible and invulnerable, not one or the other.
	+ **Invisibility**: Arash becomes invisible while in his carbon metamaterial state, since his carbon skin bends the light around his body. When combined with his ability to move while making almost no sound, detecting him becomes very difficult for the regular person.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Arash's skin is very durable while it is in its metamaterial state, bullets ricochet off him instead of piercing his skin. Arash described his skin to be as hard as diamonds and nearly impossible to penetrate. However, only his skin is durable, meaning that internal injuries can still kill him. Furthermore, this superhuman hardness seems to offer little to no offensive or counter-melee advantages.
* **Superhuman Strength**: Arash has displayed above-average human strength, effortlessly overpowering Lt. Watts in his Marauder Armor. His blows also possess above-average force. It should be noted that while in his carbon metamaterial state, none of the impact energy from his punches or kicks is absorbed by him, and all of the kinetic energy is directed into his target. This effectively doubles the force of his own blows.
* **Electricity Resistance**: Arash can survive being hit with enough electricity to drop a water buffalo, even when in his carbon metamaterial state which turns his body more vulnerable to electricity. However, he can still feel pain and be knocked unconscious after being hit with sufficiently high amounts of electricity.

### Abilities

* **Skilled in Hand-to-Hand combat**
* **Stealth**

## Weaknesses

* **Electricity** Despite him having a resistance to electricity, it's still able to knock him out.
* **Ego** Arash's ego often gets the better of him.