Dominus

*"Sometimes, to fight the darkness, a man must wield it himself."*

*-Dominus*

The man known as Dominus is a deranged and powerful metahuman, and among the most wanted men in the world, for the slaughter of superheroes and civilians almost beyond count. Dominus is of the deluded belief that all metahuman powers are the infernal gifts of Satan, and that he has been tasked by God Himself to rid the world of all who use them. Dominus is convinced that he himself must also wield such infernal gifts in his holy crusade, which is how he explains his own ability to drain away the powers of fellow metahumans.

## Physical Appearance

Dominus appears to be a Caucasian man in his mid to late thirties, with black eyes and fairly attractive features often obscured by a disheveled beard and hair, colored brown. He has one prominent scar under his left eye. In terms of his build, Dominus stands an inch over six feet, and is quite broad and powerful in his physique. He is usually quite unkempt in his appearance.

Dominus also speaks with an Irish accent.

## Personality

Dominus is a crazed religious zealot, convinced that he is on a holy crusade against the Devil himself. Unyielding in his drive to see the "servants of darkness" exterminated, Dominus is cunning and ruthless, willing to sacrifice any innocent he deems necessary in order to slay what he believes to be the enemies of God.

Dominus is self righteous and sanctimonious, convinced that he is God's personal champion, and that he is doing the Lord's will. He does his best to convince other people of this fact, though if he is unsuccessful in doing so, or becomes convinced that they too are agents of the Devil, he will not hesitate to kill them.

Torture and deceit are also things he is completely willing to resort to. At his heart, Dominus is extremely self loathing, considering himself to have been touched by dark powers and filled with sin. Still, he considers himself the divine instrument of God's wrath, and as such, he will not flinch from any act he thinks will further his goals, no matter how vile. He is of the belief that when his life ends, if he has cleansed the world of metahumans, absolution will be his, and he will be allowed into Heaven and redeemed.

It should be noted that while he does prefer simply to kill metahumans he encounters, Dominus does sometimes simply take their abilities instead, if he believes them to be a worthy and pure individual. He considers this removing the Devil's corruption from them, and taking the burden onto himself.

## Powers

### **Power Absorption**

Dominus's primary ability is the power to drain away the gifts of other ichor based metahumans, stealing them for himself. Dominus considers this ability to be a gift from God, yet also a test and temptation. It allows him to strip the servants of the Devil of their dark powers to make use of them himself, but also tempts him to indulge in taking their gifts. As a result of this belief, Dominus prefers to refrain from absorbing too many abilities, believing that each one he possesses taints his soul further.

By making physical contact with another metahuman, Dominus can slowly draw out their powers into himself. The more potent the powers he takes, the longer and more arduous the process is, and the more exhausted and pained his victim will be when it is complete. After the power is drained, the individual who possessed it loses it permanently, with Dominus himself gaining use of the ability. If the victim has multiple abilities, Dominus gains only the most potent of them, failing to gain the secondary powers of his victims. Additionally, the potency of the powers he can store is also limited, and absorbing powers from extremely powerful metas sees the power he gains become quite diluted.