Holkos

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"*Time is a River. I am its Dam.*"

Holkos is a former Omnic, changed by exposure to the Corridors of Time. After a period of 7 years (for him) or an instant (for everyone else), he changed, and became a mobile assault platform, utilizing his Axiom Hammer cannon to smash enemy defenses and nullify enemy projectiles and status effects with his abilities.

## Physiology

Holkos is physically large, standing at 7'2. His body is physically imposing, with armor like hammered brass. His head is helm-like, with a large, red sensor in the center of its face. The center of his chest reveals his crit-spot, a circular opening that reveals a core of rotating temporal machinery.

His left arm features 2 spherical Terminal Emitters that allow him to use his abilities, while his right arm holds his Axiom Hammer assault cannon. His legs are digitigrade, ending in 4-toed feet, with one toe on the back of the foot.

## Bio

Holkos, formerly Tempest 72, was an Omnic Scientist working on the prototype of the famous Chronal Accelerator. When TALON saboteurs broke in to steal the prototype, Tempest 72 grabbed a rifle, and defended the device with his life, until a Saboteur shot it with a revolver, causing it to detonate in a massive temporal blast, knocking out Tempest 72.

When he woke up again, he was somewhere... different. A corridor of milky white, with large metal framework around it, rivulets of milky white fluid flowing in waterfalls of time. He walked through it for seemingly 7 years, witnessing time like an outsider, seeing people live their entire lives in instants. He never slept in this place, he just kept on walking. As he walked through these corridors, seeing the possibilities of all lives, all times, he noticed that the fluid flowed toward a singular point, and, curious about where this fluid flowed, he followed the rivulets to their destination.

He witnessed the fluid flowing into a pool the size of a lake, large pillars of metal and glass outlining its shores. As he stood on these shores of metal and glass, Tempest saw in this massive pool, two futures; one where humanity and omnics worked together to defeat the Null Sector, and another where humanity and Omnics wiped each other out in a massive war.

Tempest saw these futures, and wanted humanity and omnics to survive, and a feeling began to well up in him, in his throat, his core, his entire being. He knew what to do. He got on his knees, and cupped his hands. He scooped up a small amount of the milky white fluid, and drank deeply from it. It tasted savory, like milk, but also salty, like the sea. As he drank from this liquid, he began to change. It didn't hurt, it didn't feel wrong. It just felt like what he was meant to do.

His metal shell became the color of brass, and he grew in size. He didn't know how long he drank from the pool, but when he stood up again, he felt... greater. He looked at his hands, flexing his new fingers. His hands were smaller, with 3 long fingers and a thumb. He gazed into the pool, and saw his eyes replaced by one large eye, portraying one glaring red sphere that never blinked.

He looked to his feet, and saw a rifle, *his* rifle, sitting at his feet. He picked it up, finding it difficult to grip its handle with his new hands. He thought for a moment, and laid the rifle on his palms, and slowly submerged the weapon in the lake, and felt it change in his hands. When he retrieved the weapon from the pool, it was different, it was now made for his hands. Two vertically situated barrels, a tracker for his new eye, and a trigger-less handle, made for his hand.

Suddenly, as soon as his hand grasped the weapon's grip, he was snapped back to reality in his new form. His body stood tall, much taller than his fellow Omnics and the TALON intruders. They looked at him in both awe and fear, with the intruders possessing more fear than awe. "W-what the hell are you," One intruder shouted, shaking in fear. The being that was once Tempest stood tall and spoke, his words coming to him as easily as breath. "Time is a river, I am its dam. I am... Holkos." That final word reverberated in Holkos' mind, and he felt a potent surge of confidence and purpose billow within like a roaring fire.

He gripped his weapon tightly and held it towards one of the larger intruders, hoping for it to do something. It began to reverberate in his hand before launching twin globules of strange matter. They crashed into the saboteurs, knocking them down in a thunderous roar. The sight of this broke the saboteurs' resolve, and they tried to run, stumbling over each other like scared children.

## Abilities

**Temporal Mantle**
*Passive type*When an enemy strikes Holkos' shield, the damage is reflected back to them.

**Axion Hammer**
*Primary Weapon type*
*8 ammunition*
*2 round(s) per shot*
*100 Damage Per shot*
*4 m splash damage radius*
*1.5 sec reload*A powerful handheld siege weapon that fires large globules of strange matter propelled by Omnic Energy, in an area on impact. Deals bonus damage to deployables. Fires in a two-round burst.

**Default Key: (LMB)**

**Suppression Protocol**
*Target Ability type*
*15 Meters m range*
*0.5 sec cast*
*5 Seconds sec cd*Target up to 3 enemies and Dismantle their defenses, removing and preventing them from gaining Armor or shields for 6 seconds.

**Default Key: (RMB)**

**Projectile Reverter**
*Shield type*
*1.5 m/s projectile speed*
*15 m range*
*9 sec cd*Create a slow-moving barrier that catches and stores all damage dealt to it. When the barrier passes through an enemy, it deals damage equal to the damage stored. It cannot be broken, but dissipates when it reaches its maximum range.

**Default Key: (E)**

**Shield Pulse**
*AOE Buff Type type*
*225 Shield Per Cast*
*7 m radius*
*1.5 sec cast*
*7 sec cd*Emit a pulse of Omnic Energy, granting all allies protective shields that last until broken.

**Default Key: (LShift)**

**Immortal Protocol**
*Ultimate AOE Buff type*
*15 m range*
*30 Seconds sec duration*Create an indestructible shield of Nullified Time around Holkos and allies, protecting them from all damage. This also applies Holkos' Passive to all allies affected by Immortal Protocol.

**Default Key: (Q)**