Ness

The leader of the Chosen Four, Ness.

Henessey "Ness" Maria Franklin is a 14 year old psychic with straight, messy black hair, bright violet, almond shaped eyes, and a slender, heavily scarred build. His most notable scar is under his left eye, two slashes across his cheek. Despite most of the other scars being faded, this one always remains prominent due to being inflicted with a cursed weapon.

He is cheerful, brash and outgoing, but much of his demeanor is a façade for his exhausted, bitter feelings he tries to hide. He is a child prodigy but often doesn't put in the effort to show it. He either resides in Onett, Eagleland, or in the Smash Mansion depending on the verse. In one verse, he is the childhood best friend of Lightning.

## Journey

Ness is the leader of the Chosen Four, and was destined to continue the fight from his parents, Ninten and Ana, against the forces of the Universal Cosmic Destroyer, Giygas. Traveling around the world with the Sound Stone, he gathered the melodies so he could conquer his inner demons and face off against Giygas. His companions during this time were Paula Polestar, a southern pyromaniac with strong abilities (his love interest in his main verse), Jeff, a scientist with the sharpest mind he has ever seen, and Poo, a prince of Dalaam. In one verse, he is also accompanied by Lightning, who insists on coming with him despite not being apart of the prophecy. (This section is a work in progress)

## Tournaments

After his journey was over, Ness was invited to the Smash Brothers tournament, where he has remained as one of the returning veterans each time. He placed second in the original tournament, but has not placed highly since.

When invited to the third tournament, something went wrong, Instead of arriving at the Smash Mansion, Ness found himself in a strange wasteland. Encountering a blonde he didn't recognize being chased by a statue, Ness jumped in to help the blonde, named Lucas, ending up assisting in fighting a replica of a former friend, Pokey. This deeply unnerved Ness, who remembered his last threat all too well. Defeating the replica, the pair were attacked again by a man named Wario. Ness easily dodged all the arrows shot at him, but Lucas, still paralyzed and weak, was left vulnerable. Ness ended up taking the blow for him, becoming a trophy. He was not awakened until over a month later in Subspace by the timed badge placed on him by King Dedede.

Ness, Dedede and Luigi rescued the other fighters and would lead the way through the Great Maze to confront the foe who had started this fight. Before climbing the stairs, Ness was deeply disturbed to see a bleeding, injured Master Hand, as he looked up to the tournament's organizer and respected him. Fueled by his anger, he charged ahead with the group and fought Tabuu. Ness was cracked in the face with Tabuu's whip, and the ends tore two gashes in his cheek. This is the source of his scar.

Being in a trophy state for so long left Ness dizzy and weak for much of the third tournament, having amnesic spells as well as no sense of balance. He began to recover in the 4th and 5th tournaments.

## Trivia

* Ness is nyctophobic after the fight with Giygas and claustrophic after Subspace.
* He suffers from PTSD, hallucinations and anger issues, and only begins to get them treated in the 4th tournament.
* Ness has slight extraterrestrial heritage, which manifests in his slender build and peculiar eyes.
* When using PSI, his pupils vanish.
* He has two sources of PSI and thus has abnormal amounts of it, and is using it constantly to try to burn it off. This results in sparks around his hands or levitating without noticing.