Nepja

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"*I am the Winter of your Miscontent!*"

Nepja is a large mobile colony of extremophilic microorganisms that form and resemble ice, formed into a singular Golem-like form. Its dense ice body allows it to take a ton of punishment, while Nepja's strength and control of Ice allows him to slow enemies and dish out damage in equal measure.

## Description

Nepja resembles a large mass of Ice situated on a skeleton of metal. Nepja's head features a large lower jaw, allowing for powerful bite attacks. Nepja's arms are asymmetrical, with his left arm being small and skeletal, and his right arm being large and bulky, covered in hunks of ice. Nepja has 2 large eye-holes, making his face resemble a skull.

The metal frame Nepja uses is bare-bones, only having metal bones and joints. The frame's hands are asymmetrical, with one being much smaller than the other.

## Background

Nepja was originally just a colony of extremophilic microbes known as “Cryoptum Kelvia”, or “Living Ice.” Nepja was, and still is, the largest colony of Living Ice to exist, but is the only one to become self-aware from growing big enough. This awareness was new, and was enough to begin rudimentary communication. The colony was huge, trapped in ice around a group of highly resilient fossils. He was eventually discovered by a group of scientists, part of Mei’s research team.

Upon the finding of Nepja’s colony, it was removed from the surrounding ice and brought back to the Antarctic Eco Watchpoint for study. Over a series of weeks, it was discovered that Nepja possessed rudimentary sentience, moving the fossils it surrounded slightly in order to “tap its fingers.” This was a breakthrough, a sentient colony of microorganisms that was mobile! If it could tap its fingers, then it might be able to learn…

The team read to Nepja, its icy intellect growing by the day. Math, Science, and especially books about stories of old, like the gods of Old Norse Mythology. From those stories, Nepja got his name, meaning “Cold” in Old Norse. Nepja regarded the researchers like how a child would regard their parents, and grew to develop a connection with them.

One day, however, a blizzard shook the Watchpoint, and forced the scientists to go into cryostasis. Before they went under, One of the scientists told Nepja to "Guard this place, and let no-one else in unless they had the symbol of Overwatch". Nepja didn't know why they weren't moving, but it waited for them like a dog. He did what they told him to do, and waited for years upon years for them.

One day, after a few solid years, a group of 7 shady people broke into the facility, and had begun to tamper with the Cryo-pods. What they didn't see was Nepja entering the building, and seeing them tamper with his slumbering family's cold beds. He picked up one, and crushed him in his hand. Before the others could take in what was happening, Nepja was upon them, beating and freezing the intruders into submission. As they fled, Nepja noticed a few wires loose in the cryo-pod's circuitry. Nepja thought nothing of it, and waited for them to awaken. Many of them never did.

Upon Mei-Ling Zhou awakening, Nepja was overjoyed, but the others never did. It saw Mei sobbing over the pods, and Nepja knew what had happened. It had failed its duty to protect its masters, and was ashamed. It hid away, still watching Mei, the last of its family.

However, upon seeing Mei leave, it sought to protect its final master, and followed her into the icy wasteland. Nepja would protect her. Nepja would never let his last living family go to long sleep.

## Abilities

**Glacial Blows**
*Primary Melee Combo type*A combo of 3 powerful punches, with the first two blows dealing 50 and 100 damage, with the final blow dealing 100 damage in an AOE around Nepja.

**Default Key: (LMB)**

**Chomp**
*Secondary Melee type*
*50 Damage*
*1.5 sec cast*
*7 seconds sec cd*A powerful bite attack that deals medium damage. If an enemy dies to Chomp, Nepja heals for 100 Health.

**Default Key: (RMB)**

**Sublimate**
*Conical Damage & CC type*
*15 Damage per tick*
*7 Meters m range*
*7 seconds sec duration*
*10 sec cd*Exhale a blast of sub-zero vapor, dealing damage and slowing enemies hit by 50% for 7 seconds per tick.

**Default Key: (E)**

**Rush-Down**
*Targeted Charge type*
*50 Damage on Impact*
*9 m range*
*15 m/s travelling speed*
*2/5 sec cast*
*1.5 sec duration*
*12 sec cd*A charge of Ice and Steel, dealing damage to a target enemy and all enemies near the target, knocking them back 6 meters.

**Default Key: (LShift)**

**Ultimate Ability: Kelvination**
*75 damage*
*15 m radius*
*13 sec duration*Nepja drains the area around him of heat, dealing rapid damage to enemies in the radius. After the duration is complete, Nepja releases all the drained heat in a powerful blast, dealing 150 damage plus the damage Kelvination dealt.

**Default Key: (Q, )**
*"I am the Winter of your Miscontent!"*