Childhood Hero

* Paladin

**Childhood Hero** is the Simplicitrix/Stabilized Simplicitrix's DNA sample of a Palanym from the planet Nom'dezen.

## Appearance

Childhood Hero is a humanoid alien with mustard yellow skin. His body type is that of a child. He has a head similar to that of a stereotypical alien, having no nose, a small mouth, and large eyes, which are similar to human eyes given the presence of a sclera, pupil, and iris all at once. He has hair which resembles tentacles and is colored green like Alan's hair; the hair grows from around the sides of his head rather than being on top. He wears a robe consisting of brown and tan patterns, with a black belt in the center. He also has brown boots.

In his paladin form, Childhood Hero takes on an adult form, becoming taller and muscular. His hair moves down to his neck, becoming a beard. His robe changes to be almost fully brown, with some red accents at the bottom, and his belt changes shape. His sleeves become red with black shoulders, and he has black bracelets. He now has brown pants, as well as red boots with black details. A tan cape flows behind him, attached to a neckbrace.

Childhood Hero wears the Simplicitrix on his right wrist in his citizen form, while his paladin form wears it on his chest akin to a typical superhero costume logo.

## Powers

* Childhood Hero can access the powers of other Simplicitrix transformations by calling out any given word with the intent to access powers. This word acts as the template for an acronym to be formed, and Simplicitrix transformations that fit into that acronym will be chosen randomly for him to gain access to their powers. Upon doing this, Childhood Hero will come out of his citizen form and into his paladin form.
	+ As an example, if Childhood Hero were to call out "SHAZAM!," he could access the powers of Slingshot, H'Otter, Atomix, Zipcode, Antigerist, and Mad Hatter.
* Childhood Hero has rather quick thinking, allowing him to choose words that are more likely to result in more favorable outcomes for his powers.
* Childhood Hero can conduct his power, in a sense. This allows him to grab hold of someone and call upon a word to grant them the powers instead of himself.

## Weaknesses

* Childhood Hero's only amount of control over his generated powers is that of what word he calls out.
* While longer words can lead to more successful acronyms, they also have downsides. For example, if a word repeats a letter too many times, there is the threat of the letters repeating aliens chosen, and thusly leaving him with less powers than letters. Additionally, if Childhood Hero is cut off from finishing his word, he will not transform. The biggest issue, however, is that Childhood Hero's summoned powers are a fraction of the original, primarily determined by how many other powers are given as well.
* If Childhood Hero falls unconscious, he will revert to his citizen form.
* Childhood Hero can only bestow powers to one target at a time.
* Childhood Hero's acronyms have additional restrictions:
	+ The acronym must be a single word. Where "INTO" is a valid acronym, "IN TO" is not.
	+ While it is true that all words are made up, the acronym must be a proper word with any form of meaning. Other transformation names count, because their names are associated with their being, and therefore have meaning, but Childhood Hero cannot come up with something entirely new on the spot and have it be an applicable acronym.

## Etymology

* A childhood hero is a person that one idolizes while as a child. Here, it is a play on his child-like appearance when in his citizen form, while "hero" refers to his paladin form.
* Childhood Hero's species name is a play on "paladin" and "acronym."
* Childhood Hero's planet name is a play on "nom de guerre," the name someone takes while in combat, "denizen," and "citizen."

## Trivia

* Childhood Hero's concept and art were made by Shark. The concept itself was heavily inspired by the DC Comics character Shazam/Captain Marvel. The art was made using Chimera Sui Generis citizens from *Ben 10: Alien Force* and *Ben 10: Ultimate Alien*.
* Childhood Hero's forms, as well as the etymology of his species/planet names, refer to the names of the Pokémon known as Finizen and Palafin. Palafin's ability, which turns it into its superhero form, is also referenced in the infobox, referring to Childhood Hero's transformation as "Zero to Hero."
* While not necessarily a power or weakness, it should be noted Childhood Hero can only transform when intending to. This prevents him from simply randomly transforming when saying anything at all, but also means he has to be careful to not think about transforming while talking.