Terrorbyte

* Civilian
* Terrorbyte
* Polymech

*"I was always more comfortable around numbers than people. I could control numbers. I never even saw the enemy until I was captured and I became a prisoner. I realized that night I had to control people like I controlled numbers, and I learned to practice a sort of immoral mathematics. And I did some not so good things. In the end, I found I was able to make them numbers add up; killing me does not equate in your moral mathematics. And now you know why you hate me. Not because I'm one insane, evil son of a bitch. Not insane, one day soon you will understand that. The reason you hate me is that I am a constant reminder of the capacity for evil that resides within you."*
—Ian Murphy to Jason Kade
**Ian Murphy** is a highly intelligent and psychopathic gangster and drug distributor. He was originally an enemy of the Essentials senior members, Hoodie and Solar Flare. He eventually met Jason Kade and assisted him in his vigilantism, and was also helped by him with his research on a new species of dinosaur. Ian was eventually driven insane when Onyx Augustine intercepted his search for the Dagger of Hex and trapped him in an astral realm.

When Ian returned, he assumed the moniker of **Terrorbyte** and used his technology and nuclear weapons to take over Oxbridge, driving the Almanac out of Emerald City.

Over a year later, Ian's reign was foiled when his original enemies returned from space for a final battle and he was ultimately imprisoned for his crimes.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Foster Care

After his parents' "passing," Ian was in an out of foster care his whole life, but in 1996 spent three years with a foster family, and his foster brother later went on to serve in the military.

### The First Timers

On December 25, 2014, Ian was beginning to make a new life out of himself, buying an apartment and coining the nickname of "Morbo." Upon these events included the introduction of an odd man who went by the name of Jake Woods. In private, Jake claimed to Ian that he was a "superhero," going as far as to say he was a member of an elite team known as the Essentials. Thinking this was absurd and a concept only comic books would showcase, yet at the same time intrigued, he delved deeper. Ian was proven wrong, and apparently he was even more wrong than right.

The most astonishing discovery, however, was the plans for a piece of technology so advanced and dangerously impossible to combat, yet so simplistic and in front of him this whole time; microscopic robots. That was what he needed in order to do his dirty work, but not just any microscopic robots. The idea that popped up within his head was much more sickenly twisted than what the original concept; what if they were enhanced with weaponry?

Ian became acquainted with other members of the Essentials as well, but drifted apart from them.

### Working with a Vigilante

#### New Years Revolution

Ian met Jason Kade on in a bar on New Year's Eve 2015.

#### Gearing the Vigilante

Ian constructed a highly effective computer system for Jason Kade, which he used to locate people, places, and things Jason had a problem finding on his own.

#### Fragrant Harbor Raid

Ian assisted the vigilante conducting a stealth mission by watching the cameras aboard a ship docked in Fragrant Harbor.

#### Kidnapped

On February 27, Ian began conducting a search for a rumored Dagger of Hex, with little knowing of another hunter. Ian was kidnapped by Brimstone and placed into an astral realm, as he was in the way. He was soon visited by Onyx, and was told that his imprisonment was temporary. At that moment he began to formulate his plan, and Onyx could sense it. He was afraid Onyx could read his mind, and had to stop thinking of it. The two then began to quarrel, but the magical essence caused Ian to become disoriented. Onyx threatened to tell Jason Kade his plan, and negotiated by keeping him there for the next three weeks. His mental state began to slowly deteriorate from the cosmic and mystic energies, but was also learning to control his astral plane.

### Logging On as Terrorbyte

Nearly three weeks later on March 18, Ian returned from the astral plane in a psychotic manner, as well as under orders from his kidnapper to provide him with information on the Essentials and equipment they use. Ian had been contacted that his former foster brother had become stateside, stationed at a military base 300 miles away from Emerald City. He is assigned to weapons convoys that carry weapons by truck, and Ian decided to call in some favors, as he required equipment for his plan.

## Personality

*"A new threat logs on!"*
—Ian Murphy
Ian is an ambitious and cunning sociopath who is willing to do whatever it takes to obtain power. Despite this hunger, Ian is patient and uses his high intellect to concoct plans in order to reach his goals. Virtually every move he makes is premeditated to a certain degree.

Terrorbyte's technology and insanity hide a devious mind bent on creating as much trouble as possible for his archenemy, Almanac. He is a devious crime boss who is seldom seen without technology. Ian has no moral compass nor regard for human life.

## Abilities

*"Everything's planned, timed, and executed perfectly. A good plan is always flexible."*
—Ian Murphy
* **Genius-Level Intelligence:** Ian is a certified genius with an IQ of 150. In high school, he was an honor roll student, mathlete, and valedictorian. He earned a college scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude in computer science, and he majored in criminology. He also holds a chemistry diploma. Ian has a photographic memory and can recite 200 digits of pi.
	+ **Master Hacker:** Ian is an extremely talented and dangerous hacker. He is capable of accessing information from around the globe and breaking into any computer system, which made him a valuable asset to Almanac during his short period of assistance.
	+ **Master Tactician:** Ian is a master at planning and improvising criminal activities, despite his insanity being capable of sometimes impairing his higher thinking. While scheming, Ian usually managed to stay ahead of the police, and sometimes even Almanac himself, due to him being completely unpredictable. He is also skilled at devising effective contingency plans. As a crime boss at the very top of Emerald City's criminal underworld, he is skilled and charismatic leader, and he inspired fierce loyalty in all of his numerous goons. He is also an expert at getting into people's heads and manipulating them. This is one of his most effective tools in his toolbox, as it especially aids him in gaining followers in his many loyal goons, but it is also useful for carrying out mental torture.
	+ **Expert Engineer:** Ian is an expert mechanical engineer. He builds robots and small gadgets, despite being an unfunded inventor, and he has filed multiple patents.
	+ **Skilled Scientist:** Ian is a theoretical physics enthusiast and he has an aptitude in chemical weaponry.
	+ **Skilled Literarian:** Ian owns the complete works of Nietzsche.
	+ **Skilled Historian:** Ian is a Civil War expert, World War II expert, and medieval history expert. He also collects war memorabilia.
	+ **Skilled Musician:** Ian is a gifted piano player.
	+ **Multilingualism:** Ian is a polyglot and fluently speaks multiple languages, including English, German, and Esperanto. He also studies ancient languages and frequently watched foreign films.

## Equipment

### Attire

* **Cognition Amplifier:** A helmet that increases his intelligence, as well as allows him to pilot his Polymech, with him inside or remotely.
	+ **T-Comm:** A stolen and modified version of the E-Comm. With this, Ian can control all of his P4R4S1T3s, as well as utilize other functions of the standard E-Comm.
* **Polymech:** A technosuit that gives Ian mobility and durability. It contains an array of weapons, including **A.U.T.O.**, Ian's unique deadly machine gun.

### Weaponry and Gadgets

As a gun enthusiast, Ian collects war memorabilia, blades, firearms, automatic weapons and surgical tools, and his frequent online purchase is ammunition.

* **P4R4S1T3s:** Microscopic parasite-based robots that can be implanted into any living organism or piece of technology.  It is a superior piece of technology, being equipped with manually activated compartments that store deadly weaponry, the feature of overriding a piece of tech's programming, and the ability to affect and influence an organism's mentality. Versions include:
	+ **IR Burst Receiver:** A P4R4S1T3 containing an incredibly advanced device capable of collecting data.
	+ **Memory Inhibitor:** When placed on a person's temples, the memory inhibitor makes them forget the last two minutes by disrupting the pathway of the prefrontal lobes. If used too many times on the same person, it can cause brain damage.
	+ **Trimethylmercury-32:** A P4R4S1T3 containing a poison supply, injecting it into humans upon command.
* **Quantum Subliminal Processor:** A device developed by and stolen from Garrington Technologies.
* **Sniffer Device:** A device used to wirelessly copy operating codes of other devices, also known appearing as cloning. Even if a device is not 100 percent cloned, he is able to extrapolate the remaining percent to build workable devices, with gathered parts.

## Trivia

* Ian has a very vivid imagination.
* Ian was a 'friend' of Hoodie and Solar Flare before their retirement, but this fact was unknown to Almanac prior to Ian's descent into crime.
* Ian is the only character in the entire roleplay to not be given an official public identity until Alphaverse extended the Epicverse continuity timeline. If someone was to refer to him prior to Alphaverse's creation, his name would simply be Thought, after the character's creator.