Ghost

*"Fate has been cruel to us and villainy boils in our blood. But when you embrace your wicked powers, watch the galaxy tremble before our Corpus Federation."*

Ghost

Ghost was a humanoid cybernetic demigod who was the Supreme Overlord of the Corpus Federation and younger brother of Stronghold agent Talon. He was responsible for creating Reaper's Brigade, sparking The Ascendancy and founding Corpus. Ghost not only had unparalleled fighting capabilities and magic affinity but also superb leadership that saw complete dominance under his name for decades.

After the decimation of Corpus forces near the twilight of his rule, Ghost was killed in The Great Deposition and replaced by Vulture.

## **Biography**

### **Early Life**

Ghost was born as Hunter to a family of military dogs the same year when the Trussian Empire first landed on Earth. He and his older brother Talon were subject to an extremely tough childhood. Their parents were veterans of countless horrific wars and being scarred by the atrocities they witnessed, did not believe their children should have it easy growing up.

At the base where their parents were stationed, Hunter and Talon faced frequent hardship. Hunger and neglect were constant, as was harassment by their unloving parents and other pups. The experiences, although difficult, instilled a early sense of resiliency and resourcefulness that would drastically change the course of their lives later on. The more Hunter and Talon endured hardships together, the more Hunter looked up to and adored his older brother.

Unfortunately, the time soon came for Talon to begin his formal military training. That meant being sent away from the base and no communication whatsoever with his younger brother. His abrupt disappearance shattered Hunter's morale and sent him into a downward spiral of depressive episodes. Those episodes later turned manic as his young, abused mind lost all hope. This was only accentuated further when his parents were KIA, leaving him truly alone.

### **Capture**

Meanwhile, Emperor Takota initiated a secret decree to find the extraordinary amongst the very ordinary Earth population. To do so, he sent multiple scouting parties to all corners of the planet. One such party was assigned to the base where Hunter toiled.

Kicked out of the barracks and left to die, Hunter laid at death's door on the desert ground. Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours and hours turned to days, but he still was alive, barely. Unbeknownst to the young pup, columns of sand began levitating around his body. They danced around and formed intricate patterns. Then the sand became a fierce dust devil, creating a hurricane-like storm with Hunter laying peacefully in the center.

The Trussian scouting party, who scanned the entirety of the base to no avail, were astounded. When the sand died down and Hunter seemed ordinary again, they swooped in and gave him water, administered some medication and tended his wounds. Hunter was too weak to resist being carried to a Trussian dropship before leaving the base, and effectively his childhood, for good.

### **Imprisonment**

The Trussian scientists reviewed the footage of Hunter's supernatural "powers" and deemed him a subject of utmost interest. Unfortunately, what followed was imprisonment far worse than the mental battery the young pup was already suffering from.

Hunter was airlifted to an undisclosed Trussian research facility and forced into one of the many cells inside. He was then restrained in a chair that was surrounded by numerous alien equipment and monitors. Day in and day out, he was subject to many painful tests today that ranged from unanesthetized biopsies to memory-wiping ultrasound scans. The scientists tending to their prized prisoner were adamant on finding the secrets to his documented powers

Yet during the whole ordeal, Hunter never shown an ounce of emotion. He complied with every command and paid no attention to what they were doing to him. He could feel the pain of every experiment, the pain coursing through his ravaged body like wildfire, but managed to suppress any telltale signs. Even physical torture by the Trussians failed to get the pup to respond.

Yet despite his lifelessness, Hunter's mind was abuzz with malevolent intent.

### **Test Results**

Having tested for an impossible amount of then-designated "Reaper" particles in his blood, Ghost was captured and experimented on relentlessly by an unnamed government agency. Reaper's Syndrome, the world's first supernatural condition, was discovered via those experiments. When a miscalculated dosage of anesthesia was injected into Ghost, it activated the supernatural properties of the mysterious particles. He then quickly overpowered his captors and freed some other captives who also suffered from Reaper's Syndrome.

### **Reaper's Brigade**

Disillusioned by the wickedness of his former captors, Ghost vowed to seek righteousness. With his fellow captives who know see him as their leader, Ghost formed a terrorist cell called Reaper's Brigade. It gained manpower quickly by raiding top-secret prisons, and weapon blueprints by hacking into the world's superpowers' mainframes.

In less than a year, Reaper's Brigade grew to a formidable 15,000 strong consisting of the world's best disgraced soldiers, scientists, engineers, assassins and spies.

### **Lord of the Iron Legion:**

Upon awakening from cryo-sleep, Ghost upgraded himself into an android body. He quickly learned of Vulture's betrayal, then proceeded to release Karnivore, an experimental being meant to control fire, water, earth and air, before absconding with all of Reaper's Brigade's mechanical troops. He briefly teamed up with Takota in order try and reclaim command of Reaper's Brigade, before realizing that Takota was the real enemy. Betraying his "ally" Ghost offered his support in Reaper's Brigade and White Fence Security's war against Trussia. This three-way alliance marked the beginning of the Corpus empire.

### **Supreme Overlord of Corpus:**

Corpus quickly found it's feet: Evil organizations from all over the world, tired of having to put up with TIC's constant meddling, began to pledge their allegiance. It took Ghost little time to reestablish the chain of command, naming himself as Supreme Overlord. Under his leadership, the combined legions of Corpus quickly did what no one else in human history had: Conquered the entire planet Earth. Ghost quickly turned this mass influx of resources towards a highly advanced space fleet. After another year of war, Takota realized Corpus had become too powerful to defeat, and that continued fighting would only result in heavy casualties for his people. The two emperors eventually signed a treaty: The Trussians would discontinue all extraterrestrial travel and disband their armies, and Corpus would leave them alone. And so began the golden age of Corpus: An empire upon which the sun literally never sets. Ghost would have been content with total dominion of Earth and ended hostilities with Trussia, but a massive empire demands equally massive amounts of resources. Ghost's empire has now set it's sights on all of the Multiverse, traveling to parallel universes and planting the Corpus colors. However, as his territories became ever more vast, with trillions of assorted beings at his command, his authority began to wane. Hence, a project to grant Ghost omnipotence... which failed. Though he did not gain control over the space-time continuum, Ghost did receive flight, super- strength, the ability to materialize anything out of thin-air, and immunity to aging. For now, he sits upon his obsidian thrown, his name going down in history as a conqueror, the likes of which has never been seen.

## **Appearance**

### **Canine Form**

As his original, canine form, Ghost was a well-built Belgian Shepherd of a moderate size. Jet black fur covered his head and torso and dark brown fur accented with grey patches painted his limbs and tail. His paws were completely white, as was a small patch on his chest. Ghost's eyes were completely white. Strangely, he bore no scars or signs of past trauma anywhere on his body.

Ghost was dressed in a black carbon fiber garment that covered everything except his head and tail. On top of that were a sleek armor-plated vest and dark grey kyanite breastplate decorated with the Reaper's Brigade insignia. Subtle but jagged spikes ran from his shoulders down the length of his body, which were mostly covered by a cloak cape. The lower part of his face was protected by a respirator, with three life support tubes connecting it with a miniature health monitor on his breastplate. Unsurprisingly, he had no weapons equipped.

### **Overlord Form**

As his newer, Overlord form, Ghost's was a 4 meters-tall cybernetic humanoid whose body consisted of a series of dislocated segments joined together by a powerful EMP-proof electromagnetic field. His kyanite chassis was plated black with streaks of red and black and patterned with geometric shapes. Wing-like apparatus, also dislocated and magnetized together, protruded out from his back. His head was essentially a glowing holographic skull that emitted a crimson fiery effect contained within a kyanite cranium. His hands and feet both had 6 digits ending in metallic talons. A nuclear fusion generator located within his chest cavity powered all bodily functions.

Ghost was equipped with two plasma swords that phased in and out of existence from his hands at will. In addition to his destructive cutting ability, it could also discharge powerful plasma pulses.

## Abilities

As universe's most powerful Reaper, Ghost vast array of powers were so formidable he could wipe an entire army out of existence with minimal effort. His natural abilities diminished when he transferred his mind to his Overlord form but was still omnipotent and nigh invincible when he went into battle.

From the Reaper Syndrome before being augmented by the Trussians, Ghost possessed a moderate control over the elements.

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