Cipher (Alexander Charkov)

## Powers and Abilities

### Origin

Nanotechnology of his own creation have grafted to his body giving him some extra abilities

### Powers

Enhanced Durability, Super Genius

**Alexander Verosca Alden Silas Charkov** also known as **"Cipher"** or **"Alexander Charkov"** was born in a foreign country in a small town of Isvanka, he is a highly intelligent individual, once a prominent scientist and researcher at Valktech Medical Advancement Facility is now playing a lead role in supporting Jester and his goals after awakening from a long coma.

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Cipher is an averaged sized human standing around 5"11' he has grey eyes and dark brown/black hair which is curly and shaved on the left side. Attached to his body in places is a metallic skin overlay formed by his own personal Nanobots which keep him alive.

## **History**

### **Early Life**

Alexander Charkov was born to Ivan Charkov and Sasha Charkov in 2070, his father was a missile defence technician who was wrongly accused for telling secrets to other nations, in order to get away from this they had to get involved in mafia activity, his mother Sasha was a waitress at a local diner in their homeland, looking after a 5 year old Alex and his pet rabbit Beri at the time, together as a family they left their homeland. when Alex was a young teenager he showed exceptional skills in all things technological taking after his father, when he turned 18 he won an internship at Valktech Industries for his invention of prototype Nanotechnology.

### **Valktech Industries**

At Valktech Industries, Alexander Charkov met with a colleague known as Calien Denbury, the two lived within the confines of Valktech Medical Advancement Facility under Room 309, they became best friends, sharing their knowledge of technology together, the two scientists along with a team at Valktech Industries made a break through of developing autonomous nanobots managing to create the very first nanobots as part of Project: Hope, which can be used to help in the medical field, these machines have the ability to scan bodily injuries and create solutions to them automatically, including replace parts of a human body. While celebrating their success a catastrophic explosion occurred within the laboratory killing all of his team including Calien and the test subject who participated in the experiment. Alex was presumed dead in the blast. To everyone's surprise, he managed to survive the blast thanks to his new technology, the nanobots grafted to his body, saving his life, but he was unfortunately comatose for four years.

## **Relationships**

#### **James Samuel (Jester)**

Originally Cipher was freaked out by Jester when he, Lynx and Neo woke Charkov up from his coma, they started off rough but quickly grew to realise that they both needed each other after Jester explained what had happened in the past four years since Cipher first went into his coma. Since then the two have a best friend style of relationship where the two are good friends but can sometimes tease each other too much and get on each other's nerves but is usually played for laughs on both ends.

## **Powers and Abilities**

### **Powers**

The upper left half of Cipher's body is covered in nanobots, these tiny robots provide some durability acting as armour to Cipher, the bots can transform their shape to whatever Cipher wills as they are connected to his brain.

* **Enhanced Durability:** The Nanobots on Cipher's body allow him to take more pressure than a normal human, the carbon fibre makes parts of his body bullet resistant.
* **Medium Ranged Scanner:** Cipher is able to scan a nearby area's with the help of his Nanobots through his left eye, they can pick up on details that regular human sight couldn't see.

### **Abilities**

* **Super-Genius Intelligence:** from an early age Cipher has been very interested in study, reading and learning so much that it took up most of what little free time he had, he is able to read through multiple books faster than an average person, quick on his feet in difficult situations.
* **Bilingual:** Cipher can speak Common and Chuscian.
* **Master Engineer:** On top of his high intellect, Cipher can apply his knowledge of technical mechanics and machinery able to fix almost anything, he is able to create a solution to a problem using his knowledge of machinery.

### **Weaknesses**

* **Nanobot Reliance** **:** Cipher relies on his personal Nanobots to keep him stable and alive, without them Cipher would be considerably weaker.
* **Overexertion :** The Nanobots on Ciphers body only come with a certain amount of charge within them, without that charge the Nanobots become weaker and lose functionality.

## **Paraphernalia**

### **Equipment**

* **Nanobots:** His own personal creation is the very thing keeping him alive and gives him his power. The Nanobots are highly durable and strong, they are able to change their shape on Ciphers body to suit his needs.

## **Appearances and Mentions**

* **Main Line Books:**
	+ Book 1: (supporting character)
* **Supplementary Media:**
	+ The Logs of a Young Charkov (main character)

## **Quotations**

* "W-where am I?" (first appearance dialogue of Book 1: Pg190)

## **Trivia**

* His MBTI is INTP “The Logician”
* Alexander keeps lots of written paper notes as he prefers the authenticity of pen and paper.