Lord Belisarion

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Lord Belisarion

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Decided to post this guy here, mostly because there didn't seem to be massive problems with him.

Lord Belisarion

Origins:

When Mogar unleashed the wrath of the Cosmic Weapon, its light, a glittering aurora of the raw energy of the Power Cosmic, rippled through space and time, empowering individuals throughout the whole of creation, from beginning to end. One such individual was Lord Belisarion, a member of a species of extremely humanlike (so much as to be practically identical) aliens living on the world of Sarronath, who, gazing at the night sky from the balcony of his manse, was struck instantly by the glory of the Power Cosmic. He reached to the sky, as if to touch it, the energies leaping into him, suffusing his very essence with unimaginable power.

It was the aspect of the Power Cosmic that spoke of the concepts of rulership, strategy, generalship and naked force. And Belisarion was never one to ignore the possibility of advancement. In little more than a month, he was ruler of the entire world. And from there, his sights only grew larger.

In a few decades, Sarronath's solar system was filled with colonists, mighty spaceships running the gap between the planets, FTL invented, talk even existing of exploratory missions to other systems. And then out of the cold interstellar void came the Icon.

A race of consciousnesses in metal shells, the Icon came to kill until life in Sarronath's star system was utterly extinguished. The outer colonies were first to suffer their methodical slaughters, the cold massacres of every single living being, down to the last few microbes. Belisarion's fleet was mustered, a few skirmishes were fought, but the Icon continued their relentless, remorseless advance.

The great battle came when the Icon were lured close to the Sarronath's system's sun, a burning yellow star whose emissions disrupted their advanced sensors. They didn't even see Belisarion coming, until he pushed their mighty flagship right into the sun's gravity well, the energies frying its computers and melting its engines until it fell, lifeless, into the blazing inferno. After that, the Icon force, consisting of light ships, was massacred.

But millions had died, and Belisarion bore those deaths heavily upon himself. He resolved not to come in peace to aliens, but to conquer until he was reasonably secure, after which he would be sure his species and empire would endure. Being in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy, he discovered that his conquests of fifty worlds were relatively ignored, as that patch of the galaxy was home to countless brushfire wars and petty empires. His empire soon spanned a hundred worlds, and it was then he discovered the rumours about the Sol System.

It was said to be home to two intelligent species - humans and Martians. The humans were less advanced, but had strange creatures amongst them - beings capable of far more than their carbon-based bodies should be able to perform.

He decided to conquer this world, sending a battleship of his Star Navy, captained by himself, to attack (he didn't want to send in a larger force, as he was worried about alerting the humans). Under cloak, a dropship sent him down to the surface of the planet.

What ensued was a running (and by 'running' we mean fought across the whole planet) battle with several superheroes, resulting, ultimately, in an exhausting fistfight with Archwind in the sky off the coast of China, followed by an attempted attack by a nuclear weapon by the Chinese government (he got out of the way and back to his ship before the missile reached his position).

After the battle, Belisarion resolved not to rest until Earth had been conquered. He is currently raising a ten billion-strong army to attack the planet.

Appearance and Personality:

Belisarion is a charming figure, intelligent and well-spoken. He's tall, with a proud demeanour and black hair. His eyes shine white with the energy of the Power Cosmic, and he is intensely muscled. He is proud, but intelligent, and also exceedingly protective of the citizens of his empire, most notably his wife and firstborn heir. He does not easily suffer disruptions to his stratagems, and likes the idea of order, preferring to be hands-on, whether in running his empire or fighting in battle. He typically wears military clothing vaguely reminiscent of the 19th or early 20th Century, matching things off with a cavalry sabre. He also has a strong sense of honour, although he can rationalise the use of his more underhanded plans relatively easily.

Powers and Abilities

Belisarion is about as strong and durable as Archwind, and is just as intelligent as any other ruler, not as foolish as Mogar. He also has the ability to strategise and plan on a literally superhuman level. From his eyes, he can also project energy, mostly electromagnetic, but also kinetic energy and more esoteric things. He also has the ability to enhance his sabre with the limitless energy of the Power Cosmic, enabling it to slice through anything, although it usually wears off in about an hour. He has the power of flight, moving at supersonic speeds through air or space.

He also has a fairly large starfleet and a fairly large army.
You have ruled this galaxy for ten thousand years.
You have little of account to show for your efforts.
Order. Unity. Obedience.
We taught the galaxy these things.

And we shall do so again.
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