Phoenix Physiology

I think these are probably the strongest mythical birds, (Ziz Physiology) should also be up there probably....(I mean birds, not flying mythical creatures in general....but they would probably stillness top of the food chain.

The first three powers that come up are what you have to fight the Dark Phoenix with.

Are you winning?

Not yet done but general concept is the monsters of old have human-like appearances and have been operating under the shadows for a long time.

Basilisk

“It is a basilisk unto mine eye; it kills me to look on it.”

Basilisks represent Evil, Death, Negative Emotions, Evil Eye (corrupts any direction they look), Alchemy, Extremes, Time Outside of Time, Between Spaces, Transitions, Light Winning Out Over Darkness, Confidence, Endurance, Nobility, Pride, Protection, Shadow-Self, Strength, Transformation, and Willpower.

What lies underneath the mask?

Are they evil or are they just deadly?

Forced to make hard choices, but are they the right choices?

Can it be killed by its reflection or does it just hate it?

Are they somehow neutral and/or isolated from time? In between universes/dimensions/forces?

Do their eyes turn people into stone or does he corrupt everything in the facing direction?

Name

Age

Unknown

Ethnicity

Caucasian + White

Tier

Personality

The idea of Basilisk is that she has a lot of blood on her hands, but is not the Evil villain history made her out to be. She sees slaughter as unfortunate despite her affinity for murder and tries to do what’s right, whatever it takes. This version of Basilisk reminds me of a Claymore, learning about this world of humans, monsters and gods alike through the memories of her “past selves.”

Boss

Gargoyle

“-Their open mouths were symbolic of them devouring giants.”

Gargoyles represent Observation, All-Seeing, Higher Mind, Broad Perspectives, Paradoxes, Chimericality, Grotesque, Guardianship, Practicality, Protection, Sacred Voice, Throat Chakra (purification, expression, communication), Water Element (rain, expression of emotion, dreams), Prevention, Conditions Requiring Long-Term Maintenance

Are they made of wood, clay, or stone?

Intelligence, likely spirituality - maybe some telepathy.

Wings or no wings?

How can they be a defender and chaotic evil?

What do they prevent? How?

Gargoyles represent naturally growing and degrading things, such as constructions or mowing the lawn? Duty? Life?

Ugly being, heavenly voice? Self-Voice manipulation?

What does purification mean for evil, water-tied beings?

Grotesque = ugly ≠ monstrous ≠ evil?

Name

Referred to as Boss, but isn’t a hint at his status at all.

Age

Ethnicity

Tier

Personality

Secretive, Suspicious, Pacifistic, Quiet, Unpredictable

Nina

Hydra:

“Cut off one head, two grow back.”

Hydras symbolize Transformation, Death, Change, Transitions, Karmic Repercussions, Opposing Forces, Duality, Masculine and Feminine Forces, Calmness, Emotional Exploration, Fierceness, High Intellect, Immortality, Multiplicity, Paradoxes, Persistence, Pervasiveness, Perspective, Regeneration, Wisdom, Water Element.

What is the “head” and how do you “cut it off?”

Masculine and Feminine: does she have modes or perhaps another personality?

How is it possible for her to live forever?

Karmic? Do they have a responsibility to the cosmos?

How do the heads multiply?

Do these heads think for themselves?

What kind of powers can she bestow?

Her “breath” is lethally poisonous. How? What’s it do?

How much does she value knowledge?

Name

Nina

Age

Nearing 100,000yrs

Tier

Country

Ethnicity

Cuban

Personality

Smart, Cunning, Self-Centered, Self-Assured, Manipulative,

Abilities

Longevity

Hydra is immortal but has an exceptionally long life compared to humans. If she were to deplete herself of Lf energy and abstain from feeding altogether, her lifespan would be approximately five thousand years.

Aquatic Adaptation

Hydra is a Water Spirit and has a natural affinity for underwater activity.

Poisonous Blood and Breath

Hydra is known for her poisonous blood and breath, which is so potent it degrades all life nearby and fights healing factors.

Life Extension

Hydra is a creature that extends her life to live longer than usual.

Life Addition

By killing people with her blood, she’s able to add their Lf energy to her own.

Peak Human Regeneration

Unaided, she can heal most injuries in a day or two.

Enhanced Condition

Her body and mind are naturally enhanced and are augmented further by the Life Force she absorbs.

Ninth Head

This is the main ability belonging to the Immortal Crown of the Hydra. The Lfe stockpiles in her body, empowering her to the fearsome legend she remains today.

1. Supernatural Condition: Her body and mind are further enhanced by the Life Force she absorbs.

2. Regenerative Healing Factor: It is because of the Life Force that she can regenerate as quickly. The more she stores, the better she heals.

3. Life Force Blasts/Attacks: She can imbue her attacks with Lf energy, but her supply isn’t infinite.

4. Life Extension:Life Addition: She adds to her own life by killing others.

5. Delayed Aging: Nina will never age under the right conditions and will remain in her prime.

6. Enhanced Intelligence: Already intelligent, her mental capabilities grow with her Lf intake.

7. Capacitor: She can store the Lf energy and use it for multiple purposes.

8. Self-Sustenance: Once brimming with Lf energy, she no longer has to eat or drink to sustain her health.

9. Self Power Augmentation: Through the Lf energy, she can augment any of her powers to a greater but not almighty degree.

Power Granting

Hydra can only grant abilities via conversion. When someone is Blooded, they are granted an array of superhuman powers.

• Undead Physiology: Upon receiving Hydra’s Ichor, the recipient is killed during the transformation and wakes with most of their human needs replaced with something else or a lack of need entirely.

• Aquatic Adaptation: Because of her nature as a Water Spirit, her subordinates can move and breathe effortlessly underwater.

• Infected Blood: They carry the poisonous and infectious blood of the Hydra which can still kill mortals on contact. Higher-ups can use the blood to convert them into Hydra.

• Regenerative Healing Factor: Hydra can regenerate when they’ve been injured.

• Pain Suppression:

• Fire Aversion: They still have their mother’s weakness in fire/burning, which can be used to fight and kill them.

Hive Mind

She can take control of her “heads” and armies all at once if she pushes her power.

Consciousness Transferal?

Nina can possess any one of her subordinates as long as they are devoted to her. She can possess a subordinate on any level from Sympathizer to Lieutenant, but the compatibility varies depending on the purity of the victim’s Hydra Blood.

Conditional Immortality

As long as she has Lfe she can heal from nearly any injury and can’t be killed.

Body, Blood, and Will of The Hydra

Nina

Nina, as the Ninth Head and the Originator, has the purest of the Hydra blood. Hydra blood is incredibly poisonous but has transformative properties, namely the metamorphosis from human to hydra. By transforming people or having her Heads do it for her, she can absorb that person’s life force to add to her own. This gives her a regenerative healing factor, the ability to sustain lethal injuries without dying, high resistance to poisons, all she needs to keep going.

Lieutenants

The first eight people she gave her blood to, her Heads, are the strongest of her subordinates and have been designated lieutenants of her ever-expanding army. Each Head received its power from the source and has a tainted version of Nina’s blood, only pure enough to keep making hydra soldiers. Because they possess the purest blood of the subclasses and are the most devoted to Nina, they can host her in their bodies the longest and with much greater ease.

Vice Captains

Vice Captains attend to and are Blooded by their respective commanding lieutenant. They are given purer blood than Soldiers. The second purest, they can host Nina for an adequate amount of time with greater difficulty.

Soldiers

The footmen themselves have an even less pure version and cannot spawn Hydra. Instead, they carry the Ideals of the Hydra into battle. Should a Head be removed, the best of these men will take their places. Their blood is the most corrupt and they won’t host Nina for long before she either is removed or they perish. While killing a Lieutenant dramatically increases the Hydra’s power, killing Soldiers increases it in increments.

Sympathizers

Sympathizers are not yet Blooded, but share the same Ideals as the Hydra. These people are usually living humans and have no abilities to speak of. Nina can possess these as well, but not for long. Nor can she produce pure Hydra blood in mere sympathizers.

Limitations

1. Her compatibility with a host relies on their devotion to the Blood and Ideal of the Hydra. It is the Ideal that ties her mind to theirs, but the Blood maintains her presence. If her followers are not devoted to the Ideal of the Hydra, transferring her consciousness becomes harder and controlling them becomes laborious. If the host is not Blooded, they can only hold the connection for a short time and the dirtier the blood, the weaker the compatibility (which is why Lieutenants are easiest).

2. The ability to produce Hydra Blood in another body is dependent on how pure the host’s Hydra Blood is. No Hydra Blood, no production.

3. Staying in a Human for too long kills them.

4. While in another body, if it’s mortal, she can be killed. The Lfe is stored in her original body only but can possibly be used via mind.

5. Only Vice Captains can become Lieutenants since they have their superior’s Demi-Hydra blood in them, which purifies on death since the “extension” is gone.

6. She can only sense their feelings and emotions in regards to the cause, like doubt or reluctance.

7. Can still be possessed.

8. Consciousness can be locked in a body.

9. Lf energy can still be drained though she’s technically always feeding through her troops.

10. Without Lf energy, her life is limited.

Knox

Phoenix

“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix must first burn.”

The Phoenix represents The Sun, Immortality, Resurrection, Life After Death, Rebirth, Hope, Renewal, Progress, End of Oppression, Eternity, Magic, Safety, Transformation, Permanence, Inventiveness, The Sacredness of Life, Creation, Transformation, Self Awareness, Time, Clarity, Illumination, Fire Spirit, Insight, Healing, Protection, Wisdom, Purification, Initiation, Self Sacrifice, Higher Self, Spiritual Pursuits, The Soul, Reincarnation, and Endurance.

Is reincarnation for a Phoenix a good thing?

Is it painful?

What if someone placed a curse on him so that he involuntarily reincarnates?

What happens if a Phoenix doesn’t let themself be resurrected?

Upon reincarnation, do they have memories of their past lives?

Do they remember themselves?

Is the rebirth a reset?

Can they manipulate the flame?

How does he fly? Can he?

How can someone doomed to burn to death over and over, forgetting everything as they start over from 0 be Hopeful?

What if he had hope because he was forgetful?

Death Resistance?

Phoenix Force

So far I have a few ideas for Knox’s Resurrection.

1. It’s a curse set upon him and his people by a god or other monster which burns him to nothing with the fire of the sun, over and over again with no end in sight. The pain is so intense that each time they’re reborn, they lose all sense of themselves and become a different person altogether. Each death intensifies the torture as the identities are contained within and continue to suffer, making the experience of dying maddening.

2. Knox is a Phoenix that doesn’t want rebirth. Maybe he’s protecting something with his life but can’t afford to lose this one.

Phoenix Fire

Phoenix Fight

Knox has a sort Death Resistance or Supernatural Survivability he can share, meaning he will suffer the pain and processes of death for an extended amount of time. He can suffer tremendous injuries before

Character Ideas

Phoenix

Frankenstein (made from different heroes and monsters)

Hercules (for Hydra)

Sphinx (Prophetic)

Boogey Man

Fire Ox

I create a demigod character who will have a phoenix as a soul-bounded entity. His name is Askold and he will become a transcendent absolutely invulnerable demigod once. His phoenix will be able to resurrect from ashes and generate grand flame that causes mass resurrection or Semi-Immortality.

I ask how to name this phoenix? What kind of ideas do you have? Feel free to combine different morphemes like pyro- or anything else related to it.