Subject: CHARDESC: WARP 
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 05:43:22 EDT 
From: Blackflak@aol.com


For those of you who don't already know, Warp is a 
dimensional analog of myself, Douglass Barre, from a world 
where he got rudely yanked across dimensions at the age of 
thirteen, giving him the ability to open portals (warps, 
hence the name) between two points in space or between two 
separate dimensions.  Because of spending so much time in 
Ataniel, Warp is constantly two years older than the Doug 
you know.

Warp has been a superhero for over half his life, and is one 
of the two or three most experienced heroes in the world.  
He is an experienced fighter, and tremendously creative with 
his powers, which he's had years to ponder the ramifications 
and applications of.  A favorite MO is to open a portal to a 
dimension of some ambient matter/energy and use the natural 
pressure to "shoot" it.  As mentioned before, he spent some 
years as a fantasy hero on Ataniel, so also has many sword-
n-sorcery genre skills.

Warp is almost always composed when dealing with superhero 
business.  He is rather less so in the realm of "private 
life".  Warp's legal name is Warp, which should tell you a 
bit about his identity outside his superheroing.  He doesn't 
really remember a life when he wasn't a hero, so secret 
identities and private lives are, while not unfamiliar, not 
something he has much experience with.

He is a capable and practised leader, particularly excellent 
in suggesting new ways for the use of his teammates' powers.  
Warp's relations with teammates are cordial but somewhat 
aloof in terms of relating to them on a personal level.  He 
is particularly close to Kyria (as Kyria), and has a long 
held distaste for Manstalker.  He particularly likes his 
current position as "mentor" to younger/newer heroes, though 
his young age (he's about to turn thirty) occasionally makes 
him seem like a know-it-all.

When in doubt, write him like he were me.

(He is not, actually, the Douglass Barre of Earth-V, 
however...  that dubious honor goes to the small local and 
retired hero Blackflak.  Warp is from a destroyed 
dimension.)

Any other questions about Warp or his long and varied 
history, write me.  If you want to refer to a character 
who's been around in the world for some time, chances are 
Warp would know of or have had contact with him or her, so 
feel free to write it in.

A full origin of Warp is planned for a series of posts, so 
keep an eye open for those.

Doug