Dr. Phineas/Canon

Character Information
	; Dr. Phineas
Age	56
Gender	Male
Species	Echidna
SS Debut	Roommates
Comic Debut	N/A
Player	Mai-Pie

A technomage raised in the heart of the Dark Legion and tailored for a life of soulless mayhem, Phineas performed an abrupt heel-face-turn after the death of his beloved wife, and has since transformed his life's work into that of a healer and a saviour instead of a destroyer. Phineas hopes to rectify for his mistakes, especially since he is convinced that he was responsible for his wife's death in all aspects, and he has henceforth attempted to give the rest of his life to atonement.

Basic Stats[]

Nicknames/Aliases: Phin, Phini

Alignment: Neutral Good

Birthday: February 21

Type: A definite INFJ.

IQ: 120

Blood Type: A+

Height: 3'10"

Weight: 86 lb.

Build: Slight, compact

Residence: Albion

Occupation: Physician, Former Technomage

Marital Status: Married, Widowed

Favourite Food: Vanilla yogurt, pasta, green apples, green gelatin

Likes: Sweet things, chocolate, his grandfather-clocks, puzzles, snow, Finitevus, Phaedonas, Emi-Li

Dislikes: Alcohol, Uncleanliness, dust bunnies, fish, blood, violence

Fears: Drowning, Rejection; Not so much everyday rejection, but more personal rejection (e.g. Finitevus, his only family right now, he fears if Finitevus were to reject and/or cast him away and out of his life.) The Blue-screen of death.

Hobbies/Talents: Hobbies and talents are mostly concentrated on computers or any sort of machine he can get his hands on… tends to take them apart and put them back together again, same with watches, clocks, etc… Excellent at jigsaw puzzles. Also, he recently has taken a liking for studying acupuncture and Trigger point therapy. He writes smutty pulp romances under the pseudonym 'Vincent De'Claire' as well.

Aspirations/Dreams: Basically, to make a positive difference in the world.

Themesongs: I Control - The Queenstons

Doctor Q - Renard

Joke Theme: Magic Stick - Lil Kim ft. 50 Cent

Personality[]

Phineas is a very caring person, and always puts himself in the other's shoes. It doesn't take much to make him flustered or nervous. He is known for being compassionate and giving, but often acts like it's penance for a horrible action, and the guilt never seems to leave him. He's happier when with Phaedonas, though.

Despite the previous paragraph, Phineas strongly objects to spending any sort of time with his family, whether it be his father, grandfather, or step-granddad (Vladi). He left them a long while back, and he's pretty determined to keep it that way, even with the belief that his father died (for real this time? nah). Spending time with his son is another issue, as any sort of interaction dredges up painful memories.

Phineas' deep dark secret is revealed any time someone has the misfortune to touch his spines and circuits to any degree to stimulate a change-over. His previous disposition, a sour, malicious, and sadistic creature, returns to play, to the detriment of the people around him. He also is subject to various guilt-related or stress-induced breakdowns where he is afflicted with episodes of freakouts or waking nightmares, with little memory of what occurred during the time his mind was gone, only with the awareness of a vague terror.

Traits[]

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Attributes[]

Voice: Lightly accented, He has a soft and calm voice which comes off as warm and inviting. (Most of his family has the same accent... The further up the line the more dominant their accent is.) Also, when his cybernetics are activated, his voice has a metallic tinge to it and sounds more clear or dominant. His voice also takes on a cold and dominating quality to it. But nothing too drastic.

Balance: Good. Not afraid of heights either.

Posture: Fair posture. The years have taken a toll on his back, but he tries his best not to slouch or anything.

Stamina: Fair.

Hearing: Excellent hearing.

Climbing: His strength is not so much in his physical body, so he’d have a difficult time climbing. His bad knee wouldn’t get him anywhere far anyways.

Speed: Extremely quick, but only in short bursts.

Strength: Again, his strength is no so much in his body, but more-so in his mind.

Swimming: Cannot swim at all. And with all the metal inside of him, he wouldn’t want to learn how to swim either

Computers: Loves them dearly, so naturally he is a computer geek. He could take apart even the most advanced computer, clean every part, put it back together and get it running again and obviously, is quite the hacker.

Driving: Has a driver’s license but he doesn’t own his own vehicle, takes the speed rail instead or walks.

Abilities[]

Physical: His hearing is beyond the capacity of ordinary Mobians. INCLUDE BASIC ATTACKS HERE.

Mental - ENTER
- Intelligence: Very much books smarts, he wouldn’t last very long in the ‘bad side of town’. NEEDS TO BE RE-WRITTEN HERE TO REFLECT THE PROMPTED QUERY.
- Sanity: 78% sane (Slowly descending)
- Learned: Knowledge with computers, Excellent cook (Italian cuisine specifically), Quick thinker, Quick to learn new languages, therefore can serve as a translator.
- Critical Thinking: When it comes down to it, Phineas can think quickly on the spot and develop a plan that would best suit the situation.

Learned - ENTER
- Book-smarts: ENTER
- Street-smarts: ENTER
- Wisdom: ENTER

Special - ENTER
- Attacks: His attacking style is extremely flexible. Once truely engaged in battle, the gentle doctor is all over the place, throwing kicks and bending in ways you wouldn't imagine. (Take Voldo's style for example.)
- Martial Arts: Again, does not fight; but surprisingly is best at close combat.
- Powers: Phineas is a technomage, a special subset of the Mobian race with the ability to manipulate and control technology at his whim. While he is not nearly as powerful as his great-grandfather or grandfather, both said to have been able to manipulate portions which are not strictly technology due to a technological view of the world, he is a rather frightening force to behold, and it was this power alone that destroyed his wife.

Instincts/Reflexes: His reflexes are obscene. Due to intensive training, he is practically at ninja quality in expecting attacks and dodging them. Though untested, it is rumored he can catch a knife, bullet, or arrow in thin air. Aided by his remarkable hearing, he is aware of people trying to sneak up on him, and can probably expect an attack or ambush before it occurs.

Chaos - ENTER

Weaknesses[]

Physical
- General: His right knee. Back when he was younger, he had run into a group of Legionnaires, and since they don't take too kindly to 'drop-outs' he was dragged into a nearby vacant building and well, had the shit beaten out of him and one of them had throw a cement cinder block on his knee.
- Ailments: Sight: Beginning to go blind in his right eye so has a bit of trouble seeing on his right side. However, with his superb hearing, this is not much of a problem.
- Allergies:
  - Different types of pollen: Sneezing and itchy eyes
  - Any kind of Fish/Fish Oil: Serious- Throat swells up and blocks airway, may go into anaphylactic shock

Mental: Tends to be too trusting in others... He tries to see the good in others even when it’s not there. Also has urges…mental tics if you will. (See below)

Emotional - Due to extreme trauma done to him by his own son, Phineas is prone to anxiety attacks, which can occur almost at random. His episodes of panic attacks can range from either strained headaches to hyperventilation and insomnia. Although they can happen at random, Phineas can always tell when an episode may start... He uses this as a chance to get away from others, locking himself in small rooms, concealing himself in the dark so that he may try to get a grip on reality, by himself. Another reason why he secludes himself from people is that if his episode may be violent (Which it rarely is) he is almost guaranteed to try hurt anyone who comes in contact with him. Has be known to hurt himself as well.

Learned - Again, thanks to certain events, Phineas is always nervous around anyone who he comes into contact with, which causes for a lot of hesistant, unsure thinking.

Special - When Phineas focuses on something, he is bent on finishing or work at it until it is tolerable by his standards. Which is usually cleaning or fixing things that are asymmetrical. (He may or may not have inherited this from his father, Corbyn.) Addionally, when drunk (Which never happens... ever.) he tends to make rash and completely stupid decisions, which leaves him completely vunerable.

Instincts/Reflexes - ENTER

Chaos - ENTER

Items/Weapons/Vehicles[]

Items: He is usually seen with his wooden walking cane and when he was a technomage, he used a staff to help him get around. Either way, Phineas always uses something to support and help him get around. He usually has a stethoscope handy, but this is only sometimes. Finitevus provided him with two warp rings which he currently sports on his dreadlock.

Weapons: Phineas possesses no weapons, (Perhaps his wooden cane could be considered a weapon, but even then, one could tell it isn't strong enough to do much or any damage) though when his cybernetics are engaged, (Which is a rare occurance) his only weapon is his mind and speed.

Vehicles: None.

Affiliations/Relations[]

Dr. Finitevus - Son

Corbyn - Father

Emi-Li - Wife

Kormandyr - Grandfather

Dark Legion - The group which he has current ties to, as technomage and secretary to Moritori Rex

Aleksandyr - His lab assistant.

Rivals/Enemies[]

Dark Legion - All Dark Legion chapters, for a number of reasons but mostly because all of their enhancements and technology tempts him and the last thing he wants is to be dragged into all of that again. Tries his best to stay away from such groups.

Pimp Phineas - Hates this guy with an obsession.

Corbyn and Kormandyr - To some extent, because these two have been particularly hard and unforgiving on him, for whatever reason.

Gozen - The two have been frequently at each other's throats - quite literally, when Phin isn't being shot at

History[]

As soon as Phineas was born he was brought into the world of growing knowledge for technology. His father had already chosen his path in life for Phineas to live and that was to become a Technomage; One who practices the art of Magitek. Of course, Phineas had no say in this, and didn't bother to try and change his father's mind. He did what he was told.

Training was brutal, the hours were long and hard, and the surgeries to obtain such cybernetics were painful, to say the least. At the age of 10, he already was mostly metal, but you couldn't tell by just looking. His cybernetics were implanted inside of him with technology far more advanced for their time, which was a constant threat to the boy's life. His father obviously didn't care about such petty details and pushed Phineas forward to succeed. Against all odds, at the age of 16, Phineas completed most of his training and finished his constant surgeries driven to make his father proud. However, this was around the time of the Great War where Magitek was condemned as illegal operations, and all those related to such magiks were put to death; Including the workers and presumably Phineas’ father. Phineas had managed to slip by the guards that were looking for him, (And by slip by them, I mean he killed them) and ran off in desperation for safety.

It was then, Phineas eventually ran into some Legionnaires and they brought (forced) him back into a Dark Legion chapter where they took him in and made him one of their own. It was nothing but hell from that point on.

He was used for his magiks to built weapons, upgrade cybernetics, hone and better their defences; illegally. It was just constant, constant stress on his mind and internal cybernetics, but he refused to be broken and carried on nevertheless. The years spent with the Dark Legion had hardened and contorted his spirit and aura. If you took so much of a second thought on a command from the Grandmaster, you were given 6 lashes. If you did not kill on command, you were considered useless and killed instead.

It was around 2 years later when he was 18, he met a timid rich girl during one of the Legion's attacks. Most of the girl's home city and family were destroyed. They had won the battle and everyone was free to take as much as they wanted. Phineas took the wounded girl and dragged her back to his quarters. She was obviously frantic at first, kicking and screaming, trying to get away from this echidna as best as she could. So Phineas did all he could to show her that he didn't want to hurt her: healing her wounds, speaking to her with the calmest voice he could... etc. A few days had passed and Phineas had taken care of all her wounds, had her properly fed and really tried to reach out to the girl. He didn’t want her to be afraid of him…

'Emi-Li' She told him, almost a week later. 'My name is Emi-Li.' Her delicate voice and golden eyes were enough to set him over. Phineas had fallen in love for the very first time. Everything was different now. They both had fallen victim to soul touch.

A few years had passed and Phineas and Emi-Li were already engaged (in secret). Emi-Li still lived with Phineas in his quarters as his ‘servant’...

ENTER

Eventually, tiring of putting up with his father's constant annoyances, Finitevus threw him into the Twilight Zone along with the high-ranking Dark Legion members and the Brotherhood.

The little doctor was found by a party of Legionnaires hunting for food, and they took him to Moritori Rex. His wounds were treated, and never asked about, nor his clear resemblance to Dr. Finitevus. This main faction of the Dark Legion had no knowledge of Phineas' previous work for one of their factions, and welcomed him with open arms as a fellow cyborg, utilizing his powers just to try and survive.

He currently works as the Legion's technomage, and as something of Moritori Rex's bodyguard and secretary, closer than many have gotten to the elusive Grandmaster. Still, he is unaware of the existence of Tobor among the ranks of the Legion, or of Moritori's masquerade.