Hello everyone, this is my first post here and I've been dying to share this hero concept so I hope you like him.
Backstory:
John "Hopscotch" Ceja. Born a couple of years after the events of Deadlock; He is a war veteran in whatever Deadlocks version is of the Vietnam War. The war was bloody and brutal and one mission would cost Hopscotch everything. One of his platoon members, a man named Ruiz, suffered from the Lycan curse. Not being able to handle the brutality of the war and keeping his beast under control, Ruiz goes insane and AWOL, killing fellow soldiers, enemy combatants, and civilians alike. Hopscotch and a small squad go on a mission to stop the mad werewolf and hopefully cover this whole thing up. The mission almost goes immediately south as Ruiz gets the jump on them, killing everyone but Hopscotch, only severely maiming his right leg. Hopscotch manages to kill him but now all his friends are dead and his leg is hanging by a literal thread of tendon. He miraculously lives, but he had to hobble around on crutches at the hospital before he was able to get his prosthetic leg. The other soldiers took to calling him 'Hopscotch' due to him hopping around with crutches. (People can be so cruel).
Now he's back home in Queens, New York, alone and broken. He spent years living like a shallow husk of a human being, until technology finally advanced in the future that he was able to build his own primitive, somewhat reliable, time machine. He used it to document wars in the past, but really he actually felt strangely at home when he was in a active warzone. He would continue doing this, feeling like he actually had some purpose in his life until his time machine finally gave out on him, leaving him conveniently in the year the Deadlock ritual is about to take place.
Now participating in the ritual, He's faced with a difficult decision for his wish. Either wish to have his time machine fixed so he can continue journaling or wish to have peace in his life, not tormented by his past but be stuck in the past.
Abilities:
(1. Blooper) Pull out a M79 Grenade Launcher which will explode on impact and cause knockback to enemies and Hopscotch if he's close enough. Great for quicker movement and/or trying to escape a fight, sort of like Venators gutshot.
(2. Flash Photography) Flash your camera at the enemies in a small cone radius in front of Hopscotch, which will render them stunned for a short period of time.
(3. High Morale, Passive) Any enemies near you will gain a small regeneration and bullet resistance boost. The more allies near you, the greater the boost. Perfect for team fights
(4. The Horror) In a small cone radius like his second ability, the enemy will flashed with images of the horrors of war, rendering them silenced for a significant amount of time. This will be a lot like Mina's ult but it does a lot less damage.
Character Design:
Hopscotch doesn't take very good care of himself very well. Having thick black hair that goes down to his shoulders and a unkempt stubble, forever stuck with a piercing gaze that can cut through diamonds. He still wears his M1 helmet and military fatigues which have been battle scarred to shit. His helmet decorated with a beaded cross necklace wrapped around it, and little doodles drawn over the camo netting. A photo sticks out his helmet band of his old platoon before they all died. His fatigues have seen better days, being torn, shot, and clawed at throughout his years. He's used other clothes to stitch on any holes that got too big, showing his stubbornness to wear anything else, sticking to his past self as a soldier. He wears his dog tags and his camera for photography around his neck. His weapon, The Equalizer, is a mix of a M16A1 and a XM177. Its a lot more taken care of than he is, having his sling wrapped around the hand guard and stock, and a lucky rabbits foot hanging off the sling attachment for good measure.
He's quiet and reserved. He tries to be polite to everyone he meets, but sometimes comes off as awkward. He can be blunt at times, and speaks his mind when he needs to.
Can you tell I'm really passionate about this guy? I hope you guys liked this and feel free to ask questions about him in the comments
Backstory:
John "Hopscotch" Ceja. Born a couple of years after the events of Deadlock; He is a war veteran in whatever Deadlocks version is of the Vietnam War. The war was bloody and brutal and one mission would cost Hopscotch everything. One of his platoon members, a man named Ruiz, suffered from the Lycan curse. Not being able to handle the brutality of the war and keeping his beast under control, Ruiz goes insane and AWOL, killing fellow soldiers, enemy combatants, and civilians alike. Hopscotch and a small squad go on a mission to stop the mad werewolf and hopefully cover this whole thing up. The mission almost goes immediately south as Ruiz gets the jump on them, killing everyone but Hopscotch, only severely maiming his right leg. Hopscotch manages to kill him but now all his friends are dead and his leg is hanging by a literal thread of tendon. He miraculously lives, but he had to hobble around on crutches at the hospital before he was able to get his prosthetic leg. The other soldiers took to calling him 'Hopscotch' due to him hopping around with crutches. (People can be so cruel).
Now he's back home in Queens, New York, alone and broken. He spent years living like a shallow husk of a human being, until technology finally advanced in the future that he was able to build his own primitive, somewhat reliable, time machine. He used it to document wars in the past, but really he actually felt strangely at home when he was in a active warzone. He would continue doing this, feeling like he actually had some purpose in his life until his time machine finally gave out on him, leaving him conveniently in the year the Deadlock ritual is about to take place.
Now participating in the ritual, He's faced with a difficult decision for his wish. Either wish to have his time machine fixed so he can continue journaling or wish to have peace in his life, not tormented by his past but be stuck in the past.
Abilities:
(1. Blooper) Pull out a M79 Grenade Launcher which will explode on impact and cause knockback to enemies and Hopscotch if he's close enough. Great for quicker movement and/or trying to escape a fight, sort of like Venators gutshot.
(2. Flash Photography) Flash your camera at the enemies in a small cone radius in front of Hopscotch, which will render them stunned for a short period of time.
(3. High Morale, Passive) Any enemies near you will gain a small regeneration and bullet resistance boost. The more allies near you, the greater the boost. Perfect for team fights
(4. The Horror) In a small cone radius like his second ability, the enemy will flashed with images of the horrors of war, rendering them silenced for a significant amount of time. This will be a lot like Mina's ult but it does a lot less damage.
Character Design:
Hopscotch doesn't take very good care of himself very well. Having thick black hair that goes down to his shoulders and a unkempt stubble, forever stuck with a piercing gaze that can cut through diamonds. He still wears his M1 helmet and military fatigues which have been battle scarred to shit. His helmet decorated with a beaded cross necklace wrapped around it, and little doodles drawn over the camo netting. A photo sticks out his helmet band of his old platoon before they all died. His fatigues have seen better days, being torn, shot, and clawed at throughout his years. He's used other clothes to stitch on any holes that got too big, showing his stubbornness to wear anything else, sticking to his past self as a soldier. He wears his dog tags and his camera for photography around his neck. His weapon, The Equalizer, is a mix of a M16A1 and a XM177. Its a lot more taken care of than he is, having his sling wrapped around the hand guard and stock, and a lucky rabbits foot hanging off the sling attachment for good measure.
He's quiet and reserved. He tries to be polite to everyone he meets, but sometimes comes off as awkward. He can be blunt at times, and speaks his mind when he needs to.
Can you tell I'm really passionate about this guy? I hope you guys liked this and feel free to ask questions about him in the comments
