“ | Hahaha! But don’t worry Mr. Xander, I used to be a boxer and got cheap shotted like that myself once. It’s a good lesson! | „ |
~ Vlad's apt response to Warrane's sage advice |
“ | Ahh, man. I really screwed up this time. Haven't taken a hit like that before. I don't think I can fight, or walk again though. I've just- At least I helped someone after all. I wasn't totally useless in the end. | „ |
~ After being hit with Chaos Theory |
Summary[]
Vladimir Kotosvsky is one of the supporting characters of Valhalla: Hellcity. While his precise background is redacted, it is known that he was a Boxer before the Merry Christmas incident, and is now under the employ of the Alpha Centuri PMC. He initially appeared alongside Jonathan as opponents for Warrane Ambre and Xander Phoenix to test their combined abilities against, and eventually reappeared as a direct assistant during Session 13, though at the grave cost of losing his leg and arm saving Warrane from Chaos Theory.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 7-C | High 7-C, higher with Arc Flash Overload; Savage Wolf Fury | At least High 7-C, likely Low 7-B, 7-B with Maximum Charge
Key: Training Wing 006 | Chesed Assault | Firmament Siege
Name: Vladimir Kotosvsky
Origin: Valhalla: Hellcity
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Classification: Level 1 Trigger
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1 and 3, Triggers are immortal[1] and can heal from any physical injury[2]), Regeneration (Low-Godly, any damage on the physical layer is regarded as "False Damage"[2] that is incapable of killing the trigger and regenerates at triple speed, while damage to every layer is still able to be healed provided the damage is not extensive, and they are not struck in their[3] spiritual core[4]), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3; Triggers have no requirements for food or physical obligation to sleep, only being affected psychologically by prolonged consciousness.[4] Can traverse into the depths of Red Gashes, where even air vanishes from existence[5]), Energy Manipulation (The defining trait of a Trigger is the ability to control Energy, an extraplanar force that clashes with the nature of reality on a fundamental level. This fuels their abilities at large, and can be fired as a blast directly[2]), Explosion Manipulation (Regularly caused by the use of energy, whether through Blasts, Energy enhanced attacks or certain Unique Powers[2]), Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Can attack on the mental and spiritual layers alongside the physical[2]), Fear Manipulation (Damage to the mental layer can influence the thoughts and feelings of onlookers, causing locations that have been severely damaged by triggers to cause an innate sense of dread and desire to abandon the area[6]), Memory Manipulation (Damage to an area on the mental layer may cause it to be outright removed from collective memory,[2] Silas's Miracle was capable of "unpersoning" King Gizzard by reducing him to atoms on every layer[4]), Life Manipulation (The spiritual layer dictates the properties of physical objects, including their life-force/spans[6]), Regeneration Negation (Up to Low-Godly; Damage to the spiritual layer interferes with the life force of objects, making it impossible for mundane means to repair damage dealt by a Trigger.[6] Even other Triggers have an increased difficulty healing attacks that harm their souls[2]), Invulnerability Negation (Despite a Fortified Trigger's ability to completely ignore False Damage,[2] a Trigger's normal attacks are capable of harming them, as displayed with Aisha,[3] and Frozen Mind's similar protection of the mind and soul also cannot prevent outright damage), Non-Physical Interaction (Capable of damaging spiritual and mental structures, and even interact with Gashes and creatures similar in nature,[7] which are a "total annihilation of anything and everything"[8]), Reactive Evolution (Triggers as a whole have the capacity to suddenly evolve in Level through overexposure to extreme levels of Energy, special energy sources or extreme distress.[2] More regularly, external factors allow them to break through their limits to enhance their power,[4] this process often granting them new aspects to their powers in the process. Vladimir in particular is noted to have a great affinity for expanding their abilities through combat[9], allowing them to gain a variety of new applications to their power and keep pace with the potential of the Wife Beaters), Surface Scaling (Even the least agile of triggers are capable of running straight up walls and climbing on totally flat surfaces[2]), Enhanced Senses (Triggers are capable of seeing the Spiritual and Mental layers of reality, as well as have their senses tuned to such extremes that they can "hear sweat hitting the ground from another room, see in almost complete darkness, feel minor shifts in the air and smell chemicals that have no odor".[2] This allows Triggers to speak to each other at normal volumes from hundreds of meters away, as well as communicate through the minimal use of their vocal cords while keeping their mouth closed[10]), Reality Warping and Physics Manipulation (The use of energy can cause Random Events, causing a conflict between the laws of physics and reality in an attempt to replace it with the Energy Layer.[2] Despite a lack of the Chaos power perk, Vlad constantly causes these effects as his Unique Power interferes with reality every moment it accumulates Charge,[11] an attribute Warrane actively noted and exploited to worthwhile effect.[9] Vlad also possesses Greater Energy Control, allowing him to halve or guarantee Random Events from Energy attacks[2]), Statistics Amplification (Can attack with an Energy infused punch, increasing it's speed and power, as well as well as use Energy to block or dodge for similar effects.[2] Flashstep allows him to move at five times the speed,[2] and his Charge actions are capable of similar effects), Forcefield Creation (Energy Block can emit a forcefield upon use[7]), Light Manipulation (Energy Defense can cause a flashbang effect that blinds opponents after it succeeds[2]), Telepathy (Triggers are capable of easily "reading" mundane people through observing them on the mental layer[6])
Electro-Magnetism Manipulation (Vlad's Unique Power revolves around the ability to control electromagnetism in a small range around him, building up charge that he can release for more powerful attacks, including the ability to directly release a bolt of lightning[11]), Paralysis Inducement (Capable of Paralyzing enemies through his electricity[11]), Absorption (Capable of directly absorbing electricity from structures, rapidly accumulating Charge, Energy and accelerating his innate regeneration[11]), Awakened Power (Possesses X-Factor, allowing Vlad's abilities to become more powerful as he reaches half health[2]) | Same as before to a greater extent, Weapon Creation (Arc Flash Overload allows him to create a blade of electricity to slash through opponents[11]), Time Manipulation and Healing (Was given one of Elena's Time Capsules prior to the Chesed Assault, which they can consume to temporally rewind their body to a less injured state[9]) | Same as before to a greater extent, Damage Reduction, Resurrection and Invisibility (Warrane and S' collaboration allowed them to replicate Lindsey Graham's Shroud, dispersing it's effects among much of PMC Alpha Centuri's manpower.[12] It reduces the damage they take, restores them to full capacity in case they would otherwise die,[6] obscures their identity[13] and reduces their existential presence by covering them in a darkness likened directly to nothingness,[14] making it difficult for even the senses of Triggers to properly detect them[7])
Spatial Manipulation (Can cause objects to randomly teleport around a given battlefield,[15] potentially dragging them through several dimensions in the process.[16] Sufficiently compounded Random Events can cause an entire city to experience severe spatial expansion, ripping at anyone within it's radius[17]), Gravity Manipulation (Can briefly cause singularities to occur, distorting space-time and stretching the ground around it into Nano-Carbon Latices.[15] This effect can potentially be manifested to such an extent that gravity is reverted, a true vacuum is formed, and an entire forest is converted to Latices.[3] Capable of coalescing gravity around a specific target, forming a massive sphere of material that pins them to the ground.[18] Capable of softening gravity, causing those in it's radius to move twice as fast from the decreased weight[19]), Transmutation (Capable of turning dirt into a harmful gas, and in more extreme cases cause matter to directly turn to Energy,[3] can turn water into wine and blood[20]), Matter Manipulation (Random Events frequently interfere with molecular structures, certain extremes are able to atomize those without sufficient resilience[20]), Air Manipulation (Can increase air pressure within 1000 meter radius exponentially for 30 seconds, causing explosions to be sustained thermobarically throughout the duration,[4]as well as cause a vacuum effect that shreds nearby opponents[21]), Light Manipulation (Can cause an implosion of heat that becomes as bright as the sun, blinding anyone in it's wake,[22] which can be manifested to such an extent that it melts steel throughout a hydroelectric dam[4]), Temperature Manipulation (Can prevent molten material from cooling off, sustaining it's heat from the explosion that caused it to melt[7]), Weather Manipulation (Can create a storm of energy that hovers around the battlefield[22]), Time Manipulation (Can revert time, causing attacks to be re-released as a massive explosion,[22] or cause stopped time to solidify and shatter into shards that revert whatever they cut into the recent past[17]), Size Manipulation and Density Manipulation (Can cause the density of manipulated material to become unstable, sometimes bloating their size and mass or causing them to collapse into a pebble sized chunk[7]), Madness Manipulation (Can warp the mental layer into an abominable and maddening landscape[23]), Vector Manipulation (Can cause objects to move in bizarre fashions by warping the vectors of their motion[23]), Plant Manipulation (Can cause destroyed trees to immediately sprout new ones,[3] and can cause them to wither and die[18]), Vibration Manipulation (Can cause a massive shockwave to proceed an impact, launching opponents for a notable distance[3]), Electricity Manipulation (Can convert the clouds in the sky into lightning that strikes everything in sight,[3] or form a lightning bolt on the mental layer from the accumulated grief of those within an area, empowering beings such as Soothsayer in the process[19]), Summoning (Sufficiently compounded random events can cause a "space between dimensions" to emerge, bringing forth some form of sentient being which eclipsed the combined power of the Wife Beaters on Day 2[3]), Creation (Can cause materials produced by an attack to emerge in extreme excess, such as bursts of X and Gamma Rays covering miles of Hellcity after Xander used Strong Force, Starfire's flames consuming all random events nearby to propagate beyond his initial attack,[16] The Butcher of Streets' blood slash continuing to produce blood and stain the nearby area,[21] or Vladimir's electric punches propagating yet more electricity[24]), Smoke Manipulation (Can cause smoke to accumulate over a given target, blinding them through visual obscurement and burning their eyes[16]), Fire Manipulation (Can cause weapons to spontaneously combust[21]), Status Effect Inducement (Can create bubbles of crystalized moments in time, which burst to induce a variety of effects on those nearby[25]), Corrosion Inducement (Can release a liquid that melts anything it touches[18]), Portal Creation (Can rip a gash into space, funneling in objects and causing them to appear elsewhere[18]), Chaos Manipulation (Random Events are capable of destabilizing reality to make random events more likely, or reverting this effect[24]), Age Manipulation (Can cause everything within a certain radius to become far older and corroded[26])
Reality Warping, Physics Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Matter Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, Density Manipulation, Size Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Vector Manipulation, Plant Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Smoke Manipulation, Fire Manipulation Status Effect Inducement, Corrosion Inducement, Chaos Manipulation and Age Manipulation (Can withstand the effects of Random Events[2]), Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Life Manipulation, and Regeneration Negation (Can withstand and heal from the blows of other Triggers), Poison Manipulation, Acid Manipulation and Radiation Manipulation, Biological Manipulation (Triggers are capable of resisting the effects of conventional weaponry, including a variety of chemical weapons, poisons, and radiation sickness,[2] and disobey the laws of biology to begin with[6] due to inhabiting the spiritual and mental layers simultaneously[4]), Void Manipulation (Triggers are capable of surviving exposure to Red Gashes, which are described as a total annihilation of "anything and everything"[8] that extends to every layer, including the Conceptual[13]), Telepathy (A Trigger's use of both the Mental Layer and their physical brain makes them difficult to read through interpreting either individually[6]), Power Nullification and Absorption (Can withstand the effects of Gash cracks, which are capable of absorbing energy and negating the effects of Unique Powers such as Silas' Cosmo Expansion or Blur's Temporal Shroud[22]), Time Manipulation (Warrane was capable of retaining consciousness and eventually moving his body out of stopped time, which was affecting a Gash that lacked time to begin with.[8] The Wife Beaters as a whole could also eventually overcome the effect, and were unaffected by the ensuing Temporal Rewind[22]), Probability Manipulation (Warrane was capable of withstanding Aisha's Unique Power,[3] which allows her to manipulate possible outcomes in order to pick favorable scenarios[6]), Immersion (Triggers are capable of defending against Mirror Man's ability to immerse themselves into the reflections of their eyes[7]), Explosion Manipulation (Blur was able to negate lower-end uses of[22] Warrane's Crunch, which spawns an otherwise indefensible explosion on top of a given target[27]), Pain Manipulation, Perception Manipulation (Triggers can resist Soothsayer's ability to induce these effects[28]) | Same as before to a greater extent, Absolute Zero (While nearly being brought to death, Warrane ultimately survived his entire body being brought to absolute zero temperatures, and eventually overcame the effect[16]), Illusion Manipulation (Triggers can resist the effects of Hellfire Inferno Blazing Starfire's Grand Mirage, which create illusions that can fool both mind and soul[6]), Precognition (Triggers are capable of resisting Xander Phoenix's ability to perceive their future actions[29]), Death Manipulation (Blur, Linton and Stevens were able to endure Penelope directly commanding them to die through her property inducement, only decomposing and ultimately failing to prevent them from fighting[20]), Paralysis Inducement (Penelope was initially only able to command Blur to stop for a fraction of a second before her resistances overcame it,[17] Triggers can resist Trail Mark, where Heinrich Richardson creates paralytic sound around a given target[6]) | Same as before to a greater extent, Information Analysis (Those who have shrouds are notably difficult to discern information from, even to Level 2s and their extreme sensory and mental capabilities[23]), Enhanced Perception Manipulation (Shrouds provide immunity to sensory deprivation[4]), possibly Information Manipulation (Type 2, may be as strong as Triggers capable of resisting the reality altering effect of Warrane's Sequence Deviation, which retroactively accommodates the numerical alterations of it it's use[27]), possibly Resistance Negation (May be as strong as Triggers that can defend against The Lizard Wizard's Murder of the Universe, which disables resistance to "Red Gash"[6])
Attack Potency: Town level (Fought Xander Phoenix immediately prior to their deployment in Hellcity[15]) | Large Town level (Fought alongside The Wife Beaters against the Chesed Ensemble, easily dismantling the shroud of Martyr with a Flaring Bolt[24]), higher with Arc Flash Overload; Savage Wolf Fury (Shredded Heinrich Richardson's Sound Form, completely draining their Energy through consecutive attacks before smashing their armor and cleaving open their head with the final slash[24]) | At least Large Town level, likely Small City level+ (Stronger than before, and fought alongside the rest of PMC Alpha Centuri against the forces manifested by Akashic Records, including several Towers of Strength and powerful Lizard Creatures[12]), City level with Maximum Charge (After Valhalla integrated a Law maximizing the Charge of fighters whenever entering a battle,[12] Vlad was able to solo Towers[4] and harm the Red Gash Basilisk,[30] described as the strongest of the Lizard Wizard's creatures and thus superior to the Tungsten Colossus[19])
Speed: High Hypersonic (Even the slowest of Triggers are capable of moving faster than any human transportation[2], including the X-43A's ability to reach Mach 9.6 or a Space Shuttle's top speed of Mach 22), Massively Hypersonic with Flashstep (Allows Vladimir to move five times as quickly by causing spatial distortions around his body.[2] Far superior to Luke Castellan, who used this ability to cross 30 kilometers in an instant[31]) | Massively Hypersonic (Far faster than before, has fifteenth of the speed of Hyper Drive Ignite), Massively Hypersonic+ with Flaring Bolt (Fires lightning at "genuine speed"[24]) higher with Flashstep, Sub-Relativistic with Hyper Drive Ignite (Capable of flinging themselves across 1.5 kilometers in a fraction of a millisecond[24]) | At least Massively Hypersonic, likely Massively Hypersonic+ (Faster than before, and may compare to the Lizard Wizard, who Dodged a mental lightning bolt that traveled from the sky to the ground in a fraction of a millisecond[19]), Massively Hypersonic+ with Flaring Bolt, higher, likely Sub Relativistic with Flashstep, At least Sub Relativistic, likely Sub Relativistic+ with Hyper Drive Ignite
Lifting Strength: At least Class M, likely Class G | Class G | At least Class G (Stronger than a Lizard Wizard creature able to throw a massive sphere of concrete at bullet speeds[18])
Striking Strength: Town level | Large Town level | At least Large Town level, likely Small City level+
Durability: Town level | Large Town level | At least Large Town level, likely Small City level+ (Endured Energy Wave Cannon and Corinthians, though to an unknown extent[12])
Stamina: Superhuman (Triggers in general are inhumanly resilient, with even freshly awakened Triggers retaining consciousness through being impaled and serrated across their body, only to regenerate and continue fighting.[31] Shrugged off his entire arm being warped into Nano-Latices[15])
Range: Standard Melee Range, Varies from Tens of Meters (His base control of this phenomenon extends across this range, techniques such as Electron-Wave Punch and Meteoric Risen Barrage[11]) to Kilometers (Capable of flinging himself across this distance with Hyper Drive Ignite, as well as flinging metallic objects across this range with The Blue Flash[11]) with Electromagnetism, Tens of Kilometers with Energy Blast (While accuracy drops off after every 1500 meters without proper aim, Energy Blasts have a maximum range of the Trigger's line of sight, which can easily go up to this distance[31])
Standard Equipment: Brass Knuckles, Military ID Badge | Same as before | As before, along with the Shadow Shroud (A replication of Lindsey Graham's design, making it's wearer far more difficult to detect or discern the identity of, as well as granting a reduction to damage taken, a free resuscitation, and an immunity to sensory depriving effects)
- Optional Equipment: Elena's Time Capsule (A consumable provided by Elena, allowing one to revert themselves temporally in order to heal)
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (While he doesn't strictly possess a vast degree of general scientific knowledge, his mental capacity and affinity with Energy is superior to Warrane Ambre at the beginning of Hellcity[11])
Standard Tactics: Vlad is a very outright fighter, primarily preferring melee assaults and using ranged if he is unable to do that. His affinity for learning new applications of his Unique Power affords him the ability to gain new ways to perform this strategy in the midst of the fight, and his previously acquired applications serve as a solid method of rounding out his capacity to pursue this approach effectively.
Weaknesses: Unable to properly control his Energy as it causes Random Events, leaving him just as vulnerable to it's effects as enemies. Has a degree of impulsiveness, leading often to decision making that gets himself hurt | Now controls his Random Events, but still impulsive | Same as before
References[]
- ↑ Valhalla Intro
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 Valhalla Character Creation and Gameplay Mechanics
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Hellcity Session 7
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Meta Discussions
- ↑ Hellcity Session 3.1
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Dossiers Channel
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Hellcity Session 4
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Hellcity Session 1
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Hellcity Session 12
- ↑ Hellcity Session 3.2
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Vladimir's Character Sheet
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Hellcity Session 18
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Hellcity Session 8
- ↑ Side Case 1
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Training Wing 006 Test Session
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Hellcity Session 9
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Side Case 3.1
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Hellcity Interlude 1
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Hellcity Session 16
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Side Case 3.2
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Hellcity Session 10
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Hellcity Session 2
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Side Case 2
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 Hellcity Session 13
- ↑ Hellcity Session 11
- ↑ Hellcity Interlude 2
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Warrane Ambre's Character Sheet
- ↑ Soothsayer's Character Sheet
- ↑ Xander Phoenix's Character Sheet
- ↑ Hellcity Session 19
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Original Run
Notable Attacks and Techniques[]
Vlad's Unique Power is a control of electromagnetism, but more notably the ability to accumulate charge through a variety of actions and special moves. With this charge, he can perform even more powerful actions with a relatively low Energy cost.
Base Moveset[]
- Electron-Wave Punch: Similar to an Energy Attack, Vlad coats his fist in electricity to deliver a punch from up to 10 meters away, paralyzing those it hits. 25% chance of Random Event.
- Starshower Great Impact: When near a metallic object, Vlad is capable of using his Electromagnetism to rapidly throw it up to 300 meters. 25% chance of Random Event
- Cardiac Massage Alpha: Creates a Burst of Electricity for a 10 meter radius. 34% chance of Random Event.
- Charge Peel Out: When near electrical structures, Vlad is capable of absorbing electricity to rapidly accumulate Charge, Energy and heal himself all at once. Each instance of this has a 20% chance of Random Event.
Charge Moves[]
- Meteoric Risen Barrage: Vlad zips up behind an enemy up to 50 meters away before delivering a mighty strike to them. 34% chance of Random Event.
- Flaring Bolt: Vlad gathers Charge in his hands and releases it as a bolt of lightning. Range of 100-500 meters and 25% to 50% chance of Random Event depending on Charge used.
- Magnematicism: With Charge, Vlad is able to magnetize enemies, allowing him to land attacks more effectively and occasionally cause them to fling into nearby metallic objects.
- Hyper Drive Ignite: Vlad expands his magnetic field, tearing metal and creating a rail in front of himself, which he uses to launch himself off. This allows him to move at thrice the speed, which can be combined with Flashstep to send him flying at fifteen times his speed instead. 34% chance of Random Event.
- The Blue Flash: Vlad expands his magnetic field, gathering scraps of metal into a singular point where it’s accelerated by magnetic forces, magnetizing whoever it hits. Range of 1-5 kilometers, 17%-50% chance of Random Event depending on Charge used.
- Arc Flash Overload; Savage Wolf Fury: Vlad creates a blade of Charge, before overloading his body with electricity and delivering a number of slashes on an enemy before ending with an devastating explosive slash capable of causing paralysis to any within 100 meters. Range of 50 meters. Costs 5-10 Charge. Normal hits have a 50% chance of triggering a Random Event, while the last hit is guaranteed.
Notable Matchups[]
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches: