Hightide
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| Hightide | |
| Player: gtgmaximo | |
| Origin: | Natural |
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| Archetype: | Defender |
| Security Level: | 6 |
| Server: | Confidential |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Kluu'ot |
| Known Aliases: | Hightide |
| Species: | Uuloa (known outside of their race as the Aquareans) |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Height: | Varies. (6'3" inside of Suit) |
| Weight: | 12 pounds (Outside of Suit), 235 pounds (Suit Included) |
| Eye Color: | None |
| Hair Color: | None |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Uuloan/Aquarean |
| Occupation: | Crimefighter |
| Place of Birth: | Atlantic Ocean |
| Base of Operations: | The waters of Paragon Bay |
| Marital Status: | None |
| Known Relatives: | None |
| Known Powers | |
| Water Manipulation | |
| Known Abilities | |
| High-speed Travel (via creating a slipstream beneath their feet) | |
| Equipment | |
| Self-contained Aquatic suit. | |
| Kluu'ot's suit is filled with salt water, allowing them to exist when outside of the ocean. It also includes various apparatus to allow Kluu'ot to draw water to the outside of the suit so that they may manipulate it with their abilities. | |
Hightide appears as a tall figure in a blue and green suit with a glass, liquid-filled dome set upon the shoulders. Though the suit itself is humanoid in appearance, upon closer inspection, the being within it is simply a shimmering, nearly invisible sphere floating within the dome.
The hero known as 'Hightide' is actually a being known as Kluu'ot (/'kɫuɔt/ or KLOO'AWT), hailing from a gender neutral race known colloquially to outsiders as the Aquareans, though they address themselves as the Uuloa (/'uɫoʊə/ or oo'LOW'uh).
The Uuloa are sentient deepsea beings comprising an outer protein layer and an aqueous interior mostly containing saltwater and other unknown elements. Though they possess no true central nervous system, faint electrical impulses can be observed within their amorphous form.
Their speech is produced by creating various vibratory frequencies through manipulation of their outer tissues, which generate photovoltaic activity within their body, creating strobing patterns of light and auditory sound similar to that of the tone created when rubbing the rim of a wet glass with one's finger. These tones and patterns in combination are what make up the language of the Uuloan race.
Their race is also capable of manipulating bodies of water, shifting the currents around them or moving vast quantities at a time in order to travel through their environment. They can also deftly shift much smaller amounts with a range of dexterity similar to the use of a hand or limb. By quickly changing the shape of their physical forms, Uuloans are capable of limited swimming, but due to the nature of their bodies it is much more difficult to move in this fashion. They are able to exist and move outside of the ocean for limited periods of time, but if left exposed to air for too long, the protein layer of their bodies will dry out, causing it to crack and split. Eventually this will lead to the interior leaking forth, killing the being.
Kluu'ot came to the surface upon taking notice of severe dumping activity off the shore of Paragon City. Using their ability to manipulate water, they drove off the men performing the act, but decided that they must act further to stop such activity from happening again.
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