Timeless Questions

So I reread the post yesterday, and I thought it would be good to actually lay down some more ground rules for that one.

The character is functionally immortal. He cannot die by regular means (that's what I meant by the Four Riders line) and does not age. His body can basically repair any damage done to it, albeit not at a superhuman rate. The big question about regenerators/immortals is always dismemberment. He can regrow any body part given enough time. I thought about doing something more supernatural, like having dismembered parts dissolve and reform on his body, but eh.

As to why he's immortal, I've been thinking of it as a crazy random genetic quirk. His parents were just regular people who had a immortal baby. Go figure. "But Max", you ask, "Wouldn't his kids possibly inherit his mutation?" In response, I'll stroke my goatee and cackle.

Now, being alive for that long leads to certain characteristics. At a certain point, pain just becomes commonplace and as a result he is largely desensitized to physical pain. He doesn't need to eat or sleep to stay alive, but he still does it so that he can feel at less a little human. He loves fresh fruit more than anything else. (He spent a few years on the sea where he learned that just cause you can't die doesn't make scurvy suck any less.) He is also a smart motherfucker. Years of learning and witnessing have made him clever and given him a brilliant grasp of tactics not to mention a command of most languages. Also, physiologically, neurons continue forming new pathways throughout your lifetime. For most people, this isn't a huge deal. But when you live for hundreds and hundreds of years...those new pathways add up.

My intention for this character was for him to be a tragic villain. Over the years he has settled down and built families countless times, even though he knows he will lose them, either to war or disease, or because he'll have to move on before they notice. For the most part, he tries to keep his immortality to himself so he has to conceal his true nature. Add this to all the countless barbarism he's seen people commit on other people simply because of a difference in color or creed. At a certain point, a person can only take so much psychological beating. The final nail in the coffin of his sanity came with Emma who is obviously someone very important in his life. For now, that's all I'm willing to say. Regardless, at this point, he wants to die. Prior to the introduction, he has attempted to kill himself in every way he can imagine, but cannot find a permanent solution. Crazed and desperate, he decides to challenge the human race to find a way to kill him. And let's just say that he doesn't ask nicely.

No new character today, sorry. I might start posting settings/plots/general ideas. I also want to eventually write a girl character introduction, which should be a fun challenge.

Max out.