Who are you? Zachariah Bloom
xxxxx►►We'll call you... Professor Nightmare
Aren't you a little young? 46
Under the Tights... Boy
xxxxx►►Define Your Love Life as... Heterosexual
If We Size You Up... Skinny yet muscularly toned; sinewy, if you would.
What Do You Look Like Behind the Mask?
xxxxxHeight:6'2"
xxxxxWeight:192 lbs
xxxxxEyes:black
xxxxxHair:black
What's Your Style? Usually well-dressed in a suit or similarly professional clothing, Professor Nightmare is always looking sharp.
xxxxx►►What Defines You... Honestly, nothing special.
How Schooled Are You?Professor Nightmare actually was a professor at one point. He's got his PhD in psychology and psychoanalysis.
Got a Day Job? Psychiatrist
Morals and Philosophy? He's a sick, twisted individual. The world chewed him up and spit him out, and he's determined to show everyone just how bad things can get. As Professor Nightmare, he reigns terror through the streets... But as Dr. Bloom, he reigns terror in his patient's minds. They always seem to get better, at first... And then when they stop coming, everything goes as wrong as it possibly can.
What's Soo Super About You? Professor Nightmare has the astounding ability to not only delve into the minds of others via telepathy, but bring out their worst fear (hence the name) via mental projection. Also gifted with mild telekinesis, he finds himself able to lift a current maximum of about two hundred pounds with his mind alone. Another incredible talent he finds himself with is, once a strong enough bond is established with the victim's psyche, he can literally take over that person's body for a period of time. This, of course, requires extreme focus and can be stopped through the sheer willpower of the victim. Of course, his usual victims are mental patients that he sees for various problems... So that's rarely a problem. It also means that Professor Nightmare has possible hundreds of civilian 'sleeper agents' to aid him against any adversaries.
xxxxx►►How'd You Get soo Special?Zachariah was born with the power of telekinesis. However, after a horrible accident, Bloom was left in a coma and expected to either never awake, or suffer severe brain damage. A miracle drug was in development, and they began kidnapping coma patients from the hospital for testing; all of them died. However, shortly after 'death,' Professor Nightmare awoke with his powers, sending his captors to their doom and fleeing the scene.
What Do You Use? He tends to avoid most weapons, actually. Although when it comes down to it, he might use the .38 revolver he keeps, just in case.
Where Did You Come From?
Zachariah Bloom, known to most kids as "Zack," was the coolest kid on the playground. Not the douchebag kind of cool that would take your crayons and not apologize, either. He was the kid who would help you with your homework, then go outside and play ball with you. He was simply the kind of guy who was born to help others. And it paid off; at around the age of 10, he began showing his talents of telekinesis. His parents, both telekinetics of high standing, were proud. He was trained by his parents, raised from then on to be the best hero he could be. And he was. Zachariah Bloom began his superhero career as Mind Knight, and quickly became one of the most powerful and popular heroes around. He had his own comic books, his own movies, his own action figures, his own shoe line for god's sake... He was on the cover of a breakfast cereal! But alas, the good life was not to last.
He finally met his match in Mastermind, a telekinetic of equal prowess on the opposite side of the law. She was ruthless, cunning, and stunningly gorgeous. However, despite her seeming perfection (and their constant love-hate relationship affair throughout the fighting), Mind Knight finally cornered Mastermind. With the final words, "Checkmate," Mastermind revealed her plan all along; to lure Mind Knight into cornering her while she killed them both. In a dastardly suicide attack, Mastermind brought two skyscrapers down on both their heads. Despite his attempt to shield himself, Mind Knight was buried in the rubble. The rescue attempt retrieved both bodies, and Mind Knight was miraculously found alive. After being taken to a hospital as a coma patient, he faded into Megapolis history. Almost twenty years later, he was kidnapped as a subject for a miracle drug meant to repair the human brain. It killed him, along with all the other subjects. However, the drug worked just moments after his supposed "death," bringing him back to consciousness in full-swing, with a few added powers. In his panicked awakening, he used these new powers to rid himself of his captors forever and fled the scene. He tried for a while to get back to heroing, but no one remembered Mind Knight. No one was there to help him start a normal life again, he had to go back to college. No one was there for him when he found out his parents had died when he was comatose. No one even bothered thanking him once for all he'd sacrificed for the city... It was all he could take.
He snapped, only a few weeks after leaving his teaching job at the local community college. Zachariah Bloom went home that day an empty, broken man... Only to find his house had been foreclosed on, and his car had been towed. That was literally the final straw. He marched down to the impound lot, demanding to see whoever was responsible. Repeatedly asking if they knew who he was in a furious manner, he revealed himself as Mind Knight to the impound lot workers... Who failed to recognize him. It was in that moment that Mind Knight decided that, if they wouldn't know him and thank him as a hero, they would fear him and entertain him as a villain. That night, Professor Nightmare had three new victims... And something horrible began in the streets of Megapolis. The best of the best became the worst of the worst, and Professor Nightmare vowed to make them all pay for their ways.
