Doll Maker's Diary, Part 6: Ellie Watts
For those who have been wondering, I have not neglected my Heroine Fan Art Creator characters over the past few months - in fact I have made several more sketches for them, and plan to make another quartet of new characters as well - but I have also wanted to create yet another set of characters in the X-Girl creator. And now, I have just made one of them - the electrifying Ellie Watts.
A brief description of Ellie Watts.
Ms. Watts is the first character I made in the X-Girl Creator to have an actual backstory. A highly intelligent and confident woman, she developed her fearsome marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat skills through extensive training as an FBI agent, but even those were not enough to prevent her from being held captive after a botched raid on a suspected terrorist hideout. She was then repeatedly tortured using electricity over the course of the next few days, until a lightning strike on the hideout sent a massive power surge through her body. Normally the surge would have killed her, but instead, it allowed her to manipulate electricity. As she escaped, she obliterated her captors in one fell swoop, only to collapse to the ground unconscious.
As the FBI's search-and-rescue team arrived, they were startled to see small bolts of lightning surrounding the remains of the hideout. Ellie did not regain consciousness for a week, and when she did, she had to be taken to a top-secret facility to undergo further testing. It was clear that the power surge had endowed her with the ability to manipulate electricity by launching bolts of lightning at her enemies - but with a few caveats. Due to her limited energy pool, she can only use her powers sparingly, which prompted her to regard them as a last-resort measure; moreover, she cannot do so while underwater, although rainy weather and snow have no effect on her. In fact, if she overuses her powers, she runs the risk of draining her strength, making her more vulnerable to attack in the process.
Thus, in order to compensate for these weaknesses, Ellie relies mainly on her firearms and martial arts training to deal with dangerous situations. In addition, thanks to the effects of the lightning strike, she is also capable of superhuman speed and strength for brief periods of time - usually a half-minute - but rarely for much longer than this, since these will also drain her stamina if used for long enough. As such, these additional abilities are also reserved desperate situations, where they are most likely to be useful.
Initially, Ellie found it hard to control her newfound powers, and decided to resign from the FBI after realizing that they could be a liability without proper training. However, after the reestablishment of CRASH (Covert Response Agency for Superhumans), she joined the agency in order to gain full control of her powers without unduly draining her strength. Over the next few weeks, she underwent further training and impressed the instructors with her abilities. Eventually she became an official CRASH member and was cleared to accept various missions around the world.
After learning how to control her powers, Ellie acquired the ability to hit multiple targets with a single lightning strike. This is particularly useful in combat, as she can now neutralize a cluster of foes much more quickly. Also, her powers have a passive use: she can detect electrical fields emitted by nearby living organisms and machinery, making her more aware of surroundings than before. Finally, she has used her considerable intellect to develop highly effective battle tactics and strategies for each mission in which she is deployed into.
This concludes my backstory and description of Ellie Watts. In the next entry in this series, I will give a rundown of Ellie's costumes, some of which provide additional abilities different from her own.
Thus, in order to compensate for these weaknesses, Ellie relies mainly on her firearms and martial arts training to deal with dangerous situations. In addition, thanks to the effects of the lightning strike, she is also capable of superhuman speed and strength for brief periods of time - usually a half-minute - but rarely for much longer than this, since these will also drain her stamina if used for long enough. As such, these additional abilities are also reserved desperate situations, where they are most likely to be useful.
Initially, Ellie found it hard to control her newfound powers, and decided to resign from the FBI after realizing that they could be a liability without proper training. However, after the reestablishment of CRASH (Covert Response Agency for Superhumans), she joined the agency in order to gain full control of her powers without unduly draining her strength. Over the next few weeks, she underwent further training and impressed the instructors with her abilities. Eventually she became an official CRASH member and was cleared to accept various missions around the world.
After learning how to control her powers, Ellie acquired the ability to hit multiple targets with a single lightning strike. This is particularly useful in combat, as she can now neutralize a cluster of foes much more quickly. Also, her powers have a passive use: she can detect electrical fields emitted by nearby living organisms and machinery, making her more aware of surroundings than before. Finally, she has used her considerable intellect to develop highly effective battle tactics and strategies for each mission in which she is deployed into.
This concludes my backstory and description of Ellie Watts. In the next entry in this series, I will give a rundown of Ellie's costumes, some of which provide additional abilities different from her own.
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