Patch Cannith
Patch Cannith, aka: 005, Dad, Doc, Mr. Cannith, Patch Excalibur
Associations: The Chamber, The Watchmen, the Swords of Eberron (before they were weapons)
Neutral Good Angelforged cleric 7/artificer 7
Personality: He was made to be a field medic, which means that he generally spends most of his time either sorting his materials, or healing the wounded. As such, he's generally not seen outside of his medical area too often. Also, no one has ever heard him speak, nor do they even know if he can any more. Nevertheless, people can't stop themselves from seeing him as an old man at heart (hence calling Patch "he"), and most people try and consider him a friend, because it's always good to be friends with the resident medic, especially this near the Mournlands. He is also one of the resident mad scientists, his favorite device being a temporal projection device-a device that, when used, projects the mind back in time and creates a hologram, allowing them to interact with the past as if truly there, but not to the point where they can actually tamper with the time stream. Though this may change soon, thanks to the acquisition of the artifact Flesh Warper, which has been purified. In one of the longer arcing plots, he adopted three daughters-Maya, Aurra, and Yithala. In that time frame, he has lost each of them once, though Aurra is the only one to stay dead.
Physical description: v1: Physically, he seems to be in a good amount of disrepair, parts of him having apparently just rusted away or been torn off, to later be replaced by whatever metal was on hand-hence, the name. His parts also are old and worn, though still usable. In fact, he is possibly one of the oldest warforged from the war currently active, at well over 50, which is all others can tell about his age. He is generally seen with a small collection of homunculi at any time. He generally wears white.
v2: During the Factory 5 incident, Patch hacked into the lab and, while in control, upgraded his appearance. He currently looks like Ratchet from the Transformers movie.
v3: He has upgraded again, now looking like War Machine (see Marvel comics)
v4: He has fused with Othalun, becoming an angelforged, which makes him look like Anubis from Zone of the Enders. His weaponry includes a +1 returning spear, four chains that come out of his right knuckles, taser arm, and the ability to form deadly blasts (takes out all of his previous wands). His other powers are currently teleportation, messaging, and a reservoir of angelic knowledge thanks to Othalun.
v5: Thanks to time travel, he is fully into his powers and older than the land itself. Either appearing like Doctor Manhattan or under a cloak when he doesn't feel like having a specific form, he has gained powerful shapeshifting abilities through a purified Defiler of Flesh (BOVD artifact), which he most commonly uses on himself. Thanks to this, he can create practically anything he desires to from his own body, making natural powers and those he's built in almost impossible to tell apart. He has also shown a gift for channeling his essence into others, when he would otherwise be ineffective in combat.
Powers: Sin eating (absorption and purification of evil energy and souls through his own)-this tends to lead to increasing his total disposable energy; shapeshifting (himself and others)-not limited to defined forms, allowing him considerable leeway with the forms he creates for himself; teleportation; messaging; channeling; time travel (though it is currently uncertain if that is built into him directly or not).
Weaknesses: The absorption of enough energy at once can cause catastrophic overload, which can only be avoided through releasing all of it at once. Generally leaves him in a coma like hibernate mode until someone recharges him. Is weak against spells of the evil and insanity domains. Defiance of genetics in parenting generally leaves him wanting to drink heavily.
History: Actually one of the first fully sentient warforged made by house Cannith, he was designed to support his fellow troops as the medic. As such, he has witnessed more death and pain than any being should, including the deaths of his siblings. Some time during the war, he just stopped talking, though its unknown if it was due to mental trauma, a wound that disabled his communications abilities, or simply that it gave out over time, but he hasn't talked to anyone since then, instead taking to communicating with his chalkboard. That includes when he first came here, a few years ago.
In recent times, he has become older than the concept of time and the planet itself, using time travel to become the Hidden Master, guiding events to the paths they had to take in the long run (but not without leaving some loopholes for others). His tech easily rivals the giants, if not the dragons, and he may be hiding more, considering he recently formed a Sixth Sword of Eberron from himself with a little help.
Edit: He has recently admitted that he doesn't talk by choice.
Communication: For the most part, the use of smilies is the new norm, because it really does capture him well. When actual words are needed, a chalk board or a humunculus labeled Voice Box works well.
Known relatives: Chantal/Thirteen (neice), the other humanforged (neices), the Lord of Blades (brother, deceased), Twister (brother), Red Queen (sister, deceased), Zeke (brother), Aurra (adopted daughter, deceased), Maya (adopted daughter), Yithala (adopted daughter, cloned), Erandis D'Vol (resurrected, adopted, turned good), Erandis's child with Maevac (adopted grandson, maybe?), IBRC (Itteh Bitteh Robot Commitee-direct children, all part angel and warforged, with some part demon), Leyla (mother of the part fiendish brood), Rajani (mother of those with only angelic and warforged traits)
Supporting cast: Othalun (hound archon, now only appears in "in his head" moments), AR-2 (homunculus), assortment of other homunculi
