Dionysus and Pan

     

Real Name: Daniel Vindal  

Hero Name: Dionysus/Pan  

Title: God of Wine, Parties, and Nature/The Mad One  

Alignment: Chaotic Good  

Age: 28  

Gender: male  

Race: Mediterranean human  

Hair: Chestnut hair  

Eyes: Vine Green/Byzantium  

Height: 5’11  

Weight: 230IBS  

Blood type: Type O(uzo)  

     

Daniel always tries to have the appearance of a guy in his twenties no matter where he goes. His normal attire is that of Jeans, a T-shirt, A white and green Flannel, and Hiking Boots. When he suits up to go out and do hero work, he dons a long green robe seemingly made of nature itself and brown pants made from the bark of a tree. He also dons Fingerless brown gloves, Greek Sandals, and a Crown waived out of Vines and Ivy.  

When it comes to his darker side Pan, there is not much to go on in the category of clothing or looks. When he takes control, his hair grows out and a pair of horns start to grow out of his head and continue to grow as he gets stronger. Since he is never out outside of battle, he only has a hero outfit consisting of an identical-looking robe but one that has started to whither and rot with the colors muting and turning brown. His outfit also consists of the loss of Dionysus’ gloves and sandals with Pan choosing to go barefooted, his crown becoming stiffer, and thorns starting to grow which every once and a while pokes Pan in the skull.  

     

When Daniel is in control and is running around as Dionysus, he is shown as a cheerful and party dude-style guy who is always looking to make others happy at any cost. When Pan slips into the driver's seat sees a darker and more twisted individual who laughs at others' misfortune, who is shown to care more for his nature brothers than any civilized folks, and is more likely to bring others to harm instead of stopping it.  

     

Centuries ago, stories of mighty warriors and leaders started being told throughout the world. Deep within the Mediterranean saw the rise of stories told of gods that ruled over and toyed with humanity as they wished. These stories were half true. While there were those who used their godlike abilities to toy with the ancient Greeks, the culprits were mere mortals playing gods. Most were powerful beings hellbent on either destroying or protecting the world, some on the other hand just really wanted to party.  

Growing up Daniel always found himself feeling at a loss when it came to making a name for himself, a loss that only grew after the four years he spent away at college doing nothing but partying. The only thing he truly learned During these years was the tale of “the cult of Dionysus.” Stories that told of a mystery cult dating back to ancient Greece that told tales of the ultimate parties and the secret of the ultimate and godly wine. This was enough for Daniel to make a vow that day, a vow to seek out this godly wine or die trying. A week after graduating Daniel was already collecting whatever life savings he had and hopping on a plane for Greece.  

After five long years, Daniel was finally able to discover the ruins of a temple located in Thebes. Within the temple ruins, Daniel found dozens upon dozens of skeleton corpses scattered around the room, many of them permanently fixated in vulgar positions. At the center of the temple was a giant pedestal that held a chalice covered in vines and filled to the brim with an inhuman purple liquid. Daniel slowly gripped this treasure for a long minute before he quickly downed every last drop of the liquid, it almost felt good flowing down his throat.  

As Daniel placed the Chalice back onto the pedestal, Moments later he would be on the ground in front of the pedestal losing his lunch onto the temple floor. Standing up was his first mistake as he immediately became lightheaded, taking a step forward was Mistake number two as the second he put weight on his foot he started to stumble forward until he tripped and tumbled until he was laying on the hard ground outside the temple. All he could think of doing at this moment was to just stare at the clear blue sky above. As he raised his hand to the sky, he was about to pretend grab a cloud with his hand before a vine zips over and yanks him back to his feet.

In shock, Daniel could do nothing but watch as the vine just seemed to slither back to the tree it came from and go back to normal. As he took a step forward he watched as the grass around him ripped out of the ground and fused together into a giant green wall. He shakenly raised his hand up to touch the wall before Gazelle charged by and crashes into the wall, an explosion of green followed as Daniel fell on his back trying to make sense of it all. As the green fog finally died down gave Daniel an even bigger scare as he noticed a figure standing 15 ft away from him. As he stared at the figure, an unknown yet somehow familiar feeling crept up Daniel's spine. Quickly getting to his feet and running through the figure only led to more confusion as it seemed to just vanish just as he reached it.

For the next three months, Daniel did everything he could to master his new affliction. As the days go on, the more in control he felt every time he activated his powers. The more powerful he got though, the more the figure from that day showed up in his sights. One day he swears he almost caught the figure when he tried to tackle it, it resulted in nothing more than his hands becoming covered in blood and thorns. After four months of training, several bottles downed, and several fun nights with some Ομορφες γυναίκες. Daniel decided it was time to head home and start his new life with a plunge.

Upon arrival home, Daniel decided to do the one thing he always did on a weekday night. Where else but to a local bar to get wasted beyond repair. It was not until eight shots in that Daniel felt the feeling again as he slowly turned to see the figure once again standing not more than 8 ft from him. a feeling of anger washed over him as he felt a pain slowly come over his head as two sharp points started to grow out of his head. as fur began to grow across his body, Daniel tried to contain his anger before he quickly grabbed a bottle and chucked it at the figure. As he looked at the figure he noticed it was no longer in front of him, a fact that made his eyes shoot open as he watched in horror as the bottle flew across the room. It wasn't until the bottle smacked into a guy in a leather jacket that he felt the fear strike him like lightning.

Before he could start to run, he felt the points ripped fully out of his head as he felt his body start to move on its own. Daniel could only watch in horror as his body just pounced on the man and started to beat him to a pulp. It wasn't long after that he could see the whole bar had erupted into a giant flurry of fists and broken chairs. As his body ran around the room, he could feel every punch, every stab, every chair smacking into him. it wasn't until he felt a hand grab him and throw him through the front window did Daniel feel the control return to him.  Slowly standing up, Daniel used his newfound control and started to book it away from the bar.

Running for what felt like hours quickly started to exhaust the man having the weirdest year of his life. As he stopped in front of a local Electronics store, Daniel was horrified to see his reflection in the front window. His hair had grown to the point it should block his eyesight. Two horns were protruding out of his head, a fact that freaked him out more when he didn't feel anything when he tried to touch them. The part of the reflection that freaked him out the most was the fact his reflection was smiling back at him. as he started to back away from the window, he watched in pure horror as his reflection stepped out of the window and walked right up to him. before he could react, he watched as the figure stopped in front of him and its smile widened. The figure looked him up and down before it finally dropped the smile and opened its mouth.
"let's do this again sometime, next time I'll bring the body count" was the only thing it spoke before it slowly faded away in a cloud of purple smoke.
As the smoke cleared, Daniel deep down knew what the figure has been this whole time. knowing the legends were true after all brought a smile across his face. As Daniel looked around at the empty street, he knew what he had to do. He knew that he had finally found how he was going to fill his lifetime of loss. With the world now having a Pan to cause havoc,  Daniel knew that the only thing that could keep him contained was the raise of the ultimate party guy.
     

Dionysus

1. Wine manipulation: Ever since the title was passed down to him, Daniel has found himself able to create and control fermented grape liquid. This special brand of Wine can be used to heal wounds, poison a hostile, or just get down the tracks of the wasted express.  

2. Nature manipulation: Ever since obtaining the gift of the gods, the new Dionysus has been able to control the nature around him and craft it to his advantage. this power allows him to create temporary plant armor, impromptu weapons like a vine whip or a nature blade, and finally allows him to build walls and blockades if needed.  

3. Animal companionship: With his status as a nature god, Dionysus can summon before him and befriend local animals to aid him in his adventures. Upon befriending them he can get them to fetch items for him and attack one of his enemies      

4. Rebirth: When he finds himself in a dire situation, Dionysus is able to transform himself into a form made completely out of wine which gives him the opportunity to either heal up or to flee. This ability also has a chance of awaking his darker side known as Pan, a form that is more powerful giving him the comeback he needs at that moment.  

Pan:      

1. Green melody: When Pan comes out to play, he can take Dionysus’ nature control and turn it up to an Eleven. This power allows him to create more powerful structures and weapons than his other self, it also allows him to shoot thorns out of his hands at will but also gives him the ability to call upon the power of nature itself to trap and destroy his enemies.  

2.  Madness inducement: a simple blow on his pan flutes sends nearby threats into the shallow depth of madness, a condition that not only puts his enemies at a weaker state, but it allows him to absorb their madness to make himself more powerful.  

3. Snake transmutation:  When channeling his madness force allows him to transform who he wants into a slimy and useless snake to up their fear or to just get them out of his way. Since he is using the power of madness, his victims will never know whether they really were a snake or if it was just their mind thinking they were.  

4. Duplication: With a section of his madness ability allows Pan to duplicate himself into a handful of clones to scare his enemies and to get a bigger advantage in a fight.  

     

Dionysus:      

1. A major downside to his wine power is that it still makes the user drunk no matter who they are, Dionysus cannot use it on himself too much or he will get wasted and become useless in a fight or for really anything.  

2. When it comes to Dionysus’ nature abilities it is shown to have a huge disadvantage to it, this disadvantage being he can only use it when he is surrounded by Nature since he cannot create the material and only use nearby material. If he finds himself in the middle of a city, he will be weaker than he would be in the middle of a forest.  

3. While the animals do seem pulled to him a bit and even seem more friendly around him, there is no guarantee the animals will come when he calls or even obey his commands. If the animal feels they would be in greater danger by obeying, even a grizzly bear would bail on him.  

4. While this power makes him temporarily invincible it comes at a notable risk. Upon using the power gives him a 48-hour clock for which he can be killed while the power cools down, this cool-down process always means any scars or injuries he obtains during this time will take longer than normal to heal. This power having the chance to bring out Pan is also a risk as it causes him to lose control for much longer than normal, it could cause Pan to be front and center for days depending on how badly he got hurt beforehand.  

Pan:      

1. A major weakness to the Green Melody power is the amount of energy and power Pan must put into the ability, using the power for an extended period of time will eventually lead to him losing his grip on consciousness. This also makes his control shorter as when he passes out Daniel gains it back, an outcome that means Pan will be gone for longer than normal.  

2. With the ability being focused on the power of Madness, huge waves of this power can open Pan up to be Susceptible to the power himself. Even with Pan being a powerful being, he can only hold so much and eventually will fall into the same incapacitating madness his victims fall into.  

3. When it comes to the process of transforming someone into a snake, it requires a huge amount of focus on the task, or they will be transformed into a hybrid which has the chance of turning a minor threat into a much bigger threat with the simple slip of Pan’s concentration. This power is also completely permission-based so there is the chance the power will not work at all.  

4. Every clone he creates makes him weaker and weaker as it costs more to keep them alive, a feat that only drains him increasingly as the fight goes on. Each clone is also less powerful than the last one that exists, the first clone would be 50% of Pan’s overall power while the second would be 25%, and so on and so on.  

     

1. His “bottomless” flask of wine  

2. His Thyrsus (staff)      

3.  A Pan Flute    

4. Five Drachma  

     

1.Is constantly drinking      

2. when Dionysus travels, Flowers bloom, and grass grow green. When Pan is in control, the flowers grow tall yet twisted in inhuman shapes and the grass grows the height of mountains