By skyforbes đ LONELYMAN â The Guardian of Solitude
Real Name: Elias Orin
Alignment: Hero (Self-Sacrificing)
Core Theme: âNo one deserves to feel the way I did.â
ORIGIN STORY
Elias Orin was born with an unusual sensitivity â he could feel the loneliness of others as if it were his own. At first he thought it was empathy. Over time, he learned it was something far more cosmic.
When a catastrophic event tore open a rift in reality, Elias was infused with the residual energy of an ancient celestial entity known as The Voidheart â a being formed from the collective isolation felt across galaxies. Rather than being consumed by the Voidheart, Elias absorbed it, becoming its vessel.
From that moment on, Elias vowed one thing:
âIf I take all the loneliness into myself, then nobody else has to feel alone.â
His heroic identity became Lonelyman.
POWERS
đ 1. Absorption of Loneliness
He can sense, draw in, and store emotional isolation from any living being. This is his central power â and his greatest burden.
He can instantly relieve someone of loneliness, depression-like emptiness, or cosmic despair.
The absorbed loneliness strengthens him but also weighs on him emotionally.
đ€ 2. Voidheart Manifestation
The accumulated solitude inside him becomes a source of power:
Constructs made of dark, shimmering Void-energy (shields, wings, weapons)
Teleportation through âsilent spacesâ
Phasing through matter
Amplification of strength and endurance based on the scale of isolation he carries
đ«ïž 3. Quietfield
A protective field that calms minds, soothes fear, and brings peace to others â even in chaotic battlefields.
đĄ 4. Empathic Perception
He can detect pockets of loneliness anywhere on a planetary scale.
WEAKNESSES
- Emotional Overload
The more loneliness he absorbs, the more he risks losing his own identity in the overwhelming sorrow.
- Isolation Dependency
A paradox:
He removes loneliness from others, but doing so makes himself profoundly alone.
He hides this behind a gentle, comforting demeanor.
- The Voidheartâs Whisper
Sometimes the ancient entity inside him tries to manipulate his emotions, urging him toward total universal solitude â a path he refuses.
COSTUME & DESIGN
Long dark coat or cloak that constantly ripples like smoke
Eyes glow faint silver when absorbing emotions
Emblem: a cracked circle â representing loneliness contained, not escaped
Colors: grayscale with faint purples or blues to symbolize melancholy energy
A slight aura of quietness surrounds him, muffling sound near him
ARCHENEMY: The Evercrowd
A hive-mind villain representing forced connection â a collective consciousness that assimilates minds so no one can be âaloneâ again.
The Evercrowd argues that freedom causes loneliness; Lonelyman argues that choice matters.
This sets up a philosophical conflict.
MAIN STORY ARC
âThe Burden of Oneâ
Lonelyman travels the universe, absorbing loneliness from planets, individuals, alien species, even gods. As he grows stronger, so does the weight within him.
People begin to worship him, some fear him, others pity him â but everyone feels less alone when he leaves.
His struggle is choosing whether to:
- Continue carrying the universeâs loneliness forever, becoming something less than humanâŠ
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Share the burden with others, risking their emotional painâŠ
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Or find a cosmic way to erase loneliness itself, rewriting the fundamental nature of sentient beings.
PERSONALITY
Soft-spoken
Deeply kind; never judges anyoneâs pain
Witty in rare moments, often ironically self-aware
Battles his own internal emptiness with humor and self-sacrifice
Understands people better than they understand themselves
Heâs tragic but hopeful â the ultimate empathic hero.