Into the Spiderverse characters
Superhero Name: Scarlet Weaver
Real Name: Lilliana O'Donnell (imgur.com/Mro1lcs)
Gender: Female
Age: 18ish
Appearance (in costume): Her costume resembles a hooded red dress, that could more accurately be called a skirt. On top of the skirt she has a black corset to help keep it in place. Under the skirt she wears red formfitting pants. She also wears white gloves and high-heels. Her black mask calls to mind a spider, and covers her face while leaving her mouth exposed so she can eat while in costume.
The silver lenses of the mask seem to be made of the same stuff as one way glass. On her corset is her symbol, a red spider, with eight curved legs. Due to the magical nature of her costume, she can switch between it and her normal clothes, which appears to her as a magical girl-like transform sequence, with her as the magical girl. Is instant from an outside perspective.
Personality: Introverted and impulsive, Lilliana comes off as a shy girl with a massive temper. Which is true, yet most people just happen to not notice her sadism. She’s kind when it comes to the people she cares about, and when she catches herself or takes her time, she’s quite clever. Doesn’t give a damn about social crap, but tries to be polite to keep people from getting upset at her. Can be very vulgar when pissed. Is quite cocky as a result of her powers.
History: A trans-girl from New England, Lilliana met her patron in a dream: Lolth, an ancient fae who was once queen of a now all but extinct court of fae known as the “Spider Court”. It was she who drew the girl’s dreaming mind into her prison and domain, the Shadow-Web, and offered a deal: Serve me, and in return I will give you the power needed to both serve me and protect those you love, and I will grant you the body you where denied by your birth.
After arguing out any loop-holes that could threaten her or those she cared for, Lilliana agreed to the deal. The next day, she awoke to find her body had been changed. And even though her past was the same, no-one in her family or the government (which included the school system) raised any concerns about her new body in regards to her identity or how she got it.
Then, Lilliana did what any fan of super heroes who got super powers would do. She fought crime and helped people, all while helping out her patron when needed. This usually involved beating the crap out of some fae that pissed Lolth off, or entertaining her patron, who seems quite lonely at times.
General Abilities:
Strength: None. Normal strength. She relies on the power her speed gives her attacks to take down her foes.
Speed: Spectacular. She’s fast; fast enough to move across large rooms faster than most people can see.
Stickiness: None. She doesn’t stick to things.
Spider-Sense: Spectacular. Her spider-sense is basically pre-cognition. Her sense warns her of big dangers that are days ahead; as well as giving her info on danger that is threatening her a couple of moments from now. Such as what it is and where it is.
Telepathy: This ties into her spider-sense in that she can only read the minds of people who are in trouble or who are about to commit something.
Webbing: Amazing. Her scarlet webbing is thicker and stickier than the webbing of 616, though it’s balanced by the fact it’s magical in nature, so iron and silver cuts through it like a knife through butter. She summons it with a small series of quick hand gestures needed to cast the spell.
Special Abilities:
-Spider Shadow Summoning: Her shadow acts as a portal to the Shadow-Web, home of her patron, the spider fae known as Lolth. Hence, using her shadow Scarlet Weaver can summon the limbs of her patron (who has Spectacular in every stat) to attack her foes. Lolth’s limbs are mainly used to throw things around or to rip open things that need to be ripped open. However iron burns her patron to the touch, which makes her upset with SW. As well, it takes a spoken incantation to summon her patron’s limbs, which means she needs to be able to talk, and a moment or five to speak. And if her shadow is too small or non-existent? No summoning.
-Shadow Spider Form: Drawing on her patron’s power, SW can turn herself into a red and white spider the size of a backpack. While it does increase her Strength and Stickiness to Amazing, and grants her a bite that lulls her target into unconsciousness, it does have drawbacks. She cannot speak while transformed, iron burns her, and if she does not focus, her patron's presence acts like a beacon, calling her into the Shadow-Web, where she would likely find herself never leaving her patron’s side, at least not as herself.