heisenberg.

i spread the rot that feeds me. i bite the hand that beats me.

independent, private, & selective karl heisenberg from resident evil : village.
focusing on worldbuilding & plotting.
est. 2020. written by ty.

heisenberg.

he was turned to steel in the great magnetic field.

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intro.

hi there! i'm ty ( 30+, he / him, gay, gmt ). this is a private, selective roleplay blog for karl heisenberg from resident evil: village. crossover friendly, au friendly. please take time to read these rules, dossier and a summary of my main verse. i'd appreciate it if you could read this before approaching!

interaction.

my dms and ask are open. i rarely post starter calls. i will no longer write with people who can't / won't plot, sorry. i will happily wait a long time for replies, but i will lose interest if i'm not met halfway wrt effort / if things are going nowhere and continually dropped. i am uninterested in rehashing the game with other protagonists and will default to a post-village verse, but am open to explore pre-game scenarios with people playing the other lords. i will unfollow if there is a lot of ooc posts / no ic posts. i'm here to write consistently ( i don't care about speed ) but don't want to scroll past 84 ooc posts.

triggers.

mature themes are present as resident evil as a series touches on eugenics, parasites, human experimentation, abuse, kidnapping, death, body horror. for karl specifically, the above alongside: torture, emotional and physical abuse / manipulation, mechanical and cyborg-related horror, religion / blasphemy, nonconsensual medical procedures, historical homophobia, cults. these may be discussed. things will be tagged with "tw trigger"when necessary, ie, "tw body horror". all i ask is that you tag depictions of medical illustrations. if you need something tagged, let me know.

shipping.

i exclusively single-ship with one ethan, @wintersdecay, but do not subscribe to popular interpretation of wintersberg which will be referred to on my blog as lichtenberg. outside of this, shipping is not my priority. karl is gay, so he will not be shipped those who identify as women / feminine-aligned. i will block you if you're writing incest content - this includes the four lords. adoptive family is still family.

blog.

please be aware that i rarely ever use readmores for long posts. this blog focuses on plotting, worldbuilding and development of ongoing story arcs. please do not assume things about karl based off popular fanon or misinformation. you will be disappointed if that's what you're looking for. i am not particularly canon-divergent but have developed and built up karl far beyond what the game provides. none of my concepts, headcanons or ideas are for the taking.

formatting.

i use minor formatting and occasionally use icons. i would ask if we're writing together you keep extensive formatting ( multiple fonts, multiple colours, tiny tiny text, double / triple spacing - example ) to a minimum as i do have some visibility issues. i would appreciate it if you could bold dialogue so i can differentiate easily. please let me know if you have any accessibility issues - what is easy for me may not be for you, and i'm happy to accommodate.

godmodding.

this also applies to godmodding knowledge. as far as people are concerned, he's a loyal subject of miranda. if you godmod things about the factory, miranda, his powers ( particularly his manipulation of electricity / bioelectromagnetics ) continually after correction, i will unfollow. however, you have my permission to attack or injure karl since he's a villain and conflict is expected!karl is noted as being the most dangerous of the four lords and is incredibly powerful. if you want to fight, go for it! but please be aware of that. i don't mind godmodding in conflict ( ie: 'he hits karl in the face' as opposed to 'attempts to' over and over ) within reason.

drama.

i block liberally and curate my own space as should you! the usual applies here re: racism, transphobia, ableism, homophobia. i will not tolerate zionism. purity culture is a dangerous thing, but fiction effects reality and if you're regularly writing pedophilia / incest / noncon, you're a freak. both can be true.

about.

i'm a private person, but for the record, i am autistic so please keep in mind i struggle with being social ooc. please don't tag me in ooc memes ( ones that are about me, not karl ). please don't jump into overly-friendly / overfamiliar interactions - being friendly is one thing, but the latter makes me very uncomfortable.these rules might seem like a lot, but i'm old and tired and i'm aware i struggle with getting my tone across and being misinterpreted. i promise you i'm not quite so serious!it goes without saying that karl's opinions and thoughts are not my own and portraying them is not glamourizing or condoning them. he's a villain. mun =/= muse, and although i write him as both autistic and gay amongst other things this is purely coincidental. i am not interested self-insert, y/n or reader insert characters or smut-only rp blogs.i enjoy analysing, theorizing, worldbuilding and researching. is it 'that deep'? no, but i'm having fun. i don't expect this from everyone, do what sparks joy for you.

blogroll.

unamalinconia. donna beneviento - low activity.
winterslie. mia winters - low activity.
titanomyrma. alexia ashford - very low activity.

credit.

psds. made by myself.
graphics. made by myself.
icons & border. made by myself.
carrd. cassiaslair
screencaps / gif footage / in-game assets captured / extracted by myself unless otherwise stated.

mains.

i do practice and prefer mains, as it allows better development of plot and dynamics. all i ask is if you wish to be mains that we have wrote ( and perhaps finished ) a thread or two.

heisenberg.

nobody wants him, he just stares at the world.

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biography.

• dossier
• history
• powers
• headcanon

 name   lord karl heisenberg. outside of the other lords ( including angie & the dimitrescu daughters ), miranda, and ethan, no one knows his forename. date of birth   april 17th, 1930, during the tail end of the weimar republic. an aries. age   93 years old. physically he has not progressed past his late 40's due to the cadou reaching its maximum growth at this time. his dishevelled appearance often makes him appear older than he is. gender   cis male, uses he / him only. alias   lord heisenberg, the iron lord, the iron steed. as part of the dehumanization from miranda, karl has been referred to by his title and family surname more than his forename. to be called 'karl' is an unusual thing for him. orientation   homosexual. karl will use the word homosexual or the f slur to refer to himself as these are the only real terms he has in his knowledge. nationality   dual german and romanian citizenship, though legally he was declared dead during wwii. ethnicity   white - german / romanian. his paternal family stem from the village though he was born in germany and his maternal lineage from the swabian branch of a royal line in southwestern germany. place of birth   stuttgart, württemberg. much of his childhood was spent between here and the romanian village - he currently has no knowledge that it is now referred to as baden-württemberg and is the merged form of south baden, württemberg-baden and württemberg-hohenzollern. languages   german ( native tongue, spoken with a swabian accent and dialect ), romanian ( fluent, his most spoken language due to the restrictions placed on him by miranda despite her speaking german ) and english ( heavy transatlantic accent formed during his formative learning of the language via hollywood media of the 40's and 50's ). he has some difficulty reading and writing in english and often spells or pronounces words incorrectly due to only hearing them be spoken / only seeing them in printed word. religion   initially raised roman catholic and then indoctrinated into the cult of the black god upon his kidnapping and infection. now he prefers to lie and refer to himself an atheist, but he has a complex relationship with religion / the black god and cannot sever his ties to it. species   mutated human, infected by the mold of the black god through the use of the cadou parasite. unlike other mold-infected, karl's cadou has left his organic body under a state of industrialisation as metal has began to "infect" his organic tissue and his organs have become electric. he is not undead, has no wolf dna and his shared traits with the lycans is a result of their mutation with the cadou. karl is considered a bio-organic weapon by organisations due to his mutation but this incorrect - it is more accurate to describe him as a cyborg or augmented human: an organism that has integrated artificial components or technology. height   5'10 ( 177 cm ), though his presence often makes him appear larger due to his intimidating impression. attire   neutral and earthy tones. his clothes are second-hand pieces stolen and collected from the corpses of various military personnel, mostly german with some american from the 40's-50's era. his clothing is ill-fitting, too tight, worn and thinning as well as being stained from years of use. outfit breakdown here.

 weight & build   approximately 250lbs - a combination of his muscle and fat alongside the weight of the metal in his body. the cadou is burning through constant energy and so he requires more mass for it to 'feed' off of, which results in his weight fluctuating between 205lbs to the upper end of the 280lbs range. muscular and fat. genetics play a part in this as the heisenberg line have always been stocky and well-built with square and boxy features, many of whom were craftsmen and labourers despite the noble lineage, which karl has continued through his physical work despite the usual laziness that results in him relying on his powers when able. outside of this he is not particularly athletic and often does not physically exert himself in any situations outside of work, resulting in him carrying extra weight on top of a broad figure. he has large thighs, arms, broad shoulders, a thick chest and full gut and muscular back, along with his neck being a little thicker in order to support the metal of his skull and the cadou that sits buried between his muscles. tattoos   on his right shoulder, he has a design of blank ink only incorporating a horse, a crow impaled by two knives, a broken chain and barbed wired. pieces of the tattoo were inked by moreau before he lost the dexterity in his hands, and the knives were inked by ethan in the year following miranda's "death". skin colour   white with a very slight olive tone. a three on the fitzpatrick scale. he tans uniformly, though rarely ever goes into the sun and his poor diet / lack of sunlight leaves his skin paler than it is naturally. eye colour   originally hazel prior to infection. now they are golden and appear to reflect light ( though they do not actually glow ) due to the tapetum lucidum layer, which is a retroflector, reflecting visible light back through the retina which results in enhanced visual sensitivity at the expense of visual acuity. due to this increases sensitivity, he suffers with photokeratitis ( also known as snow blindness or welder’s flash ) which is exacerbated by his own ultraviolet radiation given off due to his magnetic field in particular during daylight hours due to his environment - which is part of the reason why he wears dark glasses almost constantly. this, much like the impact on his optic nerves results in pain, eyelid twitching, discomfort from bright light, and constricted pupils. he is also somewhat protanopic, resulting in difficulty distinguishing between orange / red and blue / violet - it is not severe enough to completely eliminate green or change reds to yellow. hair colour   originally a dark brown prior to infection. his hair is a "ash grey" shade, compromised of various shades of grey and white rather than one consistent shade and is often, much like his beard, untrimmed and sporting split ends. when cared for, karl's hair is naturally curly but most days his curls are limp waves and his hair is somewhat frizzy. usually his hair is parted at the centre and prior to the events of the game, he kept his hair at shoulder length after an altercation in which alcina grabbed him by the hair but in any post-canon verse, he has left it to grow and it is now several inches longer. due to poor hygiene and the environment he spends most of his time in, often his hair is greasy and / or knotted, and when he is working ( or, in post-canon scenarios ) will be haphazardly tied up in a loose bun though due to the uneven lengths of his hair ( from cutting it himself ) most of it falls out of this bun or sticks up at odd angles. were it to be well taken care of, it would look something like this in terms of curls. his eyelashes much of his body is also covered in coarse, thick body hair, grey like his beard and head hair, covering his chest, stomach, forearms and beyond the elbow, legs, groin, buttocks and also covers, though more sparse in these areas, his shoulders, back and the back of his hands / tops of his feet. scars   karl's entire body is covered in scars, most obvious being his facial scars. for better details on scars, please see this post.

 features   his skin is marked by scars, his most prominent physical feature, but also liver spots particularly on the hands. in general, his skin is rather rough, due to poor care for it alongside environmental factors such as continued callouses alongside heat and chemical exposure. he burns fairly easily, exacerbated by his years spent underground, but does tan ever-so-slightly. his nails are far thicker than the average humans, and if allowed to grow would produce a slightly more prominent curve similar to the lycans, bearing thick ridges and a slight yellow discolouration from nicotine and poor health. these nails, due to their thickness, are hard to break but often sport a variety of cracks or chips and on occasion can be burnt black as his electrical output usually manifests through his hands. his teeth are larger than a regular non-mutated humans and due to this, they have become rather crooked - his canines are far broader and larger than they should be, but not so long to be classic "fangs". much like his nails, they suffer from a slight yellow discolouration though they are not rotting. on average, humans are capable of exerting between 120-160 PSI, whereas karl's is roughly between 320 - 400 psi. in regards to facial features, karl has a strong square jaw, high cheekbones and large aquiline nose with wide nostrils where the bridge slightly wider than the nasal ridge. his lips are very plump, with a prominent cupids bow. his facial hair, much like the rest of his hair, is grey - a full beard that often goes untrimmed and unbrushed, extending down along his neck and over his throat. posture   karl only ever really stands straight when attempting to intimidate, otherwise he has a tendency to lean and slouch due to chronic pain. when walking, his gait is slow and steady but tends to be fairly wide - often he is "out-toeing" in the way he walks with both feet pointing in different directions. scent   the smell of sweat and smoke permeates his hair and clothing consistently due to poor hygiene and his cigars. outside of this, notes of leather, oil and gasoline stick to him due to his work alongside the faint but ever-present smell and taste something burning like an over-heated machine. alignment   chaotic neutral: the gambler, the con-man, the high roller. karl follows his own whims and desires before anyone else's. he cares little for 'good' or 'evil', and instead focuses on freedom, rebellion, self-gratification and amusement. he breaks rules but only when they infringe upon his wants, needs and personal freedoms and will work with good, neutral or evil people as long as it helps his own goals and he is able to come out on top. ennegram   type eight, the challenger. self-confident, strong, assertive and resourceful but ego-centric and domineering. he fears being controlled by others and desires to be in control of his own life. as a type eight, he enjoys tackling challenges and prefers to retain and increase any power he has. independent, determined and industrious, he suffers with losing emotional contact with those in his life. starsign   aries. courageous, determined, confident, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. energetic and turbulent, striving to beat out other competitors, with a desire to prove themselves. often unafraid of conflict, they like to take charge.

  important!     karl has ADHD and is autistic. he does not know this and is unfamiliar with those terms due to the era he grew up in.the cadou renders him resistant to the mold, and gives him magnetic and electricity control. compasses, radiowaves, and most technology will react strangely (or cease to work) around him.he has kept his electrical powers hidden, along with his ability to effect the human body through radio and micro waves or the bodies bioelectromagnetics.research on karl will show that the young lord karl heisenberg went missing during world war two and is presumed dead like much of his immediate family, killed in the bombings by the raf. with information coming in and out of the village being limited and cut off from society, karl is a man who by all accounts, does not exist in the modern world and very few paper trails remain regarding him.karl is not undead, he is not a zombie, he has never died. he is a mutated human. other than his eyes, which are usually covered by his glasses, there is no signs of mutation that would be obvious upon first glance.

heisenberg.

planning his vengeance that he will soon unfurl.

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history.

before the war.

 APRIL 17th, 1930   karl is born to heinrich and katharina heisenberg, née hohenzollern-sigmaringen in sigmaringen before the family settle in stuttgart. 1938.   karl is diagnosed with autistic psychopathy which will later be known as autism, and over the next few years is diagnosed with hyperkinetic reaction of childhood later known as adhd. it is a privilege of his upbringing that he receives the best education and is treated with kindness, support and patience in the hopes that he will "outgrow" these behaviours. when it becomes apparent there is no sign of "curing" him, it is decided that as an adult karl will take over the heisenberg family business in the romanian village whilst his older brother, anton, will be the heir to the factories and foundries in germany. 1939.   WWII kicks into full gear with the german invasion of poland. karl is too young to understand the sociopolitical climate nor any real understanding of war, but the sights and sounds will become a memory that sticks with him despite lacking the knowledge or information about the war due to his age and then, in future, due to his isolation and the controlling of information he recieves. SPRING, 1942.   arrangements are made for karl to be evacuated and relocated in the ancestral home of his family - the village - where he will stay with his uncle in order to flee the dangers of war and the KLV's eugenic practices which would deem him lebensunwertes leben - life unworthy of life. he and his father travel to berlin where they were met by johanna heisenberg, unaware that the woman had passed away in 1936 and the woman before them was the holy mother miranda. placed into her care, karl and "johanna" travel to vienna, moving through budapest and finally arriving in the village which would become karl's home and cage for the next seventy years.shortly after arriving, "johanna" declares she must "return to germany" to support the family and passes over care of karl to the holy mother. a year is spent preparing him for his infection with the cadou, and whilst not openly hostile or visibly violent / controlling, miranda isolates the boy and controls what he eats, wears and punishes him when he speaks in his native tongue, enforcing that he speak romanian. no relationship forms between the two besides that of awkward tolerance and tempered animosity on karl's side. this was seen by many of the villagers as a blessing bestowed on him, for the holy mother to take this lost child under her wing and take him as a son. DECEMBER, 1942.   karl is infected with the cadou against his will. MARCH, 1943.   back in germany, heinrich and anton are killed in the bombing. fleeing germany, katharina spends several weeks in the swabian alps before travelling to the village to reclaim her son and take refuge with the heisenberg family but is intercepted by miranda and taken to the dimitrescu castle where she is never seen again. a letter written to her family suggests that she gave up her worldly possessions and renounced her nobility and joined a remote convent. her family search for her but find little, the official story being that the former royalty took her own life following the loss of her children.

son of god.

 1943.   after the implantation of the cadou, karl spent several weeks in an isolated observation with very limited contact with miranda as not to influence any of her reports. he was only given water, no food, and was left in the cell that made up her fairly primitive set up - this period was not only for observation, but also a test to see how he’d adapt to the cadou, how he would adapt and respond to stress and how his powers would manifest and whether or not it affected his survivability. after this came more experiments, of course. testing his powers, finding out what exactly they were and the scope of them, what his limits were - he was pushed, daily, to exhaustion and pain with the promise that if he did as told he’d be allowed to go. that promise, obviously, was not kept and turned into more and more attempts to push him further - he had to be perfect: for his own good, to please his new mother, and if he wasn’t perfect then he didn’t deserve to be rewarded. it was sheer luck that his affinity in bonding with the cadou was so high but the unfortunate downside to this is that it made him harder to control and brainwash. though miranda would not know the extent of karl's rebellion until years later, it was this inability to create a completely subservient subject that deemed him a failure.in order to test his bodies reaction to a lack of resources and his resilience, he was starved. in order to test his pain threshold and regenerative function, his arteries were severed. in order to test the strength of his powers and physical body, he was pitted against lycan specimens. over and over, he was subjected to inhuman experiments. despite the limits of his body and the partial body transformations that would occur in self-defence, he never fully transformed in front of her.he was only allowed to visit the factory and his family home, and for the most part was relegated to stronghold due to it’s proximity to the church and miranda's lab. it was not his domain, and wouldn’t be for a decade or two where it was ‘gifted’ to him in order to keep him obedient, a show of ‘affection’ in an attempt to manipulate him, but it allowed her to keep an eye on it and thus, him. the fact that it was also the lycans’ den was something that didn’t seem to cross her mind, and so between the age of thirteen to fifteen, karl fought for scraps and was, effectively raised by wolves for most of his time until he was forced elsewhere. 1944.   at the age of fourteen, he was forced to interact with both alcina and salvatore in order to further his education - much to the chagrin of all three lords. neither of them wanted anything to do with him and made it clear. in place of visits to the doctor, he would be strapped to a gurney and cut open. in place of family gatherings where he would be doted on or interacted with, he was ignored or actively beaten down. karl was a "problem" student, only exacerbated by his refusal to cooperate and impeded by the constant overstimulation and strain placed on his brain by the cadou and the magnetic fields he was suddenly attuned to. in his 'siblings' eyes, however, he was lazy, ungrateful, annoying, ill-behaved and of lower intelligence. 1945.   karl's education is self-taught for the most, as neither of his "siblings" wish to deal with him. the majority of this time is spent undergoing attempts to indoctrinate him in the cult, which have minor success, but cement his hatred and desire to break free of miranda. 1950.  after being rescued by the holy mother, karl meets the future founder of the umbrella corporation - oswell e. spencer. though their meeting is brief, karl dislikes the man greatly despite his thirst for knowledge and appreciation for intelligence due to the relationship that forms between him and miranda. he will not hear of the man again until he begins accessing the files of the bsaa in the post-millennium world. 1952.   karl fails to make any real friends, and only a meagre few acquaintances - one of these being oskar, a young man whom worked in the stables of the failing but not yet abandoned heisenberg factory, that karl had an extremely brief "relationship" with, which ended before anything could come of it with oskar's "accidental" death. karl has his suspicions around this, but never finds any evidence to prove it. whilst he has been experimenting on animals for a couple of years, it was during this year that he would begin his first attempts to create the soldat. he begins spending less and less time in the village and in the heisenberg manor, instead choosing the safety of the factory, allowing it to fall into disrepair and isolating himself further. the first soldat is created. 1952   fully automatic mass production of the soldat begins, improving upon his initial design and process. since his original attempts, karl has expanded the mining tunnels of the original heisenberg factory coal mine to allow for extensive underground travel which he uses to get to the graveyards unseen in order to collect corpses for his experiments. often accompanied by his strongest soldat, those unfit for battle continue to expand his network underground.

waging war.

 1960   the factory becomes unrecognisable after years of rebuilding have left it in a labyrinthian nightmare that shifts to karl's whims. extending deep below the village and far back into the mountains themselves, the factory has become its own city and ecosystem, free of miranda's influence. 1985.   karl successfully creates the soldat jet and panzer, but unsatisfied with his work, continues to improve and experiment further. with the bodies he is able to steal growing thinner and weaker, he is forced to augment the corpses far beyond his initial attempts in order to stop them falling apart. whilst this is successful, it results in far heavier and less mobile soldiers. 1987.   claudia beneviento is born. in an uncharacteristic move, karl attempts to act as something akin to a subtle protector to her. 1990.   donna beneviento is born. karl bonds with her, particularly after the mysterious death of her parents. he never comments on this nor reveals the truth, but bears some responsibility for the blame - having told miranda, in the attempt to keep up his façade as her most loyal child, that they were unwilling to hand over their children to miranda and preparing to flee the village. 1996.   claudia is implanted with a cadou. whilst karl has been building his army and plotting his rebellion, this only serves to extinguish any doubt he has about his plans, confident that miranda will never stop and never be satisfied until she is dealt with.
unable to handle the cadou and failing to adapt to it, claudia dies. karl withdraws from the remaining beneviento, donna, and isolates himself further leaving donna to the mercy of miranda. he only leaves his factory in the dead of night and prefers to travel via his extensive network of tunnels under the village outside of mandatory meetings with the other lords and the holy mother. 2000.  the connections begin working with the h.c.f and mother miranda - in the meantime, karl keeps an eye on all three of these where he can, intercepting researchers and agents in order to steal their files for his own uses. following information gathered from this, he reaches out via the duke to several freelance agents willing to work for a hefty paycheck to gather the resources he needs as well as keep tabs on all three players. 2017.  the baker house incident occurs. originally of little interest due to his hatred of eveline under the assumption that when delivered to miranda she will act as his replacement, he gains an interest upon the reports of the surviving victims - particularly that of ethan winters. realising the allure this will have for miranda, as well as the possibility of the mold being "cured" ( even though, logically, he knows it is too late for him ), he begins keeping tabs on them when he is able to through the use of outside informants. SUMMER, 2018.  karl builds his most controversial soldat yet, the sturm. despite being incredibly powerful, the creature is unreliable and dangerous to its enemies, itself and karl. he abandons it in the depths of the factory. FEBRUARY, 2021.  expanded timeline of the events of village found here. miranda infiltrates the winters' home and though intercepted by hound wolf squad, successfully kidnapes rosemary winters. the lycans begin tearing through the village and its residents, leaving few surviviours. after meeting at the ruined church, karl suggests the crystallised child be split into four flasks and given to each lord - an idea which is accepted and followed. he returns to flask to ethan winters after allowing the man to run free, directing him to kill each other lord until confronting him directly and offering to work together to take down miranda and resurrect rose. ethan, with little options available, agrees.

surviving winter.

 FEBRUARY 10TH, 2021.   THE DAY THE WORLD CHANGED. miranda her sacrificed children and the villagers who served her have all perished - all save the iron lord and the man meant to be his executioner. a partnership formed, the enemy of my enemy, but ethan's place in the world no longer exists - the wool pulled from his eyes by karl and a mechanical heart thrust into his chest as miranda ripped his "organic" one out. rose is safe, and the two recuperate. FEBRUARY, 2021.   after many arguments, and a few altercations involving the bsaa, rose is returned to her mother who flees romania in order to avoid the bsaa and the effects of the megamycete with ethan. karl remains, unable to leave, and begins his new war against the black god. a slow and boring process of research and experimentation. ethan finally returns and the two seek out miranda's lab, hoping her research will provide much needed information. in the meantime, their partnership is a complex mess devolving into physical fights which result in several sexual trysts. MARCH, 2021.   karl replaces the mechanical heart with a sturdier custom-made one and begins identifying the change in bioelectromagnetic that prelude the influence of those inside the hive that has made a vessel of him. unable to keep away from each other, for a variety of reasons, ethan finally agrees to relocate to the factory. the two continue their research. to the surprise of both of them, donna had survived the attack during that fateful day through the manipulation of her hallucinations, but still fears leaving her home. MAY, 2021.   the two begin a relationship officially, though it has little meaning outside of confirming that the heightened emotions resulting in a physical affair can no longer be ignored under the guise of a brief infatuation. this does little to quell the underlying tension and hostility that comes, mostly, from karl who has spent decades making himself as unbearable as possible and sought out solace whenever he can. JUNE, 2021.   to be written.

heisenberg.

the time is here for iron man to spread fear.

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powers.

 INCREASED STRENGTH.   his strength is higher than the average human's, but nothing particularly outside the realm of impossibility. often, his strength is visually amplified by the use of his magnetic powers ( for example, carrying his hammer which is too heavy for a human to carry alone ). however, due to his body being mostly machine, he is able to withstand far more weight and able to output more power than expected. on average, humans are capable of exerting between 120-160 PSI with a bite, whereas karl's is roughly between 400 - 600 psi, similar to that of a lion of wolf. INCREASED HEALING.   he is more machine than man, and though slow to recover and not lucky enough to gain rapid healing or regeneration like alcina, he is able to heal faster than the average human and can survive fatal wounds depending on the injury sustained, though this is a slow process compared to the other infected. he is incredibly resilient - if his flesh can be webbed between machinery and still function, then he can effectively be dismembered or gored or anything else and be mostly fine. however, if a limb or body part is not reattached and lacks this connection to his body, it will eventually calcify. his body will replace any missing parts, but it won’t return to how it was prior, instead adapting to the ‘new’ version ( which is why he has all the scars rather than returning to the “default” slate ) he still needs to eat, sleep, drink, but the rate of which is far slower than that of a normal living person since he’s no longer entirely organic - which works well for him, as he is so focused on his work that he rarely spends time to cook/sleep. he dOes bleed, but for the most part his blood appears more like oil - it is quite dark, almost black, and has an iridescent quality to it. HEIGHTENED PAIN TOLERANCE.   whilst karl's regeneration may not be on the level of alcina's, his pain threshold far exceeds the others - though this comes at a cost as often, he will not realise how hurt he is until severely wounded as the pain fails to register as a warning sign ( alongside a dash of masochism ). he is able to withstand a lot of physical damage due to this and will often continue fighting, and though it serves to make him look intimidating and reckless, it is not a conscious decision. torture, for example, will not motivate him to comply until it begins to reach possibly fatal levels. the irony, of course, is that karl lives with chronic pain, a kind that due to his unusual mutations would be debilitating for anyone else and, in its worst days, is to him too. SUSPENDED AGING.   due to the cadou being administered during puberty, it grew alongside karl, resulting in a far more manageable condition that those of the other lords. the cadou feeds on him and his body, in a constant cycle of death and rebirth as the nematode is revived by the mold and subsequently killed again. this process continued unimpeded, despite the body being fully developed in his twenties, until the mechanisation of his body began to outweigh the organic - tipping the scales, so to speak. as he reached his fourties, karl's aging began to slow until it eventually "halted". the signs of his age can be seen in his hands more vividly than anywhere else, but his appearance is aged due to his dishevelled appearance - were he to clean up and take care of himself, he would look more like the age he is. MANIPULATION OF BIOMAGNETICS.   the human body ( and every other living organism ) produces its own magnetic field, though this is very weak. one study suggests that gel-like tissues ( such as the fluid of the eyes or skeletal joints ) may be effected by an increased exposure to magnetic fields. karl has a greater success manipulating the magnetic field of living creatures that are smaller in size and less intelligent, as the focus and strength required to create a magnetic field that can cause harm to the human body is much more than his usual "resting" output. MANIPULATION OF BIOELECTRICS.   biological entites can create electrical signals known as bioelectrics, produced by "excitable cells" ( such as neurons, muscle cells, endocrine cells, nerves ). karl is able to manipulate these if desired, and with some concentration, allowing him to induce seizure in those he deems a threat ( provided they are within close range - often if physically touching ) either by manipulating the electrical charges or through discharging his own current resulting in an electric shock. the same can be said for inducing heart attacks, altering balance and pain perception. LONG DISTANCE COMMUNICATION.   karl can communicate through televisions, radios, speakers, phones and computers via radiowaves. due to the limited technology in the village, his preferred method is using abandoned televisions screens. when using a device with a screen, he can project any image over it though often defaults to his family crest. however, this also works when he is not actively attempting to do so ( though at a much lower frequency ) post-miranda's-"death" - it is not uncommon for devices in close proximity to the factory to get the occasional stray thought broadcasted through the nearest radio. likewise, karl can receive incoming information through these radiowaves, so the use of radios in particular will allow him to gather information he otherwise would not have access to.

 ELECTROMAGNETISM.   the most obvious power he has is the ability to attract and repulse metallic and magnetized and metal objects in a form of telekinesis but this is simply one facet of his power set, drawing from his root power - the ability to create and manipulate electromagnetism; electromagnetic force is carried by electromagnetic fields composed of electric fields and magnetic fields, and it is responsible for electromagnetic radiation such as light. it is one of the four fundamental forces in nature, together with strong and weak interaction alongside gravitation. electromagnetic phenomena are defined in terms of the electromagnetic force, sometimes called the lorentz force ( the combination of electric and magnetic force on a point charge due to electromagnetic fields ), which includes both electricity and magnetism as different manifestations of the same phenomena. particularly of note is the creation and control of electromagnetic radiation, which in turn results in effecting and creating the electromagnetic spectrum ( the range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation ) which means he is able to effect not only metal objects or anything that has been magnetized, but also: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma rays. the smaller an electromagnetic wave, the more waves there can be, and the more energy there is. a longer wavelength means less energy and, therefore, lower frequency.however, despite how powerful this makes him, he is incredibly susceptible to electromagnetic interference. should anyone use technology around karl that interferes with his own, they would certainly hear this kind of noise coming from their device ( if they produce sound / have speakers) but in general he will have an unintended affect on many devices, this includes: bluetooth devices, baby monitors, cordless telephones, microwave ovens, speakers, implantable electronic devices, wifi, computers - any device that has electronic circuitry can be susceptible to this. current smartphones are designed to reduce electromagnetic interference, but it does not shut it out completely, especially if you are standing next to him.for the sake of karl not being extremely overpowered, and based off what we see in-game, his powers on the electromagnetic spectrum seem to be on the lower end ( albeit this stems from anywhere from 3Hz to 300Thz ), alongside having a longer wavelength and lower frequency. due to this, it is unlikely but not impossible that he would have any effect or manipulation on the higher end of the frequency - at least not without great effort, concentration and likely harm to himself. RADIOWAVES.   widely used to transmit information across distances in radio communication which includes: radio broadcasting, television, two way radios, mobile phones, communication satellites, and wireless networking, navigation in systems like gps and navigational beacons, radiolocation and radar, remote control and industrial heating. given that in-game we see karl communicate via televisions, he must be able to manipulate and create radio waves - this is also how he controls the soldat remotely if needed. with a transmitter of their own, it would be possible to interfere and disrupt the one karl puts out - similar to radio jamming, by tuning it to the same frequency as his. MICROWAVES.   widely used in wireless networks, radar, satellite, medical diathermy, radio astronomy, keyless entry systems amongst many things, including the obvious microwave ovens. it has been observed that individuals in the radiation path can experience clicks and buzzing sounds in response to microwave radiation due to thermal expansion in the inner ear. injury from exposure to microwaves can occur, usually from dielectric heating induced in the body, but like mentioned previously can also produce cataracts. heavy doses of microwave radiation can produce heat damage in other tissue, and may be a risk when in prolonged exposure to karl himself. VISIBLE LIGHT.   electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 400–790 terahertz is detected by the human eye and perceived as visible light. the brain's visual system processes the multitude of reflected frequencies into different shades and hues. due to this, karl is able to see light within frequencies outside of the human visible spectrum and is able to see ultraviolet light - though he is somewhat dichromatic in his colour perception and whilst he is not colourblind, suffering from mild protanopia he has trouble distinguishing between orange and red and struggles with shades of green. BODY MODIFICATION AND AUGMENTATION.   due to karl's internal machinery - alongside the benefits of the cadou / infection of the mold - he can stave off fatal wounds by replacing the parts of him that are damaged. often, actual medical aid will do little to assist him outside of superficial healing where skin or muscle is involved but the easiest way to close any of his wounds is to provide magnetic material which he can use and absorb alongside cauterisation, much like a welding effect.

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PLOTS.

sorry, but i'm not interested in "what if ( insert character here ) was in the village and karl offered them a deal" plots - the answer is, he most likely wouldn't, he has an act to keep up and ethan is an extraordinary case. similarly, i'm not particularly interested in "the other lords work with karl to take down miranda" - unless you are fine with the result being that karl attempts to kill them, too ( he's not looking to leave any survivors, ESPECIALLY ALCINA. ) i have many verses, and i'm happy to come up with more, and i'm happy to work with whatever your idea is as long as we can discuss / plot it out so we're both enjoying ourselves! i have a thread wishlist here.

FAMILY.

i am aware the family titles are part of the cult aspect, but also for karl specifically ( and likely donna ) he grew up with moreau and alcina as "older siblings" ( whether he wanted to or not ) and miranda as his "mother". i will not ship him with any of the lords, and will not follow people who ship miranda / alcina, alcina / donna, donna / karl or any of the dimitrescu daughters with miranda / alcina / donna. they are family. adopted siblings are still siblings. the "it's just a title" doesn't work when alcina refers to karl as her brother in private, speaks of how they treat her as a sister, when karl refers to them as siblings even when he's talking about what miranda has done to him and miranda continually refers to them as her children and states she used them to try and cure her loneliness. he does not consider them siblings, the same way he does not consider miranda his mother, but they are still his ( forced ) adopted family and he grew up and spent 70+ years around them in this dynamic. for this reason, i will not write any "ethan becomes a lord" au's where ethan and karl are romantic. similarly, karl considers donna ( and claudia ) in a daughter-like fashion due to their ages, but is forced to call her sister. it is still familial.

THE FACTORY.

the heisenberg factory ( and the barn which serves as the face of it ) is strictly off-limits to those who have not been invited in. the factory itself is difficult to get to and isolated from everything else in the village - behind the altar site, across the river, behind a towering electric fence and beyond the barn. the gate does not open without karl doing so, and though it can be climbed, it’s a very stupid idea to do so. entering the factory uninvited will result in you being attacked - he's a villain! this does not mean it is impossible, but will require plotting! also, it just gets really boring to keep doing the same 'what if they were in the factory' threads - i have a post here on places karl can be found.

NSFW.

whilst i do write nsfw content ( of the sexual variety ) on occasion ( on a sideblog so people aren't forced to see it ) i do not jump straight into nsfw and rarely ever with people who i don't know. if you're following just to smut with karl, sorry! if that's what you prefer, more power to you, enjoy yourself, but it's not my main priority! similarly, karl is homosexual and so i will not ship or write nsfw with female characters. there will be occasional sexual nsfw content on the main blog however - either suggestive imagery or discussion, though this is often on headcanons relevant to the subject. this will be tagged for anyone who wishes to avoid it with tw nsft.

MIRANDA.

unless something is post-village or you are a someone he trusts ( so ethan / the duke ) people don’t know karl hates miranda and they don’t know he’s plotting against her. they may have suspicions but even then, that would be limited to the family, and most of that could be interpreted as slander to try and boost themselves up over him - or miranda herself. out in public, he will praise her, he will revere her, he will go out of his way to do what she wants and bring things to her that may be of interest, will tell her information about anyone else - because he has to keep up the act. he is the loyal right-hand man, as far as anyone else is concerned.

FIRST CONTACT.

karl appears ( outside of his eyes, often covered ) to be an ordinary if not unusual human physically - there is no real reason anyone should automatically assume he is mutated / has a cadou / carries the mold infection ( suspicions are welcome, particularly if he's using his hammer, however ). the same applies to knowing he is rebelling / rebelled against miranda.

TIMELINE.

anything pre-re8, karl is stuck in the village, so please keep that in mind! he won't be able to be in raccoon city or anything like that, but you are welcome to have your character enter the village! most threads will assume a post-village verse. ( where karl survived, obviously ) but if you want an AU we can discuss it!