Black Viper

Andreah · February 6

Rhea O'Connell, was born in 1999 in Kings Row. Her parents, Elena Reyes and Marcus "Mac" O'Connell, were murdered when she was fifteen, a traumatic event that ignited her desire to fight injustice. After this tragedy, she was raised by her aunt, Isabel Reyes, who taught her discipline and strategy. She honed her martial arts skills in underground fighting clubs and developed super reflexes that grew from her high-stress environment. Operating outside the law at first, her actions eventually led the FBSA to register her as a vigilante due to her success in curbing gang activity. She has a strong sense of justice and independence and views herself as a vigilante who is more effective operating "in the shadows" rather than as a conventional hero.

Rhea had her heart set on a musical career, singing and song-writing, before the tragedy that took her parents. Instead, she embarked on a driven effort to become a crimefighter. However she still has music in her soul, and currently in her civilian secret identity, Rhea works at "Back Alley Beats", a music and instruments store in King's Row, not too far from the monorail. The store aims for a slightly gritty and underground feel, appealing to local musicians and people in the area. The name references the "back alley" aspect of Kings Row, and its slightly darker, grittier side. They also have some iconography of Back Alley Brawler on display, though he is not commercially associated with the store. A few others at the store are aware of her secret life as Black Viper, and sometimes put on costumes as well, and play as a band for tips at local bars and clubs after hours as "Black Viper and the Midnight Choir".

She also occasionally sings on missions about the superhero-life, enemy groups she faces, and missions she's been on, and so forth.

Andreah · February 6

Black Viper's song about the first time she faces down criminals, when her corner grocery store was robbed right in front of her.

https://www.udio.com/songs/j4EebYRhTduNA6tttoEbZb?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

(My lyrics, music composed and sung by Udio.com.)

chase · February 6

I'm so impressed. I've never heard of Udio before and while some diss on AI creations, I think this perfectly illustrates how it can be used to enrich creations. Your lyrics, your vision, their audio based on your instruction... a winning combination. I've had a few music-themed characters in the past that could have really been fleshed out better with this.

Also. If you don't mind me asking, what/who's the source for the images?

In theory, the Cyrus Thompson Community Center (mentioned in the Coh Comics, but only the statue was ever put in the game, IIRC) should be "a block or two" from your music store. arc rooms to teach self-defense Tuesday nights. I have a college-age martial-arts-themed character focused on opposing gangs in Kings' Row who teaches self-defense classes there Tuesday nights. She lives in some beat-down loft apartment nearby that probably breaks every building code in the city and often wears gang colors when wanting to travel the street without being noticed.

If you don't mind me asking- what/who is the source for your cover images? I struggled through photoshop back in the day for my comic images- never created anything this calibre.

Andreah · February 6

1 hour ago, chase said:

If you don't mind me asking- what/who is the source for your cover images? I struggled through photoshop back in the day for my comic images- never created anything this calibre.

I used Google Lab's ImageFx ai generator. It takes careful prompting and some trial and error to get the vision out. https://labs.google/fx/tools/image-fx

Udio.com also has a built-in album cover generator, and the covers for the songs following the link were made using that. I use the free version of the tool, the paid pro version allows you to upload your own cover art from an image file.

Edited February 6 by Andreah