Cactus Cahn, the plant with a plan

Cactus Cahnelius

LAST NAME Carl GENDER Plant AGE 79 Years Old DATE OF BIRTH April 1st ETHNICITY Egyptian SEXUALITY Plantsexual NICKNAME Cactus Cahn SPECIES Unidentified breed of cacti

ROLE A dark wanderer, shrouded in a cloak of mystery hidden behind a wall of uncertainty. Moonlights as an attempted murderer in the forest when not working towards his ultimate goal.

POWER Cahn has the ability to rapidly grow thorns and then transform into replicas of chess pieces. These chess pieces will then turn into warriors that vary in appearance, power and weaponry depending on what type of chess piece it spawned from. Only one type of chess piece can be active at a time and he can not summon the same types twice in a row. These types are as follows: Type Apperance Traits Amount availble at a time Pawn Stone humanoids with upside down heads. Faces are permanently fixed in an expression of horror and their legs have two major joints. These are the cannon fodder of Cahn's forces. Clumsy, stupid, and only armed with swords, they rely on sheer numbers to take down foes. If a  pawn can survive for long enough in battle it can potentially subvert the "only one type at a time rule" by turning into a different type, as long as the type it is turning into was destroyed prior in the same engagement. 8 Rook Down sized, stone military tank, with insect legs where the treads should be and a huge eyeball in the end of the cannon barrel. Prone to tunnel vision makes them easily to maneuver around, attack through bull-like charges in attempt to crush foes with stone eye. Deceptively quick when running. Durable in comparison to other types 2 Knight Back side of a horse that gives way to naked spinal column. Spine ends in in front half of humongous praying mantis with actual scythes for arms. Made of stone like usual. With the ability to jump around like a pogostick on drugs, these monstrosities pose the greatest threat to those with slow reaction times. Only about as durable as pawns though while lacking their numbers. 2 Bishop Stone arm jutting out of the ground with the palm of it's hand stuck open until it attacks, circular fanged mouth in center of hand Support type that will wait out of site while another force distracts opponent. Once it sees an opening it will glide toward prey while screeching like a banshee in an attempt to restrain them. Sturdier than pawns and faster in a straight line. Escaping one's grip can be a hassle. 2 Queen giant stone eagle with a cactus for a head. A large gash on it's chest serves as the socket for some kind of mechanical-looking limb with a functioning drill on the end of it. That drill can split open to reveal a functioning flamethrower. Yes, that is all made out of stone too. Capable of flight, as strong as a rook and almost as durable. Best at engaging in 1 on 1 battles with unsuspecting victims. Essentially the 'boss monster' of Cahn's arsenal, with the trade-off that he can only summon it once per day. 1 If he is physically attacked he can explode into a complete set of chess pieces, with the king being the piece that actually houses his life-force. After a minute or two he can return to his normal cactus form if he wishes, otherwise the piece will slowly gain the ability to hover as a form of locomotion. This ability can be self induced tho purposefully gain access of the ability to move at the cost of becoming much more vulnerable to any kind of attack.

BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

APPEARANCE Looks like a small unassuming cactus when unprovoked, but when he's up to no good he sprouts an impressive handlebar mustache.  May randomly appear situated in a flower-pot at times, but the soil inside is purely athletic and does not provide him with any sustenance. Is 4 feet tall.

PERSONALITY Hatred is what drives this cactus to be a slightly more mobile and much more villainous than any cacti has a right to be. In the name of vengeance it slaughters all that dare cross its path, assuming whoever is crossing its path doesn't have supernatural abilities or able to walk slightly faster than average. Developed into an avid schemer to help make up for his inability to properly chase victims. He does seem to be able to momentarily put aside this hatred should the outcome of doing so suit his sinister intentions, and even put it aside altogether if it's dealing with someone who has caused a plenty of grief for other people. For this reason do his usual underlings get exempted from his list of potential targets, aside from just being integral to his plans of course.  Also incredibly faithful to his lord and master, the LEGENDARY SUPER DEATH EAGLE.  Other then that not much to say, he's the least expressive sentient being in existence considering he's a cactus.

WEAKNESSES & STRENGTHS Fire types are, like, so OP. I mean it is a cactus after all. Killing him when he's in the form of a chess piece isn't too tough at all. Without his chess monsters Cahn is basically a punching bag that happens to be covered in thorns. Boxing gloves not included. In his normal caactusy state he can only go without soil for around an hour, after that he has to morph into a chess piece to preserve himself. Naturally he can't change back until he's found a suitable location. On the flip side Cactus Cahn's determination is as unwavering as a diamond coated in concrete that is frozen-over on the surface of Pluto. Once he sets his sight on goal he will not stop until it is achieved. He knows no fear and could sleep soundly after kicking a puppy if he had the capability to sleep. Also current World Champ of the National Finger Painting League. By far his greatest advantage is the fact that he is a cactus. No one expects the cactus to be an evil serial-killer cultist with several infamous outlaws on their payroll. No one seems to be able to figure out just how he communicates.

BACKGROUND It is said that you can take a man to water, but you can not make him drink. Cahn would have to disagree with that, for in his time as a kangaroo herder in Egypt he would often have to save crazy tourists and bring them to the locale oasis to ensure that their corpses didn't dirty up his sand. And by often I do not mean once or twice a week, or even a day. Roving packs of tourists would just come to this poor plant's house and pass out in his front yard. Sometimes rival tourist clans would even battle over who got to be the ones to ask for help first, but in the end they would all pass out from the heat. While incredibly annoying Cahn manged to deal with this troubling behavior for 10 years. As long as he stayed out ofr trouble and worked at herding his kangaroos, he would be able to afford his daughter's scholarship at the University of Sentient Cacti and Bombs. On one fateful night though everything changed. As he was dragging some passed out hippy towards the oasis he accidentally snapped their neck. Horrified at first by how their lifeless body clashed with the color of the sand, Cahn tried to pick the other tourists up before they turned into corpses as well, but only ended up snapping their necks too. As he stood their weeping for his yard a group of carrion birds landed nearby and begun to devour the dead bodies. It was at that point that Cahn realized that birds were actually the masters of the universe and that all other life were just chess pieces in the intergalactic conflict between birds and a guy named Steve. He has been killing people and summoning chess monsters ever since Killing the right people has served to make him the wealthiest plant on the planet. He now uses that money to hire a team of the most vile and amoral scumbags from around the world, so that they may assist in breaking into the deepest confines of the fabled Foresta Academy. Old Cactus legends tell of a LEGENDARY SUPER DEATH EAGLE that is being held inside the school to keep it from reclaiming it's rightful place as the god of life and death and burritos, the Cahn will not stop until he sees it go free. It will also serve as a good opportunity to fulfill his monthly murder quota.

face claim: picture of a cactus from Dreamstime.com

MADE BY ★MEULK OF GS

Er, I think something got deleted from your "Powers" section. The first sentence is cut off; might wanna take a look at that.

Well ain't that a thorn in my side....get it? Thorns, cactus, y'know?? I'm sorry. T_T

Fixed it anyway, thanks for the heads up.