“She’s the alluring jade-haired beauty from California,
with the glittering bronzed skin that is gorgeous but deadly.
Her very touch will make a tazer’s kiss seem gentle.
It’s not the volts that will kill you…
It’s Copper Rhapsody that will!”
Name: Angel Martinez
Competitor Name: Copper Rhapsody
Height: 5’4”
Weight: 123 lbs
Nationality: United States
Angel Martinez was born with an odd chemical imbalance in her body that left doctors puzzled. Instead of having iron-based blood, she had copper-based blood. And her entire body was supported by this rather unique physical mutation. This left her with deep green locks of hair that seemed to shimmer like metal, and skin that always looked like it had a glittering tan.
Angel was grew up poor in LA and she was often picked on for her unnatural looks. Because of this, she started learning how to take care of herself by enrolling in a local martial arts school. She had planned to go into law enforcement to give back to her community, but some friends of hers encouraged her to try some tournament fighting. She was becoming a real contender until there was an accident in the ring. She was fighting her opponent when the wiring in nearby broadcast equipment seemed to arc into the ring and electrocute her opponent. Shaken, she stopped competing and disappeared for a while. Some think she may have been working as a government contractor during this time.
Also, during this time, Angel started her own martial arts school. The general public knows next to nothing about this time, expect that Martinez got married and that it ended in a divorce a few years later. The part the public doesn’t know is that she had a romance with one of her adult students. It came to a heated crescendo one night, during a special class session with only a few black belts. She had bet that he couldn’t win in their sparring match. As the loser, she had to get on her knees, admit he was the stronger and he got to take advantage of her for a short period of time, in front of the other black belts as witness. Her deepest shame was that she hated losing but she also loved finding someone who could defeat her. Damon never forced her to do anything. But he did collect on their bets. And Angel found herself enjoying being defeated by him, despite her protests. These contradictory desires kept them together for years and they taught classes together. They finally split up when a teacher from another school visited Angel for a late night sparring match. These late night sparring matches became more frequent until her husband caught them celebrating her defeat one last time.
Angel hasn’t told anyone what her specific wish is. She’s simply said she wants to “wish something right” in her life again. If she wins, she will use the wish to wish that she would have more willpower, so that she never would have cheated on Damon. And if she is defeated, whatever happens with be penance for how she betrayed her husband.
Powers:Rhapsody’s body has high amounts of copper in it. So much, that she has somehow become a generator of electricity. She can hurl bolts of lightning or electrify her touch. She has also recently learned how to manipulate the bioelectric field of creatures in bizarre ways.
Weapons: Titanium Tonfa
Kunai
Throwing Needles
Manriki Chain
Steel Chords
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