Little Black Project: Atramentous Avatars Quiz

Answer: Assassin

"Assassin's Creed III: Liberation" follows the life of the character Aveline de Grandpré, who is of mixed heritage, born to a French merchant and an African slave. From an early age, she is vehemently opposed to slavery and becomes a member of the Assassin Brotherhood to help free slaves in New Orleans in the period 1765 to 1777. Like the other games in the series, "Liberation" focuses on the rivalry between the Assassins and the Templars. Aveline attempts to prevent the Templars from controlling New Orleans and seeks to break up a slave trafficking ring the Templars are running. Aveline was the "Assassin's Creed" franchise's first playable female character.

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Answer: Lee Everett

In the first season of "The Walking Dead", we are introduced to Lee Everett, a black university history professor who murdered his wife's lover. When the game starts, he has been convicted and is being transported to prison. He breaks free when there is a collision with a zombie. He meets a young girl named Clementine and undertakes to escort her safely back to her parents, negotiating danger from both living humans and zombies.

The character of Lee Everett has drawn critical praise, with excellent voice work, and a non-stereotypical persona.

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Answer: Heartless

There are two types of Heartless in the video game "Kingdom Hearts". The "Pureblood Heartless" are born from the darkness in a person's heart, whereas the "Emblem Heartless" were created by machine designed to replicate the process of a heart being consumed by darkness. A heart may only create a Heartless if it contains darkness.

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Answer: Purrloin

Purrloin has the looks of a kitten, but is drawn in purplish colours. As real kittens sometimes do, Purrloin has the bad habit of stealing objects. When caught in the act, it performs a cute ruse to soothe its victim - almost as real kittens tend to do when one asks them where the beef has gone.

In "Pokemon Black" and "Pokemon White" you may encounter Purrloin on Route 2, Route 3 or in the Dreamyard. The dark character of Purrloin makes it an excellent opponent to psychic Pokemon: dark Pokemons are very effective attackers against psychic ones, while they are immune to psychic attacks.

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Answer: Half-Life 2

Alyx Vance is a non-player character in Valve's 2004 first-person shooter video game "Half-Life 2", designed by Dhabih Eng. She is a close friend to and ally of the player's character, Gordon Freeman. Alyx is portrayed as a young woman in her mid-twenties, who is a prominent figure in the human resistance against the rule of the alien race called the Combine. Alyx is an intelligent computer scientist, hacker and programmer and the last remaining Ultra Z fighter on Earth.

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Answer: Capoeira

Capoeira evolved in the 16th century in Brazil. It was created and practiced mainly by African slaves. This martial art focuses on strikes by combining dance, music and acrobatics. In 2014 it was declared an "intangible cultural heritage" by UNESCO earning it a special protected status.

Elena was the first black female character of the "Street Fighter" franchise. The daughter of an East African tribal leader, she made her first appearance in the third edition of the series - "New Generation", and at the time was the only playable black female character in video games. She is the only character of the series to use the martial art form of Capoeira.

The incorrect options are all Asian martial art forms.

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Answer: Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog looks very much like Sonic (except for being predominantly black rather than bright blue) but has a vastly different personality and set of ethics. While not exactly a villain, Shadow is portrayed as an anti-hero who wants to do the right thing but often goes about it in an unnecessarily risky way or by allying himself with the enemy. In "Sonic Adventure 2", which was originally released for the Sega Dreamcast console, he is one of the three characters seeking to conquer the world while Sonic is one of the three fighting to save it. The character later appeared in other games, including "Sonic Heroes" (2003), "Sonic the Hedgehog" (2006) and his own spin-off "Shadow the Hedgehog" in 2005.

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Answer: Wolf

Link will automatically transform into a wolf whenever he enters a area plagued by Twilight. Once he obtains the Shadow Crystal, Link can willingly change forms whenever he wants so as long as no person is looking. While a wolf, Link cannot use many of the tools and weapons in his bag but he can dig and smell certain scents. It is also easier to defeat certain enemies while a wolf as opposed to a human.

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Answer: Erebus

Erebus the Black is first encountered by players as the final opponent in the third (out of more than twenty) quest zones. He is a beginner-level adversary, but a major storyline character coming back in the increasingly tough Tainted Erebus, Spectral Erebus, Corrupted Erebus (a World Raid) and, introduced in summer 2019 as the then toughest raid in the game by far, Deadly Erebus.

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Answer: Ability to control the weather

The character of Storm, the first Black female superhero, made her debut in the Marvel Comics 1975 "Giant-Size X-men #1" special issue. She made her first video game appearance in the Konami arcade video game "X-Men" in 1992, where she was one of the playable characters. Since then, she has featured in over thirty video games. Among the actresses who have provided the voice for Storm are Catherine Disher, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cheryl Carter, Dawn Lewis, Estelle Liebenberg, Debra W Summer, Susan Dalian, Tangie Ambrose, Grey DeLisle, Danielle Nicolet, and Kimberley Brooks. Storm can control the weather. For example, in "Spider-Man: Web of Shadows", she calls upon lightning to assist players in taking out the enemy.

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