<strong>Student Name: (Your character's name while playing civilian.)</strong>Mark Milton<br/><br/><strong>Avenger Name: (The title your character uses while playing Avenger.)</strong>Hyperion<br/><br/><strong>Apparent Age: (How old your character is noted as.)</strong>19<br/><br/><strong>Appearance: (What your character looks like.)</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Images of Hyperion</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7199/hyperionq.jpg)<br/>(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/1562/hyperion2.jpg)<br/>(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5307/hyperion3.jpg)<br/>(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9645/hyperion4.jpg)</div></div><br/><strong>Marvel Character: (This is the character that your one is based on.)</strong>Hyperion<br/><br/><strong>History/Significant Events: (This is a little like your character's history except it only highlights the points in your character's life which had the most impact. If your character's history differs greatly from the Marvel Character then you will have to be a little more thorough.)</strong><br/><br/>Mark Milton was found in a capsule of extraterrestrial origin in the American Midwest by a pair of farmers who desperately wished to have a child but were unable to conceive. Within thirty-five minutes, SHIELD agents took the infant Mark Milton from those farmers, erased the memory of finding the child from their minds, and took the infant and capsule to a secure SHIELD facility located under the New Mexico desert. Raised as a ward of the state, Mark was essentially indoctrinated to believe in the dream of America and kept in the dark about the grim realities thereof. The most crucial element of this program was to impress upon Mark that, for all of his personal power, the state was an entity of unlimited power that he could not contend with and triumph.<br/><br/>His contact with normal human beings was limited to tightly screened personnel vetted by SHIELD. A brief exposure to peers his own age at twelve impressed upon Mark that he was not like others and would not be accepted for who he was. At the age of 14 Mark was clandestinely deployed by SHIELD to attack high priority targets in the Middle-East and Africa. He would sporadically be used for surgical strikes over the intervening years, particularly in situations where targets possessed post-human assets, until it was determined that he should attend Stormvalley High, to better socially integrate and form ties with the Avengers.<br/><br/><strong>Personality: (The manner in which your character behaves and treats others.)</strong><br/><br/>Mark is a very polite boy. He is not the most socially savvy person, and it is this that causes his polite facade to fail. His isolated upbringing left him without the experiences to understand many social cues that others with conventional upbringings understand and process without conscious thought. All of his efforts to please and be kind are, however, really just an act to gain emotional satisfaction and validation: everything inside him that is denied and unknown can never, ever be truly revealed because Mark learned at an early age that human beings will not accept an alien amongst them. His behaviour, his hiding, is because any hope he has of forming emotional bonds depends upon it. At the same time, it is very possible that his desire to be loved will not allow him to let himself be loved; being raised in an environment of calculated deceit has made Mark question everything.<br/><br/>He sees what SHIELD intends with the Avengers. And sometimes it bothers him. Sometimes it does not. The same is true of being a cog in the system. As for playing at hero, Mark has an instinct from his upbringing towards actions that are 'noble' or 'heroic' - his first instinct on seeing a burning building is to run in and save those within because it is how he was raised. But he has no specific empathy for the individuals he saves, and, increasingly, any outpouring of positive reactions simply do not touch him.<br/><br/><strong>Powers: (List the powers your character has. I have a bad feeling that there are characters, or reiterations of characters, floating about the Marvel Universe that would unbalance the RP. This is my way of nipping such a problem in the bud.)</strong><br/><br/>Mark's strength is off the charts. He is, likewise, nearly invulnerable as far as his handlers could tell (and with the resources of SHIELD, they were thorough). He can fly at speeds exceeding mach 7 (any faster would blow out SHIELD instruments, and Mark is always very responsible with SHIELD equipment). With a clear path, he can run at speeds exceeding three hundred miles per hour (less in difficult terrain) and maintain such speeds indefinitely so long as he possesses an unobstructed path. Mark can survive in space unaided for indefinite periods of time. He can sleep, but he does not need to. His sight and hearing extend to incredible distances, and he can perceive spectrums the human eye cannot in addition to being able to perceive and process at speeds that a human being cannot (which is fortunate, considering the speeds he can achieve). Mark also possesses 'flash vision' - an offensive ability entailing projecting purple energy from his eyes. Exposure to his flash vision will burn matter upon contact, and indirect contact has affected subjects in a manner resembling strong and extended solar exposure (e.g. tanning, sunburn).<br/><br/><strong>Fears and Weaknesses: (You could pretend your character has none... Ignorance is bliss.)</strong><br/><br/>Mark Milton fears things 'bigger' than himself. A specific SHIELD agent is not frightening - but having the entirety of SHIELD against him is. The average American could not, in a million years, physically hurt him, but America could.<br/><br/>Social rejection is also a very big concern for Mark. His fellow Avengers are people who are 'like' him - people who are different. Mark very much does not want to jeopardize friendships with and acceptance from people like himself. There's always that fear that people will see how different he is and reject him.<br/><br/><strong>Desires and Aversions: (What tempts your character and what pushes them away.)</strong><br/><br/>Mark enjoys reading philosophy. It is alluring to him to consider an existence unfettered by his social hang-ups where he can exist as he was meant to.<br/><br/>Coming on strong will push Mark away. Anything that seems too good to be true will result in feelings of anxiety and paranoia. Sexuality will make him uncomfortable, because does not possess the same human impulses towards reproduction that others do.<br/><br/><strong>Controllable: (Will your character be susceptible to the powers of the main villain's mind control?)</strong><br/><br/>No. But one does not need mind control powers to sense Mark's insecurities and use them to manipulate him - which is just as SHIELD intended.