<div class="floatleft">(https://fa707ec5abab9620c91c-e087a9513984a31bae18dd7ef8b1f502.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/3845655_t7988683d.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br/><strong>Character name:</strong>Conor Lynch<br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Fuck Off your not calling me Polymath<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><strong>Orientation:</strong>Straight<br/><strong>Status:</strong>Single<br/><strong>Age:</strong>18<br/><strong>Height:</strong>6’2<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>77kg<br/><strong>Hair color:</strong>Red<br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Hazel<br/><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong>Dublin, Ireland<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br/><strong>Family:</strong><br/>Jason Lynch - Father<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Genius delinquent, anarchist,  prodigy, gifted, reprobate these are all words used to describe Conor. His situation in life has created a wall between him and other individuals, an issue that has only been amplified with the development of his powers. His abilities have lead to him seeing most of the world as beneath him on an intellectual level and thus he struggles to connect with them at times leading to a rather cynical world view. The mistreatment at the hands of his father and peers have lead to him being rather contemptuous of humanity, allowing him to be taken in somewhat by the teachings of the brotherhood of mutants. He particularly finds their description of mutants and their new world order appealing as it  fulfil that childlike need for a powerful, loving and accepting parental figure. But he is not yet fully buying into their sales pitch just yet.<br/><br/>Despite all that he’s been through and the cognitive capabilities granted to him by his powers Conor is still a teenager. He still possess a lot of their failings and in some cases it is even amplified as he mistakes his intelligence for wisdom and thus has a greater tendency to assume he has all the answers.<br/><br/><strong>Hobbies:</strong>Struggles to find hobbies these days as his enhanced abilities make everything less and less of a challenge. Has taken to Drawing and Music to express himself. No one gets to see it.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Life for Conor has just been one unfortunate event after another, his father was an abusive, down on his luck drunk who blames the world for his problems and typically decided to take his payback with his fists. Despite his many, many faults and the occasional beating he gave her, Jason Lynch loved his wife and this is why he was so heartbroken when she died in childbirth. In his mourning Jason became even more of a monster with his only son, the one who he blamed for the death of his wife, typically being the subject of his ire. He behaved extremely abusively towards his son, the abuse ranging from physical to emotional. He would give his son little pet names like “Murderer” or “Killer” and as for the physical abuse, the beatings were fairly regular but Jason was smart enough to focus his attentions on the body unless he was really drunk but Conor got very good at hiding from him in those select situations.<br/><br/>At first Conor believed his father’s insults, that he deserved these beatings, that he was some kind of unloveable monster. If his own father couldn’t love him how could anyone else? His feelings of worthlessness and self loathing meant he struggled to develop any real lasting relationships with any of his peer group. This lead to him developing a reputation as a “weird loner”, as someone untrustworthy and disturbing which only served to reinforce the feelings instilled in him by his father.<br/><br/>As he grew despite the constant put downs and abuse at home he began to change his self views, putting the blame less on himself and more on everyone else. He wasn’t the problem they were, no one was ever there for him, it was him against the world with this only furthering the gap between him and everyone else around him. But rather than pulling into himself he began to become loud, aggressive and brash, he began to get into fights in school, get in trouble with the law and even began to fight back against his dad although he still lost. His grades began to drop further as he took less of an interest in his studies...until his powers arrived.<br/><br/>Although his powers didn’t come upon him fully all at once, it did grow rapidly over a series of days. At first it started with his intelligence expanding, Conor found himself quickly just absorbing knowledge with problems and theories that previously baffled him became as simple as basic addition. His mind began to process information much more quickly, his reaction time increased dramatically and he gained the ability to replicate complex maneuvers and movements after very little study.  Then the other aspect of his power unlocked, not only had his control over his somatic and cognitive brain functions increased but he learned he could control his autonomic. He was able to alter and perfect his body's autonomic systems, he managed to cure his lactose intolerance, vastly improve his body's production of muscle and reduce the production of lactic acid increasing both his strength and stamina. Of course with these enhanced abilities it didn’t take him to long to come to the obvious conclusion. He was in fact a mutant.<br/><br/>He immediately tried to hide his abilities, he was already a social pariah as it was and so it would be easy for those around him to view him as some kind of monster should the fact he was a mutant be made common knowledge. He had even more reason to keep it hidden at home as some years ago his father had joined the purifiers, seeing the “mutant menace” as another group of people to blame for his crappy life. Sadly it wasn’t to be, Conor had begun to use his abilities to defend against his father a little too well, and after a receiving a couple of beatings from his son his father decided he needed to get some payback. He snuck up on him and proceeded to slice open his face with a bottle, but before he could come in for another attack Conor was already on the defensive grabbing both of Jason wrists and leaving him to watch in horror as his face began to knit the wound back together right in front of him. Realizing what this meant his father recoiled in abject horror, saying that his son was one of those mutie bastards before fleeing the house. Conor locked the doors and went to sleep, deciding to take what he could from the house in the morning and just go somewhere else to get away from the man.<br/><br/>That plan fell through when Conor awoke to ear splitting sound of a smoke alarm going off. It seemed his dad and a group of his purifier friends had decided to “cleanse him with fire” and had set the house ablaze while he slept and were  currently standing outside in their outfits, hurling abuse and insults. Conor quickly fled the building only to be set upon by his father and his friends but this time Conor was ready for them, they were no match for his abilities in their drunken state and he made short work of them, inflicting some very serious and lasting damage to the group. Which ended up with the Garda putting him in a cell for a the night when the arrived on the scene.<br/><br/>It’s while he was sitting in the cell that the x-men arrived and offered him a place in their school, with no home, a father who disowned him and no money to his name what choice did he have?<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br/><strong>Classification:</strong>Beta<br/><br/><strong>Type of mutant:</strong>Dormant Gene<br/><br/><strong>Powers:</strong><br/><em>Hypercognitive/Brain Manipulation - </em>The human brain performs a series of functions: autonomic, or involuntary bodily functions, somatic, or voluntary bodily functions, and cognitive, concerning the use of the mind to solve problems. The brain, while able to use many of these abilities simultaneously, segregates the systems. So while you may be able to pump blood, read a book, and walk up stairs all at the same time, the appropriate parts of the nervous system work separately. For Conor, the systems have perfect synchronicity and are under completely voluntary control. Allowing Conor to access to the full potential of their brain and body. An average brain has to allocate energy to systems inefficiently but for Conor, all systems are given the energy they require and can work at peak efficiency simultaneously. He could climb a mountain, read a book, and lower his heart rate all at the same time. This has allowed Conor to develop some secondary abilities.<br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><em>Regenerative Healing Abilities - </em>Conor has used his control over his autonomic functions to enhance his body's ability to regenerate cells to levels of perfection. This allows him to rapidly heal broken bones, massive tissue damage, blood loss and the effects of ageing. He is also incapable of regrowing lost limbs.  He has also improved his body's immune system allowing it to fight off most diseases and toxins. </li><li><em>Enhanced Strength - </em>Through control of the growth of his muscles Conor has enhanced his strength to the absolute peak of human potential</li><li><em>Enhanced Durability - </em>Conor has used his abilities to improve the density of his muscles and bones making them harder and more durable, amplifying them to the peak of human potential. </li><li><em>Enhanced Agility - </em>Conor’s enhanced control of his somatic functions has given him greater agility than that of an Olympic Gymnast allowing him to co-ordinate his body with near superhuman balance, flexibility and dexterity. </li><li><em>Enhanced Reflexes - </em>Again because of the enhanced capabilities of his somatic and cognitive functions Conor reflexes are near superhuman levels allowing him to react at speeds of 20kph</li><li><em>Enhanced Stamina - </em>Conor can use the control of his body's autonomic systems to eliminate the excessive buildup of fatigue producing chemicals such as lactic acid and in some cases force his body to use them as an energy source. Granting him peak human levels of endurance.</li><li><em>Enhanced Speed - </em>As a by product of his enhanced strength and other abilities allows him to move at speeds faster than the finest human athlete.</li><li><em>Enhanced Mental Process - </em>As stated his cerebral processing is which allows Conor’s mental performance to operate in the most efficient and rapid manner possible. This allows him to achieve such feats as perfect pattern solving/recognition, observational skills and logical structuring. He has near limitless information storage and retrieval possessing an eidetic memory. He has an accelerated learning aptitude and is capable of analysing multiple streams of information.</li></ul><br/><strong>Abilities:</strong>With his powers Conor has begun to teach himself various different skills and abilities a brief list of some of these would include, multiple languages (currently varying degrees of English, Mandarin, German, French, Gaelic, and Japanese), various martial arts, numerous fields of engineering and scientific study, parkour and gymnastics, and has also attempted to teach himself piano and guitar.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br/><strong>Classes Taken:</strong>Mental Resilience, History(Mutant and Human), History 101, Power Control, Strategy and Tactics, Biology, Languages, Languages and Cryptography, Self-Defence, Team Building.<br/><br/><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong>Chess, Swimming, Archery, Fencing<br/><br/><strong>Student Relations:</strong>TBA