<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdmwx0Sld1qdv3zco1_400.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"> Oliver J. Green </span><br/><br/><br/><strong>AGE:</strong>Twenty-Seven<br/><strong>GENDER:</strong>Male<br/><strong>SEXUALITY:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>BLESSED BY:</strong>Poseidon<br/><strong>ROLE:</strong>Elder<br/><strong>JOBS &amp; RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong>Teaches Natural Sciences both on and off Village Grounds<br/><strong>NICKNAMES:</strong>Ollie by the select few he allows.<br/><br/><br/><strong>LIKES:</strong>Swamps, Creeks, Streams, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Amphibians, Fish, Reptiles, Water-related animals, Science (Biology, Zoology, Conservation), Teaching, Leading.<br/><strong>DISLIKES:</strong>Ocean/Sea, Swimming, Big Cities, Arrogance, The Rich, selfishness<br/><br/><br/><strong>SKILLS &amp; POWERS:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Skill</strong>-<em>Scientist</em>-- Oliver is a scientist, primarily a biologist, and has a great understanding of how the natural sciences work. He excels in Astacology (Study of Crayfish) and Herpetology (Primarily focused on Amphibians), with an almost photographic memory on the subjects.<br/><br/><strong>Skill</strong>-<em>Charismatic</em>-- He has a way with words and can use them to his benefit, which is generally for the good of more than just himself.<br/><br/><strong>Skill</strong>-<em>Teacher</em>-- Oliver is a natural-born teacher. He loves to share his knowledge with people and tends to make things easy for the individual he is working with to understand.<br/><br/><strong>Skill</strong>-<em>Athletic</em>-- Good with standard physical activities (Running, etc.), well-built.<br/><br/><strong>Blessed Power</strong>-<em>Way of Water</em>-- Oliver has the ability to manipulate water. This requires a source of water, as he cannot just create it from thin air. He can pull it, shape it, and command it at his will, make it move as he wishes, and float in the air around him.<br/><br/><strong>Blessed Power</strong>-<em>Stages of Water</em>-- Water is not just liquid, so Oliver can turn it into any of the three forms - Liquid, ice, and steam - as he wishes. If the air around him is humid, he can pull the water from the air to turn it into a congregated liquid. There are limits- the ice does not stay frozen indefinitely, as it will melt over time. He cannot create water, so if there is only a cup's worth of steam, then he can only work with a cup's worth of water.<br/><br/><strong>Blessed Power</strong>-<em>Cleansing</em>-- Oliver has learned how to cleanse water from pollutants. If his hands are submerged in a water source, he can remove any dangerous pollutants within a wide radius of his position.<br/><br/><strong>Blessed Power</strong>-<em>Way of Earth</em>-- Poseidon is also the God of Earthquakes. In a similar way to<em>Way of Water</em>, Oliver can manipulate the earth around him. He can create walls, move chunks of it, cause it to rise or fall out of the ground. This only work for earth, and does not apply to any kind of natural metals or ores.<br/><br/><strong>Blessed Power</strong>-<em>Water Heals</em>-- As long as there is enough water to cover the wound, Oliver is capable of healing physical wounds. It cannot heal all, such as if it is too deep, too life-threatening, etc., but it can heal many or at least bring an individual to a stable condition.<br/><br/><strong>Weaknesses</strong>: Can't swim. Afraid of boats. Cannot fight hand-to-hand.<br/><br/><br/><strong>APPEARANCE:</strong>Oliver is a 6 foot even man of American heritage, with brown hair, brown eyes, and sometimes a hint of a brown beard, which he often does not get to shaving. Generally, he will either be dressed formally in dress pants and a dress shirt, potentially with a tie or bow tie, or dressed oppositely, with waders and ratty t-shirts used to go dig through the muck of the creek.<br/><br/><strong>PERSONALITY:</strong>A pretty chill guy, it takes a lot to anger or annoy him, though he doesn't often take shit. To deal with issues, he always remains calm, no matter what he feels on the inside. He doesn't often share feelings with anyone but the select few who are close to him. Ollie is also a quiet guy who prefers to not share his thoughts and views if it may cause a problem or if it disagrees with another.<br/><br/><strong>CHARACTER BACKGROUND:</strong>All his life, Oliver had grown up within a rich family. His father owned a Coal Mining Company that brought in a large amount of income, and his mother was a writer, though she wrote not for money, but because she genuinely enjoyed it. He had always attended private schools, getting the best education possible that money could buy. His family would take two yearly trips to an exotic beach in South America, but Oliver hated these trips. He hated the ocean, ever since he was old enough to understand hate. Terrible things would always happen when they went on these trips to the poor boy. He'd get stung by Jellyfish, cut his feet up on rocks underwater, get lost from his parents, all things that would eventually deter him from the water. As much as he hated the large bodies of water, he loved the small ones. His family owned a large plot of land, in which creeks ran through. Ollie would spend his evenings out by the creek edge looking for crayfish, frogs, and salamanders. His father thought this was dirty and frowned upon it, but his mother encouraged it, as it made her son happy.<br/><br/>His father had plans for him to attend one of America's top universities to become a rich doctor. Seeing as Oliver enjoyed science, he thought his son would love this. However, the boy had different ideas- he wanted to do something with conservation, to save the underappreciated animals that he loved so much. People were always so willing to donate or put effort into saving large, cute species, like bears, tigers, sea turtles, but about the small species of creeks and streams and rivers? Little was being done to save salamanders and toads, and Oliver wanted to put a stop to that. His father said he wouldn't pay for college if he weren't to be a doctor, so, as high school drew to a close, he gave up on his dreams and accepted his father's wishes.<br/><br/>Everything would change that summer, however, when his family took their yearly trip to the beach. His mother and father were on a boat, taking a tour, when the engine suddenly exploded on the ship and it sunk. He'd never see his parents again, and his hatred for the ocean only grew stronger, as it had turned his life upside down.<br/><br/>Now that his father was gone, the Coal Mining companies were left to Oliver. When he found the way his father had been managing these facilities, he was shocked and disgusted. The workers were not treated well and expected to work in dangerous settings, and the pollution was immense. He went to work immediately, changing policies, making the mines safer, and lowering the pollution produced. Just weeks later, he would receive a letter in the mail about being a "Blessed" chosen by Poseidon. Finding it probably a cruel joke, he completely disregarded the letter. Without his father to tell him no, Oliver also applied to a somewhat small university, and graduated with an EEOB (Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology) Degree.<br/><br/>After graduating, he would return to the same college to begin teaching, all the while spending his free time out in the field, working to conserve the species he loves. Almost all the money he received from the Coal mines went into supporting conservation, buying land to preserve, and funding research.<br/><br/>During a mission by himself out to look for a Hellbender, a rare, giant salamander only native to specific regions in Appalachia, he was attacked by an aggressive black bear. Not knowing what he was doing at the time, he panicked, and managed to send a wave of water from the creek into the bear, scaring it off. At this point, he realized that all the time he spent as a kid playing with the waves of the creek were not natural - he was the one that was making the waves and that he was capable of much more than a normal human. Remembering the letter he received some while ago about being a blessed, he would go home and immediately begin to research, trying to find information and make contact with the village mentioned.<br/><br/>As soon as he got to the village, he began to master his talents, and over time, grew to earn the title of Elder. Now, he works to teach the younger Blessed how to use their powers, as well as teach classes both here and at the nearby college, all the while still continuing his conservation work.<br/><br/><br/><strong>FACE CLAIM:</strong>Casey Taylor<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button"> More Images</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2797032472/d166ba3fc1a8a1f8d234b729ecfc2d2f_400x400.png) (https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/3872795/751full-casey-taylor.jpg) (https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Odu7eqW6gAY/TEWINTU7dKI/AAAAAAAAgew/_tmUrPvDk6c/s1600/Casey+Taylor+for+Report+Collection+19.jpg)</div></div>