<div class="floatleft">(http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/609779-bigthumbnail.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">  <strong>Snow Angel</strong></span></span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Real Name:</strong> Natasha Evans<br/><strong>Known Aliases:</strong> Snowy, Angel (used only by close friends as a pet name, not be confused with the canon character Angel)<br/><strong>Role:</strong> Healer, support</span></span><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Powers and Abilities:</strong><br/>Natasha’s main power is Empathy.<br/>The power allows her to influence the emotions of others, making her targets feel what she wants them to feel. Typically she uses this power to soothe the pain her patients feel, but she can also arouse feelings of anger, love, hatred, jealousy, etc. to distract her opponents. If she focuses on a single individual she can even give him such intense feelings of loyalty towards her that her target will be benevolent to her cause. As she long she keeps her focus on that person, he doesn’t want to hurt her and even protect her.<br/><br/>Natasha’s secondary power is Healing Touch. <br/>She has the ability to heal wounds and speed up regeneration, both on herself others and on others. She controls her ability to such a degree that she can influence which damage she heals. She can heal multiple patients as long as they’re in physical contact with either her or each other, but her healing isn’t as effective in that case as direct one-on-one healing, and takes much longer to take effect. With mortal wounds she can choose to stabilize a patient without giving him full recovery, by only healing the critically damaged areas in her patient’s body. Alternatively, this ability can also be used in combination with her empathy to cause pain, anguish, and suffering.<br/><br/><strong>Training and Equipment:</strong><br/>She studied to be a physician and worked at her own practice as a GP until the Apocalypse hit. She’s trained to use small and lightweight automatic weapons, but is only an average shot with these. She has a black belt in Tai Jitsu, a martial arts she practiced as a hobby since early childhood. She used to be a Den Mother with the Girl Scouts and she has advanced outdoor survival experience.<br/><br/>She has a pair of glasses that allows her to vastly see better in the dark, however, her glasses aren't as advanced as night vision goggles, nor do they work as well. She wears a black body armor cat suit that offers her limited protection against offensive abilities from other mutants and bullets, however, sharp objects will penetrate the cat suit immediately, and overall it’s less effective than standard bulletproof vests; it protects her entire body except her head, but it doesn’t last as long as bulletproof vests do. She always carries a lightweight backpack with her that contain essential medical supplies and high-calorie nourishment and drinks to replenish her energy.<br/><br/><strong>Background and History:</strong><br/>Although Natasha was born in the USA, she is of East European ancestry, which still shows in her first name. During the Cold War her parents fled to American soil and adopted an American surname, so they could better fit in with the American population. Born in a family with highly educated parents, Natasha decided early in life to become a doctor and study medicine. <br/><br/>On the first day of the Apocalypse, Natasha’s fiancé died while defending her. She was captured and injected with Judgment. Although she longed to die after seeing the brutal slaughter of her fiancé, she remarkably survived the injection. Her new powers showed themselves nearly instantly; her empathic wails momentarily stunned the soldiers around, while she held her head in her hands to stabilize herself. The pain of all those around her that she felt in her head was almost unbearable, but by holding her head in her hands her second ability also activated itself; her instant healing touch cured her mind from the mind control that was taking her over, preventing her from becoming part of the enemy. With the nearby soldiers stunned, Natasha managed to escape mostly unscathed and noticed that she could heal her own wounds with her touch as well, although it left her feeling weak and faint.<br/><br/>She’s been wandering around the city ever since, seeking for a safe refuge. In a badly damaged survival store she found several useful items, among which were special glasses, a lightweight backpack which she filled with medical supplies and high-calorie nourishment, and a protective cat suit. In the back room of another store she found a nine mm handgun, two ammo clips and a holster.<br/><br/></span></span><div class="floatright">(http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/82228-bigthumbnail.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Faults and Weaknesses:</strong><br/>Natasha is very affected by the emotions she makes others feel, since she shares the intensity of the feelings she gives. This can leave her emotionally exhausted when she uses her powers extensively. As a side effect she prefers to focus on positive emotions, since she benefits from that herself, but if it serves her survival or the survival of friends, she will not shy away from using negative emotions either. Her abilities only allow her opponents to be distracted by conflicted emotions, she does not control the emotions they already feel. When she uses her ability to make her target temporarily feel loyal to her, then her target will know what she did after the effect wore off, since his feelings of loyalty and love towards her will disappear as well then. Her ability to change somebody’s affiliation have little to no effect on zealots who are blindly devoted to their cause, like the Four Horseman and other devoted commanders with strong feelings about their cause. Typically only Apocalypse soldiers are weak-minded enough to be affected by her empathy to such a degree that they join her side.<br/><br/>Her healing ability costs her a lot of energy, and could potentially even kill her if she pushes herself beyond her limits when trying to heal several people at once who sustained a lot of wounds. The same could happen when she’s trying to heal a mortal wound, but she’s more likely to pass out from exhaustion before that happens. She carries high-calorie nourishment and drinks with her to replenish her energy after healing. If she runs out of food or energy drinks then her ability to heal will be severely limited, and she will feel weak and faint after healing somebody, needing time to recover.<br/><br/>Her ability to inflict pain through her touch is only used in hand to hand combat or during interrogations. Although she can shield herself from most of the pain she inflicts, the pain does affect her to a small degree, and this makes it uncomfortable for her to use her ability.<br/><br/>She has a sweet personality and she dislikes causing injury, let alone death, preferring a non-lethal solution whenever possible. This can, however, cause problems when she’s in situations where she has to kill. As a physician she swore to do no harm, and she takes her oath very serious, even if it means that she’s the one who ends up injured. Whenever possible she’ll also do her best to treat and save enemy soldiers, even if it means risking to get shot or injured.<br/><br/><strong>Current Relations and Activity:</strong><br/>Until the Apocalypse hit, Natasha was a gifted doctor, treating both humans and mutants in her practice, while not discriminating between the two. Now, however, Natasha is hopelessly lost in a new world, wandering the desolated and destroyed streets of Los Angeles, hoping to join the resistance preferably sooner than later.</span></span></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Code for Veluux</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[floatleft][img height=212 padding=5]http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/609779-bigthumbnail.jpg[/img][/floatleft]<br/><br/>[hr]<br/>[font=georgia][size=20pt][color=#C0C0C0]  [b]Snow Angel[/b][/color][/size][/font]<br/>[hr]<br/><br/>[font=andale mono][size=14pt][b]Real Name:[/b] Natasha Evans<br/>[b]Known Aliases:[/b] Snowy, Angel (used only by close friends as a pet name, not be confused with the canon character Angel)<br/>[b]Role:[/b] Healer, support[/size][/font]<br/><br/>[hr]<br/><br/>[justify][font=andale mono][size=12pt][b]Powers and Abilities:[/b]<br/>Natasha’s main power is Empathy.<br/>The power allows her to influence the emotions of others, making her targets feel what she wants them to feel. Typically she uses this power to soothe the pain her patients feel, but she can also arouse feelings of anger, love, hatred, jealousy, etc. to distract her opponents. If she focuses on a single individual she can even give him such intense feelings of loyalty towards her that her target will be benevolent to her cause. As she long she keeps her focus on that person, he doesn’t want to hurt her and even protect her.<br/><br/>Natasha’s secondary power is Healing Touch. <br/>She has the ability to heal wounds and speed up regeneration, both on herself others and on others. She controls her ability to such a degree that she can influence which damage she heals. She can heal multiple patients as long as they’re in physical contact with either her or each other, but her healing isn’t as effective in that case as direct one-on-one healing, and takes much longer to take effect. With mortal wounds she can choose to stabilize a patient without giving him full recovery, by only healing the critically damaged areas in her patient’s body. Alternatively, this ability can also be used in combination with her empathy to cause pain, anguish, and suffering.<br/><br/>[b]Training and Equipment:[/b]<br/>She studied to be a physician and worked at her own practice as a GP until the Apocalypse hit. She’s trained to use small and lightweight automatic weapons, but is only an average shot with these. She has a black belt in Tai Jitsu, a martial arts she practiced as a hobby since early childhood. She used to be a Den Mother with the Girl Scouts and she has advanced outdoor survival experience.<br/><br/>She has a pair of glasses that allows her to vastly see better in the dark, however, her glasses aren't as advanced as night vision goggles, nor do they work as well. She wears a black body armor cat suit that offers her limited protection against offensive abilities from other mutants and bullets, however, sharp objects will penetrate the cat suit immediately, and overall it’s less effective than standard bulletproof vests; it protects her entire body except her head, but it doesn’t last as long as bulletproof vests do. She always carries a lightweight backpack with her that contain essential medical supplies and high-calorie nourishment and drinks to replenish her energy.<br/><br/>[b]Background and History:[/b]<br/>Although Natasha was born in the USA, she is of East European ancestry, which still shows in her first name. During the Cold War her parents fled to American soil and adopted an American surname, so they could better fit in with the American population. Born in a family with highly educated parents, Natasha decided early in life to become a doctor and study medicine. <br/><br/>On the first day of the Apocalypse, Natasha’s fiancé died while defending her. She was captured and injected with Judgment. Although she longed to die after seeing the brutal slaughter of her fiancé, she remarkably survived the injection. Her new powers showed themselves nearly instantly; her empathic wails momentarily stunned the soldiers around, while she held her head in her hands to stabilize herself. The pain of all those around her that she felt in her head was almost unbearable, but by holding her head in her hands her second ability also activated itself; her instant healing touch cured her mind from the mind control that was taking her over, preventing her from becoming part of the enemy. With the nearby soldiers stunned, Natasha managed to escape mostly unscathed and noticed that she could heal her own wounds with her touch as well, although it left her feeling weak and faint.<br/><br/>She’s been wandering around the city ever since, seeking for a safe refuge. In a badly damaged survival store she found several useful items, among which were special glasses, a lightweight backpack which she filled with medical supplies and high-calorie nourishment, and a protective cat suit. In the back room of another store she found a nine mm handgun, two ammo clips and a holster.<br/><br/>[floatright][img height=350 padding=10]http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/82228-bigthumbnail.jpg[/img][/floatright][font=andale mono][size=12pt][b]Faults and Weaknesses:[/b]<br/>Natasha is very affected by the emotions she makes others feel, since she shares the intensity of the feelings she gives. This can leave her emotionally exhausted when she uses her powers extensively. As a side effect she prefers to focus on positive emotions, since she benefits from that herself, but if it serves her survival or the survival of friends, she will not shy away from using negative emotions either. Her abilities only allow her opponents to be distracted by conflicted emotions, she does not control the emotions they already feel. When she uses her ability to make her target temporarily feel loyal to her, then her target will know what she did after the effect wore off, since his feelings of loyalty and love towards her will disappear as well then. Her ability to change somebody’s affiliation have little to no effect on zealots who are blindly devoted to their cause, like the Four Horseman and other devoted commanders with strong feelings about their cause. Typically only Apocalypse soldiers are weak-minded enough to be affected by her empathy to such a degree that they join her side.<br/><br/>Her healing ability costs her a lot of energy, and could potentially even kill her if she pushes herself beyond her limits when trying to heal several people at once who sustained a lot of wounds. The same could happen when she’s trying to heal a mortal wound, but she’s more likely to pass out from exhaustion before that happens. She carries high-calorie nourishment and drinks with her to replenish her energy after healing. If she runs out of food or energy drinks then her ability to heal will be severely limited, and she will feel weak and faint after healing somebody, needing time to recover.<br/><br/>Her ability to inflict pain through her touch is only used in hand to hand combat or during interrogations. Although she can shield herself from most of the pain she inflicts, the pain does affect her to a small degree, and this makes it uncomfortable for her to use her ability.<br/><br/>She has a sweet personality and she dislikes causing injury, let alone death, preferring a non-lethal solution whenever possible. This can, however, cause problems when she’s in situations where she has to kill. As a physician she swore to do no harm, and she takes her oath very serious, even if it means that she’s the one who ends up injured. Whenever possible she’ll also do her best to treat and save enemy soldiers, even if it means risking to get shot or injured.<br/><br/>[b]Current Relations and Activity:[/b]<br/>Until the Apocalypse hit, Natasha was a gifted doctor, treating both humans and mutants in her practice, while not discriminating between the two. Now, however, Natasha is hopelessly lost in a new world, wandering the desolated and destroyed streets of Los Angeles, hoping to join the resistance preferably sooner than later.[/size][/font][/justify]</code></pre></div></div>