<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 20pt;">†• † • Thane Alister Carlton • † •†</span> <br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">• DeyKnight •</span></div><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w223/Mirrahs_echo/Heise Jinyao/25_203944_sphvjpg-1.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>|| : But you can call me : ||</strong> <br/> Thane. Just Thane.  <br/><br/> <strong>|| : Last I checked : ||</strong>  <br/> Male  <br/><br/> <strong>|| : Just a number : ||</strong>  <br/> 42  <br/><br/> <strong>|| : How I roll : ||</strong>  <br/> I roll with the curves...*shapes out a woman*...really nice curves.  <br/><br/> <strong>|| : Where I stand : ||</strong> <br/> Leader<br/><br/> <strong>|| : My little parlor tricks : ||</strong>  <br/> Earth-Bound: <br/>- Changes gravitational density of his body, bonding with the Earth.<br/>- Allows him to manipulate the Earth and it's elements.<br/>- Risks losing himself in the Earth-Bond.<br/>- Slowly begins to turn into Earth the longer he stays bonded, and it takes time, while withdrawing from the Bond, to convert the changed parts of his body back into organic material.<br/>- Once bonded, he should NOT abruptly disconnect from or unbond from the Earth, since it risks him losing parts of his body.  <br/><br/> <strong>|| : Underneath It All : ||</strong>  <br/>There are four ways to see Thane: <br/>(1) Through the eyes of a child -- he's everyone's father, and everyone's uncle. A human jungle gym, and someone who will dangle you upside down by your ankles if you don't listen to your mother. <br/>(2) Through the eyes of a woman -- he's the most eligible bachelor in Stratclaw. He was almost married once, but she died. He seems to kiss or make out with women, but it never goes farther than that... Thane seems to enjoy and insist on being a bachelor. <br/>(3) Through the eyes of a man -- the most highly respected (not always liked but respected) man in Stratclaw. A leader, a warrior, ...and the only one that can control his sister, Detta. <br/>(4) Through the eyes of The Earth -- someone she wants back... sooner or later.<br/><br/> <strong>|| : Where I’ve been : ||</strong>  <br/>Long story short -- Thane was thought dead at age 22 after a Sludge Passing that killed several villagers, including Thane's father. His younger sister Detta became more vicious at that age -- she'd been a hellion before that, but this was taken to a whole new level. He came back almost 10 years later with quite a story -- but he never really spoke about it. <br/><br/>Thane took over the leadership role, since the previous leader had since thrown herself from the cliff, and the second in command had gone insane, and well... he knew better than to leave Detta in charge for extended amounts of time.<br/><br/>Thane was the reason the wall around Stratclaw came to exist, his power having allowed him to build it faster than simply men hunting and stacking rocks against the wooden pillars. Thane had been second in command before he 'died'. That was part of what had allowed him to so easily take the position of Leader when he returned. <br/><br/>[more detailed history coming soon, just wanted to get this up ASAP]    </span><br/>