Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread
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				Title: <strong>Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:20:30</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size">Character Directory</span><br>All character names link to their sheets!</div><br><div align="center"><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><div align="center"><strong>Character</strong><div style="text-align: left;">Illyana Nikolaevna Alexandria Rasputina (Rasputin) (Magik) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545687#msg12545687)<br>Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545691#msg12545691)<br>Anna Marie Smith (Rogue) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545692#msg12545692)<br>Jean Grey (Phoenix) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545694#msg12545694)<br>Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock (Psylocke) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545697#msg12545697)<br>Veronica Gabor (Prophetia) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545699#msg12545699)<br><del>Scott Summers (Cyclops)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12545864#msg12545864)<br>Marcel St. Croix (M) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12546282#msg12546282)<br>James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12546510#msg12546510)<br>Layla Bayoumi (Supreme Omega) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12546538#msg12546538)<br>Charles Xavier (Professor X) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12546539#msg12546539)<br>Ezra Bell (Streak) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12548394#msg12548394)<br>Amber Loveheart (?) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12548427#msg12548427)<br>Sean Cassidy (Banshee) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12549101#msg12549101)<br>Laura Kinney (X-23) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12549117#msg12549117)<br>Kyle Morgan (Vyrus) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12549710#msg12549710)<br><del>Warren Worthington III (Angel)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12551122#msg12551122)<br>Theodore "Ted/Teddy" Rufus Altman (Hulkling) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12551421#msg12551421)<br>Tessa (Sage) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12551771#msg12551771)<br><del>Samira Kane (Sam)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12551834#msg12551834)<br><del>Ororo Munroe (Storm)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12552754#msg12552754)<br>Julian Keller (Hellion) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12552791#msg12552791)<br><del>Clarice Ferguson (Blink)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12553102#msg12553102)<br><del>Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12553169#msg12553169)<br>Ivan Storkov (Stripe) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12553367#msg12553367)<br><del>Winnifred "Winnie" Wilson (Muerte)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12553613#msg12553613)<br><del>Amanda Fuller (Lady Shadowstrike)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12555227#msg12555227)<br>Jesse Turner (Incubus) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12555281#msg12555281)<br><del>Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde (Shadowcat)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12556585#msg12556585)<br><del>Alison Goodsmile (Cheyenne)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12556591#msg12556591)<br>Megan Gwynn (Pixie) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12556948#msg12556948)<br><del>Blake Lloyd Cambell (Law)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12558111#msg12558111)<br>Robert "Bobby" Drake (Iceman) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12558324#msg12558324)<br><del>Jubilation Lee (Jubilee)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12558828#msg12558828)<br>Joshua "Josh" Foley (Elixir) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12558961#msg12558961)<br><del>Rae Integra Bellemoore (Alchemist)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12560882#msg12560882)<br><del>Lucas Bishop (Bishop)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12562445#msg12562445)<br><del>Connor Lynch (Polymath)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12564195#msg12564195)<br>Remy LeBeau (Gambit) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12564396#msg12564396)<br><del>Rhys Bolton (Entropy)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12568746#msg12568746)<br><del>Neena Thurman (Domino)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12574131#msg12574131)<br><del>Alison Blaire (Dazzler)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12574290#msg12574290)<br>Rhane Sinclaire (Wolfsbane) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12578124#msg12578124)<br><del>James "Jimmy" Proudstar (Warpath)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12587884#msg12587884)<br><del>Noriko "Nori" Ashida (Surge)</del> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=253803.msg12600404#msg12600404)<br></div></div></td><td>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br></td><td><div align="center"><strong>Face Claim</strong><br>Katie Cassidy<br>Elizabeth Olsen<br>Nemo Valkyrja AKA Erica Henrickson<br>Sophie Turner<br>Olivia Munn<br>Kat Dennings<br><del>James Marsden</del><br>Adam Ayash<br>Hugh Jackman<br>Sonja Kinski<br>James Mcavoy<br>Derek Parker<br>Lucy Hale<br>Jake Hold<br>Valentina Killias<br>Matt Lanter<br><del>Charlie Hunnam</del><br>Andrew England<br>Jodi Lyn O'Keefe<br><del>Briana Shanee</del><br><del>Beyonce Knowles</del><br>Harvey Newton Haydon<br><del>Avril Lavine</del><br><del>Aaron Taylor-Johnson</del><br>Ian Somerhalder<br><del>Unknown</del><br><del>Zoe Saldana</del><br>Sebastian Stan<br><del>Lyndsey Foncessca</del><br><del>Alexis Ren</del><br>Dove Cameron<br><del>Gary Leo Taylor</del><br>Tyler Seguin<br><del>Erika Gold</del><br>Corentin Grusson<br><del>Ashley Benson</del><br><del>John David Washington</del><br><del>Kenneth Bek</del><br>Ben Barnes<br><del>Joseph Gordon-Levitt</del><br><del>Claire Danes</del><br><del>Candice King née Accola</del><br>Emma Watson<br><del>Jason Momoa</del><br><del>Anna Tsuchiya</del><br></div></td><td>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|<br>|</td><td><div align="center"><strong>Writer</strong></div><div style="text-align: right;">Persephone<br>Persephone<br>Persephone<br>Persephone<br>Persephone<br>Persephone<br><del>Eternal Blade</del><br>Orange Marmalade<br>Black Howling<br>GM only<br>Mostly GM<br>Lockepick<br>DinaFlower<br>Intimate Ink<br>Amarlo<br>Black Howling<br><del>Bibliophilia</del><br>Orange Marmalade<br>Rampant Desires<br><del>Aida Rose</del><br><del>Luna-bird</del><br>Intimate Ink<br><del>AribethAmkiir</del><br><del>Juggtacular</del><br>Elf<br><del>Noodlebloom</del><br><del>Eternal Blade</del><br>Black Howling<br><del>SilkNSatan</del><br><del>RedEve</del><br>RampantDesires<br><del>TheBlackThrone</del><br>Orange Marmalade<br><del>Bibliophilia</del><br>Intimate Ink<br><del>Wispyr</del><br><del>Juggtacular</del><br><del>Cuchulainn</del><br>Ace Flyer<br><del>Bibliophilia</del><br><del>Rave</del><br><del>AribethAmkiir</del><br>Ace Flyer<br><del>TheBlackThrone</del><br><del>Re Z L</del><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>Red - teacher<br>Blue - student<br>Black - NPC<br><del>Strikethrough</del> - dropped/withdrawn/inactive<br><br><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">Thank you, Howling, for the table code. ^^</span></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:23:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://www.seat42f.com/images/stories/tvshows/Supernatural/S0304/48774.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Illyana Nikolaevna Alexandria Rasputina (Rasputin)<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Magik/Darkchylde, Little Snowflake (by her brother, and <em>only</em> her brother may call her that)<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Curious<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 19<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'5"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 130 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Blond<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Ust-Ordynski Collective, near Lake Baikal, in Siberia<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Nikolai Rasputin (Deceased)<br>Mother - Alexandra Rasputina (Deceased)<br>Brothers - Mikhail (Status unknown) and Piotr (Colossus)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Illyana is soft-spoken, but not shy. She is able to make friends quite easily and is fiercely loyal. The unlucky few who make an enemy of her, sorely regret it. Illyana has a strong bond with her brother, Piotr, who is also a mutant.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Swimming, archery<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Illyana was born the youngest of the Rasputin's. Her older brother, Mikhail, became a cosmonaut for the Soviet Union. However, he disappeared during a mission. The rest of the family was devastated, but life on the farm had to continue. A few years later, Piotr saved her from a runaway tractor. His power to transform his skin into a steel-like substance; nearly indestructible. It was not long after that, that he was recruited into the X-Men.<br><br>When Illyana was six, she was kidnapped by a demon and taken to a dimension known as Limbo. There, the ruler of Limbo - Belasco - attempted to corrupt her soul by use of the Bloodstone. He tempted her with the Bloodstone, saying that he would bestow great power upon her. However, Illyana didn't realize that this also allowed him some degree of control over her. While in Limbo, she was constantly beaten by Belasco's servant; a demon named S'ym.<br><br>Time moved differently in Limbo. As years passed in the dimension, only a few moments had gone by on Earth. Illyana escaped with the help of Cat and Storm, Limbo's versions of Kitty Pryde and Ororo Munroe. However, she was now 13 years old and her parents didn't recognize her. Immediately afterwards, Illyana was pulled back into the Limbo dimension by Belasco's use of the Bloodstone. Once there, Cat and Storm managed to hide her from him and began instructing her in the use of her powers.<br><br>After some time, Illyana challenged Belasco to a fight. Using her new found abilities and control over her powers, she used her own life force to manifest a blade known as the Soulsword. The blade seemed ordinary at first, but the more Illyana used it the more powerful it became. Intricate designs began to appear on the handle and blade as it absorbed more and more power from fallen enemies.<br><br>Illyana bested Belasco and killed him, gaining control of Limbo and all its inhabitants; including S'ym. She told him he could either serve her in Limbo, or die by her hand. Naturally, he chose to live and became Illyana's servant.<br><br>Several years later, Illyana left Limbo and went on a search for her brother. Her travels led her to New York, where she found Xavier's school. She was 16 when she began classes.<br><br>When Magneto and his mutants attacked the school, Illyana fought alongside her brother and friends. She summoned demons from Limbo to push back the attackers. It proved quite helpful and prevented more damage from being done. Unfortunately, Sabretooth sensed when her guard was down and attacked her. After all was said and done, Illyana was in the infirmary for quite some time with several broken ribs and a dislocated shoulder.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Stepping Disks</span> - For teleportation. Though she must use Limbo as a midway point.<br><span class="bbc_u">Sorcery</span> - Magik has substantial control over White magic and Black magic.<br><span class="bbc_u">Limbo Control</span> - A small pocket dimension connected to the "true" Limbo. Magik has complete control over this dimension and can transform and shape the matter within it through her thoughts and emotions.<br><span class="bbc_u">Mystical Armor</span> - The more Magik uses her "darker" powers, a strange and mystical armor manifests itself on her body. The nature and origin of the armor is currently unknown.<br><span class="bbc_u">Psionic Shields</span> - Magik can shield herself from even the most powerful telepaths, making her location and thoughts undetectable.<br><span class="bbc_u">Soulsword</span> - A magical sword conjured by Illyana herself while in Limbo.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Ancient Weaponry</span> - Magik is able to wield axes and swords with deadly effect.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Teleportation Training, History (Human and Mutant), Mental Resilience, Power Control, Sorcery and Magic<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Archery, swimming<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br>Piotr - her brother and, if you ask him, protector. Though she really doesn't need protecting, she doesn't mind it. Secretly, she is grateful. But you won't catch her saying that.<br>Kyle - an interesting young man. He seems really interested in her powers, though she's not sure if he realizes what will happen to her if she uses her dark magic for an extended period of time. Overall, though, she considers him a friend.<br>Kitty - best friend and confidante. Illyana thinks kitty is awesome.<br>Jesse - she knows what it's like to have a nightmare. She lived in a nightmare while in Limbo. Illyana understands what might be going through Jesse's head.<br>Laura - Illyana fought alongside Laura when the school was attacked. Her fighting style and grace on the battlefield was truly something that left Illyana in awe. Laura is a force to be feared in her opinion.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:24:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/elizabeth-olsen-captain-america-civil-war-scarlet-witch-400x600.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Wanda Maximoff<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Scarlet Witch<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'7"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 132 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Wundagore Mountain, Transia<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Django Maximoff (Deceased)<br>Mother - Marya Maximoff (Deceased)<br>Brother - Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Wanda likes to keep to herself. Her powers tend to frighten her, so she prefers to spend time away from other people. The only other person who understands her, is Rogue. The two have formed a friendship and have bonded over their similar feelings towards their abilities. The two can often be seen together around campus.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Cooking, reading<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Wanda, and her twin brother Pietro, were born at Wundagore Mountain. The children of Django and Marya, a Romani couple. Wanda can't remember anything of her childhood, though she occasionally gets flashes of memories. Most of them are happy memories.<br><br>When the twins were still young, they were abducted and experimented upon by a being called the High Evolutionary. Upon being dissatisfied with the results, he released them from his hold and sent them back to their parents. However, they were truly changed.<br><br>Years later, when they became adolescents, the twins began displaying strange abilities. Their powers came to full light when Django was caught stealing food for them. Enraged villagers attacked their camp. Wanda held her hands up and inadvertently conjured a barrier in front of Django, protecting him from the villagers attacks. Frightened, and still enraged, the villagers turned on the children. Pietro grabbed his sister and fled from the mob, moving at an incredibly enhanced speed.<br><br>The traumatic separation from their parents blocked Wanda's memories of the incident. For years, the twins wandered together and lived off the land. At some point, Professor X and a few of the X-Men located them and invited them to join the academy. At the school, Wanda met a girl named Rogue. Her powers were less controllable than Wanda's, but she was frightened of them like Wanda was of her own. The two quickly became good friends and hang out regularly.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha (Omega potential)<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Hex Bolts</span> - Can manipulate energy fields to either cause harm to her enemies or bestow benefits to her companions.<br><span class="bbc_u">Telekinesis</span> - Able to move things with her mind within a 50ft radius.<br><span class="bbc_u">Force Fields</span> - Ability to create force fields that deflect projectiles and energy blasts.<br><span class="bbc_u">Hex Blasts</span> - Can produce powerful manifestations of hex energy that can destroy, or hit, objects and people with great force.<br><span class="bbc_u">Flight</span> - Self-explanatory.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Years of living on her own have made Wanda adept at evasion techniques<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Intermediate Telekinesis, Flight, Sorcery and Magic, History (Mutant and Human), Power Control, History 101, Mental Resilience<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> N/a<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br>Pietro - Wanda's twin brother. She feels he has it easier than her and can be a little jealous of him at times. But she knows that he goes through his own struggles, and is thankful that she at least still has him.<br>Rogue - Wanda considers her a friend, as she understands what it's like to be afraid of your own powers.<br>Kyle - a little persistent and sometimes rubs her the wrong way. Wanda knows he means well, but sometimes she wishes he would get the hint. Being alone is good for her.<br>Jesse - she knows of him, but has never officially met him. She's heard of his powers in passing, but nothing much more than that. If his powers are anything like what she's heard, then maybe she can open up to him. He would probably understand.<br>Laura - Wanda knows her, but doesn't hold a high opinion of her. She was there when Laura was talking to Rogue about her powers and said something highly inappropriate. That's not to say she hates Laura, she just thinks that Laura is socially inept and inconsiderate.<br>Betsy - her counselor. Wanda has only started to just open up to her about things.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:24:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img08.deviantart.net/81d3/i/2010/170/a/5/devious_id_by_nemovalkyrja.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Anna Marie Smith<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Rogue<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Complicated<br><strong>Age:</strong> 20<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'8"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 120 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Auburn<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Caldecott County, Mississippi<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Owen Smith (Presumably deceased)<br>Mother - Priscilla Smith (Deceased)<br>Aunt - Carrie Jones<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Rogue has a "rough around the edges" demeanor. Coupled with her uncontrollable power, she easily pushes people away without even trying to do so. Though underneath her tough exterior, is a young woman who just wants to find a place where she fits in. Even within the mutant community, among her own people, she still often feels like an outsider.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Horseback riding, reading<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Rogue was born Anna Marie to Owen and Priscilla. The three of them lived in a "hippie" commune in Caldecott County, Mississippi. The commune practiced Native American mysticism, but its failed attempts resulted in Priscilla's disappearance. Priscilla's sister, Carrie, took over Rogue's care. Due to the grief of losing her sister, she became strict and authoritarian. Rogue was a rebellious child, and had a poor relationship with her father. The combination led to her eventually running away as a young teen. Thus, earning her the nickname "Rogue".<br><br>While on her own, Rogue met a boy named Cody Robbins. The two developed a flirtatious relationship. One day, she impulsively kissed Cody. Her latent power to absorb life force awakened, and put Cody into a coma. Rogue became traumatized and began wearing clothing that covered as much of her body as she could. She began to shy away from anyone and everyone.<br><br>For the next few years, she traveled on her own and stole what she needed to get by. One summer day, she was approached by a strange woman. The woman sat down next to her and began speaking telepathically with her. Rogue was shocked, having not met any other people with abilities like hers before. She informed Rogue of a place called Xavier's School For The Gifted located in New York, and that there would be a place for her there if she wanted. The woman then disappeared.<br><br>Rogue followed the woman's advice and headed to New York. Sure enough, she found the school. Professor X welcomed her to his school and she started classes immediately. Soon enough, she met Remy LeBeau. A student who didn't seem to know when to quit. Outwardly, Rogue brushes off his advances and flirtatious charms. But inside, she can't help but wonder what it would be like to have a relationship with another mutant. Someone like her.<br><br>Rogue also met Wanda Maximoff at the school. A young girl who is as afraid of her abilities as Rogue. The two often talk about their struggles and hardships, and eat lunch together almost every day.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><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><span class="bbc_u">Power Absorption</span> - Rogue can absorb memories, abilities, and powers of other mutants through direct skin to skin contact. The absorption is not permanent, but can be if she maintains contact for long enough.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Rogue can speak French.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Power Control, History (Mutant and Human), History 101<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> TBA<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br>Wanda - due to their mutual feelings about their powers, Rogue considers Wanda a very good friend.<br>Remy - he doesn't know when to take a hint. But she can't deny he has some charm to him.<br>Kyle - he's gone out of his way to show her kindness. Rogue appreciates it, but doesn't understand why he wants to be so nice to her.<br>Jesse - she considers him a friend, not as close as Wanda, but a friend nonetheless. Though she is extremely wary around him since she knows his powers could seriously mess her up.<br>Laura - Rogue doesn't really care for Laura. She doesn't hate her, but her lack of etiquette led to a rather intrusive question and that, in turn, caused tension between them. Rogue once told Wanda that she would have liked to "give her a lesson in some good ol' Southern hospitality".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:25:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/11413785/740full-sophie-turner.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Jean Grey<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Phoenix<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> In a relationship with Scott<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'6"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 115 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Red<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Annandale-on-Hudson, New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - John Grey (Deceased)<br>Mother - Elaine Grey (Deceased)<br>Sisters - Sarah Grey-Bailey (Deceased) and Julia Grey (Deceased)<br>Brothers - Roger Grey (Deceased) and Liam Grey (Deceased)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Jean is friendly to anyone and everyone, unless given reason to be otherwise. She takes her teaching quite seriously, but acts quite differently outside the classroom. As long as nobody gets on her bad side, she is quite pleasant to be around.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Chess, photography<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Jean lived a normal life until she was 10 years old. She and her friend, Annie, were playing together and Annie was suddenly hit by a car. Jean rushed over to her friend and held her in her arms. Annie's emotions as she passed away helped Jean unlock her own mutant abilities. Jean could feel her friend's emotions. For some time after that, Jean became extremely withdrawn and depressed. She isolated herself from everyone, to keep herself sane.<br><br>When she was 11, a psychiatrist recommended to her parents that she see Charles Xavier. He explained to Jean that she was a mutant, and the two kept it from her parents. He treated her for several years, and helped her hone her psychic abilities. Not long after Charles felt she had mastered her abilities, he suggested to her parents that she enroll in his school. Unbeknownst to them, it was a school for mutants to learn to control their abilities.<br><br>Jean quickly mastered more advanced uses of her powers. During her time as a student, a girl named Layla began attending the school. The other students kept away from her, they were scared of her. But Jean felt connected to her; perhaps due to the mental powers they shared. They often spoke to each other telepathically from their beds. Often long after curfew. After graduating, Jean took on a teaching role at the school. A position she enjoys very much.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Omega<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Empathy</span> - Jean has shown to have incredibly strong empathic powers that enable her to control, manipulate and alter the feelings, sensations, and emotions of others.<br><span class="bbc_u">Telepathy</span> - Jean is able to read thoughts, project and broadcast her own thoughts, as well as affect the minds of humans and animals with higher order intelligence (such as dolphins, ravens or dogs).<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Cloak</span> - She can mask her presence and the use of her abilities from being detected by other psions and psychic entities. She can extend these defenses to others around her as well. Cloaking via telepathy is not perfect and powerful psis may notice and 'see' through this ability.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Cloak Mind</span> - Ability to rearrange the “mental engrams” of mutants so their distinctive mutant thought patterns cannot be detected by Cerebro-type devises or by other telepaths.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psychic Shield</span> - Ability to erect a psychic shield for protection of herself and the minds of others.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Illusions</span> - She can create realistic telepathic illusions and cause people to experience events which are not actually occurring.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Camouflage</span> - She can alter the apparent physical appearance of herself and other people by altering the perceptions of those around her. This can go so far as to make other people believe that the camouflaged people are not there (invisible).<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Manipulation</span> - She can manipulate other people's minds easily, achieving a variety of effects.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Memory Alteration</span> - She can erase, implant, restore or alter the memory of others.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Control</span> - She can control the thoughts and actions of others.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Possession</span> - She can possess the mind of another, and use that being's body as her own.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Personality Alteration</span> - She can alter the minds of others by force of will, thus permanently changing their personality partially or entirely.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Paralysis</span> - She can induce temporary mental or physical paralysis.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Amnesia</span> - She can erase any awareness of particular memories or cause total amnesia.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Link</span> - Ability to develop a mental link with any person, which remains as a connection to that individual.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psychic Blast</span> - She can project psychic force bolts which have no physical effects but which can affect a victim's mind, causing them pain, knocking them unconsciousness or turning the victim "brain-dead".<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Astral Projection</span> - She can project her astral form from her body onto the Astral Plane or the physical plane. In the physical plane she can travel in astral form over vast distances. In the astral plane, she can mentally create psionic objects and manipulate the aspects of her environment. She can communicate with others astrally through her own will, or through contact with the thoughts and memories of others.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Detection</span> She can sense the presence of another superhuman mutant within a small but as yet undefined radius of herself by perceiving the distinctive mental radiations emitted by such a being.<br><span class="bbc_u">Telekinesis</span> - Projection of psychokinetic energy enables her to levitate objects, propel or manipulate them however she wishes, lift herself and move through the air to simulate flight, stimulate individual molecules to create heat, generate concussive force as blasts or bursts, and create protective shields.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psychic Firebird</span> - She can manifest her telekinesis as a psychic firebird, whose claws could inflict both physical and mental damage.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Force Field</span> - She can create a telekinetic field to either shield her and her teammates or use it to lift multiple heavy objects at her enemy.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Matter Transmutation</span> - She can manipulate and transmute matter on a sub-atomic level (e.g., turning wood into gold, plant into crystal, and cause physical bodies to disintegrate by altering their molecular structure, etc).<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Jean has a keen eye for taking beautiful photographs.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Advanced Telepathy<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong><br>Layla - a close friend. Jean understands a little of Layla's burden. They formed a close relationship while they were students, and are still close now.<br>Scott - Jean cares deeply for Scott. While the recent attack on the school has caused a bit of a strain on their relationship, due to their differing opinions about Xavier's beliefs, it's hasn't changed how she feels towards him<br>Logan - Jean is aware of his feelings for her. Despite the fact that Logan knows she loves Scott, it doesn't stop him from trying to win her over.<br>Jesse - while their initial relationship was rocky and tense, Jesse made great strides with his power control. Jean is proud of him and the progress he made and, while he started out resentful and giving her the derogatory nickname of "Counselor", they both have come to think of it more as a term of respect and affection.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:25:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.idigitaltimes.com/sites/idigitaltimes.com/files/styles/large/public/2015/04/14/olivia-munnx-men.JPG?itok=L369BiSR)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Psylocke<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 26<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'11"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 155 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark brown w/purple highlights<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Braddock Manor, England, United Kingdom<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Sir James Braddock (Deceased)<br>Mother - Lady Elizabeth Braddock (Deceased)<br>Brothers - Brian Braddock/Captain Britain (Twin) and Jamie Braddock (Deceased)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Betsy is a flirtatious woman. She harmlessly flirts with most everyone she meets. However, she draws the line with students and keeps her teaching methods professional.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Candle making, painting<br><br><strong>History:</strong> The only girl of three children, Betsy grew up in England. Her father was one of the leading research scientists of the UK. At their home, he created a computer he named "Mastermind". When Betsy and Brian, her twin brother, were teenagers their parents were killed in an explosion caused by the computer. Their deaths weighed heavy on Betsy for quite some time.<br><br>Some time later, Betsy began working as a charter pilot while Brian studied post-graduate Physics at Thames University. During this time, Brian became the hero known as Captain Britain. Not long after, Betsy informed him that their older brother, Jamie, had been injured while testing his racecar on the grounds of Braddock Manor. Though it appeared to be an attack, rather than an accident. Betsy flew Brian back to Braddock Manor, but the plane was sabotaged near the site of the crash by the psychic powers of Dr. Synne. Thankfully, they both survived. Dr. Synne managed to mentally manipulate Betsy and she saw her brothers as monsters. She attacked them, but they successfully subdued her.<br><br>Betsy was taken to a nearby medical center for treatment. However, she was unwittingly delivered to the hands of one of Dr. Synne's agents; Dr. Ramsay. When Brian defeated Dr. Synne, Dr. Ramsay revealed himself as a loyalist to Nazi Red Skull. He then took Betsy and Jamie as hostages. Both were ultimately freed by Captain Britain. Not long after the incident, Betsy had her first psychic experience.<br><br>Betsy quit the chartering business and began working as a model. During one of her shows, Dr. Synne attacked and sent the audience into a panicked frenzy. In the chaos, Betsy summoned a telekinetic katana and forced him to retreat. Betsy was outed as a mutant and fled to Japan. Again, she began working as a model until Charles Xavier telepathically contacted her through Cerebro. He invited her to his school, and Betsy began perfecting and expanding her telekinetic abilities. Now, she teaches young mutants.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Telekinesis</span> - Ability to psionically manipulate and control the physical aspects of reality. She can also move and levitate other people. While she can move objects from a distance and fly as other telekinetics do, she has shown little inclination to do either in combat situations. She can also create telekinetic shields of various sizes and strength.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Force Fields</span> - Psylocke can create a telekinetic shield of all sizes to deflect/decelerate incoming attacks.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telekinetic Weapons</span> - Psylocke, since before showed great versatility over her telekinesis, in which she uses to construct psionic weapons that damage a target either physically, mentally or both in some point.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">Telekinetic Katana</span> - Psylocke can manifest a telekinetic katana blade composed of raw psi-energy at will.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">Telekinetic Crossbow</span> - Psylocke has been showing even more versatility when it comes to her psionic constructs. She has been seen creating psi-bows and arrows. She has created psi-crossbows with a rope attached bolt that allows not just her to swing on it, but other people as well.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">Telekinetic Bow and Arrow</span> - Psylocke has the ability to create a bow and arrow made of telekinetic energy that can pierce through armor or damage the target mentally or physically on contact.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">Telekinetic Spiked Flail</span> - She can manifest a psionic spiked flail which weighs ninety pounds she used to save a baby to destroy the wall.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">Telekinetic Claws</span> - As an extension of her psionic constructs she is able to create claws like X23's but made of pure psionic energy which can affect the target physically, and also to slice through armor.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telekinetically Enhanced Condition</span> - She can use her telekinesis to enhance her speed, strength, agility and other fighting skills to super-human levels.<br><span class="bbc_u">Telepathy</span> - She possesses mental powers to affect and manipulate the minds of other sentient beings. Psylocke can read minds and communicate mentally with others over long distances. When she telepathically communicates with another person over a distance, that person often perceives her presence as a butterfly-like image bearing large eyes on its wings.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Tracking</span> - Enhanced psionic senses enable her to track other sentient beings by their unique psionic emanations (thought patterns contained in the psionic portion of the spectrum) especially if they pose a threat to her well-being in her immediate vicinity.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psionic Shadow</span> - She is able to mask her presence from others. Her abilities can go undetected and are very difficult to track, even by very powerful telepaths. She can extend these defenses to others around her as well.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psionic Knife</span> - Described as "the focused totality of her psychic powers," by intensely channeling and focusing her psionic powers to her hands to create “psychic blades”, razor-sharp edges of pure mental energy which are said to be the ultimate physical manifestation of her powers which she plunges into the minds of her targets directly. She often uses them to disrupt the neurons of her foes by driving the glowing "blade" of mental energy into their skulls. It is able to kill.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Control</span> - Capable of controlling the minds of others.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Illusions</span> - She has the ability to create illusions to make herself seem to be invisible, look like someone else, or make others experience events that are not truly happening.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Detection</span> - She can scan large areas and detect threats in her vicinity. She can also detect the psyches of the inhabitants of a city to learn of their condition.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Paralysis</span> - Ability to induce temporary mental or physical paralysis<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Amnesia</span> - Can erase any awareness of particular memories or cause total amnesia.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psionic Blasts</span> - Can project psionic force bolts which have no physical effects, but which can affect a victim's mind so as to cause the victim pain, unconsciousness, or even death.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psionic Immunity</span> - Psylocke has been shown to have an immunity to certain psionic attacks such as mind reading and illusions.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Astral Projection</span> - Can project her astral form from her body onto astral planes or the physical planes.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Can speak Japanese.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Mental Resilience, Intermediate Telepathy<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong><br>Laura - Betsy also fought with Laura when the school was attacked. Betsy has quite a bit of respect for her abilities and will find time to hang out with Laura outside of school. Probably one of the few students that Betsy has a relationship with outside of the classroom.<br>Logan - a good friend. The two hopelessly flirt with each other, but have never done much more than that. Betsy knows he has feelings for someone else.<br>Scott - TBA<br>Wanda - a young student that Betsy was assigned to counsel. Progress has been slow, but Betsy sees Wanda trying to open up. Progress is progress.<br>Sam - best described as her "partner in crime".
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 03:26:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7d/Veronica_Gabor.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Veronica Gabor<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Prophetia, V<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 24<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5' 4"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 140 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue/Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Bucharest, Romania<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Adam Gabor<br>Mother - Clara Gabor<br>Aunt - Samantha James<br>Uncle - Daniel James<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> A bright and perceptive woman, Veronica does her best to maintain a positive attitude despite her powers showing her terrible things. Sometimes, her speech can be strange; like she's talking in riddles or rhymes. Veronica likes spending time outside and in nature. It is not uncommon for her to hold her class outside.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Flower arranging, watching movies<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Veronica was born in Romania. Her father was a politician, and her mother was an elementary school teacher. At a young age, she began having strange dreams; premonitions, if you will. She confided in her parents, but they dismissed her; telling her she had an overactive imagination. It was only when her dreams started coming true, did her parents wonder what was happening to her. They didn't believe in the supernatural, or anything that they couldn't explain away with logic.<br><br>When Veronica was just 10 years old, her parents sent her to the states to live with her aunt and uncle. Living with Samantha and Daniel proved to be a much more nurturing and caring environment. When she explained what she was experiencing, her aunt and uncle were much more understanding. They reassured her that nothing was wrong with her, no matter what her parents had told her. She was special.<br><br>At some point, Veronica's power evolved and she could see the past. That wasn't the only change, however. One of her eyes inexplicably changed color from blue, to green. Nearly all the kids in her school thought she just used contacts, but Veronica was never teased for it. People would just look at her strangely. It wasn't long after that, that another power emerged from her.<br><br>While Veronica was walking home from school, she witnessed a group of kids attacking a couple in the street. When she attempted to intervene, she suddenly became overwhelmed with fear, anger, and amusement. None of which felt like her own emotions. Instead of hunching over and trying to protect herself, Veronica became infuriated. She doesn't remember much after that. However she does remember feeling so angry that she just wanted the kids to feel the pain and fear they inflicted upon others. All the kids ended up in comas.<br><br>Fearing for the safety of everyone around her, Veronica shut herself in her bedroom and stopped going to school. Her aunt and uncle reached out to Professor Xavier's school, hoping it would help their niece. Veronica was hesitant at first, but when Professor Xavier encouraged her to glimpse into the future she saw herself engaging in social activities with other people like her. She was smiling, laughing, and living around other people like her.<br><br>Veronica attended the school and learned to control her powers, just like she saw in her vision. After graduating, she decided to stay at the school and teach the next generation of mutants how to control their powers. How to not live in fear because they are different.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Clairvoyance</span> - power to gain direct information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the user's physical senses.<br><span class="bbc_u">Precognition</span> - power to perceive future events before they happen.<br><span class="bbc_u">Retrocognition</span> - power to discern events of the past.<br><span class="bbc_u">Empathy</span> - power to fully interpret and replicate the emotions, moods, and temperaments of others.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">Empathic Inundation</span> - Overloading one's foes with vast amounts of emotions.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Can play a variety of instruments<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Clairvoyance<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong><br>Rhys - a fellow teacher she shares a bond with due to their powers of precognition. Veronica considers him a friend, but is interested in making it something more.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Eternal Blade</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 04:34:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/86HYwLD.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Scott Summers<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Cyclops, Slim(Derogatory)<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> In a relationship with Jean Grey.<br><strong>Age:</strong> 27<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'1<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 196(lbs)<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Red <br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Anchorage, Alaska<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br>Father: Christopher Summer(Missing, assumed dead)<br>Mother: Katherine Anne Summers(Missing, assumed dead)<br>Younger Brother: Alexander Summers(Havok)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Usually calm and friendly with most, he see's the X-Men and the School as kind of family, which can lead him to being sarcastic and hostile to anyone he sees as a danger to that family. Notably anyone he labels as a loose cannon. Recently, however, he has become more hardline with students and staff, viewing the recent attack on the school as a personal failure to prepare appropriate defenses for such an eventuality. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Baseball, chess, motorcycles, and fixed wing aircraft. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> Scott's father was a Major in the USAF stationed in Anchorage Alaska, and took his entire family up for flight as a sort of family event when Scott was still a young boy. They came under assault by Unidentified craft, and as the plane went down in flames Scott's parents used the only available parachute for Scott, fastening his younger brother Alex to him. He watched on the way down as the plane crashed in a ball of fiery destruction. <br><br>He and his brother became wards of the state, and were separated. Over his time in orphanages, his abilities began to manifest and life in the orphanages became harder and harder. Eventually he ran away with the intent of finding his little brother, but was found by Professor Xavier after an accident with his Optic Blasts. Xavier offered to train Scott to use his powers, and he became one of the first X-Men. <br><br>While Professor Xavier failed to teach him full control of his power, Hank McCoy discovered that Ruby Quartz resonated with the same Psionic shielding his body used to protect him from his own Optic Blasts. This has allowed him some modicum security with the dangerous strength of his Optic Blasts, and he's become an effective leader for the X-Men, and teaches Strategy and Tactics as a preparation class for anyone who wants to join the team. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br>Optic Blasts: Scott emits beams of energy from his eyes, which appear as red lights and cause massive concussive force without recoil or heat. These can pulverize rock and rupture steel, and he is accurate enough with his manipulation of them to punch a pin sized hole in a penny. However, when his eyes are not protected and are open, the blasts continually emit from them. <br><br>Psionic Shielding: His body resonates with the same frequency of his optic blasts, making him immune to his own optic blasts as well as his Brother Havok's powers. He's resistant to most form of energy blasts.<br><br>3D Spatial Awareness: Scott's awareness of his surroundings is nearly absolute, and work on an instinctual level. He can use this awareness to accurately predict the location of beings moving at superhuman speeds, to ricochet his blasts off of hardened or shiny objects with lethal accuracy, and to assist him with piloting or driving.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br>Expert Pilot: A natural and trained gift, likely inherited from his father, and enhanced by his spatial awareness. <br><br>Expert Combatant: Trained extensively in martial arts, unarmed combat, and acrobatic fighting. <br><br>Master Tactician and Strategist: Scott's spent his entire adult life as leader of the X-Men, and has developed exceptional leadership skills. He's at his best and most dangerous in tense situations, when he has little time to think about his options or to doubt his decisions.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Strategy and Tactics<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> Long term romantic relationship with Jean Grey. Often Antagonistic with Logan, but respects his abilities as a soldier. Scott Views Professor Xavier as a father figure. Ororo Munroe(storm) is his second on the team of X-Men, and should he fall the default leader. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Orange Marmalade</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 07:05:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RJuUcZFXtAw/UxfDPhcNp9I/AAAAAAAAAo4/KJcMTbF1meU/s1600/Adam+Ayash+4.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Marcel "M" St. Croix<br><strong>Alias:</strong> M<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Homosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> <br><strong>Age:</strong> 21<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'1<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 184lb<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Bosnia<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Cartier St. Croix, Jamila St. Croix (deceased), Marius (older brother), Claudette and Nicole (younger sisters)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Marcel has a bit of an ego, for sure. He's rich, a little bit entitled, and often too confident of his own good (or those around him). He's headstrong and doesn't take criticism well, and at times can be a little snarky and a bit of an asshole. That said, he is rarely mean without reason though those who display a lack of spine or are overly weak may wind up on the wrong end of a sharp tongue. Still, he dislikes people who are mean simply for the sake of being mean, or only to raise their own egos, and he sees cruelty as a sign that someone lacks confidence in themselves.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Fast cars, languages, gambling, partying, training, being a playboy<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Marcel was born as the second child of a rather rich and eccentric Ambassador from Monaco. His mother was a descendant of royalty who gave birth to him while the family was on a ski trip in Bosnia. In addition to his older brother (Marius), he grew up with a pair of twin sisters (Claudette and Nicole), though it was Marcel who became the 'favored' child. Most things about him seemed blessed, genetically speaking at least. He was handsome at a young age, was never sick, was strong, fast, and competed (and excelled) at sports and was everything his parents wanted him to be.<br><br>His brother was the first of the family to exhibit mutant abilities, though it was in a terrifying fashion. The elder brother had a hunger for genetic marrow from mutants, and he attacked and killed their mother to feast on her dormant mutant marrow. Marius then fled, leaving the family to grieve and try to come to terms with what happened. It wasn't until several years later when Marcel's own mutant powers finally emerged in the middle of a mountain climbing trip when Marcel lost his footing and plummeted down the side of the mountain. Miraculously the fall didn't hurt him, and even more impossibly his will to return to his family launched him into the air where he learned that he could fly.<br><br>His father had many connections, and knew what he was, and he reached out to Professor X to help deal with things. Not long afterwards, Marcel was sent to live at the Mansion against his will. Being sent away from his family, his friends, and being forced to live in a school of all things was... more than a little annoying. Living in a mansion? Great. Living in a mansion with a billion other people, including some annoying kids? Less great. But still, Marcel had damn super powers, and he was going to learn to use them. He threw himself into his studies, working hard by day, being a bit of a troublemaker and partier at night, and did well under the tutelage of those at the mansion over the last several years.<br><br>Now, entering true adulthood, he is finishing his second college degree at the school while starting to teach some classes of his own. Introductory Telekinesis they called it - the one part of his powers that he was the least practiced in, of course, which he was pretty sure they knew exactly what they were doing when they set him to teaching that. But still, teaching others would force him to learn his own power better, and besides, some of the students were handsome.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><em>Super Strength</em> - Marcel is immensely strong, able to toss cars and similar around with ease. While he doesn't quite enter the realm of those such as Colossus and Juggernaut, he can still bend steel and punch through walls with little effort.<br><br><em>Superhuman Durability</em> - Perhaps his most potent power, Marcel is nearly impervious to physical harm. He's been punched by the world's strongest heroes, leaving him only bruised. He can catch bullets in his hands without a flinch, and normal weapons fail to pierce his skin. This isn't to say he can't be hurt, but it takes a good deal of effort to tire him out enough to where he can be brought down. Because of his physiology he is immune to poisons, toxins, infections and other disorders.<br><br><em>Speed, Reflexes and Agility</em> - Marcel is far faster than any human. He can dodge point blank gunfire - even catch it and toss it back at his opponents as if it were thrown from a gun. He can run at impossible speeds as well, though he is no speedster.<br><br><em>Flight</em> - Simply put, Marcel can fly. When exerting himself he can fly at Mach 3, and can leisurely keep up with typical jets and the like, and can hold immense weights while doing so.<br><br><em>Healing Factor</em> - While certainly not anywhere close to beings such as Wolverine, Marcel heals exeedingly fast. Broken bones, torn muscles, even brain injuries heal within minutes or hours. This has the added effect of slowing his aging process as well, much like others with a similar power.<br><br><em>Superhuman Senses</em> - Marcel has keen hearing, allowing her to hear things far outside the capabilities of a human. Additionally her eyesight is enhanced to hose of the best creatures on earth and he has telescopic and night vision to boot. Furthermore, her vision allows her to see auras of other mutants, allowing her to know who is and isn't superpowered.<br><br><em>Telepathy</em> - Marcel is a telepath of moderate capability, and he can read minds, projects his thoughts into the minds of others, defend and mask himself from other telepaths. He has the ability to implant suggestions and manipulate the memories of others as well, but these are not very practiced and of very limited capability. <br><br><em>Telekinesis</em> - Like his Telepathy, this is not his most practiced power. He can generate concussive waves of force and has rudamentary control over moving objects.<br><br><em>Superhuman Inuitive Ability and Intelligence</em> - Marcel has an ability to innately understand the things he sees, and has an accelerated learning aptitude that allows him to analyze information and pick up skills quickly. This means he can operate most new technology and machinery within moments of coming into contact of it, though does not give him any sort of advanced 'hacker' type abilities and the like. It does, however, mean he has a perfect memory and can read at immense speeds.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><em>Languages</em> - Marcel speaks English, French, Italian, Russian, Monégasque and Arabic along with a smattering of phrases in several other languages<br><em>Fighting</em> - Marcel often relies on his mutations, but he's been learning intensively at the school for nearly six years and has become extremely proficient thanks to help from Wolverine, Banshee and others.<br><em>Extreme Sports</em> - Skiiing, fast cars, skateboarding, surfing, base jumping. Marcel has done it and enjoyed it, and is good at it.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Beginner Telekinesis<br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Intermediate Telepathy, Mental Resilience, Strategy and Tactics, History 101<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> None currently<br><br><strong>Staff Relationsh:</strong> TBD<br><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br>X-23 - Bad news, generally.<br>Hellion - Kid has potential, need to offer just the right amount of guidance<br>Banshee - Asshole doesn't know his place, but he's actually pretty damn good at what he does.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Black Howling</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 09:16:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/8KsWTIQ.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> James 'Logan' Howlette<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Logan, Wolverine, Formerly&nbsp; Weapon X<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Hetero-Flexible<br><strong>Status:</strong> Complicated<br><strong>Age:</strong> Estimated Age, 140<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'2"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 310 lbs (210 without Adamantium Grafting)<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Hazel<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Alberta, Canada<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>John Howlette Sr.: Father, Deceased | Elizabeth Howlette: Mother,&nbsp; Deceasedm | Daken: Son, Living <br>John Howlette Junior: Brother, Deceased | Viper/Madame Hydra: Ex-Wife, Living | Itsu: Wife, Deceased<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong>&nbsp; Logan is best described as rough around the edges. His humor tends toward sarcasm, though he isn't overly antagonistic. He can be abrasive, as his somewhat loner nature would certainly indicate. Despite this he is a reliable ally, and quite loyal to those few he does get close to. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Motorcycles, Pissing off Scott, Smoking, Drinking, Teaching.<br><br><strong>History:</strong>Logan's past is still somewhat of a mystery, even to him. He can recall much of his early life now, enough to have a rough gauge of how it all started. He remembers growing as the son of a wealthy landowner in Canada. He remembers how his father had fired two of the hired help for an indiscretion with his childhood friend rose. He remembers them coming back, shooting his father as they demanded their jobs back. That's when his mutation first manifested. He brought forth the claws and killed his father's assailant. His mother, already an unstable women kicked him from the house. He ran off with his childhood friend then, and until manhood reached him he worked at a mining colony. <br><br>Of course, shortly after this things once again become blurry. He can't remember why it happened, but a fight ensued with another figure from his past. In the midst of it, Rose attempted to stop the battle. This regretfully ended in her being impaled by Logan's claws on accident. There is a large time inbetween that his memories simply wont recall. He doesn't have another one until the midst of world war 1. It was short, rather uneventful for the mutant in comparison to what would happen as things progressed. He fought in the war, killed people and was re-stationed back in Canada. It was shortly after this that he made his sojourn to the US. <br><br>Logan had a rough time there. His wild nature often found him to jail cells, and eventually a drunken indiscretion had him set to be executed. Logan took the bullets, passed out and later awoke having successfully faked his own death. He rebuilt himself a rep as a bounty hunter for a while afterward. Keeping with generally the same Alias. This lasted until the beginnings of world war 2 when the US saw little in the way of a need for people like him. So without a means of making money aside from criminal activity, Logan got involved with the mob in the midst of prohibition in The US.<br><br>Logan made a good run of his criminal career too, till once again he found himself in over his head. Surrounded and on the verge of possible true death or exposure, Logan blew himself up in the midst of an underground refinery. His enemies didn't survive, but he did. From there he made his way to Japan where he could make use of his skills. He trained with masters in the martial arts there, that is until World War 2 began to creep into the US territories. Knowing he'd not likely get a chance to go back home if he proceeded as such, he journeyed back to the Americas. There he signed up with the US Marines under a fake birth certificate, and yet more forged records that his remaining criminal contacts had set him up with. <br><br>Then came the hells of WWII. Most of it Logan can't really recall. And everything from that point until the mid eighties is still a blur with only bits and pieces here and there cropping up. In the eighties, he just tried to get by. Made a breach into desert storm where he had flash backs of the Korean and Vietnam wars. And of course when he finally traveled home to Canada in hopes of learning how his claws had changed from bone to metal. Sometime after that Professor Xavier sent someone to approach him. He still doesn't know why the professor had an interest in him, and really now he doesn't care. <br><br>Logan first came to the school for the hopes of regaining his lost memories. He's since made progress, and has come a long way. Yet his grown an attachment to the ideals the school stands for. To the intentions, and most of all the kids here. It's truly why he's stayed, though anyone will be lucky if they ever get such an admission from the hardened soul. He's left on occasion to deal with personal struggles, but he always seems to come back. Over and over again.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of The Family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><em>Healing Factor - Logan possesses a rapid healing rate that far exceeds any normal measures. In seconds he can heal what might take others days or weeks, and in hours he can heal trauma that would kill any normal man. The more severe the injury, the longer it takes. This also makes him highly resistant to any disease or toxin. However, it is noted that excess quantities of alcohol or poison can incapacitate him.<br><br>Superhuman Senses - Wolverine possesses superhumanly acute senses that are comparable to those of certain animals. He can see at far greater distances, with perfect clarity, than an ordinary human. He retains this same level of clarity even in near total darkness. His hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing him to detect sounds ordinary humans couldn't hear at a greater distances, enough to hear a teardrop in another room that have thick walls with enough focus. He is able to recognize people and objects by scent, even if they are well hidden. He can track a target by scent, even if the scent has been greatly eroded by time and weather factors, with an extraordinary degree of success. Wolverine can also use his keen sense of smell to detect lies due to chemical changes within a person's scent. These senses stem from, at least partially, his constant cellular regeneration, as are his enhanced physical capabilities. <br><br>Insulated Weather Adaptation: Wolverine's body is highly resistant to certain elemental extremes, particularly cold, to the extent that he can sleep nude in subarctic conditions with no apparent injury.<br><br>Animal Empathy: Wolverine has the ability to sense the emotional state of animals on a basic level such as fear, anger, happiness or pain. He can even communicate with them to make the animal aware of his actions and or his intent.<br><br>Bone Claws: Wolverine's skeleton includes six retractable 12-inch long bone claws, three in each arm, that are housed beneath the skin and muscle of his forearms. Wolverine can, at will, release these slightly curved claws through his skin beneath the knuckles on each hand. The skin between the knuckles tears and bleeds, but the blood loss is quickly halted by his healing factor. Wolverine can unsheathe any number of his claws at once, although he must keep his wrists straight at the moment his claws pass from his forearms into his hands. When unsheathed, the claws are entirely within his hands, allowing him to bend his wrists when they are extended. The claws are made of bone, unlike the claws of normal mammals which are made of keratin.<br><br>Adamantium Laced Skeleton: Though Not part of Wolverine's natural mutant attributes, Wolverine's entire skeleton, including his bone claws, are laced with the rare, artificial, and virtually indestructible alloy known as adamantium or True Adamantium. As a result, Wolverine's bones are virtually unbreakable. The presence of the Adamantium has further enhanced the already razor sharp edge of Wolverine's bone claws. Aside from being practically indestructible, the claws are capable of cutting any solid material, with the known exception of True Adamantium and Vibranium. </em><br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong><br>Master Martial Artist: - Through extensive military training, along with his time spent in Japan and personal honing, Logan is perhaps one of the finest hand to hand experts on earth.<br>Expert Marksman: - Logan hates using guns, but he knows how and is quite deadly with them. A bi-product of his military service.<br>Skilled Mechanic: Logan has maintained his own Cars and Motorcycles practically since their invention.<br>Advanced Covert Ops training: Not just stealth, but subterfuge, lock picking and proficiency among the gadgets that such operatives use.<br>Knowledge: - Not so much an education as just a wealth of personal experience. He may not remember, but he's traveled the world and is familiar with a variety of languages and customs. As well as world history, he just doesn't always know he knows it until the situation arises.<br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> History<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong><br>Scott Summers: Rival<br>Jean Grey: Love Interest, Unrequited<br>More to come
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 09:39:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb2snhIHlT1qfd7eeo1_1280.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Layla Bayoumi<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Supreme Omega<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Asexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Permanently single<br><strong>Age:</strong> Unknown<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5' 4"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 130 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Alexandria, Egypt<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Khem Bayoumi (Deceased)<br>Mother - Anai Bayoumi (Deceased)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Layla prefers to speak to people through telepathy. She knows everything about everyone she meets, but she tries to remain unbiased and let people make their own first impressions on her. Layla often seems cold, or rigid, but it's merely due to the fact that she carries a heavy burden on her shoulders. Because of the bond she shares with Jean, she often speaks for Layla.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Meditating<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Layla came into her powers as a young teenager; the result of an experiment which she was forced to be a part of. Abducted from her home in the middle of the night, Layla was taken to a facility and tortured. She didn't know how long she had been imprisoned, but it felt like an eternity. When she finally begged for death, her captors instead injected her with various serums over the course of several days. Afterwards, Layla discovered she had...abilities. Not just a few, but a seemingly infinite amount of abilities. With her new powers, she killed her captors and escaped.<br><br>Layla was overwhelmed by her powers. She was feeling other people's emotions, hearing their thoughts, making things move on their own. Her life had been turned upside down. To make matters worse, she found out that her parents had been killed the night she was kidnapped. Layla fell into a deep depression and felt completely alone. She attempted suicide, but failed. After a second failed attempt, she realized she was now immortal. The thought of never being able to be reunited with her parents devastated her.<br><br>Everywhere she went, it seemed like death and destruction followed her. Layla constantly moved from place to place, never wanting to stay anywhere too long. After some time, Layla found herself inexplicably drawn to New York. There, she happened upon Charles Xavier's school. She didn't have many friends, due to her immense power. The other kids were afraid of her. Though one, Jean Grey, seemed to find a kindred spirit in her. The two would often have telepathic conversations with each other while laying in their beds; long after curfew.<br><br>With Professor X's help, Layla came to understand her powers. She has a good handle on her powers now, but has to constantly keep her mental state in check. She meditates for hours each day. After graduating, Layla had nowhere to go. Professor X invited her to stay, so she did. A few years later, she started to fill in as a substitute teacher. Having control over every ability in existence, she filled the position of substitute quite nicely.<br><br>At Layla's request, Professor X put up mental barriers in her mind to further help her keep control of her powers. Layla knows she can break these barriers down at any time, but chooses not to do so. The barriers took many sessions, due to the sheer number of powers she possesses. In the end, Layla was extremely grateful to the Professor and feels she owes him a debt that she could never truly repay.<br><br>Layla's permanent home is here.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Created<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Omega+<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Omnipotence</span> - Unlimited power<br><span class="bbc_u">Omni-power</span> - Possess every single power in existence<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Natural artist (even before gaining her powers)<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Power Control, Intermediate Telekinesis (Temp), substitute for any teacher<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Fills in for teachers when needed<br><br><strong>Relations:</strong><br>Jean - close friend and confidante.<br>Julian - a troubled student whom she was tasked with helping. Layla could tell he wasn't very happy with his situation. However, after a time, Julian began to open up to her and see her more as a mentor. Layla knows he's still a bit of a trouble maker, but he's made great progress in spite of his mischievous ways.<br><br><div style="text-align: right;"><strong>Level of control:</strong> GM only</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>persephone325</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 09:39:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/19/17/0B33F45F000005DC-3131748-image-a-15_1434731130951.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Charles Xavier<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Professor X<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 29<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 190 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> New York City, New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Father - Dr. Brian Xavier (Deceased)<br>Step-father - Dr. Kurt Marko (Deceased)<br>Mother - Sharon Xavier-Marko (Deceased)<br>Step-brother - Cain Marko<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Charles doesn't usually wear his emotions on his sleeve. He likes to keep his private life private and remain professional in front of his students and staff. However, that doesn't stop him from forming friendships with them. He had a part in recruiting just about all of them to the school.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Chess, reading<br><br><strong>History:</strong> (Charles history is so long, but very well-known, so I don't think it needs to be rehashed for the umpteenth time.)<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><span class="bbc_u">Telepathy</span> - Able to read minds and project his own thoughts into the minds of others within a radius of 250 miles (on Earth). With extreme effort he can greatly extend that radius. When synched with Cerebro or Cerebra, he can connect to every mind on a planet.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Illusions</span> - ability to create realistic telepathic illusions and cause people to experience events which are not actually occurring.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Cloak</span> - can mask his presence from being detected by others. His abilities can at times go undetected or be counteracted by other more powerful telepaths depending on their level of skill in using their own psi abilities. He can extend these defenses to others around him as well.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Link</span> - ability to develop a mental link with any person which remains as a connection to that individual.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Telepathic Camouflage</span> - ability to mask himself, and other peoples' presence from those around him. Can telepathically disguise himself, making his appearance to those around him quite different (changing the appearance of clothing, as well as more involved disguising).<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Blast</span> - ability to place large amounts of information in another's mind.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Control</span> - ability to control the minds of others upon mere concentration. This power can allow him to completely shut down several people's minds, making it appear as if time has stopped.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Possession</span> - ability to possess the mind of another, and use that being's body as his own.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Alteration</span> - ability to alter the minds of others by force of will.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Amnesia</span> - ability to cause loss of particular memories or total amnesia in another person or group of people.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psionic Shield</span> - ability to erect a psychic shield for protection of himself and of other minds, so that he can prevent the free access to the conscious and subconscious mind of anyone.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Psionic Blasts</span> - can project psionic force bolts which have no physical effects but which can affect a victim's mind so as to cause the victim pain or unconsciousness and can even kill an adversary.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Astral Projection</span> - ability to Astral Travel and communicate with others astrally through his own will, or through contact with the thoughts and memories of others. In the astral realm, he can use his powers to create "ectoplasmic" objects. He cannot engage in long range astral projection on the earthly plane.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mental Detection</span> - can sense the presence of another superhuman mutant within a small but as yet undefined radius of himself by perceiving the distinctive mental radiations emitted by such a being.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Mind Transferal</span> - able to transfer both his mind and powers into other host bodies if his own physical body could be somehow killed.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="bbc_u">Absorb Information</span> - ability to quickly process and store information, by mental transference.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Natural genius, knowledge of the body/pressure points<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Power Control (All levels), Beginner Telepathy<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> N/a<br><br><strong>Relations:</strong> Charles has a sort of fatherly relationship with his staff and students.<br><br><div style="text-align: right;"><strong>Level of control:</strong> Mostly GM</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lockepick</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 03:05:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/Lockepick/Character%20Pictures/tumblr_mdy9z2gA9T1rbiqkwo1_500_zpsl2eaarn2.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Ezra Bell<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Streak<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Homosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 190lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Providence, RI<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>&nbsp;- Mother: Annette Bell<br>&nbsp;- Father (unknown): Kyle Aguiar<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Ezra has always been a trouble maker and a punk. That's what got him attention from his friends when he couldn't get it from his family. Coming to Xavier's school didn't really change that, and he continued to explore and test the limits of the bubble he was 'stuck' in. When the Brotherhood attacked the school, something in him snapped, and he decided it was time to do something. Since then, he's been trying to work hard at being a good, focused student -- even if it is mostly focused around his power and defending himself -- but the old habits of a punk and a rebel die hard, and he remains his own worst saboteur.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Video games, urban exploration<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Ezra was the product of a one night fling from a single woman who was too young to be a mother. His mother was mostly vacant, working whatever job she was holding down for the last few weeks and then spending her nights partying with her friends or the latest guy. Ezra becoming old enough to take care of himself was a blessing for her, and just allowed her more time to socialize. He ended up spending most of his time hanging out with friends who were willing to give him attention, even if it was for all the wrong reasons. As he and his friends got older, this turned into petty lawbreaking; mostly trespassing, theft, and vandalism.<br><br>When his powers first manifested when he was 12, he was with his small circle of friends. At the time, they thought it was neat, and Ezra was immediately willing to use his power to help cure their boredom by aiding their illegal activities. When his powers originally manifested, it was tough for Ezra to keep a hold of anything -- including his clothing -- which, along with the visual effect of his teleporting, lead to him earning the nickname 'Streak.' He was approached by people from Xavier's school when he was 14, but refused their offer, not being able to imagine himself in some stuffy boarding school.<br><br>As time went on, the public became more aware of the mutant 'menace' and more people began to express their hatred, his circle of friends grew more strained and fractured. When the offer to once again join up with the Institute when Ezra was 16, he took the offer this time. He told himself it was to learn to use his powers better, but really, he just wanted into the potential protective bubble of the Institute. He continued to be a nuisance and a trouble-maker; some of the effects magnified by him remaining within the Institute's grounds, and being more open to explore his power. <br><br>It wasn't until the Brotherhood's attack that Ezra was forced to remember why he was at the Institute to begin with. He hated the feeling of being helpless, and after the dust settled, committed to taking a more active role in his own defense. He enrolled for more classes than ever before for the coming semester, and started seeking help even during the summer months in preparation for the year to come. Part of that training included approaching Scott Summers for self defense training -- which lasted a couple of weeks before the two were learned they were incompatible to work together. Scott then recommended, or shunted him off, to Logan Howlett. Logan didn't exactly appreciate the student forced off on him at first, and regardless of Ezra's complaining about being pushed to his limits, Ezra has shown to be worth Logan's time, and he's been learning to fight from Logan for the past two months. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br>&nbsp;- <em>Teleportation:</em> Ezra can teleport across distances instantly, which is usually accompanied by his image freezing in his last place and 'streaking' or bleeding in the direction he's teleported, before eventually fading from sight. Ezra can take objects with him, but has yet to carry more than 100lbs at once, and has yet to attempt teleporting with another person. Ezra can also effect his momentum through a teleport; increasing, decreasing, or even changing the direction of any momentum on his person. To date, his farthest single teleport has been just over 100 yards. Teleporting is mentally exhausting, and having 'cargo', effecting momentum, not having visuals on his target, and distance can all make it even more exhausting.<br>&nbsp;- <em>Limited Danger Sense:</em> Ezra has a base understanding and awareness of where he is about to teleport, even if he wasn't able to physically perceive the location, or if things were to change, at his destination. This is not something Ezra can intentionally call upon, and the information only comes immediately before arriving at his destination, but it allows Ezra to react to his new location with immediate reflexes.<br>&nbsp;- <em>Nurtured by the Beyond:</em> It's not clear where or how Ezra transverses from one place to the other, but wherever he goes nurtures and heals his body. While he becomes mentally exhausted, his wounds make steps along the healing process when he teleports. Having yet to experience any real grievous wounds, he is unsure of how far this goes.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong><br>&nbsp;- <em>Parkour:</em> What used to be just a means to get where he wasn't supposed to be has since turned into a way to explore his own flexibility and quick reactions.<br>&nbsp;- <em>Breaking and Entering:</em> While his past information would be hardly useful breaking into any sort of Black Ops facility -- when it comes to urban environments, Ezra is versed in how to get where he's not supposed to be; whether it's opening doors or bypassing alarms. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Amateur Artist:</em> Ezra has a natural artistic eye, which is mostly expressed through simple crude drawings and graffiti art. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Combat Training:</em> Ezra had minimal experience getting in fights and brawls growing up, but in the last few months, he's been taking his training more seriously. He was being tutored by Scott Summers, until he was determined impossible to deal with, and has since been working with Logan personally. It hasn't been a long time, but he's been a tenacious student.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Teleportation Training; Power Control; Strategy and Tactics; Clairvoyance; Mental Resistance<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> <br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br>&nbsp;- <em>Scott 'Cyclops' Summers:</em> When Ezra wanted to learn how to defend himself, he had asked Scott to help train him in self defense. The two worked together for a few weeks, before Scott's strict regimen or Ezra's disobedience (depending on who you ask) made them incompatible to work together. Scott instead recommended him to Logan. Ezra attends Scott's Strategy and Tactics class, and while he sees Scott as being unnecessarily serious -- Ezra is happy enough with his new arrangement not to hold any grudge against Scott.<br>&nbsp;- <em>Logan 'Wolverine' Howlett:</em> When Ezra was too much for Scott to handle (or to want to handle), Ezra was passed off to Logan. For the past two months, he's been working with Logan even outside of the self defense class. He's been spending a lot of his spare time learning how to fight, and more offensive uses of his power, making significant strides now that they've found a rhythm with each other. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Laura 'Talon/X-23' Kinney:</em> Ezra met Laura through Logan originally, but the two became fast friends over the months since Laura arrived. Between both being Logan's students, and spending their free time being mischievous and rebelling in their own little way. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Theo "Hulkling" Altman:</em> Ezra and Theo are friends, fuck-buddies, and general miscreants.<br>&nbsp;- <em>Sean 'Banshee' Cassidy:</em> Ezra used to avoid Sean, as he did with any sort of police or authority figures. Since the attack, and with some assurance from Kyle that Sean wasn't 'all bad' -- Ezra has visited Sean while he was recovering, and since Sean has been able to talk again, Ezra has been getting to know him. Sean's skirting the line between authority and punk is a potential role model for Ezra, though he'd never say it out loud. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Warren 'Angel' Worthington III:</em> Warren is a known tutor, and since the attack, Ezra is trying to make up for slacking off in the previous semester or get a head start in the next one. In the last month, since Warren has healed up, Warren's been helping Ezra with his academics, as well as some occasional fencing classes. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Kyle 'Vyrus' Morgan:</em> Ezra and Kyle originally met over video games, but have since been swapping stories about how they've used their powers in ways that aren't legal in a traditional sense... 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DinaFlower</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 03:22:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/25500000/LucyHalePhotos-lucy-hale-25573413-500-366.png)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong>Amber Loveheart<br><strong>Alias:</strong> None<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong>She is unsure. Maybe Bi.<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong>17<br><strong>Height:</strong>Five three<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 103 pounds<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Hazel<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> NYC<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Mother, Haley Loveheart: Dead. Father, Adam Loveheart: Dead. Brother. Adam Loveheart Jr: Unknown.<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Amber is a shy and awkward person. She does not really do well in large group as a result. But in a small group of people she has gotten to know Amber will come out of her shell and be a more outgoing fun person. Despit not being the type to start a conflict, as well as being the type to appoligize even when she is nto the one in the wrong, she is a bit of a garud dog when it comes to the people she cares about. This adding to the fact that she does not know how to fight, and a strong gust would blow her over, can be a very bad thing at times. Though she is really just a loyal person. Willing to do anything for her friends. She is also very naive and still finds wonder in everything. To her it is like she just got thrown into a fairy tale.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong>&nbsp; Cooking, Music, Reading, Helping her friends.<br><strong>History:</strong> Amber was born into a normal family. Her Father worked two jobs and her mother worked one as well. They kept a roof over her head and food on the table. But as a result, they where never around. This lead to Amber being raised by her older brother, Adam. Amber did well in school, getting mostly A's and B's. At home she would cook, clean, and do anything she could to help. As her parents never had the energy to do anything when they got home. <br><br>&nbsp; When Amber was 15 money started showing up in the family. She did not know where it came from, but she knew that her brother was never around&nbsp; much either. He started to buy her nice cloths that she never had before. He had a nice car out of no where. And there was always plenty of food in the house. As a result of the influx of money their parents worked less and spent more time at home. Though it felt like trading family members to Amber. As about that same time her brother stopped coming around her. He was always sending her gifts. But never saw her.<br><br>&nbsp;When Amber was 17 she left a friends early due to feeling rather ill. As soon as Amber walked onto the porch of their new house, there was an explosion. It blew her back about 20 feet and into the street. The house was destroyed. After waking up in the Hospital the girl was greeted by a very kind older man. The man told her that she was special. And that they wanted her to go to their school. <br><br>The explosion was caused by both her and her brother having powers. His was to make explosions. Her's was to make other people's powers stronger. So when she got too close to him it caused him to lose control. Though she does not know this. They told her it was a gas leak.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant <br><br><strong>Powers:</strong>&nbsp; Amplification: Anyone near her has their powers increased. Assuming they have a power that can be. If Their power is they have claws out of their hands, nothing to be done about that. This has a trade off. As people who can not fully control their powers will have a hard time being around her.<br><br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> She is a really good cook. She also tends to calm people when she is around them.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong>History (Mutant &amp; Human), Power Control (All levels), History 101, Strategy and Tactics, Languages.<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> None ATM<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> None ATM
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Intimate Ink</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 09:18:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/173130aa89610c55f887df7e2d3cf9c1/tumblr_obf4hea9Gj1v7qsymo1_1280.png)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong>&nbsp; Sean Cassidy<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Banshee<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Omnisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Widowed<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'2" (188.9 cm)<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 165 (11.78 st)<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Red<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> County Mayo, Ireland<br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Sean has a weak but present relationship with his parents, Haigan and Riona Cassidy, who live within the family Keep in Country Mayo, Ireland.&nbsp; Sean has an estranged cousin, Thomas Cassidy, with mutant abilities that also goes by the moniker Black Tom Cassidy (http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_Cassidy_(Earth-616)).&nbsp; He additionally had a wife, Maeve, and daughter, Therese, whom were presumably killed during an undercover police assignment.&nbsp; Sean is a direct descendant of Irish war hero, Liam Cassidy.<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Sean is a brash iconoclast with strong ideals and an even stronger willpower to fight for them.&nbsp; While he comes from a notably wealthy background, he tends to be unswayed by traditional shows of prestige; at times, he will go through lengths to come across as someone whose background was more working class and average than his truly was.&nbsp; He values the importance of being resilient and 'tough enough' to make difficult and time-sensitive decisions; this no-nonsense approach sometimes manifests as a fault, as he risks hasty reactions and being unjustly critical at weakness.&nbsp; That aside, Sean can be charming if in a bit of a rabble sort of way that emphasizes the 'everyday guy' and punk aesthetic he aspires to.&nbsp; Sean is competitive, intelligent and energetic; he is also short-tempered, a poor business administrator, and short-sighted.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong>&nbsp; Bar games (darts, pool, cards, etc.) Drum playing, Guitar playing, Martial Arts/Unarmed Combat, Music, Singing, Football ("Soccer") fanatic, Weapons/Firearms enthusiast <br><br><strong>History:</strong> Sean Cassidy was born to two non-mutant parents, Haigan and Riona, in County Mayo Ireland.&nbsp; Due to their economic influence and proud history within the area, the family line was largely considered nobles by the town, despite being in an age where such notions were fast dying.&nbsp; Much to the disappointment of his extended family, Sean was an often physical and sometimes oafish child.&nbsp; At no time was this more apparent than when he was playing with his cousin, Tom.&nbsp; Tom was soft-spoken and mannered, exemplifying the traits that the contemporary Cassidy clan valued most.&nbsp; This was notably problematic for Sean, since even at an early age, Tom had a secretive vicious and mean streak.&nbsp; Tom would often going through elaborate pranks to publicly provoke Sean's uncontrolled temper, or simply have him look brash and embarrassing to a family that placed a high value on subtle grace.<br><br>It was perhaps due to feeling at-odds with the more genteel background that he sprung from, by his early adolescence Sean had begun to push away from his family's lifestyle in attitude and appearance.&nbsp; This was most embodied in him becoming enraptured with both the contemporary and historic punk scene.&nbsp; When his parents said 'good schooling and etiquette', Sean only attempted to drown it out with the sounds of The Pogues, Sex Pistols, Apostles, and Levellers.&nbsp; He did his best to distance himself from the family and upbringing much to their ire; most of all, of course, he tried to disassociate himself from his glib-tongued and manipulative cousin.<br><br>Sean's mutant abilities would first manifest as he was trying to mimic the heavy-lunged, shouting growl of Million Dead while alone in his room.&nbsp; Instead of simply brash notes coming forth from his throat, a concussive blast shot forth that sent his bed, posters, and the many strewn about dirty clothes forcefully against the wall.&nbsp; Once he learned to tap into the ability the first time he was able to slowly refine it, experiment with it, and start planting the knowledge seeds that would form the basis of many of his future powers.&nbsp; Sean made the calculated decision not to share the development with his family, believing that it would only further cause him to be looked upon as a pariah.&nbsp; Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Sean, Tom Cassidy was also in the process of learning about his important genetic differences.<br><br>When Sean was sixteen he would meet his future wife, Maeve Cassidy, while attending school.&nbsp; Due to his often subversive dress and cocky attitude Sean was often the prime suspect of the school administrators; this was certainly the case when an unknown student had placed pipe bombs within the school.&nbsp; Maeve covered for Sean with an alibi when the school and law enforcement came in, much to Sean's surprise.&nbsp; Maeve confided to him that she believed him to be innocent because of the protective, moral character she had quietly observed him displaying.&nbsp; <br><br>Sean's cousin, Tom, unfortunately, was equally taken with Maeve the moment that he met her.&nbsp; &nbsp; Maeve was soon torn between the two; Sean represented her own instinctual interests, while Tom was looking to be the quiet and successful businessman that Maeve's parents would prefer her to be with.&nbsp; In the end it would seem that biology would aid in her decision, as Maeve became pregnant with Sean's child still months prior to her eighteenth birthday after a reckless moment she shared with the youth.<br><br>Sean, while terrified, begged Maeve to not terminate the pregnancy.&nbsp; She made her position clear enough:&nbsp; an aspiring punk-rocker from an estranged, if wealthy, family was not capable of being a fit father.&nbsp; Faced with his realistic options Sean chose to fight for Maeve and his child.&nbsp; Unbeknownst to Sean, even though they now shared an unborn child together, a slowly-twisted Tom was still actively working on seducing Maeve away from him.<br><br>Having never developed the carousing skills to succeed in family-oriented businesses, and lacking the education for many skill-based professions, Sean chose to put aside his anti-authoritarian philosophies in order to join the An Garda Síochána as an officer of the law.&nbsp; Simply put, if Sean no longer had the luxury of trying to change the system from outside it in iconoclast culture, he opted to try and work the system from the inside.&nbsp; His natural physical prowess and urge to protect the innocent made him a surprisingly good fit despite his background; while it was not the life Sean imagined it was starting to look like a life that he could be happy with all the same.<br><br>That sense of peace would be far too short-lived, however.&nbsp; While Sean was working as an under cover officer, Maeve and their young daughter, Theresa, were involved in a blast targeting the home they had built for themselves in Rathmines.&nbsp; The attack was apparently done as retaliation from someone who had learned of Sean's cover, but the exact identity of the attacker remains unknown.&nbsp; The fact that the news had taken several days to reach Sean, whom was still using a secret identity at the time, infuriated Tom.&nbsp; Tom accused Sean of always being incapable of taking care of Maeve, and proclaimed that this would not have happened if he had not taken her from him.&nbsp; Sean was viciously and physically attacked even in his grief, and was left with both a broken leg and Tom's sworn enmity.<br><br>Sean would choose to turn away the comfort of his native country, as well as the approval of his parents, for the option of not being around those things that most reminded him of the life that he and Maeve had started for themselves.&nbsp; No longer feeling the need to be settled due to concerns for a family, he moved to New York City, determining to continue his tract through a criminal justice education and an internship program with Interpol.<br><br>It was while working under Interpol that Sean first encountered Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning.&nbsp; He was initially dismissive of their mission, however began to realize the benefits in seeking acceptance at the institute.&nbsp; The powers that he kept hidden from the world could be used without judgement; furthermore, he no longer had to pretend that the punk-rock aesthetic he wore in undercover operations was not truly part of who he was.&nbsp; In some ways, the man he pretended to be was more the man he truly was.&nbsp; In short, he would be accepted, he could learn about his own abilities, and provide protection to those in need at the same time.&nbsp; Perhaps more importantly, he could forget about the life back in Ireland that still hung heavy in his memories.<br><br>Sean's time at the school has been a beneficial one.&nbsp; His experience in law enforcement, police procedural, and firearms has been helpful in the mission of the institute.&nbsp; Furthermore, his own abilities have continued to develop.&nbsp; He has developed rivals and friends, mentors and pupils.&nbsp; He has used his passion and skill in the brash styling of punk music to have a few makeshift bands and performances during his time at the Institute, which has helped his popularity among some of the younger and more iconoclast students.<br><br>Most recently, he was severely injured during the recent attack on the school.&nbsp; Sean's throat was fully slit by Mystique while she was under the guise of a student, and while his powers allowed him to recover from the attack, returning from that critical wound in combination with a broken leg and many lacerations has been difficult.&nbsp; As a somewhat prideful, independent man, Sean has made quite the terrible patient, and the staff assisting in his recovery are likely even more relieved than Sean to see his autonomy start to return.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Generational Skip<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Alpha Level. Mostly, but not completely in controlled/mastery of powers at this time (~85%).<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> As his canonical counterpart, Sean Cassidy's lungs, throat, and voice may combine to do a variety of supernatural sonic-based effects, which is complimented by an assortment of low-grade reflexive psionic powers.&nbsp; These abilities help to give him strong aptitude in combat situations as well as notable utility.&nbsp; This, of course, makes his throat and lungs his greatest asset, but also his greatest liability since smart foes are able to identify it as a point of disablement.&nbsp; Excessive use of his abilities in a condensed period of time will likewise cause vocal strain and eventual hoarseness, which will prevent him from power use until recovery.<br><br><em>Psionic Shield (Self-limited)</em> - Shawn has a limited psionic shield whose sole utility is to prevent him from generally being affected by his own powers.&nbsp; In extreme situations, however, as detailed in the following power entries, this shield may partially or fully fail.<br><br><em>Low-Wave Frequency Scream</em> - Sean may stun an individual or group, even with shielded ears, by letting out a scream that penetrates the skull via bone conduction.&nbsp; By varying the degree of the scream he may coax them into nausea, disorientation, or simple unconsciousness.&nbsp; While normally protected from these effects via his <em>Psionic Shield</em>, if Sean seeks to cover too large of an area his protection has a chance of failing, effecting him as well.<br><br><em>High-Wave Frequency Scream</em> - Sean may generate blasts of high profile concussive force, which can be aimed to knock back or physically damage an opponent or a close-clustered group.&nbsp; While canonically Sean's highest achievement of this power allows outright disintegration/liquification of his opponents, this is not a level of power he has access to at this time.&nbsp; For storytelling purposes, at the GMs discretion, the higher aspect of this power may be accessed in the presence of a life-threatening level of adrenaline or equal stimuli; however, it's use would easily overcome Sean's <em>Psychic Shield</em> and leave him both severely wounded from the effects of his own attack and completely depleted in the process. <br><br><em>Inanimate Destruction</em> - Sean may use his scream to shatter, warp, or otherwise destroy an object.&nbsp; Particularly substantial objects will require more power, may be beyond his capability, or compromise his <em>Psionic Shield</em>.<br><br><em>Sonic Shield/Deflection</em> - Sean may propel a wave of sonic energy in order to form a sonic shield against incoming objects, including weapons and attacks.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Sean himself is uncertain of the full limits of this power (which can be exemplified no better than the attempt to deflect a crashing plane resulted in the Marvel character's canonical death.)<br><br><em>Flight</em> - Sean may hover, or fly at the speed of sound, and carry a single person without burden in the process.<br><br><em>Sonar</em> - Much like a bat Sean may radiate soundwaves outwards and interpret their feedback.&nbsp; This allows him to have a level of orientation and sense of object placement, even when his sight is affected.<br><br><em>Mimicry</em> - Sean has the ability to reach and repeat sound frequencies he has heard, even those well outside a normal human's vocal register.<br><br><em>Selective Hearing</em> - Sean has the ability to selectively 'phase out' sounds around him, providing him immunity to some of his own abilities, and superior eavesdropping skills in noisy situations.<br><br><em>Vocal Stamina</em> - Sean's throat, lungs, and vocal chords are super-humanly resilient, and he is capable of withstanding damage and recovering from throat wounds that would have permanently muted, if not outright killed, many others.&nbsp; Strength, of course, does not equate to invulnerability and it remains an effective targeting point to harm the mutant.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Things not given to your character by their mutation. Ex: multilingual, martial artist, etc.<br><br><em>Carousing</em> - Sean not only is a natural in a party crowd, but he has had reason to do so under pressure.&nbsp; He knows how to be charismatic, hold his liquor, play a mean game of pool, and blend in with the crowd.<br><br><em>Firearms (Advanced)</em> - Sean is very competent with firearms due to often being unable to rely on his mutant abilities when he wishes to maintain cover.&nbsp; He is capable of teaching others this training to a degree.<br><br><em>Musician</em> -&nbsp; Sean has a lifelong love with punk rock music.&nbsp; His supernaturally strong lungs and vocal chords make him a an unusual, if far from classically-trained, singer and he has the ability to play the guitar, bass, and drums.&nbsp; He is all garage band and no orchestral background, however.<br><br><em>Police Procedural</em> - Sean has experience in police procedural and investigation techniques due to his history at both An Garda Síochána and the New York City division of Interpol.<br><br><em>Unarmed Combat (Intermediate) -</em> While Sean favors keeping his distance in a fight, his training as a police officer (as well as a streetfight or three,) has provided him some skill in hand-to-hand situations.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Law/Criminal Justice (College Level), Assists Xavier with General Institute Activities<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> <br><br>Ezra "Streak" Bell - Coming Soon/TBD<br><br>Kyle "Vyrus" Morgan -&nbsp; You can't live under the thumb of your adviser all the time, right?&nbsp; Sean and Kyle initially bonded over their mutual interest in marksmanship, but time spent hanging out soon turned into an opportunity for sharing other interests.&nbsp; Knowing that Kyle has more than enough hierarchical advisement from Scott Summers, Sean has taken up more of the buddy role.&nbsp; Sean is actively interested in the hacker culture that is more Kyle's domain, and the two share both their mutual interests and the occasional kvetch session.<br><br>Laura "X-23" Kinney - Sean and Laura quickly bonded over punk music, politics, and aesthetic.&nbsp; He's an open admirer of her resilience and frank, no-nonsense way of dealing with the world.&nbsp; The fact that she looks up to him for guidance in matters of counter-culture both thrill and often amuse him.&nbsp; He openly advocates for her while trying to keep enough of a distance to allow her that unique style of independence.&nbsp; Many times, particularly after Sean's injuries, the two managed to spend hours together communicating barely at all, though appreciating the company of the other while listening to music.<br><br>Marcel "M"&nbsp; St. Croix - Marcel and Sean are tumultuous frenemies who seem incapable of either entirely getting along or fully disliking each other.&nbsp; &nbsp;Their already strong personalities seem to only amplify when they are too close to each other; Sean's punk-leaning greater-good and anti-establishment philosophies are always clashing with M's hedonistic, indulge-in-the-moment ways.&nbsp; When they aren't fighting they are sharing a drink together or laughing, though, providing some quiet affirmation that when the proverbial chips are down, they are loyal defenders of each other.<br><br>Samira "Sam" Kane - Sean quickly learned to values Samira's connection to nature and live-in-the-moment ways.&nbsp; While his recent injuries have largely prevented their walks, talking, and general not-too-serious-now decompression sessions, with the start of the school year they should be back to their routines.
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				Post by: <strong>Amarlo</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 09:36:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/reuIJTV.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Laura Kinney<br><strong>Alias:</strong> X, X-23, Laura X, Talon, Lexie, Captain Universe<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Demisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5’1”<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 110 lbs (With adamantium claws)<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> The Facility, unrevealed North American location<br><br>More Images(Imgur Gallery) (http://imgur.com/a/As0jl)<br><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br>Wolverine (James "Logan" Howlett) - genetic template/Big brother/Fatherly/Mentor/Thing<br>Sarah Kinney - creator/mother<br>Amiko Kobayashi - foster niece/sister/thing<br>Megan Kinney - cousin<br>Debbie Kinney - aunt<br>Daken - half-brother/nephew/thing<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><strong>Personality:</strong> A clone of the mutant Wolverine, Laura was trained as a living weapon by a secretive government agency. Now residing with the X-Men, she strives to recover her stolen youth and become a fully realized person. However, due to the way she was raised, Laura lacks many of the traits even mutant teens tend to exhibit, and beating around the bush is just about the worst thing you can do with her. While her temper typically has an unpredictable fuse, when it’s lit it often ends with <i>a lot</i> of blood being spilt. She doesn’t seem to have much of a sense of humor either, nor had she ever been seen smiling. Sometimes she is entirely to frank; she sees little reason for tact when speaking to others and has unintentionally created enemies because of this. However, she is slowly growing into her own person and while <i>slowly</i> seems to be the understatement of the century, there is still a relatively consistent growth rate! She has even shown interest in experiencing ‘normal teenager’ things (Such as sleep overs, games, concerts), even if she can sometimes take them into strange and awkward places for those around her. <br><br>At a distance Laura can be recognized as a very curious creature by nature, always interested in examining her surroundings and the things within it for new information and experiences. Despite her issues and her upbringing, Laura has somehow managed to retain a staunch sense of morality and while she has no problem killing and doing many unscrupulous things, she has a strict policy on how to go about these things… Even if she’s still kind of learning what these policies are. Many people have issues with what little of her they know. Not many are aware of more than the fact she’s a clone of Logan, was raised to be a weapon and in effect killed multiple people – because of this there have been many conflicting views on her and the safety risks she presents by being on the school premise. Thankfully neither Xavier nor Logan are ready to turn her away yet, and while she can be trying at times, sees plenty of potential in her she otherwise struggles to see. <br><br><br>[Standoffish, quiet, observant, tactically minded, loyal, protective, distant, intimidating, reclusive, insecure, stoic, reserved, selfless, low self-worth, compassionate, merciless, ruthless, sharp.]<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Information gathering, reading(Nonfiction), trying new things, wood and stone carving, research, Tormenting Julian Keller, Human watching (Kind of like Bird watching, but unintentionally creepier…), video games, eating. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> X-23 is a female clone of Weapon X (Wolverine) and was raised by a government agency to be little more than a living, breathing weapon to be used by the highest bidder. The majority of her childhood was spent being trained and conditioned towards this end, and the means were often so savage that many psionics avoid reading her memories because of the sheer brutality they would have to experience through her eyes. Luckily, for Laura, she wasn’t so easy to brain wash and resisted them in one way or another around every turn. However, to punish her, they not only forced her to kill her Sensei – perhaps the only man to have shown her any kindness until that point – with a trigger scent she’d been conditioned to fall into a beserker like, mindless killing rage from. At one point they likewise gave her a puppy with an instruction to destroy the animal, and when she did not, they forcibly removed the animal from her possession and then gave her a choice – watch as they torture the creature to death because of her insubordination or kill the animal herself to reduce its suffering. It became very apparent to her at that point that she was doing those she killed a favor when the options were considered. <br><br>It was for a long time after that before she ever risked disobeying again, despite the abuse she endured at their hands, but this time it was as Zander Rice attempted to use her as a means to remove Dr. Sutter and his entire family from the facility’s equation. She was unable to bring herself to kill Sutter’s young son and covertly revealed the truth of the mission to Sarah Kinney. One thing led to another and the facility was left in ruins as X-23 emerged from within to meet up with Sarah, but in a cruel twist of fate Zander Rice extracted his revenge on the two from the grave and had exposed Sarah to the trigger scent. X-23 was forced to kill the last person that had ever treated her with compassion, even if she was just as criminal as the rest. It was during Sarah’s death that X-23 first discovered she had a name, and she left the facility as Laura Kinney.<br><br>Laura has participated in everything from prostitution to assassinations, covert operations and rescues all before the age of 15. She attempted to stay under the radar for years but as time went on a conditioned instinct drove her to seek out Wolverine. Little did she know that every time she came within proximity of the man she would have an uncontrollable urge to kill him – yet another one of those lovely condition responses drilled into her from her youth. After all, one of her primary missions had been to assassinate Logan. She and her genetic twin had several violent encounters where neither seemed to come out the victor. It wasn’t until she became desperate enough to come onto the Xavier Institute’s grounds and attack him there that she finally met Xavier – or more so, Xavier got into that chaotic head of hers. He discovered that her repeated attacks where not only something conditioned into her from her terrible history, but that she continuously returned and sought out Wolverine in hopes that he’d be capable of ending her life. <br><br>Xavier sent Laura into a deep sleep and stopped Logan from making the final kill at the last moment. It was explained to the man that this woman knew more about Logan than he even knew of himself, and that she was an extremely misguided youth that had endured abuse like he couldn’t even imagine. What inevitably made him stop Logan, however, was not the crimes of her past (both committed by her and upon her) but the glimmers of compassion she had shown over the years. She had <i>potential</i>, the girl clearly showed a capacity for becoming something better for herself. However, when they finally woke her and attempted to speak with her, she attacked Logan again – but this time not because of some conditioned response. This time it was because she was <i>angry</i> with him for not doing his duty and removing the world of a very dangerous weapon - <i>her</i> - and she openly berated him for it. She fled from the school shortly after attacking him, after realizing what had come out of her mouth, and disappeared for nearly a year after. Logan attempted to track her multiple times, and many times it proved extremely difficult – which just gave him a little taste of what she was capable of. However, over that year, when they did cross paths again… Laura found herself slowly coming to terms with what she was, and in no small part thanks to Logan’s communication attempts. Eventually, albeit begrudgingly, Laura agreed to return with him to the Institute – but not as a student of her own mutant abilities – but as a teenager attempting to recapture her youth. And she has had a <i>lot</i> of adventures since then. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta, She has been classified as a severe threat by both the O*N*E and Nimrod.<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><em>Superhumanly Acute Senses</em> - Laura possesses superhumanly acute senses that are comparable to those of certain animals. She is capable of seeing at much greater distances, and with perfect clarity, than an ordinary human. She retains this same level of clarity in near-total darkness. Her sense of hearing is enhanced in a similar manner, allowing her to both hear sounds that ordinary humans can't and to hear sounds that ordinary humans can, but at much greater distances. X-23 is able to use her highly developed sense of smell to track targets by scent with an impressive degree of success, even if the scent has been eroded by natural factors, such as the weather.<br><br><em>Bone Claws </em>– Her skeleton includes two retractable bone claws in each arm and one in each foot that she can extend and retract at will. These claws are housed beneath the skin and muscle. Unsheathing them causes her skin to tear and bleed, but the wounds are quickly dealt with by her healing factor. X-23 can unsheathe any number of these claws at once, although she must keep her wrists and/or feet straight at the moment the claws emerge. The claws are naturally sharp and tougher than normal human bone, allowing X-23 to cut through most types of flesh and natural materials. [citation needed]<br><br><em>Uni-Power</em> - Laura has been occasionally seen wielding the powers of Captain Universe. While the majority of Captain Universe’s abilities are not currently within her possession, it has been stated by the enigma power she is to be the future heir to its power - thusly why its mark permanently appears on her hand.<br><br><em>Growing Mental Resistance</em> – She has periodically exhibited the ability to both resist and break free of mind control, altering abilities or even parasitic take over. She has even started to show a passive resistance to mind reading, as Emma Frost has started to have difficulty probing her memories. Although no psionic has had difficulty reading her immediate thoughts to date. It has been suggested this is due to her connection with the Uni-force.<br><br><em>Regenerative Healing Factor</em> - Like Wolverine, X-23's primary mutant power is an accelerated healing factor that enables her to regenerate damaged or destroyed tissue with far greater speed and efficiency than an ordinary human – however, unlike Wolverine, her healing abilities are not hampered like his due to his entire skeletal structure being coated in adamantium. She is capable of fully healing injuries resulting in massive tissue damage and blood loss such as excessive bullet wounds, slash wounds, and puncture wounds within a matter of minutes. Her healing factor is developed to such a degree; she is capable of reattaching severed limbs, such as a hand. She has also proven capable of regrowing an entire arm on her own (Elixir was incapacitated at the time). Her healing factor may fluctuate with her psychological state as battle wounds tend to heal very quickly, but her self-inflicted cuts appear to remain visible for some time – this suggests she may be capable of controlling the rate of her regenerative factor in the future even if it is currently only subconscious.<br><br><em>Foreign Chemical Immunity</em> - X-23's natural healing also affords her the virtual immunity to poisons and most drugs. She can be affected by some drugs, such as tranquilizers, if she is exposed to a massive dose.<br><br><em>Disease Immunity</em> - Due to her highly efficient immune system, X-23 is immune to all Earthly diseases and infections.<br><br><em>Superhuman Stamina</em> – Laura’s muscles produce considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the muscles of an ordinary human. She can exert herself at peak capacity for about 24 hours before fatigue begins to impair her.<br><br><em>Superhuman Agility</em> – Laura’s agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.<br><br><em>Superhuman Reflexes</em> – Laura’s reflexes are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. In at least one case she reacts to and slices in half with her claws a bullet fired at her face from nearly point-blank range.<br><br><em>Superhuman Durability</em> - She was capable of fighting the Hulk without sustaining any severe injuries and surviving energy blasts from Nimrod (even if she required healing and nearly died). <br><br><em>Peak Human Strength</em> - Because of her healing factor, X-23 can push her muscles, joints, and ligaments to levels beyond the natural limits of a woman of her height, weight, and build without sustaining injury. Unlike Wolverine, her skeleton isn't laced with Adamantium. While her skeleton, much like her musculature, can withstand greater pressures than a normal human skeleton, she can only withstand so much weight and pressure without sustaining fractures. While not superhuman, she is as physically strong as an ordinary human can be and can lift about 800lbs.<br><br><em>Insulated Weather Adaptation</em> –Laura’s is resistant to elemental extremes, particularly arctic conditions. <br><br><em>Longevity</em> - Presumably, because X-23 is a clone of the mutant Wolverine, her healing factor will also provide her with an extended lifespan by slowing the effects of the aging process.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><em>Adamantium claws</em> – Two in each hand and one in each foot.<br><em>Multilingual</em> - Laura can speak fluent English, French, and Japanese. She might be able to speak other languages.<br><em>Gifted Intellect</em> - She possesses the ability to quickly process multiple information streams (e.g., threat assessment) and rapidly respond to changing tactical situations. She also retains an eidetic memory.<br><em>Master Acrobat</em> - She is an Olympic class athlete, gymnast, acrobat and aerialist capable of numerous complex maneuvers and feats.<br><em>Master Martial Artist</em> - She is a master in hand to hand combatant, with intensive training in numerous armed and unarmed martial arts techniques during her time in the facility.<br><em>Expert Tracker</em> - Due to her enhanced sense of smell, Laura is a dangerous tracker and has memorized many different scents.<br><em>Expert Marksman</em> - She is an expert marksman skilled in throwing weapons and firearms, but operates more efficiently without them.<br><em>Pain Resistant</em> – Laura shows extreme resilience during undeniably painful experiences and has survived fatal injuries multiple times over without batting an eye in the heat of the moment. <br><em>Expert Covert Ops Training</em> - Raised in captivity, due to her extensive training as a top-secret operative, X-23 has been trained to become a living weapon. She is highly trained in the use of long range weapons and explosives, and is an expert in assassination techniques.<br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong>Mental Resilience, Sorcery and Magic, History (Mutant &amp; Human), Strategy and Tactics, Flight, Teleportation Training, Clairvoyance, Intermediate Telepathy, Intermediate Telekinesis, Languages (Because she’s really curious about everything. &gt;.&gt;)<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Archery, Chess, Video games, Cooking<br><br><strong>School Relations:</strong> <br>Julian Keller – Best friend and crush<br>Logan – Big brother/fatherly/mentor thing<br>Xavier – Mentor/Fatherly/Grandfatherly<br>Rae - Counselor/Maternal<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Connections</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/rWLFc3G.jpg)<br><em><strong>Laura Kinney – Talon – X-23</strong></em><br><em>Connection and Plotting Seeds </em></div><br><br>The Little Details<br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>While the X-men have been aware of her for several years now, she hadn’t officially joined the institute as a student until a year ago. She left after only being there briefly to join the Avengers Academy for a short time, during which she was a part of an incident where several of the students were kidnapped by Arcade and placed in a Death game where all of the students were forced to fight each other to survive. Several times the trigger scent was used on her to attack her fellow comrades, a great source of guilt for her, and to make matters worse the game was publicly televised. She has only returned to the Xavier Institute a couple of months ago. </li><li>Escaped the facility late in her 14th year of age. She did not approach Logan until she was about 16, then ended up running away from him and the other X-men for about a year before Logan convinced her to come back. She was only there for a few months before more incidents happened and she left to join Avenger's Academy.</li><li>During Magneto's most recent attack, Laura was severely injured but recovered quickly thanks to her healing factor. She spent the majority of the attack with the youngest of Xavier's institute.</li><li>She has a reputation for staring at people a lot, and copying certain behaviors at times.</li><li>She has upset more than a handful of students in the school with her blunt nature and tendency to ask questions that shouldn’t be asked.</li><li>It is rumored that she practically clings to Logan’s side, but it’s mostly due to the fact she is comfortable just sitting in silence with him while he repairs the jet or does whatever he does.</li><li>She has been accused of stalking people on more than one occasion.</li><li>Despite all of this, she actually typically proves to be a very loyal and compassionate friend with a sort of strangely useful insight to certain situations because of her strange point of view.</li><li> During the attack in the premise, Laura was severely wounded several times but because of the nature of her abilities she healed pretty quickly. She spent the entire attack among those of the youngest students of the institute and the medical staff, as protection.</li></ul><br><strong>Connections I am looking for:</strong> Friends, Enemies, Frenemies, Rivalries, Bad Starts, Random tidbits etc, etc. <br><br><strong>Connections in Progress:</strong><br>Ace Flyer<br>Orange<br><br><strong>Confirmed connections:</strong><br><em>Black Howling - Logan:</em> One screwed up set of siblings. &lt;3 He's kind of like her big brother, mentor and this sort of paternal thing all at the same time. She feels most comfortable around him at this point because she doesn't feel like she has to act any certain way around him to be accepted. Logan is her legal guardian. <br><br><em>Black Howling - Kyle Morgan:</em> Kyle is one of those guys that just can't seem to sit in silence, let alone stop talking. At first Laura really didn't know what to do with him, especially when he decided to force her to be more social by trying to hold mostly one sided conversations with him. She didn't mind his presence, but Laura was the type that appreciated the value of quiet. At one point she simply told him to stop talking, and poor Kyle, try as he did he just couldn't remain silent for more than a minute. Incidentally, Laura actually found herself chuckling at that. The fact that he simply <i>tried</i> meant a lot to the wayward woman, and it wasn't long before she counted him among her friends. Sometimes it's just nice to someone jabber at you. <br><br><em>Npc - Xavier:</em> Laura finds him intimidating, but only because he seems like such an inherently good person that she's not sure how to react to him. She definitely looks up to him and respects him, even if she doesn't like that he's pried into her mind. She seems him as a mentor and sort of fatherly figure. <br><br><em>Intimate Ink - Sean Cassidy:</em> He is her punk mentor. Laura wouldn't say she idolizes him but she definitely likes him and she definitely enjoys his philosophies. She's always been a bit of a punk already but when she learned there was an entire culture of people out there like her, Laura kind of dove nose first into learning as much as she could about the scene, and Sean Cassidy was and still is her guide!<br><em><br>Intimate Ink - Julian Keller:</em> Laura and Julian have a history that is... hard to label, really. She's honestly not really sure how to label it, herself. She knows she has feelings for him that are beyond friendship, but she's still not exactly sure what to do with them. She honestly doesn't have much experience with this sort of thing, and between warnings from Logan and Julian's womanizing ways... Well, while she is aware of her own feelings for him, she doesn't exactly take any of his advances seriously. Poor Julian. <br><br><em>Intimate Ink – Joshua Foley:</em> Work in Progress<br><em><br>Persephone - Anna Marie:</em> Not so good... Laura kind of asked her the wrong question and it came out waaay worse than she meant it to be. Needless to say, poor Rogue! Laura actually likes Anne, however, and doesn't quite understand why she was so upset. <br><em><br>Persephone - Wanda Maximoff:</em> Their relationship is somewhat strained due to the fact Laura unintentionally offended Anna Marie. <br><br><em>Persephone - Elizebeth "Betsy" Barddock:</em> Betsy and Laura have a relatively friendly relationship. They have been comrades on the battlefield more than a handful of times and both respect each other's abilities to the fullest. <br><br><em>Persephone - Layla Bayoumi:</em> Laura kind of pretty much watches her a bit to much... Strangely enough, Layla doesn't seem to be to miffed by it and seems to recognize it as observation from the curious mind of a child.&nbsp; <br><em><br>Persephone - Ilyanna Rasputin:</em> Laura finds Ilyanna particularly interesting and has also engaged enemies on the battlefield beside this young woman. She respects Ilyanna for both her strength considering her history and her prowess. <br><em><br>Orange Marmalade - Marcel "M" St. Croix:</em> This relationship is strained at best. Marcel clearly isn't one of Laura's biggest fans and has done all he can to show as much. Despite his barrage of teasing and antagonistic attitude towards her, Laura hasn't given him the responses he has hoped for - things that proved to him, in his eyes, that she was actually more than a mindless, conditioned weapon. He has been more accepting of her during her second round of attendance at the institute, but he is still very leery of her. Laura, in return, is likewise leery of him. <br><br><em>Orange Marmalade - Theodore (Theo) Rufus Altman:</em> These two are friendly, to say the least, and occasionally sparring partners. He seems to be one of the few that can survive her sparring matches without broken bones (So long as she doesn't use her claws), so the two seem to go well together. <br><br><em>Lockepick - Ezra Bell:</em> Laura and Ezra were one of the few people in this world that Laura instantly hit it off with. It was almost effortless to get along with the undoubtedly brash and mischievous man, especially considering their coinciding interests - such as punk. Laura and Ezra have gotten into a lot of mischief together. He helped her cut loose more and also was the one to open her to the world of video games - much to many destroyed controllers' dismay... <br><em><br>AribethAmkiir - Clarice Ferguson:</em> Laura and Clarice first met each other years before they came to the Institute. Their relationship was complicated and simple all at the same time. Simple because survive was their single objective, complicated because survival was never simple when you were two mutant minors living on the streets. Laura learned some important things about herself and humanity thanks to Clarice, and Clarice was undoubtedly the first real friend she ever had. <br><br><em>nooblebloom - Winnifred Wilson:</em> Laura isn't really sure how to react to Winnie. On one hand, the girl seems to really like hearing herself talk but on the other hands she's pretty amusing when she does! The two of them are clones on top of that, and while Laura is far from the type of person to start a support group or club over it, she can't help but feel a bit of comradery with the girl. They can relate on about as many things as they can't relate on! So to put it simply, their friendship is budding despite the mutual dislike of their DNA-donors. <br><br><em>Elf - Ivan Storkov:</em> You could say they both became friends out of a mutual curiosity, or at least that’s how she sees it. Not many know how these two got to be friends, but then again no one’s really asked either. Sometimes it’s just better not to ask. <br><br><em>Wispyr - Rae Integra Bellemoore:</em> Laura was handed over to Rae for some much needed counseling the first time she came to the institute. It wasn’t an easy task, their first few sessions were informational at best but nothing you could really call ‘progress’. It didn’t take Rae long to switch tactics and slowly but surely the girl became more comfortable around the woman. When she came back from Avenger’s Academy and the incident that happened there, Laura was once again placed in Rae’s care. Rae is perhaps the only person she has ever really felt a maternal connection towards. <br><br><em>Bibliophilia – Jubilation Lee:</em> It wasn’t hard for Laura to see that Jubilee and Logan were close. It wasn’t long before the two were introduced. Their road was a rocky one and while they can sometimes annoy one another, it’s clear that they care for each other in an almost sisterly way. Unfortunately for Logan, during Laura’s ‘imitation’ phase she started to pick up some of Jubilee’s bad habits – namely poking fun at him. Jubilee seems to be more than happy to have a comrade in this and has gotten Laura into trouble quite a few times.<br><br><em>Juggtacular - Lucas Bishop:</em> These two aren’t exactly friends and they’re not exactly acquaintances either. The two are really far too comfortable sitting in silence with one another. <br><br><em>Juggtacular - Pietro Maximoff:</em> Most people think these two have a weird inside joke sort of game going on where Laura tries to kill him and he dodges – except Laura is actually trying to kill him…<br><br><em>Aida Rose - Samira "Sam" Kane:</em> As far as teachers go, Laura isn’t impressed. She’s aware that Sam and Logan once had ‘something’ between them but for the life of her, Laura can’t fathom why. Laura can smell whenever Sam participated in ‘extracurriculars’ and not only does she not approve, but she’s fairly certain Xavier wouldn’t either. Laura is typically one of those annoying students that pretty much pokes at her bad choices or questions just about everything she does.&nbsp; <br><br><em>Ace Flyer - Remy Lebeau:</em> Laura has a long and strange history with Remy. It all started while she was one the run after that fateful day she decided to attack Logan at the Institute. At some point between dodging Logan, the X-men and Facility operatives, Remy and Laura ran into each other. Remy helped her fend off the ruthless Kimura, her handler, and they ran off together on a few crazy adventures. Eventually Logan caught up to them and convinced Laura to come back to the school. Remy came back with her, for one reason or another. They've been friends ever since. He was also one of the people that helped recover her from Arcade. <br></div></div><br><br><strong>Extra Notes:</strong><br>- During the attack in the premise, Laura was severely wounded several times but because of the nature of her abilities she healed pretty quickly. She spent the entire attack among those of the youngest students of the institute and the medical staff, as protection. <br>- Laura joined the Institute on two separate occasions. The first time only lasted a few months before she left for Avenger's Academy. She was much less emotive back then. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Black Howling</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 16:29:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/kSLDBs8.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Kyle&nbsp; Morgan<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Vryus<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Closet Bi-sexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 160<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Boston, Massachusetts <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Father: Tyler Morgan, Imprisoned. | Mother: Rita Morgan, Deceased. | Aunt: Layla Taylor, Estranged.<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Kyle is confident, charming and very full of himself. He's likely to be the first to start talking in a crowd and the last to shut up. In truth this simply overshadows the somewhat classic nerd he is at heart. In spite of this all, he's at-least good humored and enjoys company.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Computers, Video Games, Tinkering, Chess and other board games.<br><br><strong>History:</strong><br>Kyle wasn't given the greatest start in life. Sure, he was born the oldest son to a wealthy man, but that man's money wasn't made by any legitimate means. His father by day was a respected small business owner, running a computer repair shop. By night he was the leader of a cyber terrorist group. The kind that preached freedom of information and speech, but seemed to always make a huge chunk of cash during their 'protests'. For the most part, Kyle never really noticed that anything was wrong with this approach or lifestyle. He grew listening to his father's rants and quickly developed a similar view point. <br><br>It didn't hurt that Kyle had inherited his father's talents. By the time he was old enough to be typing at a keyboard, he was already learning the tricks of the trade. He started helping with his father's operations the moment he hit puberty, and that's when he began to see just how dangerous and hypocritical this all was. The security of information, the way his father bred paranoia into everyone. The government was looking into everything; nothing was safe. The pacifist protesting view of 'let your mind be the weapon' also came into contradiction when he noticed everyone involved was receiving some more then mild combat training.<br><br>Kyle confronted his father about it, but at age thirteen it wasn't hard to spin how it was all just to ensure their safety. So he too took the lessons, learning how to shoot a gun as well as Thai Chi and basic karate. It wasn't until two years later that the corruption began to weigh more heavily on the young man. One of their own had been caught and questioned by the local authorities. She was released with little scrutiny, but his father wasn't keen to leave it at just a routine thing. When she came back to 'base' he thoroughly interrogated her. Using methods that made his stomach churn. At the end of it all, even when she had nothing to tell, his father still killed her.<br><br>Kyle couldn't handle it any longer, but he was now too scared too try getting out. So he stuck with it, playing their game like the good little cyber soldier until he found his opportunity. His father was planning a huge hit on the stock market, and was involving him more then enough to slip some info to the authorities. Kyle knew he had to play the game carefully, so he gave them breadcrumbs at a time from a secure server. Always making sure to cover his tracks from both the authorities and his father. Though, being his first time in a situation like that, he was bound to screw up.<br><br>Eventually Kyle gave too much information, and the authorities made their move. He can still remember sitting in his chair downstairs while the raid happened, watching as his father ditched all the information down the drain. How it occurred to him that the man would get off clean and just continue his rampage. How&nbsp; more people were going to have their lives ruined or be killed. He couldn't take it, and it was in that moment he felt his mind open up. How his conscious seem to become one with the systems, allowing him to block and restore all the criminal data that his father tried so desperately to destroy. <br><br>Kyle ensured his father went to prison that day, and apparently the secret of how he had done it didn't remain his own. As the social system tried to allocate where he was going to be held, considering the rest of the family didn't want him, he received a letter of invitation in the mail. His aunt was keen to sign the papers then, taking legal guardianship over the boy so long as she didn't have to deal with his constant upkeep. That's how he was first enrolled into Xavier's School, and that's where he's stayed every since.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><em>Cyber Mind</em> - That's at-least what he calls it. Kyle can 'uplink' to the world wide web anywhere he is at, using his brain like a massive supercomputer. Within just his own mind, he can hack systems, steal data or do most anything else the best computers on the planet can do. He's immune to Viruses in this form, and any he 'uploads' are completely made from his own imagination. They are still just normal viruses, however, and can be combated given time or effort. He also has no 'hard drive' aside from his own memory. Meaning he can't simply hook a flash drive into his ear and retrieve the data.<br><br><em>System Link</em> - With a computer nearby, his impressive mental powers only grow more efficient. He can literally link with any normal computer, operating it's system with a mixture of his mind and manual usage. He can perform any of the tasks above using this, as well as store the information he can gather. This ability also transfers to any machine with a form of operating system, meaning most modern devices.<br><br><em>Enhanced Time Sense</em>- Having a mind that functions like a supercomputer has other benefits as well. Due to this his reflexes and reaction time are far higher then any normal human. He's still confined by his mortal body, but being able to process things at such a higher level gives him a significant edge. <br><br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong><br><em>Computers Expert:</em> - Kyle is a skilled hacker, Computer repairmen and almost anything else one can think of that goes along with the field<br><em>General Tinkering:</em> - Kyle's interest in computers lead him to realize he's skilled at fixing a variety of electronic things. He's no engineer, but he's had a lot of practice and self teaching at repairing and maintaining most modern technologies.<br><em>Martial arts:</em> He's not the best or anything, but his the training course his father had wasn't cheap or crappy. He can use his mix of karate and Thai Chi to great effect.<br><em>Trained Marksmen:</em> As above. He's skilled in the use of firearms, primarily pistols.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br>Intermediate Telepathy, Mental Resilience, Strategy and Tactics, Power Control, History Mutant and Human.<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Chess<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bibliophilia</strong> on <strong>06-08-2016, 04:52:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/60aa0023d503f90a1c7ba0d51e312ef1/tumblr_oakcdlSHzB1tqblgxo1_1280.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Warren Kenneth Worthington III "Trey"<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Angel; Avenging Angel<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'0"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 150 lbs.<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Blonde<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Long Island, New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Warren Kenneth Worthington Sr. (grandfather, deceased), Warren Kenneth Worthington Jr. (father, deceased), Kathryn Worthington (mother, deceased), Burtram "Burt" Worthington (Dazzler, paternal uncle)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Warren's dedication to helping people and using his powers for good is without question.&nbsp; He can come off as a little arrogant or even cocky at times, but there's never any doubt that his heart is ultimately in the right place.&nbsp; He is highly intelligent and business-savvy, which means that he can often foresee the potential consequences of actions that others might overlook.&nbsp; His insight into wealth and influence gives him a keen awareness of ulterior motives that stem from greed, even if they might be obscured.&nbsp; He loves to teach and is always available as a tutor for students who need a little extra help with their other classes, since he has a relatively light academic workload himself.&nbsp; His friendly attitude, optimistic outlook and focus on always treating others with respect and kindness makes him pleasant company, and some believe arises from his desire to live up to his alias.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Netflix, baking, archery, fencing, video games<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Warren Worthington III was born in Centerport, New York to powerful CEO Warren Worthington Jr. and socialite Kathryn Worthington.&nbsp; His father was a very influential, wealthy man with several corporations to his name, many of which had been passed down for several generations.&nbsp; Trey, as his parents and their friends called him, was attending an exclusive private school when, around the age of thirteen, he began to grow white feathered wings.&nbsp; Trey was horrified at first, but soon discovered that he could fly and, by association, help others.&nbsp; One evening, there was a fire in his boarding school dorm and after borrowing a costume from the drama department to disguise his identity as an 'angel', he rescued his friends.&nbsp; Over time, he learned that he was a mutant, and he continued to use his power of flight to help others, while operating under the name Avenging Angel.<br><br>Eventually, he was discovered and recruited by Charles Xavier, and he left New York to move into the school.&nbsp; The transition wasn't entirely smooth, as his status as a rich playboy, as well as his issues with authority often rubbed the other members of the team the wrong way.&nbsp; After several months, however, Warren had learned to accept orders and the others had grown accustomed to working with him.&nbsp; After a year or so, Trey returned home when his father was murdered, and he was overcome by guilt, convinced that if he had been at home, he would have been able to save him.&nbsp; Not long after, his mother married his uncle Burt, only to suffer a long, inexplicable illness that ended with her death.&nbsp; Angel learned that his uncle, Burt Worthington, had killed his father under the guise of the villain Dazzler, and had subsequently poisoned his mother to death, all in an attempt to seize control of the family fortune.&nbsp; The two fought, and in the midst of the battle, Burt fell from a stunning height and was presumed dead.<br><br>Angel returned to the mansion and began teaching, as well as fighting with the X-Men.&nbsp; As the only living heir, he struggled to balance his responsibilities as a CEO, with his passion for fighting crime and teaching the next generation.&nbsp; Over time, he learned how to delegate and hired a business manager he could trust to carry out his wishes in his absence.&nbsp; His main struggle has been with the fact that his identity as a mutant is well-known, and there were certain ties which were broken due to anti-mutant sentiment.&nbsp; However, Angel considered those set-backs a net gain, since he wouldn't have wanted to work with bigots and definitely wouldn't have wanted to help people with those sort of narrow-minded, hateful views to become more prosperous.<br><br>Warren now serves as the business head of his family's company, which is listed on the low-end of the Fortune 500.&nbsp; However, due to his busy schedule and mutation, he often conducts his business via telephone and internet, or through a proxy.&nbsp; Since the death of his father and his inheriting the company, he has shifted the focus of Warren Industries to more socially conscious areas, and begun donating a large portion of the profits to charities and causes that support both humans and mutants alike.<br><br>During the attack on the school, Angel was severely, almost fatally, injured when he was slammed between Juggernaut and the nearest wall.&nbsp; He ended up with a shocking number of broken or fractured bones, and was in a coma for three days.&nbsp; Luckily, his regenerative powers and durability kept him from being killed, and he was back on his feet in two weeks and fully healed within a month.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Gamma level<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of Family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Wings: Angel possesses the superhuman ability to fly by means of his natural wings, which span 16 feet from wingtip to wingtip. Fully feathered like a bird's, the wings have a very flexible skeletal structure, enabling him to press them to the back of his torso and legs with only the slightest bulge visible under his clothing. Angel flies by flapping his wings, as a bird does.<br><br>Aerial Adaptation: Angel's entire anatomy is naturally adapted to flying. His bones are hollow like a birds, making him weigh far less than usual for a man of his build. His body is virtually devoid of fat and possesses greater proportionate muscle mass than an ordinary human does. His eyes are specially adapted to withstand high-speed winds which would hurt the average human eye. He possesses a special membrane in his respiratory system enabling him to extract oxygen from the air at high velocities or altitudes.<br><br>Peak Human Strength: Due to his body's natural mutation, the Angel possesses greater physical strength than an ordinary human equal to him in body weight and can lift about 500 lbs.<br><br>Superhuman Stamina: The Angel's musculature produces less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. He can physically exert himself at peak capacity for several hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood begins to impair him. His physical stamina while in flight is considerably greater. The Angel can fly non-stop under his own power for a maximum of approximately twelve hours. Contrary to some reports, he couldn't make a transatlantic flight solely on his own power. During his one attempt to do so, he hitched a ride on an airplane for part of the way.<br><br>Superhuman Durability: The tissues of Archangel's body are somewhat harder and more durable than that of an ordinary human, though he is far from invulnerable. While he can be injured in ways comparable to an ordinary human, his body is structured to withstand the friction caused by flying at high speeds. He can also withstand impact forces that would severely injure or kill an ordinary human with only mild to moderate discomfort.<br><br>Regenerative Healing Factor: The Angel possesses an accelerated healing factor that enables him to repair damaged tissue with much greater speed and efficiency than an ordinary human. He can completely recover from non-fatal injuries such as slash and punctures within a matter of hours and injuries as severe as broken bones within a few days. This ability extends to being transferred by blood, thus he can heal others who come into contact with his blood, provided they have the same blood type.<br><br>Flight: The Angel's normal cruising speed averages around 70 miles per hour (112 kph), though he is capable of diving swoops that reach up to 180 miles per hour (290 kph). He can fly at 150 miles per hour (240 kph) without the help of a tail wind for up to half an hour at a time before tiring to an appreciable degree. Though he generally flies beneath the height of the clouds ([6,500 feet)(1981 meters)he can reach a height of 10,000 feet (3000 meters)with little effort. With severe strain he can attain the highest recorded altitude of a bird in flight (African geese at 29,000 feet (8840 meters) above sea level), but he could only remain that high for several minutes.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Skilled combatant, business sense, multilingual (English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Arabic, Japanese, German, Spanish), swordsmanship<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Flight; Fencing; Archery<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> Not currently.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Orange Marmalade</strong> on <strong>06-08-2016, 07:14:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/DMSWtXB.png)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Common Other Forms</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh596/honoraryorange/MU/Adam%20Senn/936full-adam-senn_zps2534e151.jpg) (http://i1253.photobucket.com/albums/hh596/honoraryorange/MU/Cory%20Drouillard/Cory_Drouillard03-510x649_zpse79dceba.jpg) (http://cyber-breeze.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Sexy-Redhead-Ladies-Will-Not-Let-You-Go-Anywhere-21.jpg) (http://hairstylesweekly.com/images/2012/10/Carrie-Underwood-Hairstyles.jpg)</div></div></div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Theodore (Theo) Rufus Altman<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Hulkling, Changeling <br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male (mostly)<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Man-sexual (prefers men, regardless of his form)<br><strong>Status:</strong><br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'2 (variable)<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 180lbs (variable)<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark brown (variable)<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown (variable)<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Austin, Texas<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> "Mrs. Altman" (Foster mother, deceased), Unknown Skrull/Kree father, Unknown Mutant Mother (deceased), various Kree (all unknown to him)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Teddy is a bit unsure of himself. His ability to morph into nearly anything has made him unable to truly nail down who he is as a person. His personality seems to morph depending on whatever is required to blend in at the moment. That said, he's a little bit rebellious, and quite protective of the weak even though at times he's afraid of his own strength and afraid to act.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Video games, impersonating others<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Though he doesn't know it, Teddy is of alien origins, being born to a mother with a dormant mutation and Kree father. Add in a dash of strange reality warping powers and you've got Teddy - the human/kree mutant, a boy who is somehow greater than the sum of his parts. <br><br>He grew up in foster care to a very loving couple who treated him well, and overall his childhood was pretty typical and he was a well adjusted child. He realized he was gay early on but didn't act on it for most of his life. That wasn't the only way he was 'different' however, and when he was 14 his powers emerged, which he worked hard to keep secret. His powers started to have an effect on him, however, as his body started slowly changing to suit his own ideals. He got stronger, buffer, 'hotter' - all things that affected his popularity in school. But it still wasn't enough to get him what he really wanted - the football captain, Greg Norris. Teddy 'came out' to Greg, in so much as he told Greg that he was a mutant and could change shape. Greg tooks things extremely well, and Teddy worked hard to impress him, showing off for the guy as much as he could even though it wasn't enough to get what he <em>really</em> wanted out of Greg - a date.<br><br>Things came to a head when Greg started asking for crazier things, and eventually Teddy impersonated several well known heroes, at one point using it to get him and Greg into some restricted areas. Greg tried to steal some technology and Teddy wouldn't let him, leading to an altercation that eventually let to them being found out, which led to Teddy's secret getting found out.<br><br>Luckily Professor X heard of what happened, and he invited Teddy to come study at the school where he arrived towards the tail end of last year and has been studying every since.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><em>Super Strength</em> - Due to his heritage combined with his shapeshifting, Teddy is strong enough to go toe to toe with the strongest of earthly mutants. Generally he can lift about 75 tons, but this can go even higher if he uses his powers to 'bulk up' or chooses another, bigger form.<br><em>Super Durability</em> - In his human form Teddy is tougher than any human. He can withstand great falls, repeated bludgeoning by superhuman beings, and shrug off damage from small arms fire. He can make himself even tougher when he changes shape as well, making his skin harder, denser, and thicker, allowing him to deflect high caliber bullets and bladed weapons.<br><em>Healing Factor</em> - Should an opponent manage to pierce his skin, Teddy also heals at an extraordinary rate, nearing but not rivaling mutants such as Wolverine. Lost limbs can grow back, organs can be ripped out only to heal back into place minutes later, etc. This also has the effect of lowering the effects of earthly poisons and toxins and diseases on himself.<br><em>Shapeshifting</em> - Teddy's most notable power is his ability to shift into nearly anything he can think of. He can impersonate other people (including retinas, fingerprints and scents), grow wings to fly, turn into a dog or a Tyrannosaurus Rex if he wanted to. His mass shifts substantially when he shifts and his limits are shifting down to approximately the size of large bird or up to the size of a small whale. This power also functions semi-autonomously at times, causing him to grow protections when danger comes for him. For example his own organs have been shown to shift around to avoid injury.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Impersonation, (more to come?)<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> History (Mutant &amp; Human, and 101)<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Photography<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RampantDesires</strong> on <strong>06-08-2016, 13:29:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e5/More_Sage_Scars.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Tessa<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Sage<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Frigid? (but seriously, she's Pansexual)<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 27<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'7”<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 135<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue <br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> somewhere in the Balkans <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Unknown.&nbsp; Her non-mutant parents are now deceased and she has no known relatives. <br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Analytical and cold toward most Sage has few friends and LARGE trust issues.&nbsp; She is pragmatic and incredibly stubborn at times.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Training, learning or making new languages, shooting things, reading, people watching<br><br><strong>History:</strong> When asked about what she's done in the past Tessa always claims “a little of this, a little of that” and deflects&nbsp; or shuts down completely if pushed for details.&nbsp; Some of the highlights of her early years include growing up in a 'dirt poor' village in war-torn south eastern Europe (even she's not sure which country exactly), being sold into a harem by her parents, becoming embroiled in the invasion/wars in Afghanistan where she learned survival and combat skills against both soldiers and local bandits, and eventually saving the life of a trapped and wounded Mr. Charles Xavier in the Hindu Kush mountains.<br><br>When it came time to form his school Xavier recruited Tessa along with the original class of x-men, but not to study or teach, instead he sent her undercover to infiltrate the New York branch of the Hellfire Club where she became the assistant and general right hand of the Black King, Sebastian Shaw, all the while passing information back to Xavier.&nbsp; <br><br>While his students were learning Archery and History Tessa got crash courses in advanced torture techniques and other .. unsavory things that she'd rather not talk about.&nbsp; Though only following Shaw's orders at the time she managed to piss off Elias Bogan, a powerful Club member capable of mind control.&nbsp; She was kidnapped and held for quite some time, getting the distinctive facial brands beneath her eyes.&nbsp; Shaw refused to ransom her and it was Storm who managed to extract her and bring her back to the Institute.<br><br>In addition to the physical ones she has some deep psychological scars from that time and she's more than a little pissed at Charles, the contrast between her life and that of those at the school a sharp one. (The facial scars/brands will fade slightly with time, but right now are relatively fresh and raw about the edges.)<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Delta <br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <em>Super Human Intellect</em> – Sage's mind is essentially a supercomputer with unlimited storage capacity, perfect control and recall.&nbsp; She is capable of analyzing information and her surroundings with incredible speed as well as tracking probabilities of events by putting together stored and extrapolated data.&nbsp; &nbsp;She can easily partition her brain completing several tasks simultaneously without distraction. <br><br><em>Master the mind, master the body</em> -&nbsp; She can perfectly recreate physical actions that she has seen once so long as they are within her optimal human physical limits. Can also control her bodily functions to a degree such as stopping her heart or breathing for short periods. <br><br><em>Telepath</em> – Although not a heavy hitter in this regard Sage's ability is perfectly controlled and precise.&nbsp; She can communicate telepathically, project psionic energy blasts, create realistic illusions, and control an astral form.&nbsp; By shutting down her own telepathy she can create a psychic 'firewall' that blocks all manner of mental intrusion, deflecting the psychic attack back at its source. Since her capture paranoia causes Sage to stay completely in this firewalled state, not accessing her other telepathic abilities. <br><br><em>DNA sequencing</em> – Not only can she sense the presence of the mutant gene in others, she can identify and study it, in some cases is able to understand how their powers work better than they themselves can. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Self taught in many firearms (and learning more at every opportunity)<br>Hand to Hand Combat - Not only does she know several kinds of martial arts, she is capable of quickly analyzing her opponents and tailoring her attacks for optimal engagement.<br>Expert tactician and spy<br>While by no means omnilingual she is easily able to break down and study languages and tends to collect them whenever possible.&nbsp; She enjoys mastering obscure dialects and breaking code. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Languages/Cryptography, Current Events<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> <em>Professor Xavier</em> - Unlike the easy and almost affectionate relationship he has with the other staff and students her relationship with Charles is ... tense.&nbsp; She believes, and not entirely unjustly, that he threw her to the wolves to help protect his school. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aida Rose</strong> on <strong>06-08-2016, 14:19:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fc/63/bf/fc63bf653b417894204c2af2abedce70.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Samira "Sam" Kane<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Nothing fancy; just Sam. Not because she's too cool for them. Mostly she doesn't see the point. <br><strong>Gender:</strong> Cisfemale<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bisexual <br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 22<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'5 (165.1 cm) <br><strong>Weight:</strong> 110 lb (49.89 kg)<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black <br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown <br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Brooklyn, New York City, New York <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br>Allah Kane (mother &amp; Patent Attorney) <br>Tomas Kane (father &amp; Museum Curator) <br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> The biggest complaints Sam's parents ever had about her was that she took nothing seriously. Which, so not fair. She cared about tons of things, like the kid panhandling on the corner or whether her weed guy was sloppy enough to be hauled off to jail. She can be reckless, thoughtless, and is generally an all around mess. She can't stand to be bored. Often, she considers her mutation a profound blessing because without it, she's not sure she'd have any direction in life. That's important to her, because as together as she really isn't, her heart's the bleeding kind. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Napping, tree shenanigans, hiking, camping, swimming, partying, yoga, jogging, sculpture and pottery, and gardening. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> A big portion of Sam's childhood was spent alone, cooped up in her parents' spiffy Harlem townhouse in the long stretches between play dates. Just her and the nanny, while her mom and dad worked, worked, worked. She had no siblings and, until freshman year, no friends. Just a lot of quiet. She never had much appreciation for silence and an aggressive amount of time with it didn't help the matter. Probably, if she'd had her choice of mutation, she would've wanted something loud. Sonic, maybe. Plants are nice too. <br><br>Her parents took the whole mutant thing in stride. Denial was pretty difficult when your pristine, minimalist home became a jungle, the floors coated with dirt your daughter brought in for this very purpose because it helps her breathe. They weren't psyched, but it's not like this was the worst thing she ever did, and maybe if she kept busy with it, who knows? Stranger things happened. So they made a few calls, reached out to a friend's weird nephew, and enrolled Sam in the Xavier Institute like they had any other joint they tossed her in. It kinda worked. She can definitely control her powers a lot more than before and it's nice. She can sleep out in the Greenhouse and feel set in her skin. Besides her parents, she told a couple best friends, but kept her mouth shut. Even they figured the little demonstration she showed them was a trick of the light. <br><br>When she was a student, she blew off what didn't interest her and snuck off to every party she could. Now that she's leveled up, she's taken <em>some</em> responsibility. It's only one subject, after all, and one of the very few she finds important. Does she ditch every now and again? Of course. She's only human and everyone's gotta have the occasional hangover. <br><br>Ideally, Sam sees herself in a desert, probably reversing desertification. She'd honestly feel more comfort in a dense jungle or forest, but that's more meaningful, right? Resurrecting portions of the Sahara. She has the vague idea of it stuck in her head. As much as she doesn't have anything against the Institute, she holds that goal close. If nothing else, it feels good to know where she's going. Or, at least, where she wants to go. She grows a few special herbs for her own personal use and maybe the use of a few good friends. She's not interested in being anybody's dealer. <br><br>Sam's a fan of twisting plants to meet more <em>specific</em> standards. She downsized a Weeping Willow to guard her stuff and near the front she grew an Audrey Jr from Little Shop of Horrors to serenade (and maybe frighten) guests. Except Sam's not a fan of the name Audrey, so she calls her June instead. June only bites if you want her to, despite the occasional wail of, "Feeeed me." Her songs reflect her mood, which is often highly influenced by Sam's mood. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Delta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Pretty much blows off most offensive possibilities. There's always tossing some sand (or rocks or boulders or you get it) in the eye and, if she's among vegetation or Earth, she can summon them forward to hide her, but beyond that, she's more interested in experimenting with it. <br><br><span class="bbc_u">Chlorokinesis:</span> She can create, shape, and manipulate plants. She needs dirt to yield anything and a plant that needs sunlight will resist being summoned in darkness. She can't communicate with them. Although, and this could be all the weed talking, she's certain there are some special <em>vibes</em> coming her way. <br><br><span class="bbc_u">Terrakinesis:</span> She can shape and manipulate elements derived from Earth, but not create it. This doesn't come as easy to her as the plants, but she's been able to raise walls twice her height and possibly repair compromised soil. Pushing dirt and ground around's child's play. She's working on converting sand to soil, but it's been tough. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Botanical, life sciences, and homeopathic knowledge. Disarming personality, sweet dance moves, bendy, and awesome climber. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Biology. Gardening Club!<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> Ex(es) would be good. And friends and also <em>friends.</em> <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Sam Connections</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div align="center">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/cd/1c/51/cd1c5185538e4a055c7882245eb0337f.gif)<br><strong>Samira "Sam" Kane </strong><br></div><br><br>The Little Details<br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Sam's a former student turned staff member. I think it'd be cool, now that I think of it, if she had a favorite teacher-turned-colleague. Or a least favorite one, on the flip side.</li><li>Might come off as a bit (very) out of it. The frequency with which she shows up to class buzzed (buzzed, not high, because she's a <em>professional</em>) probably doesn't do a lot to help that. On the bright side, she knows her subject inside out, regardless of intoxication.</li><li>Outside of special circumstances, she's really friendly and in possession of a disarming disposition. She especially values friends and relationships because she spent a lot of her childhood alone. Her parents worked constantly and she was home schooled by her aloof nanny until middle school, after she'd made a huge conduct over it. She ruined the second floor and ran away to New Jersey. It scared her parents shitless. Mainly because Jersey.</li><li>Kinda inured to boredom, but hates it and gets restless easily</li><li>Outside of something gruesome like murder or rape, compromised reputations are likely to endear Sam. Disapproving whispers are sure sign of fun.</li><li>Loyal friend. Big heart. Intelligent.</li><li>Reckless, impulsive mess. Very dismissive of consequences, except maybe the murderous type. Wild.</li><li>She doesn't believe in god. However, if (s)he does exist, she figures (s)he's 1) a sick fuck and 2) totally loves Sam. (And why wouldn't (s)he?) 1's because of the breeding ground for tragedy Earth seems to be and 2's because Sam's managed to avoid most of it. Plus she has awesome tits. </li></ul><br><strong>Connections I am looking for:</strong> <br><ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_u">Partner in Crime.</span> It feels very weird to ask for (maybe too committal?) but here it is. It'd be more like someone for her to be real close to and go on benders with, engage in ill-advised fun, and etc</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Friends!</span> Lots of these, please.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Exes!</span> I think it'd make a lot of sense that she'd have a few and it'd be fun to have a couple among the player characters.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Frenemies/Scold-ers</span> If anyone wants to go out of their way to frown at Sam, that's cool. She's kinda a slob-y slacker/stoner. That might bug people. Unless they ruin her fun or say something <em>especially</em> nasty to her, the disdain might be a little one sided. </li><li><span class="bbc_u">Et Cetera!</span> Of the <em>wink wink</em> variety or otherwise. <br></li></ul><strong>Connections in Progress:</strong><br>I'm such a bum. But the longer I procrastinate, the larger and more terrifying (and more full of cool characters but terrifying also) the character thread grows...<br><br>So I guess,TLDR: very open to new connections. It'd be really nice to be PM'd, for a change. <br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Logan Howlett (Black Howling): Ex. </li></ul><br><strong>Confirmed connections:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Sean Cassidy (Intimate Ink): Friend.</li><li>Jubilation Lee (Bibliophilia): Great.</li><li>Warren Kenneth Worthington (Bibliophilia): Mother Hen.</li><li>Laura Kinney (Amarlo): Brat. </li><li>Marcel St. Croix (Orange Marmalade): Friend.</li></ul><br>Here's (https://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/giphy-5.gif?w=580) your reward for reading all this!<br><br></div></div><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lady Lunarius</strong> on <strong>06-08-2016, 23:57:58</strong>
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				<ul class="bbc_list"></ul><div class="floatleft">(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/CowGoil08/1bb2b4b2-b439-41d0-a633-4917b2012616.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Ororo Munroe<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Storm<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bi-Sexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 33<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5' 11<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 127lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> White<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue (White when using her powers)<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> New York<br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br>David Munroe (Father, deceased), <br>N’dare Munroe (Mother, deceased), <br>T'Challa (Black Panther, ex-husband)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong>If one had met Ororo when she first came ot Xaviers, they would tell you she was naive to the ways of the world. It was with the help of her close friends that she started to see the world for the way it truly was. Full of fear and misunderstandings. Ultimately though she chose acceptance and understanding to be what she offered to the world. She always has an ear ready for students and friends, as well as anyone who needs someone. She has a fierce sense of loyalty, and will protect those in her care with the ferocity of a mother. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Gardening<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Born in New York, Storm was born to David and N'dare Munroe. The family didn't stay long in&nbsp; New York though, moving to Cairo while she was still young. During the Arab-Israeli conflict, a plane crashed into their home, burying her and her parents.&nbsp; Pulling herself from the rubble, she found she was alone in the world, though she was taken in by a small group of thieves. She learned to pick pockets to survive, and at one point attempted to lift from the pockets of one Charles Xavier. Though her attempt was foiled she managed to escape when another mutant attacked the man. For sometime she wandered the desert, foolishly accepting a ride from a stranger who never took advantage of her naive nature. While defending herself the man died and she wandered the desert for a bit longer until she happened upon her ancestral village. (During this time she came into her powers and also met who would later become her husband T'Challa.)<br><br>Taken in by a tribal elder, Ainet, Ororo learned to better control her powers and use them in a responsible manner. It wasn't until years later when she was forced to protect the people who'd come to see her as a goddess, that she met the X-Men. Not long after she joined with them, and returned to New York. the place of her birth. Still very naive to the ways to the world, it was her friendship with Jean Grey that helped her learn better the ways of the world. <br><br>Her kind nature remained and she soon learned a great deal from those who surrounded her. Through various adventures and missions she soon found herself teaching at the very Institute she'd come to call home. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong>Alpha<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Weather manipulation</li><li type="disc">Flight</li><li type="disc">Ecological empathy</li></ul><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">Trained in hand to hand Combat: Storm trained with Logan in hand to and combat, and still spars with him to this day. </li><li type="disc">Fire Arms: Also during her time without her powers Logan also trained Storm in the use of firearms. Her favored weapon being a Glock 17. </li><li type="disc">Lock Picking: She is extremely skilled at old school lock picking. </li><li type="disc">View electrical patterns:While tied to her mutant powers, this skill is one that she had to develop on her own. </li><li type="disc">Tranquil Mind: Again something she had to work for and develop through meditation and yoga. </li></ul><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li type="disc">History (Mutant &amp; Human)</li><li type="disc">Sorcery and Magic</li></ul><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> Off and On relationships with Wolverine <br>(Message me if you'd like to collaborate)<br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Intimate Ink</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 00:16:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://cdn.imageupper.com/s07imageupper/1/10/L1371054136251340_2.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Julian Keller<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Hellion<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Wanna come to my room now, or should we exchange names first?<br><strong>Age:</strong> 19<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'0"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 160 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Darkest Brown/Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Beverly Hills, California<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong>&nbsp; Julian Keller is largely estranged from his family, to the point that he has been written out of the family fortune.&nbsp; He has a mother, Elizabeth Keller; a father, William Keller, and a brother, James Keller.&nbsp; None of his living descendants are known mutants.&nbsp; While his family is aware of his status as one, a large portion of his estrangement is over the fact that he refuses to keep his status a secret.<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Julian Keller is easily among the least likely at the Xavier Institute to be recognized for an act of congeniality.&nbsp; He developed a near-instant reputation of bullying his fellow students, sexualizing peers and faculty alike, and breaking most any rule that he did not agree with.&nbsp; Perhaps most concerning is Julian's tendency to see mutant-ism as a superior evolutionary progression; due to the way these thoughts mirror some of the Xavier Institute's greatest enemies, Julian's opinion on the matter tends to be strictly monitored and frequently challenged.&nbsp; Julian is a Beverly Hills boy at heart and values sandy beaches, wild parties, no-strings-attached sex, and an economically plush lifestyle.&nbsp; It may be easy to dismiss the boy as a lost troublemaker, but that that would be ignoring his many strengths:&nbsp; Julian is a natural leader and motivator; he is driven and courageous, and resilient in the face of both adversity and tragedy.&nbsp; Julian is driven to be the best, and in his time at the Institute he has shown efforts to improve himself and his standing among his peers.&nbsp; His short-fused bursts and arrogant assertions are blended with genuine shows of compassion, care, and&nbsp; -- most recently -- loyalty.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Surfing, Volleyball, Competitive Sports, Partying, Practicing his telekinetic abilities<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Julian Keller was born to extremely wealthy parents in Beverly Hills, California.&nbsp; He is the youngest child of two, his older brother being James Keller.&nbsp; His early life followed the path of a stereotypical rich household: he never wanted for anything that money could buy.&nbsp; However, his parents, being very status conscious, had a tendency to treat their children as extensions of that status and have specific, lofty expectations for their behavior.&nbsp; Julian was always viewed as a disappointment in comparison to his older brother, James, and the Kellers did not see reason to be anything short of open and blunt about that fact.<br><br>This view would ultimately reach its pinnacle when, as an adolescent, Julian began to exhibit his telekinetic abilities.&nbsp; Due to the strong link that his emotions always had, they first began to manifest unintentionally in his aggressive-heavy mood swings.&nbsp; Over time he developed some minor control of them, however, and began to use them for intimidation purposes.&nbsp; While Julian's parents were careful to point out that they had no problem having a mutant for a son, they definitively did not support his choice not to hide the ability from others.&nbsp; In the end, they gave him an ultimatum: he would cease talking about, acknowledging, and using his powers entirely or he would not be welcome in their house any longer.&nbsp; Julian refused, openly stating his belief that his powers made him both more advanced, and more capable than his non-mutant peers; he refused to hide something that marked him as <em>better</em>.<br><br>Julian's parents responded unquestionably and quick:&nbsp; Without planning or say in the matter, Julian was swiftly shuttled off to the Xavier Institute.&nbsp; He did, initially, garner some sympathy among the faculty members there due to his parent's open opinion that they had no interest in whether&nbsp; the Institute was a supportive place where their son could thrive despite his differences:&nbsp; they simply wanted him removed from their life and social circles.&nbsp; The sympathy that Julian garnered upon his arrival was short-lived, however, as concern quickly overpowered it.<br><br>Julian was, bluntly, a bully and constant trouble-maker.&nbsp; Those of his peers that did not allow him to lead them into trouble and mischief were simply bullied by him.&nbsp; Julian was particularly harsh on mutants that exhibited lower level powers, or non-flashy, memory and cognition based abilities.&nbsp; He went so far as to proclaim that they did not have a place on the Institute, and aired his opinion that mutants were superior to their non-mutant counterparts.&nbsp; As if to create a perfect storm of threats, Julian's abilities began to amplify exponentially due to the teachings that he was receiving, heralding his status as a class-one telekinetic.&nbsp; The staff at the Xavier Institute ultimately felt that they had no choice: for the safety of the school. as well as for Julian himself, psionic blocks needed to be placed in Julian's mind.&nbsp; These blocks would dampen his abilities until the time he demonstrated that he was more capable of handling the full-extent of the very dangerous gifts he'd been given. <br><br>While Julian was, to put it mildly, livid at the blocks that dampened his power, it also did have the somewhat unplanned result of getting him to open up to a couple of the faculty members that he most empathized with.&nbsp; Most notable among them was Layla Bayoumi whom was assigned to place the psionic block.&nbsp; While it was initially believed Julian was feigning warmth towards her simply in hopes of getting her to reverse his power restrictions, which was truly the case at first, the relationship become something more.&nbsp; Julian was up front with her about some of his unfocused anger about being rejected by his family, he expressed frustration about being unable to control his telekinetic abilities when under emotional duress, and he was open to her about his desire to excel.&nbsp; Despite his behavioral difficulties it became clear that he was invested in not being just a good, or even a great student: He wanted to be the <em>best</em> student at the Institute ever.&nbsp; It was at this time he chose to adopt the alias Hellion, which was a name of a graduated class from the Institute that was widely considered as one of the most powerful and promising.<br><br>While Hellion's choice to partially accept the leadership of Layla did reduce the instances and severity of his behavioral difficulties, they were far from absent.&nbsp; Of particular note was when he chose to sneak a small group of classmates on an airplane to visit his parents in Beverly Hills.&nbsp; He ended up putting the students' life in jeopardy by getting in a conflict with a minor villain, The Kingmaker, in order to help secure his own fame and glory as a mutant hero.&nbsp; &nbsp;As strict as the Institute's punishment was for the slight, nothing done by the school's hand could match the punishment Julian got from his own family due to the embarrassment that he and his mutant companions caused them:&nbsp; Julian was effectively told that, as far as they were concerned, he was no longer their son, that he had been completely disinherited in favor of James, and was told to leave their lives forever.<br><br>Returning to the Institute was rough-going for Julian due to being reprimanded, including having to repeat several courses due to his own continued inability to control his fine-motor telekinesis and as a form of behavioral remediation.&nbsp; His rough experience was largely tempered due to several faculty members, most notably Layla, as well as Marcel whom was tasked to both help Julian's struggling attempts to get further control of his kinetic abilities, as well as monitor his behavioral issues and the continued integrity of his psionic block.&nbsp; Julian slowly also began to show signs of establishing less hostile, and more egalitarian relationships with other students, most notably Laura Kinney.<br><br>Laura Kinney and Julian have shared some moments of comradeship and respect that have been both notable unusual for Julian, whose peer relationships have mainly been defined as him being considered the natural leader, or attempting to bully his way into that position when not naturally assigned as one.&nbsp; This was most notable during an intensive training exercise that was put on by the institute, where Julian's staff coach (<em>*for the moment an unnamed NPC due to difficulty finding the correct candidate -- this was canonically Emma Frost,</em>) urged Julian to eliminate Laura first from the competition in order to make her look weak and secure an easy win.&nbsp; After being saved from elimination himself by her earlier in the competition, Julian found himself unable to eliminate Laura when he had an opportunity.&nbsp; The decision cost Julian some doubt from his peers and staff in the natural leader position that he himself pushed for.&nbsp; The boy who could always make the tough decision to win hesitated, and subsequently failed in doing just that.<br><br>Julian continues at the academy, a mixture of the hostile and bullying youth he has been, plus an incredibly promising, willful student that could go far in the Institute... and, perhaps,&nbsp; even have a major hand in protecting the Institute and advancing its directives in his unique and powerful way. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha Mutant (Active Psionic Block)<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Julian is a class-one telekinetic capable of extremely strong feats.&nbsp; For the safety of himself and others, a psionic block is in place that prohibits him from using the full extent of his power.&nbsp; Green telekinetic energy typically manifests itself both around him and as a glow within his eyes while his powers are present, preventing much in the way of subtlety.&nbsp; Not directly related to the block, Julian often struggles with fine, precise control of his powers.&nbsp; While he has a strong aptitude with gross kinetic functions, the more delicate the task is, the less likely he is able to complete it successfully.&nbsp; While using particularly high levels of power, Julian's body is often left severely weak and injured; however, this has largely been a non-issue since the psionic blocks have been put in place.<br><br>Telekinesis (Gross Motor Control) - Simply put, even with the psionic blocks in place, Julian smashes things with his mind quite well.&nbsp; He is capable of throwing bulky, large objects at impressive speeds, and generating damage-heavy concussive force.&nbsp; During the rare moments he opts for close-quartered combat, he will tie in his abilities with physical movements; for instance, he will create the illusion of super strength by telekinetically charging his punches.&nbsp; While with the psionic blocks in place, Julian's abilities are limited to an average to average-high level of telekinetics, however he has demonstrated the capability of moving and generating several tons of force when his abilities are left unfettered.<br><br>Telekinesis (Fine Motor Control)- While there is technically nothing stopping Julian at this time from developing the ability, he is, plainly, terrible at fine motor telekinetic abilities for the moment.&nbsp; While he has no problem hurling a desk across the room, manipulating a paper clip is a nearly impossible feat for him at this juncture.&nbsp; Unlike some mutant abilities that might become more reliable during times of stress; this is quite the opposite for Julian.&nbsp; What little chance he has of fine motor control is further obliterated when he is feeling strong emotions such as anger, fear, or aggression.&nbsp; In order to add to his difficulty, often when Julian attempts to focus on the manipulation of small objects, the result is unintended telekinetic combustion, causing the targeted object to explode into molecular fragments.<br><br>Telekinesis (Molecular Level) - Similar to fine motor control, while this is technically well within Julian's capabilities, he has absolutely no access to it at this time.&nbsp; The most obvious outlets of this ability are damage-related, as Julian is able to force the molecules with an organic or inorganic form to repel away from each other and forcefully break apart the covalent and ionic bonds holding them together.<br><br>Telekinetic Bleed - Julian's abilities are directly linked to his mental state and emotions.&nbsp; Consequently, during moments of extreme duress, anger, and intensity his eyes may flash green as his telekinetic abilities are unconsciously activated; small objects may be unconsciously pushed or telekineticly combust around him during this time.&nbsp; Julian has no control of this power, and resuming composure is his only recourse for ending it.<br><br>Telekinetic Shield - Julian is able to create strong barriers of telekinetic energy around himself and others.&nbsp; In addition to outright attacks, Julian's shields have proven quite resilient in deflecting more abstract forms of damage, such as deflecting incoming violent winds at the speed of sound.<br><br>Flight - Julian is able to reflexively focus his telekinetic abilities, allowing him to create the effect of hovering or flying to himself or someone around him.&nbsp; While currently the speeds are rather modest, even underwhelming in comparison to some of his peers, in the absence of a psionic block he has shown himself capable at traveling at thrice the speed of sound.<br><br>Telekinetic Platforms - Julian may focus his telekinetic energy to create 'platforms' that he may move or that can be walked upon.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><br>Athleticism - Julian has a natural athleticism, which he uses in conjunction with his telekinetic abilities to excel in competitive situations. <br><br>Hand-to-Hand Combat/Martial Arts (Late Beginner/Early Intermediate Level) - While Julian rarely relies on his physical abilities, he does do so occasionally, and practices them at Xavier's school.<br><br>Intimidation - Julian is a natural when it comes to intimidation and bullying tactics, and can remain poised even when being insulting in a fear-inducing situation.<br><br>Natural Leadership - Despite Julian's many social faults, he has demonstrated himself easily capable of making difficult decisions, inspiring people, and rallying them towards a cause when needed.<br><br>Willful - Julian does not get talked down or intimidated easily, he is driven to excel and has demonstrated a high degree of resilience. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br>Power Control (Beginning... Repeat Course)<br>Intermediate Telekinesis <br>Strategy &amp; Tactics<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br>Swimming<br>Volleyball<br>Telekinetic Tutoring &amp; Behavior Observation w/ Marcel St. Croix<br>Unofficial Advisor/Advisee relationship w/ Layla Bayoumi<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> <br><strong>WIP</strong><br><br>Laura Kinney - Julian can be both a flirt and womanizer, so while it might be easy to dismiss his interest in Laura as that she is a difficult- to-obtain, thus prized, potential notch on Julian's bedpost, a careful eye would demonstrate differently.&nbsp; Laura is among the few in the Institute that have a tendency to bring out Julian's selfless qualities.&nbsp; Due to Laura's no-nonsense, often brash, tongue she often levels criticisms and half-insults at Julian and his questionable behavior.&nbsp; While Julian would do as much as he could to ensure most students regretted those words, Julian seems to take Laura's criticisms in stride and may even seek to improve himself based on them.<br><br>Layla Bayoumi - While Julian attempted to align himself with Layla as simply a way to manipulate his psionic block's removal, that relationship has turned into something so much more.&nbsp; Layla is unique among the staff in her ability to extract Julian's fears, discontent, and sadness.&nbsp; &nbsp;He uses her as a sounding board as to whether he is living up to his goal of being the best student the Xavier Institute has.&nbsp; She, along with Marcel, are the only faculty that tend to have a decent chance of forcing his subordination when his urges tell him to act otherwise.<br><br>Marcel St. Croix - Marcel was Julian's beginning telekinesis teacher and continues to work with him regularly.&nbsp; Julian respects Marcel for his power, the fact that he has advocated the removal of Julian's psionic block, and most importantly because Marcel's philosophies on life and mutantism are much closer to Julian's than most of the Institute's faculty.&nbsp; Marcel, along with Layla, are the only faculty that have a decent chance of encouraging Julian's subordination when his instinct tells him to act against the rules.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 02:33:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j480/Erion2451/Blink__Don__t__by_psychegirl_zps7d5ebae0.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Clarice Ferguson<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Blink<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'5"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 125 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Magenta<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Green (pupil-less)<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Bahamas<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Joseph and Margarete Ferguson (both deceased)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Clarice is an insecure and uncertain girl.&nbsp; Shunned for most of her life, due to her appearance, she has a natural tendency to avoid attention and become nervous when given more than she can handle.&nbsp; Despite how she has been treated, or possibly because of it, she has a strong desire to "fit-in" and make friends, though, even at the Institute she feels like the ugly duckling.&nbsp; She has a number of self-image issues, which go slightly beyond the average teenage girl's.&nbsp; <br><br>Clarice is highly self-reliant, and compassionate, having had to fend for herself through patches in her life, and also helping to care for younger Delta and Gamma level mutants.&nbsp; Initially traumatized from her first experience with her powers, Clarice has overcome that experience.&nbsp; Her control has only improved since arriving at the school, and she has developed a blossoming, albeit fragile, confidence in her ability.<br><br>While she does wish to "fit-in" she displays, on occasion, behavior that "bucks" the system, since she is obviously not a part of it.&nbsp; This is more often the case with society's rules and norms.&nbsp; She is most often respectful and courteous to her friends and teachers, on campus.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Javelin throwing, gymnastics, parkour, baton twirling, sight-seeing, traveling, Capoeira, Tae Kwan Do, and dancing.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Born to Joseph and Margarete Ferguson in the Bahamas, Clarice would have likely lived a carefree life full of sun and sand, had she not been born a mutant with obvious mutations.&nbsp; From the moment she was born, Clarice has known prejudice and bigotry.&nbsp; When other babies were ogled and cooed at by strangers, no matter how ugly, she was looked at with scorn or, at best, with pity - despite looking like a cute little pink elf.<br><br>Unsure how to raise their child, Clarice's parents did their best to hide and shelter her from society.&nbsp; She was kept inside, as often as possible, and was home-schooled throughout her elementary years.&nbsp; Despite being isolated and having no one to socialize with except her parents, Clarice would tell you, to this day, that she was happy.<br><br>At the age of twelve, Clarice's powers manifested.&nbsp; Clarice had slipped out of the house, as she had become prone to do, after her parents had gone to sleep, and was visiting the beach when she was set upon by a group of older boys.&nbsp; She tried to run, but quickly became lost and trapped.&nbsp; When one of them threw a glass bottle at her, she instinctively threw something back.&nbsp; A portal appeared and sent the bottle somewhere else.&nbsp; Seeing this, the boys rushed her and, in reaction, Clarice opened another portal which teleported herself and one of the boys away, even as she was struck over the head with another bottle.<br><br>When Clarice woke, she found herself home, in her bedroom, lying in a pool of blood.&nbsp; Her scream woke her parents, and their neighbors, and moments later it was discovered that her portal had shredded her attacker.&nbsp; Word quickly traveled, throughout the small community of the incident, and her parents decided to flee with Clarice to the United States.&nbsp; The family left everything behind and stowed away upon a shipping vessel.<br><br>In the United States, without proper paperwork, work was almost non-existent for her parents to find.&nbsp; What they could find barely fed the three of them and, more often than not, they went without.&nbsp; Worst of all was the constant prejudice.&nbsp; Without a place to hide, Clarice was an open target for anti-mutant hate groups, and her parents were often forced to defend their child.&nbsp; It was during one such attack, only a few months after arriving in the U.S., that both her parents were murdered.&nbsp; Clarice escaped by opening a portal and teleporting away, but only after witnessing her parents' deaths.<br><br>On her own, the young girl did what she could to survive.&nbsp; Dumpster-diving and scavenging provided her with a meal, every now and then.&nbsp; She didn't spend long on the streets, completely alone.&nbsp; A group of mutants, cast-out by society, discovered Clarice and adopted her into the community.&nbsp; The community shared resources, and worked together for mutual survival and protection.&nbsp; She learned to steal, pick pockets, and was even convinced to use her powers to help the group move around more easily.<br><br>While she fit in, for the most part, Clarice refused to take part in all of the group's activities, and was often left to babysit younger mutants and tend to the elderly or sick.&nbsp; It was during one such day that the adults were captured and arrested by the local authorities.&nbsp; Later that day, the police arrived at the abandoned apartment building Clarice and the others were living in and took all of the children into custody.<br><br>Put into the foster system, Clarice was shipped from home to home, and while she found some few kind souls, more often than not, she was turned away upon the doorstep.&nbsp; After one too many rejections, Clarice teleported away and returned to life on the street.&nbsp; Beginning to believe there was no place for her, she began to become involved in more and more law-breaking behavior.&nbsp; It was during this time that she was contacted, mentally, by Charles Xavier and told about the Institute.&nbsp; She arrived the next day with nothing more than the clothes on her back.<br><br>A few years have passed, now, and Clarice calls Xavier's home.&nbsp; She has made progress and overcome hurdles, yet has many to still face.&nbsp; During the most recent attack on the institute, she helped teleport the students to safety and remained away from the fighting.&nbsp; It is something that doesn't sit right with her, as she feels like she could have helped and, if she had, she could have prevented some of the injuries, or damage, or something.<br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> First of Family<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Gamma<br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><br><em>Portal Teleportation:</em> Blink possesses the ability to generate teleportation portals, allowing her to displace people and objects. Her effective range is to the moon and back.<br><br><em>Trans-spatial Displacement Projectiles:</em> Blink manifests the energy for her portals in the form of projectiles, ranging in size from small knives to short javelins, which cause their targets to teleport.&nbsp; She uses this power offensively and defensively, fully or partially teleporting whatever they is effected away or re-directing incoming attacks.&nbsp; The projectiles do not need to impact the target, Clarice can mentally cause them to implode at any time, creating the portal at that spot.<br><br><em>Improved agility, balance, and flexibility:</em> Her mutations have given Clarice above human-average agility, balance, and flexibility.&nbsp; Without training she can easily match the agility, balance, and flexibility of the world's top athletes.<br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><br><em>Marskmanship:</em> Clarice is extremely skilled with the use of thrown weapons, and bows.&nbsp; (she dislikes guns).<br><br><em>Parkour:</em> A skill she's begun to develop in more recent years.&nbsp; Natural ability and skill in gymnastics allows her to muddle her way through when experience and dedication are normally required.<br><br><em>Gymnastics:</em> Due to her increased agility, flexibility, and balance, Clarice has a tremendous love for tumbling, and aerials.&nbsp; As a young child, it was one of the few things she felt she was good at, and spent many an hour, on her own, honing and developing the skills.<br><br><em>Pick-pocketing and sleight-of-hand:</em> Much to her shame, Clarice has done her fair share of theft.&nbsp; A skill she developed while living with the Murlocks and while alone and on the streets.&nbsp; To a professional thief she is likely clumsy and obvious, but to a regular passer-by, she can take a wallet and watch, and get away, faster than they can realize those items are gone.<br><br><em>Intermediate Self Defense and Martial Arts:</em> Being an obvious mutant, Clarice has had her fair share of fights.&nbsp; Typically one to run away from conflict, especially considering her powers, there have been times where running wasn't an option.&nbsp; Normally up against superior odds, she's taken her beatings, but in doing so, she's learned a thing or two about self-defense, and fighting dirty.&nbsp; After coming to Xavier's, she has learned what she could from anyone who was willing to teach her, X-Man or student.&nbsp; She is currently enrolled in a Tae Kwan Do class taught by (insert teacher here).<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Teleportation training, Mental Resilience, History (Mutant and Human), Power Control, History 101, Strategy and Tactics, Languages (is this supposed to be specific?)<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Archery<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong>TBD.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Juggtacular</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 02:58:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/68/24/da/6824da3eab647bbd0e3aa797dd1362e0.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Pietro Maximoff<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Quicksilver<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single...Lady Killer<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'0<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 157lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> White/Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Wundagore Mountain, Transia<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br><br><br>Django Maximoff Father[Deceased]<br>Marya Maximoff - Mother[Deceased]<br>Wanda Maximoff - Twin<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Unlike his sister, Pietro is something of an extrovert, usually finding himself zipping around campus sand hanging out with different people...sometimes all at once. He's constantly smiling(even if it is sarcastic much of the time), and has a bit of a snark to his personality, but it adds flavor he thinks. Also unlike Wanda, he loves his powers, and revels in them. He also uses them for pranks but that's not the point. Beneath the surface of what people usually see though is much more. There lies a tortured young man who is saddened every day he looks at his sister and sees despair on her face. He feels like he failed when he ran to save them from that mob; he feels like he abandoned their lives and their parents. But even further, simply lies an brave young man who would sacrifice himself faster than he can run to save someone else. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Video Games, Internet, Social Media, Anything to do with speed, models/sculptures, cooking, music(he could give the devil a run for his money on the fiddle)<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Pietro was born first to here him tell it(and who knows, it might be true), and since childhood he has always looked out for and protected his sister Wanda. He remembers far more of their childhood than her, and it was a good life they had, a simple life with the Romani people. A life both of them could be happy with. Happiness isn't always guaranteed though; and he has flashes in his head about being kidnapped and experimented on by the High Evolutionary. They weren't what he needed apparently though, and were allowed to return home. <br><br>Over the next few years, everything seemed normal. Until times got hard and their father was forced to steal to feed the family. He got caught, and right before the angry mob tore into him, Wanda did...<em>something</em>. She held her hands up and then there was just some sort of barrier. It was firmly between the villagers and Django, but when they couldn't reach their father, they came for the twins. They were outnumbered, and the villagers were all adults. Pietro didn't know what to do, so he grabbed his sister and ran. And he ran and he ran. <br><br>He ran faster than he ever had before, and when he stopped, they were miles and miles away. Without knowing it, he'd whisked them away from their family and would be killers. From then, he and Wanda stuck together, using their powers and any means necessary to survive. One day though, the pair were found by Xavier and taken in. Finally they were off the streets, and with another family who truly seemed to love them. It was hard for Pietro to open up, but he did. And now he's happy. He has his sister, and people who care. And he can help...he doesn't need much more than that.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created<br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><br><strong>Super Speed:</strong> The blanket term for Pietro's mutant ability is "super speed", which is essentially the ability to move at extreme speeds. However, his abilities are far more than just that, although for simplicity sake...he's faster than fast.<br><br><strong>Accelerated Momentum:</strong> While "super speed" sounds a whole lot cooler, the truth is that all of Pietro's molecules exist in a state of enhanced movement. By actively focusing on that, he can accelerate himself to speeds that quite frankly allow him to defy physics and the laws of the universe. For example, once he gets going, he can move so fast that he can run across water, walls, ceilings, and even up the sides of buildings as gravity has no effect. He moves so fast that in his perception, the world is at a standstill, with even extremely fast objects like bullets, electricity, and explosions moving at a snails pace to him. And because of this, when he interacts with the world while moving at speed, he can simulate super strength as the massive kinetic energy he departs from even simple touches when displacing things from their frozen state can send grown men flying and destroy structures. Even his footfalls when running can leave small craters in his wake. A full speed punch from him would be one helluva wallop. He can even carry passengers and heavy weights with ease, as he's moving so fast their weight doesn't have time to apply. A good example of his speed is that he moves so fast, people assume he can teleport.<br><br><strong>Hyper Enhanced Perception:</strong> Pietro's speed extends beyond his body. His brain operates on a similar, if not higher level. The world around him usually moves in slow motion, and he has to actually focus to see things like other people. On the other hand, when he's running, the world is slowed down even further, and all but the fastest of projectiles and people are frozen in his eyes. This extends to learning as well. Due to the nature of his brain, he can "speed read" and learn an entire field in the time it takes him to read the book. <br><br><strong>Speedster Physiology:</strong> While he can ignore several laws of physics, none of it would be possible if not for his body being altered for surviving the rigors of moving at such high speeds. Due to his hyper enhanced metabolism, he heals from wounds at a much faster rate than normal people. And while he doesn't have a true healing factor, he can heal broken bones in about 48 hours. Speaking of bones, his are like spring steel to absorb the astonishing amount of stress from running at such speeds. And he is durable enough to impact surfaces moving at high speeds and not splatter like a bug on a windshield; he can even move bullets out of flight without injury. And his skin and other soft tissues are durable enough to not be shorn off by friction at high speeds. Even his cardiovascular system is enhanced to allow him to move at super speed for long periods of time without getting tired, and when he is tired, he can rest for a short while and almost fully recover, especially if he has a lot of food to boost his calorie count. His body is literally the perfect speed machine.<br><br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><br><strong>Musician -</strong> Growing up Roma meant growing up with music. From a young age Pietro loved music and learned to play different instruments from his parents and the others in their village.<br><strong>Chef - </strong> One learns how to cook when one lives on the run. To survive, Pietro became a great cook for his and Wanda's sakes.<br><strong>Mechanic -</strong> It's easy to fix things when you can learn how in a few seconds, then patch them together even quicker.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Speed Classes, Advanced Studies, Molecular Physics, History 101, History of Mutants &amp; Humans<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Auto Club, Track/Field(obviously), lots of sports clubs...Anime club.<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> Wanda is his twin sister.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Elf</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 04:19:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/MaidensElf/Ivan%20Storkov2_zps6gma88io.jpg)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">other forms</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/MaidensElf/scraperfoil_white_tiger.jpg)(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n534/MaidensElf/weretiger.jpg)</div></div></div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Ivan Storkov<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Stripe<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Curious mostly heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9”<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 165<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Siberia, Russia<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> None known to be living. Father: Piotr Storkov (deceased) Mother: Elena Storkov (deceased) no siblings<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Ivan is very much a loner generally preferring his own company to the company of others. He is very slow to trust others, if somebody does manage to earn his trust he will be a fiercely loyal friend. If that trust is broken though he will hold a grudge for a very long time and it will be even harder to earn his trust again. He is also very territorial and ready to defend what he thinks is his.<br><br>Like a cat Ivan can be quite jovial and playful, but his mood can change in an instant without warning. He unfortunately has anger issues and angers quickly, but can calm back down just as quickly. He tends to be sarcastic and a “smart ass” even at inappropriate times, sometimes the filter between thoughts and the spoken word just does not seem to work. His over all personality is very cat like and just as hard to interpret or predict.<br><br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> spending as much time outdoors as possible, exploring, lounging, engaging in some physical activity. He prefers nature to man made but also has found that he does love parkour if he must be in an urban setting.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Born in Siberia and living there until he was 6 his odd behavior was simply disregarded as him simply being an inquisitive and energetic child. However after he and his parents immigrated to the USA he was diagnosed with a version A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder) but the usual medications had little to now affect on his disorder or behavior. Throughout school he was constantly in some sort of trouble, either for not paying attention and being disruptive in class or for fighting.<br><br>This continued until he was 14 at which time some Russian agents came into the home he shared only with his parents in the middle of the night. They did not hesitate to kill his parents but tried to take him alive. He resisted and his enhanced strength helped to do so quite well. The agents finally resorted to shooting him. The bullet nearly killed him but the adrenaline, pain, and anger triggered his first transformation to a tiger and the full healing. As an enraged adolescent tiger he easily killed his attackers.<br>He woke the next morning with little memories of what happened several blocks from home in a wooded area. He was naked and dirty but there was no blood on him. Not knowing what had happened or why he was naked and not at home he walked home only to discover police already there. He, of course, was spotted and questioned. He saw the bodies of his parents as they taken out of his and he remembered what had happened. He never told the police that he got his memory back though. Having no family he went into the foster system and was bounced from one family to another every month or so. It seemed nobody could deal with his moody nature which had only gotten worse after losing his parents. Finally a representative from the Xavier Institute came to him and brought him to the school.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Delta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of Family.<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Shape shifter/animal affinity: He shifts into a 600 plus pound tiger. He has learned some control and is able to do partial shifts<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced physical abilities: Strength, with effort he can lift close to a ton. No throwing of cars for him, but he can leap quite high or far. If he stops his shift about half way his strength doubles. In full tiger form it doubles again but is limited by being in animal form. Agility/reflexes he has cat like agility and reflexes well beyond normal human abilities.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Enhanced Senses: Cat like sight, hearing, and olfactory. His vision extends into both the infrared and the ultraviolet. His hearing is more sensitive than human and includes frequencies both above and below the human range. His sense of smell is very keen, he can and does identify individuals by scent. He can track people and animals by scent.<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Healing: So far no injury has ever lasted more than a day, but other than the gun shot has never been seriously injured. Changing form heals all wounds as he takes on an uninjured form. It has not been tested as how many times he can do this in a day.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Is literate in English and Russian, hunting, tracking, stealth<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br>Mental Resilience<br>Power Control<br>History 101<br>History (Human &amp; Mutant)<br>Strategy and Tactics<br>Languages<br>Intermediate Self Defense w/Instructor Campbell<br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br>Archery<br>Swimming<br>Self defense with Wolverine<br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> Friends with Winnie, she is about the only person to be able to change his mood from antisocial to social.<br>Clarice is considered a very special friend, when he gets into his wanting to just be alone moods, she is the only person who's company he welcomes. He has a deep crush on her and sees her as the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. If it is love, she is his first.<br>Being boarder line obsessed with Clarice and her friendship with Laura they were bond to end up spending time together. His and Laura's natural curiosity and bluntness about expressing that has lead them to becoming friends.<br>others yet to be determined.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>noodlebloom</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 06:58:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/33/d4/98/33d49880ac63a3d086c586960acd902c.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Winnifred "Winnie" Wilson.<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Muerte.<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female.<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> <del>Not picky.</del> Pansexual.<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single. Why, you interested?<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18ish. Who knows? Clones, man.<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9". #Amazon<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 135 lbs. <del>of sheer spectacular hotness.</del><br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Platinum blonde. It's totally natural, shut up.<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Got them baby blues, son.<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Technically, a lab in the Canadian wilderness, but as far as Winnie's concerned, she's from Queens.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Wade Wilson (<del>Sperm</del> DNA donor/Papa Bear), Ellie Camacho (sort of little sister?), Emily Preston (Adoptive Robo-Mom).<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> The nicest word to describe Winnie is <em>enthusiastic</em>. Pretty much everything excites her, and she's not shy about showing it, which tends to annoy most of the people around her. She's bouncy and bubbly and she curses like a drunken sailor with a bad case of Tourettes, but she also has a mean streak and love of violence that's more than a little disturbing. It's a struggle because Winnie's in love with the idea of being a hero, which is hard to do when half the time you wanna blow shit up just to watch the sparks fly. Still, she tries, even if she's not always great at it. <br><br>Despite the fact that the most romantic contact she's had is watching Love, Actually for three days straight, Winnie is a shameless flirt. She'll lay terrible pick up lines on anything that moves, and some things that don't. She doesn't mean all of it; sometimes it's just funny to mack on a toaster, don't you judge her. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Video games, movies, watching TV, comic books, shitposting on social media, martial arts, swordsmanship, shooting (any and all guns), chemistry (the kind that goes boom), initiating impromptu solo dance parties, sewing (she'd have literally no clothes otherwise), totally not obsessing over Spider-Man because that would be weird, probably.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Alright, kiddos, it's time for The Talk<sup>TM</sup>. You see, when a shady government organization loves doing terrible things a whole bunch, it steals some DNA (in the form of random gore left behind at crime scenes, maybe) from a certain mercenary who may or may not possess a mouth (depending on what movie you're watching). The scientists that work for the shady government organization take the DNA and make a shitload of tiny little clone babies with it. Most of them die during incubation, but every now and then, one of them survives. The scientists grow that darling abomination in a test tube like one of those water-activated grow-your-own dinosaurs you get from the dollar store until she's all grown up. To make sure her brain doesn't turn into mush (kinda like those dinos), they hook her up to a machine that feeds her crucial information, like how to talk and read and calculate windspeed and bullet trajectory and how to torture people so that it hurts super bad but they don't die. You know, normal stuff.<br><br>Now, if this clone is extremely lucky (and she was, for the record), her DNA donor will find out about the shady government organization's secret facility and come and slaughter every last scientist and soldier in it, and whisk her off to live with his family in Queens. She'll get a robotic S.H.I.E.L.D agent for a mom, and a kickass little sister, and they'll teach her how to be a functioning human being. It's almost like a fairy tale, except for the very real possibility that the clone might one day develop the same cancer that ruined the merc's skin and drove him completely bonkers back in the day. But Winnie tries not to think about that.<br><br>Her family assumes she was around thirteen, physically speaking, when Deadpool pulled her out of her test tube. Since then, she's poured herself into learning everything she can about being a hero and fighting crime and understanding pop culture (because your quip game <em>has</em> to be strong if you're gonna do it right). She started sneaking out to punch bad guys by the time she was (probably) fifteen. If it weren't for her healing factor, she'd be dead a thousand times over from gunshot wounds and knife fights and getting hit by a train that one time, not to mention all the falling off of stuff she did. But 'Pools are resilient little bastards, so she kept at it, until she finally got an acceptance letter from the Xavier School three years later. <br><br>Of course, she's got the trademark Wilson luck, so the day she arrived at the X-Mansion was also the day that it got attacked. Winnie did her best to help and ended up a gory mess in the process. She stayed on to help with the clean-up before classes started up (and also to geek out over being around the X-Men because <em>holy shit, so cool</em>).<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Delta.<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created.<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Winnie has a supercharged healing factor on the level of Deadpool and Wolverine, and everything that comes with it. She can heal from just about anything in a jiffy, even from the loss of a limb&nbsp; (though it's quicker to just reattach it). Nothing short of complete and total disintegration can truly kill her, but she does "die" and become incapacitated for a while. She has superhuman agility, stamina, and reflexes, and can go without food, water, or sleep for extended periods of time. She's immune to all diseases and toxins, which unfortunately means she can't get drunk or high or use pain killers. Winnie has a massively high pain tolerance, and she's functionally immune to telepathy. Anyone that tries to read her mind is confused at best and mentally concussed by the chaos at worst.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Winnie inherited Wade's talent for violence, and she's managed to cobble together a pretty effective fighting style that makes use of her unpredictable nature. She's as likely to throw out a sweet dance move as she is to throw a punch, and she's absolutely wicked with her katana. She's also a fairly competent marksman (though why bother aiming if you can just pour bullets on your target) with a wide range of guns. She's getting better with explosives (28 days since the last maiming!). <br><br>She also has a knack for languages and a love of learning that helps her pick things up pretty quickly.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> History 101 (because who can pass up a chance to bother Wolverine), Strategy and Tactics, Mental Resilience (easy A), Biology, Law/Criminal Justice (heroes gotta know that shit), Languages, Sorcery and Magic (she read Harry Potter once), Self Defense.<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Swimming and Track.<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> Loves to pester Wolverine, claims it's a genetic predisposition. Has a ridiculous, totally hopeless crush on Rahne Sinclair, and is casually stalking her, NBD. Clone buddies with Laura, regular(ish) buddies with Ivan. Others TBD.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Eternal Blade</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 23:40:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/6CHCeDW.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Amanda Fuller<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Lady Shadowstrike, The Green Lady(not her preferred, but more common)<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bi-Sexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5’6”<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 132<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Red<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Dark<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> ST. Louis, Missouri<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br>Father: Unknown<br>Mother: Olivia Fuller(Deceased)<br>Aunt: Diana Richards(Estranged) <br>Cousin: Michael Richards(Estranged)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Shy and withdrawn due to her problems with her unusual appearance, she’s at best awkward in civil social interaction. However, she has a lot of anger over how mutants are treated, primarily because of her own experiences, and this can lead to her blowing up when provoked. Most of the time, she just tries to stay off the radar, especially considering how she came to be at the school.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Dancing(though she’s shy about it, and usually practices in private), Eavesdropping and spying, Fencing, and Acrobatics. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> Her mother was born to money, but was disowned after her mother’s powers emerged. Her mother managed to live a fairly normal life, though as an erotic dancer until she got pregnant with Amanda, and even then other than being single mother, life was fairly normal. Her mother got a job as a dance instructor, and they lived fairly well on that income.<br><br>That is until Amanda’s own powers emerged while in school, and she vanished right before the entire class while giving a presentation. The community of her neighborhood erupted over her emerging powers, and the fact that her skin tone changed each time her powers were used didn’t help. At first the coloration shaded towards grey, but it wasn’t long before a greenish tint began to show through. <br><br>Thing came to head, and then died along with her mother, when the she shielded her from the protesters outside their home. Her wealthy aunt took custody of her, but her treatment at the woman’s and her husband's hands was very poor. To make matters worse, her cousin was constantly abusing her, at least until she ended up putting him in the hospital. This led to her running away out of fear, and she began train jumping. Using her powers to hide from notice, she jumped from one city to the next, stealing when she had to. <br><br>This was how Emma Frost found her, and brought her to Magneto’s notice. They convinced her to join the Brotherhood of Mutants, and after a little training she infiltrated Xavier’s school. There she fed information to Magneto, but over time she believed in the Brotherhood’s methods less and less as she grew attached to some of the members of the school, even if they didn’t know she was there. <br><br>When the attack happened, Frost ordered her to attack Wolverine when he arrived on campus, and reluctantly she did. She however didn’t know enough about him as she’d been warned to avoid him, and her attack was met by a ferocity she hadn’t expected. Her powers failing in her panic as his claws came near to killing her, he noticed just how young she was. <br><br>He took her captive instead, and the shaken girl was approached by the Professor to join the school on a probationary period. Over the summer she’s been working to catch up with the curriculum of her fellow students, but those who were there at the attack at least suspect her involvement, and even now she ponders running away again. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Gamma(Her mother was a Delta)<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Mutant Parent<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br>Thermo-Optic Field: Generates a field that render her invisible to both the visible and infrared spectrums. Additionally the field creates a psychic shield, protecting her thoughts from detection. This ability at times suffers from a lack of control, during times of extreme stress she sometimes turns it on without conscious thought, and the one time with Logan it failed due to her sheer terror and panic at his attack. <br><br>Superhuman Agility and Reflexes: Able to leap, and performs acrobatics with superhuman proficiency. Her reflexes are also sharpened to the point that she often reacts before her mind has time to process what triggered the response.<br><br>Enhanced Senses: Her sense of smell, and hearing are heightened beyond the normal range. In addition, her eyesight is able react to light, allowing her to see in near complete darkness. <br><br>Healing Factor: Able to heal from cuts and bruises within minutes, and broken bones within hours. So long as the injury wouldn’t kill her within seconds, she can generally survive it. This healing also allows her to overcome disease, and infection rapidly. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br>Swords and Knives: Her mother was a skilled fencer, trained as a young girl before her powers emerged, and she trained Amanda in those same skills. Over the years this has expanded to include knives as well, and she’s also become skilled with throwing knives. <br><br>Stealth and Covert Training: Over time she’s developed a cat like grace, and can walk quietly enough that anyone without enhanced hearing has no chance of hearing her. She's learned the distinction of light and shadows and differing colors, and is generally able to blend into the background even while not using her Thermo-Optic field. Additionally, the Brotherhood taught her to defeat security measure, both electronic and mechanical. <br><br>Dancing: She’s a skilled dancer, another skill she learned from her mother, and something which assists her with her fencing skills. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> History 101, History(Mutant and Human), Strategy and Tactics, Mental Resilience, and Power Control(Intermediate).<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Fencing.<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Black Howling</strong> on <strong>07-08-2016, 23:58:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/wXgdUtX.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Jesse Turner<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Incubus (Taken for it's connection to Nightmares)<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'11<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 175<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue (Though sometimes Black or Yellow)<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> New York, Brooklyn<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br>Audrie Turner: Mother, Institutionalized | James Turner: Father, Estranged<br>Julia Strange: Aunt, Legal Guardian | Alistair Strange, Uncle on Mother's side - Bad Mutant<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Jesse is a troubled youngster to say the least. While more than willing to be social, his powers make it extremely difficult. Not just because they tend to scare people, but because they DO in fact scare most. This had lead to social isolation for some time before he came to Xavier's school, and despite efforts, it hasn't gotten much better with time. This situation is further complicated by the fact that those very powers tend to make him unstable, as they not only effect others, but also himself. In spite of this, he has a sort of natural charm when it's allowed to show. He has better than fair communication skills, and highly enjoys conversation when he finds someone that can stand to be around him for long. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Reading, Writing, Music of all kinds and their accompanying instruments.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Jesse's start in life wasn't the best. Coming from a middle class family, his mother was a homemaker and his father a police officer in Brooklyn. While eternally this seemed ideal, it wasn't due to the fact that his father was extremely abusive at times. A drunk with PTSD, he often lost it and this would devolve to domestic abuse. It caused a lot of problems between he and the old man because he was always a Mama's boy. As he grew older he began to become defiant of the veteran officer, which often found all that anger and abuse turned toward him. <br><br>Things began to become even more problematic when puberty came for Jesse, and his powers began to manifest, At first he had no useful applications for them and simply thought he was going insane. The bleed off caused his father's condition to worsen, along with his mother gaining more problems than being the victim of his drunken assaults. It did have the effect of giving her the push she needed to get away from the bastard, and she divorced him. Moving in with her brother and sister in law, it seemed things would take a turn for the better. Only they didn't. <br><br>You see Audrie's brother was a mutant, like Jesse and seen what the kid was growing into. The problem was that he played for the bad team, as Jesse would put it now. He began to nurture the child's unstable nature while teaching him to use his powers. He convinced him he wasn't going insane, he was in fact special. And that bleed off was punishment for those weaker than himself. Jesse began having even more trouble in school after this, and his uncle convinced his mother to homeschool the kid so he could use him for acts of crime with greater ease. Eventually this came to a close when his uncle was caught, but luckily his care for family caused him to ensure Jesse didn't go down with him. <br><br>&nbsp;They couldn't hold Alistair, so he escaped, but by the point Jesse's mother's condition deteriorated. What started as simple nightmares had turned to a serious mental condition, and she began to have delusions and attempted suicide. His aunt took guardianship over the boy then and seeing what his rampant powers had done to his mother caused him to resent his uncle. Inevitably causing the teen to deny the man he once idolized when he tried to take him on the run alongside him. He isolated at that point, and was simply thankful that so long with his uncle had ensured Aunt Julia was resistant to the effects of his powers. <br><br>Jesse was fifteen when his aunt met with a representative at Xavier's school and she decided to enroll him in the classes there in hopes he could out to have something akin to a normal life. The boy's been at the school since then, though he takes frequent trips home. He tries his best to make his aunt proud and was given high hopes when he found out his powers had the possibility of reversing mental disorders. He trains in hopes of to become&nbsp; a psychologist and help his mother with her condition, even though he's fairly certain his powers would be unable to remove the damage caused his bleed off. Hope is needed though, so he clings to it. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Gamma Level<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Mutant parentage<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong><br><br><em>Dementation</em> - Jesse's key defining power thus far is his ability to manipulate the minds of those around him. His thoughts can manifest a kinetic pulse that effects the brain, creating waking nightmares in others, to point of being crippling if he focuses hard enough. He can also instill temporary insanity of various kinds in an opponent, giving him an advantage in combat or even causing them delusions so that they forget, or rather, cannot focus on what is happening at the current moment. It's been noted that it's possible for the same power to have the reverse effects, but he's only managed this on a couple occasions as it requires a concentration he doesn't possess yet. The power causes an unsettling bleed off though, which will unnerve those without a natural or trained mental resistance. Exposure for long periods usually just causes bad nightmares in those around him, though prolonged exposure can result in permanent mental derangement. It also causes the color of his eyes to change with his mood, shifting to yellow when annoyed or black when angry or 'in an episode'. <br><br><em>Kinetic Force</em> - Discovered and trained first by his Uncle, Jesse has a small kinetic field around him that is caused by his power bleed off. In the beginning it provided no useful advantage, but once harnessed he was able to use it to great effect. While not actually physically stronger than a fit person of his build and size this power allows him the visage of super strength. With concentration he can use it to lift in excess of 1,000 pounds and hit with the same force. The problem is harnessing it caused his bleed off to become stronger, which resulted in his mother's condition.<br><br><em>Kinetic Shielding</em> - Stemming from the same source as his kinetic force, the minor field allows him some measure of superhuman durability. While not at the levels of other mutants, he can withstand extremely powerful attacks with little more than scratches. This provides protection mainly against physical attacks, but extends to blasts and the like at a lower level. While allowing his body protection, without concentration on his force applications, a blow will still send him flying backwards as he lacks the strength to keep himself grounded. <br><br><em>Mental Backlash</em> - Having his powers resonating in his mind creates a sort of shield from psychic attacks or intrusions in the form of a nightmarish backlash. He has no control over this, and is unable to lower it as it's a natural effect of entering his psyche. Power telepaths can withstand and pierce it through it though. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong><br><em>Artist:</em> Jesse is skilled in many of the arts. He's a talented musician, focusing on vocals and guitar, is a good writer of poetry, as well as decent with a brush.<br><em>Good Fighter:</em> His father ensured he wasn't defenseless at school, and this was further enhanced by his uncle. He knows how to fight, but it's not pretty and what you might call martial arts.<br><em>Athletics:</em> Jesse played sports back at his old school even if he was hated. He's got good endurance, and was good at basketball.<br><em>Acrobatics:</em> His uncle was a criminal, and as such he taught his nephew to be agile. He's not great at this, but he is skilled.<br><em>Criminal Arts:</em> Basic on this. He's skilled at lockpicking, grifting and other tricks of the trade, but not so much he's able to make a good living without a good partner.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br>Sorcery and Magic<br>Power Control<br>Telepathy: Intermediate<br>Telekinesis: Beginner<br>History: Mutant and Human<br>Mental Resilience<br>Languages<br>Self Defense<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Archery, Drama, TTBD<br><br>Counseled by Jean Grey: With his predisposition toward mental illness, and the possible ramifications of his powers it was determined he needed to be monitored. When first put with Jean, he was very closed off and resentful of the arrangement. He has since come to see her as a source of moral support and guidance, along with help on his confidence issues. He'll never admit these things, but they are clear in their recent interactions. She's among the few that understand his true thoughts at this point and he has taking to affectionately referring to her as 'Counselor', even if it started as a derogatory comment.<br><br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong><br><br>Hellion: Possible, TBD<br><br>Scarlet Witch/Wanda: Knowing what it's like to have people scared of your powers, he was intrigued when he first heard rumors about her. Further inspection revealed to him one of his first crushes. He's never acted on it thus far, even though he'd like to and has kept his distance. His injuries in the attack have prompted a new found sense of urgency in this regard, and he plans to try and make a move this year... even if he's expecting it not to go well.<br><br>Rogue: Jesse considers her a friend, even if one he limits hanging with due to worries about his power bleed off. He also has concerns, though secret ones, of what would ever happen if she accidentally touches him. Not to himself, but what it'd do to her mind. <br><br>Vyrus: Jesse harbors ill will toward Vyrus due to the man's obsession with trying to get him out of his shell at first. The first day he had his nose in abook, and the idiot came over and drew attention to him that didn't end well for either side. Needless to say, the dumbass thinks they are friends and he doesn't feel anything close to the same way. <br><br>Magic: Posssible, TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>VoluptuousVixen</strong> on <strong>08-08-2016, 11:21:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/ac/52/86/ac52869ae864c2fcb3e1ed55963e3def.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Katherine Anne *Kitty* Pryde<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Shadowcat<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong>18<br><strong>Height:</strong>Five Five<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 103 pounds<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Hazel<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> NYC <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Mother, Theresa Pryde:&nbsp; Father, Carmen Pryde:&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Kitty is a very passionate young woman. She is passionate about the arts and can talk about old movies and old records for hours on end. She has sort of a hipster fashion sense. Kitty was brought up a traditional Jewish girl and wears her star of David around her neck to remember her heritage. She is close to both her parents and&nbsp; adores them both. Kitty is very politically towards the left, she is very liberal and open minded and hates intolerance of any kind. She is afraid of her abilities but is learning to embrace them. Kitty would always run into a burning building to save someone she has a need to help others no matter the risk to herself. Kitty is very flirty and fun and finds she can talk to anyone. She however can be self deprecating at times and sometimes a little too headstrong for her own good. She is not a morning person and can be grumpy until she wakes up.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong>&nbsp; The Theatre, the Cinema, Ballet, Swimming, Music, Reading, making new friends.<br><strong>History:</strong><br>Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde was born in Deerfield, Illinois, to Carmen and Theresa Pryde. Of Jewish descent, her paternal grandfather, Samuel Prydeman, was held in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Kitty started to have headaches at age thirteen, signaling the emergence of her mutant powers. She started phaseing through her parents house and at school and become very scared indeed. She was approached by both the X-Men's Charles Xavier and the Hellfire Club's White Queen, Emma Frost, both of whom hoped to recruit her for their respective causes. Kitty was unnerved by Frost, observing that the White Queen looked at her as if she were "something good to eat." She got along better with Xavier and the three X-Men who escorted him, quickly becoming friends with Ororo Munroe. Ororo told Kitty who she really was and about the X-Men, which made the teenager even more enthusiastic about attending Xavier's school. Kitty has been enjoying getting to know her fellow students at Xaviers and has been training herself up to be a future X-man. She still goes home every other weekend to visit her parents who she is very close with.<br><br>Kitty soon became best friends with Illyanya Rasputin who has been teaching her Russian since becoming buddy's...Kitty did have a crush on Illyanyas older brother which made things awkward for awhile. Kitty first knew Illyanya as a small girl but after her experience in limbo Illyanya was aged up which kitty is still getting her head around. Kitty has become close with Storm who she sees as the big sister she never had. With Wolverine who is like a second farther to her who has also been training her up in the art of martial arts. Kitty has adapted to combat training rather well even though she is not a violent person. <br>Kitty developed a crush on Colossus but given their age difference a romantic relationship didn't really seem appropriate. But he still holds a special place in her heart. Kitty also become close with Nightcralwer and often discussed religion with him as well as other shared loves such as pirate films. <br><br>Kitty was recently kidnapped by the Morlock Caliban and brought down to their underground lair to be his wife. Luckily the X-men were able to save Kitty before a illegal marriage ceremony was performed. Although mad at first Kitty has since started to donate her time to taking food and provisions for the Morlock community as well as trying to convince them they would be welcomed at Xaviers school for the gifted. Kitty hopes one day the Morlocks will feel they will be bale to come out into the son.<br><br>Kitty was injured by Sabretooth in the attack, she attempted to phase into him to stop him dead in his tracks but instead he slashed at her abdomen before she was able to phase. Kitty got stiches and luckily didn't bleed out after the attack. She is starting o heal but hasn't told her parents about her injurer's for fears they would demand she be pulled out of the school. She may still have three scars on her stomach although they arnt too visible very faint. She will be very weary if she ever goes up against Victor Creed again. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Generation Skip (Fathers Side)<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong>&nbsp; Kitty is a mutant with the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atomic particles through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and each is unharmed when Shadowcat has finished passing through the object. This process is called "phasing" or quantum tunneling and it renders her almost completely intangible to physical touch. Shadowcat passes through objects at the same speed at which she is moving before she enters them. Since she is unable to breathe while inside an object, she can only continuously phase through solid objects (as when she travels underground) as long as she can hold her breath. However, contrary depictions of the duration of her phasing ability have been presented, such as when she has phased miles within an object. The use of her abilities also interferes with any electrical systems as she passes through by disrupting the flow of electrons from atom to atom, including the bio-electric systems of living bodies if she concentrates in the right way. This typically causes machines to malfunction or be destroyed as she phases through them, and can induce shock and unconsciousness in living beings.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> She is a talented dancer and gymnast, Kitty is good with computers and Academic, she can also speak and read Hebrew. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> History (Mutant &amp; Human), Power Control (All levels), Computer Science, Psychology.<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> None ATM<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> Illyana Rasputin (Best Friend)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedEve</strong> on <strong>08-08-2016, 11:35:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/89/12479100_211222509251969_708223194_n.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Alison Goodsmile<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Cheyenne<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Straight<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 21<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5’8<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 125 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Blonde<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Kansas City, Kansas<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Parents are Joe and Margaret Goodsmile. Has a younger sister called Bethany. None of them have ever displayed any kind of superpower. <br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Before her powers manifested themselves, Alison was your typical high schooler. She got passing grades but was a lot more interested in her status as a cheerleader and in partying, as well as her boyfriend. She might have partied her way through a college “career” as well had her mutant gene not reared its ugly head and thrown a wrench in her well-made plans. Alison is still a fun-loving girl who quietly resents the fact that she is “different”, though she does not voice this opinion often, as she is keen to fit in in her new environment. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Before her powers revealed her to be a mutant, Alison was a minor internet celebrity who had done some modeling (mostly limited to her home state) and had a YT channel and an Instagram account with a respectable amount of followers. Her desire had been to turn this little hobby into something lucrative, but once she was revealed to be a “freak”, she had to put a halt to that. Her other hobbies had included shopping, partying, movies, gossiping, working out, swimming (she had been on the swimming team since an early age). <br><br><strong>History:</strong> The Goodsmile family had lived an idyllic life almost worthy of their unusual name. Joe Goodsmile had inherited the family farm and the scale of his operation was such that the Goodsmiles were a well-off family, just falling short of truly being wealthy. Margaret Goodsmile was active in the local community and worked part-time as a French teacher at a local high school, more to keep busy and do something with her degree than for any financial need. Alison was born shortly after her mother’s college education was over with, having been pregnant for most of her final semester. The Goodsmile parents were thus a relatively young couple even though they had a daughter old enough to drink. A second child followed five years later in the form of Bethany, in many ways the opposite of her older sister, as she was a lot more serious and more academically accomplished. The younger sister is on her way to an Ivy League education.<br><br>Even though Alison was never a brilliant student, her parents appreciated her quirky personality and the way she managed to win over both her peers as the teachers and parents she encountered through school. Her social media presence had even made her something of a minor celebrity and this modest level of notoriety might even had brought her an income had her life not changed completely at age 17. Alison had awakened one morning, convinced that she was still dreaming, as she had been levitating ten inches above her bed. This incident was further confirmed when she found out that random objects started to float in her presence. It took Alison a long time to figure out that she was the one causing this strange behavior, and even more time before she realized she could control it. Eventually her parents found out and there was something of an intervention where Alison was turned inside out in several hospitals, in the hope of ridding her of the thing (the gene) that made her a freak. Of course, there was no hope of that and as she eventually became ostracized to a certain extent (even losing her boyfriend in the process), she had no choice but to turn to Charles Xavier’s institute for help.<br><br>She has tried to adapt to her new environment and even though she is still a sociable young woman, she has struggled to accept the fact that she is not a “real” human. She has learned to control her powers to a certain extent, but that does not weigh up against the simple yet happy life she lost in exchange for their manifestation.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Delta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Telekinesis. Her power is limited in scope. She can only levitate and move objects up to a certain distance and up to a certain mass/weight. Though she has honed her power since arriving at the institute, the day that she will be able to throw cars around is still long away, if she will ever get there at all. Her power is strong enough to allow for stable flight, though she cannot keep up in the air for more than a couple of dozen minutes, as the strain on her mind slowly becomes unbearable. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> She still works out a lot so she is in good shape beyond her mutant abilities. She still likes to swim, though no longer as part of a swimming team.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br>Beginner Telekinesis<br>Intermediate Telekinesis<br>Mental Resilience<br>History (Mutant &amp; Human)<br>Flight<br>Power Control (All levels)<br>History 101<br>Strategy and Tactics<br><br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br>Swimming<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> <br>Remy LeBeau - Alison and Remy are friends who might be on their way to adding a "with benefits" extension to the relationship<br>Rae Integra Bellemoore - Alison's friend, confidante and mentor, the person she is closest to at the institute<br>James 'Logan' Howlette - Alison has a huge crush on Logan, who doesn't exactly return the feelings<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RampantDesires</strong> on <strong>08-08-2016, 17:03:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e8/Pixiexmen.jpg)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Wings</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/bd/72/68/bd72686405ce123f121aad292680f521.jpg)</div></div></div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Megan Gwynn<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Pixie<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Sure why not<br><strong>Status:</strong> Keepin' it casual<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong>5'0"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 102<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Violently Pink<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Black, without a pupil<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Abergylid Whales<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Unknown - Jason Wyngarde (Mastermind) <em>Father</em>, Unknown - Regan Wyngarde (Lady Mastermind) <em>Half-Sister</em>, Unknown - Martinique Jason/Wyngarde (Mastermind II) <em>Half-Sister</em>,&nbsp; Mrs. Gwynn (Faerie) (http://comicvine.gamespot.com/mrs-gwynn/4005-69385/) <em>Mother</em>, deceased - Idris Gwynn<em> (step)father</em> <br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Happy. Pixie is almost unbelievably cheerful even in seemingly dire circumstances.&nbsp; She goes out of her way to be friendly with everyone, which could be annoying if she weren't so very genuine in her enjoyment of pretty much everything.&nbsp; Trying to avoid tension/drama/fighting where she can Megan's become an expert at smoothing over social situations and 'lightening the mood'. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Dancing, Partying, Painting, Playing Games (video, board, card, hell tag she doesn't care and would love to play :P), just generally being part of a group and doing things, she'll try anything once.. alright more like two or three times just to make sure she doesn't like it. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> Her childhood was pretty idyllic in the small mining town of Abergylid Whales.&nbsp; &nbsp;Well, except for her relationship with her mother. It comes as no shock that Megan was a happy active kid but she never really got along with her mom who seemed to pop in and out of her life at random intervals and was generally a bit cool and disapproving toward her high-spirited offspring.&nbsp; But that was okay, she had her dad and grandparents who indulged her shamelessly.&nbsp; <br><br>When she was 14 a mine shaft collapse killed her father, something which to this day causes her a bit of claustrophobia (tight underground spaces, but mine shafts, that one in particular more so than anything else).&nbsp; Her grandparents took her in full time, but things went from bad to worse when only a year later she was out on her bike coming back from school and was very nearly hit by a car.&nbsp; The bike was totaled and she was able to survey the accident from a few dozen feet in the air, giant wings having sprouted from her back her strawberry blonde hair now a vibrant pink her eyes a solid black.&nbsp; <br><br>Once her wings came out though she could not put them back in, even tucked against her body her look is far too distinctive for her to pass as human. Now outed as a mutant Mrs. Gwynn returned for a time, but only to contact Charles Xavier and rather swiftly entrust her daughter into his care.&nbsp; Still a bit raw from losing her father and with her relationship with mother still strained as well as being shut out by the community she'd grown up for being a freak meant she was all to happy to be shipped off to the States, enrolling in Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning.<br><br>Upon arriving at the school Megan hit the ground running, well took to the air flapping?&nbsp; In the two years she's been at the school Megan has learned to control her flight better, no longer requiring a helmet when training. YAY!&nbsp; She has developed the biggest of crushes on one Mr. Unobtainable, aka Scott Summers (is it her fault that is ass is so very tidy? and he gets all serious and you just want to take your tongue and ...nevermind). The recent attack upon the school, well lets just say it didn't go very well for Megan. It was a hectic battle and her basic strategy of 'fly by and crop dust' wasn't very effective with so many of her friends engaged in close combat (seriously, all she needed was to take one of her allies out of commission for awhile on accident).&nbsp; No one saw the barbed net that dropped on her (mind effects aren't so fun when they're used against you) causing her to plummet out of the air, Megan still hears the dark laughter of that blonde lady (Lady Mastermind) in her sleep sometimes, the sound cut off by snapping bone and cartridge just before she wakes up.&nbsp; Good times. Her left arm suffered a fairly clean break, the upper wing on that side was not as lucky. Mangled is more appropriate, it might have been trampled once she was on the ground, she was already in pain and kind of out of it and can't remember exactly but she's never sustained damage like that from a fall before.&nbsp; It has been treated and splinted and she should regain full use of it, but Megan is still grounded for awhile while it heals.&nbsp; <acronym title=" Welsh - literal= Pig's poo, meaning= crap, everything's gone wrong">Cachu hwch</acronym><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Gamma <br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Mutant parents<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <em>Wings/Flight</em> - Four large iridescent wings spout from between her shoulder blades appearing somewhat a cross between a dragonfly and a butterfly.&nbsp; Her flight is not perfect, in fact up until this year she had to wear a helmet during flight training (embarrassing but necessary as she had a tendency to get over excited and crash into things). She's getting better though!&nbsp; Her top speeds show her keeping pace with a cruise missile which travels at 550 mph; she's not ready for that yet and tops out around 200 right now.&nbsp; Physically speaking she shouldn't be able to fly that fast, she just ... does. Take that physics! (currently&nbsp; inaccessible, stupid illusionists)&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><em>Pixie Dust</em> - Megan is able to secrete and scatter 'faerie dust' which alters the minds of those it touches, most often resulting in hallucinations (and hilarious ones at that) capable of affecting minds that are normally resistant to illusions/mind altering effects. As in: "Wolverine was less than pleased to find himself fighting a herd of unicorns."&nbsp; She has a small degree of control over its effects and is able to scale it back to something like taking Ecstasy or LSD, but always a good trip. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Making friends? Speaks Welsh, basics of hand to hand combat (she's all kinds of bad at it)<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Flight, Strategy and Tactics (hi Scott), Biology, Sorcery and Magic, Mental Resilience <br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Gardening Club, Volleyball, Drama, Photography, Tennis, any group that needs an extra body or will allow her to participate<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> Workin' on it.&nbsp; (She arrived at the school at 15 and has been at the school for two years already.&nbsp; Pixie wants to be friends with everyone, if you want some kind of rivalry/frenemy relationship that's fine too, but it will have to be a little one sided, ie she's still convinced that some day you'll come around and that under it all you're really nice :P&nbsp; Romantic entanglements?&nbsp; Sure, but confined to the last year as per E rules;&nbsp; probably less 'dated' and more 'hooked up that one time' and cwtching, so much <acronym title="cuddling">cwtching!</acronym>)<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Established Ties</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>AribethAmkiir </strong><br>&nbsp;- <em>Dazzler </em>- Pixie is a fan.&nbsp; Maybe even #1 fan? She gets a little tongue tied around Ali, but that doesn't stop her from taking all her classes and <del>stalking</del> seeing her around the campus. <br>&nbsp;- <em>Blink</em> - Clarice is actually the first student that Megan met after arriving on campus.&nbsp; Pixie is convinced that they are 'practically twins' since they're the same age, started school around the same time, have pupiless eyes, and show a biological affinity for the color pink.&nbsp; Megan's a bit ... much for the quieter girl, but they get along rather well.<br><br><strong>Eternal Blade</strong><br>&nbsp;- <em>Cyclops </em>- Megan's in love.&nbsp; The deep and abiding (not to mention irrational and unrequited .. potentially unnoticed as well) love that only a seventeen year old girl is capable of feeling.&nbsp; She and Scott are one day going to have beautiful talented babies, just you wait! (unconfirmed I still have to send this PM :P)<br>&nbsp;- <em>Lady Shadowstrike</em> - Determinedly nice.&nbsp; Pixie has a soft spot for those with obvious physical mutations, wither they want her to or not really.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Elf</strong><br>&nbsp;- <em>Stripe</em> - Friendly. Mostly at least.&nbsp; He can be a moody thing at times, but all in all she gets along well with Ivan.&nbsp; She's super excited to see how things develop between him and Clarice!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheBlackThrone</strong> on <strong>09-08-2016, 02:09:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://jessicajayneauthor.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/l63k7eo.jpg)<br><div align="center">(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5J3xqnCIAEjMH6.jpg)(https://pinklacebookblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/gary_taylor_007_by_thirdaxis-d5ihiwi.jpg)(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f1/b9/23/f1b923efe5bab2dfb03c52655c791f0b.jpg)(http://in2.ccio.co/R8/h3/45/078faed444bb431dfb474533c05e4d7f.jpg)</div></div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Blake Lloyd Campbell<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Law<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heteroflexible<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 27<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'3"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 172 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Gray<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Queens, New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_u">Mother</span>: Campbell, Elizabeth - deceased<br><em>Relations with:</em> N/A</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Father</span>: Mack Campbell, 62<br><em>Relations with:</em> Poor</li></ul><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Law is a fearless police officer, which also makes him reckless. He will take risks to make an arrest, and he isn’t the sort of guy to let a criminal get away. He is very determined, and simply, no joke. Any criminal that refuses to turn him/herself in will find the cop on their ass until he is stopped in some shape or form. Law takes his job seriously, and he is an avid believer in upholding the peace.<br><br>On the other hand, he is easy to get along with. He has a sense of humor and he can show cockiness. He loves a nice cup of hot coffee, but especially and stereotypically, loves doughnuts. In fact, his morning doesn’t begin until he’s had them. When situations get tense, Blake knows how to keep calm no matter how much the odds are against him. He is very reliable, and others tend to find his courage—although foolish—admirable. Law has a "never give up and never surrender" attitude.<br><br>The officer is lenient on most criminals, but if anyone scratches his baby, ie. his car, they’re going down.<br><br>Blake can sometimes feel aloof. He grew up with his grandparents and he believes his father disowned him. He never knew his mother but knows that she must have been an amazing woman for his father to feel so torn by her passing to get rid of his son. When it comes to others talking about their families, Blake feels indifferent. He doesn’t know how to respond, and he doesn’t like talking about his parents. Deep-down, he wishes he got the chance to meet his mother to apologize for having caused her such a misfortune.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Blake's extracurricular activities include going to the gym to workout, swim, and play basketball. He attends MMA classes, and even teaches a Women's Self Defense Class.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Before Blake Campbell came to be, his father, Mack Campbell, was a police officer working for the New York Police Department. On one assignment, he was to investigate an illegal shipment that was supposed to arrive in the harbor at midnight. During a gunfight with smugglers, Mack was pushed into a crate stack that near crushed him flat when it came down. After the smugglers escaped, Mack and his partner searched the cargo for illegal drugs and from the rubble of the shattered crates, they discovered a titanium suitcase. Upon opening it, Mack found an ecstatic object (possibly having been disturbed by the fall) that unleashed a bright flash before winking out of existence. The flash had dazed Mack and made him slightly nauseous and unaware of its true effects on his being. The FBI wasn’t too happy that he had “tampered with evidence,” and submitted him to several rounds of interrogations. Afterwards, SHIELD took over and Mack was further interrogated and was put through several physical and mental examinations, screening him for abnormal characteristics. When SHIELD was left dry, Mack was allowed to return home to his wife Elizabeth Campbell, unaware of the contamination he carried on his being.<br><br>It was passed onto Elizabeth and during her pregnancy, she was horribly ill and the doctors were unable to figure out what was wrong, but suspected that the growing infant inside her was making her sick. They predicted that whatever illness was affecting Elizabeth would either deform the baby, kill it, kill her, or them both. Months later, when the baby was to be born, Elizabeth died giving birth to a boy she named with her last words Blake. Blake was what the doctors thought to be a miracle for he came out to be a healthy baby boy; and though Mack was relieved to hear of Blake’s well-being, he was devastated upon learning of Elizabeth’s passing.<br><br>Mack retired from the NYPD to take care of Blake, and as he grew, the relationship between him and his father was cold. Mack blames Blake for Elizabeth’s death and has raised him, knowing that Elizabeth would have wanted him too. Mack hadn’t noticed Blake’s unusual talents until a vengeful convict known as The Brutalizer escaped from prison. The Brutalizer tracked down Mack’s residence and broke in, wielding his trademark bat wrapped in barbwire. Mack and The Brutalizer got into a scuffle, and a worried Blake came downstairs. Upon seeing the brute of a man about to smash his father’s head in, Blake held out his hands and the electricity in the room began to flicker until electric chains shot from his hands to electrocute the criminal. The Brutalizer collapsed to the floor smoking and in a spastic fit. The Campbells were without power for a few days, and during those days, Mack was arranging to have Blake live with his grandparents.<br><br>Due to his Christian beliefs, Mack believed that Blake was a wicked curse that had taken the life of his wife. He dumped Blake off at his grandparents, and since then, Blake hasn’t seen his father in seventeen-years. His grandparents gave him the love and life he deserved and he was able to go to New York University. He got accepted into the School of Law and got his degree in Criminal Justice.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of the Family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Energy Conversion; Blake’s ability to absorb one form of energy and convert it into another form. There are multiple forms of energy that naturally exist, but Blake can only absorb one form at a time, and either A) harness it, B) convert it into a useful form of energy, or C) wield it as a weapon. When Blake absorbs a substantial amount of energy, the energy can be seen enveloping his body in the form of electricity, heat, light, or radiation. Once Blake harnesses the energy, it can suit several purposes, such as if unleashed upon the ground, propel him through the air like a rocket, or if absorbed, it becomes a chemical and electrical energy that the body uses to repair afflicted tissue, kill harmful germs, bacteria, and viruses, and pretty much keep him at optimum health. This explains why Blake rarely takes sick-leave. This ability also, like the other properties he can harness, be used to augment his physical prowess, making him faster, stronger, and tougher than an average human.<br><br><strong>Limitations:</strong> Law doesn’t naturally generate or produce the energy he uses. He absorbs it from the environment and he can only absorb one form of energy at a time (self-augmentation is considered one form of energy he will have to disperse in order to use any other ability). If he is currently wielding heat, then he is stuck with heat until he releases it back into the atmosphere. He cannot travel too far from a source of energy, say, if he is using electricity, then he cannot fly too high or away from the electrical source or he won’t have any energy to use. Law is still experimenting with his powers to see what other energies he can absorb. The substantial use of his powers can put a dramatic strain on his body, resulting in him growing weak or collapsing from hunger and exhaustion. The cop has natural human weaknesses.<br><br>When on the job, he tends not to show-off his powers if he can help it. The NYPD knows he’s a super cop, but they expect him to act like any normal officer would in the field. This is so he doesn’t discourage the other officers or frighten them.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Police Training</li><li>Martial Arts - MMA</li><li>Law Enforcement and Knowledge</li><li>New York Jurisdiction</li><li>Street Smarts</li><li>Undercover Operations</li><li>SWAT training</li></ul><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Basic Self Defense</li><li>Intermediate Self Defense</li><li>Advanced Self Defense</li><li>Team-Building</li></ul><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> To be worked out.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Orange Marmalade</strong> on <strong>09-08-2016, 03:42:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/7T7uNA5.jpg)<br></div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Robert (Bobby) Drake<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Iceman<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Homosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong><br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'1<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 195lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Fort Washington, Long Island, New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Louis Drake (father), Madeline Drake (mother), Evilin Drake (paternal aunt), Mary Drake (cousin), JoeyDrake (cousin)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Bobby is, generally speaking, a happy go lucky guy. He has a positive outlook on life and generally sticks up for the underdog. He often sees the good in most everybody and will often try to diffuse difficult situations with a joke or deflection. It has been said that: "one of Iceman's best personality traits is that emotionally Bobby Drake is like the ice he manipulates -- not cold but transparent. 'He's devastatingly honest. He is very up-front with his emotions and his thoughts all the time". He is also brave, and straightforward and will not avoid unpleasant situations.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Hockey, video games<br><br><strong>History:</strong> <br>Bobby was born in Long Island, New York to a Jewish mother and an Irish Catholic father and he was an only child. His early life was very typical suburban American, and his mutation showed at a slightly early age, the first symptoms simply being that he was cold all the time. Eventually he figured out he was a mutant but he kept it suppressed and hidden from everybody.<br><br>At one point a school bully and his thugs cornering him and his then-girlfriend. Bobby defended them, encasing his attacker in ice and revealing himself to his peers as a mutant. The town believed him to be dangerous and a mob was formed to kill Bobby, breaking into his home and overpowering him and his family. Luckily the local Sheriff intervened, taking Bobby away from them for protection, with the events causing enough news to reach Professor X.<br><br>Xavier sent Cyclops to recruit Bobby who at first turned him down, but a fresh mob chose that moment to attack the pair and, being unwilling to kill the civilians, they almost met their ends at the hands of the normal humans. Luckily, once again, Professor Xavier intervened, using his powers to erase the mob's memories and free Bobby and Cyclops. Bobby then finally agreed to come to the mansion and learn how to control his powers, as well as about mutants and their history. It was there that he took on the 'nickname' Iceman as he trained for the last two years, learning to control his powers, fight, and survive.<br><br>During the fighting Iceman did his best to prove how much he'd learned, but in the end he'd been severely hurt and had spent most of the summer trying to recover.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha (for now)<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><em>Thermokinesis</em> - Bobby's power, at its base, is the ability to make things cold, removing the heat energy from them in an unknown fashion. He can essentially lower his internal body temperature to absolute zero within the span of a few tenths of a second. These powers work regardless of the visible water or moisture around him, though it is harder in harsh desert like environments and takes more effort. This ability gives him the power to do some amazing things, such as:<br><em>Cryokinesis</em> - Bobby can control moisture, freezing any moisture, including just what's in the air, into super hard ice. The ice can be in nearly any form Bobby can think of and with his time practicing at the instute he's managed to use it to sculpt objects, create things like ladders, fling bolts or balls of ice and snow, or erect instant durable barriers (these have been shown to even keep the Hulk contained for a shirt period). He can even shape his ice into a slid that allows him to 'skate' at high speeds which he often uses to get around.<br><em>Thermal Vision</em> - In short, Bobby can see as if he were looking through a thermal camera, though he sees a lack of heat rather than heat signatures.<br><em>Ice Form</em> - By lowering his entire body far below freezing he can turn himself into super dense and hard organic ice, similar to the way Colossus becomes organic steel. This form is extremely durable and has been described as virtually indestructible. Even if he were to be shattered he would be able to pull his pieces back together, though he does not yet know he has this ability. <br><em>Ice Construct Generation</em> - Bobby can create abstract 'clones' of himself. Structures of ice that vaguely have his own shape (though they can be modified - larger for strength, smaller for speed, etc). He can only create one of these at a time and they only have rudamentary intelligence, but they do follow his orders and can act independently in a vague fashion.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Future Powers</div><div class="spoiler_body">In the future, Bobby will have the ability to lower temperature on a vast scale. It is said that his potential would allow him to even alter Earth's ecosystem. He will have the ability to disperse himself into moisture and reform himself nearly anywhere, posisbly taking others with him, and he will eventually be able to not just freeze people and objects, but literally turn them to ice the same way he does his own body.</div></div><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Hockey, Accounting, Spanish, (more to come?)<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Mental Resilience, History (both), Power Control<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Swimming, Photography<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bibliophilia</strong> on <strong>09-08-2016, 07:16:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://67.media.tumblr.com/6930e855fbb69654d6f644fb1259fba3/tumblr_msg5h68eTP1s5nbwjo1_1280.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Jubilation Lee<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Jubilee; Wondra; Jubes<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Omnisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 18<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'5"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 115 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Los Angeles, California<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Dr. &amp; Mrs. Lee (Parents;Deceased), Hope Lee (Aunt;Living)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Jubilee is a typical teenage girl, except when she's not.&nbsp; She has the uncanny ability to go from eating pizza, reading magazines, planning a shopping trip and complaining about homework to fighting her ass off, saving her friends and controlling powers that would make Einstein's head explode.&nbsp; She knows the dangers of allowing the work and the constant threat of chaos and death overwhelm you, and she balances that by allowing herself to take time away and just be a person; not a mutant or an X-Man.&nbsp; Despite her age, she is very mature, which is understandable given everything she's experienced in her relatively short life.&nbsp; Still, she loves to have fun and she is the first to try and convince the more serious members of the group to loosen up a bit.&nbsp; She believes very strongly that part of what leads to control over one's powers is the ability to unclench every now and then.&nbsp; If asked, she'll half-jokingly point to Scott as proof of her theory.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Gymnastics, roller derby, parkour, art, eating, thrift store shopping.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Jubilation was the only child of wealthy Chinese immigrants, born in Beverly Hills, California.&nbsp; Her childhood was a happy, loving one, and she was considered talented enough in gymnastics to potentially join the Olympic team.&nbsp; Then, when she was fourteen, her parents experienced a devastating loss in the stock market and that night, while their daughter was away, they were mistaken for one of their neighbors (also named Lee), and killed by two hit men.&nbsp; The hit men disguised the murders as an accident, and in one fell swoop, Jubilation was orphaned and left destitute with no family to turn to.<br><br>The state took custody of Jubilation and sent her to a group home, but she ran away and began hiding in a shopping mall, dodging security at night and raiding the food court to survive.&nbsp; One night, she was discovered by the guards and, in her panic to escape, she manifested her powers for the first time.&nbsp; While fleeing from the guards in an alley, her hands emitted a blinding burst of pure energy that disoriented the men and allowed her to slip away.&nbsp; The discovery of her powers led Jubilation to begin working as a busker in the mall, providing dazzling light shows in exchange for tips.<br><br>Annoyed by Jubilation and more than a little anti-mutant, mall security hired the M-Squad to catch her.&nbsp; Overwhelmed and out-numbered, after an impressive battle, Jubilation was caught by the mutant hunters.&nbsp; Luckily, Dazzler, Psylocke, Rogue and Storm happened to be shopping on the day the M-Squad attacked and they rescued her.&nbsp; Never having been around other mutants before, and finding herself curious about the women who had saved her, Jubilee followed them and eventually trailed them through a portal to Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning.<br><br>Once again she took to hiding and stealing to survive, until the school was attacked by Reavers, who captured Wolverine and tortured him.&nbsp; While sneaking around, Jubilation found him and rescued him, then nurtured him back to health.&nbsp; After that, the two teamed up on several missions together, including one wherein they fought the Mandarin with Psylocke.&nbsp; Eventually, Wolverine, Psylocke and Jubilee returned to America and she joined the X-Men officially, though the others were highly reluctant to take her on dangerous missions due to her age.&nbsp; Despite Psylocke's support, and multiple instances wherein she proved her value to the team, the others eventually decided that she would no longer accompany them on missions.<br><br>It was after this decision was made, that Jubilee was contacted by her paternal aunt, Hope, who adopted her and moved her into her home in Los Angeles.&nbsp; This allowed Jubilee to reconnect with family, and gave her a chance to return to something resembling a normal life, which was a welcome relief.&nbsp; Unfortunately, normal is easier said than done, and after getting into a few fights in her new school, she was reprimanded for using her mutant powers.&nbsp; After only a few months living with her aunt, Jubilee discovered that the woman was an assassin when Hope was caught up in a crime ring.&nbsp; Wolverine came to visit and the three of them ended up having to fight Hope's former employer.&nbsp; In the process, Hope was caught in a massive explosion and was presumed dead, which left Jubilee grief-stricken and alone once more.&nbsp; Wolverine brought her back to the mansion, and over time she came to accept her loss, embracing those at the school as her new family.<br><br>During the recent attack on the school, Jubilee was badly burned by Pyro and left in a semi-conscious, charred heap.&nbsp; She was found following the attack and slowly, painstakingly nursed back to health over a period of several weeks by Joshua.&nbsp; Once she had recovered enough to awaken from her induced coma, she found herself conflicted over the fact that her life had been in the hands of a former Reaver, given her history with them.&nbsp; She still struggles with her feelings over the situation, as well as the memories and nightmares that linger from the attack.&nbsp; She wonders if she would ever be able to face Pyro again, as she finds herself flinching at even the smallest of open flames now.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha Level<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of Family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Jubilee once can generate multi-colored globules of energy plasma she calls "fireworks." She can vary their power and intensity, from a multitude of sparkles capable of temporarily blinding others to a powerful detonation capable of much destruction, and can also absorb the energy back into her body without harm to herself. Jubilee has the potential to detonate matter on a molecular level.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Jubilee is a highly-skilled gymnast and rollerblader. She is trained in first aid and CPR, and also possesses fair thieving skills and hand-to-hand combat experience.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Mental Resilience; History (Mutant &amp; Human); Power Control; History 101; Languages; Biology; Team Building<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Drama (Set Design); Photography<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> Not yet...<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Intimate Ink</strong> on <strong>09-08-2016, 08:27:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/97fdd665d67eb650c21c9237b4607bca/tumblr_obiskwLUmq1v7qsymo1_400.png)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Joshua "Josh" Foley<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Elixir<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Homosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 17<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 145<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Blonde<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> New York City (Queens), New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Joshua was legally orphaned by his parents upon discovery of his mutant abilities.&nbsp; His blood relatives include his biological father Howard Foley, his biological mother Grace Foley, and two older brothers, Nathan and Kevin Foley.&nbsp; Joshua has no home other than the Institute, and Henry "Hank" "Beast" McCoy has legal guardianship of him.<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> It has been difficult to get a good read of Joshua's personality since arriving at the Institute, as his life has been in a state of tremendous flux.&nbsp; His coy, even shy beginnings were revealed by Julian Keller -- quite publicly -- to truly&nbsp; be his own self-shame for formerly being a member of an anti-mutant criminal organization with goals of killing mutants, particularly James "Logan" Howlett.&nbsp; The fact that many of the students -- as well as some of the staff -- ostracized Joshua due to Julian's revelation only encouraged him to cloister his personality away in favor of remaining off of everyone's radar.&nbsp; Quite simply: If no one noticed him, no one was punishing him for his origins.&nbsp; Joshua slowly began to warm up some once his past stop becoming recent news, and revealed a slightly impulsive, yet artistic temperament that was equally prone to moments of elation, anger, and depression.&nbsp; Joshua has taken active strides to get his moods under control, however, which has greatly helped his in studies and progress.&nbsp; &nbsp;More recently, he's been particularly sullen due to the attacks on the Institute.&nbsp; With Hank McCoy's discovery of Josh's potential, Josh has placed a self-imposed responsibility of being both important and protective of the team with his abilities.&nbsp; Unfortunately, potential and present power level are two very different things, and Josh has ended up only over-extending himself to the point of mental and physical exhaustion trying to help.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Writing, Art, Meditation, Tennis, Tai Chi, Swimming, Brain Teasers<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Josh Foley was born to a family of militant anti-mutant activists, known as the Reavers, in New York City.&nbsp; From an early age he was taught that mutants were an abomination to humanity, a threat to his existence, and needed to be destroyed.&nbsp; While as a large organization the criminal group that composed the Reavers may have had a much more complicated mission, Joshua's perception in it was starkly clear:&nbsp; There was a war going on, humans were either destined to kill or be killed by the mutants, and if he valued the safety of himself and his loved one he would take up arms against them.<br><br>Joshua lacked anything that resembled a conventional childhood: being part of a strictly militant family he was provided with little social opportunities outside his brothers, he rarely lived in the same place or kept the same identity for long, and was taught to violently distrust anyone that was not part of the Reaver organization.&nbsp; While Joshua never did develop or demonstrate much aptitude for direct combat, he worked as support for his older brothers and parents to develop weapons, create distractions, and assist in both the unwarranted arrest and death of several mutants.&nbsp; In truth, he was simply too young still to be making much of a moral decision about his actions:&nbsp; the existence and reality he knew was set by his parents, and he was deliberately kept from any competing ideas or thoughts.<br><br>Joshua's life would change forever when, as a young teenager, his family along with a group of Reavers attacked a small squad of X-Men whom were in New York for embassy business.&nbsp; Fortunately for the X-Men, Joshua's group was largely unprepared and lacked the strategy of some of the more organized Reaver squads, and the X-Men escaped without any lasting wounds.&nbsp; Joshua's oldest brother, Nathan, was not so fortunate and lay in the street with deep, medically-urgent lacerations.&nbsp; Joshua rushed from his hiding place to try and stop his brother's bleeding as the fighting ceased.&nbsp; At that moment Joshua felt a strange energy surge between him and his brother, healing Nathan's wounds, even while Joshua's own consciousness waned and he collapsed in the street.<br><br>When Josh came to it was in his room, his arms and legs bound together while he heard the sound of angry voices echoing in the next room.&nbsp; While he was unable to hear fully, it was clear the topic of conversation was about him and the power exhibited, which clearly marked him as what was most dangerous and despised in this world: a mutant.&nbsp; Though he called for help, announcing that he was awake, no one came.&nbsp; It was Nathan, his eldest brother whom he saved, that finally approached him in the night.&nbsp; The truths he shared with Josh were painfully, brutally clear: Josh was no longer part of the Reavers, nor his family; in fact, the only reason he was still there was while his parents were defending his life, many of his once-friends simply were advocating for his execution.&nbsp; Knowing that he might have died if not for his intervention, Nathan said that while he could no longer consider Josh his brother he did owe him one last favor for saving his life:&nbsp; Joshua's escape.&nbsp; With Nathan's help Josh fled into the night, and was instructed by his brother to seek a home at the Xavier institute while never to return.<br><br>Josh did eventually make it to the door of the Xavier Institute, though it was an admittedly slow process between his hesitation of "surrendering to the enemy" and a lack of survival instinct, as he believed himself both evil and defective.&nbsp; He was broke, starving, and more than a little unstable upon his arrival, and it took Charles Xavier and the rest of the staff time, patience, and more than a bit of psychic meddling to even piece together Josh's story.&nbsp; While there was, no doubt, some controversy at the time to even provide shelter to a member of a group who had a past and present of actively seeking to kill their kind, others felt that Joshua was exactly the kind of youth who defined the Institute's mission to protect and educate <em>all</em> mutants in need.&nbsp; Perhaps due to the boy's emotional frankness and natural warmth towards him, perhaps due to Josh's evidently high intellectual capability, or simply perhaps due to his healing power being a fascinating study subject, Henry "Hank" McCoy soon emerged as one of Joshua's strongest advocates.<br><br>This advocacy would prove to be quite fateful indeed.&nbsp; Not having any legal control over the boy, the Xavier institute cautious reached out to Joshua's family to see if they intended to challenge his presence there.&nbsp; In truth, Josh's parents were relieved he had escaped the Reavers who would have killed him, though also seemed adamantly unable to acknowledge him as anything but a monster any more.&nbsp; He was no son of theirs.&nbsp; In the end it was them who made the demand that if Charles was to keep Josh without a fight, he was required to find a way to legally absolve the Foley family of ties with Josh.&nbsp; After much discussion, Hank would ultimately step forward and offer to take legal guardianship of Josh so that he could peacefully stay at the institute.<br><br>Josh's earliest days at the institute, perhaps, went better than one could expect: while the weight of being a mutant and being disowned by his family weighed huge on his mind, several of the faculty, most notably Hank, learned that the boy was also eager to be exposed to knowledge about the world he had spent much of his life being denied.&nbsp; Josh was both a natural thinker and artist, and for the very first time, he was in an environment where that attitude could be encouraged.&nbsp; Even when the faculty chose to make the slow transition into him being among and acting as a "normal" institute student, he seemed to be fitting reasonable well.&nbsp; For better or worse, he seemed to have even become a loyal friend of one of the more concerning students at the school, Julian "Hellion" Keller.<br><br>While Julian had a tendency to prey and bully on the other students, he seemed somewhat receptive to Joshua's naturally quieter tendencies, and willingness to look up to him for leadership.&nbsp; They additionally bonded over a distaste for Joshua's new roommate.&nbsp; (<em>While this is canonically Prodigy, I am leaving this as an unnamed NPC at this time out of respect for possibly future Prodigy players, and in case anyone actively wants this connection.</em>)&nbsp; This relationship ultimately ended in a tumultuous explosion, however, when after becoming suspicious of Josh's tight-lipped stance about talking about his past, Julian managed to extract the identity of Joshua's parents and his former status as a Reaver.&nbsp; Enraged and feeling betrayed, Julian quickly spread the knowledge around school, making sure what was once a quiet secret was now widely known by students and staff alike.&nbsp; Still very much ashamed of his past, Joshua could only respond with shaky apologies and quickly fell back into his older introverted, loner tendencies.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>There were those among the student body, of course, that learned to forgive Josh and felt that Julian's actions that so brutally, publicly punished him for a past self were out-of-line.&nbsp; One student among them in&nbsp; particular, (whom was been left deliberately as an unnamed NPC at this time in case anyone would like the plot-hook in the future; this is canonically played out by Rahn Sinclair,) took both a liking and pity on the now quite insular Josh.&nbsp; When Josh and the student shared what should have been an innocent first kiss, a surge in Josh's power activated repressed mutant genes within the other student that were considered disabled for good.&nbsp; Josh was confused and alarmed for a single moment before, but as he often fought with, he ultimately slipped into one of his mini-comas.<br><br>When Josh awoke he was in the caring, if quite intellectually stimulated, care of his guardian Hank McCoy.&nbsp; Like a caring mentor and friend, Hank's priority was to both stabilize and orient the recently coma-induced Josh.&nbsp; However, Hank also had important information to depart to Josh and the core staff members within the institute: Josh was not simply a "healer" mutation as it was once believed.&nbsp; Instead, Hank theorized, Josh had a startlingly powerful mutation that could allow for the manipulation of all organic matter on the planet: healing and harming, sure: but even abilities observed in the very few, including altering genetic mutations, genetic expression, and perhaps even resurrection.&nbsp; Josh's limited ability to heal minor to moderate wounds was simply because he had never been trained or challenged to do anything greater.<br><br>There was new attention on Josh after those revelations, some good and some bad.&nbsp; Even among the staff, some viewed him as both a potential asset and dangerous weapon, and argued the proper course of action for the youth.&nbsp; Josh, for his part, simply felt humiliated and embarrassed for being singled out once more:&nbsp; particularly since he could barely heal more than a couple people in a day's before becoming so mentally and physically exhausted he would lapse into a coma.&nbsp; He exhibited a temperament at that time that was atypically stormy as he confronted Hank.&nbsp; While, in many ways, Hank meant everything to him, he was unable to hide his quaking and angry insistence that there must have been some mistake in Hank's data.&nbsp; This was not his life, this was not his potential.<br><br>Josh slowly adapted to the news through a variety of coping mechanisms.&nbsp; With Hank's kind but forceful guidance, Josh learned to partially channel his increasingly surfacing bouts of frustration and anger through art, physical activity, and meditation.&nbsp; He became an avid tennis enthusiast, and slowly began to feed his mind in a way that Hank theorized would cause Josh's latent abilities to blossom.&nbsp; This included intensive sessions of studying anatomy, physiology, and bio-mechanics so that Josh would be capable of visualizing and focusing on the the desired forms and changes that he might want as his powers came fully into bloom.&nbsp; It was a slow process -- particularly in regards to Josh's powers since he often lacked the stamina for much practice on a daily basis, and pushing him too hard would -- quite literally -- put him out of commission.&nbsp; While information of his Reaver past certainly had not been forgotten, as "old news" does, its significance began to wane, and Josh slowly felt the student body being less overtly hostile and unwelcome to him.&nbsp; <br><br>Josh took the recent attacks on the institute incredibly hard.&nbsp; Not only did he lack the fighting skills of many of his peers and mentors to be a proper player within the fight, he felt completely helpless as so many injuries formed around him that taxed his very limited stamina.&nbsp; To make matters worse, as a well meaning staff-member attempted to pull him away (<em>while semi-canonically -- under different canonical circumstances, that is -- this person is Wolverine, i am leaving it as an unnamed PC for the moment for potential connection purposes,</em>) Joshua acted in fear and distress and unwittingly covered their body in painful boils, which only added to the overly-stressed needs of the infirmary for the staff member to heal from.<br><br>Josh has spent the last several months in a terminally exhausted state, draining his every reserve by using his healing properties when possible, and trying to assist in more traditional medic-related fashions under Hank's guidance when not.&nbsp; On more than one instance he has over-extended himself into a coma.&nbsp; The weight of supposedly having so much potential to help, and yet feeling more like another burden to the institute, has weighed very heavily on his mind.&nbsp; After completely abandoning some of his self-care practices such as tennis, meditation, and art, Josh has slowly been forced into taking the time for them again by several staff members and students concerned with his currently frail-seeming and precarious health. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha Level<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of Family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Theoretically, Josh has the ability to permanently alter the biological/or and genetic make-up of any living or dead organic life-form, including himself.&nbsp; In practice, he is nowhere near that scope of power, however, and instead is unlocking small bits of that potential through his time at the Institute.&nbsp; <br><br><em>The Power of Touch</em> - While canonically Joshua has unlocked the ability to affect small groups at a distance, in his present development state Joshua must be physically touching an individual for his abilities to take effect.&nbsp; While he may still affect an individual while touching them through clothes if he concentrates particularly hard, he is currently unable to affect an individual in thick, protective technological suits or armor.&nbsp; Joshua may currently only effect one individual at a time.<br><br><em>Limited Reserves</em> - When Joshua uses his abilities repeatedly in close frequency, or if he performs an act that is close to his current maximum level of ability, Josh is at high risk to lapse into a coma.&nbsp; He gets progressively weaker as his reserves are depleted, until he is simply no longer conscious.&nbsp; The duration of this coma typically lasts for around twelve hours, but the GM (or player, if he so chooses,) may opt to extend this period for particularly trying feats.&nbsp; While the mechanisms of this are not even canonically fully understood, Hank McCoy has theorized that uses of Josh's powers subtly weakens his own DNA, and his time in the coma is Josh's subconscious way of reflexively using his power to repair himself.<br><br><em>Problematic Natural Healing </em>- While the mechanisms of it are not fully known, it has been theorized that due to Josh's unusual power over his own DNA, conventional medicine tends to lack effectiveness.&nbsp; If Josh is unable to heal or protect himself for any reason through his own powers, it is often a prolonged and exhaustive process to get conventional healing methods to work on him.&nbsp; This includes recovery from damage, but also more esoteric health issues such as recovering from illness or receiving effective vaccines.&nbsp; Fortunately for Josh, Hank McCoy has studied him enough that, when absolutely necessary, he can develop formulas that are somewhat effective on Josh; however, there is usually quite a high fiscal and time cost in developing such tailor-made formulas.&nbsp; Due to it's unique properties, it has also been theorized that Warren "Angel" Worthington III's blood <em>may</em> also be beneficial when dealing with Josh's stubborn natural healing mechanism.<br><br><em>Healing Touch (General)</em> - One of Joshua's earliest unlocked abilities, and perhaps the one he is most known for, is his ability to heal another life form of injuries.&nbsp; Minor wounds are instantaneous, but severe wounds may take an extended period of time and substantially drain him.&nbsp; Blood is restored, flesh is repaired, and wounds heal.&nbsp; This ability is still very tasking on him, and using it more than three times in a day for minor wounds, or more than once in a day for severe wounds, will likely drive him into unconsciousness.<br>&nbsp; <br><em>Death Touch</em> - While canonically Joshua may have recently developed this skill quite extensively, he is much less practiced during the current timeline.&nbsp; Joshua may, however, impart a level of non-lethal damage in the form of a biological attack, such as painful boils, twisted limbs, or simple feelings of illness and malaise.&nbsp; With a similar stamina pool to Joshua's Healing ability, if Joshua <em>attempts</em> to inflict more than three minor-to-moderate wounds, or more than one severe wound in a single day, he is at risk of lapsing into a coma.&nbsp; <strong>Please Note</strong>: The actual severity of damage, if any at all, Joshua inflicts at any time is entirely up to the GM and consenting players.&nbsp; The level of power <em>only</em> refers to whether Joshua is attempting to conserve some energy for later or go 'all-in' with no care as to what energy reserves he may have afterwards.<br><br><em>Genetic Alterations (Minor)</em> - With much concentration, Joshua has the ability to make a minor genetic variation upon physical contact.&nbsp; These must be within the confines of the average human genome, and are not so strong that they will assist in battle in any way at this time.&nbsp; They may, however, <span class="bbc_u">aid</span> (along with other props) in certain disguises.&nbsp; Examples may be increasing the melanin to adjust an individual's skin color, adjusting the color of a person's eyes, or changing the shape of their nose.&nbsp; This is still a very trying ability for Josh, and more than one use of this power in any given period will likely result in him entering a coma.<br><br><em>Healing Touch (Regeneration)</em> - Currently at the very peak of Joshua's abilities, Joshua has a <em>chance</em> (prior GM approval of each instance required) of regenerating lost limbs or organ tissue to another.&nbsp; &nbsp;At this point in development, Joshua is very likely not familiar enough with anatomical workings to be able to do this without guidance; this guidance&nbsp; ideally will take place in the form of his mentor and legal guardian, Henry "Hank" "Beast" McCoy.&nbsp; If pressed, Joshua will likely be able to extract enough through his own research via books or internet, but it will not be nearly as time efficient as Hank's guidance.&nbsp; Making an attempt at regeneration will almost assuredly send Joshua into a coma, likely at a longer than typical duration. <br><br><em>Great Promise</em> - Even more than many of the Institute's students, Joshua has a broad, possibly Omega-potential, base of power development under the realm of his organic-matter altering power-set.&nbsp; If the <span class="bbc_u">GM chooses so</span> these powers may accidentally manifest themselves for the better or worse of the team in a given situation.&nbsp; Josh will have no control of them -- or likely any knowledge that he himself has the capacity to do them.&nbsp; These abilities are <span class="bbc_u">not</span> at the discretion of the player, so please do not suggest any; if Joshua more reliably unlocks an ability, they will be added to the list above following GM approval.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Things not given to your character by their mutation. Ex: multilingual, martial artist, etc.<br><br>Drawing (Late Beginner - Early Intermediate) - Josh's favored artistic medium is drawing, particularly with artistic markers and colored pencils, and he has slowly developed some skill in doing so.<br><br>Meditation / Tai Chi - Due to Josh's tendency towards strong emotions, artistic temperament, and the fact that his damage abilities tend to become a bit unhinged in perilous situations, he has developed discipline in the arts of both Zen Meditation and Tai Chi.<br><br>Practical Anatomy &amp; Physiology Knowledge Base / Emergency Medic - Since Joshua's abilities are enhanced by his knowledge-base of anatomy and physiology, he has spent (and continues to spend,) much time learning applied and theoretical biology from Hank McCoy.&nbsp; Even when Josh's mutant powers fail, he has knowledge of various life-sustaining techniques and biological processes. <br><br>Promising Intellect - While still demonstrating an aptitude far below his mentor, Henry "Hank" McCoy, Josh, nonetheless, has shown that he has a very strong capacity and potential for grasping and retaining complex scientific concepts.&nbsp; <br><br>Tennis Player&nbsp; (Intermediate)- While Josh lacks some of the broader knowledge-base of team sports due to his somewhat aloof and problematic start in life, when he was told to learn to focus his emotional urges better, he found a strong love for the game of tennis.&nbsp; He often goes to the court, particularly when more quiet methods of focusing fail him.<br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br>Intense Anatomy/Physiology/Biomechanics, Private Tutoring, Hank McCoy<br>Languages (Latin)<br>Power Control (Beginning)<br><br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br>Chess<br>Drawing (Primarily Colored Pencils &amp; Art Markers)<br>Meditation (Zen)<br>Tennis<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> <br><strong>WIP</strong><br>&nbsp;<br>Henry "Hank" McCoy - Joshua's legal guardian, mentor, and someone near-infallible in Joshua's eyes.&nbsp; Hank was among the few who still showed Josh compassion when it was revealed he was a Reaver prior to his mutation surfacing.&nbsp; It was Hank who first discovered that Joshua's abilities extended far beyond simply healing, and it was only by being a loyal student to Hank's knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and bio-mechanics that Joshua has been able to successfully expand his power base so quickly.<br><br>Bobby "Iceman" Drake - Joshua has been helping tend to many of the wounded since the attack, and it is no secret that Bobby has been a favorite stop of his.&nbsp; Joshua clearly idealizes Bobby, and has on more than one occasion said he reminds him of the big brother he wanted to have before being disowned by his own.&nbsp; <br><br>Julian "Hellion" Keller - While Joshua and Julian started out as close friends, it was Julian who discovered Joshua's past as a Reaver.&nbsp; Not only did Julian begin a personal vendetta of bullying and ostracization against Josh, but he ensured that Joshua's past as an anti-mutant activist was widely known.&nbsp; While Julian has largely abandoned his largest torments of Josh, having in many ways succeeded at his attempts of isolating the once-friend, Josh still gets bullied by occasion.&nbsp; While it might seem like cowardice to not fight against Julian, the truth is Josh is simply too ashamed of his own past to fully confront the boy.<br><br>Theodore "Teddy" "Hulkling" Altman - While Joshua himself would be hesitant to tell Teddy this, Teddy was Joshua's first love, and the one who initiated him into certain intimate rites of adulthood.&nbsp; Josh is still loyal and trusting of Teddy to a fault, and will likely take his side in any confrontation.&nbsp; Ultimately, Josh determined that he and Teddy needed very different things during their experience at the Xavier institute, and they mutually, if reluctantly, terminated the more intimate aspects of their friendship.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wispyr</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 03:25:07</strong>
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				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Inactive</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/95/30/52/953052018b25d7e5805fc0c429be8226.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Rae Integra Bellemoore<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Alchemist<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 29<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'0<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 122lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Red<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Cincinnati, Ohio<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Tyler Bellemoore (Father | Alive - Lives in Cincinnati)<br>Tanya Bellemoore (Mother | Deceased - Car Accident)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Rae is not one to hold back what she has to say, but she also isn't one to speak up unless she has something useful to add. She is someone who craves knowledge and understanding, both on a worldly level as well as a personal one - to her the reasons behind actions are just as, if not more, important than then actions themselves. This makes her a very curious person, and she isn't at all shy about figuring things out - this also means she is extremely explorative.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Reading, travel, swimming<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Rae lived a fairly easy childhood, born to her parents Tyler and Tanya. She was not among the social elite or the upper class by any means but her family did alright for themselves and she never truly knew want. Her parents did the best they could to dote upon her and afford her the life that they had never had. To that end they were mostly successful and Rae grew up quite comfortably - at the very least until she was seven. Shortly after her seventh birthday was when her mother, Tanya, was in a fatal car accident. Tyler, a now shattered man, clung to his young daughter and barely let her out of his sight after that day. To that end Rae spent her youth inside learning rather then outside playing; ultimately this came to be something that she enjoyed, for as the years passed she decided that the world of academia was where her future was. Entering her teen years was when Rae discovered her unique gifts. Fourteen years old and Rae had terrible bouts of insomnia where she could not sleep for days and days at a time. Visits with doctors and medications seemed to have no noticeable benefit and it wasn't too long before she simply stopped sleeping altogether - of course this is a fact she hid from her father, faking it as needed to keep him in the dark. Smart as she was it became obvious to her that she was one of the mutants of the world, though at the time she believed she had the lamest power ever thought up: the lack of need to sleep - she wouldn't discover the depths of her powers for years yet to come.<br><br>A young adult and ready to pick her school, Rae had her whole life ahead of her, and it was one she intended to tackle head on. Now aware of what she could do, at least on a basic level, Rae knew that she wanted to study the nature of the world and decided to tackle the ambitious goal of earning a degree in Biophysics - as well as a slew of secondary fields to help round out her knowledge. It wasn't a choice her father could understand but not one he was going to stand in the way of, and between loans and his hard work she was sent to school across the country in California where she was given the education that she so craved. Her focus, of course, was on the mutant gene and that pursuit became the center of her learning career. Many years later she had earned her PhD, much to the satisfaction of her father. Rae discovered that with her abilities - which she frequently tested and played with during her college years, exploring and learning about them in controlled enviorments - she really didn't need for things.<br><br>Now an expert in her field, and seeking to understand mutants, the world, and herself on a deeper level Rae found her way to Xavier's Institute.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong><span class="bbc_u">Powers</span></strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Molecular Restructuring:</strong> <em>Rae's primary power allows her to alter the molecular composition of objects, allowing her to reconstruct and alter their properties - mostly - as she sees fit, though she must be able to make physical contact with the objects. Through this power she could make an object several hundred times more dense, or that much more brittle. Paper in her hands could be hardened to become as steel, or steel made as flimsy as paper. She can convert the molecular makeup of an object or substance to that of another, and in this way could turn lead to gold or water to acid. Manipulating the same makeup of an item - such as altering object density - is a fairly simple matter for her, while changing one thing to something else can take time depending on the degree of which something needs to be altered (coal and diamonds are both different forms of carbon, so changing one to the other takes less time then turning that same piece of coal into milk; for instance). Further she is able to shape this reconstruction, turning raw materials into finished products or vice versa - a iron ingot could be fashioned into an iron pipe, bat or really big slinky. Important to note is that she can't make more of something, though she can use less of it.</em></li><li><strong>Alternate Chemical Composition:</strong> <em>The chemical composition of Rae's body is far different then a regular persons, vastly more efficient and extremely adaptable. By means of her Molecular Restructuring Rae constantly generates her own energy, she is one hundred percent self sufficient. Her body doesn't need food, sleep, or even air - as well as she is immune to things like disease and illness as her body simply changes the unwanted composition into something more useful. Important to note is that these adaptations are not instantly reactive but she can prepare herself to endure just about any environment (that is she could survive in space if she knew she needed to, but if you opened the airlock and sucked her out into it before she had adapted the composition in her body she'd still be toast).</em></li></ul><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Extremely well educated; Rae holds a PhD in Biophysics, as well as a number of lesser degrees in a other - but similar - fields.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Guidance Counselor <br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> -</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Juggtacular</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 18:54:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://www.chocolateinformed.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/John_-David-_Washington.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Lucas Bishop<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Bishop<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Straight<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 19<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'6<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 240lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Hazel, but they glow orange when using his powers<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Genosha, Slum Row<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br><br>Great-Grandfather – Gateway<br>Sister – Shard<br>Father – William Bishop<br>Mother – Chanelle Bishop<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Born in a mutant concentration camp, and branded with a molecular tattoo of an “M” over his right eye at birth, it's understandable why Bishop can be...difficult to deal with at times. He grew up in an awful place, downtrodden and treated like trash. And he's had to fight his entire life. It's made him hard, and surly, and he has a thick coat of emotional armor that resembles for lack of a better word, “angry nonchalance”. However, if you get to know the real him you'll see a kind, honorable, decent man who only wants to better himself and the world...so this one doesn't end up like his did.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Fighting, Training, Using his powers on things, video games, movies, pretty much anything he didn't have access to in his time...like porn and surfing...the internet for porn.<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Lucas Bishop was born on Genosha. An African island nation not too far from Madagascar. There the standard of living for humans is amazing, with the poorest of Genoshan's rivaling upper class in the rest of the world. However, this lavish lifestyle is achieved through one thing...slavery. Genosha and Genoshans flourish and thrive on the back of mutant slave labor. An entire percentage of the population is caught and returned to the island if they aren't born there. <br><br>They are kept in camps, selectively bred to manifest certain traits or abilities, and treated as less than human. Bishop was one of these mutants, and was raised in squalor. He was forced to develop his powers at a young age, and due to his unending rebellious nature, an "M" was branded over his eye as both a reminder of what he was and a tracking/torture device. He could never hide, and whenever he didn't follow commands, the brand would burn and cause intense pain and migraines. His energy manipulation abilities allowed him to power sections of the city along with the other "Manipulators".<br><br>&nbsp;His sister and parents had similar abilities, and the entire Bishop family was worked to the bone. One day, when several X-Men were captured by Genosha's mutant police force the "Press Gang", Lucas, Shard, and their parents were one of the few brave enough to fight back. And unfortunately, their parents were killed in the process. With no remaining relatives, and an offer of freedom and sanctuary from the X-Men, he and his sister took it. They came to the Institute where they have remained ever since.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong>&nbsp; Dormant X-Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><br><strong>Energy Manipulation:</strong> Bishop can absorb any&nbsp; form of energy, including magic and psionic, directed toward him. The nature of his powers makes it difficult to damage him with any sort of attack, while also enabling him to work well with any energy-using teammates. Bishop can also store absorbed energy within his personal reserves, whereupon the energy increases his strength, speed, stamina and recuperative abilities, as well as affording him a measure of invulnerability. <br><br>The upper limits of his ability to enhance his own physical abilities with absorbed energy is not exactly known but is well into the level of being super human. He is able to increase his physical attributes in a manner similar to Sebastian Shaw and Maverick. The energy that Bishop’s body generates is a unique form that is regularly discharged as purplish hued concussive blasts, but with concentration and effort can be converted to thermal or explosive blasts; he usually just sticks with the concussion beams though for ease of use.<br><br>&nbsp;It’s easiest to discharge the energy through his arms or fingers, but he has the ability to expel energy from any point on his body(his eyes and his mouth for example), or in an Omni-directional explosive type blast at the cost of draining all of his current energy. When absorbing energy from an outside source, Bishop can send it back in the same form he absorbed it in with the energy polarized. So beyond a return attack adding roughly 2x the force and power to the blast, Bishop is even able to use this method of attack to harm people usually immune to their own powers. This power is passive, allowing Bishop to absorb energy at all times, even from something as simple as falling snow.<br><br><strong>Healing Factor:</strong> By expending stored energy, Bishop can speed up his body's recuperative processes a great deal. Like all of his powers, how much he can heal and how fast are directly dependent on how much energy he has stored at the moment. With none at all, he still heals much faster than normal, but nothing really impressive. With enough juice, he could even regrow an arm in time.<br><br><strong>Temporal-Spatial Awareness:</strong> A power he seems to have inherited from his as of now unknown Great Grandfather Gateway, as well as having absorbed amounts of chronal energy when traveling back through time; Bishop always knows what time it is in accordance to his location, and he also knows his exact location at any time, even when asleep. <br><br><strong>Energy Enhanced Attributes:</strong>At his normal levels, Bishop isn’t that much more impressive than a human in peak physical condition, but he is past that limit, if only slightly. He can comfortably bench around 550lbs, run a little under 30mph for short periods of time, things like that. Depending on the strength of an outside charge though, his strength has increased from as little to a hundred or so pounds above average, to well into the tons range where even people with enhanced durability have been staggered and dropped by blows from him. His durability is also augmented, which again dependent on the charge can be barely noticeable, or to near invulnerability. Speed and reflexes are likely supercharged, and a good charge has given Bishop the ability to dodge and even snatch bullets out of the air mid-flight. <br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Bishop has had many years of armed and unarmed combat training; it has made him a devastating unarmed combatant, and quite skilled with firearms due to the projection based nature of his powers. And while he has no superhuman ability, he is a world class vehicle operator. His natural aptitude towards leadership and battle tactics helps in battle a great deal, especially when he's given a chance to show off what he can do. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Energy Manipulation, Strength Control &amp; Mastery, Marksmanship, Any type of physical training<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Fight Club, Marksmanship Club, Auto Club, etc...<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> <br>Shard is his younger sister
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Juggtacular</strong> on <strong>11-08-2016, 05:10:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/22/article-2664309-1EFAD59300000578-530_306x479.jpg)(http://static7.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_small/4/40015/1968052-uxm_542_oroboros_cps_026.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong>&nbsp; Piotr "Peter" Nikolaievitch Rasputin<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Colossus - The Juggernaut<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single(Unless someone wants him, like Shadowcat)<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'6-7'5<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 250lbs- Over a metric ton<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black - Metallic Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue - White - Red(When channeling Juggernaut energies)<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Ust-Ordynski Collective [Siberia,Russia]<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br><br>Father - Nikolai Rasputin (Deceased)<br>Mother - Alexandra Rasputin (Deceased)<br>Brother - Mikhail <br>Sister - Illyana<br>Grandfather - Grigori "The Mad Russian" Rasputin [ The famous adviser to Tsar Nicholas II, he was a powerful mutant and good friends with Nathaniel Essex. He has long since died, but a portion of his soul lives in all of his descendants, dormant for the time being]<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Despite his intimidating size and appearance, Piotr is a quiet, kind, and gentle man.&nbsp; While many his age would prefer to go out on an evening in town, Peter would prefer to stay at home with his loved ones and play a game or paint or read. When he does go out, he is usually the quiet one of the group who says very little but listens to everything. He says that he has two ears and only one tongue, so he listens twice as much as he talks. In reality, he feels awkward and shy in social settings around a lot of people he doesn't know – shallow and meaningless conversation makes him uncomfortable.<br><br>Get to know Peter though... it's worth the effort to find out who he truly is. He is unflinchingly loyal to those who have won his friendship and he would give them the shirt off his back if they needed it or tunnel through hell to save a fellow's life. He has always been a good listener and is very slow to judge most of the time; also very good at keeping the confidence of others. A man of simple tastes, he prefers honesty over lies, feeling that it only complicates life and that anyone you spend valuable time with should be someone with whom you can be honest.<br><br>Piotr's temper resembles the material that he encases himself in – it is durable and not easily bent or cracked. In other words, he is slow to anger, preferring to listen to people and talk things through intelligently. However, as with any material, apply enough force and Colossus will break; when Colossus does lose his temper, it is a sight to behold. Despite his long suffering demeanor, Piotr does have anger issues... due mainly to his own inability to open up to people or express his own feelings. Instead he tends to bottle them up, using his own anger and frustration as fuel for working out or training or those times when he does snap.<br><br><br><br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Art(More like burning passion), Training, Agriculture, Camping, Mechanics, Engineering, Carpentry, etc...<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Piotr was born in Siberia on a large multipurpose farming community called the Ust-Ordynski Collective. It was located only a few miles away from Lake Baikal, and Piotr and the other kids would often swim there growing up(when it was warm enough). As a child, he looked up to his brother Mikhail, who had left the farm and become an astronaut of nationwide fame. And a few years after Piotr, his parents had another child, Illyana. <br><br>Peter was a devoted older brother and always watched out for his little "Snowflake". Farm life was simple and hard in a place as cold as Siberia, but it was all young Piotr knew so he had no reason to complain. And when he had time to himself, he found release for any problems in art. He would even paint for others of the collective in return for supplies or favors; sometimes he even got money. It wasn't much, but he could buy candies for himself and his sister from time to time. Life was pretty normal all things considered, but one day everything changed. He had just turned fourteen and had the amazing(not really) talk with his parents that he could do more chores around the farm, but of course he would still be treated as a child. He was a good boy though so he did as he was told.<br><br>&nbsp;A few weeks later, his sister was playing by the barn and a tractor got out of control. The gas pedal jammed and the steering column locked due to the cold. Illyana was still a child and was so engrossed with her dolls that she didn't notice the death machine rumbling down on her. Piotr was close by, and was already running for her before his father even got the chance to yell at him. He reached his sister, but there was no time to get either of them out of the way. Something miraculous happened though, and there was a sound of clanking metal as he suddenly got bigger. He was still confused, but remained in between the tractor and his sister until it hit him. Then nothing. It hit him and crumpled against his outstretched arms with a loud crash. Finally looking down at himself, he saw his skin was shiny and his hand prints were embedded in the front of the tractor.<br><br>&nbsp;His father, mother, and everyone else who saw came running over, trying to see if Illyana was okay, but also looking at Piotr. He'd crushed a tractor like it was cardboard, and now stood among them as a giant, easily six and a half feet talk. It didn't take a genius to realize he was a mutant, but instead of being shunned, he was praised as a hero. Even though he'd destroyed one of the few working tractors on the farm, his powers allowed him to do much more than a single tractor ever could. The young Rasputin enjoyed his new found popularity in the Collective, but it didn't last for long. Only a few weeks later, Charles Xavier showed up and offered him a place at the Institute, where he could learn to hone his powers. He joined the X-Men after coming to America, and has gone on many adventures with them. During the latest Brotherhood attack, while he was locked in battle with Juggernaut, Magneto attacked him and seriously injured him with his powers, as Colossus in his metallic form is essentially at the Master of Magnetism's mercy. Thankfully, Illyana being the loving, demonic younger sister that she is, found the Ruby of Cyttorak and gifted it to her brother; partly to save him, and partly to spite Cain Marko. The result was him gaining the powers of the Juggernaut, at the cost of having a malevolent, nigh-omnipotent space demon whispering in his ear.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha (Could be considered Omega with the addition of the Juggernaut powers)<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><br><strong>Organic Steel Transformation:</strong>&nbsp; Colossus is a mutant with the superhuman ability to convert the tissue of his entire body into an organic steel-like substance, becoming not only taller, but larger as well. This substance resembling steel is of unknown composition but appears to be analogous to osmium and to carbon steel; which explains why he's so damn heavy(He weighs a metric ton). He is able to transform into this armor-like state at will (the process is virtually instantaneous) and remain in that form until he decides to revert to normal.<br><br>After an exhaustive amount of tests and studies run on him, the general consensus from people far more intelligent than he theorize that the conversion from flesh and bone to organic steel is accomplished by a psionic whole-brain interface with an ionic form of osmium, an extremely dense metal, located in another dimension. In willing the act of transformation, Colossus actually exchanges osmium atoms for his carbon atoms. The psionic interface with the other dimension re-creates all of Colossus's body in functionally similar organic ionic-osmium materials. And due to the unique makeup of his organic steel body, blood and organs seem to be replaced with a form of bio-energy that performs the same functions. The process by which Colossus gains additional mass from an unknown, perhaps extra-dimensional, force remains unknown. While he doesn't have many weaknesses, being so heavy means he has to watch his step as he can and has found himself falling through floors because they couldn't support his weight. Once he even had to shift back to his human form because the X-Jet wasn't calibrated for his weight and was performing sluggishly as a result. <br><strong>Superhuman Strength:</strong> While in his armored state, Colossus possesses a colossal degree of superhuman strength, allowing him to perform feats of strength like throwing tanks, toppling or holding up buildings, and scrapping with beings with high end superhuman strength. His strength goes beyond simply lifting and punching, however, as it extends into his legs as well. Meaning aside from kicks that can cause rockslides and stomps that can cause localized tremors, he can travel by leaping through the air similar to the Hulk. While not the strongest ever, Colossus has grown in strength to be considered a "Class 100", and easily tops the charts as one of the physically strongest mutants in the world. <br><strong>Superhuman Durability:</strong>&nbsp; In his armored form, Colossus is nearly invulnerable to all forms of physical harm. Bullets, energy attacks, long falls, and even attacks from other superhumanly strong opponents tend to get shrugged off. He can be hurt of course, but it takes a high amount of force to sufficiently hurt him. He is called Colossus for a reason. <br><strong>Superhuman Speed/Agility:</strong> Surprising to not only him when he first discovered it, but to others as well, Colossus in his armored form is incredibly agile and fast. One would think that weighing as much as he does and being comprised of solid metal would make him slower, but it's actually the opposite. Due to his bio-energy and the efficiency of his muscles and skeletal structure being enhanced to such a degree, Colossus can move around faster than people would believe until they see it(and even then they still don't), and has often surprised opponents with his sheer speed. In fact one of his favored methods of attack is launching himself at his opponents and curling up like a human wrecking ball. <br><strong>Superhuman Stamina:</strong> In his armored form he is completely sustained by his bio-energy, so he has no need for food, liquids, or sleep while armored up. Also as he is made of metal, his body doesn't get tired like a flesh and blood one would, allowing him to physically exert himself for extremely long periods of time. <br><strong>Anti-Magical Body:</strong> Colossus' metal body is extremely resistant, if not outright immune to most magical effects. He has proven this several times, although no one has been able to figure out the reason why. Perhaps it's simply the composition of his body. Or maybe due to the inherent magic in his bloodline(His grandfather Grigori "The Mad Russian" Rasputin and his sister), he is immune to it's effects. Whatever the reason, it has served him well.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Juggernaut Powers</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Thanks to Illyana, Piotr now has access to another tier of abilities bestowed upon him by the Elder God Cyttorak, as his avatar. As The Juggernaut. However due to the fact that even in his human form, Cyttorak whispers to him and tries to feed off his negative energies; as well as being more emotional and quick to anger, he tends to refrain from using his Juggernaut powers unless absolutely necessary.<br><br><strong>Superhuman Strength:</strong> As the Juggernaut, Piotr possesses equal to if not greater strength than Cain Marko.<br><strong>Superhuman Stamina:</strong> The Juggernaut possesses literally infinite stamina, and as a result he can exert himself as long as he wishes.<br><strong>Invulnerability:</strong> The Juggernaut is highly invulnerable to all forms of physical injury. The Juggernaut's skin is almost completely unbreakable and he is highly resistant to pain. The Juggernaut is also immune to all toxins, poisons, and disease.&nbsp; Any damage done to him can be quickly repaired by his healing factor.<br><strong>Unstoppable Force:</strong> All Elder Gods have a main focus. Cyttorak's being Irresistible Force. That manifests in the Juggernaut as the inability to be stopped by anything once he starts moving in a direction. It's possible to slow him down, but nothing can truly stop the Juggernaut except the Juggernaut himself. <br><strong>Superhuman Speed:</strong> Peter as the Juggernaut is incredibly fast, and able to run at least 600mph.<br><strong>Demonic Form:</strong> Cyttorak has revealed to Piotr that he has quickly become his favorite Avatar in millenia. Because of this, as he gives in further to his dark desires, he draws more power from his deity and his appearance changes to resemble Cyttorak more. He grows even larger, grows claws and spikes from his body, etc...<br><strong>Magic:</strong> The Juggernaut has access to at least a portion of Cyttorak's own vast mystical energy, however Colossus is rather new to his powers and doesn't train them much as he doesn't like to use them. As a result his magic usage is spotty at best.<br></div></div><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><br>Artist - While not a combat skill, Piotr has found himself to be a naturally gifted artist in a wide range of art styles. His work is so good, it received worldwide acclaim when he lost his memory and went by the name "Peter Nicholas".<br><br>Fighter - Since he was 14, Colossus has been training with the X-Men, and has spent copious amounts of time learning from people like Wolverine, Psylocke, and Cyclops. He has become particularly skilled in Judo, Sambo, Systema, and his own style which utilizes his advanced agility when in his armored form.<br><br>Handyman - He would never claim to be a genius like Hank or any of the other smartest people in the world. However Piotr knows his way around mechanics and electronics and is able to build and repair pretty much anything south of the realm of "Super science". <br><br>Pilot - He is one of the certified pilots of the X-Jet.<br><br>Multi-Lingual - Piotr speaks fluent Russian, English, and German. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Super Strength Training &amp; Mastery(All Levels), Woodshop/Shop Class, Art<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong><br>&nbsp;He has been romantically involved with Shadowcat on and off for much of their history together.<br>Nightcrawler is his best friend.<br>Storm is a close friend and confidant. <br>More to come.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cuchulainn</strong> on <strong>11-08-2016, 10:11:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://fa707ec5abab9620c91c-e087a9513984a31bae18dd7ef8b1f502.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/3845655_t7988683d.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><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 style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br>Jason Lynch - Father<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Genius delinquent, anarchist,&nbsp; 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&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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&nbsp; 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 style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><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.&nbsp; 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 style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><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
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ace Flyer</strong> on <strong>11-08-2016, 13:18:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://hdimagesnew.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Barnes-HD-Wallpapers-1.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Remy LeBeau<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Gambit<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Complicated<br><strong>Age:</strong> 25<br><strong>Height:</strong> 6'2"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 179 lbs (81 kg)<br><strong>Hair Color:</strong> Auburn<br><strong>Eye Color:</strong> Black sclera with red pupils<br><strong>Hometown/Place of Birth:</strong> New Orleans, Louisiana <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Jacques LeBeau (foster grandfather, deceased)</li><li>Rochelle LeBeau (foster grandmother, possibly deceased)</li><li>Jean-Luc LeBeau (adoptive father)</li><li>Henri LeBeau (foster brother, deceased)</li><li>Mercy LeBeau (foster sister-in-law)</li><li>Mrs. LeBeau-Marceaux (foster aunt)</li><li>Rouler Marceaux (foster grandfather-in-law)</li><li>Belize Marceaux (foster uncle)</li><li>Theoren Marceaux (foster cousin)</li><li>Etienne Marceaux (foster cousin, deceased)</li><li>Mrs. LeBeau-Lapin (foster aunt)</li><li>Emil Lapin (foster cousin)</li></ul></div></div><br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Cunning, smart, tricky, manipulative, sneaky, flirtatious, romantic...All are words that have been used to describe Gambit by many people in his life. They are far from the only words, and a number of much harsher words have been used before as well, but those are the ones he likes to remember. A chronic flirt and charmer, it's rather known that Gambit enjoy the company of women, and with his silver tongue and Cajun flair, most tend to like him in return. This, combined with his rather cocky displays of thievery and other exploits, can lead many to dismissing him out of hand as nothing more than an arrogant playboy just out for his own fun and amusement.<br><br>And they wouldn't be wrong. Gambit is out to enjoy life to its fullest, but there's more to him than pretty women and valuable items. Despite all claims to the otherwise, the man does have a conscience (if skewed) and a good heart, and he knows quite well when he's done wrong. He strives to keep others from seeing that side of him. He suffers in private from memories of actions taken in the employ of Mr. Sinister, and even if it was in self-defense, he regrets taking the life of his would-be brother-in-law. If at all possible, he would prefer to talk his way out of a fight, rather than breaking out the cards or his staff.<br><br>One of the few things where the core of Gambit might shine through are topics dealing with the control of mutant powers. He'll never admit it, but he is terrified of losing control of his abilities, and even to this day suffers the occasional nightmare where he's lost all control and destroys the world itself. An unlikely, possibly even impossible scenario, but one he fears nonetheless. This fear can lead him to make stupid decisions (such as, again, his time working for Mr. Sinister), and it's for that reason that the only class at the Institute that sees a perfect attendance record from the thief is the Power Control class held by the Professor himself. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Breaking and Entering</li><li>"Borrowing Without Permission"</li><li>Flirting</li></ul><br><strong>History:</strong> Abandoned at birth due to his burning red eyes, the child who would one day become Remy LeBeau was kidnapped from his hospital ward by members of the New Orleans Thieves' Guild who referred to the child as "le diable blanc" - the white devil. They believed he was the child that had been prophesied to unite the warring Guilds. Soon after, Remy was placed in the care of a gang of street thieves who raised the child and taught him the ways of thievery. When he was around ten years old, Remy attempted to pick the pocket of Jean-Luc LeBeau, then-patriarch of the Thieves’ Guild. Jean-Luc took the boy in off the streets and adopted him into his own family. As part of a peace pact between the Thieves’ Guild and their rivals, the Assassin’s Guild, a marriage was arranged between Remy and Bella Donna Boudreaux (who were secretly star-crossed lovers already), the granddaughter of the head of the Assassin's Guild. However, Bella Donna's brother Julien objected to the marriage and challenged Gambit to a duel. Remy killed Julien in self-defense, but was excommunicated and banished from New Orleans in an attempt to maintain the nonaggression pact between the two guilds--the marriage never took place.<br><br>Leaving the city, he wandered the world, plying his skills as a master thief to get by and make a name for himself. As time passed, however, and his mutant powers only continued to grow stronger, he became worried. It only took one "accident" for Remy to realize the danger he could unleash at his finger tips, how one mistake could potentially level a building, a neighborhood, and end innocent lives. This fear of his led him to cross paths with the geneticist Mr. Sinister...a brief period in his life that haunt him to his day, for what he ended up becoming involved with.<br><br>It was while he was searching for a way to gain more control over his abilities than he ran into a girl named Anna Marie, on a train headed to New York. For the thief, it was love at first sight...Something about the Southern belle ensnared him--and it wasn't just the fact that she seemed rather resistant to his charms. Even learning of her power and the danger association with it didn't dissuade him.<br><br>Remy followed her to Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning. Initially scoffing at the thought of a mutant school, he nonetheless ended up enrolled as a "student" and, after sticking his nose into one secret elevator too many, on the short list to become an X-Man himself. Maybe. The heroics weren't exactly his style, but he had no reason to leave either. Staying at the school to try and win the heart of Rogue, and attending what few classes caught his interest, the rebellious thief didn't take long to build a reputation for himself as a troublemaker. Particularly, if there was trouble, odds were the Cajun had a had (or voice) involved in it. But despite all his claims of only being out for himself, when Magneto and his allies attacked the school, Gambit was one of the ones that fought back. Facing off against Sabertooth, he found himself badly injured in the fight, but nonetheless saw the bitter grudge he had with the savage mutant settled slightly by being instrumental in seeing him captured.<br><br>And now? Well...Now Gambit has few new scars and stories to try and woo the ladies with. As soon as he's healed enough to get back to the wooing, anyway.<br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha (Omega-potential)<br><br><strong>Type of Mutant:</strong> Unknown; Due to being abandoned at birth, biological parents are unknown, thus so is genetic history.<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Energy Manipulation</strong> - Remy has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy thus “charging” that item with explosive results. He prefers to charge smaller objects, such as his ever-present playing cards, as the time required to charge them is greatly reduced and they are much easier for him to throw. The only real limitation to this ability is the time required to charge the object. The larger it is the more time it takes. He can charge a rock as big as a small house in the matter of seconds. Most charging takes place through direct skin contact. The power of his explosions is dependent on the mass of the object he is charging, for example, a charged playing card explodes with the force of a grenade. Gambit can also use his powers to accelerate an object's kinetic energy instead of converting its potential energy, for example, he can charge his bo staff with enough power to level a house. His ability also allowed him to affect his own capability to heal but this is rarely seen, he's also used his power to accelerate organic material on a few occasions either causing them to explode or enhancing their own physical capabilities. These powers have been augmented to enable him to accelerate his own regeneration process and better control his kinetic shifting.</li><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Cutting Ability</strong> - Charged objects can also have a razor edge emitting an energized flow that can slice through objects or work like an explosive cookie cutter by energizing around wherever Gambit wishes and having it explode harmlessly.</li><li><strong>Dissolution</strong> - Gambit can also cause objects to pull themselves apart instead of exploding violently making them harmlessly melt down to nothing. Once having focused charging on dissolving shrapnel in a victims stomach and at times when jumpstarted able to overcharge falling debris from crumbling buildings. His control ,over this has increased to the point he can shatter ice he was encased in without blowing up.</li><li><strong>Disruption</strong> - Gambit can tame his explosive acceleration to temporarily scramble a persons sensory awareness knocking them out cold.</li><li><strong>Enhanced Conditioning</strong> - Gambit's ability to tap energy also grants him superhuman speed, strength, reflexes and reactions, flexibility, dexterity, coordination, balance, and endurance via charging himself. Bestowing him an added edge he has used to his advantage by developing a unique acrobatic fighting style. He can also augment others through this.</li><li><strong>Accelerated Healing</strong> - While not on the level of the likes of Wolverine or Deadpool, Gambits heals extraordinarily quick by accelerating his own organic growth, and is able to survive wounds that would kill most other men.</li><li><strong>Static Interference</strong> - Creates natural static, because of the charged potential energy always in his body, that shields his mind from intrusion by telepaths. Can increase the effect by holding a charged object near his head. Although reportedly uncomfortable for the parties involved, this shield does not totally prevent telepathic invasion.</li><li><strong>Vibration Emission</strong> - Gambit, through the kinetic acceleration instead of conversion can emit a shockwave accompanying a bright flashbang which leaves a sizable crater in the ground.</li><li><strong>Hypnotic Charm</strong>: Subliminal psionic talent channeled through his voice that allows a subtle influence over any sentient mind. This power allows Gambit to compel others to believe what he says and agree with anything he suggests. More powerful minds have proven immune to Gambit's charm, and people who are consciously aware of what he's doing can shake off the effects.</li></ul></ul><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Multilingual</strong></li><li><strong>Expert Marksman</strong></li><li><strong>Master Combatant</strong>: Though not on the same level as the likes of Captain America, he is still a profound fighter, often employing martial arts, street fighting, and acrobatics. He is well adept in the martial arts Savate (French kickboxing), and Bojutsu, the art of using a Bo staff. </li><li><strong>Master Thief</strong>: If it is valuable and locked away, odds are Remy can steal it. This is aided by other abilities such as his skill in acrobatics, escapology, lock picking, pick pocketing, reverse-pick pocketing, and so on.</li></ul><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Gambit is more of a loafer around the Institute than a real student. But, when he does attend class, he's in: <ul class="bbc_list"><li>Any class Rogue is in</li><li>Power Control: This is the <span class="bbc_u">only</span> class he takes seriously.</li><li>Strategy and Tactics: For fun.</li></ul><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Chess</li><li>Other physical activities as he feels like, to impress the ladies.</li></ul><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> <ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_u">Anna Marine / Rogue</span>: He's in love with her. Well and truly is, yet struggles to get her to take him seriously. He's only at the Institute because he followed her there.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Alison Goodsmile / Cheyenne</span>: A friend that Remy made fairly quickly on arriving at the Institute. They're close, and on track to possibly add a "with benefits" tag to their friendship.<br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>More to be decided!</li></ul></li></ul>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Bibliophilia</strong> on <strong>13-08-2016, 05:52:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://66.media.tumblr.com/3e5246e7e6164c5c11332f882ff43deb/tumblr_o6xy6uLc8t1vtko53o1_1280.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Rhys Bolton<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Entropy<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Omnisexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 29<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'9"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 154 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Dark Brown<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Brading, Isle of Wight, England<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Lisbeth Bolton (Mother, Living); Donald Bolton (Father, Living); Tabitha Bolton (Twin Sister, Living)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Rhys is not at all what one might expect if they just hear about his powers.&nbsp; His personality is very laid-back, and humorous, and one might never suspect the sheer enormity of the intellect that lurks behind his gentle brown eyes.&nbsp; His love of manual labor, expressed in the form of simple, and not so simple, repairs; the hours he spends in silent meditation and contemplation; his enthusiasm for photography and nature; and his secret identity as 'V3CHTOUR' the grafitti artist, all fly in the face of the stereotypes applied to those of high intelligence.&nbsp; However, that supernatural genius comes through when one watches him apply himself to a probability problem, or even when he's just teaching.&nbsp; He's always excited to discuss the wonders of math and science with anyone willing to do so, but he's surprisingly capable of putting even the most complex of concepts into terms that the average person can understand and even engage with.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Computer programming, street art, board games, rock climbing, football (European), photography, yoga<br><br><strong>History:</strong> Rhys and Tabitha were born late in the evening after a very difficult birth that left their mother incapable of carrying anymore children.&nbsp; This didn't faze their parents, though, as Lisbeth and Donald had only ever wanted a boy and a girl.&nbsp; It was clear right from the start that their children were not like other children.&nbsp; Rhys spoke his first word at two months, and by the time he was five months old, he was reading, performing rudimentary mathematics and, frankly, somewhat scaring his parents.&nbsp; His twin sister was equally phenomenal, though her mutation manifested in a far different manner.&nbsp; Lisbeth and Donald were not equipped to raise two such exceptional children, and so they sought help at Oxford University.<br><br>Rhys' greatest difficulty growing up was the fact that his advanced mind was trapped in a body that aged at a normal rate.&nbsp; Dealing with the limitations of a toddler's body when one's mind is already light years beyond that of most adult geniuses was a constant frustration.&nbsp; His emotional maturity was as stunted as his physical maturity, if not moreso, since his intellect made it pretty much impossible for him to relate to even the brilliant professors at Oxford.&nbsp; He and his sister, along with their parents, moved to Oxford after the scientists there learned of the twin's special abilities.&nbsp; Rhys and Tabitha spent their days at the university, enduring the scrutiny and questions of the humans working there, while also learning the limitations of their own abilities.&nbsp; It wasn't until the two were ten that someone came up with the idea to take their experiments to the next level, which would require the removal of the kid gloves that they had heretofore been handled with.<br><br>Luckily, Rhys had predicted that this would eventually happen, and he was able to manipulate small events on the day that the two were scheduled to be taken into custody by the university and locked away for more intensive study.&nbsp; As a result of his probability manipulation, and with his sister's help, the twins were able to escape the university and find themselves on an airplane to the United States.&nbsp; They contacted their parents to warn them about what had happened, and to advise them on how to flee the country without being caught, and the family met back up in Des Moines, Iowa the next day.&nbsp; Lisbeth and Donald realized that in order to protect their children, they would have to keep a low profile, and so the two changed their names and purchased a new, remote home in Colorado.&nbsp; Luckily, the internet served as a means of income for the family, and they were able to live comfortably with only occasional forays into the nearest town.&nbsp; <br><br>Eventually, Rhys and his sister, with their identities carefully hidden, began to use their powers to help others.&nbsp; The pair stopped an angry mutant from crashing a commercial airplane with 342 people on-board, and prevented a bombing at a sporting event.&nbsp; Over the years, they often encountered other mutants, but their experiences at Oxford had made them very cautious about approaching anyone or revealing their true identities.&nbsp; It was only a matter of time, however, before Charles Xavier would catch wind of the pair's exploits.&nbsp; The first time Rhys and Charles met, it was in the astral plane and Rhys found himself highly intrigued by the man who seemed to share his impressive intellect.&nbsp; They met astrally a few more times, and eventually Charles convinced Rhys to visit the school.<br><br>Rhys was blown away by the atmosphere of acceptance at Xavier's institute, and when Charles offered him a job, he accepted right away.&nbsp; Tabitha came to visit the school as well, but she left after only a few weeks, preferring to go it her own.&nbsp; Rhys' parents moved back to the Isle of Wight, and ever since Rhys, otherwise known as Entropy, has been teaching and living at the school.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><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> <em>Probability Manipulation</em>:&nbsp; Rhys can predict the outcome of a string of seemingly unrelated events and manipulate cause and effect to alter the course of events to bring about the outcome he desires.&nbsp; Controlled chaos, as he calls it.&nbsp; Chaos theory states that all events are linked, and the smallest occurrence can cause a ripple effect that leads to massive consequences.&nbsp; Rhys' ability to predict every link in a chain of events, means that he can make alterations to that chain to bring about effects of his own choosing. (Subject to 'paradox' effects)<br><br><em>Psychometry</em>:&nbsp; Rhys has the ability to perceive information or history of a person or object through touch that makes him knowledgeable and immune to certain objects that may change the course of events<br><br><em>Precognition</em>: He is able to see events destined to occur and experience precognitive visions. These vision seem to often appear as dreams. (GM discretion)<br><br><em>Superhuman Intelligence</em>:&nbsp; Rhys' intelligence is far beyond that of any human who has ever, or will ever, live.&nbsp; His mutation manifests as a mind packed with far more neurons and much thicker, and more efficient, myelin coating, than any human.&nbsp; This allows him to process hundreds, even thousands, more thoughts per second, and instantly recall every memory flawlessly, as well as absorb information nearly instantaneously.<br><br><em>Astral Projection</em>: Rhys can project his astral form from his body onto the Astral Plane or the physical plane. In the physical plane he can travel in astral form over vast distances. In the astral plane, he can mentally create psionic objects and manipulate the aspects of his environment. He can communicate with others astrally through his own will, or through contact with the thoughts and memories of others.<br><br>(Paradox is the term that Rhys uses to describe the physical and/or mental backlash that occurs when he makes a mistake while using his probability manipulation.&nbsp; This can happen as a result of miscalculation, trying to do more than he is capable, or simple distraction.&nbsp; The effects can be anything from a minor headache for a small mistake, to a stroke or temporary insanity for a mistake of massive proportions.)<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Mechanical repair/invention; Tai Chi; Marksmanship;<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Meditation; Advanced Physics; Astral Projection &amp; Lucid Dreaming (All Levels); Photography; Mechanical Engineering<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong>&nbsp; <em>Charles Xavier</em>: Rhys looks to Charles as a brother and highly respects him.<br><br><em>Veronica Gabor</em>: A good friend and fellow precog who happens to be a beautiful, vivacious woman.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rave</strong> on <strong>15-08-2016, 03:11:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7a/97/77/7a977787f363a37377e711d9108ec39e.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Neena Thurman.<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Domino.<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female.<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Bisexual [Female Leaning].<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single.<br><strong>Age:</strong> 23.<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'8"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 110 Ibs. <br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Blonde [Black Highlights]. <br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue.<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Chicago, United States.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Mother: Name Unknown - Deceased. <br></li><li>Father: Rudolpho Boschelli - Alive. </li></ul><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Domino, as her name would suggest, is a very dominant and independent woman when it comes to her life. She lacks the subtlety and submissiveness of the majority of her gender, and does not rely on femininity to advance her. Instead, she is very meticulous about providing for herself, living with her powers, and leading an independent existence. That being said, she does not shy from using feminine charms or seduce those who interest her, but it remains strictly on a debaucheristic level. She has a tendency to bend rules, if not break them entirely. Playful, yet mischievous, she is often labeled as hard to handle by teachers and faculty. When her trust is earned, however, she is loyal to a fault, bordering on selfless. It simply depends on the person, and if they're lucky. <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Shooting, Hiking, Sex, Breaking &amp; Entering, Horseback Riding, Athletics, Leisure. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> The woman who would become known as Domino is actually the result of a top-secret government breeding program intended to develop the perfect weapon. Domino was the only test subject to survive, but her "luck" power was deemed a failure at meeting the project's goals. Her biological mother broke her out of the project and left her with Father Rudolpho Boschelli in the Church of the Sacred Heart in Chicago.<br><br>Her Mutant Powers began to flourish in her teenage years, as they do with many of her kind. While not completely in her understanding at first, due to the nature of her ability, she quickly began to pick up and understand how to manipulate it, and as such, manipulate all odds. As she grew older, the Church was no longer suitable for her stay. A life of strictness and rules had brought out a rebellious nature that never faded. And so, Neena left the Church behind, and decided to pursue her life learning about her powers and how to fully use them to her advantage. <br><br>Neena began to forge career in many fields of covert activity, both as an agent of various organizations and governments, and as a freelance mercenary. It is there that she coined the alias Domino, for herself, as a play on words for the effect stacked Dominos had when the smallest is pushed. It is there that she was discovered by professor Xavier, who offered her an alternative way for discovering herself and her powers. An invitation was extended to Neena on her twenty second birthday, to come learn about herself and interact with more mutants than she would hope to find in her line of work. <br><br>After a period of hesitation, Domino accepted the invitation, and joined Xavier's Academy For The Gifted. A full year since joining, she has immersed herself well with the students and staff, and made a bit of a reputation for herself as a hedonist with a knack for bending the rules. <br><br><br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Delta. <br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Created. [ U.S. government’s Project: Armageddon ] <br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> Domino is a mutant with the ability to subconsciously and psionically initiate random telekinetic acts that affect probability in her favor by making improbable (but not impossible) things occur within her line of sight, thus causing her to have "good luck" and her opponents to have "bad luck." This "probability field" phenomenon can be anything from an enemy's equipment failure to hitting just the right switch with a stray shot to shut down an overloading nuclear reactor. The full extent of her powers is still unknown.<br><br>This subconsciously controlled talent is triggered when she is in a stressful situation (such as fighting or escaping). This effect constantly emanates from her body at all times and is completely subconscious. However, it is also largely participatory—in order for the luck to take effect, Domino herself must engage in an action whose chance she can affect.<br><br>As a byproduct of her abilities, Domino's cerebral cortex emits a current of bioelectric pulses down her spine to instinctively guide her movements during such situations, which has the added effect of augmenting her natural reflexes and reactions to superhuman levels.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Domino is also a superb markswoman with various firearms, highly skilled athlete, excellent swimmer, and adept in use of explosives. She has extensive training in various armed combat techniques and the martial arts, with Olympic-gold level athletic and acrobatic ability. She also seems to be fluent in multiple languages. Domino wears body armor of enchanted leather composition, and carries conventional firearms. She has also used a staff that fires unspecified ammunition, which can be used for balance when jumping and is equipped with sensors. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> History (Mutant &amp; Human)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ororo Munroe<br>Power Control (All levels)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Professor Xavier/Layla Bayoumi<br>Strategy and Tactics&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scott Summers<br>Clairvoyance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Veronica Gabor<br>Sorcery and Magic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ororo Munroe<br><br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Swimming, Track, Volleyball. <br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AribethAmkiir</strong> on <strong>15-08-2016, 04:35:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i2.listal.com/image/4055822/600full-candice-accola.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> Alison "Ali" Blaire<br><strong>Alias:</strong> The Dazzler<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 24<br><strong>Height:</strong> 5'8"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 135 lbs <br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Strawberry Blonde (originally)<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Blue<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Gardendale, Long Island, New York<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> Bella Blaire (paternal grandmother), Carter Blaire (father), Katherine Blaire a.k.a. Barbara London (mother), Nicholas Brown (step-father, deceased), Lois London a.k.a. Mortis (maternal half-sister) <br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Ali is a driven and determined young woman who isn't afraid to go after her dreams no matter how insurmountable the obstacles.&nbsp; Compassionate and rebellious, Ali believes that rules and laws which aren't beneficial to all should be challenged, and that all people, human or mutant, should be treated equally.&nbsp; She's not hesitant to act, even if that could bring unwanted attention to herself, and when she's sees people in need she can't help but do something.&nbsp; Ali's greatest struggle has always been balancing her dreams of being an internationally famous singer with the reality of being a mutant.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Singing, Dancing, Acting, and Rollerskating. <br><br><strong>History:</strong> Born to Carter and Katherine Blaire in the Long Island suburb of Gardendale, NY.&nbsp; Her father was a stoic lawyer, while her mother a free-spirited entertainer, which led to their ultimate separation.&nbsp; Ali's mom waked out on her when she was barely a toddler and left her to the care of her father and grandmother.&nbsp; A fact which her father kept hid from her until just recently.<br><br>When Ali reached adolescence she began to develop a dream and aspirations of becoming a famous singer.&nbsp; This dream was received with intolerance by her father, though, her grandmother secretly encouraged her.&nbsp; With her father's influence, Alison excelled in academics, and was pushed toward a path which would lead to law school.&nbsp; <br><br>While performing in middle-school, Ali's mutant powers developed and blinded everyone in attendance, except herself.&nbsp; For the next several years, Alison kept her powers a secret from those closest to her.<br><br>In college, Ali began to experiment with her powers, and her singing, and adopted the name "The Dazzler".&nbsp; It was during this time that she decided to abandon her father's dream of her going to law school.&nbsp; While at her college graduation ceremony, she finally informed her father that she wouldn't be attending Law school and would pursue a life as a singer, without her father's blessing or financial support.<br><br>Ali capitalized on her light-based mutant powers, and created a "state-of-the art" laser and visual effects which she brought to her audiences with accompaniment of her music and dancing.&nbsp; This new look quickly brought her the attention to land several gigs in a number of New York night clubs.&nbsp; Just as quickly, she also caught the attention of Professor Charles Xavier and the White Queen, Emma Frost.<br><br>Both the Hellfire Club and the X-Men were sent to a performance with the intent of recruiting Alison.&nbsp; This inevitably lead to fighting, and Alison ultimately sided with the X-men.&nbsp; When she was brought to the school, Alison was offered a position on the team, which she politely refused claiming she wanted to continue to follow her dreams.<br><br>For a brief time, Alison enjoyed a level of popularity and her musical career began to take off.&nbsp; She played at a United Nation's charity, Carnegie Hall, and a number of high-end clubs.&nbsp; She was even filmed in a movie roll.<br><br>This all began to come to an end when she was riding on a bus in New York city and saw an elderly couple being accosted by a gang of street thugs.&nbsp; She didn't hesitate to use her powers to intervene, but when the lights cleared the couple began to harass her, and drew enough attention that a crowd formed to assail her.&nbsp; She fled, but the incident was caught on camera and posted on the internet.&nbsp; <br><br>Overnight, Alison became a known mutant.&nbsp; Night clubs who had previously booked her backed out of their deals, and soon there were no new offers for her to perform.<br><br>She took to traveling the country, and singing under different disguises.&nbsp; She dyed her hair black, or even pink, and breached out into new genres in the hope that they wouldn't recognize her.&nbsp; Eventually, however, she was outed, over and over again.&nbsp; <br><br>With nowhere left to turn, Alison swallowed her pride and took a temporary teaching job at Xavier's Institute.&nbsp; She'd only been in her position for a few months when the Brotherhood decided to attack the school.&nbsp; Despite coming to a stalemate with The Juggernaut, who refused to attack her when he claimed he was a fan, Alison received a break to her left forearm when she parried a kick from Mystique after the shape-shifter, disguised as a student, launched a surprise attack on Alison and Sean.&nbsp; <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><br><em>Sound Conversion:</em> She has the ability to transduce sonic vibrations, which reach her body, into various types of light. This ability seems to operate over a great range of frequencies, including the audible spectrum (35 to 16,500 cycles per second), and a great variation of sound pressure levels regardless of the complexity, dissonance, or randomness of the sound. For example, a car crash and a symphonic passage of equal duration will both produce usable music incoming acoustic vibrations. Dazzler, however, does prefer the sound of music, particularly that which is rhythmically sustained. Not only is music more pleasant to her ears, but the steady beat of popular music provides a more constant source of sound to convert. However, she cannot use any sound produced by her own body. <br><br><em>Sound Release:</em> She has the ability to release the absorbed sound in a single burst.<br><br><em>Light Projection:</em> Dazzler possesses a body-wide energy field that controls the energy levels of the outer electron shells of her body in such a way as to cause the cascaded release of photons. In effect, this field is lasing, with the apparent efficiency of a laser (99.9%). The released energy is far greater than the incoming kinetic energy and therefore must involve an outside energy source, the nature of which is unknown. Left undirected, the Dazzler’s light will radiate from her body in all directions, producing regular flashes of white light (white light is a mixture of all portions of the visible spectrum). By conscious control over the light she produces, she can control its direction, frequency (color), amplitude (intensity), and duration. Apparently the Dazzler must consciously or subconsciously will the light to leave her body. Otherwise, light would “leak” from her at all times, even when she is asleep or unconscious. She can produce numerous effects with the light she converts from sonic vibrations. She can create very simple patterns out of rays of light like circles, squares, triangles, and stars. She can create a pulse of light on the order of several thousand watts seconds of power, which temporarily blinds people with its brilliance. She has learned to manifest her light as:<br><ul class="bbc_list"><li><em>Lasers:</em> By concentrating, Dazzler can generate a coherent beam of light, approximating a laser beam, with which she can cut through virtually anything. The field thus operates in a similar fashion as the process that creates a laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) and apparently has the same efficiency as a laser (99.9 percent). The released energy is far greater than the incoming kinetic energy and therefore must involve another, unknown energy source as well.</li><li><em>Photon Blasts:</em> She can generate a blast of concussive solid light</li><li><em>Illumination:</em> She can cause a bright glow all about her body to create light.</li><li><em>Strobes:</em> She can generate a pulsating strobe-light effect.</li><li><em>Dazzle:</em> She can create a chaotic cascade of sparkling lights and colors that severely upsets other people’s equilibrium.</li><li><em>Holograms:</em> With effort, she can even create holograms of human beings and other three-dimensional beings and objects.</li><li><em>Rocket Bursts:</em> She has the ability to gain vertical altitude by direction a quick column of light beneath her.</li><li><em>Destructive Shield:</em> She has the ability to create a destructive shield of light around herself with laser light that can vaporize small, oncoming projectiles.</li><li><em>Light Mist:</em> She can create a glowing or hazy almost fog like effect that obscures the surrounding area.</li></ul><br><em>Light Immunity:</em> Her body, especially her eyes, shields itself against any injurious effects of her light transducing abilities, and against those of bright lights in general.<br><br><em>Sound Immunity:</em> The ability to transduce sound also protects her from being deafened by loud noises.<br><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> She is a talented singer, actress, dancer, as well as a highly accomplished roller skater.&nbsp; She is, also, a highly skilled athlete, and has become a good hand-to-hand combatant thanks to her training with the X-Men.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taught:</strong> Dance, Voice Lessons, Aerobics.&nbsp; (refused to teach Music Appreciation).&nbsp; Will sub for most of the other teachers.<br><br><strong>Staff Relations:</strong> TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ace Flyer</strong> on <strong>16-08-2016, 16:49:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://www.taaz.com/images/913BE037A243A79DE3F1CB7F85981A27.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character Name:</strong> Rahne Sinclair<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Wolfsbane<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Lesbian (in closet/in denial)<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 19<br><strong>Height:</strong> <br>---Human Form: 5'2"<br>---Transitional ("Werewolf") Form: 8'0"<br>---Lupine (Fully Transformed) Form: 12'0" (when standing on hind legs)<br><strong>Weight:</strong><br>---Human Form: 110 lbs.<br>---Transitional ("Werewolf") Form: 410 lbs.<br>---Lupine (Fully Transformed) Form: 1050 lbs.<br><strong>Hair Color:</strong>Red (Russet Brown when transformed)<br><strong>Eye Color:</strong> Green<br><strong>Hometown/Place of Birth:</strong> In the north highlands of Ullapool, Scotland<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body"><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Unnamed (mother, deceased)</li><li>Reverand Craig (father)</li><li>Dr. Moira MacTaggart (foster mother)</li><li>Kevin MacTaggart / Proteus (foster brother)</li></ul></div></div><br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> Rahne is a withdrawn and distant young woman, thanks to the abuse she suffered for most of her life at the hands of her father (who she still does not know is her father). Believing herself to be an unwanted child, a reject, and now an abomination, she rarely uses her powers. As comfortable alone in her room as she is out alone in nature...Well, the point there is she likes her solitude. It isn't that groups or people make her nervous or uncomfortable, she just doesn't like attention. <br><br>Due to her strict religious upbringing, Rahne finds it hard to come to terms with some of her teammates habits. For example, Rahne would turn away embarrassed when Dani changed clothes and struggled to come to terms with Nightcrawler's demonic looks and Magik's demonic persona. Rahne also struggled with her own romantic feelings, which she believed were sins and made her wicked in the eyes of God. This is amplified even more so by the fact her feelings often spring up when admiring another woman, and she is torn by why her heart wants and what her mind says is evil.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> <ul class="bbc_list"><li>Reading and Studying</li><li>Anything Outside (Climbing, Running, Archery, Swimming)</li></ul><br><strong>History:</strong> Rahne's birth set the tone for how her life would turn out. A complicated birth, the unwanted child of a local prostitute and the church preacher, the girl was born in the highlands of Scotland just outside of Ullapool. Her mother died giving birth, and her father disowned her--a man of his stature, reputation, and faith could not be known to have broken his holy vows and sullied himself with sinful acts with a sinful woman. Nonetheless, his church ran the orphanage, and the young girl was delivered into his care regardless by Dr. Moira MacTaggert--she lived locally, and had served as the midwife to Rahne's mother, and had tried to save her life. Reverend Craig viewed the young girl as a constant reminder of his misdeeds, a testimony of his weakness and sins, and sought to redeem himself by making his living sin suffer.<br><br>Her early years were hard, harder than most others in the orphanage. Every slight misdeed was punished excessively. Any moment of speaking out of line brought rebukes full of promises of fire and brimstone upon her, left her serving such penance, that even others in the church had to question why the girl was being treated as she was. None stepped in to help her, though, for none would truly question the actions of their spiritual leader. Rahne would grow up to be a terrifically (as in, terror-bound) pious girl, quiet and withdrawn, led to believe there was something inherently wrong with her that made people hate her so much. No other child was treated as she was, and no one was ever reprimanded or scolded for mistreating her...She became a prime target for bullies in the orphanage...among much worse predators, as well, a fact no one but herself knows.&nbsp; <br><br>When Rahne first developed her mutant powers, she was mistaken for a werewolf. The girl was a shifter, able to take the form of a large wolf, or a more "traditional" representation of a Hollywood werewolf as well. The local people were terrified that night, as she lost control, and fled in a panic. Reverend Craig gathered a mob of religious townsfolk, believing his redemption was in sight. His sin-spawn's true form was reveal--a foul wretch possessed by the Devil himself, and that God was now testing him to slay the beast and he would be forgives. They chased Rahne across the Scottish highlands, deep into the woods...and it was either blind luck or divine providence that Rahne ended up where she did. At the end of the chase, just outside of the home of Moira MacTaggert, Rahne fell unconscious and reverted to her naked human form at the feet of the doctor. Moira recognized her as a mutant, not a demon, and saved her from the mob. She became a surrogate mother to the young mutant and tried to raise her, but the damage done in her early years was too much for the busy woman to undo on her own. Hoping for help, she took Rahne to America, to the Institute headed by her dear old friend, Charles Xavier. Here, the woman hoped, Rahne could finally come to grips with what she was, and receive the tutelage, and healing, she needed. <br><br>At the Institute she was confronted with a whole new look on the world than she had ever considered possible. Struggling to make sense of the sheer openness and trust, the acceptance, and the lack of "fire and brimstone" speeches, Rahne kept mostly to herself. If not for the efforts of a few that would become her friends she would have stayed a hermit likely for her entire stay at the institute. And now, starting her second year there...Well, she's improved somewhat, but still has a ways to go in terms of opening up, and accepting her powers as a gift and not a curse. When the Institute was most recently attacked, she used her powers to fight back only with great reluctance, but the praise and gratitude she saw afterwards did great wonders for improving her outlook on the Institute.<br><br>Now starting her second year, she can only wonder what her new life yet has in store for her.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta<br><br><strong>Type of Mutant:</strong> First of Family <br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_u">Lycanthropy</span>: Much like the werewolves of folklore, Rahne can transform into a wolf. However, she is not a werewolf, and therefore is not restricted to the limitations of a creature of the night. She can also retain full memory of herself, and therefore has her human consciousness while in her wolf and transitional forms. In her transitional form she is able to stand erect on her legs and retain the use of her hands, but is also able to run and maneuver on all fours like a wolf. Other effects of her wolf and/or transitional forms include:</li><ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_u">Enhanced Size</span>: Proportionately greater in size than that of her human form, her hybrid wolf-human bones and muscles make Wolfsbane taller and stronger. Although her lupine and transitional forms are more massive than her human form, the source of this additional mass is unknown.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Enhanced Strength</span>: Greater strength than that of a normal male adult human, due to her enhanced muscular build. However, she is not considered to have superhuman strength. Her strength seems to increase exponentially to her human level-strength, so she may be able to grow stronger with a heavy training regimen as a human, if she so desired.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Enhanced Speed</span></li><li><span class="bbc_u">Enhanced Reflexes</span>: As well as being enhanced her, muscles and skeleton are also extremely flexible, giving her the agility of an animal.</li></ul><li><span class="bbc_u">Hyperkeen Senses</span>: Keen animal senses of sight, smell &amp; hearing combined with human intelligence are heightened further than that of a regular wolf. She can perceive infrared, ultra violet, heat, pheromones &amp; emotions such as fear or lust. With training and focus she's learned to "activate" these at will, though gaining them through transforming is much easier.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Regenerative Healing Factor</span>: Wolfsbane is capable of regenerating damaged or destroyed areas of her body with much greater speed and efficiency than an ordinary human. Injuries that result in massive tissue damage such as bullet wounds, slashes, punctures, blunt force trauma, and severe burns heal completely, without so much as a scar, in a shorter amount of time. She cannot regenerate severed limbs. Severe injuries will still require medical attention and bed rest, but all but the most dire will heal within a few days' time.<br></li></ul><strong>Abilities:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>In human form Wolfsbane possesses the normal human strength of a girl of her age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. In her lupine and transitional forms her strength is heightened beyond average, but not to a superhuman degree.</li><li>Multilingual</li></ul><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Strategy and Tactics, Power Control (Part 2), Mutant and Human History, History&nbsp; Mental Resilience<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong> Archery, Chess, Track<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> <ul class="bbc_list"><li><span class="bbc_u">Winnie Wilson/Muerta</span>: A young woman that seems obsessed with Rahne, and may or may not be stalking her. Rahne has no idea how to take her, nor the fact that she makes her feel all weird and warm with the constant attention and gifts--feelings the shifter is certain are wrong, despite how nice they feel. Rahne does her best to avoid Winnie, put it proves harder that it seems.</li><li><span class="bbc_u">Ivan Storkov/Stripe</span>: Another shifter at the Institute, albeit a feline one. Rahne actively tries to avoid him and his constant pestering to tansform/train/run/play together in their animal forms.</li><li>More TBD...</li></ul><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheBlackThrone</strong> on <strong>20-08-2016, 08:44:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/78486/3213976-1267084114-Warpa.jpg)(http://www.kulthit.de/bilder/conan-8.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong> James "Jimmy" Proudstar<br><strong>Alias:</strong> Warpath<br><strong>Gender:</strong> Male<br><strong>Orientation:</strong> Heterosexual<br><strong>Status:</strong> Single<br><strong>Age:</strong> 29<br><strong>Height:</strong> 7'2"<br><strong>Weight:</strong> 350 lbs.<br><strong>Hair color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Eye color:</strong> Black<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong> Camp Verde, Arizona<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>John Proudstar</strong> - <em>Thunderbird</em> - Deceased</li></ul><br><strong>Personality</strong> <br><br>In combat, Warpath is vicious. Wielding his vibranium knives, he will rearrange a foe’s face and kill when necessary. To best summarize the Apache, he does what is necessary and isn’t afraid to do so. He is very assertive and stubborn in his ways. He is confident in his abilities even when knowing he isn’t the strongest member on the team. As an extra pair of hands on the battlefield, no one can deny Warpath’s combat abilities and infiltration techniques.<br><br>When outside of combat, Warpath is quiet and quite spiritual. He likes being among nature and can never be around the city for too long. He doesn’t like when the stronger members of the team underestimate him, and so will do his best to demonstrate that he is just as much a valuable teammate.<br><br>James participates in missions frequently because he enjoys battle. It gives him a chance to get away from the mansion and explore interesting regions. For being only a Delta-level mutant, he is one tough mofo and his powers can’t seem to stop growing along with his size.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> Hunting, hiking, camping, nearly anything outdoors. Meditation and training.<br><br><strong>History</strong><br><br>James Proudstar’s life was written to be a tragedy. He grew up hardly knowing his older brother John Proudstar, but nonetheless held him in high regard. John was recruited by Charles Xavier into the X-men, taking the codename Thunderbird. Thunderbird died on one of his earliest missions and before his funeral, James stole his brother’s body to give him a traditional Apache burial. Out of vengeance, James accepted an offer from Emma Frost when she was White Queen at the Hellfire Club. He worked for her team called The Hellions, and at first, donned the costume and codename of his brother.<br><br>James eventually challenged the X-men and sought out Professor X. During the encounter, he was able to realize that the X-men were not responsible for his brother’s death and dropped his vendetta against them. Professor X offered James a spot on the New Mutants team, but he declined and returned to the Hellions as their leader. It was short-lived for he soon returned home to Camp Verde.<br><br>Years later, during a trip to New York, Proudstar was approached by Nocturne who wanted him to join X-Force. At first, James refused and returned home to Camp Verde to find that everyone had been slaughtered. The only clue he found was the mask of a Hellfire mercenary and again hungry for revenge, James would seek out Nocturne and join X-Force (<em>GM reasons</em>). His new name, Warpath.<br><br>Warpath would have many adventures that take him into Hell and back, fighting the minions of Mephisto and confronting the demons of his past.<br><br>When Warpath learned that Magneto was attacking the school, he returned to the X-men to help them fight off the evil mutants. Besides emerging from the conflict covered in blood that hadn’t entirely been his own, he sustained a broken arm and several cuts that would stripe his body in numerous scars. After the conflict, Warpath decided to remain at the school to help out and learn more about his growing strength.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Alpha<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> Dormant Gene<br><br><strong>Powers</strong><br><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Superhuman Strength</strong>: The limits of Warpath's superhuman strength is unknown. He has been classified to be between Class 75 and Class 90. Cable once remarked that Warpath kept getting "stronger and stronger," potentially due to his maturation.</li><li><strong>Superhuman Speed</strong>: Despite his great size, Warpath is capable of running and moving at speeds much greater than even the finest human athlete. At his peak, Warpath is capable of running at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. His current speed is unknown.</li><li><strong>Superhuman Stamina</strong>: Warpath's physical stamina is such that he possesses greater physical stamina than any ordinary human and can exert himself at his peak for up to 24 hours before the build up of fatigue toxins in his blood began to impair him.</li><li><strong>Superhuman Durability</strong>: Warpath's body is harder and more resistant to certain types of injury than the body of an ordinary human. For instance, he can withstand the force generated by great impacts. He can withstand impact forces, such as falling from several stories, being hit by certain level energy blasts, and being struck by a superhumanly strong opponent, that would severely injure or kill a normal human. He can withstand high caliber bullets, exposure to temperature extremes, vastly powerful energy blasts from the likes of Exodus, and great impact forces such as being repeatedly punched by the Juggernaut without being hurt. His current level of durability is unknown.</li><li><strong>Superhuman Agility</strong>: Warpath's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.</li><li><strong>Superhuman Reflexes</strong>: Warpath's reflexes are similarly enhanced and are superior to those of the finest human athlete. He is even capable of evading gunfire.</li><li><strong>Superhuman Acute Senses:</strong> Warpath's senses of sight and hearing are enhanced to levels beyond the capabilities of an ordinary human. This was first hinted at when Mimic mimicked enhanced senses from Warpath during a battle. James soon began demonstrating enhanced senses himself. He is able to see, with perfect clarity, at much greater distances than an ordinary human. He retains this same level of clarity, even in near-total darkness. His hearing is similarly heightened, enabling him to both hear sounds that ordinary humans can't and sounds that they can detect but at much greater distances.</li><li><strong>Flight:</strong> Warpath is able to propel himself through the air without any aid. The exact limit of his flight speed is unknown, but it is considerably less than the Speed of Sound. Like his peak strength level, Warpath first gained the power of flight while working with Pete Wisdom, but has stopped employing it in recent years. Domino made a joking reference to the ability in X-Force Vol 3, and Warpath appeared to be flying once at the end of Messiah War, but the current state of the ability remains uncertain.</li><li><strong>Apache Shaman Abilities:</strong> Ghost Rider activated the abilities within James, in order to help him fight the Demon Bear. He could perceive the creature's wounds and the resulting spirit energy when it was destroyed.</li></ul><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> Warpath is a formidable combatant, both armed and unarmed. He is also an expert tracker and hunter, even without the aid of his superhuman senses. He possesses vibranium knives given to him by Storm.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong> Advanced Self Defense, Strategy &amp; Tactics, and Mental Resilience, and Meditation.<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br>N/A<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD
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				Title: <strong>Re: Xavier's Institute For Higher Learning ~ Characters Thread</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Re Z L</strong> on <strong>25-08-2016, 02:09:24</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/c5saKix.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/cuLMTPz.jpg)</div><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Basics</span></span><br><strong>Character name:</strong>&nbsp; Noriko "Nori" Ashida<br><strong>Alias:</strong>&nbsp; Surge<br><strong>Gender:</strong>&nbsp; Female<br><strong>Orientation:</strong>&nbsp; Pansexual<br><strong>Status:</strong>&nbsp; Single<br><strong>Age:</strong>&nbsp; 18<br><strong>Height:</strong>&nbsp; 5' 7"<br><strong>Weight:</strong>&nbsp; 137 lbs<br><strong>Hair color:</strong>&nbsp; Naturally Black (usually dyed electric blue)<br><strong>Eye color:</strong>&nbsp; Brown<br><strong>Hometown/Place of birth:</strong>&nbsp; Tokyo, Japan<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">More Personal</span></span><br><strong>Family:</strong> <br><br>Seiji Ashida (father, living), Suki Ashida (mother, living), Keitaro Ashida (brother, living)<br><br><strong>Personality:</strong> <br><br>Loyal, head-strong, willful, caring are all good words to describe the mischievous youth.&nbsp; She says what is on her mind, and often times jokes about things that don't make sense to her--typical the decisions that so-called leaders make.&nbsp; She does not respect authority inherently, instead she judges the authority figure by the virtues of their own attitudes and actions which can cause a great deal of friction between her and those in positions of authority.&nbsp; While she doesn't necessarily actively disobey, she voices her opinions about their decisions in whichever way is most direct.&nbsp; If necessary, though, she has a propensity for disregarding directions that she inherently disagrees with.&nbsp; This also means that she doesn't believe that any one person is more important or better than another (until they've proven otherwise by their actions), meaning she actively dislikes bullying of any kind.<br><br><strong>Hobbies:</strong> <br><br>Annoying authority figures<br>Art<br>Soccer<br>Baseball<br>Movies<br><br><strong>History:</strong> <br><br>Born in Tokyo, Japan, Nori was the first of her family to display any kind of mutant powers (and the only one to her knowledge).&nbsp; She was close to her brother, Keitaro, but the manifestation of her powers around the age of 13 drove a wedge between her and her parents.&nbsp; She ran away from home shortly after and lived on the streets.&nbsp; She managed to find her way to New York over the course of a couple of years and continued to live on the streets there for a time.<br><br>Things became more and more difficult for her living on her own as her powers began to grow.&nbsp; The mental stresses that it placed upon her as well as the near-constant discharges made life difficult.&nbsp; In order to alleviate these problems she turned to drugs.&nbsp; Cigarettes helped only marginally but prescription drugs--pain pills, anti-psychotics, etc.--helped a great deal more.&nbsp; Keeping a regular supply of them, however, was seemingly impossible for the young mutant.&nbsp; She was forced into petty theft to help pay for the drugs when she was able to get them, but as her powers began to harm people around her she knew that this pattern wouldn't be sustainable.&nbsp; She never wanted to hurt anyone, and so when she finally did hurt the young owner of a coffee shop during an attempt to steal from the register she became horrified at herself and went into hiding for a short period of time.<br><br>She couldn't hide forever, of course, but when she finally put together the details that there was a school for mutants she made her way there to try and find some help.&nbsp; By then she was already so far gone that it was nearly impossible for her to speak normally.&nbsp; When she arrived at the gate she happened to run into Julian (Hellion) and was promptly turned away (http://imgur.com/rxQEsQ4) by the student.&nbsp; Perhaps fortunately for her Julian later mentioned the encounter to one of the teachers and a team was sent out to retrieve Nori.&nbsp; Unfortunately the retrieval did not go entirely well.&nbsp; Distressed and hopeless she returned to the streets in a vain attempt to try and buy more of the drugs that she needed to help keep her powers in check.&nbsp; Unfortunately she couldn't communicate clearly enough with anyone which only caused further emotional strain on her already fragile temperament.&nbsp; When the team of mutants arrived she could only assume that she was somehow in trouble which seemingly "flipped a switch" inside her.&nbsp; She turned into a ball of lightning as everything she'd been storing for so long suddenly burst out.&nbsp; Thankfully no one was seriously injured and after managing to subdue (and tranquilize) Nori she was taken back to the Institute.<br><br>She was held in the school infirmary for a few days as her condition was stabilized by Dr. McCoy (Beast) and her mutant powers analyzed.&nbsp; She was mostly in and out of consciousness during this time.&nbsp; Dr. McCoy consulted with Forge to have something designed to help Nori control her powers, to which Forge designed and built the gauntlets that Nori now wears.&nbsp; Still alone and with nowhere else to go she was accepted into the school after she was fully returned to health.&nbsp; She was initially accepted into an advanced high-school curriculum since she has gone so long without any formal education.&nbsp; At the age of 17 she was behind most of her peers, but was quickly catching up.<br><br>Near the end of her first year at the school was when the attack happened.&nbsp; It was strange to her to suddenly be surrounded by a war that she wanted no part in.&nbsp; It was in this moment, though, that her colors really revealed themselves to her peers and to the teachers.&nbsp; She fought back, tooth and nail, to keep her fellow students safe--defending those that couldn't defend themselves, organizing impromptu teams to help evacuate the younger children to safety, and generally trying to minimize the damage to her new home and new family.&nbsp; It was the briefest of flashes that anyone ever saw of her potential to lead in stressful situations, but it was not something that she ever thought highly of herself for, nor gave much thought to.&nbsp; In the end she saw that she failed to help everyone, some people sustaining serious injuries during the fighting, and thus retreated back into the shell of casual mischief and antagonizing authority.&nbsp; She sustained only minor injuries as she managed to avoid most of the heavy combat, and was back to full health soon after the battle.<br><br>Now, some time after the suddenly explosion of battle, the Institute has been marginally repaired and classes have resumed.&nbsp; Still somewhat behind--but catching up quickly--she takes the highest-end High School level courses in addition to having been enrolled in some of the more team/combat oriented classes.&nbsp; Despite the changes from the attack everything seems to be continuing as it ever had, which helps keep Nori contented for now.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">Mutations and Powers</span></span><br><strong>Classification:</strong> Beta<br><br><strong>Type of mutant:</strong> First of Family<br><br><strong>Powers:</strong> <br><br>Electrokinesis:&nbsp; Nori's power comes in the form of the ability to control electricity and channel it through her body.&nbsp; Her body functions on a biological level as a battery, absorbing and storing the energy for later use.&nbsp; Her powers manifest in the following ways:<br><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Electrical Absorption:&nbsp; The only power she has no direct control over, Nori is constantly absorbing electricity from her surroundings.&nbsp; This can cause interruptions to electrical appliances/equipment near her.&nbsp; Consequently she is also immune to electrical attacks, but they can potentially "overload" her.&nbsp; She has a pair of gauntlets made by Forge that allows the absorption to be regulated.&nbsp; Overloading herself with too much electrical energy can cause her other two powers to manifest spontaneously and erratically.</li><li>Lightning Blasts:&nbsp; She can project the electrical energy that she has stored into powerful discharges--similar to shooting lightning from her hands.&nbsp; The upper limits of this ability have not been truly tested, and she is concerned about pushing herself too far in the even that she might "burn out" like a light bulb.&nbsp; She can manage a good degree of control over this ability, allowing for jolts like a defibrillator, or passing electricity through wires.&nbsp; When overloaded she will eventually begin to unconsciously discharge as her body tries to stabilize itself.&nbsp; While she can hold back these spontaneous bolts for a while, if she waits too long she will eventually break down and release a large explosion of electrical energy.</li><li>Superhuman Speed:&nbsp; The electricity that she stores also seems to speed up her synaptic processes (see weaknesses below) which can be harnessed in a way that gives her bursts of superhuman speed.&nbsp; She can run approximately 500-600 miles per hour and can sustain that speed for several hours.&nbsp; As she becomes overloaded her mind begins to race as the synapses in her mind begin to speed.&nbsp; Furthermore her speech will begin to speed up until she's nearly unintelligible to anyone that can't perceive much higher speeds--it begins to sound almost like crackling static.&nbsp; Finally her moods become volatile as the electricity running through her begins to upset her brain chemistry, settling into a manic, unpredictable state.</li></ul><br><strong>Abilities:</strong> <br><br><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Bilingual:&nbsp; Fluent in Japanese and English, having only a minor accent when speaking English.</li><li>Hand-to-Hand Combat:&nbsp; She has had some training in hand-to-hand combat.</li><li>Leadership:&nbsp; She has an aptitude for leadership, but it is underdeveloped.</li><li>Physical Traits:&nbsp; She has the typical fitness of a girl her size/age that partakes in regular moderate-to-rigorous exercise.</li><li>Power Gauntlets:&nbsp; She typically wears a pair of metal gauntlets that were designed by Forge specifically to help regulate her electrical absorption ability (see powers above).&nbsp; The gauntlets slow the drain she places on nearby electronics, preventing things like flickering lights or microwaves not heating food well.&nbsp; While this doesn't prevent her from overloading (see weaknesses below) it allows her to more easily discharge excess electricity at a reduced rate.&nbsp; Finally they allow for a finer control of her electrical discharges, theoretically she could develop this skill naturally but this crutch makes it easier for her in the interim.</li></ul><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><span class="bbc_u">School Information</span></span><br><strong>Classes Taken:</strong><br><br>High School Senior classes as well as:<br>History (Human and Mutant) with Ororo Munroe<br>Power Control with Professor Xavier/Layla Bayoumi<br>Strategy and Tactics with Scott Summers<br><br><strong>Clubs/Extracurriculars:</strong><br><br>Tai Chi<br>Martial Arts<br>Track<br>Art<br>Works part-time at a nearby coffee shop<br><br><strong>Student Relations:</strong> TBD<br>
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