[b]Name:[/b] Évangéline Rose DeRonde [b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] Prefers the name ‘Evan’ to ‘Évangéline’ (male pronunciation of Evan.) [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Age:[/b] 17 [b]Height:[/b] 5'6 [b]Weight:[/b] 110lbs [b]Status:[/b] New Student ----------- [b]Appearance[/b] [b]Hair Colour:[/b] White (natural, explained below). This includes eyebrows and lashes. [b]Eye Colour:[/b] Muted lilac, brightens to glowing neon purple. They glow in the dark, even in their neutral colour. (explained in Power). [b]Ethnicity:[/b] French Canadian. [b]Physical Appearance:[/b] Evan is a short-ish, thin girl with long legs and a generally small appearance. Her skin is a milky white, her eyes a steely lilac and her hair a silvery white, all due to albinism. Also due to albinism is a severe sensitivity to light, to the point where she can’t go outside without sunglasses and sometimes even wears them inside if lighting is harsh. Because of sensitivity to light, she can see a bit better in the dark than normal, but nothing amazing. Evan has the smooth facial features typical of the French, as well as large eyes and a mouth made for smirking. Moderately endowed. Underfed. Her silvery hair is wavy and soft, below the shoulders in length. Identifying marks include a scar above her left eyebrow, a few very small scars all over from a variety of causes, and her eyes. That being said, her entire albino appearance makes her pretty much unmistakeable. She also has a series of small tattoos that show themselves only when she uses her power, glowing the same colour as her eyes. These are runic in design and are placed around the outside corners of her eyes, on her forehead going down her nose, her forearms, lower legs, ankles, palms, backs of her hands, collarbones, hips/waist, and shoulder blades. These are invisible until she strongly uses her power. She also has a few streaks of hair that share the same colour changing properties as the tattoos. When not coloured, these streaks seem more silver than the rest of her hair, noticeably so. Attire: Evan has never been wealthy, so her style is basically anything cheap and comfortable. She also has a soft spot for alternative jewellery, such as cuff bracelets and jewellery made from scrap materials. She normally wears v-neck t-shirts, comfortable pants, hoodies, and worn shoes resembling Converse. Her hair is normally down, but when she gets into the thick of things, she puts her hair up in a ponytail. ------------ [b]Personality[/b] [b]Outward & Innate Personality:[/b] Outwardly, Evan can be stand-offish. She’s very blunt and will not hesitate to tell people exactly what she thinks. Sarcasm and wit are her sense of humour, often offensive to more sensitive people. She doesn’t tolerate anything she doesn’t like, so if you mess with the bull you WILL get the horns. (Get it? She’s a taurus.) If you aren’t a total dick then Evan can be a fun and loyal friend, and a valuable ally. She’s an open book, willing to put all of her cards on the table if she trusts you. She loves to gamble and party, but she IS smart enough to know when to walk away. Like everyone, she has insecurities as well. She despises being made to feel inferior, and hates those who put themselves above others. Isn’t a fan of rich people either, due to the uppity attitude they so often maintain. Hates being controlled, hates pity. Evan can be a force to be reckoned with when she's angry or feels threatened. Her morals are somewhat mixed on what she will and will not do, and sometimes her morals contradict each other. And finally, she never thinks that anyone is ever thinking about her, or truly cares enough to want to know her, so she’s honestly shocked and honoured whenever people make an active effort to seek her out. Tends to subconsciously rub her scar when anxious or troubled. [b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b] Evan loves working with her power, and it still amazes her what she can do. So, she’ll often be found practicing or just plain playing around with her power, testing her limits and thrill-seeking. This can encompass a variety of activities, basically whatever she wants to experiment with next. Again, she’s a gambler and a party-er, so if she can, she’ll probably be betting with someone or crashing a party. [b]Skills/Talents:[/b] Evan has built up a near mastery of her power, although she still thinks that there may be parts she hasn’t yet dissevered. Outside of that, she’s also decent enough in hand-to-hand that she could generally survive a fight without her power (if she ever needed to) and is practiced in parkour, a hobby she had at home. English is her second language, and though she speaks it near-perfectly (as she was brought up in a dual language household) she still speaks with a light accent. [b]Prized Possession:[/b] A small utility knife. Though not very much of a weapon, it holds immense sentimental value. [b]Quote(s):[/b] “Fuck you, fuck me.” “Qu’est-ce que sup, bitches?" "FEAR has two meanings: Forget Everything And Run, or Face Everything And Rise. The definition you follow is your choice." [b]History/Bio:[/b] [hider=History]Evan was born in Vancouver, BC to a family that had only wanted one child; their son, Aaron. He was two years older than her, and by the time she was one, her mother and father had split up due to constant fighting about finances. The ‘split’ happened when Evan’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her father and taking Aaron with her. She doesn’t remember anything except their silhouettes as they left her apartment. Her father, already a less-than-savoury character, started drinking after her mother left, and it was a miracle that Evan made it through her toddler years alive. He drank himself stupid almost every night, and was angry when sober. He would order her around constantly, and sometimes got violent. Many holes were punched into the walls of their apartment, but no one ever checked in, since they lived in the seedy downtown east side. Eventually, when Evan was thirteen, she ran away, after enduring a bout of violence from her father. Evan was a late bloomer (power-wise that is) so power had still not manifested by then, therefore she had had no other means of defending herself than to leave, run without shoes and with a bloody bruise on her cheek. She was alone at night, in the winter, and made her way to a nearby abandoned Metro tunnel, where the many homeless in the area were known to take shelter. There, she was found by a group of three kids her age, two girls and a boy, also homeless for a variety of reasons. They ‘adopted’ her into their group, and became her family. She stayed with them, eventually moving out of the Metro and into an old, decrepit warehouse, which became their home. They learned to defend themselves, and to sustain themselves with a variety of techniques, both moral and less so. The entire time, they were nothing but homeless teens in the eyes of others, and eventually Evan got so tired of the looks of disgust and pity that she’d be angered whenever she got the wrong vibe from someone. She only ever felt normal around her friends. Her father eventually drank himself to death, and besides the regular money and food issues, she was happy with her ‘family’. But no one can be too happy for too long. When she was sixteen, she was cornered in a Metro tunnel (she’d been using it as a shortcut) by two men, who brutally attacked her and stole what little belongings she had on her. It was after this attack that her power manifested, issuing a powerful shockwave and reducing her attackers to a bloody pulp. Police thought they’d been hit by a train, but the tunnel hadn’t been in use for years. The case was never solved, and Evan returned to her friends with a new anger, and a new ability. Over the next year she worked tirelessly with her power, the rage for her attackers burning bright and fresh in her mind. She mastered it remarkably quickly, despite it’s power and difficulty. She found solace in working with it, and it became her own form of therapy. Recently, she was somehow discovered by some organization that apparently felt threatened by her, or at least that’s how Evan saw it. They took her away from her pseudo-family, and though she never got to say goodbye, she was able to send them a letter before she was taken away for good. She had no choice in ‘joining’ the Academy, it was just a place that the government could put her where she wouldn’t be a problem. She’s very bitter about it. Her responsibility for the deaths of her attackers is still unknown to law enforcement.[/hider] Nowadays, she's plagued by nightmares and occasional pangs of guilt from her attack. She keeps herself sane by convincing herself that they deserved what they got, and reminding herself that she couldn't control what happened, and she'd be dead if she hadn't done it. However, this does nothing to stop the nightmares, fuelled by fear and guilt. She's also now extremely sensitive to reminders of the attack, and gets very defensive when this happens. ------------ [b]Family:[/b] [Rosalind DeRonde/Mother/Abandoned] [Johann Huere/Father/Deceased] [Aaron Deckh/Brother/Never Met] ------------ [b]Relationships[/b] [b]Relationships:[/b] N/A ATM ---------- [b]Abilities[/b] [b]Power Class:[/b] Cerebral/Energy 8 [b]Power:[/b] Psychokinesis. Evan can harness and control energy in the form of psychokinesis. She draws energy from the earth as well as the life energy that flows through every living thing and uses it to fuel herself, however she does need to ‘jump’ her power with her own personal energy. This manifests in a form of powerful telekinesis and an ability to generate force fields. These abilities, while both are very powerful, cannot be used simultaneously, For example, if she is levitating something, and has to make a shield, then the levitating object will fall. This applies to her own body as well. Using her power on her body normally means that she's augmenting the force of melee attacks by 'pushing' with them. For example, her punches would be stronger when she does this. She also uses her power to 'fly' by propelling herself through the air, and sometimes levitates. She has had a bad record of accidentally hurting herself using these methods. As far as the telekinetic aspect of her power goes, she is able to lift the weight of an average car, and also delicate enough for small tasks, such as threading a needle. She can also create a shockwave that radiates out from herself. Her force fields are impenetrable by matter, though not temperature as they are a manifestation of energy. They are invisible until touched, when they ripple with white-purple light. If touched, they have the texture of glass and repel whatever is touching them, except for Evan herself. They are tricky, as they take up a lot more energy than her telekinetic side. The largest one she’s ever made was a ten foot diameter dome, held for one minute, and that had her coughing up blood for two days afterward. She’s very sparing with these, making only small ones and for short periods. The most common way she uses them is by making a flexible shield around her body, fitting to her like spandex, but just as durable as her other shields. When Evan uses her power, or gets especially energized (through excitement, anger, or extended use of her power) her eyes saturate from a pale, watery lilac colour to a bright, glowing purple. The brightest they’ve ever gone was to the point of looking like purple neon lights. Her eyes can act as a sort of power meter; the brighter they are, the more energized she is. The same goes for her ‘tattoos’. [b]Weaknesses/Limitations/Drawbacks:[/b] To use her power, Evan must use her body as well as her mind. For example, if she wants something to rise off the ground, she will make an upward motion with one arm (or two, depending on how heavy the object is). The effort that goes into using her power also translates physically. For example, if she is lifting something very heavy, her muscles will be tensed as if she is actually lifting something. Why does this go into drawbacks, you ask? Because she NEEDS to be able to move to use her power. If she’s constricted, then her power is limited. Also, since her power is so entirely based on energy, it means that a lot of energy is required to use it (go figure). When she overuses her power, not only does she run the risk of ashing, but she also can exhaust herself to the point of unconsciousness. You can see how this could be a problem in the thick of a fight. She’s also overused her power to the point of causing serious damage to herself. In this case, it was a miracle that she wasn’t ashing (although she may have been to a minimal extent, she really doesn’t know). There’s also the aspect of her bioluminescence, which makes her visible in the dark (even when not using her powers, her eyes still faintly glow). She is also incredibly sensitive to light, to the point where a flashlight to the eyes will temporarily blind her and cause a lot of pain. She’s also quite small and not incredibly physically strong, so without her power she’s vulnerable. Yes, she will fight, but she’s grown so accustomed to using her power that she’s pretty much lost without it.