[hider=Darren Shaw]Name: Darren Shaw
Nickname/Alias/Etc: Stage name- DJ B3AR
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Height: 5’ 11”
Weight: 13 stone
Home District: New Black Fall

Appearance

Hair Color: Chocolate brown
Eye Color: Yellow, vertical slit eyelids like a puma or wild cat
Ethnicity: White
Physical Appearance: Darren has quite an average build but is a bit muscular and his hair is fairly average length for a boy which usually rises up and turns spikey at the front, except for body hair, which grows quicker than the average human but only slightly, nothing major like werewolf hair or stuff like that. His physical features are quite unusual due to his powers which includes sharp claws for nails, fangs for teeth and yellow eyes, although to get away with it, he tells non-meta humans that this is his stage costume. Apart from that, he looks like a typical teenage boy, with a normal sized nose, ears, and his body is normally proportioned. His skin if fairly well looked after, as he cleans and washes a lot too. From far away, he looks normal, but close up you will definitely notice his animalistic features, those being the only different physical features which Darren makes no attempt at hiding.
Attire: Casual- Darren usually wears dark blue jeans, a plain t-shirt with a checkered shirt thrown over, unbuttoned or a hoodie and t-shirt with some sort of graphic design printed on, either way he wears dark colours such as black or burgundy red, except for the jeans. It’s very rare to see Darren in a formal attire and he hardly keeps up with the fashion sense. He just wears what he likes the look of. Darren likes to wear unbranded clothes, apart from his trainers which are usually Puma or Airwalk. His clothes are nothing too obvious or ougoing.

Personality

Personality: At basics, friendly, curious, optimistic and energetic. Can be aggressive and finds it very hard to trust someone a second time. On the other hand, he can become very hyper at times. How he acts around people is very dependent on whether or not he trusts the people around him or not. If he does then Darren will be very talkative and open to conversation. However, when he gets hyper, he becomes very excitable and tends to bounce on his toes a lot.

If he doesn’t trust you, he will become very aggressive and distrustful of you, and you will often find him snarling or growling when someone he doesn’t like is nearby. If provoked, this can lead to a fight where Darren cannot calm himself down, and may even take other people to calm or restrain him until he simmers down. There is an extreme to this as, to a very extreme case, Darren can reach a blood rage where he reaches extreme amounts of aggression and violence, where he cannot stop himself from trying to kill the people he is angry with and WILL attack anyone who tries to get in his way and all concept of morality is lost. Another way to tell he is at blood rage is that his eyes will turn crimson red instead of bright yellow. Fortunately, this has not happened yet.

When he is not in a blood-rage, Darren’s morals are normal to any other human being. However, others before himself is a very important one to Darren so if you get on Darren’s good side, he will become extremely loyal and protective. He enjoys getting a buzz, whether it is him on a parkour run, or performing a live DJ set at a club, which is what he tries to get every day and night at New Black Fall, where he believes he can make it big with his music and the club scene. Despite loving the night atmosphere of New Black Fall, he definitely distastes the more… “vulgar” side of the district and stays clear of those places if possible. If you find him by himself, he is usually working on a new track in his room, listening to music outside, or just clambering buildings or running.

Hobbies/Interests: In his spare time, Darren is a dubstep DJ and would love to perform at The Exchange.
Skills/Talents: Darren is very passionate about technology, so has a good general knowledge about it.
Prized Possession: His music gear.
Quote(s): “Are you ready to get crazy!?”
History/Bio: Darren didn’t have a very interesting life until the discovery of his powers. First it began with his parents having trouble cutting his long, claw-like nails until the power spiralled into his own feature. However, when he performed at a small time club some low-life “gangsters” tried to hold it up and rob the place. Darren snuck his way off-stage and made his way behind them. As the barman was putting money into a bag, Darren grabbed one of the two and slammed him into the ground and pounced on the other assailant. Darren came very close to his first possible blood-rage that day where the unlucky fellow left with a broken nose and collapsed eye socket with other minor injuries and required plastic surgery. Darren made a promise to himself so that he could control violent animalistic urges so basically he wouldn’t viciously maim opponents or go on a killing spree.
Family: [REDACTED]
Relationships:
N/A

Abilities

Power Class & Rating: Super-System 3
Power: Darren has mutated into an animal-human hybrid with many physical and minor mental changes. Darren’s finger nails has grown into short sharp claws and has developed fangs. He is very strong and agile, giving him great offensive capabilities as he runs and climbs much quicker than the average human, able to reach 60 mph maximum, he cannot run that fast all the time. He is also much stronger, able to carry 60kg without much struggle, using both arms, however he is no hulk and certainly will find heavier objects much, much more difficult. He can do free-running but nothing showy (think mirror’s edge parkour). He also has heightened senses, for example he can use his incredible sense of smell to track things or people and has good eyesight day or night. 
Weaknesses/Drawbacks: This ability cannot be turned on or off and animalistic urges can take over human instinct sometimes meaning he can be uncontrollable or gain animal fears (like fire). He can become overly aggressive and has a tendency to charge ahead without thinking when infuriated.

Other: As part animal, he can roar and growl and has mixed this into some of his music tracks as recorded samples

Sample Post: This was great. Doing a gig at a club and watching people enjoy his music. He knew dubstep wasn’t everyone’s favourite but Darren had it stuck in his head that he may, just may, make it at New Black Fall. “Ladies and Gentleman!” He said into the microphone. “Are you ready to go crazy!?” Darren was met with a cheer and whooping and Darren promptly replied with dropping the bass with his track. He was currently playing a remix of “Get Hyper” by Droideka. Darren began bouncing about as he was readying the next track, and he was loving this. The energy, the buzz, the crowd, the lights- the entire atmosphere made his blood rush and Darren was more than enjoying this feeling. “Everyone get on the fucking ground!” Someone yelled followed by gunshots into the air. Darren immediately ducked behind his setup and peeked over to see two masked gunmen threatening the bar man. 

Darren was royally pissed off that these two ruined a good night. He crept down the stairs into the crowd and shifted into a low prowl to be as quiet as possible. As one criminal was shouting at the barman, the other was pointing a gun at the man, the first target. Darren broke into a sprint and grabbed the first criminal from behind by swinging one arm over his shoulder and digging his claws into his target’s chest and with the other arm, pulled him down. The gunman was slammed into the club floor as his gun somersaulted and skidded across the floor, where the man was swiftly met with Darren’s foot stomping onto his stomach. The accomplice, who was masked in a black balaclava, turned around and tried to pistol whip Darren but thanks to his power, dodged and smashed his elbow into his face. The man stumbled and fell on the ground but Darren was upon him in a second and started to continuously punch the man in the face. Darren was in a fit of rage and blocked out everything, and was almost revelling in the violence. Fortunately for the man, Darren was eventually pulled away when everyone realized the gunman was on the verge of being beaten to death. When someone talked to Daren, he snapped back to reality and simply replied with “Huh?”

The next day, Darren was bailed out of jail for assault and was taken home by his parents. “What the hell was you thinking!?” His dad said in the car, furious.

“I dunno Dad. I just… did it.” Darren replied, still confused about what actually happened the night before.

“You just ‘did it’? Son, you’re lucky you’re not going to court for this, that man was half an inch from death?!” His father said. Darren’s mother butted in.

“Look Darren. You’re a teen, things happen darling but this… this is something different.” She said, a bit more caringly that her husband.

“Yeah, mum. I know.” Darren sighed. Something struck him. “Hey mum. I AM different, right? Maybe there’s more to this.”

“What are you on about?” His father questioned.

“C’mon, the eyes, the teeth, nails. It’s like a mutation, but perhaps not physical changes alone. Maybe I’m more… mentally different too.” Darren explained, turning his thoughts into words. “I’m curious to see what I can actually do with this.” He added. Maybe he was like those meta-human thingies he heard about at club nights. Maybe…[/hider]