[@Leslie Hall] I'm really excited to play in this so if it's not up to par let me know how to tweak him!

[hider=Alexander Lestrange][Center][color=deeppink]Alexander Lestrange[/color][/center]
[Center][color=deeppink]Prince of Tricks[/color][/center]

[b]Character Age:[/b] 16
[b]Character Gender: [/b]Cis-male
[b]Nationality:[/b] American, originally from Seattle, Washington.
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[Hider=Normal Appearance][img]http://rs762.pbsrc.com/albums/xx263/Brianna_Carr/anime-boy-colour-splash-Favim_com-464794_zpsabdaf64e.jpg~c200[/img][/hider]

[Hider=Transformed Appearance][img]http://static.zerochan.net/Shadow.Joker.full.1815618.jpg[/img][/hider]


[b]Personality:[/b] Alexander is the mischievous spirit. He loves pulling harmless pranks mostly making things disappear, performing jump scares, and seeming to appear out of thin air. Though he'll never get tired of the old water bucket trick. A classic. 

Outside of pranking, Alexander runs rather than walks. He can't sit still for longer than five seconds without jittering. He picks up fads and tires of them quicker than most even realize they exist. He's constantly on the look out for the newest fashions and trends and trying the most outrageous foods and styles.

He wears his heart on his sleeve and tries to cheer everyone up around him. Despite his forced silence, Alexander is loud and bold.


[b]Faction:[/b] Moon Prince

[b]Magical Weapon:[/b] Deck of Cards. Although he loves to fidget with them, they are actually razor sharp. They always fly in a straight line when thrown and detonate on contact. They can be commanded to grow five feet tall and three feet wide, providing either cover or a platform. Both forms are perminately fixed in space until returned to the deck or broken. Replenishing the deck takes little effort but uses some magic. 

[b]Magical Powers:[/b] 

  -[i]Pulling out the Rabbit[/i]: Alexander pulls an ally he can see or is linked with to him through his hat while leaving a calling card in its place. It sings happy birthday before detonating.

  -[i]Telepathy[/i]: Unable to speak, Alexander projects his voice directly into the mind of those he can see. With permission, Alexander can establish a telepathic bond temporarily with other Prince's.
  
  -[i]Vanishing Act[/i]: Alexander tosses up his hat with a sharp smirk and vanishes into it before appearing near someone he is telepathically linked to or somewhere he is familiar with.

  -[i]52 Card Pick Up:[/i] Alexander let's all his cards fly. They whirl rapidly, creating a ten foot sphere around a target. Accidently brushing against one causes them all to detonate simultaneously. With a little extra magic, Alexander can detonate them early if need ne.

[b]Strengths:[/b] Alexander stays out of the immediate action and mostly observes, providing support for his allies. While streamlining communications, pinning down possible enemies, and creating new pathways, Alexander tries to pick out the best way to prank his teammates.

[b]Weaknesses:[/b] Mobility and stress management. Alexander likes to stick to one place and assist.  When he gets overwhelmed, he tends to panic and forget to maintain communications before disappearing if possible.

[b]Biography:[/b]
It was a car crash that did it. At the age of two, his mother and her boyfriend decided to take a family trip- at two in the morning after twelve shots of vodka each- and loaded her three year old son into the car before taking off at breakneck speed. Five minutes and a house later, the man died instantly, his mother lost her right arm, and seven shards of glass and metal inbedded into the child's face and neck. Although the boy lived, the multiple surgeries couldn't save his voice. Heavy scarring covered his neck but as he grew older, they faded.
Afterwards, his mother struggled. Although she avoided jail and managed to keep him despite child endangerment charges, she lost her job and had to find a way to finish school. Alexander matured quickly and learned how to cook and clean at a young age. In order to keep him in a special school, pay bills, and keep her self in school, his mother worked two jobs and sometimes picked up the odd one under the table here and there. 

He discovered card tricks rather in middle school. They were easy and fun and it made people pay attention to him. He mastered easy ones like the elevator card and the fold quickly and moved on to magic tricks past cards. Optical illusions and slight of hand found his attention next and he discovered the only hobby to hold his interest longer than a week. He picked up every book, read every article, and listened to every podcast on stage magic and two years later he would perform magic tricks at every school talent show or stage competition.

Just as he entered high school at age 14, his Mom graduated and landed a job as a Japanese translator in Japan, forcing them to relocate without so much of a good bye to many of his friends. He had sulked for a solid six months before finding a new arena for his shows and realizing there was an entire fashion culture he didn't know about. He perked up, forced himself to learn JSL, and decided to enjoy life. His mother suffered enough guilt as it was. He still wrote to his old friends sometime but in became less and less frequent as time moved on. 

Now at age 16, he enjoys strolling through the inner city gardens, practicing magic tricks, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and being a Cosmic Prince apparently. The only downside was losing his telepathy after transforming back but that was survivable. The magic was fun, the telepathy amazing, and even hunting shadows with others was nice. What more could a boy ask for?[/hider]