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[hider=Warlock][hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=aba400][center]Maximillian Gray[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1071511694637006920/1109284424375353354/large-1454064515-44a025333313c7e90da5a7b4f8d09122.png[/img][/center]
[hr][hr][h3][b][i][color=aba400][center]Character Summary[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=aba400]Name:[/color][/b] Maximillian Gray
[b][color=aba400]Alias[/color][/b] Max, Maxi, Gray, Tome, Warlock
[b][color=aba400]Pronouns:[/color][/b] He/Him
[b][color=aba400]Age:[/color][/b] 20
[b][color=aba400]Birthday:[/color][/b] October 31st 2001
[b][color=aba400]Birth Place:[/color][/b] Washington DC
[b][color=aba400]Source:[/color][/b] Mutation 
[b][color=aba400]Domain:[/color][/b] Reality
[hr][center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1071511694637006920/1109284424736051301/8c7bf2ab-6fab-452e-b61a-133b2a43b6c5_1500x3000q75_jpg.png[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=aba400][center]Appearance[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3]
[b][color=aba400]Height:[/color][/b] 6'1"
[b][color=aba400]Weight:[/color][/b] 165 lbs
[b][color=aba400]Build:[/color][/b] Slim
[b][color=aba400]Eyes:[/color][/b] Hazel
[b][color=aba400]Hair:[/color][/b] Blonde
[b][color=aba400]Skin Tone:[/color][/b] Fair
[b][color=aba400]Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:[/color][/b] None
[b][color=aba400]Personal Style:[/color][/b]  Max tends to dress in a way that is seen both as stylistic and mystical. Drawing a lot of inspiration from fashion magazines such as Vogue, Calvin Klein, and other such publications. He is typically seen in long, or oversized, coats; that give a sense of mystique towards what's hidden inside, much like a magicians cloak. Max is often seen wearing a pair of tortoiseshell glasses that have non prescription lenses. These are a stylistic choice more than anything, but they do have transitions on them to allow them to become sunglasses.
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[i][color=aba400][center][color=00a651]Studious[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Overconfident[/color] * [color=00a651]Caring[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Socially Anxious[/color] * [color=00a651]Team Oriented[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Trustfull[/color][/center][/color][/i]

[b][color=aba400]Personality:[/color][/b]
 Max, for the most part, is a kind hearted soul. He tended to keep to himself, focusing greatly on his studies and his advancement to bettering himself, though recent events have given him more of a voice, allowing him to speak when needed and begin to create bonds with others. If ever there is someone being bullied around him, Max will tend to stop what he is doing and attempt to help the one in need, not necessarily flaunting his skill but rather quickly disposing of the issue so that he can go back to his studies. He tended to be a very plain, studious, child until more recently when his life had changed.

 After the exposure to his powers, he lost his parents and has been more or less on the road. Becoming more adept at small time thievery, such as stealing food from shops, shifting his mentality of life quite a bit. He no longer views the world with rose tinted glasses. Seeing how many turned on him when he attained his powers showed him the reality of life. He is quick to help any mutants or enhanced humans who are in the same place as he is; and will help humans to show that mutants are not all bad.

He's learned that reliance on his powers has a tendency to cause problems at times. The ability to shape reality doesn't come lightly, and doing so can have adverse effects than what he wanted. He still, however, uses his powers when he feels is right (which is almost always). There is a bit more hesitation when doing so now. Max has begun to study and learn under several casters since his start, most notably Dr. Strange. It may be back to basics, but its something he'd never had before. 

[b][color=aba400]Sexuality:[/color][/b] Gay
[b][color=aba400]Relationship Status:[/color][/b] Taken by the wonderful Ben 
[b][color=aba400]Fatal Flaw:[/color][/b] Hope
[b][color=aba400]Inner Demon:[/color][/b] The Allure of Magic


[b][color=aba400]Habits:[/color][/b] Tugging on Sleeve-Ends, Biting his lower lip
[b][color=aba400]Hobbies:[/color][/b] Reading, Martial Arts, Sewing, Mystic Studies
[b][color=aba400]Fears:[/color][/b] 
[list][*]The Dark
[*]Heights
[*]Death
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[b][color=aba400]Likes:[/color][/b] At least 6
[list][*]Mythology
[*] Cats
[*] Rain
[*] Pastries
[*] Fun Facts
[*] Learning
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[b][color=aba400]Dislikes:[/color][/b] At least 6
[list][*] O.M.E.N.
[*] Humidity
[*] Scorpions
[*] Bullies
[*] Purifiers
[*] Doing nothing
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[b][color=aba400]Skills:[/color][/b]
[list][*] Fashion Sense
[*] Perception
[*] Photography
[*] Motorcycling
[*] Acting
[*] Archeology
[*] Basic Spellcraft
[*] Stick-Fighting
[*] Unarmed Combat
[*] Mutant Circuit
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[b][color=aba400]Medical Issues/Injuries:[/color][/b] 
[list][*]N/A
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[b][color=aba400]Possessions:[/color][/b] Limited to the spots provided. Yes, I do mean three. This is what your character has on them when the clock strikes three on Hallow's Eve. 
[list][*] Wanda's Spellbook
[*] Leatherbound Spellbook
[*] Demonology Black Tome
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[hr][center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1071511694637006920/1109284745851981834/large-1621239554-e4f68851713730cc8589a97b7e7d18ca.png[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=aba400][center]History[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3][b][color=aba400]The Maiden - a Horror Past:[/color][/b] Max has lost many people on the road to self discovery so far. The most notable being Leighton, his late best friend whom he'd trauma bonded with back at his start with the Mutant Underground. He'd accepted an offer from Emma Frost to help ensure Leighton was with someone she knew and was safe. However on one fateful day they'd been split up, she was off to the mall and Max stayed behind to practice his spell craft as he'd done so many times before. To this day he doesn't know the exact order of events or who to believe on what had happened, but the cold connection he felt when his magic couldn't reach her, the dark looming sense of death from someone he cared so much about, it broke him that day and he's never fully come back from it. He's lost others since her, each time when his powers were useless to stop it and each time he blames himself.

[b][color=aba400]The Mother - a Mad Truth:[/color][/b] While Max has no lofty goals or future sight, he does have one constant. His want to learn and grow. His current goal is to keep studying under the tutelage of Doctor Strange, hoping to keep the balance between his love life and wizarding life in perfect harmony. While Max has never vocalized it, he's certain that Strange has picked up on a deep desire that Max is only subconsciously aware of, the want to become the next Sorcerer Supreme. He's taken down another Supreme and is studying under the current one, it only seems to be the next logical step for him. 

[b][color=aba400]The Crone - a Grim Future:[/color][/b] Death. There is only so much a person can handle and harbor within themselves before they break. Max has stared down that line so many times, and each time he's had a similar response. [i]Why not just resurrect those who have fallen?[/i] He'd finally been allowed to at the fall of Genosha though was cautioned against doing so again. But if something were to happen to halt that process, if a soul was taken, traded, or otherwise unable to return. Max would go through great lengths, any lengths, just to bring a loved one back. He wont lose anyone ever again.

[b][color=aba400]The Lore:[/color][/b] [hider=The Begining] Max grew up an only child. He was raised by his mother and father who did nothing but want to support their child, if not in their own way. Having always been a very studios kid, he was labeled a "Nerd" or "Geek" and thus began to be bullied at Middle School. He hid the bruises and shot ego for a while from his parents, until one day his mother caught a glimpse from under his sleeve. They brought it up to the principal and nothing came of it. That summer his dad was intent on helping Max by enrolling him in the Institute for Martial Arts. Hoping his new found skills would help Max fend against school Bullies.

 That summer Max trained his mind and body, quickly picking up some moves to help against bigger opponents. His father may have intended this as a way to help himself, but Max viewed it as a means to help others at the school. Upon returning from summer break the bullies were at it again, this time they didnt win. Max used his knowledge of Martial Arts to subdue the menace and to proclaim that if anyone was to attempt this around him again that he would personally see it stopped. From there life began to look up, he didnt pay much mind to the mutant struggles as they were hardly discussed at home.

 Going into High School the politics around mutants became more and more prevalent. His parents always spoke the word with such venom, that max dared not speak against it. He didnt quite understand the hostility towards them, how was it any different from say...a homosexual? That is to say, himself. His views were best kept secret as well as his sexuality, that was one thing his parents didnt have to control. He pressed forward, learning Latin and continuing his Martial Arts; began taking photography classes and was later gifted a camera. Now 17, Max has awoken to his new power and attempted to contact the cosmos everyday. Sometimes it was silence, other times guidance, and only on three occasions were words of power given. 

 When practicing his conjugation of fire, his mother walked in and proceeded to scream and cause a ruckus. His father came rushing in and saw that his son, no, this vile creature, was using powers within his household. Max quickly found out his parents were Purifier sympathizers and they immediately called the local gang to attempt to take their sun away. Max barely escaped his house, grabbing his bag that contained a few items, and then roughing it out in the world. He started hiding and sleeping amongst the homeless, as his friends turned him away. He stole food from stores that weren't heavily guarded, and attempted to make a life for not only himself, but any mutants that he came across.[/hider]

[hider=Mutant Underground]
As luck would have it, Max ran into a particular ornery mutant named Sunshine. Her blatant display of powers caused him to caution her around this district. Little did he know that that simple, seemingly innocuous act would change his life forever. What was something he had done dozens of time before, seemed to go down a road less traveled. Causing the mutant to follow him into a shop and inevitably force them both to go on the run with what would become one of his closest friends James. Through this he met the Morlocks, an unfortunately short lived union before they were introduced to the Mutant Underground. A rogue team of mutants attempting to help fellow mutants in ways the X-men couldn't. 

Life was never easy with them, his inability to control his powers causing him to be at ends with the group, making him doubt himself and ultimately fearing what it is that he was capable of doing. That is until he was coerced by another team of Mutants, joining the Hellfire Club where they wished to nurture his powers while keeping him and his late friend Leighton safe. It was there that Max was able to fully stretch out what he was capable of doing. Making use of their training room every chance he got and learning what it is that he was capable of doing, or so he thought. While at the Hellfire Club he, along with the rest of the world, was spirted away into an alternate reality caused by Wanda Maximoff. It was in this fantasy that he could feel the growth of his magic, the almost limitless feeling as  he was able to do things he never even dreamed of. 

In this reality he met two other mages beside Wanda. Runa, and Doctor Strange his future mentor and teacher of the arcane arts. Together they fought against this worlds creator and her legion of minions, finally breaking through to her and allowing her to see reason which caused her to shift the world back to how it was before, but only a few kept the memories of that reality. Now back at the HC Max tested his newfound knowledge, pushing past what he had ever attempted and doing wordless magic, creating a space of safety and wonder for just him. He finally saw his worth, lost the fear that had gnawed in the back of his mind, and became obsessed with reaching the peaks he had seen in the distance.

After a series of unfortunate events, Leighton was killed, he was left with no one, and he broke down attacking the Underground in a wave of grief. By the end of the encounter he had become numb, joining back to the Mutant Underground and seeing the Hellfire Club for who they fully were. His control had gotten better, his emptiness slowly subsiding as he waded through the days feeling unwanted until a few kinds souls showed him otherwise. A new power awakened within him as he was being mentally assaulted. The ability to teleport without the use of magic. It was exciting, yet daunting as he now struggled to control two powers just as he thought he was beginning to get one.[/hider]

[hider=Genosha and Its Fall] Max's exploits with the Underground lead him towards his adventure's in Genosha. It's here that Max's magical prowess really began to grow. While he seemed to be fulfilled in WandaWorld, Max lack that depth of knowledge in the current reality. He knew [i]what[/i] he could do, but the complex intricacies of the spells were lost behind a scarlet fog. It was in Genosha where Max was tested greater than he'd ever been, facing off with a future Sorcerer Supreme, crafting his first Soul Weapon, and even fending off an immortal being with magic leagues beyond his. He (ofcourse) had help with the latter, but was able to implement mage craft he'd learned on the mutant island to help do so. Now with a few months time under his belt with the tutelage of Strange coupled with his lessons back on Genosha, Max feels that he is a cosmically formidable power...so long as his spells work as intended.[/hider]

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[b][color=aba400]Character Quote:[/color][/b]  Barba non facit philosophum "A beard does not make one a philosopher"
[b][color=aba400]Song:[/color][/b] [url=https://youtu.be/kwNHSbkxTZM]"Cats Eyes and Rosebuds"[/url]
[b][color=aba400]Anything Else:[/color][/b] Billy duh [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5411604]Mutant Circuit[/url]
[sub][color=ed1c24]*By submitting this CS in its completion I am stating I have read all the rules for this Rp and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy. I acknowledge that I can and will be removed from the RP without warning if I break a rule or cause problems with my fellow Rpers or the GM.[/color][/sub][/hider]

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[b][color=aba400]Soul Staff[/color][/b][list][*]Type: Conjuration
[*]Description: A long brassy staff with blue gems embedded atop. It is an object conjured from Max's very soul, though it lacks the blood gem it still helps him cast spells with greater ease.
[*]Notes: [url=https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/392257844256440322/904475782057984080/il_794xN.2370419154_k4c9.jpg]Soul Staff[/url] [/list]
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[b][color=aba400]Sucearg Singi[/color][/b][list][*]Type: Conjuration
[*]Description: Creates a sourceless fire that is controlled by its user.
[*]Notes: Fire doesn't harm the user while conjured in his hands, but will burn once released.[/list]
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[b][color=aba400]Alutsif Igam[/color][/b][list][*]Type: Conjuration
[*]Description: User conjures a form of cane. Its shape, material, style, and looks determined at time of casting.
[*]Notes: [/list]
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[b][color=aba400]Tnus itcaf assim [/color][/b][list][*]Type: Conjuration
[*]Description: Creates a sourceless object of the casters desire.
[*]Notes: [/list]
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[b][color=aba400]suproc ivel[/color][/b][list][*]Type: Transmutation
[*]Description: Allows the user to gain Levitation on themself. 
[*]Notes: Cannot be used on others [/list]
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[b][color=aba400]Aus Atnemitsev Ogniffe[/color][/b][list][*]Type:Conjuration
[*]Description: Creates clothing for the user to wear. Clothing material, type, style, and more are determined at time of casting.
[*]Notes: The clothing either be taken off as regular clothing, or dissipated back to the universe when finished with them.[/list]
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[b][color=aba400]Flames of Faltine[/color][/b][list][*]Type:Conjuration
[*]Description: Calls upon the Faltine to conjure mystical flames.
[*]Notes: The Flames conjured (while typically in a conal blast) are capable of being bent as they are from beings of living fire
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