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Aylin

Aylin the Huntress / Aylin the Watcher / Aylin of the Moon

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Description

Silent would be the first word use to describe Aylin. She is a quiet watcher of the night, she tends to keep her distance and interferes from afar. She is not the social type and minimises interaction with both mortals and immortals alike. She follows her own set of rules, and her own code, and feels that she has not need to answer to anyone else. Alliances are not something Aylin tends to have in mind - though she would prefer for the world to continue to prosper as it is than to be razed to the ground. Aylin is a calm soul, rarely one to anger, who keeps herself out of petty squabbles between other immortals. She will watch, and sometimes judge, but is rarely one to participate when she does not feel it is necessary.

When Aylin does talk, a more rare occasion than you would think for someone who has lived for long, it is lacking in diplomacy. That is far from a strong side for her - and often her words can be harsh, and blunt. Unlike many she does attempt to be truthful where possible.

Aylin is a young woman (at least in appearance), with a slender form. Her eyes and hair are dark, brown, and her skin tone a soft tanned colour. It is clear from her appearance that she is an immortal who favours time within nature over that of helping a civilisation. Her face is often covered by a hood, her clothing practical and made of leather or whatever would be readily available. A bow is never far from her side. Her face often holds a cold, and calm, look to it - hardly welcoming. She rarely smiles.

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Powers

Aylin's powers are far from the most powerful among the children. As would be expected of a huntress they focus around her use of a bow. Even as technology develops it is unlike Aylin would swap this for anything more advanced. She has an uncanny accuracy, almost always able to find her target even in the most difficult of situations. She has the handy ability of not using real, physical arrows - rather ones magically made and thus never runs out of them. She can imbue arrows with minor magical effects; putting mortals to sleep, poisoning them slightly and similar. Nothing major - her abilities are more mundane. On top of her abilities with a bow comes an uncanny agility; she is unnaturally acrobatic and fast allowing her to get to places most others would not. She has good balance allowing her to access and stay at the highest point of an area.

The other part of Aylin's powers are more related to watching, and the night. Aylin is stronger under the moonlight at night - her ability with a bow is only better, she is only faster and more agile. She can see perfectly in low light, such as that of the moon and stars. Her vision is better than most even in daylight - she can see unnaturally far and sharply. Her sense of hearing is also heightened something, but not much beyond that. Along with her ability to watch comes a connection to nature - it is the domain she has chosen to watch over within the night, and sometimes to protect if she deems it necessary. This connection is hardly magical by any means. Her strongest connection is with animals - the bond of the hunter and the hunted.

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Original Tribe

Aylin's original tribe were the Narin. They were an isolated tribe of hunter-gatherers who lived of the land as best as they could. They live peacefully with the nature around them, only killing what they had to for food and clothing. They kept themselves away from other tribes and prospered under Aylin's watchful gaze. While they did not move about they hardly had what you could call cities - more a few small towns. They had small numbers due to not having many children over time and in general having their population limited. Somewhat backwards technology wise. Since Aylin disappeared they were essentially wiped out by more natural causes - disease and larger animals, and a lack of children leaving a dying population easily finished off by other mortals.

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Faction

Though originally independent, Aylin ended up joining the Angels a short while into the war.

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Anecdotes

There are few tales told of Aylin during the dawn times - as she was rarely seen by others. There are tales of people who died to an arrow shot out of nowhere for unknown reasons (often related to ruining their environment or unbalancing nature), however they are few and far between. However there is very little to talk about when her main role was watching.

She did participate in the war between Angels and Demons. Her role was not a pivotal one and she did push or lead the Angels. Though an often forgotten role Aylin acted as a scout of sorts, using her unnatural sight and hearing to spy on the Demons and her speed to get out of tight situations. She did also participate in the battles that ensued - but always shooting from afar. So she did make herself of use as an angel, but the war would have functioned without her.

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Opinions

Eyra the Seer
Aylin's opinion of Eyra was once neutral - though there were on the same side during the war between Angels and Demons, and Aylin's reports often went to Eyra, interaction was minimal. She respected her and the tactics she came up with. However that opinion has changed to be more negative after imprisonment. Aylin was stopped from doing that one thing she always did, watching, and in the time she was imprisoned the world has changed in a way she didn't like - all due to Eyra. This means she dislikes the Seer but it would not push her towards starting any fights with Eyra.

Kinion the Fool
Even in thousands of years Aylin is unsure what to think of Kinion. He is beyond her understanding, unwatchable. However she is not one to immediately dislike what she does not understand. While she doesn't approve of his chaos creation her opinion of him, overall, isn't necessarily negative.

Wu Dan
Aylin's opinion of Wu Dan is overall positive, and her thoughts on him those of respect. There are ways in which they are similar - both content with watching. However she does also fear the power he has, which is strong, and would not like to get on the wrong side of him. Though she has a good opinion of him she would still endeavour to avoid him.

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Tien Cao

Basic Information

Name:

Tien Châu Cao
(高 珠 仙, Cao Châu Tien)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

'Dominika Kasia Zielinski - Birthname
'Domi' - Nickname

Gender:

Female

Age:

22

Height:

5'6"

Weight:

113 lbs

Home District:

From out of town

Appearance

Hair Color:

Brown

Eye Color:

Honey brown

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese, Polish

Physical Appearance:

While Tien's height may be nothing spectacular when in France, it makes her stick out a bit in Vietnam. Though she sticks out there anyway with her appearance being a combination of her heritage. Beyond the peculiar mix of looks she is actually quite pretty - something that she knows.

Tien's hair is kept long and is a deep brown in colour. It is mostly straight, with a slight wave to it. It curls at the ends. It nowhere near as perfectly straight as her mother's however it isn't particularly wavy either. It is often found tied up in a ponytail. Her face is slim and round. Her large eyes look somewhat odd within it; almond shaped, they are almost identical to those of her Vietnamese mother. The main difference is the slightly lighter colour. They look almost amber, a large difference from her mother's black-brown eyes. Her nose is not a spectacular width, but flat, and her lips are slightly fleshed out. Her skin is yellowish-brown in colour, with a slightly golden hue. It makes it obvious that she isn't 100% Caucasian but is not as dark as most from the South of Vietnam.

Where Tien once had a bit of weight to her from in wealth, a certain roundness from eating rich food, she is now skinny from a sudden change in appetite and lifestyle. Her slender appearance is misleading to how healthy her weight is - she is frail, and growing somewhat sickly because of it. However she is still an active person and doesn't make a big deal of any problems she has due to weight. She is somewhat curvy, average sized in both areas - she took more after the women on her father's side rather than inheriting the slightly boyish figure of her mother. Nonetheless it's nothing spectacular.

Attire:

When relaxing Tien will wear jeans and a nice enough top. When out somewhere she will often be found in some kind of nice dress or skirt and top combination. Often this will be used to enhance what she, or her mother, believes are her best features. While most of her clothing is western some more traditional Vietnamese clothing has been added into the mix.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Outwardly Tien is an outgoing young woman. She is the life and soul of a party, managing to socialise with almost anyone. She acts friendly, though she isn't particularly. Along with this she is rather flirtatious - it's a habit that won't be easily broken after the last four years. She isn't particularly fussy with who she will go for in this regard and isn't exactly subtle. But hey, it's worked for her so far.

Tien can be quite loud in some circumstances and is a bit of a force of personality to work with. She likes to pretend to be strong willed and independent even if she really isn't. She can often come across as brash and self centred. She is slightly stuck up in some ways, she did grow up rich, but that has slowly changed over the past few years. Still this doesn't stop her from coming across as arrogant. She is more likely to isolate people when she talks to them for a long period of time than she is to become friends. However, she doesn't feel that she needs long term relationships with anyone.

Contrary to what her outward personality would show Tien is far from independent. She is still caught in the grasp of her demanding, and now somewhat out of it and insane, mother. She doesn't really do anything because she wants to - she does it as a rebellion against her mother or for her mother. It isn't something she can stop. After all her mother has controlled her all of her life. Still one day she would like to be free from it.

Tien is also a somewhat bitter person. She doesn't feel like she has much in life going for her, and she feels that this is unfair. When not trying to win someone's attentions or to get money from them she is sullen and often rude. Her people skills need a bit of work. She is a deeply flawed individual and she knows it. She isn't apologetic about it, however. No point making excuses. She is who she is, after all.

Hobbies/Interests:

Dancing

Reading

Baking

Sewing & Knitting

Skills/Talents:

Acting / Deception: Though not in the traditional sense of being able to perform in a play or a tv show, Tien is decent at putting on a facade. She is especially good at pretending that she is friendly when she really doesn't want any friends. She can pretend to like someone, when she doesn't. There are many ways she acts to cover up what she's really like.

Seduction: While not an expert the last few years Tien has used her decent looks, along with other things, to get money from men (and women) in certain ways. As a result she has honed a talent to help with seducing people of either gender.

Dancing: Tien is actually a good dancer, the one hobby she enjoyed that her mother also approved of. She did ballet for eighteen years, and still remembers how to do it, along with tap dancing, jazz dancing and other sorts. She hoped to get a job dancing when she first moved to Vietnam but it didn't particularly work out.

Goals/Motivation

Tien wants to leave her mother. She is torn between creating her own life and wanting to return to Poland to find her father again.

History/Bio:

Tien's parents, Henryk and Mai, met when Henryk was in Vietnam for a few months on business trip. As a high up doctor and medical research he was helping in hospitals in the country. His relationship with Mai began early into his time here and was very physical in nature. She ended up pregnant due to this and so he brought her back home with him to Poland when he went back.

Here Tien was born, given the name Dominika at birth. Due to being very successful in his field Henryk had quite a bit of wealth and as a result Tien grew up in a rich household. She wanted for nothing in a materialistic way. However from the start things between her parents were strained. Mai, due to constant nightmares that began a few years into living in Poland, was in a constantly on edge state and rarely found in a good mood. This, added to Henryk's habit of overworking, meant that their relationship was always strained. So while Tien had all she wanted in a material sense home life wasn't always happy.

From a young age her mother was incredibly controlling. She couldn't do anything that her mother disapproved of. Her friends at school had to be screened by Mai before she was allowed to properly be friends with them. Her life was very strictly controlled, from her interests to the clothes she wore. She got through it, though, because her father managed to keep it to a small level. And at least her father loved her. She lived for the time spent with Henryk when he wasn't working.

Then, when she was ten, her younger brother unexpectedly came along. By the time she was twelve it was obvious who was her father's new favourite. Time spent with her father, and the strong bond that had helped her through her mother's attentions, began to break. Her mother only grew worse. She had never wanted a son, she said. She had only ever wanted another daughter - one to replace the one she'd had. It was here that Tien began to learn about Lihn, her older half sister.

She wasn't happy so she began to rebel in small ways. Wearing the skirts her mother wore her slightly shorter than they should be. She had her first, secret, relationship at thirteen. She kissed a girl at fourteen, something that would have shocked her mother (she didn't actually enjoy it that much - but that didn't matter). She had sex at fifteen. At sixteen, her power developed.

She didn't notice it at first - it wasn't exactly the most obvious. However soon she noticed that sometimes she would see glimpses of things when she touched people. She didn't realise it was memories until she saw it from her mother. Slowly she developed the power, discovering other aspects and getting better with it. She used it to her advantage a lot.

When she was eighteen her mother and father's relationship finally broke. Her mother, deciding there was nothing more for her in Poland, forced Tien to relocate with her back to Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City to be exact. Her mother managed to find a place for them to stay, for a reasonable price. From there it was up to Tien to make money for the two of them. Her mother essentially made her choose a new, Vietnamese name - though it was her own choice of what she would go by. So she went from Domi to Tien. The past four years the two of them have just been getting by with Tien making money in whatever way she can, while her powers develop more.

Relationships

Family:

Mai Cao (Phan) - Mother
Henryk Zielinski - Father
Marcin Zielinski - Younger Brother

Lihn Phan - Half-sister

Dynamics:

| Lihn Phan |

| Neutral | Half-sister | "Mother doesn't seem to like her. But then again, when do I ever trust anything she says?" |

Tien has never actually met her sister, Lihn. She knows that she is seven years older than her and that her mother hasn't seen her in years. Her mother complains a lot about how Lihn was always a perfect child, nothing like Tien, and how she was a freak. But Tien doesn't like to believe what her mother says - in fact she's curious about her half-sister considering that she is clearly also a metahuman. Tien hopes to meet her one day.

Abilities

Power Class:

Cerebral (Domination)

Power:
Memory Manipulation

Memory Reading:

The main part of Tien's memory manipulation is the ability to also read other people's memories. Recent memories are easier to read. The further back they are the more difficult they are to read, often impossible. Along with this anyone with some kind of mental block / mind shield can prevent her reading their memories.

Memory Erasure:

The first part of her power that Tien discovered and mastered is memory erasure. This erases a specific memory that a person holds. While she learned this first it is, in fact, the most difficult to do. To do this she must know some kind of details memory. So she cannot just delete any random memory. When a memory is deleted by Tien it is as if the target is suffering from amnesia. They do not remember what happened as their memory appears to be 'hazy' or 'foggy.' People with especially strong minds can get over this.

Memory Creation:

This part of memory manipulation allows Tien to create a memory and implant this into someone's mind. The more complex the memory the more difficult it is to put into the persons mind. In general Arianne does not use this ability as often as the rest as there aren't many occasions were she would want to create a new memory.

Memory Changing

The main part of memory manipulation. This allows Tien to make changes to a memory that a person has. The more subtle the changes the easier it is. If she makes major changes it is more likely that someone is going to realise that their memory has been changed and remember the original memory. In terms of time it is rare that Tien can change a memory that someone has from over a year ago.

Limits:

Tien is limited by whether she knows a memory or not. While she can read memories she must maintain an incredible concentration to do this, and then keep this concentration to change it at all.

She is also limited in that she must either know the person very well (as in the case with her family) or be able to see them to read/change their memories.

It is rare that she can change or access older memories or those that are over a year old. The more fresh the memory the easier it is to access it.

Sometimes people realise that something is wrong and that their memories have been changed. This is most often meta-humans in the Cerebral class or intelligent people.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Tien suffers an equal, but temporary, memory loss to any memory manipulation that she has done. If she slightly changes someone's memory she will forgot small details from recent memories. This scales as the memory changes she makes do. She tries to keep this drawback secret. Along with this she just, in general, has a worse long term memory. She finds it incredibly difficult to remember any of her life from years ago (any memories are fuzzy and constantly changing).

After a certain amount of memory manipulation Tien get's intense migraines. These often become ocular migraines which means she loses her eyesight and is pretty much helpless.

She needs to concentrate very hard to change memories meaning that she must ignore everything else around her (and as a result will not notice anything that might happen to her). This is especially the case when reading memories.

If someone has a particularly bad memory it is most likely to stick with her, particularly in dreams. This leads to temporary insomnia.

Other:

• She is still unsure as to whether to go by Tien, or Domi. She still isn't entirely comfortable with the name Tien and doesn't know which she prefers
• Tien speaks fluent Polish and Vietnamese. She speaks near fluent English, but it is spoken with a heavy Polish accent. Her Vietnamese also has a slight European / Polish accent to it.

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Max Diaz

Basic Information

Name:

Maxine Ivanna Diaz

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

'Max' (preferred name) 'Mimic' (callsign)

Gender:

Female

Age:

20

Height:

5'3"

Weight:

118

Home District:

West Woodlake

Appearance

Hair Color:

Dark brown

Eye Color:

Brown-black

Ethnicity:

Mexican, British

Physical Appearance:

Max is quite short, coming
a trait shared by her cousin Rori.
5'3", probably due to the fact that her father was rather tall. Her height is something that quite often annoys her due to her wanting to come across as more intimidating. However she does use it to her advantage in terms of looking more harmless than she actually is.

Max is well built with an obviously trained body. She gained fitness when she went through the Academy Program, and this was just added to by the two years of training with RAVEN. She is visible strong with lean muscle that she uses to her advantage in combat. She keeps up this fitness. While her muscles are well defined she hasn't quite gotten to the point of having, say, a six pack. Aside from her physical fitness her figure is somewhat... straight. She has a general, and annoying, lack of curves. She definitely doesn't look like a boy but she's hardly feminine. Even though her generally not curvy body annoys her she manages to pull it off. She's certainly attractive, in a way.

Max's hair, slightly red at the tips from the last time it was dyed, is kept short and in an undercut style. The left hand side is practically shaved with the rest swept over to the right side. This often covers her eyes and falls to her chin. At the back her hair goes just to the bottom of the nape of her neck. Her eyes are slightly turned up and narrow and set in an oval shape face. This has soft lines, contrasted by the often harsh expression she wears. Her skin tone is an olive tanned due to her Latin American heritage. She has thick, dark eyebrows and medium sized lips. Her facial features, overall, are a lot more feminine than her body is. However she is rarely found wearing makeup and when she does it tend to be dark.

She has quite a few visible scars all over her body. These are from fights when she was in a gang, and from training to join RAVEN.

Attire:

Max wears RAVEN issue armour when required to. When she is not in armour she wears more casual clothes, a mix of red and black with white and other dark colours sometimes thrown in. She often goes for a combination of ripped jeans, tank tops, leather jackets and boots.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Max has a slightly rough personality. While she isn't as bad as she used to be, she isn't really a model citizen. She once indulged in a life of crime, drugs and gangs. While she's moved on from there she's never been the most morally perfect person. But still, she's good enough to have joined RAVEN.

One thing Max has never managed to get over is her anger issues. As a young child she would often just explode, as she put it, into a rage and attack anyone she was angry at. While it's not as bad at this she still often cannot think clearly when angry and is likely to say things she will regret. And it does, unfortunately, still sometimes come down to physical violence. This isn't helped by the fact that Max can be a violent person, a thing she has managed to curb back on more when she shouldn't actually be fighting someone. She's trying to work on her anger issues, she really is, but is struggling to get anywhere.

Max is also a somewhat sarcastic and sharp individual. She can be cold and callous without meaning to. She isn't always aware of how what she says can hurt others feelings. However she doesn't particularly mean to be nasty. While she doesn't put up with people shit and isn't always sympathetic she isn't really not friendly. She gets on well enough with other people.

She actually gets on quite well with people. Aside from being a generally snarky bitch Max enjoys spending time with the right kind of people. She's quite good at teamwork, shown when she was in a gang and now in RAVEN. On top of this she is quite fun loving and often enjoys teasing people she is close with. She knows when something is a joke, and can take one, but can also be serious when known. She is quite flirtatious, sometimes jokingly, and isn't fussy about the gender of the person she is flirting with.

While Max isn't the easiest for others to deal with and get on with at first, she's a pretty stable friend when she gets close to others. She'll stick by those she views as friends (and family) and has absolute faith in them. She isn't judgmental. The main thing she can't really offer is emotional advice, or a listening ear, as she has a lack of patience for other people's troubles. However she can try and sometimes succeeds in helping at least slightly. A success story there is Rori, who she is actually helping out. Max does try to be helpful to others - she just isn't always very good at it.

Hobbies/Interests:

Gardening: Max doesn't like admitting it, but she really enjoys gardening. She will often keep a few plants wherever she is living. She tends to hide it because she thinks it makes her look less tough.

Technology: A hobby Max picked up while in the Academy program. She's not great at it, but she enjoys tinkering with things and trying out things like programming on computers. She's pretty bad but it's just a hobby at the moment.

Skills/Talents:

Close Combat: Max is good at hand to hand combat. This began as street fighting but she has now also been trained by RAVEN in military grade hand to hand combat. However she hasn't forgotten what she learned while a gang member, and isn't afraid to bring in dirty tactics. She has also learned various martial arts.

Weapons: Max learnt how to use various firearms during her two years training to join RAVEN. She's good like any trained person would be, but it's hardly a natural talent. She's better with physical combat and up close fighting.

Gymnastics: When she was younger Max did a lot of gymnastics, entering and winning a lot of competitions through it. She's kept this flexibility up along with her fitness and as a result can do some kinds of fancy things. She doesn't do it that often anymore, though.

Deception: Max is good at lying. It was a skill she used to hone but has stop relying on as much - her time in the Academy Program caused that. Still she falls back on lying and deception if needed.

Intelligence: Max is surprisingly intelligent. She doesn't particularly seem it, because she's done a lot of stupid things in the past and often can't see past emotions, but she's smart.

Goals/Motivation

Family: Max is trying to help Rori achieve their own goals, and is incredibly protective of them. A goal is to help Rori stand on their own two feet and get back into school.
RAVEN: A main goal for Max is to do well in her work in RAVEN, hopefully moving up through ranks and gaining respect. However she's not sure how to go about this considering she's not always the best at following rules and doing the right thing.

History/Bio:

Max's parent's relationship was built off of something akin to a love story. Her father was a metahuman part of a small gang and her mother a devout Christian. She put her love for him over her religious views, and he gave up the gang life to raise a family. As a result both were somewhat ostracised from their sides of the family.

Even so Max grew up in a loving household. She was surprisingly close to her four year older brother, Sal, and the two of them spent most of their time play fighting (in a friendly way). Along with this Max spent a lot of time with her cousin, Rori (Roisin at the time), though she could tell that things were tense between her mother and her aunt.

Max always knew of the existence of metahumans due to her father and brother being registered as them. Her brother was one of the few born a metahuman with inherited powers, with the super-system power of regeneration. Max was always slightly jealous because she felt that she was normal without a power.

At the age of ten Max was forced to up and move, leaving behind her cousin that she had grown close to. She has never been sure of the exact reason but thinks it was something to do with the fact her brother and father were metahumans. They moved to Black Fall and lived here relatively happily until Max was twelve, and her brother sixteen.

The family got in a tragic car accident that resulted in the death of both Max's father and mother. Salvador survived due to his regeneration and Max seemed to survive for the same reason. It was assumed that their father suffered injuries he couldn't recover from. The two of them were sent to live with their uncle on their father's side, who left them mostly to their own devices having never wanted kids.

Max and Sal both fell into a bad crowd at this stage, though Max was mostly tagging along with her older 'cool' brother at this point. After beginning a life of crime they joined a minor metahuman gang. It was here that Max discovered the truth about her powers. She didn't have regeneration, rather she weakened another's power and temporarily gained it. This was why her father had died. The power she had made her a valuable member of the gang. It was here that she learned to fight and steal. By the age of fourteen she was regularly involved in street fights, doing drugs and participating in all sorts of gang activities. She miraculously managed to stay out of RAVEN/DOVE's radar, being completely unregistered. However her, and a few others around her age, were caught doing minor crimes and noted down by the police force due to this.

The gang Max was in only continued to make more trouble, going to the stage of killing normal people. This reached the worse point where a gang war broke out between them and another meta-human gang. While neither gang was massive it caused disruption in quite a few neighbourhoods. RAVEN agents came in to crack this down, arresting most members of both gangs.

With this Max was given two choices - go back to living with her uncle, monitored, and risk going to jail with another wrong move or take part in the Academy Program. Somewhat reluctant she chose the second. Her brother, Sal, was taken into custody for a while before being allowed to live freely but monitored when deemed 'not too dangerous.' Max managed to keep in contact with him even when shipped off to Academy 61.

Surprisingly for Max she enjoyed her time in the Academy. She made a few friends, learned how to better control the powers she had replicated and did some physical training. She changed in ways. While there were still appeals to crime she decided to turn her back on that world and try to do better. This was why when she graduated at the age of 18 she joined RAVEN.

Just before her two years of training began, while on a visit to see Sal Max bumped into her younger cousin Rori. Her cousin didn't have a place to stay so Max offered them one and bought a home in Baybridge.

Max completed her two years of training and became a new agent in RAVEN, posted to Baybridge.

Unfortunately for Max, who was hoping to avoid paperwork where possible, a bunch of shit went down just after she arrived in baybridge. As a RAVEN agent she was on the front lines when dealing with it... And then had to deal with the paperwork after. She met a few more agents, though. It's kept her busy and resulting in her not being there for her cousin when she feels like she could do.

When things seemed to be dying down Max was, essentially, told that she was going on some kind of foreign exchange program to Europe. She was quickly shipped off - starting in the UK and going to France (which was difficult) before now being in Spain. She's been trying to investigate the founding family while there. Sadly, she's found little - and she's still in Europe.

Relationships

Family:

Felipe Diaz - Father (Deceased, Regeneration)

Naomi Diaz - Mother (Deceased)
Salvador Diaz - Older Brother (Regeneration)

Breandan Aherne - Uncle
Elizabeth Aherne - Aunt
Roisin Aherne - Cousin (Bird Transformation)

Conor Aherne - Cousin ()
Aiden, Saiorse and Eva Aherne - Cousins

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Rori Aherne |

| Mostly good | Cousin / Friend | "I like Rori, but their always so fucking happy. And energetic... it's pretty annoying sometimes." |

Max was close to Rori when they were both young. She is now basically supporting Rori and is quite happy to do so until Rori finds a way to support themselves. However Max can find Rori annoying to be around when she just wants some peace and quiet. Max is also slightly suspicious about just how happy Rori always is, but doesn't question it too much.

| Cindy Keagan |

| Mixed | Annoying DOVE | "I tried to get on with her, but it didn't work out to well." |

When starting out in DOVE/RAVEN Max tried to get on with her co- workers, she really did. Unfortunately this didn't work out too well. Cindy is one of the people that she has come to odds with far too often, making their professional relationship rocky. It doesn't help that Cindy is often the one to criticise her when Max does something stupid (Max knows control of her anger, she doesn't need someone to tell her that!). try act how she should around Cindy, at least.

| Alice Barrett |

| Mostly Good | Fellow RAVEN | "Alice seems nice enough." |

Max hasn't talked to Alice that much since the other RAVEN
just joined at Baybridge. Max knows that Alex gets along with Cindy but tries not to let that cloud her view of her fellow Agent - after all if that was the case then she wouldn't get on with anyone within the department. From the small amount they've talked Max has gotten on with Alice - for now. She's just waiting to fuck something up between them.

| Shizuka Takashiro |

| Currently Good | Fellow RAVEN | "He hates paperwork as much as I do. It's a thing we can talk about." |

Max has only known Shizuka for a few days, and has yet to have any problems with him. They both dislike paperwork and have bonded slightly over the woe that it is. She finds him interesting enough to talk to. She's trying her hardest to get on with him, as she is most other RAVEN agents - even if it's taking effort on her part.

Abilities

Power Class:

Power (Replication)

Power:

Max has the ability to replicate the powers of others. This replication is not specific to one class, however there are some she struggles to replicate more than others. She seems to find the super-system class the easiest to replicate. She can replicate up to four powers it seems, however they each must be of a different class. So for example she could not replicate two different super-system powers. In terms of choosing whether she can replicate a power, this varies. She has gotten to the stage of control where she can pick and choose whether she replicates a power if it is of the super-system class. However not for the other classes. Any new powers she gets will replace the one in the 'slot' of its class of power, essentially replacing that one. If she does not use a power for a long time she will lose it, in a way. This means she has to use each in a reasonably regular basis.

On top of this she can only use one power at a time. Which power she can use seems to be reset dependant on her sleep - she needs to sleep a certain amount of time to change what power she is using. However there are some limits to this - she must have used the power that she is currently locked into to then change it. This means if she does not know how to use a power she will be stuck with it until she can work out how to do so.

Current Powers Replicated:

• Regeneration: (Super-system Class) From her father Max has the ability to regenerate. This allows her to heal wounds that she sustains at a reasonable rate, and she can repair bones and muscle damage at a faster rate than most others. This allows her to survive things that other's wouldn't necessarily be able to.
• Telekinesis: (Cerebral Class) Replicated from a member of the gang she was part of before being nabbed by NEST, this is the one that Max tends to stick in since she's reasonably comfortable with it. However it isn't that powerful. She can move one object of a medium wait (say, a chair) and two that are light (for example knives). This takes a decent amount of concentration it is obvious she is the one moving them. She can only pull and push the objects rather than changing their form, such as bending them. However she is working on getting better at this and will probably learn more the more she uses it.

Limits:

She has to have skin to skin contact to replicate someone's power. The longer she holds this contact the more powerful a version of the power she replicates.

She doesn't necessarily know what power someone has or how to use it meaning she can end up with a power completely useless to her. She doesn't have a very long time to learn how to use it either.

She can only have up to four powers, each of a different class. These are replaced by class so she only ever has a power of one class. She cannot always choose whether she replicates someone's powers or not. Along with this she can only use one at the time, and this changes after she has slept for eight hours AND used the current power she is locked into. However if she replicates a new power she switches to using the one rather the previous one.

She is also limited by the power. Regeneration wise there are only so many wounds that she can heal, and often she can only fully regenerate the smaller ones. For telekinesis she is limited to ten feet away from her, and objects of a medium weight. She needs to concentrate to do more than one small object and breaks in her concentration cause her to lose control.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

The fact that she has to have skin to skin contact can be a weakness. This leaves her vulnerable as she weakens her targets power and means she has to get close to them in the first place which is not always a viable option. This can leave her in all sorts bad situations.

She can only change power after using the one she currently has. This means if she does not know how to use a power she is stuck with it until she can figure it out.

Using powers of others is quite taxing on her body. While the powers themselves need no fuel they use up a lot of the essential nutrients she has within her body. Using the powers will cause Max to begin to both dehydrate and starve, meaning she must eat and drink a lot more than normal while using them. If she does not eat or drink she will grow weaker, her reactions slower. This will eventually push her to death by starvation/dehydration if she keeps using her power.

Along with this Max gains the weakness of whatever power she steals.

Regeneration Weaknesses: Incredibly painful to do, does not regain any lost blood ect. She cannot regenerate massive wounds meaning that any life threatening wounds would kill her. While the wound is healed her body still suffered the damage, leaving her weaker after regenerating.

Telekinesis weaknesses: Must concentrate to be able to keep using the power. If she cannot see the object she is moving she cannot move it thus it is easy to break the line of site. Tiring mentally on her and doing it for too long will cause blinding headaches and migraines, and often put her in a bad mood and make her tired.

Other:

• Max is essentially keeping tabs on her brother, Sal, of her own accord since she's worried he'll return to some sort of criminal life

Baybridge: Old Ghosts

Max Diaz

Basic Information

Name:

Maxine Ivanna Diaz

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

'Max' (preferred name)
'Mimic' (callsign)

Gender:

Female

Age:

20

Height:

5'3"

Weight:

118

Home District:

West Woodlake

Appearance

Hair Color:

Dark brown

Eye Color:

Brown-black

Ethnicity:

Mexican, British

Physical Appearance:

Max is quite short, coming from her mother's side of the family and a trait shared by her cousin Rori. However she is slightly taller, around 5'3", probably due to the fact that her father was rather tall. Her height is something that quite often annoys her due to her wanting to come across as more intimidating. However she does use it to her advantage in terms of looking more harmless than she actually is.

Max is well built with an obviously trained body. She gained fitness when she went through the Academy Program, and this was just added to by the two years of training with RAVEN. She is visible strong with lean muscle that she uses to her advantage in combat. She keeps up this fitness. While her muscles are well defined she hasn't quite gotten to the point of having, say, a six pack. Aside from her physical fitness her figure is somewhat... straight. She has a general, and annoying, lack of curves. She definitely doesn't look like a boy but she's hardly feminine. Even though her generally not curvy body annoys her she manages to pull it off. She's certainly attractive, in a way.

Max's hair, slightly red at the tips from the last time it was dyed, is kept short and in an undercut style. The left hand side is practically shaved with the rest swept over to the right side. This often covers her eyes and falls to her chin. At the back her hair goes just to the bottom of the nape of her neck. Her eyes are slightly turned up and narrow and set in an oval shape face. This has soft lines, contrasted by the often harsh expression she wears. Her skin tone is an olive tanned due to her Latin American heritage. She has thick, dark eyebrows and medium sized lips. Her facial features, overall, are a lot more feminine than her body is. However she is rarely found wearing makeup and when she does it tend to be dark.

She has quite a few visible scars all over her body. These are from fights when she was in a gang, and from training to join RAVEN.

Attire:

Max wears RAVEN issue armour when required to. When she is not in armour she wears more casual clothes, a mix of red and black with white and other dark colours sometimes thrown in. She often goes for a combination of ripped jeans, tank tops, leather jackets and boots.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Max has a slightly rough personality. While she isn't as bad as she used to be, she isn't really a model citizen. She once indulged in a life of crime, drugs and gangs. While she's moved on from there she's never been the most morally perfect person. But still, she's good enough to have joined RAVEN.

One thing Max has never managed to get over is her anger issues. As a young child she would often just explode, as she put it, into a rage and attack anyone she was angry at. While it's not as bad at this she still often cannot think clearly when angry and is likely to say things she will regret. And it does, unfortunately, still sometimes come down to physical violence. This isn't helped by the fact that Max can be a violent person, a thing she has managed to curb back on more when she shouldn't actually be fighting someone. She's trying to work on her anger issues, she really is, but is struggling to get anywhere.

Max is also a somewhat sarcastic and sharp individual. She can be cold and callous without meaning to. She isn't always aware of how what she says can hurt others feelings. However she doesn't particularly mean to be nasty. While she doesn't put up with people shit and isn't always sympathetic she isn't really not friendly. She gets on well enough with other people.

She actually gets on quite well with people. Aside from being a generally snarky bitch Max enjoys spending time with the right kind of people. She's quite good at teamwork, shown when she was in a gang and now in RAVEN. On top of this she is quite fun loving and often enjoys teasing people she is close with. She knows when something is a joke, and can take one, but can also be serious when known. She is quite flirtatious, sometimes jokingly, and isn't fussy about the gender of the person she is flirting with.

While Max isn't the easiest for others to deal with and get on with at first, she's a pretty stable friend when she gets close to others. She'll stick by those she views as friends (and family) and has absolute faith in them. She isn't judgmental. The main thing she can't really offer is emotional advice, or a listening ear, as she has a lack of patience for other people's troubles. However she can try and sometimes succeeds in helping at least slightly. A success story there is Rori, who she is actually helping out. Max does try to be helpful to others - she just isn't always very good at it.

Hobbies/Interests:

Gardening: Max doesn't like admitting it, but she really enjoys gardening. She will often keep a few plants wherever she is living. She tends to hide it because she thinks it makes her look less tough.

Technology: A hobby Max picked up while in the Academy program. She's not great at it, but she enjoys tinkering with things and trying out things like programming on computers. She's pretty bad but it's just a hobby at the moment.

Skills/Talents:

Close Combat: Max is good at hand to hand combat. This began as street fighting but she has now also been trained by RAVEN in military grade hand to hand combat. However she hasn't forgotten what she learned while a gang member, and isn't afraid to bring in dirty tactics. She has also learned various martial arts.

Weapons: Max learnt how to use various firearms during her two years training to join RAVEN. She's good like any trained person would be, but it's hardly a natural talent. She's better with physical combat and up close fighting.

Gymnastics: When she was younger Max did a lot of gymnastics, entering and winning a lot of competitions through it. She's kept this flexibility up along with her fitness and as a result can do some kinds of fancy things. She doesn't do it that often anymore, though.

Deception: Max is good at lying. It was a skill she used to hone but has stop relying on as much - her time in the Academy Program caused that. Still she falls back on lying and deception if needed.

Intelligence: Max is surprisingly intelligent. She doesn't particularly seem it, because she's done a lot of stupid things in the past and often can't see past emotions, but she's smart.

Goals/Motivation

Family: Max is trying to help Rori achieve their own goals, and is incredibly protective of them. A goal is to help Rori stand on their own two feet and get back into school.
RAVEN: A main goal for Max is to do well in her work in RAVEN, hopefully moving up through ranks and gaining respect. However she's not sure how to go about this considering she's not always the best at following rules and doing the right thing.

History/Bio:

Max's parent's relationship was built off of something akin to a love story. Her father was a metahuman part of a small gang and her mother a devout Christian. She put her love for him over her religious views, and he gave up the gang life to raise a family. As a result both were somewhat ostracised from their sides of the family.

Even so Max grew up in a loving household. She was surprisingly close to her four year older brother, Sal, and the two of them spent most of their time play fighting (in a friendly way). Along with this Max spent a lot of time with her cousin, Rori (Roisin at the time), though she could tell that things were tense between her mother and her aunt.

Max always knew of the existence of metahumans due to her father and brother being registered as them. Her brother was one of the few born a metahuman with inherited powers, with the super-system power of regeneration. Max was always slightly jealous because she felt that she was normal without a power.

At the age of ten Max was forced to up and move, leaving behind her cousin that she had grown close to. She has never been sure of the exact reason but thinks it was something to do with the fact her brother and father were metahumans. They moved to Black Fall and lived here relatively happily until Max was twelve, and her brother sixteen.

The family got in a tragic car accident that resulted in the death of both Max's father and mother. Salvador survived due to his regeneration and Max seemed to survive for the same reason. It was assumed that their father suffered injuries he couldn't recover from. The two of them were sent to live with their uncle on their father's side, who left them mostly to their own devices having never wanted kids.

Max and Sal both fell into a bad crowd at this stage, though Max was mostly tagging along with her older 'cool' brother at this point. After beginning a life of crime they joined a minor metahuman gang. It was here that Max discovered the truth about her powers. She didn't have regeneration, rather she weakened another's power and temporarily gained it. This was why her father had died. The power she had made her a valuable member of the gang. It was here that she learned to fight and steal. By the age of fourteen she was regularly involved in street fights, doing drugs and participating in all sorts of gang activities. She miraculously managed to stay out of RAVEN/DOVE's radar, being completely unregistered. However her, and a few others around her age, were caught doing minor crimes and noted down by the police force due to this.

The gang Max was in only continued to make more trouble, going to the stage of killing normal people. This reached the worse point where a gang war broke out between them and another meta-human gang. While neither gang was massive it caused disruption in quite a few neighbourhoods. RAVEN agents came in to crack this down, arresting most members of both gangs.

With this Max was given two choices - go back to living with her uncle, monitored, and risk going to jail with another wrong move or take part in the Academy Program. Somewhat reluctant she chose the second. Her brother, Sal, was taken into custody for a while before being allowed to live freely but monitored when deemed 'not too dangerous.' Max managed to keep in contact with him even when shipped off to Academy 61.

Surprisingly for Max she enjoyed her time in the Academy. She made a few friends, learned how to better control the powers she had replicated and did some physical training. She changed in ways. While there were still appeals to crime she decided to turn her back on that world and try to do better. This was why when she graduated at the age of 18 she joined RAVEN.

Just before her two years of training began, while on a visit to see Sal Max bumped into her younger cousin Rori. Her cousin didn't have a place to stay so Max offered them one and bought a home in Baybridge.

Max has now completed her two years of training and is a new agent in RAVEN, posted to Baybridge.

Relationships

Family:

Felipe Diaz - Father (Deceased, Regeneration)

Naomi Diaz - Mother (Deceased)

Salvador Diaz - Older Brother (Regeneration)

Breandan Aherne - Uncle

Elizabeth Aherne - Aunt

Roisin Aherne - Cousin (Bird Transformation)

Conor Aherne - Cousin ()

Aiden, Saiorse and Eva Aherne - Cousins

Dynamics: (Relations with other characters - You don't have to put relation with family here.)

| Rori Aherne |

| Mostly good | Cousin / Friend | "I like Rori, but their always so fucking happy. And energetic... it's pretty annoying sometimes." |

Max was close to Rori when they were both young. She is now basically supporting Rori and is quite happy to do so until Rori finds a way to support themselves. However Max can find Rori annoying to be around when she just wants some peace and quiet. Max is also slightly suspicious about just how happy Rori always is, but doesn't question it too much.

| Cindy Keagan |

| Mixed | Annoying DOVE | "I tried to get on with her, but it didn't work out to well." |

When starting out in DOVE/RAVEN Max tried to get on with her co-workers, she really did. Unfortunately this didn't work out too well. Cindy is one of the people that she has come to odds with far too often, making their professional relationship rocky. It doesn't help that Cindy is often the one to criticise her when Max does something stupid (Max knows she lost control of her anger, she doesn't need someone to tell her that!). She does try act how she should around Cindy, at least.

| Alice Barrett |

| Mostly Good | Fellow RAVEN | "Alice seems nice enough." |

Max hasn't talked to Alice that much since the other RAVEN only just joined at Baybridge. Max knows that Alex gets along with Cindy but tries not to let that cloud her view of her fellow Agent - after all if that was the case then she wouldn't get on with anyone within the department. From the small amount they've talked Max has gotten on with Alice - for now. She's just waiting to fuck something up between them.

| Shizuka Takashiro |

| Currently Good | Fellow RAVEN | "He hates paperwork as much as I do. It's a thing we can talk about." |

Max has only known Shizuka for a few days, and has yet to have any problems with him. They both dislike paperwork and have bonded slightly over the woe that it is. She finds him interesting enough to talk to. She's trying her hardest to get on with him, as she is most other RAVEN agents - even if it's taking effort on her part.

Abilities

Power Class:

Power (Replication)

Power:

Max has the ability to replicate the powers of others. This replication is not specific to one class, however there are some she struggles to replicate more than others. She seems to find the super-system class the easiest to replicate. She can replicate up to four powers it seems, however they each must be of a different class. So for example she could not replicate two different super-system powers. In terms of choosing whether she can replicate a power, this varies. She has gotten to the stage of control where she can pick and choose whether she replicates a power if it is of the super-system class. However not for the other classes. Any new powers she gets will replace the one in the 'slot' of its class of power, essentially replacing that one. If she does not use a power for a long time she will lose it, in a way. This means she has to use each in a reasonably regular basis.

On top of this she can only use one power at a time. Which power she can use seems to be reset dependant on her sleep - she needs to sleep a certain amount of time to change what power she is using. However there are some limits to this - she must have used the power that she is currently locked into to then change it. This means if she does not know how to use a power she will be stuck with it until she can work out how to do so.

Current Powers Replicated:

• Regeneration: (Super-system Class) From her father Max has the ability to regenerate. This allows her to heal wounds that she sustains at a reasonable rate, and she can repair bones and muscle damage at a faster rate than most others. This allows her to survive things that other's wouldn't necessarily be able to.
• Telekinesis: (Cerebral Class) Replicated from a member of the gang she was part of before being nabbed by NEST, this is the one that Max tends to stick in since she's reasonably comfortable with it. However it isn't that powerful. She can move one object of a medium wait (say, a chair) and two that are light (for example knives). This takes a decent amount of concentration it is obvious she is the one moving them. She can only pull and push the objects rather than changing their form, such as bending them. However she is working on getting better at this and will probably learn more the more she uses it.

Limits:

She has to have skin to skin contact to replicate someone's power. The longer she holds this contact the more powerful a version of the power she replicates.

She doesn't necessarily know what power someone has or how to use it meaning she can end up with a power completely useless to her. She doesn't have a very long time to learn how to use it either.

She can only have up to four powers, each of a different class. These are replaced by class so she only ever has a power of one class. She cannot always choose whether she replicates someone's powers or not. Along with this she can only use one at the time, and this changes after she has slept for eight hours AND used the current power she is locked into. However if she replicates a new power she switches to using the one rather the previous one.

She is also limited by the power. Regeneration wise there are only so many wounds that she can heal, and often she can only fully regenerate the smaller ones. For telekinesis she is limited to ten feet away from her, and objects of a medium weight. She needs to concentrate to do more than one small object and breaks in her concentration cause her to lose control.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

The fact that she has to have skin to skin contact can be a weakness. This leaves her vulnerable as she weakens her targets power and means she has to get close to them in the first place which is not always a viable option. This can leave her in all sorts bad situations.

She can only change power after using the one she currently has. This means if she does not know how to use a power she is stuck with it until she can figure it out.

Using powers of others is quite taxing on her body. While the powers themselves need no fuel they use up a lot of the essential nutrients she has within her body. Using the powers will cause Max to begin to both dehydrate and starve, meaning she must eat and drink a lot more than normal while using them. If she does not eat or drink she will grow weaker, her reactions slower. This will eventually push her to death by starvation/dehydration if she keeps using her power.

Along with this Max gains the weakness of whatever power she steals.

Regeneration Weaknesses: Incredibly painful to do, does not regain any lost blood ect. She cannot regenerate massive wounds meaning that any life threatening wounds would kill her. While the wound is healed her body still suffered the damage, leaving her weaker after regenerating.

Telekinesis weaknesses: Must concentrate to be able to keep using the power. If she cannot see the object she is moving she cannot move it thus it is easy to break the line of site. Tiring mentally on her and doing it for too long will cause blinding headaches and migraines, and often put her in a bad mood and make her tired.

Other:

• Max is essentially keeping tabs on her brother, Sal, of her own accord since she's worried he'll return to some sort of criminal life

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Previous (Baybridge):

Baybridge Halcyon Days

Kei Phan

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Basic Information

Name:

Xuân Công Phan
(潘 公 春 , Phan Công Xuân)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Kei, 敬 (Nickname given by mother, often goes by this)
Kay Kay (Nickname from his six year old niece)

Gender:

Male

Age:

24

Height:

5'9"

Weight:

173

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Hazel

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese, Japanese, French

Physical Appearance:

Kei is quite slight in appearance. Though he appears tall beside his older-sister his height is certainly nothing to boast about. He grew taller than his father was, at least. And he doesn't tend to care much about how other's judge him anyway so it has never particularly bothered him.

Kei's appearance makes it difficult to figure out what his exact ethnicity is. This is due to being something of a mix. While more Vietnamese features tend to be dominant, the other's are quite obvious. A point towards his more European heritage is his light hazel eyes, more green than they are brown. However they're shaping is definitely not European and they're large size makes them a prominent feature of his face. His nose is relatively narrow, but flat, and his lips thin. His hair, jet black like both of his parent's was, is kept in a messy cut. He has a medium-light skin colour with distinct golden tones. It is quite a bit lighter than his sister's.

One thing that is obvious about Kei is that he doesn't do very much exercise. He isn't overweight but he's also not skinny or fit. He has a decent amount of roundness to him due to sheer laziness. Though he does do a few sports, mostly water based, his love for food outweighs this so his body is far from toned. Still, he doesn't care.

Attire:

While Kei certainly isn’t as fashionable as his sister, he’s improved somewhat from three years ago. Most of the time he is at least presentable with jeans and a nice enough tshirt. It’s better than sweatpants, or just always being in his pyjamas.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

While Kei is still generally apathetic he has begun to improve on this a bit, which started with the motivation he gained when in Vietnam. While he doesn’t care for things as much as many others do he has found himself more and more motivated to do more than just sleep.

Out with of his apathy Kei is an odd character. He isn't particularly a people's person, unlike his sister, but that isn't to say he dislikes people. He just couldn't care less. He'll talk to people if they talk to them but will rarely make an effort. He's still quite withdrawn into himself. While his lack of care still concerns his sister she isn’t as bothered anymore now that he’s doing something with his life.

However, sometimes Kei does enjoy himself. There have been rare occasions where he has found someone he struck off on the right chord with. In these circumstances a new, often hidden, personality blooms. Kei enjoys teasing people he's close to and generally poking fun at them. He becomes slightly more vibrant and involved. The only person at the moment who can really brighten him up is his niece, and occasionally his sister.

Kei is quite a tolerant person and easy to be around even if he rarely makes the effort to get to know people. He’s something of the silent type and is quite trustworthy, though maybe not dependable as he won’t always bother to do something he is asked to do. However he certainly isn’t a bad person.

Hobbies/Interests:

Sleeping: Sleeping is still one of Kei's favourite pastimes is sleeping. He's actually pretty good at falling asleep in random places much to the annoyance of people such as his sister.

Food: When he's not sleeping Kei likes making and eating different types of food. He finds weird recipes interesting to try and tends to end up doing a lot of cooking around the house.

Gaming: Kei enjoys gaming, both on computers and consoles, as it is something he can do without leaving the comfort of his bed. He's pretty good at it too.

Water Sports: Kei finds most thing related to water fun, especially swimming and diving. When he's not being a lazy shit he'll often go to the nearest swimming pool and just spend as much of his time there as possible. He is also pretty good at diving. He’s picked up swimming more now that he has his power under control.

Skills/Talents:

Cooking: Kei is good at cooking of all kinds, whether it's main meals or cakes. He enjoys cooking and then eating the food and it's one of the few things he is motivated to do. A lot of his skill came from relatively hard work.

Languages: Languages come quite easily to Kei. This is probably due to his mixed European-Asian heritage. He speaks English, Vietnamese, Japanese, French, Mandarin (Chinese) and Spanish. He is currently learning Cantonese (Chinese), German and Russian. He has started to work harder at learning languages since changing college course and starting work as a translator.

Computers: Kei learned programming on a whim, and found that he was quite good at it, so he spends a decent amount of time doing it. He's gotten to a pretty good stage with it and knows how to program in Java, Python and HTML (also a bit of PHP and SQL). He also has a decent knowledge of computer hardware.

Swimming/Diving: Kei is good at swimming and diving. When he was younger, and living in Verthaven, he was on his school's swim and dive team. He's got a fair few trophies and gold medals from it. He doesn't really swim anymore - he feels like he can't due to his power.

Goals/Motivation

Improvement: Kei wants to improve himself, both in terms of his power, work and social skills. He knows he’s still lazy and apathetic and wants to do something about that.

History/Bio:

Past

Xuân Phan was born in Verthaven into a small, but happy, family. Brought up with a Vietnamese father and a Japanese/French mother he was taught a mix of cultures. From a young age he was given the nickname Kei from his mother, with the meaning of blessing. To her he was a blessing - she had been told as a young woman she was infertile and managing to have a son was something spectacular. The name stuck and now Kei is rarely called Xuân.

Kei's childhood was mostly uneventful. As he grew up his main interests were always water related. He loved being in the water, especially swimming and diving. He was part of swim and diving teams from elementary school and up. He was good at it, too, winning many medals and trophies. It was always the pride of his parents even if both would have rather he had as much enthusiasm for his schoolwork.

It was on a visit to his older sister Lihn, who Kei mostly got on with, when he was fourteen that things went downhill. His parents were among the many who died in the Verthaven disaster. Sometimes he questioned whether he should too. Kei withdrew more into himself. He had never been shy but the lack of interest in the world he had already displayed only doubled. His sister's emotional state wasn't perfect either and the two got into a lot of arguments at this time.

What made things even worse was the sudden development of his power. Kei had assumed that he had taken after his mother and wasn't a metahuman. But suddenly things started to get cold around him and when he try to go for a swim the water froze around him. This meant he couldn't really do one of the things he loved. He had no idea how to control his power so he just gave up doing anything related to water.

Kei was fifteen when his older half-sister had a baby girl. The two of them reconciled with a young child to now look after in the house. Kei went back to attending school and just about scraped through. Thanh was the one thing that seemed to make life a bit brighter. She was such a happy child.

Overload

Kei ended up getting heavily involved in the overloads that occurred in Baybridge. This wasn't by choice - but more unlucky coincidence. He was the first of the three major cases to be overloaded, creating a large ice storm in the middle of a farmers market. This resulted in him being put under RAVEN/DOVE protection. He was with a RAVEN agent when she was overloaded in the mall. He was able to stop her only because of the collar he was wearing, though he froze the two of them in the process.

Discovery in Vietnam

Just a short while after being released from hospital Kei was dragged by his sister to Vietnam to sort out family business. While it may be his family to, through his father, it was his sister than the head of the Phan family wanted and not Kei (or Thanh). This meant that while Lihn was sent out to do things Kei and Thanh were stuck in Vietnam with his aunt, or sometimes in China when Lihn took them (in a hotel).

Kei took the opportunity to get to know the country that his father was from, but that he had never actually been to. With Thanh in tow he explored the city his family lived in and tried all sorts of food within the budget his sister gave him. He spoke to a few people around, and started to teach Thanh Vietnamese so she could fit in a bit better. He began to enjoy himself and realised that maybe he could actually do something with his life.

When the Phan family got found out for their criminal activities Kei was somewhat sad to move back to Baybridge, but also looking forward to doing something. When he got back he switched college course to a joint languages and teaching degree, with the goal to teach languages to kids since he’d been good enough at it with Thanh. Along with this he applied and got part time work as a translator. He’s been doing well so far, and with the help of Lihn earned enough money to move out into a small apartment in Greencrest Heights.

He still sees Lihn, and babysits Thanh, but is much more independent now.

Relationships

Family:

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Dihn Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy)
Sayuri Phan - Mother (Deceased)
Lihn Phan - Sister (Empathy)
Thanh Phan - Niece (Animal Telepathy)

Viên Phan - Grandfather
Qui Phan - Grandmother (deceased)
Vihn Phan - Uncle
Nhât Phan, Hao Phan, Tuân Phan - Cousins
Phoung Lý (Phan) - Aunt
Giang Lý, Qui Lý, Tuyên Lý, Mihn Lý- Cousins

Dynamics:

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| Lihn Phan |

| Good | Older half-sister | "Lihn and I get on a lot better now that I’ve moved out, and I enjoy spending time with her." |

Kei likes his sister, though they weren't the closest when younger. They were brought together by the death of their father and his mother. In addition Kei absolutely adores Thanh and is quite helpful in terms of babysitting for his older sister. Lihn has stopped coddling him as much as she used to and has started treating him like an adult, though not quite like an equal.

Abilities

Power Class:

Elemental (Energy)

Power:
Cryokinesis

Freezing Water / Temperature Change: Kei can focus on and freeze water that is nearby to him. This is essentially reducing the temperature in a very localised area to cause the water to freeze and turn into ice. He also can reduce the temperature in an area around him. This is something he often does without realising it. However he can do it by choice and reduce the temperature to something below freezing.

Controlling Ice: Kei can control ice, with ice being frozen water. He can sometimes also control snow or similar. Kei isn't sure of the exact limits of his power as he hasn't tried out controlling too much. It is easier to control smaller pieces of ice. He can also control and move bigger chunks of ice.

Cold Resistance: Thankfully for Kei he is more resistant to the effects of the cold than others. He is unlikely to die of hypothermia and doesn't feel cold wearing t-shirts in low temperatures.

Ice Creating: Kei can also create ice without already having water to freeze. Currently he can produce a large lump or two, an improvement on the ice cube size that he used to be able to produce.

Limits:

At the moment Kei is incredibly limited in what he can do with his powers. He can only control ice nearby to him, same with changing the temperature. He can only create a very small amount of ice, freeze a moderate section of water and control about the same amount as he can freeze. He doesn't know exactly what his limits are just that his power isn't very useful.
Kei still has to concentrate on not just emitting a cold aura all the time, however he has a lot more control than he used to.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Fire is a big no go for Kei. Fire will render his power useless. And not to mention fire has bad effects on him. It is not that he will burn more than an ordinary human. However being around fire makes him feel like he is melting. He starts to sweat profusely and feels about as much pain as something who is melting does. Of course he doesn't literally melt. But it's a horrible, debilitating feeling.

Heat in general isn't good for Kei. He heats up a lot more easily than everyone else, due to being more resistant to colder temperatures. He will more quickly suffer from heat exhaustion and heatstroke in what would be normal temperatures for other people. Though not really a weakness Kei also tends to suffer from heat rashes from slightly above average temperatures which is incredibly distracting.

Using his power currently takes a lot out of Kei since he has very little control. He gets very dehydrated from doing it, and needs to keep drinking water as he does or he will suffer the effects you'd expect from dehydration.

Other:

Baybridge: Era of Old / New Gods

Kei Phan

Basic Information

Name:

Xuân Công Phan
(潘 公 春 , Phan Công Xuân)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Kei, 敬 (Nickname given by mother, often goes by this)
Kay Kay (Nickname from his six year old niece)

Gender:

Male

Age:

21

Height:

5'9"

Weight:

173

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Hazel

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese, Japanese, French

Physical Appearance:

Kei is quite slight in appearance. Though he appears tall beside his older-sister his height is certainly nothing to boast about. He grew taller than his father was, at least. And he doesn't tend to care much about how other's judge him anyway so it has never particularly bothered him.

Kei's appearance makes it difficult to figure out what his exact ethnicity is. This is due to being something of a mix. While more Vietnamese features tend to be dominant, the other's are quite obvious. A point towards his more European heritage is his light hazel eyes, more green than they are brown. However they're shaping is definitely not European and they're large size makes them a prominent feature of his face. His nose is relatively narrow, but flat, and his lips thin. His hair, jet black like both of his parent's was, is kept in a messy cut. He has a medium-light skin colour with distinct golden tones. It is quite a bit lighter than his sister's.

One thing that is obvious about Kei is that he doesn't do very much exercise. He isn't overweight but he's also not skinny or fit. He has a decent amount of roundness to him due to sheer laziness. Though he does do a few sports, mostly water based, his love for food outweighs this so his body is far from toned. Still, he doesn't care.

Attire:

Kei's fashion sense is far from stylish and contrasts those around him in most cases, especially his sister's generally nice clothing. He gives no thought to what he wears so often ends up in clashing colours and with odd pieces of clothing. His preference is sweatpants or tracksuit bottoms because they're comfortable and some kind of t-shirt. A lot of the time he doesn't even get out of pyjamas, however, and has been known to accidentally leave the house still in these.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Kei is, in general, very apathetic. This used to much for of a background trait of his personality. However after the deaths of both of his parents he withdrew into himself and began to feel less and less interest in the outside world. The sudden development of his power didn't help. There are very few things that he really enjoys out with of sleeping, most being water related. However he can't even really do these anymore due to his power.

Out with of his overwhelming apathy Kei is an odd character. He isn't particularly a people's person, unlike his sister, but that isn't to say he dislikes people.He just couldn't care less. He'll talk to people if they talk to them but will rarely make an effort. He's generally quite unmotivated and somewhat withdrawn into himself. His general lack of caring causes concern for those around him - especially his sister who has tried to work on it with him.

However, sometimes Kei does enjoy himself. There have been rare occasions where he has found someone he struck off on the right chord with. In these circumstances a new, often hidden, personality blooms. Kei enjoys teasing people he's close to and generally poking fun at them. He becomes slightly more vibrant and involved. The only person at the moment who can really brighten him up is his niece, and occasionally his sister.

Kei is quite a tolerant person and easy to be around even if he rarely makes the effort to get to know people. His general lack of interest in the outside world is likely connected to deeper issues, and it's something his sister is trying to figure out. He himself doesn't particularly care. He's fine with things as they are - a constant cycle of sleep, eating and gaming.

Hobbies/Interests:

Sleeping: One of Kei's favourite pastimes is sleeping. He's actually pretty good at falling asleep in random places much to the annoyance of people such as his sister.

Food: When he's not sleeping Kei likes making and eating different types of food. He finds weird recipes interesting to try and tends to end up doing a lot of cooking around the house.

Gaming: Kei enjoys gaming, both on computers and consoles, as it is something he can do without leaving the comfort of his bed. He's pretty good at it too.

Water Sports: Kei finds most thing related to water fun, especially swimming and diving. When he's not being a lazy shit he'll often go to the nearest swimming pool and just spend as much of his time there as possible. He is also pretty good at diving.

Marine Biology: Related to his enjoyment of most things water related Kei things underwater creatures very interesting. He is currently taking an online college course on Marine Biology... though he's not doing particularly well at it.

Skills/Talents:

Cooking: Kei is good at cooking of all kinds, whether it's main meals or cakes. He enjoys cooking and then eating the food and it's one of the few things he is motivated to do. A lot of his skill came from relatively hard work.

Languages: Languages come quite easily to Kei. This is probably due to his mixed European-Asian heritage. He speaks English, Vietnamese, Japanese and French fluently. He is currently half learning Chinese and Spanish.

Computers: Kei learned programming on a whim, and found that he was quite good at it, so he spends a decent amount of time doing it. He's gotten to a pretty good stage with it and knows how to program in Java, Python and HTML (also a bit of PHP and SQL). He also has a decent knowledge of computer hardware.

Swimming/Diving: Kei is good at swimming and diving. When he was younger, and living in Verthaven, he was on his school's swim and dive team. He's got a fair few trophies and gold medals from it. He doesn't really swim anymore - he feels like he can't due to his power.

Goals/Motivation

Control: Kei wants to gain control of his power. His main reason for this is so that he can swim again. He can hardly swim when freezing all of the water around him. However it's difficult for him to get the motivation to actually control it.

History/Bio:

Xuân Phan was born in Verthaven into a small, but happy, family. Brought up with a Vietnamese father and a Japanese/French mother he was taught a mix of cultures. From a young age he was given the nickname Kei from his mother, with the meaning of blessing. To her he was a blessing - she had been told as a young woman she was infertile and managing to have a son was something spectacular. The name stuck and now Kei is rarely called Xuân.

Kei's childhood was mostly uneventful. As he grew up his main interests were always water related. He loved being in the water, especially swimming and diving. He was part of swim and diving teams from elementary school and up. He was good at it, too, winning many medals and trophies. It was always the pride of his parents even if both would have rather he had as much enthusiasm for his schoolwork.

It was on a visit to his older sister Lihn, who Kei mostly got on with, when he was fourteen that things went downhill. His parents were among the many who died in the Verthaven disaster. Sometimes he questioned whether he should too. Kei withdrew more into himself. He had never been shy but the lack of interest in the world he had already displayed only doubled. His sister's emotional state wasn't perfect either and the two got into a lot of arguments at this time.

What made things even worse was the sudden development of his power. Kei had assumed that he had taken after his mother and wasn't a metahuman. But suddenly things started to get cold around him and when he try to go for a swim the water froze around him. This meant he couldn't really do one of the things he loved. He had no idea how to control his power so he just gave up doing anything related to water.

Kei was fifteen when his older half-sister had a baby girl. The two of them reconciled with a young child to now look after in the house. Kei went back to attending school and just about scraped through. Thanh was the one thing that seemed to make life a bit brighter. She was such a happy child.

It's been seven years since Kei developed his power and he still has minimal control over it. He's been trying, but nothing has been working.

Kei ended up getting heavily involved in the overloads that occurred in Baybridge. This wasn't by choice - but more unlucky coincidence. He was the first of the three major cases to be overloaded, creating a large ice storm in the middle of a farmers market. This resulted in him being put under RAVEN/DOVE protection. He was with a RAVEN agent when she was overloaded in the mall. He was able to stop her only because of the collar he was wearing, though he froze the two of them in the process.

Now, just a short while after being released from hospital, he is being dragged to Vietnam with his sister to sort out some family business.

Relationships

Family:

Dihn Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy)
Sayuri Phan - Mother (Deceased)
Lihn Phan - Sister (Empathy)
Thanh Phan - Niece (Animal Telepathy)

Dynamics:

| Lihn Phan |

| Mostly Good | Older half-sister | "Lihn is fine, I just wish she would stop pushing me into things and trying to 'help' me with how I feel." |

Kei likes his sister, though they weren't the closest when younger. They were brought together by the death of their father and his mother. In addition Kei absolutely adores Thanh and is quite helpful in terms of babysitting for his older sister. However Lihn is always trying to make sure he is okay and has been trying to coddle him since he started living with her, especially in relation to his power. He doesn't like it and wishes she'd treat him as an equal.

Abilities

Power Class:

Elemental (Energy)

Power:
Cryokinesis

Freezing Water / Temperature Change: Kei can focus on and freeze water that is nearby to him. This is essentially reducing the temperature in a very localised area to cause the water to freeze and turn into ice. He also can reduce the temperature in an area around him. This is something he often does without realising it. However he can do it by choice and reduce the temperature to something below freezing.

Controlling Ice: Kei can control ice, with ice being frozen water. He can sometimes also control snow or similar. Kei isn't sure of the exact limits of his power as he hasn't tried out controlling too much. It is easier to control smaller pieces of ice. He could control a large amount of this if he honed his ability. He can also control and move bigger chunks of ice.

Cold Resistance: Thankfully for Kei he is more resistant to the effects of the cold than others. He is unlikely to die of hypothermia and doesn't feel cold wearing t-shirts in low temperatures.

Ice Creating: Kei can also create ice without already having water to freeze. Currently he can only create a small amount, perhaps five ice cubes, but if he worked on it he could produce a much larger amount. This would probably lead to the development of more techniques with the ice.

Limits:

At the moment Kei is incredibly limited in what he can do with his powers. He can only control ice nearby to him, same with changing the temperature. He can only create a very small amount of ice, freeze a moderate section of water and control about the same amount as he can freeze. He doesn't know exactly what his limits are just that his power isn't very useful.
Along with this he has a general lack of control and will often just accidentally make things quite cold. He doesn't mean to do this at all, it just happens. He has to concentrate to then stop practically oozing out cold and he has to concentrate a lot to do anything on purpose.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Fire is a big no go for Kei. Fire will render his power useless. And not to mention fire has bad effects on him. It is not that he will burn more than an ordinary human. However being around fire makes him feel like he is melting. He starts to sweat profusely and feels about as much pain as something who is melting does. Of course he doesn't literally melt. But it's a horrible, debilitating feeling.

Heat in general isn't good for Kei. He heats up a lot more easily than everyone else, due to being more resistant to colder temperatures. He will more quickly suffer from heat exhaustion and heatstroke in what would be normal temperatures for other people. Though not really a weakness Kei also tends to suffer from heat rashes from slightly above average temperatures which is incredibly distracting.

Using his power currently takes a lot out of Kei since he has very little control. He gets very dehydrated from doing it, and needs to keep drinking water as he does or he will suffer the effects you'd expect from dehydration.

Other:

Baybridge: Old Ghosts

Kei Phan

Basic Information

Name:

Xuân Công Phan
(潘 公 春 , Phan Công Xuân)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Kei, 敬 (Nickname given by mother, often goes by this)
Kay Kay (Nickname from his six year old niece)

Gender:

Male

Age:

21

Height:

5'9"

Weight:

173

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Hazel

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese, Japanese, French

Physical Appearance:

Kei is quite slight in appearance. Though he appears tall beside his older-sister his height is certainly nothing to boast about. He grew taller than his father was, at least. And he doesn't tend to care much about how other's judge him anyway so it has never particularly bothered him.

Kei's appearance makes it difficult to figure out what his exact ethnicity is. This is due to being something of a mix. While more Vietnamese features tend to be dominant, the other's are quite obvious. A point towards his more European heritage is his light hazel eyes, more green than they are brown. However they're shaping is definitely not European and they're large size makes them a prominent feature of his face. His nose is relatively narrow, but flat, and his lips thin. His hair, jet black like both of his parent's was, is kept in a messy cut. He has a medium-light skin colour with distinct golden tones. It is quite a bit lighter than his sister's.

One thing that is obvious about Kei is that he doesn't do very much exercise. He isn't overweight but he's also not skinny or fit. He has a decent amount of roundness to him due to sheer laziness. Though he does do a few sports, mostly water based, his love for food outweighs this so his body is far from toned. Still, he doesn't care.

Attire:

Kei's fashion sense is far from stylish and contrasts those around him in most cases, especially his sister's generally nice clothing. He gives no thought to what he wears so often ends up in clashing colours and with odd pieces of clothing. His preference is sweatpants or tracksuit bottoms because they're comfortable and some kind of t-shirt. A lot of the time he doesn't even get out of pyjamas, however, and has been known to accidentally leave the house still in these.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Kei is, in general, very apathetic. This used to much for of a background trait of his personality. However after the deaths of both of his parents he withdrew into himself and began to feel less and less interest in the outside world. The sudden development of his power didn't help. There are very few things that he really enjoys out with of sleeping, most being water related. However he can't even really do these anymore due to his power.

Out with of his overwhelming apathy Kei is an odd character. He isn't particularly a people's person, unlike his sister, but that isn't to say he dislikes people.He just couldn't care less. He'll talk to people if they talk to them but will rarely make an effort. He's generally quite unmotivated and somewhat withdrawn into himself. His general lack of caring causes concern for those around him - especially his sister who has tried to work on it with him.

However, sometimes Kei does enjoy himself. There have been rare occasions where he has found someone he struck off on the right chord with. In these circumstances a new, often hidden, personality blooms. Kei enjoys teasing people he's close to and generally poking fun at them. He becomes slightly more vibrant and involved. The only person at the moment who can really brighten him up is his niece, and occasionally his sister.

Kei is quite a tolerant person and easy to be around even if he rarely makes the effort to get to know people. His general lack of interest in the outside world is likely connected to deeper issues, and it's something his sister is trying to figure out. He himself doesn't particularly care. He's fine with things as they are - a constant cycle of sleep, eating and gaming.

Hobbies/Interests:

Sleeping: One of Kei's favourite pastimes is sleeping. He's actually pretty good at falling asleep in random places much to the annoyance of people such as his sister.

Food: When he's not sleeping Kei likes making and eating different types of food. He finds weird recipes interesting to try and tends to end up doing a lot of cooking around the house.

Gaming: Kei enjoys gaming, both on computers and consoles, as it is something he can do without leaving the comfort of his bed. He's pretty good at it too.

Water Sports: Kei finds most thing related to water fun, especially swimming and diving. When he's not being a lazy shit he'll often go to the nearest swimming pool and just spend as much of his time there as possible. He is also pretty good at diving.

Marine Biology: Related to his enjoyment of most things water related Kei things underwater creatures very interesting. He is currently taking an online college course on Marine Biology... though he's not doing particularly well at it.

Skills/Talents:

Cooking: Kei is good at cooking of all kinds, whether it's main meals or cakes. He enjoys cooking and then eating the food and it's one of the few things he is motivated to do. A lot of his skill came from relatively hard work.

Languages: Languages come quite easily to Kei. This is probably due to his mixed European-Asian heritage. He speaks English, Vietnamese, Japanese and French fluently. He is currently half learning Chinese and Spanish.

Computers: Kei learned programming on a whim, and found that he was quite good at it, so he spends a decent amount of time doing it. He's gotten to a pretty good stage with it and knows how to program in Java, Python and HTML (also a bit of PHP and SQL). He also has a decent knowledge of computer hardware.

Swimming/Diving: Kei is good at swimming and diving. When he was younger, and living in Verthaven, he was on his school's swim and dive team. He's got a fair few trophies and gold medals from it. He doesn't really swim anymore - he feels like he can't due to his power.

Goals/Motivation

Control: Kei wants to gain control of his power. His main reason for this is so that he can swim again. He can hardly swim when freezing all of the water around him. However it's difficult for him to get the motivation to actually control it.

History/Bio:

Xuân Phan was born in Verthaven into a small, but happy, family. Brought up with a Vietnamese father and a Japanese/French mother he was taught a mix of cultures. From a young age he was given the nickname Kei from his mother, with the meaning of blessing. To her he was a blessing - she had been told as a young woman she was infertile and managing to have a son was something spectacular. The name stuck and now Kei is rarely called Xuân.

Kei's childhood was mostly uneventful. As he grew up his main interests were always water related. He loved being in the water, especially swimming and diving. He was part of swim and diving teams from elementary school and up. He was good at it, too, winning many medals and trophies. It was always the pride of his parents even if both would have rather he had as much enthusiasm for his schoolwork.

It was on a visit to his older sister Lihn, who Kei mostly got on with, when he was fourteen that things went downhill. His parents were among the many who died in the Verthaven disaster. Sometimes he questioned whether he should too. Kei withdrew more into himself. He had never been shy but the lack of interest in the world he had already displayed only doubled. His sister's emotional state wasn't perfect either and the two got into a lot of arguments at this time.

What made things even worse was the sudden development of his power. Kei had assumed that he had taken after his mother and wasn't a metahuman. But suddenly things started to get cold around him and when he try to go for a swim the water froze around him. This meant he couldn't really do one of the things he loved. He had no idea how to control his power so he just gave up doing anything related to water.

Kei was fifteen when his older half-sister had a baby girl. The two of them reconciled with a young child to now look after in the house. Kei went back to attending school and just about scraped through. Thanh was the one thing that seemed to make life a bit brighter. She was such a happy child.

It's been seven years since Kei developed his power and he still has minimal control over it. He's been trying, but nothing has been working.

Relationships

Family:

Dihn Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy)
Sayuri Phan - Mother (Deceased)
Lihn Phan - Sister (Empathy)
Thanh Phan - Niece (Animal Telepathy)

Dynamics:

| Lihn Phan |

| Mostly Good | Older half-sister | "Lihn is fine, I just wish she would stop pushing me into things and trying to 'help' me with how I feel." |

Kei likes his sister, though they weren't the closest when younger. They were brought together by the death of their father and his mother. In addition Kei absolutely adores Thanh and is quite helpful in terms of babysitting for his older sister. However Lihn is always trying to make sure he is okay and has been trying to coddle him since he started living with her, especially in relation to his power. He doesn't like it and wishes she'd treat him as an equal.

Abilities

Power Class:

Elemental (Energy)

Power:
Cryokinesis

Freezing Water / Temperature Change: Kei can focus on and freeze water that is nearby to him. This is essentially reducing the temperature in a very localised area to cause the water to freeze and turn into ice. He also can reduce the temperature in an area around him. This is something he often does without realising it. However he can do it by choice and reduce the temperature to something below freezing.

Controlling Ice: Kei can control ice, with ice being frozen water. He can sometimes also control snow or similar. Kei isn't sure of the exact limits of his power as he hasn't tried out controlling too much. It is easier to control smaller pieces of ice. He could control a large amount of this if he honed his ability. He can also control and move bigger chunks of ice.

Cold Resistance: Thankfully for Kei he is more resistant to the effects of the cold than others. He is unlikely to die of hypothermia and doesn't feel cold wearing t-shirts in low temperatures.

Ice Creating: Kei can also create ice without already having water to freeze. Currently he can only create a small amount, perhaps five ice cubes, but if he worked on it he could produce a much larger amount. This would probably lead to the development of more techniques with the ice.

Limits:

At the moment Kei is incredibly limited in what he can do with his powers. He can only control ice nearby to him, same with changing the temperature. He can only create a very small amount of ice, freeze a moderate section of water and control about the same amount as he can freeze. He doesn't know exactly what his limits are just that his power isn't very useful.
Along with this he has a general lack of control and will often just accidentally make things quite cold. He doesn't mean to do this at all, it just happens. He has to concentrate to then stop practically oozing out cold and he has to concentrate a lot to do anything on purpose.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Fire is a big no go for Kei. Fire will render his power useless. And not to mention fire has bad effects on him. It is not that he will burn more than an ordinary human. However being around fire makes him feel like he is melting. He starts to sweat profusely and feels about as much pain as something who is melting does. Of course he doesn't literally melt. But it's a horrible, debilitating feeling.

Heat in general isn't good for Kei. He heats up a lot more easily than everyone else, due to being more resistant to colder temperatures. He will more quickly suffer from heat exhaustion and heatstroke in what would be normal temperatures for other people. Though not really a weakness Kei also tends to suffer from heat rashes from slightly above average temperatures which is incredibly distracting.

Using his power currently takes a lot out of Kei since he has very little control. He gets very dehydrated from doing it, and needs to keep drinking water as he does or he will suffer the effects you'd expect from dehydration.

Other:

FernStone's Character Archive

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Lihn Phan

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⫸ B A S I C I N F O R M A T I O N ⫷

"Character quote 1."

▼ | BIRTH NAME : |

Lihn Thi Phan (潘 氏 靈)

▼ | ALSO KNOWN AS: |

N/A

▼ | GENDER : |

Female

▼ | AGE : |

32

⫸ A P P E A R A N C E ⫷

"Character quote 2."

▼ | P H Y S I C AL S T A T S : |

▸ HEIGHT : | 5’4”
▸ WEIGHT : | 108lb
▸ ETHNICITY : | Vietnamese
▸ HAIR COLOR : | Black
▸ EYE COLOR : | Dark brown

▼ | PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : |

Essentially how your character looks. Be detailed here. Go over skin color, build, height, hair (including color, style, etc), scars, and other body alterations (Piercings, tattoos, etc).

▼ | ATTIRE : |

Optional. What is your character's clothing style?

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Previous (Baybridge):

Baybridge Halcyon Days

Lihn Phan

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Basic Information

Name:

Lihn Thị Phan
(潘 氏 靈 , Phan Thị Lihn)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Female

Age:

32

Height:

5'4"

Weight:

108

Home District:

Greencrest Heights, White Coast

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Deep brown

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese

Physical Appearance:

Lihn is a hardly a tall woman, however she is above the average for her home country. She is somewhat unassuming looking and the kind of person that doesn't stand out. She blends in easily to the crowd. Pure Vietnamese, it is obvious from first appearances that she is from an eastern country.

Lihn's dark hair is straight and long, falling past her mid back. While she tends to prefer to keep it loose she will tie it back if it is more practical. It frames a reasonably wide, slightly round face. Her eyes are large, a warm brown, and almond shaped. She has a flat, and broad nose, above thin lips. Her skin tone is a relatively dark yellowish brown colour, indicating that she is from the more Southern areas of Vietnam rather than the North.

Lihn has a relatively thin, but fit, body frame. She enjoys participating in sports but has never gotten to the point of properly building up muscles. She is fitter than people who do not exercise but it hasn't filled out her rather petite frame. She has subtle curves, noticeable if enhanced by clothing but hardly anything to brag about. It adds to her more average looks. She generally looks feminine but is hardly the most attractive person around. She's not bad looking but nor is she noticeably good looking.

Attire:

Lihn's attire greatly varies. When planning on doing some running or something more physical she will wear clothing made for when doing sports. She does tend to dress quite nicely, in most cases wearing jeans and a nice shirt. She does also enjoy wearing skirts and dresses and will do so regularly. More rarely, an only in formal settings, Lihn will wear the more traditional Vietnamese dress - a light blue Ao Dai.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Lihn is a calm, people oriented person. Her personality is far from a force of nature. She prefers to be subtle and how she acts is very similar to how she appears - not immediately noticeable. She is kind hearted and will take her time to listen to others. She is very good with children, having a very close relationship with her own daughter. She enjoys time in the company of others but rarely is one to dictate the conversation. She prefers to listen and go along with the flow.

However, just because Lihn tends to be relaxed and follow along with others doesn't mean that she is a pushover. She has something of a no nonsense attitude. If she knows that someone is making up excuses she will, in general, not tolerate it. She is not cruel in the way that she gets this across, however. Even though she doesn't accept excuses and believes everyone should take responsibility for their actions she is gentle in her application of these beliefs. Again, she is not pushy but nor is she easily forced into things herself.

Lihn has a deep understanding of human emotion, coming from both her powers and her training in psychology. She can easily read other's emotions without having to activate her empathy, from the way they speak and subtle differences in expressions. She knows how to speak in different situations, how to calm someone down who is distraught and how to help someone feel better.

Lihn is also quite a sturdy person emotionally. She has had to build up a certain resistance to being moved by others emotions and as a result is unlikely to panic when someone gets overly angry or to be intimidated when threatened. However with this emotional detachment comes an air of aloofness, no matter how kind and socially aware she is.

Hobbies/Interests:

Running: Lihn was quite sporty in her youth, and still goes out on runs when she has time.

Sewing: Though at a young age Lihn disliked more 'girly' activities she has in recent years picked up an interest in sewing. She does this relatively regularly, often when relaxing at home, and has made some nice clothing.

Reading: Lihn enjoys reading, both fictional and non-fictional. Her main reading interest is in fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian in terms of fiction. For non-fiction she reads a lot of psychology based books.

Human Brain: Lihn has an interest on how the brain works, especially the mental aspects of this. Her interest is even more pronounced in terms of metahumans - as to whether there are brain differences. She also has a good interest in how emotions work and affect the brain.

Skills/Talents:

Psychology: Lihn has a degree in psychology, and as a result knows a good amount about the human brain. She took interest in metahuman aspects as well but was not interested in joining organisations such as DOVE.

Children: Lihn is also quite good with children, something that made her consider going into teaching. She is patient enough with them and seems to know the right thing to do to quieten a baby or keep a child happy.

Sports: At a younger age Lihn was good at, and enjoyed, sports. She still does but she doesn't participate in them much anymore. Are main sports were badminton, and running.

People: Lihn just generally has good people skills, finding it easy to talk with people and help them with their problems. People find her easy to trust and she is more than willing to lend a listening ear.

Goals/Motivation

Family: Lihn is motivated to protect the small family she has. She loves her young daughter dearly, and is quite close to her half- brother. She would do a lot to make sure they are safe. However she is also motivated to avoid the family she has left in Vietnam.

Knowledge: Lihn has a long term goal to gain more knowledge on metahumans, especially in relation to mental states and whether their brains work. She doesn't have much access to information out with of herself and her metahuman family.

History/Bio:

Early Days

Lihn was born in South Vietnam to a farmer and his wife. They were not particularly well off, but they were not poor - her father was a farmer by choice, having left his family in the city. They had a small farm and mostly prospered off the fact that their animals were better than all others. Unknown to Lihn at the time this was due to her father's metahuman abilities in relation to animals.

Lihn was five when her own powers developed. She began to sense the emotions of all the humans around her, unable to stand it out and constantly bedridden due to migraines caused by this. Unfortunately for the family the small community they lived in was not particularly friendly to meta humans and found out about what was afflicting Lihn. It turned out her mother also did know of her father's powers and shared very similar views to the other people in the community. Lihn and her father were forced to run. With money saved up the two of them managed to immigrate to America. It was difficult, but eventually they were allowed to settle down and make a new life with the decision to get full citizenship as soon as possible.

The city they chose to live in was Verthaven. Here her father met another woman, and within a year and a half of living in America the two were married. Another year a half and along came Lihn's younger half brother, Kei. The eight year age gap made it difficult for Lihn to see eye to eye with her younger brother. However there was no jealousy from Lihn's side - she was more than happy to have a new family.

Lihn left her family to study psychology at college in a difference city when she graduated highschool at 18. By now she was a full American citizen, speaking English as well as her birth language of Vietnamese. She kept in contact with her family while there, and occasionally they would visit. During this time period she got slightly closer to her brother - he was becoming slightly more mature.

After graduating, just turned twenty two, Lihn moved to Baybridge to try and find a job. Upon moving into a small flat her brother decided to visit to, essentially, test out her new home and spend some time away from parents who were getting on his nerves.

Kei never went back to live with his parents. It was lucky he was staying with Lihn, as his parent's tragically died in the Verthaven Disaster - two among many. It was a difficult time for both. Lihn was suddenly given the responsibility of looking after her then fourteen year old brother. A series of slightly bad decisions on her part, nights out more drunk than she should be, ended up with her pregnant with the child of an unknown father.

It was enough of a shock for Lihn to return to her responsible self. With a child on the way she only worked harder at her job, becoming a well respected therapist for her age. She earned enough money to move out of the more shoddy Springtown and into a better area. Her daughter, Thanh, was born on time and healthy.

Baybridge Disasters

In the six years afterwards years life has been more normal for Lihn. She has managed to juggle raising a child, working as a therapist and making sure her lazy half-brother does more than just lying about and is planning to continue doing so.

However the relatively peaceful life she lived with her family was soon interrupted by a series of disasters in Baybridge. While Lihn herself was not caught in any of the overloads, her brother was. In fact he was the one who overloaded first; causing a massive ice storm with his cryokinesis. This meant he had to move into DOVE/RAVEN custody for his own protection leaving Lihn to look after Thanh alone. He then got caught up in the second overload, and hospitalised. Lihn began to lose non-meta clients due to overall anti metahuman sentiments.

Lihn got caught in Eco-Naturá's attack, due to being in the area in an attempt to have a relaxing evening out. She luckily ran into others who helped her get out, unlike others.

Family Troubles

After Eco-Naturá’s attack Lihn received an email from her uncle asking her to come to Vietnam. Though she did not know exactly why Lihn did what she was asked, heading over with her daughter and brother. She ended up staying with her aunt for a while before finally being seen by her grandfather, the head of the Phan family. Simply he wanted her to be part of the family again, and to stay in Vietnam. However he wasn’t too happy about the existence of both Thanh and Kei (illegitimate children in his eyes). Lihn agreed to stay in Vietnam for at least a few months.

Over these months Lihn was asked to help with business for her family, which she did somewhat reluctantly. As the months went on and she helped with more and more business, seeing Thanh and Kei less than she would’ve liked, she began to grow suspicious of what was going on. A confrontation with her grandfather confirmed that he did know of her empathy and was using her and her power to help him grow his business more.

As much as Lihn wanted to go back to the US she couldn’t yet, with threats coming from her grandfather to do with Thanh and Kei. So she continued to help him, though more unhappily.

A stroke of luck came when the business her father had set up, and the Phan family itself, was found to have a lot of dealings with criminal organisations within the country and others (such as China). With both her grandfather and uncle arrested it shook up the entire family, leaving Nhât (her cousin) to be the family head. With that all done Lihn returned to Baybridge, after just over a year spent in Vietnam – vowing to not have any part with that side of her family again.

Recently

After moving back to Baybridge Lihn managed to find work as a therapist again, though the people who would go to her due to her being a metahuman was still limited. She makes enough, however, and with the extra free time from a loss of clients began to do her own research on meta humans and psychology to aid her.

Relationships

Family:

Hider

Mai Cao (Phan) - Mother
Dinh Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy)
Xuân Phan - Half-brother
Thanh Phan - Daughter

Viên Phan - Grandfather
Qui Phan - Grandmother (deceased)
Vihn Phan - Uncle
Nhât Phan, Hao Phan, Tuân Phan - Cousins
Phoung Lý (Phan) - Aunt
Giang Lý, Qui Lý, Tuyên Lý, Mihn Lý- Cousins
Tien Cao - Half-sister

Dynamics:

Hider

| Kei Phan |

| Good | Younger Half- Brother | "I’m glad Kei is finally doing something for himself." |

Lihn and Kei got off to a rocky start when younger, but after their father (and Kei's mother) the two have gotten closer when Kei started permanently living with his older sister. They don't always see eye to eye and have their fights, but it's a good enough relationship between the two. Now that Kei has moved out Lihn still see him regularly, and still gets him to babysit Thanh.

| Reinald Young |

| Neutral | Acquaintance, sort of | "If we meet again, I hope it's in person and not in that strange dream world of his." |

Lihn met Reinald (as Naoki) when doing various jobs for her grandfather in Vietnam, in a dream. It was definitely a strange encounter for Lihn and not one she is particularly in a rush to repeat. She wanted to help him but sadly didn't really get the chance, and the last thing she expected was that he would be living in Baybridge now.

Abilities

Power Class:

Cerebral (Domination)

Power:
Empathy

Reading Emotions:

Lihn can read the emotions of others. How much information she gets depends on how hard she concentrates. If an emotion is very strong it is easier to figure out, if it is weak it is more difficult. She can often get a basic idea of the emotions of all those around her however has to concentrate more to get the full picture. Certain emotions are more difficult to sense, such as obscure and very specific emotions. Easy emotions to read are happiness and anger.

Changing Emotions:

Lihn can subtly change the emotions of people near her. She can effect up to five people, however the change will be less than if just concentrating on one person. The change is subtle and unnoticeable. She essentially takes an emotion than the target is already feeling and increases or decreases the intensity with which they feel it. For example if someone is angry she could reduce this anger slightly, or increase it. This can achieve a variety of effects. She can use it to help people feel, in a way, more confident. However it is quite limited in what it can do.

Limits:

Lihn can only change and read the emotions of those in her immediate area. She can, roughly, read the emotions of those in a twenty foot radius around her and change them of those in a ten foot radius around her.
Lihn must concentrate to change emotions, so any distractions will stop it. The same can be said for reading specific emotions.
Lihn's ability to read emotions is technically never turned off. However she has gotten to the level of control where the bombardment of stronger emotions is just like a background noise in her head. However in stressful situations she is likely to be overwhelmed by something like this.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Lihn suffers from severe, often blinding, migraines if she reads emotions for too long. This occurs from her brain essentially being overwhelmed by the different emotions of people. These often cause her to be bedridden for long periods of time.
Due to her ability to read emotions always being 'on' incredibly strong emotions around her can be crippling to her mind. They often overwhelm her thoughts meaning she cannot coherently speak or even hear what other people say. This can lead to migraines caused when also actively increasing her ability.

Along migraines overwhelming emotions can also have an effect on her emotional state. This often leads to mental breakdowns on Lihn's part, or feeling a variety of emotions. There have been a few times when she has been overwhelmed by other's anger resulting in her resorting to an angry violence.

It is difficult to control her ability in incredibly busy places often resulting in too many emotions being registered in her brain at once. This can very negatively affect how she reacts socially and can even physically weaken her.

Other:

• Lihn is fluent in English and Vietnamese, but hardly has a talent for other languages
• Lihn's choice to become a therapist when she is an empath is interesting, due to her essentially putting herself in situations where she will be around people feeling strong emotions.

Baybridge: Era of Old / New Gods

Lihn Phan

Basic Information

Name:

Lihn Thị Phan
(潘 氏 靈 , Phan Thị Lihn)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Female

Age:

29

Height:

5'4"

Weight:

108

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Deep brown

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese

Physical Appearance:

Lihn is a hardly a tall woman, however she is above the average for her home country. She is somewhat unassuming looking and the kind of person that doesn't stand out. She blends in easily to the crowd. Pure Vietnamese, it is obvious from first appearances that she is from an eastern country.

Lihn's dark hair is straight and long, falling past her mid back. While she tends to prefer to keep it loose she will tie it back if it is more practical. It frames a reasonably wide, slightly round face. Her eyes are large, a warm brown, and almond shaped. She has a flat, and broad nose, above thin lips. Her skin tone is a relatively dark yellowish brown colour, indicating that she is from the more Southern areas of Vietnam rather than the North.

Lihn has a relatively thin, but fit, body frame. She enjoys participating in sports but has never gotten to the point of properly building up muscles. She is fitter than people who do not exercise but it hasn't filled out her rather petite frame. She has subtle curves, noticeable if enhanced by clothing but hardly anything to brag about. It adds to her more average looks. She generally looks feminine but is hardly the most attractive person around. She's not bad looking but nor is she noticeably good looking.

Attire:

Lihn's attire greatly varies. When planning on doing some running or something more physical she will wear clothing made for when doing sports. She does tend to dress quite nicely, in most cases wearing jeans and a nice shirt. She does also enjoy wearing skirts and dresses and will do so regularly. More rarely, an only in formal settings, Lihn will wear the more traditional Vietnamese dress - a light blue Ao Dai.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Lihn is a calm, people oriented person. Her personality is far from a force of nature. She prefers to be subtle and how she acts is very similar to how she appears - not immediately noticeable. She is kind hearted and will take her time to listen to others. She is very good with children, having a very close relationship with her own daughter. She enjoys time in the company of others but rarely is one to dictate the conversation. She prefers to listen and go along with the flow.

However, just because Lihn tends to be relaxed and follow along with others doesn't mean that she is a pushover. She has something of a no nonsense attitude. If she knows that someone is making up excuses she will, in general, not tolerate it. She is not cruel in the way that she gets this across, however. Even though she doesn't accept excuses and believes everyone should take responsibility for their actions she is gentle in her application of these beliefs. Again, she is not pushy but nor is she easily forced into things herself.

Lihn has a deep understanding of human emotion, coming from both her powers and her training in psychology. She can easily read other's emotions without having to activate her empathy, from the way they speak and subtle differences in expressions. She knows how to speak in different situations, how to calm someone down who is distraught and how to help someone feel better.

Lihn is also quite a sturdy person emotionally. She has had to build up a certain resistance to being moved by others emotions and as a result is unlikely to panic when someone gets overly angry or to be intimidated when threatened. However with this emotional detachment comes an air of aloofness, no matter how kind and socially aware she is.

Hobbies/Interests:

Running: Lihn was quite sporty in her youth, and still goes out on runs when she has time.

Sewing: Though at a young age Lihn disliked more 'girly' activities she has in recent years picked up an interest in sewing. She does this relatively regularly, often when relaxing at home, and has made some nice clothing.

Reading: Lihn enjoys reading, both fictional and non-fictional. Her main reading interest is in fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian in terms of fiction. For non-fiction she reads a lot of psychology based books.

Human Brain: Lihn has an interest on how the brain works, especially the mental aspects of this. Her interest is even more pronounced in terms of metahumans - as to whether there are brain differences. She also has a good interest in how emotions work and affect the brain.

Skills/Talents:

Psychology: Lihn has a degree in psychology, and as a result knows a good amount about the human brain. She took interest in metahuman aspects as well but was not interested in joining organisations such as DOVE.

Children: Lihn is also quite good with children, something that made her consider going into teaching. She is patient enough with them and seems to know the right thing to do to quieten a baby or keep a child happy.

Sports: At a younger age Lihn was good at, and enjoyed, sports. She still does but she doesn't participate in them much anymore. Are main sports were badminton, and running.

People: Lihn just generally has good people schools, finding it easy to talk with people and help them with their problems. People find her easy to trust and she is more than willing to lend a listening ear.

Goals/Motivation

Family: Lihn is motivated to protect the small family she has. She loves her young daughter dearly, and is quite close to her half- brother. She would do a lot to make sure they are safe.

Knowledge: Lihn has a long term goal to gain more knowledge on metahumans, especially in relation to mental states and whether their brains work. She doesn't have much access to information out with of herself and her metahuman family.

History/Bio:

Lihn was born in South Vietnam to a farmer and his wife. They were not particularly well off, but they were not poor - her father was a farmer by choice, having left his family in the city. They had a small farm and mostly prospered off the fact that their animals were better than all others. Unknown to Lihn at the time this was due to her father's metahuman abilities in relation to animals.

Lihn was five when her own powers developed. She began to sense the emotions of all the humans around her, unable to stand it out and constantly bedridden due to migraines caused by this. Unfortunately for the family the small community they lived in was not particularly friendly to meta humans and found out about what was afflicting Lihn. It turned out her mother also did know of her father's powers and shared very similar views to the other people in the community. Lihn and her father were forced to run. With money saved up the two of them managed to immigrate to America. It was difficult, but eventually they were allowed to settle down and make a new life with the decision to get full citizenship as soon as possible.

The city they chose to live in was Verthaven. Here her father met another woman, and within a year and a half of living in America the two were married. Another year a half and along came Lihn's younger half brother, Kei. The eight year age gap made it difficult for Lihn to see eye to eye with her younger brother. However there was no jealousy from Lihn's side - she was more than happy to have a new family.

Lihn left her family to study psychology at college in a difference city when she graduated highschool at 18. By now she was a full American citizen, speaking English as well as her birth language of Vietnamese. She kept in contact with her family while there, and occasionally they would visit. During this time period she got slightly closer to her brother - he was becoming slightly more mature.

After graduating, just turned twenty two, Lihn moved to Baybridge to try and find a job. Upon moving into a small flat her brother decided to visit to, essentially, test out her new home and spend some time away from parents who were getting on his nerves.

Kei never went back to live with his parents. It was lucky he was staying with Lihn, as his parent's tragically died in the Verthaven Disaster - two among many. It was a difficult time for both. Lihn was suddenly given the responsibility of looking after her then fourteen year old brother. A series of slightly bad decisions on her part, nights out more drunk than she should be, ended up with her pregnant with the child of an unknown father.

It was enough of a shock for Lihn to return to her responsible self. With a child on the way she only worked harder at her job, becoming a well respected therapist for her age. She earned enough money to move out of the more shoddy Springtown and into a better area. Her daughter, Thanh, was born on time and healthy.

In the last six years life has been more normal for Lihn. She has managed to juggle raising a child, working as a therapist and making sure her lazy half-brother does more than just lying about and is planning to continue doing so.

However the relatively peaceful life she lived with her family was soon interrupted by a series of disasters in Baybridge. While Lihn herself was not caught in any of the overloads, her brother was. In fact he was the one who overloaded first; causing a massive ice storm with his cryokinesis. This meant he had to move into DOVE/RAVEN custody for his own protection leaving Lihn to look after Thanh alone. He then got caught up in the second overload, and hospitalised. Lihn began to lose non-meta clients due to overall anti metahuman sentiments.

Lihn got caught in Eco-Naturá's attack, due to being in the area in an attempt to have a relaxing evening out. She luckily ran into others who helped her get out, unlike others. Now due to a recent email from her uncle her, Kei and Thanh have all taken a trip to Vietnam to visit family.

Relationships

Family:

Mai Cao (Phan) - Mother
Dinh Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy) Xuân Phan - Half-brother
Thanh Phan - Daughter

Viên Phan - Grandfather
Qui Phan - Grandmother (deceased)
Vihn Phan - Uncle
Nhât Phan, Hao Phan, Tuân Phan - Cousins
Phoung Lý (Phan) - Aunt
Giang Lý, Qui Lý, Tuyên Lý, Mihn Lý- Cousins
Tien Cao - Half-sister

Dynamics:

| Kei Phan |

| Good | Younger Half- Brother | "Kei and I get on, I just wish he spent more time outside and with people." |

Lihn and Kei got off to a rocky start when younger, but after their father (and Kei's mother) the two have gotten closer as Kei started permanently living with his older sister. They don't always see eye to eye and have their fights, but it's a good enough relationship between the two.

| Lihua Zhao |

| Good | Client | "Lihua and I have some similarities. I'm hoping that will help me help her." |

Lihn is Lihua's neighbour and current therapist. They are friendly with each other and Lihn finds that she gets on quite well with Lihua. Still, sometimes she finds it difficult as Lihua's therapist - there is only so much she can do to help, and she can tell that it isn't always working.

Abilities

Power Class:

Cerebral (Domination)

Power:
Empathy

Reading Emotions:

Lihn can read the emotions of others. How much information she gets depends on how hard she concentrates. If an emotion is very strong it is easier to figure out, if it is weak it is more difficult. She can often get a basic idea of the emotions of all those around her however has to concentrate more to get the full picture. Certain emotions are more difficult to sense, such as obscure and very specific emotions. Easy emotions to read are happiness and anger.

Changing Emotions:

Lihn can subtly change the emotions of people near her. She can effect up to five people, however the change will be less than if just concentrating on one person. The change is subtle and unnoticeable. She essentially takes an emotion than the target is already feeling and increases or decreases the intensity with which they feel it. For example if someone is angry she could reduce this anger slightly, or increase it. This can achieve a variety of effects. She can use it to help people feel, in a way, more confident. However it is quite limited in what it can do.

Limits:

Lihn can only change and read the emotions of those in her immediate area. She can, roughly, read the emotions of those in a twenty foot radius around her and change them of those in a ten foot radius around her.
Lihn must concentrate to change emotions, so any distractions will stop it. The same can be said for reading specific emotions.
Lihn's ability to read emotions is technically never turned off. However she has gotten to the level of control where the bombardment of stronger emotions is just like a background noise in her head. However in stressful situations she is likely to be overwhelmed by something like this.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Lihn suffers from severe, often blinding, migraines if she reads emotions for too long. This occurs from her brain essentially being overwhelmed by the different emotions of people. These often cause her to be bedridden for long periods of time.
Due to her ability to read emotions always being 'on' incredibly strong emotions around her can be crippling to her mind. They often overwhelm her thoughts meaning she cannot coherently speak or even hear what other people say. This can lead to migraines caused when also actively increasing her ability.

Along migraines overwhelming emotions can also have an effect on her emotional state. This often leads to mental breakdowns on Lihn's part, or feeling a variety of emotions. There have been a few times when she has been overwhelmed by other's anger resulting in her resorting to an angry violence.

It is difficult to control her ability in incredibly busy places often resulting in too many emotions being registered in her brain at once. This can very negatively affect how she reacts socially and can even physically weaken her.

Other:

• Lihn is fluent in English and Vietnamese, but hardly has a talent for other languages
• Lihn's choice to become a therapist when she is an empath is interesting, due to her essentially putting herself in situations where she will be around people feeling strong emotions.

Baybridge: Old Ghosts

Lihn Phan

Basic Information

Name:

Lihn Thị Phan
(潘 氏 靈 , Phan Thị Lihn

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Gender:

Female

Age:

29

Height:

5'4"

Weight:

108

Home District:

Greencrest Heights

Appearance

Hair Color:

Black

Eye Color:

Deep brown

Ethnicity:

Vietnamese

Physical Appearance:

Lihn is a hardly a tall woman, however she is above the average for her home country. She is somewhat unassuming looking and the kind of person that doesn't stand out. She blends in easily to the crowd. Pure Vietnamese, it is obvious from first appearances that she is from an eastern country.

Lihn's dark hair is straight and long, falling past her mid back. While she tends to prefer to keep it loose she will tie it back if it is more practical. It frames a reasonably wide, slightly round face. Her eyes are large, a warm brown, and almond shaped. She has a flat, and broad nose, above thin lips. Her skin tone is a relatively dark yellowish brown colour, indicating that she is from the more Southern areas of Vietnam rather than the north.

Lihn has a relatively thin, but fit, body frame. She enjoys participating in sports but has never gotten to the point of properly building up muscles. She is fitter than people who do not exercise but it hasn't filled out her rather petite frame. She has subtle curves, noticeable if enhanced by clothing but hardly anything to brag about. It adds to her more average looks. She generally looks feminine but is hardly the most attractive person around. She's not bad looking but nor is she noticeably good looking.

Attire:

Lihn's attire greatly varies. When planning on doing some running or something more physical she will wear clothing made for when doing sports. She does tend to dress quite nicely, in most cases wearing jeans and a nice shirt. She does also enjoy wearing skirts and dresses and will do so regularly. More rarely, an only in formal settings, Lihn will wear the more traditional Vietnamese dress - a light blue Ao Dai.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

Lihn is a calm, people oriented person. Her personality is far from a force of nature. She prefers to be subtle and how she acts is very similar to how she appears - not immediately noticeable. She is kind hearted and will take her time to listen to others. She is very good with children, having a very close relationship with her own daughter. She enjoys time in the company of others but rarely is one to dictate the conversation. She prefers to listen and go along with the flow.

However, just because Lihn tends to be relaxed and follow along with others doesn't mean that she is a pushover. She has something of a no nonsense attitude. If she knows that someone is making up excuses she will, in general, not tolerate it. She is not cruel in the way that she gets this across, however. Even though she doesn't accept excuses and believes everyone should take responsibility for their actions she is gentle in her application of these beliefs. Again, she is not pushy but nor is she easily forced into things herself.

Lihn has a deep understanding of human emotion, coming from both her powers and her training in psychology. She can easily read other's emotions without having to activate her empathy, from the way they speak and subtle differences in expressions. She knows how to speak in different situations, how to calm someone down who is distraught and how to help someone feel better.

Lihn is also quite a sturdy person emotionally. She has had to build up a certain resistance to being moved by others emotions and as a result is unlikely to panic when someone gets overly angry or to be intimidated when threatened. However with this emotional detachment comes an air of aloofness, no matter how kind and socially aware she is.

Hobbies/Interests:

Running: Lihn was quite sporty in her youth, and still goes out on runs when she has time.

Sewing: Though at a young age Lihn disliked more 'girly' activities she has in recent years picked up an interest in sewing. She does this relatively regularly, often when relaxing at home, and has made some nice clothing.

Reading: Lihn enjoys reading, both fictional and non-fictional. Her main reading interest is in fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian in terms of fiction. For non-fiction she reads a lot of psychology based books.

Human Brain: Lihn has an interest on how the brain works, especially the mental aspects of this. Her interest is even more pronounced in terms of metahumans - as to whether there are brain differences. She also has a good interest in how emotions work and affect the brain.

Skills/Talents:

Psychology: Lihn has a degree in psychology, and as a result knows a good amount about the human brain. She took interest in metahuman aspects as well but was not interested in joining organisations such as DOVE.

Children: Lihn is also quite good with children, something that made her consider going into teaching. She is patient enough with them and seems to know the right thing to do to quieten a baby or keep a child happy.

Sports: At a younger age Lihn was good at, and enjoyed, sports. She still does but she doesn't participate in them much anymore. Are main sports were badminton, and running.

People: Lihn just generally has good people schools, finding it easy to talk with people and help them with their problems. People find her easy to trust and she is more than willing to lend a listening ear.

Goals/Motivation

Family: Lihn is motivated to protect the small family she has. She loves her young daughter dearly, and is quite close to her half-brother. She would do a lot to make sure they are safe.

Knowledge: Lihn has a long term goal to gain more knowledge on metahumans, especially in relation to mental states and whether their brains work. She doesn't have much access to information out with of herself and her metahuman family.

History/Bio:

Lihn was born in South Vietnam to a farmer and his wife. They were not particularly well off, but they were not poor - her father was a farmer by choice, having left his family in the city. They had a small farm and mostly prospered off the fact that their animals were better than all others. Unknown to Lihn at the time this was due to her father's metahuman abilities in relation to animals.

Lihn was five when her own powers developed. She began to sense the emotions of all the humans around her, unable to keep it out and constantly bedridden due to migraines caused by this. Unfortunately for the family the small community they lived in was not particularly friendly to metahumans and found out about what was afflicting Lihn. It turned out her mother also did know of her father's powers and shared very similar views to the other people in the community. Lihn and her father were forced to run. With money saved up the two of them managed to immigrate to America. It was difficult, but eventually they were allowed to settle down and make a new life with the decision to get full citizenship as soon as possible.

The city they chose to live in was Verthaven. Here her father met another woman, and within a year and a half of living in America the two were married. Another year a half and along came Lihn's younger half brother, Kei. The eight year age gap made it difficult for Lihn to see eye to eye with her younger brother. However there was no jealousy from Lihn's side - she was more than happy to have a new family.

Lihn left her family to study psychology at college in a difference city when she graduated highschool at 18. By now she was a full American citizen, speaking English as well as her birth language of Vietnamese. She kept in contact with her family while there, and occasionally they would visit. During this time period she got slightly closer to her brother - he was becoming slightly more mature.

After graduating, just turned twenty two, Lihn moved to Baybridge to try and find a job. Upon moving into a small flat her brother decided to visit to, essentially, test out her new home and spend some time away from parents who were getting on his nerves.

Kei never went back to live with his parents. It was lucky he was staying with Lihn, as his parent's tragically died in the Verthaven Disaster - two among many. It was a difficult time for both. Lihn was suddenly given the responsibility of looking after her then fourteen year old brother. A series of slightly bad decisions on her part, nights out more drunk than she should be, ended up with her pregnant with the child of an unknown father.

It was enough of a shock for Lihn to return to her responsible self. With a child on the way she only worked harder at her job, becoming a well respected therapist for her age. She earned enough money to move out of the more shoddy Springtown and into a better area. Her daughter, Thanh, was born on time and healthy.

In the last six years life has been more normal for Lihn. She has managed to juggle raising a child, working as a therapist and making sure her lazy half-brother does more than just lying about and is planning to continue doing so.

Relationships

Family:

Mai Cao (Phan) - Mother
Dinh Phan - Father (Deceased, Animal Empathy)
Xuân Phan - Half-brother
Thanh Phan - Daughter

Viên Phan - Grandfather
Qui Phan - Grandmother (deceased)

Vihn Phan - Uncle
Nhât Phan, Hao Phan, Tuân Phan - Cousins

Phoung Lý (Phan) - Aunt
Giang Lý, Qui Lý, Tuyên Lý, Mihn Lý- Cousins

Tien Cao - Half-sister

Dynamics:

| Kei Phan |

| Good | Younger Half-Brother | "Kei and I get on, I just wish he spent more time outside and with people." |

Lihn and Kei got off to a rocky start when younger, but after their father (and Kei's mother) the two have gotten closer as Kei started permanently living with his older sister. They don't always see eye to eye and have their fights, but it's a good enough relationship between the two.

| Lihua Zhao |

| Good | Client | "Lihua and I have some similarities. I'm hoping that will help me help her." |

Lihn is Lihua's neighbour and current therapist. They are friendly with each other and Lihn finds that she gets on quite well with Lihua. Still, sometimes she finds it difficult as Lihua's therapist - there is only so much she can do to help, and she can tell that it isn't always working.

Abilities

Power Class:

Cerebral (Domination)

Power:
Empathy

Reading Emotions:

Lihn can read the emotions of others. How much information she gets depends on how hard she concentrates. If an emotion is very strong it is easier to figure out, if it is weak it is more difficult. She can often get a basic idea of the emotions of all those around her however has to concentrate more to get the full picture. Certain emotions are more difficult to sense, such as obscure and very specific emotions. Easy emotions to read are happiness and anger.

Changing Emotions:

Lihn can subtly change the emotions of people near her. She can effect up to five people, however the change will be less than if just concentrating on one person. The change is subtle and unnoticeable. She essentially takes an emotion than the target is already feeling and increases or decreases the intensity with which they feel it. For example if someone is angry she could reduce this anger slightly, or increase it. This can achieve a variety of effects. She can use it to help people feel, in a way, more confident. However it is quite limited in what it can do.

Limits:

Lihn can only change and read the emotions of those in her immediate area. She can, roughly, read the emotions of those in a twenty foot radius around her and change them of those in a ten foot radius around her.
Lihn must concentrate to change emotions, so any distractions will stop it. The same can be said for reading specific emotions.
Lihn's ability to read emotions is technically never turned off. However she has gotten to the level of control where the bombardment of stronger emotions is just like a background noise in her head. However in stressful situations she is likely to be overwhelmed by something like this.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

Lihn suffers from severe, often blinding, migraines if she reads emotions for too long. This occurs from her brain essentially being overwhelmed by the different emotions of people. These often cause her to be bedridden for long periods of time.
Due to her ability to read emotions always being 'on' incredibly strong emotions around her can be crippling to her mind. They often overwhelm her thoughts meaning she cannot coherently speak or even hear what other people say. This can lead to migraines caused when also actively increasing her ability.

Along migraines overwhelming emotions can also have an effect on her emotional state. This often leads to mental breakdowns on Lihn's part, or feeling a variety of emotions. There have been a few times when she has been overwhelmed by other's anger resulting in her resorting to an angry violence.

It is difficult to control her ability in incredibly busy places often resulting in too many emotions being registered in her brain at once. This can very negatively affect how she reacts socially and can even physically weaken her.

Other:

• Lihn is fluent in English and Vietnamese, but hardly has a talent for other languages
• Lihn's choice to become a therapist when she is an empath is interesting, due to her essentially putting herself in situations where she will be around people feeling strong emotions.

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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "What does it matter if things are tough? As long as you have friends by your side, anything is possible!"	Rori Aherne ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ═══B A S I C O V E R V I E W═══ NAME: Rori Shea Aherne | NICKNAMES: RedRobin (Internet Handle) | AGE: 21 | ETHNICITY: Caucasian | PRONOUNS: They/Them | HEIGHT: 5’2” | WEIGHT: 85lb | ....................................................................................................

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▼ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

One of the things first noticed about Rori is their short height, below average in a way that means they often have to stand on their tiptoes to see over crowds. Along with this comes a very slight, almost underweight looking, frame. They have a naturally high metabolism and lighter bones than the average human, as if their body was built in preparation for flight even when they lack wings. Rori is far from athletic but due to their metabolism, and general lack of eating, they don’t have to make much of an effort to stay as skinny as they are. However this means they come off as rather scrawny and often could be mistaken for as someone much younger. This isn’t helped by how flat their body is, with a general lack of curves and hips. They have a sizable chest but this is rarely noticeable due to the fact they almost always wear a binder. This gives them a very androgynous, if boyish, look. Rori has a fair few scars dotted about their body, especially along their arms. However these are barely noticeable on their already pale skin and are often covered by clothing or feathers.

Rori’s hair is short and left relatively untamed, a brush or two and they’re done with it. It’s naturally an auburn red which they hate, however right now it’s dyed a dark sea green colour. Rori is very pale, paler than the typical Caucasian due to their Irish blood and ginger hair. They have freckles that cover her face and body. Along with these is the inability to every tan in the sun, instead Rori will burn after a short time in it. They have large yellow-brown eyes which are larger than normal and odd, not quite looking human. Their face is soft with very little definition, only serving to make them look younger.

Due to their powers, Rori also has various non-human features. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing about them is their eyes. These are a more yellowish brown than found in humans (in fact neither of her parents have brown eyes) and are more like that of a bird’s than a human. Due to this they have superior vision to humans, with the ability to see much further, but they also don’t have the same capability to move their eyes in their socket. This means they often have to move their head around to see to the side. Sometimes it is noticeable that they do not blink normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does it for them. More hidden are the feathers that cover a lot of their body. They are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and lower arms. These are spaced out and still quite soft at the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers at their back, with full dense feathers that eventually thin out and become softer at their waistline. Their feathers are brown with a slight reddish, auburn hint. The feathers at their chest are more red than the other areas. These are slightly spread down their upper legs.

▼ ATTIRE:

Rori’s first go to when it comes to clothing is comfort. They tend to lean more towards baggy clothing and stuff that covers them up as much as possible. Most often they’ll be found in baggy shirts, hoodies and sweaters. They quite like to wear dungarees of varying styles, in blues and greens, or looser fitted jeans. When it’s hot they’ll generally wear dungaree shorts that fall to their knees and never anything shorter, ensuring that their feathers are covered. They’re almost always found with long sleeves to cover these up if they're outside, and a scarf to cover the feathers at their neck. They will only relax and remove some layers in the presence of close friends or alone. They tend to wear a mix of green, blue and brown but have never been one to be too concerned about what they’re wearing.

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▼ PERSONALITY:

Rori is an incredibly bright and cheerful person on the outside, more often found with a grin on their lips than not. It’s rare to find them not smiling and they try to keep up even in the harder situations when it’s a facade. They find that smiling helps to cheer other people up and they try their hardest to do just that, along with having an astounding ability to make the best out of even the worst situation. However, their continual optimism and cheerfulness can get a bit annoying at points. This is balanced out by Rori’s natural friendliness and enjoyable company, even if they have a bad habit of never stopping talking when they start. Rori isn’t the most socially aware due to spending a lot of time alone in their youth but they improved over their years in the Academy. They absolutely do not know when to shut up, and will just keep talking until someone tells them to.

A lot of their constant talking and cheer comes from Rori’s high energy. They are fairly hyperactive and have a difficult time concentrating on tasks they don’t enjoy and always seem to be bouncing with energy. It can make them exhausting to be around because they just don’t stop. Even with only a few hours sleep Rori will be bright and raring to go, they never seem to get tired. God forbid they have coffee, in which case they’ll actually be bouncing off the walls. Rori tends to stay away from caffeinated beverages thanks to this. Due to their constant energy they’re the type to take on a lot of work for others, always offering to help. They’re reliable if a bit much at times.

Contrary to their outwards personality, Rori isn’t perfectly happy and carefree. Sure, they’re an optimist, but they’re nowhere near the cheerful persona they make themselves out to be. In many ways they use this and their naturally high energy to hide behind. They went through a lot during their younger years and it’s taken a toll on them. In fact Rori isn’t very emotional at all. They rarely feel strong emotions and are rather apathetic in the end, numb to both true happiness and sadness. Their lack of emotions mean that they can have a hard time empathising with those who are being affected strongly by them. They don’t have particularly strong opinions as well, more likely to go with the flow and not voice any wants they have.

Rori also have trust issues that come from both their parents and lack of stable support up until going into the academy program. Even if they make friends easily they are not quick to entirely trust someone and they will rarely turn to others for help, bottling all their issues up until they grow numb to them. They fear not being accepted by others as well, both due to their gender and power. Rori is always expecting the shoe to drop and for the people around them to turn on them and abandon them, just like their parents did so many years ago. But this is all something they keep to themselves - after all, it’s easier just to pretend to be perfectly happy.

▼ SKILLS/TALENTS:

Rori’s main skills lie in their creativity. They’ve always had a love for it, and a large imagination which adds to this. They’re good at art, focusing primarily on watercolour and beginning to delve into digital now that they have the resources. Their art tends to be of a fantasy nature, combining elements of things they’ve seen with whatever they can think of with their imagination. This goes hand in hand with their creative writing.

Along with this Rori has a natural talent for music. They’ve played the violin since a young age, and even a few years without it they’ve picked it up easily again. Along with this they play the piano and the flute, and pick up new instruments with relative ease. They have a good sense of rhythm and a good musical ear. They also compose music occasionally but it is not something they’ve delved into much.

Aside from their creativity, their main talents lie in friendliness. They’re very cheerful and easy to be around, generally excelling in social situations and making friends with relative ease. They also have some basic survival skills, but most of them are reliant on being in bird form. Along with this thanks to their physique and time spent as a bird, they’re very good with heights and fond of climbing up to high places.

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▼ BACKSTORY:

Rori was born the fourth child into a relatively large family, with two older sisters, an older brother and younger brother. Their parents were strict parents that brought up their children religiously, with opinions against a lot that they’d view as “strange and unacceptable.” This included being incredibly anti-deltahuman.

Unlike most of their siblings, Rori didn’t really believe what their parents did. They went along with it because they didn’t have much choice. This made them something of the black sheep of the family, with their general disinterest in going down any academic route their parents might want them to. They didn’t have much in common with their siblings, but got on relatively alright with them thanks to their friendly personality.

The person they were closest to was their older cousin Max, who was five years older than them. Even with the gap they were good friends and Max was someone that Rori looked up to. However their parent’s didn’t particularly approve of that part of the family for all that they grew up in the same area. As a result, there was a large fallout that resulted in Rori being cut off from seeing Max. Soon, their older cousin moved to a different city anyway.

Their life was relatively normal up until age eleven. It was at this point they became aware of their discomfort with their gender, and the body that came with it. They didn’t feel like a girl, or a boy, and through internet research discovered the existence of nonbinary genders. They settled on this and that they didn’t feel like either and was left with the decision on whether to tell their parents.

They decided they would, which backfired when their parents' reaction was negative and they were told to never speak of it again. This led to an incredibly unhappy period of their life when they were forced to go under their deadname and their parents tried to push them into things they deemed “girly” more than ever. They began to withdraw from the friends they had in school and instead moved online, where they could be themself, and found solace in music and the instruments they played.

A few years later they were exposed to Delta-Point Energy, likely due to contact with other Deltahumans (they can’t pinpoint the exact point this happened). Their ability developed slowly and naturally. It started with their eyesight improving, suddenly they could see much further than before. Then they couldn’t blink properly, couldn’t move their eyes. Then feathers began to form all across their body. These changes terrified Rori, who was only thirteen and had little idea of what was going on. They’d heard about Deltahumans, and had a pretty good idea what was happening, but didn’t know much beyond that. The panic over what was happening caused them to change entirely into a bird for the first time, resulting in an excruciating pain.

They hid these changes as best they could, wearing scarves and long sleeves at all times. They knew their parents’ opinions and didn’t want to find out what would happen if they were discovered. They managed this for almost a year, practicing and using their bird form to get some kind of freedom. It was all going well until their parents walked in on them mid-change. The fear and disgust on their parents’ faces was enough to show their opinions, only added on by overheard private phone calls. The things they suggested be done were… difficult for a fourteen year old to deal with.

So they did some research, finding out where their cousin lived before packing a bag and running away. They only managed to grab a small amount of money, enough to get them to the next town over. From here they lived on the streets and in forests, travelling primarily in their bird form. Often they would spend days at a time as a bird, getting caught up in flocks of the same species as it was the closest to proper contact they could have. Eventually, after a couple of years, they made their way to Max by nothing short of a miracle (being a bird doesn’t come with inbuilt GPS).

First Max was shocked to have her younger cousin turn up out of the blue, literally changing from a bird in front of her. At this point Rori had spent so much time as a bird it was difficult to function as a human, but with the help of their cousin they got back on their feet (literally). But, unfortunately Max was a young adult working for FAMA… who really didn’t have the time to take in her teenage cousin. So she pulled a few strings and got Rori enrolled in Academy 002 in South Carolina.

It was here that Rori got a chance to properly go back to some semblance of normal, and make friends that they’d never had. Even without astounding powers like some of the others they flourished here, feeling like they’d finally found a place that they belonged

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Type-Yellow

▼ POWER INFORMATION:

▼ Permanent Bird Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than most. This gives them a much better vision than normal people, meaning they can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often have to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feathers covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. Their bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a bird’s, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make them lighter than they look. It allows them to jump higher than the normal person but they weren’t quite blessed with wings as a human. They also have a very high metabolism as a result, being able to eat loads (and having to) without gaining weight.

▼Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference between them and a normal bird. However they retain their intelligence and mind, mostly. This ability comes with all the features of the bird they turn into. They turn into a slightly smaller than average bird of the species with average capabilities, such as speed and strength.

▼ LIMITS:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being like a bird’s and as a result has to move their head more. Their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds they can turn into. They can turn into any birds in the following categories:

Thrush
Hawks
Falcons (preference for Kestrels)
Hummingbirds
Tern
Owls

They can only do this comfortably four times per day, and more if they push themselves. They can’t talk as a bird even though they keep their intelligence, and are limited by… well, what a bird can do.

▼ WEAKNESSES:

If Rori looks into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes, causing their vision to blur and giving them headaches or migraines if they do it too much. Their feathers cause them to overheat easily due to being an extra layer. They get incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form, which is worse the more frequently they do it. This can easily be solved by eating food and napping. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue. Along with this they need to eat more than normal anyway.

The longer they stay in their bird form the more they take on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. Then Rori would be permanently stuck in bird form. Rori also sometimes gets stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

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▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ "What does it matter if things are tough? As long as you have friends by your side and a bit of positivity, anything is possible!"	Rori Aherne ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ═══B A S I C O V E R V I E W═══ NAME: Rori Shea Aherne | NICKNAMES: RedRobin (Internet Handle) | AGE: 16 | ETHNICITY: Caucasian | PRONOUNS: They/Them | HEIGHT: 5’1” | WEIGHT: 85lb | ....................................................................................................

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▼ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

One of the things first noticed about Rori is their short height, below average in a way that means they often have to stand on their tiptoes to see over crowds. Along with this comes a very slight, almost underweight looking, frame. They have a naturally very high metabolism and lighter bones than the average human, as if their body was built in preparation for flight without them actually having wings. Rori is far from athletic but due to their metabolism, and general lack of eating, they don’t have to make much of an effort to stay as skinny as they are. However this means they come off as rather scrawny and often could be mistaken for as someone much younger. This isn’t helped by how flat their body is, with a general lack of curves and hips. They have a sizable chest but this is rarely noticeable due to the fact they almost always wear a binder. This gives them a very androgynous, if boyish, look. Rori has a fair few scars dotted about her body, especially along her arms. However these are barely noticeable on her already pale skin and are often covered by clothing or feathers.

Rori’s hair is short and incredibly scruffy, often just given one brush and then left to do whatever it wants to. It’s naturally an auburn red which they hate, but they’ve been unable to get their hands on any dye while at the academy. Rori is very pale, paler than the typical Caucasian due to their Irish blood and ginger hair. They have freckles that cover her face and body that comes with her complexion. Along with this is the inability to every tan in the sun, instead Rori will burn after a short time in it. They have large yellow-brown eyes, larger than normal and not quite human, set in her round face. Their face is soft and somewhat childish only further adding to the appearance that they’re younger than they are.

Due to their powers, Rori also has various non-human features. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing about them is their eyes. These are a much more yellowish brown than found in humans (in fact neither of her parents have brown eyes) and are much more like that of a bird’s than a human. Due to this they have superior vision to humans, with the ability to see much further, but they also don’t have the same capability to move their eyes in their socket. This means they often have to move their head around to see to the side. Sometimes it is noticeable that they do not blink normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does it for them. More hidden are the feathers that cover a lot of their body. They are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and lower arms. These are spaced out and still quite soft at the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers at their back, with full dense feathers that eventually thin out and become softer at their waistline. Their feathers are brown with a slight reddish, auburn hint. The feathers at their chest are more red than the other areas. Due to previous events these feathers have gotten densers and spread down their upper legs.

▼ ATTIRE:

Rori’s first go to when it comes to clothing is comfort. They tend to lean more towards baggy clothing or something that looks cute, which only adds to them looking younger than they are. Most often they’ll be found in baggy shirts, hoodies and sweaters. They quite like to wear dungarees of varying styles, in blues and greens, or looser fitted jeans. When it’s hot they’ll generally wear dungaree shorts that fall to their knees and never anything shorter, ensuring that their feathers are covered. They’re almost always found with long sleeves to cover these up if they're outside, and a scarf to cover the feathers at their neck. Even in the academy they like to cover them up and will only relax in the presence of close friends or alone. They tend to wear a mix of green, blue and brown but have never been one to be too concerned about what they’re wearing.

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Rori is an incredibly bright and cheerful person, more often found with a grin on their lips than not. It’s rare to find them not smiling and they try to keep up even in the harder situations when it’s a facade. They find that smiling helps to cheer other people up and they try their hardest to do just that, along with having an astounding ability to make the best out of even the worst situation. However, their continual optimism and cheerfulness can get a bit annoying at points. This is balanced out by Rori’s natural friendliness and enjoyable company, even if they have a bad habit of never stopping talking when they start. Rori isn’t the most socially aware due to spending a lot of time alone in their youth but they’re slowly improving. They absolutely do not know when to shut up, and will just keep talking until someone tells them to.

A lot of their constant talking and cheer comes from Rori’s high energy. They are fairly hyperactive and have a difficult time concentrating on tasks they don’t enjoy and always seem to be bouncing with energy. It can make them exhausting to be around because they just don’t stop. Even on only a few hours sleep Rori will be bright and raring to go, they never seem to get tired. God forbid they have coffee, in which case they’ll actually be bouncing off the walls. Rori tends to stay away from caffeinated beverages thanks to this.

Contrary to their outwards personality, Rori isn’t always happy. Sure, they’re an optimist, but they’re nowhere near the cheerful persona they make themselves out to be. In many ways they use this and their naturally high energy to hide behind. They went through a lot during their younger years and it’s safe to say they didn’t come out unscarred emotionally. In fact Rori isn’t very emotional at all. They rarely feel strong emotions and are rather apathetic in the end, numb to both true happiness and sadness. They have some trust issues that come from both their parents and lack of stable support up until going into the academy program. Even if they make friends easily they are not quick to entirely trust someone and there are few they would actively turn to. They fear not being accepted by others as well, both due to their gender and power. They’re lack of emotions mean that they can have a hard time empathising with those who are being affected strongly by them, such as in grief. But this is all something they keep to themselves - after all, it’s easier just to pretend to be perfectly happy.

▼ SKILLS/TALENTS:

Rori’s main skills lie in their creativity. They’ve always had a love for it, and a large imagination which adds to this. They’re good at art, focusing primarily on watercolour and beginning to delve into digital now that they have the resources. Their art tends to be of a fantasy nature, combining elements of things they’ve seen with whatever they can think of with their imagination. Often it goes hand in hand with their creative writing, something they focus on less but still enjoys and is good at.

Along with this Rori has a natural talent for music. They’ve played the violin since a young age, and even a few years without it they’ve picked it up easily again. Along with this they play the piano and the flute, and pick up new instruments with relative ease. They have a good sense of rhythm and a good musical ear. They also compose music occasionally but it is not something they’ve delved into much.

Aside from their creativity, their main talents lie in friendliness. They’re very cheerful and easy to be around, generally excelling in social situations and making friends with relative ease. They also have some basic survival skills, but most of them are reliant on being in bird form.

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▼ BACKSTORY:

Rori was born the fourth child into a relatively large family, with two older sisters, an older brother and younger brother. Their parents were strict parents that brought up their children religiously, with opinions against a lot that they’d view as “strange and unacceptable.” This included being incredibly anti-deltahuman.

Unlike most of their siblings, Rori didn’t really believe what their parents did. They went along with it because they didn’t have much choice. This made them something of the black sheep of the family, with their general disinterest in going down any academic route their parents might want them to. They didn’t have much in common with their siblings, but got on relatively alright with them thanks to their friendly personality.

The person they were closest to was their older cousin Max, who was five years older than them. Even with the gap they were good friends and Max was someone that Rori looked up to. However their parent’s didn’t particularly approve of that part of the family for all that they grew up in the same area. As a result, there was a large fallout that resulted in Rori being cut off from seeing Max. Soon, their older cousin moved to a different city anyway.

Their life was relatively normal up until age eleven. It was at this point they became aware of their discomfort with their gender, and the body that came with it. They didn’t feel like a girl, or a boy, and through internet research discovered the existence of nonbinary genders. They settled on this and that they didn’t feel like either and was left with the decision on whether to tell their parents.

They decided they would, which backfired when their parents' reaction was negative and they were told to never speak of it again. This led to an incredibly unhappy period of their life when they were forced to go under their deadname and their parents tried to push them into things they deemed “girly” more than ever. They began to withdraw from the friends they had in school and instead moved online, where they could be themself, and found solace in music and the instruments they played.

A few years later they were exposed to Delta-Point Energy, likely due to contact with other Deltahumans (they can’t pinpoint the exact point this happened). Their ability developed slowly and naturally. It started with their eyesight improving, suddenly they could see much further than before. Then they couldn’t blink properly, couldn’t move their eyes. Then feathers began to form all across their body. These changes terrified Rori, who was only thirteen and had little idea of what was going on. They’d heard about Deltahumans, and had a pretty good idea that was what was happening, but didn’t know much beyond that. The panic over what was happening caused them to change entirely into a bird for the first time, resulting in an excruciating pain back.

They hid these changes as best they could, wearing scarves and long sleeves at all times. They knew their parents’ opinions and didn’t want to find out what would happen if they were discovered. They managed this for almost a year, practicing and using their bird form to get some kind of freedom. It was all going well until their parents walked in on them mid-change. The fear and disgust on their parents’ faces was enough to show their opinions, only added on by overheard private phone calls. The things they suggested be done were… difficult for a fourteen year old to deal with.

So they did some research, finding out where their cousin lived before packing a bag and running away. They only managed to grab a small amount of money, enough to get them to the next town over. From here they lived on the streets and in forests, travelling primarily in their bird form. Often they would spend days at a time as a bird, getting caught up in flocks of the same species as it was the closest to proper contact they could have. Eventually, after a couple of years, they made their way to Max by nothing short of a miracle (being a bird doesn’t come with inbuilt GPS).

First Max was shocked to have her younger cousin turn up out of the blue, literally changing from a bird in front of her. At this point Rori had spent so much time as a bird it was difficult to function as a human, but with the help of their cousin they got back on their feet (literally). But, unfortunately Max was a young adult working for FAMA… who really didn’t have the time to take in her teenage cousin. So she pulled a few strings and got Rori enrolled in Academy 003.

That’s how they ended up here, ready to start a hopefully fun new life.

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Type-Yellow

▼ POWER INFORMATION:

▼ Permanent Bird Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than most. This gives them a much better vision than normal people, meaning they can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often have to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feathers covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. Their bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a bird’s, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make them lighter than they look. It allows them to jump higher than the normal person but they weren’t quite blessed with wings as a human. They also have a very high metabolism as a result, being able to eat loads (and having to) without gaining weight.

▼Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference between them and a normal bird. However they retain their intelligence and mind, mostly. This ability comes with all the features of the bird they turn into. They turn into a slightly smaller than average bird of the species with average capabilities, such as speed and strength.

▼ LIMITS:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being like a bird’s and as a result has to move their head more. Their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds they can turn into. They can turn into any birds in the following categories:

Thrush
Hawks
Falcons (preference for Kestrels)
Hummingbirds
Tern
Owls

They can only do this comfortably four times per day, and more if they push themselves. They can’t talk as a bird even as they keep their intelligence, and are limited by… well, what a bird can do.

▼ WEAKNESSES:

If Rori looks into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes, causing their vision to blur and giving them headaches or migraines if they do it too much. Their feathers cause them to overheat easily due to being an extra layer. They get incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue. Along with this they need to eat more than normal anyway.

The longer they stay in their bird form the more they take on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. Then Rori would be permanently stuck in bird form. Rori also sometimes gets stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

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Born Roisin Aherne, but they hate that name.

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Rori Aherne

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Basic Information

Name:

Rori Devin Aherne (Born Roisin Anna Aherne)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Robin (Nickname / Used while living in Faircrest Woods)
redRobin (Internet handle)

Gender:

Agender

Age:

20

Height:

5'1"

Weight:

95 lb

Home District:

West Woodlake, Hedgemount (Was Max’s Home)

Appearance

Hair Color:

Naturally auburn-red

Eye Color:

Light brown-yellow

Ethnicity:

Irish, British

Physical Appearance:

The first thing that most notice about Rori is their somewhat small height. This is something that came from their mother's side of their family (though their father isn't exactly tall either). While it has never been something that particularly bothers Rori it does help to be something of an identifying factor. Along with this small height they are quite light which is a combination of a lack of muscles, a high metabolism and slightly lighter bones than you would expect (almost as if a preparation for her being able to fly, though they don't have wings when in a more humanoid form).

Figure wise Rori is hardly athletic. It's quite obvious that they don't particularly make an effort to keep in good shape and is mostly skinny due to the virtue of a high metabolism and not eating too much. They do look quite scrawny. Born female Rori, when not binding, has a quite visibly female body. They have a quite well sized chest (much to their annoyance) which has never been particularly helpful in regards to their dysphoria. Thankfully, however, the rest of their body is more flat and boyish with a lack of curves at the hips. This means there's just one main area to deal with. Most of the time when they are out Rori will be found wearing a binder, which flattens their chest and gives them a much more gender neutral appearance.

They’ve let their hair grown out a little bit, though it’s still as scruffy as it always has been just falling just above their shoulders. They’re considering cutting it short again anyway. Due to the rules at the school they went to it’s currently it’s natural auburn-red colour, though they are considering dying it again now that they’re back at Baybridge. Their skin is paler than the typical Caucasian light skin colour, typical of those with Irish blood. The freckles that cover their face and body come with the hair colour and complexion. As does the unfortunate burning when exposed to the sun for any length of time. High factor sun cream is needed to prevent this when they are out in the sun for even a few minutes. Their eyes are large, and not entirely human, set an average space apart in a quite round face. Their face shape is soft and childish. This, and their height, gives them the appearance of being younger than they actually are.

Rori does have scars. Most of these are in less visible places, covered by clothing or feathers. There are a few one their face with the most noticeable being a thing scar along their cheek, starting below their eye. She doesn't talk about how they got it. There are also quite a few along their arms - again thin, white scars that are barely noticeable on her already pale skin.

Along with the features shared by most humans Rori has some more... animalistic features. These come from their abilities, the bird thing not only being when they turn into them. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing (for a human at least) about them is their eyes. The yellow tinge to the brown they are, and the fact that neither of her parents have brown eyes, is just part of it. Their eyes are more like that of a bird's than a human's. This means that they don't have the same kind of vision as human's and are often found looking around to try and see to the side due to not having the same capability to move around their eyes in their sockets. What is sometimes noticeable is the fact they do not blink... at least normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does the whole blinking action for them. The other not so visible feature is feathers than cover quite a bit of their body. These are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and upper arms. These are more spaced out and still quite soft on the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers on their back. These full, dense feathers cover all of their back before becoming slightly softer around the waistline and then disappearing. Most of the feathers are brown, with a slight reddish hint. The ones on their chest are more red than the ones in other areas. They also have a set of bird wings; with a similar colouration to their feathers. These are darker at the bones, and more reddish the further out the feathers get. They have a span just under double the length Rori's arms when stretched out. Rori does also have other bird features but these are not visible.

Attire:

Rori goes for comfort over style in clothing. The clothes they wear are more gender neutral, and as a result go more towards being boyish. They would not be found dead in a skirt or dress and if forced into one would feel incredibly uncomfortable. They tend to wear more baggy shirts - preferably with sleeves long enough to cover the feathers on the top of their arms. These are sometimes plain, or sometimes have some kind of nerdy reference on them. They often wear jeans or more comfortable trousers and a hoody on top. Along with this they almost always wear some kind of scarf, even if it is warm - after all it's the easiest way to cover the feathers on their neck. The colouration of their clothing tends to be green and blue, along with black and white.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

The first, most obvious thing about Rori's personality is that they always appear to be incredibly cheerful. They almost always seem to be smiling even if there isn't much to be happy about. This isn't to say they would be happy in what is a sad situation. But they do have quite an astounding ability to make the best out of everything. This optimism can be good sometimes but also annoying to others, along with their intense cheerfulness.

Another main aspect of Rori's outward personality is how friendly they are. They enjoy spending time with others and often choose to do so. They just like talking. They talk a lot. More than they really should and to the point of annoying people (something they do quite often). While three years ago they weren’t particularly socially aware they’ve improved a lot since going to a school, meeting more people and making new friends.

Along with this Rori is quite energetic and hyperactive. They have a difficult time concentrating on things they don't enjoy, mostly anything that isn't art, writing or music, and always seem full of energy. This makes them bright and adds to their cheerfulness but also makes them very exhausting to be around. They don't mean to be but it's just a thing that happens. Rori never seems tired even if they got next to no sleep and can be very difficult to keep up with.

Rori isn't actually always happy. They are an optimist, yes. But they aren't as cheerful as they make out to be. In some ways they use it to hide other things. Rori isn't the best emotionally. They are not incredibly emotional but often the opposite - they do not feel strong emotions either way. It's been easier to pretend to be happy, though. People don't ask too many questions that way.

It would have been impossible for Rori to go through some of the things they did and come out the other end unscarred emotionally. Rori is in a surprisingly good emotional state for what happened. They don't like to talk about it. Even before their powers manifested their parents weren't exactly good to them, a combination of Rori's lack of gender conformity and not exactly being the child they wanted them to be. This was added to by the dysphoria they themselves felt due to their physical body and being referred to as a girl. While it has been a long time since they were viewed as a girl there are still some lasting effects of this lack of acceptance. However, Rori keeps this all to themselvers. They feel that it's better this way.

Rori isn’t much different than they were three years ago when a teenager – they’ve matured a bit and become more independent, but they’re still the same happy go lucky bird freak they were before.

Hobbies/Interests:

Writing: Rori loves writing. Their writing tends to tend towards fictional story and they often get inspired with various story ideas, which they keep written down in a book. They are often found writing in a notebook or typing something up on a computer.

Art: Rori also loves drawing and painting, most often drawing in a sketchpad. Quite often their drawings are related to stories they are writing or are of birds. They’ve widened what they draw recently, and have started selling some art online.

Music: Rori is musically talented and learned a lot of instruments at a young age. They picked back up a lot of them two years ago with very little loss in skill. They play piano, clarinet, violin and Irish tin whistle with plans to learn more. They especially like traditional Irish and Scottish music.

Skills/Talents:

Socialising: Rori is incredibly friendly and cheerful, if a bit shy, meaning they excel in social situations and find it easy to make friends. In general they are very easy to get along with. Their ability to make friends is a bit of a talent.

Creative: Adding on to her hobbies is a natural talent. Rori is very skilled at both writing and drawing/painting and this talent is added to by hard work. They have quite an imagination, which helps.

Musical: Rori also has a natural talent in music, adding to their creativity. They play quite a lot of instruments and find new ones easy to pick up. They also have a good sense of rhythm and a good ear, finding sight reading music easy. This has been added to by going to an art school, getting the opportunity to play in groups meaning that they have really improved their musical talent.

Goals/Motivation

Art & Music: Having achieved her goal of attending school, and going to an arts one for three years, Rori is concentrating on honing her art and music so that she can make some kind of career out of it.

Friends / Family: A large motivation for Rori is still friends. The shake up of her life 3 years ago has changed a lot for Rori, but she’s still tried to keep in contact with everyone she was friendly with in Baybridge. She would also like to reconnect with her family – especially now that she’s lost Max.

History/Bio:

Younger Rori

Rori was born to a relatively large family. They were the fourth child born into the family, with an older brother and two older sisters. Their younger brother was born just a year after they were. Their parents were strict Christians and brought up all of their children to be religious as well. This wasn't something that Rori ever liked but they had to go along with it. Along with this their parents were incredibly anti-metahuman.

Even though Rori had little in common with their siblings they always tried to get along with them and most often succeeded. They got on best with their younger brother, Conor, though he was rather annoying. There was the smallest age gap between the two of them which helped. However the person Rori did got on very well with was their cousin, Max. The two families grew up near each other and Rori would spend a lot of time with their cousin. The two got on, though Max was a much less friendly and more troublesome individual than Rori.

However when Rori was eight there was a fall out between the two families. They were forbidden from seeing Max again and eventually Max and her family moved away to another city.

Rori lived a relatively normal life until they were twelve. It was at this point that they began to become aware enough to question they had been assigned at birth. Rori certainly didn't feel like a girl, felt uncomfortable within their own body and disliked being lumped in with either of the binary genders. They eventually came to the conclusion that they were neither. It took a lot of courage but they told their family. The result wasn't good. The only reaction they got was negative and then given the strict warning to never talk about it 'or else.' This was one of the more unhappy periods of Rori's life as they were forced to keep going under the name Roisin and as a girl.

It was years after this that their powers began to manifest. The change was subtle at first. Their eyesight changed - getting better. Then they stopped blinking and began to form light feathers across her body. They did their best to hide this even though they didn't know what was going on. Rori panicked a lot more when they first changed shape into a bird. Having no idea what was going on and panicking slightly they continued to try and hide it.

They were around twelve when their parents walked in on them mid-change. It was safe to say Rori became more of a disappointment than they had been before. The fear on their parents faces was clear. For the next few days their parents said nothing. But Rori noticed the difference, and heard the private phone calls they made. Their parent's hatred for metahumans seemed to extend even to their child. Things took a turn for the worse when Rori overheard a conversation her father had on the phone that suggested they would send Rori away to have their powers removed and, if that wasn't possible (which is clearly wasn't), to have them killed.

Feeling even more scared than before Rori didn't have much choice but to pack a bag and run away from home. They lived on the streets for a while, getting by however they could. After a short while they managed to get enough money to pay for a bus. They didn't care where it went as long as it was away. They ended up in Baybridge. It took them a bit to figure out how the weird combination of towns worked but soon found out how Baybridge was set up.

They somehow made their way to Faircrest Woods and, well, the forests there seemed like a good place to set up. It was better than the streets at least. It was here that Rori learned to control their power better. They had to learn how to survive in forest areas. The ability to turn into a bird help - after all they could hunt as certain birds. They found they could stay in the form of a bird for days on end without losing their humanity. This also helped with hiding from other humans that may wander into the forest. It wasn't a great life, but it could have been worse.

However they did have cravings for human contact. Often they would take trips to the more central areas of Baybridge and occasionally, upon talking to locals, would get some kind of small change. They always saved this up to buy notebooks and kept up writing and drawing even when living an odd life in the forest. It was one of these trips that led to them bumping into their cousin, Max.

Rori and Max hadn't seen each other for years, however they recognised each other. It was something of a coincidence that they met again but a good one, at least for Rori. Max had just come out of the Academy Program, and was about to begin training to join RAVEN. After talking to Rori and finding out their condition Max used some money left over from her parents to buy a house in a middle-class area in Baybridge, deciding to support Rori while they worked out what they wanted to do.

That was two years ago. In the time between Rori has began to be more who they are, finally having the money to buy clothing such as binders to alleviate physical dysphoria they have. They picked up a lot of musical instruments again - an expense that annoyed Max, but she was more okay with it after Rori starting playing in public places and picking up some money here and there. Along with this they have access to technology - a phone and a laptop. The laptop is more used for writing and they have started to talk to people through the internet.

Earlier Baybridge

Two years later. In the time between Rori begun to be more who they are, finally having the money to buy clothing such as binders to alleviate physical dysphoria they have. They picked up a lot of musical instruments again - an expense that annoyed Max, but she was more okay with it after Rori starting playing in public places and picking up some money here and there. Along with this they have access to technology - a phone and a laptop. The laptop is more used for writing and they have started to talk to people through the internet.

Rori enjoyed living in Baybridge; they had began to make friends. It started with one close friend, and then they met another at a celebration for a community opening. It seemed pretty great. They then made another - accidentally at first when being pulled in as a bird by the other's air powers. They met in person, though, and got on pretty well.

Then they got caught up in the second of the overload incidents. This caused their bird features to become more pronounced and they went through the agonising experience of growing wings they didn't have before. This left them in a pretty bad state. They then, unluckily, got stuck in the third overload incident. They tried to survive it better as a bird, but this only ended up with them getting stuck mid-change. They came out of it with a broken arm and wing. They also, unfortunately, were out with friends when everything literally started turning into trees. However they escaped unscathed due to the friends they were with.

After the overload incidents Rori managed to stay out of any more of the incidents happening in Baybridge, as much as any normal citizen could. However they weren’t entirely unaffected. During the fight with the Founding Family Max died, leaving Rori without any kind of guardian. Thankfully Max left Rori with just about enough money to get by.

Post Founding Family

With Max’s death Rori cut themselves off slightly as they tried to figure out what to do. They finally motivated themselves to apply for going back to school, selecting specific art schools which also offered boarding. They got into one on the other side of the country so packed up and moved there, doing three years of school (with a lot of catching up to do) before leaving just a few months ago. Now with more experience with both music and art they’ve moved back to Baybridge, into the house that Max left to them, in the hope that they can make a career out of it vaguely peacefully.

Relationships

Family:

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Breandan Aherne - Father

Elizabeth Aherne - Mother

Aiden Aherne - Older Brother

Sairose Aherne, Eva Aherne - Older Sisters

Conor Aherne - Younger Brother

Felipe Diaz - Uncle (Deceased, Regeneration)

Naomi Diaz - Aunt (Deceased)

Salvador Diaz - Cousin (Regeneration)

Maxine Diaz - Cousin (Deceased, Power Stealing)

Dynamics:

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| Wendy Lucker |

| Good | Friend | "Wendy was probably the first friend I had after moving to Baybridge. I don't know what she's doing now, but I'd like to see her again." |

Even though the main thing that unites Wendy and Rori is art Rori views Wendy as a close friend. This is maybe, just slightly, because Rori doesn't really have any other friends. However Rori hasn’t seen Wendy for three years.

| Haruka Takashiro |

| Good | Friend | "I still have fond memories of meeting Haruka when I was a bird. I haven't seen him in a while, but I hope we meet again soon." |

Rori met Haruka when first when they were a bird (and didn't have the energy to change back). Even so Haruka was nice to them and it left an impression. The two met again as humans briefly in the Academy's library. In the past three months, since everything has died down a bit, Rori has been spending a lot of time with Haruka. They've really bonded over music and writing, often playing different pieces together. Rori really views him as a good friend. Like Wendy, Rori hasn’t seen Haruka for a few years.

Abilities

Power Class:

Super-system (Bestial)

Power:
Permanent Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than other humans. This gives them a much better vision than normal humans meaning she can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often has to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feather covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. They're bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a birds, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make her lighter than she looks. It allows her to jump higher than the normal person but she wasn't quite blessed with wings as a human.

After the incident in Ranchester Mall there have been some changes to their bird physiology, making them even more of a bird-human hybrid. The feathers that covered most of their body have thickened greatly. Along with this they have spread, right down to their hands and up to underneath and around their chin. They have now also grown a pair of wings. These wings are mostly impractical with a span just under double the length of their arms held out. While they have grown longer than when they initially appeared, the fact she is a human with wings means flying is somewhat impractically. They can maybe get a bit above the ground for some period of time, but it’s easier just to change. Along with this Rori has some longer feathers at the base of their back; making a sort of tail. Even though the wings have gotten larger Rori has gotten used to the inconvenience.

Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference from her and a bird. However she retains her intelligence and mind, so often if a bird is acting as a bird should not it is probably Rori. This comes with all the features of whatever bird she turns into. She tends to turn into the average bird for that type in terms of size, strength and speed.

Limits:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being birdlike and as a result has to move their head more. their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds she can turn into. At the moment she can turn into a thrush (she tends to go for a robin), a kestrel, a hawk, a hummingbird, a duck and an owl. She can turn into any species from these sections. Along with this she can only make the change a few times per day unless she pushes herself.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

If they look into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes meaning that their vision will go blurry and it is difficult for them to see anything.

Rori gets incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue.

Along with this the longer they stay in their bird form the more they takes on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will probably forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. This would mean Rori would be permanently stuck in the form of a bird.

Rori also sometimes get stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

Other:

• Rori absolutely hates the name Roisin, and the only time they really get annoyed is when someone calls them by that name (or refers to them as a girl or boy)
• The nickname Robin was one given to them by their cousin, Max, when they were younger due to Rori having red hair like a Robin's chest and being quite flighty/timid as a child
• Rori's father is Irish, and moved over to the US as a young adult

Baybridge: Era of Old / New Gods

Rori Aherne

Basic Information

Name:

Rori Devin Aherne (Born Roisin Anna Aherne)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Robin (Nickname / Used while living in Faircrest Woods)
RedRobin (Internet handle)

Gender:

Agender

Age:

17

Height:

5'1"

Weight:

95 lb

Home District:

West Woodlake (Originally from out of town, stayed in Faircrest Woods for a period of time)

Appearance

Hair Color:

Naturally auburn-red, currently dyed green at the top and more blue at the bottom

Eye Color:

Light brown-yellow

Ethnicity:

Irish, British

Physical Appearance:

The first thing that most notice about Rori is their somewhat small height. This is something that came from their mother's side of their family (though their father isn't exactly tall either) and one feature that they share with their cousin, Max. While it has never been something that particularly bothers Rori it does help to be something of an identifying factor. Along with this small height they are quite light which is a combination of a lack of muscles, a high metabolism and slightly lighter bones than you would expect (almost as if a preparation for her being able to fly, though they don't have wings when in a more humanoid form).

Figure wise Rori is hardly athletic. It's quite obvious that they don't particularly make an effort to keep in good shape and is mostly skinny due to the virtue of a high metabolism and not eating too much. They do look quite scrawny. Born female Rori, when not binding, has a quite visibly female body. They have a quite well sized chest (much to their annoyance) which has never been particularly helpful in regards to their dysphoria. Thankfully, however, the rest of their body is more flat and boyish with a lack of curves at the hips. This means there's just one main area to deal with. Most of the time when they are out Rori will be found wearing a binder, which flattens their chest and gives them a much more gender neutral appearance.

This neutral appearance was added to by the fact that they kept their hair, currently dyed a dark blue, short and scruffy. However the past three months they've let their hair grow out a bit more; it now falls in more of a scruffy, unruly bob a bit above their shoulders. It's really due being cut anyway it's so messy. Their skin is paler than the typical Caucasian light skin colour, typical of those with Irish blood. The freckles that cover their face and body come with the hair colour and complexion. As does the unfortunate burning when exposed to the sun for any length of time. High factor sun cream is needed to prevent this when they are out in the sun for even a few minutes. Their eyes are large, and not entirely human, set an average space apart in a quite round face. Their face shape is soft and childish. This, and their height, gives them the appearance of being younger than they actually are.

Rori does have scars. Most of these are in less visible places, covered by clothing or feathers. There are a few one their face with the most noticeable being a thing scar along their cheek, starting below their eye. She doesn't talk about how they got it. There are also quite a few along their arms - again thin, white scars that are barely noticeable on her already pale skin.

Along with the features shared by most humans Rori has some more... animalistic features. These come from their abilities, the bird thing not only being when they turn into them. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing (for a human at least) about them is their eyes. The yellow tinge to the brown they are, and the fact that neither of her parents have brown eyes, is just part of it. Their eyes are more like that of a bird's than a human's. This means that they don't have the same kind of vision as human's and are often found looking around to try and see to the side due to not having the same capability to move around their eyes in their sockets. What is sometimes noticeable is the fact they do not blink... at least normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does the whole blinking action for them. The other not so visible feature is feathers than cover quite a bit of their body. These are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and upper arms. These are more spaced out and still quite soft on the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers on their back. These full, dense feathers cover all of their back before becoming slightly softer around the waistline and then disappearing. Most of the feathers are brown, with a slight reddish hint. The ones on their chest are more red than the ones in other areas. They also have a set of bird wings; with a similar colouration to their feathers. These are darker at the bones, and more reddish the further out the feathers get. They have a span a bit longer than Rori's arms when stretched out; however these wings are still growing. Rori does also have other bird features but these are not visible.

Attire:

Rori goes for comfort over style in clothing. The clothes they wear are more gender neutral, and as a result go more towards being boyish. They would not be found dead in a skirt or dress and if forced into one would feel incredibly uncomfortable. They tend to wear more baggy shirts - preferably with sleeves long enough to cover the feathers on the top of their arms. These are sometimes plain, or sometimes have some kind of nerdy reference on them. They often wear jeans or more comfortable trousers and a hoody on top. Along with this they almost always wear some kind of scarf, even if it is warm - after all it's the easiest way to cover the feathers on their neck. The colouration of their clothing tends to be green and blue, along with black and white.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

The first, most obvious thing about Rori's personality is that they always appear to be incredibly cheerful. They almost always seem to be smiling even if there isn't much to be happy about. This isn't to say they would be happy in what is a sad situation. But they do have quite an astounding ability to make the best out of everything. This optimism can be good sometimes but also annoying to others, along with their intense cheerfulness.

Another main aspect of Rori's outward personality is how friendly they are. They enjoy spending time with others and often choose to do so. They just like talking. They talk a lot. More than they really should and to the point of annoying people (something they do quite often). However even if they are a very social person Rori isn't necessarily the most socially aware. This isn't through any fault of their own but more due to being isolate for about three years of their life, and not going to school since they were twelve. This has limited the amount of actual social interaction they can do. So for all their eagerness to get to know people sometimes they just don't understand boundaries or when to stop being friendly and talking. They also probably wouldn't realise if someone was taking advantage of them. They are getting better at this.

Along with this Rori is quite energetic and hyperactive. They have a difficult time concentrating on things they don't enjoy, mostly anything that isn't art, writing or music, and always seem full of energy. This makes them bright and adds to their cheerfulness but also makes them very exhausting to be around. They don't mean to be but it's just a thing that happens. Rori never seems tired even if they got next to no sleep and can be very difficult to keep up with.

Rori isn't actually always happy. They are an optimist, yes. But they aren't as cheerful as they make out to be. In some ways they use it to hide other things. Rori isn't the best emotionally. They are not incredibly emotional but often the opposite - they do not feel strong emotions either way. It's been easier to pretend to be happy, though. People don't ask too many questions that way.

It would have been impossible for Rori to go through some of the things they did and come out the other end unscarred emotionally. Rori is in a surprisingly good emotional state for what happened. They don't like to talk about it. Even before their powers manifested their parents weren't exactly good to them, a combination of Rori's lack of gender conformity and not exactly being the child they wanted them to be. This was added to by the dysphoria they themselves felt due to their physical body and being referred to as a girl. While it has been a long time since they were viewed as a girl there are still some lasting effects of this lack of acceptance. However, Rori keeps this all to herself. They feel that it's better this way.

Even so, Rori really is quite friendly. But part of this comes from looking for acceptance - as the person she is, both with the whole human-bird hybrid thing and being a gender out with of the 'normal' binary.

Hobbies/Interests:

Writing: Rori loves writing. Their writing tends to tend towards fictional story and they often get inspired with various story ideas, which they keep written down in a book. They are often found writing in a notebook or typing something up on a computer.

Art: Rori also loves drawing and painting, most often drawing in a sketchpad. Quite often their drawings are related to stories they are writing or are of birds.

Music: Rori is musically talented and learned a lot of instruments at a young age. They picked back up a lot of them two years ago with very little loss in skill. They play piano, clarinet, violin and Irish tin whistle with plans to learn more. They especially like traditional Irish and Scottish music.

Skills/Talents:

Socialising: Rori is incredibly friendly and cheerful, if a bit shy, meaning they excel in social situations and find it easy to make friends. In general they are very easy to get along with. Their ability to make friends is a bit of a talent.

Creative: Adding on to her hobbies is a natural talent. Rori is very skilled at both writing and drawing/painting and this talent is added to by hard work. They have quite an imagination, which helps.

Musical: Rori also has a natural talent in music, adding to their creativity. They play quite a lot of instruments and find new ones easy to pick up. They also have a good sense of rhythm and a good ear, finding sight reading music easy.

Survival: Rori survived for quite a time on their own, and had to learn survival the hard way. They figured out how to survive in more natural environments including scavenging for food, cooking on an open fire and similar. They also learned how to make shelter and hunt (as a bird, admittedly). They also lived on the streets for a bit, however got by in a less good fashion there and could hardly be called street wise.

Goals/Motivation

School and College: One of Rori's main goals in to make their own life. They've spent a lot of their time just trying to survive before living with their cousin, with a life dependant on Max. They haven't been to school since they were thirteen and the only thing that isn't behind others their age is their writing and reading. A large goal of theirs is to get into college, preferably for art or music.

Friends / Family: A large motivation for Rori is to make friends. While they find this easy, in general, situation has meant they don't get to spend much time with others. However over the last two years they've spent more time talking to people through the internet and hope that that will help them, along with the possibility of trying to start college. They would also ultimately like to reconcile with their family but doubt that that'll ever happen.

History/Bio:

Rori was born to a relatively large family. They were the fourth child born into the family, with an older brother and two older sisters. Their younger brother was born just a year after they were. Their parents were strict Christians and brought up all of their children to be religious as well. This wasn't something that Rori ever liked but they had to go along with it. Along with this their parents were incredibly anti-metahuman.

Even though Rori had little in common with their siblings they always tried to get along with them and most often succeeded. They got on best with their younger brother, Conor, though he was rather annoying. There was the smallest age gap between the two of them which helped. However the person Rori did got on very well with was their cousin, Max. The two families grew up near each other and Rori would spend a lot of time with their cousin. The two got on, though Max was a much less friendly and more troublesome individual than Rori.

However when Rori was eight there was a fall out between the two families. They were forbidden from seeing Max again and eventually Max and her family moved away to another city.

Rori lived a relatively normal life until they were twelve. It was at this point that they began to become aware enough to question they had been assigned at birth. Rori certainly didn't feel like a girl, felt uncomfortable within their own body and disliked being lumped in with either of the binary genders. They eventually came to the conclusion that they were neither. It took a lot of courage but they told their family. The result wasn't good. The only reaction they got was negative and then given the strict warning to never talk about it 'or else.' This was one of the more unhappy periods of Rori's life as they were forced to keep going under the name Roisin and as a girl.

It was years after this that their powers began to manifest. The change was subtle at first. Their eyesight changed - getting better. Then they stopped blinking and began to form light feathers across her body. They did their best to hide this even though they didn't know what was going on. Rori panicked a lot more when they first changed shape into a bird. Having no idea what was going on and panicking slightly they continued to try and hide it.

They were around twelve when their parents walked in on them mid-change. It was safe to say Rori became more of a disappointment than they had been before. The fear on their parents faces was clear. For the next few days their parents said nothing. But Rori noticed the difference, and heard the private phone calls they made. Their parent's hatred for metahumans seemed to extend even to their child. Things took a turn for the worse when Rori overheard a conversation her father had on the phone that suggested they would send Rori away to have their powers removed and, if that wasn't possible (which is clearly wasn't), to have them killed.

Feeling even more scared than before Rori didn't have much choice but to pack a bag and run away from home. They lived on the streets for a while, getting by however they could. After a short while they managed to get enough money to pay for a bus. They didn't care where it went as long as it was away. They ended up in Baybridge. It took them a bit to figure out how the weird combination of towns worked but soon found out how Baybridge was set up.

They somehow made their way to Faircrest Woods and, well, the forests there seemed like a good place to set up. It was better than the streets at least. It was here that Rori learned to control their power better. They had to learn how to survive in forest areas. The ability to turn into a bird help - after all they could hunt as certain birds. They found they could stay in the form of a bird for days on end without losing their humanity. This also helped with hiding from other humans that may wander into the forest. It wasn't a great life, but it could have been worse.

However they did have cravings for human contact. Often they would take trips to the more central areas of Baybridge and occasionally, upon talking to locals, would get some kind of small change. They always saved this up to buy notebooks and kept up writing and drawing even when living an odd life in the forest. It was one of these trips that led to them bumping into their cousin, Max.

Rori and Max hadn't seen each other for years, however they recognised each other. It was something of a coincidence that they met again but a good one, at least for Rori. Max had just come out of the Academy Program, and was about to begin training to join RAVEN. After talking to Rori and finding out their condition Max used some money left over from her parents to buy a house in a middle-class area in Baybridge, deciding to support Rori while they worked out what they wanted to do.

That was two years ago. In the time between Rori has began to be more who they are, finally having the money to buy clothing such as binders to alleviate physical dysphoria they have. They picked up a lot of musical instruments again - an expense that annoyed Max, but she was more okay with it after Rori starting playing in public places and picking up some money here and there. Along with this they have access to technology - a phone and a laptop. The laptop is more used for writing and they have started to talk to people through the internet.

Rori enjoyed living in Baybridge; they had began to make friends. It started with one close friend, and then they met another at a celebration for a community opening. It seemed pretty great. They then made another - accidentally at first when being pulled in as a bird by the other's air powers. They met in person, though, and got on pretty well.

Then they got caught up in the second of the overload incidents. This caused their bird features to become more pronounced and they went through the agonising experience of growing wings they didn't have before. This left them in a pretty bad state. They then, unluckily, got stuck in the third overload incident. They tried to survive it better as a bird, but this only ended up with them getting stuck mid-change. They came out of it with a broken arm and wing. They also, unfortunately, were out with friends when everything literally started turning into trees. However they escaped unscathed due to the friends they were with.

Now their arm is finally fixed, and their spending most of their time out and about due to their cousin being away. During this time they've began to look into going back to school again. Recently their younger brother, Conor, contacted them and their hoping to meet with him and get back into contact with family.

Relationships

Family:

Breandan Aherne - Father

Elizabeth Aherne - Mother

Aiden Aherne - Older Brother

Sairose Aherne, Eva Aherne - Older Sisters

Conor Aherne - Younger Brother (

Felipe Diaz - Uncle (Deceased, Regeneration)

Naomi Diaz - Aunt (Deceased)

Salvador Diaz - Cousin (Regeneration)

Maxine Diaz - Cousin (Power Stealing)

Dynamics:

| Max Diaz |

| Good | Cousin / Friend | "Max is super cool. She's changed a lot, but in a good way. We get on." |

Max and Rori were close when they were younger, and this friendship has increased the past few years. Max is essentially supporting Rori and giving them a place to live. They're only getting closer now that Max is assigned to Baybridge and is permanently living in the house in West Woodlake.

| Wendy Lucker |

| Good | Friend | "I really like Wendy! She's the first friend I've had in a long while... and she's my age! It's great." |

Even though the main thing that unites Wendy and Rori is art Rori views Wendy as a close friend. This is maybe, just slightly, because Rori doesn't really have any other friends. To Rori it's a bit of a shock to be (seemingly) accepted both in terms of their gender and less human like features. Rori likes having someone to talk to about one her main passions, art, which is something her cousin has no interest in. Rori has also been eager to grill Wendy on what it's like going to school but hasn't quite gotten round to it yet.

| Ellen Nile |

| Mostly Good | Acquaintance | "I think Ellen seems nice, I just haven't spoken to her enough yet." |

Rori only recently met Ellen, and thought she seemed nice. Her and Wendy got on as well. Rori is always looking to get on with everyone around them. However, there was also some awkwardness in their first encounter over a photo being taken.

| Haruka Takashiro |

| Good | Friend | "He was really nice to me when I was a bird - and is still really nice. I like spending time with him!" |

Rori met Haruka when first when they were a bird (and didn't have the energy to change back). Even so Haruka was nice to them and it left an impression. The two met again as humans briefly in the Academy's library. In the past three months, since everything has died down a bit, Rori has been spending a lot of time with Haruka. They've really bonded over music and writing, often playing different pieces together. Rori really views him as a good friend.

Abilities

Power Class:

Super-system (Bestial)

Power:
Bird Physiology

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than other humans. This gives them a much better vision than normal humans meaning she can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often has to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feather covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. They're bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a birds, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make her lighter than she looks. It allows her to jump higher than the normal person but she wasn't quite blessed with wings as a human.

However after the incident in Ranchester Mall there have been some changes to their bird physiology, making them even more of a bird-human hybrid. The feathers that covered most of their body have thickened greatly. Along with this they have spread, right down to their hands and up to underneath and around their chin. They have now also grown a pair of wings. Unfortunately for Rori these are rather impractical; their current total width is the length of Rori's two arms spread out. They don't show any sign of growing further (thankfully, as the first time was painful). As a result they are nowhere near large enough to allow Rori to fly. The wings allow Rori to, at most, hover a few centimetres above the ground. Along with this Rori has also grown some longer feathers at the base of their back; making a sort of tail. Rori doesn't like these changes.

Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference from her and a bird. However she retains her intelligence and mind, so often if a bird is acting as a bird should not it is probably Rori. This comes with all the features of whatever bird she turns into. She tends to turn into the average bird for that type in terms of size, strength and speed.

Limits:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being birdlike and as a result has to move their head more. their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds she can turn into. At the moment she can turn into a thrush (she tends to go for a robin), a kestrel, a hawk, a hummingbird, a duck and an owl. She can turn into any species from these sections. Along with this she can only make the change a few times per day unless she pushes herself.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

If they look into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes meaning that their vision will go blurry and it is difficult for them to see anything.

Rori gets incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue.

Along with this the longer they stay in their bird form the more they takes on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will probably forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. This would mean Rori would be permanently stuck in the form of a bird.

Rori also sometimes get stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

Rori's new wings (if you could call them that) cause a lot of pain to them at the moment; they are stiff and often ache, and the skin around them gets cut if Rori moves the wings too much. This may only be a temporary weakness.

Other:

• Rori absolutely hates the name Roisin, and the only time they really get annoyed is when someone calls them by that name
• The nickname Robin was one given to them by their cousin, Max, when they were younger due to Rori having red hair like a Robin's chest and being quite flighty/timid as a child
• Rori's father is Irish, and moved over to the US as a young adult
• Rori hates the wings they have got. They were okay as they were, but now they feel their even more of a bird freak.

Baybridge: Old Ghosts

Rori Aherne

Basic Information

Name:

Rori Devin Aherne (Born Roisin Anna Aherne)

Nickname/Alias/Etc:

Robin (Nickname / Used while living in Faircrest Woods)
RedRobin (Internet handle)

Gender:

Agender

Age:

17

Height:

5'1"

Weight:

95 lb

Home District:

West Woodlake (Originally from out of town, stayed in Faircrest Woods for a period of time)

Appearance

Hair Color:

Naturally auburn-red, currently dyed blue

Eye Color:

Light brown-yellow

Ethnicity:

Irish, British

Physical Appearance:

The first thing that most notice about Rori is their somewhat small height. This is something that came from their mother's side of their family (though their father isn't exactly tall either) and one feature that they share with their cousin, Max. While it has never been something that particularly bothers Rori it does help to be something of an identifying factor. Along with this small height they are quite light which is a combination of a lack of muscles, a high metabolism and slightly lighter bones than you would expect (almost as if a preparation for her being able to fly, though they don't have wings when in a more humanoid form).

Figure wise Rori is hardly athletic. It's quite obvious that they don't particularly make an effort to keep in good shape and is mostly skinny due to the virtue of a high metabolism and not eating too much. They do look quite scrawny. Born female Rori, when not binding, has a quite visibly female body. They have a quite well sized chest (much to their annoyance) which has never been particularly helpful in regards to their dysphoria. Thankfully, however, the rest of their body is more flat and boyish with a lack of curves at the hips. This means there's just one main area to deal with. Most of the time when they are out Rori will be found wearing a binder, which flattens their chest and gives them a much more gender neutral appearance.

This neutral appearance is added to by the fact that they keep their hair, currently dyed a dark blue, short and scruffy. The style is one you would probably expect more on a boy than a girl - not particularly cut in any styled way but rather messy and falling all about their face. Their skin is paler than the typical Caucasian light skin colour, typical of those with Irish blood. The freckles that cover their face and body come with the hair colour and complexion. As does the unfortunate burning when exposed to the sun for any length of time. High factor sun cream is needed to prevent this when they are out in the sun for even a few minutes. Their eyes are large, and not entirely human, set an average space apart in a quite round face. Their face shape is soft and childish. This, and their height, gives them the appearance of being younger than they actually are.

Rori does have scars. Most of these are in less visible places, covered by clothing or feathers. There are a few one their face with the most noticeable being a thing scar along their cheek, starting below their eye. She doesn't talk about how they got it. There are also quite a few along their arms - again thin, white scars that are barely noticeable on her already pale skin.

Along with the features shared by most humans Rori has some more... animalistic features. These come from their abilities, the bird thing not only being when they turn into them. The first, and most obvious, unnatural thing (for a human at least) about them is their eyes. The yellow tinge to the brown they are, and the fact that neither of her parents have brown eyes, is just part of it. Their eyes are more like that of a bird's than a human's. This means that they don't have the same kind of vision as human's and are often found looking around to try and see to the side due to not having the same capability to move around their eyes in their sockets. What is sometimes noticeable is the fact they do not blink... at least normally. Instead they have a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane, that does the whole blinking action for them. The other not so visible feature is feathers than cover quite a bit of their body. These are found on their top half, beginning as soft down feathers around their neck and upper arms. These are more spaced out and still quite soft on the front of their body. However they turn into more proper feathers on their back. These full, dense feathers cover all of their back before becoming slightly softer around the waistline and then disappearing. Most of the feathers are brown, with a slight reddish hint. The ones on their chest are more red than the ones in other areas. They do also have other bird features but these are not visible.

Attire:

Rori goes for comfort over style in clothing. The clothes they wear are more gender neutral, and as a result go more towards being boyish. They would not be found dead in a skirt or dress and if forced into one would feel incredibly uncomfortable. They tend to wear more baggy shirts - preferably with sleeves long enough to cover the feathers on the top of their arms. These are sometimes plain, or sometimes have some kind of nerdy reference on them. They often wear jeans or more comfortable trousers and a hoody on top. Along with this they almost always wear some kind of scarf, even if it is warm - after all it's the easiest way to cover the feathers on their neck. The colouration of their clothing tends to be green and blue, along with black and white.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:

The first, most obvious thing about Rori's personality is that they always appear to be incredibly cheerful. They almost always seem to be smiling even if there isn't much to be happy about. This isn't to say they would be happy in what is a sad situation. But they do have quite an astounding ability to make the best out of everything. This optimism can be good sometimes but also annoying to others, along with their intense cheerfulness.

Another main aspect of Rori's outward personality is how friendly they are. They enjoy spending time with others and often choose to do so. They just like talking. They talk a lot. More than they really should and to the point of annoying people (something they do quite often). However even if they are a very social person Rori isn't necessarily the most socially aware. This isn't through any fault of their own but more due to being isolate for about three years of their life, and not going to school since they were twelve. This has limited the amount of actual social interaction they can do. So for all their eagerness to get to know people sometimes they just don't understand boundaries or when to stop being friendly and talking. They also probably wouldn't realise if someone was taking advantage of them. They are getting better at this.

Along with this Rori is quite energetic and hyperactive. They have a difficult time concentrating on things they don't enjoy, mostly anything that isn't art, writing or music, and always seem full of energy. This makes them bright and adds to their cheerfulness but also makes them very exhausting to be around. They don't mean to be but it's just a thing that happens. Rori never seems tired even if they got next to no sleep and can be very difficult to keep up with.

Rori isn't actually always happy. They are an optimist, yes. But they aren't as cheerful as they make out to be. In some ways they use it to hide other things. Rori isn't the best emotionally. They are not incredibly emotional but often the opposite - they do not feel strong emotions either way. It's been easier to pretend to be happy, though. People don't ask too many questions that way.

It would have been impossible for Rori to go through some of the things they did and come out the other end unscarred emotionally. Rori is in a surprisingly good emotional state for what happened. They don't like to talk about it. Even before their powers manifested their parents weren't exactly good to them, a combination of Rori's lack of gender conformity and not exactly being the child they wanted them to be. This was added to by the dysphoria they themselves felt due to their physical body and being referred to as a girl. While it has been a long time since they were viewed as a girl there are still some lasting effects of this lack of acceptance. However, Rori keeps this all to herself. They feel that it's better this way.

Even so, Rori really is quite friendly. But part of this comes from looking for acceptance - as the person she is, both with the whole human-bird hybrid thing and being a gender out with of the 'normal' binary.

Hobbies/Interests:

Writing: Rori loves writing. Their writing tends to tend towards fictional story and they often get inspired with various story ideas, which they keep written down in a book. They are often found writing in a notebook or typing something up on a computer.

Art: Rori also loves drawing and painting, most often drawing in a sketchpad. Quite often their drawings are related to stories they are writing or are of birds.

Music: Rori is musically talented and learned a lot of instruments at a young age. They picked back up a lot of them two years ago with very little loss in skill. They play piano, clarinet, violin and Irish tin whistle with plans to learn more. They especially like traditional Irish and Scottish music.

Skills/Talents:

Socialising: Rori is incredibly friendly and cheerful, if a bit shy, meaning they excel in social situations and find it easy to make friends. In general they are very easy to get along with. Their ability to make friends is a bit of a talent.

Creative: Adding on to her hobbies is a natural talent. Rori is very skilled at both writing and drawing/painting and this talent is added to by hard work. They have quite an imagination, which helps.

Musical: Rori also has a natural talent in music, adding to their creativity. They play quite a lot of instruments and find new ones easy to pick up. They also have a good sense of rhythm and a good ear, finding sight reading music easy.

Survival: Rori survived for quite a time on their own, and had to learn survival the hard way. They figured out how to survive in more natural environments including scavenging for food, cooking on an open fire and similar. They also learned how to make shelter and hunt (as a bird, admittedly). They also lived on the streets for a bit, however got by in a less good fashion there and could hardly be called street wise.

Goals/Motivation

School and College: One of Rori's main goals in to make their own life. They've spent a lot of their time just trying to survive before living with their cousin, with a life dependant on Max. They haven't been to school since they were thirteen and the only thing that isn't behind others their age is their writing and reading. A large goal of theirs is to get into college, preferably for art or music.

Friends / Family: A large motivation for Rori is to make friends. While they find this easy, in general, situation has meant they don't get to spend much time with others. However over the last two years they've spent more time talking to people through the internet and hope that that will help them, along with the possibility of trying to start college. They would also ultimately like to reconcile with their family but doubt that that'll ever happen.

History/Bio:

Rori was born to a relatively large family. They were the fourth child born into the family, with an older brother and two older sisters. Their younger brother was born just a year after they were. Their parents were strict Christians and brought up all of their children to be religious as well. This wasn't something that Rori ever liked but they had to go along with it. Along with this their parents were incredibly anti-metahuman.

Even though Rori had little in common with their siblings they always tried to get along with them and most often succeeded. They got on best with their younger brother, Conor, though he was rather annoying. There was the smallest age gap between the two of them which helped. However the person Rori did got on very well with was their cousin, Max. The two families grew up near each other and Rori would spend a lot of time with their cousin. The two got on, though Max was a much less friendly and more troublesome individual than Rori.

However when Rori was eight there was a fall out between the two families. They were forbidden from seeing Max again and eventually Max and her family moved away to another city.

Rori lived a relatively normal life until they were twelve. It was at this point that they began to become aware enough to question they had been assigned at birth. Rori certainly didn't feel like a girl, felt uncomfortable within their own body and disliked being lumped in with either of the binary genders. They eventually came to the conclusion that they were neither. It took a lot of courage but they told their family. The result wasn't good. The only reaction they got was negative and then given the strict warning to never talk about it 'or else.' This was one of the more unhappy periods of Rori's life as they were forced to keep going under the name Roisin and as a girl.

It was years after this that their powers began to manifest. The change was subtle at first. Their eyesight changed - getting better. Then they stopped blinking and began to form light feathers across her body. They did their best to hide this even though they didn't know what was going on. Rori panicked a lot more when they first changed shape into a bird. Having no idea what was going on and panicking slightly they continued to try and hide it.

They were around twelve when their parents walked in on them mid-change. It was safe to say Rori became more of a disappointment than they had been before. The fear on their parents faces was clear. For the next few days their parents said nothing. But Rori noticed the difference, and heard the private phone calls they made. Their parent's hatred for metahumans seemed to extend even to their child. Things took a turn for the worse when Rori overheard a conversation her father had on the phone that suggested they would send Rori away to have their powers removed and, if that wasn't possible (which is clearly wasn't), to have them killed.

Feeling even more scared than before Rori didn't have much choice but to pack a bag and run away from home. They lived on the streets for a while, getting by however they could. After a short while they managed to get enough money to pay for a bus. They didn't care where it went as long as it was away. They ended up in Baybridge. It took them a bit to figure out how the weird combination of towns worked but soon found out how Baybridge was set up.

They somehow made their way to Faircrest Woods and, well, the forests there seemed like a good place to set up. It was better than the streets at least. It was here that Rori learned to control their power better. They had to learn how to survive in forest areas. The ability to turn into a bird help - after all they could hunt as certain birds. They found they could stay in the form of a bird for days on end without losing their humanity. This also helped with hiding from other humans that may wander into the forest. It wasn't a great life, but it could have been worse.

However they did have cravings for human contact. Often they would take trips to the more central areas of Baybridge and occasionally, upon talking to locals, would get some kind of small change. They always saved this up to buy notebooks and kept up writing and drawing even when living an odd life in the forest. It was one of these trips that led to them bumping into their cousin, Max.

Rori and Max hadn't seen each other for years, however they recognised each other. It was something of a coincidence that they met again but a good one, at least for Rori. Max had just come out of the Academy Program, and was about to begin training to join RAVEN. After talking to Rori and finding out their condition Max used some money left over from her parents to buy a house in a middle-class area in Baybridge, deciding to support Rori while they worked out what they wanted to do.

That was two years ago. In the time between Rori has began to be more who they are, finally having the money to buy clothing such as binders to alleviate physical dysphoria they have. They picked up a lot of musical instruments again - an expense that annoyed Max, but she was more okay with it after Rori starting playing in public places and picking up some money here and there. Along with this they have access to technology - a phone and a laptop. The laptop is more used for writing and they have started to talk to people through the internet.

Life is better for Rori now. But still, they don't want to depend on Max forever and are looking for ways to make their own life.

Relationships

Family:

Breandan Aherne - Father

Elizabeth Aherne - Mother

Aiden Aherne - Older Brother

Sairose Aherne, Eva Aherne - Older Sisters

Conor Aherne - Younger Brother (

Felipe Diaz - Uncle (Deceased, Regeneration)

Naomi Diaz - Aunt (Deceased)

Salvador Diaz - Cousin (Regeneration)

Maxine Diaz - Cousin (Power Stealing)

Dynamics:

| Max Diaz |

| Good | Cousin / Friend | "Max is super cool. She's changed a lot, but in a good way. We get on." |

Max and Rori were close when they were younger, and this friendship has increased the past few years. Max is essentially supporting Rori and giving them a place to live. They're only getting closer now that Max is assigned to Baybridge and is permanently living in the house in West Woodlake.

| Salvador Diaz |

| Neutral | Cousin | "I don't know what to think about Salvador. He seems... cold to say the least." |

Rori was never close to Salvador, and the two don't see each other often. The most contact Rori has with him is when he visits Max (due to living in Baybridge also). However, Rori doesn't exactly dislike him.

| Wendy Lucker |

| Good | Friend | "I really like Wendy! She's the first friend I've had in a long while... and she's my age! It's great." |

Even though the main thing that unites Wendy and Rori is art Rori views Wendy as a close friend. This is maybe, just slightly, because Rori doesn't really have any other friends. To Rori it's a bit of a shock to be (seemingly) accepted both in terms of their gender and less human like features. Rori likes having someone to talk to about one her main passions, art, which is something her cousin has no interest in. Rori has also been eager to grill Wendy on what it's like going to school but hasn't quite gotten round to it yet.

| Ellen Nile |

| Mostly Good | Acquaintance | "I think Ellen seems nice, I just haven't spoken to her enough yet." |

Rori only recently met Ellen, and thought she seemed nice. Her and Wendy got on as well. Rori is always looking to get on with everyone around them. However, there was also some awkwardness in their first encounter over a photo being taken.

| Haruka Takashiro |

| Basically Good | Interesting Person | "He was really nice to me when I was a bird, and even talked to me - it was cool." |

Rori has only met Haruka when they were a bird (and didn't have the energy to change back). Even so Haruka was nice to them and it left an impression. Rori hopes to meet him again

Abilities

Power Class:

Super-system (Bestial)

Power:
Bird Physiology

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than other humans. This gives them a much better vision than normal humans meaning she can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often has to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feather covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. They're bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a birds, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make her lighter than she looks. It allows her to jump higher than the normal person but she wasn't quite blessed with wings as a human.

However after the incident in Ranchester Mall there have been some changes to their bird physiology, making them even more of a bird-human hybrid. The feathers that covered most of their body have thickened greatly. Along with this they have spread, right down to their hands and up to underneath and around their chin. They have now also grown a pair of wings. Unfortunately for Rori these are rather impractical; their current total width is the length of Rori's two arms spread out. They don't show any sign of growing further (thankfully, as the first time was painful). As a result they are nowhere near large enough to allow Rori to fly. The wings allow Rori to, at most, hover a few centimetres above the ground. Along with this Rori has also grown some longer feathers at the base of their back; making a sort of tail. Rori doesn't like these changes.

Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference from her and a bird. However she retains her intelligence and mind, so often if a bird is acting as a bird should not it is probably Rori. This comes with all the features of whatever bird she turns into. She tends to turn into the average bird for that type in terms of size, strength and speed.

Limits:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being birdlike and as a result has to move their head more. their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds she can turn into. At the moment she can turn into a thrush (she tends to go for a robin), a kestrel, a hawk, a hummingbird, a duck and an owl. She can turn into any species from these sections. Along with this she can only make the change a few times per day unless she pushes herself.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

If they look into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes meaning that their vision will go blurry and it is difficult for them to see anything.

Rori gets incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue.

Along with this the longer they stay in their bird form the more they takes on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will probably forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. This would mean Rori would be permanently stuck in the form of a bird.

Rori also sometimes get stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

Rori's new wings (if you could call them that) cause a lot of pain to them at the moment; they are stiff and often ache, and the skin around them gets cut if Rori moves the wings too much. This may only be a temporary weakness.

Other:

• Rori absolutely hates the name Roisin, and the only time they really get annoyed is when someone calls them by that name
• The nickname Robin was one given to them by their cousin, Max, when they were younger due to Rori having red hair like a Robin's chest and being quite flighty/timid as a child
• Rori's father is Irish, and moved over to the US as a young adult
• Rori hates the wings they have got. They were okay as they were, but now they feel their even more of a bird freak.

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Previous (Other):

New Rivière City

Rori Aherne

Basic Information

Name:

Roisin Anna Aherne 'Rori' 'Robin'

Age:

17

Gender:

Agender (they/them pronouns)

Appearance & Attire:

Rori is pretty short, standing at around 5'1" or possibly 5'2". They aren't sure what they're exact height is. They are slightly lighter than average due to being quite skinny with a general lack of muscles. Rori certainly isn't athletic or strong looking, in fact they are really quite scrawny in that respect. Much to they're announced Rori is reasonably well sized at her chest, being around a C or D cup. Most people born female would be happy with this but it hardly helps with Rori's gender dysphoria. Most of the time Rori will be found wearing a binder to make her chest look a lot flatter. So in most circumstances Rori has a more gender neutral body and the lack of other curves helps this.

To help in having a more gender neutral appearance Rori has their hair cut short. It is in a somewhat messy style, not so short that strands don't fall across their face. Occasionally they will style it in some way but often it is just left in a mess as if they had just woken up. While naturally Rori's hair is a dark red-ginger in colour, a rather nice colour, they tend to have it dyed. This is due to them being somewhat embarrassed about the hair colour - they were teased about it at a younger age. At the moment it is dyed a dark blue. Their skin tone is fair and freckled, with a myriad of freckles covering their face. They have light brown-yellow eyes, slightly more yellow than they are brown. These are quite large and probably the most predominant facial feature. Their face is slightly round in its shape giving them quite a cute appearance and making them look a bit younger than you would expect. Cute is probably a good term to use to describe Rori, and the smile that is permanently across their lips makes them look really quite friendly.

On top of their more normal humanoid features Rori has a few that are not so humanoid. One unnatural thing about Rori is their eyes, though this isn't always obvious from a distance. They are more like a bird's than a humans and as a result does not blink with their eyelids but rather by a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane. This isn't often noticeable however. Along with this various parts of their body are covered in a soft down-like feathers. These are a light reddish-brown in colour, similar to that of their natural hair. Most of the other bird features they have aren't easily visible.

Clothing wise Rori tends to wear outfits that are more gender neutral. You won't find them in a dress or a skirt any time soon. They most often wear baggy and concealing shirts, with a binder underneath, and more loose jeans or trouser(pants) and trainers. They are almost always found wearing the same dark green hoody. They predominantly dress in green, with some darker blues to match their hair along with black and white.

Skills/Talents:

Socialising: Rori is incredibly friendly and cheerful, if a bit shy, meaning they excel in social situations and find it easy to make friends. In general they are very easy to get along with.

Optimistic: Though not much of a skill, Rori can make the most out of a bad situation and isn't one to let what is happening get the best of them. This means they can help cheers others up and will keep calm if things take a turn for the worse.

Creative: Rori is good at both writing and drawing/painting and enjoys doing both. They often get inspiration for stories for the most random things. They always carry a notebook or sketchpad around with them and often will just start writing or sketching.

Musical: To add to their creativity Rori is quite musical. They play a few instruments, including the piano, clarinet, violin and Irish tin whistle. They also enjoy listening to music and have a good sense of rhythm, always open to pick up more instruments.

Brief Backstory:

Rori was born to a relatively large family. They were the fourth child born into the family, with an older brother and two older sisters. Their younger brother was born just a year after they were. Their parents were strict Christians and brought up all of their children to be religious as well. This wasn't something that Rori ever liked but they had to go along with it. Along with this their parents were incredibly anti-metahuman.

Even though Rori had little in common with their siblings they always tried to get along with them and most often succeeded. They got on best with their younger brother, Conor, though he was rather annoying. There was the smallest age gap between the two of them which helped. However the person Rori did got on very well with was their cousin, Max. The two families grew up near each other and Rori would spend a lot of time with their cousin. The two got on, though Max was a much less friendly and more troublesome individual than Rori.
However when Rori was eight there was a fall out between the two families. They were forbidden from seeing Max again and eventually Max and her family moved away to another city.

Rori lived a relatively normal life until they were twelve. It was at this point that they began to become aware enough to question they had been assigned at birth. Rori certainly didn't feel like a girl, felt uncomfortable within their own body and disliked being lumped in with either of the binary genders. They eventually came to the conclusion that they were neither. It took a lot of courage but they told their family. The result wasn't good. The only reaction they got was negative and then given the strict warning to never talk about it 'or else.' This was one of the more unhappy periods of Rori's life as they were forced to keep going under the name Roisin and as a girl.

It was shortly after this that her powers began to manifest. The change was subtle at first. Their eyesight changed - getting better. Then they stopped blinking and began to form light feathers across her body. They did their best to hide this even though they didn't know what was going on. Rori panicked a lot more when they first changed shape into a bird. Having no idea what was going on and panicking slightly they continued to try and hide it.

They were around thirteen when their parents walked in on them mid-change. It was safe to say Rori became more of a disappointment than they had been before. The fear on their parents faces was clear. For the next few days their parents said nothing. But Rori noticed the difference, and heard the private phone calls they made. Their parent's hatred for metahumans seemed to extend even to their child. Things took a turn for the worse when Rori overheard a conversation her father had on the phone that suggested they would send Rori away to have their powers removed and, if that wasn't possible (which is clearly wasn't), to have them killed.

Feeling even more scared than before Rori didn't have much choice but to pack a bag and run away from home. While this wasn't exactly the nicest experience they spent minimal time on the streets before coming into contact once again with Max, the cousin they had once been close to. It was something of a chance encounter but led to Max taking in Rori (though Max herself was hardly an adult at the time).They were somewhat shocked to find out about their involvement in gang crime. While Sal tried to push them into it, Max was always against it. However inevitable Rori began to help somewhat though they were never particularly happy about it.

However after a close call with NEST agents were both Sal and Max were almost caught the three have moved again, leaving Sal and Max's uncle to make a life in New Rivière City. They haven't been there long and are only beginning to find their footing.

Power Information

Power Class:

Super-System (Bestial)

Power:
Permanent Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than other humans. This gives them a much better vision than normal humans meaning she can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often has to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feather covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. They're bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a birds, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make her lighter than she looks. It allows her to jump higher than the normal person but she wasn't quite blessed with wings as a human.

Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference from her and a bird. However she retains her intelligence and mind, so often if a bird is acting as a bird should not it is probably Rori. This comes with all the features of whatever bird she turns into. She tends to turn into the average bird for that type in terms of size, strength and speed.

Limits:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being birdlike and as a result has to move their head more. their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds she can turn into. At the moment she can turn into a thrush (she tends to go for a robin), a kestrel, a hawk, a hummingbird, a duck and an owl. She can turn into any species from these sections. Along with this she can only make the change a few times per day unless she pushes herself.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

If they look into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes meaning that their vision will go blurry and it is difficult for them to see anything.

Rori gets incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue.
Along with this the longer they stay in their bird form the more they takes on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will probably forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. This would mean Rori would be permanently stuck in the form of a bird.

Ruri also sometimes get stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

Relationships

Family:

Breandan Aherne - Father
Elizabeth Aherne - Mother
Aiden Aherne - Older Brother
Sairose Aherne, Eva Aherne - Older Sisters
Conor Aherne - Younger Brother
Felipe Diaz - Uncle (Deceased, Regeneration)
Naomi Diaz - Aunt (Deceased)
Salvador Diaz - Cousin (Regeneration)
Maxine Diaz - Cousin (Power Stealing)

Dynamics:

Maxine Diaz | Goodish | Friend/Cousin | "We get along well enough, I guess" |

Salvador Diaz | Neutral | Cousin | "I tend to just keep out of his way and it's all fine" |

Other

• Rori absolutely hates the name Roisin, and the only time they really get annoyed is when someone calls them by that name (or refers to them as a girl or boy)
• The nickname Robin was one given to them by their cousin, Max, when they were younger due to Rori having red hair like a Robin's chest and being quite flighty/timid as a child
• Personality wise Rori is very friendly, upbeat, cheerful and optimistic. They tend to like to joke around with other people and can often be quite teasing.
• Rori's father is Irish, and moved over to the US as a young adult

Academy 218: The Seeds of Change

Rori Aherne

Basic Information

Name:

Roisin Anna Aherne 'Rori' 'Robin'

Age:

16

Gender:

Agender

Appearance & Attire:

Rori is pretty short, standing at around 5'1" or possibly 5'2". They aren't sure what they're exact height is. They are slightly lighter than average due to being quite skinny with a general lack of muscles. Rori certainly isn't athletic or strong looking, in fact they are really quite scrawny in that respect. Much to they're announced Rori is reasonably well sized at her chest, being around a C or D cup. Most people born female would be happy with this but it hardly helps with Rori's gender dysphoria. Most of the time Rori will be found wearing a binder to make her chest look a lot flatter. So in most circumstances Rori has a more gender neutral body and the lack of other curves helps this.

To help in having a more gender neutral appearance Rori has their hair cut short. It is in a somewhat messy style, not so short that strands don't fall across their face. Occasionally they will style it in some way but often it is just left in a mess as if they had just woken up. While naturally Rori's hair is a dark red-ginger in colour, a rather nice colour, they tend to have it dyed. This is due to them being somewhat embarrassed about the hair colour - they were teased about it at a younger age. At the moment it is dyed a dark blue. Their skin tone is fair and freckled, with a myriad of freckles covering their face. They have light brown-yellow eyes, slightly more yellow than they are brown. These are quite large and probably the most predominant facial feature. Their face is slightly round in its shape giving them quite a cute appearance and making them look a bit younger than you would expect. Cute is probably a good term to use to describe Rori, and the smile that is permanently across their lips makes them look really quite friendly.

On top of their more normal humanoid features Rori has a few that are not so humanoid. One unnatural thing about Rori is their eyes, though this isn't always obvious from a distance. They are more like a bird's than a humans and as a result does not blink with their eyelids but rather by a third hidden eyelid, the nictitating membrane. This isn't often noticeable however. Along with this various parts of their body are covered in a soft down-like feathers. These are a light reddish-brown in colour, similar to that of their natural hair. Most of the other bird features they have aren't easily visible.

Clothing wise Rori tends to wear outfits that are more gender neutral. You won't find them in a dress or a skirt any time soon. They most often wear baggy and concealing shirts, with a binder underneath, and more loose jeans or trouser(pants) and trainers. They are almost always found wearing the same dark green hoody. They predominantly dress in green, with some darker blues to match their hair along with black and white.

Skills/Talents:

Socialising: Rori is incredibly friendly and cheerful, if a bit shy, meaning they excel in social situations and find it easy to make friends. In general they are very easy to get along with.

Optimistic: Though not much of a skill, Rori can make the most out of a bad situation and isn't one to let what is happening get the best of them. This means they can help cheers others up and will keep calm if things take a turn for the worse.

Creative: Rori is good at both writing and drawing/painting and enjoys doing both. They often get inspiration for stories for the most random things. They always carry a notebook or sketchpad around with them and often will just start writing or sketching.

Musical: To add to their creativity Rori is quite musical. They play a few instruments, including the piano, clarinet, violin and Irish tin whistle. They also enjoy listening to music and have a good sense of rhythm, always open to pick up more instruments.

Brief Backstory:

Rori was born to a relatively large family. They were the fourth child born into the family, with an older brother and two older sisters. Their younger brother was born just a year after they were. Their parents were strict Christians and brought up all of their children to be religious as well. This wasn't something that Rori ever liked but they had to go along with it. Along with this their parents were incredibly anti-metahuman.

Even though Rori had little in common with their siblings they always tried to get along with them and most often succeeded. They got on best with their younger brother, Conor, though he was rather annoying. There was the smallest age gap between the two of them which helped. However the person Rori did got on very well with was their cousin, Max. The two families grew up near each other and Rori would spend a lot of time with their cousin. The two got on, though Max was a much less friendly and more troublesome individual than Rori.

However when Rori was eight there was a fall out between the two families. They were forbidden from seeing Max again and eventually Max and her family moved away to another city.

Rori lived a relatively normal life until they were twelve. It was at this point that they began to become aware enough to question they had been assigned at birth. Rori certainly didn't feel like a girl, felt uncomfortable within their own body and disliked being lumped in with either of the binary genders. They eventually came to the conclusion that they were neither. It took a lot of courage but they told their family. The result wasn't good. The only reaction they got was negative and then given the strict warning to never talk about it 'or else.' This was one of the more unhappy periods of Rori's life as they were forced to keep going under the name Roisin and as a girl.

It was shortly after this that her powers began to manifest. The change was subtle at first. Their eyesight changed - getting better. Then they stopped blinking and began to form light feathers across her body. They did their best to hide this even though they didn't know what was going on. Rori panicked a lot more when they first changed shape into a bird. Having no idea what was going on and panicking slightly they continued to try and hide it.

They were around thirteen when their parents walked in on them mid-change. It was safe to say Rori became more of a disappointment than they had been before. The fear on their parents faces was clear. For the next few days their parents said nothing. But Rori noticed the difference, and heard the private phone calls they made. Their parent's hatred for metahumans seemed to extend even to their child. Things took a turn for the worse when Rori overheard a conversation her father had on the phone that suggested they would send Rori away to have their powers removed and, if that wasn't possible (which is clearly wasn't), to have them killed.

Feeling even more scared than before Rori didn't have much choice but to pack a bag and run away from home. They lived on the streets for a relatively short amount of time before someone passerby noticed that they weren't your ordinary street kid and reported them to the NEST. It was decided that letting an untrained metahuman teen live alone on the streets wasn't the most sensible idea so instead Rori was introduced into the academy scheme. They have been there ever since and has gone back to their cheerful self, finally able to be who they want to be. As a result of not having a home to go back to they are permanent residents of the academy.

Power Information

Power Class:

Super-System (Bestial)

Power:
Permanent Features

Rori has a few birdlike features that remain even when they are in a humanoid form. Their eyes are more birdlike than other humans. This gives them a much better vision than normal humans meaning she can see longer distances and colours in the ultraviolet spectrum just as birds do. However with this they struggle to move their eyes and often has to move their head around to look in other directions. Along with this they have light down-like feather covering a lot of their body - including along visible parts of their body like their arms and neck. This acts as an extra layer of clothes in terms of keeping them warm. They're bones are also lighter and stronger than most, like a birds, as if to allow for them to fly. However they have no way to fly as a human, so these just make her lighter than she looks.

Transformation

Rori can transform fully into a few forms of birds. As a bird they have all of the features of a bird and it is difficult to tell the difference from her and a bird. However she retains her intelligence and mind, so often if a bird is acting as a bird should not it is probably Rori. This comes with all the features of whatever bird she turns into. She tends to turn into the average bird for that type in terms of size, strength and speed.

Limits:

Difficulty rolling their eyes due to them being birdlike and as a result has to move their head more. their eyesight is better than normal humans but not quite as good as the best birds eyesight.

Rori is limited in the types of birds she can turn into. At the moment she can turn into a thrush (she tends to go for a robin), a kestrel, a hawk, a hummingbird, a duck and an owl. She can turn into any species from these sections. Along with this she can only make the change a few times per day unless she pushes herself.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

If they look into the far distance for too long they can strain their eyes meaning that their vision will go blurry and it is difficult for them to see anything.

Rori gets incredibly exhausted and ravenous after changing from their bird form back to their human form. This can easily be solved by eating a lot of food and a long nap. However if they don't get this they are prone to collapse without warning or faint from the fatigue.

Along with this the longer they stay in their bird form the more they takes on the characteristics of the bird. It is likely that if they remained as a bird for a prolonged period of time they will probably forget who they are and how to turn back into a human. This would mean Rori would be permanently stuck in the form of a bird.

Ruri also sometimes get stuck mid-change which is incredibly painful and traumatic. It can take them hours to get out of this state. Along with this they are often left in pain after the change and feel like they have limbs that they no longer have (such as wings).

Relationships

Family:

Breandan Aherne - Father
Elizabeth Aherne - Mother
Aiden Aherne - Older Brother
Sairose Aherne, Eva Aherne - Older Sisters
Conor Aherne - Younger Brother
Felipe Diaz - Uncle
Naomi Diaz - Aunt
Salvador Diaz - Cousin
Maxine Diaz - Cousin

Dynamics:

Maxine Diaz | Goodish | Friend/Cousin | "I still like Max, but she's really changed since I last saw her. It'll take a bit of getting used to." |

Other

• Rori absolutely hates the name Roisin, and the only time they really get annoyed is when someone calls them by that name (or refers to them as a girl or boy)
• The nickname Robin was one given to them by their cousin, Max, when they were younger due to Rori having red hair like a Robin's chest and being quite flighty/timid as a child
• Personality wise Rori is very friendly, upbeat, cheerful and optimistic. They tend to like to joke around with other people and can often be quite teasing.
• Rori's father is Irish, and moved over to the US as a young adult

The Dirt Town Orphans - animeish, high fantasy gang RP [Always accepting]

I'm working on a CS at the moment, will hopefully get it done by tomorrow - been pretty busy since I said I was interested

FernStone's Character Archive

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Children of Aton

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The Lord of the Rings: The Age of Men

_{Originally Middle Earth: The Fifth Age}

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• Ted Noakes

The Trick to Magic

• Luca Corvi

An Age Old Feud II

• Elaisse Aoira

Baybridge: Halcyon Days [Superpowers/Semi-Sandbox]

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_{@Mr Allen J, @Zombiedude101, @tsukune}

Dove Rally | Regal Square, Prince Ed-Field_

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It had been a while since Rori had been in such large crowds of people. Well, technically speaking, they weren’t in the large crowd. They were flying above it. Being in the form of a common (American) robin was inconspicuous enough. They looked like a much more normal bird than they did a human. All birds had wings, most humans did not.

The only problem about being a bird was that they couldn’t make the most of the free food on offer. Or take part in any of the various games going on. It was a bit of a shame but that wasn’t why they were here. They had plenty of food at home (and could even cook without burning it now!) and had no chance of winning any prizes. Rori was out with the goal of trying to spot anyone that they knew. Flying above the crowds, and their accurate eyesight, would help with that.

After all they’d been back in Baybridge for a month or two now and were itching for some form of social interaction. Though still in contact with the friends they had made when they went to school it wasn’t the same when most lived on the other side of the country. They hadn’t talked to a living person properly in a while. It only made their house all the lonelier, as much as it was filled with the sounds of music until late at night.

Flying was getting a bit tiring, though. They’d have to land soon and go in on foot, or just head home. It was difficult to figure out what was the more appealing. Though if they were going to be in crowds of people anywhere a DOVE rally would be the place. As much as there were anti-metahuman sentiments they were less likely to get outright attacked at this kind of event. Not that that made navigating copious amounts of people with giant-ass wings attached to their back any easier.

What a pain they were.

Rori was almost close to just giving up and taking a human form to enjoy at least the free food when smoke blanketed an area nearby, forcing them to move up higher. Was it an attack? Forcing themselves to look down they couldn’t really tell what was going on as the smoke began to clear. Confused, they swivelled in the air. Time to head home, it seemed.

Wait a minute.

Walking away from the scene was a girl – well, woman they guessed – that was all too easy for Rori’s sharp bird eyes to recognise. The other three with Wendy? Rori had no idea who they were. But they didn’t particularly care. Smiling internally Rori pulled in their wings and dropped towards Wendy and the other three.