Well he is fine. How strong is he? Also some of your abilities require channeling, in T1 you understand that if you are struck in any meaningful manner you will probably lose the channeling, so be aware of that. Some of the fighters are quite experienced and will indeed look to thwart your channeling. If your soul barrier is an instant it will fall rather easily to prepped attack, which can be written to also affect you with collateral damage based on the attack. 

I will approve the character just be aware of the limitations of channeling powers in T1.