You guys don't mind if I appky with this character right? (Also, if you don't mind, I'll upload a picture later. I always draw my own characters, but lately I haven't had much time to . . .) [b]Name:[/b] Miriam Christa Justus [b]Alias:[/b] "Stigma" [b]Age:[/b] 16 [b]Personality:[/b] Miriam, partly due to her upbringing, is usually calm and relaxed, even under intense pressure and horrible situations. This attitude of hers is particularly for when she is around other people; she does her best to seem fine so that other people can relax in turn; only when she is safely out of sight does she breakdown - this is especially hard for her, because despite her normal attitude, she's still a young woman, and is nowhere near as strong as she wants others to believe. Her attitude when it comes to work is serious, methodological, organized and hardworking, but when working with others she has problems being straightforward because she doesn't want to step on anyone's toes. Miriam prefers preventing conflict rather than ending it. She's also rather religious and conservative, and because she doesn't shove it in your face, she expects other people to be respectful in turn. For Miriam, she considers her existence to be for the sake of helping other people; her own wishes count for nothing. Her natural (not to mention extreme) martyrdom applies to almost everyone, and she never turns away someone in need. She has deluded herself into thinking she is some sort of messiah. She knows that she cannot save anyone, even is she wants to. Regardless of all these traits, however, Miriam does not in fact feel compelled to help other people for the sake of her ego or because of some sense of duty; she helps others because to her, it is simply the right thing to do. To ignore other in need is a sin above all others in her eyes, and she will have nothing of it. [b]Appearance:[/b] Long brown hair. During relaxation times, it's usually let loose, but when Miriam is at work she ties it into a single large braid. When going out, she wears it as a low pony tail. Miriam has olive colored skin and light brown eyes. She is short (4'9) and wishes she could grow more. Her clothes usually consist of black and white dresses, a symbol of morning. She only has a few colored clothes reserved for festive occasions. Her one piece of clothing that isn't a dress is a pair of shorts and a hoodie. She always wears a thin wooden rosary around her neck, and never takes it off, even while showering. [b]Powers:[/b] Her alias comes from her power of the same name: Stigma. The ability is in three forms. Self-Healing, Forced-Healing and Nursing. Self-Healing is exactly as it sounds where Miriam recovers rapidly from injuries and sickness, however this is the slowest form. Forced-Healing is when she uses another persons health and 'transfers' it to herself, effectively switching their health status. The last form, 'Nursing' is the exact opposite of Forced-Healing as well as her fastest acting ability, where she transfers her own health to another person - this ability can be applied to multiple people. [b]Weaknesses and limitations:[/b] Skin contact is required for her ability to work. Self-Healing is the slowest acting of her abilities and can only work when she's at rest (asleep). Overuse of Nursing can kill her, especially so when applied to more than one person and when the injuries are grievous. Forced-Healing is not an instantaneous effect, so contact can be broken off. [b]History:[/b] Miriam was raised at a Christian orphanage, and grew up listening to stories about martyrs and sacrifice. More-so than the all the other kids at orphanage, Miriam was affected by these stories, and for years this was her way of living. It was unknown when her powers manifested, or how they came to be. Was it a mutation? A gift from God? Whatever the case, the people of her orphanage saw her ability - and that of many other kids in the orphanage - as a miracle. For awhile, she was happy, unhated and surrounded even by others like her. That was until the general consensus of what to do with so-called 'Unnaturals' flipped over to the other side of public opinion. The nuns of the orphanage tried their best to hide her and the others, but such abilities where impossible to hid for long. Eventually, one of the people who had donated regularly to the orphanage discovered the 'Unnaturals' hidden within its walls. The government did a prompt and effective raid, and all the children (and some nuns) where brought to a certain facility . . . After years of experiments and tortuous situations, they were finally broken out. The one's responsible for their salvation where surprisingly not others like them, but regular people who had worked with the orphanage, who had begged them for help. Some where even higher-ups in the government itself. The operation was successful at first, but it was only natural that they would be pursued. Soon, the jeep that they had escaped in was attacked. Thankfully, all the occupants got out, but now the group was scattered. Miriam wandered around with two other companions, before circumstance split them apart. It has been three years since this happened, and only now does Miriam hear tell about a growing voice of opposition against the treatment of Unnaturals, and thinks perhaps that she can end her days of wandering about, and perhaps find her missing family - the ones that she was separated from the night their jeep was attacked. [b]Other:[/b] Miriam is an avid reader of all kinds of books. Her abilities aside, Miriam can also do regular first-aid. Miriam is a good singer, and can go from contralto, to mezzo soprano, to a soprano robusto. She's also skilled at singing Coloratura Soprano's. The problem with her singing, however, is that though she regularly edits them, she only knows choir songs. She likes playing in caves. She has never cursed once. Not even an 'Oh my god!' Goats freak the heaven out of her. This is because a lot of kids (who where amused by her religious zeal) that the goat was the symbol of the devil, and thus, the goat was an agent of Satan. She never got over it.