[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AtoEDCk.jpg[/IMG] [b]Name: [/b]Caleb Claverk [b]Age: [/b]18 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Personality:[/b] Originally, Caleb was being raised by both his uncle and father with ideals that were evil in the eyes of those against the empire, but they were noble ideals. He was showing promise to be an honorable member to the empire. However, when he was abandoned by his father, Caleb was left hurt and betrayed, much like how his uncle was feeling. It was being raised by the betrayal that his uncle felt that warped Caleb's young mind and he was then taught about the horrors of the real world and how nothing was fair. His uncle taught him the horrors of that in which abandonment does to a person and using the anger one felt from said abandonment to reach a level of solace. For Caleb, however, he retained a certain calmness to him, but he defintiely harbors deep anger for his father and what he did to not only Caleb himself, but his uncle as well. Caleb was trained by his uncle through rigorous regimens that were sometimes on the levels of heavy child abuse, but Caleb built a strong resistence to pain and he would use the physical pain and help himself build a more spiritual balance within himself. Now granted, he still has loads of anger and wants to kill his father, but in front of others, he appears to be minimally respectful and won't curse his way like he did from the ages of 11-13. In those years, he was a regular sailor and didn't spare anyone's feelings. However, the harshness that his uncle showed him proved to be a valuable asset to forging Caleb into the controlled, yet viciously angry teenager he is to this very day. Even in battle Caleb appears to have a calm mind, he enjoys the thrill of killing. Perhaps this is a trait that he shares with Nomis. Putting on a calm, relaxed front, but being a vicious psychopath underneath it all. [b]Appearance: [/b] -Height is 5'8/68 inches -Weight is 167lbs/75.6kg -Hair Color is dark brown -Hair Style is short on sides; spiked on top -eye color is green [b]Faction: [/b]The Empire; Nephew of Nomis and The Empire's resident angry teenager [b]Weapon:[/b] All he needs is his body [b]Powers/Abilities:[/b] [b]Crimson Lotus[/b] Caleb’s main fighting style, it is one that is based around fluid motion and bodily control combined with high-level surgical precision. It’s a style that puts an extensive focus upon both physical and spiritual balance. It’s a unique style of combat that uses erratic strikes, uninhibited, with an explosive fury and without any second thoughts on their actions. When Caleb uses the Crimson Lotus stance, he becomes an unpredictable and nearly unstoppable force of destruction and chaos. [indent][u][i]Overview[/u][/i] The Crimson Lotus style is based off of several different types of martial arts. However, teaching of the Crimson Lotus focuses on the basic combat forms and techniques of these styles in order to give the practitioner a solid foundation and enable them to develop their own techniques and fighting style. As a result of practicing so many fighting styles and the hellish training underwent on a daily basis, the Crimson Lotus style can transform a weak person into a powerful and extremely versatile fighter, such was the case with Caleb. To excel, one must be relaxed and flow with ease from technique to technique, with swaying, drinking, and falling all used to throw off opponents. The movements in the style are fast, graceful, and agile, allowing the practitioner to dart around their opponents, landing powerful blows striking nerve endings, joints, and obviously bones. The style also uses various acrobatic maneuvers like flips, wall runs, knee slides, sliding tackles, rolls, and tumbles.[/hider] [u][i]Benefits of Physical Training[/i][/u] Those who train in the Crimson Lotus style undergo rigorous and grueling training. Because of this hellish training, the practitioner’s endurance grows to a considerably high level. Even when battered, bleeding, and barely conscious, the practitioner is able to unleash powerful techniques against enemies. The training constantly focuses on boosting the user’s speed, enough to the point that the user can close a considerably long gap between them and their opponent(s) within seconds. The training also boosts the user’s strength to high levels. Their arm strength is great enough to allow them to lift and pull large amounts of weight and knock out foes with less than their skill in few strikes. Their leg strength is great enough to withstand tremendous amounts of impact, such that they are able to kick an opponent underwater without facing much resistance from said water. During the later stages of the training, the user’s leg strength and dexterity are pushed to higher levels, granting them greater agility and sense of balance. The user also develops high level acrobatic abilities, able to scale and glide down the side of a cliff with near-perfect control and minimal wasted movement. The unique physical conditioning regimen of the training rebuilds the user’s musculature, making their physique somewhat lean and well-defined. [/indent] [b]Ties To Darkness[/b] As per the path his heart chose from influence of who raised him, Caleb has an affilation to the Realm of Darkness. Furthermore, he shows moderate skill in manipulating darkness itself. He might not be able to shape it in ginormous levels, but he has shown that he can open portals of darkness to teleport him to where he wants to go, but this is not as means to travel between worlds or jumping worlds connected by the keyblade. He may use it to teleport himself around a world or even in battle should he feel the need to. He's also shown slight skill to project darkness in the form of beams and tendrils. [b]Earth Manipulation[/b] Be it a genetic thing or whatever, Caleb has the ability to freely manipulate the earth either by means of magic or his own will. It's much like his father and uncle. Both hold abilities to manipulate earth-like substances, so it's only natural that he should hold a similar ability. Unlike his father, who can manipulate Glass and his uncle, who can manipulate a unique tainted metal, Caleb has control over pure earth. Meaning that any solid ground that is beneath him and contains that compounds of earth, Caleb can manipulate them freely. Caleb has shown plenty of times to his uncle that he can create earthquakes of moderate levels and split it by simply kicking on it. Caleb has also shown skill of using the earth to ride like a slide of some sorts. Caleb has even found ways to cover himself in the earth, forming it into such hard textures that its dexterity is that of steel. Caleb can create constructs of earth like boulders and the like.