[hider=Aleksander Volkov, The Crazy Russian]
[u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u]

[b]Name:[/b] 
[INDENT]Aleksander Volkov[/INDENT]
[b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] 
[INDENT]The Crazy Russian, The Scarlet Bear, Blood Diamond, Crazy Diamond[/INDENT]
[b]Gender:[/b] 
[INDENT]Male[/INDENT]
[b]Age:[/b] 
[INDENT]42[/INDENT]
[b]Height:[/b] 
[INDENT]6'5[/INDENT]
[b]Weight:[/b] 
[INDENT]300 pounds[/INDENT]
[b]Home District:[/b] 
[INDENT][/INDENT]

[b][u]Appearance[/u][/b]

[b]Hair Color:[/b]
[INDENT]Variable, default red[/INDENT] 
[b]Eye Color:[/b]
[INDENT]Variable, default red[/INDENT] 
[b]Ethnicity:[/b]
[INDENT]Russian[/INDENT] 
[b]Physical Appearance:[/b]
[INDENT] Standing at 6'5, Alek always stood out in a crowd, even more so with his huge muscular frame, piercing light blue eyes, and platinum blonde hair. Even the few people who are taller than him can admit that he has a presence about him that makes people tend to feel a little bit smaller. His skin was white as one could be and covered with a few scars here and there, testament to his experiences on the field and in his rather active youth.

After he awakened his abilities as a Meta-human, however, he became even more intimidating to some people . . . and just a bit ridiculous to others. His skin has taken on a bit of a crimson coloration, his hair and eyes turned scarlet, then began to change color according to his mood. He also is covered with a variety of ugly scarring across his body from nearly Ashing, and suffers from a chronic case of having no right arm. Oh, and his left eye and heart had to be replaced with mechanical substitutes as well, though he chose to replace by him forming a crystalline prosthetic instead of a metal one because it seemed more practical for him and as a good way to help him develop his powers.[/INDENT] 
[b]Attire:[/b] 
[INDENT]Optional[/INDENT]

[b][u]Personality[/u][/b]

[b]Innate & Outward Personality:[/b]
[INDENT]Alek is not a man of subtlety, he's about the most blunt and brutally honest guy you could ever meet. He's never afraid to speak his mind, no matter who he's talking to, though he does now that theirnare times to speak out and times when things can be saved for later. He never lies about anything, but that doesn't mean he can't keep a secret, quite the opposite in fact, he's one of the best people to tell a secret to. Once he makes a promise on something, their are very few forces on this green earth that can get him to break it.

Also, due to events in his past, he can be a tad bit over-protective, especially whennit comes to his Daughter Yvonne, whose powers would make her a very, very tempting target for organizations such as the Hands of Science. Those same issues of his past have also made it so he doubts his ability to protect those closest too him. While around others, he's a boisterous, confident, blunt as a hammer man that seems to exude nothing but good will towards everyone, in reality he's a man plagued by self-doubt, often falling into depression when he's by himself.[/INDENT] 
[b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b]
[INDENT]Has taken up an interest in jewelry since acquiring his powers and runs a small shop in Bazaar Riveria in his off-time. He's also enjoys hunting, fishing, and coaching the wrestling team at his daughter's school. He's also a bit of a critic when it comes to alcohol, wine specifically, but that doesn't mean he can't have fun getting roaring drunk with some of his work buddies whenever the time comes. He's not an alcoholic, but he always tries to get really drunk whenever they do go out, and any damages he makes can kinda be paid for by the damages since he grows diamonds and what not.[/INDENT]
[b]Skills/Talents:[/b] 
[INDENT]He's a highly skilled soldier, able to expertly wield any standard firearms and is a quick enough learner to pick up on other one. His hand to hand skills are good, just not as good, but he more than makes up for it with his raw strength and determination. Add his powers into the mix, and in hardly even matters if he's a skilled fighter or not in most cases. He's more skilled in wrestling, though, so if he gets his hands on you, you're likely as good as gone.

For non combat related things, he's good at making Jewelry and actually finds it calming. In fact, the majority of gifts he gives to people, regardless of gender, tends to be hand-made jewelry or sculptures with jewels in them, as he does a fair bit of metal work as well. More stuff may come later; usually come up with these kinds of things in the IC[/INDENT]
[b]Prized Possession:[/b]
[INDENT]Optional[/INDENT] 
[b]Quote(s):[/b] 
[INDENT]"IF you want to fight, spar, or need something smashed to pieces, I'm your guy. If you want to discuss the literary value of Shakespear or Twilight, find someone else."[/INDENT]
[b]History/Bio:[/b]
[INDENT]Aleksander's life before NEST wasn't really that eventful. His parents were Native-born Russian's who moved to America for a better life, his father's skill with computers making the Silicon Valley the perfect place for him to find work. As time passed, life went on as normal could be. Well, except for when he got into fights.

Aleksander could never keep himself out of trouble, always getting into fights since he was little, with a will of iron and a heart of gold, if he saw someone getting picked pom, he'd be the first one to put the bully in their place, or at least he'd try to. In his younger years, he was a rather small guy, with barely any muscle or strength to call his own. He was given the title 'Chihuahua' because he was all bark and no bit. Despite this, and all the bully he received because of his actions, he never once broke down, never once let the bullies see him sweat. He began to work out once he hit his teens, training as hard as he could so that he could protect those who couldn't protect themselves.

Around the time he hit high school is when he hit his first growth spurt, going from 5'2 to 5'9 with in the first year, and then reaching his current height in his second. This combined with the body he had been pushing to the limit with intense training made it so that he now had plenty of bark to back up his bite. Soon bullies stop being a problem, and while he should've felt overjoyed by this achievement, he only felt a bittersweet emptiness now. His role as a protect was over, and he felt rather purposeless. HE then began to think on his future, what he wanted to do with his life and what kind of legacy he wanted to leave behind. The answer came to him in a rather interesting way, as he found his school held hostage one day by a drugged up Meta. 

They had had corrosive powers and had threatened to melt the whole school unless some insane demands were met. However, riding in to the recuse came a team of NEST agents, both Meta-Human and normal people, who world together to bring the man down. That singular moment is what sent him on his path forever more. As soon as he was eligible, he signed up to be an NEST academy, eager to prove himself worthy and help people. HE soon proved himself to be an excellent agent, with his only struggle being in his mental facilities. He wasn't dumb, not in the slightest, but his straightforward way of thinking made some situations rather difficult for him to think through in the way NEST wanted.

In the end, he passed at the age of ?? with some reservations and a note for him to be kept away from more diplomatic and subtle operations until he could get a handle on that. He was apart of the force for 5 years, working with a team consisting of mostly meta, when the event happened. It was supposed to be a simple mission, to go in and take out a known Meta-crimnal in his hideout, but somehow the man had gotten wind of the attack and had called in backup in the form of two powerful meta-humans. The fight had been intense, ending with half of Alek's squad dying and the enemy only losing on of their own and suffering moderate wounds themselves. They had been pinned down in an area when Alek, convinced he was about to die, turned to his comrades and told them to make a run for it. He then ran out into the open and open fired on the enemy.

He was able to take them by surprise, killing the weaker one with a battery of shots to the chest, but the other was made of sterner stuff, able to take the damage with ease and charged at Alek. Knowing this was probably going to be the way he died, Alek decided to go out fighting, tossing the gins aside and charging the man with a bestial roar. It was in the heat of the moment, with his heart racing, adrenaline pumping, and synapses firing, that he felt a surge of power flow through his system, followed by a strange cracking sound. He bull rushed the guy and felt his blows hammer down onto his back, but they felt weakened somehow. Not questioning it, he lifted the meta up and threw them against a wall, before charging at them again. And so the fight would continue on, a viscous fist fight that would seem to go on forever. Whatever was keeping Alek alive, and letting him hurt the meta, it wasn't enough. He could feel himself being beaten back, feel his grip on his mind fading. 

With one last thought, he called upon every last shred of power he could reach and unleashed it with a deafening yell. And then he woke up in a hospital bed, covered in strange scars, missing an arm, a leg, and feeling a strange sensation in his chest. What had happened was that he'd generated a massive amount of crystals around him, shooting out of the warehouse and ripping his opponent to shreds, a very impressive feet, but it should've Ash'd him right then and there. The only reason he survived, however, is because his entire body had been crystalized, keeping it perfectly preserved in that moment. Over the course of a year, NExt had slowly excavated around him, then brought him over to the head quarters. A month after that, he slowly came out of it and was immediately rushed over to the nearest medical facility. 

They were able to just barely save him from asking, making him one of the lucky 4 percent, but he bares scars all over his chest, back, legs, and remaining arm from the encounter. Most people probably would've retired after such an event, especially when they'd lost so much of themselves and narrowly avoided death, but the very first thing that Alek said after being told this was,"Well then, when's the earliest I can get back to work. I'm not dead yet, and I certainly don't plan on letting a little think like this stop me from protecting the good people of the world. Besides, at least I didn't get any scars on my face, it's ugly enough as is."[/INDENT] 

[u][b]Relationships[/b][/u]

[b]Family:[/b] 
[INDENT]Yvonne Volkov-Daughter(Crystal Manipulation/Generation and a form of Power replication)

Ivana Volkov-Mother

Roman Volkov-Father[/INDENT]

[b]Dynamics:[/b]
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[b][u]Abilities[/u][/b]

[b]Power Class:[/b]
[INDENT] Elemental: Super System[/INDENT] 
[b]Power:[/b] 
[INDENT]Crystal Manipulation:Alek can generate and manipulate constructs made of a specialized Diamond-like crystal. His main use for this ability is to form an extremely durable and resilient layer of it around his body, making a flexible layer of armor on him that can protect him from some of the worst attacks out there. The armor can be thickened to provide greater defense, but that takes away from the mobility. At it's highest point, it's nigh invulnerable, but it turns him into a statue. Aside from thickness, he can also use it to more quickly create even more crystals to use in a offense measure, such as a whip made form crystal vipers, covering it in spikes, the options are near endless if one just applies their mind to it.

Aside from the armor, he can generate constructs from the world around him, making spikes and whatnot burst from the ground to attack his foes, though it's easier for him to crystalize something than manipulate that then to make it out of nothing. Anything that he crystalizes can be reversed by him or others with a similar power, though it'd take more effort for another person.

Crystaline Physiology: Not only can Alek create crystals, but he's also partially made out of them. The reason why he looks the way he does is because he's taken on the characteristics of the crystal's he grows. His cells are much more densely packed together, making his skin harder to pierce, and making him much stronger and more durable than the average guy. A bullet will get through, but he can easily block a knife with his bare hand and suffer only a small scratch. He can also crystalize his body in order to heal himself from any wounds he does happen to receive, though it's a slow process and best saved for serious injuries, Crystalizing also serves the purpose of making parts of his body more durable and increasing his strength in those parts, however, if they get fractured, or even shattered, then the damage will translate back when it returns to normal. This usually makes for a right bloody mess of a limb, so he doesn't often use this method.[/INDENT]
[b]Limits:[/b]
[INDENT]His armor can take on a large amount of damage, but it's incapable of self-repair on the move. So if it develops cracks, Alek needs to find a place to bunker down before they break down and leave him exposed. Also, the armor doesn't negate damage, just weakens it. If he gets hit by a strong enough attack(let's say Michelle's Full Powered Punch, which seems like it would probably break the armor, or leave it severely damaged afterwards), it will hurt him, just not as much as if he were to take it without the armor. The armor is his main combat application of the power, and at it's most basic iteration, doesn't require much power. He can easily keep it up for long periods of time, the longest he's kept it continually active is about a week. However, repairing the armor can leave him feeling slightly fatigued, and while that doesn't seem like much, it adds up over time if a battle drags on.

When manipulating his crystals and generating them, they have to be somewhere with in about a 15 meter radius. If it's out of that radius, he can't manipulate it, and the farther away something is, the more energy it takes to manipulate and the less reactive the crystal becomes. Crystalizing anything takes a good amount of energy, requires Alek to touch the subject, and it doesn't happen instantly. It actually takes about 30 seconds of contact before the crystallization even starts.[/INDENT]
[b]Weaknesses/Drawbacks:[/b] 
[INDENT]Alek is not very agile, nor is he particularly fast. Add on to that the density of his frame and you'll find that he'll sink with great ease into any body of liquid anything. His armor is also vulnerable to piercing attacks and anything the utilizes a rapid shift in temperatures, so if he faces a pyro- or cryo-kinetic, he's in for a bad time. Stealth is near impossible for him do to the fact that his crystals tend to take on bright colors, the only exception being Black for when he's murderously angry/Berserking. His looks also make it impossible for him to pass as a non-meta, especially with his arm made entirely of crystal, which he usually covers in bandages to make it less distracting to others.

While the crystals he create are durable, they're able to be broken with less effort than is needed to break his armor as it's a lot denser(meaning that he'll sink even faster into any liquid while he has it on) and could resist low caliber bullets with relative ease, shotguns at close range or slug rounds will cause moderate cracking, Sniper rifles and Large Calibur Hand cannons can severely crack the armor, even breaking/piercing it if the weapon is powerful enough. For more blunt damage, it could withstand getting hit by the punch of someone with moderate levels of super strength or having some throw a car at him. Both events would definitely cause him quite a bit of pain as well and would probably cause moderate to severe cracking, depending on how focused the area of effect is.

Another weakness are High levels of vibrations, which not only can weaken and destroy his arm with ease, but can also damage him as well due to his crystalline physiology. Another reason why you'll never see Alek attend an Opera house.[/INDENT]

[b][u]Other:[/u][/b] 
[INDENT]Alek has a tendency when not on duty to keep any valuables on hand inside of his crystal arm. Makes it a lot harder for sneaky pickpockets to get him. He also has a pet dog, a Husky named Fluffy by his daughter when she was 5 years old. It was a present from him and a way to teach her how to responsibly take care of another living being, something he was having trouble with at the moment as well. [/INDENT]

[b][u]Sample Post:[/u][/b]
[INDENT]Optional[/INDENT] 
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[hider=Aiden Cross]
[u][b]Basic Information[/b][/u]

[b]Name:[/b] 
[INDENT]Aiden B. Cross[/INDENT]
[b]Nickname/Alias/Etc:[/b] 
[INDENT]The Hermit, Dovahkin(self-given), The King of Hoarders[/INDENT]
[b]Gender:[/b] 
[INDENT]Male[/INDENT]
[b]Age:[/b] 
[INDENT]17[/INDENT]
[b]Height:[/b] 
[INDENT]6'2[/INDENT]
[b]Weight:[/b] 
[INDENT]225lbs[/INDENT]
[b]Home District:[/b] 
[INDENT]Academy 12[/INDENT]

[b][u]Appearance[/u][/b]

[b]Hair Color:[/b]
[INDENT]Platinum Blonde[/INDENT] 
[b]Eye Color:[/b]
[INDENT]Light Blue[/INDENT] 
[b]Ethnicity:[/b]
[INDENT]Caucasian[/INDENT] 
[b]Physical Appearance:[/b]
[INDENT]Aiden is a pretty good looking guy, with sharp, angular features, bright eyes, and shoulder length platinum blonde hair that seems to shine like silver. He's a bit on the skinny side, but he has some decent muscle tone to make up for it. However, he his powers have given him a few addition that might make people much less likely to associate with him.

Firstly, his teeth are all very sharp, giving him a rather intimidating smile. Secondly, his pupils are very reptilian in nature and can sometime give off the feeling that he's looking right through you. Next is that all along his forearms are a row of shiny, metallic scads that reach all the way up to his shoulders, and then a few rows of scale-like markings spread across his chest and up his neck, stopping along the edge of his face. He also has a pair of small horns sprouting from his temple and curving along his head, as well as his nails basically turning into claws as well. If you can get past these things, and a few personality problems, than you have yourself a handsome guy. If you can't, then you're probably most people he comes across.[/INDENT] 
[b]Attire:[/b] 
[INDENT][/INDENT]

[b][u]Personality[/u][/b]

[b]Innate & Outward Personality:[/b]
[INDENT]Aiden is a very social guy, loving to talk to people, hang with people, be with people. It could be said that he just loves people. So why, if that is the case, does he spend almost all of his time in his dorm room, even to the point where he has home and classwork sent there. Simple answer: he gets attached to people easily, and as such, gets very protective over them. And while that may be just a bot annoying with a normal person, it's a goddamn hazard with Aiden. If he sees someone messing with one of his friends, he will attack them and they will not be in any good shape because of it. The reason for this protectiveness is his power, which makes him very territorial over what he considers 'his', which includes his friends. 

Speaking of territorial, Aiden doesn't allow anyone to enter his room, as he'll feel an instinctual urge to drive them out at any means necessary. He's also very aggressive and dominating, causing him to clash with others with similar personalities and authority figures, as well as make it so that he thinks he can come out of any situation on top. this leads him into getting into a lot of fights over some of the stupidest things imaginable(he once broke a guy's nose in a argument over who gets to crack the wishbone on a turkey. The guy in question was his uncle Derek and this even happened when he was ten.) So, to avoid these kinds of things, he isolates himself in his room, only talking to his friends on the internet and his friends in the video game community. He goes out every so often because he'd go stir crazy if he stayed in all the time, but it's usually at night.

Another thing about Aiden is that he's not that good at talking to girls his own age outside of his friends(of which he may have one or two and they are exclusively online friends), he just gets extremely nervous around them. The only time one will see Aiden act submissive is when he''s talking to a girl, especially a pretty one. It's also those times where he starts to get self-conscious about his more draconic appearances, which is why he wears a hoodie most of the time, so as to hide his features as best he can.[/INDENT] 
[b]Hobbies/Interests:[/b]
[INDENT]One of the things that Aiden enjoys doing is being a bit of a vigilante, flying around the city and stopping crime whenever he can. He mostly targets drug-dealers, finding most of them to be a pain in the ass. He's an avid video-game player and a big-time computer geek. He's also a bit of a collector, tending to find things around Verthaven he likes and taking them back to his room. Some people thing that just because he collects a ridiculous amount of things that it makes him a hoarder, and others say that since some of the stuff he's collected belonged to other people, that makes him a thief. These people are ignored, mostly because he knows they're right, but he's been trying to fight his urges to collect things for years, and he's barely made a smidgen of progress, so he's just given up and decided not to get caught.

Unlike most with his hobbies, he likes to work out every now and then, keep himself in shape at a local gym, plays a few sports here and there with decent skill all around. [/INDENT]
[b]Skills/Talents:[/b] 
[INDENT]He's somewhat of a natural born genus, never having any trouble getting straight A's and 4.0's in his classes, whether that's a product of his power is known but thought to be unlikely. He's extremely gifted when it comes to computers, especially hacking. He doesn't do anything particularly malicious with it, just making it so that peoples computers are either maddeningly slow or keep on taking them to porn websites. It's always temporary, and a little prank here and there never hurt anybody.

He's also learned how to become a good thief and a sneak, that way when he feels the need to take something, he doesn't have to go to jail because he got caught. He also has some self-defense knowledge, just enough to supplement his abilities.[/INDENT]
[b]Prized Possession:[/b]
[INDENT]His laptop, made it himself and loves adding bits and pieces to it every now and then to make it better than before. Also houses his entire gaming library on it.[/INDENT] 
[b]Quote(s):[/b] 
[INDENT]"See that line right there, for your own good you better not cross it. If you do, then things will end very badly for you, and then things will get bad for me because NESt will be on my ass, which means things will end up even worse for you. Basically, if you want to live with the full use of your arms and legs, don't cross that line.[/INDENT]
[b]History/Bio:[/b]
[INDENT]Aiden's been in the Academy System since kindergarden, and has had problems with controlling his powers for as far as he can remember. He was always the most aggressive kid in class, always getting into fights that would end with hims handing over the kid's beaten body. He had to move to numerous academies  due to the difficulty of dealing with his hyper aggressiveness and how to deal with his powers. It was only once he came to the verthaven academy at age 12 that he began to gain some semblance of control, but then two events would happen that would change his life forever.

His father, Donovan Cross, is the CEO of the Cross Corporation, a conglomerate organization that has a hand in every thing, but is one of the leaders in the tech industry thanks to the fact that a majority of it's R&D team are either technopaths or gifted with extreme intelligence. Cross Corp has the highest number of Meta employees of any company, putting them to work wherever their gifts can be best put to work. This is in part because Donovan himself is a Meta-human, a Technopath with a nack for robotics. He tries his best to help the Meta-community, but has also come under fire from numerous Meta-hate groups, who say his policies favor Metas. It was due to this targeting that the full event of Aiden's powers became known.

His family went on a vacation in the Alps, enjoying time together, when they were suddenly attacked by a group of mercenaries. Their job was to kidnap Donovan and kill his family. Aiden could only watch in horror as they approached his mother, as the gun was risen to become level with her head. Then he remembered nothing but blood rushing through his veins and the sound of a bestial roar reverberating through the air. 

Two weeks later, he woke up back in Verthaven, his parents standing worriedly over him, as well as a few Nest representatives. They said nothing, just placed a computer in front of him and showed him pictures of a large creature, the size of a minivan, ripping through the mercs who had attacked his family. It didn't take him long to figure out what had happened. The end result of his powers was a power creature that completely demolished a squad of highly trained soldiers with in secs, and had then held off NEST forces for sometime after that, as they had appeared shortly after. In his rage, Aiden had confused them with the mercs and attacked them, and the only reason why nobody died was because the dragon's body suddenly began to deteriorate in a process similar to asking, leaving behind dust, scales, bones, and his unconscious body.

During his two weeks of comatose, he'd gone through a bit of metamorphosis, scale marks appearing on his body, his teeth and nails hardening into the beginnings of fangs and claws. He was placed on the NEst Watch list of potentially threats after that event, and as his powers grew, Aiden became more fearful of the day when the NEST decides to stop taking chances and lock him up for good. He's only gone full dragon one other time, again in the defense of another, though in the end he wasn't able to save the person or deal with his murders. The only thing he'll ever say about the matter is that the Fiends were involved and leave it at that. Further prodding for info will end in the person asking to be stuff into the nearest garbage receptacle and pushed down a steep hill.[/INDENT] 

[u][b]Relationships[/b][/u]

[b]Family:[/b] 
[INDENT]Donovan Cross- Father(Technopath), CEO of the Cross Corporation
Evangeline Cross- Mother, has become estranged from her since his first full change[/INDENT]

[b]Dynamics:[/b]
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[b][u]Abilities[/u][/b]

[b]Power Class:[/b]
[INDENT] Super-System: Bestial, Elemental, Cosmic(?)[/INDENT] 
[b]Power:[/b] 
[INDENT]Dragon Physiology: Aiden is naturally stronger than normal people and it takes more to tire him out. He has no problem in high altitude environments, actually finding them to be more comfortable at times. Another thing that only developed after his second full dragon transformation is that he has vastly increased jaw strength and his teeth can easily bite through most metals. without taking any form of damage. The scales on his arms are able to easily deflect strikes from a knife and low caliber bullets, though their placement makes them not very useful. His claws can easily teat through the flesh of a normal person when they are long, but Aiden tries to keep them short so he doesn't accidentally cut people with them.

When Aiden activates his abilities, he goes into a half-dragon state, the look of which depends on the dragon variant he chooses to be, but the basics power up for each one is that he becomes stronger, his scales spread all over his body(except for his lower torso area and a small spot on the back of his neck) and become capable of deflecting low caliber bullets. He gains the ability to fly and gains elemental powers based on the dragon he transforms into. Now, as for the variants, Aiden currently can change into two variants, and of those two, he's only just discovered one. I have one more planned for him in the future, and that could be the last one, or it could be one of many to come. We shall see.

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His first variant is the one he was born with, Western Dragon Physiology. In this form, he gains the ability to breath gouts of fire at his foes, and is immune to it himself. In fact if their is an open fire near him, he can breathe it in and use that instead of his own to save on energy. This variant also has the strongest physical strength and defenses, as even the wings he grows have scales. Sadly, this means he can't fly well, as it's more of a glide than anything else, but his sturdier defenses make for a good trade off for speed and maneuverability. His scales can resist knives, pistol fire, and low power assault rifle fire, but everything above that is dangerous to him and can kill him if he doesn't get some cover. Offensively, he has his claws and teeth that can crack stone, a large increase in physical strength, a tail, and the ability to breath an intense inferno of red flames that he can shoot in a stream in front of him with a max range of 30 feet. He can also launch it in a barrage of rapid fire armor-piercing pellets or in a giant fire ball, but those moves take time to charge up and tend to take more energy. His strongest move in this variant is to set himself on fire, turning him into a living inferno of fiery rage. However, he can only do this for ten minutes, and as soon as that times is up, he's immediately clocked his maximum energy usage. If he doesn't exit his form soon after that, he stands to risk ashing himself.

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His second variant is Eastern Dragon Physiology, the Chinese Dragon to be specific. In this form his scales are much more streamlined, like those of a fish, and only offer protection from low caliber bullets. He grows large, curving horns and from his head sprout a pair of long antenna-like tendrils that he can control at will. A small, green pearl forms near him as well, being the source of his power at the moment. It's very fragile and if it's destroyed, then he'll instantly be knocked out for the max amount of time for that form. This form has no wings, but he's still able to fly because 'FUCK PHYSICS, I'M A DRAGON!!!!!!' . . . yeah, that. Anyway, in this form, Aiden finds himself to be much more flexible than before, as well as a lot taller(somewhere in the area of 7'5) with a tail that's about half his size. He's also rather speedy and agile in this form, opting for a more avoid and evade type approach to combat. Speaking off, this variant is the one where powers are used more often, thus there is less of an energy cost for it. 

Passively, Aiden automatically increases the moisture in the air with his presence, and just makes it easier for people with water based abilities to use them around him, and the direct opposite for those with fire-based ones. He also exudes an air of calmness and docility when not in combat, and a dominating, vengeful one when he does decide to fight. He also can fire a stream of pressurized water at his foes with the strength of a fire hose, if just a little bit stronger. Just like his other form, he can fire the water in rapid-fire condensed pellets (which can't d0 much more than break the skin, but hurt like hell), or fire it off as a Medium size sphere of water that detonates on impact, causing anyone caught in it's range to suffer from a of disorientation and temporary hearing loss depending on how close you are. But like with his other form, it takes more energy to use these different variants.

Aztec Dragon Physiology(may or may not come into play soon)

When he goes full dragon, all that changes is that he grows to be a lot larger, his instincts take him over and turn him into a wild animal that attacks all threats, and that his elemental powers are heavily increased. This makes it so that, for a limited amount of time, he becomes a storm of destruction and death on a wide scale. Also, when in full Dragon form, Aiden's body is housed in the dragon's chest, while the rest of the body forms around him. This means that if you pierce the chest(which is the most heavily defended part) than you have a chance to insta-kill him.[/INDENT]
[b]Limits:[/b]
[INDENT]The more time that Aiden spends in his other forms, the longer he will be put into a comatose state afterwards. So if he spends an hour in his first form, he'll be a vegetable for about 2 hours. Theirs also a limit in how long he can stay in his forms, with Form 1 being a max of 4 days(meaning 8 day recovery), unless he uses his abilities(baring flight), which would shorten his time to stay awake from days down to an hour if he uses them recklessly and if he tries to go over the limit, he's at hi-risk of asking. Going into his full dragon form will out him out of commission for anywhere between 2 weeks to a whole month depending on how much energy he expends and how much damage the body takes.[/INDENT]
[b]Weaknesses/Drawbacks:[/b] 
[INDENT]Aiden suffers heavily from having his draconic instincts active all the time, especially since his base variant is the western dragon. This makes it so that whenever he sees something he likes, he wants to take it and horde it in his dorm room. He can resist the urge, but it's maddening to try and leaves him feeling rather ill afterwards. This has begun to lessen slightly with the introduction of his new variant, but not by much. Aiden is also hyper territorial, to a ridiculous degree. He marks all of his items with a black x mark, and is likely to become extremely hostile to someone who touches them. If they don't get the message to back off, then he's likely to attack them, which won't end well for anybody. This only becomes more prevalent if he goes into his Halfling state, as all of his instincts become even more potent. This means that for Eastern Dragon, he's more likely to remain calm and composed until he's been angered, than it's nothing but rage and emotion. 

Speaking of eating metal, Aiden has to do so on a daily basis to keep his scales nice and healthy. If he doesn't eat any metal for 2 days, then they begin to rapidly degrade, leaving his defenses next to useless against most forms of attack. He can also eat gemstones to make them shinier, but that's just a cosmetic thing. Along with metal, Aiden can eat meat, but gets rather ill if he eat any kind of vegetables or fruit, and remains that way for a couple days afterwards. Herbs are fine, as long as they are eaten with something else he can digest. Along with this carnivores appetite is predatory instincts, which can make it so that he has to hunt every so often to keep from going crazy. He has been know to chase squirrels, dogs, and cats when hungry, and while no on ehas seen him catch one, it's pretty obvious what'll happen if he does.

In his Western dragon form, he's extremely vulnerable to cold and if he gets doused in water, he'll be unable to light a fire until he's dried off or breathed in fire from another source. Also, his body temperature is rather high, so much so that touching him for long periods of time is not advised. On the other end f the spectrum, his Eastern Dragon Form is susceptible to heat, and if he gets too dry, his skin and scales will begin to crack weakening them and leaving him prone to bleeding out. Thus he has to keep himself moist by sticking to the water when in this form, not too hard considering where he is, but this maybe a problem with certain foes. Also, he has a floating weak spot the size of a fist, his Pearl of Wisdom, which is the channel for his abilities and made out of crystalized Meta-Energy. If it's destroyed, then Aiden's immediately sent into dreamland for a long time, but if anyone one with telepathic powers gets their hand on it, Aiden will be completely under their control. They can even force him to go full dragon and push him past his limits if they wish, thus killing him and probably whoever they sent him after. Also, the pearl doesn't disappear when Aiden changes back into his base form, and if someone where to ingest said perk for whatever reason, they'd temporarily gain his Eastern Dragon Abilities for a few days.

Another weakness is that their are two spots on his body that are left unprotected by scales, a small gap on the back of his neck and his lower torso. Those are just plain skin, and while it's thick enough to stop knives in his half dragon form, everything else is fair game.
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[b][u]Other:[/u][/b] 
[INDENT]Aiden may or may not have a crush on Maxine, may or may not have a quad-copter with a camera attached, may or may not use it to stalk her from time to time on her drug runs, and may or may not leave her alone on his dealer hunting runs because of this crush. If he is approached about any of this, he'll deny them all. Aiden has felt an urge, on two occasions, to kidnap a person. Aiden wishes he'd gotten Cryokinesis abilities instead of his dragon ones and is jealous of anyone who has them. His favorite metal to eat is gold, which he tells people tastes kinda like white chocolate. However, since gold is a soft metal, if he eats too much of it, his scales will become crappy at protecting him. 

Aiden sheds his scales once every few months, and when this happens, he gets extremely irritable. However, after shedding, he can sell his scales at a pawn shop for some money because they're pretty to look at and are pretty high quality. He also had a knife made from his scales one time, the blade being extremely sharp and durable. The B in Aiden's name stands for Bartholmew, a secret he will take to his grave.

Aiden has been sent to a holding cell numerous times for assault, and usually got in more trouble when one of the other guys in their tries to mess with him and he sends them face first into the bars of the cell. He's learned, however, to deal with that before it starts by biting through the bars of the cell, then swallowing it. Most people leave you alone after seeing something like that.[/INDENT]

[b][u]Sample Post:[/u][/b]
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