"I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am."- Sylvia Plath
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Magnus Foster
[⟐] A L I A S
Magni
[⟐] A G E
21
[⟐] C O U N T R Y O F O R I G I N
United States
[⟐] A P P E A R A N C E
Physical Examination of Subject:
(There's an incriminating amount of drool on this clipboard. The good doctor, one of my colleges, can't keep it between his legs apparently. At least this one isn't a minor)
A tall specimen (and a specimen, at that) standing at 6'3" and weighing in a whopping 233 lbs. Musclebound and stunning, practically shining with ethereal light under our godawful fluorescent fixtures. Man is blonde; shaggy hair; shorter on the sides with a floppy top. There's a large dusting of blonde facial hair that covers most of his face. Eyes appear small, shrewd with a penchant of looking through people and objects than at them. They seem narrowed perpetually, slanted toward the nose with a curious tilt. Branching from his straight nose, flared and bulky to add to the hard lines of his face, the subject has a numerous amount of freckles dotting his nose and high set cheekbones (visible whenever he smiles as his cheeks have a slight puffy quality). As stated before, his complexion is impeccable - a light hue of pink tinged with a light, bronze tan that make his face, in particular, shine with golden quality.
Honestly speaking, it is of no surprise that a god's child would boast a physique that could take an entire house of delicious, carb filled donuts and still retain every sinew of muscle without gaining one ounce of fat. Well rounded throughout his entire body, the subject is at peak human health, in terms of physique. Hard muscle lines every inch of his body, mostly comprising of lean muscle rather that allows him a lithe build over a stocky one. It helps that his incredible height stretches the fair amount of muscle out in an even spread. There's literally nothing wrong with this man's body (other than maybe the lopsidedness of his ears and the terribly high arches of his feet; would make a great dancer) and that's apparently par for the course for demi-god to be superheroes. (Bound to make a lot of people jealous or ogle - that's a given. Have you seen his dad?)
[⟐] C O S T U M E
Not really considered a costume, but rather armor. It remains unpainted and moderately uncolorful, in regards to the costumes most heroes wear. For Asgardian armor, it's of usual standard with it's bright metal and gold trimming. It's designed to contain a cape, however, Magnus prefers not to wear one into battle (the cape, to him, is more ceremonial than combat ready). It's very sleek and form fitting, tight and leather around the metal of the abdomen which presses hard into the sides. It doesn't allow much for flexible movement and rather exonerates Magnus' role as an individual who can take hits rather than dish them out. The leggings are much the same, gold and silver etching down the thighs and calves to the nearly knee high greaves that cushion his feet. A helmet accompanies the armor that embellishes his status as Thor's son, but cements himself as a warrior of his own right. It's looks much like a face visor, coming to cover his face in a protruding V that flares above to curve in a hard knife edge, embellished in gold and trimmed in silver. Cascading from the helmet's flair, are ridges that fall ontop of each other in a feather like display. The rest of it hides behind the visor, a solid top that's silver in color that encases his entire head. There are slits in the front that give him the vision he needs but the metal has been worked fabulously so that when he needs to, it can be completely transparent over his face. [⟐] S K I L L S
▣ Expert Swordsman and Shield Bearer
Being trained by his father in combat has its benefits: Magnus can wield a sword to an expert level, but he excels the most at using a shield not only to block, but also to parry and attack. While Magnus has many who are exceedingly better at him when it comes to the art of swordmanship, not many people can find themselves matching his shield bearing abilities. This particular skill gives him the upper hand in a lot of melee situations because people expect the sword to be the danger, not the protection.
▣ Archery
A pretty basic knowledge of how to shoot an arrow. He's moderately accurate. Nothing special, but definitely something to note. It could very well be built upon, since Magnus has all around potential.
▣ Physics and Biology
While his mother is an esteemed astrophysicist and that's where his roots tend to spread toward, Jane always encouraged her son to pursue whatever caught his mind. When away from his mother for a substantial amount of time, Magnus often took towards the plants of the world he and his father had been secluded to. Most of his time outside of battling for his life and surviving had been surveying and cataloging what he could. Once he'd arrived back on Earth (and Asgard) he'd been encouraged to explore this curiosity and so it took him to studying their components rather than what they did. Botany intrigued him, but it was more the molecules and the composition that made his mind spark. Thus, most of Magnus' scientific prowess is in the study of life and its make up. Of course, he still loves the idea of physics and learning and researching with his mother, which he's done countless times after coming back.
▣ Internet Savvy
Let it be known that Darcy Lewis is the best teacher when it comes to tumblr, reddit, twitter, and all other platforms of social media. Magnus definitely knows his way around a computer now because of her and not only that, but his curiosity can never be sated and thus he's made a numerous amount of internet connections that he's more than proud of. Need a place to lay low? He knows about ten areas in the local vicinity that are willing to hold a few rag tag superheroes until the coast is clear.
▣ Survival
Due to his past, Magnus has had a need to hone his survival skills above all else. That means adaptability and improvisation that allows him to survive for longer than should be possible. This gives him the skills to scavenge and use materials for whatever purpose his mind can think of. Noticing things out of the ordinary and knowing when to pull out and when to go into a situation. Judging the odds and working on the fly.
[⟐] P O W E R S
▣ Superhuman Durability
This boy can take an absolute beating, even for an Asgardian - though not on par with his father. While he isn't invincible, Magnus can take more hits than he should ever have the right to. So, while he's able to get through most dangerous situations alive, he knows that there's a bit of luck in there when it comes to surviving things he shouldn't. He doesn't take his chances. Regardless, he's able to he's able to take a single punch from the Hulk without being absolutely obliterated. That's not to say he won't be injured or disoriented, though, it just won't severely injure him.
Drawback: Even though he is extremely durable, it's rather simple to disorient and stun Magnus. If you can impair him in some way, he won't be able to do the job he was made to do: soak up all the damage. If you allow him to take the beating, then you're doing what he wants. If you bat him away and get passed him, you've effectively negated his use.
▣ Electrokinesis
At the moment, Magnus can only control lightning; he can't create it. However, he definitely has the means to due to the fact that electricity is an abundant feature in the modern world. He can control a small amount, about 10 million volts of electricity - 1/10 the power of a natural lightning bolt. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually only capable of stunning a person. Most of his shocks depend on the Amperes of the electrical currents he's using, most of which are below 0.1 milliamps which isn't enough to kill.
Drawback: Can only manipulate electricity, cannot create it. However strong the bolt of electricity he controls is, it can only ever stun a person for a small amount of time before they regain control over their body.
▣ Superhuman Endurance/Stamina
It's essentially how long this guy can stand before exhausting. He can go for twice as long as a normal human doing physical, strenuous work and endure pain for even longer. That's the essential gist of the power. It's nothing special, just allows him to keep standing under pressure longer to protect those he's entrusted to.
Drawback: Like his durability, it's negated completely if you literally pluck him out of a fight and keep him separated from his team. Isolate this guy and that makes the situation substantially easier.
[⟐] B I O
For as long as Thor spends time on Midgard, it's a wonder how a man such as he can spare the time to procreate. A surprised Jane Foster didn't get the memo until she'd been bent over the toilet of her small RV in the middle of the goddamn desert, letting Darcy hold her hair while Ian freaked out. A baby. She was pregnant and the moment Jane could stand, she did everything in her power to contact her extraterrestrial boyfriend. Worked out better than she thought when he dropped out of the sky panicking in what looked to be like sleepwear - very comfy sleepwear, who knew Asgard had material softer than silk.
Thus began a very turbulent 9 months of containing a demi-god child inside her uterus. Eventful, being whisked off to Asgard where Thor's friends and family could literally pamper her to the brink of death. There were times where she didn't want to get out of bed and times where she needed to that she could barely even think about the fact that she'd been laying there for maybe a day too long. The birth of her child came smoothly and Magnus Thorson had come into a world like she would expect: the politest fucking baby in all of the universe. She'd asked immediately if it was normal for a baby not to cry and she'd almost freaked out until she saw her son in the arms of the doctors stationed to her suite (she refused to call them anything else).
Unfortunately, Jane Foster could only savor her time with her child for a good two days. Loki, upon discovering the happy parents to be immediately went into plotting. Thor would do anything for a child of his own and that was what he was counting on. After months to plan and concoct, Loki went into action the moment Thor and the baby were the only ones alone together. In the shadows he threw a bomb he'd made especially of the magic he could contort. It exploded above Magnus' cradle where Thor had stationed himself to care for his son, not harming the two but rather destroying the barrier in dimensions and thrusting both the child into a world millions of years away from Asgard or Midgard, so away from civilization it would be impossible to return home. Thor knew not to do but jump after, hoping he could do his best to protect his own charge.
The world they landed in was teeming with odd flora and fauna, a world likely stuffed with dangerous. Unarmed and with only his inherent powers to rely on, Thor didn't know if that would even help. Luckily, the world wasn't as odd as it looked at first glance. It could very well be treated as any other alien world within their galaxy. That still didn't bode well. It took quite awhile before Thor could find a way to feed his child, finding nutritious in plants that he had to test himself before finally being able to feed the boy nectar from a plant that only served to fill his own empty stomach. With that out of the way, it was only a matter of establishing himself and making sure he could care for his son before he could find a way home.
After finding a suitable home in a cavern carved into the side of a mountain whose tops floated into the pink-purple sky as if they longed to escape the world, too. He did his best to clear the space out for him and his son, making sure to fortify the area as best he could. At that point, it seemed quite impossible that he'd find a way home. A way to Jane and the Earth. A protector who was absent could no longer be accounted on to do their job. Thus he'd failed. Failed everything, but most of all he failed his son. That didn't mean he couldn't raise him to be the man he knew Magnus could become.
From that point on, Thor's goal had been to protect his child. His job was to raise his son. To be a good father in spite of their situation. Thus, years went on, Thor fortified their home and went to work making it actually feel like a home rather than a temporary space purely for survival. And Magnus grew from babe to child and Thor took his boy's ability to defend himself into his own hands. The wildlife ranged from harmless to insurmountable. Danger came around every corner and Thor could only protect their home on his own for so long before someone wanted the space a lot more than he did.
Armed with whatever they could fashion with weapons, Thor trained his son in swordsmanship and a variety of other fighting styles that could save him in a pinch. Being his son, he took to combat quite easily. Not enough to allow himself to rely on his abilities to save him as a seven year old kid, but it was enough of a foundation that Thor could continue building and building until his son's safety was no longer a concern. Once he reached pre-teen adolescence, Thor could finally search for ways off the planet and back home. That came in large and wide searches for years and years.
It wasn't until the boy turned sixteen, nearing adulthood with rapid pace, did they both find a crashed ship in the deep jungles hundreds of miles from their allotted home. It took years delving through the ship itself to find what he hoped he would. The FTL driver, if the explosion could be contained and the driver itself was mostly intact, he could potentially send them home. Of course, even that last bit was a long ass shot - it was either home or in deep space or a maybe even the middle of a burning star. It was, honestly, a better chance than they'd ever get. After two years of planning and finding the right supplies within the ship (after hauling the driver closer to home and in a wide clearing), they'd finally hit the switch. Not only had it sent them through the entire universe in a quantum leap, it had potentially sent them back in time. However, that was mostly speculation; the time dilation on the planet itself seemed like it'd been more to blame than the FTL driver.
On both Midgard and Asgard, it had only been three years. Once the Avengers had found them stranded on an island after a huge blast of quantum energy flared on every screen tracking for high energy fields, they'd brought the two home. They'd been disoriented, dirty, still battle ready and it took days for both to come down from their constant state of alert and paranoia. It wasn't until after a month of examination for serious injuries (of which they both found that they'd been slowly poisoning themselves) they were finally released to the world and to Asgard (Thor constantly argued that their technology would be able to do this quicker, but the team insisted and quelled his thoughts with their need to see Thor safe and sound, "Three years, man; we thought you'd both died," Sam had urged and it had brought Thor back to his bed where Bruce examined him as best he could).
Jane finally, finally got to see her son, who'd surprised her by coming home 17 years a little too old. She'd knew it was him, though, and by the brightness of his eyes, she knew Thor had told her son everything he could about her. Maybe a little too much. Mostly, he likely embellished everything to make her seem like some kind of saint. They took an entire year to reconnect and for Jane to come to terms that she had the misfortune (some would say fortune, ahaha) of missing out on her child's actual childhood. It took that year for Magnus to adjust to a life not constantly lived out of fear but pleasure and relaxation - comparatively, that is. It was an experience sleeping on an actual bed when you have no clue what an actual bed is but a cushion of leaves on hard, stone floor. More so, it came difficult to adjust to socialization. The boy had taken his father's politeness and upped it by a hundred, though, so that definitely helped his experience thin out easy. Darcy Lewis became quite the aid, as well, teaching him everything she knew when it came to people, the internet, and society, as a whole. He took everything she said to heart and she had quite a bit of fun using that to her amusement.
Now, a whole person instead of the frightened, paranoid survivor, Magnus can't help but attend Avenger's Academy at the behest of his parents and a few of the Avengers themselves.
[⟐] I n i t i a l O b s e r v a t i o n R e p or t
"The Avengers seem to have a flexible roster. But one constant: gotta have a demi-god on your team."
There's quite a bit of potential in this particular subject, a lot to build upon. Thor did a good job training him for survival, now it's just a matter of refining those skills and channeling them into something more specific.
Subject is inhumanly durable and can take hits that would kill most people, even some heroes. This could potentially be honed, however, increasing his durability seems to be a conundrum. If that could be taken to greater proportions, he could be a great support asset to a team desperately in need of someone to protect them from heavy fire.
[⟐] T r a i n i n g R e g i m e n
▣ Power Management
▣ Biology/Xenobiology
▣ Advanced Combat Training
▣ Astrophysics
▣ Asgardian Artifacts and History
▣ Tactics and Battle Strategy
[⟐] P o t e n t i a l O u t l o o k
Being the front line for any heavy combat oriented operations seems to be the absolute best position for Magnus. However, there's quite a bit of things that he could potentially do. There's honing his electrokinesis into something he can use at a respectable range. Being trained to aid in more covert operations. There's the potential for use in rescue operations, as he has an amazing sense of survivability that goes so far as to allowing him to search and find things, as well as perceive a lot of things other people might just miss.
He's a solid addition to any team, but will often find himself shining in more supportive roles. Thus, Magnus should always be paired with more than just one other hero or student to achieve the best possible outcome.
[⟐]S c e n a r i o : B e s t
We've got ourselves someone who can dish out damage capable of leveling battalions of footsoldiers, definitely. But that's nothing special; a lot of students can do that already. However, what we can get out of him at his absolute best is someone who can draw attention toward himself and take on an insurmountable amount of damage and pressure and just a number of things and still coming out standing tall. Not the best combatant, but when you're looking for someone to defend another person, defend an area, defend anything, well you've got someone with the potentially to be one of the damn best.
[⟐]S c e n a r i o : W o r s t
Like Thor, we don't quite know if he intends to stay for as long as we need him. His loyalties are clearly with his family, most of all. If they ever choose to leave the world in the hands of everyone else, well there's really no stopping any of them from leaving. Most of all, though, Magnus has a tendency to self-sacrifice - he knows his limits and he knows when they're about to break, so he knows what he's doing when he does it. There's a stubbornness in him that'll keep him from thinking of any other solution, as well, that quickly needs to be tampered.
