[hider=Martin Adam Cromwell]
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[i]"I don't even take myself seriously."[/i]
[h3][color=c4df9b] [b]19[/b] | [b]5"6[/b] | [b]Irish American[/b] |  [b]He/Him[/b] | [b]132lbs.[/b][/color] [/h3]
[h1][i][color=c4df9b][Unnoticed][/color][/i][/h1]
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[h3][u][b][color=c4df9b] APPEARANCE [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"I can't say I'm turning too many heads but it could be worse."[/i]

[indent][indent]Martin is a boy with an almost bird-boned figure and a frail, slight look to him. He had been small since childhood, always a step behind his peers in size and frame, he never seemed to have quite caught up. Short and as thin as a reed, he has bony shoulders and he looks as if a stray breeze could blow him aside. There seems to be little to no muscle throughout his entire body and he doesn't seem ashamed of it. His small build makes it hard for him to be intimidating and was often the reason that he was pushed around in highschool. While being unintimidating, it also makes him appear much younger than he is and far more fragile.

His skin is almost sickly pale and there is prominent bruising beneath his eyes. He's blessed with a very good jawline, his face is all angles with deep cheekbones. A sharp cupids bow and a full lower lip characterize a mouth that can usually be found pushed slightly to the side in thought. A broad forehead and thick dark eyebrows lead to a pair of stormy blue eyes that are shrouded in dark eyelashes. A pale scar cuts through his left eyebrow, arching towards his hairline and disappearing into his hair.

The clothing that he wears can be considered a little eccentric, perhaps almost like a goth who's phase never quite ended. He can be found in long black trenchcoats with high collars, black jeans and black steel-toed boots. When he's not in his signature trenchcoat, he will usually opt for black silk button up shirts, black turtleneck sweaters or black t-shirts printed with band logos on them. His nails are almost always painted a uniform black.[/indent][/indent]

[h3][u][b][color=c4df9b] PSYCHOLOGY [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Gay [b]and[/b] sarcastic? I've got it all."[/i]

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[b][color=c4df9b]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/color][/b] Martin's main goal in life is to be a musician, preferably a lead guitarist in a band some day.

[b][color=c4df9b]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/color][/b] Martin's philosophy on life is to mind his own business, he doesn't see the need to interject himself into the affairs of other people. Helping them or hurting them, it's all the same and he doesn't want to be a part of either.

[b][color=c4df9b]SECRETS ⫻[/color][/b] Martin's biggest secret is the fact that he was bullied all throughout middle school and he tends to bottle up his feelings about it. He views social situations like someone may view a battleground, it scares him that any person could turn sour at any moment.

[b][color=c4df9b]DESIRES ⫻[/color][/b] Above all else, Martin desires genuine confidence in himself and everything that he does. He also desires the ability to connect to people around him, he's not very good at it.

[b][color=c4df9b]SEXUALITY ⫻[/color][/b] Homosexual, he's very open about it if someone happens to ask him.

[b][color=c4df9b]FEARS ⫻[/color][/b] Martin fears being completely alone, he spent much of his childhood and teenage years in a sort of forced isolation. The idea of having absolutely no one for the rest of his life is one that terrifies him.

[b][color=c4df9b]REPUTATION ⫻[/color][/b] His reputation is that of a loner and a weird kid, but he's known for being intelligent. He's the kind of kid that parents and teachers tend to refer to like "Oh, that Martin, he's smart but he's very [i]odd.[/i]"

[b][color=c4df9b]PET PEEVES ⫻[/color][/b] He hates people that are purely mean just to be mean, something about bullies just really gets under his skin.

[b][color=c4df9b]QUIRKS ⫻[/color][/b] He's prone to rocking back and forth when he's sitting or standing. He bites his nails frequently, usually chewing them down to the quick.
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[h3][u][b][color=c4df9b] BACKSTORY [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"My biography could be titled; "Nineteen Years of Failed Attempts at Getting Attention"."[/i]

[indent][indent]Born a native to Farmer Hill, Martin Cromwell lived with a divorced pair of parents, his father lived about two hours away. Alice Cromwell was a woman who was very busy in trying to maintain their household, often away long hours at a demanding job. This left Martin with a babysitter for most of his childhood, a kind young woman who he just called Addi. Addi was fantastic at her job and treated him in the way that his mother didn't have time too, she would take him places and buy him things and comb his hair out of his face. At times it was hard to remember that she was just hired help and he thought of her like a family member. When his mother would be cold and absent, Addi was always warm and receptive. She would listen to him and she would care for him, he begin to care more for her than he cared for his own mother. 

Alice was not an inherently bad woman, though she was extremely stressed. She was wrapped into the throes of work and she never had the time to do the little things that her son was so desperately requiring. By the age of ten, it became clear to the young man that his household was a little bit off. This was the start of an attention streak for young Martin. He became obsessed with impressing his distant mother, despite Addi's advice to not let it get to him. He started doing anything that he could to get her approval, he found that her approval was intangible and untouchable.

School was rough on the young man, he was often at the bottom of the pecking order. He was the type of kid that either faded into the background or was targeted by larger kids, this led to him cowering back. It wasn't easy to avoid the shoves and the comments, every passing day became a struggle. He would try to avoid school to avoid the harsh words that burned into his skin, nothing he said or did would make them stop. He became obsessed with trying to blend completely in, if his own mother could forget his existence then so could these kids. 

It seemed to work after some time, he became a ghost of a student. He didn't have many friends but he didn't have many enemies either. It was around the age of thirteen that his father bought him an electric guitar and an amplifier. At first, he didn't know why his father had given him the instrument and it collected dust for months. He finally picked it up and spent weeks trying to learn how to play it, memorizing cords and getting used to the feeling of it pressing into his palms. It became his obsession, he couldn't focus on anything else as long as this instrument had his attention.

He played for Addi, learning songs that she liked and listening to her "oo" and "ahh" at the sounds of his fingers picking away at the strings. He played almost constantly, drowning the world out in song. It helped him get through school, gave him something to do that was easier and more interesting than socializing with people who didn't really care if he existed or not. He held no grudge for his mother or even for the school that paid him no mind, he just cared about that guitar and the beautiful sound that he could make with it. With some help from his father, he ended up attending Grand Ridge Academy.

When he found that Grand Ridge was hosting a camping trip, he was eager to sign up. A change in scenery seemed like just the thing to inspire him.[/indent][/indent]

[h3][u][b][color=c4df9b] SKILLS & TALENTS [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"You ever met a guy who can play guitar while balancing a plate on a stick? No? Me neither."[/i]

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[b][color=c4df9b]Playing Guitar ⫻[/color][/b] Martin learned to play guitar when he was thirteen years old and he's been playing it ever since, it's the talent that he's most proud of.

[b][color=c4df9b]Juggling ⫻[/color][/b] While this talent have proved to be mostly useless throughout his life, it's great for parties. He can juggle up to four things at a time.

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[h3][u][b][color=c4df9b] ABSTRACTION [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"If I ever identified with anything, it was shadows."[/i]

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[b][color=c4df9b]SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻[/color][/b] A curling black shadow-like sigil on the right side of his neck. 

[b][color=c4df9b]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/color][/b] Shadow Generation: Generation and projection of shadows and darkness which absorb or nullifies light in the area.

[b][color=c4df9b]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/color][/b] This ability doesn't have many benefits or down sides. He can project formless shadows, making them shift about and flit around. He can also absorb the light in a given area, sending it into complete darkness but he can't hold it like that for very long.

[b][color=c4df9b]IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻[/color][/b] His ability to hold darkness into place becomes stronger, making it so he can hold it there for much longer. He can move with this, holding the darkness wherever he may go. His shadow manipulation becomes more clear, holding stable shapes rather than formless masses. 

[b][color=c4df9b]AURA SENSING ⫻[/color][/b] True to his shadow nature, he can sense the auras of people or animals that are hiding, this extends to a one mile radius.

[b][color=c4df9b]LIMITS ⫻[/color][/b] Martin can only produce shadows in a line of sight radius, and any darkness he creates will fade if he breaks line of sight with it. He can cover around a fifteen meter radius in darkness, but the abstraction wears him down, so he can't do it for too long. On the other hand, this is one of the few Abstractions that the Awakened are not resistant to.

[b][color=c4df9b]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/color][/b] On the other hand, Martin cannot see through his own darkness, and it renders him blind as anyone else. In addition, it is completely ineffective against extra-sensory abilities, aura reading, or any senses beyond sight.

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[h3][u][b][color=c4df9b] OTHER [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Endings are often bittersweet."[/i]

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He does not like to be called "Mart" or "Marty" unless he's very fond of the individual.
He is highly allergic to cats.

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[b]1.[/b] [i]Dislocated shoulder while distracting Scott Reese. [/i][/hider][/indent][/indent]

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[hider=Martin Cromwell - Relationship Table]
[table=bordered][row][cell]Character name[/cell] [cell][i]Opinion[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=slateblue]Kimberly[/color][/cell][cell][i]I mean, I can't say we're best friends or anything, I barely know her, but she's cool. We clicked for the most part, I always wanted to see more of her photography, I've never had an eye for that stuff.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=007236]Rien[/color][/cell][cell][i]I dig Rien, they're pretty nice and I admire the whole nonchalant outlook that they've got. We're not the closest but I really appreciate them talking to me. Hopefully we'll get to talk more.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=MediumOrchid]Tuyen[/color][/cell][cell][i]I'm worried about her lately, I hope she's doing okay. I'll probably try to talk to her soon, it's been awhile.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell]Rita[/cell][cell][i]Rita is my best friend, there's no qualms about it. I'm constantly grateful that I met her and that even when things get rough, we're able to stick it out. I'm glad to know we're in this weirdness together, and I'm glad we're back to our usual movie nights. I'm a [b]little[/b] embarrassed that I told her so much about me but she took it fine. I don't know how to word this without sounding mushy but I know that whatever the world throws at us, I'll have her back through it all.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=Indianred]Penny[/color][/cell][cell][i]I can't help but want to thank her for helping Rita but I'm not sure I have the guts.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=sandybrown]Billy[/color][/cell][cell][i]I'm also pretty sure this guy's sister is that scary chick. I don't really care as long as he stays cool with me. We talk in passing and I think he's okay. He seems nice enough.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=f7941d]Hagan[/color][/cell][cell][i]Funny how a conversation with a guy that hates me about things that make [b]zero[/b] sense can make me like him. He's alright, kind of rough around the edges and like I said, he [b]hates[/b] me but I think we could get along if he ever stops, y'know, [b]hating me.[/b][/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=39b54a]Grant[/color][/cell][cell][i]I like Grant, he's really awesome. Our friendship consists of a lot of note passing and text messages, it's like a silent film but with constant dialogue cards. I actually [b]kind of love it[/b]. There's something really easy about talking to him, I feel like he's really the kind of person that you can trust. I'm having fun getting to know him, I'm glad that he seems to like me too.[/i][/cell][/row]
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[hider=Aliana Cecilia Agüero]
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[i]"You don't know shit about my life and I prefer it that way."[/i]
[h3][color=8882be][b]20[/b] | [b]5"9[/b] | [b]Afro Cuban and English American[/b] |[b]She/Her[/b] | [b]146 lbs.[/b][/color][/h3]
[h1][i][color=8882be][Secretive][/color][/i][/h1]

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[h3][u][b][color=8882be] APPEARANCE [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Not that I care about looks but I'm doing pretty damn well."[/i]

[indent][indent]Aliana is built tall and strong with a very slim, beautiful, figure and a good complexion to her bronzed skin. She walks with pride, very aware of her long legs and broad shoulders. She was always on the tall side and she was always very okay with it, seeming to prefer being the gangly girl over the small, quaint, girl. She's somebody who demands to be noticed and it's hard not to with her unique features and her slender form.

She has noticeably high cheekbones and a squared off jaw, full lips and a button nose. Her hair is a dark brown and usually cut short, it's very thick and curly. Her eyes are a very dark brown, ranging towards black and shaded in dark eyelashes. Her skin has dark freckles that smatter her shoulders and chest, a prominent dark mole stands stark on the left side of her neck. She has a tattoo of a dark red rose on her right ankle.

She can usually be found in casual, fashionable clothing. She's not the type to go over the top with clothing but she stands out just enough that she still demands attention. Brightly colored scarves, pointed heels and clattering bracelets can almost always be found on her person.[/indent][/indent]

[h3][u][b][color=8882be] PSYCHOLOGY [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"This whole stable thing is a ruse."[/i]

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[b][color=8882be]MAIN GOAL ⫻[/color][/b] Aliana strives to be an actress some day, this is a goal that she dedicates almost all of her time to.

[b][color=8882be]PHILOSOPHY ⫻[/color][/b] Aliana believes strongly in live and let live, she doesn't feel swayed to bother those who are just living their lives and she very much wants them to leave her to live her own life. As far as she's concerned, nobody should bother anyone else. Negativity is something that she can't stand.

[b][color=8882be]SECRETS ⫻[/color][/b] Aliana had a very abusive father, she still struggles with the trauma of it all.

[b][color=8882be]DESIRES ⫻[/color][/b] She desires stability and safety.

[b][color=8882be]SEXUALITY ⫻[/color][/b] Bisexual.

[b][color=8882be]FEARS ⫻[/color][/b] Above all, she fears her father but she also has a pretty severe phobia of darkness.

[b][color=8882be]REPUTATION ⫻[/color][/b] She has a reputation of being extremely friendly but somewhat catty, she tends to surround herself in people that will put up with her tendency to be overly dramatic.

[b][color=8882be]PET PEEVES ⫻[/color][/b] A lot of things annoy her but the thing that annoys her most are people that appear to be very holier-than-thou. She has almost no tolerance for someone who can't see their own faults.

[b][color=8882be]QUIRKS ⫻[/color][/b] When standing, she will tend to sway in place and shift her feet. She also tends to swing her arms at her sides and tap her fingers on things when she's impatient.
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[h3][u][b][color=8882be] BACKSTORY [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"My mama always said that I was as smart as a whip but keeping everything inside would tear me apart."[/i]

[indent][indent]Born in south Florida to a Cuban mother and an American father, she grew up in a low income household. She spent most of her childhood in a fairly small trailer with two younger brothers. Her mother did her best to make their small home liveable for her three children. It was only their father who made the home uninhabitable for everyone. As far as Aliana could remember, he would go into rages and hurt her mother. These rages would usually scare the young girl into hiding until she couldn't hear the slamming any longer.

It wasn't until she was nine that she started trying to stand up to her father. That was the first time that he ever hit her.  The young lady was full of fire, she didn't let the blows stop her from fighting back but the negativity of it all was starting to wear her down. She spent years encouraging her mother to leave her father and to get as far away from him as they could. It [i]took[/i] years before they actually [i]did[/i] move. At the age of fifteen, her and her two younger brothers landed in Farmer Hill.

Though the place wasn't ideal, they managed to find an affordable home and it was very far from her father. Her mother took back her maiden name and so did her kids, it was an act of solidarity. It was a complete separation from the one person that they had all feared for so long. In Farmer Hill, Aliana got the chance to be herself and to focus on goals that meant something to her. She got the chance to be the person that she had always wanted to be. 

This chance came with the need to let no one in, she didn't want to be a tragedy and she despised the idea of pity. Soon, secrets became so easy for her that she almost never spoke about anything deeper than the here and now. Her emotions were cast aside and so were her thoughts and concerns. She became a blank space, a persona of a girl that laughed the world off. 

Attending Grand Ridge Academy made her mother very proud, the idea of the camping trip struck her as a very fun way to kick back and relax.[/indent][/indent]

[h3][u][b][color=8882be] SKILLS & TALENTS [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Not only am I fast, I can act."[/i]

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[b][color=8882be][Running] ⫻[/color][/b] She was on the track team for a very long time, she's very quick.

[b][color=8882be][Acting] ⫻[/color][/b] Her dream of being an actress has lead to a lot of practice in the fine art of acting.

[b][color=8882be][Herbal Knowledge] ⫻[/color][/b] She knows a lot about different types of herbs from working with her mom in their garden for so long.

[b][color=8882be][Ballroom Dancing] ⫻[/color][/b] She took ballroom dancing lessons for a short period of time in highschool.

[b][color=8882be][Spanish] ⫻[/color][/b] She has a fluency in Spanish because her mother speaks predominant Spanish.
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[h3][u][b][color=8882be] ABSTRACTION [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Some things should stay hidden."[/i]

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[b][color=8882be]SIGIL & LOCATION ⫻[/color][/b] A faded grayish eye on the underside of her right wrist.

[b][color=8882be]ABSTRACTION ⫻[/color][/b] Cloaking: The power to hide objects/subjects from optical sight.

[b][color=8882be]ABSTRACTION DESCRIPTION ⫻[/color][/b] This abstraction allows Aliana the ability to hide objects or people from visible sight, this expands to any living thing and any nonliving thing. Things that she cloaks will disappear completely from sight but will otherwise remain in their place, obscuring them from vision but not removing them from existence.

[b][color=8882be]IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN ⫻[/color][/b] Her ability to cloak things expands to a much further range and she's able to cloak them for longer.

[b][color=8882be]AURA SENSING ⫻[/color][/b] Influenced by her love of track, Aliana can see the auras of individuals that are moving very quickly in about a half mile radius.

[b][color=8882be]LIMITS ⫻[/color][/b] Aliana has a limitless range for cloaking objects - however, while she doesn't have a hard-limit, she has an effective range. She can effectively cloak objects within three meters of herself, able to keep it fully cloaked for as long as she stays focused. Outside of that, she has to focus a bit harder to cloak it. Outside of around ten meters, she'll be struggling to keep objects cloaked for more than a few seconds. The size of the object or area also has to be taken into account - she can keep an average adult male cloaked, again, for long as she can remain focused. She can keep, say, a minivan cloaked for about a few minutes before. She can keep a ten meter radius cloaked for about a split second. This is also one abstraction that bypasses the Awakened's resistance to each other. However, while her cloaking bypasses the Awakened's resistance, it doesn't stop aura reading, or any other extra-sensory abilities even in the slightest.

[b][color=8882be]WEAKNESSES ⫻[/color][/b] Her cloaking ability impairs her own ability to see. While she isn't rendered blind, her vision is greatly dimmed, and she'll have a harder time seeing from a distance, and seeing finer details like colors.

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[h3][u][b][color=8882be] OTHER [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[i]"Try not to miss me."[/i]
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Her brothers are very dear to her and she likes to make that glaringly clear.

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[b]1.[/b] [i]N/A[/i][/hider][/indent][/indent]

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[hider=Aliana Agüero - Relationship Table]
[table=bordered][row][cell]Character name[/cell] [cell][i]Opinion[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=wheat]Britney[/color][/cell][cell][i]The girl is awesome. When I moved here, I was really worried about meeting anyone half as cool as the people back home but Britney is absolutely amazing. She was nice to me from the start and I'll always appreciate that. I'm really glad I met her.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=RoyalBlue]Min-Jun[/color][/cell][cell][i]God, this kid is irritating. I met him once on campus and I just about wanted to throttle him, we made a bit of a scene by arguing. I don't look forward to running into him ever again.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=00aeef]Lynette[/color][/cell][cell][i]I don't think anyone gets how much of a leader Lynette is, she keeps a stable head and she does what needs to be done. I kind of admire those qualities and it makes me want to be more innovative. I'd easily say she's one of my closest friends, I'm glad we're in this stuff together.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=Indianred]Penny[/color][/cell][cell][i]Penny proves time and time again that [b]nothing[/b] can hold her back, she's fearless and brash. Sometimes I think that she's one of the bravest people that I've ever met, I wish I was that brave. She's also one of my closest friends and I'm glad that we've started this weird super trio with Lynette.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=sandybrown]Billy[/color][/cell][cell][i]With Penny, you get Billy. I don't have much issue with Billy, he's a'ight. He's hit on me before but I'm not really complaining, I'd hate to discourage an admirer [b]too much[/b].[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=skyblue]Nathan[/color][/cell][cell][i]This kid keeps popping up, he's kind of funny though, I can deal with a funny guy.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=39b54a]Grant[/color][/cell][cell][i]Good kid, I don't have any issue with Grant, he's one of those people that's easy to like.[/i][/cell][/row]
[row][cell][color=630460]Jasmine[/color][/cell][cell][i]I've never really had a friend who understood what it was like to always be keeping an eye on your younger brothers, it's good to have her around. I don't feel like I have to put a front on around her, I can be open about how much I worry about those dumb boys when they're not around. I just really like Jasmine, I'm glad that we met.[/i][/cell][/row]
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