[quote=@RainforestGiant] [hider= Nathaniel Penn - Communicator of Thunderbird] [centre][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1mwcaZ7yV1rsaovso1_r1_500.jpg[/img][/centre] [centre][url=https://fontmeme.com/fonts/gangue-ouais-font/][img][/img][/url][/centre] [centre][h2][color=ffffff][ BASICS ][/color][/h2][hr][/centre] [color=ffffff][centre][b][ NAME ][/b] Nathaniel Penn[/centre] [centre][b][ AGE ][/b] 21[/centre] [centre][b][ GENDER ][/b] Male[/centre] [centre][b][ COMMUNICATOR OF ][/b] Thunderbird[/centre] [centre][b][ MYTHOLOGY OF (YOUR GOD) ][/b] Thunderbird is found across North America but he is closest to the Northwest Coast his home is in the Olympic Mountains under a glacier and his worst enemy is the monsters in the deep. Thunderbird brings the lightning and the thunder. He is the strongest of the gods and fights the monsters others cannot or will not. When people are in need he feeds his people from the sea. Thunderbird values his privacy.[/centre][/color] [centre][h2][color=ffffff][ APPEARANCE ][/color][/h2][/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ PHYSIQUE ][/B][/color] Nate is tall, rangy and muscular. He was a former full-contact fighter, avid outdoorsman, and martial arts teacher. He has no spare flesh and moves with a quiet grace. Nate has broad shoulders, a deep chest and long strong limbs, any man or woman that sees him will give him more than a single glance. [/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ HEIGHT / WEIGHT ][/B][/color] Six foot, six inches/ 300lbs of muscle, Black hair, electric blue eyes[/centre] [centre][hr][h2][color=ffffff][ PERSONALITY ][/color][/h2][hr][/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION ][/B][/color] Nathaniel is a kind decent soul and very concerned about doing what is right. He has a strong sense of responsibility and duty. He understands the negative motivations that can move someone to disaster and is wary of them. Nathan is shy by nature, however, his good looks and charisma can lead him astray especially where attractive women are concerned. When it comes to conflict Nathaniel is determined, dedicated, and committed to doing what needs to be done. As a police officer he has learned how to best sooth others and lead people into doing what is needed. [/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ LIKES / DISLIKES ][/B][/color] Likes: Nathan likes his family and friends, loves spending time outdoors, practicing martial arts and spending time with his son. His favorite food is seal dipped in hot whale fat, herring eggs mixed with whipped berries, and chocolate. Knowing his low tolerance for alcohol, Nate always drinks coffee instead. He loves playing basketball with friends and swimming or surfing the beach. Dislikes: Speaking to a crowd (he's embarrassed by his 'res' accent), men who bully women and children, and cities.[/centre] [centre][h2][color=ffffff][hr][ BIOGRAPHY ][hr][/color][/h2][/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ Place of Origin ][/B][/color] Mora, Washington State[/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ BIO ][/B][/color][/centre] [centre]Nathaniel is the youngest child of the last of the Whalers. His family clan is the Thunderbird. His oldest brother was nearly eighty years older than Nathan. He grew up on a small reservation on the Washington coast. His family had been whalers for centuries. Nathan's father died when he was very young, (and his father very old) and he had little guidance in his life. Nathan's mother was an alcoholic and frequently left Nathan on his own. Nathan grew up big strong and resentful and by the time he was thirteen he had a couple of years of varsity wrestling and more than a little boxing under his belt as well as less structured forms of combat. Nathan had discovered the existential joys of kicking ass. He liked fighting men bigger and stronger than him at the drop of a hat and if no one else would drop the hat, he would. While he was only thirteen, he was six feet tall and a hundred and seventy pounds, mean as a cat on speed and twice as fast. That all ended when Larry Jefferson took him under his wing. Larry was a Vietnam vet and an expert at Shorin Ryu karate and kobujutsu. Larry showed Nathaniel how to calm his spirit, channel his energies and taught him the things a father should. By the time he was sixteen, Nathan had turned his life around. He was fighting still but in full-contact tournaments in the men's division. He was head of his class in high school and taught woodcarving twice a week at the school. Nathan also was a father. At sixteen this was hardly a planned event for either the mother or the father but both were willing to do what was needed to raise their son and they had family to help. By the time Nathaniel was eighteen the tribal police made him a cadet and at twenty one he entered the Federal Police academy and graduated top of his class. Nathan was a favorite son of his tribe, a valued member of his community and had a reputation as a great guy and someone you could trust. He had his own home and his son Ray split his time between both parents equally. Although, since they lived a stones throw away, (literally) there really wasn't many days that little Ray didn't spend with both parents. They always tried to eat at least one meal as a family and did all holidays together. Nathaniel was being groomed as chief of police and perhaps Chief of the Tribe. He was last of the Thunderbird clan and liked by all. His only difficulty was public speaking, he is painfully aware of his reservation accent and when speaking to unfamiliar people he tends to mumble, unless he's in uniform, then he speaks as loudly as necessary. He is a master of Shorin Ryu Karate and Kobujutsu weapons. He is also an excellent swimmer, outdoorsman, tracker, and woodcarver. Nathan met the man who would change his life one stormy day in February. The wind was blowing well over sixty miles an hour with gusts up to ninety. He was securing the streets of his little village, watching for trees falling, wires down or other dangers when he saw a boat tip over in the harbor. Somebody had an old fashioned canoe out on the waters. The ocean had come over the bar and was only a few feet below flood level. Nathan did not hesitate longer than it took to radio it in, then he dived into the choppy water. He swam to the canoe like a seal and after a minute or so found his target more by chance than anything else. Nathan swam to shore and was about to begin resuscitation when to his shock the man spoke. He told Nathan he was now more than a man and more than just a father, he was now a protector against the creatures that lurked in the darkness. [/centre] [centre][h2][color=ffffff][hr][ POWERS ][hr][/color][/h2][/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ RELICS / FAMILIARS ][/B][/color] The day after meeting the drowning man, Nathan found a paddle he had carved to practice Kobujutsu with a native flare had changed. It felt stronger, lighter and quicker in his hands and left a disconcerting trail of electrical arcs when he spun it too fast. A beaded belt that tells the story of Thunderbird. The belt changes when no one is looking at it and a different part of the thousands of years of history is displayed but no one can say for certain whether they have seen it before or simply forgotten and it always looked like that. [/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ POWERS ][/B][/color][/centre] [centre] Flight: Nathaniel can manifest black, red, and white wings. He can fly with them at speeds that rival an attack helicopter for a few hours then they fade away. His flight is maneuverable and instinctive. Heightened Durability and Strength: Nathaniel is both more resilient and more enduring than any human. Nathan has the muscular strength and endurance to fly. He has survived a high speed crash to the ground from one hundred feet with only cuts, bruises, and strains. Superhuman agility: Nathan is fast, his reflexes allow him to dodge bullets or parry them with his paddle. Heightened Vision: Nathaniel has the keen vision of a bird of prey. He can see More colors than humans and his vision can pick out a trout in the water from a several hundred feet in the air. He can see the currents in the air.[/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ INVOCATION ][/B][/color][/centre] [centre] Father Thunderbird, lord of lightning, protector of the True people, foe to monsters and the dark. Come to me now one wings of thunder. Grant me the strength to do what is need and the resolve to see it through. Have mercy on your children and protect us as old![/centre] [centre][hider=Thunderbird][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4b/a6/02/4ba602b78543b28f915c301143e9c195.png[/img] Lightning plays about Thunderbird and thunder accompanies every stroke of his wings. He speaks with the voice of thunder and looks much like Nathaniel except while Nathaniel's eyes are an electric blue normally, Thunderbird's have lightning filing them. They shine like arclights. Nathaniel is worn out after invoking Thunderbird and his normally short hair has grown into a shoulder length mass with a topknot in a ponytail. [/hider][/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ OTHER INTERESTS/SKILLS ][/B][/color] Nathaniel loves hunting and fishing, boating, trapping, and surfing. He is a deadeye with both firearms and spears and bows. He can throw his paddle with deadly effect. He plays basketball with his friends but keeps his abilities under wraps. He spends much of his free time with his son and it is his greatest joy. Nate still practices martial arts daily and has become a master of the paddle/oar as a weapon. Growing up without a tv or video games, Nathan is an avid reader and studies Northwest Indian lore obsessively to discover what he can of the enemy. He is also working to get a law degree, in his spare time (ha, ha) so that he may better serve his people. He enjoys carving and art and can be found working on pieces when he can find the time. [/centre] [centre][h2][color=ffffff][hr][ MISC. ][hr][/color][/h2][/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ BIRTHDAY / SIGN ][/B][/color] July 3, Cancer[/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ FAVORITES / LEAST FAVORITES ][/B][/color] Favorites are the Cleveland Indians, Good books, and good food. Least favorites are domestic cases, cities, tourists (although he is always unfailingly polite) and out of town surfers (they tend to bring drugs, alcohol, and trouble all of which Mora has in abundance). [/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ SEXUAL PREFERENCE ][/B][/color] Straight[/centre] [centre][color=ffffff][B][ MUSIC/MOVIE/BOOK/GAME TYPE ][/B][/color] Nathan likes Red River, Country, Country rock especially Lynyrd Skynyrd. His favorite movies are the Lord of the Rings series. He watches them with his son at least once a month or so. His favorite book is West of Honor by Gerry Pournelle. His favorite game is basketball but he enjoys chess and will play with anyone who drops by the police station. [/centre] [/hider] [/quote] I think the character is really cool! I love the concept and I think Thunderbird is really cool. A couple of quick comments if you could fix them up: [list] [*]I think the personality is a [i]little[/i] sparse. Especially considering you don't have a novella of a backstory that can also shed more light on the personality, I would like to see a little more about how Nate's mind works. His valor and and all that is clear but how he interacts with others, outside of getting the ladies, is not really gone into in-depth. [*]Technically you are only supposed to have three distinct powers, so if you could condense what you have into three parts I would appreciate that. [*]Lastly, if you could describe your invocation a bit more in depth. Right now you just have a picture of a shadow bird; not sure exactly what the specs are like with it. [/list] Thanks!