[@Hitman][@canaryrose] Here is my app! (finally) In truth I do need help deciding a ranking for him, so under that category I made note of what I am initially thinking of giving him. I finished this app rather late at night so I also hope I got the general rating system right. ^^; Regardless, if anything needs to be fixed or such just say the word and I'll do it! :D [hider=Strain] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/pTJOwJY.jpg[/img] [color=FF8C00][h1][b]Strain[/b][/h1][/color] [i][color=FF8C00]"What do you want me to say for the people at home? [b]’Get Swole’[/b] or something witty? Not my kind of thing, you know...u-usually."[/color][/i][/center] [color=FF8C00][B][ NAME ][/B][/color] Lucian B. Hawthorne [color=FF8C00][B][ HERO IDENTITY ][/B][/color] Strain [color=FF8C00][B][ NICKNAME/ALIAS ][/B][/color] “Luci” (only his little sister and mom get to use this one) “Luce” (a casual nickname his old childhood friends in Brookside called him) [color=FF8C00][B][ AGE ][/B][/color] 19 [color=FF8C00][B][ GENDER ][/B][/color] Male [color=FF8C00][B][ AFFILIATION ][/B][/color] H.E.R.O. [color=FF8C00][B][ APPEARANCE ][/B][/color] A younger man with a tall, athletically-muscular build and a conventionally attractive set of looks. Nothing that would draw a crowd, but not the sort of looks that would make him blend fully into one either. His muscular build is something he has worked out from years of training, exercise, and frankly work at it, and his usual casual attire of short-sleeves and comfortable blue jeans tend to show some of it off somewhat. When he exercises, he tends to wear shorts and short-sleeves for that no matter the time of year...which is a bad habit in the winter according to his mother (but not according to his stepfather). He has short-cut blonde hair and a pair of soft, ocean-blue eyes that seem to have a depth to them in a sense. [center][hider=Lucian (Casual) and his Hero Outfit Appearance] -Casual Lucian- [img]https://i.imgur.com/f7zGgex.jpg[/img] -Hero Outfit Style/Appearance- [img]https://i.imgur.com/2tt3tPF.jpg[/img][/hider][/center] [color=FF8C00][B][ PERSONALITY TRAITS ][/B][/color] [b][ D I S C I P L I N E D ][/b] Lucian can generally keep his head in the game and maintains a sense of self-discipline in general due to the influence of his stepfather and likewise his own desire to have such. He will work his hardest at a task until he can’t, is reliable to get a job done even if it is hard if he’s agreed to it, and seeks to keep his cool as best he can. His sense of self-discipline is mostly applied out in the field, dire situations, and when training or in a briefing, and in these areas he gets rather serious at that. Though if his anger comes through or is evoked, it can shake him right out of his usually more self-controlled state. [b][ K I N D ][/b] Lucian can be a kind soul at heart, the type who empathizes with others and wants to help if he can at least. Whether it is getting a kitten from a tree or assisting someone having a troubled day, Lucian is usually the type who will help if he can and is allowed to. Yet by the same vote this can naturally lead to him getting angry (see the “Irritable” trait below) about something if it [b][ I R R I T A B L E ][/b] At the end of the day or some point he usually needs his own time to “recharge” and cool down mentally and emotionally, lest he gets even more irritable if he hasn’t had some time to relax or “breathe” (as he puts it) in some fashion. Likewise he gets rather defensive about questions of his parentage at that (a rather sore matter for him), and negative comments about his family members can elicit a quick anger. Frankly find the things that make him tick, or simply seek to stoke his anger, and one can just get him fuming. [b][ D E D I C A T E D ][/b] To those he cares about most, Lucian is someone who will drop anything to help them at a moment’s notice...usually without thinking about it either to be frank. Whether it be a girlfriend, family member, or other who has come among his nearest and dearest, that is one way to gain both his support as well as get at him if one seeks to bring him down. [color=FF8C00][B][ BIO ][/B][/color] Lucian was born the third of four children, with his two older siblings being half-siblings by his mother’s first husband before he died in a car crash. Without ways to support her family, and no extended family on either side to turn to, Lucian’s mother tried to work odd jobs but was left tied up by all the effort it took to keep living in a middle-class home. In the end she ended up moving into a cheaper area of town, and as she worked at supporting her and her two children at the time she met another man: Lucian’s father. From the sounds of what little Lucian knows, the romance was a whirlwind and heartfelt and his father had powers himself. Yet all he’s ever been told is that his father just disappeared one day...never to return again four months after Lucian was born into the world. After that his mother was more of a mess, and in trying to cope with this got pregnant and gave birth to Lucian’s little sister. But all the same Lucian did his best to help her from a young age. Growing up in a neighborhood in Brookside, Lucian did manage to get into his fair share of trouble. It was mostly trying to assist his sister, who herself has a milder level of Autistic Spectrum Disorder and non-functioning legs that keep her in a wheelchair, who was easy prey for some other kids in the neighborhood. A few times Lucian was stabbed or frankly beat another kid unconscious, and as he grew up the boy proved to have an anger within him. Angry at those who jeered at his family. Angry at his inability to get an answer about his parentage. Even so his mother tried to temper him, and the presence of his little sister or getting him to cook something was the most effective at cooling his head when he’d “go off”. Ultimately his mother did do some things to help neighbors as well, and in return Lucian’s family became one with the locals right around them after some years. In this vein things got a bit easier at least, and he did get some pointers on how to navigate the streets in turn. His mother also pushed him to get public education and maintain it, which was at least the minimum she was able to get him to do properly beyond having him helping at home. Yet when Lucian was about 11 years old, his mother finally remarried to a retired officer and former US Marine. A highly decorated and accomplished one at that. The two met at the store his mother worked at, and this led to talking. Talking led to laughing. This led to dating. One can get the picture from there. It was enough to pull Lucian and his family into a distinctly better part of the city, Passenger Island, due to his stepfather’s income and current line of work for the government. It was a kind of better life his older siblings could at least remember, but that he himself and his little sister had never known. However, he did clash with his stepfather over and over at first, butting heads with his anger and the man’s cooler discipline. It all got to the point that the man decided to “train” young Lucian like a soldier to get a handle on him. Thus began roughly 8 years of training with his stepfather in AMCMAP (Advanced Marine Corps Martial Arts Program), and ultimately his enrollment at the Academy for Junior Heroes. From here he’s trained and worked and learned and ultimately graduated to become a hero working for H.E.R.O. itself. However, with many questions about his life left unanswered, and myriad threats lurking in the dark, it will be up to the whims of time and Lucian’s own choices to see where he ends up. [color=FF8C00][b]| MISCELLANEOUS |[/b][/color] -One of his older siblings, as well as his little sister, both possess powers. His little sister is enrolled at the Academy for Junior Heroes as well, wanting to become a hero herself in some capacity, but has some years to go if she’s going to become good hero material. -The only thing he's overheard his mother say otherwise about his birth father is something about "Depths". Whatever that means. [hider=Abilities] [color=FF8C00][B][ RANKING ][/B][/color] (B+ or A I am thinking) [color=FF8C00][B][ POWERS ][/B][/color] Density Alternation. The user can alter the density of themselves and other things/etc around them. They can alter their own density to be so little they become intangible and able to fly, alter their density to the point they become invisible, they can alter the density of an object to make it incredibly tough yet heavy, they can alter the density of intangible things to make them tangible, alter the density of someone's body to make them stronger and more durable, and so forth. A power with a wide variety of applications basically, ranging from bringing down a flying enemy to making a target's non-muscular tissues so dense they are weighed down and can't move. [color=FF8C00][B][ PHYSICAL STRENGTH ][/B][/color] ■■■■■■■□□□ Lucian has no strength-related powers, but he has pushed himself through martial arts and exercise to achieve a very physically fit and strong/agile build. Can alter the density of things to pick up even stuff he shouldn’t be able to, but that doesn’t change his strength. He can, however, alter the density of himself..which includes his muscle tissues...for temporary super strength. Still is very much human. [color=FF8C00][B][ AGILITY ][/B][/color] ■■■■□□□□□□ Lucian has trained and practiced and exercised alike to achieve a higher but still-human level of agility. [color=FF8C00][B][ INTELLIGENCE ][/B][/color] ■■■■□□□□□□ Lucian is generally well-educated and considered to have above-average intelligence. [color=FF8C00][B][ DESTRUCTIVENESS ][/B][/color] ■■■■■■■■■□ When you can create craters and collapse things through altering their density, destructive potential is something that naturally comes with Lucian’s power. [color=FF8C00][B][ LETHALITY ][/B][/color] ■■■■■■□□□□ Not an inherently lethal power at base, but it can be used in lethal manners if the user gets creative. Things like increasing the density of the target’s head or spine or limbs specifically, crushing them underneath density altered objects, and so forth are the sort of options one can take in this regard. [color=FF8C00][B][ ENDURANCE ][/B][/color] ■■■■■■■□□□ Lucian has no passive superhuman endurance-related powers himself, but he can use his power to make himself more durable or alternately intangible in effect. This adds to his endurance in battle and out of it when he uses his power to this end at least. [color=FF8C00][B][ EFFICACY ][/B][/color] ■■■■■□□□□□ Lucian can only affect (and adjust the effects of his power on) four individual targets at a time, including himself or part of himself as one of these four if he so wishes, and can fine-tune and adjust the effects of his power on said targets as well. As he usually always keeps himself included among these “four targets'', he generally is limited to 3 other individual targets unless he ceases to target himself (albeit this could include “a single whole building” as a target). Removing one of the individual targets from effects of his power frees it instantly as well, returning it to its normal density/state. Likewise, when he makes himself intangible, electricity can still affect him and actually hurts him more than normal in that state. So toss up an electrified fence and he can’t pass through it when trying to be intangible. That being said, when going intangible he can’t interact with other things either save to move through them. Using his power also places a general strain on him, like he’s lifting heavy weights or running a marathon, so excessive enough use of his powers can frankly drain him to exhaustion and beyond that to the point of self-injury if he continues to push himself. This is mitigated to some extent by his normal fit and strong physique, but since he doesn’t have a superhuman physique at base he still can only do so much. [color=FF8C00][B][ SKILLS ][/B][/color] -AMCMAP (Advanced Marine Corps Martial Arts Program): The product of having a step-father who was a celebrated soldier and then ultimately officer within the Marines, and who helped innovate an improved martial arts program for the military. The same man who drilled this all into him to “instill a sense of discipline” over the last 7 years, but basically went overboard by some accounts by training a kid in military-grade martial arts. At the same time, however, Lucian has kept up this training alongside his own regimen of exercise. -Cooking and Sewing: Something his mother taught him since childhood, mostly skills that were needed in his first decade of life but became personal hobbies since. In the former he has a passion for tasty food, leading to his geeking out if talking about the subject of cooking, whilst in regards to the latter he is at least generally solid and competent with his skills in the area of sewing. [color=FF8C00][B][ EQUIPMENT ][/B][/color] -Knife: The only thing left behind by his birth father, a well-built bowie knife with the semi-faded but hard-etched initials “A.B.T.” engraved into the handle by some means. Passed on to him by his mother, who had kept it hidden away for years but ultimately gave it to him as a gift once he joined HERO. -Wallet -Phone [/hider] [/hider]