[hider=Erick Cypress][h2][color=AB5EC9]▲[/color] Ender[/h2]
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[sup]Nickname(s): Ender (this is generally what he prefers to go by)[/sup]

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[center][color=AB5EC9][i]I've been through the desert
On a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain[/i][/color] [color=gray][b][i]– Dewey Bunnell[/i][/b][/color][/center]

[color=AB5EC9]╟[/color] 10/31 (23) [color=AB5EC9]||[/color] He’s a mutt [color=AB5EC9]||[/color] Male [color=AB5EC9]||[/color] Politically unaffiliated, Catholic religiously [color=AB5EC9]||[/color] Bisexual [color=AB5EC9]||[/color]  Single [color=AB5EC9]╢[/color][/center]

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[color=gray][u]A P P L I C A T I O N  P R O C E S S[/u][/color]
[indent][b]|| Written test || [/b] [color=ab5ec9]“Ninety hours of studying with Jude barely made me able to squeak by. This is probably the most difficult test I’ve ever taken…”[/color] || [i]Mr. Cypress had a shockingly low score for the history part of the written test, but did very well on the leadership and morality parts of the exam. He seems to hold a strong sense of duty to his job. It makes sense, given his pedigree.[/i]

[b]|| Practical test ||[/b] [color=AB5EC9]“Phenomenally. This is where I excel.”[/color] || [i]This is in his blood, and the practical test proved it. Erick Cypress was made for this, and must have spent a lot of time practicing before he arrived at the school. He struggled a bit against ranged opponents, but once he closed the gap he was able to fight back pretty efficiently.[/i]

[b]|| Written essay topic ||[/b] [color=AB5EC9]“I didn’t write it, my girlfri— [i]ex[/i]-girlfriend did it for me. She wrote about how people who work behind the scenes are more important than the heroes are. I wonder if anyone’s realized I didn’t do it?”[/color] || [i]Mr. Cypress’s paper received top marks and we almost asked permission to have it printed in the school paper. Truly someone who loves the game.[/i]

[b]|| Video supplement ||[/b] [color=AB5EC9]“I’m the next Cypress family superstar. Shouldn’t my pedigree be reason enough to give me a shot? Besides, I’ve been training for this almost my entire life, so if this doesn’t work out I don’t know where my life is heading.”[/color]
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[color=gray][u]S C H O O L[/u][/color]
[indent]Crystal Peak[/indent]

[color=gray][u]Y E A R[/u][/color]
[indent]Senior[/indent]

[color=gray][u]C L A S S I F I C A T I O N[/u][/color]
[indent]Elemental Manipulator[/indent]

[color=gray][u]O C C U P A T I O N[/u][/color]
[indent]He does not.[/indent]

[color=gray][u]L I V I N G  A R R A N G E M E N T[/u][/color]
[indent]The Towers at Crystal Lake Commons[/indent]

[color=gray][u]I N T E R N S H I P S[/u][/color]
[indent]Has worked several times with Cast Iron to get some on the job experience.[/indent]

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[indent]Ender is a bit of a loner, who keeps to himself. Most people aren’t interested in interacting with him because of jealousy. He’s a Cypress, and he’s been personally training with the #2 hero for a long time. Early on in his tenure at Crystal Peak Academy, Erick tried to circumvent this and make friends but he pretty quickly decided it wasn’t worth the required effort.[/indent]

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[color=gray][u]A B I L I T I E S[/u][/color]
[indent][b]Air Manipulation:[/b]

Inherited from his mother, Erick is able to manipulate the air. He can create powerful gusts of winds, air blasts, and use it to propel himself around. He’s able to move himself quite quickly using it as well - though he’s certainly no speedster, he’s nevertheless pretty quick on his feet. Erick also has enhanced lung capacity, and is able to hold his breath underwater for long periods of time, and push himself with cardio activity for long periods of time.

His control of the air gives him some more sinister abilities as well, such as pulling the air from an opponent’s lungs — though he tends to not use these in favor of the flashier abilities at his uncle’s suggestion. It’s hard to be popular if he’s murdering people, who knew.

[b]Gravity Manipulation:[/b]

The half of his power from his father’s side, Ender does not use it out of principle. It is unrefined and he frankly has no control or skill with it - something he needs to practice while at the academy. But no one knows if he'll be able to get over his feelings, something Norman has been pushing for for years now.

[b]Pressure Manipulation:[/b]

Ender’s parental powers combine into this more unique category; Norman had an unfortunate point when he suggested that Ender be born because of the potential melting pot of power. He can increase the pressure around objects to crush them, manipulate the buoyancy of things, or increase the strength of his strikes by increasing the pressure he exerts.

Much like air manipulation, there are a few more sinister applications of this power, such as lowering someone’s blood pressure.[/indent]

[color=gray][u]L I M I T A T I O N S[/u][/color]
[indent][b]Emotional Dissonance:[/b]

Ender’s powers require a heavy amount of control, focus, and finesse. He has to maintain his calm to be able to use them well, especially the more dangerous facets of his abilities. It makes some of his powers difficult to use, because of his anger and frustration that he struggles to control. He’s working on it though!

[b]Range:[/b]

Ender is a close range fighter. He’s at his best when he can connect his fists to his opponents, and his blasts tend to dissipate after too far. In a long range fight, he has to spend his time closing the gap rather than fighting.

[b]Some touch required:[/b]

Ender cannot use his powers to affect another person without being able to touch them. This means he can’t pull air from lungs, etc without physical contact.[/indent]

[color=gray][u]C O M B A T[/u][/color]
[indent]Ender is a hand-to-hand combatant first and foremost. He has trained to add a certain level of flair to his martial arts. He knows that part of the game is putting on a show, and he can play the game rather well — Cast Iron made sure of that. Once a range opens up between himself and his opponent, Ender is quick to close the gap by launching himself forward and propelling through the air with blasts.

His blasts are short to mid range as well, allowing Ender to knock his enemies into the air to continually juggle them with his pressure-enhanced fists of righteous fury. Or, at least, that’s the idea anyway.[/indent]

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[color=gray][u]D A I L Y  L O  O K S  &  S T Y L E [/u][/color]
[list][*][b]Hair:[/b] Dark Brown | Short | He doesn’t style it
[*][b]Eyes:[/b] Brown
[*][b]Height:[/b] 6’
[*][b]Body Type:[/b] Well built. Not shredded but muscular.
[*][b]Scars, Tattoos and/or Piercings:[/b] No tattoos or piercings, some scars hidden under clothing sustained while training with Cast Iron.[/list]

[color=gray][u]S U P E  L O O K S  &  S T Y L E [/u][/color]
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[color=gray][u]P E R S O N A L I T Y  [/u][/color]
[indent]Growing up in the middle of a family feud has made it difficult for Erick to trust others. He’s been used as a tool by both of his uncles in their petty squabbles for most of his life, and aside from being exhausting, it’s made it difficult for him to believe anyone has pure intentions when they ask something of him. He has built up tall walls around himself, and is a very guarded, deeply private person. The very idea of other people knowing what he’s up to in his personal life makes him exceedingly uncomfortable, which of course begs the question: why does he even want to be a hero?

The few people who have managed to break through his guard and get to know him well, describe Ender as gentle, or protective. He has a strong sense of duty and dedication to his tasks. He is passionate about his few hobbies, and disinterested in the corporate world of Supes as a whole. He knows what he [i]needs[/i] to know, but only what he needs to know.

The more Ender opens up, the more it becomes strange that he seems interested in being a hero. Asking Ender, the answer is really simple: he’s doing it out of spite. Erick is motivated by the idea that if he becomes a great hero, it would be easier for him to take over as the head of the Cypress family and ‘fix’ things.[/indent]

[color=gray][u]F E A R S[/u][/color]
[indent]Snakes, Erick does not do well with snakes.
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[color=gray][u]L O V E D  O N E S [/u][/color]
[b]D I R E C T  F A M I L Y[/b]
[indent]Norman Cypress: Erick has a complicated relationship with Cast Iron. Erick appreciates his training because it will enable him to become a better hero than his uncle. He respects Cast Iron, because of how strong and effective of a hero he is. But to say that he hates Cast Iron would be an understatement.

Colin Cypress: Ender’s relationship with Colin is a bit less extreme than his relationship with Norman. There is a mutual respect between Erick and his uncle. Colin offers a different kind of guidance than Norman does, and Ender appreciates it. He definitely thinks that Colin is hypocritical with his belief that the problem with the Cypress family is simply that he isn’t leading it.[/indent]

[b]R E L A T I O N S H I P S[/b]
[indent][url=https://i.imgur.com/ClSX7wa.png]Jude Darling[/url]: Jude is Ender’s ex-partner. They are still fairly close and interact, but Jude somewhat doesn’t approve of Ender’s motives for attending Crystal Peak and becoming a hero. She helped with his application, but they ultimately amicably split up when Ender left for college. They remain close and still talk often.

Luciana Cypress: TBD

Noah Cypress: TBD

Krista Muller: TBD[/indent]

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[color=gray][u]Y O U R  L I F E  S O  F A R[/u][/color]
[indent][hider=TW: Rape]Most people think being born into one of the three most powerful families on the planet is a privilege, a stroke of luck. Erick vehemently disagrees, and would be more than happy to trade his upbringing with almost anyone. As far as the public knows, Ender is a ‘one night stand’ baby, and the Cypress family has done an exceptional job of covering up the truth: Erick Cypress is the product of sexual violence. His mother was raped by Mothman, a villain from Cast Iron’s rogue gallery.

It is sadly difficult to tell Erick’s story without telling his father’s. Sylvester Anderson was born in South Africa, and watched powerlessly as his homeland was ravaged by the greed of the Cypress family. Over time, he became something of an outspoken advocate for World Watch to step in and implement tighter global restrictions on Terraform LTD, so other people didn’t have to watch the places they grew up in be turned into mining towns, with their natural landscapes stripped for a few bucks.

Sylvester spoke passionately about this problem, asking questions like ‘how could the world worship someone like Cast Iron when he allows his family to do this?’ Cast Iron responded with laughter, and he casually started referring to Sylvester as ‘Mothman,’ referencing how he seemed to never stop showing up and how he seemed to never give up on his pestering. Just like a moth would never give up its chase of the light.

After a while of his attempts at being peaceful, something tragic happened. Sylvester’s father, who had worked in the mines since he was a very young child succumbed to cancer from inhaling the dust and fumes. The Mothman had enough, and he decided that he no longer wanted to be so nice to the people who had what he felt belonged to him. In a violent, dramatic scene, it was revealed that Mothman was more than just an annoyance. With his powers of gravity manipulation, Mothman completely destroyed the minefield Terraform LTD had set up in his hometown, and set about his next target: Cast Iron himself.

Their few fights were highly publicized, and maybe hero historians consider Mothman to be one of Cast Iron’s greatest villains, despite him being something of a ‘flash in the pan.’ Mothman’s sanity was gone with his father, and he finally decided the best thing he could do would be to strike at Cast Iron’s family. That’s where he got the idea to attack Madeline Cypress. He was successful, though it would end up being his downfall. Madeline killed him herself, when he was lording his victory over Cast Iron while he still had her captive.

Madeline wanted to get an abortion, but it was Norman who voluntold her not to, saying that the combination of her air manipulation powers and Mothman’s gravity manipulation could make an interesting combination. Madeline resisted at first, but eventually agreed after Norman said he would adopt the child himself if she didn’t want it after its birth.

Fortunately, once she saw her child, she fell in love with him, and thus Erick Cypress was born. While growing up, Norman took a particular interest in his growth for a few different reasons. Guilt, of course, was one of those; though he’d never say it aloud, he blames himself for what happened, and he took it upon himself to train Erick in how to use his powers. Of course, Norman also demanded that Erick become a hero to carry on the name.

Ender had no interest in that when he was younger, but eventually succumbed to the endless pressure from the elders in his family, and agreed to go to Crystal Peak Academy. Ender is spiteful, and plans to become a greater hero than Cast Iron simply to take over as the head of the family.[/hider][/indent]

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[indent]Joseph Gordon Levitt, [color=ab5ec9]AB5EC9[/color] 

Ender is very passionate about film and photography. If he didn’t feel obligated to be a hero to try and set his family on the right course, he would have been a photographer. He likes to take nature shots in his downtime.
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