Meet Jaxon. Please let me know if there is anything I should change.
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[u][b]Name:[/b][/u] Jaxon Nowak

[u][b]Age: [/b][/u] 24

[u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u] Jaxon was long and lanky, as if he never grew into his limbs. He had a bad habit of hunching his back so even though he was about 6” tall, he always seemed shorter than he was. He had dirty blond hair that he just let grow out without much care. Sometimes if it got in his way, he would tie it up with whatever rubber band he could find. He normally has dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. 

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Background:[/b][/u] Jax was raised by his grandparents on his mother's side. He never knew his parents because his mother died during childbirth while his father was just never in the picture. His grandparents did their best to raise him with love, but a part of him still felt like he never should have been born. 

In school, he kept to himself. He got mediocre grades, enough to pass but stay under the radar. Most people probably wouldn’t remember him even if he was in their classes. He was bullied by some of his jockier peers in high school, but he didn’t give them the attention or entertainment they wanted, so eventually they got bored and stopped. 

After graduation, he went to a local community college to become a mechanic to work at his grandpa’s auto-shop (although he has been working there under the table for as long as he could remember). 

Now he is still working at his grandpa’s auto-shop and also has to take care of his aging grandparents. He sometimes does dream about leaving Elysian Heights, but he still has ties that keep him there. Also, where would he even go? He didn’t have the social skills to do well anywhere else. 

[u][b]At A Glance:[/b][/u] Jaxon seemed quiet and timid. When he does have to speak, he is soft spoken and a man of few words. He is more likely to apologize than to confront. Although he may be intimidating to approach anyways because he looked upset most of the time with his disheveled and tired appearance. 

Jaxon would describe himself as a coward. He was scared of talking to people because he was afraid that they would be disgusted by him. He was even more scared to connect with people because he feared that he would get attached and eventually rejected as they saw “the real him”. 

[u][b]Powers:[/b][/u] Jaxon has the ability to protect himself with a shield. The shield isn’t too strong, as it probably wouldn’t be enough to stop a bullet, but it does make him more resilient to regular physical damage. He would have to actively think to himself to ‘cast’ the shield and it does take a lot of energy for him to even use it once. 

[u][b]Relationship to Austin:[/b][/u] 
Austin was Jaxon’s upperclassman but he never really got to know him or talk to him. 

Until one night when he was around twenty-one years old, Jaxon went into the city to pick up some parts for his grandfather. There he was approached by a mugger with a knife. Jaxon tried to explain that he didn’t have much with him aside from auto parts, the mugger got impatient and tried to stab Jaxon in the arm. Jaxon managed to shield it, using his powers for the first time. The mugger was caught off guard, but tried to stab him again. This time, Austin was there to intervene and took down the mugger.

Austin checked in on Jaxon to see if he was alright and for the first time, Jaxon had a real conversation with someone.  He didn’t know what it was about Austin, but he just felt like he could open up to him. Austin was curious about Jaxon’s powers, but Jaxon admitted that he never used it before and doesn’t know if he could again. Austin had mentioned something about how Jaxon could use his powers for good, but Jaxon didn’t think he had the courage to do so. They left the conversation at that. But to this day, Jaxon still thinks about that night and the conversation he shared with Austin. 

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