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[B]Name:[/B] Kevin Ford

[B]Age:[/B] 17

[B]Alias:[/B] Wither

[B]Appearance:[/B]
He is 5'10", 165 pounds, and is atypically muscular.

He wears dark clothing, jackets, black jeans, and lets his bangs rest on his forehead, or curls his bangs to the right side of his face. He tends to put olive oil in his hair, but not gel or wax. He as ebony eyes and hazel hair. And his ability to suck the life out of things has made him a bit cautious.

[B]Abilities:[/B] His base ability is to absorb the life force force of anyone he touches. He can even go so far a to cause something to wither. Afterwards, he has the ability to reassign the energy he's taken in.
[I]•Bio-Blast:[/I] Kevin can directly release his stored vitality in he form of a concussive blast from his fingertips.
[I]•Healing:[/I] He can turn his stored life energy towards his own body or those of the people around him. But to give it his allies, he must touch them.
[I]•Local Enhancement:[/I] Another way to utilize the power of life, is by reassigning it towards himself. The possible augmentations include his strength, stamina, speed, fortitude, reflexes, and agility.

[B]Skills:[/B]
He is gifted as an artist, he enjoys creating things out of junk. Also, he is a talented auto-mechanic with a technical and analytical mind.

[B]Personality:[/B] Thoughtful, Independent, Compassionate, Loyal, and Cynical.

[B]Backstory:[/B] Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Kevin Ford was raised by his father as a handyman for a hotel. Together, they'd ensured the upkeep of then modern utilities such as electricity and running water. He was an only child because his mother died in birth, but he and his father had a very tight bond. They worked together all the way until he turned sixteen. At which point, in very tender moment, when Kevin was in his father's embrace, sobbing endlessly, he looked up and in his father's place was a black skeleton. Kevin jumped away, wondering where his father could have possibly gone and what that skeleton was from.

He ended up running away, as such seemed like the most logical thing to do. He left Georgia and, instead, traveled north to New York where he could start fresh. Upon his arrival he discovered, with the help of an unfortunate alley-cat, that he could suck the life rIght out of things, sometimes to the point that they wither and die, or just enough that It renders them unconscious.

While in New York, Kevin survived mostly by sucking the consciousness out of cats before eating them. But he did manage to make a tidbit of money to help him get by via a job at a junk yard. He lived in he junk yard after fashioning a small home out of scrap pieces of wood, metal, and tires. In his spare time, he can usually be found doing one of two things: Automobile repair using parts from the yard,or taking lessons on controlling his command over life and death from Charles Xavier and Eric.