Samir Chandra
{ βI don't think these powers are anything else but a gift. You've got to be grateful for a gift, you know?β }Samir Chandra.
| Nickname |People usually just shorten his name to "Sam". He doesn't mind it.
| Date Of Birth |23rd May, 1992
| Age |25
| Sexuality |Straight
| Relationship Status |Single currently, and changing that isn't his main concern right now.
| Occupation |Freelance handyman, designer and metalworker. He helps out with designing products, fixing things in businesses and homes and other related. Freelance means he's effectively independent and self-employed, meaning he can do his own thing or briefly work for different companies for a fee. It's a pretty nice career that pays rather well.
| In Depth Appearance |Samir stands at around 6'1 in height, with shaggy black hair, and a largely unshaven lower face. He possesses dark, brown eyes, and pretty average teeth. He has one main notable scar on his body, a mark on his palm which he got through an accident with a blowtorch at age 14, as well as a small birthmark just below his left shoulder. Samir has no tattoos, although he's been thinking of maybe getting one for a while. He holds his body with a confident posture in his day-to-day actions, often going over the top with this. As for clothing, Samir cares a lot about making what he wears look nice. He will sacrifice comfort if something looks good. That isn't to say he's obsessed with fashion, it just comes packaged with a bit of arrogance. This means Samir will usually just wear what's trendy or what looks good, he doesn't really have a set style. This extends to shoes and clothing accessories too. Samir hates wearing thick coats and will refuse to wear them, even in extremely cold weather conditions.
| Quirks & Habits |-As mentioned before, Samir refuses to wear thick or heavy coats whatever the conditions.
-He cannot resist kicking a football when one rolls near him, or if he sees one lying about
-If he finds out someone he knows supports Tottenham Hotspurs FC he will briefly become hostile to them.
-Will often interrupt people while they are talking to put his own input into the conversation.
| Hobbies |-Football
-Metalworking
-Playing GTA
| Likes |-Football
-Arsenal F.C
-The brand Nike
-Alt-rock
-The rainforest, due to frequent trips to Southern Sri Lanka as a boy
| Dislikes |-Criticism of himself or his attitude
-Tottenham Hotspur F.C
-Over-the-top arcades, like those on Brighton pier. He finds them flashy and annoying
-Ants
-Cold weather and snow
| Fears |Droughts - His parents unintentionally freaked him out as a boy by telling him all about the droughts they endured while growing up in Northern Sri Lanka, leaving him worried of a major one happening in Brighton.
Mild thalassophobia - He has no idea where this comes from. He can be at the coast fine and does enjoy swimming, but the thought of being stuck out in the middle of the ocean terrifies him.
| Personality |Samir could be considered a very hot-headed, arrogant individual. He's often very abrasive, and believes in most scenarios that he will do outperform the other people in the same scenario. In most situations, he would choose to put himself first or save his own skin before helping others. He's confident in social situations and extroverted, having little trouble with meeting or engaging with new people, and often heavily attempting to impress them with jokes or anecdotes that he finds hilarious. In competitive situations he is often quite aggressive and will go over the top with trying to prove himself as superior to those around him. Perhaps expected, he reacts angrily and negatively when called out or criticised for his actions or attitudes, always trying to disprove or deny the claim thrown his way. Perhaps a more positive trait that applies to Samir is the fact that he is determined - if he starts on a job, he will make his utmost effort to make sure it is finished to a good standard, he's not one for giving up easily. He often rushes into situations without taking a good grasp on them first, which obviously leads to negative repercussions a lot of the time.
| Abilities |Pyrogenesis
Samir has the ability to generate bursts of flame from his body, although his knowledge with this ability is limited to producing flame from his hands. He can currently create a fierce burst of flame that shoots across a long distance, or a gentle one which flickers in the air. He's been using the latter one to attempt to heat up food. He hasn't really found a use for the first one yet, but has been trying it out on the pebbled beaches when nobody else is around.
| Limitations |Samir can generate and shoot the fire, but he doesn't have the means to manipulate or control it effectively. This means that the more powerful bursts of flame are not targeted properly and spread out over a loose range, causing lots of collateral damage. The ability is, unfortunately, affected by anger and rage in a large way, meaning that heavy damage could be caused if he gets very angry, which, if you've read the personality section, you know has the possibility to occur. He isn't resistant to fire, which means that if a burst somehow reflects back onto him, he will be burnt.
| Place Of Origin |Ethnically Sri Lankan, but born in North London.
| Background |Samir's parents were both born in poor villages in Northern Sri Lanka, they dry part of the island nation. The region experienced heavy drought, which was a constant threat on their lives. They were both the oldest child in their families and as such received an education in respectively nearby towns. It was at university in Colombo that they met, and eventually got married. They eventually moved to North London when Samir's mother became pregnant. Samir was the second born in the UK, with one more sibling to come later down the line.
Due to their rather poor upbringing, Samir's parents wanted to give their children a luxurious upbringing. This meant new expensive, up-to-date games and clothes, and lot's of affirmation, telling the kids that they are the best and encouraging them to be engaged in competitive activities, mainly sports. Samir took lot's of interest in football from an early age, and it's a hobby that's always stuck with him. His siblings also developed a similar love for sports, although different ones to football. He became wrapped up in Club supporter culture from an early age too, supporting the club Arsenal FC due to his geographical region. The family took frequent trips to Sri Lanka, which Samir always enjoyed, and it was also a thing to brag about too. Like many English primary school kids, he was convinced he would become a footballer when he grew up.
When Samir hit Secondary school and started to take D.T, most notably the Resistant Materials category of the subject, he found it was a subject that he enjoyed to a great extent. He found crafting and making things exhilarating, especially working with metals and furnaces.
He quickly joined up with all the D.T clubs he could. He never lost his love of football and his supporter passion, though. Samir was a popular, extroverted kid all throughout Secondary School, and cannot deny that he did pick on or bully some of the less popular, more introverted kids with his group of friends. For his GCSE options, he chose Resistant Materials, history and Business Studies. He received an A, B and B in those subjects respectively, and went on to receive an A-Level qualification in RM as well.
He chose not to go to Uni, and instead went straight to work, flicking between various different companies in North London which included locksmiths, construction jobs, product designs and lots of other things in between. He got a decent amount of money from working for these companies, but something was missing in his life. He disliked being cooped up and land-locked, and remembered how much he loved the coast from his frequent trips to Sri Lanka when he was younger. So, he set about trying to find a new coastal city in the UK to move to, and eventually settled on Brighton. He had friends that had moved down there, and they told him it was a nice place to live and work. So, he packed up his things and moved down to Brighton, resuming his freelance work.
He was just relaxing in his room, playing some GTA, when the storm was hitting the hotel, the noises of the game in his headphones drowning out the sound of the thunder and the rain. He went to bed after he took off his headphones to find the sound of the storm to be more quiet, obviously not realising what the storm was doing to him and to and the other people in the Lights. He woke up with his hands feeling hotter than usual, but that feeling quickly went back down, and he went about his day as usual. He didn't realise what he could do until he was in a warehouse getting annoyed at a metal box which wasn't opening, and shot a burst of flame from his hand. After the initial panic, he found he could generate fire from his body. He's been toning this ability the few days after he discovered it. He feels very positive about what he can do. He feels in a way that he's now superior to those without powers, and has a feeling that they will react negatively to them. He now feels that all those with powers are superior to those without, and that they are a gift of sorts.
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