Name: Dorian Stephen Gray
Superhero Name: Poltergeist
Age: 17
Birthday: September 13, 2021
Birth Place: Unknown
Gender: Male
Species: Mutant
Recommender: Maximillian Gray (though he petitioned others to do so as well)
Languages: English, Latin, Korean, Sanskrit*
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170lbs
Build: Slim
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brunette
Skin Tone: Caucasian
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Left Ear Pierced
Personal Style: Dorians style is comfortable, relaxed, and cozy. He's typically found wearing jeans from all shapes and colors, though a skinny fit with stretch is his go to pair. He loves jackets and sweaters that are one size too big so that he could get swallowed up inside of them. Between Casper, Max, and Danni, he's the most average looking of the bunch. Even if all of his clothing is designer and expensive, it appears to be just your everyday average wear. He does have a separate set of clothes for when he's streaming, opting for more pastel looks to appeal to a soft boi gamer audience.
Jovial * Prankster * Kind * Jealous * Caring * Obnoxious
Sexuality: Gay
Relationship Status: Single
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Personality: Dorian tries to be the life of the party. Alongside his best friend Danni, he never wants to let a moment die, trying to keep up the momentum and live life to the fullest. Ofcourse, all of that is pretty easy when your father has the ability to create things on a whim and your uncles command death and life respectively. Dorians never needed to consider any consequences because as far as he has been concerned there never were any. It's this sort of mindset that has lead to his more reckless behavior and allowed him to become quite the devious Prankster. After all within his first year at AA, Dorian spent a massive amount of time out in the field. Not caring for the physical education portion of his lectures, he decided to toss bird feed into the field and blow a whistle every day to call upon some pigeons. After a months of preparation when it came to the annual track meet, the coach blew the whistle only to have an insurmountable amount of pigeons flock down towards the fields and create utter chaos.
Dorian isn't all pranks and chaos however. He cares deeply for his friends and would do anything he can to help them. After all if he's learned anything from bith TV and real life, it's that the bonds you form along the way are what end up mattering the most in the end. He values loyalty and comradery amongst all else, and believes that friends shouldn't keep things from each other because it's the easiest way to allow a wedge to tear them apart. Though he's very doubtful that anything could ever tear him and his bestie apart.
Habits: Biting his lower lip, chewing on his sleeves or other things.
Hobbies: Gaming, Foodie, Traveling, Pranking
Fears:Likes:- Horror
- Reading
- Coffee
- Tea
- Gaming
- K-Pop
Dislikes:- Liars
- Punishment
- Maths
- English
- Running
- Football
Powers:- Astral Projection
- Possession
General World Skills: - Hackey Sack
- Can tie a cherry stem with his tongue
- 3 years of Sanskrit
- Perception
- Hiding
- Pranking
Combat Skills:- Possession Combat
- Sword Fighting
- Tag Your It
- Peek-a-Boo*
Coursework: - Traditional -
- 1 - Acting
- 2 - Film Editing
- 3- Art History
- 4 - Introduction to Classics
- Superheroics -
- 1- Crisis and Disaster Management
- 2- Subdual Combat
- 3- Astral Techniques
- 4- Hand to Hand Combat
Medical Issues/Injuries:Possessions: Limited to the spots provided. This is generally the list of items that you own, just list your characters possessions. For items kept in the dorm, put a *. Students are allowed pets.
- Backpack -
- Steam Deck
- Galaxy Z Flip Phone
- Magic Sword
- EZ Fire Spray
- Sanskrit translation book
- Jurassic Park Novel
- Cherry Bombs
- Gaming setup for streaming*
Family:- Maxamillian Gray
- Ben Hargreeves
- Danni Kingston
- James Kingston
- Casper Kingston
How did you discover your powers: One night, on a cold September evening, just as the candles had finished blowing out and the birthday cake was eaten, Danni and Dorian went upstairs to play. The grown-ups all sat downstairs drinking their coffee and talking amongst themselves, but those two troublemakers raced up to Dannis room to play with Dorian's new toys. It was his thirteenth year, and they'd gifted him a toy sword. So naturally the boys played
Superhero as they'd done many times before. Danni was chasing Dorian across the room, rowdy and noisy as ever, when Dorian jumped up atop the bed in an attempt to escape his best friend's grasp. His landing, however, left much to be desired. The sheets slid from underneath him, causing him to slip and fall backwards towards the wooden floors of their abode.
In a panic Dorian managed a feat he hadn't even known he could do. He went ghost for the first time in his life. Phasing into his Astral Self and becoming invisible to the naked eye. Danni immediately began to shriek and scream while Dorian constantly yelled back. He kept trying to tell him he was right there but Danni couldn't hear him. He did the only thing he could think to do and tried to grab Dannis arms to shake some sense into him. But once he held on he felt a strange tugging sensation. He blinked his eyes and when he opened them and looked into the mirror he saw Danni. Dorian shrieked even louder, scaring himself out of Dannis body and landing soundly onto the floor back into his corporeal form.
Of Course with all this pandemonium, Dad, Appa, Casper, and James, all came rushing upstairs to see what was the matter. And unfortunately for Dorian who was still in a state of shock, Danni spoke first. Telling them that Dorian was just inside of him. Dorian had never been afraid of James, up until that point. He thought he was about to be murdered on his thirteenth birthday, but as panic set in, so too did his powers again, phasing beneath the floorboards and gently floating down to the bottom landing. They quickly realized what it was Danni had meant, and any other ill thoughts were quickly washed away.
General History:Life wasn't exactly normal for Dorian, especially towards the beginning. It's hard to recall his earliest memories, but if he thinks hard on them he always remembers a silhouetted man holding him and singing to him as an odd colored light surrounded them both. Later on in his years Dorian would learn that those earliest memories were of Max, his dad, using his magic to make his way home after grueling missions just to be able to put him to bed and say goodnight. While Max was away on missions his Appa, Ben, would always make sure to stay as present within his life as possible. The house they lived in was always warm and lively, and Appa made sure that Dorian felt as though he belonged.
Appa, ofcourse, was the stricter of the two. Always trying to teach him life lessons while his Dad simply wanted to have fun and enjoy what little time he had with his kid. At an early age Appa tried getting him to play a sport, to
be normal whatever that meant. He rolled his eyes at the idea of football, didn't much care for track, tennis, or even soccer. But if he had to pick one he'd settled for baseball. The uniforms were cute enough, and it didn't involve as much running. So he was fine with it. The real joy came from seeing his parents' face light up everytime he hit the field. Win or lose they always supported him.
Years would pass and he lived next door to the Kingston's, knowing them as his second family and viewing Danni as his own brother. When he reached 7 years of age, Dorian was invited to come back with his Dad to Xavier's School. Ben wasn't exactly fond of the idea. No, to say that would be a massive understatement. The night the idea was brought up, Dorian was supposed to be asleep in his room. But as kids tended to do, he wasn't where he was supposed to be. He snuck out of his room, wanting to see if he could sleep with his dads, but as he rounded the corner towards their room he heard yelling. Muffled by the thick wooden doors of their home, but it was clear the subject matter was him and the school. Tears welled in his eyes as he quickly and quietly made his way back towards his room.
He had no powers to speak of and his Dad was still busy with the X-Men, but here he could learn, start school, and be closer to Max. Ben and Uncle Casper, had told him stories of this place, of his father Xavier and how horrible the man was. Dorian wasn't sure what to do. The following weeks were quiet in the household, facades placed before him as they pretended to be fine. Finally he spoke up. He wanted to be at Xaviers. He's spent so much time around other normal kids, he wanted to be around mutants for a change, even if the idea scared him a little.
When they arrived Dorian clung to his dad's pant leg as he entered, prompting Max to pick him up and carry him on his shoulders as they made their way through the expanse of a mansion.
It was different for Dorian, children and mutants running all around him and learning to control their powers while he was merely here to learn the basics. It was about this time that Dorian had begun to romanticize heroism and sword fighting. He waited for the day that they would visit the Kingston's each week, the adults getting together to talk about whatever it was they spoke of and him and Danni could sit in front of the television and watch their weekly show of She-Ra. It lit a fire in him and made him understand why his father did what he did even if it was with the X-Men. To be a hero, to save the world, and to know that even they have flaws and can be anyone, it spoke to Dorian in a way that he hardly understood. How any ordinary person could be a hero. So he studied the sword, he mimicked fighting techniques off the show, and most importantly he had his best friend and brother alongside him to fight crime with. It was just like the theme song said 'with mighty sword and flame we'll never fail you when you call our name.'
That was when another one of Appas life lessons came in. One day, after years at the academy, he had decided to take him somewhere private. Somewhere personal to him. It was his very own grave. There was a bit of heaviness to Dorian's chest, the idea that he was staring at the grave of his own Appa who stood right beside him. He wanted him to promise that he would be careful, to be safe. He needed to see just how dangerous being a hero truly was. And while Dorian had agreed to it, he didn't fully understand at that age, nor does he now. After all, Appa died before the Mutant Circuit, before his family was capable of bringing others back to life. To him, much like any other kid his age, he was invincible. But he'd never tell his parents that.
Dorian learned, and grew, spending most of his time at Xavier's and until he hit the age of 13. Life got a little weird there, he developed powers, found out he had the x-gene, and scared the crap out of his parents. That was the first time that Max had taken him and Ben to an old library, asked Doctor Strange and Wong for access to books on Astral Projection, and spent a majority of his time learning and teaching Dorian about his powers, the dangers, and ways to control them. Strange was...well strange. It was like Dorian's father was a different person around him, and it showed him a new side of his father he never got to see. But his childhood wasn't all study and practice, there were days, sometimes weeks, that Max would have off and even if he looked tired he would always come with a surprise. Family trips to Disney with the Mutant Underground, and those his father had met along the way of his life, impromptu vacations to Italy, Spain, Rome and more even as James protested.
Dorian was never a kid with wants. When your father has the power of magic, and can take you across the planet in less than a second of time then the world is quite literally your oyster. He always loved the trips with just the three of them, four if they could convince the Kingston's to allow Danni to come with. Dorian had heard tales of Max's...mishaps in his younger years, but that seemed so far ago and it always made him chuckle to see them all flustered with his dad's random worldwide trips. Sometimes they would just pop in with me, barely tell Uncle James, leave with Danni, then return less than a minute later having asked us to get the most touristy clothes we could find while gone. When we'd pop back to the Kingston's place we'd have large sunglasses, a splotch of sunscreen on our nose, and bright noisy clothes, it was one of the times Dorian could hear his father just laugh at the chaos and look on their faces. Sadly those Vacations would have to wait till summer once he turned 14, but it was a happy kind of sad.
Though Dorian couldn't see his family as often, he still had Danni. They got accepted to Avengers Academy (AA if you were one of the cool kids) and it was everything that they had worked for. Dee and Danni taking on the world and becoming heroes! There were...a few incidents where dad had to come in. Apparently the school didn't like it when someone possessed the lockers doors and flung them all open to scare other students. Or when someone snuck out of their room because it was too quiet. Really most of Dorians pranks were frowned upon, but someone had to livin' up the place, and a few of those pranks were just great pogger moments. Now its Junior year and its time to see what more they could learn about heroism and combat!
Proposed Arc: - Much of Dorians ideology has been shaped by the stories hes seen and heard throughout his life. Glorifying the idea of heroism while ignoring all the risks it can bring. Currently he belives thats being a hero simply means punching the bad guys, but id love to see him realize his Appas lesson when he tried getting him to volunteer. Heros come from more than just fighting, its about helping those in need.
- Dorian currently lives in the shadow of his father. Whether for good or bad. Because of this he hasnt fully considered life beyond heroics nor has he cared to carry a career. Id like to see him find himself and figure out what it is that hes truly passionate about outside of the idea of famed heorics.
Character Quote: “Monsters are real, ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” -Stephen King, The Shining
Theme Song: WarriorsAnything Else:Runs a Twitch Channel under the name Ghost
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