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~The Serpent King - Jafar Sholeh~

Name: Jafar Sholeh.
Other Names: The Serpent King, Sultan of Agrabah.
Real Name: Jafar Sholeh.
Age: 41.
Occupation: Royal Vizier/ Dark Sorcerer.

Appearance - Thirteen Years Ago (Age Twenty-Eight):



Appearance - Today (Age Fourty-One):



Wardrobe:
Jafar, despite spending most of the last thirteen years at The Moors, still takes on the traditional wear of his people of Agrabah. Jafar keeps to three different styles of dress, one for addressing the people in public and within his kingdom, a more relaxed style when in the comforts of his own castle or Maleficent's when he isn't trying to implement intimidation, and a most relaxed style that only Maleficent ever sees him in save for a few servants here and there that poke around the bedroom to serve him.

First and foremost, when Jafar wants to feel superiority, overpowered and intimidating to those around him, his most often used outfit consists of a black Kurta that reaches all the way down to his black booted feet. A thick, leather, black belt spans across his midsection over the top of the Kurta as well as a large shoulder piece that is draped over his head. This leather piece gives his shoulders an 'armored' appearance and the pointed, black tips make it look all the more menacing. The shoulder pads extend up and around his neck in a thick, rigid collar, going up as far as the middle of the back of his head and as low as reaching between his shoulder blades where the fabric changes slightly in a nice transition of a thin, black leather cape with red silk inlaid on the inside. The cape as well, reaches down to his feet, the very tips of it dragging along the floor when he walks. Underneath his 'armored' appearance he wears a simple black Dhoti to keep his legs and private areas covered modestly.

Jafar's more 'normal' attire consists of a simple Kurta that is either usually in black or dark blue in color. The edges and cuffs are usually decorated with a gold or red swirling pattern that give the Kurta just a bit more 'pop'to the otherwise bland article of clothing, and a wide, leather belt, usually matching in color and style, spans across his midsection. Underneath the Kurta, he again almost always reverts to wearing a simipleDhoti either in black or dark blue in color to keep his legs and private areas covered modestly.

When relaxing in the privacy of his own chambers or Maleficent's, Jafar will wear absolutely nothing save for a Dhoti (the color depending on his mood, but doesn't always keep to the dark colors) and sandals, leaving his chest, arms and back completely bare in what he believes is a vulnerable state, which is why hardly anyone ever sees him like this save for Maleficent.

Along with his wardrobe, Jafar often-times adornes his head with one of many different colored and styled turbans most of the time using a turban red in color but not always, sometimes going for orange, black or even gold depending on his mood.

As always, Jafar has a trusty golden, cobra-headed staff that never leaves his sight. It's appearance looks as though the entire thing is made from gold save for the eye pieces which are made from an enchanted ruby crystal, however his staff doesn't always stay in this condition as he can wield it into becoming a real snake.

Snake Form

Personality Traits:
Jafar is an amoral psychopath who won't hesitate to destroy anyone he perceives as a threat to his own sinister designs. He has mastered being able to wear a metaphorical mask of normalcy, establishing himself as a cool-headed schemer and gaining the trust of those around him. But even with his mask, certain things can crack away at it revealing his psychopathic tendencies in small fractions. He has a total lack of apathy when it comes to death, showing no remorse when dealing with those he ultimately kills. Jafar is also an emotional sadist, getting a laugh out of seeing "another fellow's dreams turn into nightmares one by one", had he the choice, he would chose torturing a victim to their breaking point over and over instead of death.

Jafar also has some narcissistic tenancies, most commonly his obsessive desire for power and sense of entitlement as well as manipulating others into achieving his goals. When on a particular 'high' from power, he becomes arrogant and short-tempered. He has a rather dry sense of humor and tends to lean towards using puns. Those who become close to him he abuses without a single regard, having problems with letting people get too close. However, he has a sort of weak spot for exceptionally beautiful women though views them more as objects in the bedroom rather than people themselves (extremely sexist).

Skills:
Jafar has an extensive knowledge on arcane lore and is a practiced alchemist. His sorcerer abilities are limited to what magic his gold staff can hold but with it he can easily hypnotize others into doing his will and see a small distance into the future (though he isn't very good at it). He's also very good with disguise, using his magic to cloak himself in 'another person's skin' so to speak. He is exceptionally good at manipulating others into seeing things his way and finding loopholes. He can levitate objects, breath fire, summon objects, and transform himself and others. In addition, he is also immune to the effects of fire.

Biography (Before Earth):
Born the son of the assistant Vizier of Agrabah, Jafar lived a fairly prosperous life in the Sultan's Palace. Though not permitted to venture to most places within the Palace, Jafar was a good boy and minded the boundaries set to him, most often times preferring to stay within the walls of the library and read anything he could get his hands on pertaining to science and history. He grew up fast and when Jafar's father was appointed the Grand Vizier, Jafar at the young age of sixteen took his father's place as assistant Vazier's and worked diligently by his father's side.

Years later, Jafar stumbled into a particular meeting led by his father and was completely shocked to find that the entire system was corrupt, only caring about money and very little about the people who they are sworn to serve. Before his father had a chance to explain things to him, Jafar ran from the castle, fleeing into the streets to find a place where he could be by himself and just think but accidentally ran into the town's storyteller in the process. Apologizing for his rude behavior, the storyteller Sherrezade asks him to help her with her groceries he had knocked over and take them inside, promising to feed him and tell him a fine tale. Agreeing, Jafar helps the young woman inside and sat at her table, though wasn't able to bring himself to eat just yet.

Sherrezade began her story, telling Jafar of the Tiger Head Cave and showed him her half of a golden scarab necklace, which when combined with the other half would reveal the location of the hidden Tiger Head Cave. Though Jafar is a man of facts and science, he was charmed by Sherrezade's wisdom and beauty. He continued to see Sherrezade after that, finding time at least once a week to go to her and listen to her stories. As Jafar and Sherrezade got to know each other over the passing year, they fell in love and got married when Jafar was only eighteen.

Several years later and now the Grand Vizier, Jafar continued to struggle against the corruption and incompetence of the palace before Sherrezade announced that she was pregnant. Jafar was overjoyed, especially since the couple had been trying for a long time to conceive. Suddenly, a guard informed Jafar that his request to meet with the Sultan had been granted and he was to report to the palace immediately.

When Jafar took Sherrezade with him to his meeting with the Sultan, the Sultan fell in love with Sherrezade and claimed her as his wife. Jafar refused and was beaten by the guards for trying to interfere. Sherrezade reminded Jafar that he will be a great man someday and to never stop believing. She gave him her scarab necklace and vowed that they will be reunited once more before she was taken away to the Sultan's harem where he lost her to the Sultan and then ultimately lost her to death in childbirth.

Spending years searching for the other half of the scarab, Jafar finally discovered the location of The Tiger Head Cave and ventured inside, determined to free the legendary Djinn from inside to change his fate and bring back his wife and child. The Djinn, however, was unable to bring her back from the dead and in a moment of rage, Jafar killed the Djinn. Magic rippled around the cave as the Djinn succumbed to death, passing on his powers to Jafar through means of a golden cobra head staff with the promise that the power would corrupt his mind and soul. Jafar didn't care anymore. He had come to accept that he needed to take the twisted path of life, to do the right thing even if it means being remembered as a villain. And the right thing was to destroy the Sultan and the palace from the inside out.

Biography (Life On Earth):
Jafar never went to Earth, and has no idea the place even exists.

Other:
Jafar's sorcerer powers are limited to his golden cobra-head staff. Without it, he's just a normal psychopath. He has served Maleficent for 13 years now as her personal adviser and romantic companion for 10. He practically worships the ground she walks on, never wanting to disappoint or anger her in any way and inadvertently has fallen in love with first her power and then the woman herself.

♦ Through The Pages ♦ (Fairytale Roleplay)

@Morose I've never heard if either of those... o.o

@Vicier Do you want me to CS dump here... or... should I just PM them to you or do you wanna just take them from my stash?

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@Hillan Or... now this is just a thought, he could be 22 with the mental age of 12 :)

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Jae Won Choi

||Name:|| Jae Won Choi

||Age:|| 18

||Alias:|| Sonic

||Appearance:||


||Abilities:||
Audiokinesis
Jae's powers are unusual and many would consider them useless in battle, as he has yet to learn how to use them correctly. Any form of sound, as in the vibrations that flow through the air, unable to be seen by the eye and sometimes the ear, Jae is able to see, hear and manipulate. Sounds show up in clouds of color for him, so they are easy to spot and easy to manipulate as well. He can make a sound louder as he wished by making the cloud bigger or can make a sound disappear completely by shrinking the cloud down to a manageable size. His screams or yells can be supersonic and he can project any form of sound that he creates himself toward someone else as a physical attack, as he makes the vibrations of the sound he projects so hard that they become physical tremors. With this, he has the ability to speed up sound as well as slow it down. Lowering and upping the frequencies of certain sounds can be deadly to humans, especially if it goes too low. If he fires off sounds quickly enough, he has also found out that he can create a barrier of sound, protecting himself, but sounds do not last very long.

Mimicry
Jae has the ability to mimic any form of sound he can hear, whether it is an animal, human, bug, anything that makes a noise. However, in order for him to mimic it, he has to have heard it beforehand. Once he hears a sound, he is able to store it in his memory and mimic it again at a later point. When he hasn't heard something for a long time, he is unable to copy the sound right off the bat unless he hears the sound again. The easy item to mimic for him are other humans, as it takes him one try to copy someone's voice. Animals and others take two to three tries before he can truly copy it perfectly.

||Skills:||
Because of his powers, Jae has a heightened sense of hearing, which allows him to figure out when someone is nearby. His footsteps have become quieter and this allows him to sneak around a lot easier than most humans. He is in good shape, giving him good endurance with anything physical. Speed is key when it comes to thieving, so he is fairly fast on his feet. With his background, he has developed quick reflexes and a decent athletic ability. Having to live alone and raise his sister has made him intelligent and a swift learner. He is able to immediately come up with solutions for certain situations whenever they arise, whether someone is ill, something bad has happened or otherwise.

||Personality Traits:||
Athletic, Clever, Casual, Tough, Dishonest, Rigid
Being the oldest in his family and having to take care of his younger sister since they moved to the US, Jae is a leader, which gives him a stubborn personality. He believes that was he does is what he should do, and rarely takes advice from anyone else on what he should be doing. Growing up with barely anything and becoming a thief to be able to survive turned lying into a habit for him. Even when he doesn't need to lie, he tends to lie anyways. His sister hardly trusts him anymore because of it as well. He tends to be on the more dishonest side when it comes to things, especially if it gets himself or his sister into any danger or trouble. He is very protective of his sister and growing up without anyone guiding him turned him into a tough person.

Underneath all of this tough, lying exterior, he is actually quiet intelligent in clever. He has a quick wit and doesn't take crap from anyone. He may give out his own lies, but when he knows someone is lying to him, he doesn't take it. Once a person gets to know him, it is easy to tell that he is very casual and laid back. He is very distrusting when it comes to meeting people for the first time.

||Backstory:||
Jae was born in South Korea in 1928 to a pear farmer who worked on the outskirts of Seoul. He was the oldest of three children, one of his younger sisters being born two years later and the other four years later, and considered to be a "miracle child", as his parents had been told that they would not be able to have any children. His father had been in the first World War and had been lucky enough to come back with only losing two of his fingers. Growing up, Jae had heard horror stories of the war and he put his father on a pedestal, believing him to be a war hero because he was able to come back alive. He was proud of his father, not knowing that his father had hid when his unit had charged into battle, getting slaughtered.

In his childhood, Jae was working in the fields from age five. He was a quick worker and was able to climb to the highest parts of the trees to shake down pears for his father. He was athletic from a very young age, but he was also ignorant of the brewing war that was going on around them. His parents, however, were not ignorant. Having seen the lead up to World War 1, his parents were noticing the signs of another oncoming war. By the time Jae was eight years old, his parents were already figuring out a way to get them out of the country and to America, where they believed they would be safe.

Within the next year, when Jae was nine years old and a year before World War 2 officially began, Jae's parents put Jae and his younger two sisters on a trade ship heading for the United States. They used almost all of their money to bribe the captain to take the stowaways to a safer place. The captain was moved more by pity than by money, so he took the children anyways. Reaching the United States was easy, as they just had to remain hidden on the boat, but actually getting onto land was a little more difficult. The captain devised a plan to hide each of the children in a cargo box and sneak them onto land that way, allowing them to come out when they got on land. Finally reaching the US, they continued as planned and Jae and his siblings were able to sneak into New York City, to be safe as their parents had hoped.

What their parents seemed to have forgotten was they were only children. They had no way to make money, no place to stay, no way to survive without their parents there. Their parents had given them food for only a month, if they used it sparingly. The children had to resort to staying in an alleyway between a lawyer firm and a clothing store. A box was used for cover when it rained and ripped clothing from the clothing store that was thrown away was used for blankets and warmth. Within a month, Jae's youngest sister fell ill, due to malnutrition mainly, but being cold all the time and not having proper clothing didn't help. She died within two months, leaving Jae alone with his younger sister. This was when Jae realized there was not much that he could do for his sister without breaking the law. He wasn't going to let this sister die, as the younger one had.

Jae started thieving small things, an apple from a fruit stand, an umbrella from a tourist shop, those sort of items. He gave his sister most of his food, only taking little bits for himself. This kept up for about a year until World War 2 began and all of the men left for the war. Women became shopkeepers and Jae found it easier to steal items without anyone noticing, especially when he brought his sister along to distract the female shopkeepers. He began picking up English from listening to conversations that were had near the alleyway and began speaking to the shopkeepers to distract them away from what he was doing.

His first big thieving was when he was fifteen years old. Before then, he had been mainly stealing food, but he finally figured out that he was quick handed. He began learning how to pickpocket and managed the steal an expensive pocket watch, which he sold for enough money to buy more food for his sister and buy both of them new clothing. The rush of thieving such items and getting money for them filled him and he began going bigger, stealing rings or watches as he shook hands with people, and soon, he wasn't stealing for money or food. He was stealing just for the fun of it. His sister began getting worried and tried to get him to stop, but he wouldn't. He went too far when he was sixteen and stole the expensive ivory cane of an important official. He was chased back to the alleyway and he and his sister hid. This was where he saw his first sound cloud, which happened to be his sister crying silently, though it was still loud enough for people to hear. He told her to be quiet, but she couldn't. The cloud still floating there, and he willed that she would be quiet. The cloud disappeared suddenly. Though she still moved as if she was crying, no noise came from her. He had figured out his powers.

From then on, wherever he went, he saw sounds floating in the air as different colored clouds. The louder the sound, the bigger the cloud. The different colors he couldn't figure out. He knew that there was something different about him, but he never used his powers again. Purposely. Sometimes, he would get so frustrated with his younger sister that he unintentionally shot off a sound wave, but he never injured her.

He got caught by a mysterious man when he was out pick pocketing. He had no idea who the man was, only that he knew a lot about Jae that he definitely should not have. The man knew about his powers and wanted to help him. He gave him an address that he needed to go to, telling him specifically to bring his sister as well and they would be given a room and good food. Though distrusting, Jae went along with it, doing what he thought was best for both himself and his sister, taking help from a stranger for the first time in over nine years.

Other:
Jae never purposely used his powers to harm anyone. Every unintentional firing of a sound knocked some rock loose, but he had never actually tried it on another human being.

Jae always walks in front of his sister, making sure that he is protecting her as much as he can.

Jae can hear almost every sound, no matter how low or high. The higher the frequencies, the more irritating it is to him as well. He has never gotten into much pain because of his powers though. This is also a warning to never talk behind his back, because he will most likely hear you.

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@Bangtan Girl I will be PM'ing you then :D

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@Bangtan Girl An excellent CS! Consider yourself approved! One question though: Which of the three teachers did you want to have recruit him?

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@Vistruction Lol yeah sorry it took me so long. I recently got a promotion that I wasn't expecting like, at all, so I've been having to work on my days off to fill in for the person's position I'm taking over. :)

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Talia Deborah-Ramos

Name:
Talia Deborah Ramos

Age:
17, born December 24th, 1929

Alias:
Warp
(Doesn't have her alias as of yet)

Position in School:
Student

Appearance:

Hider

Height:
5'7"

Costume (if any):
(None as of yet)

Hider

Abilities:
♦ Teleportation Manipulation ♦

Teleportation:
Talia has the ability to teleport herself, the clothes she is wearing, and within limits a certain amount of additional mass which is in contact with her. She also demonstrates a subconscious spatial awareness, which prevents her feet from appearing underneath the solid ground or from teleporting into solid objects that would otherwise kill her instantly.
Its still currently a mystery the distance she is able to travel and what is the maximum mass that can travel with her. Although under stressful situations she has been known to be able to travel the span of several miles. With constant training and use of her ability, Talia can progressively expand the distance she is able to travel. If she were to reach her full potential, she could theoretically travel to the moon in one jump, categorizing her as a class 4 mutant.

Talia is only just discovering her abilities and as such there is still a great amount that is unknown to her. However, given the proper training and time to reach her full potential Talia will be able to perform the following sub-set abilities:

Empathic Teleportation:
Talia is able to teleport to those she has a strong bond with. Able to sense them through some subconscious awareness she can teleport to their side if within her range, even if she physically doesn't know their location.

Remote Teleportation:
The ability to teleport other people and objects away without transporting herself along with them or requiring physical contact. She can use this ability both defensively and offensively.

Partial Teleportation:
The ability to teleport parts of a target away. She can use this ability both defensively and offensively.

Portal Creation:
By concentrating all of her will power, Talia is able to expand the spatial opening that allows her to teleport into a fully-fledged portal that remains open for as long as she wills it or is able to stay conscious, given it takes a tremendous amount of energy and concentration. The portal can be utilized by anyone to teleport to the other side by simply walking through. It is ideal for when large amount of people or objects need to be transported from one location to another. It should be noted that when performing this particular ability, Talia is unable to do anything else as she is fully invested in keeping the portal open.


Skills:
An adept gymnast, swimmer, and athlete, Talia has spent the better half of her short life in gymnastic classes as well as participating in female track, boasting that she is able to run a mile in under eight minutes flat.

Being born and raised in Puerto Rico, she is fluently bilingual in Spanish and English and is currently trying her best to learn French as her third language. Talia is also quite talented at singing, given that she was forced into acting and singing lessons since the age of three by her mother.
Because of her acting background, Talia is quite adaptable and can mold herself into any situation. She has a keen sense of people around her and their distinct personalities and as such is able to tailor her own to, for the most part, fit in with just about anyone.

Although, she isn't the brightest in the school, she is able to hold her own when it comes to studies and has shown a great affinity for History, although, unfortunately the same cannot be said for mathematics - her worst and most hated subject.

Personality Traits:
"I am whatever you need me to be."
-Talia Deborah-Ramos

The entirety of Talia's character is hard to distinguish based on how often she tends to lie. At first glance, she may be seen as shallow, superficial, and fake but it is only because of the way she was raised. She is capable of convincingly portraying friendly and flirtatious, timid, vulnerable and scared when the appropriate situation arises. But for the most part she is a level-headed, strong-willed and independent young woman.

Her default personality is that of an innocent young girl, and is quite convincing in her role. But at a closer look, particularly for those of the telepathic nature, one can see through her ruse as nothing more than a facade. Most times Talia is even able to fool herself, as it is something that she has grown up doing her entirely life out of necessity and must constantly remind herself that she no longer lives in that lifestyle.

Talia has a sarcastic sense of humor, which mostly surfaces when she is around those she trust and feels comfortable being her true self with. She is very much street-smart rather than book-smart and can be quite loyal to a fault with those she call friends.

In stressful situation, she can be quite tough on herself and those around her and has been known to have a quick and short temper and tends to lash out in Spanish. Talia, however, is a good person and can be quite heroic in her own way.

Backstory:
Born to crime and drug lord, Virgilio Gonzales-Ramos, and small time stage actress, Maria Deborah, on Christmas Eve of 1929 in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. It wasn't known at the time but Talia would be the first and only child that Maria would be able to sire.

Two years after Talia's birth, a gang warfare left Maria wheelchair bound and announced the end of her short career. It was this tragic event that propelled Maria to force her dreams onto Talia and push her into the lime-light from the tender age of three. She enrolled the young infant into acting and singing classes and at the age of five she was pushed into gymnastics and dance also.

Even as a babe, Talia was lavished with the best dirty money could buy. Her father treated her as a princess and as such she lived. But all the best toys and all you can eat ice cream came at a heavy price. Virgilio was well known through Puerto Rico and Veiques for his hot temper and itchy trigger. If you didn't fit into his vision, you quickly found yourself at the butt-end of his anger. Talia learned that the hard way and quickly understood that acting wasn't just for fun anymore, but it was the very means of her survival. She was cast to play the role of her life: Daddy's Princess. It was best for her sake she didn't step off script.

By the time she was fourteen, Talia had an in-depth understanding of her father's shady business and from where their wealth came from. She had witness murder at the dinner table. She knew of the shady drug deals that happened in the back alley of the church on Sundays when she was on stage singing choir. She was aware that she always got the best deserts at every restaurant that they visited because the owners were scared shit-less of her father, and she couldn't help but notice that the police never even as much as glanced their way. But it was her job to act oblivious to it all...and so she did.

At the age of sixteen, Talia's role finally came to an end. While having dinner with her family at one of their favorite restaurants a rival gang, who had decided enough was enough, came in guns blazing as they mowed down the entire restaurant clientele. Panic gripped the young female's heart and before she knew what was happening she was sitting back in her bedroom screaming and running for cover. It wasn't until she was shaking under her bed that she realized she was no longer at the restaurant.

The next few weeks had the entire island in an uproar with the restaurant massacre. No one had an explanation as to how Talia survived but everyone simply tried to explain that she must have just blocked the traumatic event and had walked back to the house in a stupor, despite her continuous recounting of the event. After the funeral, Talia's grandmother thought it best to send the girl up to New York with her aunt and uncle for the time being, at least until things settled down in Puerto Rico and her life was no longer in immediate danger.

Talia had just lost both of her parents in the most tragic way, was being sent to live with people she hardly even knew, and to make matters worse no one would believe her when she tried to tell her side of the story. It was safe to say she felt alone and isolated, and not quite sure how to even feel. To make matter worse even though she was considered a U.S. Citizen, her Hispanic heritage didn't make her stay in New York any easier, luckily it wasn't anything compared to being an African-American.

It was during this time that she was approached by a man, Erik Lehnsherr, who claimed to believe her story, even as far fetch as it sounded. He explained that along side Charles and Logan, two other mutants, they had started a school, a sort of safe haven for people like themselves. Talia wasn't sure what to believe, but if they could help her understand why she kept appearing in her bathtub randomly throughout the day, then she was willing to give it a shot.

Other:

• As a side-effect of her teleportation, Talia is immune to telepaths while in mid-jumps given that her mind is quite literally shifting briefly out of what is perceived as reality.

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@Winter Kitten no problem :)