Post by Feos on Mar 21, 2016 16:43:19 GMT -5
Name: Brandon Cross
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Power(: The name he has given to his power is "Life Wish". Brandon is able to create elementals, meaning summoned helpers/creatures, comprised of elements, materials and energy that is around him. For example, Brandon can pour his power into the ground and create an Earth Elemental, or use the air around him to make an Air Elemental. He can also do the same with energy, and for example create an Electric Elemental. Of course, the nature of the material or energy and how volatile/dangerous/unstable it is, determines how careful Brandon needs to be with the handling.
There are three variations of this power, three different ways to use it.
The first variation makes a temporary elemental that needs to be around Brandon at all times and take orders from him in order to act. It takes around ten to twenty seconds for Brandon to create such an elemental, and he can control up to three of them at the same time. Of course, he can only finely control one at a time, and if more are needed, his control over them becomes more crude. These elementals last for a few hours only.
The second variation is much faster in execution, but also weaker. Essentially, it only creates and controls a part of the elemental, for example, just the arms, and Brandon controls those. When this variation is used, only one elemental can be controlled at a time, because essentially there's no "being" to automatically do some actions, just body parts, and thus it needs Brandon's full attention to be functional. Brandon only requires a second or two if he makes a pair of arms for example, and this kind of elemental ( which is just an incomplete form of the first variation ), only lasts for an hour at most, perhaps even less.
The third variation creates elementals that can act independently from Brandon. These can last for many months. One downside of this variation are that it takes significantly more time, about a week of many hours of work per day to create one. Thus, these are unable to be created during combat. The second variation is that these elementals are created with one command that they follow throughout their entire existence, something like "guard my office" or "collect flowers from these fields", and they act only on that command, lacking the versatility of the other two versions.
Desired Class/Desired Position: Asisstant combat instructor. Brandon teaches a class that helps students learn how to apply their power a situation as close as possible to a real battle. He has been chosen for this position because his power makes him an ideal "training dummy maker", allowing the students to test themselves against different kinds of elementals and challenges of varying nature, in a controlled environment, and enables them to go all out without any care for the opponent's safety since their opponent is an elemental. At the same time, as someone who has sharpened their own battle sense, Brandon provides tactical and strategic advise.
Personality: Brandon is quite a spontaneous and whimsical man. He might appear cheerful and eager to teach one day, and bored and aloof the next day, wanting to just laze around and grumbling and protesting. He can be a strict instructor, or reveal a gentler, supporting side. He can be intimidating and cold, but then burst into a loud, hearty laughter. One thing is for sure, he does enjoy to startle others and put them off balance.
Under that rather simple appearance, Brandon hides bitterness and pain, and emotional scars that follow him for years. A man who lost the love of his life, in a battle that was held for him to break the chains of his dark and criminal past, Brandon's smile very rarely reaches his eye. He smokes a lot, and he usually drinks alone at nights too, reminiscing and trying to cope with the loss and pain, contemplating the unfairness of life.
Still, there's light in him. Light born inside the deep darkness, Brandon is now fully committed to becoming "a good man and honest fellow, someone to be proud of" as he often thinks of it, and spares no effort in aiding the Academy's youth. It's a way for him to atone for his past, and to keep himself busy and away from painful memories, for some time at least.
Appearance: Brandon is a man on his early thirties. He's 6'3 tall and with a muscular build, with broad shoulders, toned arms and relatively narrow waist. His hair is dirty blonde and he styles most of them in a small ponytail, while some are loose, framing his angular face. He usually has a stubble and a trace of mustache, but this varies depending on how lazy he gets with his shaving. Brandon always wears an eyepatch over where his left eye would be, and his remaining eye is a deep blue.
His forearms are toned he's usually found smoking a cigarette. He has a watch around his left wrist, and beneath his shirt, he has a pendant, an oval shaped silver frame and a deep red gem inside. His voice is deep and masculine, and he carries himself with surprising grace for a man this muscular and big.
Credit for the art goes to Kohsuke.
Weaknesses:
Each method of using his power has weaknesses of its own as described above, but there are also some general weaknesses that apply to most if not all.
- Brandon can only create elementals using the available materials/energy, and he doesn't generate any. For example, if he were to create a water elemental, he'd be limited to using the available water around him. If he were to create an electric elemental, he'd have to somehow find electricity, and enough to make a formidable elemental.
- When controlling an elemental, a part of Brandon's focus goes to this control. The more elementals he controls at the same time ( third variation ), the more his focus is divided between them, and while he has trained extensively on this, he can be left vulnerable during such moments.
- Brandon has no supernatural power, durability or speed of his own, making him very weak in close combat with those supernaturally gifted in these fields, if he can't use an elemental properly to fight the attacker instead of him.
- Brandon cannot create "mixed" elementals, that are made out of two different sources. Thus, depending on the elemental's nature, it has obvious weaknesses.
- He smokes.
- He has a blind spot at his left side because of the eyepatch.
Strengths:
Brandon is a gifted strategist and tactician, and has accumulated a lot of battle experience, allowing him to possibly turn the tables against superior opponents. Brandon is also blessed with a strong instinct, one that he has honed even further, and it has helped him avoid death many times. He is very competent in the art of Muay Boran, and he has been able to fight toe to toe with masters of the art. He has also acquired some medical knowledge and is able to treat some wounds and injuries, or make simple to moderate antidotes and salves if the necessary materials are available.
History: Brandon was taken from an orphanage along with many other kids when he was almost a baby, and went through a series of experiments in one of your typical, hidden labs run by shady organisations. He was, as expected, one of the very few who survived this process, and had been given a precious and useful power, one that he proceeded to hone under the instruction of many experts. The reason for making Brandon and the others was to form a group that would move in the dark and capture or kill mythical beings, or even other supernatural humans, since the aforementioned would have some value to the organization.
Brandon went with that life for a few years, not seeing an alternative, until something changed him entirely. He fell in love, truly in love with a mythical being, a fair maiden unlike any other. After a huge inner conflict, he decided to break his chains and flee with her, to hide from the organization he had served. Of course, tragedy soon struck their door. The organization found them, and while an enraged Brandon took down the rest of his group, it cost him his left eye and the love of his life, who died by his side, supporting and protecting him.
His heart full of bitterness, Brandon turned to Foresta. He wished to create, not destroy. To cultivate talents and individuals, not reap them. He wished to turn the page, and he currently does what he can, sharing his combat experience with the youth that still develop their powers, hoping that his instructions would one day save their lives.
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Power(: The name he has given to his power is "Life Wish". Brandon is able to create elementals, meaning summoned helpers/creatures, comprised of elements, materials and energy that is around him. For example, Brandon can pour his power into the ground and create an Earth Elemental, or use the air around him to make an Air Elemental. He can also do the same with energy, and for example create an Electric Elemental. Of course, the nature of the material or energy and how volatile/dangerous/unstable it is, determines how careful Brandon needs to be with the handling.
There are three variations of this power, three different ways to use it.
The first variation makes a temporary elemental that needs to be around Brandon at all times and take orders from him in order to act. It takes around ten to twenty seconds for Brandon to create such an elemental, and he can control up to three of them at the same time. Of course, he can only finely control one at a time, and if more are needed, his control over them becomes more crude. These elementals last for a few hours only.
The second variation is much faster in execution, but also weaker. Essentially, it only creates and controls a part of the elemental, for example, just the arms, and Brandon controls those. When this variation is used, only one elemental can be controlled at a time, because essentially there's no "being" to automatically do some actions, just body parts, and thus it needs Brandon's full attention to be functional. Brandon only requires a second or two if he makes a pair of arms for example, and this kind of elemental ( which is just an incomplete form of the first variation ), only lasts for an hour at most, perhaps even less.
The third variation creates elementals that can act independently from Brandon. These can last for many months. One downside of this variation are that it takes significantly more time, about a week of many hours of work per day to create one. Thus, these are unable to be created during combat. The second variation is that these elementals are created with one command that they follow throughout their entire existence, something like "guard my office" or "collect flowers from these fields", and they act only on that command, lacking the versatility of the other two versions.
Desired Class/Desired Position: Asisstant combat instructor. Brandon teaches a class that helps students learn how to apply their power a situation as close as possible to a real battle. He has been chosen for this position because his power makes him an ideal "training dummy maker", allowing the students to test themselves against different kinds of elementals and challenges of varying nature, in a controlled environment, and enables them to go all out without any care for the opponent's safety since their opponent is an elemental. At the same time, as someone who has sharpened their own battle sense, Brandon provides tactical and strategic advise.
Personality: Brandon is quite a spontaneous and whimsical man. He might appear cheerful and eager to teach one day, and bored and aloof the next day, wanting to just laze around and grumbling and protesting. He can be a strict instructor, or reveal a gentler, supporting side. He can be intimidating and cold, but then burst into a loud, hearty laughter. One thing is for sure, he does enjoy to startle others and put them off balance.
Under that rather simple appearance, Brandon hides bitterness and pain, and emotional scars that follow him for years. A man who lost the love of his life, in a battle that was held for him to break the chains of his dark and criminal past, Brandon's smile very rarely reaches his eye. He smokes a lot, and he usually drinks alone at nights too, reminiscing and trying to cope with the loss and pain, contemplating the unfairness of life.
Still, there's light in him. Light born inside the deep darkness, Brandon is now fully committed to becoming "a good man and honest fellow, someone to be proud of" as he often thinks of it, and spares no effort in aiding the Academy's youth. It's a way for him to atone for his past, and to keep himself busy and away from painful memories, for some time at least.
Appearance: Brandon is a man on his early thirties. He's 6'3 tall and with a muscular build, with broad shoulders, toned arms and relatively narrow waist. His hair is dirty blonde and he styles most of them in a small ponytail, while some are loose, framing his angular face. He usually has a stubble and a trace of mustache, but this varies depending on how lazy he gets with his shaving. Brandon always wears an eyepatch over where his left eye would be, and his remaining eye is a deep blue.
His forearms are toned he's usually found smoking a cigarette. He has a watch around his left wrist, and beneath his shirt, he has a pendant, an oval shaped silver frame and a deep red gem inside. His voice is deep and masculine, and he carries himself with surprising grace for a man this muscular and big.
Credit for the art goes to Kohsuke.
Weaknesses:
Each method of using his power has weaknesses of its own as described above, but there are also some general weaknesses that apply to most if not all.
- Brandon can only create elementals using the available materials/energy, and he doesn't generate any. For example, if he were to create a water elemental, he'd be limited to using the available water around him. If he were to create an electric elemental, he'd have to somehow find electricity, and enough to make a formidable elemental.
- When controlling an elemental, a part of Brandon's focus goes to this control. The more elementals he controls at the same time ( third variation ), the more his focus is divided between them, and while he has trained extensively on this, he can be left vulnerable during such moments.
- Brandon has no supernatural power, durability or speed of his own, making him very weak in close combat with those supernaturally gifted in these fields, if he can't use an elemental properly to fight the attacker instead of him.
- Brandon cannot create "mixed" elementals, that are made out of two different sources. Thus, depending on the elemental's nature, it has obvious weaknesses.
- He smokes.
- He has a blind spot at his left side because of the eyepatch.
Strengths:
Brandon is a gifted strategist and tactician, and has accumulated a lot of battle experience, allowing him to possibly turn the tables against superior opponents. Brandon is also blessed with a strong instinct, one that he has honed even further, and it has helped him avoid death many times. He is very competent in the art of Muay Boran, and he has been able to fight toe to toe with masters of the art. He has also acquired some medical knowledge and is able to treat some wounds and injuries, or make simple to moderate antidotes and salves if the necessary materials are available.
History: Brandon was taken from an orphanage along with many other kids when he was almost a baby, and went through a series of experiments in one of your typical, hidden labs run by shady organisations. He was, as expected, one of the very few who survived this process, and had been given a precious and useful power, one that he proceeded to hone under the instruction of many experts. The reason for making Brandon and the others was to form a group that would move in the dark and capture or kill mythical beings, or even other supernatural humans, since the aforementioned would have some value to the organization.
Brandon went with that life for a few years, not seeing an alternative, until something changed him entirely. He fell in love, truly in love with a mythical being, a fair maiden unlike any other. After a huge inner conflict, he decided to break his chains and flee with her, to hide from the organization he had served. Of course, tragedy soon struck their door. The organization found them, and while an enraged Brandon took down the rest of his group, it cost him his left eye and the love of his life, who died by his side, supporting and protecting him.
His heart full of bitterness, Brandon turned to Foresta. He wished to create, not destroy. To cultivate talents and individuals, not reap them. He wished to turn the page, and he currently does what he can, sharing his combat experience with the youth that still develop their powers, hoping that his instructions would one day save their lives.
