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 NICKNAME Shade

 AGE 15
 BIRTHDAY October 30

 SPECIES Half-Demon
 ETHNICITY ?

 GENDER Male
 SEXUALITY Heterosexual

 DORM Serpens

 POWER Shade's active power is Shadow Walking. He was born with the ability, but has only begun to realize it's supernatural in the last few months. The abilities most incredible traits are the power to travel long distances through the shadows, and the ability to cloak himself in shadows, similar to invisibility. However he has so far only just begun to tap its potential, by fading psychologically from others perception, the true power of the ability is still unknown to him. Shadow Walking works much the same as your mind dismissing the background after a certain period of time, he just becomes part of the background. Perceptive people can pick him out but he fades as soon as they stop concentrating. He cannot control this ability, but will eventually be able to. He also has a passive ability of accelerated healing at night or in shadows. When he is out of direct light his wounds heal at an accelerated rate. Currently still extremely mild, it shaves off maybe 5% of normal healing time. His third power is Shade Control, the ability to actively call shadows to do his bidding. He currently can't use it and may never learn how.

 APPEARANCE Shade is about 5' 8", at about 135 pounds, making him thin with narrow shoulders and is slightly malnourished. Despite his slight stature he is wiry, and years of abuse have hardened his muscles and taught him how to fight. His skin is incredibly pale, but he has never suffered from acne a day in his life. His dark hair is long and sleek, with no particular style, slightly covering eyes that are deep brown with reddish flecks throughout. He has a black tattoo of a coiled snake on the back of his left shoulder. He also has a small deep blood red ruby stud in his right ear. His hands are badly scarred, covered with dozens of knife cuts. Frequently covered in bruises he tends to avoid contact. He prefers to wear dark clothing, and semi expensive brands. Likes pants with lots of pockets but his preference for shirts is plain, dark, skin tight ones with long sleeves. His shoes are usually dark colored sneakers. He carries cash only and a fair bit of it, but he secrets it away in his many various pockets. He also tends to secret away various switchblades in his pockets.

 PERSONALITY Shade slouches when he moves almost gliding without making much sound, and tends to stand against walls out of direct light, with a view of at least 2 exits. He tends to steal things almost habitually, and if he didn't mean to he will put them back later. He likes to carve wood but is not very good at it, hence the various cuts to his hands. He varies his speed when he walks, speeding up and slowing down seemingly randomly. When he is speaking to others he rarely raises his eyes higher then the neck and prefers to study faces from a distance away. When he speaks he tends to use his hands to illustrate his point and when people make fast movements he flinches, especially if said person has been less then kind. He is cautious but usually polite, especially to women, and his responses to authority vary but overwhelming power tends to garner more respect then displays of wealth.

He likes to dance but rarely does so, but he will occasionally hum. When he know he's being watched his behavior become erratic, so things he's normally good at, he sometimes fails at and things he sucks at sometimes go spectacularly well. When speaking to people his own age or younger he rarely attempts to demand respect, except when they irritate him. He sees extraordinarily well at night or when its dark thanks to his demonic heritage but prefers not to draw attention to it.

HIs years of abuse in foster homes and on the streets have taught him that he alone can protect the things he finds important, and despite his harsh upbringing he has an iron hold on his temper, using it as merely a tool for dealing with his problems, and violence is also regarded as a tool to control others if necessary. When his emotions overwhelm him though he prefers to find comfort, and relaxes easier alone. Although he counts his emotions as tools and tends to look at things with a somewhat jaded opinion, once he has claimed his territory he will fight to the death for those he has accepted as friends, and/ or superiors.

 WEAKNESSES Shade has a weakness to light. He can't see as well when its bright out and heat lamps, or extremely bright light irritate his skin. Clear skies tend to annoy him easily so he stays inside as much as he can. When speaking to someone that he respects, their words tend to be akin to scripture, and he will frequently quote phrases he likes, even if they are wrong. When he knows he's being watched he becomes incredibly clumsy, occasionally failing at things he should have succeeded at. He cannot control his power even remotely so far.

 STRENGTHS At night he is nearly invisible, and only people who know he is there or have high perception abilities can tell he is even there. When he doesn't think he is being watched, he is fast, delicate, and extremely skilled at moving silently and stealing. He is intelligent and clever but has a tough time talking to others. He is also relatively attractive although his people issues prevent long term relationships until now, he hopes.

 HISTORY His mother was a low level demonic servant known as a shade, commonly used in high level demonic households as slaves. His father was a scientist who was researching alternate dimensions, and summoned Shade's mom to tell him secrets of that particular dimension. She lied, and claimed she was incredibly powerful and could not be compelled to reveal state secrets that easily. The man slowly gained her trust and when she told the truth, that she was merely a servant, they got married shortly afterward. Mere weeks after Shade was born his parents were killed by assassins sent by her former owner, but Shade doesn't know anything about it. Shade grew up in a combination of violent foster homes and the even more violent streets, and finally joined a group at the age of 6 and never went back home. The group was named Black Snakes and specialized in breaking and entering, but prided itself on not hurting anyone. 

At the age of 12 Shade became an officer in the Black Snakes and was forcibly given the tattoo he has on his back. As an officer he looked after the new recruits and became close to a trio of young kids. After 6 months a fire started in a warehouse and the leader at the time, abandoned the three kids to die. Biding his time Shade, in a cold rage, began to gather support in the group and the surrounding community. He began trading favors, handing out money, and anything else he could think of to earn more trust. When the leader appointed Shade as his second Shade shoved a knife into his throat and watched him drown in his own blood. The day after, on his 14th birthday, he got the stud put into his right ear.

Over the course of the year that Shade was in charge, he managed to get most of his underlings into good homes or respectable jobs. Selling everything he owned he dissolved the group and went wandering for a month. When he returned to the city he was attacked and nearly killed by a group of cops. He discovered his power when he cut the power to the police station and no one could see him until he broke the cop who led the beatings jaw. When brought before the court he was given an option, jail time or boarding school, he chose Foresta Academy.

 IN CHARACTER SAMPLE In the middle of the night Shade walked along the road making little sound, despite it being a gravel road. School huh? Never dreamed they'd offer that as a option. Seeing a medium sized stone he kicked it a fair distance down the road. Grinning to himself for no apparent reason, Shade looked around at the country side. Bet the cops are in a tizzy about now. He laughed out loud at the thought of the cops looking for him in a panic. He wasn't sure he would get any wannabe vigilantes looking for payback but decided not to risk it. Guess this whole power business has its perks. Heard there's going to be all kinds of freaks at this place, "Ha! Guess I am kind of excited..." Talking out loud helped keep the sudden loneliness at bay. Standing on the edge of the road he looked out at the ocean, and felt the cool wet breeze play across his skin. Seeing lights dancing across the water he doubted his own sanity momentarily before seeing the village and the castle looking structure in the distance. "The last place they'd start looking for me would be here." Staring at the lights he began to chuckle, and then he began to laugh heartily. Across the water laid Foresta Academy, still laughing he began the long walk to his new home.

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