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RPer Username: StrawberryZ0mbie

Name: Peter Whitney

Species: Wizard/Human

Age: 18ish (doesn't age any more and lost count at some point)

Gender: Male

Appearance description: Slightly shaggy black hair and gray eyes. Peter is about 5’10 and very skinny due to being somewhat malnourished. He’s, quite frankly, a weakling. An extreme weakling. You could knock him over with a ping pong ball. Wears the same clothes every day because, well, he kind of has to. If he's not smirking like he knows something you don't, then he typically looks bored.

Personality:Peter is very matter of fact about his powers. He doesn’t angst over them or mope about them though they’re a constant annoyance (try eating soup with a spoon that falls apart in your hands). He accepts what he is and just tries to live--not that it's difficult. Dying seems to be the hard part for him. People tend to irritate him simply because most people take their blessings for granted while Peter has learned to appreciate even the most simple of things. He is a bit cynical and stand offish though this mostly because he doesn't want to hurt people. He does not get close to people because until now, he’s constantly on the move and because he’s learned the prospect of the reward for his capture has always been too great for most people to ignore. Snarky and smart mouthed, there isn't a whole lot that Peter cares about other than where his next meal is coming from. He doesn't consider the consequences of his actions because for the most part, he just doesn't care.

His biggest regret is that he’ll be eternally a virgin.

Bio:
Peter was born in a back alley in the late 1600s, to an unmarried fishwife in Ireland. His birth was long, arduous and his mother did not survive. Then again, neither did Peter. Strangled by his own umbilical cord, his life was cut tragically short, just like that of his teenaged mother. Both corpses were found a short time after the birth, still warm, by an older man who was a practitioner of alchemy and dark sorcery. Unable to pass up the chance of being able to use an untainted vessel for his magic experiments, the man took the baby back to his laboratory.

He had long been working to find the secret to eternal life and eternal youth. Using the combined efforts of magic and science to toy with the flow of time and the body's natural abilities to heal and rejuvenate itself, the old wizard eventually was able to revive the baby, creating a being infused with magic that would keep him alive indefinitely. However, the conflicting magics created an unforeseen side effect. Peter's body destroyed everything it came into contact with. As if it was speeding up the aging of everything that touched it, metal would rust and crumble to dust, wood would rot and fall to piece. Even Humans would dry up and age, developing liver spots, bruises and even open sores if they maintained contact for too long.

In spite of this, the boy proved difficult, if not impossible, to kill. Not only were weapons in effective due to how quickly they would fall apart when they touched him, but his body proved capable of healing from nearly every injury within seconds. Even what should have been mortal injuries, he was able to brush off as if they were little more than a paper cut.

The problem was that otherwise, he was walking death. The first thing that happened when Peter was reborn a few days after his death, was that he unconsciously destroyed the old wizard's laboratory and nearly the wizard as well. The first thing the wizard did after this event was try to subdue Peter's innate destructive powers, finally devising a way to partially suppress Peter's power. Using an alchemic seal as the base, the wizard--over the course of several years since he couldn't work for more than a few minutes at a time--tattooed a large seal onto Peter's back with an ink made mostly of mercury and silver. These two metals are resistant to magic and had proved impervious to Peter's power. The tattoo on his back did not fully suppress his power, but it made things more manageable for the wizard.

Eventually, he crafted other wards for Peter to wear to keep his power manageable. He has two metal pins in each shoulder and wears a collar, as well as rings on both hands and feet, made of mercury and silver. His "father" also was able to craft magic clothing able to withstand his magic and not fall apart just from touching him (he went naked for about the first six years of his life).

In the end, even with all the measures taken to suppress his power, Peter was unable to live anything remotely similar to a normal life. Chairs break within a few minutes of him sitting in them, forks fall apart in his hands, glass shatters if he even grazes it. And anyone who touches him risks personal injury for their efforts. When his father passed away--no doubt, in part, due to his proximity to Peter, the boy was left on his own, to fend for himself.

In no time, he was labeled a criminal. Having to steal to live gave the boy a somewhat bleak outlook on life. Malnourished an underfed, he survived on the streets for a few years before the first time someone thought a little boy on his own was an easy target. A drunk nobleman thought he could take Peter home and do as he pleased with him but the incident left him dead in a gutter and Peter on the run as a murderer. A few more accidents over the years and by the time Peter was in his mid teens, he was seen as a dangerous criminal that needed to be caught at all costs. In fact, he was caught and executed multiple times--he was burned at the stake for witchcraft, drowned, and hanged more than once. And every time, within a few hours, he was alive again.

Eventually the ones that wanted him dead devised a way to keep him dead...somewhat. The last time he was captured, his body was hacked into pieces and stored in an assortment of silver caskets, then buried in a secret location to keep him from coming back.

Unfortunately....even that didn't quite work out as hoped. His body was found and mostly pieced together by someone unknown. Eventually, the only thing left to be attached, was the head. And his body just sat there...waiting for someone to find it.



Skills and Abilities: Entropy: Peter quite literally destroys everything he touches and causes it to break down and wear out within minutes—or hours if he’s really lucky. This is an innate ability that cannot be controlled by Peter except to focus and make it stronger (to, say, disintegrate your entire house instead of just one wall). He cannot turn this ability off nor will it to be weaker. Entropy works slower on natural organics like trees and a bit faster on organics that have been processed (wooden furniture, natural cloth like cotton) but works rapidly on in-organics like metal and stone. Glass and plastic just fall apart instantly. The more fragile something is naturally, the quicker it will fall apart when he touches this.

People are no exception. Touching Peter makes a person age more rapidly. At first, it would simply be isolated to the part actually touching him, but prolonged contact would cause the affliction to spread. Skin would dry out and age, bones would grow brittle, bruises would appear, open sores and eventually the tissue would rot just like on a corpse. If contact is long enough, or on a large enough portion of the body (for instance, if he was hugging someone) it would result in organ failure and death. This ability is not just skin to skin—it goes through clothing but not walls and such. Of course, it's easy to avoid--just don't touch him.


Immortality: Peter apparently cannot be killed. He can most definitely be injured. He can be significantly injured. It's just that he heals quickly enough so even mortal injuries are…somewhat less than mortal. He can’t regenerate lost limbs or the like but he has survived being hanged, being drowned and burned at the stake. Even after he’s ‘dead,’ he eventually wakes, heals and walks away. He does not age normally either.

If removed, Peter's limbs actually still retain their regenerating ability but their entropy is cut down to almost nothing. In other words, while a normal limb would wither and rot, Peter's would heal and remain completely viable. If the wounds on the limb and the stump were reopened and he was sewn back together, the limb would heal over time and he would be able to use it again. If his head is removed, he is unable to stay conscious or talk to people. His body can't be able to walk around on its own or anything. But he wouldn't really be dead and could fully revive if the head and body were reattached.


Character Flaws:
Thief - Peter has little respect for the property of other people. He had to get by on stealing for years and saw that most people aren't especially charitable so he treats people the same way he was treated. With no respect.

Cynical - An eternal pessimist, Peter expects the worst from every person and every situation.

Smart mouthed and rude - He doesn't particularly care if he hurts your feelings. If he thinks you're an idiot (and he probably does) he'll say it.

Apathetic - He just...doesn't care. About anyone or anything. Not that he's a bad person but it's hard to care when you know no matter what it is, you'll destroy it the moment you touch it, or it'll eventually whither on its own and you'll always be around to out survive it.

Sexual Orientation: Straight but he'd take what he could get
Status: Single

Likes: (at least 3)
-Food
-Soft beds
-charity
-birds

Dislikes: (at least 3)
-sleeping in the rain
-sleeping in trees
-sleeping in the snow
-being hanged, burned, drowned, stabbed, shot, etc.
-having his body cut apart and sewn back together.
-Most people he meets
-squirrels

RP Example: =P

Extra Information: Peter's jewelry is made from silver and mercury--while mercury has toxic effects for normal people, for Peter, it merely suppresses his powers to a somewhat manageable state. Both metals are resistant to his abilities.

Peter spent years trying to find a way to completely suppress at least his entropic abilities, to no avail. He's entirely given up looking and has just accepted that his life will always be this way.