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Name: Erica Morrow (Soltari) ---At one time called "sufferance" because of her pain type powers.

Description: Erica is 5' 5.5" tall, she has a very feminine accentuated body, she couldn't be mistaken for a guy even if she tried. She has long brown hair, that is a couple shades away from black, and it often hangs in the way of her eyes, which are a warm brown with amber and carmel highlights. Her complexion is light, a nice cream color, with a scattering of five pale freckles on her nose. She's in her late twenties/early thirties, and her conservative appearance is often misleading from the violence of her past.
Personality: There are few things in the world that Erica loves more than sitting down with a good book, as she is a voracious reader. Erica is generally calm, logical, and very analytical. She is hard driven, being a well organized list maker, with a perfectionist streak. She is also warm, and almost motherly. But she also has a dark side that comes out every so often, one nearly the opposite of everything listed above. It's a side that would kill for pleasure, revels in emotional trauma, and loves pure madness and chaos. In general she keeps her extreme sides well balanced, but the more she tries to shove away her darker side, the more devestating the results as it eventually breaks loose.
History: Erica is no stranger to pain. She was raised in an abusive foster home. Where her foster father was attempting to bring out her latent power abilities through emotional trauma. The only thing that kept her stable was a younger brother, but he soon died by way of an accident that was infact a murder. She snapped and fled from home, living in what she called her "restless years." When she was just out of college she finally found her calling, as groups of empowered people created factions that were either for protecting the law and it's citizens, or against it. Erica found her path in the latter, fighting as what some people would traditionaly call a villain.

It wasn't long before the violent fights between empowered beings created a rift between them and the humans, leaving only death and prejudice to fill it. As powers were being banned worldwide, Erica and her fiancee headed to Haven, an Island city that sympathized with super beings. Things went generally pleasant for a while, as she married, and had a baby girl. But the peace did not last long, as the skies started to dim and storms wrecked havoc across the world, the mimics began their invasion.

After the Mimic Revolution the remaining survivors began working on rebuilding their lives,but Erica found that prejudice and hatred ran even deeper than before. After a solemn vote that traveled to the known surviving lands, it was agreed that powers were to be given up. Using the ways of the mimics, a connection was made to the very heart of the earth, and across the world super powers were instantly stripped from them and absorbed into the earth. Erica lost her powers, but not all of them, she, like a few other empowered beings, were too powerful, and the earth was only able to absorb a portion. She like many of the others, stayed quiet about their still present powers, hiding them.

Erica and her family moved into the newly growing Union of cities, where she found the intolerance and hatred for anything not manmade, even nature itself, was opposed by an underground force, who fought against the opression. It did not take her long to become a prime part of that force.

Occupation of Choice: Librarian, but all the good books have been banned or burned, so Erica works some shifts at the nightclub.
Main Power: Erica can inflict severe physical pain by a single touch, or extremely close proximity--she can cause pain through fabric. She sends out psychic waves that attack the nerves of an individual. She however, also shares pain when inflicting it on others...but has overtime developed a high tolerance to pain. The intense pain can cause permanent damage, and is potentialy fatal.

Secondary Power: A form of stealth that is accomplished by sending mental messages to the minds of others. She can go undetected by sending a message to a person that confuses thier senses, blocking their ability to see her.

Weakness: Much of her power is mind based, and when she cannot focus, and is greatly confused she has difficulty using her powers. When she is intoxicated, she is useless. She must also keep a general calm, or in extreme emotional cases her power may backfire, and lash more pain on herself, then on her victim.


(Erica's daughter, she won't take a role very often, but for RP purposes I'm listing her profile)
Name: Oralia Soltari
Description: Ora is five years old however, due to the strange circumstances of her birth, her age does not match her appearance. In general she appears to be about ten years old, with long black hair which is often kept in two long braids. Like her father, she has deep crimson eyes and a pale hue of skin. She has her mother's soft pouty lips, and three barely visible freckles across her nose.
Personality: Ora is very stubborn, prone to rebellion, and views the world in a way that is far too mature considering her age. She always has difficulty being obedient without full explanation followed by a reasonable argument. She usually likes to keep to herself, and has a tendancy to be very secretive. She doesn't like strangers, and she has difficulty trusting anyone, even her parents. She has a bizzare obsession for the color green, and is found talking to herself quite often.
History: It's a fact that has confused her mother for a long time, but Ora has kept her distance for personal reasons. There is a part of her strictly devoted to an immortal being, who has guided her since birth. She knows her parents are partly aware of this, and they strongly dissaprove, at the same time the immortal being is not fond of her devotion to her parents. This leaves her with a pulling choice, which she cannot make, not wanting to be rid of either group. In order to make it less painful for herself, she hides away from a relationship with her parents, knowing that her immortal being will win any battle over her custody, and if she found a way to crush the parental feelings that keep her parents devoted, perhaps they will eventually abandon her, so that in the end they dont' die, and she won't have to be the one to kill them.
Main Power: Perception alteration (illusions). Ora can alter the perceptions of the physical world from the way a sound is heard, a persons appearance, the appearance of the environment, to basic illusions.
Secondary Power: Blinking--short distance teleportation
Weakness: unexplained and random blackouts.

Name: R.J. St. Claire
Description: R.J. is somewhat short, but still considered an average hieght. She has subtle arabic features inherited from her fathers side. She has short hair which is usually gelled into black spikes, warm-toned skin, and amber eyes.
Personality: RJ is very blunt and straightforward. She doesn't like to hassle around the little things. If she thinks you're hot, she'll tell you, but if she doesn't like something about you, she'll tell you that too. RJ is also very manipulative at the same time, and if she wants something, she gets it.
History: RJ was able to enter herself into the city, and to pull herself into the underground organization because of a slight name change, taking after the name of one of the missing supers. She had no idea how much trouble that name would bring her, otherwise she would have gone with a different one. Not only does she keep getting her mail, but often runs into people looking for Rebbeca Jo "Ruby" st. Claire. She tells them what she knows, that Ruby's last reported appearance was back in Mississippi when her grandmother died, and then she dissapeared, but there was a rumoured report that she was found in some Atlanta hospital, in a deep coma after the world-wide power absorption. She then pulls a box out from under her bar, full of Ruby stuff that keeps getting sent her way, and tells them to take a souvenir, and go away.
Occupation of Choice: Bartender at the nightclub
Main Power: Catlike agility.
Secondary Power: Enhanced senses.
Weakness: Extremely overwhelming noises, or scents.

Name: Arch Lannen

Race: Angel

Description: 6'2, 190 lbs. without the wings, and pale white skin. Long, snowy white hair, going down to the small of his back. Of toned build, but his real strength lies in his wings.
Two long white wings with metal, bladed sheaths along the ends of them, used for combat. The sheaths also allow Arch the ability to 'fold' his wings up into his back, giving him the guise of a normal human. When Folded, the wings can be preserved, so if they're injured, he can keep them from being injured further, but at times, the act of folding them can injure them.
He wears a black T-shirt, black jeans with a black belt and black shoes, for the sole sake of he likes the clash it has with his hair and wings. He wears a Peace-Symbol medallion on his neck.
Arch's eye color is currently unknown by all but him. He guards the color for an unknown reason, wearing reflective sunglasses 24/7, during every activity he engages in, from showering to sleep to sleeping with others.
Oh, and he smokes religiously.

Personality: Arch had a general happy-go-lucky personality. He's very intelligent, buy enjoys a good time, rampant with sex and alcohol. "Booze, Boobs, and other forms of degradation" is one of his favorite quotes. Eh, you people will figure it out soon enough. Oh, and don't try and think that telling him he's breaking the law will stop him. Consequences mean less to one with eternal youth.

History: Not gonna go into depth here, but Arch's an Angel, so he's immune to most diseases ((STDs are the most commonly fought off)), and poisons ((alcohol poisoning and cigarettes)). He still gets hangovers. Anyways, Arch has eternal-youth, meaning he doesn't age, but can be killed by a bullet to the head. Arch lives in his bus, a large vehicle about 15 feet tall, and 25 feet long. It uses a fusion engine, allowing it to run off of just about anything, and manipulates it's weight with an Inertia altering device installed in the dashboard. It allows his 40 ton bus to drive on streets without sinking, but still run a tank off the road.
Despite his love of alcohol and cigarettes, Arch utterly despises drugs, given from a long encounter with them that eventually led to his death in a human-life. ((read the old profile in the archives))

Occupation of Choice: Arch is wealthy due to his playing the stock markets over his term on earth ((He's been hanging out on Earth since about.... 2000 BC)). Arch is the wealthiest man alive, but keeps his money under different aliases, so when one dies, they leave the money to a son or nephew, which also happens to be Arch. Whole families have died, passing fortunes on, each member being Arch.

Main Power: Emotional Manipulation
Arch can generate three different auras, all ranging about 50 yards around him, filling everyone in the area with the given emotion.

Peace: Does as stated, filling everyone in the area, including Arch, with a sense of calm and peace. If someone enters the area after it's settled, the aura is broken.

Sorrow: Fills everyone in the area with Sorrow, but for this one, Arch can choose to prevent it from effecting himself.

Anger: Same as Sorrow, only with Anger.

Arch can combine Peace and Anger, using three power uses, to generate a "Horny" Aura.
The possesion of such a power allows Arch to sense the emotions of people within a good hundred yard radius around him, and even determine who the person is, if he's grown familiar with they're emotional pattern.

Secondary Power: Blink ((limited teleportation. Generally within eye-sight.))

Weakness: His shades. If Arch's shades are removed from his face, he'll panic and do anything to get them back, without opening his eyes, of course, so it's quite dangerous for himself.

Name: Laurel Talbot
Description: A pretty, 20-yr-old girl with medium length black hair with a white stripe running back from above her left eye. She always wears a black velvet ribbon around her neck (the Shadow Cloak in its quiescent state).
Personality: Normally quiet and reserved, she can be quite the opposite when among people she trusts.
History: Laurel is the daughter of Larrisa Talbot (the Werewolf) and Seth Genesis (the Dark Mage). Her father was killed before she was born, and her mother about 5 years later, during the suppression of Blitz' revolt. She was saved by her "imaginary" friend, Herg - an imp who had been a servant of her father.
Herg took her to her father's castle in Hell, and raised her there with the help of the other servants, and some of the dead spirits. The castle, although it was in Hell, was not truly a place of evil, for Seth's first wife had been an angel, and some of her influence still lay upon the place. This allowed Laurel to grow up undamned.
She had an eclectic education, learning much of geometry and alchemy, but little of social customs. From one of her tutors, she learned some of the skills of the ninja, from another, shadow magic and illusions.
After several years in the castle, she finally returned to Earth - to Haven. It was then that she discovered the link to the moon that was her mother's heritage, and also that during her years in Hell, almost no time elapsed on Earth (thus the discrepancy in her age). Herg returned with her, as a friend, guide, and mentor.
In Haven, Laurel attended High School, where she filled in some of the gaps in her education, particularly in the social area. Having no family of her own, she adopted her mother's "Friends" as Aunts and Uncles - Erica, Blitz, Ruby, Kitty, and Ashura (in absentia). Her father, long believed dead, also turned up in Haven, but disappeared again before or during the mimic invasion, along with Herg. Not long before the mimic invasion, Laurel was kidnapped and used as some sort of scientific test subject (she was never clear on the details), but was rescued by Minerva after the invasion disrupted the tests.
Occupation of Choice: Librarian
Main Power: Main Power: Moon Magic - Partakes of both Light and Shadow. See Below.
Secondary Power: The Shadow Cloak - This hooded cloak, woven of the deepest shadows, can move on its own to block attacks that would harm its wearer. It can also, on her mental command form into a pair of bat-wings, allowing her to fly. It also helps her to hide in dark places, due to its color (not a power use). When Laurel is out of costume, the cloak shrinks to the form of a black velvet ribbon around her neck.

Moon Magic:
In addition to bolt, shields, and illusions, a few special spells:

Moon beam: Target is confused - for his next 4 posts he can only defend, run away, or return attacks against him. He cannot use intensity attacks, or any ability that requires concentration.

Lunacy: Target goes berserk - for his next 4 posts he must attack the closest living thing (friend or foe) with his most familiar attack. He cannot use intensity attacks, or any ability that requires concentration.

Blue Moon: Target is paralyzed with grief/sadness - for his next two posts he can take no actions at all. This is an intensity attack and requires 2 saves - one for each round of effect.

Revealing light: All objects and surfaces in area glow with a soft, pearlescent light - even characters that are invisible, hidden, or using Stealth of any sort. Illusions, not being real, do not glow. The effects last for 8 posts (about half a page).

Dark of Night: Area is filled with total darkness for 8 posts (about half a page).

Name: Alianne McLeer-Wong (AKA Aly)

Description: Aly is 22 years old and 5’2 in height. Her hazel eyes contain flecks of green that are only noticeable up close or when she is angry or amused; they are framed by long feathery black lashes. Her mouth is usually turned up in a mischievous smile, coated in dark lip gloss to accent its width and full lower lip. Her nose is small and delicate, with a slight dusting of freckles. Her skin is a few shades darker than creamy ivory. Her hair is jet black (with hues of dark blue), long and silky, and although she usually ties it up into a pony tail to keep it out of the way, there are always a few wisps of rebellious hair that manage to escape and frame her face and forehead. Her facial features show her mixed heritage of Chinese and Irish. Her figure is lean and shapely, but not voluptuous. It is a body made to be stealthy and nimble. She usually wears loose fitting clothes to conceal the weapons that she always carries on her person.


(Thank you ED!!! <333)

Personality: Aly is always looking for fun. She’s easy going and feels comfortable around everyone, friend or foe. Although she enjoys a good jest, she’s the first to hold her tongue, knowing the importance of silence. She’s observant and startlingly perceptive of people’s characters and moods. She prefers to be in the shadows rather than the spotlight and has uncanny powers of persuasion. She’s manipulative and cunning, and doesn’t hesitate to do what’s in her best interest or for self survival. Her friends have her undying loyalty and her enemies, her unrelenting wrath. She’s sly and never speaks directly if she can help it, preferring riddles to bluntness. She doesn’t trust people easily and tries to be self reliant, although this usually gets her into more trouble then if she would only trust people. One of her rules is “never drink” because a loose tongue is a dangerous thing.

History: Aly’s father was a spy master from Ireland and he passed down his spy knowledge of code breaking, lock picking, lip reading and multiple languages to her. Her mother was a Chinese secret agent and modern day warrior. From her mother, she learned how to master the art of throwing knives/daggers, as well as different forms of martial arts. Her twin brother, Alex, died at the age of 19, poisoned by someone he thought was a friend. He was her best friend and confidant. Since then she trusts no one, afraid that she may make the same mistake. Her parents were friends with a lot of people with super powers, though they possessed none themselves. The powers must have skipped a generation because her grandmother on her mother’s side was a fortune teller with the power of sight, and her grandmother on her father’s side had the power of ice. Her brother had the power to control the weather and see into people’s minds, but he was too trusting of others, which was his downfall. She has somehow found her way into Union City and is not interested in drawing any attention.

Occupation of Choice: Spy agent, but she'll take what she can get. (update: night secretary at the Public Safety HQ)

Main Power: Control of Ice/Freezing. She can create and manipulate ice/snow by using water from her surroundings, including moisture in the air or ground. Even people give off moisture. She can freeze people into immobility and can create ice daggers and such weapons. She can sometimes control snow if she puts all her effort into it, causing a gentle snow storm to turn into a blizzard. But that usually drains her of all her energy, so she rarely tries it.

Secondary Power: The power of sight. She can detect other people’s powers as an aura around their person, which means she can tell ordinary people apart from supers. She can detect poisons in food and drink. She can tell if someone is lying. She can sharpen her sight so that she can see in the dark and at far distances in perfect detail.

Weakness: Aly has to keep hydrated. If she is too hot or doesn’t drink enough, she has black outs. Fire is the best thing to use against her since it heats up the air and takes away the moisture.

Name: Louise Enileve, but you may call her Lu [pro: Low]
Description: 5’7 and of perfect proportions [see main powers], 24 years old, pin straight reddish brown hair that’s cut short [chin length] and covers the left side of her face. Blind in her left eye [long scar runs vertically through the center of her eye brow down through the center of her eye to the top of her cheek bone], eyes are naturally chocolate brown. Often seen wearing a black turtle-neck tank top, baggy black Goth jeans [straps, chains, skulls and all], industrial Goth boots that put her at 5'9" and lace up to her knee and a trench coat that rivals any villain’s from any time she appears the sort to cause trouble. Oh, and did I mention she has a sort of thing for body piercing? Oh, well, let’s see. She’s got both ears pierced several times, her right eyebrow, the left side of her nose, her lower lip [center piercing and snake bites], her tongue and a couple more places that none of you need to know about! She’d be a pretty girl if she ever stopped frowning…
Personality: In all honesty, Lulu is a witch with a capitol B. She’s mean, rude and so cold hearted and distant from anyone and everyone that if she touched you you’d probably freeze like a Popsicle! [Wooooah, momma!] Louise is the kind of girl who gives off the impression that she knows everything about you even before you sit down and she’s the type of girl to sit with her back to the wall in the farthest, darkest corner at all times. She doesn’t talk much and she can’t stand people who babble even though she’s the model of eternal patience and external calm. All in all the only thing that keeps her from being the text book definition of “Bad apple” would be her quirky fear of needles and distaste for tattoos…
History: Raised in a foster home Louise learned quickly what had to be done to survive in a city like this. She was finally adopted when she was 14 and, through endless amounts of much needed T.L.C. she opened up enough to form an unbreakable bond with her new “parents” and she’s been that way ever since. But Louise grew up and left home, she stopped coming around, fell out of touch with her silently adored parents and then WHAM! her foster dad died of an incurable disease and she was devastated. That was the last time she ever really got close to someone. Her foster mother is still around though, hidden somewhere safe from the prying eyes of the government and all the bad people and things that might try to use her to get to Louise.
Occupation of Choice: Bounty Hunter for the government, if you please.
Main Power: N/A, she’s incredibly strong for a woman of her build but that comes from hours upon days upon years of nearly endless training. [4 hours/7 days a week/365 days a year]
Secondary Power: N/A
Weakness: Her undying devotion and love for her foster mother, the only family she really knows and her fear of needles.

Name: Eric Chase
Description:
Hieght 5'4"
Wieght 120 LB
Age 25
Hair Color Light brown
Eye Color Purple
Personality: Energetic, but also extremely sarcastic, and at times, grumpy.
History: He was born in LA, and grew up unassumingly, born to a banker for a mother, and a mechanic for a father. He took after his father, and eventually eneded up modling himself solely after his father.
He watched the Supers doing thier works of good, and bad, and, at times, taking up arms agaist the bad, to help the good. When the government started rounding them up, he fumed, but in silent.
When the Mimics rose, and began killing things, he fled to one of the last safe havens in Canada, and fought with a super leading a rebellion there. He never met this super, but was said he had white hair, shades, and wings.
Now, he lives in the Six, working as a mechanic, taking on government contracts to pay for his life, fixing military and privately owned vehicles.
Occupation of Choice: Mechanic
Main Power: N/A
Secondary Power: N/A
Weakness: Lack of powers gives him almost no edge in a fight.