Post by Darrius on Jan 20, 2011 20:34:00 GMT -5
Darrius
[/color][/font]ALSO KNOWN AS
CASTOR LEE BARLOW[/color][/font]
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Weather Manipulation - Ability to control or mentally affect the weather. This includes the ability to generate various natural phenomena (rain, tornadoes, lightning, ocean currents, etc.) or control the intensity of the weather.
Darrius' control over the weather varies form a slight breeze to a devastating tornado. Darrius' emotions have a strong effect on the weather, and when he takes on a more Godly appearance the weather is completely under his control. Darrius must be careful of his emotions because they have such a powerful effect on the weather, even getting angry will cause the wind to howl.
Electrokinesis - Ability to control, generate or absorb electric fields.
In a simple form he is only able to produce electric shocks that are strong enough to stun a full grown man. He can absorb electricity, but if he absorbs a lot he will need to discharge it, either little by little or in a single powerful blast. In a stronger form he can create more powerful blasts and even travel through electrical lines or power sources. In the stronger form he is able to create a blast of electricity that is easily comparable to lightning, in force and devastation.
Sensing - Ability to sense the supernatural. This means he can sense that someone is not human, and while he may be able to sense their level of strength he cannot necessarily sense what the power someone has is or what exactly they are. For example; if he ever ran into a two-thousand-year-old vampire he could sense that they weren't human, that they were powerful, but he couldn't sense that they were a vampire.
Strength - Darrius has greatly enhanced strength. He is able to accomplish physical feats far beyond that of any normal man. Thankfully he doesn't have the embarrassing problems of accidentally crushing things by overusing his strength as it only comes to him when needed. Darrius' strength increases with his will, so the greater willed he is to do something the greater his strength is. When he takes on a godly form, his body glowing an ethereal blue and his eyes whiting out, his strength seems near infinite.
However the weaker willed Darrius is the weaker his strength becomes and if it continues to deteriorate then his strength will gradually fade.
Abilities
Photokinesis - Ability to control, generate or absorb light particles.
While using Photokinesis in it's most simple form Darrius can accomplish feats such as natural phenomenon like rainbows or aurora. He can do this by bending and manipulating the light to make it appear different. He can create simple illusions that are purely just visible but cannot effect anything physically. The illusions are simple and creating my morphing the light to make it appear as he wants it to. They can be anything from making something appear a different color or making it seem as if someone is in a completely different environment. But these illusions are just that, visual illusions that one cannot touch or hear, in fact those with stronger minds may be able to see past the illusion all together. Darrius is also able to allow light waves to pass directly through him, another person, or an object to make them become invisible to the naked eye. However this does not hide the natural heat or electrical signature that every living being gives off. Castor is able to emit or absorb photons as well, making it seem as if it has gotten darker or brighter. Whether he absorbs or emits light in an area or directs it he can control how intense it seems; such as absolute darkness, a darker shade, blinding light, or a simple flash. However in a more powerful form Castor can make the photons displace the oxygen molecules around him, creating a solid light. His power over light nearly triples, making all abilities stronger than before. He can apply the solid light to illusions, making them practically real and physically touchable. This is draining though, and the solid light and illusions only last for as long as he stays in control over them or until he leaves the area.
Forcefield Generation - Ability to project powerful fields of manipulated energy.
Darrius' forcefields take a simple shape, either in a circular or dome shape or something like a solid wall. The fields are stronger when he is closer and has stronger concentration. Darrius is able to project multiple fields at once, but the more he projects the weaker they become because the strength of them is distributed.
While it is not an ability, because his mother, Alethea, never wanted her son to be corrupt or dishonest. She wanted him to be good, thus his name meaning He Who Upholds Good. So when he was born she kissed his heart and blessed him so that he may never lie. As such, Castor is unable to lie, but that doesn't mean he can't tell the truth in a sarcastic way. [/ul]
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PERSONALITY:
Castor is very able to adapt to his surroundings. Having lived for as long as he has and been to so many places he has learned to blend in with the surrounding environments and people as if to not bring attention to himself. He is able to mimic several different accents, though he seems to have a particular love for Scottish from his time spent with William Wallace. Castor has very strong beliefs in being good and exterminating evil in any form it may take, but that doesn't make him a preacher for good and completely virtuous in every way. He is just like an average modern teenager, likes to go to movies and listen to music, and has all the sarcasm he can offer. Castor is mainly sarcastic sounding in responses, but really because he cannot lie. He will give an honest answer, but say it sarcastically so that it seems like it isn't a real answer.
Castor is very aware of anything that seems supernatural, mainly because of his sensing power. He has many acquaintances, but only few close friends that he holds very dear. Like most beings of greater age like himself he is afraid to have someone to love and hold dear because of their life span, and since he has been wounded in this area of love affair before already he tends to stray away from anyone that might show romantic feelings for him.
Castor is very protective and possessive, sometimes to an annoying extent. Castor doesn't like people touching his things, and only a few close friends are allowed to be where he lives. Because of his tendency to snap at others who touch or go near his things it makes it difficult for people to like him, especially how modern people tend to judge on first impressions. He also hates to be touched, mainly when he cannot see who is touching him or if they approach him from behind. Castor has hurt a few people (mostly on accident) because he has jumped when they touch him or creep up on him.
Aside his flaws he is incredibly loyal. If one betrays him, because of his chaotic good persona, he is quick to give them hell. One may say he is kind of like Batman in a sense he is not afraid to seriously hurt his foes, though unlike the heroes of the comic book world, he can and will actually kill them. Darrius believes that if you have unlawfully taken a life, such as murdered someone, then your life should be taken in exchange. Because of his belief in taking life in place for another he can seem like a very angry and cold person, but he doesn't like others to see him like this.
Also, a bit more embarrassing bit of his personality. He is a helpless klutz. You would think that living so long and having the skills he has he would be more graceful and able to walk as if he were floating, but that simply is not the case. Whether it be a curb or a small bump in the ground, Darrius will somehow find a way to trip over it and end up face down on the floor. It seems that no matter what he does he will always end up with a new bump or bruise that he cannot explain. Because of his natural clumsiness he is always very cautious walking down stairs, climbing things, or opening cupboards (he has had his fair share of things falling out and hitting him on the head or even breaking).
FATHER: Zeus (God of the sky and of Gods on Olympus, had an affair with Alethea)
MOTHER: Alethea (mortal woman, living under Chronos' protection in Darrius' own time)
SIBLINGS: Zeus has many children from his erotic escapades, both known and unknown. Though notable siblings (related by father, of course) are Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen and the Muses, By Helen he is said to have fathered Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus.
CHILDREN: Agalia (daughter), Alec (only son, deceased)
HISTORY:
Darrius was born from one of the several affairs of Zeus. While Heracles is his only known moral son it is because of the work of his mother and Chronos to erase Darrius from that time so he would not be known in the history. When Darrius was born his mother Alethea (meaning truthful one) didn't ever want him to be corrupt or untrue like his father, so she kissed him on the chest and bid that he should never lie. Darrius was born in the Archaic period, a time in which Greece first discovered art and, as such, grew up loving it. He loved music, painting, sketching, and sculpting. Despite his love for all arts he found a special like in music and painting. He liked music because he loved to dance to it with his mother, and the way it seemed to make everyone come together and be happy, as if there was no trouble in the world. As suck he wanted to be able to play it himself, so he spent a lot of his time learning from friend musicians how to play their instruments. Darrius loved painting because he loved how it could capture a moment in time on a canvas, and it was only better when painted by the hand of someone passionate.
Despite his earlier happy life, he was constantly in trouble because of his inability to lie. If he stole something he would turn himself in and get a pretty good lashing, only to be saved by his mother later. This made him a bit of a momma's boy, and he never liked being far from his mother. This made him an easy target for being picked on by the other, older boys. Darrius was constantly bullied by them and only learned in himself later to defend himself. Darrius fought back once and as he punched the other kids it seemed that they were almost burned or shocked. This confused Darrius and frightened him and the other kids, but the ridicule didn't last very long before he wasn't picked on any more and life returned to peace again. When he was fourteen he often wandered the woods so he may find wildlife or trees to paint, and it was there that he met a tree nymph named Beryl. She was very beautiful but also mischievous and taunting. Now Darrius had always seemed to been able to charm the girls, but she was so resistant it only made him like her even more. While in his attempts to woo her they eventually fell in love. Alethea was curious about her son constantly going in the woods, but she figured she had lots of things to take care of as well and he seemed happy enough, so she didn't pry. It wasn't until the was sixteen that everything began to change.
Unknown to Darrius Beryl was pregnant with his baby, but she vanished before he could ever see her again or know about his daughter. Distressed enough from the loss of his lover he was ignorant to the plotting of Hera to get revenge on him and his mother for Zeus' affairs. In her first attempt to kill Darrius Hera sent wolves to his home to kill him while he slept. Darrius awoke to his mother's scream and quickly ran to her aid. In the attack his powers emerged for the first time as his eyes lit up and electrocuted all of the wolves to death. Alethea was sure now that the man she had spent a romantic week with was Zeus and her son was his, making him a Demi God and a target of Hera's wrath. In need to protect her son Alethea knew he needed to be hidden, but not in just a place on the earth for Hera would surely seek him out, but in several places in time. There was only one God that could help her and her son, so she would seek out the help of Chronos, the God over Time.
Chronos was strictly neutral, neither on the side of Good or Evil but simply there to watch and keep balances in time. Chronos was not easy to negotiate with but, upon seeing the potential and strength Darrius had, he finally made an exception. As anyone would know, there are several things that can go wrong and cause a tip in the scale to lean towards good or evil, and things like this can cause a change in the flow of the time line and alter the course in which it was supposed to take. Chronos agreed to protect Darrius by hiding him in time and to erase the history that he had made so far to keep him unknown, but in exchange Alethea would stay with him and Darrius would go through time to alter it and make sure it would stay as it would. Chronos would alter the time of Darrius' aging so that he would stay young and never age making him able to travel through time so that he could be fit to do the God's bidding.
So Chronos agreed to protect his mother and keep him hidden as long as Darrius would do the things Chronos asked of him in the times that he sent him to. If Darrius broke any bit of their agreement Chronos would leave them to Hera's wrath. Chronos, while aware of Darrius' abilities, wanted him to be able to fight with out them. So he would send him to learn to fight and be strong, but to test him not in a fighting style of their own. Chronos sent Darrius on his first trip through time to Scotland to learn from one of the greatest warriors that the world didn't know of yet: William Wallace. Chronos spent time telling Darrius of the history, the clothes, how people acted, the laws, and would teach him the accent and language before sending him anywhere of different culture in time. Because of this Darrius is fluent in several languages, even dead ones.
Darrius never asked why Chronos would send him places, he was only given orders on what to do and so he did. He didn't want to risk his mother's protection in their own time for being too nosy. during his time in Scotland he learned to fight the way they did, and his favorite weapon to this day is still the Claymore from these times. He spent three or so years learning their ways and how to fight, but it didn't seem like he was doing much. Darrius was beginning to grow curious until the need for him finally showed as he finally joined Wallace in the Scottish Wars for Independence. He fought alongside him in several battles and when they weren't fighting they were drinking, laughing, and making love to women. It seems that Darrius had somewhat inherited his fathers knack for loving several women, though he liked a particular woman named Molly and it wasn't long before his son was born. Darrius would report to Chronos every month or so, and he asked that Chronos at least made him look older so he wouldn't stand out so much, though the most the God really did was give him facial hair. His time in Scotland was one of the longest he spent in one place, being around seventeen years, enough to fight and raise a son up until he was ten years of age.
Darrius named his son Alec, a name of strength and of protection, and loved him despite being away for long periods at a time. At the Battle of Sterling Bridge the Scottish were vastly outnumbered and Alec, having been brought to watch his father fight, felt he must join and help to victory despite his age. In the battle Alec was killed, and while it was a victory for Wallace and his men Darrius felt like he lost every battle he had ever won when he found his son's dead body. Darrius went on to fight several more battles alongside William until Chronos deemed his job in Scotland complete and called him back.
As he returned to the Archaic period in Greece only two years had passed and he remained the same age. For a while he hated the God and blamed him for the loss of his only son, but as he was sent away again and again his main focus just became to focus on what he was told to do and make sure that his mother remained safe. So far, as Chronos' personal Time Traveling Warrior, Darrius has been involved in the 1513 Battle of Flodden, 1690 burning of New York by the French, 1740-48 King George's War, 1818 first steamboat trip on on The General Jackson and more.
After each task was complete Darrius would spend one year in his own time with his mother, though he wasn't allowed to tell her anything of his time spend in different eras. Chronos finally sent Darrius the farthest through time he had, and spend nearly a year training him for this time was surely difficult. Chronos informed him of the Eclipse, and that great change had been thrown upon the Earth, and while he could not tell Darrius what he was to do exactly he simply stated that it was his duty to remain there until he was called upon once more. Darrius had adopted the alias Castor Lee Barlow in the present time and taken up a job as a freelance photographer and musician. He still needed to make money to keep a roof over his head, no matter his travels, so he figured he would at least do something that he loved. It wasn't painting and the instruments seemed more complex, but he was a very fast learner and enjoyed the work he did.
Darrius has since been traveling over the modern world for roughly two years now, and in that time has met several vampires, werewolves and the humans who gained abilities.
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BEHIND THE MASK
app by MALIN at RPGU
