Krytonus wrote:Name/Alias: William Waters / Gravity
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Appearance: Will stands at roughly six feet, making him taller than most and possibly making him threatening. Luckily, he's fairly skinny and lanky and so becomes much less threatening. His skin is very tanned due to a combination of quickly-tanning Irish skin and four years living in California. His hair is long, unkept and curly, and when it gets wet it becomes a curtain over his eyes, which are a rich, deep brown. Despite being entirely Irish, this combination of a strong tan, brown hair and brown eyes means he is often mistaken for hispanic. He has high cheekbones and would be considered somewhat handsome, and is also moderately fit. Despite his skinny frame he eats a
lot. It's just good metabolism. (Freakishly so, in fact. A slight side-effect of his powers means he needs to eat more than an average person, especially after using his powers a lot.) Will usually wears jeans and hoodies, always wears a watch on his left hand and also noticably wears slip-on or velcro shoes as he is unable to tie shoe-laces. This is because of his Dysphraxia, a condition that often has him mistaking left and right, makes handwriting a mess, and makes it difficult to tie shoelaces, a fact that he is very shy and ashamed of.
Costume: As he's only starting out as a superhero, he wears a black and blue wetsuit combined with some knee and elbow pads, light black running shoes, very light cycling gloves and a black motorcycle helmet. He also wears his watch (the one he never takes off) over the wetsuit on his left hand.
Species: Human / Mutant X Gene (Marvel/X-Men)
Backstory: Born in Dublin, Ireland to a Lawyer and the housewife he had an affair with, Will was born into a troubled household. He lived in a small apartment with his father who won custody after the two decided it was better they split up. Will's mother had already divorced her husband and had no steady income to support a child. Will's father, a successful lawyer named Declan Waters, had little time to care for Will and so he spent most of his early life being cared for by maids and babysitters. Over the years, case after case fell through and Declan began to lose money. He understood there was no way he could take care of Will, and so, when Will was ten years old, his Father sent him away to a small town outside of San Francisco where his sister, Siobhan lived. Will finally managed to settle down there and found a few friends in his new school, and kept studying Irish outside of school. However, Will's troubles were not over yet. With Will gone, his father had become a very successful lawyer, and when he joined the defense in a high-value case against an Irish crime-lord tragedy struck. The case was hugely one-sided and quickly over. Furious that their boss had been sentenced to life in prison, the crime-lord's lackeys murdered Declan in his apartment. This devastated Will. He and his Aunt travelled back to Dublin to his funeral. Upon returning home, they found Siobhan's husband dead and two panicking burglars grabbing as much stuff they could carry. Already fearful and on edge, one of the burglars shot Siobhan in the head as soon as she entered the house. He aimed the gun at Will to fire a second shot, but found he couldn't kill a twelve-year old boy. The burglars were never identified and Will found himself in an orphanage in San Francisco. It was around this point he found his powers to begin manifesting as he hit puberty. He found he was able to walk on walls, lift objects with his mind and even fly. A first he though he had a form of telekinesis, but soon discovered he was actually able to control and manipulate gravity. With nothing left to lose and a hatred for crime both organised and petty, Will took to the streets as Gravity.
Powers and Abilities: Will has the ability to manipulate the force of gravity. Using this power he is able to run faster by making the area around him lighter, jump and even fly by reversing or lowering gravity. He can implode buildings by increasing gravity and can cause shockwaves in the ground to batter enemies and, by manipulating the direction of gravity in a small area, can literally tear them apart. He can also muffle his footsteps and walk on walls and ceilings by changing the immediate area around him, and break items such as locks or mobile phones. It is unknown how powerful this ability could potentially become.
Weaknesses: Despite his extraordinary abilities, Will is no more "durable" than an average human. A bullet, a knife, or anything can do as much damage to him as to anybody, although he can densify his body to protect himself from blunt damage and excessive force, such as being tossed into a wall or something, if he sees it coming. He has a faster metabolism and needs to eat lots regularly. His dysphraxia can cause trouble especially when trying to discern left to right. He is also completely untrained in any martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. Has a phobia of jellyfish.
Destructive Capacity: Wall/Tree to Small Building level.
Speed: 100m/s (Has the potential to go supersonic and much, much faster in the future).
Durability: Human level.
Lifting Strength: Class K, for now at least.
Striking Strength: Class KJ (Again, for now).
Standard Equipment: Digital Watch, Suit as listed, small Swiss Army Knife, iPhone 4, a Snickers.
Intelligence: Above Average.
Optional stuff.Theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5lI6NCBxERandom Facts about your character: Likes his stake rare. His favourite movie is Fight Club.
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:51 am
