B A C K G R O U N D&P S Y C H O L O G Y
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CURRENT OCCUPATION OR SPECIALTY: Journalist
GREATEST STRENGTH AS AN INDIVIDUAL: Strength of convictions and strength.
WHAT IS THE CHARACTER'S GREATEST FLAW: Constant self-doubt and ineffectiveness, also alcoholism.
BIOGRAPHY (written in first person): I was a very intelligent child, you see, back when I was a regular human. I was able to write great pieces for my teachers, and they were extremely impressed by this, and many even said I should become an author, even saying that I may even become famous. But you see, the reason I never did, the reason I turned to nihilism is because my parents were religious nutjobs and forced me to read 'holy' books and the like, constantly whipping and abusing me, treating me as nothing more than cattle, even setting up a place at a monastery for me. So I, from reading those books, learned that perhaps, these 'authorities' are tyrannic and so our faith must be changed. After escaping at about 18, I became one of those new age hippie things, even learning how to channel my spirit and change my form, harnessing knowledge and the universe, using energy to morph myself into different objects, from even things resembling inanimate objects or a human-sized dragon. However, I slowly, after taking a lot of drugs and alcohol at one point to cope with my nightmares and trauma, I finally matured into a human being: [There is no morality. No existence and nothing at all. I slipped into a depressive state, only performing basic functions, living in a rundown apartment working as low-paid office worker. Eventually, as I accumulated money and rank, and got away from my depression, I forged a new path in my life: I was going to make the world better, telling people the truth and all that. So I had three choices: politician, journalist or teacher. I went with journalist as, despite my writing skills, I was never a good orator because of my childhood trauma and shaken confidence, whilst I had barely any confidence for teaching too. So at the age of about 25, I set about taking an English and Philosophy degree. I got my degree, and almost went on to get a doctorate in English, but I decided that that cost too much, so I went into journalism. First, I wrote for a rather small yet interesting environmentalist magazine known as "Earth Rebellion", and actually grew the readership by 60,000 (Which was quite a lot for the magazine), and soon got my own section to attract more readers, then I switched on to a bigger magazine, the Express of the New World, which was a very pro-science and almost utopian magazine, and repeated my success again and again. However, I must admit, my successes weren't perfectly clean. I bribed people, hired hackers, blackmailed some informants. Sometimes you need to expose liars for who they are: oil tycoons for hiding scientific studies, a secretary for trying to hide his affair...But anyway, I soon moved to the Apartment and here I am now.
O B J E C T I V E S
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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Overcoming all his moral confusions and fixing the world around him, including himself. (Note: This is intentionally vague. This can be classed as a sort of weakness, but it doesn't seem like a weakness compared to a 'blunt hammer' within his strengths)
GOALS: To aim towards his objectives, he first to free his mind from all his moral qualms and destroy any sense of self-doubt within him, finally gaining confidence in the world. Then, he also aims to learn the art of persuasion and charisma, to bring up other people from the void of weakness and darkness.
[quote] S P E C I A L I Z E DK N O W L E D G E,S K I L LO RT A L E N T / A B I L I T Y
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KNOWLEDGE/SKILL/ABILITY: Journalist
POINTS SPENT: 6 [CoOP courtesy]
HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE IT: Education (Master's in Journalism, Major in English, Minor in Philosophy) / years experience
WHAT DOES IT DO/HOW IS IT APPLIED: Journalism refers to the production and distribution of reports on recent events. Dax specializes in the report of social issues, environmentalism, and science.
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS: Journalism cannot function without sufficient or definitive enough evidence.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILL/ABILITY: Hyper-observation (Sherlock Scan)
POINTS SPENT: 2
HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE IT: Self-tutoring and experience in investigative journalism
WHAT DOES IT DO/HOW IS IT APPLIED: Hyper-observation is the ability to pick up on minute details and build logical inferences based on those observations.
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS: Limited to the clues available. Multiple possible conclusions may be built.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILL/ABILITY: Resistance to interrogation/torture
POINTS SPENT: 2
HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE IT: Training with spiritual disciplinarians
WHAT DOES IT DO/HOW IS IT APPLIED: Dax has learned how to compartmentalize and discipline his mind in order to endure painful and traumatic experiences.
LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS: Willpower wears down with time. Pain still felt.
[quote] O P T I O N A LS U P E R N A T U R A LC H A R A C T E R I S T I C S&A B I L I T I E S
[spoiler]Please refer to application instructions regarding this section. You have 8 total points to spend total, no single characteristic greater than 4.
CHARACTERISTIC/ABILITY: Shapeshifiing
POWER LEVEL: 4
WHAT DOES IT DO: Allows him to shapeshift, even into energy (this allows him to move at the speed of light due to a technicality in the laws of physics), along with being able to shapeshift other things too.
WHAT COUNTERS/NEGATES IT: Literally every law of physics. He can't generate matter, destroy it or do anything that violates physics. His new form needs to have the exact same amount of mass as him, albeit it can be anything from a living table to a mini-dragon.
CHARACTERISTIC/ABILITY: Meditation and Spiritual Control of Emotions
POWER LEVEL: 4
WHAT DOES IT DO: He can meditate, drawing conclusions extremely fast, along with being able to control his emotions through meditation, using some sort of universal energy..
WHAT COUNTERS/NEGATES IT: Distractions prevent him from doing this ability.
