Name: Crow Gender: Female, lesbian / bisexual Age/DOB: 18, 8 on arrival to Rookery Origin: Born Aperturth, on original Lane grounds Family: Mother Destiny, father Quincy, half brothers Pack, Apollo, Dandy Other: She will absolutely turn your straight daughter gay. She will turn your gay son into a lesbian. She is just that awesome. Height: 6'0" very tall and imposing Weight: 135* Icarus treatment significantly altered her weight, muscularity, and strength Hair: Very dark brown, wooly, kept in thick dredlock braids as shown, often done up or with lots more shiny bits in it because her pet crow there does love to collect things for her; typically just below shoulder blades, but has grown out quite long, as it seems to grow quickly and require trimming every few months Eyes: Coppery brown, extremely metallic looking, and when she is actively using her abilities they tend to glow a bit yellow, naturally smoky, and her eyebrows are really that nice without any hint of plucking or crafting... Appearance: Medium brown skin, she does have a few moles, and freckles are visible when she's been in the sun a while; Tall and dangerously muscular, absolutely fit, intimidating to say the least, and she likes showing off those muscles. Has adopted a bit of the 'tribal' theme, having gathered some of those items from museums and made some up from local materials herself. She doesn't normally wear 'heels', those sandals don't have spikey bits unless she puts some on for combat purposes. That isn't as infrequent as you'd think... She has a strong voice, commanding as one might imagine. She has a distinct scent of sage about her, and has been known to eat coffee beans straight off the plant. Icarus Processing: Yes, at age 12, 4 years after arrival to the Rookery, Melissa convinced her parents that this would be the best course of action, and she was definitely not wrong there. It strengthened her bones, joints, and muscles and allowed her to grow to her current height with ease and grace. She is upwards of 3x stronger than a normal woman, and can tolerate a tremendous amount of abuse before she is exhausted. Running for hours on end, pushing herself beyond a jog the entire time, easy peasy. She is hard to hurt, small cuts or wounds don't even get through her skin, and bruises vanish within hours. Any deeper cuts heal half again as fast as normal, but not much more. |
Image Credits: Doll Divine Warrior |
Genetic Abilities: Even before her Icarus treatment, Crow was able to live up to her name. Her father's flock certainly took a shine to her, and there is always one hanging around handing her shiny things he's found. After this, however, her Vortal powers blossomed intensely. She is not telepathic specifically with people, but her mind is very clear and strong, so anyone looking for her will find her easily. She can speak with and command animals, usually draconic and reptiles, bird like, or smaller mammals respond best, insects or amphibians don't really come into her power. Simpler minds mean far greater controls and this control can be done at up to 2 miles for a single specific animal, usually her crow friend; she can increase the quantity, but reduce the range accordingly, up to the entire crow flock of 25 some individuals, hovering around her 10 meters at most. However, when she's not messing with animals she can concentrate on a non-Vortal mind and command a human with simple ideas. This does not extend to technical information or fine tuned abilities: 'get down' and 'this way' but not 'turn the dial three right two left fifteen right'. Adult or teenage Humans with any form of Vortal energy cannot be commanded, however infants and younger children even Vortal ones (unless very strong) she can nudge here and there a little. This control is only available if she is not already commanding any other animals, as it requires her full attention, and can only be done within 50 meters or line of sight. She can only affect one human at a time, so if there's a bunch of people walking into an ambush she can see 100 meters or more away, she won't bother with this power, and instead will suddenly have a bunch of birds head over to them or make noise to distract their ambushers. | |
Skills or Profession: Along with the Icarus treatment, Crow was given a much more detailed education than she could get even at Lane's place and all those books - hippies only know how to teach so much... Most of her education is for biology, nature-oriented, medicine, and field work. However out there in the field she's well known as a tactician, cleverly using both her own powers as well as the surroundings to her advantage. She is very much the stalker and ambush hunter, though she's hardly ever 'stealthy', she's usually just 'far enough away they don't know what's coming'. Crow can use most melee weapons, rope and grapnel, lasso and whip, and the like, and prefers not to use ranged weaponry. She also has a tremendous sense of style, and can make virtually anything, even just mud and sticks, look good. Where her father has a strong understanding of the emotions and wellbeing of the animals he trains or works with, she ... well she does 'care', but she knows that in the long run they're either help or food, like her brother has this practical attitude. She's the one who typically hunts, traps, or captures prey, kills and prepares it for the others. She's not squeamish in any way, and she's completely unafraid of the tremendous heights that her dragon can carry her... Or of just standing on her shoulder, the dragon's big. | |
Personality: Forceful, bold, but also quite intelligent and knows when she doesn't know enough to blurt something out. She does not like being made the fool, so she stops herself from stubbornly asserting things when she's not fully sure. Most regular people at the Rookery would absolutely stare at her, and she has gone there a couple times just for that effect. Because she knows that anyone talking about her behind her back is saying very good things indeed. She's no gossip, herself, and prefers to be frank and blunt. However, even though she's quite aggressive sexually, romance eludes her because she's not really sure she'd make a good partner to someone else. She's fallen madly in bed with a good number of ladies who were interested, and a few men too. | |
Events or History: As she was 8 when the group was moved from Aperturth to the Rookery, she was wide-eyed and bushy tailed, and had a collection of tails from animals she'd hunted already. She remembers that her parents discussed at length with that blond girl Melissa, things about her - and after her Icarus treatment and skill insertion, she reminded them that they'd done the right thing. She shot up in height by the time she was 14, though she'd already started puberty when the treatments were being done, so she did have some amount of adjustment to make. Now that she's befriended dragons... there's no turning back at all. She and her dragon group reside in Defense Tower 9, central and southernmost of the towers. |
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Dragon Name: Ishmeral Filidechiropterex |
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Dragon Name: Yew |
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Dragon Name: Redwood |
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