Name: Dr. Gordon Freeman, Theoretical Physicist

Gender: Male, bisexual, however he is much more of a romantic with Barney than anyone else

Age/DOB: 27ish/1979, stasis for 12+ years

Origin: Seattle, WA / Repurposed Earth / Carramba

Family: Clio and Winslow Freeman, Parents, Deceased; Repurposed Earth has several dozen engineered children, mainly among normal non-Vortal families, but in the Pantheon including Angel with Melissa, Carl with Chell and Joshua spliced with Barney; Donor parent of Coral and Umber in the Color Guard, and oddly enough son Gareth with Violet of the Color Guard; Granddaughter Ursula (Umber/Janice)

Others: Is a 'close friend' of Barney Calhoun, Isaac Kleiner, Eli Vance and other scientists from Black Mesa, and is definitely close with Chell. Carramba contacts and those found in Paragon. Gordon gets around.

Height: 6'0

Weight: 190, surprisingly muscular for a scientist, particularly upper body strength

Hair: Auburn red-brown, kept short, slightly messy, sometimes has a short tail

Eyes: Green, dark, with glasses

Appearance: Fair skinned with some scars and freckles, keeps well-maintained vandyke beard, wears corrective lenses with thick black frames; he's almost never seen without that HEV suit, however much he might complain about it pinching in the wrong places he knows how valuable it really is - now if only he could find the helmet...

Genetic Abilities: Gordon is a 'Vortal Battery', capable of genetically enhancing others in the gene pool. He can also 'sense the force', seeing auras and reacting before his other senses normally would. These abilities were latent or effectively unconsciously used before Melissa explained them to him and had him work on honing them.

Icarus Processing: None, though if he did have this process done his abilities would become active rather than latent. Of note, his time spent in stasis did have a strong effect on his Vortal strength, but not quite as much as if he'd had Icarus.

Image Credits: made in Icon/City of Heroes, crowbar and gravity gun from Combine Overwiki / tektek

Skills or Profession: Theoretical Physics, PhD; Electronics, BA; Button Pushing; Paperwork; Improvised Weaponry, Crowbar; Paintball Guns, Handguns, Shotguns, Sniper Rifles, Crossbow, Automatic Rifles, Rocket Launchers, Grenades/Launchers, etc etc etc; Proficient with Hazard Environment Suits mk 4 and 5; Driving. As a scientist working at Black Mesa Research Facility he was expected to aid other scientists in experimentation - that led directly to the Resonance Cascade which destroyed the facility and almost the world. But his clever use of equipment and his strong sense of survival helped him make it through that event, and into the future where he fought the Combine with equal zeal. This is the Repurposed Earth version, so he has not lost 'everything' as he had in others. Also, he's met and chatted up several other versions of himself, and is constantly surprised when other Keenan Lanes come by to apologize for one thing or another. He's interested in learning how to master multidimensionality, and there are plenty of people at Carramba who can do that.
Personality: Gordon has always been a science oriented type. From an early age he was able to disassemble and remake equipment from his household appliances, and usually had improved any technology that was given to him as a gift within hours. Though some seem to think he's all but mute, Gordon is quite talkative but only in the right settings. He tends to ramble with a stream of consciousness leading him to new discoveries as well as occasionally poking holes in his own theories. Gordon's interests in science never stopped him from enjoying physical pursuits as well, and he played a lot of paintball as a kid and teenager, avoided beatings by the school bullies by running quickly, and held his own in most sports. These skills aided him in his later survival at Black Mesa during the Resonance Cascade, and later fighting the Combine. He occasionally can be rather grim: he knows that he's responsible for the deaths of many soldiers and Vortigaunts, and doesn't like to talk about it.

Events or History: He graduated High School quite early, and was able to attend college classes at the age of 14 before then, attended MIT and went on to pursue his thesis work at Innsbruck Institute. From there he was brought to Black Mesa where he worked around 18 months before the Resonance Cascade and the events found documented elsewhere. Though Gordon is said to be in his late 20s, his actual age is somewhat difficult to pin down. He was in stasis for more than a decade between the Resonance Cascade and the fight with the Combine, but he was also available at Carramba High for at least a decade before a dragon bonded to him. Like many who move between realms, he shows a kind of immortality that might or might not be aided by other powers. He has a history with jaunting around Paragon City, which he enjoys tremendously, as well as working at Carramba.
* Note that on the Rookery world, Gordon Freeman did not make it out of Black Mesa, and it was a version of Adrian Shephard that killed Nihilanth, causing the Combine to arrive there. Without Gordon and his extremely clever scientific mind, however, they could not keep the Combine at bay.

Currently he resides full time at the Rookery (when he is not, in fact, at Paragon or Carramba...) however he takes a lot of trips via portal, to wherever they're needed. His Carramba teaching schedule is Theoretical Physics 2, 3, 6; Improvisational Weaponry And You 7, 8. He has a Twoarth Fur-Side counterpart in the form of G0rd-OS, a once-living but now-synthetic akita-kin who also teaches there... and has bonded to one of his dragons' offspring.

Gordon has over time bonded with not one but two dragons, quite disparate ones actually, but they get along very well and enjoy each other's company as much as Gordon's. Ay'geevee and Grabbity of course are named for his equipment, but... they figure he's had that stuff on him a while, let him have his weird names. They call each other different things in private.

Notably the dragons participated together in the Hallowed Silk project and their offspring include Aim And Shoot, CAPSLOCK, That's A Wrap, and Colorful Candy Shell

Dragon

Name: Ay'geevee (h e v)
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: Medium (big build and long) bipedal 8' hip / 40' l / 60' ws
Colors: Black on back, face, neck and wing arms, with graphite belly contrast, Orange markings on face, jaw, ears and specifically more so on shoulders, hind end, and tail surrounded by a white outline, Red on hair tuft, wingsails and tail tuft, White lightning markings on face, neck, and around orange marks on body, limbs and tail, Graphite on mane and tail tuft, wingsails, inner ears, neon Green eyes
Features: Hide/furred, Four legged, bipedal, noodle body, Long tail, smallish wingsails , 3 tined (2 finger/1 spine) wings, long ears, fluffy short mane, big fluffy tail tuft, very bold markings
Powers: Winged Flight, can fly well for short bursts but is not a distance flier, would be stronger if sails connected farther down the body; Teleport-like move to bond (instinctual, uncontrolled)
Verbal Speech, Mental Connection (Gordon, dragons)
Extremely sturdy and very resistant to physical damage. Can withstand radiation and toxic substances and does not 'carry' them after leaving. Eats virtually anything biological in nature for food
Can produce a temporary shield that stops heat and plasma
Breathes a fine mist of corrosive spit (stomach acid is extremely strong)
Parentage: Unknown, wild, unrelated to any though with some common features (mane and tail tuft)
Origin: Unknown (Adopted from knightmareadopts on deviantart)
Other Info: This dragon somehow made it to Carramba High School, but doesn't display any sign of teleportation ability. It's actually likely he can Genrehop, but only in very specific or very dire situations. He was instantly drawn to Gordon and refused to leave the professor's side, their bond was quick. Ay'geevee is not the dragon's first choice in names, and he has a more private name which only Gordon and perhaps a few highly Vortal people know. Ay'geevee will come to Gordon's side almost unerringly from nearly any distance, supporting the theory that he's got some form of innate but uncontrolled ability to move through space/time. He is fiercely protective of his bond, and to a lesser extent those who Gordon prefers to hang out with or needs to interact with. Though he's rather large, he doesn't generally fight for the 'leadership' role among the Black Mesa dragons - he doesn't see the point. His purpose is to protect his rider, not to show off. That isn't saying others aren't attracted to this big bright dragon! As Gordon has a bunch of groupies, so does his dragon.
With the arrival of these other dragons, HEV seems to relinquish his duty as sole-protector of Gordon: Grabbity made her appearance and they've been inseparable ever since. They make an excellent team, trio, or dragons on their own.

Dragon

Name: Grabbity
Gender: Female
Size/Shoulder/Length: Medium-small (wings+) 7'6" s / 30' l / 47' and 35' ws
Colors: primarily yellow-orange, mottled between reddish salmon orange and bright yellow along upper limbs, neck, body, and most of tail; face, top of neck, paws, fing fingers, and tail tip are all mottled black to sooty grey; vibrant black dots and scale markings on dorsal area from neck to tail tip; wingsails brilliant orange-yellow on black monarch pattern with lighter edge; eyes copper-orange yellow; horns, claws, back spikes and tail spine deep black
Features: Silkwing / Hivewing Hybrid; four slender muscular legs with taloned feet, short curved claws, 5 on fore, 4 with heel claw on hind; four wings, upper larger butterfly-like with 3 visible fingers, elbow strut, and stiff short wrist thumb, lower pair long dragonfly like with two fingers, short strut, and short thumb, all have short curved claws; scaled body chest heavy and sinuous, with large curved scale armor on back and sides, tail, and limbs, with softer small scaled belly from neck to rump; head is narrow with prominent nose beak, strong eyebrow ridge, two thin antennae, two elegantly fluted long horns, external ears, and large jaw nubs; back from head to tail tip has short, straight spikes, tail tip sharper spine
Powers: Winged Flight, skillful in the air, even in uncertain territory or unpredictable winds. Grabbity can land nearly anywhere there's solid structure to support her weight, which seems like it's not very much given how little structure she's been seen to actually land on. While she can support Gordon and perhaps one other humanoid while flying, her stunts and erratic movements make staying on her back a bit tough. With weight, she cannot fly for long distances nor for very long periods, but without, she does seem to remain aloft almost as though she's a balloon.
Grabbity Feets, in addition to flying, Grabbity can simply latch on to any surface and climb it. Upside down, no problem. Moving, pff that's fun. She's been known to cling on to Combine trucks and hitch a ride into dangerous locations, but hardly get seen because by the time a camera's on her, she's already scaled to the ceiling. If not for her wings being tearable, she could easily remain hooked into a floor or wall, and virtually nothing might rip her away from it.
Communication, unlike many of her breed(s) Grabbity doesn't speak verbally and in fact lacks any form of vocalization. She can rattle her tail tip, and her antennae are used rubbing up against the long horns to produce eerie theramin-like warbles. They are not speech, but they can be easily mistaken for simple animal sounds, and thus ignored by Combine while on the prowl. She has a strong Vortal aura, but uses this only to 'ping' her bonds or Vortigaunts nearby - 'hey I'm here' a brighter sort of background color in the Vortessence, to bring attention to herself telepathically. Gordon attests that she does 'speak' with her mind, softly, but it's HEV that knows what she says...
Silk Webbing, as she is a dominant Silkwing hybrid, she does have silk glands in her forelimbs that produce strong silken rope. With this, however, she can also make it incredibly sticky, and uses it like a chameleon's tongue to spring out and latch on to prey, and drag it quickly back to her claws. She can bind even large things in this webbing, once even a Strider - and that's nearly twice her height (and attacking, to boot). She does have a bit of poison in that tail stinger, but it's really only enough to stun smaller prey (about Gordon's size, humanoid or smaller), usually she must suffocate prey which happens when she coccoons it anyway. She will leave 'presents' to people and other dragons, headcrabs or hound-eyes mostly, for snacks. She has also been tapped to help leave the Resistance care packages in the urban areas or ruins, and yet another dangling coccoon-like piece of rubble will hardly ever get noticed by Combine.
Coccooning, in order to fully protect both herself and her bonds from harm, Grabbity can spew out a large amount of webbing in sheets, with which she can wrap them all up comfortably. This is permeable, easily breathable, but the exterior is sticky and can be rolled around to collect leaves, dirt, papers, whatever is sitting around to camouflage this large ungainly mess of webs. She can only produce this once every few days, otherwise her webbing would run dry.
Parentage: Unknown Silkwing mother and Hivewing sire, but is very possibly related to the Sky-Silkwing Preserver by their colors, and definitely to Lampblack more than likely a full sibling though their colors are pretty strongly different in ways
Origin: Adopted from Moonshimmer981 on Deviantart, Wings of Fire by Tui Sutherland
Other Info: Though quiet, she's just as energetic as any other dragon, and wants very much to help save this weird human-centric world. Though she cannot speak, it's clear she understands everything being said, and doesn't hesitate to give mental nudges to HEV and Gordon if she really needs to contribute to a conversation.