Name: Rex Disler

Gender: Male

Age/DOB: 25 / 1998

Origin: Repurposed Earth, Alabama, USA

Family: Marshall Disler (uncle), unknown parents names, Jillian (girlfriend/wife), Duke (m) and Reina (f) kids with her

Other: Probably has been spliced with numerous similarly powered Pantheon women by Melissa

Height: 5'9

Weight: 140, somewhat slender and not very strongly built

Hair: medium brown, usually bleached a bit by sun or powers, straight. Casually draped over his face most of the time, he has a practiced flip of the head to clear his eyes, and the coy look usually causes girls to swoon. At least that's how he sees himself.

Eyes: Greenish blue, more blue than green. His eyes reflect his mood, at times being strongly green, others a mix of teal and sky blue. He has long, dark lashes and isn't afraid to use them

Appearance: Fair skinned and with a penchant for fancy clothing and expensive trendy accessories, Rex lives up to his name in every way he can. If he had the talent, he could be a teen heartthrob singer or boy-band star. Fortunately he knows better than to open his mouth during a karaoke session. He can go on looks alone, and certainly has a dramatic style. When he enters a room, people look at him. He flashes a perfectly-toothy smile at a room and moves on.

Icarus Processing: no, Disler didn't feel this necessary, as Rex's potential power was strong already.

Image Credits: City of Heroes / Icon / tektek

Genetic Abilities: Very strong ESP (extra sensory perception) but this power is completely outside of his control and is apt to sense into other dimensions rather than the local real-world area. This power comes over him at random times, never predicted by any obvious triggers. He was known to have this happen to him very early on in his life, including as a toddler. Since this was observed and known not to be merely a seizure, his keepers opted to continue watching him and immediately move to use sensors and ask him what he'd seen. Rex's power to sense across the barrier is something that impressed Lane when he realized the boy was actually broadcasting in a Vortal manner, dragging anyone who could detect this vision, into it. For the most part, practically none of the visions he's ever seen have given any particularly good insight - he's seen what the group might have been like in other dimensions. But he also detected the Rookery's dimension, before they got there. It is in part due to his ability that they are here at all.

Rex's other power, which he actually uses, is that of strong, highly controlled, pyrokinetics. He can create flame - both cool and hot - at will. From the light and heat of a single match, to a highly focused but short beam of ultra-hot metal-melting torch, to being able to 'cast' it as fireballs or flares, Rex has learned how to manipulate these flames in a remarkably expert fashion.

Personality: (pre-Events) Pretty clearly, Rex has entitlement issues and is rather full of himself. He is very attractive, and apparently rich enough (or given enough of a stipend from Disler) to throw himself around. He knows his uncle's name is plastered on numerous buildings around town, and has even made the attempt to read Marshall's thesis work (an attempt that he is sadly unable to really understand) in order to make himself look far more important than he is. He's not above petty arguments, insults and mocking those around him. None of these things actually detract people from wanting to be near him, he is undeniably charismatic. If he has any private fears or regrets, the empaths have not found them – he really is quite shallow. The only time he feels vulnerable is when he actually IS vulnerable – during his uncontrolled visions. Luckily for him, most of the time people fall over themselves to make sure he's not going into a seizure or being injured otherwise, and aren't interested in abusing him while he's not able to fight back.
(post-Events) Because of the intensity of the situation that they found themselves in, the kids of the Enrichment Center had to serious up or die. As much of an asshole as he is, Rex is still more or less wanting to be part of the group, and not above it. He's seen directly that he is not a leader of people in dire situations, and by the time he was in his later teens, he knew better than to challenge Paxton for anything. As Pax grew into a stronger pyrokinetic than him, and had huge Vortal impact on everyone, Rex adjusted himself to life as a subordinate rather than a flashy attention getter. He and Jill enjoy a life together at Black Mesa, but he also enjoys the irony of having Paxton beg for advice when Darr'lih was born. As a father, Rex is actually very attentive and sensible. As the father of two children who were stronger than Paxton on their way out of his wife's womb, he's had to be strong willed and able to bolster her and others, rather than just letting them see him not give a crap.

And then he found a massive colorful dragon. Great.

Events or History: While a youth, Rex was often taken care of by his actual parents - though his father and mother are not his only parents. Melissa could confirm that at least one other (possibly his uncle) male donor and another mishmash was in there somewhere. Since his pyrokinetics surfaced a bit later than his ESP, not too many people were prepared for it. He spent more time in the Enrichment Center after his fire was discovered, more for safety than anything else.

Brought into use for defense as well as offense, Rex assisted in defeating GLaDOS as well as getting locations secured from the Combine once they'd arrived. But aside from that, Rex has maintained a reasonable sense of normalcy in his life. He paired up with Jill after seeing her in a vision (shared with many, including Paxton, who asked him about it when he awoke) and they really never split up even after the dragons come.

Because of his ability to broadcast his visions, Kallah-vahh took notice of him and kept him under passive but constant observation. It wasn't difficult to tell when Rex was going into his visionary process - he was all but a gigantic neon target for the Convocation. Though some of Rex's visions were meaningless to him and the Pantheon, they were of far more use to Lane when he sat down and mulled them over. Other universes, other dimensions versions of himself, or worlds where he hadn't interrupted things - Rex didn't know the consequences of these dreams, even when he could remember them. But when Lane approached him at Black Mesa about them, Rex's sense of self-worth was bolstered yet again by 'someone important'...

Dragon

Name: Irhujath
Gender: Male
Size/Shoulder/Length: medium-large (large brown Pernese) / 11' shoulder / 40' long, 70' wingspan
Colors: Red and Yellow (red-brown, bright yellow)
Features: Untraditional Pernese for color, clawed feet with thumbs, spaded tail, ridged from neck to tail tip, head knobs, faceted eyes, 3 fingered wings with claw tips, name ends in TH and will pass that to offspring if paired with another Pernese in origin, will pass bicolor and unusual colors to offspring
Powers: Winged flight (really, really impressive flight), Unassisted Flame Breath (on old world would require coal, this appears to be a mutation or Vortal power), Telepathy (medium with bond, able to communicate with other dragons easily at any distance), Mating Frenzy (will go after any female in heat, and fight pretty hard for her)
Parentage: Obsidian-Gold Etiuruth (Enzan-Shi gold-quartz Kaairth x black-obsidian Ahotpeth (falas genetic)) and Clouded Brown-White Hivlth (Eriol backwards Cwerty x Kewerth) - basically all the bicolors in the world went into this magnificent boy.
Origin: Alabaster Randomly Clutching Again (Alskyran / deviantart offering)
Other Info: Irhujath combines the traits of his parents personalities well - prideful and occasionally impulsive, but regal and usually polite. The color of flames, he knows that he is an impressive dragon and he likes to make sure people know he's around. Rather a lot like his rider, actually. His flames burn very brightly, and are strong enough to melt Combine metal walls if he keeps them up long enough. Because he has a massive wingspan and such bright colors, he is often requested to be used as a signal to bring others to a specific location or visually guide ground-troops. Yes, yes, he could carry them all, but they want to be on the ground, fine.