Post by Codi Dobhar on Jan 8, 2012 1:46:13 GMT -7
Character Sheet
"I'll be and X-man someday!"
Name: Dakota (Codi) Randi Dobhar
Code Name: The Amazon
Status: Student
Age/ D.O.B : 18/ October 30th
Gender: Female
Powers: Codi possess commanding stature for a young woman, at 6 ft 3 inches tall as well as possessing the commanding ability to lift, move, and otherwise manhandle weights equally as unlikely. Though, being a simple person, she simply refers to her simple ability as simple Super-Strength. (She is also a surprisingly durable woman and doesn't injure or become ill easily.)
Disabilities: Codi often overestimates or underestimates her strength on a regular basis, part of her journey to learn control. As well, being a person as cocky as she and prone to powerful emotional reactions objects she is holding being suddenly crushed, bent, twisted or otherwise damaged is not an uncommon sight. However, she can be shockingly gentle, often dropping items or not touching people precious to her, for fear of holding it or them too tightly.
Physical Description: Codi has always been tall for her age, but she's never been one to be out of shape. She has a genuine love of the outdoors and leads a naturally active life style of running, swimming, stretching, dance and yoga. Running is a common, safe stress reliever as people would rather listen to her stomping on a treadmill than have to fix a hole she punched through the wall. Of course, a run outdoors or a swim in chilly waters early in the morning does her heart good.
She has a shocking spark of short red hair and grey-blue eyes. She’s of a naturally athletic build and with such low body fat it is not surprising that she also has rather small, but noticeable, breasts. If allowed to dress herself she'd wear nothing but hiking boots, cargo pants, and a tank top. She's a regular, ordinary tom boy of a girl. But, of course, if she were an ordinary girl without powers she would do nothing but spend her life hiking in the mountains.
Personality: Codi can be rather cocky and is characterized by powerful stubbornness, possibly to the point of being her most defining characteristic. Even when she's wrong it's hard for her to admit it. But she is a free spirit, a wild child, and has a carefree, laid back attitude about most things in life. Even when she's high strung all she needs in an hour of yoga or thirty minutes of running to bring her back to earth. She can be very friendly and is always welcoming to anyone who wants to come for a run or swim with her. (She respects anyone who tries to keep up with her.) Her sense of humor? Impeccable. Her smile? Not hard to reach. Her social skills though are rather ego-centric, however. She didn't attend public school for most of her life, she was home-schooled, and in her childhood felt she had more in common with the animals in the mountains where she lived than other kids who only wanted to stay in doors and play video games, play with dolls/make up, or the boys that wouldn't include her in their athletic games simply because she didn't have a penis. Because of this, she has a hard time understanding why anyone would see things differently than she does without them taking the time to properly and rationally explain it to her.
History: The wild child grew up on the road. Her parents, Jim and Marie Dobhar, are a team that create wildlife documentaries. This being so Codi’s home throughout childhood was an RV. It was home, it was school, it was safe, and it was her place of socialization. She never stayed in one place long enough to really make any friends, and often took this attention to the less committed relationships she could have with the animals her parents documented on, especially when those in captivity were the subject of footage. She’d always been considered an extremely tall, tough little kid. She played with captive wolf cubs, fell out of trees, jumped waterfalls, ect. Her parents found her to just be generally fearless about the world around her, especially nature. She loved the outdoors and she was the perfect child for two people like the Dobhars. To them she was special, but they didn’t realize exactly how special until she was thirteen and, while hiking through the mountainous terrain of the rockies with her mother and father, a rotten tree decided it was time to collapse… onto Jim Dobhar. Marie had been helpless to do anything but to get out of the way, Codi, however, in a spasm of fight or flight, had grabbed onto the trunk and was shocked to find not only had she lifted it high enough to get it off of her father’s legs, but she was able to lift the entire thing over her head and toss it out of the way. Her father couldn’t walk out of the mountain and so she had found the strength to carry him, even without assistance from her mother… and he is not a light man, and at that moment in time he’d felt as light as a feather.
They got him to a place where they could be air lifted to the nearest hospital. Both of Jim’s legs were broken. He wouldn’t be hiking for a few weeks, but he’d be alright. Codi wasn’t nearly half as alright as her father. She was rather panicked about the whole event and found she was having a hard time holding things. She spent hours just sitting with her hands in her lap, afraid to touch anyone or anything. She had, at first, chocked it up to adrenaline, like how some mothers can lift cars off of their children. But even when she’d calmed down she’d found she’d still been strong enough to rip a door off its hinges or smash a cup of water in her hand as soon as it was handed to her.
She spent weeks in the RV, terrified to touch anyone or thing, as she got control and started to learn the limits of her newfound strength. She’d been disgusted and pained that she couldn’t hug her parents; the only humans she was incredibly attached to. But the kindness and acceptance of her parents, how they still hugged her even when she felt she couldn’t hug them back, it helped and eased the feeling of being ‘different’ significantly.
Unlike some people who are ‘different’ like her she had complete and utter acceptance from the people that mattered, and so when she learned of the Xavier Institute it was her decision, not her parents’, that she would attend. Her parents initially protested, not wanting to lose her and have her be forced to see the uglier side of being a mutant. They didn’t want her to see the rejection and disgust in the eyes of strangers. But she was adamant. She would go in the hopes that they could help her gain some more complete control… and maybe after all was said and done she’d be able to hug someone back for once. Even living apart from her family they are still the most important people to her and they still share nightly phone calls.
Facts/Extras:
Codi likes to dance, but rarely does so in front of other people. She doesn’t put the same social value on it as others and often sees it as another form of exercise. She can be easily embarrassed if people catch her.
She has adopted the codename Amazon based on the powerful female characters from Greek Mythology, deciding to take back the negative connotation of the phrase when directed towards women and re-empower it.
While most of the time her family traveled around the United States she’s also visited (she refers to the visits as ‘adventures’) Canada, South America, Africa, and parts of Australia for particular documentaries.
On finding out about her childhood some people have made a snarky Wild Thornberries reference and asked if her powers were to talk to animals. Said people have been properly chucked 8 feet into the air. (Even if she’d loved the show as a child for her ability to relate to it, she doesn’t like being connected to it.)
She would rather spend time with animals than other people, but living at the institute is helping her not just learn control of her powers, but also helping her learn how to socialize with other people properly. It’s not just a good place for her as a mutant, but her as a person.
"I'll be and X-man someday!"
Name: Dakota (Codi) Randi Dobhar
Code Name: The Amazon
Status: Student
Age/ D.O.B : 18/ October 30th
Gender: Female
Powers: Codi possess commanding stature for a young woman, at 6 ft 3 inches tall as well as possessing the commanding ability to lift, move, and otherwise manhandle weights equally as unlikely. Though, being a simple person, she simply refers to her simple ability as simple Super-Strength. (She is also a surprisingly durable woman and doesn't injure or become ill easily.)
Disabilities: Codi often overestimates or underestimates her strength on a regular basis, part of her journey to learn control. As well, being a person as cocky as she and prone to powerful emotional reactions objects she is holding being suddenly crushed, bent, twisted or otherwise damaged is not an uncommon sight. However, she can be shockingly gentle, often dropping items or not touching people precious to her, for fear of holding it or them too tightly.
Physical Description: Codi has always been tall for her age, but she's never been one to be out of shape. She has a genuine love of the outdoors and leads a naturally active life style of running, swimming, stretching, dance and yoga. Running is a common, safe stress reliever as people would rather listen to her stomping on a treadmill than have to fix a hole she punched through the wall. Of course, a run outdoors or a swim in chilly waters early in the morning does her heart good.
She has a shocking spark of short red hair and grey-blue eyes. She’s of a naturally athletic build and with such low body fat it is not surprising that she also has rather small, but noticeable, breasts. If allowed to dress herself she'd wear nothing but hiking boots, cargo pants, and a tank top. She's a regular, ordinary tom boy of a girl. But, of course, if she were an ordinary girl without powers she would do nothing but spend her life hiking in the mountains.
Personality: Codi can be rather cocky and is characterized by powerful stubbornness, possibly to the point of being her most defining characteristic. Even when she's wrong it's hard for her to admit it. But she is a free spirit, a wild child, and has a carefree, laid back attitude about most things in life. Even when she's high strung all she needs in an hour of yoga or thirty minutes of running to bring her back to earth. She can be very friendly and is always welcoming to anyone who wants to come for a run or swim with her. (She respects anyone who tries to keep up with her.) Her sense of humor? Impeccable. Her smile? Not hard to reach. Her social skills though are rather ego-centric, however. She didn't attend public school for most of her life, she was home-schooled, and in her childhood felt she had more in common with the animals in the mountains where she lived than other kids who only wanted to stay in doors and play video games, play with dolls/make up, or the boys that wouldn't include her in their athletic games simply because she didn't have a penis. Because of this, she has a hard time understanding why anyone would see things differently than she does without them taking the time to properly and rationally explain it to her.
History: The wild child grew up on the road. Her parents, Jim and Marie Dobhar, are a team that create wildlife documentaries. This being so Codi’s home throughout childhood was an RV. It was home, it was school, it was safe, and it was her place of socialization. She never stayed in one place long enough to really make any friends, and often took this attention to the less committed relationships she could have with the animals her parents documented on, especially when those in captivity were the subject of footage. She’d always been considered an extremely tall, tough little kid. She played with captive wolf cubs, fell out of trees, jumped waterfalls, ect. Her parents found her to just be generally fearless about the world around her, especially nature. She loved the outdoors and she was the perfect child for two people like the Dobhars. To them she was special, but they didn’t realize exactly how special until she was thirteen and, while hiking through the mountainous terrain of the rockies with her mother and father, a rotten tree decided it was time to collapse… onto Jim Dobhar. Marie had been helpless to do anything but to get out of the way, Codi, however, in a spasm of fight or flight, had grabbed onto the trunk and was shocked to find not only had she lifted it high enough to get it off of her father’s legs, but she was able to lift the entire thing over her head and toss it out of the way. Her father couldn’t walk out of the mountain and so she had found the strength to carry him, even without assistance from her mother… and he is not a light man, and at that moment in time he’d felt as light as a feather.
They got him to a place where they could be air lifted to the nearest hospital. Both of Jim’s legs were broken. He wouldn’t be hiking for a few weeks, but he’d be alright. Codi wasn’t nearly half as alright as her father. She was rather panicked about the whole event and found she was having a hard time holding things. She spent hours just sitting with her hands in her lap, afraid to touch anyone or anything. She had, at first, chocked it up to adrenaline, like how some mothers can lift cars off of their children. But even when she’d calmed down she’d found she’d still been strong enough to rip a door off its hinges or smash a cup of water in her hand as soon as it was handed to her.
She spent weeks in the RV, terrified to touch anyone or thing, as she got control and started to learn the limits of her newfound strength. She’d been disgusted and pained that she couldn’t hug her parents; the only humans she was incredibly attached to. But the kindness and acceptance of her parents, how they still hugged her even when she felt she couldn’t hug them back, it helped and eased the feeling of being ‘different’ significantly.
Unlike some people who are ‘different’ like her she had complete and utter acceptance from the people that mattered, and so when she learned of the Xavier Institute it was her decision, not her parents’, that she would attend. Her parents initially protested, not wanting to lose her and have her be forced to see the uglier side of being a mutant. They didn’t want her to see the rejection and disgust in the eyes of strangers. But she was adamant. She would go in the hopes that they could help her gain some more complete control… and maybe after all was said and done she’d be able to hug someone back for once. Even living apart from her family they are still the most important people to her and they still share nightly phone calls.
Facts/Extras:
Codi likes to dance, but rarely does so in front of other people. She doesn’t put the same social value on it as others and often sees it as another form of exercise. She can be easily embarrassed if people catch her.
She has adopted the codename Amazon based on the powerful female characters from Greek Mythology, deciding to take back the negative connotation of the phrase when directed towards women and re-empower it.
While most of the time her family traveled around the United States she’s also visited (she refers to the visits as ‘adventures’) Canada, South America, Africa, and parts of Australia for particular documentaries.
On finding out about her childhood some people have made a snarky Wild Thornberries reference and asked if her powers were to talk to animals. Said people have been properly chucked 8 feet into the air. (Even if she’d loved the show as a child for her ability to relate to it, she doesn’t like being connected to it.)
She would rather spend time with animals than other people, but living at the institute is helping her not just learn control of her powers, but also helping her learn how to socialize with other people properly. It’s not just a good place for her as a mutant, but her as a person.
