Post by glowworm on Jan 10, 2012 17:17:22 GMT -7
Name: Uriel Santa Anna
Code Name: Glowworm
Status: Student
Age/ D.O.B : 18 / July 31st
Gender: Male
Powers: Uriel has a natural bioluminescence that makes him literally glow. He can then harness this energy and use it as a weapon, usually in the form of glowing balls of energy that feel hot to the touch. The largest he can make is about the size of his head. Uriel can also achieve limited flight (more like prolonged floating than actual flight) with this energy. A new technique that he's still very new at is actually temporarily transforming his body into light and becoming intangible for a few seconds. His eyes are conditioned to be able to see in bright flashes of light while others would have to look away. Uriel is getting better at controlling the intensity of his glow from blinding flashes to soft glowing.
Disabilities: Uriel is still new to controlling his powers and they have a habit of shutting off on him when he is afraid. Other times, when shocked or startled, he will inadvertently give off a sharp flash of light that momentarily disorients others; including people on his own side. He hasn't mastered his glowing, so while it can be useful in that he can help people see through dark passages and hallways, he can't exactly turn it off at will which makes it hard for him to sneak up on anyone in the dark or gain an element of surprise unless he consciously forces his powers to stop glowing. Also rather humorously, Uriel has to sleep with a mosquito net otherwise insects will fly around him in his sleep, attracted to his glow. His deep fear of insects has proven to be a hindrance a few times.
Physical Description: Nearly everything about Uriel seems rough-and-tumble by design. He's a tall, 5'11" and has a well-defined and brawny frame. He's not the bodybuilder, excessively working out kind of muscular but instead the kind of muscles that come from hard labor like fixing tractors, shoveling large snowfalls and helping build things. He has shaggy brown hair that seems to be unruly and somewhat coarse. If it were kept longer, it would no doubt curl, but Uriel's hair is kept short to stay out of his eyes and has a small wave near his bangs. His eyes are hazel and wide. He has the typical farmer's tan but even so, his complexion is naturally very light, having freckles up and down his arms. He has a large nose and somewhat large lips and though he shaves regularly, he seems to have traces of stubble no matter what hour it is.
Personality: Uriel is a shy "aw shucks" kind of a kind, usually marked by reluctance and a stoic attitude though incredibly warm. With people he feels he can trust, Uriel is bright and engaging and very talkative. He can be overly polite with people he respects but he enjoys talking and being with people. He tends to have a brash side to him and a few rough edges in his personality which makes him more likely to join in a confrontation if a friend of his needs it. He sometimes gets the reputation for being the resident "farm boy", occasionally slipping into the accent. Whenever there's a dirty job, Uriel is usually called on to handle it. He willingly walks barefoot in the mud, out in the rain, shovels snow, fixes cars and deals with the messier jobs that others are hesitant to do. He also tends to be very knowledgeable about science, partly from researching about his powers and also because he understands agriculture and animals from first-hand experience. Somehow that has emerged into a cowboy-librarian persona at times.
History: Uriel Santa Anna was born in Missouri and raised there for a while until his parents, who were of Russian and Spanish descent, eventually moved to Montana when Uriel was ten. His parents were cattle herders and dairy farmers, so Uriel grew up on farms all his life, doing many chores and taking care of animals for a long time. His family was rather conservative and exceedingly large, made up of his parents, his siblings and some of his aunts, uncles and cousins and his grandparents.
Uriel had always been an outdoorsy kind of person, being raised on a farm and so one year when he was thirteen, he went to summer camp like always. One day, he woke up covered in flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches and moths because he had started glowing. This has led to his horrible and paralyzing phobia of insects. Much of his family started to ignore him after it was discovered he was a mutant. Except for his mother, grandmother and a few of his siblings, his family detested him. They began to work him extra hard on the farm or just ignore him completely. Once he finally reached the age of eighteen, he applied for the Xavier Academy with his family enraged, thinking they would be disgraced if it was found out he was a mutant. Uriel simply packed up his things and left.
Facts/Extras:
Uriel will seethe if people refer to him by his initials... which spell out U.S.A.
Since his light comes from his body, he has to be properly nourished to glow and since he glows involuntarily, he has a higher metabolism than most people.
Uriel sometimes goes by "Yuri" with people who know him very well, usually family but also close friends.
He's been trained in boxing from a young age.
Code Name: Glowworm
Status: Student
Age/ D.O.B : 18 / July 31st
Gender: Male
Powers: Uriel has a natural bioluminescence that makes him literally glow. He can then harness this energy and use it as a weapon, usually in the form of glowing balls of energy that feel hot to the touch. The largest he can make is about the size of his head. Uriel can also achieve limited flight (more like prolonged floating than actual flight) with this energy. A new technique that he's still very new at is actually temporarily transforming his body into light and becoming intangible for a few seconds. His eyes are conditioned to be able to see in bright flashes of light while others would have to look away. Uriel is getting better at controlling the intensity of his glow from blinding flashes to soft glowing.
Disabilities: Uriel is still new to controlling his powers and they have a habit of shutting off on him when he is afraid. Other times, when shocked or startled, he will inadvertently give off a sharp flash of light that momentarily disorients others; including people on his own side. He hasn't mastered his glowing, so while it can be useful in that he can help people see through dark passages and hallways, he can't exactly turn it off at will which makes it hard for him to sneak up on anyone in the dark or gain an element of surprise unless he consciously forces his powers to stop glowing. Also rather humorously, Uriel has to sleep with a mosquito net otherwise insects will fly around him in his sleep, attracted to his glow. His deep fear of insects has proven to be a hindrance a few times.
Physical Description: Nearly everything about Uriel seems rough-and-tumble by design. He's a tall, 5'11" and has a well-defined and brawny frame. He's not the bodybuilder, excessively working out kind of muscular but instead the kind of muscles that come from hard labor like fixing tractors, shoveling large snowfalls and helping build things. He has shaggy brown hair that seems to be unruly and somewhat coarse. If it were kept longer, it would no doubt curl, but Uriel's hair is kept short to stay out of his eyes and has a small wave near his bangs. His eyes are hazel and wide. He has the typical farmer's tan but even so, his complexion is naturally very light, having freckles up and down his arms. He has a large nose and somewhat large lips and though he shaves regularly, he seems to have traces of stubble no matter what hour it is.
Personality: Uriel is a shy "aw shucks" kind of a kind, usually marked by reluctance and a stoic attitude though incredibly warm. With people he feels he can trust, Uriel is bright and engaging and very talkative. He can be overly polite with people he respects but he enjoys talking and being with people. He tends to have a brash side to him and a few rough edges in his personality which makes him more likely to join in a confrontation if a friend of his needs it. He sometimes gets the reputation for being the resident "farm boy", occasionally slipping into the accent. Whenever there's a dirty job, Uriel is usually called on to handle it. He willingly walks barefoot in the mud, out in the rain, shovels snow, fixes cars and deals with the messier jobs that others are hesitant to do. He also tends to be very knowledgeable about science, partly from researching about his powers and also because he understands agriculture and animals from first-hand experience. Somehow that has emerged into a cowboy-librarian persona at times.
History: Uriel Santa Anna was born in Missouri and raised there for a while until his parents, who were of Russian and Spanish descent, eventually moved to Montana when Uriel was ten. His parents were cattle herders and dairy farmers, so Uriel grew up on farms all his life, doing many chores and taking care of animals for a long time. His family was rather conservative and exceedingly large, made up of his parents, his siblings and some of his aunts, uncles and cousins and his grandparents.
Uriel had always been an outdoorsy kind of person, being raised on a farm and so one year when he was thirteen, he went to summer camp like always. One day, he woke up covered in flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches and moths because he had started glowing. This has led to his horrible and paralyzing phobia of insects. Much of his family started to ignore him after it was discovered he was a mutant. Except for his mother, grandmother and a few of his siblings, his family detested him. They began to work him extra hard on the farm or just ignore him completely. Once he finally reached the age of eighteen, he applied for the Xavier Academy with his family enraged, thinking they would be disgraced if it was found out he was a mutant. Uriel simply packed up his things and left.
Facts/Extras:
Uriel will seethe if people refer to him by his initials... which spell out U.S.A.
Since his light comes from his body, he has to be properly nourished to glow and since he glows involuntarily, he has a higher metabolism than most people.
Uriel sometimes goes by "Yuri" with people who know him very well, usually family but also close friends.
He's been trained in boxing from a young age.