Baird Ó Floinn (Complete - Comments Welcome)Player's Name: Chris E-Mail: N/A! Other means of Contact: MSN: LimeOfDoom@hotmail.com
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Name: Baird Ó Floinn, it is important to note that the name is the Gaelic spelling of Flynn. Nickname: Doesn’t really have one that sticks, but his closest friends from the orphanage called him Air. Code Name: Dusk. Affiliation: X-men. Gender: Male. Age: 19. Birthday: May 8th. Hair: Light brown, dark blond. Eyes: Two blue eyes. Height: 6 feet. Weight: 180 lbs (All well toned muscle, no excess fat).
Mother: Unknown [Mary Welsh], most likely deceased. Father: Angus, made up, deceased.
Other Important Relatives/People in their lives: None.
Physical Description: He keeps his hair usually fairly short but still workable so multiple styles are possible. His body is a well oiled, machine, toned and built for combat, which is obvious in the way he carries himself, confident and graceful, his balance is excellent and it shows. He has an unusual command of clothing for a guy, as a side effect of his father’s training. He is very good at picking clothing to suit a task or portray an image. He himself prefers well tailored casual or semi casual clothing; he can look good, but still move in it, even fight in it. His voice is in the lower part of the mid-range. It has just a hint of a Gaelic accent in it, just the parts that women seem to like. It carries very well. Upon first inspection of him it is easy to mistake Baird for a classically trained dancer of performer. ((For an actor I am using Hunter Parrish, probably best known for his role in weeds.))
Powers:
((I got permission from Angie for this (these) power(s)!))
Light creation and manipulation. Pretty self explanatory, Baird is capable of creating light, and light energy, and moving it, altering it as he sees fit. He can “harden” light, making it tangible, into things like steps, weapons, so on and so forth. He can also alter the way light refracts off his body making him invisible. Pretty much anything that can fall under this category Baird is capable of. His level of control of these powers is varied in many ways. He has completely master invisibility regardless of any factors, internal or external. The more defensive applications of his power he has shown incredible aptitude for when scared or agitated. The more offensive applications he has almost no control over and seems to immerge at a highly advanced skill level when he is injured or nearly unconscious and feeling threatened. Currently his emotions still hold a powerful sway over his control. When in combat and not in an unusual emotion state for a combat situation Baird seems to favor using plates of hardened light as a defense maneuver and three claw like blades of light that hover just above his forearm and extend from the forearm all the way down to the end of his hand, when balled into a fist, and then another foot or slightly under that. He currently uses one hand for offensive abilities, his right, and one hand for defensive abilities, his left, the use of his hands seems to aid him in controlling his abilities although it is not necessary for him to use them, and in fact inhibit him from using his powers to their fullest, much like a crutch, they help you walk on unsteady legs, but once it is time to run it does nothing but slow you down. As of the present the emotions that effect his powers the most are loneliness, anger, sadness, and confusion, the kind of confusion one experiences right before blacking out and immediately after awakening from a black out.
((These I didn’t ask about but they don’t appear to be overused. Also note this probably is not the scientific term for what I am about to describe. I am also the least attached to these powers, though that isn’t to say I’m not attached to them. I consider all of Baird’s abilities to be crucial to him as a character.))
Instantaneous energy/matter conversion. To elaborate Baird can, through force of will, convert matter into energy, and back in some very rare cases, and energy into any of its many various forms, however, after this he has no real control. For instance, let’s say Baird is in a well lit room, he could convert the light energy to into heat energy, depending on how much he converted the room would darken for a moment, until the light bulb replaced the missing energy, and would heat up. He could not move the heat energy, unless he moved the light energy using his powers and then converted it. He could do this for any kind of energy into any other kind of energy. Baird has a pretty good control over this power, to the point where he could use it effectively and efficiently in a battle situation, though I doubt that it would ever be used in such a way, excluding the following.((I am using www.eia.doe.gov/kids/ener...html#forms as a reference.)) And while not listed I am also including plasma in this list. A note about plasma, first of all, the sheer heat that creates plasma, requires significant stamina, I’m talking total exhaustion, it would also incinerate Baird and pretty much anything in the area instantly without some serious protection. So essentially, his creating plasma is suicide, it is also the only thing is does not currently have any form of control over. This power Baird has only shown to use once and even then he was sedated before the conversation was completed, this incident occurred when Baird was in an uncontrollable rage and was in fact completely unaware of himself or anything he was doing.
((This last one is more of an advantage than an actual power.))
As will be explained later, Baird possess the entirety of his father’s personality, memories, and training locked away deep in his subconscious and possibly in his genetically engineered dna. His body remembers all of his father’s training, workout routines, combat experience, and strategy training, Baird himself does not. Occasionally when Baird is under heavy stress aspects of his father will take over. This is certainly a useful tool as it leaves Baird prepared for almost anything, the only other thing that is certain is that at some point, Baird will have to face the demons locked away within him.
History:
Baird’s father’s past is almost as important as his own. Angus was the child of an Irish immigrant smack addict, she was arrested for possession and was being held in police custody when a government agent approached her, he offered her a full pardon, a clean record, and government protection from criminal charges for the rest of her life if she offered up her child and her body to the government for a two year period. She hastily agreed. The government constantly monitored the growth of her child and various other seemingly normal aspects of her pregnancy for eight and half months before the child was born, a very heavy analysis was done on the child before it was determined that in order to get the desired effect they must do the first stage of the project before conception, making things exceedingly difficult and yet at the same time offering a unique opportunity to selectively chose the father.
An ideal candidate was discovered in the Navy SEALs. He was a quick learner, a good natural build for combat, no genetic or chronic illnesses. He built muscle mass regularly and was incredibly intelligent and excelled at almost everything he tried; he was also incredibly patriotic and willing to participate for nothing. An egg and a sperm sample were taken, altered excessively; the egg was then inseminated and placed within the mother’s womb. Before all this was done an extensive medical history and background check was done on the mother. Her family was remarkably average, almost unnaturally so, and with no genetic or chronic illness on her side things were looking up.
Nine months later Angus was born and named. The mother was then promptly killed; the government felt no remorse as they had fulfilled their end of the deal, being dead meant a clean slate and protection from any future criminal charges. The child had been engineer to age at an accelerated rate, the expected life span was enough time to train the first Angus and then allow the others enough time to perform one mission each before fulfilling their secondary protocol, which was to impregnate one of many government provided women. ((Thank god Marvel loves to play with science to make it fit its needs or this next part wouldn’t be possible.)) The gene engineering had insured that any child of Angus, and any of the subsequent Anguses, would have no of the mothers genes and only a complete pair of the fathers, locked within his genes were also all of his training, his personality, and his memories. Essentially Angus was immortal and not only that, but would grow in strength as each Angus faced new situations and found new ways to apply their mutant powers. Oh, and the powers, specifically designed to make Angus unstoppable. He was invisible and lethal, capable of making anything or anywhere a weapon.
However, they trained Angus first, they wanted to insure that he was trained before another Angus was born; they figured if they had to the mental condition for unswerving loyalty and blind obedience could be applied to the second generation. After all even if there wasn’t enough time to apply it to the first generation it wouldn’t take much to convince him to have sex before he died thanks to the accelerated aging. Angus mk. 1 was fully trained when they began to give him a personality and false memories, the first step to the ultimate brainwashing. He showed signs of potential rejection of the memories, but scared not only for their lives but their wallets, the budget for this project was huge; the scientists dared not risk their positions in the project. Without the proper memories in place the mental condition did not take at all, and Angus knew nothing but hate for the people who created him to die so they could have an unending supply of super soldiers.
Angus pretended everything was going fine, up until he met the woman he was to impregnate, she was pretty and that was enough for him, he plotted to impregnate her as planned but then escape with her and his unborn child so that the age acceleration could not take place, he would spend his last month alive defending her until it was too late to accelerate the aging of his child, the window for the process was from conception to 1 month in the pregnancy. Angus’s plan went off without a hitch, and in that last month he wrote a letter to his child and one to the orphanage who would care for him, having begged to mother to birth him and then leave him for someone else to deal with, lest she be killed so he child could be reclaimed. The letter to Baird has not yet been read, but the one to the orphanage was simple. This child is a powerful mutant with a potentially dangerous split personality, Angus figured that if the mental condition had been rejected, the personality over-ride, as he called it, the thing that ensured that the child of Angus would be another Angus, would be rejected as well, and the two beings may struggle for control, or who knows what. The letter instructed the orphanage to get in contact with Xavier’s, where he hoped psychics could help his child become its own person and control its powers.
With his dying breath he named the child Baird Ó Floinn, or Baird Flynn, and gave the mother instructions to not open the letter for Baird, and to insure he got to the orphanage. The mother did as she was instructed, had the child in a hospital under a fake name, then took him to the orphanage leaving nothing but a copy of his birth certificate, the child, and the two letters. The orphan master respected the fathers wish that the letter for the child be left unopened but scoffed at the letter left for him. He figured the man was insane and merely shredded the letter.
This is where the Baird part of Baird’s history begins. His early years were normal of an orphan, with the exception that “they” watched carefully for signs of mental illness. When the orphan master was positive that he was a normal, healthy child, what few special privileges he had been given were taken away and he became an average orphan. Yet he showed knowledge beyond his years, he knew things most adults didn’t. He never lost at checkers or chess or any game of strategy, he could read and write remarkably early, and he had incredible language skills, and was born seemingly fluent in several. Baird was punished often as the master assumed he was secretly getting schooling from somewhere or something, when it fact it was memories of Angus and his training breaking through. Baird however, was never faced with dealing with Angus as his personality and memories seemed to remain only in his subconscious.
Baird was never adopted though many families showed interest the orphan master always sabotaged things, he had come to enjoy punishing Baird, either by showing the family the letter Angus had left for the master or by lying about him. Sometimes both. When Baird turned thirteen his powers began to surface; the first to notice was the orphan master, he had had a rough day and decided to take out his anger on Baird, he was especially delighted to do so on his birthday. He entered Baird’s room and locked the door, he pulled out his belt to whip the boy, but was stricken when he saw that the boy had almost seemingly gone from a scrawny, almost malnourished twig, to a healthy, well toned, fit young man. He even showed the early signs of stubble. The sickness that the orphan master had reveled in with violence had grown to such a point now that he licked his lips at the sight of the maturing boy. He let his pants drop as he approached Baird. One good knock to the head had Baird reeling, struggling to remain conscious he could barely process what was about to happen to him, it was at that moment that Angus shown through for the first time, spinning he elbowed the orphan master in the temple, no energy wasted, no extra movements, the man was dead. Quick and efficient, like he had been trained to do, from there Angus faded away and Baird’s personality took over, though his body was still acting like Angus.
Disoriented and afraid he fled the orphanage and burst out onto the street, the only things in his possession were his birth certificate and his letter. He ran in straight line as far as he could from the orphanage, nothing really registering, and then, as for some reason he felt his strength slipping away, as though it was all gathering in this burning hot ball just in front of him, that singed his cloths and hair, and seemed to destroy anything it touched he felt a syringe dive deep into his neck, and then a peaceful sleep fell over him. It was fate, or just luck, that saved Baird that day. Another orphan master, though this one a kindly old woman who housed only a few children had sedated him and taken him in. He was not the first mutant she had cared for and it showed. It took her a few years to get Baird to come out of his shell, but one night, around two or three in the morning she was sitting, tending to her knitting when Baird walked into the room and buried his face in her stomach and wept for four hours straight, pausing only to drink some water. After that Baird began to become a person again. He showed a healthy interest in competition of any kind, he seemed to love sports and the outdoors, in fact, there seemed to be nothing he disliked, probably because he excelled at everything he tried. For another year or so Baird lived happily with his new family. But one night, when his powers manifested rather violently, as he was on the verge of sleep reality had to be faced. The orphan master could no longer care for Baird as he needed and she knew it. So she sent him off to Xavier’s with some hand-me-down clothes, his letter, and his birth certificate.
Personality:
After almost being raped following thirteen years of abuse and undue hatred has earned Baird a dark side. A part of Baird that has seen the darkness in people, the part of them that wants everything and will stop at nothing to take, the part that doesn’t understand patients and the other virtues of this world, the part that wouldn’t mind killing it if benefited them in the end, and sometimes Baird finds it difficult to understand the difference between the people who ignore their darker urges and the ones who give into them. He usually falls into bouts of depression when left alone for long enough periods of time, and shortly after that his dark side comes out, when it does it takes a few days, sometimes as long as a month, to break the spell. Normally, however, Baird is outgoing and friendly, he loves living live and it shows in a vibrant smile that usually graces his face. He enjoys competition and learning, he loves to work out his body and his mind equally. He is no impatient but tends to get fidgety if left alone long enough. He is pretty happy guy, makes friends easily, doesn’t melt around women and often times enjoys the company of the opposite sex as they are more open to expressions of one’s feelings, which is something Baird enjoys doing when he is feeling down, or stressed. He is not afraid to admit that he cries, he believes there is no point in getting upset about the things you can’t control, or to worry about the way you are, he much prefers to just enjoy being who he is. He does frown upon people who complain about things that he believes they can change, but don’t.
Likes:
Living life.
Dislikes:
Almost nothing, he sees everything as a part of life and believes that it must be taken in stride to truly enjoy the experience. The one thing he truly despises is when his emotions get the better of him and he falls into his dark moods.
Ok.. i have no problems with the perso as such.. Would however (because im that kind of person ) like to know how the second 'orphen master' as you call her was there waiting for him... Maybe she is a mutant as well? Or maybe you already said and it was just late when i read this 8
Anyway.... the stamp is given.. though id like it if you took the time to clarify this one minor point .. looks optimistic (picture the cat in Shrek 2)
) like to know how the second 'orphen master' as you call her was there waiting for him... Maybe she is a mutant as well? Or maybe you already said and it was just late when i read this 8
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