Post by Damien Mercuria on Oct 12, 2011 17:25:24 GMT -5
DAMIEN AUGUSTUS MERCURIA
we all started somewhere
Birth name: Damien Augustus Mercuria
Alias: N/A
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Birthday: July 1st, 1993
Grade: N/A
only skin deep
Play by: Alex Pettyfer
Appearance: Tall, strong, and handsome, Damien can most easily be described as "the good guy". Standing around six feet and weighing about one-eighty or so, he doesn't look like a pushover to any degree. Though, not only does he act the part of a hero, when you look at him there always just seems to be something... Good about him. His hair is usually trimmed short, and his clothes are always clean, pressed, and ironed into perfection. He is a bit of a perfectionist, and that shows not only in his personality, but in the way that he always seems to look perfect, never having a hair out of place or a ruffle in his clothes. Something that is perhaps a little strange, is that he always, always, wears a silver necklace with a rabbits foot on it.
on the inside that counts
Personality: The golden child, as Damien has been called before, everything has always come easy to him. He was loved by his parents, was friends with everyone in school, excelled in every sport he ever tried, won a medal in every competition he ever competed in. Though, while this would make some people become a little arrogant, Damien is quite the opposite. He is polite, curteous, and an all around gentlemen; something that is incredibly rare in today's world. Rarely will you ever find him being rude or discourteous. In fact, most people believe he is out to get something because of how nice he is, or that he is begin sarcastic with how kind he tries to be. All it takes is a few minutes around him to realize that, that is just Damien though.
Though things come very easy to Damien (too easy sometimes) that doesn't mean that he expects things to be that way. No, he believes in hard work and dedication for all things. Every thing he has ever earned, he has honestly put effort into it and truly competed his best for it. He believes that a strong body and a strong mind are the keys to everything. As such, he often has a healthy supply of educational books around him and actually enjoys studying everything from ancient history, to modern physics.
Three words sum up almost everything about Damien; The Good Guy. For some reason, it has been hardwired into his brain that because of his powers, he was somehow destined to become a hero. What's perhaps worse than that is that he actually looks for excuses to do good deeds, and not just looks, but seeks them out. That could be something as simple as looking for a helpless old lady to assist her in crossing the street, or to something major like listening to police comm stations to find out if there is a robbery in progress to try and stop it. This goes above and beyond a simple need to help others, it is a literal compulsion to do it, he CANNOT stop himself from helping someone in need. A psychologist may refer to this as the "hero syndrome".
Though, as good as he seems to be, Damien is far from perfect, he can be a bit... naive to put it simply. Ok, he's an absolute idiot when it comes to the real world. Because everything has always come easy for him, even if he does work for it, he has never known what it is like to... well... fail. He's never had to struggle, he's never experienced any true suffering. The world has always come to him in a basket wrapped in bow. Everything he has learned about the struggles of real life he has had to watch through TV and he believes that the 'bad guys' are like the ones in the comic books or on movies. The only person he has ever really met that has actually caused a lot of trouble, has been his own sister...
There is a darker side to our hero, one that has rarely been seen by anyone but his sister. If you manage to get Damien angry, truly angry, (which is a feat by itself) he can get quite... viscious, greedy, and cruel. As it has rarely been seen, and even less talked about, most will never see what happens when a hero loses control. But needless to say, not everything is sunshine and rainbows in the world of Damien Mercuria...
Everything that makes your character who they are!
Family
Mother: Abigail Winter Mercuria (39, Music Teacher)
Father: Benjamin Mercuria (41, Musicician)
Siblings: Amber Mercuria (15)
Other: N/A
some of us are... different
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Power(s):
Positive Probablity Manipulation: Damien has the ability to manipulate the probability of a situation in a positive way, in other words, he can control good luck. In a very basic sense, his power is the exact opposite of his sisters power in absolutely every way. What this means is that if something good has insanely low odds of happen, it will happen. Unlike his sister though, this power only affects Damien, and not anyone around him. His power is very selfish, in a sense, it only works for him. For example, if Damien were to play the lottery, he would win every single time... Always. He rarely loses anything, ever, and games of skill and luck (such as dice games) are incredibly easy for him. It extends to things beyond just simple games of chance though. In a fight, Damien is incredibly hard to hit because he is always lucky enough to avoid most attacks.
Unfortunately, his power doesn't bring good luck to everyone around him. Quite the opposite in fact, most people around him tend to have worse luck because all of the good stuff seems to always happen to him. While he has learned a lot more about his power in the last few years, he still doesn't really know how to control it, and the even though he assumes it; the power is not passive. With training he could learn how to do more with it, but it would probably take several years for that to happen.
Lie Detection/Admission: This power was discovered much faster than his probability manipulation, but Damien has the ability to detect lies; not just detect them but point them out. If someone tells a lie around him, or tries to lie to him, he will instantly know the entire truth. On top of this, illusions created by telepaths don't generally affect him because they are in fact lies. However, as a side-effect of this power, Damien CANNOT EVER tell a lie. He is literally forced to tell the truth at all times and cannot stop himself from being truthful. Even the tiniest white lie cannot escape from his lips (I.E. if he is wearing a royal blue shirt, he would not be able to call it white, or even light blue, he would be forced to call it dark or royal blue.) Needless to say, if you want an honest opinion, Damien is the man to ask...
Weakness(s): When Damien is in close proximity to his sister, his ability to manipulate probabilities is nulled; effectively shutting it off. Otherwise, he is no different from a human, if it hurts or kills a human, it hurts and kills him. On top of that, his power of lie detection is generally more of a hinderence than a gift, do you know how hard it is to never lie?
Cause: He has been lucky as far back as he can remember, even as a baby good things always seemed to happen to him, nor has he ever been able to tell a lie since the time he could talk.
Other skills:
Magic: Damien became fascinated with magic at a very young age, and immediately started learning as many tricks as he could. He is incredibly knowledgable with everything to do with magic, and is very, very, talented at it. What is most interesting to him is that magic isn't affected by his powers despite the fact that in a basic sense it is a lie. You make a person believe something is happening, when something else entirely is actually happening. While he is forced to call other people out on their magic tricks as lies, he himself can perform it without being forced to reveal the truth; perhaps that is why it has always fascinated him.
Musical Instruments: With the childhood he grew up in, he had absolutely no choice but to be good at music. While he is skilled with a wide variety of music, he has never really been that interested in it though.
Martial Arts: Damien has always believed in having a fit body as well as a fit mind, as such, he has taken quite a few self-defense classes over the years. While he is not master by any means, he is a lot more skilled than most people give him credit for and is always eager to learn more. Currently, he has studied and trained some in the following forms:
Fencing
Ju-Jitsu
Kick Boxing
other
Allegiance: X-Men Trainee
Anything else:
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