Post by adler on Jan 17, 2010 23:26:08 GMT -5
Player's Name: Emi
Name: Damien Adler Lundgren
Age: 22
Grade: N/A. Adler is an intern/TA/on-staff tutor thing.
Birthday: September 11
Height: 6'3''
Weight: ~140 lbs
Gender: male
Appearance: Adler's hair is messy, cut short, and a nice shade of deep bronze in color. He has a darker complexion, which makes him seem tan even though his skin is an average color. His eyes switch between a dark, mossy green-gold and a soft shade of deep umber, and their expression seems to scrutinize and record everything he sees.
Personality: Adler is more than a little bit OCD, and he has more than a little bit of a temper. He really is kind at heart, but his need for everything to make sense on a constructive level and his general lack of patience makes him come off as tightly-knit, or even mean.
History: Adler's mother, Rosia Lundgren, ran a traveling circus based out of Sweden and Austria. She was a busy woman, though this did not keep her from having a passionate affair or two. Her first lover was a magician from the Hebei province of China (not the fun kind, mind you; the smoke-and-mirrors kind) who used mathematical formulas and tricks of logic to trick his audience into believing he was psychic. Adler was born on the road (somewhere between Laos and Burma) and after a few years was sent to live with his maternal grandparents. At age twelve, the Lundgren troupe took a route that passed through Adler's hometown, and when his mother stopped by for a short visit Adler of course had to eavesdrop on the conversation. From this he gleaned that--lo and behold--Rosia had had another child. Adler had a half-sister. Adler snuck out that night to watch the circus performers, but was not close enough to get a good look at the little blond girl when the contortionists gave their act. Adler was caught and dragged back home by his grandfather before the boy had a change to find his half-sister to speak to her. The next morning came all too soon, with the circus troupe and his mother gone. Adler never learned his half-sister's name.
Over the years Adler festered his disappointment. He graduated high school at a young age, and entered college at age sixteen. This is also when his powers manifested. After graduating from college, Adler took a year to go backpacking, partly to collect his thoughts but mostly to go looking for the Lundgren Troupe. He found them in northern Prague, and was informed-- to his intense dismay-- that Nina had run away a few years before. Adler pushed thoughts of his little half-sister to the backburner then, and focused on his other problem-- finding a way to refine his powers. At the beginning of the next year, he came across Dunehelden. Problem solved.
Magical Strengths/Powers: Adler bends the earth unto his will. The earth can be felt, measured, scultped. Adler's control lends itself to some manipulation of plants. He can bend metal, though not reshape or create it.
Magical Weaknesses/Flaws: Adler's magic deals best with what can be taken from a geometric standpoint. Consequently, "nonsensical" magic (that which allows someone to alter their own form or certain forms of mental magic, like illusions or other reality-bending casts. Charms he can deal with.) tend to throw him off. He seems unable to create magical shields, though walls of earth provide a decent substitute for this.
For Staff
Position Applied For: intern/TA/on-staff tutor for the Mathematics department.
Qualifications: graduated summa cum-laude from [insert eastern European institution of higher learning known for its impressive mathematics courses here], with a semester or two's worth of assisted teaching in his home town's high school.
Name: Damien Adler Lundgren
Age: 22
Grade: N/A. Adler is an intern/TA/on-staff tutor thing.
Birthday: September 11
Height: 6'3''
Weight: ~140 lbs
Gender: male
Appearance: Adler's hair is messy, cut short, and a nice shade of deep bronze in color. He has a darker complexion, which makes him seem tan even though his skin is an average color. His eyes switch between a dark, mossy green-gold and a soft shade of deep umber, and their expression seems to scrutinize and record everything he sees.
Personality: Adler is more than a little bit OCD, and he has more than a little bit of a temper. He really is kind at heart, but his need for everything to make sense on a constructive level and his general lack of patience makes him come off as tightly-knit, or even mean.
History: Adler's mother, Rosia Lundgren, ran a traveling circus based out of Sweden and Austria. She was a busy woman, though this did not keep her from having a passionate affair or two. Her first lover was a magician from the Hebei province of China (not the fun kind, mind you; the smoke-and-mirrors kind) who used mathematical formulas and tricks of logic to trick his audience into believing he was psychic. Adler was born on the road (somewhere between Laos and Burma) and after a few years was sent to live with his maternal grandparents. At age twelve, the Lundgren troupe took a route that passed through Adler's hometown, and when his mother stopped by for a short visit Adler of course had to eavesdrop on the conversation. From this he gleaned that--lo and behold--Rosia had had another child. Adler had a half-sister. Adler snuck out that night to watch the circus performers, but was not close enough to get a good look at the little blond girl when the contortionists gave their act. Adler was caught and dragged back home by his grandfather before the boy had a change to find his half-sister to speak to her. The next morning came all too soon, with the circus troupe and his mother gone. Adler never learned his half-sister's name.
Over the years Adler festered his disappointment. He graduated high school at a young age, and entered college at age sixteen. This is also when his powers manifested. After graduating from college, Adler took a year to go backpacking, partly to collect his thoughts but mostly to go looking for the Lundgren Troupe. He found them in northern Prague, and was informed-- to his intense dismay-- that Nina had run away a few years before. Adler pushed thoughts of his little half-sister to the backburner then, and focused on his other problem-- finding a way to refine his powers. At the beginning of the next year, he came across Dunehelden. Problem solved.
Magical Strengths/Powers: Adler bends the earth unto his will. The earth can be felt, measured, scultped. Adler's control lends itself to some manipulation of plants. He can bend metal, though not reshape or create it.
Magical Weaknesses/Flaws: Adler's magic deals best with what can be taken from a geometric standpoint. Consequently, "nonsensical" magic (that which allows someone to alter their own form or certain forms of mental magic, like illusions or other reality-bending casts. Charms he can deal with.) tend to throw him off. He seems unable to create magical shields, though walls of earth provide a decent substitute for this.
For Staff
Position Applied For: intern/TA/on-staff tutor for the Mathematics department.
Qualifications: graduated summa cum-laude from [insert eastern European institution of higher learning known for its impressive mathematics courses here], with a semester or two's worth of assisted teaching in his home town's high school.