Post by olofjansen on Sept 29, 2009 22:24:13 GMT -5
Character's Real Name: Olaf Jansen. (He tends to use many names)
Character's Nickname/Mutant Name (optional): None.
Character's Age: 26
Character's Gender: Male
Character's Occupation (student, professor, etc): Used to be an a technical second lieutenant, and an IT guy.
Human or Mutant?: Mutant.
Is your character a Changeling?: Nope.
Affliation (X-men, Brotherhood, CIA, etc. or None): X-Men.
Powers/Abilities/Skills: Telepathy is his one and only mutant power.
He is reasonably skilled a a few usages of that power, and a rookie at best, completely inept at most in all others.
1)Olaf has an intuition of what others think. He routinely uses that power to earn the upper hand in confrontations, since he can somewhat predict other people's next actions.
2)Olaf can implant thoughts. It's manipulation, not mind control. It's not like delivering a suggestion, it's more like causing other to have a passing thought. It works mainly for hurting an enemy's morale, or for moderately swaying another people's opinions. He can use it to cause people to become more or less enthusiastic about something, but it won't change someone's mind for anything major. If that passing thought resonates or does not dissonate too much with what other already thinks, it works. If the usage is extreme, it does not.
3)Implanting sensations/Primal emotions: Jansen can cause sensations like rage, annoyment, impatience, excitement... He can't choose what the influenced person focuses that new sensation on, and this ability takes time to use. It requires establishing some sort of rapport with the target and must be used on a small radius of his target.
He is totally inept at telepathic communication, though, and not too good as an empath. He will generally perceive other's emotions only slightly better than an unenhanced human would.
He is somewhat tech-savvy. He knows how to fix a computer, but don't expect him to hack into the Pentagon.
Olaf mostly fights as a swordsman. He has no physical mutant powers at all, but he's apt at some kinds of martial arts and somewhat compensates his lack of uber-physical powers by his signature tactics of 1) intuition of his opponent's next move and 2) Instilling doubt. When ready for combat, he always carries a couple of melee weapons, and sometimes a gun.
He prefers to talk his way out of trouble, but when that fails, he'll stab and shoot out of it.
Speaks English and German (which kinda makes sense, since he's German himself and lives in the US.)
Character's History (must be at LEAST 7 sentences): Olaf was born in Berlin in 1983 to a military engineer and an American-born nurse. His parents separated when the kid was 5, and he initially stayed with his father, since her mother went back to the US. Although a heavy drinker and a distant parent, Hans never gave his son hell and the two are on friendly terms.
He finished high-school with a B+ average, got his Abitur, and started studying informatics.
When Olaf eventually finished college (3 years IT degree) he enrolled in the Bundeswehr. After two years service, he realized that military life was not for him, and he managed to get a general (honorable conditions) discharge.
Eventually he decided he wanted to go abroad, so he traveled to Seattle to find his mother. They didn't get along too well, but since he was already at the US he chose to stay for a while.
Olaf has always had his abilities, although he wasn't aware of the fact he was a mutant, until he met some of the X-Men. Some noticed his (rather mediocre) telepathic powers, and decided the guy was safer with them than out at large.
Believing that doing nothing while their civil rights were removed was unfair to his fellow mutants, he decided to fight for mutants' rights. Since turning EVERYONE into a mutant was bound to A) Be a mess and B) would turn him into something comparatively weaker and lower his place on the food-chain, he adamantly opposes Magneto's plan as folly, and thus, he's on Storm's side.
Character's Personality (must be at LEAST 7 sentences): He is a natural-born schemer, and will constantly be planning what to do next. Since his abilities have given him an endge over other people and he's been able to get what he wanted (sex, a quick buck) without much effort, it's difficult for him to enter into non-exploitative emotional relationships. Aside from that, he's mostly friendly and unobtrusive, although he has admittedly got a deadpan, snarky sense of humor.
While Olaf is technically a “hero”, he is not too heroic and prefers sly tactics. He will not dramatically accept any kind of selfless sacrifice, and won't take extra risks to make sure others are safe. Olaf accepts teamwork, but is keen on not being the sucker. On the same line, he is also afraid of being used or manipulated himself, and will always second-guess others' motives, allegiances and intentions.
His hobbies include thrash metal, beer, motorbikes, martial arts, casual sex (Yup, for him it's a hobby) and playing video games. He is also a habitual smoker.
Character's Appearance (must be at LEAST 5 sentences): Olaf is 6'2'' tall, light brown-haired and has grey eyes. He sports shoulder-length hair, usually on a ponytail, and a full beard, and has a small scar across one of his eyebrows. The official story is some guy pulled a piercing from there during a fight. He has a muscular build, but also has a few extra pounds. Olaf usually wars combat boots, a black leather motorcycle jacket and a grey dress shirt. He wears glasses and would never use contact lenses, under any circumstances, because he's averse to putting stuff in his eyes.
Roleplay Sample (must be a LEAST 7 sentences):
Can't really provide a RP sample without a situation to base it in. If you'd be so kind to provide a base situation, I'll gladly expand on it .
Anything Else? (Optional): While he speaks proper English, his accent is still noticeable.
Image (Optional):
Character's Nickname/Mutant Name (optional): None.
Character's Age: 26
Character's Gender: Male
Character's Occupation (student, professor, etc): Used to be an a technical second lieutenant, and an IT guy.
Human or Mutant?: Mutant.
Is your character a Changeling?: Nope.
Affliation (X-men, Brotherhood, CIA, etc. or None): X-Men.
Powers/Abilities/Skills: Telepathy is his one and only mutant power.
He is reasonably skilled a a few usages of that power, and a rookie at best, completely inept at most in all others.
1)Olaf has an intuition of what others think. He routinely uses that power to earn the upper hand in confrontations, since he can somewhat predict other people's next actions.
2)Olaf can implant thoughts. It's manipulation, not mind control. It's not like delivering a suggestion, it's more like causing other to have a passing thought. It works mainly for hurting an enemy's morale, or for moderately swaying another people's opinions. He can use it to cause people to become more or less enthusiastic about something, but it won't change someone's mind for anything major. If that passing thought resonates or does not dissonate too much with what other already thinks, it works. If the usage is extreme, it does not.
3)Implanting sensations/Primal emotions: Jansen can cause sensations like rage, annoyment, impatience, excitement... He can't choose what the influenced person focuses that new sensation on, and this ability takes time to use. It requires establishing some sort of rapport with the target and must be used on a small radius of his target.
He is totally inept at telepathic communication, though, and not too good as an empath. He will generally perceive other's emotions only slightly better than an unenhanced human would.
He is somewhat tech-savvy. He knows how to fix a computer, but don't expect him to hack into the Pentagon.
Olaf mostly fights as a swordsman. He has no physical mutant powers at all, but he's apt at some kinds of martial arts and somewhat compensates his lack of uber-physical powers by his signature tactics of 1) intuition of his opponent's next move and 2) Instilling doubt. When ready for combat, he always carries a couple of melee weapons, and sometimes a gun.
He prefers to talk his way out of trouble, but when that fails, he'll stab and shoot out of it.
Speaks English and German (which kinda makes sense, since he's German himself and lives in the US.)
Character's History (must be at LEAST 7 sentences): Olaf was born in Berlin in 1983 to a military engineer and an American-born nurse. His parents separated when the kid was 5, and he initially stayed with his father, since her mother went back to the US. Although a heavy drinker and a distant parent, Hans never gave his son hell and the two are on friendly terms.
He finished high-school with a B+ average, got his Abitur, and started studying informatics.
When Olaf eventually finished college (3 years IT degree) he enrolled in the Bundeswehr. After two years service, he realized that military life was not for him, and he managed to get a general (honorable conditions) discharge.
Eventually he decided he wanted to go abroad, so he traveled to Seattle to find his mother. They didn't get along too well, but since he was already at the US he chose to stay for a while.
Olaf has always had his abilities, although he wasn't aware of the fact he was a mutant, until he met some of the X-Men. Some noticed his (rather mediocre) telepathic powers, and decided the guy was safer with them than out at large.
Believing that doing nothing while their civil rights were removed was unfair to his fellow mutants, he decided to fight for mutants' rights. Since turning EVERYONE into a mutant was bound to A) Be a mess and B) would turn him into something comparatively weaker and lower his place on the food-chain, he adamantly opposes Magneto's plan as folly, and thus, he's on Storm's side.
Character's Personality (must be at LEAST 7 sentences): He is a natural-born schemer, and will constantly be planning what to do next. Since his abilities have given him an endge over other people and he's been able to get what he wanted (sex, a quick buck) without much effort, it's difficult for him to enter into non-exploitative emotional relationships. Aside from that, he's mostly friendly and unobtrusive, although he has admittedly got a deadpan, snarky sense of humor.
While Olaf is technically a “hero”, he is not too heroic and prefers sly tactics. He will not dramatically accept any kind of selfless sacrifice, and won't take extra risks to make sure others are safe. Olaf accepts teamwork, but is keen on not being the sucker. On the same line, he is also afraid of being used or manipulated himself, and will always second-guess others' motives, allegiances and intentions.
His hobbies include thrash metal, beer, motorbikes, martial arts, casual sex (Yup, for him it's a hobby) and playing video games. He is also a habitual smoker.
Character's Appearance (must be at LEAST 5 sentences): Olaf is 6'2'' tall, light brown-haired and has grey eyes. He sports shoulder-length hair, usually on a ponytail, and a full beard, and has a small scar across one of his eyebrows. The official story is some guy pulled a piercing from there during a fight. He has a muscular build, but also has a few extra pounds. Olaf usually wars combat boots, a black leather motorcycle jacket and a grey dress shirt. He wears glasses and would never use contact lenses, under any circumstances, because he's averse to putting stuff in his eyes.
Roleplay Sample (must be a LEAST 7 sentences):
Can't really provide a RP sample without a situation to base it in. If you'd be so kind to provide a base situation, I'll gladly expand on it .
Anything Else? (Optional): While he speaks proper English, his accent is still noticeable.
Image (Optional):