[u]Name:[/u]
Union (Zander and Zoe)
[u]Race: [/u]
Angel of Compassion (Specifically, Union is a Power, meaning that it is tasked with maintaining the balance of power among mankind and inspiring conscience in mortals)
[u]Gender: [/u]
Male/female
[u]Age: [/u]
20

[u]Appearance: [/u]
Disguised, Zander and Zoe appear as separate beings, both twenty years old. Zander is brown-eyed, with shaggy, shoulder-length blackhair and a pointed goatee, bearing glasses and ordinary clothes. His body is well trained, sporting a bit of bulk. Zoe is quite short, standing at only five feet, with long, feathery black hair parted in two over her shoulders, a slightly upturned nose, green eyes, and an athletic body-type. Both have notably pale skin. The two are very seldom apart, usually never leaving their partner's side.

In Union's natural form, it is quite different. Front the front, Zander appears to be a relatively normal, four-winged angel, standing at 6'4”. His marble-white skin is fairly muscular, but for the most part it is covered by a fancy brown robe split in two from the waist down. Beneath the robe he wears a doublet and pants, though these are hidden beneath golden greaves. He also wears a golden hauberk, pauldrons, and gauntlets. From the neck up, his face is hidden by a unique helmet.

When looked at from any other angle, however, Union's distinctiveness becomes clear. Zander and Zoe are effectively fused, back-to-back. Very strikingly, instead of arms and legs, Zoe has wings, the top two larger than the bottom two. These are Union's wings. Her torso is completely armored in a golden cuirass, which is an extension of the back of Zander's. Her own headpiece (since the heads are not conjoined) is a cowl, from which her long, black hair spills. The feathers of her wings are large and light-gray.

[u]Personality: [/u]
Though Zander and Zoes' minds are separate, each with a distinct personality, they share a mental connection that allows them to work in harmony. Zander is outgoing, companionable to friends and brutal to enemies, hotheaded but also decently smart. Zoe, while no more intelligent than her counterpart, is more reserved, introverted, analytic, and prone to sarcasm. While near-opposites in many of their traits, they share a love for people and for each other, as well as a decent sense of humor. It is their joy to spark compassion in mortals, and they take their duty very seriously. That said, as a Power, Union is very combat-capable, and employs a unique brand of teamwork to accomplish its goals. Union tends to treat fallen and demons alike with contempt if not outright hostility, though it does have a streak of sympathy for the fallen. Demons receive due prejudice from Union, and don't need to do much to be attacked. While more powerful together, Union can interact better and in a more normal fashion when disguised, since in that form Zander and Zoe are split apart.

[u]Abilities:[/u]
[b]Burning Passion[/b] – Union can create and control a steady, yellow-tinged fire. This fire is very slow to spread, damaging only what it is directly applied to, meaning it'll never consume what it's not meant to. It can be made into blasts, beams, bombs, barriers, and more, proving very versatile. Union's fire has no effect on angels, including itself, but is devastating against darkness. Burning passion is a good medium for Union's empathy and manifests in the eyes of those under Union's influence; because of this, Union is far better at blessings humans when not disguised. Union's holy fire is, of course, invisible to ordinary humans, but because it can still hurt them it is risky to use in crowded areas.
[b]Empowered Flight[/b] – With wings for arms and legs, Zoe is understandably good at flying. By incorporating burning passion each beat of her wings, Zoe allows Union to reach impressive speeds.
[b]Empathy[/b] – Like all angels, Union can influence mortal minds in a positive way. While friendly connections made under Union's guidance are both powerful and enduring, actually creating love is something Union is unable to do.

[u]History: [/u]
[hider=Such bio]Union came into existence not too long ago. Its unique fusion of two bodies into one was the product of the work of Absalom. This angel, a Dominion and a watcher of America's ruler, felt that in the wake of the Cold War the battle against hostility, cruelty, and prejudice need be renewed once more. To that effect, Absalom created eleven unique (read: slightly monstrous) angels -Powers- to oversee the balance and foster friendship among the people of the Western hemisphere. These eleven Powers were given titles to reflect their purpose, but no real names; those, they found within themselves. Those Powers were assigned to different areas; Accord to Mexico, Goodwill to Canada, Regard to Cuba, Coalition and Solidarity to Russia, Alliance to the United Kingdom, Sympathy to France, Clemency to Spain, Support to Central America, and to the United states went Cherish and Union.

The two-headed angel of compassion found its work cut out for it. The evils of people were great, and using solely the power of empathy to try to change this sorely tested Union's patience. Several times, Zander's more aggressive temperament nearly doomed them both, but each time Zoe's restraint prevailed. Union wandered the country, whether invisibly in its true form disguised. Aside from the occasional run-in with a demon and a solitary meeting with Cherish, nothing particularly out of the ordinary happened to Union. That changed, however, when Union met its first sensitive. This sensitive was a gregarious, mustache-bearing baker called Brian Hewdraw who had become an acquaintance of Zander and Zoe's over the course of a few days they spent in disguise in his town. By accident he found the two in their true, united form, and though he was initially frightened by Union's appearance, after an explanation brashly chose to confide in the angel and ask for its help with his wife. Rather than risk retribution by getting involved, Union instead spent a rough week helping the sensitive realize his own abilities—and that it was he who would have to make a difference. After a particularly grueling session, Brian fled to his apartment on the verge of a breakdown, morosely convinced that he was a lost cause and that Heaven couldn't help him. Upon seeing him vent his anger, his wife fled, with the her husband in pursuit. Outside, in the pouring rain, he slipped and stumbled in front of an oncoming car. 

While not seriously wounded by the relatively slow-moving vehicle, Brian was stunned. His wife, shocked by the event, stopped running. As Union watched, she returned to her husband's side, kneeling and mingling the rain with her tears. Also believing his death was imminent, Brian lay there quietly. Seeing its chance, Union moved forward and whispered in Brian's ear. At the Power's urging, Brian shared his innermost feelings with his wife, and in that moment Union knew that the two were together again. Full of happiness, Union realized that Brian would be a true believer in the power of compassion for the rest of his life, a veritable agent of the angel on Earth. With this in mind, Union stayed with Brian until the next day, and in the hospital bid him farewell. Union then set to find other sensitives -other untapped potential-, make them aware, and hopefully recruit them to the side of light.
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