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Cast of Characters:
Students:
Ash Mareino
Arro Jenkins Confirmed dead
Katalina Hargraves
Diana Krow
Natali Valkyrie "Vid'Ma" Missing
Jamie Drummond
Kiddo Ray Day
Stella Herbalem
Zaylin Calina Devonshire
Athena & Maribeth Wilson
Michael Horne
Ben & Madison Calebs
Elizabeth Hawkins
Tobias Jonathan Rivenridge
Sindri Holt
Glen Kerr
Aiden Carren
Lucasta Agnelli
The Carter Siblings Missing

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NPC Students
Josh Richards (Sophomore. Michael roommate)
Amy Snow (Senior) Confirmed Dead
Tami (Junior. swim team)

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Teachers:
Miss Standiford
Mrs. Wellington

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Other NPC Teachers/Staff:
Mr. Johnson - Groundskeeper, Horticulture Club
Ms. Reese - Swimming coach, English Teacher
Mrs. Freeman - Librarian
Dr. Mann

Ash Mareino
Senior
Ash has an irregular oblong red tinted birthmark just above her left knee. She has a scar on the inside of left arm where she cut it on accident while playing on some farm equipment, and another on her right knee from falling off her bike while learning how to ride. Her ears are pierced.
Ash is the far descendant of water nymphs. She is the first in a very long time to show any promise. Her gifts would be control of water, ability to breath under water, she is far enough removed from the original Nymph in her line that she will not have the control over sexual desires that is common with Nymphs. She is also an excellent singer, and her parents had her classically trained.
Ash is descendant from the nymph Pareia and Minos' son Nephalion. She was raised on a ranch in Upstate New York. The ranch had a lake that she spent most of her summers in. As such her skin is tanned deeply (Don't let the photo fool you). Ash doesn't know who her ancestors are. What she knows is she's a really good swimmer and never seems to have to come for air. Her parents take a vacation to the ocean for two weeks every year, there she swims in the ocean and seems unbothered by the tides.

It was during one of these trips to the ocean that one of her older brother was pulled out to sea in a riptide. Ash freaked out and swam to him, she was miraculously able to rescue her brother. He swears that the ocean obeyed her pleas for his safety, and has become very devout about her safety. They exchange letters frequently.

Ash has several other brothers varying in older and younger (there are a total of 6 boys), she's a middle child. Because of all of her brother's she has grown up rather tom-boyish, she's the type to walk a fence or take a dare.

Ash got her letter in the mail. Her Father encouraged her to go as it would be a chance for her to get out away from the boys. He hopes it would calm her down a bit.
Jock. Ash is brilliant, but she doesn't apply herself. At Northwood she does the bare minimum to not get in trouble. She avoids the smaller school work as much as possible, but aces her tests with ease. She has a streak of anger that comes out when questioned about her choices. She's modest and prefers long skirts, since she can't wear pants at school. Though she always has a pair packed in case of need to climb a tree. Ash is tom-boyish and outgoing.

Classes:
0 – Music
1 - Science 4
2 - English 4
3 - Latin 4
4 - Geography
5 - Maths 4
6 - Free Period
7 – Art & Design
8 - Swimming
9 - Club


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Name: Katalina Hargraves

Age: 17

Year in school: Senior year



Ability/power/creature: Hydrokenises, or the ability to manipulate water with her mind. Katalina has always been something of a water baby, so she always felt at home in the water. She learned she could manipulate water with her mind after breaking a glass of water, but the water retained the shape of being in the glass.
Biography: Katalina was born in sunny southern California, near Venice Beach. She was raised by her loving parents, who were upper middle class. Her mother was a home maker, which is not surprising due to the time period. Her father worked in Hollywood, working mostly in advertising, but somehow always had good connections for parties. Katalina spent most of her childhood at the beach, learning how to swim from a young age. She discovered her ability to manipulate water when she was about seven, after accidentally breaking a glass of water. However, the water retained it shape as if it had been in the glass, and was hovering about three feet off the floor. She has managed to keep this ability a quiet secret from her parents, which isn't hard. Her parents spend much time schmoozing, and going to parties. Katalina was use to seeing mostly baby-sitters and her grandparents in the evenings.

To keep Katalina busy during the summer, her mother signed her up for the local swim team as well as diving team starting from when she was seven years old. She proved to be a natural, and took to this well. She started winning medals and ribbons at swim meets, and went on to be county champ. There was also a possibility of her going to the Olympics at one point, but that never worked out. Her mother simply wants Katalina to be just like her, a home maker. However, as she got older, Katalina started rebelling against her parents whims, and insisted that she would never end up like her mother. She took her swimming seriously, as well as school.

Shortly before she was due to enroll in public high school, Katalina was sent a letter from Northwood Academy that arrived in the mail. They had noticed her swimming talents and wished to help her with her dream, of someday making it to the Olympics. She insisted that she be able to attend. After looking up the schools credentials, her parents approved and sent her off to school. She has happily spent the last three years there, and looks forward to another year at school.

Personality: Katalina is a jock, but not the atypical one. She is a very bubbly, happy and friendly person. Ash has described her as: "A ray of sunshine; annoying and in your face." She and Ash have a rivalry in swimming, but Katalina keeps trying to be friendly to her classmate. She is the type of person that would nurse a sick bird back to health. However, this does not mean she is a pushover. She will fight tooth and nail for what she wants, which is why she is even attending Northwood.

Class Schedule:

0 - Swimming
1 - Science 4
2 - English 4
3 - French 4
4 - Geography
5 - Maths 4
6 - Free Period
7 - Art & Design
8 - Swimming
9 - Leadership

Name: George Mann. (Dr. Mann to the students)

Age: 46.

Year in School: Senior Biology Teacher

Appearance: Exactly six feet tall, Dr. Mann has a thin build and rather gaunt appearance in general. Despite this it is easy to see why he was referred to as being handsome in his youth, as his eyes still retain their sharp aqua-green colour, and his well-manicured brown hair has not receded or turned grey.

Power: Dr. Mann has the ability to shape-shift into any living creature real or mythical. This power only became apparent to the doctor as a child when he wished he was small enough to fit in the mouse-hole in his room and found himself shrunk to being a few inches long and having whiskers.

Biography: George Mann was an orphan who was raised in the Denver Orphans Home. He was a quiet and lonely creature who preferred his own company to that of others. By his 10th birthday a letter came to him from the prestigious Northwood Academy, coincidentally as his powers first began to manifest themselves. He attended the school and graduated with honours, going on to study out in the wider world, his powers a carefully kept secret. In time George Mann would become a Doctor in Biology, and was offered several lucrative contracts in governmental agencies throughout the Americas. However another letter arrived, addressed to him. The school had desire of his academic prowess, and wished for him to teach future generations.

Without hesitation, George Mann declined all other job offers and returned back to the quiet school of Northwood Academy. He has been teaching there for over 13 years, and seems content to do little more than that.

Personality: Quiet and reserved, George Mann is skilled at hiding his true feelings and emotions. The Doctor has never become emotionally attached to anyone or anything, aside from the school and the orphanage where he grew up, and displays little interest in pursuing any relationships either romantic or otherwise.

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Name: Natali Valkyrie "Vid'Ma"

Age: Seventeen/Junior

Appearance: Natalie has soft pearly skin, that doesn’t have an imperfection upon it. She is widely considered beautiful, and only accentuates this with heavy doses of makeup. Her hair is an light golden, but her roots are an chestnut blonde color, suggesting she dyes it. Considerably tall(5’10), she has long legs, and an lean chest. With flashy blue eyes and a thin waist it’s noticeable she keeps in an nice form-fitting shape.

Ability/power/creature: Natali possesses the inate ability to create Forcefields. While they are stationary around her, allowing her not to be harmed from most things, they usually only come when she is in great danger. She has an hard time projecting them, and she does not even think it is possible to make them go beyond the parameters of her own body.

Biography: Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Natali’s parents are what one from the Soviet Union would call.. Dissidents. They hated the suppression of Russian authorities, and fought in the battle of freedom. Sadly, her father was arrested before Natali was even born , her mother having kept it a secret from him, in fear of dissuading his fervor of the cause.

Natali was raised under her mother, who taught her never to trust anyone, and that truly most of all, anyone who think they have a right to what is yours.. Is wrong. Natali was relocated from her mother when she was ten, and was moved around fostercare, as the uprisings died somewhat down Natali believed she would never see her parents again.

She grew up an rather normal girl after she finally found the right home, being completely unaware of her power, most violence being shielded from her. When she would get the occasional burn or cut, it never hurt, it never bled. Her foster parents simply thought she was… “quiet”, and sent her to a boarding school. She made friends, a few partners, but a month from when she turned fifteen, her best friend was walking in the middle of an street when an 18-wheeler charged through the red light. Natali did the only thing thinkable, and charged her friend out of harm’s way. Well, she actually blocked her from harm’s way. Holding onto her friend, The young girl’s body made the Truck’s frontside plow into itself…

After this miracle, the incident was swiftly covered up by the oppressive soviet regime, Natali was sent to an state-prison for a few weeks. After much deliberation, her handlers decreed that she was, by law, a freak of nature and could be disposed of or.. Shipped to Russia for processing, which meant an exile into Siberia.

They however received an mysterious and impeccably-timed letter(from none other then Northwood Academy) and it specified the institute could take care of her. Seeing that perhaps an prestigious, and reclusive institute might fair better in this situation.. The handlers gave her a chance, either she leaves her home country, or they would be forced to take action. Naturally, after several long and boring train/ship travels, Natali had arrived at the front steps of the Institute.

Personality: Natali is quirky and unusual to Americans. She likes taking photos, and often models alot of her own artwork, which she paints in her own room. She often skips class, and is an ‘troubled’ student. She barely understands the language, and worse, she feels very alone. A nice and eccentric girl, she hardly talks to her fellow students, but being urged on by some of the very endearing Teachers.. She might decide to change that in the near future.

Schedule: M - Swimming(1st period), PE (2nd), English 3(3rd), Lunch, Latin 3(4th), Dance(5th)
Tu - Maths 3(1st), Science 3(2nd), Theater(3rd), Lunch, Dance(4th), Yearbook(5th)
W - PE(1st), Latin 3(2nd), World History(3rd), Lunch, Dance(4th), Yearbook(5th)
Th - Maths 3(1st), English 3(2nd), Latin 3(3rd), Lunch, Dance(4th), Yearbook(5th)
F - World History(1st), Science 3(2nd), Lunch, Theater(3rd), Dance(4th)
Sat - Swimming(1st), PE(2nd), Lunch, Dance(3rd), Yearbook(4th)

James Drummond-Campbell – but even the teachers call him Jamie.
Senior
Jamie is fairly average in appearance, if on the handsome side. He has boyish good looks, auburn-slash-brown hair (he refuses to ever be called ginger) and brown eyes flecked with yellow – ultimately nothing special. He's of average height, no taller than 5'11" with little chance of another growth spurt given his genetics, and a lean build suited for speed and power. It's clear to see that he's an athlete, that's for sure. Tan skin is unusually marked with dark freckles along his cheeks and down his arms, his most prominent feature.
Jamie has what he perceives to be a "feminine" ability – empathy, or the ability to sense and effect others' emotions. These feelings that are the backbone of conscious thought appear to him through a form of synesthesia, often transmitted as colours or smells or textures. While not true mind-reading, Jamie's a fairly astute guy and he can make assumptions (albeit sometimes very, very wrong) based on the emotions he feels.

In terms of projecting them onto others, generally it works better if the feelings are already there; just muffled by another, such as anger. Another option is to absorb them into himself so pain, hurt and loss can be nullified for the other person, but Jamie feels the full effect of them. That leads to the side-effect of his power: 'bleeding'. He suffers peculiarly when surrounded by others such as in a football game – adrenaline pumps through his veins quicker, he feels all the excitement at once and while his performance increases, so too does the stress and strain on his heart. Not just that: when surrounded by the melancholic and depressed, Jamie too becomes melancholic and depressed. He can't help it.
A contradiction in a neat, human-sized package, the sheer range of emotions that Jamie's felt and assimilated into his own personality over the years is nothing short of astounding. Jamie fits the typical stereotype of the Jock – apparently certain of his own masculinity, charismatic, charming and wickedly humorous. He has a competitive streak a mile long. Still, if some of his jokes just stop mid-sentence because he senses building offense, then people tend to just put that down to him being nicer than the stereotypical athlete he presents himself as. He just can't find it within himself to be mean-spirited, even if someone is aggressive to him, because most of the time he can sense the underlying emotions behind it.

In contrast, and since Jamie's personality is at risk of being washed away by those he associates himself with, he also has a more sensitive side; one that loves the arts and can appreciate the imprinted emotions in the piece (whether real or imagined, he likes to believe them as real). As if it isn't clear yet, he's typically melodramatic and sensitive... Though he's usually strong enough to suppress his tears in public places. It could be that some of the rougher aspects of his personality have been sheared away by such continued emotional turmoil; his astounding lack of compassion as a thirteen year old, his propensity for being insensitive and brusque and, of course, his egotism.

No, wait, the last one's still there.

Since Jamie changes like the tide, it's safe to say that unless he's alone (or with someone he can't sense the emotions from, though such people are few and far between) it's impossible to know who he really is as a person. Though, for God's sake, keep him away from the girls during Shark Week! Being a teenage guy is hard enough without all the obvious gender confusion heaped on top!
In colourfully obscene language, the type that some teenagers haven't grown out of yet, Jamie describes his family with "wealthy fuckin' assholes, but God do I love them anyway". He's the spare heir produced by two distinctly rich and varied lineages: the Campbells (his maternal side, unimportant, skeevy politicians) and the Drummonds (tyrants of the business world with some purported underhanded dealings with criminal elements in 3rd World countries.) His older brother is a bastard and while Alistair can inherit the Campbell fortune, which he will, Jamie inherits all of the property and holdings of the much richer and less prestigious paternal line.

He grew up in Scotland in a manor house with anything a child could want. It was immediately established that Jamie was the favourite and although empathy might have helped (since who could resist a kid who knew exactly when to stop talking?), it was all to do with the circumstances of his birth rather than his fledgeling superpower. From a young age he grew up thinking that sensing emotions was normal, no more interesting than his hair colour, or the fact that he was ambidextrous, or his collection of signed football shirts in his bedroom. It was only when he met his clinically insane aunt – house-bound but clearly able to move around – that he thought otherwise.

His aunt attended Northwood back in the day and even being in the same room with her set Jamie's empathy on edge, like it was trying to find her emotions and only receiving signals of his own. The reason was clear – the gift was in some way hereditary. The fact that without proper grounding he could end up carted around from asylum to asylum certainly didn't help a borderline-neurotic teenager's worries that he was cursed in some way.

She was the one who, in an uncharacteristic moment of clarity brought about by Jamie's presence, recommended to his father that the Drummond heir should go to Northwood. His father had also applied through his parents back in the day but was deemed "not special enough" to enter the prestigious school across the pond. While his aunt was convinced that when he turned fourteen a letter would come through for him as it did for her, nothing came.

So Jamie's dad flew them over to Colorado and knocked on the goddamn door. "Drummonds forge their own path," he had been told. A few meetings later and one swift interview with the 14 year old that set his over-sensitive nerves alight with suspicion, Jamie was in.

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Name: Kiddo Ray Day

Age: 14

Year in school: Freshman

Appearance: Kiddo stands about 5 feet 9 inches tall. He weighs roughly 150 pounds. His hair is very dark brown, most people mistake it for black. His eyes are a dark brown, not quite black. Kiddo’s body build is normal for a boy his age. He isn’t too muscular or too scrawny. According to most girls his age he is “attractive”. Kiddo never pays much attention to them, never taking time to look into a mirror. He tends to wear a nice button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a vest, and a bow tie. Along with black pants and converse. If he isn’t caught wearing this he can be caught wearing a black and gray varsity jacket, a gray V-neck, along with black pants and converse.

Ability/Power/Creature: Kiddo’s power is necromancy. Not large scale, small stuff. Such as bring animals back to life. Cats, dogs, rats, etc. He also can’t keep the thing alive for longer than two hours. After that the soul has vanished completely and cannot be brought back. Making resurrection a one time thing for the animal.

Biography/Back story: At a young age Kiddo discovered his odd obsession with “anatomy”, so he called it. Not human anatomy at first, animal anatomy. One evening while he was walking home from school he found a dead blue bird. He took it home and showed it to his mother. Of course his mother told him to throw it out. Instead Kiddo took it behind the house and began cutting it up, looking over every part in the bird, bones, organs, blood, etc. After finding random animals scattered about like dogs and cats he noticed something. If he focused really hard he could channel a creature’s soul back into it’s body. Only for a short time. A couple years later he began hunting with his father and using those animals. Deer and other sorts. He was always scared of getting caught though. So he never tried it on a human victim, as much as he wanted to. He studied them though. In books. That was enough for him at the moment. It kept his addiction on the down low. Helping him stick with the normal animals. Dogs and cats. One evening after analyzing a dog in the back shed his mother told him about a letter he received in the mail. The letter was from a private school known as Northwood Academy. Kiddo begged his mother to let him stay, she refused because she noticed his behavior changing recently. She couldn't deal with him right now. That summer, before his freshman year started, she sent him to Northwood.

Personality: In school Kiddo has always been secluded, watching, waiting, and keeping to himself. He never wanted anybody to get close to him, in fear that his secret might escape or his friends would become his first human victims. He always shrugged school work off too. In class he would be drawing parts of the human body and parts of an animal. His teachers would always say, “He’s a smart kid. He just doesn't want to try”. This was true.

Classes:

Name: Stella Herbalem

Age: 14

Year in school: Freshman


Ability/power/creature: Stella has the ability to control plants. She can grow, manipulate, and empathize with them. She can make it so they are poisonous or dangerous if needed.

Biography: Stella was born in San Francisco, California, to what everyone would call, very typical hippies. Her parents are very active in the activist scene, but make sure their daughter is love and well cared for. Stella grew up very normally, enjoying being in San Francisco, and lying when ever anyone asked her what her parents did. She learned about her powers the day her parents started growing pot in the basement of their lovely Victorian home. She was about five at this time, and thought it would be funny if the plants grew big quickly. When they responded to this, she was surprised. However, she learned some of the negative effects of her powers quickly, the first time her parents harvested. She quickly learned to tune out this part of her power, mostly for her own sanity.

As she grew older, Stella would help out with her parents business, with neighborhood gardens, and the little planter box her parents gave her for her help. Her parents are fully aware of her powers, but encourage her to use them. She is more than happy to help them with their pot business, seeing no harm in it. Her own parents mostly just want to eat while stoned, and is that really that bad?

Shortly before her fourteenth birthday, Stella received a letter from the Northwood Acadamy. They had said they had wanted her for their Horticulture Club, having noticed that she was pretty good with plants. She asked her parents what they thought, and they encouraged her to go to the school. They knew it would hurt their business, but they only wanted what was best for their little star.

Personality: Stella, being raised by hippies, is very much so a hippy herself. She always seems to be deep in thought, and not always there. She is very bubbly, but vacant. She also says things that doesn't always make sense, which causes people to be confused by her. She spends much of her time outdoors, wanting to be with the plants. She is also very openly pansexual, which is odd for this time period. As she puts it: "I just like people."

Class Schedule:

0 - Home Ec
1 - Latin 1
2 - PE
3 - Maths 1
4 - Science 1
5 - English 1
6 - Homeroom
7 - Theater
8 - Dance
9 - Horticulture Club

Age: 15, but turns 16 on Halloween. Year: 10—Sophomore

Appearance: Favoring the gothic style, Zaylin has naturally paler skin and eyes so honey brown they almost look gold. She always wears a pair of skull earrings, and often wears this coat, whether it’s actually needed or not, and always wears a pair of combat boots.


Dragon-hybrid. She is capable of turning into a hybrid black dragon. She can choose to what degree she transforms (how much dragon to how much human) and has a longer lifespan than the average human, ageing slower. She is also capable of controlling fire and air while in human form and has slightly greater speed, senses, strength, and agility. In her dragon-hybrid form, since she takes the form of a dragon connected with the night and darkness, she also has control over darkness/shadows.


Somewhere between a Goth and a Nerd. Given the title “goth” courtesy to her favored style of dress and makeup, though she sometimes tends to be a loner, she is, quite contrary, usually a helpful person happy to aid others. However, she can be rather proud, and hates asking for help. She has a bit of a temper and a vengeful spirit, and can hold a grudge for years, but since it became necessary to try and keep her anger in check or risk losing control of her elemental abilities, she tries to be more of a “quiet angry,” dealing out her vengeance more in thought than action. She is passionate about her studies, loving to read and learn, and often spills her heart out into drawings and writings. Though she usually follows rules when disobeying them would bring about extreme consequences—such as her grandmother’s wrath—she is a curious girl who can’t help but question their existence, and even push their boundaries, if not completely break them. She also has an affinity for precious and shiny items, favoring precious/semi-precious stones, jewelry, and old books.


With her parents dead shortly after her birth, Zaylin grew up with her grandmother. A mysterious woman who looked more like someone in her mid-twenties instead of someone of nearly sixty, she brought Zaylin up honoring her parents as well as possible.
For most of her life, Zaylin grew up normally, besides noticing a distinct lack of aging in her guardian. She went to school like everyone else, her grades rarely, if ever, falling below an “A.” She made friends, had crushes, and both loved and hated the normalcy of life. Until she turned thirteen.
A couple days before her birthday, her grandmother finally sat Zaylin down and told her of her heritage. Her family descended from a long line of dragon hybrids, and her grandmother expected that it would soon show itself in the young girl.
With the girl ecstatic with the prospect of what she could do, her grandmother began training her in more than the simple math and science of her schools. The woman began to show a tougher side Zaylin had not experienced before. She taught her about magic, and other creatures most of the world deem mythical that she may one day encounter. Zaylin trained in fighting, even taking up fencing in school until her grandmother decided she could teach Zaylin better than their instructors.
When she turned fourteen, her dragon blood finally revealed itself. She became stronger beyond what her grandmother’s training could have brought about. Through various attempts, she also discovered her ability to turn into a hybrid-dragon, and control over air and fire. Over about the next year, through a few mishaps in school which involved a couple evacuations and firetrucks (though they never pinpointed her as the cause), she quickly realized she had to gain more control over both her emotions and abilities.
As her freshman year came to a close, she received a letter from Northwood Academy, inviting her to attend their school.
Having attended it in the past, her grandmother happily jumped on the opportunity to send Zaylin to such a highly regarded school, despite the reported death of the previous year. As her grandmother put it, “Things like that happen. You can’t fear the world because of one bad thing. It’d be like throwing out an entire bag of pistachios because you found one rotten one. Besides, I doubt the girl was part dragon.”
Though she protested, not wanting to leave behind the friends she had, she wisely went along with her grandmother’s wishes and transferred schools for her sophomore year.
And thus, she began her adventure as she attended Northwood Academy for the first year.

Name: Michael Horne

Age: 15

Year: Sophmore

Appearance:

Michael is a dancer and it shows. He's lean like a runner but has the let muscles required to throw himself in the air and make it look effortless. He's shorter than he'd like at about five and a half feet, but there's always the hope of another growth spurt or two. His eyes are a dark, dark blue and he keeps his hair short. Diving fully into the 'ballet is for girls' atmosphere, he's taken advice from his sisters and fellow dancers and keeps his skin as clear as possible and his hands well manicured.

He was also born with a rather large birthmark encompassing most of his back. It isn't as noticeable as one might think because it's only one shade lighter than the rest of his skin.



Ability:

Michael is a descendant of one of the most well-known names in the Western world—Arthur Pendragon. As such, he has some of the abilities King Arthur had.

For one, he has extraordinary physical capabilities—the actual secret of Excalibur. Along with endurance and a pain tolerance that far exceeds that of a normal human, he has scarily fast reflexes. This along with an uncanny situational awareness assures that bumping into someone is never his fault and he never accidentally steps into a hole while running. The bloodline also gives him the gift of physical self-perception. If he sees himself doing something incorrectly in a mirror or it is pointed out to him by someone who know what they’re doing, he can correct himself with ease, even if he has been doing it wrong for years.

He also has mental defenses. If someone tries to actively influence his actions or emotions through abilities of their own or even through simple manipulation, he is oftentimes immune. In the case where the other person succeeds, Michael is completely aware of that success. Part of this ability is being able to spot half-truths as they are usually an integral part of manipulation. Full out lies are harder for him to make sense of and he’s just as apt to fall for lies told out of ignorance as any other person.

Passive abilities such as mind reading will not work on him unless what he is thinking or feeling is especially strong—which, as a hormonal teenager, it often is. While he doesn’t know this or understand it, Michael can sense when a person does so. But it is always passed off as a, ‘they can read people well’ or ‘they just know more than they should.’

Biography:

Michael spent the first several years of his life in London with his parents and three sisters. As a young child, he didn’t especially mind being the only boy in the family. If anything, it meant he got his own room and no hand-me-downs. But it also allowed him the opportunity to try some hobbies he might not have had if not for his feminine family members.

The girls were all given ballet lessons when they were young and he wanted to do the same because he wanted to be with his two older sisters. Neither of his parents thought he’d stick with it, but long after his sisters had quit, he was still dancing.

They also didn’t expect him to be so good at it. The teachers told them that he had excellent self-correction and didn’t make the same mistake twice very often. They also said he may be pushing himself too hard but he never sustained any of the typical injuries of overextending himself.

His family left the British Isle when he was nine, moving closer to his mother’s family. He continued to learn to dance, ignoring the jabs the other boys gave him while avoiding fights whenever possible.

On his twelfth birthday, he was approached by a woman not too much older than him dressed as a typical hippie. She told him her name was Merlin and that the pale mark on his back were birthmarks of a different sort. Merlin told him he was the descendant of King Arthur of Camelot and he wouldn’t have believed her if she hadn’t started telling him about how he could do things longer, stand pain for dangerous amounts of time, how he could tell when he was being manipulated even when he was young.

She also told him he wasn’t the Once and Future King so he should wipe that look off his face before it gets stuck like that. When he asked why neither of his sisters, especially the two older ones, didn’t have any of these abilities she just said it was his destiny (whatever that meant). And then she left.

He didn’t see her again until a few months ago, when she showed up with an envelope that looked like it had been in the trash. Which it had, because he’d thrown it away because he didn’t want to go to a school no matter how ‘exceptional’ he was. She told him he had to go because something was wrong and even if he wasn’t the king, he damn well better act like the nobility he was instead of the nerdy little ballet dancer he was.

And even though he thought destiny could shove off, he decided to go if only to prove Merlin wrong—it was totally kingly to be able to preform a grand jeté.

Personality:

He's been stubborn his entire life, he'd have to be to survive being a male ballet dancer with a funny accent, and he's absolutely unapologetic about it. At the same time, he knows showing this stubbornness too much could endanger him (he's good, but if they manage to hit him me might not be able to dance) so he keeps on an easy-going exterior. But he's learned a few things from his ballerina friends and knows how to wait to get his revenge.

And it's usually by flirting. With their girlfriends or the girl their interested in, or if the fancy takes him--with them. He doesn't care too much on how he does it but making them feel inferior or uncomfortable by using compliments is his favorite weapon. Michael is careful not to go to far to use other people against his enemies because it's not their fault their associate is a punk, but sometimes he gets out of hand and forces himself to apologize.

Not sure if it's a trait of being of Pendragon blood or because he's heard the horror catcall stories, Michael is only really aggressive about equality. It always ends badly, but it's the only thing he's ever been particularly aggressive about (well, that and proving how athletic one has to be to dance ballet) is making sure a person is treated exactly like a human being should be.

My characters have already been approved by @Kirah

Sorry for the late entrance, folks...

Class Schedule:
0 - Music
1 - PE
2 - Maths 3
3 - English 3
4 - French 3
5 - Science 3
6 - World History
7 - Theatre
8 - Futbol (Or Soccer, same thing.)
9 - Horticulture

Aveline R. Standiford
Aveline teaches Home Economics but also volunteers to run Leadership and guide the seniors (those who desire at least) in running for School Council.
Short, dainty and almost elfin with cheerful and pretty features. Aveline is still quite young – only twenty-four – and it shows. She has dark brown (almost black) eyes; uninspired brown hair often unstylishly pulled up into a ponytail; and, of course, her characteristic pale, porcelain skin.
Aveline's power is simple – it's telepathy. She can hear the thoughts of others racing through her mind as if they were her own. People don't often think in terms of language, only in colours and pictures, but she understands the full meaning of what she intercepts which has led to her reputation for having "eyes on the back of her head" as a teacher.

She can also talk to people through her mind, which is nice, though she's been forbidden to do so by the Headmistress except in extreme cases or for helping her protege, Jamie, to control his powers, which are similar. Prolonged use gives her incredibly painful headaches, as does delving deep into someone's innermost memories.
Kind, calm and quiet, Aveline is the type of person you'd least expect to be a teacher. She does well in subjects like Home Economics that require 'friendly' teaching, more supervision than anything else, but above all else she chose it because it was one where she was not aided by her telepathic ability. While Aveline is smart, she knows that most if not all of it is down to her 'superpower' but she is so painfully honest that it seems like cheating to use it in general life.

Aveline is a surprisingly adept liar, able to keep the hurt from showing on her face as people think bad things about her. While she is shy herself and is almost expected to like the underdogs in her class (the equally silent folk who don't speak up) she finds herself doting on a number of students with a wide variety of personalities – those that she can sense are pure and good. If she lacks confidence, and is scared of her mother, well... there's a bunch of rumours floating about the school to explain that.
Not much is known about Aveline, no matter how open she is with her older students as to her 'sordid past' as she calls it. She attended Northwood, conveniently both the Headmistress's daughter and school valedictorian, and then went on to attend a culinary school out of state. Her entire paternal line is unknown to her, and the only family she knows of is her mother...

Which she feels is unfortunate, but she'll never admit that.

Aveline tends to be one of the teachers who is assigned as a counselor of sorts to those who have abilities, ensuring that they don't speak of them past their first year but still have someone to talk to about any issues they have. Generally she has been given the go-ahead to help out Jamie, who is her favourite little student.

Name: Samantha Wellington (Formerly Weinbaum)

Age: 34

Teaching Spot: Music and Theater



Ability / Power / Creature: She has what she calls "The Power to Calm the Titan." She can play or use and instrument, like her voice, to calm people or animals down, no matter how they are feeling. She mostly uses her singing, but will use whatever she can. She has been able to do this since she was a little girl. She can now even use whistling if needed. It doesn't matter which song is being played, as long as she has the intent to calm down. Otherwise, her normal singing/ playing of instruments cause no effect.

Biography: Samantha was born in New York, to immigrant parents. Her mother was from England, and her father from German. Both had fled to America during the early years of the war, and her father barely spoke English. However, they were married within five months of meeting each other, and shortly after had Samantha.

Due to her mixed heritage, Samantha spoke three languages in her house, English, German and Hebrew. She started dancing when she was young, and also singing. As she grew older, she stared in on learning the piano from her mother, and violin from her father. She also devoutly went to temple, Sunday School and Hebrew school up until she was thirteen.

By this point, Samantha was well aware of her powers, and was trying her best to hide them, only pulling them out if her parents started fighting. Then one day she got a letter. She had been accepted to the prestigious Northwood Acadamy. Her parents worried about sending their oldest child away, since they did have two others to worry about. Also, it wasn't easy for two working immigrants to find the funds to send their child to Northwood. However, strings were pulled and Samantha went to Northwood for all four years and then graduated.

After that, she went to Juillard for college, working on her dancing, singing and music. She injured herself during her last year, making dancing professionally a career she could no longer pursue. She changed gears after that, and went for her teaching certificate. It was there she met her husband, and got married to him three years later.

After she finished her teaching certificate, the Headmistress of Northwood got in contact with her. Samantha's teacher had retired, and would Samantha like the job of teaching Theater and Music. Samantha agreed, since dancing and teaching it was out of the question, and she had some experience with acting. She was use to giving and taking direction for sure. She and her husband packed up and moved to Colorado, and Samantha has been teaching at Northwood for the past few years. She and her husband live in Belleville, as opposed to her living on campus with the rest of the teachers.

Personality: Samantha is a very open person. She takes many of the music students under her wing happily, and wishes to help them improve. She tries not to pick favorites, but she has a few, mostly in the choir section. However, she does love some of the ones band as well. She does try not to make her favorites obvious.

She is also relatively secretive at times. She is one of the people that is aware of the students and their powers, but keeps it under wrap. She does also keep trying to dance, even if it isn't recommended.

Most of her students know where to find her and that she is always open to them, and if they want to practice.

0 - Soccer
1 - PE
2 - Maths 3
3 - English 3
4 - French 3
5 - Science 3
6 - World History
7 - Art & Design
8 - Track
9 - Chess & Science

Name: Sindri Holt

Age: 14

Year (in school): Freshman



Schedule:
0 - Track
1 - French 1
2 - PE
3 - Maths 1
4 - Science 1
5 - English 1
6 - Homeroom
7 - Art & Design
8 - Track
9 - Horticulture