Rowan Campbell

Male

17

5'9

132lbs

Brookacres formerly, now Academy 61's Dorms

Dirty blonde

Brown

Caucasian

]A 5’9 teen of an complexion with scruffy hair, Rowan looks like another one of your small-framed, almost scrawny white trash kid from Brookacre. From a glance it's clear he's not a heavyweight and even if he was a little meatier he wouldn't be too imposing at that height. Unkempt, his hair is a dirty blonde whilst along his jawline is a thin veil of blonde stubble that one day threatens to turn into an equally scruffy beard and he possesses a set of sharp, blue eyes.

Anything from sports clothes to hoodies, to jackets - Rowan isn't too picky about what he wears. Given Baybridge's propensity for wet weather, however, Rowan often has a preference for wearing a hoodie - particularly since it means it helps him maintain a sense of anonymity if he's breaking curfew or writing up some art.

A rough upbringing has left Rowan a textbook example of the kind of social issues that a lot of young people in Modern America face. Stubborn to a fault, he's the kind of person who, if he doesn't particularly like something, will tend to drag his feet or otherwise subvert it if he can't outright stop it. He's the kind of person who's liable to break before bending and it's contributed to his overall mental state of being able to take as much of a beating as possible and still get up - if his mind is set to something, nothing will put him down - again, due to his upbringing.

At the same time he's not an outright rebel, but fresh memories of his old man have left him with a firm dislike for figures who convey themselves as authoritarian, but treating him decently will in turn get him to lower his guard a little - a point that the new DOVE agency has had a fair bit of success with as opposed to NEST or RAVEN's relatively heavy handed methods in the past. Of course, he's almost been picked up a couple of times for breaking curfew.

It can take him a while to come to trust people and for a while he'll half-expect someone to let him down, but deep down Rowan is the kind of person who'll stay loyal to those who treat him in kind. The only trouble is that it can be hard for him to admit when he needs help - again, due to him having had to bring himself up at times.

Rowan has quite the fondness for artwork - specifically, graffiti. A self-proclaimed 'writer', he takes pride in his contribution to Baybridge's wide collection of urban murals and signatures that have been painted upon its walls. It's one of the things that have allowed him to distract himself from the shittier parts of his life, and one thing that he always falls back on as a coping mechanism when everything else fails. Also, out of all the sports available to students at the academy, boxing is one that he's developed a fondness for.

Growing up in Brookacres under a broken home has taught Rowan to develop a certain degree of self-sufficiency. He's still a teen, but there's been times where he's had to raise himself when his parents weren't around. It's left him with a bit of street smarts and pragmatism. He's also quite talented at street art and is a natural when a can of paint's in his hand. Also, as elaborated earlier, whilst it's not something he'd boast of, he's the kind of person who can take a hit and keep getting up. One could argue that if he wanted to, he could become a professional boxer just because of this.

At the moment, Rowan's not entirely certain how he wants life to go for him - he's just a teen trying to get by and figure things out.

Hailing from the impoverished district of Brookacres, Rowan was another textbook case of a kid coming from a broken home, the only difference being that this kid had powers and their family happened to closely tied in with the Pure. To be specific, Rowan’s father had developed very close ties to the group from his time in prison and throughout the upbringing of his son he'd attempted to embed a similar set of bigoted views through years of domineering and abuse. His mother also suffered the same treatment if not worse, leading the two of them to endure years of abuse under the old man’s roof.

It wasn't until after he hit his early teens that it came to a head - Rowan's abilities manifested and soon, it went from keeping his head down to making sure the old man never found out the truth, out of fear for his mom more than anything. But keeping it a secret worked only for so long, and soon it escalated when, one night the old man had come home drunk yet again after another night out with his fellow bigots and had taken a disliking to his demeanour and started hurling abuse at them. When Rowan shot back, this made him angry and he looked ready to throw the bottle at him until his wife intervened, instead becoming the new target of his ire as she took a heavy beating for it.

Then something snapped. Years of abuse and resentment came bubbling to the surface - Rowan practically threw himself against the old man and laid into him blow after blow, until he finally realised that he wasn't actually punching him anymore - he'd practically flung every metallic object in the house against the old man in his anger and accidentally broken his neck.

It didn't take long for the authorities to realise what had happened, especially when he tested positive for the metahuman gene. DOVE quickly took custody of him after the truth of his circumstances was revealed and given the duress he'd been under, it was determined that he'd not intentionally killed the old man and was clearly in need of a stable environment. It took a while, but Rowan was soon enrolled with Academy 61 just in time for the summer and placed as a long-term resident of its dormitories.

| Neutral | Case Worker | "She's alright, for a DOVE." |
Rowan is one of the many cases that Cindy's come across, and a somewhat difficult one at that. So far, things have been amicable between them - she's made more progress with Rowan than any of the other DOVEs have managed so far.

| Mixed | Academy Teacher | "She's supposed to be some kind of hardass, I guess." |

Elemental - Energy

First and foremost, Rowan is able to generate and manipulate a powerful electromagnetic field that is capable of exherting his will upon and controlling ferromagnetic materials, in addition to holding an effect over other materials or energies that are influenced by magnetism (such as electricity or lead). Rowan's ability manifests through body movements, which can range from something as subtle as clenching his palm into fists to swiping his arm in a particular direction. Generally, the stronger the force he wants to exhert, the more sudden and direct his movements should be.

Theoreticaly, the scale of his ability could range from the scale of grain-sized materials (allowing him reshape or easily move such objects) to those the size of a building (allowing him to twist or alter larger structures, possibly even pull them down one day), though how refined his control is has yet to reach its full potential as he lacks the training and experience of one with a complete understanding of their abilities.

And, as a side effect, his ability allows him to detect other magnetic influences which consequentially gives him a permanent sense of direction (like a compass) due to being able to subconsciously sense the earth's magnetosphere.

With some training and experience, Rowan's ability could eventually turn out to be very powerful, on par with those of NEST and RAVEN's greatest agents.

Rowan's ability can at most be extended past ten-fifteen metres and generally has a weaker pull the further from it his target materials are. Objects that move too fast are incredibly difficult for him to focus on, often forcing him to rely on indirectly influencing them instead (Like this). Likewise, reshaping large or dense materials can be rather difficult and taxing to perform and, again, size is a big deal - the bigger the object, the larger the field he must generate and the harder it is to manipulate as such.

Let's face it, Rowan's still a teen, barely approaching adulthood and at the moment he's still coming to grips with his ability. Due to this, he hasn't yet gained the finesse that an experienced user would. A side effect of being able to pick up on electromagnetic fields is that he's sensitive to strong electrical currents, which can be disorienting if he doesn't tune them out. Also, being placed in a faraday cage will definitely hinder the effectiveness of his abilities.

Overexhertion of his powers can cause him anything from migraines to losing consciousness, particularly when pushed to the limits of his ability - and staying nourished is an important note here.

And on a slightly funnier note, CCTV cameras do not particularly like being around him due to his propensity for unintentionally (well, maybe just a little on occasion) causing interference with the footage, a point which was among one of the many reasons why the academy utilises specialised equipment on its campus. That, and he also seems to give quite a few people static shock when making contact with them.