"Science is beautiful at times, but it's never merciful."
Full name: Alexander West
Codename: Druid
Age: 23
Home: Tampa, FL
Area of expertise: Meteorology and Chemistry.
Superpowers: Alexander possesses the power of Storm Manipulation and Generation. He is able to bring forth storms and also channel the elements of electricity, air, and water to a limited degree.
Through a very odd phenomenon, Alexander's former lover has been reduced to nothing more than a being that does not have it's own physical form and is instead in the form of whatever kind of matter she comes into contact with. She can assimilate into objects and surfaces and manipulate them in favor of Alexander. She does not speak, and Alexander speculates that she may not even be there. He believes that this being is just what was recycled from her and the experiment that caused it all. Alexander refers to the being as Victoria, the name she had before she became what she is today. Most that did not know any better would assume that she is just a manifestation of Alexander's power, but she is completely separate from his storm abilities.
Appearance: 6 feet tall and weighs about 175 lbs. Alexander's hair has not been well kept due to him not really caring for how he looks. However, he favors his hair to be cut very short and and has a very short beard which is the entirety of his facial hair. Alexander has a light olive complexion as he has strong Native American heritage. Alexander owns a pair of very dark brown eyes that almost look like they could be black. As far as his physique, Alexander has an athletic build as he has trained his body to conduct his heroism/vigilante work. He usually wear clothes he finds to be comfortable rather than stylish. He often goes out wearing something basic with no designs, but generally matches and color coordinates.
Costume: None as of yet. He wears a grey hoodie, black jeans and boots. He will adopt the standard FF uniform and request it have a hood on it.
Personality: Alexander is a man would likes to be subtle and is not one for being in the spotlight. He constantly finds himself buried in his own as he thinks up a new hypothesis or simply his past. Generally, he can be quite helpful and always finds other science fields interesting and that's usually how he opens up to others. If his interest is piqued, he will not only listen, but share his experiences with others. Though he does not consider Victoria human, he will not treat her as if she is not. He enjoys her company, but in his eyes, he sees her as an over protective guardian that follows him everywhere.
Brief Bio: Alexander was born in Clearwater Florida to a father who he never knew too much about and a mother who was passionate about meteorology and love to bring awareness to the Earth's climate. Like his mother, Alexander enjoyed studying the climate, but his love was chemistry. By the age of thirteen, Alexander was attending seminars weekly and applying for college scholarships.
He even found love in something that wasn't just science, she studied it as well. Her name was Victoria Lincoln. Her father ran a large company that focused on biological engineering.
Though Alexander was offered a job by Victoria's father up graduating college, he could not see himself working there. He nearly declined, but Victoria reinforced that the job had the highest salary and that they could work together side by side. The company's main objective was to study the cause for the evolution of humanity and find a way to not just copy it, but specify specific abilities to people. Giving an amputee the power to regenerate lost limbs or making squads of firefighters with the ability to extinguish fires without equipment. It seemed revolutionary and helpful, but that was just the message they were feeding into the minds of their employees. In reality, the company wanted to sell their results to the military. An entire day army with whatever superpowers you wanted them to have... it was genius. However, this goal was difficult and proved to be nearly impossible. Of all the teams working on this impossible serum, Alexander and Victoria were the closest.
One day, an activist group broke in and in the midst of chaos, Victoria was shoved into a container filled with multiple strains of the serum being worked on. She yelled out as she exploded into a violent storm in facility. This led to Alexander injecting himself with a serum that would allow him to take control over the uncontrollable storm that was growing out of proportion and possibly save the love his life.
In the end, Alexander stopped the story, but the building was destroyed with many dead and injured. And Victoria was nowhere to be found. With the company in shambles, and he himself feeling lost and broken, Alexander spent months unemployed and depressed. Sure, he had powers now, but at what cost. He spent more time drinking than working. He managed to write a research paper on what he had contributed in his time while searching for serum that would save the world, but it was a mess. He got a job at a fast food restaurant to pay the rent for his apartment in Tampa, Florida. He was doing alright, bu5 he was a shell of his former self and day by day, he felt that the knowledge he yearned for so much was slipping away from his grasp. It wasn't until a break in one night. A night he would never forget. The men trying to rob him were left incapacitated by a forced he could not explain until it took form. It was a woman, but she said no words to him. Instead she just remained by him. Even when he could not see her, he knew she was there.
It was her, who gave him a reason to delve into science again. To find out what she was. And if it was indeed Victoria, he would find out how to return her to herself. It has been three years since then. Alexander had stopped several people who had been transformed by the serum that had made it onto the streets. There were headlines of a man using the force of nature to combat these powered criminals and monstrosities. That's when they named him, Druid.
