Raynor Blake
Character Summary
Name: Raynor Blake
Aliases: Ray, the Norse Rosetta Stone
Species: Asgardian
Powers: Light Manipulation and Deception Control
Age: Appears 29
Nationality: Norwegian
Birthday: Claims August 26th, 1991
Birth Place: Claims the Lofoten Islands, Norway
Gender: Male
S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy: Operations
Qualification: Cage Fighter; Natural Powers; Breadth of Languages
Years in the Field: Nine
Appearance
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170 pounds
Build: Athletic
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Skin Tone: Lightly tanned
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Double pierced ears (rarely wears piercings though), numerous bullet scars on chest
Personal Style: Although most wouldn't expect it, Raynor loves fashion. One of his deepest regrets in life is that there aren't more choices for men. He likes to go for a clean and polished, if not somewhat, rugged look. Light browns and reds are his favorite colors, but he also has a soft spot in his heart for black. He had an emo/goth phase as a teenager that continued into his cage fighting career. When drunk, he'd call himself the God of Goths back in those days. His hair is always kept fairly short and curly as well. Sometimes he'll apply a bit of eyeliner to accent his eyes.
Psychology
Protective * Secretive * Brave * Selfish * Intelligent * Introverted
Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship Status: Engaged to Agent Sparks
Personality: Raynor is a bit of a cryptic individual. Whether it's through what he calls his Charm or just his personality, he never is completely straight with someone. He could convince a Republican to raise taxes on the rich without breaking a sweat or a sorority girl to to skip THE mixer of the year. Yet while some might think he's charismatic because of this, he's much more of a dry humor sort of person. He doesn't make a fuss if he can help it and tends to work in the background.
Now, he's also incredibly brave and protective. He'll go out of his way to protect what he believes his worth saving - whether that's his own interests or those of another person. This ambition and resiliency can come off as selfishness on occasion, which isn't entirely wrong. Raynor is looking out for number one - but if he deems you to be a friend, make no mistake, he'll help you as well with all of his power - as long as it doesn't put his own life in danger.
Habits: Making inside jokes with himself, smirking
Hobbies: Stargazing
Fears:
- Ragnarok
- Never finding Lana/being too late to save her
- His grandfather
Likes:
- Fashion
- Snow
- Coffee
- Stars
- Sunset
- Animals
- Practical Jokes
- Twists and Turns
Dislikes:
- Personal Questions
- Tea
- The Scent of Nail Polish Remover
- Hot Climates
- Most Americans
- Substance Abusers
- His Brother
Cards On The Table
General World Skills:
- Norwegian (Native Language) (reading/writing)
- Swedish (reading/writing)
- Danish (reading/writing)
- Faroese (reading/writing)
- Icelandic (reading/writing)
- Old Norse (reading/writing)
- Trivia Knowledge
- Gambling
- Singing
- Astronomy
- Survival
- Knowledge of the Quantum Realm
- Space Politics
- Crocheting
Speciality Skills:
- Jack of All Trades (Guns)
- Jack of All Trades (Bladed Weapons)
- Jack of All Trades (Unarmed Combat)
- Jack of All Trades (Projectile Weapons)
- Infiltration
- Security Analysis
- Stunt Driving (Motorcycle and Car)
- Small Aircraft Piloting
- Strength
Medical Issues/Injuries:
- Quantum Realm Radiation Exposure
What Is On Your Person:
- Clothing - light brown leather jacket, black V-neck shirt, black trousers, brown lace up boots
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Badge
- Concealed Pistol
- Concealed Pistol
- Cell Phone
- Wallet - ID, $50 cash
Possessions:
- Therapy Lamps - for mitigating the effects of the radiation exposure he experienced in the Quantum Realm
- Nordic Runes
- Trunk - filled with various guns and blades
- Vinyl of The Razors Edge by AC/DC
- Light up constellation maps
- artist picture of Yggdrasil
- celtic wolf bracelet
- hoodie with viking symbols on it in brown
History
Why did you want to become an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.?:
Raynor was struggling to find meaning in his work as a cage fighter. While he was good at it, his heart just wasn't in it and he had become estranged from his family at that point. S.H.I.E.L.D. had the resources to help him find his missing friend, as well as offering an exciting career and the chance to have a family once again. He never imagined himself becoming a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, but he doesn't regret the choice, even after nine years in the field.
General History:
Raynor comes from a family of people with abilities. His father is a light manipulator, as is his brother - and his mother has empathic powers. Beyond his immediate family, he has an uncle with lightning manipulation, another uncle trained in magic (although he's adopted), and a cousin with control over water. If he had been born without powers, it would have been an incredibly unusual event - and in his father's words, an insult to a family line that has stretched back for eons.
His childhood was fairly happy. Living on the Lofoten Islands in Norway, Raynor grew up speaking numerous different Scandinavian dialects - travelers would come through and some people would go to his grandfather for religious purposes, as he was a spiritual leader when it came to the old Norse ways. His grandfather ensured that he learned how to read and speak Old Norse before he even began to think about learning English.
As a teenager, he discovered that one of his closest friends, Lana, had gone missing. He took it upon himself to track her down, leaving his home and heading to the United States. To earn money, he ended up entering himself in bar fights, having a surprising knack and talent for it. He earned enough money to have threats made against his life, with many mistaking him for a mutant - though he tried to avoid using his powers too much when fighting. He felt dirty when he used his powers for entertainment - he'd rather use his muscles.
He never did find Lana, but S.H.I.E.L.D. did manage to find Raynor. He had changed his last name to Blake and they offered him a spot in their Operations academy. It was his reputation as a fighter in seedy circles that caught their attention, but his powers and large range of languages that sealed the deal. He went off to Operations, graduating at the top of his class, and continued to work with S.H.I.E.L.D. in the field ever since. He's still keeping an eye out for his friend, using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources to do so.
His childhood was fairly happy. Living on the Lofoten Islands in Norway, Raynor grew up speaking numerous different Scandinavian dialects - travelers would come through and some people would go to his grandfather for religious purposes, as he was a spiritual leader when it came to the old Norse ways. His grandfather ensured that he learned how to read and speak Old Norse before he even began to think about learning English.
As a teenager, he discovered that one of his closest friends, Lana, had gone missing. He took it upon himself to track her down, leaving his home and heading to the United States. To earn money, he ended up entering himself in bar fights, having a surprising knack and talent for it. He earned enough money to have threats made against his life, with many mistaking him for a mutant - though he tried to avoid using his powers too much when fighting. He felt dirty when he used his powers for entertainment - he'd rather use his muscles.
He never did find Lana, but S.H.I.E.L.D. did manage to find Raynor. He had changed his last name to Blake and they offered him a spot in their Operations academy. It was his reputation as a fighter in seedy circles that caught their attention, but his powers and large range of languages that sealed the deal. He went off to Operations, graduating at the top of his class, and continued to work with S.H.I.E.L.D. in the field ever since. He's still keeping an eye out for his friend, using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources to do so.
He stayed there for a while, but he was bored with the idle life there. He started to travel Midgard, eventually finding himself in the island nation of Genosha – a place where only mutants were allowed. Calling himself Raynor Blake, he ended up being asked to run the Dark X-Men – an organization dedicated to freeing mutants from oppression across the globe. He accepted and the group devolved quickly into a terrorist organization, venturing into the Iron and blowing up hospitals, schools, and religious centers in the name of freedom. His codename was Ragnarok, after the violent event that took his family.
Eventually, his cousin reached out to him and told him that his soulmate had been taken to a different reality. Raynor knew that she was telling the truth, due to his abilities, and he abandoned the Dark X-Men without a word. With Klara’s help, he traveled through a breach in reality, looking for his soulmate – Lana Banner. He found her, but she was just an infant – it would have been creepy to stay by her side. He made sure that she was adopted by a nice family, before going off and establishing a new identity for himself as a Norwegian cage fighter. His skills caught the eye of S.H.I.E.L.D., especially as Director Fury realized he was an Asgardian from another dimension.
Raynor accepted the position, eventually being assigned to the Phase Three team and then the Secret Warriors, just like Lana – only she was called Theresa Sparks here. When their first mission went horribly wrong, he went after her and was trapped with her in the Quantum Realm. Keeping her safe is just one small part of righting his wrongs. When Dominika Novikova and Dr. Hank Pym created Ultron, Raynor and the others were liberated from the Quantum Realm - only for his true love to be murdered during the Age of Ultron. He traveled back in time with Niah Bautista and some others, attempting to kill Nick Fury at one point so that way he could stop Sparky from ever joining S.H.I.E.L.D.
Extras
Character Quote: "Would you like me to swear at you in Swedish, Dutch, or Icelandic today?"
Theme Song: Hells Bells by AC DC
Anything Else: ~included in previous CS~
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The Journal
Raynor Blake
"I'm the King of Lies."
⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣
👋 Cassandra Reed 👋
"Is she a lesbian? It's hard to tell."
👋 Tinley Abercrombie 👋
"She's uptight and petty. Probably could use to get laid."
👋 Maria Smith 👋
"She wasn't too bad when it came to training."
👋 Niah Bautista 👋
"Poor thing should not be in the line of fire."
💗/💓 Theresa Sparks 💓/💗
"I love you, Lana... There's so much I still have to tell you... About who... and what... you really are..."
🎆 Tempest Renoir 🎆
"Game respects game."
👋 Bonnie Chase 👋
"I heard rumors about how she had a mental breakdown. That's fun."
👋 Victoria Thompson 👋
"I haven't had the pleasure."
👋 Frederick Flynn 👋
"One of the O.M.E.N. recruits."
👋 Harry McCormick 👋
"Who? Are we just making up names now?"
👋 Dominika Novikova 👋
"When you're born with naturally silver hair... How do you not realize that you're a mutant sooner?"
The Journal
Raynor Blake
"I failed her."
⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣
💛 Cassandra Reed 💛
"I feel for her, losing her sister... Family is everything."
💀/🎆 Tinley Abercrombie 🎆/💀
"She's almost as bad as Chase. She should be the one that's dead, not Sparks. Who needs a leader anyways? The world is a hellhole."
💛 Maria Smith 💛
"She shares my pain. And my failure."
🎆 Niah Bautista 🎆
"I'm shocked she's still alive and kicking. This isn't her world."
💀 Bonnie Chase 💀
"Little Miss Perfect. I know she hates me - but don't worry, the feeling is mutual."
👹 Frederick Flynn 👹
"Would it kill him to put on a goddamn shirt? Seriously..."
♨️ Roman Carter ♨️
"If you're so goddamn good with tech, then why did this all happen?!"
The Journal
Raynor Blake
"Is it just me... or is Earth getting crazier each day lately?"
⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣
🎆 Dominika Novikova 🎆
"Yeah, she doesn't like me. I get that."
- Novikova sacrificed a lot in order to save Sparky from the Quantum Realm - an act that will cause Raynor to forever be indebted to the ex-agent.
💛 Cassandra Reed 💛
"She isn't the same warrior who lost her sister in the Age of Ultron, but she's still fierce... for a Midgardian."
♨️ Tinley Abercrombie ♨️
"I don't care what title you have - you're not the boss of me. I am."
💛 Maria Smith 💛
"She knows what it's like to lose someone you love - or a version of her did."
🎆 Niah Bautista 🎆
"She's okay."
- Niah saved Sparky's life by fixing the timeline - he owes her big time.
😡 Bonnie Chase 😡
"Talk about judgmental..."
👹 Frederick Flynn 👹
"Our alliance was temporary at best - it's way too much fun to spin him up..."
👋 Harry McCormick 👋
"I've never seen this man before in my life... Wait I have? Oh."
👹 Roman Carter 👹
"Maybe if he was fucking better at his job, we wouldn't have had to go back in time in the first place."
💓/💗 Theresa Sparks 💗/💓
"Hun er alt mitt."
- They're both from Earth-257, although Sparky doesn't know it - Raynor followed her across realities.
- He's considering proposing, but he's afraid she can't truly love a monster like him.
💛/🎆 Tempest Renroir 🎆/💛
"She's a beast. I like that."
👋 Matt Moss 👋
"Fresh meat."
👋 Oliver Sulivan 👋
"Also fresh meat."
The Journal
Raynor Blake
"We're doing space missions now?"
⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣
💛 Cassandra Reed 💛
"I don't hate her."
♨️/🙇 Tinley Abercrombie 🙇/♨️
"She could be worse."
- Raynor didn't respect Tinley's leadership at first, but he's slowly warming up to the idea.
💀/💛 Maria Novikova 💛/💀
"She ruined my proposal to Sparks! She and Novikova were already engaged!"
💀 Bonnie Chase 💀
"She's judgmental, reminds me of my damn brother."
💀 Frederick Flynn 💀
"He's a tool."
💓/💗 Theresa Sparks 💗/💓
"I don't deserve her. I got lucky."
- They're both from Earth-257, although Sparky doesn't know it - Raynor followed her across realities.
- They were trapped in the Quantum Realm together and in the Age of Ultron timeline, Sparky was killed.
- Raynor proposed to her on Christmas Eve via Secret Santa.
💙 Tempest Renroir 💙
"She's pretty rad."
🌓 Matt Moss 🌓
"Shockingly, I haven't gotten to know him. He doesn't seem like an idiot, so there's that."
🌓 Oliver Sulivan 🌓
"Hearing about how Tony Stark became his personal babysitter... That was the highlight of 2020 for me. I died laughing."
The Journal
Raynor Baldursen
"I've lived a lot of lies."
⟢ 🎆Respects ⟡ 🌓Neutral ⟡ 👋Acquaintance ⟡ 🙇It's Complicated ⟣
⟢ 💛Friend ⟡ 💙Good Friends ⟡ 💜Best Friends ⟡ ❣️Ex-Friends ⟡ 😈Frienemy ⟣
⟢ 💘Infatuation ⟡ 💓Loves ⟡ 💗Couple ⟡ 💕Basically Family ⟡ 💞Family ⟡ 💔Ex-Lovers ⟣
⟢ ♨️Tense ⟡ 💀Dislikes ⟡ 😡Hates ⟡ 👿Enemy ⟡ 👹Absolutely Loathes ⟣
💛 Cassandra Reed 💛
"She's way more competent than Abercrombie, so she does have that going for her."
💙/😈Maria Novikova 💙/😈
"Actually, MY child is the more advanced one! Zarina can already do [insert rant here about relatively normal milestones for a barely out of the womb baby]"
🎆 Niah Bautista 🎆
"I owe her. I don't like owing people. But I owe her."
- Raynor credits Niah for saving Sparky's life when she rewrote history in Age of Ultron.
💓/💗 Theresa Sparks 💓/💗
"The mother of my child, the love of my life... She's my everything."
- Just write notes here
- They're both from Earth-257, although Sparky doesn't know it - Raynor followed her across realities.
- They were trapped in the Quantum Realm together and in the Age of Ultron timeline, Sparky was killed.
- Raynor proposed to her on Christmas Eve via Secret Santa.
- In October, right before Nexus, Sparky and Raynor brought a daughter into the world - Zarina Nanna Raynordattir.
🎆/💀 Bonnie Chase 💀/🎆
"I heard a rumor that she was saved from death by an Olympian. Poor thing. The Olympians are real assholes. It won't end well. They always want something."
👋 Matthew Moss 👋
"I keep forgetting his name. It's Josh, right?"
💙 Oliver Sulivan 💙
"We're bros. I dunno, he's pretty tight - when he isn't fangirling over Tony Stark."
👋 Amelia Baptiste 👋
"She reminds me of Uncle Thor. Jury's out on whether or not that's a good thing."
💀 Freddie Flynn 💀
"Still not a fan. The skrull was probably an improvement from what I heard."