Name: Ka'van Soeray
Alias: Wraith
Age: 19 in human years
Gender: Male / Hermaphrodite. Human sexuality kinda' throws him for a loop.
Species: Alien half-demon
Personality:
Ka'van is mild mannered, soft spoken, polite, and kind, and compassionate. He is well practiced in calmness and patience. Rarely does something get a rise out of him. While he can be fierce in battle, there is almost never a time that he loses that sense of self control. Ka'van carries a great weight on his shoulders that forces him to stay in control, otherwise his demon half could overtake him.
Abilities:
Telekinesis / Shadow Manipulation / Phasing
He can phase through solid objects.
He can use his control over shadows to blot out light, making a dome of darkness around himself and potential enemies.
He has telekinesis, being able to lift objects as large as a city bus with just his mind. Anything larger would cause himself injury.
He can also use this ability to levitate and fly.
Ka'van can produce telepathic energy tendrils with his powers, which he can use in battle to grab, crush, and strike his enemies.
He can also produce the same energy in ball form for a strike attack.
But these powers come with weaknesses. Should Ka'van strain himself past his limits, he may experience seizures, or even brain bleeds in extreme cases. While he can recover from both given his species impressive healing rate, he would be down for the count for quite a while.
Appearance:
When he appears as Wraith, Ka'van is a solid black figure with bright, glowing red eyes, clothed with a tattered, grey cloak. He stands at 5'10" and has a lean muscular build. Physically, he is not particularly strong, and can be out muscled by most human men. His strength is definitely his psychic abilities.
In his civilian form, Ka'van still stands out from other people. He is clearly not human. Even among his own kind, he was different. His skin is dark grey like ash, and he lacks any body hair save for what's on his head. His skin is completely smooth and devoid of blemishes; even when injured, once healed, he doesn't form scars. His eyes are bright red with black pupils, no white. His lips are black, and his fingernails are a darker grey. His hair is messy and pitch black.
History:
Ka'van was born on a far away planet that had a large tear between the mortal and demonic realm. The demonic entities of the other realm flooded the planet, quickly taking over and laying waste to the civilization there. Ka'van was the last child to be born before a permanent sterilization overtook his people. Their bodies, far more sensitive to mediumship than a human's, refused to bring any more young into the terrible world their home had become.
Ka'van was taken by the religious leaders of his people as a last ditch effort to rid themselves of their demonic enemies. A ceremony was performed to bind his soul with that of a captured demon. Being the youngest of his kind, they hoped that he would be able to survive the ritual, where others had died. The goal was to use him as a weapon against the leader of the demons, to defeat him and send the rest back to their realm.
Ka'van was trained until he was a teenager, when his species was on the very brink of extinction. He decided that he was ready to face down their evil ruler, and in a battle to the death, he just barely won. The others demons fled the planet, leaving the people to pick up the pieces of what was left. The religious leaders would then gather to perform a ritual that would ensure that demons could never step foot on their surface again. Unfortunately for Ka'van, that meant him as well.
Ka'van would be spared for his heroic deed, but he had to be sent away. His planet's new leaders searched for a new planet to send him to; somewhere with a livable atmosphere similar to theirs. Earth was the closest option. Through a powerful ritual, Ka'van was teleported to Earth. There, he vowed to help protect the planet's people and to never let the demon he was bound with overthrow him.
Ka'van's first impression of humans was wary. They lack the pacifist nature his people had naturally. They wrought war on each other, took lives with little thought or feeling, and committed heinous crimes against one another. If they did all that to their own kind, what would they do to someone like him? Ka'van's fear of humans has slowly faded as he's gotten to know the Teen Titans. They've certainly helped him build trust, and come to a better understanding of their species. However, he's still pretty uneasy around strangers when left alone.
Notes:
He's a vegetarian, and lactose intolerant, and also gluten intolerant. Most Earth foods make him sick. His staple food for now is plain oats and water. This is fine, because to him, they are apparently delicious.
Those who are around him while he is in his Wraith form complain that he makes the atmosphere around him bone chillingly cold. A good way to know if he's nearby is whether or not you can see your breath on a warm summer evening.
Ka'van has only been on Earth for a couple of years. His people pick up languages very quickly, and he's managed to learn and speak English fluently, and is currently practicing Spanish. However, there are still some hang ups about Earth culture that confuse him. Like dogs: Why do humans keep tiny predators in their houses, and why are they so cute?
