Age: 19
Gender: Cisgender Male
Occupation: Independent technology developer

Appearance: Jacob is tall, around 6' 3", with short black hair and bright blue eyes that seem to glow when he is using his abilities. He tends to dress in loose dark clothes. He wears a smallish pair of reading glasses if he needs to, but otherwise doesn't wear them.

Personality: He is very caring when it comes to other people, but he is not trusting of new people. He is also very skittish.

Background: He didn't have a great home life growing up, so he never had any other connections besides his only friend as well as his immediate family. He is mildly traumatized from his upbringing, and he strives to help others mentally when he can.

Connections: No known family, but is friends with a young lady named Ashley Windsor.

Emerging Power: He has started to manifest abilities relating to separating the soul from the body, starting with being able to link his mind with others for a short time via physical touch. May extend to projection or possession in the future.

Personal Motivations: He finds mysteries of any kind to be intriguing, and he likes helping people.

Additional Notes:

Hex color: #3aa5bd Example text

Age: 21
Gender: Female
Occupation: Student

Appearance: Olive is about 5,4ft tall and of slender build, with black shoulder-long hair and brown/greenish eyes. Her usual dressing style is pretty laid-back and skater inspired, preferring to wear graphic or flannel shirts, jeans and a pair of colourful vans, but she also likes putting on a dress every now and then during summer. Olive enjoys wearing a ridiculous amount of bracelets and has multiple piercings in both ears. Not many people know she needs glasses, as she usually wears contacts. She has a "secret", rather badly made little tattoo of a sunflower on her left hip.

Personality: Olive's personality can best be described as "loud". She is very cheerful and bubbly, loves to poke fun at anything and everything and tries to not take life too seriously. She usually spends all day outside: Skateboarding, although she is not especially good at it, as the drummer of an all-girls rock band (Echo of Obsession) or hanging out with friends. She is a loyal and trusting person, and will speak up when people are being bullied or mistreated in her presence. On the other hand, she enjoys being in the spotlight a little too much and hates feeling left out, which might lead to her injecting herself awkwardly in other people's conversations. She has trouble respecting and dealing with authority figures, and people might confuse her nonchalant attitude with a lack of interest in anything but herself. Might get physical if arguments really escalate.

Background: Olive is the daughter of Deborah and Mark and was born and has spent all her life so far in Redstone. Her childhood was fairly unremarkable as she was raised by very loving parents, her father worked as a cop while her mother stayed at home to take care of her. At 17 years old, things took a turn for the worse when she caught her dad cheating on mom in his cop car. At first she was too stunned to react, but that quickly turned to furious anger. She wanted to confront him then and there, but only held back because the thought of embarrassing her mother in public made her even angrier than what she just witnessed. So she went home and told her mother how she saw her own dad passionately kissing another police officer. In contrast to the anger Olive felt, her mother was too hurt by this to be angry. Deborah quietly embraced her daughter, crying, and told her everything would be ok.

Olive knew her mother wasn't the type to get physical or shout, but what she expected even less was how her mom forgave her dad in just a few days. She did hear them arguing a few times, but it was always in hushed conversations she couldn't hear, and eventually it seemed her parents had decided to just never mention the topic out loud ever again. This made Olive incredibly angry, as she herself couldn't ever imagine forgiving him for what he had done. Her father tried talking to her during those days, saying the same excuses she had heard from her ex before: "I didn't mean to", "She came onto me, I promise"...Olive couldn't even look at him, scared she might go ballistic if she were to see his face. Her parents tried acting like before the incident, but Olive could tell everything had changed. It all felt fake and cold to her now. She tried to talk to her mother a few times again, but it was futile. Deborah had decided to "forgive and forget". Olive hated that phrase.

The whole experience has soured romantic relationships for her, as she now finds it stupid to believe people can truly love each other so much, they would stay together forever. After finishing high school, she decided to study at the local college, unsure what to pick as a major, but considering music production or audio engineering as options. Long-term plans were leaving Redstone for a big city after college, but things would change when the paranormal starts.

Connections:
Mother Deborah and Dad Mark. More or less on speaking terms with mom, almost no contact with dad.
Childhood and Best Friend Rebecca. Play in the same band, hang out constantly.
Good Friend Elliot. Friends since high school, reputation of being a bit crazy, sells weed on the side.

Emerging Power: She can emit sound waves according to the emotional state she is in. Anger for example would be stronger, high bpm frequencies, calm would send out soothing, low frequency waves. The waves would only cause very weak physical reactions at first, but could increase in strength over a period of time, or maybe be able to transmit emotions to others and vice versa.

Personal Motivations: Olive has always been interested in supernatural stories, be it in movies, anime or videogames. Being a bit of an airhead, she would imagine herself also possessing some sort of otherworldly ability, so as things would start to happen to her and the town, she would probably start to slowly obsess over those events. If she found out there is a group of like-minded individuals, she would probably try to seek them out and join them.

Personal Hex Code: #1d9905- Olive will talk in this color!

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: librarian aid

Appearance: Morgan stands at 5'10 and is rather lanky. Not having much muscle mass. He tends to be found in T-shirts with funny sayings/pictures on them and jeans. If he's outside he is usually wearing a pair of shades as his blue eyes don't handle bright sunshine well.

Personality: Due to Morgan's background he tries to be a ray of sunshine. Even though everything about his life should scream that he is bitter and angry, Morgan instead chooses to take the higher road and channel his negative feelings into something more beneficial and less destructive. He enjoys being the problem solver when he is physically able to. Due to looking at the glass as half full he often gets himself into situations that are better left alone because he wants to be helpful.

Background: Morgan was born and raised in Redstone. His father Arthur was destined to be a pro in the NFL but in his first season badly tore his ACL resulting in his dream coming crashing down in flames. His mother Mary was a schoolteacher at Redstone Primary. Arthur had been in a dark place in life until Morgan's birth where he funneled all his failed desire into the boy and watched him become an amazing young football star.

Morgan looked like he was going to achieve greatness just like his old man, but in his junior year like father like son. Disaster struck. A bad tackle from a much larger boy ruptured a disc so badly they worried Morgan would never walk again. Yet the boy proved to be very resilient and pulled through the surgery fairly well, but his dreams were now shot. As he would soon find in the months to come that he often suffered from extreme lower back pain forcing him to take really strong pain relievers just to manage living. It came with a host of other complications and for the rest of his junior year he was angry, but he became inspired reading of tragic heroes who pressed on regardless of their circumstances and made the best of their situations.

Unable to work out or even walk for long periods of time Morgan turned to books and soon became lost in them and their adventures. He has also done this as a coping mechanism to deal with his abusive alcoholic father escaping to other worlds to avoid dealing with his own problems at home. His mother passed when he turned 20 after a long battle with cancer. He is hoping to save up enough money to leave his home.

Once he drank Grace's coffee, his back pain greatly diminished and by the second cup it had all vanished.

Connections: Arthur Watkins is his only family left in Redstone with his mother's death. Everyone that went to Redstone High will know of Morgan as he was the rising football star until he crashed and burned. Being out of the limelight he has led a quiet life but is friendly and talkative to any who pursued him.

Emerging Power: Morgan noticed that after a week or so of having graced Grace's place that his hands began to glow a soft warm light. It feels extremely comforting and provides light in dark places. He has noticed that in places where strange things happen like whispers that they seem to dim or recede when he uses his powers. Morgan is somewhat scared of his powers because if he tries to spread the light to the rest of his body he begins to feel his consciousness falter. There is a desire that is of total bliss, a desire for oneness but he does not know to what or whom, so he tries to use it sparingly afraid to lose himself.

Personal Motivations: When his back was cured, his desire to help people was strengthened and finding out that the darkness does not seem to like his light and it brings comfort to those around him. He joined the Neighborhood Watch to encourage others and help them. It also didn't hurt that he had a romantic interest on the watch that he never pursued due to his back issues. His constant reading of adventures also created a sort of wanderlust in his soul that is itching for the unknown and safety in numbers, right?

Additional Notes:

Personal Hex Code: 03ddfb Morgan will talk in this color

Age: 19
Gender: Male
Occupation: Biology student at Redstone College and part-time tutor

Appearance: Standing at 6’0”, Cian has a somewhat lanky build, due in part to long, caffeine-fueled study sessions that don’t always leave time for proper meals. He has lightly tanned skin, blue eyes, and stays clean-shaven—any beard attempts are still pretty patchy.

His brown hair is naturally wavy, but he often keeps it tucked under a white baseball cap to avoid dealing with it. That kind of practical, low-maintenance thinking extends to the rest of his wardrobe: gray hoodies, comfortable shorts or sweatpants, and basketball shoes that have never seen a court. Seeing him in anything that requires buttons is a rare sight indeed. Still, there is something about his apparel choice that, despite being casual, conveys a sense of nonchalance and, as a result, quiet confidence, like he has everything under control (even if he doesn’t).

Personality: Cian is highly logical, sometimes to a fault. He has an almost unshakable belief that science and reasoning can explain anything, and he’s bullheadedly determined to prove it. While he isn’t unfriendly, there’s a certain interpersonal chilliness to him; he doesn’t always pick up on social cues and tends to approach conversations with a dry, deadpan wit that leaves people wondering if he’s joking or just that serious. He sits in the middle of introversion and extroversion, rarely speaking just to fill silence but always ready to engage when something piques his interest. He has an undeniable curiosity for how things work, from biological systems to human behavior. But that same curiosity can also make him dismissive of things he can’t explain.

Background: Cian was born and raised in north Alabama. His mother, Helene, is an aerospace engineer contracted by the government, though she’s always been vague about what exactly she does. His father, Alan, was a freelance software engineer, and while his parents divorced when he was five, they remained local to co-parent. That sort of metastability was upended, however, the summer before his freshman year of high school, when his father passed away from aggressive pancreatic cancer within a year of diagnosis.

His mother’s solution: a fresh start by uprooting their lives and moving across the country to Redstone. The transition wasn’t easy. Cian, already prone to keeping his emotions tightly controlled, buried himself in schoolwork.

In Redstone, his mother continued her classified contract work in the desert, often away for days at a time. Left to his own devices, Cian focused on academics, developing a passion for STEM—specifically biology. The idea that all life, from bacteria to human beings, is governed by biochemical processes fascinated him. It was logical. It made sense.

When high school ended, Cian chose to stay in Redstone for college. It was a practical decision—financially smart, close to his remaining family—but it left him with a lingering sense of frustration and a bit of a chip on his shoulder. He doesn’t look down on small colleges exactly, but he feels like he should be somewhere bigger, somewhere that reflects his potential.

That’s where Grace’s Grotto came in. The café opened the summer after graduation, and Cian quickly became a regular, using it as his study spot. Grace, the owner, had a way of making people feel welcome, asking about his studies and genuinely listening. More than just a place to get caffeine, the café became a small haven of normalcy in his life. And then, it was just gone. No records. No explanation. Just… erased.

Connections:

• Helene, his mother and his closest remaining family, but because she is often away for work, their relationship isn’t as good as it could be.
• Vincent, his mother’s boyfriend, who Cian tolerates at best.
• Old high school acquaintances, though most left town for college.
• The group of familiar faces from Grace’s Grotto—“friends from the coffee shop,” as he calls them.
• Budding connections to others members of the Watch from the two above bullet points.

Emerging Power: Bioelectromagnetism. At first, it was just a feeling, an odd awareness creeping at the edges of his perception, like static electricity prickling against his skin. He started noticing things he shouldn’t have been able to. The presence of people, even when they weren’t making a sound. The tension in someone’s body when they’d see their ex’s post on Instagram. The faint, almost imperceptible hum of a power line overhead, even when his eyes were closed.

Cian is beginning to understand that what he’s sensing isn’t just intuition. Every living thing moves electrons around: electricity, a low current running through nerves and cells, the same fundamental force that powers machines. It’s how he picks up on people nearby, and how he knows when somebody’s anxious even before they speak a word.

But this newfound awareness has come at a cost. Crowded rooms are overwhelming—an onslaught of nervous systems firing all at once. Strong emotions in others seep into him, unbidden and unchecked, throwing his own mood off-kilter. And then there’s the technology. The more wired something is, the more the artificial signals interfere with his senses, making his head throb with static. Worse still, when he loses control, it isn’t just a matter of feeling too much… Lights flicker, phones glitch out. The other night, his laptop screen scrambled into nonsense the moment he got frustrated with an assignment.

Of course, there’s got to be a logical explanation, right? But deep down, he is wrought with uncertainty. Whatever it is, it isn’t normal. And it’s only getting stronger.

Additional Notes: Cian has a southern accent which he’s a little self-conscious of in academic settings. Questionable but not concerning caffeine consumption and eating habits.

Personal Hex Code: #527D9A, stormy electric blue