[CHAR] Of Monsters and Mutants

[lydyn]

Age: 25

Power: Shadow Crafting - Kailyn is a rare breed of mutant, exposed to and has the ability to manipulate an extradimensional energy called 'Dark Energy.'

• Night Vision: She has the ability to see in complete darkness, up to 120 feet, with a slight note in improved vision outside of this.

• Darkness Curtain: Kailyn is able to infuse the surrounding area with a sudden burst of darkness, ranging from a moonlight-like condition to complete darkness. However the stronger forms of the curtain for extended periods tends to mentally exhaust her, at which point the curtain will dissipate.

• Hard-Light Construction: Limited to medium objects for the time-being, she is able to create solidified objects from shadows or darkness. Kailyn has tenancy to lean towards melee-like weapons and personal body shields. These constructs are hard enough to deflect bullets, but extreme testing still needed to gauge potential limits.

• Shadow-Melding: One of the more mysterious abilities, Kailyn has the ability to physically meld within shadows that are not her own, allowing her short-distance jumps from one shadow to another and in some cases, turning ethereal as to avoid physical harm. Being ethereal also allows her a slow form of regeneration. Extreme light conditions has nullify her ability to phase her form. Limitations are unknown.

Drawbacks: Namely and quite obviously, extreme light conditions. While she can still manifest darkness in daylight, her powers because weaker in these types of conditions, making it essentially her only weakness outside of being mortal.

Personality: Kailyn is a quiet and confident woman. Often keeping to herself as most introverts do, she tends to have a certain spark about her that others notice, a friendly warmth that subtly draws others to her. However her stubbornness and more logically driven attitude can sometimes keep certain types of people away though the enigma of being combined with emotional sensitivity can equally ignite people's curiosity. Though at times when she thinks she's alone or no one is paying attention, it's not hard to see that she is generally depressed, however most people don't bother to ask why.

Brief History: As far as the school is concerned, she was brought in as a teacher not only because she had been admitted during her teenage years, but also because of her unique and powerful ability. She was never a trouble-maker and kept to herself, making it quite lonely when she was younger. Now that she's grown up and employed at the university, she deals with the more unique, less violent powers such as extreme regeneration or phasing abilities. Outside of class she essentially keeps to herself, heading straight home after brief socializing here and there. The other teachers know her only as an acquiescence.

[Engel]

Name: Chloe King

Age: 26

Power: Reptilian Physiology - Chloe can transform parts of herself, or her entire body, into a reptilian creature. She could potentially make the reptilian parts look any way she wants them too, but prefers to stick to a specific reptile as it's easier to transform into it once she's memorized it. Her reptile form is a mix of a number of different reptiles to get a host of useful abilities.

Full reptilian form

• Enhanced strength and defense: In her reptile form she grows larger and stronger, while her scales provides a kind of durable armour.

• Prehensile Tail: She can use her tail as another limb to grasp, hold and throw objects. Her tail is considerably strong and fast, allowing her to use it to smash and attack with. It could potentially be used to constrict foes as well.

• Regeneration: Chloe's body regenerates severed limbs over time. It can be rather painful, and is limited to legs, arms and tail. She can't regrow organs, but her body heals wounds faster than most others. When hurt especially bad her body can enter a deep sleep state to attempt to heal.

• Acid spit: Chloe has learned how to use her powers to create an acid-like substance that she can spit at targets. It's able to hit targets rather far away, but she's still working on the aiming.

• Camouflage: She can blend into the nearby environments by changing the appearance of her skin, much like a chameleon would do. It's not a perfect camouflage by any means, and compared to other forms of the ability it's weak. It can be effective enough if employed well though.

• Claws and teeth: The claws she makes can cut through weaker metals, and allows her to climb on walls. Her reptilian jaw and teeth are powerful enough to crush bones easily, leaving deep and terrible wounds.

Drawbacks: Chloe grows physically weaker under prolonged exposure to cold temperatures, due to being cold-blooded. It happens regardless of whether she's using any of her abilities or not. Drastic changes in temperature can be very unpleasant too. Normally she's an intelligent woman, but her reptile form can be rather mindless and aggressive. It becomes more noticeable the more she uses her powers.

Personality: Chloe is a cocky and fierce individual. However, when working at the academy she can be uncharacteristically calm and collected at times. The majority of her students knows not to mess with her, and any new ones often learn it quite fast. She's rather smart, but her reptile form tend to be less thinking and more agressive which might make her seem dumber than she is at moments. Chloe loves music, often frequents concerts and used to play drums in a band.

Brief History: Chloe was born with her mutant powers, so she kind of had to learn how to control them before she learnt how to walk. Her parents had powers as well, but weak in comparison to their daughter's. She's been in her fair share of fights, some of which she started herself and some of which she didn't. The majority she did finish though. The university recruited her after another teacher had had an "argument" with her, as they had been looking for someone like Chloe for a while. She mainly deals with those who have strong physical abilities or creature physiology like herself.