[CHAR] Immortals of Cacia

[yeti100]

Name: York Valentine

Age: 25

Appearance: York is long and lean from a lifetime of climbing and free-running through the Under. Wears clothes suitable for climbing, fingerless gloves for grip, and a bandanna and glasses to keep his hair out of the way and his eyes free from grit. Solemn nature when he's not climbing, has a weight that he can't ever put down

Faction: York is part of the Witch-Cat faction

How they discovered their ability(If they have yet): York discovered his power when he was still quite young. His grandfather, who was dying of terminal illness in the under district, asked him a favour on his eighteenth birthday. He asked York to kill him. This is something that he would not ask of a child, but once his grandson became a man he asked and York, loving his grandfather and hating to see him suffer, fulfilled the old man's dying wish. After the event he went on a spree of drinking, gambling and fighting, anything to take his mind off of what he'd done. It was during one such fight that someone pulled a knife on him and stabbed him to death. Waking up was one hell of a surprise.

Notable Background History: After learning of this ability York went on a killing spree, but not the kind you expect. His was a mission of mercy, and he was determined to help people like his grandfather who wanted to escape their unbearable existence. He knows of the existence of other people who could steal lives, but refuses to get involved with them. He has heard rumours about the vicious Witch Queen, a vicious woman who has killed thousands to prolong her life indefinitely. He would rather die than involve himself with such a person.

[alois]

Name: Farel Joko

Age: 21

Appearance: Farel is a tall, lithe Indonesian-American young man with protruding collarbones, an angular face and perpetually chapped lips. Brown eyes constantly darting back and forth; dark hair falls down to his lower back. His fingers are skeletal, stained, and always twitching or shaking. He usually dresses in plain shirts and worn, frayed jeans. (PB here: http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwvug60PWr1r17m0ko1_250.gif).

Faction: The Endless

How they discovered their ability: Some of Farel's abilities have been evident from a young age. He could swim underwater for extended periods without ever feeling the need to take a breath and he could stay up for days without feeling tired. However, he only realized the extent of his abilities in his late teens when he was diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa and, despite living on nothing but coffee and cigarettes for a full week, never felt fatigued or hungry like others with the same illness. He started to conduct minor experiments, depriving himself of certain resources for up to a month at a time, and eventually he came to a very clear conclusion: he was truly self-sufficient and he didn’t need to intake anything to keep himself alive.

Notable Background: Like most of Under, Farel grew up in an area rife with crime. Due to this he is very slow to trust others, instinctively violent and generally paranoid, but he is also impressively alert. He was raised by his brother, who was killed by a member of the Bloodless when Farel was fifteen - his life since then has been riddled with carelessness, crime and thievery and he remains prejudiced still against the Bloodless as a faction. Despite having never seen Over he also resents everyone who lives there and their privilege over him.

[Rook]

Name: Asra Blake

Age:20

Appearance

Faction: The Bloodless

How they discovered their ability: Asra had always known from a very young age. The Bloodless find it the most difficult to hide from the others: one single cut and the truth is out. Her family had taken her to numerous 'doctors' hoping they might know what was wrong with her when it became apparent that her blood was not in fact the natural red it should be. One such 'doctor' knew what she was, and had managed to take her from her parents and sell her to The Bloodless for a very high price. The Bloodless clan were her family now; they have been all she ever can really remember.

Notable Background: Plucked from her parents at the age of four, gang life is all she has known. She has become a favourite of The Bloodless's leader, Grant, and is often sent out to scout possible territory and strategic locations her faction can take over: too precious for Grant to throw in along with the 'grunts'. Grant is a father and a brother to her. She can often be found in bars or street corners spying and listening for word on the other faction's movements. How she came to be amongst The Bloodless is a mystery to her; Grant having always kept the truth from her - revenge unsought because of the amnesia of childhood. The gang and her kin are her life now.