Name: Cade Alcondo
Alias: Shadowburner, Shadow Phoenix
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Abilities:
In a general sense, Cade is a pyrokinetic. However, he utilizes a very unique fire that only his now-deceased father and himself can use. Rather than burning bright, it burns black, actually absorbing light that touches it. As such, other pyrokinetics cannot manipulate his fire, nor can he manipulate theirs. He can, however, allow his fire to "catch" on to a flammable surface, and it will become normal fire, and he will lose his control over it. Additionally, Cade has very precise control over the heat output of his fire, and has the ability to make it burn cold. To do so, however, greatly taxes his energy reserves, so he seldom utilizes that portion of his power.
Weaknesses:
Even mutationally-generated fire needs fuel to burn. Cade's body has thus increased his metabolism greatly, requiring him to eat much more food than a typical person. Although he has learned to be able to physically tolerate hunger, if he uses his abilities while his body desires food, he will have to tap into his energy reserves, which will quickly exhaust him, and, ultimately, render him unconscious.
Appearance:
Cade is 6'2" with short, dark brown hair and light brown eyes. He tends to be clean-shaven, resulting in him looking much younger than he actually is. He remains quite tan all year, much to the jealousy of some of his peers. He is almost always wearing blue jeans and a short-sleeve shirt with some kind of logo on it, except in the heat of summer when he will switch over to athletic shorts and a single-color no-sleeve shirt.
Personality:
Cade is a very laid back guy. He has to be, or the stress that he has experienced over his life would have killed him by now. That does not mean he is always calm, however. His anger burns hot, and, even without using his abilities, his sheer vocal power has caused large men to stand down. The easiest way to see this side of him is to threaten or harm one of his friends, to whom he is loyal to the death. He also doesn't seem to be afraid of anything - or doesn't let his fear show through his facade. All of this put together makes him a fantastic ally - or a terrifying enemy.
Background:
For most of his life, Cade knew nothing of the mutant world. But one day, while he was at a high school football game, a freak storm spawned a tornado that destroyed his hometown, killing his girlfriend. As he kneel crying by his girlfriend's lifeless body, a second emotion filled his body: anger. Some instinct alerted him to the fact that this was no normal storm. Simultaneously, black flames rose up around his body in a vicious spiral. Although he did not see this happening, his hands buried in his hands, similar, smaller occurrences happened over the next few days as he realized that his home was destroyed, and his adoptive family killed by the same storm.
Realizing the power he had, he fled. He eventually found a group of others like himself, and trained with them until he had mastered his powers. Better, he had discovered this his girlfriend had not actually died, but her death had been an illusion created by another mutant who had taken her prisoner. Upon rescuing her, though, he discovered that the illusionist was under the employ of yet another mutant - his father. Although his father was surprised to see him, he offered him the chance to join forces, and take over the country with mutants in charge. Cade rejected his father, but, as they were powerless against one another, he was forced to allow his friends to fight his father while he dismantled the rest of the organization.
Unfortunately, as fate would have it, something happened a few years later that ripped Cade away from his friends and girlfriend, and most of his memories from him. Now he wanders the country, constantly looking for some clues as to where he might find those he considered his family, or regain the memories of his past.
Alias: Shadowburner, Shadow Phoenix
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Abilities:
In a general sense, Cade is a pyrokinetic. However, he utilizes a very unique fire that only his now-deceased father and himself can use. Rather than burning bright, it burns black, actually absorbing light that touches it. As such, other pyrokinetics cannot manipulate his fire, nor can he manipulate theirs. He can, however, allow his fire to "catch" on to a flammable surface, and it will become normal fire, and he will lose his control over it. Additionally, Cade has very precise control over the heat output of his fire, and has the ability to make it burn cold. To do so, however, greatly taxes his energy reserves, so he seldom utilizes that portion of his power.
Weaknesses:
Even mutationally-generated fire needs fuel to burn. Cade's body has thus increased his metabolism greatly, requiring him to eat much more food than a typical person. Although he has learned to be able to physically tolerate hunger, if he uses his abilities while his body desires food, he will have to tap into his energy reserves, which will quickly exhaust him, and, ultimately, render him unconscious.
Appearance:
Cade is 6'2" with short, dark brown hair and light brown eyes. He tends to be clean-shaven, resulting in him looking much younger than he actually is. He remains quite tan all year, much to the jealousy of some of his peers. He is almost always wearing blue jeans and a short-sleeve shirt with some kind of logo on it, except in the heat of summer when he will switch over to athletic shorts and a single-color no-sleeve shirt.
Personality:
Cade is a very laid back guy. He has to be, or the stress that he has experienced over his life would have killed him by now. That does not mean he is always calm, however. His anger burns hot, and, even without using his abilities, his sheer vocal power has caused large men to stand down. The easiest way to see this side of him is to threaten or harm one of his friends, to whom he is loyal to the death. He also doesn't seem to be afraid of anything - or doesn't let his fear show through his facade. All of this put together makes him a fantastic ally - or a terrifying enemy.
Background:
For most of his life, Cade knew nothing of the mutant world. But one day, while he was at a high school football game, a freak storm spawned a tornado that destroyed his hometown, killing his girlfriend. As he kneel crying by his girlfriend's lifeless body, a second emotion filled his body: anger. Some instinct alerted him to the fact that this was no normal storm. Simultaneously, black flames rose up around his body in a vicious spiral. Although he did not see this happening, his hands buried in his hands, similar, smaller occurrences happened over the next few days as he realized that his home was destroyed, and his adoptive family killed by the same storm.
Realizing the power he had, he fled. He eventually found a group of others like himself, and trained with them until he had mastered his powers. Better, he had discovered this his girlfriend had not actually died, but her death had been an illusion created by another mutant who had taken her prisoner. Upon rescuing her, though, he discovered that the illusionist was under the employ of yet another mutant - his father. Although his father was surprised to see him, he offered him the chance to join forces, and take over the country with mutants in charge. Cade rejected his father, but, as they were powerless against one another, he was forced to allow his friends to fight his father while he dismantled the rest of the organization.
Unfortunately, as fate would have it, something happened a few years later that ripped Cade away from his friends and girlfriend, and most of his memories from him. Now he wanders the country, constantly looking for some clues as to where he might find those he considered his family, or regain the memories of his past.
