Soren Thorson
"We're like mirrors seen through smoke."
-Soren Thorson
General information
Name: Soren Thorson
Nick-Names: Bolts
Alias: None (for now)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Student, Prince of Asgard, God of Humility
Place Of Origin: Asgard
Age: 829 (roughly 19 in human years)
Date Of Birth: Black Frost of the 9th (February 9th, 1189)
Appearance - God:
Relationship information
Relationship Status: Single
Sexuality: Straight
Partner: None
Father: Thor Odinson
Mother: Lady Sif
Siblings: None he likes to talk about
Pets: None
Other: Soren has an exceptionally large family, ranging from his deceased grandfather, Odin, to his Uncle Loki and many branches in between. It's possible he hasn't even met his entire family yet.
Personal information
Personality
Soren is more or less defined as an overall relaxed sort of person, living with a go-with-the-flow attitude. To those he is close to, Soren tends to show off his more goofy and humorous side and while he was no class clown, he does have a niche for making people smile at his teenage boy antics. To those who he isn't close to or just doesn't like, however, gets more of his dry humor and sarcastic side that often times gets him into trouble. Under more normal circumstances, Soren is a very social and friendly person by default and though he has made more than a few enemies, tends to get along with most people even if those most people have a harder time learning to like him. When under stressful situations, or situations in particular that require a more personal touch, something that usually irks people about Soren is his calm demeanor about it all. It comes across as him not caring - a shrug of the shoulders and a change of subject usually being a sign. But on the inside, his head is continuously thinking over the problem, and how best to tackle it. He just doesn't see any point in wasting any energy in outwardly stressing about things. Even when people are physically trying to get under his skin, he just doesn't react. A lot of people wonder just how he can keep calm so easily. The truth is, he has what his father calls, "Hulk Syndrome." He keeps everything bottled up, pushed down, and builds on it until he reaches the point of boiling over and can't retain it until most of his anger has been let out in some way, shape or form.
Competition is a whole other story completely, however. Soren always enjoys a good, stimulating challenge even when it is meant to be a friendly spar. Not exactly competitive to the point where he feels he has to win all the time no matter what, he actually enjoys losing as much as winning. He takes his winning by a measure of the progress he has made, and losing is just another way for him to look at how much more he has left to grow. Being able to put this scale on a more physical scale gives him enough incentive to keep from being lazy (most times) and continue to be active, learning how to become better and stronger. The adrenaline that he gains while competing is something that he has come to love and even crave, always excited to start again until his body refuses to cooperate with him any longer or he has run out of people to compete against.
For being the son of Thor, Soren isn't one for bragging or cockiness. He doesn't view himself as any better than anyone else unless they give him reason to believe so. Try as he might, Soren strives to not jump into judging or labeling people, knowing that underestimating a potential opponent is one of the biggest mistakes that can be made. He's not exactly the smartest tactician, however. His mind sometimes just has problems making plans and thinking through things before acting on them. He regrets a lot of these decisions, but he tries to learn from them, but it doesn't keep him from sometimes wishing his father had more smarts like Loki.
All in all, Soren just wants to laugh, make friends, and have a good time. And now that he has the opportunity to make friends with (mostly) Earthly people, and teachers to help him learn how to be himself by means of exercising his abilities (not to mention both of his parents), Soren has already decided that coming to Earth for the academy is one of the best things that could have happened to him in a long, long time. Now he just has to make sure he doesn't screw up or do anything to embarrass himself as the god they might expect him to be.
Likes and Dislikes
✔ Friendly Competition
✔ Improving his skills
✔ Hanging out with friends and meeting new people
✔ Watching or participating in arena games
✔ The Pirates of the Caribbean movies
✔ He's a slight fan of Tony Stark and his technology
✘ Having to live up to expectations
✘ When people try and worship him
✘ Licorice
✘ The reason for his conception
✘ Disappointing people
✘ When his father gets drunk
Hobbies:
On Asgard, Soren absolutely loves to participate in the arena games. He enjoys sparring, spear-throwing, chariot racing, swimming and other physical activities, but he also enjoys sitting down and testing his intellect with board or card games as well. He does partake in drinking games that are usually held after feasts of celebration, but Soren tries not to get too carried away, unlike his father.
When games aren't being held, he can usually be found with a few of his closest friends, walking around Asgard and just hanging out and getting into small bits of trouble.
Strengths:
⚜ He is a loyal friend
⚜ He is dependable
⚜ He strives to be the best he can be
⚜ He can admit when he is wrong
⚜ He would be willing to sacrifice himself for another
⚜ He is very easy to get along with
Weaknesses:
☠ He doesn't exactly understand Earth's customs
☠ He fights with his mother constantly about one day being forced into marriage
☠ He too afraid to ask his father for the relationship with him that he wants
☠ He has a hot temper when pushed too far
☠ He's rather terrified of going to Earth
☠ He doesn't have the relationship with Loki that he wants because he's afraid of his father's judgement
Brief Biography:
In his younger days, Thor was classified as quite the party animal without a care or responsibility in the world. He drank often with his friends, caused mischief, said and did dumb things, and accidentally impregnated his childhood friend, Sif. A handful of months later, Soren was born - a son to the Prince of Asgard.
Though his father was young and immature (too immature to have a child, in his Odin's opinion), Thor did what he could to care for his son despite the awkward custody sharing he had with his mother, Sif. After Thor proved a time or two that he just wasn't ready to be a father, Sif started looking after Soren more and more, raising her to her liking and standards. When Soren started showing promise as a good warrior, however, Thor attempted to step in and have another go at raising his boy.
Soren felt as though his father were more of a friend than a parental figure. He watched his father train, make an ass of himself with his friends and drink, always trying to get Soren to join in with him. The training he didn't mind so much, but everything else... he usually returned home to his mother or went to spend time with his uncle Loki.
It wasn't until years later when his father went to a planet called Earth that he came back a changed man - he had grown significantly in the short amount of time and it was from that point onward that Soren actually felt as though he had a father. Unfortunately, as events unfolded, his grandfather Odin passed on, and Thor's time on Earth became more and more frequent.
He nearly pissed himself in excitement when his father came to him one day, asking if he wanted to accompany him to Earth. His mother then went on to explain that she would also be going with them to Earth, as she had a job there, and Soren got his very first idea of what the academy was about and the trials and wars the planet Earth had been through recently.
Powers and Abilities
Being a God, Soren's physical attributes are increased to that of God-like levels. This includes superhuman strength, speed, endurance, and longevity.
Soren can manipulate and create wind by means of aerokinesis. Most of the time he uses this to create strong blasts of air or even to bind a person or object with "ropes of wind." But with more training, he is capable of so much more.
Being a son of Thor, Soren can control and create electricity. Though unlike his father, he does not need his weapon to do so. He can generate bolts, orbs, and arcs of electricity from anywhere on his body. Though he is far from being able to accurately control them, when training he tends to be as far away from buildings and other people as he possibly can to keep from hurting anyone. He also possesses the ability to send strong electrical currents though objects or people by means of physical contact. With this, he can also perform a feat he likes to call "Shock Top" where he maintains physical contact and uses electricity to lock up his opponents muscles, rendering them paralyzed for the duration of the physical contact and a few moments after.
Not so surprising, Soren is completely immune to all forms of electricity. In fact, it seems to boost his powers slightly. Not that he strikes himself with lightning or picks fights with his father on a regular basis.
On the day that he became a man, his grandfather, Odin, bestowed to Soren a shield that helps to amplify his powers.
With the use of his shield, Soren is able to ride the currents in the air, allowing him to fly without the need of wings, using the shield as a kind of "surf board". He still has a long way to go before being able to do this both accurately and without crashing when attempting to land, but he still has a blast doing it.
Probably his deadliest ability, Soren can summon lightning bolts from the sky with the use of his shield. Doing this drains him significantly and usually leads to extreme fatigue, migraines, nausea and even blackouts lasting between minutes, hours and even days.
Other information
Other:
Before coming to Earth, Thor gave Soren a key. He was not told what the key was for, or why it was given to him, but Soren accepted the key, knowing that if his father was unable to tell him why then it must be important.
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