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A place to meet the boys and girls of Gravity. Characters come in all shapes and sizes, ages, races, species, and backgrounds. some of the images shown are temporary, and they will be replaced as new images become available. *hint hint* Check out the new G A L L E R Y for more images of those who live in a world gone wrong. |
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Age: 25 Height: 5' 8" Weight: 165 lbs Hair: mousey brown, mid-back length Eyes: blue-gray Race: caucasian |
| Jerrad Stone a.k.a.: Stone, the mechanic author: angel |
Notes: average. beyond average. normal. Jerrad grew up like any other boy in this age, learning the basics, reading, writing, maths, manipulation of small handguns, and automotive repair. Growing up among human refugees in a world overrun by machines and madmen, Jerrad's skills are for basic survival: providing for basic sources of food, water, and shelter. He was transportation specialist in his last community. While away on a scavenging mission, his home town was attacked by raiders. Men were slaughtered, women were taken for pleasure, when they ceased to be entertaining, they were murdered and discarded. Among them, Jerrad's own lover, a woman named April. In the seven years since then, Jerrad has not recovered. He has made few connections with other humans, living off of his skills, bartering and doing odd jobs to get by, but always moving on before anyone can really get to know him. The only thing Jerrad ever valued or loved was April. He lived to take care of her, his first love. Now, he isn't sure why he keeps living except that it is the only way he knows to be. |
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Age: 23 Height: 5' 5" Weight: 120 lbs (maybe) Hair: white, but for one reddish-brown streak that falls to one side of his face, worn longish, brushing his shoulders and shaggy Eyes: reddish-brown, although the right is darker than the left Race: human, half-Irish, half-Japanese, psychometric Distinctive markings: deep, disfiguring burn-scars over 80% of his body |
| Toast a.k.a.: David Kogasu Freeling, Dave, toaster-boy author: para-chan |
Notes: skilled with a handgun and can operate a machinegun as well, but prefers to use neither. has contacts all over the world, and is, by US standards, rich, being able to trade information for barter-goods just about anywhere he goes. Due to injuries sustained during the fire, David cannot move as quickly as the rest, and occasionally will panic and forget he hasn't actually reacted to whatever is going on. Also, direct skin-to-skin or skin-to-object contact can disable him momentarily with an influx of unwanted input.
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Age: 18 Height: 5' 7" Weight: unknown - is heavier than he looks (being somewhat rangy in build), due to having a skeletal system and musculature laced with titanium and other rare-earth metals as reinforcement. Hair: brown-black, left long (falling to chin-length) and full in front from the hair-line to right in front of the ears, shaved to peach-fuzz on the rest of his skull. Eyes: right, dark brown; left, bleached-out pale blue. Race: Experimental cybernetic humanoid (synthetic) Distinctive markings: three input-output ports in the back of his skull, four bar-code tattoos (palm of right hand, back of the head above ports, small of the back, inside of left thigh) |
| Dare a.k.a.: ER:D13-1221-A2, Tech, the Technician, technical-boy author: para-chan |
Notes: the experimental prototype unit 13 (full designationExperimental Replica: Group D, Unit 13, Incept Date12-21, Program Type A2) is the last remaining cyborg prototype to have been designed and produced by an unknown group of scientists. The man called Donovan worked for the project early on, designing the nanotechnology that makes up a large portion of Dare's celluar-level hardwired programming. Being raised in the lab until pre-teenage, shortly after he and his fellow prototype, unit 16, were ordered to execute the only other remaining unit, D5, unit 16 staged a violent attack on the scientists which allowed D13 to escape. |
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Age: not telling (probably 19) Height: 4' 10" Weight: not telling (Newt is almost anorexically thin) Hair: pale white-blonde (platinum blonde) Eyes: right eye, bright sky-blue; left eye, bright leaf-green Race: human (of Irish descent). empathic Distinctive markings: Newt has no notable scars or tattoos, but is often easy to spot, as she always wears a black, synthetic-fibre knit watch-cap. androgynous to a fault. |
| Newt a.k.a.: Magda Clotho O'Connor, the killer pixie author: para-chan |
Notes: All Newt will reveal of her past is that she is related to Toast and can officially claim the title "Reverend". Newt's prefered weapon is either a hand-sickle or an axe, but tends to make the others nervous and so is usually armed with a baseball bat instead. She refuses to use firearms but is fairly skilled with throwing knives and is lethal with hurled crockery. Newt is an extremely powerful empath, with a detailed sensing and projecting range of up to two miles - past that distance, she can still sense, but not project. Normally cranky and withdrawn, she considers anyone within her usual sensing distance to be within her personal space and so will occasionally disregard other people's sense of personal space if she is curious about them. |
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Age: 18 Height: 5' 4" Weight: 115-120 lbs Hair: medium golden-brown, worn in a waist-length rope Eyes: dark green-hazel Race: human, mildly telepathic and strongly telekinetic, former test subject Distinctive markings: a pair of scars on her back, right about where wings would attach, serial number tattooed under left breast |
| Sparrow a.k.a.: Kassandra Artemisia Wanderling, K-chan, the psychopomp author: para-chan |
Notes: Sparrow is fairly closed-mouthed about her history. She is a twin, and at some point she was captured as a test subject and has had something implanted in her back, attached to her shoulderblades. She managed to escape, and in doing so drew the attention of Dare, who contacted her. Since then, she has traveled with the cyborg, eventually hooking up with Newt and Toast (Toast most recently). She is an assassin and a sculptor. If you want it dead, Sparrow's your girl - her special technique is this: she has a way of making her targets kill themselves. (She's not called 'the psychopomp' for nothing.) To date, she has killed with her own hands only two of her targets, and one of those was by the man's own request. She is extremely powerful in telekenesis but rarely uses it. Skilled with firearms, she distrusts guns and prefers her matched pair of swords for fighting. |
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Age: 13 Height: 5' even Weight: unknown Hair: strikingly red, slightly curly, just past shoulder length Eyes: one blue-green, the other hazel-green Race: caucasian |
| Elise a.k.a.: pyro, Firefly author: angel |
Notes: Shortly before turning thirteen, an unusual power awoke in Elise. She is pyrokinetic, able to start fires with her mind or with her touch. No one in her family expected such a thing, and they had no idea of how to deal with this unusual throw-back. Throw-back because one of Elise's parents is distantly related to the Family Newt and Toast come from. After many small flare-ups, Elise accidentally burned her dear baby brother while he was learning to walk. Horrified, her parents accused her of doing it on purpose, of being jealous of the baby. Ashamed and devastated, Elise struck out on her own, half-expecting not to survive, only wanting to be away from people where she could no longer hurt anyone she cared about. |
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Age: 16 Height: 5' 1" Weight: 105 lbs. Hair: silver, waist length, with bangs Eyes: pale blue, seeming silver Race: indeterminate, possibly part Japanese. cyborg Distinctive markings: surgical scar, fine and nearly invisible behind his left ear. |
| Sora a.k.a.: Arashi Sorame, Artemis, Skye author: angel |
Notes: Sora is a genetic clone created to be the subject of human cybernetic experiments. The bleaching of hair and eyes seems to be a result of the experiments. Contained within Sora's skull are several computer implants which give him increased function, the ability to access and control any networkable machine, and the processing power of the most advanced supercomputers. Labeled a genius at a young age, Sora is a whiz at maths and sciences. His technology is mostly self-designed. Sora's primary purpose and functions were military, but it seemed that he was a bit too independent. He has difficulty with authority figures and does not take orders well. He is experienced in the use of a variety of weapons and machines of war. He is also fairly good at hand to hand combat. Sora is empathic, able to sense emotions in people he meets, a sense that is heightened by touch, but is dampened by the presence of the System. Turning the System off for short periods of time allows Sora to use this empathic gift, but it also has adverse effects on Sora, as the system is, essentially, part of him. He is capable of shielding, blocking out the feelings of others. Hobbies include music, driving, and flying. He is proficient at keyed instruments, and will play stringed instruments on occasion. |
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Age: approx. 13 Height: unknown - is about the height of a small 10-year-old Weight: undernourished - probably weighs 80lbs at most Hair: light sandy brown Eyes: black (not sloe, not brown, BLACK) Race: synthetic humanoid (basilisk) Distinctive markings: a small tattoo consisting of a laboratory logo and a serial number |
| Saxon author: para-chan |
Notes: Saxon was created and raised - if it could really be called that - in a lab which has since been destroyed. Considered a failure due to his inability to speak in a comprehensible manner, Saxon should have been terminated and disected but a soft-hearted lady scientist (name still to be revealed) protested and kept him as a sort of pet until cleaners (most likely sent by whoever was funding the project) came and shut down the lab with extreme predjudice. The woman barely managed to get the basilisk-child out of the building in time, and when he finally managed to get back in, no one was left. He was about seven years old at the time, and has been alone ever since. When his basilisk mode has been triggered, Saxon can indeed kill with his eyes, and also possesses poisonous fangs and claws on both fingers and toes. At the time of this writing, he has minimal control over his changes and his basilisk mode can be quite easily triggered. Saxon is curious, wary, easily startled, and can both read and write to a certain extent although he is otherwise completely untaught. |
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Age: the phrase "older than dirt" would probably cover it. Just don't use that one to his face. Height: 5' 8" Weight: approx. 150 lbs. Hair: night-sky black and curly. Worn long, falling just past his shoulders Eyes: gray Race: elf Distinctive markings: If he lets his glamour drop, he has pointed ears typical to elves, and tends to glow. |
| Zenith author: L-chan |
Notes: The elves have left the world of men, and closed the doors behind them. They're mostly hoping for the humans to kill themselves off before coming back and starting over again. Zenith thought that waiting around for an indeterminate amount of time, no matter how pleasant the company, sounded duller than dirt. Instead of keeping his seat in a court of Fae, he has decided to move among the world of men as it has become, looking for something to keep his interest. Zenith possesses many of the skills common to the Fae races, such as extensive control of his appearance through glamour (though he always appears as a humanoid, he can't pass as a shifter). With his surpassingly Fae nature, however, comes the complete and total aversion to iron. |
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Age: 17 at time of death Height: 5' 10" Weight: 185 Hair: shocking red, thick, untamed, falls past his ears Eyes: violet-blue Race: caucasian. Irish-British Notes: The only son of Emma Bragg and Adam Skyler, Aries had been well acquainted with his father's fellow-scientist and test-subject. |
| Aries Reid Skyler author: angel |
Aries is an incurable flirt, willing make passes at just about anyone for the sheer sake of seeing how people will respond. He is outgoing, friendly, and very social. Growing up, he had never shown any specific romantic interest in any one person, but death changes people, and he has realized that he always had deeper feelings for the boy he'd met one night in the moonlight. As a ghost, Aries is of little use in a fight. He can manifest and almost corporeal form for a substantial amount of time, and he can make himself visible most of the time. Manipulation of objects is very taxing, and if he has had to be corporeal for a long amount of time, the cost of energy may make it impossible for him to manifest at all for a while after that. Sent back from wherever he'd gone when he died, Aries is supposed to merely watch over Sora and keep him out of danger. Boy does he have his work cut out for him. |
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Age: 900 human years (equivalent age in human years: 16) Height: 5'1" (in human form)/ Length: approximately 24" from nose to tail-tip (in dragon form) Weight: approximately 100-106 lbs in human form, about 5 lbs in dragon form Hair: variegated shades of sapphire blue, usually worn in a knee-length queue, with ear-tails that hang to his ribs and wisps falling around his face like bangs Eyes: dark sapphire blue Race: Chinese Earth Dragon Distinctive markings: in human form, Long wears oval spectacles, and keeps his queue tied with a pair of red tassels holding a pair of bells. In dragon form, the bells and tassels end up tied around the end of his tail, just above the tuft. |
| Long a.k.a.: Lan BaoShi (lit: Blue Jewel/Sapphire), novice of the Priest-clan of the Earth Dragons of China, little one author: para-chan |
Notes: up until about three months prior to the beginning of the written posts, Long was a novice of the Priest-clan of the Earth Dragons of China. He was orphaned shortly after birth (hatching?) and due to his unusual coloring, was given to the Priest-clan to raise, although his difference from the rest of the dragons there still made him something of an outcast. However, curious, friendly and inquizitive, this did not keep Long down, and the young dragon did his best to fit into the society of dragons he lived in, conforming to the rules and strictures of it, trying his best to be a good novice (despite spending an awful lot of time on washing duty due to getting in trouble for wandering off). When the dragon-clans finally abandoned the earth in disgust, Long was accidentally left behind, and has been wandering aimlessly since, eventually ending up in Shanghai. Long is highly skilled in lethal and non-lethal fan-forms, can sense and manipulate ley-lines, merge with and control earth and earth-related things, controls a form of phase-space which he uses for storage. He is not nearly as fragile as he looks, can switch between forms easily and quickly, speaks a number of languages, and is highly adaptable. He is unfortunately extremely sensitive to certain chemicals often found in packaged foods (MSG, for one), is completely unfamiliar with technology of any sort, has no worldly experience, tends to wander off on his own, and is a total, trusting sweetie. (ie: walking target) |
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Age: 20 Height: 5' 7" Weight: 160 lbs. Hair: black, below mid-back, straight with wisps that often stray into his face Eyes: sloe (a blue so dark it's nearly black) Race: Chinese Distinctive markings: poorly healed surgical scar, lower right side of his back from kidney replacement surgery. other minor scars |
| Dark a.k.a.: Dark Blade, Dao Shense, Shen author: angel |
Notes: Dark was a mercenary brought in by the scientist in charge of the experiments on Sora when, in a fit of conscience, he decided to abort the experiments. During the worst of the last war, he lost track of Sora. He continued to keep an ear to the ground for any information about Sora or Dr. Skyler. The first information to reach him is bad, news of Dr. Skyler's death. The next was news of Sora, losing his mind and launching a one-machine attack against the forces of the enemy. Now, he is on his own, trying to find either Sora or his twin brother Sterling to carry out a promise made to Dr. Skyler, working only on rumors of their deaths. Trained as a mercenary, Dark is very good at what he does, which is a good thing, because for a very long time "what he did" was try to keep up with a better-trained, better-equipped, genius cyborg. He is proficient in the use of many types of standard weapons, hand to hand combat, and managing a great variety of vehicles. |
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Age: 15 Height: 5' (exactly) Weight: slender, too slender, but not emaciated Hair: Chestnut, with strands of copper, gold, and a richer darker brown. Short with long bangs. Eyes: Violet Race: synthetic humanoid |
| Kairi author: Kari |
Notes: Kairi is survivor of Project Eternity. He was created to reflect an aspect of a dead man that his creator was obsessed with. Kairi ended up at the ruins of the L.A. Library, where he met Kirei. Kairi was supposed to follow Kirei to San Jose, but was caught by a mysterious doctor, and trapped in a dark room. Kairi doesn't age. He will always be fifteen. He is always hungry, yet can go for days and days without eating. He craves being touched, yet has to keep to himself, because touching his bare skin can be dangerous. His full powers and disadvantages of being touched still have yet to be explored. He's very strong, and his body can heal itself of injuries that would kill most people. Kairi has a hard time knowing what is real, and what is in his imagination. He'll see and talk to people who aren't there. In short, he's insane. Kairi is highly sensitive to music and noise. Certain voices and instruments have a hypnotic affect upon him, and send him into a trance, a trance where he sees and feels things accutely...things which are a mystery to him. Kairi doesn't play an instrument himself, but he has a very beautiful, unchanged boy's soprano. He also has read all the books he could get his hands on that were left in the L.A. Library, most of which were fiction, literature, poetry, and fantasy. |
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Age: 15 Height: 4' 9" Hair: Black, short, with long front bangs Eyes: Emerald green Race: synthetic humanoid |
| Kirei author: Kari |
Notes: Like Kairi, Kirei is a survivor of Project Eternity. He was created to reflect another aspect of the dead man, like Kairi. He met Kairi in a club which once was the L.A. library, with the vague sense that they'd met before. Kirei has become obsessed with rediscovering magic in the world. He is convinced the answers lie in San Jose. Kirei doesn't age, his body can heal horrible wounds. Physically, he's stronger than he looks, though not as strong as Kairi. He can go without eating for days, however, Kirei is seldom hungry. Kirei is more than a little mad, but he is a gentle person, for the most part. Kirei has a beautiful, unchanged boy's soprano. He is also highly succeptible to music, even more so than Kairi. Music will actually give him visions, and transport him to other places. It's very difficult for Kirei to stay in this world when music is being played. Or perhaps it's merely imagination and madness? Like Kairi, Kirei has read every book in the Library he could get his hands on. He and Kairi shared most of the books they found. |
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Age: 25 Height: 6' 2" Hair: Short, black, with long bangs Eyes: Golden Race: synthetic humanoid |
| Shin author: Kari |
Notes: Shin is the third aspect of the dead man, different from Kirei and Kairi. He's the one their creator fears most. He has the most of the nature of the dead man the three young males were modeled after, but the least magical power. Physically and personally, he is the most threatening. Shin is the one who took the boys away from their creator in the first place, though they don't remember it. Unlike the boys, he remembers their past, but refuses to tell it. There is a wager going on, between him and Kirei, regarding Kairi, but Kirei does not clearly remember, and Shin isn't telling. Physically, he's stronger and more imposing than either of the boys, but his powers aren't as strong as theirs. Shin can communicate telepathically with Kairi and Kirei. |
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Age: unknown Height: 6' 2" Hair: longish, silvery-white Eyes: Ice blue Race: unknown |
| Dr. Divian Lang author: Kari |
Notes: Involved with Project Eternity, where he met Corwyth Ashelocke, a member of a wealthy, powerful family which was helping to fund the project, Divian had been part of a cult that was hoping to make their god real. Corwyth volunteered himself as the main subject in the cult's project, hoping to awaken the god within Corwyth's body. Divian awakened something. The result was the death of thirty people, including Divian himself, as Corwyth became something else. The sight of what Corwyth became would haunt Divian forever, even as the thing killed him. Divian's death wasn't permanent. He returned to life to a scene of carnage, the dead bodies of his companions. There was no sign of Corwyth. Divian went into hiding afterwards, and found that he now had abilities which enabled him to cloud the memories of others. He used these abilities to steal materials from Project Eternity and build his own private lab. Divian became obsessed with Corwyth and what he had become. He decided to try and recreate Corwyth within three synthetic lifeforms, each to represent an aspect of his personality. The experiment both failed and succeeded, then slipped from Divian's grasp. Divian has the skills of a scientist and the charisma which drew a cult around him. He has psionic abilities now, which can be enhanced with special drugs. Touch increases his powers. He was the master of both Kirei and Kairi's memories, and was able to manipulate them at will. However, the boys are learning ways around this. |