Name: Ashling "Ash" Burke
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Rank: Gifted
Ability: Teleportation, she can vanish and reappear in a burst of smoke, times of recuperation depending on distance traveled. She can only go somewhere she has seen, or can visualize clearly and with great desire. Getting distracted mid use can cause great damage to herself.

Appearance Ash is pale, short at 5 ft, lean, and almost wispy looking. While she may look young, she is older than most gifted she has met. She has short silvery hair and pale gray eyes covered by a thick fringe. Across half her body lie light blue tattoos in a series of swirls and archs that start at her left jaw and work down to her left ankle. She has several healed scars across her neck and right shoulder, with others across her arms, and right leg. At first glance she looks almost sickly and serious, but she does smile on the rare occasion when something good happens. Her attire is cozy looking, usually over-sized sweaters in pastel or light colors making her already frail and youthful appearance look even more enhanced.
Usually hidden by her clothing, she wears a utility belt filled with an assortment of tools from smoke bombs to small knives strapped to a leg.

Personality: As one of the Gifted helping gather aid for the resistance, Ash is usually a serious girl when working. (Which is almost always.) Constantly busy, She can't remember the last peaceful day she's had. highly protective, she considers every Gifted a blessing, and every hunter a bane against everything she holds dear. On this hand, Ash can be quite kind, especially to the gifted who come to them fearful and alone.
On the other, she can be quick to snap, unafraid to use whatever she can to get her point across. While normally soft spoken, if she is ignored or not listened to she has the tendancy to get increasingly agitated.
While hardly one for physical combat, she makes up for her lack of strength in her speed and agility, using whatever weapons she can to fight, including found objects if she must.
Very few know her past, and those who do don't mention it. All they know is that her extreme hatred for the Hunters is justified, and the reason she has survived so long.

Strengths: Speed, Maneuverability, Endurance.
Weaknesses: Lack of strength, Rash


Backstory: Little is known about Ash and her life before coming to the resistance. Her knowledge of the Hunters however, hints to a life having been in their care, one way or another. While she reveals little, as others get to know her, she reveals a little layer more about the girl she is and was.

How did you...: The lab was all she knew. That, and the pictures from the magazine, a gift for being a 'good girl' during the last bought of tests, and for the upcoming birthday. They even said they would have cake. As if cake could make up for the things she had seen, experienced. Pale fingers twitched at the pages, a picture of white sandy beaches, of distant relics once filled with tourists and now museum attractions for the rich. Who needed anything that lay outside the city, or for her, outside the lab. Pale eyes scanned the pages longingly, moving to what looked like a park, with a family joyfully playing around a grill. It was some sort of advertisement, but that wasn't what was important to Ash. The park, the pale plastic with its sterile shine, the way the grass almost seemed to be blowing in the wind, bent ever so sightly. The leaves twirling, captured in their flight. She could almost smell it. It was a picture she studied for days, slept with, kept under her mat. A picture she willed desperately to become a reality. Until one day, it did.
Through smoke and pain, she was jolted away, assaulted by the sounds of bugs, of distant sirens, and the feeling of wind, a real wind across her face. She didn't care that she was bleeding, or that she had nothing but a crumpled, torn picture in her fist. For the first time in her life, she was free.

Relationships Friends/Works with Hedge

Other: Ash is Heterosexual/Asexual

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Name: Hedge
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Rank: Gifted
Ability: Porcupine. His back and shoulders are covered in long, extremely sharp quills that he can raise and lower, as well as release at will. They are strong and sharp, and when flat can act as a layer of protection. While his eye-sight is poor during the day, his night vision works better than average, as well as his sense of smell. His teeth are slightly sharper than normal, and his nails grow to a faint point.

Appearance Hedge is medium build, with muscle of the acrobatic variety. His hair is a messy, sandy blonde with brown and almost white streaks. His eyes are so dark they are almost black, and he wears glasses to aid with less than seller day sight. Spines of a pale white with tan and brown banding cover his back, ranging in length and thickness. they run from the base of his neck, across his shoulders and down his back to his tailbone. Often he wears a shirt with slashes to allow the quills to poke through, so he can always access his Gift, or goes shirtless, which reveals a scar that runs across his upper chest, and a more recent stab wound to the side. Because of his tendency to ruin any shirt he actually likes, Hedge prefers to accessorize, showing his personality through an assortment of spiky necklaces and bracelets. He always keeps a longer quill in his sleeve when out, just in case.

Personality: Hedge is one of the most relaxed gifted you may ever meet. Almost always optimistic, he is a playful and joking guy. Despite this, his ability to strategize and his knowledge of the layout of the city they reside in gives him his place among the resistance team. while he may not act it, when push comes to shove Hedge can act quickly and efficiently, although he may jokingly complain along the way. He is a runner, someone who helps any new Gifted they come across, and believes anyone should have the chance to turn over a new leaf.
Words used to describe him are- Laid back, Strategist. Calm. Overly forgiving.
Strengths: Strategist, mid-level strength, Adaptable
Weaknesses: Weaker during the day, Too easy-going, susceptible.


Backstory: Hedge came from a home that accepted his Gift, despite is going against the regulations to harbor or unregistered those showing signs of abilities. While he managed to live this way until he was nearly 17, the destruction of his home and his run in with a Hunter left him to make his own way in the world. He joined the resistance recently, after they found him helping Gifted out of the city. (More discovered in RP)

Relationships: Friends/Works with Ash

How did you...:
"Shh, its ok." He remembered his mother, putting lotion across his back as sharp needles began to press their way from his skin. His life had been softness, and love. As he grew, and as his powers matured they never flinched away, even when he hurt them. They were good people, loving people. He only wished he knew what happened to them. His feet bounded down the road, shirt ripped, blood splattered across his back. His house was demolished, his family gone and now, he had to run for his life.

Other: Hedge is Bi Sexual, with a tendency towards men.

NAME

Ezhno

AGE

17

GENDER

Male

RANK

Gifted

ABILITY

Pure Earth Manipulation. He can control the positive powers of earth, causing anything and everything he comes across to flourish, representing the sustaining and preserving side of earth. Although a very powerful capability, he does not use it often for it requires immense focus and energy. What Ezhno gains in versatility and fine control, he loses in sheer power, therefore making this gift a second plan of action. Ezhno can also manipulate the minds of animals, and like zombies, coax them to do his bidding. Larger animals tend to be more difficult for him to tame, but even without his powers there seems to be a deep, devoting bond between Ezhno and the beasts.

APPEARANCE

With a youthful face and big, alluring chocolate eyes, Ellis is always being mistaken to be younger than he actually is. His height doesn't benefit him either, as he stands at a mere 5 feet, 6 inches. Although he has a youthful glow, with an innocent gaze, there is something about the way he holds himself that screams maturity and historical depth. His bone structure is defined. High cheekbones, a chiseled jawline and cleft chin, with a petite, straight nose and arched eyebrows complete a young and exotic look. Ezhno's skin is a robust color of tawny, having a yellowish undertone. He is reasonably built, although lean, with visible muscle and strong yet precise hands. The teen's dark, untamed hair is soft and fragrant, styled into a crew cut; shaved at the sides with the hair at the top of his head being significantly longer. It's always either combed back or tussled in various directions in a distinct messy look. Delicate, full lips are always curved downward in a neutral expression, and his lashes are full and quite long for a boy's, which contributes to a more feminine look. His features are soft, yet defined and somewhat rugged. Not one to wear his heart on his sleeve, Ezhno is always seen with a muted or neutral expression, sometimes even lost or confused. His ears are stretched half an inch, with real Azurite stone plugs fitted into the holes which he believes to retain his balance and protect him from negative energy. Ezhno also sports two tattoos on either of his hip bones; a colored eyeball with a blue-green iris and detailed veins, and a realistic looking ear, bloodied on its severed side. They were simple designs, but had a deafening meaning; look, and listen.

PERSONALITY

Ezhno lives a rich world inside his mind, which is full of imagination and excitement. Consequently, he sometimes finds the external world pales in comparison. This may result in a lack of motivation to complete tasks and maintain relationships.
Ezhno is not easily impressed, therefore boredom is a strife he is all too familiar with, which ultimately leads Ezhno into trouble. He can be susceptible to causing mischief, even when his intentions are fueled by pure curiosity, and is known to have a knack for getting himself out of tight spots because of how often he is faced with them. Ezhno's unconventional behaviors and social rebellion flag him as an independent character with an unconstrained mind. Intelligent and poised, with a flare of tactful defiance, Ezhno's childlike nature gives him all the charm and engrossment without the naivety and ignorance. Ezhno is young, but he isn't uninformed. He not only survives in his new world; he thrives in it. Spontaneity is something Ezhno specializes in, and he is never short of new strategies.

BACKSTORY

Ezhno was born an orphan. Little is known about his family origins besides his obvious Native American derivation. He was raised by a man named Marshall who was also one of the Gifted. Marshall was good to Ezhno, treating him as if he were one of his own. He was forming a group of anarchists to overthrow the Hunters' population, which unfortunately led to his capture and execution the year Ezhno turned sixteen. The aftermath left the boy devastated, but did not deter him from Marshall's objective. Ezhno realized he had a purpose and that all the training he was given was not in vain. Fueled by vengeance and the need to fulfill a legacy for those like him, Ezhno is determined to bring justice for the Gifted.

THE HOW

"Ezhno!" The boy's head whipped round to the sound of his name. It was coming from Marshall. With an inquisitive frown, Ezhno stood up from the bank of the river and hurried over to where the man stood on the wooden porch of their abode.
What could he want? He had done all his chores...

"I have a surprise for you." Marshall smiled down at the boy, his hands crossed behind his back. Ezhno's eyes lit up. He loved surprises, and those given to him by Marshall by far were the best. He was right to be exited, because when Marshall led him to into the stables, Ezhno could hardly believe what he saw.

His gift was alive! It was a puppy with nimble little legs that she bounded on excitedly within her pen upon spotting the two. Her barks were evidence of her excitement, and Ezhno, too, could hardly contain his giddiness.
His eager hands made haste in unlatching the pen door before he stepped inside to greet the mutt. Immediately, the two demonstrated a bond that was beyond anyone else's comprehension, a strong knowing of each other's mannerisms and desires.

It was the first creature Ezhno mastered, and she was the boy's willing training partner for many years, allowing Ezhno to strengthen his powers and move on to more challenging organisms.

OTHER

Theme Songs!

Ezhno has a guard doggy, a Shepard Pit named Ziggy. He's also hella gay. Derp?