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"Creation which cannot express itself becomes madness." -Anaïs Nin.
Name: Ororo N'Daré Munroe
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Ethnicity: African-American
Abilities: Ororo has the potential for vast psychokinetic abilities, all of which are tied to Earth's biosphere and geomagnetic energies as warmed and powered by The Sun. She possesses a neuropsychic link to Earth's morphic resonance and through that The Gaia Hypothesis, essentially the collective unconscious of the planet as a living organism, and all of her powers derive from this link to Earth's "geophysiology."
Ultimately, her powers largely take the form of atmokinesis, the ability to manipulate weather in all its forms. Theoretically, as a living energy conduit, she would later be able to expand this ability to include such aspects as pyrokinesis and geokinesis and energy-based perception, but as she is self-taught and still maturing the overwhelming majority of her potential manifestations are as yet unavailable to her. Indeed, the ceiling of her power could theoretically be capable of affecting weather systems across the face of The Earth, but at this young age and for the foreseeable future her abilities remain extremely localized, basically line-of-sight.
At present, her primary abilities lie in aerokinesis-- the ability to manipulate air currents and generate atmospheric displacement to a variety of effects, including moving objects out of her reach and levitating/flying her own body much like telekinesis --electrokinesis-- the ability to manipulate and generate electric fields, presently primarily manifesting as bolts of lightning --and hydrokinesis-- the ability to manipulate water, presently primarily manifesting as the ability to create cloud formations and seeding them to initiate rainfall. She also has far more limited photokinetic abilities, allowing her to generate sunlight for warmth and illumination and plant nutrition, and cryokinesis, though hardly yet on the same level or versatility as Bobby "Iceman" Drake.
She knows some very basic self-defense techniques, mostly brawling and fighting dirty in order to run away, which she retains from the time before she got her powers.
Physical Appearance: Ororo possesses that curious, impossible mix of alluring curves and slender musculature so common amongst those of a superhuman nature. Her skin is medium brown. Her hair is straight and silver, and her eyes are blue-- these may be physical expressions of her mutation or unrelated genetic anomalies.
Often when Ororo uses her powers forcefully, her eyes will occlude themselves in a manner related to her power's current expression-- they will mist over like a fogbank if she is herding clouds or shaping wind, or crackle with energy if she is unleashing lightning or light.
Personality: Internally, Ororo is passionate and compassionate, righteously indignant, stubbornly headstrong to a fault. However, as her powers are often tied to her emotional levels, she has found she must keep her intensity in check. Thus, outwardly, Ororo presents as coolly snarky and haughtily reserved.
Ororo is maternal towards the weak and infirm, deeply compassionate, but dubious of authority figures that might abuse their position.
Because of childhood trauma, Ororo is decidedly claustrophobic. She does not overmuch mind large rooms, especially if there is a skylight, but closer spaces like phone booths or elevators will damage her calm. Cramped, dark spaces are genuinely panic-inducing.
History: Ororo's father was an African-American photojournalist who fell in love with and married a Kenyan tribal princess named N'Daré while on assignment in Africa. They moved together back to Manhattan, where Ororo was then born and raised in Harlem. They loved each other and their daughter very much.
Tragically, on September 11, 2001, an unexpected terrorist attack destroyed and collapsed WTC 7 while four-year-old Ororo and her parents were visiting one of the banking institutions therein. Most people inside the structure survived, but Ororo and her parents were trapped beneath debris, at which point her parents died from internal injuries. Ororo remained trapped, pinned, alone in the dark until brave members of The FDNY rescued her not long before the building's complete collapse.
(Unbeknownst to the general public and Ororo specifically, SHIELD operations were instrumental in pre-empting greater and more terrible attacks and minimizing the casualties of this particular attack. Indeed, had SHIELD not classified the name of the terrorist organization involved-- The Ten Rings --the nation might have been swept over into a fervor of unwinnable war and divided over the nature of the response.)
Wracked by survivor's guilt and emotional trauma, Ororo found herself propelled into the foster care system, pinballing from home to home. Some of her foster parents were straight up abusive, others were well-meaning but unable to connect with Ororo emotionally, but in any case Ororo was sick of it by 13 and ran away. Teaching herself to survive out on the streets, occasionally by pick-pocketing, Ororo became cool and hardy.
This process became both easier and more complicated on the day she was threatened by a man named Amahl Farouk, who fancied himself a street-level kingpin and demanded a cut of her pickpocket takings. Feeling suddenly almost as trapped as she was as a child, Ororo felt a great power take hold of her and she unleashed a massive gust of wind that bowled Farouk ass over teakettle and allowed Ororo to hurtle to a safe distance.
She then explored the current extent of her powers largely by autodidactic trial and error, with mixed results. During this time, both Charles Xavier and Emma Frost attempted to approach Ororo for their respective schools... but wary of strangers especially ones exuding authority, Ororo refused even to hear what they had to say, escaping via windriding before either of them so much had introduced themselves.
Not long after this, Ororo encountered a small ragtag group of (mutant) children, powerless but disfigured, who claimed to have gotten separated and lost from a colony of people living in New York's sewer system. As her claustrophobia prevented her from helping them venture into the sewers to find their home, she took them under her wing instead, becoming their "den mother."
Squatting in a derelict loft apartment with a broad skylight, Ororo made a little home for her new charges. She provided warmth in winter, grew an indoor vegetable garden to provide food, taught them how to pick pockets and pick locks just enough to survive if they got separated from her, taught them how to navigate the city. She exhausted herself creating a pocket of protected space during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but successfully kept her people safe.
These days, the little band has become somewhat braver, venturing out despite the risk of discovery by social services on what Ororo calls "field trips," as she doesn't want to neglect the kids' education. The young people generally hold Ororo in awe, sometimes referring to her as a "goddess" or, perhaps more colorfully, as "The Avatar," a nod to "The Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra." (Ororo doesn't get this reference especially well; she was never into Nicktoons.)
Ororo simply calls herself a "weather witch," and has not yet thought to give herself a "superhero codename."
Name: Ororo N'Daré Munroe
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Ethnicity: African-American
Abilities: Ororo has the potential for vast psychokinetic abilities, all of which are tied to Earth's biosphere and geomagnetic energies as warmed and powered by The Sun. She possesses a neuropsychic link to Earth's morphic resonance and through that The Gaia Hypothesis, essentially the collective unconscious of the planet as a living organism, and all of her powers derive from this link to Earth's "geophysiology."
Ultimately, her powers largely take the form of atmokinesis, the ability to manipulate weather in all its forms. Theoretically, as a living energy conduit, she would later be able to expand this ability to include such aspects as pyrokinesis and geokinesis and energy-based perception, but as she is self-taught and still maturing the overwhelming majority of her potential manifestations are as yet unavailable to her. Indeed, the ceiling of her power could theoretically be capable of affecting weather systems across the face of The Earth, but at this young age and for the foreseeable future her abilities remain extremely localized, basically line-of-sight.
At present, her primary abilities lie in aerokinesis-- the ability to manipulate air currents and generate atmospheric displacement to a variety of effects, including moving objects out of her reach and levitating/flying her own body much like telekinesis --electrokinesis-- the ability to manipulate and generate electric fields, presently primarily manifesting as bolts of lightning --and hydrokinesis-- the ability to manipulate water, presently primarily manifesting as the ability to create cloud formations and seeding them to initiate rainfall. She also has far more limited photokinetic abilities, allowing her to generate sunlight for warmth and illumination and plant nutrition, and cryokinesis, though hardly yet on the same level or versatility as Bobby "Iceman" Drake.
She knows some very basic self-defense techniques, mostly brawling and fighting dirty in order to run away, which she retains from the time before she got her powers.
Physical Appearance: Ororo possesses that curious, impossible mix of alluring curves and slender musculature so common amongst those of a superhuman nature. Her skin is medium brown. Her hair is straight and silver, and her eyes are blue-- these may be physical expressions of her mutation or unrelated genetic anomalies.
Often when Ororo uses her powers forcefully, her eyes will occlude themselves in a manner related to her power's current expression-- they will mist over like a fogbank if she is herding clouds or shaping wind, or crackle with energy if she is unleashing lightning or light.
Personality: Internally, Ororo is passionate and compassionate, righteously indignant, stubbornly headstrong to a fault. However, as her powers are often tied to her emotional levels, she has found she must keep her intensity in check. Thus, outwardly, Ororo presents as coolly snarky and haughtily reserved.
Ororo is maternal towards the weak and infirm, deeply compassionate, but dubious of authority figures that might abuse their position.
Because of childhood trauma, Ororo is decidedly claustrophobic. She does not overmuch mind large rooms, especially if there is a skylight, but closer spaces like phone booths or elevators will damage her calm. Cramped, dark spaces are genuinely panic-inducing.
History: Ororo's father was an African-American photojournalist who fell in love with and married a Kenyan tribal princess named N'Daré while on assignment in Africa. They moved together back to Manhattan, where Ororo was then born and raised in Harlem. They loved each other and their daughter very much.
Tragically, on September 11, 2001, an unexpected terrorist attack destroyed and collapsed WTC 7 while four-year-old Ororo and her parents were visiting one of the banking institutions therein. Most people inside the structure survived, but Ororo and her parents were trapped beneath debris, at which point her parents died from internal injuries. Ororo remained trapped, pinned, alone in the dark until brave members of The FDNY rescued her not long before the building's complete collapse.
(Unbeknownst to the general public and Ororo specifically, SHIELD operations were instrumental in pre-empting greater and more terrible attacks and minimizing the casualties of this particular attack. Indeed, had SHIELD not classified the name of the terrorist organization involved-- The Ten Rings --the nation might have been swept over into a fervor of unwinnable war and divided over the nature of the response.)
Wracked by survivor's guilt and emotional trauma, Ororo found herself propelled into the foster care system, pinballing from home to home. Some of her foster parents were straight up abusive, others were well-meaning but unable to connect with Ororo emotionally, but in any case Ororo was sick of it by 13 and ran away. Teaching herself to survive out on the streets, occasionally by pick-pocketing, Ororo became cool and hardy.
This process became both easier and more complicated on the day she was threatened by a man named Amahl Farouk, who fancied himself a street-level kingpin and demanded a cut of her pickpocket takings. Feeling suddenly almost as trapped as she was as a child, Ororo felt a great power take hold of her and she unleashed a massive gust of wind that bowled Farouk ass over teakettle and allowed Ororo to hurtle to a safe distance.
She then explored the current extent of her powers largely by autodidactic trial and error, with mixed results. During this time, both Charles Xavier and Emma Frost attempted to approach Ororo for their respective schools... but wary of strangers especially ones exuding authority, Ororo refused even to hear what they had to say, escaping via windriding before either of them so much had introduced themselves.
Not long after this, Ororo encountered a small ragtag group of (mutant) children, powerless but disfigured, who claimed to have gotten separated and lost from a colony of people living in New York's sewer system. As her claustrophobia prevented her from helping them venture into the sewers to find their home, she took them under her wing instead, becoming their "den mother."
Squatting in a derelict loft apartment with a broad skylight, Ororo made a little home for her new charges. She provided warmth in winter, grew an indoor vegetable garden to provide food, taught them how to pick pockets and pick locks just enough to survive if they got separated from her, taught them how to navigate the city. She exhausted herself creating a pocket of protected space during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but successfully kept her people safe.
These days, the little band has become somewhat braver, venturing out despite the risk of discovery by social services on what Ororo calls "field trips," as she doesn't want to neglect the kids' education. The young people generally hold Ororo in awe, sometimes referring to her as a "goddess" or, perhaps more colorfully, as "The Avatar," a nod to "The Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra." (Ororo doesn't get this reference especially well; she was never into Nicktoons.)
Ororo simply calls herself a "weather witch," and has not yet thought to give herself a "superhero codename."
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"My first vision of earth was water veiled. I am of the race of men and women who see all things through this curtain of sea and my eyes are the color of water. I looked with chameleon eyes upon the changing face of the world, looked with anonymous vision upon my uncompleted self."
-Anaïs Nin, House of Incest.
"My first vision of earth was water veiled. I am of the race of men and women who see all things through this curtain of sea and my eyes are the color of water. I looked with chameleon eyes upon the changing face of the world, looked with anonymous vision upon my uncompleted self."
-Anaïs Nin, House of Incest.
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