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PLAYER STUFF
Name: Lindsey
Pronoun: she/her
Email address: xXsophisticat3d@aim.com
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Other characters: not yet
CHARACTER STUFF
Name: Jon Stark (Jon Snow)
Aliases: Longclaw
Canon: his page on a wiki of ice and fire
Role: Hero, Berkeley freshman
Species: human
Gender: male
Age: 18
Appearance: here is what Jon looks like on the show, here is what Kit Harington looks like in real life, here is jon in his longclaw costume
Origin story: The Stark family has long been noted (mainly among themselves) for producing metahumans (mainly miraculous rabbis), and about 25 years ago four powered Stark siblings--Brandon, Eddard, Lyanna, and Benjen Stark--formed a supergroup of sorts to protect their home city of Chicago. 19 years ago, as Ned Stark was due to be married, Brandon and Lyanna disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Ned took over their shared responsibilities as Benjen went off to travel the world and look for answers or something. Ned and his new wife Catelyn Tully adopted newborn Jon, again under mysterious circumstances, a month or so after their oldest child was born.
Jon had a relatively normal childhood, for the son of the local superhero and his plucky love interest, but he was always a sensitive kid who had trouble making friends, and threw himself into superhero training wholeheartedly. He spent most of his free time (that was not taken up by hockey) practicing mixed martial arts and weapons training (the rest of his free time was taken up by terrible bands and trying to straighten his hair). When his powers developed at age 13, he was pleased but not surprised--perhaps even relieved. Though his claws proved tricky weapons, he practiced day and night until he had mastered them, and begged his father to take him out on patrols. He patrolled the suburbs until he graduated high school, and then he was allowed to join the Trailblazers, so long as it didn't get in the way of his college education. This is the standing offer for all Stark siblings, but the younger ones will doubtless find a way to weasel out of it.
Jon did very well in school, as he had few distractions besides his training and his family, and was accepted to several liberal arts programs around the country. He chose UC Berkeley because the West Coast Trailblazers happened to be looking for new trainees at the time (sadly he was deferred from UCLA). Freshman orientation was not all he had hoped--it turns out the town of Berkeley is kind of far from San Francisco?--but he eventually won a place among his classmates when he successfully defended them from a minor zombie uprising. Now he's starting classes, hoping to major in American literature with a focus on transcendentalist writings. He defends this to his parents by saying it will be a good foundation for law school.
Personality: Jon is poised on the brink between a quiet youth and a reserved young man, and as his world opens his (kind of pretentious) opinions are becoming more measured and thoughtful. He's growing into his weird habits and learning to appreciate the things he took for granted in high school. He's not used to anyone taking an interest in him besides his immediate family, and his shyness can sometimes come off as an unfriendly nature. He does have a habit of taking things more seriously than is warranted (his superhero career, Into the Wild, romantic relationships, his hair, family obligations, Morrissey), but he still has a dry wit and a sly sense of humor. His responsibilities he takes very seriously as well, though he does have a rebellious streak and no problem standing up to authority if he feels justified. This can lead to a notable disregard for command structure in certain situations, and he can be very frustrating to anyone unfortunate enough to be in charge of a mission or project he takes an interest in. He genuinely means no disrespect, most of the time, but he has his own way of doing things and is not naturally inclined to following somebody else's leadership, even when the situation calls for it. To his friends and family, and anyone who catches his interest, he is sweet and thoughtful, and loyal to a fault. But stubborn as he might be, he is perfectly capable of seeing the bigger picture--however, being 18, he sometimes needs it pointed out to him.
Differences from canon: Jon comes from a world based on, roughly, 15th century Europe, with a good deal of magic and bits of 19th century science thrown in. In canon he is the bastard son of Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. Obviously, these positions and places are irrelevant on a canon based, roughly, on 21st century America. A lot of his characterization and motivation stem from feeling out of place at Winterfell, and marginalized by aristocratic society as a whole. I believe a lot of this is him rationalizing both ordinary teenage angst and a tendency towards depression, based on canon descriptions of him as 'sullen,' 'withdrawn,' etc. In this AU he mostly attributes his feelings to being comparatively uncool, relative to his adopted brother of the same age, and general uneasiness about the circumstances of his birth, as well as a healthy dislike of high school and suburban living. Jon has access to a lot of things here he would not have in canon, and his interests have expanded appropriately. In canon, he was singlemindedly interested in combat training; by positing him as a legacy character I hoped to reproduce the circumstances that produced that drive in him. As he has not been materially or emotionally disadvantaged by the circumstances of his birth, his lack of experience with romantic and sexual relationships stem more from teenage social awkwardness rather than an innate fear of unwanted pregnancy, though he is more aware of that possibility than teenage boys who aren't the only adopted child in a family with five biological children (and he has his own suspicions concerning his resemblance to his dad). On a similar note, he keenly felt the lack of a mother figure in canon; as attitudes have changed since medieval times concerning out of wedlock children, his relationship with Catelyn Stark has likely changed as well. Instead of planning on joining the Night's Watch to earn the honor denied to him by the Westerosi social system, he possesses a typical shonen desire to prove himself as a superhero. Relatedly, he has powers he does not possess in canon, where his only supernatural ability is warging, or possessing animal bodies while the human body is unconscious. Ghost, for his part, is a direwolf, the symbol of House Stark, in canon, which are, if not extinct in this AU, extremely hard to come by in the suburbs of Chicago; to that effect, he is just a large dog with wolfish traits, likely some kind of malamute cross.
Power level: c
Powers: Jon has a traditional healing factor, complete with whole tissue regeneration. He also can produce at will razor-sharp chitinous growths that begin at his first knuckle and extend out from 6-12 inches on each finger. These fall off when he is done with them and are replaced with new growths when necessary.
He's been training in mixed martial arts since he was fairly small, and is proficient in hand-to-hand combat as well as armed combat--that is to say, he can fight with and without his claws, and knows how to use a sword, staff, gun, and bow. He has exceptional form and power, but he has almost no experience fighting for real, and he's never fought another sentient being with the intent of actually incapacitating them.
Ghost is his very large, very intelligent, preternaturally silent white wolfish dog. Since Jon is living in college dorms right now, Ghost currently lives at home with his parents, but Jon plans on changing that at the earliest possible convenience. If the mods permit it, I'd like to experiment with warging eventually--that is, Jon possessing Ghost's body while unconscious--as a 'secondary mutation.' This is an ability he has in canon.
He also plays hockey. He's a pretty good sweeper.
Team affiliation: trailblazers
First person sample:
Email:
Dad--
I need you to send me a sword. My claws are more brittle than I realized. I could use a bow as well. Do you have any trick arrows? Tell everyone I said hi. I hope you're doing well.
--Jon
Later, posted to The Watch:
[a serious-looking young man is sitting in what looks suspiciously like a college dorm room. he has a black bandana tied around the lower half of his face.]
Hey. I'm with the Trailblazers. Does anyone know where I could get a hand and a half sword in the bay area? Thanks.
[he seems to be done...]
Prose sample:
at the test drive
Name: Lindsey
Pronoun: she/her
Email address: xXsophisticat3d@aim.com
Preferred contact: AIM or personal journal,
Other characters: not yet
CHARACTER STUFF
Name: Jon Stark (Jon Snow)
Aliases: Longclaw
Canon: his page on a wiki of ice and fire
Role: Hero, Berkeley freshman
Species: human
Gender: male
Age: 18
Appearance: here is what Jon looks like on the show, here is what Kit Harington looks like in real life, here is jon in his longclaw costume
Origin story: The Stark family has long been noted (mainly among themselves) for producing metahumans (mainly miraculous rabbis), and about 25 years ago four powered Stark siblings--Brandon, Eddard, Lyanna, and Benjen Stark--formed a supergroup of sorts to protect their home city of Chicago. 19 years ago, as Ned Stark was due to be married, Brandon and Lyanna disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Ned took over their shared responsibilities as Benjen went off to travel the world and look for answers or something. Ned and his new wife Catelyn Tully adopted newborn Jon, again under mysterious circumstances, a month or so after their oldest child was born.
Jon had a relatively normal childhood, for the son of the local superhero and his plucky love interest, but he was always a sensitive kid who had trouble making friends, and threw himself into superhero training wholeheartedly. He spent most of his free time (that was not taken up by hockey) practicing mixed martial arts and weapons training (the rest of his free time was taken up by terrible bands and trying to straighten his hair). When his powers developed at age 13, he was pleased but not surprised--perhaps even relieved. Though his claws proved tricky weapons, he practiced day and night until he had mastered them, and begged his father to take him out on patrols. He patrolled the suburbs until he graduated high school, and then he was allowed to join the Trailblazers, so long as it didn't get in the way of his college education. This is the standing offer for all Stark siblings, but the younger ones will doubtless find a way to weasel out of it.
Jon did very well in school, as he had few distractions besides his training and his family, and was accepted to several liberal arts programs around the country. He chose UC Berkeley because the West Coast Trailblazers happened to be looking for new trainees at the time (sadly he was deferred from UCLA). Freshman orientation was not all he had hoped--it turns out the town of Berkeley is kind of far from San Francisco?--but he eventually won a place among his classmates when he successfully defended them from a minor zombie uprising. Now he's starting classes, hoping to major in American literature with a focus on transcendentalist writings. He defends this to his parents by saying it will be a good foundation for law school.
Personality: Jon is poised on the brink between a quiet youth and a reserved young man, and as his world opens his (kind of pretentious) opinions are becoming more measured and thoughtful. He's growing into his weird habits and learning to appreciate the things he took for granted in high school. He's not used to anyone taking an interest in him besides his immediate family, and his shyness can sometimes come off as an unfriendly nature. He does have a habit of taking things more seriously than is warranted (his superhero career, Into the Wild, romantic relationships, his hair, family obligations, Morrissey), but he still has a dry wit and a sly sense of humor. His responsibilities he takes very seriously as well, though he does have a rebellious streak and no problem standing up to authority if he feels justified. This can lead to a notable disregard for command structure in certain situations, and he can be very frustrating to anyone unfortunate enough to be in charge of a mission or project he takes an interest in. He genuinely means no disrespect, most of the time, but he has his own way of doing things and is not naturally inclined to following somebody else's leadership, even when the situation calls for it. To his friends and family, and anyone who catches his interest, he is sweet and thoughtful, and loyal to a fault. But stubborn as he might be, he is perfectly capable of seeing the bigger picture--however, being 18, he sometimes needs it pointed out to him.
Differences from canon: Jon comes from a world based on, roughly, 15th century Europe, with a good deal of magic and bits of 19th century science thrown in. In canon he is the bastard son of Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell and Warden of the North. Obviously, these positions and places are irrelevant on a canon based, roughly, on 21st century America. A lot of his characterization and motivation stem from feeling out of place at Winterfell, and marginalized by aristocratic society as a whole. I believe a lot of this is him rationalizing both ordinary teenage angst and a tendency towards depression, based on canon descriptions of him as 'sullen,' 'withdrawn,' etc. In this AU he mostly attributes his feelings to being comparatively uncool, relative to his adopted brother of the same age, and general uneasiness about the circumstances of his birth, as well as a healthy dislike of high school and suburban living. Jon has access to a lot of things here he would not have in canon, and his interests have expanded appropriately. In canon, he was singlemindedly interested in combat training; by positing him as a legacy character I hoped to reproduce the circumstances that produced that drive in him. As he has not been materially or emotionally disadvantaged by the circumstances of his birth, his lack of experience with romantic and sexual relationships stem more from teenage social awkwardness rather than an innate fear of unwanted pregnancy, though he is more aware of that possibility than teenage boys who aren't the only adopted child in a family with five biological children (and he has his own suspicions concerning his resemblance to his dad). On a similar note, he keenly felt the lack of a mother figure in canon; as attitudes have changed since medieval times concerning out of wedlock children, his relationship with Catelyn Stark has likely changed as well. Instead of planning on joining the Night's Watch to earn the honor denied to him by the Westerosi social system, he possesses a typical shonen desire to prove himself as a superhero. Relatedly, he has powers he does not possess in canon, where his only supernatural ability is warging, or possessing animal bodies while the human body is unconscious. Ghost, for his part, is a direwolf, the symbol of House Stark, in canon, which are, if not extinct in this AU, extremely hard to come by in the suburbs of Chicago; to that effect, he is just a large dog with wolfish traits, likely some kind of malamute cross.
Power level: c
Powers: Jon has a traditional healing factor, complete with whole tissue regeneration. He also can produce at will razor-sharp chitinous growths that begin at his first knuckle and extend out from 6-12 inches on each finger. These fall off when he is done with them and are replaced with new growths when necessary.
He's been training in mixed martial arts since he was fairly small, and is proficient in hand-to-hand combat as well as armed combat--that is to say, he can fight with and without his claws, and knows how to use a sword, staff, gun, and bow. He has exceptional form and power, but he has almost no experience fighting for real, and he's never fought another sentient being with the intent of actually incapacitating them.
Ghost is his very large, very intelligent, preternaturally silent white wolfish dog. Since Jon is living in college dorms right now, Ghost currently lives at home with his parents, but Jon plans on changing that at the earliest possible convenience. If the mods permit it, I'd like to experiment with warging eventually--that is, Jon possessing Ghost's body while unconscious--as a 'secondary mutation.' This is an ability he has in canon.
He also plays hockey. He's a pretty good sweeper.
Team affiliation: trailblazers
First person sample:
Email:
Dad--
I need you to send me a sword. My claws are more brittle than I realized. I could use a bow as well. Do you have any trick arrows? Tell everyone I said hi. I hope you're doing well.
--Jon
Later, posted to The Watch:
[a serious-looking young man is sitting in what looks suspiciously like a college dorm room. he has a black bandana tied around the lower half of his face.]
Hey. I'm with the Trailblazers. Does anyone know where I could get a hand and a half sword in the bay area? Thanks.
[he seems to be done...]
Prose sample:
at the test drive