Post by sorinpriest on Nov 29, 2007 20:37:28 GMT -5
Name:Sorin Victor Priest
Age:seventeen
Year::1st year (transfer student)
Background Story: Sorin Victor Priest is the son of Jackson Priest: a mutant who had the power to jump start other's mutant abilities. Jackson used his powers to tour the United States and Canada as a Mutant Evangelist, claiming that the power of God could give people the ability to do good (and thus donate lots o money to Jackson's church). Jackson was killed by a Human supremacist lynch mob when Sorin was seven. The death of his father ignited Sorin's own latent powers. Not knowing the child was hiding beneath the sound stage, the mob left Sorin alive.
He was found by authorities later the next day, however whenever anyone tried to touch the small boy, he panicked and began screaming about horrible things that he was seeing. Eventually Sorin was sedated and taken to the hospital where he was treated for shock and trauma. Sorin was believed to have been driven insane by his father's death- in fact his mutation wasn't noticed by anyone other than Sorin himself until high school.
Sorin had gained a unique ability to see death. He could see and speak to ghosts. he could tell by touching an object if its owner was alive or dead. He could also see how anyone he touched was going to die. These abilites caused Sorin to pull in upon himself. he isolated himself from others, taking solace in goth culture. he used a deck of tarot cards, some cold reading skills and his own abilities to make money as a fortuneteller- as his after school job. His mother had tried to live a quiet life after their father died (she was human), and Sorin's odd ways made this difficult.
Things came to a head when Sorin foretold the imminent death of a local high school football star who had bullied Sorin. Sorin told the whole football team (as they were beating him), that the Quarterback would die at the next game from a heart attack. The Quarterback did in fact die of a heart attack (induced by the highly unsafe levels of anabolic steroids that he was taking)- and Sorin was brought in for questioning and nearly charged with murder (it was assumed that Sorin had poisoned the Quarterback), before the lab results came back.
This incident exposed Sorin's powers and it was felt by his mother that he needed a place better prepared to deal with him than a normal high school was. He was thus transfered to the New Mutant Academy, where he has been listed as a first year due to his poor grades (its hard to care when you know exactly how you will die), poor attitude (same reason), and poor social skills (ditto).
About you: Sorin is tall and athletic for his age. Exercise and the endorphine rush it provides help him keep his mind off death for a little while. Sorin's hair is a light brown which he generally dyes black or deep red. He dresses in goth style- black with silver chains etc...
Sorin likes solitude. Even touching most objects will tell him if their owner is alive or dead. He doesn't like computers, or books as a result- although library books are fine and school computers are okay. He likes fortunetelling and playing card games.
Sorin is border-line clinically depressed. He knows exactly how he and everyone his knows well are going to die. He tries to take a long view on it, but staying happy is difficult. The best he generally manages is to be distant. Isolation makes him feel safe.
Sorin dresses to scare and provoke. He knows that if he acts creepy enough and weird enough people will stay away- they won't touch him and he won't have to know how they will die. Gloves don't help prevent his ability- sometimes he gets an impression of a person's death just from standing next to them, so he doesn't try to cover up like Rogue did.
Picture:flickr.com/photos/20665831@N04/2075080048/
Age:seventeen
Year::1st year (transfer student)
Background Story: Sorin Victor Priest is the son of Jackson Priest: a mutant who had the power to jump start other's mutant abilities. Jackson used his powers to tour the United States and Canada as a Mutant Evangelist, claiming that the power of God could give people the ability to do good (and thus donate lots o money to Jackson's church). Jackson was killed by a Human supremacist lynch mob when Sorin was seven. The death of his father ignited Sorin's own latent powers. Not knowing the child was hiding beneath the sound stage, the mob left Sorin alive.
He was found by authorities later the next day, however whenever anyone tried to touch the small boy, he panicked and began screaming about horrible things that he was seeing. Eventually Sorin was sedated and taken to the hospital where he was treated for shock and trauma. Sorin was believed to have been driven insane by his father's death- in fact his mutation wasn't noticed by anyone other than Sorin himself until high school.
Sorin had gained a unique ability to see death. He could see and speak to ghosts. he could tell by touching an object if its owner was alive or dead. He could also see how anyone he touched was going to die. These abilites caused Sorin to pull in upon himself. he isolated himself from others, taking solace in goth culture. he used a deck of tarot cards, some cold reading skills and his own abilities to make money as a fortuneteller- as his after school job. His mother had tried to live a quiet life after their father died (she was human), and Sorin's odd ways made this difficult.
Things came to a head when Sorin foretold the imminent death of a local high school football star who had bullied Sorin. Sorin told the whole football team (as they were beating him), that the Quarterback would die at the next game from a heart attack. The Quarterback did in fact die of a heart attack (induced by the highly unsafe levels of anabolic steroids that he was taking)- and Sorin was brought in for questioning and nearly charged with murder (it was assumed that Sorin had poisoned the Quarterback), before the lab results came back.
This incident exposed Sorin's powers and it was felt by his mother that he needed a place better prepared to deal with him than a normal high school was. He was thus transfered to the New Mutant Academy, where he has been listed as a first year due to his poor grades (its hard to care when you know exactly how you will die), poor attitude (same reason), and poor social skills (ditto).
About you: Sorin is tall and athletic for his age. Exercise and the endorphine rush it provides help him keep his mind off death for a little while. Sorin's hair is a light brown which he generally dyes black or deep red. He dresses in goth style- black with silver chains etc...
Sorin likes solitude. Even touching most objects will tell him if their owner is alive or dead. He doesn't like computers, or books as a result- although library books are fine and school computers are okay. He likes fortunetelling and playing card games.
Sorin is border-line clinically depressed. He knows exactly how he and everyone his knows well are going to die. He tries to take a long view on it, but staying happy is difficult. The best he generally manages is to be distant. Isolation makes him feel safe.
Sorin dresses to scare and provoke. He knows that if he acts creepy enough and weird enough people will stay away- they won't touch him and he won't have to know how they will die. Gloves don't help prevent his ability- sometimes he gets an impression of a person's death just from standing next to them, so he doesn't try to cover up like Rogue did.
Picture:flickr.com/photos/20665831@N04/2075080048/