ConfirmedLurker
Lurker
Name: Noah Walker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Species/Race: Human
Height: 5'8"
Appearance:
View attachment 605601
Abilities/powers:
Shadow Dash
Noah can dash up to 30ft in a line in any given direction at will, keeping all momentum on the x-axis (up and down momentum is not kept), which always happens in 0.2 seconds. Noah can only dash onto a solid mass, meaning that he can dash while jumping, but only onto a solid mass, and that he can't dash into the air. Noah may not dash through solid objects, but if dashing into a solid mass, Noah can choose to keep momentum equal to the speed he is travelling, essentially throwing himself directly at the mass. Noah has a pool of Will, which is the resource required to dash voluntarily. Noah's Will pool has 100 points and a passive regeneration of 5 points/s. Each feet of voluntary dashing takes up 10 points of Will. Hitting the limit of his Will pool will exhaust him significantly and cause whispers to appear.
When Noah dashes he temporarily becomes enveloped in black smoke, which trails off behind him, behaving like regular smoke, and dissapears 1 second after the dash is completed. Noah's eyesight is not affected by the smoke and his sillouette can be seen clearly in it. The smoke smells somewhat like gunpowder, but extinguishes any fire enveloped by it.
Involuntary dashes may occur if Noah is tired, excited, nervous or angry and potentially at random. Noah sometimes keeps his momentum when involuntary dashing occurs and sometimes doesn't. They don't cost Will points.
Noah can potentially attain more Will points/s or a larger Will pool given training, and possibly unlock new abilities related to Shadow Dash.
The exact source of his powers is unknown.
This is of course nothing but mechanics made to balance and explain Noah's powers. Noah doesn't have knowledge of all of the mechanics, but knows the basics.
Backstory:
Noah grew up in an average suburban household, not knowing lots about supernaturals or "superpowers", at least not the real ones. He was a very reserved child, often choosing to browse his computer and play video-games, rather than spend time with other kids. Still, Noah was a pretty normal kid with decent grades, and somehow remained unbullied throughout most of middleschool, keeping himself to a small circle of friends, all like-minded him. He was pretty satisfied with life, living as a normal teenager, until the nightmares began.
Noah started waking up to smoke in his room and dark whispers in his ears, unable to move out of fear, convinced by the seeming realness of the voices, but still, he convinced himself that they were nightmares, and nothing more. For a couple months he tried to ignore the voices, while slowly isolating himself from his friends and family, in fear of succumbing to the temptation of pleasuring the voices to go away. The whispers slowly grew darker, telling him to murder and arson, but he kept ignoring them, until he started moving rapidly in random directions at random. As soon as he experienced this, he confessed to his parents about the whispers. Noah stayed at home for a while, going through therapy and other such things, in an attempt to heal him of this curse, but none worked. After a while his parents got in contact with the Osiria Academy and he was offered a invitation. Desperate, they accepted and now Noah is on his way to Osiria Academy.
Personality:
Noah is shy and reserved, but not to the point of isolating himself. He tries to go by without people putting too much attention on him and is generally spotlight-averting. Noah, like everyone else, becomes much more open when befriended, potentially going from soft-spoken to ecstatic, and is generally a loyal friend once made. He has started having a more positive attitude towards his power, looking at it as a curse that potentially could be harnessed, despite the frequent involuntary dashes into lockers.
Additional skills:
Taekwondo
Noah trained taekwondo for 2 years in his teens, mostly because his friends did, but he still remembers some of it and is minorly capable in hand-to-hand combat. Noah is in decent shape.
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Species/Race: Human
Height: 5'8"
Appearance:
View attachment 605601
Abilities/powers:
Shadow Dash
Noah can dash up to 30ft in a line in any given direction at will, keeping all momentum on the x-axis (up and down momentum is not kept), which always happens in 0.2 seconds. Noah can only dash onto a solid mass, meaning that he can dash while jumping, but only onto a solid mass, and that he can't dash into the air. Noah may not dash through solid objects, but if dashing into a solid mass, Noah can choose to keep momentum equal to the speed he is travelling, essentially throwing himself directly at the mass. Noah has a pool of Will, which is the resource required to dash voluntarily. Noah's Will pool has 100 points and a passive regeneration of 5 points/s. Each feet of voluntary dashing takes up 10 points of Will. Hitting the limit of his Will pool will exhaust him significantly and cause whispers to appear.
When Noah dashes he temporarily becomes enveloped in black smoke, which trails off behind him, behaving like regular smoke, and dissapears 1 second after the dash is completed. Noah's eyesight is not affected by the smoke and his sillouette can be seen clearly in it. The smoke smells somewhat like gunpowder, but extinguishes any fire enveloped by it.
Involuntary dashes may occur if Noah is tired, excited, nervous or angry and potentially at random. Noah sometimes keeps his momentum when involuntary dashing occurs and sometimes doesn't. They don't cost Will points.
Noah can potentially attain more Will points/s or a larger Will pool given training, and possibly unlock new abilities related to Shadow Dash.
The exact source of his powers is unknown.
This is of course nothing but mechanics made to balance and explain Noah's powers. Noah doesn't have knowledge of all of the mechanics, but knows the basics.
Backstory:
Noah grew up in an average suburban household, not knowing lots about supernaturals or "superpowers", at least not the real ones. He was a very reserved child, often choosing to browse his computer and play video-games, rather than spend time with other kids. Still, Noah was a pretty normal kid with decent grades, and somehow remained unbullied throughout most of middleschool, keeping himself to a small circle of friends, all like-minded him. He was pretty satisfied with life, living as a normal teenager, until the nightmares began.
Noah started waking up to smoke in his room and dark whispers in his ears, unable to move out of fear, convinced by the seeming realness of the voices, but still, he convinced himself that they were nightmares, and nothing more. For a couple months he tried to ignore the voices, while slowly isolating himself from his friends and family, in fear of succumbing to the temptation of pleasuring the voices to go away. The whispers slowly grew darker, telling him to murder and arson, but he kept ignoring them, until he started moving rapidly in random directions at random. As soon as he experienced this, he confessed to his parents about the whispers. Noah stayed at home for a while, going through therapy and other such things, in an attempt to heal him of this curse, but none worked. After a while his parents got in contact with the Osiria Academy and he was offered a invitation. Desperate, they accepted and now Noah is on his way to Osiria Academy.
Personality:
Noah is shy and reserved, but not to the point of isolating himself. He tries to go by without people putting too much attention on him and is generally spotlight-averting. Noah, like everyone else, becomes much more open when befriended, potentially going from soft-spoken to ecstatic, and is generally a loyal friend once made. He has started having a more positive attitude towards his power, looking at it as a curse that potentially could be harnessed, despite the frequent involuntary dashes into lockers.
Additional skills:
Taekwondo
Noah trained taekwondo for 2 years in his teens, mostly because his friends did, but he still remembers some of it and is minorly capable in hand-to-hand combat. Noah is in decent shape.