Post by Levi/Griffin Banks on Jan 3, 2024 4:55:45 GMT -5
WELCOME TO LOS EUROSIA,
Levi/Griffin Darville Banks
"You can call it fire and ice; but we work so well and we don't even know why"
BASICS
NAME: Levi/Griffin Banks
AGE: 35
BIRTHDATE: January 3rd
PRONOUNS: He/Him
SEXUALITY: Pansexual (Levi), Demiromantic/Bisexual (Griffin)
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Levi is married which means Griffin is also technically married, but Griffin doesn't care and considers himself single.
OCCUPATION: Librarian (Levi), Blackstorm Operative (Griffin)
NEIGHBORHOOD: Grey Pebble
MEMBER GROUP: Blackstorm
POWERS:
Aerokinesis - Levi/Griffin has the power to control and manipulate air, able to shape it and move it at will. While arm/body movement isn't needed, it helps with control and mobility. Levi and Griffin have different levels of mastery of their gift, with Griffin's much more developed and refined than Levi's.
Levi is able to control the air around him to a limited extent, enough to cause a small gust of wind or to keep a book floating in the air. He can only do very simple things, if he tries hard enough he could maybe push a full-grown adult, but it would still take an incredible amount of effort on his part.
Griffin, on the other hand, is extremely in touch with his gift. Actions that would leave Levi winded, Griffin could do in a heartbeat, along with a variety of other tricks that Levi wouldn't even dream of doing. Griffin can do things like creating simple air constructs (air balls, knives, rings, etc.), lift much heavier things than books (as heavy as cars), use an affinity of air attacks, create vacuums with no air present whatsoever, and more.
THE LOOKS
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 185 lbs.
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Brown
FACE CLAIM: Eka Darville
OVERALL APPEARANCE:
Levi's appearance that he likes to upkeep is an overall well-kept one, with a nicely groomed face and style. What he likes to wear is based on where he is or is going; when at work, he wears semi-professional clothing most of the time, a fan of button-up long sleeves and simple work pants, not baggy but overall a nice fit. At home, he usually switches into something more casual, usually something on the lines of a nicely fitting sweater and loose fitting jeans. Overall, he isn't too picky with what he wears but makes sure that he doesn't look homeless.
Griffin's appearance is very cutting-edge and sharp, he likes to wear dark clothing like leather jackets, black jeans and shirts, sunglasses, black and silver rings, and more. He likes to pile on the accessories, especially on his hands; if it can look stylish while also packing a punch, Griffin is probably wearing it. As for shoes, he likes to wear hefty black boots most of the time, but for times when he feels more sassy he likes to wear Dr. Martens.
INSIDE
LIKES:
Levi:
- Reading
- Collecting books, postcards, and magnets
- When things are organized
- Spending time with his family
- Peace and quiet
- Nature, forests, hikes, the overall "healing power" of nature
- Civil discourse/discussion
Griffin:
- Arson/Fire
- Sunglasses
- leather jackets
- dark colors
- the rush of adrenaline
- dancing
- metal, electronic, & soul music
DISLIKES:
Levi:
- Calamity/Chaos
- Overly talkative people
- when people flirt with him
- pickles
- cliffhangers
- bright colors/colors hard to look at
Griffin:
- suck-ups
- People who won't shut the fuck up
- sore losers
- any movement/agency working against Blackstorm, including anyone associated with it (the sector, the guild, hunters)
- house cats
- bitter foods/tastes
STRENGTHS:
Levi:
- In Touch with his Emotions: Levi is very self-aware of his emotions, good at acknowledging them and controlling his behavior accordingly. There is a very low chance that Levi would be the source of a panic attack, fit of rage, or other similar states of extreme emotion. While he very much feels extreme emotion, he is good at taming it.
- Good Manners: One could say that Levi is a classy man at times, with excellent posture and form. He always makes sure to enforce proper etiquette at the dinner table, knows the right things to say at the right time, and is almost never rude to anyone he meets, even if he doesn't like them.
- An Extremely Talented Cook: Levi is skilled at making a wide variety of dishes, superb in terms of presentation and taste. He's good enough that he could run an entire restaurant if he wanted to, never ceasing to please his family whenever he whips up meals.
Griffin:
- Very quick & nimble, light-footed: The way Griffin moves could be described as a ninja; extremely quick, silent, and strong. He is very agile and good at dodging a large variety of attacks like projectiles and melee strikes, along with using his mobility for both fighting and evading others.
- Surprising Empathetic & Compassionate: While he may not openly express it, Griffin is an empath, per se; he is very good at reading and taking on emotions from facial expressions and body language. And even though he may seem distant from most people, to those he really cares about, he's willing to do something about the negative ones.
- A Good Fighter, Physically and Gift-wise: Aside from his quickness, Griffin is also very skilled in melee combat and other different fighting techniques, his most prominent ones being Krav Maga and Street Fighting. He knows how to handle a fight and is good at engaging in one, likely to win against your average joe. As stated in his power description, he is also very skilled with his gift and also uses it very often when he fights, often using a combination of wind-boosted melee attacks.
WEAKNESSES:
Levi:
- Socially Awkward: Levi often feels out of place in social situations with people he doesn't know. It's not that he isn't good at being social, in fact, he is very skilled at keeping people engaged in conversation, but he often doesn't know how to start a conversation and feels uncomfortable engaging in long conversation with people he doesn't know.
- Timid, even meek sometimes: Levi isn't a pushover, but isn't good at voicing his own opinions and therefore not very assertive overall. First impressions are very important to Griffin, so he usually keeps quiet and to himself about things he doesn't agree with, and when people press for it, he gets flustered and retreats into his turtle shell.
- Has a Freeze response to danger (fight, flight, freeze): In times where Levi is in danger, severe danger that is most times life-threatening, Levi's response is to freeze. Stay still and let the problem happen to him. Not good, if you catch my drift!
Griffin:
- Quick to Anger: Griffin gets mad very easily and the anger escalates very quickly; even an implied joke can make him bitter in a moment's notice, and if the issue isn't resolved, that bitterness quickly turns to rage, leaving only resentment for that person. This happens a lot when others make fun of him or talk shit about him behind his back, so people who know him tend to keep their negative comments about him to themselves. There are some exceptions to this; he is a lot more patient with people he is close with, or people he needs/wants to impress.
- Impulsive: Griffin doesn't think things through very thoroughly when doing things, especially when he's angry, but it applies to all situations. He'd take a dangerous dare without much thought, he'd get caught up in beating someone up, he may not listen to someone all the way because he assumes he knows what they are going to say. This doesn't do much good for him in most cases.
- Assassin Mentality: While he is extremely empathetic to people who aren't his targets, as soon as someone becomes one, they are no longer a person. Griffin has k*lled lots of people in his life after starting to work with Blackstorm, and to shut out the crushing guilt that comes with m*rder, he dehumanizes them. Even so, his body count still lags over his head daily and drags him down because of it.
OVERALL PERSONALITY:
An important note about Levi/Griffin: This application contains two separate personalities because Levi/Griffin has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder), meaning there are two or more split personalities/people/alters present in an individual, usually appearing during childhood due to severe repeated trauma. For now, Griffin/Levi are the only alters.
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BACKGROUND
HOMETOWN: Yakima, Washington
FAMILY:
PETS: N/A
HISTORY:
THE PLAYER
NAME: Ray
AGE: 17
TIMEZONE: PDT