Name: Caelum Darius Mirrhai
Age: 19
Occupation: Takes odd jobs due to his 'curse'.
Personality: He's a silent yet cocky individual, letting his ego make itself present through his mannerisms and actions. Being unable to talk, he operates solely through body language and facial expressions, and he's made it a habit to carefully 'read' those close to him. He is, undoubtedly, an introvert with the outward qualities of an extrovert. He does his best to keep to himself, but when in the presence of others, he's not afraid to get his point across and disagree with something his 'gut' tells him isn't a good idea.
Yet, beneath the layers and layers of attitude lies a good-intentioned individual. If he sees someone in need, he's more than willing to forsake his anti-social attitude and assist them.
Seeker or Hunter: Hunter
History:
Growing up in The Deep South, Caelum learned to fend for himself from a young age. Orphaned at the age of five when his mother left him on the side of the rode in the middle of a storm. Feeling lost and alone, he developed a sort of grim outlook towards the world, despising the children who were able to enjoy the company of a loving family while he wasted away inside of an orphanage. Said despondency was magnified by the strange things he would see out of the corner of his eye. He could never understand why no one else saw the 'strange shadows' like he could, and it filled him with an inexplicable anger when he was told he was 'crazy'.
And then, 'tragedy' struck. It was, in all honesty, an accident - just not the kind authorities thought occurred. What was originally a prank gone wrong quickly escalated. Having always seen the 'shadows' that no one else could, Caelum was naturally a target to be picked on. He wasn't a wimp, though - no, he always fought back. He wouldn't lie down and die no matter how many times he was called crazy or pushed down into the dirt. Every time someone called him crazy, he'd respond in kind with a middle finger. Every time someone pushed him down, he be right back up punching and biting with a vengeance. So, what happens when a group of children paint their sheets black and wait until the middle of the night to pull Caelum off his bed to scare him?
He burns the orphanage down.
Not intentionally, obviously. He was trying to defend himself from the 'shadows' in the only way he
didn't know he could. Within an instant, as he screamed in fear at the looming pranksters who were disguised as 'shadows', his hands were consumed by fire and he could feel what could only be described as 'lava-like saliva' drain from his mouth and then, suddenly, everything went black. The next thing he knew, he was waking up on the floor, smoking feeling his lungs as his eyes watered and he stood in horror as the orphanage slowly burned and collapsed around him. Not knowing what happened, he allowed his instincts to kick in and he ran as fast as he could.
That was the day he learned of his 'curse'.
It was difficult for him, to be young and alone - scared of his own self. How could he explain it? How could he explain the fact that he could
create fire? That, when he got excited, his entire body temperature would heat up to the point he could practically
spit orange lava. If people thought he was crazy for seeing 'shadows', which were slowly taking more menacing shapes, then how what would they think of him if they knew what he could do? And so he ran, living his life constantly moving and taking odd jobs when he could, melting through the locks of stores and homes when he couldn't.
It became his way of life, and then, he found another person like him. A 'Hunter', the man called himself. He was old in age, but he was able to teach Caelum everything he needed to know to find off the 'shadows' which Caelum now knew were called 'spirits'. He didn't know if they were 'evil' or 'bad' - all he knew, and cared about, was the fact it his duty to confront and eliminate them. The problem arose in the fact that, to do, he'd need a partner - a Seeker.
And so, after spending the last few years with the veteran hunter, Caelum now embarks to find a 'Seeker' to assist him in hunting spirits.
Likes:
Water.
Music - (Anything that involves guitars.)
Pizza.
Easy going people.
Books.
Dislikes:
His powers.
Obnoxious people.
Police Officers.
Partner: Open.
Relationship: Open.
Powers:
Pyrokinesis: An ability which allows Caelum to create and control fire. It's a bit different in his case due to the fact that his powers don't necessarily end there. In fact, they affects his own body as well, to the point that he is constantly 'emitting' heat, making it so his body could be considered a furnace to some extent. If he doesn't focus on 'controlling' his pyrokinesis, it could easily spiral out of control and burn or incinerate those close to him. As such, he tends to keep his fire 'built up' in his mouth, as it's the only way he can keep it contained, and when he does speak, he has to allow the fire to spread over his body, usually his hands, or else the flames would go out of control. His powers are also somewhat connected to his emotions due to the fact that, when he gets excited or angered by something, his usually pale skin will begin to turn orange and his saliva turns into the equivalent of lava.
[2nd Ability To Be Thought Up/Discovered(?)]