Post by Terra on Jun 1, 2010 21:44:23 GMT -5
Name: Terra
Nickname: Ter, Bat-Chick, Wings
Alias: N/A
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Face Claim: Amy Lee
Height: 5' 10”
Build: Lean
Hair Color: Black
Usual Hairstyle: Messy-Loose
Eye Color: Smokey Blue
Clothing Style: Dark
Demeanor: Shy, Skittish, Self-Conscious
Likes:
- Bats
- The dark
- Flying
- Being alone
- Music
Dislikes:
- Most humans
- Scientists
- Strong light
- The military
-
You
Skills:
- Very convincing
- Can kick ass
- Can sing
Flaws:
- Actually has self-esteem issues
- Doesn't have a temper, but if she DOES get mad...
- Is shy (though she acts snarly to avoid being seen as shy)
Brief Description:
Terra is painfully shy. Years of torment and abuse have made this woman a skittish, flinch-at-everything child. She cringes from physical contact and tries to avoid making relationships. She does try to do the right thing if called upon, but often leaves before anyone can find out her identity.
Beneath the woman, a demon stirrs. The hunt and lust for blood has drive Terra mad on more than one occasion - and it is this aspect of her that she truly hates. She hates who she sees herself as - a monster - and tries to avoid being around people at all costs.
Class: Synthetic
Alignment: Neutral
Views: Neutral
Powers:
- Flight
- Enhanced vocal chords (sonic scream, kinda)
- Conversion of blood into nutrients and food
Weaknesses:
Like the vampire bat, Terra has to ingest blood. Unlike the bat, she does not have to ingest blood but once every few days or so. She never (well, rarely ever) kills when she drinks, though she has been known to give into the "Demon" that craves the blood. Her wings are very fragile, and if they are harmed, Terra feels a great deal of pain.
Mutations:
Terra has a pair of large, dark purple/almost black bat wings that protrude from her back; they are almost like velvet in fur texture. Her teeth also lengthen and sharpen whenever she is around freshly spilled blood or is hungry.
Mother: Doesn't Remember
Father: Doesn't Remember
Siblings: None
Significant Other: N/A
Children: Several – All Dead/Lost
Brief History:
[This part of her history is unknown to Terra.]
Terra was born Lily Kristina Yates, the neice of Doctor Benjamin Yates. She is an only child - or was at the time of her kidnapping, though that could have changed - but her parents' lack of income kept her from being spoiled rotten. She grew up with her mind completely focused on school, as both her parents encouraged her to use education as a stepping stool out of the poverty they lived in.
She grew to be a lovely woman, though her mind was never focused on anything more than school. However, when she was sixteen, studying at the local community college, she caught the eye of one of her classmates. He chased after her relentlessly until, finally, she agreed to go out on one date with him. The one date turned into two, and then into three. Soon, all she could think about was him. Eventually, her studies suffered.
But Jason, for that was his name you see, had a cure for all her troubles. He invited her over to his house one day, introduced her to his friends. Lily instantly bonded with the four, and before long they were plotting and planning how they could have an easy ride out of debt and poverty. Xavier explained that he was a computer nerd; Thomas remarked that he was an amazing marksman. Before long, they were throwing out their talents left and right - and Jason had an idea.
They started off small, you see. At first they hit up pawn shops and gas stations - but only when it was past closing time. Once they were comfortable, they moved onto something bigger, and then something bigger...
Lily was twenty when the group, now completely trained and ready for the world, decided to hit up a muesum. Then, Jason promised, they could retire. They managed to snag the jewel, but were eventually tracked down. Before her own eyes, Lily watched with horror as Xavier - a Genetic, they had figured out - was cut down. The rest of them ran, all seperating.
Lily was halfway home when a bullet caught her in the back.
[This is the beginning of Terra's memories]
Terra was "born/created" at the age of twenty in Dr. Yates's lab. She awoke to a dark room, a cold bed, and needles all up and down her arms. In addition to all of this, a pair of bat wings had now grown from her back, though they were strapped down like the rest of her limbs. Even though the young woman had no idea where she was - or even who she was - she knew immediately that she was in trouble.
And she was right.
Doctor Yates, thrilled with the success of his daughter's successful DNA modification, wanted more subjects and more experiments. While Terra had been in a coma, he had fiddled and played with her DNA as well, changing it so that her body was modified and changed - though she had no idea that this was true. She still believes she was born like this. But that wasn't all the doctor planned on doing. Once she was awake, he subjected her to the same cruel tortures he inflicted upon his daughter.
Unlike his daughter, though, Terra was of bearing age, and so he took advantage of that. Using the technology of the time, he impregnanted her, then snatched the baby (a Genetic), away before Terra could see her child. He gave her body time to heal (while still testing on her limitations and abilities), and then impregnanted her again. Eventually, the trauma became too much for the young woman who, at the age of twenty-six, nearly gutted herself to avoid sending anymore children to a painful death.
She still bears that scar.
To punish Terra, Benjamin would starve her. He would make her go days without food, only supplying her with water. Then, when she was at her weakest and the demon inside strongest, he would throw in a random human from off the street. The poor human never had a chance, and Terra, after recovering, would be horrified at what she had done. (He even tried to make her slaughter one of her children, but even the Demon wasn't that heartless.) It was the perfect form of mental torture.
Eventually, the government caught wind of what Yates was doing, and the scientist panicked. He gathered up his experiments - Terra's children included - and shot the bear cub in the back of his head. There was a swarm then, and Terra was shot in the wing. She blacked out from the pain.
And woke up in Adanac.
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