HARLOW, alden benjamin

[Alden Benjamin Harlow]

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ALDEN BENJAMIN HARLOW

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FULL NAME: alden benjamin harlow
NICKNAMES: al or ben
AGE&GRADE: twenty, junior in college
BIRTHDAY: August, 21st
SEXUALITY:heterosexual
MAJOR: Applied Sciences
OCCUPATION: Cook at the Diner/LEader of Vertias
ORGANIZATION: Vertias

FACE CLAIM: james mcavoy
HEIGHT: 6 feet 1 inch
WEIGHT: 175ish
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: tiny scar above his right eyebrow and two tattoos on the insides of his wrist that when put together look like crows flying away.
HAIR: Brown hair, normally kept cut short though sometimes he prefers it shaggy
EYES: Blue
POWERS:

Power Type:Kinetic
Kinetic Manipulation:
Alden has the power to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it to kinetic energy, making it explode by amplifying the energy until it bursts. Alden projects this into different things, like pens/pencils/paperclips/pieces of paper/whatever he can find, as well as out through his hands. The limitations with this are that the smaller the object, the less power, and that when radiating this energy from his hands, half of it is loss through the air instead of it all going into a direct object through skin contact. When standing close to Alden, one might notice a slight tingly feeling like static electricity, this is from the kinetic energy stored in his body that constantly radiates off him. Al must always have kinetic energy stored in his body. If he losses it all, he has only a short time to recharge before his body begins to breakdown. That little tid bit leads into the next part.

Enhanced Agility
Due to the nature of kinetic energy always being stored in his body, Al can tap into it and grant himself better ease of movement. Now this doesn't mean that he moves at superhuman speeds or anything, but it does give him a gymnastic/athletic balanced quality to his movements. This means that doing flips or running a short distance comes a bit easier and more natural to him than most others.

LIKES:
+Girls
+Cigarettes
+His ability
+Music
+Twizzlers (the candy)
+Rain
+Chess
+Storms
+Drinking
+Partying
DISLIKES:
+Snakes
+Cats
+Vodka (but not any other alcohol)
+Snow
+Country Music
+M&Ms
+Those little tabs on the top of a coke can
+Rules
+School in general
STRENGTHS:
+Charming in that mysterious sort of way
+Getting into trouble
+Drinking
WEAKNESSES:
+Cocky
+Doesn't Feel like a good leader
+Girls
FEARS:
Dying alone: Even though Al might seem all rough and slightly dark/cold hearted on the outside, there is a bit of softness in him that fears that he will always be alone and die that way.

Losing control of his gift: Al's gift is a bit of a nasty one, and even though he has things under control now, his cocky side likes to push himself and that could lead to an accident one day
OVERALL PERSONALITY:

For the personality side of himself, well, that is a bit tricky. Alden has always kept to himself, feeling like a bit of a social outcast due to his abilities. The friends that he did have, the ones that got real close would have called him crazy, and some have flat out come out and said he was insane due to his daring nature. He is boundlessly charismatic and often inappropriate at times. Those on the outside though find him to be very mysterious due to his 'keep to himself' nature. Some have even flat out said they were intimidated by him cause of the dark vibe he puts off, let alone his serious tone.

He has a few quirks and mannerisms about him. For one, he is very supernatural, as in if he sees a black cat cross his path he must spit between his fingers and turn around three times or else he will feel he has bad luck for 7 years. Another thing is that when he gets nervous, and yes Al does from time to time, he will count his steps while he walks until he feels better or he reaches one hundred, which ever comes first. He has a habit for biting his nails when he's thinking and chain smokes when he is stressed.

MOTHER: Angela Harlow- Deceased (Died giving birth) Age 32
FATHER: Charles Harlow- Deceased (Health Issues) Age 48
SIBLINGS:none
OTHER:none
PETS: none
HISTORY:

Alden Harlow was born to Charles and Angela in a shabby hospital room in the middle of Liverpool, England. Yes, Alden is English can we move on now? Anyways, Angela died giving birth to poor Alden, and that little event gave birth to the hate/hate relationship between Al and his father. See, Al wasn't a bad kid. He always did what he was told and made sure not to get in the way of his dad after he had gotten off work from the shipyard and decided to pop back a few beers. Still, it never stopped Charles from hating his son. He loathed the poor boy, holding his birth responsible for the death of his lovely wife. Of course nothing bad happened between the two of them in terms of violence, but still it left Alden with a rough childhood growing up.

Alden grew up most of his life in Liverpool being picked on by different kids because he kept to himself. It wasn't until one day that a kid deiced to drop the f-bomb on him that he went off, throwing his hands out and sending the kid flying in a burst of red light. Doing the only thing he could do, Alden ran home and told his dad about what happened. At first the old man just shrugged it off, saying that he needed to lay off the pot, but when Al finally made it happen in front of him, his father knew that they had to leave town. They spent the next couple of years running around England, but never stopping due to Alden's lack of control with his abilities.

Finally during his Junior in High School, they moved over to the states. Alden was 18 at the time of the big jump,and the place they went to was Anthem, MA. He was suppose to start his senior year, but complications with his transcripts made him have to repeat his whole Junior year of high school. It wasn't extremely bad, save for he had to take a leave of absence from the place because his father suffered a heart attack and died on the way to the hospital. When Alden returned was when people started to be a little intimidated by him. Just like any other school, rumors circulated around, everything from him strangling a guy with his bare hands to him being on the top of the FBI's most wanted list. Of course none of these were true, but Alden kept to himself as usual and let them all play out, finding the humor in it all.

After the law had passed about the gifted being under protection, Al had just graduated high school. He was sent to the college soon after and registered himself as one of the gifted and enrolled to be an Applied Science major. The first few years of his schooling past just fine, the world seemed not to care about the gifted in more, the news of them dying off into a careless whisper. There was nothing to worry about until he saw something on night.

Two black figures disappeared into the woods just behind the campus followed by the sharp screams for help. The next day his friend Tyler had turned up missing. Al felt like he should say something and went straight to Mr. Kingsley and told him everything he saw. At first Mr. Kingsley didn't buy into it, just blowing it off, but then another student disappeared, and then another. Finally Alden caught on to what was going on. The Hunters were back in town. He went back to Mr. Kingsley and asked for help, wanting to know what his plans were. Kingsley had no plan for the situation, feeling that the Hunters were not back at all.

With this, Alden created Vertias. A group dedicated to stopping the Hunters and giving the Gifted a fighting chance in the world. Of course things didn't run smoothly at first. Kids wouldn't sign up, and there was a problem of getting it out there. Right now he has a second in command and two other members, but he wants to expand that.

NAME: Jayy?!/Jayybird?!
AGE: 18
EXPERIENCE: 6 years
DISCOVERY: made it!
OTHER CHARACTERS: myself
CODE WORD: admin edit

hey! this application was made by K E N A !? , or STEP AND GO ! of CAUTION 2.0, and she would really appreciate it if you didn't go ripping off her material. it's not cool, mkays? so leave this credit on, and if i see it gone, i will send my rabid cockerpoodles on your track. they bite. lyric credits go to the amazing TAYLOR SWIFT's "Forever and Always"

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