Full Name: Jack Holloway
Alias: Umbra
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Appearance:
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Despite his newly acquired abilities Jack's appearance remains relatively unchanged. Standing at average height with a lanky build he wouldn't seem like the intimidating type. However, the steely gaze that emanates from his cool, blue eyes coupled with his wry grin is enough to convince even the largest of individuals to steer clear. His short, light brown hair is worn forward, brushed off to the side and his face is kept clean shaven to reveal his sharp jawline and full lips.
Powers:
-Umbrakinesis/Erebokinesis: Jack's powers stem from his ability to control and manipulate darkness. This, of course, has a number of different applications:
-Darkness Generation: the power to generate shadows and darkness.
-Darkness Manipulation: The most obvious of Jack's abilities is the power to control or "bend" darkness or shadows to his will. This, of course, has it's limitations and is most often used as a form of camouflage as he can bend shadows around himself to blend into the darkness.
-Darkness Healing: similarly to elemental healing Jack can heal mild wounds or simply reinvigorate himself when he is in the dark
-Darkness Adaptation: Jack's senses are adapted to the dark and are thus augmented when in the dark.
-Shadow Travel: Jack's most untrained ability is the power to travel through shadows, similarly to teleportation. However, he has only done so once and it was entirely accidental so this ability is quite experimental.
Personality:
Jack is, in one word, a loner. He is very reserved and comes off as aloof, seemingly disinterested in the world around him. However, Jack is considerably intelligent and uses this intelligence to manipulate those around him. This is only a fraction of his immoral disposition which stems from his broken childhood compounded by his self-destructive tendencies. In addition to his manipulative nature Jack masks his low self-esteem with a cocky, self-assured attitude used to deceive himself as much as others. As a subconscious self-defense mechanism, Jack seems to separate himself from his alter ego, which he often refers to as the Shadowman, as if they are not one and the same.
Backstory:
Jack's past is wrought with tragedy beginning at his birth, which resulted in the death of his mother. Neglected by his alcoholic father who blamed him for his mother's death Jack never really found a place where he belonged. Mental illness crept into his life in spurts of depression, frequent anxiety, and even kleptomania yet his mind didn't fully snap until, after being attacked by a kid from school, a young Jack lashed out with all of his pent up anger, releasing a shadowy tendril which impaled the boy. Jack kept the incident under wraps yet he was never the same and the kill ate away at him, leading to self-destructive habits such as drug use. Eventually, overwhelmed with shame, Jack ran away from home and lived off of the streets. He stole what little he lived off of and practiced using his powers in solitude, obsessed with learning to control the powers that led him astray. Once he stumbled upon the Akori Academy Jack took the opportunity to get off the streets and live with others like himself. Now he hopes to gain control over his abilities, although he still can't seem to shake the memory of that first kill... and how powerful he felt.