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Age: 27
Gender: Male
Species/Race: Human, though he keeps worrying if it changed when he didn't notice.
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 250 lbs.
Build: Tightly muscled, but flexible.
Hair: Dark Brown, and almost always slightly mussed. He doesn't look messy, but it could always use a little combing. Benor is usually clean shaven as well.
Eye Color: Brown.
Distinguishing Features: The only thing that really makes Benor stand out is his height. He's tall for a human, and he stands above most others. While he doesn't care who he's taller or shorter than, the extra height means that he can match some of the taller species in the Dream-or at least be within their averages.
He's also a somewhat handsome person; he would not stand out in a crowd for it, but it can be noticed after a few minutes. The face is well-proportioned, with strong cheekbones that peek through. Again, nothing special, but probably enjoyable to other humans of the right orientation.
Clothing: He normally wears blue jeans, a white t-shirt, jean jacket, and white sneakers with black highlights. While he possesses other clothes as well, he typically travels in this ensemble.
Accessories: A pair of sunglasses (usually kept within one of his jacket pockets) and a wallet with several IDs. He carries a small heart shaped candy in his right jacket pocket as well; supposedly, it attracts women, but he still hasn't found a reason to use it. He keeps a sea shell medallion in his right breast pocket as well.
The Gate: A gift from the god Ashtir, god of scholars. The gate is a marble gateway, with a door in the front. From the back, there is nothing to be seen but the other side of the door. When the door is opened, however, it leads into a great round library, filled with books. Anyone watching from the back will see the door open, but no one who is touching the door-or within the door's arc-will be visible. Once inside, an observer can see that many recliners occupy the floor, along with tall lamps and a reading desk at the center. A ladder is set up to roll along the room's walls, allowing easy access to the higher shelves. A door at the back (which has been built into the shelves) leads to a small but well-stocked kitchen, along with a small bedroom to the side of the kitchen-and a bathroom on the other side. Any food that is desired will appear in the fridge of the kitchen, but only when the door is closed. It is, in fact, a self-sufficient place to live. The gate can't be moved from the outside except by a god, or the owner (Benor). It's generally immobile. So far, the gate has only been moved once since it was given, to the inside of Beshrom's house.
Pets: None. He travels too much to keep the pets he prefers (or believes he does), though he's settled down a little since his arrival. He shows a marked interest in both dogs and cats, but he'll try to get along with almost any pet. Of course, with the variety of sentient animals in the Dream, this definition has blurred quite a bit!
Abilities/Skills & Power Level: Benor is close to mastery of several martial arts (specifically Tae Kwan Do, Capoeira, Muey Thai) and a fair hand at computers. Though he can technically drive, for some reason he prefers not to. He dabbles in several fields (such as science or history), but is more than willing to admit his lack of depth. A good example would be his foreign languages; Benor can speak some broken French, German, Japanese and Italian, but it's only enough to survive, not to really communicate. He's also in the possession of a deep bass voice, which often carries further than he expects-and can have a great deal of volume for a human. Benor tries not to let it get out of hand, but those who hear him for the first time may be intimidated!
Flight:One of his three specific uses for his ki, Benor has the ability to fly at a slow rate now-30 to 40 mph seems to be his limit at the moment. He can fly at that rate for up to a half-hour, or halve it for an hour and a half of flight. After that, he must walk to recover his strength.
Cold Burn: The second specific use that Benor has found-though he's still working on the mechanics, so he can better understand how he does it. The human gathers his ki in one of his fists, then uses the energy to chill the air around it to supercold temperatures. Whatever he touches (or more commonly, hits) with his fist will be frozen, depending on its size-and how long he concentrates the energy, if it's used on a large or especially hot enemy.
Ki Blade: Something that Benor was using before he really understood the cause. Again, the human concentrates energy in his hand, then flattens it. The edges of his palm and fingers become razor sharp as he manipulates the energy into a cutting edge, which can pass through almost any matter. It has yet to be tested on energy fields of any kind, though.
Special Effects:
New and Improved: Benor's strength and speed have both been increasing at a steady rate since he entered the Dream. His current total is 2000 pounds in lifting ability with his arms (2200 with his legs), and 110 mph for his top speed. This increase in speed applies to his reactions times as well. He's still adjusting to this, and sometimes Benor finds himself reacting physically before he knows what the situation is.
Touching The Source: Though it's taken him some time, Benor has learned the source of this strange change...his ki has grown in strength after his arrival in the Dream, something he didn't understand for some time. While he's started to learn how to control it, it's something that also frightens him....he doesn't know why this has happened, and is treading cautiously for that reason. He's also fuzzy on what 'ki' actually is, which doesn't help the situation.
Endurance: More of a general effect than a deliberate one. Benor is usually unaffected by small bumps, thanks to a low-level energy field that surrounds him. Unless he specifically enforces it, though, a deliberate attack will usually break though, and do as much damage as it normally would.
A Constant Wrenching of Experience: This is less of a power and more of an attitude. The human has managed to survive in the Dream for some time now, and he's seen a lot....supposedly omniscient/omnipotent beings (both good and evil), vampires, fairies, wizards, transformations, shapeshifters, demons...and countless numbers of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic people. Amazingly enough, he's managed to not go crazy from this. In fact, it's given him a great deal of tolerance. There's very little than can phase this man with its existence; there's a good chance he's seen something like it, and he's also very tolerant of new things/people. That doesn't mean they won't surprise him....but those who expect him to run away screaming have another thought coming.
Weaknesses: Benor is still adjusting to his physical abilities, and his developing powers. While he has a great deal of self-control, it's something he doesn't quite understand, leaving him vulnerable to more experienced users. He's also concentrated in control instead of power, making it easier to overload his defenses with any kind of energy attack.
For reasons unknown to him, Benor seems to be a favored target of transformation effects and spells. Though none of them have been permanent (which is why he's still a human), they've left him a little more pliable to further changes. Anything that attempts to change Benor into another form (which ranges from slightly larger ears to becoming a 200 foot tall monstrosity) is more likely to succeed. However, his 'base' form is firmly established as human, and attempts to change him into something formless are actually harder. His body's used to changing, but only into well defined forms. This same fact also makes it hard to permanently change him; it is not impossible, but it will at least be slightly more difficult/energy intensive.
Finally, he's fiercely protective, making it easy to manipulate the human through the right channels.
Family: Benor is currently married to Beshrom, and has adopted Litty Kinnles as his daughter. He and Beshrom are now expecting twins as well. He also has several friends and many acquaintances, essentially creating a large extended family.
Personality: Benor is generally curious, but also respectful of others. At the same time, though, he can be distant; the human tends to internalize negative thoughts or emotions in an attempt to keep others from seeing them, or being affected by them. There's a lot of humor and joy in the man...you just have to know him well enough to draw some out. While he'll be polite to strangers, they rarely see more than the surface to begin with. He's also quite protective of his friends. Though he tries not to interfere, the human would step into almost any situation to help-even when he can't help.
History: He doesn't speak about his history much, though a few people know about it....and why it's not something he brings up. He will, however, note that he came from Earth, or a version of it...and that he's not sure when he entered the Dream. Beyond that, he generally keeps quiet, sometimes sharing isolated stories from his past.
What is your ambition?: "To be breathing at the end of the day. To have people to share that day with. And to be able to laugh at the end of every day."
Some character history.
Short stories thread.
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