Sam Jung

Individual

Character's full name: Sam Jung
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Glamour
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date of Birth: 26 Feb 1992
Nationality/ Ethnicity: Half Korean
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Born in Seoul, raised in London.

Appearance

Hair color and style:Dark brown, short at the back, worn swept down across the forehead and eyes at the front. There is never a hair out of place, unless it’s deliberately out of place.
Eyes:Brown
Height: 1m80
Build: Athletic but still on the skinny side
Visible mutation: N/A
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: Earrings
Other features: Sam is a bit of a solemn person and often goes around with quite a stern expression, but if you can get a smile out of him it changes everything. The best way to describe it would probably be a bit of a “goofy” smile. In those rare moments you get a brief glance of his slightly crooked top teeth.

Everyday clothing style: Anything from t-shirts and jeans to more tailored clothes. He likes to be stylish and very rarely wears black. He also has a tendency to follow the new: trousers, dress shoes but no socks trend.
Uniform: N/A
Sleepwear: White t-shirt and boxers.

Character

Personality:

On the surface Sam has a very easy going personality. He’s quiet and always helpful and polite. Which makes him easy to get on with but also easy to forget. He has developed a kind of “barrier” personality that allows him to get along with other but never interest them. It keeps everyone at a distance and that is the way he likes it.
His real personality is that of a slightly immature, horribly self conscious teenager. This comes from various incidents caused by his powers. As it is he is afraid of letting people get close to him.

Hobbies/ Interests: Playing the guitar, reading.
Job or part time job and description: N/A
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: What others think of him and how he is perceived by them. He is very self conscious and has no confidence in his appearance, which is why he is so fashion conscious.
And anything to do with needles; although he is getting better with age.

Special talents:N/A

Morality

Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Sam always tries to do the right thing. Help others, stick to the rules but sometimes his lack of self confidence makes him a bit selfish. And although he does not outright commit crimes our act badly towards others, he does sometimes turn away from situations he could have helped in.

Mutations

Mutation description:

Sam’s power would most commonly be described as a “glamour” that changes his appearance. This is an illusion created by a subconscious psychic link that is created between him and another person. He then takes on someone else’s appearance; however the person he resembles is not of his choosing.
His power can only manifests in the presence of another person. When he activates his power his appearance will become that of the person his target loves most (lover, parent). Therefore he has no idea of whose appearance he will adopt until it happens.
His power basically manipulates the other person’s perception of him and makes them believe that he is someone else this includes modifying his voice so that it fits with the person he is supposed to be. He is also able to see himself as the person he temporarily embodies, if he catches a glimps of his reflexion in a reflective surface while his power is active.



Strengths: He can use this to infiltrate and confuse an enemy. He can choose his target. Being able to see who he has become allows him to be a more convincing copy.


Weaknesses: The glamour is only an illusion and it is only skin tight (he has no way of projecting it). If someone touches him, they will feel his real body. So if he is not of a height, build or sex of the person he is projecting then it give lie to the illusion straight away.
His power is also only limited to one person at a time. He can decide who he wants to use it on, however if there are other people in the room they will continue to see and hear his real body.
When he gets emotional he sometimes loses control of his power and it activates automatically.
Also the psychic link does not allow him to read minds.

Fighting Style

Explanation: Sam has no fighting experience whatsoever. He grew up in an upper class district in London and tried his best to avoid conflict in every way possible.
Pros for fighting style: Confuses the enemy with his powers and may be able to get them to abandon the conflict.
Cons for fighting style: Would probably be useless if it actually came to hitting anyone.

Faction Allegiance
Unaffiliated as of yet but headed for the x-men (eventually).

History Of Your Character


Sam Jung. A small boy brought up between two very different cultures. The first years of his life were spent in the busy but very organized city of Seoul, South Korea. His mother was an English reporter that had fallen in love with the organized, waste nothing society and subsequently with his father. She stayed and they married, had a child and for a few years everything was quiet. Every day followed the same routine and Sam grew up happy and disciplined. Until the day his father died in an accident on a building site.
Then at the age of 13 his world changed, his mother grief stricken decided to move them back to England. Gone was the routine the strict discipline that ruled the society. Instead there was rock and roll and public schools where kids go because there made to, rather than to learn anything. The shock of the change left him feeling like he had lost his place in the world.
As the years passed he managed to settle somewhat, discovering music helped him to express some of what he felt. However friends were never something he made easily and whenever he felt out of his depth he would always fall back into the Korean model of politeness and respect. This would often get him laughed at and added to his feelings of isolation.
The final blow fell when his mother decided to remarry. He was 16 when she told him. And after that he felt as if his last tie to the life he had known had been cut. This was the trigger for his mutation.
From that day on he would often get body wide pins and needles but thought nothing of it. That and his mother would often call him by his step dad’s name when these episodes happened. He put it down to her new found happiness and ignored it miserably. These were small things annoying but no more than that.
The day that he realized that something was wrong was a normal day at school. He would often stay after class to do a bit of fitness training in the school gym. That evening he stayed a bit later than usual, and as he was leaving he saw the lights still on in the dance hall. Emma one of the girls from his class was still practicing ballet. Curious he stepped into the doorway to watch. He did not know the girl well but he knew she was popular and well liked by the other students. He had also heard the girls whispering about how she liked Glenn and how they would make such a lovely couple.
Lost in thought Sam was brought back to reality with a thump; the thump that was caused by Emma hitting the flour after losing her balance during a spin. He gasped and at once knew that he was about to be in a very awkward situation. Would she think he was spying? Was he spying? A wave of panic rushed over him, followed by the strange body wide pins and needles.
Emma turned to see who was there and when she saw him she smiled. Relief and a slight blush of embarrassment washed over him. Then she spoke to him and things got strange.
“What are you doing here so early? I told you I wouldn’t be finished till seven.”
Confused he stared stupidly at her. Then she walked over to him and threw her arms around his neck. Panic returned in a flash. She must have seen it in his eyes because she laughed at him.
“What are you scared someone will see us. We’ve been doing this for months and no one knows. It’ll be fine.”
Months? Doing what? As gently as possible he pulled free of her and was about to tell her that she was mistaken, when he caught a glimpse of their reflection in the dance hall mirrors. The face that looked back at him was not his own, it was Glenn. Panic was replaced by outright terror. He took one step to the side, the Glenn reflection followed. Then he ran. He could hear her calling but didn’t care. Too many questions filled his mind.
Questions it has taken years to answer and start to deal with. The discovery of his mutation and what it meant finish breaking what little self confidence he had. He slowly understood what was happening to him. He also realized that no matter whom he used his power on, the reflection of their most beloved person was never his.

Roleplay
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Do you have any other characters on MRO, if so who: N/A

Sample RP:


They were moving again. Except that this time it was mostly his fault. The discovery of his mutant powers had thrown his family life into discord once more. Not that he really cared anymore; he knew why they were moving to New York. America had a better grip on the mutant situation than the rest of the world and if anyone could “fix” him they would be found here. To be honest he reckoned that his mother and step father just wanted to make him someone else’s problem.
He stared blankly at the wooden floor of their new apartment. I was big enough and there was a good view of the buildings around, if you liked that sort of thing. His suitcase made a loud noise as he wheeled it to his room, everything echoes strangely in an empty room. The rest of the boxes would not come for another few days. Until then he had to make to with a bed dropped in a vast expanse of wooden floor boards and white walls.
“Sam, hurry up and unpack. I want you to come shopping with me. I need an extra pair of arms to carry all the bags.”
His mother’s voice carried clearly across the space. He sighed and hauled the bag onto the bed. No rest for the wicked. At least he did not have to deal with his step dad as well. It was not that he disliked the man but he had the common issue of accepting someone else trying to take his real dad’s place.
Unpacking was a quick process, seeing how little there was in the case in the first place. He did however take the time to change, a chose a pair of straight cut jeans and a stripped polo shirt. Quick hair check and he was ready to go. Ready to go out in the streets of New York; ready to go out and meet his new life.