Character's real name: Michael Alexander Asters
Codename: Cassiel
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Nationality: American
Birthplace: Cleveland, OH

Personality: Due to the nature of his ability, Mike's mood tends to fluctuate with the people in his surroundings. Generally, he's approachable, and sometimes unintentionally intrusive because of things he picks up on with his power. He's rather sarcastic, though not in an obnoxious way. He's defensive of himself, and even more defensive of his friends or those he judges to be in need of defense Notes (hobbies, phobias, worries, ect.): Michael's emotions are often influenced by his psychic abilities. He has, once in the past, let other people's anger take hold of him, and he's terrified of it happening again, to the point of overcompensation. He's determined to use his powers to make up for the trouble they've already caused.

Side (good, bad, or neutral): Neutral, leaning heavily toward good. He wants to do what is right, but is unsure of what that is at times. He reveres the X-Men and their work, but sympathizes occasionally with the Brotherhood's aims, though not their means.

Everyday clothing: Jeans/cargo pants, loose button-up shirts (usually unbuttoned over t-shirts) or sweaters.
Uniform: Black and gold jacket over a grey padded shirt, black pants, shaded glasses.
Pajamas: Light pajama pants, tight tee-shirt (likely no shirt in warm weather)

Hair color and style: Close-cropped sandy blonde hair, neatly spiked up naturally
Eye color: Grey
Height: 5'9"
Build: Lightly muscular, though obviously not over-built.

Scars: Deep scar in his right side, a few inches above his waist.
Tatoos: None
Piercings: None

Description of ability(ies): Michael has telepathic and telekinetic abilities centered around emotion. He can actively read people's surface thoughts and emotions, and memories with very strong emotional association. He can send thoughts, manipulate people's current emotions, and much more difficultly manipulate their emotional reactions to specific stimuli. His telekinetic ability is limited in its natural form, allowing him to move objects, apply force, and fly. His telekinesis can be used to augment his physical strength, roughly doubling his strength (and thus giving a measure of its natural strength). Both his abilities grow stronger with emotion, both from Michael and those he feels around him. Michael has some ability to shield himself, rooted in his experience blocking out other people's thoughts, from psychic intrusion. His eyes glow dark blue when he's using his powers or occasionally when in a highly emotional state.

Cons (weaknesses) of abilities: Michael constantly feels the stronger emotions about him (normal ones only feel like a buzzing, or background noise unless he focuses on them) and hears emotionally charged thoughts. He has to sort through these emotions, making sure to anchor himself in his own emotions, or else get swept into fits of anger, depression, happiness, etc. that come from someone else's mind.

Fighting style (if any): Trained in the Doble Bastion discipline of Escrima, with passable skill in the Suntukan discipline as well.

History of your character:
Michael comes from an affluent family, the son of a powerful lawyer. He was his father's favorite, being oldest, and was somewhat spoiled, though that often embarrassed him.

When his powers began to surface, the family's lives turned fairly upside down. Not even knowing of his psychic powers, Mike had little hope of controlling them. He would be assaulted by other people's emotions, which he would often mistake for his own, leading to erratic behavior that often culminated in him getting into fights. Soon, as the fights became more frequent, Mike would pick up only anger and disgust directed at him, and with his empathy projecting his own anger
on others, the fights became nearly continuous, particularly when his telepathy appeared.

Michael was kicked out of his private school at 15, much to his father's embarassment. Mr. Asters continued to groom his son as his protégé for a short while before lawsuits were threatened from classmates he'd been fighting with. The family was forced to move two times because Mr. Asters didn't want Michael's status as a mutant (which was growing increasingly hard to hide) to hinder his business.

His reputation followed him, though, until finally at a new school, he was surrounded in the gym and assaulted. He still isn't sure what he was stabbed with, the weapon or object was never found, but after that, everything became a red haze. He spent a good deal of time in
the hospital recovering, which was where a nurse suggested to him, privately, without his father to object, that he enroll in Xavier's.

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Cassiels stats have been reviewed are are accepted. As of 1435 on 01/27/2006, Cassiel is fully integrated into the Mutant Forum.


Mentality:10
Physical Strength: 5
Agility:5
Stealth:5
Mutated Strength:11
Mutated Control:10
Intimidation: 4

Mentality:10
Physical Strength: 5
Agility:5
Stealth:5
Mutated Strength:11
Mutated Control:10
Intimidation: 4

Waaait-a-minute... since when do you have hair?

It's a very advanced toupee. More like a symbiote, really. It lives on his head and feeds off of the angst.

Well, since it was a new start, and I never liked being accused of being a Xavier knock-off, I changed my look a little bit.

I like Bunny's answer better... lol

Bah, if it was an angst-feeding toupe, it'd jump ship to latch onto Davon's head when they passed in the hall

bah