Character's full name: Carrick O’ Connor
Alias/ Nickname/ Code name: Carry/ Griff/ Car/ Smart@$$
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Birthday: 12/25/02 (due to deage)
Nationality/ Ethnicity: Irish
Birthplace/ Home/ Place of origin: Belfast, Ireland

Appearance

Hair color and style: Brown hair somewhat long either to be tussled or slicked back.
Eyes: One Gray, One Blue, both pupils can change to cat like slits depending on the lighting or if he is trying to focus on something.
Height (human form): 5’9
Build: Lean, however due to his mutation his shoulders are wider and legs are more muscular
Visible mutation: Large Angelic Golden Brown Wings (20-foot wingspan) and a bushy lion's tail are his more notable mutations however on closer inspection due to his powers continuing to develop his body hair has become thicker and his facial features have become more animal like. Carrick’s teeth are slightly pointer than typical and his ears are more pointed as well.
Scars/ Tattoos/ Piercings: One Tattoo on his chest, four-leaf clover with a the Celtic Cross in the center. One on his right shoulder of his mother’s favorite bird got it after she passed.
Other features: None

Everyday clothing style: Growing up a bit his clothing style changed from baggier clothes to ones that actually fit. Jeans and normal shirts unless he is trying to hid his wings then it’s heavy clothing
Uniform: Standard
Sleepwear: Boxers
Miscellaneous clothing: On occasion wears goggles, often wears sunglasses

Character

Personality: Is an extremely kind and compassionate person, though he rarely shows it. Often comes off as arrogant (though never tries to) however he is a very sarcastic person (his brand of humor). Very outgoing and loves attention, often gets anxious if he stays in one place for to long. Loves to have a good time and likes to make sure others are included in his fun time. Everyone is viewed as a friend until they do or say something he doesn’t like. Awkward when he finds out someone is hitting on them.

Hobbies/ Interests: bird watching, cloud gazing, flying, practicing card tricks and some small magic tricks, and playing with his guitar on occasion he still is up for some pickpocketing or some shenanigans
Job or part time job and description: Worked at a traveling circus (currently not employed there) Currently a Irish folk music singer not a full time job but he can always find work
Fears/ phobias/ concerns: Large Cats, Claustrophobia, not being able to fly and turning into his brother or father.
Special talents: Likes to do magic tricks, can sing a tune and is a fantastic whistler, and is quite talented juggler. Can play most guitars or variations of them due to years of practice.

Morality

Good/ bad/ neutral/ other: Carrick is pretty neutral; he has tendencies to do both good and bad. If you are his friend he will go out of his way to help you.


Description of Mutation:

Flight, Gryphon Shifting and Regeneration


Flight: He’s got wings and knows how to use them

Vocal Dissonance (Power Growth approved 3/26/24):

Vocal Dissonance: Due to a traumatic event Carrick’s fight or flight kicked into overdrive giving him the ability to tap into the multiple forms vocals at once the combination of the two being used at the time could have different effects.

- Sonic Roar: Tapping into his beast form while still in human, Carrick has gained the ability to add i infrasonic resonance to his lion's roar. This allows him to roar with a radial shockwave strong enough to crack concrete and knock people over within ten feet and cause neurological disorientation and glass cracking within thirty feet.

- Weakness: Beast form and Carrick are the only two who can use this power at this time. He can’t do it in Gryphon form. In human form Carrick loses his voice for a time after activating it. Beast form can do it multiple times before losing its voice. The more the forms push this limit the longer they lose their voice.

-Sonic Screech: Tapping into his Gryphon form while still in his human form Carrick’s vocals can hit the high end of the sound spectrum giving him the ability to create a sonic screech. It is a cone attack of forty- five degrees from the point of origin (his mouth). This attack has a directional range of thirty feet. Rupturing ear drums happen within five feet of the point of origin or within six seconds at thirty feet. The attack also happens to be at the right resonant frequency to shatter glass. The longer he can hold the note the longer he can screech.

Weakness: Gryphon form and Carrick are the only two who can use this power at this time. In human form Carrick can use it once before losing his voice and the ability to do it again until his vocal cords heal. Gryphon form can do it multiple times before losing its voice. The more the forms push this limit the longer they lose their voice.

Overall Sonic Roar/Screech Weakness : Carrick in all forms has little control over these powers currently, and the closer he is to a person and or object the more dangerous it is for that person and or object. For now the powers will activate randomly, though the more excited Carrick is the more likely the power will activate.


Regeneration (Power Growth approved 3/26/24):

Accelerated Human Regeneration: Since he discovered he could heal Carrick has been busy testing the limits of his new powers. In his human form his accelerated healing can speed up the healing rate of most injuries. Example of this is while on average it takes a normal person six weeks to heal from a broken rib it can take about one week for Carrick.

Shifted Form Regeneration: “Just like new” When shifting any minor cuts, abrasions, wounds or burns are healed during his ‘shedding’ process. The new form still carries over major injuries however something that is ‘broken’ will turn into something that is only ‘bruised/sprained’. Large cuts, abrasions, wounds or burns are scabbed or scared over. Limb regeneration is now possible however it could take weeks for something to grow back even if he continually shifted between forms.

Weakness: Carrick still feels all the pain. This ability does not make him immune to it, he just experiences it in a shorter time. Whenever his regeneration powers are active he is required to sleep or eat more than usual. When limbs/appendages grow back they take time to grow to the right proportion for his body/form. For example if someone removed Carrick’s wings, when they start to grow back they are tiny and wouldn’t be capable of flight.


The Forms:

Gryphon Form:

Carrick has the ability to transform into a Gryphon, though he has some control he does not have this aspect of his mutation mastered. In this form Carrick actually becomes shorter but grows a few feet in length, his dimensions in this form are 4’8x6’8 and the wingspan in this form is 25 feet long.

Human Form:

Carrick’s human form he retains his wings though in his human form the wingspan actually shrinks a foot (24-foot), in addition to the wings remaining in his human form Carrick also has his Gryphon tail (lion looking bushy tail), which falls down to his ankles.


Beast Form:

Stuck between a half shift between his human form and Gryphon form Carrick’s body is altered to resemble more of a beast than either the Gryphon form or his human form. In the beast form his hands resemble bird like talons while his feet would resemble that similar to lion paws. In beast form Carrick has the ability to walk on all fours or on two legs with relative ease. In addition to the talons and paws Carrick’s skin is covered in a thick layer of brown fur and a even thicker layer often forms around his neck (think lions mane). Adding to this physical change Carrick’s iris become far more cat like than ever and his teeth become elongated and sharpened.

Strengths in Gryphon form:

Sight is enhanced

Size is enhanced

Razor sharp talons for front legs

Stronger and faster than human form

Mimics bird calls and lion calls

Strengths in Human Form:

Better vision than humans

Better sense of smell

Wings capable of flight

Lion like tail capable of lifting small objects

Capable of mimicking both bird calls and Lion noises

Teeth slightly sharper

Ears slightly pointed

Strengths in Beast Form:

Enhanced speed and strength than in either human or gryphon form

Razor like talons for hands and paws for feet

Body is covered in fur

Enhanced vision and senses (cat like)

Mimics lion noises

Can move around on four or two legs



Weaknesses in Gryphon Form:

Carrick’s skin is altered and stretched to the point where it causes him extreme pain, which is one of the main reasons he dislikes shifting into this form.

It takes close to thirty seconds for the transformation to become complete and for now he can only stay in that form for hour.

In his Gryphon form Carrick can only make bird sounds as well as lion sounds, human language is not yet possible. (Updated for power growth)

When he shifts back he has to find his clothes or risk indecent exposure

Weaknesses in Beast Form:

Similar to the Gryphon form this form has a time limit, however only lasts fifteen minutes max

Due to Carrick’s shifts causing him pain being constantly stuck in this form causes him some pain however due to the pain his higher brain functions are for the most part absent in this form. He thinks and acts like a beast relying on more instinct than anything.

Overly aggressive due to animal instincts if he feels threatened he will rely on fight or flight.

Half shifts can only happen in high times of stress or when he is disrupted from his shift to gryphon form.

Can not shift from beast to gryphon or vise versa

Assumes everything is a dream when in this form because there isn’t much details he remembers clearly.

Unable to speak or use bird calls in this form can only make cat like sounds roars and growls

Universal weaknesses:

Carrick’s tail often gets caught in doorways and often brings unwanted attention to himself for he sometimes shows how he is feeling by his tail. Said tail has a large number of nerves in the tip of his tail (under all the fur), which makes it more sensitive to pain.

Carrick needs room for a take off, and his wings need to be spread out completely if he wants to fly, which is why he fears closed spaces.

Any bright sudden change he isn’t ready for, flash photography is the biggest issue he has due to his part time job as a performer. Often wears sunglasses.



Fighting Style

Distraction, whether it be wings, a tail or anything within reach he learned how to fight from his father and step brother who other than both being smaller than most happened to be exceptional barroom brawlers. If it can be moved, it’s a potential weapon people included.


Pros for fighting style:
Cons for fighting style: weak upper body strength and puts his wings in the way of harm

Faction Allegiance
Unaffiliated: For now at least

History Of Your Character: Was born to Eric and Janice O’Connor he had one-step brother who is four years older than him. Like his father Carrick developed his mutation when he turned twelve years old, however unlike his father's telekinetic powers Carrick developed the mutation of what they all thought was just flight due to a large pair of wings that sprouted painfully out of his back.

After about a year he had mastered the ability to fly however once he started to take to the air his mutation continued to progress. Soon after he mastered flight he noticed that his vision started to increase and over time he noticed that he could shift into a Gryphon. Being the kind and child that he was his parents decided to send him overseas to study a broad so he wouldn’t have the same life as they and Carrick’s older half brother or father had seeing as both of them are heavily affiliated with pro-mutant extremists.

Unfortunately once he got over seas Carrick thought it would be more enjoyable to join a circus than toil away in a boarding school, and so after joining the circus he traveled with them for a few months before finding himself in upstate New York performing a show.

After his time in New York developing a close group of friends he found out his mother’s health took a turn for the worst and knowing that his brother and father wouldn’t be much help he decided to return home instead of finishing school against his parents wishes.

A few years passed and he slowly watched his mothers health decline more until eventually she passed. After she did Carrick attempted to cut ties with his ‘family’ by leaving without notice and heading back to one of the few places he felt like he belong. Unfortunately when he returned to New York he was hit with some sort of gas causing himself to loose a few years. Confused Carrick contacted his family to find out he had missed only to find out his mother had passed.

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