Post by Artemis Elwood on Aug 24, 2015 0:27:54 GMT -5
Basics
Name: Artemis Iva Elwood
Nicknames:
Age: 17
Birthday: December 24, 1997
Grade: 12th
Power: Plant Manipulation: Artemis has direct control over plants and their growth and movements. She can grow a tree from seemingly nothing and has a fine control over vines, flowers, and other plant life to such a degree that she can edit small amounts of genetic makeup. Because of this she can grow an apple from a tree that normally doesn't bear fruit, create plants in an ecosystem that shouldn't have that kind of plant, ect.. Her knowledge about the plants at hand has lead to her being able to decide quickly on the kind of plant life that would best suit a situation in battle. She can control plants within a thirty foot radius of herself, giving her a versatile reach as well as making it difficult for anyone who is attacking her to get close. However, if someone does manage to get close she can create an armor-like covering out of a mixture of leaves and bark to make it harder to injure her. Normally when she does this the bark is redwood, making fire attacks less effective on her all natural casing. Due to her ability to control even poisonous plants, her attacks can be laced in a natural poison and she also has gained a pseudo immunity to them, though she will enter hot flashes if she is exposed to them in large doses and can still become bed-ridden with enough of it. This pseudo immunity is present because of knowingly exposing herself to lower dosages to build up her natural resistances. Her exposure time to small amounts before feeling effects is around thirty minutes.
Using these powers do, however, use up her personal energy, the exertion being evident after long stretches of time of the girl using them. She can hold out an assault for a decent amount of time due to training, but anything too long tires her out greatly, often times seeming to hit her all at once. Any changes she makes to a plant is permanent even after she leaves the plant for an extended period of time.
Chlorokinetic Constructs: Artemis can take the plants around her and form solid constructs out of them ranging from simple pole arms to sharp swords. Depending on what kind of plant she uses they can either be simple, blunt weapons, have a blade, or go as far as being poisonous on contact. The plant, however, does need to be present or be a plant she grew. Without access to plants her constructs can't be made. Her constructs are also limited to strength of what she is using. Grass is less effective in making a sword then say a tree's wood is as far as durability is concerned, but wood may not end up as sharp as grass due to the difference in thickness and build. This has lead to most of her constructs being made of multiple types of plants, her usual, signature scythe being made with a wooden handle and leaf-like blade.
Plant Aura: Artemis has an aura that she can summon that heightens her strength, speed, and abilities with plants to a degree of near superhuman and doubles the normal reach of her powers. She can, however, only summon this aura in the presence of plants and if she has taken a few hits. It's more of a pinch mode, something that activates when things get desperate for her. Though this strengthens her greatly, the stress it puts on her body is just as bad for her and can leave her bed ridden if the aura is activated for too long.
Member Group: Prefect
Canon or not: Prefect D-Team Commander
Appearance: Standing at five foot three, Artemis stands at about average for a girl of her age. She weighs in at a slim 105 pounds with a fairly athletic, toned body build. She has a modest chest that compliments her overall proportions well, giving her a balanced look overall. Her black hair is kept long, settling down at around her hips with bangs cut in a way that frames her face, though doesn't hide her eyes. Artemis' hair, in the right light, can appear almost blue as well. Her eyes are a light, golden yellow and can be matched closely to a sunflower. She has a few faint, but noticeable burn scars with her few run ins with fire manipulators. Though it isn't glaring, it's still noticeable enough up close and are the few burns the healers had trouble taking care of.
Artemis, when not in her school uniform and sporting her prefect badge, is normally in any variety of colorful clothes. When she is in the forest, however, her clothing consists of a pair of jeans and a T-shirt with two red stripes across the chest. This is how she's most comfortable when among her plants, often times taking off her shoes in order to feel closer to the earth. When not spending time in the forest she's often seen in skirts and shorts, often times accompanied by some kind of colourful top. Almost all her clothes have an air of cuteness to them, showing her preference for clothing fairly blatantly.
Personality
[/b]- Artemis is extremely kind to others, always looking to help others with their issues no matter what it is. She's always willing to listen to people, wanting to make sure they are comfortable.
Positive:
* Intelligent- Though most of her knowledge is in biology and botany, she is fairly smart in all subjects and does skip classes unless she needs to for Prefect duties.
* Respectful- Artemis is a firm believer in earning the respect of others and will go out of her way to show people she means no disrespect to them.
* Keeps In Shape- She works out a lot to keep in shape, hating the feeling of being still for too long and has lead to a fairly athletic body.
* Patient- She is extremely patient with people, almost to a fault and will wait for a person to catch up. This has lead to her being an extremely strong trainer, willing to help people no matter how out of shape they are and being patient with any amounts of progress.
* Keeps her calm- She is extremely hard to get riled up, being next to impossible to get to a point where she isn't keeping an air of calm. Due to this, it became a game back during training to see who could get her riled up, no one succeeded in the end.[/ul]
Negative:
* Areas Absent of Plantlife- Her powers are weakest when she's not around plantlife, so urban environments are a bit unsettling to the girl and make her feel vulnerable.
* Overconfident- Though she doesn't show it often, she is extremely confident in her abilities to a fault. This can get her in well over her head when she isn't held back or not thinking.
* A Little too Reserved- She doesn't always act when she probably should, leading to people seeing her as one of the more reserved commanders who won't do anything if a fight breaks out when this is far from the case.
* Stubborn- If she sets her mind on something she refuses to not follow through with it. This can lead to her putting herself in bad situations or not backing down from someone when she probably should. She'll but heads with those higher up then her occasionally, but apologize profusely for being disrespectful in the end.
* Oversensitive- She is surprisingly easy to hurt the feelings of, or even make cry. It's not hard if you start to show her disrespect, in which case she'll dismiss herself shakily so she can go off on her own and recollect herself
Likes:
* Music- She loves all kinds of music and will often be seen with headphones on. Though she will admit that rap is not really something she'll listen to if she has a choice, she won't be mad at a person who requests to only listen to it.
* Dance- Along with her music, she loves to dance. When she's in the mood and been listening intently to music it is not uncommon to see Artemis dancing along to her music, or even dancing along to whatever is stuck in her mind at the time.
* Cute Clothes- Her one true weakness, she loves cute clothes. This is one of the fastest ways to get on her good side, and when not in uniform she is often times in clothing that reflects her colourful personality.[/ul]
Dislikes:
* Disrespect- She can not stand any form of disrespect, especially when it is directed at her or anyone she cares about, though when it's directed at her she will often times just pull back into herself in an attempt to recover from it.
* Being Yelled At- She hates anyone being angry at her so she will go to great lengths to be liked, however this doesn't mean she doesn't get yelled at every now and again, and when it's directed at her as a person it can affect her greatly.
* Overprotectiveness of Nature- She completely understands the way nature works and accepts that things die over time or are damaged, so when people start to try to protect every small spec of nature it gets on her nerves.[/ul]
Extra: Artemis wants nothing more than to earn the respect of those around her and leads by example. She does not expect people to listen to her unless she herself is doing what she is requesting. Overall she's laid back and enjoys a simple conversation every now and again, though she will pace unless they are out for a walk. Artemis' overall goal is to explore the Amazon, finding the plants that she has yet to encounter and possibly discover new ones along the way. Due to her previous work as an agent she does suffer from the occasional sleepless nights due to nightmares, normally involving the more difficult fights revolving around the fire manipulators that ended up injuring her. Though this doesn't happen often it still does.
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History
Family Members/guardians: Ammon Elwood (Father)
Sofia Elwood (Mother)
History: Artemis was born to two government officials in Greece who had only recently at the time moved to working for the Ashford Project. Due to this and a very early appearance of her powers, Artemis was adapted early on for work in the field, her powers being a set that made her great for chasing in the forests of Europe. She went through intensive, early training on close combat and some weapon combat. However, most of her training came with her powers, the government essentially training her in how to catch others with gifts like her. They accompanies this with schooling on biology and botany, figuring someone who uses plants would benefit from knowing the plants on a higher level.
For five years she traveled the forests of Europe whenever a gifted when on the run, her powers shining and her way with words and bringing in people in a non-violent way becoming a tad unique for the agents. She prefered to convince people to come in, using her powers more defensively. However, this didn't mean that she wouldn't push herself if need be, especially with a few of her more aggressive captures. She normally worked alone and always tried to keep it that way, though every now and again she ended up working on a small team, normally as the leader due to her experience in the forests. Even then though, these teams often consisted of people assigned to the area and agents many years older than her which lead to some grievances as people didn't always respect her experience.
Shortly before her seventeenth birthday she came against her first true challenge, a strong fire manipulator. Thoguh she succeeded in the end, the injuries and overall difficulty of the operation made the upper officials decide that she needed a bit more work. That's when things started to go down at Ashford, a large fight having broken out and killing several of the commanders or removing a few from service due to the violence of the fighting. The government officials saw this as an opportunity to remove a girl they saw as falling off from the field, seeing as her missions were progressively getting tougher for her after the fire manipulator and a fall off of her confidence. This move and the increasingly aggressive behavior of those she was tasked to bring in started bringing a few questions to the girl's mind. No longer was she sure she was doing the right thing. She gladly accepted the new station, finding herself tossed into a position she was extremely uncomfortable with.
Commander of a team of the Prefects. She had never really dealt with anyone her own age that wasn't trying to fight her or working alongside her. the nervousness showed a bit in her transition towards the academy, recovering from her last mission, another fire manipulator. Arriving at the island has left her nervous about the prospect of dealing with people her own age, and somewhat on edge, not sure if she'll meet anyone she ended up bringing in.
Behind the Character
Name: Sky~
Chatango Name: SkyOfCrimson
RP Experience: Long owo
How did you find us?: Finally found the right castle
RP Sample: And ten character apps later...
