Eli ???

[Beanybag]

Name: Eli [EEEE LIE] (Last name to be determined apparently?)

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Power Level: Low-Tier Medium (4)

Timeline: Modern

Appearance:
Hair: He has white-blonde, wispy normal-length hair that tosses about in the wind.
Eyes: Teal/Green
Skin: White, rather pale and veiny
Build: Incredibly small and slim. Gymnastic build gives him curves of sorts.
Blood: Red
Attire: Wears a leotard professionally, but prefers long and wide clothes that flitter about in the wind.
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Outstanding Features: The first thing one would notice about Eli is his small stature. Despite being an acrobat, his abilities don't require him to build up a lot of muscle. He has round eyes, and a pointed face that leads down to a rounded chin.

Personality: Taking after his affinity, Eli's personality sways from that of a cool summer breeze to a torrential and mighty typhoon. He is calm, whimsical and fleeting normally. He usually bubbles with glee from some unknown source and seems absent-minded - especially when his euphoria is seemingly out of place. For the same nonreason he will become a storm of anger and cynicism, be sharply honest and critical, and will have an abundance of anger, angst, and recklessness, or whichever befits him at the time. He can appear very dramatic and attention-seeking when this mood swing is completely arbitrary and uncalled for. However, this mood never lasts for too long and, spontaneous as it is, it's not too common either.

History: When Eli appeared out of somewhere, he did what he thought any normal adolescent did when they were without a home; he joined the circus. Keeping his gifts on the down-low, he used them to his advantage as an acrobat, performing stellar and impossible feats for someone of his size and strength. Unable to hide these gifts from his fellow members of the circus who noticed the impossibility of his talents, he confided in his family at the circus about his gifts. He tried to grow closer to his family and likewise they would try to branch out to him, and they were successful on the most part. However, his unpredictable nature never failed to ruin any intimacy he may have developed in relationships. His lack of education and unreasonable behavior also undermined his above-average intellect. Most every strong trait he had was counterbalanced in some way.

His family at the circus was convinced he was bipolar, and at one point even paid for him to visit a psychiatrist. However, he showed none of the standard signs of having a disorder, and never responded to treatment for bipolar disorder. He is still referred to as being bipolar, and has come to unwillingly accept his family's diagnosis. His stage name even reflects his nature, "The Manic Halcyon".

Powers: Wind Elementalist

Aerokinesis/Aeromancy/Windstuff: Eli can direct short gales of wind exceeding 100 miles per hour that can knock unsuspecting grown men off their feet. He can also use his control of the wind to grant him flight with moderate effort. It allows him augmented jumps and acrobatics, and by feeling the wind he can predict the weather somewhat. He can direct punches and kicks at people tens of feet away from him as if he were standing right next to them. He can be a little creative in air manipulation.

His years as an acrobat has granted him slightly freakish flexibility and somewhat increased reflexes.

Equipment: Nothing special.

Weakness: Eli is rather weak (not necessarily fragile due to his flexibility, but lacking in strength). His mercurial temperament can also be disadvantageous.

[Toriji]

Good, good. Though my gerneral need for matching makes me want to tell you the word for wind control is Aeromancy, but that is completely optional.

I like him and he'll fit in perfectly.

[TrueBlue©]

Now, is this Eli, like, "EE-lie," or Eli like "Ellie?"

I like him. Reminds me of some kind of weird Legolas-Aang hybrid.

And the word is aerokinesis. -Mancy is when it's more magicky and medieval, like necromancy.

[Toriji]

yes, at first it will require energy to perform so -mancy. Later it will be second nature -kinesis.
They are different grades of the same power really.

[TrueBlue©]

Yeah... Show me somewhere that isn't wikipedia that says that, because I've never heard of necrokinesis.

Edit: ...DIBS! DIBS ON THAT POWER! I HAVE DIBS ON NECROKINESIS!

[Toriji]

I don't exactly know what was going on there, but.... I am well versed in Paranormal, Supernatural, etc., etc. It is true -mancy as an ending means "magic" and -Kinesis implies "motion." It has become like moving your appendages and requires no noticeable effort.

[Teh Donut]

And I'm well-versed in the art of sniffing out BS, and I claim it here; -mancy and -kinesis are not "varying grades of the same power". They're nowhere near the same thing:

-mancy implies a degree of mysticism, and denotes that which derives its basis or power from the arcane or the divine.

-kinesis type abilities, on the otherhand, attribute their suffix to psychokinesis, the ever-popular branch of parapsychological abilities commonly known as psionics. They are abilities where the power of one's mind, usually manifested as an invisible force of some variety, has an effect upon the physical realm.

In neither case is either ever related to how much effort one must put into such acts in order to do them. There are plenty whathaveyoumancers even on these forums that can evoke their powers, especially some of their more minor powers, on a whim, while there are many psions on here who can only use their abilities two or three times before they're useless from exhaustion. For a "real life" example...where Jesus could heal a leper with a touch, your neighborhood "psion" might turn blue and hemorrhage trying to bend that spoon...

On another note, good character, Beany. ;D

[Ninmast]

Thank you for beating me to that, Donut. I was going to say the same, though probably not as nicely.

I'll be getting mine up soon, too, probably Saturday. Looks pretty good, though, Beany!