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[brandon]

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the minor details

FULL NAME: Joshua Isaac Craig
NICKNAMES: Josh
BIRTHDAY: February 6, 1991
AGE: 18
GENDER: Male
OCCUPATION: Student at Mt. Carmine University, Vervain, Movie Rental Clerk
ALIGNMENT: Vervain
RESIDENCE: Dorms

the sparkling reflection

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: No one can deny that Joshua is a very handsome young man. Standing at roughly five foot nine, he is average in height, but feels a lot shorter than he actually is. His pale skin is clear of blemishes, which only enhances his appeal. His bright blue eyes sparkle from their sockets and clash well with his dark brown hair, which is often found in a faux hawk or some other style. He has a swimmers build, even though he doesn't swim. He is much more of an off road ATV kind of guy.

When it comes to fashion, Josh is your average everyday teen. He prefers t-shirts with band logos and the like over a pair of stonewashed jeans and a pair of vans keeping his feet cozy. He does occasionally dress up, with the occasion calls for it.

As far as distinguishing features go, Josh's blue eyes stand out the most. He has many scars from his active childhood, including a long one down his left leg after falling off of a ledge in the woods. He also has an appendectomy scar, and a birthmark behind his left ear. It slightly resembles a ghost, in the cartoon sense.

FACE CLAIM: Kevin Zegers

the heart breaking truth

LIKES: His Power
Travelling
Hiking
Discovering and trying new things
Girls who like to live life to the fullest

DISLIKES: Restrictions
Indoors
Blue Grass music
Stuck up people
His lack of mastery over his power

STRENGTHS: The elements of his power that he has mastered
Eager
Thinks quickly
Confident
Independent

WEAKNESSES: Parts of his power
Easily discouraged
Overly critical of himself
Cares about others opinions
Too trusting

OVERALL PERSONALITY: Joshua is not a very hard person to understand. He is actually quite simple. An adventurous southern gentlemen, Josh is an active practitioner of chivalry. He treats everyone, especially ladies with the utmost respect, unless that person has done something very deserving of his hate. Overall, he let's things roll off his back, not one to hold grudges.

Back to that adventurous streak. Joshua loves to discover new things and places, and can often be found shuffling around the road less travel. He is an adrenaline junky and loves to bungee jump and ride roller coasters, basically anything with danger involved is his forte.

Josh is a rather happy person most of the time. He loves to laugh and make others laugh. However, he is easily discouraged in most aspects of his life. He doesn't like not being able to do something and will give up after a short time if things don't go his way. Josh is never one to go for girls that play hard to get because of it.

Forced to grow up and take care of his younger siblings way too soon, Josh has used the newly found freedom his power has offered as a way to finish living the childhood he never got to finish. When he began to go out into the world, he realized how truly naive he had been. He has done a lot of growing up these past two years but he still possesses the optimism of a young child.

the history books

AUGMENTATION: Leptokinesis;; Level 1
The ability to alter one's density in order to pass through solid objects. Fifteen years old and stuck in the house. All the time, watching after his younger siblings. All Josh wanted was an escape. And boy was he surprised when that escape came. It started out so strange. He felt lighter than usual. Running down the stairs one morning, he saw Aiden's toy car in the way, but not in time to avoid it. He continued with his eyes shut, braced for impact, but it never came. Opening his eyes at the bottom of the stairs, he turned to see the toy unmoved. Surely he had just walked over it right? Later that same day, Jackie got angry at him and threw a Barbie. It went right through his chest, he watched it as it flew from her hand and collided with the wall. Excitement rushed through his veins. Over the next few weeks, his power grew. No longer was it random, he could control when he went intangible. As the past two years have passed, he has tested his limits. He can walk through locked doors, let things pass through him, but he still can't walk through thick walls or transfer his power to those he touches.

FAMILY:Father: General Josef Craig -50- Air Force Commander-Unaugmented, Vaccinated
Mother: Rita D. Craig, PhD -45- College Professor (Chemistry)- Unaugmented, Vaccinated
Sister: Jacqueline Craig- 12- Augmented (Unaware)
Brother: Aiden Craig - 10- Augmented (Unaware)

HISTORY: Abingdon, Virginia truly is a beautiful city. It is even more beautiful in the winter, with fresh snow laying on the roads and in the trees, the mountain air brisk yet still refreshing. February 6, 1991 was even more beautiful as the Craig's welcomed their first child. Josh grew up hiking in the woods, fishing, being a gentleman and developing his thick southern accent that adds that adorable edge to him, even years after leaving the mountains.

Josh lived in the same house his father had grown up in as a child, and his grandfather before him. He went to the same school his parents had gone too. Basically, his life was filled with familiarity. He was always eager and his parents fueled his curiosity and eagerness by encouraging him to try new things and travel where no one had gone before. Still, the few instances they said no would break him down. He was used to being able to do what he wanted, and when denied that, he was easily discouraged. Many times he would spend all day out in the forests, climbing trees and exploring. His parents allowed it until one day when he went to deep into the forest and fell off the edge of a small cliff. Tumbling to the ground, hitting many boulders, it took a day to find him after he didn't come home for dinner. And Josh spent three weeks in the hospital recovering. His parents never let him go in the forest again, and they soon moved after the birth of his sister, to Primrose Hills.

Primrose Hills offered new adventures for the six year old Joshua and he wanted to enjoy them so much. But now being an older brother, his parents left him to care for Jackie and it only got worse when Aiden was born a few years later. He still spent time outdoors but not enough to satisfy his taste for adventure. He settled into a relatively normal life for an older brother: school, babysitting, and the occasional night out. All that changed when he learned of his augmentation at the age of fifteen.

Joshua saw his power as a way to free himself from his boring day to day. How could his parents keep him inside? What, were they going to lock the door? Big deal. Since then, Josh has been finishing living his childhood. He has only recently began to take his power seriously, after meeting Vervain and joining to stop Juniper.

Created By:: Brandon