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“Hiding what is in pure sight gives me excitement like no other.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Cassandra Dawson  AGE: Twenty Seven POWER: Cloaking OCCUPATION: Prohibition Bartender TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

Coming from the wrong side of the tracks makes everyone look down on you even before they really get to know you. It’s like if after one look at your clothes and the way you handle yourself they know that you’re not worth the time or effort. Cassandra Dawson has dealt with that all of her life. Her clothes were always a season or two behind if she was even that lucky. Her parents tried to give her and her older sister as much as they could but money was always tight so when it came time to get the girls' clothing it was usually hand-me-downs or stuff from the nearby thrift shop.  As a young girl, Cassie was often bullied for the way she dressed. She hated being poor all she wanted was to be like the other girls in her class that always seemed to have the newest fashions, shoes, and the cutest guys in their arms.

As Cassandra grew older the feeling of wanting to have more than what her parents could give her also grew. She became obsessed with the idea of getting what others had. The desire to possess what she couldn’t drove her to take what she believed she deserved. At the age of thirteen Cassie discovered that she was special, she possessed a superpower, one that could assist her in taking anything she wanted. She began shoplifting, at first it started with small things such as nail polish and lipstick, but once she was able to control her power it escalated to taking clothes and really just anything she could get her hands on. Some things she kept others she sold and that’s how she made money to keep up with the façade of a life that she leads. Of course, she had to be careful to not let her parents find out what she was up to. However, her parents found jewels in her room and they did the only thing that they could think of, they called the police. Cassie was nineteen when she was discovered and taken to Lake Grimstone

What she believes to be her parents’ betrayal is still fresh on her mind. While at first, she hated feeling trapped she came to realize that because no one there knew who she was before arriving in the town this allowed her to pretend to be what she had always wanted to be, one of the girls that get everything they wanted. Being in Lake Grimstone hasn’t changed Cassie at all, she still believes that she’s better than where she came from, still has a desire for things that aren’t hers, and refuses to work for them and instead just takes them not caring who she hurts in the process. She does resent that out of the two towns, the government put her in Grimstone Park, the town that in the outside world would be viewed as the wrong side of the town one. 

» CONNECTIONS

NATALIE ANDERSON - Cassandra dislikes everything about Nat, mostly because the girl is everything Cass has ever wanted and still wants to be. 

CHARLES PHILLIPS III - Why she told Charles about her life is still a mystery to Cassie but she did. She told him the whole ugly truth and for the first time, she was glad that she had because Charles doesn’t judge her.

LANDON MILLER - Landon is someone that like her, has a not so great past. She can see that he is hiding something, but because she doesn’t want her own past to be known she doesn’t push too much to know more about him. 

Cassandra Dawson is a OPEN character and is portrayed by Chloe Bridges,  whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.  

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Grimstone Park Residents and Guards

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“The more you adapt, the more interesting you become.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Levi Williams AGE: Twenty Two POWER: Reactive Adaption OCCUPATION: Up to Player TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

For fifteen years Levi believed that there was nothing remotely special about him. He was average, worse than average actually. He was so plain that not even the bullies picked on him, why would they? There wasn’t anything that they could get out of him, he wasn’t smart and he didn’t have money, he was just a speck in the world. That was how Levi saw himself, as an insignificant speck in the world and it didn’t matter how many times his mother told him otherwise. Levi hated everything about himself from the way he talked to the way he presented himself. He often tried to change his ways but no matter how hard he tried the changes never stuck. He was destined to live an unextraordinary life. Or at least, that was what he believed.

Levi had just turned sixteen when his life took a turn for the best, according to him. In an attempt to fit in with the cool kids, Levi did something that he otherwise would have never done, he jumped into the freezing cold lake. It was supposed to have been a stupid dare that would end with him being accepted, but the dare went horribly wrong when Levi’s lungs began to fill with ice cold water. Arms splashed around the water in an effort to keep himself afloat, but he was growing tired. His arms burned and his body began to feel heavier and heavier until he was no longer able to fight for his life. Everything around him went black and he was no longer able to hear his classmates. The next thing that the young boy knew he was in an ambulance being rushed to the hospital. According to the doctors and his mother, his heart stopped for a couple of minutes but he was lucky and came back to life. Lucky. For the first time in his life, he did feel lucky. Most of his classmates went over to see him, granted it was because a lot of them felt guilty but still they were there. Instant popularity wasn’t the only thing that he got out of his little stunt, though, no there was something bigger and better in store for him. Shortly after his incident, Levi discovered what really saved him that day at the lake, a superpower. Levi possessed Reactive Adaption and when he began drowning his power took over. At first, he was completely lost and confused as to what was going on with him but after the government reached out and explained his power, Levi saw it as a chance to start fresh especially after being told that he was going to be moving into a town with more people like him.

Levi has been at Lake Grimstone for about six years now. He is still trying to learn to control not only his power but also his urge to constantly use it, though, that control he craves isn’t as strong as the craving that he has to explore his ability further. What Levi doesn’t know and what few government agents do know is that every aspect of his life was planted in his mind by the government. Levi has lived in Lake Grimstone since birth, his parents both possessed powers and are Lake Grimstone residents. When Levi was born everyone, including the doctors, thought that he was stillborn, however, it had just been his power protecting him. When the government realized that he was in fact alive they did study after study on him, he was a “miracle baby” after all and they wanted to know just how evolved the children of two mutants really were. The studies ended shortly after his fourth birthday when they were no longer able to slow his accelerated aging. The government keeps a close eye on Levi which makes him feel special and thankful to them, of course if he knew the truth, that his real parents are also in Lake Grimstone and that they continue to mourn his death, then his feelings towards the government might be a completely different.

» CONNECTIONS

MILES HALL - Levi has heard much about Miles Hall, but he isn’t entirely sure if everything he has heard is true or just exaggerations. However, what Levi doesn’t know is that Miles is his biological father.

NATALIE ANDERSON - He trusts Nat, even if she constantly tells him that she feels like he is hiding something. They are now trying to find out what that something is.

DAMIEN HALE - Damien and Levi seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot and now no matter what Levi does nothing seems to make things better between them.

Levi Williams is an OPEN character and is portrayed by Asa Butterfield whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.

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“The future can changed but the past is set in stone”

» ABOUT

NAME: Danielle Catton AGE: Twenty Eight POWER: Post-Cognition OCCUPATION: Up to Player TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

For as long as she can remember Danielle has always been one of the guys. She used to hate hanging with girls, she has warmed to them now, but still finds that boys are more in her comfort zone. Most of the girls that she has known have always been petty and bitchy which is something that she hates. Guys, on the other hand, aren’t like that and while she knows that most can be pricks at times, she still thinks that’s a little better than dealing with the constant girl drama that she often saw other girls dealing with. Danielle believes that most guys see her as one of the guys, which helps in how comfortable she feels around them. She fails to realize that most guys see how extremely good looking she is and that they would kill to get her in bed. Part of why she fails to see that is because she has never had a boyfriend, another reason why she believes that guys think of her as just one of them, what she doesn’t seem to see is that they are actually scared of how tough she seems to be.

Danielle is a confident, kind and an all round nice girl for the most part. Of course she doesn’t come without bite sometimes, but she generally steers clear of trouble so she doesn’t really need to show that side of her all that often– unless of course you mess with her friends. She’s interested in most of the things that society likes to say are for guys which makes her that much more attractive to them. It’s because of how she was raised, though, in a household of two older brothers and one younger it was hard to get away from sports and guy-type activities. But she loved them even then so really it was only her mother complaining.

Danielle was completely freaked out when she first found out about her power, one day in school she fainted, or that’s what everyone thought, when in reality she was seeing the past, or rather flashes of it, she didn’t see anything that looked particularly meaningful or that she needed to worry about, well except for the fact that she could see the past as if it was happening right there and then, but it freaked her out a lot. After just a few months of having had those flashbacks, Danielle was taken to Lake Grimstone to be with and to train with others like her. Much to her surprise, she actually quite likes Grimstone Park. She likes training her power on her own schedule, and she’s made friends with the guys and even some girls in her new home town.

» CONNECTIONS

JACE MURPHY - Danielle has a slight crush on Jace, but suspects that he doesn’t reciprocate it

JADE ROBERTS - An actual girl friend Danielle has managed to make and keep.

JOANNA HUGHES - Joanna is someone that Danielle just can’t stand. They have been forced to train together on occasion and it’s always ended badly.

Danielle Catton is a CLOSED character and is portrayed by Pheobe Tonkin.

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“Health is the first muse and sleep is what I use to produce it.”

»  ABOUT

NAME: Mason Stafford AGE: THIRTY POWER: Sleep Inducement OCCUPATION: Resident Contact TOWN: Grimstone Park

»  HISTORY

Mason always wished he had brothers and sisters, but his parents never had them. He made up for not having siblings by making a lot of friends when he was in school. He was a social butterfly and always liked to make people laugh and smile. However, it didn’t last long. When Mason was nine, him and his parents were in a car accident and his parents died. He never knew what caused the accident because no one would ever tell him.

After that, he was sent to live with his mother’s parents in another state. He wasn’t close to them but he was grateful that they opened up their house for him. They raised him on strict rules and he never disobeyed them. When he was eighteen, he received a college scholarship and moved away from his grandparents to follow his dreams. He majored in hospitality with minors in psychology and communications.

Mason didn’t know he had a power until the third year of college when he was studying with a girl in the library. She was distressed over their upcoming exam and he tried to calm her down but instead, she fell asleep almost automatically. Mason didn’t understand what had happened, and thought it might be a fluke. He went back to his dorm room to research a reasonable explanation for the incident and soon after, the government was alerted to these searches. When they came to the dorms looking for him, Mason went willingly with them. He is thankful towards the government for helping him and would do anything for them in return. They hired him as a resident contact and placed him in Grimstone Park. He appreciates the freedom that the town gives him as well as the ability to help the rest of the residents in the town.

»  CONNECTIONS

BRIANNA REID - Another resident contact who also lives in Park, they’ve become close. He’s accidentally used his power on her a handful of times but she never takes it the wrong way.

XAVIER DAILY - The doctor tends to call Mason if he needs any help at the hospital. Mason’s power comes in handy at times.

SAMMY COOPER - When Mason found out about Sammy’s power, he became so intrigued and wanted to witness it for himself.

Mason Stafford is a CLOSED character and is portrayed by BRENTON THWAITES. 

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“My sixth sense can detect your weakness and strengths.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Courtney Saldivar AGE: Twenty Five POWER: Power Detection OCCUPATION: Up to Player TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

***TRIGGER WARNING: DOMESTIC ABUSE***

Courtney is a fun loving, sweet girl with low self-esteem. No one, not even herself, knows where the low self-esteem came from since she was lucky enough to be raised in a loving household. Her family didn’t have much but her parents always tried their best to give her and her two siblings everything that they needed. They were also very proud of her and her siblings, her parents were constantly praising them for their accomplishments, yet somehow Courtney was still a young girl that felt like she was not what her parents or anyone else expected, or wanted, her to be.

Arriving at Grimstone Park didn’t change things for her, at least not in the feeling inferior aspect. It wasn’t until she met Landon Miller that she began to feel like maybe she was a little special. Landon made her feel as if she was the most beautiful girl not just there in Lake Grimstone but in the world. Slowly he began to win her over and gain her trust. There was no doubt in her mind that he was the perfect guy for her, the kind of guy she would love to take home to her parents, something that wasn’t possible but she loved to think that if she could, they would love him. Their relationship was one that many would envy, at least in the beginning. Landon treated her like a queen and she treated him like her king. They loved each other intensely and wanted to bridge the two towns so they could be together.

It was when things between them began to get more serious that things began to change, or rather that Landon began to change. He began to snap at her for not answering his calls or texts and even for smiling at a guy that passed by. Things never went much further than that and Courtney thought that he was just having bad days, but then one day he struck her and Courtney just stood there in complete shock. She couldn’t believe that she was in one of those relationships that she often criticized when she saw them on the movies or news. She was ready to leave him but just as she was about to he promised he would never do it again and she believed him. She loved him and he loved her, that’s what she told herself when she took him back. For a few months, things seemed to go back to how they used to be, but then the abuse returned and even escalated. However, after every time he did something to her, Landon would apologize and say that he didn’t mean to hurt her, as quickly as he brought her down he would pick her back up and would promise her the world. Courtney loved Landon more than anyone she’s ever loved before, even more than herself and she wants to believe that he can change which is why she stays with him.

» CONNECTIONS

LANDON MILLER - Courtney’s boyfriend. She loves him, but he has become abusive and she doesn’t know what to do.

KHIANNA MALIK - She’s been the one that takes care of Court’s “injuries”. She hopes the doctor hasn’t gotten suspicious. 

SUMMER JACOBS - A close friend that Courtney trusts with all her secrets, except for what’s going on with her and Landon.

Courtney Saldivar is an OPEN character and is portrayed by Camila Queiroz who’s FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE. 

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“Fail to control your mind and someone else will do it for you.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Brooklyn Dane AGE: Twenty Eight POWER: Mind Control OCCUPATION: Up to Player TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

When you look at Brooklyn you see the popular girl who has everything she could possibly want. What they don’t know is that she has to use her power in order to get it all. Brooklyn found out at the young age of six that she could make people do whatever she wanted and she wasted no time in taking advantage of that ability with no regard to anyone else. Because of her power Brooklyn has never had to work hard for anything, everything just has just always come easy to her.

Brooklyn grew up in an upper-class home where her parents treated her like a princess, sometimes even going to such extremes as to forget that they had another child. Of course, that wasn’t something that they did intentionally it was all part of Brooklyn’s mind control over them. She never thought that what she was doing was wrong, she saw her power as a gift, and she didn’t really think that lot of the things she did–like make her friends change certain things about them or having random strangers give her or do things for her–was anything but normal. After all, it was something that she was so used to doing from such a young age.

Brooklyn is manipulative, of course, that comes with her power. She’s selfish and doesn’t care if she hurts anyone as long as she gets what she wants. Many people view her as shallow and materialistic which isn’t far from the truth but there’s also a side of her that not many people see. She can be caring but it’s not a side she shows often, especially after she was dragged to the Lake Grimstone Project when she turned sixteen. Originally, they had had her assigned to Grimstone Point, but when she saw the restrictions the town would put on her, she manipulated the person who moved her into thinking there had been an error, and got herself moved back. She’s not above playing dirty if it means she gets her way.

» CONNECTIONS

TARA IM - Out of all the guards, Tara is the person that Brooklyn likes to use her power on the most. The guard’s love for the town and the government’s project disgusts Brooklyn. 

JOANNA HUGHES - Joanna is friends with Brooklyn, but only because Brooklyn used her power on her.

WREN RODGERS - Wren is Brooklyn’s friend, and she genuinely likes being around him--she doesn’t even think of using her power on him.

Brooklyn Dane is a CLOSED character and is portrayed by Holland Roden.

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“Some people are just beyond their own control.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Fiona Drake  AGE: Thirty Eight  OCCUPATION: Guard  TOWN: Grimstone Park 

» HISTORY

As a child, Fiona was always a little wary of others. Her mother and father had a good enough relationship, though hardly perfect. Her older brother picked on her a little, but not severely. There was nothing particularly challenging about her childhood. But something about her made her slightly distrustful. Later in her life, people might suggest that it was preternatural in some way, but that idea made her angrier than anything. When she was a young woman, training in the police academy, she witnessed something awful. She was out to eat with her parents at a restaurant when something that she could only describe as impossible happened, a little girl seemed to have spontaneously combusted. Her parents, both EMTs, rushed to the scene, but Fiona turned the other direction, trying to help people get out.

After the fire department arrived and the smoke cleared, two things became apparent to Fiona: the little girl had survived her spontaneous combustion, and her parents had died in the ensuing fire. Fiona could not understand, let alone explain what happened that night, At the academy, she’d heard mutterings of a special squadron, in charge of keeping “freaks” with “weirdo powers” in line, or safe. In the aftermath of her parents’ death, Fiona knew that was where she needed to be. She needed to make sure no one went through what she’d gone through.

No amount of police-mandated therapy or training changed her views. She signed up to work at Lake Grimstone as soon as she finished the academy. Of course, by that point, she’d asked so many questions, the government was grateful to have her. As far as Fiona was concerned, though, it was the perfect job. The residents needed her, and people like her, to protect them from themselves and others. And by keeping them at Lake Grimstone, the government was teaching them to control their powers so no one else could get hurt. Everybody wins, or so she likes to believe. Fiona is still quite wary of those with powers, especially when she sees that some of them could do serious harm both intentionally or unintentionally. 

» CONNECTIONS

 NORA KEPLER - To Fiona, Nora seems like her head is screwed on correctly. She’s straightforward, honest, and highly capable. She and Fiona get along quite well, as long as Nora keeps the conversation off of the residents.

JADE ROBERTS - Jade is the reason that Fiona lost her parents and the reason she is Lake Grimstone. It might have all been an accident but she still dislikes the girl. 

SAMMY COOPER - Sammy used their power one time on Fiona by accident and that was enough to make Fiona not trust them. She doesn’t dislike Sammy, she would just rather they keep their powers away from her. 

Fiona Drake is a OPEN character and is portrayed by Crystal Reed,  whose FC is NEGOTIABLE.

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“We need creative solutions to everyday problems.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Philip Garrick AGE: Thirty POWER: Portal Combat OCCUPATION: Counselor TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

Philip spent his whole life moving around. His father was a US ex-pat who settled down in Singapore to start a family--his wife, Philip, and Philip’s two siblings--only to uproot them when he decided he wanted to live a few years in Europe, then in the US, then back to Singapore. By the time Philip had completed college and his graduate studies, he’d lived in no fewer than 6 different countries. There had been the usual stressors that come with that--difficulty making friends, some anxiety over the lack of stability--but overall, he handled it pretty well. Philip had always been a flexible thinker and adapted well to the situations that life through at him. His family was supportive, which helped as well. His siblings always had his back, and he had theirs.

Never was that more obvious, though as when his power began developing. He was home--at the time, the family was living in South Africa--from college and brought his two siblings into his room to show them how he could throw a  punch, open a portal, and have the hit land on the back of its target’s head instead. You might have expected them to turn their brother in right away, but they didn’t. They calmly showed their parents, who informed Philip that using this power would be “fighting dirty”--not something he should do, but something it he could do if the situation warranted it. They helped him train his power, and did their best to teach him enough control that he could use it subtly, or hide it to avoid getting caught.

Still, even with all that hard work, the government did eventually find him. Because he’d controlled his power so well, they offered him the chance to join the Lake Grimstone Project as part of its research team. He would be monitoring the effects of the project as a psychologist--which is what he was already trained to do--as well as offering counseling services. He would have to live in the town, of course, as one of its powered residents, but at least he would be able to continue to contribute to society. Philip, seeing no other choice, agreed, and came to Grimstone Park to support the work going on there. 

» CONNECTIONS

IAN MAKO - The two aren’t exactly best friends, more like drinking buddies. Every once in awhile, they’ll have a night out on the town together, and it’s always enjoyable.

KENNEDY POPE - Philip has, unfortunately, seen too many cases like Kennedy’s. He wants to help them and often makes himself available to them. Probably more than he should, but his intentions are good.

TARA IM - Philip likes Tara’s attitude and the fact that she also seems interested in helping residents first and foremost. He gets along well with her and considers her a friend.

Philip Garrick is an OPEN character and is portrayed by Henry Golding whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.

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“The speed of the run gives me that one genuine rush.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Katherine Jackson AGE: Twenty Three  POWER: Supersonic Speed OCCUPATION: Up to Player TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

Ever since Katherine could remember she has always felt like the odd man out, like she didn’t belong. She had two loving parents and a little brother that adored her and yet Katherine didn’t feel like she was a part of the tight knit family that they seemed to be. She would constantly study her mother’s and father’s features trying to find even the smallest of resemblance between herself and them but she never could. Another thing, and probably the biggest difference between them, was their height– Katherine being that ‘short girl’ with the abnormally tall parents in comparison. What could have been little differences for others were huge differences for Katherine. In fact they were so big that she truly believed she was adopted, of course her parents always told her otherwise and yet Katherine couldn’t shake the feeling of not being a real part of the Jackson family. Then when she turned twelve another difference between her and her family came up, she possessed a super power.

When Kat turned fifteen her parents decided to come clean and tell her the truth, explaining to her how she had in fact been adopted since even before she was born. They were a little too late with the truth. The revelation caused Katherine to push them away for lying to her all those years, though she made a prime example as to why they had wanted to keep it from her. She felt like she couldn’t trust anyone and she pushed all of her friends away too, the once popular girl became quite the opposite. She didn’t talk to anyone or even attempt to let anyone get close to her out of fear they might let her down.

With the newfound information Katherine tried multiple times to locate her birth parents, every attempt failing– she just couldn’t seem to find them without the proper paperwork and details and she couldn’t get that until she was eighteen. However, she never gave up, she had hopes that one day she would find her real parents and would finally belong. Those hopes didn’t last long; the government came to collect her just a month after her sixteenth birthday, taking her to Lake Grimstone. Being taken to Lake Grimstone destroyed all hopes that Katherine had of one day finding her birth parents, or find out the truth about her past. However, unknown to Katherine she has a brother that is also in Lake Grimstone. A brother that while younger than her could end up giving her some answers to the questions that have haunted her for as long as she can remember.

» CONNECTIONS

LIAM SLATER - After finding out that he and her were related, Katherine was excited and the two of them are working to build more onto the sibling relationship they have.

LARISSA COLBERT - They were once really good friends but one day, that all changed. Katherine misses Larissa but she’s too stubborn to admit it.

SCOTT PAINE - Katherine isn’t really sure how she feels about the guard. He rubbed her the wrong way the one time she encountered him and now she avoids going near him.

Katherine Jackson is a OPEN character and is portrayed by Danielle Rose Russell,  whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.

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“No mind is impenetrable.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Paris Levine AGE: Twenty Five POWER: Mental Shield Penetration OCCUPATION: Scientist TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

Paris has always distrusted others. Some might say that it’s because they have had mostly bad experiences with other people--the usual crap like bullying, bigotry, fear, and stuff like that--but Paris attributes it to one specific moment. They were about twelve years old when their power developed, and while it came about slowly, they had already shown some promising mastery of it when they decided to share it with a friend. Not just a friend, their best friend, the one person in life they thought would understand it. The first person they came out to, and all that sappy stuff. So they did. They used their power to open their best friends mind, but rather than be happy for them, she broke their heart with three simple words. “You’re messed up.” That was all it took, and Paris lost their faith in humanity--specifically, the ungifted--forever.

They hid their power fine, but they volunteered themself for the Lake Grimstone Project at age 16, having discovered it through some sleuthing. They ended up landed in Grimstone Park, which suited them just fine as it allowed them to blackmail a few guards into getting enough hours on the outside to enroll in college courses remotely and eventually graduate from a college on the outside. From there, they began work on a PhD program, again, remotely, and got a job working in the science department. Because they have no qualms at all about using their power, they pretty quickly found themself excluded from the actual experiment, which positioned them well to do research on the two towns. They don’t actually care which town is better, so long as the gifted don’t have to mingle with regular people if they don’t want to.

It’s been almost a decade since they left what they consider the basic world to live in Grimstone Park and every day they are reassured by watching guards and other non-powered residents that people with powers are simply superior to people without powers, and one day, when they get their PhD, they will find a way to prove it and make it so they don’t have to lower themselves to dealing with the ungifted ever again. As for living in Grimstone Park, they don’t mind it much, although they do sometimes try to crash with friends in Grimstone Point when their roommate gets on their nerves. 

» CONNECTIONS

THOMAS PATTERSON - Paris holds a general disdain for non-powered people, but a special annoyance with Thomas, who they view as especially weak and useless.

NAOMI PATTON - Paris can see that the girl struggles with her power, and they understand why, but they also want to help her find a way to embrace it or control it

SAMANTHA HOLLINGS - Being the person whose power Paris feels is most like theirs, they feel a natural affinity for Samathan, even if her experience is so different from them

Paris Levine is an OPEN character and is portrayed by Theo Germaine whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE. 

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“To control the weather is to control the moods of those around me.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Abigail Nelson  AGE: Thirty-One POWER: Weather Manipulation  OCCUPATION: Clothing Store Employee  TOWN: Grimstone Park 

» HISTORY 

***TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH***

When Abigail was just seven years old, she was woken up one morning and told that her parents were getting a divorce. Though she didn’t understand at the time, the reason for the divorce was because her mother had an affair with another man. Her father had promised not to tell little Abby the truth, so he had to sit there and watch as the court awarded full custody to Abigail’s mother. She had visits with him often as a child and kept a close relationship with him. Despite the fact that her father kept his word, Abigail found out about the affair when she was 14. She was furious; she began to lash out against her mother and stepfather in any way she could. In fact, she became so unwieldy that her mother could not handle her anymore. She sent her away to her father, which was what Abigail wanted all along. Living with her father, Abigail was able to mellow out. She became calmer, less rebellious. Her father was not particularly well off, but she loved him, and she loved living with him. They made a cozy home if a little poor. She didn’t mind, though; she liked helping her father save money in any way she could.

At the age of sixteen, she discovered her power. At first, she thought she was crazy, but with time she began to accept that she was different. She kept her powers hidden from everyone until one day, her mother told her she would be taking her back with her. Abigail, unable to control her anger and power made a storm so bad that it not only killed her stepfather but almost took the life of her father as well.  After the lightning storm, her father ran away, unwilling to face the new person his daughter was. With her mother in shock and doing her best to deal with the situation she isolated herself. Her mother resented her for taking the life of her step-father, but couldn’t bear to turn her daughter in. For weeks Abby wouldn’t leave her room except to go to school, constantly paranoid the police would realize her stepfather’s death was more than just a freak accident. The government came across her as she tried to find an answer and help for her power in online forums. They offered to train her and even though she was reluctant she accepted. She has now been in Lake Grimstone for quite some years and has learned to control her power or at least some aspects of it. Because they have always supported her, and frankly gave her a new start, Abigail is grateful to Lake Grimstone, and supports the government and everything it does for people like her.

Abigail is smart and artistic. She has a good hand for upcycling, especially making new clothes out of older, more ragged ones. Deeply impulsive, she loves to pick up new hobbies or projects, only to drop them when they feel too hard. At times, she borders on narrow-minded, unable, or unwilling to see perspectives beyond her own. However, she generally means well for others and tries to do the right thing. She no longer feels afraid of her impulse control, but she does notice flairs of inclement weather when she’s upset. If possible, she tries to keep what she did to her father and step-father a secret.

» CONNECTIONS

JACKSON NORRIS - Abigail met Jackson and his brother, Keith, a day or two after she arrived at Lake Grimstone. However, she was closest to Keith, that was why his death really affected her so much. Jackson and Abby found comfort in each other, but now things are confusing between the two. 

JAZMINE MARTINEZ - Having been an only child, Abigail always wanted to know what having a sibling would have been like. She likes to think that she has that kind of relationship with Jazmine.

IAN MAKO - Their friendship started off with them playfully teasing each other but soon they realized that they have a lot more in common than they had expected. 

Abigail Nelson is a OPEN character and is portrayed by Logan Browning,  whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.

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“An impenetrable shield is all I need to protect those around me.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Michael Lowe AGE: Twenty Seven  POWER: Force Field Generation  OCCUPATION: Power Training Facility TOWN: Grimstone Park 

» HISTORY

***TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH***

Michael Lowe is what most would call a stand-up kind of a guy. He is always putting others first, is well mannered and knows how to control his temper. All these qualities being qualities that he got from his father who was a firefighter in the state of New York. September 11, 2001, was his day off, and still, he showed up to work to help his fellow colleagues. The morning of that fateful day was the last time that Michael ever saw his father he was just eight years old but he was old enough to understand that his father had died on the line of duty, the duty of helping others get to safety. His father is the reason that Michel turned out to be the kind of man he is, through all his life all he wanted was to make his father proud and to follow in his footsteps.

His hopes and dreams to be like his father came to a screeching halt when at the age of sixteen he discovered that he possessed a superpower. Shortly after the discovery of his power the government came for him and took him to Lake Grimstone, where they promised that he would be able to train and learn how to control his powers. At first, to Michael,  it all seemed like something that was taken out of the pages of a comic book, but knowing that it was the government he knew he had no choice but to go with them. It broke his heart to leave his mom and little sister since he knew the pain that his whole family had gone through and he didn’t want to leave them, after all, he felt as if he was the man of the house and there he was just leaving them behind.

Parting from his family has been the hardest thing that Michael has endured but deep down he knew that it was for his own good and possibly even for theirs. Of course, he thinks about them often, in fact, they are the reason why he tries to always be the kind of guy that they would be proud of. He has been in Lake Grimstone for a few years and he is still the same well mannered young man. Michael still wants to help people out, though being in a place full of people with powers he feels that his help isn’t really needed. When Michael begins to care for someone he cares about them deeply and he also tends to worry too much about their well being, it was like that out in the real world and it is still like that in Lake Grimstone. Many believe that it’s because of what happened to his father and they would be correct. He doesn’t want to lose anyone else not if he can help it.

» CONNECTIONS

AUBREY GALLAGHER - Michael may or may not have a crush on her, he is quite confused about his feelings towards her when it comes to them being more than just friends. 

KEEGAN GILMORE - He doesn’t know much about her, though he would like to. He has been there a couple of times that she’s needed help and that has spiked his interest. 

REBECCA DANIELS - It takes a lot for Michael to not like someone. It Rebecca using her power once on him for him to try to avoid her at all cost. He just doesn’t want to feel that fear again. 

Michael Lowe is a OPEN character and is portrayed by Grant Gustin,  whose FC is NEGOTIABLE.

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“To control magnetism can be all-powerful.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Tristan Miller  AGE: Twenty Six POWER: Magnetokinesis  OCCUPATION: Up to Player TOWN: Grimstone Park 

» HISTORY

***TRIGGER WARNING: SHOOTING***

Tristan was the product of teen pregnancy and was raised by only his mother, his father wanted nothing to do with her after he learned that she was pregnant. His mother always tried to do what was best for Tristan but being a single mother wasn’t easy, she worked two jobs and Tristan was usually left in the care of neighbors. It was while he was under the care of one of his neighbors at the young age of ten that Tristan discovered his power of magnetokinesis. He was playing outside when he made a magnetic field levitate a nearby bench sending it flying towards the neighbor’s home. That was the first time he used his power but it wouldn’t be the last.

When Tristan turned sixteen the government contacted him and his mother to explain that they would be taking him to Lake Grimstone. He supposed that they caught wind of him, seeing how he often used his power. Tristan and his mother both agreed with the agents that he would leave with them, but as soon as the agents left to give him time to prepare and say goodbye the Millers ran. Tristan couldn’t bear the idea of being away from his mother she was everything he had and he was everything she had. Life on the run, however, was not an easy one. One night while on the run, and after many nights of sleeping in their car, they decided to stay in a motel as they were checking in two armed men who were fleeing from the police barged into the motel office and pointed their guns at the attendant and his mother. Scared for his mother’s life he made the gun that was being pointed at her head turn and go off, killing the armed robber instead. The cops arrived and took the robber and Tristan to jail. Even though it was in self-defense Tristan was sentenced to fifteen years in jail, the news distraught both him and his mother. It seemed like, after all of that he was still going to be kept away from his mother, it was then that the government showed up to give him his freedom, or at least part of it. Knowing that he didn’t have a choice, Tristan agreed to go to Lake Grimstone, but only after they promised to look after his mother.

Tristan feels like an outsider at Lake Grimstone, most people seem to be happy to be there and he is not, in fact, he is furious that he was taken from his home. The male also blames the government for what he did, had they not been on the run from the government then his mother’s life would have never been in danger. The memory of his mother is still with him and even though he is no longer with her he tries his best to live his life in a way that would make her proud of him. There is only one good thing that the government has done for Tristan and that is to have placed him in Grimstone Park. He has a little more freedom there and he is allowed to leave for a few hours every month. But having that short freedom doesn’t make what they did, ripping him away from his mom, any easier. 

» CONNECTIONS

NATALIE ANDERSON - He has somewhat of a crush on her. He sees much more to her than just the spoiled rich girl that most people see. 

HARLEY HIDALGO - Harley is probably the person that Tristan is closest to in Lake Grimstone. He views him as the brother he never had but always wanted. 

LANDON MILLER - Landon is his older cousin and someone that Tristan can’t stand. He prefers to avoid Landon but if there happen to be some run-ins it’s safe to bet that there will be fireworks.

Tristan Miller is a OPEN character and is portrayed by Max Ehrich,  whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.

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“Dare you to try resisting the charm of my voice.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Kayleigh Garcia AGE: Twenty Six POWER: Siren Physiology OCCUPATION: Postal Worker TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

Born in to a family that didn’t have much, never mattered to Kayleigh. She had what she needed: love. Her parent’s loved her unconditionally and always made sure that she had everything she could possibly need. For fifteen years, Kayleigh had a good life, a life that most people could only dream of. Not having a lot was never an issue for her; even if she had to wear her cousin’s hand-me-downs she didn’t care. At the age of thirteen she discovered she had an amazing gift but, being too scared of it, she tried to keep it hidden from everyone including her family. Then, in the blink of an eye, everything changed. A druggie held up her parents and when he realized they had no money or anything of value on them, he shot them, killing her father and leaving her mother paralyzed. At just fifteen, Kayleigh now had the responsibility of taking care of someone and she had no idea how to go about doing that. For two years she tried working and handling school but it became too much for her. It was at her lowest point that she met Luke, a guy that she fell madly and deeply in love with.

Life had given her lemons and, with the help of Luke she had made the best of it. She was seventeen, but she managed to graduate early thanks to the help of Luke, and was on her way to make the best of her life. Anyone that saw Kayleigh and Luke together would see how in love the young couple was in. But her mother always warned her not to jump in to anything too soon or too deep. Kayleigh, being the optimistic, sweet girl that she was thought her mother was just being over protective of her. Soon she found out that was not the case. When the police come to investigate cases of domestic abuse, they tell you that if they hit you with their hand, the hand becomes a fist, and the fist becomes a weapon. One time becomes regularly. Luke hit her once but quickly asked for forgiveness and the young girl forgave him after he promised that was the first and last time he would ever do that to her. But that was not the case. Time and time again he abused the girl physically, each time being worse than the last. She wanted to leave him but couldn’t, not with her mother in the state she was in. A few years had come and gone, and things were not getting better between Kayleigh and Luke. The once bubbly girl was becoming a shell of what she used to be. She felt like she was losing herself and she hated it. Then one afternoon there was a knock on her door. Two government agents were there to take her away. They promised her that her mother would be well taken care of, and she left.

Lake Grimstone Park was not the places she expected it to be but it was better than being home. At least there she could be safe from Luke and his grip. Slowly the friendly, caring and bubbly girl started coming out again and as time passed, she returned to being the girl that she once was, the one before Luke. Of course now she’s more careful as to who she trusts. One thing she enjoys is the fact that in Lake Grimstone she doesn’t need to hide her power, but at the same time, being in Grimstone Park, she’s not required to train it either. She’s used to surviving with little, so the shabbier town never bothered her, and she was raised with a belief in community service, so the town suits her just fine. For her, the freedom not to practice her power is worth it; in short, she is happier than she cares to admit in the safe little town.

» CONNECTIONS

MILES HALL -  Kayleigh’s best friend, whom she met when she first arrived and he was sneaking out into Park to avoid responsibilities.

JONATHAN LUND - Kayleigh’s friend who she has a probably-unrequited crush on

ANIKA LAINE - Someone Kayleigh has seen around town who fascinates and terrifies her in equal measure

Kayleigh Garcia is a CLOSED character and is portrayed by Lindsey Morgan

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“No movement would pose a problem to me.”

» ABOUT

NAME: Sapphire Arnold AGE: Twenty Two POWER: Adaptive Muscle Memory OCCUPATION: Up To Player TOWN: Grimstone Park

» HISTORY

Born into a family with a passion for the arts, it was only logical that Sapphire adopt a similar passion. Where her mother was a professional musician, a skilled violinist and pianist, her father had a behind the stage role at many theatrical productions as a playwright. Each of her parents hoped that their only daughter would find a passion of her own, hopefully one that could compliment their own, talking about the possibilities before Sapphire was even born. However, the possibilities seemed to lessen when they gave birth to their beautiful daughter. It wasn’t long into her childhood that her parents noticed that something was strange about how the baby didn’t react to loud noises as other babies would. After realising how worrying this could be, they took her to the hospital where the doctors told her parents that Sapphire was for the moment partially deaf. They were heartbroken for their daughter, who they wanted all the best for, but even though her hearing seemed to get worse as she aged, Sapphire seemed happy most of the time. They were thankful for that.

Although Sapphire had many things holding her back, she didn’t let that stop her from fulfilling a dream of dance. She was always asking her mother to take her for ballet lessons – always yearning to move her feet to the music instead of creating it like her mother. Of course, the young girl couldn’t hear the music as it played, but her parents didn’t stop her from enrolling in the classes – her parents wanted their daughter to have every opportunity to do what she was passionate about. Others would question their motives, but Sapphire was thankful for them believing in her. They were right to, as well, because it wasn’t that long into her lessons that she stood out among the rest of the children. To everyone’s amazement, the six year old picked the moves up incredibly quickly, and with the help of timing, she was able to dance to the music just as anyone else could – better even. Within a few months she was learning things beyond what her classmates could even think of achieving and was soon integrated into stage performances, which also she excelled at. She had beat the odds and had no intention of stopping. In fact, Sapphire wanted to expand her techniques, drifting from ballet to various other dancing styles. And, just like her experience in her ballet classes, when she watched the dance moves her teachers would show the class, she would replicate them perfectly. It seemed like a gift, though her parents called it pure talent. Regardless of what it was, it was the reason she was able to learn sign language so quickly, though she found reading lips to be significantly more difficult.

It turned out that both Sapphire and her parents were wrong though, when the government arrived at her home just after her eighteenth birthday, they informed her about what they called an ability. Her specific ability was to replicate any movement – though Sapphire still thought of it as a gift. Her parents wouldn’t accept the government’s assumptions, insisting that it was simply a talent, that they were degrading her ability to dance. Sapphire knew that the government were right though, and though she was reluctant, she really had no choice but to follow them to Lake Grimstone. She’s been at Grimstone Park for only a few years now and she doesn’t find it so bad. What she does miss is the experience she gets when she’s dancing on stage with everyone watching her. That feeling was special and filled her with happiness – it’s not something she can really achieve anymore.

» CONNECTIONS 

KHIANNA MALIK - Khianna treats Sapphire like she’s fragile, which is the surest way to get on the girl’s nerves. She hates being babied and can’t stand anyone who does that.

OLIVER WEST - Oliver is someone Sapphire latched on to. They just fit well together.

GABRIELA/VALENTINA DUARTE - Sapphire is trying her best to befriend both Gabriela and Valentina. However, it’s becoming more difficult than she had anticipated.

Sapphire Arnold is an OPEN character and is portrayed by Zendaya Coleman whose FC is SEMI-NEGOTIABLE.