Rhys Nicholas Rockwood

[Rhys Rockwood]

The Basics

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Name: Rhys Nicholas Rockwood
Nicknames: Nick, Tempest
Age: 22
Orientation: Heterosexual
Desired Rank/Job: Recruiter
Powers: Super Endurance. He’s untiring and capable of ignoring all but the most serious pains. Running for a few hours isn’t a problem for him, and it’s going to take someone a baseball bat to make him stop. Even though he can ignore the pain from most injuires, they still happen. Break his arm, he’ll probably just feel it snap and move on, but his use of that arm is greatly diminished. If he’s not careful, he can rack up injuries quickly and become unable of doing much at all. Also, just because he can keep going and going and going doesn’t mean he should. Later on, he will be starving until he’s eaten enough to make up for the energy spent. Feeling starved and being unaware of a multitude of cuts and bruises isn’t uncommon for him.
Play By: Garrett Hedlund

The Details

Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Any Piercings? None
Any Tattoos? None
Any Scars? He has his fair share of marks here and there. Everyone has accidents.
General Appearance: Rhys is built like most athletic types his age. He’s pretty tall at 6’ 2” tall, and his frame has nice layer of muscle on it. He isn’t going to be winning the weight lifting competitions anytime soon, but he keeps himself in shape, mostly through running and swimming. His facial hair is left alone as much as possible, shaving down to just a short goatee when the length starts to bother him. He often uses a bit of gel spike the front of his hair up a bit, but it is less spiked than it is just held up and in place.

Day to day, he tends to wear jeans, a t-shirt, and buttoned long sleeved shirt with the cuffs rolled up. Shorts and a vest that he leaves open in the front find their way into his attire when the weather is warm enough to permit. For shoes, he prefers his Vibram Five Fingers. Look them up. They’re cool.

Personality: Rhys prefers to just go with the flow of things. He always has. It’s not hard to cope with a change of pace when he essentially has such a high level of energy. His easy-going and relaxed nature make it fairly easy for him to be around anyone, and it usually takes some effort to really get under his skin and bother him.

At times, his nature gets the better of him though. He won’t feel like doing anything, but he can’t stand sitting still. He’ll end going back and forth on his decision to do something or not, much like water going back and forth once disturbed. He can end up in a spot of indecision for hours if he doesn’t buckle down and focus on doing something. His need to be doing something is the drive for his active lifestyle.

He tries to be friendly to everyone, even the people he meets who will just never like him for one reason or another. He could meet the most anti-metahuman possible and try to be nice to them. Being angry and holding grudges just takes too much effort for not enough worth.

Your Vices

Likes: - Sports
- Running
- Swimming
- Loud music
- Knives
- Being outside
- Helping others cope with their extra-human capabilities
- Card tricks
- Foreign languages, but he doesn't have much experience with them
- Pizza
Dislikes: - Summer
- Droughts
- Fighting (physical or verbal)
- Sitting idle
- Being hot
- Deserts
- Drugs, particularly anything involving smoking. He likes his lungs.
Strengths: - Being physical and active
- Talking with people
- Diffusing tense situations
Weaknesses: - Impatient
- Can't sing well
- Struggles with more complex technology
- Has trouble being fully serious
Fears: Drowning and being burned alive.
Secret: Doesn't want to leave the Institute. He likes it too much there.

Family Ties

Father: David Nathaniel Rockwood
Mother: Sarah Ann Rockwood
Siblings: None
Any Other Important People: None

History

His childhood was uneventful during the early years. His parents moved him around a few times, just trying to find a place where they felt comfortable with things. They got him involved with sports at a young age. It was basic things like tee ball and small scale soccer. As he grew up, he enjoyed them more and more; every water break felt like a full night’s rest to him. He always came back to the game or practice feeling revitalized.

When he was twelve though, he started to stick out around his friends. He never seemed tired during sports practice or gym, and he was eating more food than anyone his age. His sleeping habits fell to pieces. Rhys was just always ready for the next thing. A while after this started, his capabilities made him really stand out from his peers. It didn’t take a genius to figure out he was bit exceptional, and the Hammel Institute was quick to recruit him. His parents were quite thrilled about the opportunity to send him to such a school…particularly since it would get him out of their house, significantly reducing the amount of food they had to keep around.

He spent his high school years at the Hammel Institute, learning both the basics of education and the special teachings designed for the extra-human capabilities. Rhys felt more at home while there than when he would spend any time at home with his parents. Everything at home felt so forced. He could never accept how readily they sent him for their own benefit instead of his own, and nothing they said could make him understand their decision to send him to the school was multifaceted. Now Rhys rarely visits them and only really doing so near their birthdays and a few holidays.

After finishing high school and turning eighteen, Rhys stuck around the Institute. He was still fond of the place and felt like he could offer the other students something, even if was just a friendly face and some advice from his own experiences. His age makes him feel slightly uncomfortable taking a real teaching job, but he feels more than capable in his ability to help others learn how to control their abilities and how to convince other fledgling meta-humans to come to the Institute for help.

Roleplay Example

Trees flashed by him, one by one as he ran through the forest along the predetermined trail. Dirt was kicked up behind in dusty cloud as he rushed onward. This was a trail he was familiar with; he had used it several times for his workout. It was only a few miles long, so it wasn’t going to be exhausting by any stretch of the meaning. He’d still have plenty of energy afterward when he got back to the gym in town.

He veered off the path suddenly, adding a pleasant loop he’d found in his junior year at the Institute. The stream was never difficult to jump, but he habitually grabbed an overhanging branch to swing across for the fun of it. His feet touched, and he rolled with the impact, immediately back on his feet and in motion. Rhys was at home on this trail and the few extra loops he’d found in the wild. His feet and hands were regularly pushing off trees and rocks instead of the ground as he tested his balance and agility. The challenge wasn’t in the course itself; it was in seeing how few injuries he could get through it with.

The thorn bush came into sight around the next tree he swung himself around. Acceleration and a kick off the ground signaled his repeat attempt to leap the tearing bush. His legs slipped through it again, giving him a few nice cuts on his legs. ‘Well that stung,’ he thought as pressed on. It was short but straight shot to back to the path from here, and Rhys went into a full sprint to the dirt path before slowing back to his steady jog.

He was breathing hard and feeling great when finally came to the end of the trail. His bicycle was still chained to the lamppost in the parking lot where he left it, and soon the wheels were spinning as he made his way to town on the winding back road. The sun was finally at a good spot in the sky, giving him full visibility. He couldn’t help but smile at the great start to his day.

What About You?

Name: Talon or Rhys
Age: 21, birthday in August
Experience: I started in December 2005, so just over 5 years.
How Did You Find Us?
RPG Directory
Ready To Play? Wouldn't be putting up an app if I wasn't. XD

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[Admin!]

Accepted!

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Welcome to Hammel! Go do your CLAIMS, then check out the boards. But first, you might want to tweak that final sentence, which still makes it seem like he's supposed to be a trainer.[/blockquote][/center]

[Rhys Rockwood]

Here's the Basics...

Name: Rhys Nicholas Rockwood
Age: Twenty-five, closing on twenty-six.
Member Group: Institute Official

Just an update...

Two years. It had been two years and a few extra months since Rhys had been at Hammel. He'd left Vermont, he'd Hammel, he'd left home to chase a whim. Months of travel had been good for relaxation and refocusing, but it had not been quite so kind to his wallet. Or his bank account. But no matter what he looked for or where he looked for it, a part of him wanted to return to Hammel and his former job.

He was twenty-two when he left; now, twenty-five and closing on twenty-six, he felt a bit more capable of dealing with the every day. He'd seen much more on his trip than he had planned on seeing when he left, but it was time to get back to helping the new generation of metahumans find their way to Hammel.

...and paying the bills.