Aaaand for my secondary character.
Character:
Code-Name: Diamond Dust
Real Name: Gabriel De'Angelo
Ethnicity: Italian
Sex: Often, and rough
Age: 26
Relationship Status: Single
Team Affiliation: [Xavier, Anarchy X, Independent]
Position at the School: Professor of Art & History
Appearance:
Hair: Brown
Eyes:Golden
Skin:Tanned
Weight:80 lbs (due to hollowed bones)
Height: 6'1"
Other: A pair of crystalline (diamond) wings on his back, total wingspan of just under 18 feet.
Date Of Birth: January 30th, 1984
Place Of Birth: Rome, Italy
Citizenship: Dual Citizenship (Italian & American)
Information:
Personality: Always smiling, Gabriel is your typical suave, hot-blooded Italian male. He's passionate about his work, and just as passionate about....having fun.
Background: [Three good paragraphs] Raised in Rome by two human parents, the absolute least thing that they expected was their thirteen year old boy to begin growing a light blue down on his back. Within weeks, feathers sprouted, and soon after that, the bones in his shoulderblades seemed to elongate until they formed into wings that were fully three times his height in span. They hid him away for over a year, keeping him inside and out of view of the public.
Finally, Gabriel managed to make it out of his bindings, and out the window. Awkwardly, he made his way along the rooftops, enjoying freedom for once. When he got back to his home however, he was beaten severely for the first time in his life for leaving the home.
It was during this time, this beating, that his secondary powers made themselves known. In an attempt to ward off the beatings, he had enshrouded his body with his wings, holding them closed with his hands. Agonizing pain shot through them as they began to change. Blues turned to lighter hues, then finally white. Slowly but surely, they ebbed into transparency.
His parents fled the home in fear, leaving him alone, terrified of what had happened. through much experimentation, he found that anything non-living that he touched, instantly re-arranged it's make-up of that of a diamond. Unbeknown to him, he went to pet the family cat soon after, this ability manifested, seeking solace in the one companion that didn't desert him. Less than a minute later, he learned that his ability extended to living tissue as well.
Screaming in horror at what he'd done, Gabriel fled through the same open window he'd come in through only hour before. He flew for miles and miles above the level of the clouds, losing track of time as days turned into nights, stopping only for food and drink. A voice called out to him as he crossed the ocean, and thus Xavier made his presence made. From then on, he lived out his adolescence at the Xavier institute.
It was through the use of Gabriel's powers that Xavier was able to fund the second school, though this fact was kept close to the chest, known only to Xavier, himself, and the original X-men.
Mother:
Name: Marciana De'Angelo
Race: Human
Father:
Name: Pablo De'Angelo
Race: Human
Powers:Major: Diamond Touch - Similar to the story of King Midas, the diamond touch is for the most part uncontrollable for Gabriel at this point in time. It takes the fundamental structure of whatever he touches, assuming that it's carbon-based, and fuses the genetic make up into the crystalline structure of that of the diamond. As such, this creates a flawless creation made of the earth's most precious substances.
Minor: Precious Wings - Where once Gabriel had wings similar to those of the X-Man "Archangel", Diamond Dust's touch has made his own, purely by accident, transform into an ethreal looking pair of wings made of pure diamond. The wings themselves, however, have retained all the normal characteristics of avian feathers. The wings themselves may be tucked into his back to not be as akward. They span a total of nine feet to either side, easily allowing him to carry his own wight at high speeds, or one other person up to two hundred pounds at up to twenty miles an hour.
Minor: Light Refraction - When in sunlight, or any other form of intense light, Gabriel has learned to shift his wings to reflect and refract the light, concentrating it high enough to the point where it temporarily blinds whatever he pushes it onto (much like reflecting sunlight with a mirror into someone's eyes).
Power Limitations:Major Limitation - Gabriel has absolutely no control over whether what he touches with bare hands transmutes into diamond. Due to the complexities of living creatures, there is a 4 second window in between the time he touches the skin of a living creature and the transmutation. After the four second window, the change begins from the outside in, starting at skin level. He has to wear a pair of gloves in order to keep the actual power from changing everything he touches.
Minor Limitation {Wings} - While his wings are quite beautiful, and quite functional, they are after all, made of diamond. They become slightly less malleable after the temperatures drop below zero, hindering his ability to fly to no longer being able to carry passengers, or more than fifty pounds in gear for that matter.
Minor Limitation {Light Refraction} - While quite pretty in the sunlight, in dimmed, or dark rooms, this ability is nonfunctional, rendering it completely useless.
Hobbies and Interests: Painting (Oils & Acrylics), classical music, and fucking.
