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player information
● name: Matthew
● age: 24
● contact: razrushost
● other characters: Andrew Warner (OC) willinglychanged

character information
● name: Thom Creed
● canon: Hero (Novel by Perry Moore)
● canon point: Just following the press conference where Thom publicly comes out and is kicked out of the League of Heroes
● age: 17
● (canon) background:

• Wikipedia Article - while this covers the basic background of Thom's world I thought it pertinent to also include some 'key events' that are character shaping for Thom for the sake of having a more comprehensive idea of the character.
• Discovers his mother was also a superhero with the power of invisibility
• Accepted into the League of Heroes as a probationary member
• Hides the details of his new superhero job from his dad
• Commences training as a superhero / learns to use his powers
• Heals a pediatric burn ward full of patients and his power EMPs an entire block as a result
• Continues to run into 'Dark Hero', a vigilante who seems to be stalking Thom
• Father finds out that he's a superhero, shames him publicly in front of the entire League, father moves to assault Thom in front of witnesses (uncharacteristic for his father)
• Meets his mother for the first time since she abandoned him, she's unable to turn visible anymore
• Has his 'first kiss' with a Supervillain (unknown to Thom at the time) called Ssnake
• Ssnake arrested for the serial killing of superheroes, publicly unveiled as the murder in a press conference
• Thom forced to come out publicly at aforementioned press conference, providing Ssnake with an alibi to prove that he wasn't actually responsible for their deaths
• Thom kicked out of the League of heroes
• Thom's life in ruin, instantly recogniseable as a failed superhero and homosexual
• Has house vandalised
• Runs away from home after his father refuses to speak/look at him
• This marks the canon point I'll be taking Thom from, if you'd like further elaboration on his storyline and the finale of the novel please let me know!

● abilities:

• Hand to hand combat - Thom is trained in some degree of hand to hand combat thanks to his training within the League of Heroes. He is easily able to incapacitate two civilians twice his size during the novel
•Healing - Thom can heal others through touch. Notable things he's healed in canon include: cancer, complete obliteration (i.e. separated into molecules), severed limbs, broken bones, burns, a dead plant.
• Invulnerability - Thom has a degree of invulnerability because of his healing powers as its an unconscious ability, he also can't get sick. Notable injuries of his own that are healed in the novel: severed Achilles tendon, ruptured femoral artery, fractured neck, fractured spine, punctured eyeballs.
• Energy transmutation - Thom acts as a battery when he heals and this energy can be used to gain other superhuman abilities listed below (At his canon point for entry in Riverview Thom is unaware of this so a significant event would need to happen in game where he'd be required to heal a lot of people / repeatedly heal himself before they're 'unlocked'):

· Flight
· Super senses
· Super speed
· Super Strength

● strengths:

• Determined - Thom is very determined with regards to being a Superhero. What started as merely fantasy evolves into something truly aspirational when he gets a grip on his powers and he pushes himself to be the best superhero he can be. He trains tirelessly in order to get what he wants and advances in leaps and bounds in a rather short period of time.
• Hard Working and Selfless - Thom not only 'works' as a local superhero for his community but he also works at a local canteen as a bus boy and beyond that works at the local community centre as part of an English teaching program for immigrant kids to help improve their literacy outside of school, even if it means he gives them dramatic readings of the Lorax from time to time. He's also very willing to sacrifice; his own powers give him seizures when he over-exerts himself yet he heals an entire hospital ward of children and later in the novel pays for a friend's chemotherapy.
• Brave/Ethical - Thom is inherently brave. Not in the traditional gung-ho ride into battle nature of the word, as it is shown in the novel that during his first few fights he's genuinely terrified and also that he can get quite anxious about some of the aspects of his heroism however he's incredibly brave in regards to willing to stand up for what is right. In the novel he is 'forced' to come out as gay despite living in a heavily homophobic society in order to save someone's life. Thom could've ignored this situation and let the person die but knew it was an important turning point with regards to his heroism and he was doing the right thing. (293 words)

● weaknesses:

• Judgemental - Despite his selflessness and generosity it has been proven many times that Thom is very quick to judge. He judges his father's behaviours without ever trying to discover the source of his problems. He judges fellow members of his squad at the League of Heroes and some of them before he gets to know them- for example he judges Scarlet for always wearing the same clothing (in this case an oversized jacket) only to find out later she has a colostomy bag and wears the jacket to avoid attention.
• Daydreamer / Prone to Fantasy - Thom is known to entertain ridiculous fantasies in his own head to the extent he can end up completely getting lost in his own world. For example he ends up fantasising about what a superhero might look like naked / the size of his nipples while in the middle of a conversation, completely ignoring what had been said.
• Petty as all hell - Thom is ridiculously petty especially when it comes to conflict resolution. He can be quite whiny when it comes to things especially when he's in the wrong or thinks he's been treated unfairly. A prime example of this is when Thom gets pissed off at his father for trying to force him to quit the league of heroes his response is to take his father's old hero/military costume and throw several jars of pasta sauce over it. (words: 240)

● job skills (optional):

• Busboying (Thom works as a busboy at a local cafeteria)
• Super-heroing (self-explanatory but maybe not relevant within the city)
• Teaching (Thom works with immigrant children teaching them literacy)
• Fitness/Training (Thom has an extensive daily workout at the local community centre which includes basketball)

● housing (optional): No preferences!

● network username: hero.

● network sample: Text style thread with Tris @ the TDM

● prose/action sample: TDM Top Level - includes two action style introspective prompts | Another action style thread with a little more interaction