Post by Evelyn Silver on Nov 16, 2016 20:10:51 GMT
Evelyn Marie Silver
FACE CLAIM: Lindsey Stirling
♦ THE BASICS ♦
AGE: 17
GENDER: Female
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
POSITION: Student♦ THE ABILITY ♦
POWER: Sound Manipulation
Evelyn can mimic or distort sounds, replicate frequencies, and create sonic blasts of devastating proportions with only her voice. Her reliance on present sounds or those which she can produce with her own vocal cords limits her abilities when no source of significant sound is present. Most commonly, Evelyn uses this ability to enhance her musical talents, creating the illusion of an amplifier when none is present, or playing harmonies, melodies, and even other types of sound which would be impossible with her violin alone. Her ability allows for focused long range beams of pain inducing sound, soothing lullabies, or messages which can only be heard within a specific area to which she has a line of sight. At mid-range, she can focus sound waves to physically move objects, knock-back people whose presence she does not enjoy, and crack glass. At point blank range, Evelyn's sound manipulations have the ability to harm the integrity of soft structures or shatter hard, brittle materials.
LIMITATIONS:
Evelyn's abilities are limited by distance (approximately 200 ft at max range) due to the decaying nature of sound waves and her own vocal health. Furthermore, the longer that Evelyn uses her abilities without a significant period of rest, the more difficult it is for her to control her own abilities. This can cause Evelyn to become a danger to others if she is not judicious with the use of her abilities.
SIDE-EFFECTS:
Using her voice in conjunction with her abilities too often can cause her vocal cords to become temporarily damaged, placing her on vocal rest until they have healed; furthermore, her abilities require her to rest to maintain control over them. Too little rest can cause Evelyn to lose control, and too much exertion can cause her to black out.
It wasn't until arriving at Bellefonte that the most intrusive side-effect of Evelyn's abilities become known: hyperacusis, a condition characterized by a collapsed tolerance to environmental sounds. While her hearing is not compromised by her abilities, Evelyn's abilities to handle conflicting noises is greatly diminished. Multiple, conflicting sources of sound can cause over-stimulation and extreme discomfort; this includes the noise of a busy hallway, a cafeteria at lunch time, or a classroom filled with chattering students. For this reason, Evelyn wears over-ear noise-cancelling headphones to constantly block out ambient noises.♦ THE CHARACTER ♦
HEIGHT: 5'3"
HAIR COLOR: Auburn
EYE COLOR: Blue
PERSONALITY: In public, Evelyn is an average, if quiet, teenage girl who adheres to society's standards, silently walking in the background of life. Evelyn plays this role well, smiling happily at passersby while she walks to class or sitting quite contentedly during lessons; however, under this well-created facade is a sad, lonely soul filled with anger and grief. In private or around a group of individuals she feels comfortable with, Evelyn can be happy and talkative, but given the right circumstances, she can also explode with outbursts of negative emotion. Anger, sorrow, and self-loathing are just boiling beneath the surface of her silence. Evelyn feels most free when she is either by herself or playing her violin. She doesn't need to guard herself from other people's judgments and has no need to be someone she isn't; she only chooses to act happy in order to avoid questions. Music allows her to forget her life and if caught while enjoying playing her violin or in a conversation about music, Evelyn can actually be quite pleasant while remaining true to herself.
SECRET(S): Evelyn blames herself for her mother's downward spiral following her father's death and resents her step-father for destroying any trace of the woman her mother once was.♦ THE HISTORY ♦
Raised by a moderately wealthy family as the adopted daughter of Jacob Silver, a restaurant tycoon and Cecily, his stay at home wife, Evelyn was given everything she desired from an early age. Growing up as a country girl in Bay City, Texas, Evelyn learned how to ride a horse before she could shoot a rifle, though she did learn how to shoot a rifle before she learned her multiplication tables. During her formative years, Evelyn's mother supplemented her "tomboyish" pastimes with violin lessons, at which she was quite adept. As she studied, her father supported Evelyn's passions and acted as her biggest fan. Unfortunately, Evelyn's loving father passed away when she was thirteen years old, and her mother spiraled downward into a cycle of alcohol, drugs, and passing relationships - that is until she met Robert Barton, a man of poor morals who had cornered the drug business in Bay City.
Evelyn dropped out of high school within two years to take care of her mother for as long as she could, playing her violin on the street corner for money. While Robert made plenty of money, he hardly let it trickle down to Evelyn and her mother, instead commandeering her bank account and funneling the drug proceeds through her name. Had this fact remained a secret, Robert's plan to pin any wrongdoing upon Cecily might have succeeded; however, Evelyn had always been curious and followed Robert out one night, discovering the source of his income. In the heated fight which followed, Evelyn screamed at her step-father, sending him flying and landing him in the hospital to recover from multiple broken bones and internal bleeding.
Fearing her own power and the repercussions of her outburst, Evelyn hid herself away in an old barn, scrounging what supplies she could until a pair of recruiters arrived and offered the scared girl a new life. Cecily, now scared equally of Robert and her own daughter, was quick to accept the news and send Evelyn to Bellefonte.
Although seventeen, Evelyn is undertaking remedial courses to bring herself up to grade level. This is a point of embarrassment for her, and she will turn to silence as a defense should the subject ever be broached. New to Bellefonte as a mid-term transfer student, Evelyn is wary of anyone and everyone.♦ THE PLAYER ♦
USERNAME: Landon
AGE GROUP: 25
EXPERIENCE: Thirteen years.
WHERE DID YOU FIND US? RPG-D
