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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8125053" data-attributes="member: 30538">Nick Grey<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-rKDz4qZ/0/f045d89f/S/ed7bf3af7752bc33d8a333d9fc3b0f0b-S.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Nicholas Grey never knew his parents, growing up in the questionable care of an aunt and uncle in Surrey. They were never actually cruel to him, but never kind, either, and they just told him that his parents were dead. In 1996, however, the ten year-old boy was contacted by Christopher Potter, a self-proclaimed magus who'd known his parents, revealing that they'd died to stop the monstrous Baron Khan from seizing control of the United Kingdom when Nicholas was two years old. Potter claimed that Nicholas was a chosen one, destined to help finish the job his parents had started, and Nicholas eagerly agreed to help.It was of course all lies. Christopher Potter was a magician of sorts, but he was first and foremost a secret agent of the British government, who taught his pupil just enough about magic to make him a danger to himself. His youth and apparent talent were bait to lure Baron Khan into a series of deadly traps that were supposed to eliminate him as a threat to the ambitions of Potter's employer. Nick found this out only after the fifth time Potter had 'killed' Khan, and specifically after the still living Khan confronted the two of them, revealing much of the truth in the process.Potter shot himself rather than suffer whatever vengeance Baron Khan had in mind, abandoning Nick to their enemy's tender mercies. For a wonder, Baron Khan didn't kill him. Perhaps he believed that the boy, absent his master's influence, was no longer any real threat, and simply satisfied his anger by beating him within an inch of his life while demolishing what was left of his belief in Potter. Nick woke up in a hospital, realizing how badly he'd been used, and feeling lower than he could imagine. Every ideal had been crushed, every hope ruined. What was he supposed to do with his life now?And then, while he was recovering from his injuries, Cerebron attacked. The hospital was spared the worst of it, and so it was here that the young woman who'd fought to save London was brought and treated, and otherwise left entirely alone. Nick wasn't sure why he approached her, beyond the fact that no one seemed to really care whether she lived or died. They were both alone in the world, and yet she'd tried to help people while all he'd been able to do was cower in helpless fear. He held her hand while she slept, willing her to heal. He still doesn't know if it worked or not.It was a very different young man who left the hospital, a short while later. He started to study magic much more seriously than he ever had before, learning much about his talents that Potter had hidden from him. He wasn't the sort of magical soldier that Potter had tried to make of him, but a healer and seer, who could help others to fight the battles that needed to be fought. He found himself doing just that quite a bit over the next few years, and in the process reconnected with Jennifer Chase, now known as Blakestone, and also met Prydwen.Nick's attitude towards life is very different from Jennifer's, which may contribute a bit towards the volatility of their relationship which will not be elaborated upon here lalala can't hear you. Nick has come to the conclusion that any immortality is probably just an illusion. Sooner or later, all things must perish, and even the 'one thing that never dies' of legend is something that will be remembered for only a few generations at best, in a tiny part of the world, on a speck of dust supported in a sunbeam. Ultimately, in the end, nothing matters.Therefore, there is no reason in the world not to help people as much as you can. Nick can often be helping people out with things that Blakestone regards as incredibly trivial, never asking for a reward or even counting them as favors owed. This can sometimes result in frustration when his friends need his help for what they perceive as larger matters and he'd prefer to finish what he's doing rather than drop it, but they've had to learn to live with his decisions.He also still wants to put a permanent end to Baron Khan, but because of what he's learned about the villain's actual goals rather than any imaginary wrongs done to him or his family. He's actually learned that his mother is still alive and supposedly holed up somewhere in Finland, and that his father, a mercenary, died only recently. What he's learned about them doesn't inspire him with any real urge to find out more ...Nick Grey -- PL 9Abilities: STR 1 | STA 4 | AGL 2 | DEX 0 | FGT 6 | INT 3 | AWE 5 | PRE 3Powers:Prophecy: Senses 4 (precognition), Unreliable - 2 pointsSorcery: Array (36 points)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Free Your Mind: Simultaneous Perception Range Nullify Mind Control 9, Sustained - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Healing Touch: Restorative Energizing Healing 9 - 36 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Healing Word: Perception Range Restorative Engergizing Healing 6 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Smithing Word: Perception Range Healing 9, Affects Objects Only - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wordsmithing: Comprehend Languages 4 - 1 point</li> </ul>Advantages:Benefit 2 (independently wealthy), Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll, Extraordinary Effort, Inspire 2, Luck 4, Set-up, Teamwork.Skills:Athletics 6 (+7), Close Combat: Unarmed 4 (+10), Expertise: Magic 8 (+11), Expertise: Streetwise 6 (+9), Insight 6 (+11), Intimidation 5 (+8), Investigation 6 (+9), Perception 4 (+9), Persuasion 5 (+8).Offense:Initiative +2Unarmed +10 (Close Damage 1)Defense:Dodge 7, Parry 9, Fortitude 6, Toughness 6/2, Will 12.Totals:Abilities 48 + Powers 42 + Advantages 11 + Skills 25 + Defenses 15 = 141 pointsComplications:Doing Good--Motivation. Enemy (Baron Khan.) Generous to a Fault. Relationship (Prydwen, Blakestone.) Reputation (cunning man.)</blockquote>

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