Difference between revisions of "Kyse Drayson"

The elemental forces of nature capture the heart. Sonnets and songs regale the pillars which bear the four corners of creation. Burning fire ignites the passions of man and sears the world from the Southern Watchtower. Water flows from the Western Tower bringing nourishment to the children of men. The foundations of earth bear the fruits of life, stretching like a vine from the Northern Watchtower. And air…

Element of the Guardian of the Watchtower to the East, we call to thee…

No one can tell me,
Nobody knows,
Where the wind comes from,
Where the wind goes. ~AA Milne

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters. ~JRR Tolkien

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me? ~R.L Stevenson

Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;
Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear! ~Percy Shelley

‘Cause I don’t know, I don’t know where I am
Can you tell me, will I break or will I bend?
Will the wind ever come again? ~The Fray

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind ~ Dylan

Air… Wind… Sought by the poet. The raw power of youth and freedom. A flowing spirit of frivolity and unbound energy.

The magical element of Air has no form to speak of. One cannot see the wind. One can only see the effects of the wind. Harnessed for leisure and recreation… Singing a soft song in the treetops… Carrying the birds of the sky… Whipping the golden hair of a young girl… Destroying the eastern coastlines… Pulling seeds from the ground to light elsewhere to bear life… Drawing mists from the oceans to moisten abandoned docks…

But what happens when the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, through ancient and forbidden magic, gives form to the formless and creates a living flesh from bound elemental energy?

This is the story of Kyse Drayson…

Kyse is a construct - an elemental incarnate. He is a sylph given human form.

Four elemental arks were created early in the history of mankind. An order of priests has safeguarded these arcs, each with distinctive powers relative to their assigned element (earth, air, fire, water). Centuries prior, the arks were separated to distant lands in order to protect them. However, a ritual cult, seeking to usurp the power of the elements for themselves, began tracking them down one by one. The Priest known as 'Drayson', during an attack on his stronghold in the Black Hills of South Dakota, became overwhelmed by a cadre of cultists. In a last ditch effort to preserve the power of the ark, he inadvertently gave it form and life. Thus Kyse was 'born.' Immediately bonded to his creator, Kyse defended the Priest from the cultists and drove them back. The two then escaped into the world and thus began their tale.

Where the Wind Comes From - Full Origin Story

Endure the East Wind - A crossover story. (in progress)

Air Manipulation

Kyse's primary and most significant ability is that of moving and manipulation the air around him by force of will. This is not a skill he has had to learn, although certain applications of this skill he learns as he goes. In a vacuum he would be essentially powerless. And also suffocate. From this ability many creative applications are possible. Kyse is able to form pockets of dense air and hurl them at attackers. He can create vortexes of wind to hold ememies or lift them from the ground. And he can emanate cyclonic action from his body, damaging to those around him.

Flight

In the strictest sense, Kyse does not have a supernatural ability to fly. However, by altering air pressure around his body and by summoning significant wind speeds beneath and behind him, he is able to achieve lift. This ability is almost worthless unless he is wearing some type of wing apparatus to aid him in actual flight. As such, he makes a point to have some form of custom wing-webbing attached to his clothes at all times. This is not always possible.

Regenerative Capacity

Through an unconscious connection to the mystical energies of earth, Kyse is able to provide limited healing to his own body. This primarily manifests when he sleeps by no choice of his own. However, he is learning to use the ability in more practical ways to aid him in combat.

Currently, Kyse is settling into life in the big city. He's registered as a hero and was enrolled in Westside High before getting expelled. He has registered at Grace Memorial High School to finish out the school year. Also, he's found the majority of his 'hero-ing' is related to campus life, though he's discovered it a little hard to connect with students on any meaningful level at present.

Important Events (From most recent)

• December 2012: Joined Teen Phalanx
• November 2012: Expelled from Westside High; Began attending Grace Memorial High School
• September 2012: Began school at Westside High. Also, busted a gang of Viper attempting to pedal Draysha to students
• August 2012: First official use of powers as a costumed hero.
• July 2012: Registered as a hero; Chosen alias "Microburst"; Father left Millennium City
• April 2012: Moved to Millenium City
• February 2012: Creation: Summoned from the arc to this world

Kyse is an innocent. Being new to the world his lack of experience makes him naive and trusting to the point of fault, though he has been warned not to be. He is sometimes shy out of necessity, but deeply desires not to be. Metaphor is often wasted on him and he tends to take things quite literally. He has no experience in interpersonal relationships which can sometimes make his reactions and responses unbalanced or inappropriate. Kyse expects the best from people and is often puzzled by the darker range of behaviors and emotions from humans and non-humans alike. He tends to stare. But only because he is deeply curious and observes everything around him.

He suffers from a profound sense of disconnectedness. Unsure whether this is just a product of his strange nature or whether it can be overcome he tends to shy away from the prospect of finding out. He wants to connect to others, but fears it as well for a whole range of reasons. Often he'll take the first step in initiating some type of contact or deepening of understanding, but immediately back off if he feels slightly vulnerable or threatened.

For such strange beginnings Kyse is a relatively normal teenager. He can be profoundly serious one moment and goofy and childlike the next, without much preamble or transition between the two. In moments of quiet introspection, he wonders who and what he is, where he comes from, and where he is going. But he can leave most of his existential crises in those moments once he gets distracted by something else.

Kyse's biggest fear is that the magic that made him be, will one day make him 'un-be.' He worries that his existence is a metaphysical accident that teeters on the brink of annihilation - fleeting as the wind.

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