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Of course, this lead the young Tobias to be the favorite bully victim in the school yard, since he never did anything to fight back or defend himself, he just silently lowered his head and did as he was told. In time, this lead Tobias to become bitter and withdrawn, often retreating within himself and locking everyone out. As he approached 10 years old, he started skipping classes to walk through the giant Madeleine Gardens, the city park that spanned most of the southern uptown district in Quistis City, just to get away from the bullies. It was here that he first came into contact with the aging Walter Peaks, the earth-bending superhero Stonemason (Although this was unbeknownst to Tobias at the time). Befittingly, almost ironically so, Walter's civil identity was that of the caretaker of Madeleine Gardens, as well as a stonemason who specialized in making statues of superheroes. Several of his works already graced the reaches of the park. The elderly man and the young boy struck a quick friendship, Walter helping the young kid through his frustration by giving him an outlet in the form of martial arts and aesthetic practices such as painting and stone carving. As Tobias grew into his teens, he started spending more and more time with Walter, his attitude eventually mellowing out conciderably. | Of course, this lead the young Tobias to be the favorite bully victim in the school yard, since he never did anything to fight back or defend himself, he just silently lowered his head and did as he was told. In time, this lead Tobias to become bitter and withdrawn, often retreating within himself and locking everyone out. As he approached 10 years old, he started skipping classes to walk through the giant Madeleine Gardens, the city park that spanned most of the southern uptown district in Quistis City, just to get away from the bullies. It was here that he first came into contact with the aging Walter Peaks, the earth-bending superhero Stonemason (Although this was unbeknownst to Tobias at the time). Befittingly, almost ironically so, Walter's civil identity was that of the caretaker of Madeleine Gardens, as well as a stonemason who specialized in making statues of superheroes. Several of his works already graced the reaches of the park. The elderly man and the young boy struck a quick friendship, Walter helping the young kid through his frustration by giving him an outlet in the form of martial arts and aesthetic practices such as painting and stone carving. As Tobias grew into his teens, he started spending more and more time with Walter, his attitude eventually mellowing out conciderably. | ||
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− | <div style="color:#FFFFFF">The living Earth declared that since Tobias had seen it, and heard it, he was now bound to it the same way Walter was. Before either of them could object, Tobias felt a sensation wash over him, one that he couldn't understand. Suddenly, he heard a heartbeat, a breath in the distance and all around him. Thinking he was going crazy, Tobias almost panicked until a recovered Walter approached him, telling him that what he was hearing was the Heartbeat and breathing of the Earth itself. The earth had declared him its protector and champion, and thus given him command of its vast powers. Tobias was, naturally, both exalted, awestruck and terrified all at the same time. Although Walter had hoped to keep his young protege out of the dangerous work as a Superhero, he knew now that there would be little to dampen the boy's enthusiasm. And so he took the young boy under his wing, training him in secret to hone his body and control over the earth. After half a year of dedicated training, Tobias took to the scene as the Geo-kid, sidekick of the famed Stonemason. For a year, they fought together as a team versus Stonemason's assortment of enemies, such as the Bluthexen witches, the mad scientist Makeshift, the cursed swordsman Atticus Hale and of course Stonemason's nemesis, the superpowered warlord Captain Conquest. | + | <div style="color:#FFFFFF">However, one day when Tobias had just turned 13, while working overtime at Walter's workshop he was greeted by the sight of a gravely wounded Stonemason stumbling through the door, severely wounded after having fought with Captain Conquest. Rushing to the man's aid, Tobias was shocked to find that the hero Stonemason was actually his aging mentor. While Tobias wanted to take him to the hospital, Walter adamantly insisted that he instead helped him down into the basement of the workshop, refusing to budge an inch. Confused but left with little option, Tobias agreed and helped Walter down the stairs into the dark basement. As it would turn out, Walter used his earthbending powers to reveal a hidden cave passage hidden beneath the workshop. Guided by Walter through a labyrinthian set of tunnels and grottos leading far, far below Quistis City, Tobias eventually came upon something that would change his life forever: In a cave lit only by bioluminiscent vegetation he saw an almost perfect sphere, made entirely from earth and dirt, hovering in the middle. Walter called it "The living earth" and whatever being this was, it was most certainly benign. A disembodied voice echoing through the cave urged Tobias to place Walter's body before the massive earthen orb. Tobias watched in amazement how Walter's broken body slowly mended before the Earth's great power. However, the living Earth had plans also for Tobias. |
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+ | The living Earth declared that since Tobias had seen it, and heard it, he was now bound to it the same way Walter was. Before either of them could object, Tobias felt a sensation wash over him, one that he couldn't understand. Suddenly, he heard a heartbeat, a breath in the distance and all around him. Thinking he was going crazy, Tobias almost panicked until a recovered Walter approached him, telling him that what he was hearing was the Heartbeat and breathing of the Earth itself. The earth had declared him its protector and champion, and thus given him command of its vast powers. Tobias was, naturally, both exalted, awestruck and terrified all at the same time. Although Walter had hoped to keep his young protege out of the dangerous work as a Superhero, he knew now that there would be little to dampen the boy's enthusiasm. And so he took the young boy under his wing, training him in secret to hone his body and control over the earth. After half a year of dedicated training, Tobias took to the scene as the Geo-kid, sidekick of the famed Stonemason. For a year, they fought together as a team versus Stonemason's assortment of enemies, such as the Bluthexen witches, the mad scientist Makeshift, the cursed swordsman Atticus Hale and of course Stonemason's nemesis, the superpowered warlord Captain Conquest.</div> | ||
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Revision as of 02:30, 18 October 2014
History
Childhood
Of course, this lead the young Tobias to be the favorite bully victim in the school yard, since he never did anything to fight back or defend himself, he just silently lowered his head and did as he was told. In time, this lead Tobias to become bitter and withdrawn, often retreating within himself and locking everyone out. As he approached 10 years old, he started skipping classes to walk through the giant Madeleine Gardens, the city park that spanned most of the southern uptown district in Quistis City, just to get away from the bullies. It was here that he first came into contact with the aging Walter Peaks, the earth-bending superhero Stonemason (Although this was unbeknownst to Tobias at the time). Befittingly, almost ironically so, Walter's civil identity was that of the caretaker of Madeleine Gardens, as well as a stonemason who specialized in making statues of superheroes. Several of his works already graced the reaches of the park. The elderly man and the young boy struck a quick friendship, Walter helping the young kid through his frustration by giving him an outlet in the form of martial arts and aesthetic practices such as painting and stone carving. As Tobias grew into his teens, he started spending more and more time with Walter, his attitude eventually mellowing out conciderably.
Life as a Hero
Crisis in Quistis City
However, everything culminated in 2009, when the Bluthexen sisters instigated the Bloodied Carnival, intent on sacrificing every human within Madeleine Gardens in order to gain immeasurable power. Aided by several supervillains such as Atticus Hale, Wild Wind, Dreadmask and The White Hand, their forces seemed unstoppable. While Skychild and Demoness used their magic to open a gateway through the barrier erected around the gardens, Stonemason and his sidekick Geo-kid entered inside in hopes of stopping the villains, but they were completely outnumbered. However, the appearence of The Nightsiders, consisting of Razor, Hollow and Black Cape, three until then unknown vigilantes, changed the tides of battle. Before anyone knew what had happened, Atticus Hale was beaheaded, Wild Wind and Dreadmask shot between the eyes, The White Hand bested in martial arts and torn to pieces, and the Bluthexen's bodies were found crucified in the Cathedral of Santa Maria. It was a massacre, leaving an unrepairable wound on Quistis City as the Nightsiders declared their presence as hunters of evil men. In response, Skychild teamed up with Demoness, Stonemason and Geo-kid to create the Element of Justice, and the two teams fought bitterly over the course of 2 years, despite having the same ultimate goal. However, in 2010 Quistis City saw the rise of a new superhero team: Genesis Squadron. The team of superpowered teenagers were more then capable of taking care of Quistis City, and with Skychild being called back to her people in the sky, the Element of Justice disbanded. Stonemason and Geo-kid continued to fight crime, including the Nightsiders, as a team. That too, however, came to an end in early 2011. In a last confrontation between Stonemason and Captain Conquest, the aging hero found that he could no longer keep up and ended up losing a leg to the superpowered warlord. And when Tobias tried to beseech the Living Earth to heal him, it refused, claiming that his time as its champion had come to an end. Instead, it bestowed its full power unto Tobias, though that did little to appease the enraged youngster, who almost crushed the being with the very power it had bestowed him in a rare fit of anger. He was only pacified by Walter's urgings, and eventually came to terms with the situation. It was better for the aging Walter to finally be able to retire, after all. In the hospital, Walter urged Tobias to distance himself from the Living Earth and test his wings on his own in the world. Tobias decided to wander, stepping out onto the open road where he would spend the next 3 years traversing the states on foot. Recently, he's arrived in Millenium city, where he decided to enroll at MCU and take up the mantle once more, this time as Stonemason.Personal File
Appearence
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Daydreamer
Introverted
Serene
Altruistic
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Geokinesis
Seismokinesis
Champion of the Living Earth
But perhaps the most important is that the blessing renders him unchangable like the earth itself. Tobias is immune to transformations, magical or scientifical, of any kind since his human form is the form that the Living Earth recognizes as its champion. This means zombification, magical transformation, genetical tampering, vampirism or lycanthropy cannot affect him. Because of this, the Stonemason has long been one of the Earth's primary fighter in the war against the Elder Worms, as the champion of the Living Earth is immune to the latent DNA they have placed in humankind.
It should also be noted that all of Stonemason's powers stem from the Living Earth and should it ever deem him unworthy of being its champion, it can and will take them from him as easily as it granted it to him, designating another champion in his stead. It can also designating more champions than one, as it did when Tobias became the Geo-kid.
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