it's much easier to humiliate, degrade and just generally shit all over someone than it is to admit that you love them

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Name: Niall (NYE -all) Riordan Turlough
Nickname: If any
Age: 20
Sexuality:Heterosexual
Hometown: Galway, Ireland
Element: Water
Studies: Element control, Science, Balance - Majoring in Aquatic Biology

Likes:
+Girls
+Getting Wasted
+Being near water, be it streams, waterfalls, the oceans or a shower
+Ice cream
+Smoking
+Music
+Writing music.
+The Smiths
+Skipping out on classes
+Talking to people
+Speaking his mind
Dislikes:
+Being told what to do
+Being called obnoxious, even though he is.
+Working
+Waking up early
+Having responsibilities
+Striking out with the ladies
+People with horrible taste in music
+Being bored
+People who think they’re better than everyone else.

Fears:
Drowning – Yeah, it’s weird for someone whose element is water to be afraid of drowning but Niall has always had the secret fear.
Being Incapacitated – Niall would rather just go ahead and die than live in a world where he couldn't participate, always sidelined due to whatever stupid thing he’d done to himself
Settling down, falling in love – To Niall all of those feelings are only temporary, they fade and you drift apart until you find someone else to cling to. Rinse,repeat. He fears the day that he might accidentally give his heart to someone and they trample all over it.
Quirks: Niall can be extremely obnoxious, especially the more inebriated he is or the more attention paid to him. It’s kind of a nervous habit, a way to keep everyone at an arm’s distance so to speak.

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Element: Water
Powers:
Niall has the ability to manipulate water, not in the way one would usually think. Instead of manipulating bodies of water like waves he manipulates the water pressure in an organism. People are over seventy percent water after all. In this way he's able to control people as if they were a marionettes, even able to one day rupture internal organs if he continues on with his studies.

He also has the ability to manipulate the water pressure in his own body, hardening it and enhancing it. It's not always foolproof, Niall usually has to be within ten to fifteen feet of his intended victim and even then if his concentration is right on nothing will happen except for a massive headache on Niall's part.

Niall is also capable of moisture absorption which means he can draw water into his own body, either from the air, a body of water or another living creature. He's not able to absorb much water but enough to enhance his durability significantly and if used against another living thing can and will cause dehydration to varying effects. He can give you a slight thirst or suck you dry.

Rival Element: Fire – I don’t mind the fire kids so much, as a matter of fact I like fire just fine. Without it I couldn't smoke and then what the fuck would we do?
Weaknesses: +The more water Niall is trying to manipulate the harder it is, it's mentally and physically taxing and is probably why he's focused his studies on controlling water that's fairly small and close instead of large and vast.
+Unlike most water students Niall is unable to breathe underwater, he is very much like a normal person in that regard. Most likely the reason for his fear of drowning. While he is capable of absorbing water he has no way of synthesizing it.
+Fire and Electricity. Water's two most dangerous foes.
+Inability to deal with his emotions or troubles. Niall prefers to live a life of not so subtle denial and has a good time doing so.
Strengths: +Is capable of being extremely charming when he puts his mind to it.
+Is fairly adequate when playing his guitar and is a talented songwriter, much to people's surprise.
+Niall is extremely loyal, he might be a bit of a lazy, mouthy dick but if you're his friend he's got your back for life.
+Extremely stubborn. When he wants something he will not take no for an answer and will do whatever he can to achieve his goals. Slightly strange for someone who rarely wants to do anything productive that is unless it intrigues him.

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Personality: Niall's personality is very simple, at least on the surface. To know of him one would think he had no cares in the world and if he did they apparently didn't seem to bother him too much. Unable to properly deal with any emotion that seems messy or awkward, Niall instead prefers to keep his cards close to his vest when it comes to how he's really feeling. He's afraid of being judged or laughed at or even worse, pitied. Which is something that the young man just can't deal with.

Not to say he's a complete loss, he's capable of being quite persuasive and charming. Especially if it gets him something he wants. Generally an affable person, Niall usually has no problems making acquaintances but finds actual friendship a little harder. It requires a level of trust from him that has to be earned over time. Though when one does become Niall's friends they can be assured that the friendship will be a lively one. Parties, girls, schemes, skipping class and getting wasted were some of the things you could look forward to when you hung around with Niall. A reputation he gladly took on with pride. He can be obnoxious, annoying and over the top. He's a sucker for attention, good or bad and loves to have a laugh. Niall tends to be a figure that you either loathe or love.

He is capable of anger, a wrathful verbal onslaught and occasionally a bit of dehydration is what Niall has in store for people who piss him off, though it takes quite a lot to ruffle his feathers. Most barbs or insults thrown his way seem to fall from him like water off a duck, so to speak.
History:
Niall was the last of three children born to Sean and Jane Turlough, who’d spent their entire lives in Galway, Ireland. Where they and the rest of their children still reside, it was a pleasant town, known for its culture and festivals and was a decent place to raise a family. Even now Niall’s two older sisters are married and raising families of their own in Galway, something that he wouldn't know anything about seeing as he’d left Galway when he was fourteen.

The young Irish lad had begun to manifest his ability at a relatively early age but seeing as how Niall’s powers aren't extremely aggressive or notable; at least they weren’t then, they went relatively unnoticed. Usually his elemental control would manifest when he was in danger of hurting himself, instinctually he would manipulate his body’s water pressure in effect creating a dense layer of water under his skin making him much more durable than your average youngster. Niall was barely even aware of the fact that he was different; of course he wasn't the most observant person especially when it came to himself. Yet, even as oblivious as he was, he knew there was something special about himself. He’d just always assumed it was his magnetic charm not his power to control water.

It was when he was fourteen that he finally began to realize his true potential, accidental though it was. Niall had been sneaking around with a girl from his class for a few weeks. They would meet up after school or whenever they could steal a minute away to indulge in what young couples tend to indulge in. It was on one of these occasions that Niall’s ability manifested in a way he’d never expected. While kissing his girlfriend something had happened, a strange sensation took over and suddenly he was sucking her dry. Literally. Her body slowly began to turn into a dry husk of itself while Niall tried unsuccessfully to extricate himself from her though once he finally broke contact it was too late. She was nothing but a horrible shell of what she used to be and immediately the teenage boy vomited at the scene before him.

Freaking out he left her beneath the bleachers where they’d met up only twenty minutes before. Feeling extremely guilty, sick and scared he ran home to confide in his parents. While they might have thought that their only son was a bit of a lazy jackass he was certainly no murderer, though even they had difficulty swallowing the explanation Niall offered them. It was then the knock came and immediately Niall broke down in tears, certain that he’d be spending the rest of his life in jail not to mention the fact that he’d just accidentally murdered his first girlfriend.

Surprisingly enough it wasn't the authorities, it was representatives from Eastern Gradon Academy. They’d come to explain to Niall and his parents what he was exactly and to offer him a spot at the school. Niall knew that they had to have known what he’d done, why else would they be here? How was it possible to brush past a thing like murder and get right to enrollment? His parents, knowing that this was his only alternative convinced him to leave that night for his own safety and to be honest for theirs as well. He’s been at the Academy ever since.


Other: Left-handed - Quite proud of his native country, Ireland, and doesn't care if anyone can understand his accent or not. - Has started his own band, which consists of other young, lazy musicians so they probably won't go far.