Name: Orlando Brown
Nickname: Lando, Obie, Voodoo Brown
Age: 17
Description: Orlando is a young African-American, standing somewhere between 5'11"-6'2". Thanks to his mother being white, his skin is more lighter compared to his darker father's. Also unlike his father, Orlando is lean and some what lanky, compared to his father who is big and bulging with muscles. He was always criticized by his grandparents to be nothing but "skin and bones." Yet, Orlando always had a high metabolism and seemed compelled to burn off what he had gained. He also has a noticeable lack of body hair and facial hair.

Powers: Motor-Skill Manipulation: Orlando has the impressive power to control the motor skills of a different individual. This in turn makes human puppets out of whoever is unlucky enough to be placed under his influence. While this can demonstrate great power, his skill with the ability is on a noticeably weaker level. He can cause muscle spasms and cramps from anywhere along the target's body. Although if he focuses all his power then he can gain control over a single limb, able to move it against it's owner's will. Another useful feature of his power is that he doesn't need to be within close proximity of his target. Thanks to his power based on psionics he need simply to see his target and establish a psychic link with their minds. This also gives him a decent field of control between him and the target, allowing him to be safely out of harm's way while still able to assist in the fight. Unfortunately he can only control one opponent at a time, but he can sever and attach his links at will.

Weaknesses: While being able to control people's actions against their will is cool, the power has many weaknesses. First of all, the success of the power depends on willpower. If an opponent's will is greater than Orlando's psychic strength, then the link will be broken. Being practitioner in a form of psionics, his ability is naturally weaker against psychic opponents. This is because they have psychic shields around their minds. If a psychic opponent has greater psychic power than Orlando, he has no chance invading their minds to set up the necessary link. This though depends on what kind of psychic powers an opponent possesses. If their power is near or equal to his own, then he must work on breaking down their defenses, but unfortunately this can take some time to do so. Even if he does manage to successfully invade another psychic's mind, the issue of willpower still applies. While his ability has good range, it is not unending. There is a certain distance that neither he nor his target must cross, otherwise the link will sever because of separation. The last of his weaknesses has to do with Orlando's own consciousness. If he were to be knocked out, then his link would immediately sever since he no longer has conscious control over his ability.

Personality: Orlando is a bit of a loner. He doesn't normally hang out with large groups of kids. He sometimes eats with other members of the basketball team, which he is apart of, but they know he's like the lone wolf of the team. Orlando is hardened and strong, despite his skinny frame. He has survived harsh times and poverty, and knows what it's like to not have much food and water. This has made him rather cold when the more wealthy kids talk about how hard their life is, when really it's only minor inconveniences. Still he doesn't speak out against that, knowing that he would be mocked for it. Instead he keeps up a tough facade like his dad, so that no one is quick to bother him. He does work hard at school, but mostly because of the pushing from his mother to succeed. Most of the time he is curious about his power and often daydreams about what he can do with it.

Most people look at Orlando and believe him to be like the other punks. Mostly because he has a sour countenance and looks like he's ready to cause trouble. When in reality he works part time at the grocery store helping people with their bags, and volunteers at the homeless shelter. Orlando was taught to help people and because of his own situations, he sympathizes with other downtrodden peoples. Yet, he never mentions this out in public, as he works hard to keep up whatever reputation he has made for himself. Another thing not often known about Orlando is that he's pretty smart. He does pay attention in school and most people are surprised by how much he knows if they talk to him. They are also surprised that he has a bit of humor to him as well. Not to say he is a joker, but he can be clever sometimes. They say he gets that from his dad who is a notorious comedian all ways cracking wise (even at the cost of others). For the most part Orlando is a calm, smart, but very curious individual, who would like to break out and do something great. Especially with having these strange abilities.

History: Orlando originally grew up along the Gulf Coast. His family has long since lived in America's Deep South and has ties to the old Creole subculture. While his lineage can be traced back to the French, it can also be traced to the Caribbean, specifically Haiti. Members of his ancestry have ties to the witchcraft known as Voodoo, some of them were even powerful Priests. They were regarded as healers and spiritual leaders in Haiti, but since colonization they have been subverted by Christian followers. Still his family practiced their ancient traditions in secret, even to this day. Yet Orlando was unaware of the until his powers began to show.

Before then he had a rather hard life growing up. His father had been in and out of jail before, but for minor crimes. Although around the time Orlando was born he was sent to jail for armed robbery. He would not be apart of his son's life for his first ten years. In the meantime he was raised by his mother, grandparents, and other extended family. He lived with his mother and older sister in a rundown house. It was old and needed some repairs and updates but the money they had was little and it went into food, clothing, and bills. There hardly was much for anything else. Dealing with poverty and an absent father were not the only troubles Orlando faced, he also dealt with a terrible hurricane. In the wake of a terrible storm, Orlando's family had to move to a refugee center. While there he was severely restricted on what he could do. He couldn't really go outside, nor could he go too far off with his mother knowing where he is.

Although, there was one little talent Orlando had that fought back against the boredom. Without knowing it he could influence other things to move in a certain way. This was shown when he impressed his friends by having a dog mimic some of his movements. The other boys thought he was just a good dog trainer, but he proved he could do this with other animals. He did the same thing with cats, rats, mice, lizards, and hamsters. Everyone was impressed with how he could quickly train these animals, but one person knew what was really going on. His grandmother watched him controlled an animal one day and knew she had to get him to her sister. One day his grandparents drove their grandson deep into the swamplands where his grandaunt Marcy lived. Marcy was the only one out of the family to practice Voodoo. Except Orlando now proves that he has "the gift" to do it as well.

He was observed and study by his grandaunt, a woman he knew very little about. She had him demonstrate his ability to control animals, to which he showed. After her analysis, Marcy believed he did have ties to the Voodoo and the Loa. She offered to teach Orlando the Voodoo craft, to which he hesitantly agreed. So for about every weekend his grandparents would pick him up and take him to his grandaunt. There he practiced the voodoo witchcraft to perfect his abilities. What they both didn't know is, that his abilities are not based on magic but science. His abilities come from Orlando's mind, able to set up psychic links and from their control the motor skills of other creatures. Yet, Orlando wouldn't understand this for a long time.

His mother caught wind of this and put end to it. She didn't feel right about her son being taught witchcraft. Soon after his father was released from prison, Orlando was excited to meet his father for the first time. His father proclaimed himself a changed man, and cared only about his family and the children. Now that their family was together Orlando couldn't be happier. Yet, peace was not to be found. They still were living outside of their home. Although thanks to their homeowner's insurance, they were able to receive money from the storm damage. With it Orlando's parents decided they should move away from the South and head up North. While she said it was because of the hurricane, it was also because of Orlando's abilities. She didn't want him near his grandaunt who still calls and tells her that he needs to be trained. Soon enough they packed up and headed for Freedom. For the past several years Orlando has lived in Freedom, but his grandaunt was right, his powers would develop and become stronger. Orlando knew this and hid it from his mother, who he knew just doesn't understand. Orlando felt different from the other kids because of it, and became something of loner. He had no idea however that he would meet others will abilities of their own.