"Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind." - Rudyard Kipling
Name: Adalyn Olivia Hathaway
Nickname: Addie, Livi
Age: 18
Birth date: July 21
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Camp: Fairview
Cabin: Cabin #3
Powers:
Persuasion
Adalyn has the power of Persuasion. She can compel people by speaking, using her words to control people. The victims are unable to disobey; her power makes her words far too compelling.
Her power is strongest when she looks into a person's eyes, it deactivates the inhibitions of subjects and her words gain strength. Sometimes she can disarm a person just by looking at them, putting them into sort of a trance.
The proximity to a person she is persuading also determines her power. If she is far away, it is possible for a person to resist her persuasion, though it would have to be one with a strong will.
Weaknesses:
Adalyn needs to speak her commands if her power is to work, and the person she is directing them to has to be able to hear it. If the person doesn't hear it, then her power doesn't work.
Someone with super intelligence can resist her power, but no one else.
If no one is around to be persuaded, then her power becomes useless. Her power can only be implemented when there are people around her.
Likes:
â Flowers
â Rain
â Friends
â Brownies
â Dancing
â Music
Dislikes:
â Sadness
â Bugs
â Heights
â Being manipulated
â Scary movies
Fears:
âĸ Being Alone - She's afraid that she'll lose her friends, or that they will leave her. The feeling of being all alone is one of the worst feelings in the world.
âĸ Losing Control - Losing control of herself or her ability is someone that would be incredibly dangerous.
âĸ Heights - She's terribly scared of heights for some reason.
Hobbies:
âĻ Hand to Hand combat - Her power only works on people, and in circumstances that make it useless, it's nice to know she's not helpless.
âĻ Dancing - Just something she likes to do. She's taken classes growing up since she was little.
âĻ Drawing - She likes to draw random things, it calms her down, and gets her mind off things.
Thoughts: I like Fairview, everyone here is really nice.
Personality:
Easy Going | Charismatic | Guarded | Compassionate | Smart | Cynical | Lazy
Adalyn is very easy going, always making sure to take a step back before she does anything. She likes to take things slow, not let excitement cloud her judgement in the things she does. This is key to her powers, seeing as a stray command can get someone hurt. If she doesn't maintain her laid back demeanor, she can get impulsive, and that's never a good thing for a person with her power. It doesn't mean she doesn't like to have fun. She loves to be around people, and her charisma makes it easy to make friends wherever she goes. If anyone cracks a joke, she'll be the first and probably the loudest to laugh, it's just one of her quirks.
Despite her outgoing personality, she's always guarded towards others, and doesn't share anything personal to others. Her emotions are something she rarely discusses. She feels that talking about her feelings and telling others is a sign of weakness, and she doesn't like to trouble others with that kind of stuff. She'd much rather let someone else talk to her about something, as she's always there to lend a listening ear.
Adalyn has compassion for her friends and the people around her. People might not notice it, but it's in the little things she does. She can go to great lengths to protect someone, or help them in any way. It's her way of showing others that she's not a dangerous person.
Another quality of Addie is that she is very clever. Usually she can solve any problem that comes her way, carefully thinking through every possible outcome. Her calculating [finish]
Because her power deals with manipulating and controlling people, most tend to stay away from her. She's never made any real friends before, and anyone she ever called a friend was just using her to get what they wanted. Now, whenever someone tries to offer her kindness or friendship, a part of her doubts their motives.
History:
Adalyn was born to Dave and Elizabeth Hathaway on July 21. Her father was a doctor, and her mother was a stay at home mom. She had an older brother, Liam, who was two years older than her. They grew up in a small neighborhood, one where the two could wander and play, without her parents worrying about something happening to them. Her brother and her were inseparable, always going places together, and playing.
Out of her parents, Adalyn was particularly close to her dad. He was such a role model to her, being a doctor. All she wanted to do was follow in his footsteps. Then, at the age of 8, she discovered her powers, or rather, her mom did. Her mom found it odd that whenever Adalyn asked Liam to play with her, he adamantly said no, yet minutes later he would be doing just that. Then one day, she found Adalyn tell her brother to play, not as a question, more of a command. Liam complied without another word. That was when her mother's suspicions had been confirmed.
Adalyn was told about her powers, and was trained everyday by her mother to hone, and control them. She had gotten them genetically from her mom. A couple years passed, and she learned and harness her persuasion. Of course, she told her brother, as they told each other everything. The only one left in the dark was her dad. She wanted to tell him, but her mother forbade her, much to her surprise.
When she was 13, her dad walked out on their family. It was really hard on Adalyn, and she clammed up after awhile. She finally got around asking why he left. He had left because he figured out what her mother could do, and that the first time they met, she had used his powers on him. It was too much for him.
After a couple more years, when they had settled down again, her mother discovered Camp Fairview, and Camp Maydon. She couldn't make a decision, and asked her brother, who chose Camp Fairview. It changed her life, to know there were others like her. She'd been going every year since.
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