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Character Name: Cross Blanchard
Character Age: 15
Character Gender: Male
World Description:Cross's world on the surface is very average in the sense that everyday life consists of getting up and going to work or school. But beneath the surface lies more wonder and magic than one would expect. His family was a part of the magical world. In his world people are born to magical bloodlines. In some cases someone born may only have the potentially currently to use weapons imbued with magical force, while others are capable going passed that and invoking the phenomenon themselves. Magic however works like a muscle in his world. If someone is born with only able to wield magical weapons with enough training they in time can become capable of using magic themselves. But overtime magical families began to dwindle because there weren’t enough of them to keep the bloodlines going; they had to turn to non-magical beings to continue their line. They found however when they did this the magical line would grow progressively weaker in their children to the point some families couldn’t produce any magical children at all.

They began studying into this to see if there was a way to combat the dying out of magic. In time they managed to find the answer. If a non-magical person was married to one who could use magic, the non-magical person would need to be absorb copious amounts of the mystical force and be infused a small amount of blood from the magical being they would marry; this would not however give the non-magical person the capability to use magic as it’s only given to them so it can pass on into the child. By doing this magical children were more likely to be born into the family but on occasion a child with no magical capabilities would be born.

In Cross’s world the magical part of it hides from the rest of the world. Their reasoning being that non-magical people in the past have been known to use any sort of power stronger than them and cause devastating harm with it. So, instead of trying to help them the magical world stays hidden and keeps to itself. They also don’t take much concern with normal people affairs unless it directly affects them.

The magical world also has it's set of problems. The government of this world is a hierarchy. Before, there use to be a line of kings and queens who had the strongest magic. But, because of the introduction of non magical people marrying magical ones, the royal family's heirs also started getting weaker potential. So, not wanting to have weak rulers, the council that helped the royal family run the world voted upon a tournament. It would be called the Hierarchy's cup. Winning the tournament meant that you had the strongest magic and therefore would take to the throne. All families could compete and would fight in it in order to take control of the world.

In the non magical half of the world, technology is the equivalent of what it would be in 30 years or so. Limbs are capable of being replaced with mechanical ones that function just as well as a normal one would (like if an arm was lost and replaced with a mechanical one, it will function just like a regular one.) Computers can even be small enough to be fit into blue tooth like objects and a tinted glass screen can be made into a visor to display information.

Warfare technology has also increased. Technology that could be comparable to Iron man's suit is now standard issue in the military. There are huge armada's of these soldiers in suits that are capable of flight and firing lasers. They are difficult obtain though since they're just military issued.

Society is still the same as it would be right now in 2012, with politics and the like. Kids still go to school, adults still work, people have families. All of what you would expect in normal day life.

The government is a democracy, depending on the country. Since Cross lives in considered North America, it's fairly certain that they elect president's or prime minister's by voting.


The magical and non magical world exist on something of a shifted plain. To understand it fully, picture a coin. Each world represents a different face of the coin. They exist side by side but can never touch each other. At least, those born in the non-magical world cannot touch the other side. Anyone from the magical world can pass through the barrier into the non-magical, whether they have magical abilities or not. Those with enough training in magic can easily step pass the barrier. But those born with no magic at all can pass through the barrier because of their connection to the non magical world, simply by not having magic. With these cases, however, the person does it subconsciously and can simply pass back and forth between both worlds (but only if they were born in the magical world first and if they know of the other side.) Retrospectively, how a non magical person from the non magical world can pass through is if a magic user takes them through.

If the barrier was broken, the worlds would collide together and merge together. To compensate for another land becoming part of another, the world would reshape itself to fit both worlds together in an act of self preservation.
Character Background: Cross was born into one of these magical families along with his twin brother, Crown. However, Cross was a rare case in which he was born with zero magical ability because his older brother had received all of the magic put into their non-magical mother. Because of this Cross was horribly neglected by his father who would be training Crown most of the time in order to win the Hierarchy's cup. Their mother on the other hand seemed to have up and vanished around the time they were three so all they were left with to take care of them was their father and some of the house staff. Since Cross had no magic his father sent him to a non magical school, while Crown would be trained at home.

Since Cross had interactions with both worlds he got a sense of what both were like. The normal world to him seemed amazing with the people being able to come up with non magical innovations to solve their problems. He noticed overtime that there was a lot of problems in the normal world that magic could help fix (like disease, crime, war, ect). Cross brought this up to his father and saying that the magical world should do more to help people on the other side as well. His father rebuffed him, telling him to stop wasting time since it didn't matter.

With the magical world Cross was enamored by the thoughts of using magic and all of the interesting and neat things it could do. He started to feel angry towards it when he found out that the magical world didn’t care about the entirety of the world’s problems. In doing so Cross wanted to make it so that both the magical world and the normal world co-exist out in the open. He wanted both worlds to help each other with their problems and to work together for a better future. But, because of how both worlds worked those without power were often not taken seriously or ever seen.

In time Cross wanted to become a hero in his world so that he could be acknowledged by everyone so he could help everyone. This was all because in stories he read and heard lands and countries managed to unite under one person who brought them together.If he could get both worlds to cooperate and exist to one another he believed he could make a world filled with happiness.

Cross was at horrible disadvantage though. He had no magic and without it he found himself with a problem. How could he make himself stand out in both worlds? Well, the answer came to him when he had walked into a comic book store.

Cross turned to the realm of comic book super heroes and took major influence on his fighting style from heroes who used gadgets, science, and all their physical capabilities. So Cross began to train having his older brother teach him how to use a sword. In exchange Cross taught his older brother martial arts and acrobatics (which Cross had started to learn on his own during after school activities and summer vacations for his own hero training.) However, he knew just using a sword, acrobatics and martial arts wouldn’t be enough.

He began to explore the field of science. Taking a more active role in school, Cross began to force himself to excel in his classes. With his want to be a hero he would try to become smarter so he could create the things he would need to fight. As time went on, he managed to excel in the technological aspects of school. It only got him so far though since School didn't necessarily teach him how to hack into computers or build explosives. In his spare time he'd pull up things on the internet to create the gadgets he would need.

When Cross had finally gotten all the things he needed to start his vigilante career he began to fight crime in the non magical world. Crown wasn’t going to let him go out on his own and decided to come with him. They were going to try and catch a bunch of bank robbers but their first mission did not go over well. It had led to a chase to a construction site where Cross had damaged his right arm so badly in a freak explosion it had needed to be amputated. It was soon after replaced with a mechanical arm. This did not deter him however as he just adjusted his arm for the use of crime fighting. So from then on he continued to do whatever it took to be seen as a hero by both worlds.
Personality: Cross is extremely hyperactive. Anytime there is danger or adventure to be had Cross will jump right into it without a second thought. Cross is not so bright when it comes to love and crushes as they will often go over his head (this could also be said with innuendos and sexual jokes.) It takes a lot for him to notice someone has feelings for him. Cross is perceptive of how people are feeling (whether sad or happy); it’s just love that evades him. Because of his empathetic nature, Cross is very compassionate to those weaker than him or hurting. He will drop everything he’s doing just to comfort someone in need, even if he does not know them.

Cross can be serious; if only when it comes to fighting. He's very protective of his friends and his older brother, but he does have a tendency to break things on accident out of his own clueless nature. Cross is an idealist, believing if someone is given the chance and forgiveness, they could be a good person. So, he'll fight an enemy but only to try and knock some sense into them throughout the battle. His idealism though goes a bit far, as he wishes to make a world where there is no fighting and everyone can get along happily.

Due to his idealism, Cross is also a want to be hero, or as he calls it “a hero in training.” He took major influence from many superhero comics and movies, as well as heroes from literature. He strives to be the heroic figure in a story in real life. Cross is very brave, as he’s willing to take on the dangers of crime fighting and potentially deadly scenarios if it leads to protecting others.

Cross is known to show some depressive streaks. Being one in a handful without any magical gifts or super powers, he often feels rather weak and frail compared to his brother and to those who have such capabilities. He finds himself constantly wishing to be special in some other way than a mutilated arm. This stems from his wish to be more like his brother and become more effective with combat. He has a firm belief that magic and special powers should only be used to help people. This can lead to one of his more nasty qualities, as he will often get very upset or angry with a person if he were to find out that they didn’t use said power to help others. This is directly influenced by his how his own world runs, as magic is kept within families with a magical lineage. It can lead him to judge a person very harshly before knowing all the facts of why they wouldn’t use their power to help people.

Cross is also extremely envious of those with powers. As said above, he would often scold people or becomes very harsh if they didn’t use it to help people. His reasoning behind it all is because he often feels powerless to affect circumstances and if someone who has the power to do so, they should do it. Even though he’s trained to in many areas to compensate for the lack of magic or powers he finds himself severely lacking compared to those who could just magic everything away. But this also motivates him. He wants to prove that even if someone who has no innate magical ability or power of some sort can help the world.

Cross is a lot more cunning and intelligent than one may think when they first meet him. Sure, he is naive and childish, but he is very resourceful when it comes to fighting. He uses whatever he can in the battle field. What he lacks in magical/super powers, he makes up in his use of the environment he's given. However, if he's in a place with nothing he can use (for example, a big empty stadium with benches ith no cover, or in a place with a bunch of roots), he can do little to manipulate a situation in his favor. In short, Cross prefers more stealth oriented combat to overcome his lack of powers. His intelligence also does stem outside of battle. He is capable of creating highly advanced devices that he uses to fight with. With his gadget finesse, he was capable to rig his mechanical arm with a grappling hook and claws that he can use if ever it was necessary.

Cross is also very stubborn when it comes to his beliefs. When someone points out the flaws in them he will become very defensive. When this happens he accuses those merely trying to help of being extremely pessimistic or too lazy to try and figure out a different way to approach a problem other than a hopeless realistic scenario. The reason he is so stubborn is because his beliefs are the only things he feels like he has control over. So when someone comes in trying to make him change them (in his opinion), he feels loss of that power.

Because of Cross’s want to be special in some way he takes pride in having a prosthetic arm. Even if some would consider it a handicap, Cross considers it one of his defining traits that make him special in some way, even though he’d prefer magic instead.
Abilities: Cross has no magical capability or superpower of any form. However because of this he trains himself through several forms of martial arts, acrobatics and the use of a sword. For his age group he is above average in speed and agility.

Because he’s smart enough to create gadgetry he makes a collection of tools and weapons that he can use to fight (think of Batman’s utility belt.) These can often be bombs, tasers, EMPs, smoke bombs, throwing knives, flash grenades, pepper spray, a mini blow torch, lock picks and a visor that helps him take in statistics around him.

Cross is even smart enough to outfit his mechanical arm with a bunch of tools as well. If he turns a cuff on it 90 degrees he can launch a small grappling hook stored inside the arm. If turned 180 degrees fingertip blades will extend out, he can’t use both at once though. It wears down though if it is not up kept.

Cross also has specially made armor for himself. It’s light enough to allow him to move swiftly but strong enough that it can withstand bullets. It is capable of wearing down and falling apart though if maintenance isn’t kept on it.

Cross is capable and cunning in many situations. If you were to put him in a kitchen in a minute he could create a makeshift bomb as he uses his environment to his advantage. He makes use of anything on hand as a weapon.

With one of the Bluetooth like visors that are often sold in his world, Cross has managed to rig one to do things it shouldn't be able to do. As it's capable of recoding video and sound, as well as doing a lot complicated math to allow him to gather statistics that would help to fight (like at what angle should he fire his grappling hook or something.) It is also able to examine technology (if it is not to advanced) and pick up the details in it and give Cross a layout of how they work and how to use them.

For his age, he is a capable driver, being able to do complex maneuvers while going at high speeds.

Unknown to Cross however, he is especially resilient to magic. This is because of his birth. Since his brother had taken all of the magic during their birth, Cross was given strong magical resistance. This doesn't mean he's invincible to magic but it will deal less damage to him than it would for someone who doesn't have it. So, for example, someone wanted to set his arm on fire and cause third degree burns with magic, his resistance lessens the damage to a first degree burn. But this is only if it's magic. If it's through a different means than he's going to burn like any other human.
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