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[donthithimintheballs]

[Name]: Gann
[Age]: Over 21
[Contacts]:
♦ DW: thefolksbetween
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♦ Plurk: redlionspride
[Timezone]: PST
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[Name]: Logan “Wolverine” (actual name James Howlett)
[Canon]: Marvel Movies: X-men Series
[Age]: 176 (Birth Year: 1832, Current Year: 2008), Appearance: 40’s
[Gender]: Male
[Canon Point]: Near the end battle of The Wolverine movie. Trapped by Viper and locked into a machine to hold his claws out, the Silver Samurai looms nearby.

[History]:
Logan's X-Men Wiki: http://xmenmovies.wikia.com/wiki/Wolverine
Logan’s Marvel Movies Wiki: http://marvel-movies.wikia.com/wiki/James_Howlett
Marvel Timline: http://gamefob.com/film-tv/x-men-movie-timeline/
The Wolverine Movie Wiki: http://marvel-movies.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wolverine

[Personality]:
Logan is a bit of a distant man, grouchy, easy to anger but oddly loyal kind of man. He’s a good kind of guy to have as a friend or at least on your side, and someone you wouldn’t want to be on the bad side of. He’s gruff and tough and willing to do the dirty work as long as it gets done. He has a soft side as well, though it’s hard to find.

The first thing you should know about Logan is that he’s not lived a very nice life. When he was young he was sick often until his mutant powers kicked in. From there he was on the run with his brother for most his life, going from war to bloody war. He worked as a mercenary for so many years as well as so much blood and pain that it wore him pretty thing. Not to mention the betrayal of the people he worked closest with and the betrayal of his brother as well. Thus he’s not someone who likes to get close to others.

The times he HAS gotten close (be it love or friendship) have always somehow ended in painful betrayals or death, and in some cases both. He’s a loyal person who tends to stick with the people he has promised to protect or look after, so when those people turn on him it hits him pretty low. You would think this was enough to shut him off from the outside world after all this time, but for some reason he still finds himself letting people get close. A majority of these people who get close are ladies who holds his interest, young girls who are lost and alone and need a protector or just children in general.

He has a soft spot for children. They tend to be endearing to him for some reason, always managing to find a way to work in under his walls and defenses. Even the strongest young person who really doesn’t need protecting often can work their way into Logan’s ‘parental’ defenses. As much as he complains about it, he doesn’t mind the school or all the younger ones that seem to attach to him through his life and adventures.

Even with all of this he tends to run alone. A loner by nature but also forced upon himself. Perhaps it’s a bit of internal fear of the others getting hurt, but sometimes it’s just easier to run away and hide or be alone. It’s a hell of a lot less annoying at least. After all it takes awhile for him to trust people in the first place, and longer still for him to want to settle down in one place when those people could get hurt just by his own presence. He doesn’t want anyone to be hurt because of him unless those people deserve it.

Logan has a short temper. Very short. Though he is getting better at controlling that, he tends to get riled up easy and likes to take his temper out to play. He’s known to be able to hold his moods back once in a while and isn’t -always- the first to jump into action, but he’s damn well good at stepping out recklessly to take the first punch. Don’t call him chicken. Don’t kick him in the balls. He doesn’t like it and will correct your shit for you. This temper paired with his claws is a deadly combination.

Now, with all his trust issues and his odd loyalties, he actually does work pretty well in teams and groups. If you asked him he would rather be a lone Wolverine, thanks, but in a pinch he can manage to fight pretty well as a group. It’s not that he tries to hog the spotlight or even want out of the spotlight, but it comes back to not wanting others to be hurt because of him, o around him. Teams tend to get in the way, or so he thinks. Still, he works well in a team (if not a bit socially awkward and very snappy).

When wounded he’s a bit growly, rathering to fix it alone, and thankfully his body will heal on its own, for the most part. When friends are hurt however he wants to not only fix them but break the face of whoever hurt them. He’s not afraid to step in and hurt a person, and though he could kill people with ease he’d rather not have to.

In short he’s not a bad guy but tends to be standoffish and a bit of a loner who deep down doesn’t like being alone, or at least tends to gravitate towards people without his consent. In a setting like this he will do pretty well, for not only his talents in worldly survival, his temper and attitude, but also his bonding tendencies. He’ll be reluctant to find a crew or group of people to work with, but in the end I’m sure he’ll make an excellent crew member, as long as he can connect with those people.

[Abilities / Strengths & Weaknesses]:
For a full list of powers and abilities please look at his wiki link in his history. This list will be a general rundown of how I might use his powers and which ones have been mildly limited to take him down a bit.

Instantaneous Regeneration:
Also known as his healing factor. depending on how severe the wound is he can heal within seconds or hours. Stripped down to his bones, he can still regenerate back to normal health. He can be killed, but given time his system will regenerate and bring him back to life. Because of the Adamantium grafted to his bones this helps with his indestructibility.
Power Limit - He’ll still regenerate as that’s all part of his character, but it will be at a much closer rate. Small superficial wounds may take a hour to clear up. Deep internal wounds (stab, bullet, etc) might take a day. A full death depending on severity of the death can take a few hours to regenerate to a full few days.

Reduced Aging Process:
Because of his healing factor it seems he’s slowed in the aging process as well. There is a possibility that he has stopped aging, or slowed to a point that it’s almost not noticeable.
Power Limit - No real change in this power. Or at least not something that will be too easy to notice.

Poison Resistance:
High tolerance to poisons and tranquilizers, drugs and alcohols. This isn’t to say he can’t be affected by them, but it takes a lot more to do anything at all, and poisons that generally kill a person might just make him mildly sick. A single tranquilizer might take out a normal person but Wolverine simply gets a bit groggy and shrugs it off. He drinks alcohol by the bottle to feel much of anything but never gets to a ‘drunk’ status.
Power Limit - Because of the slowed regeneration powers I will be reducing his resistance as well. He’ll still do better than most people but it will take a lot less to make him drowsy or even pass out. Alcohol will also affect him easier.

Retractable Bone Claws:
His natural born mutant power was to grow retractable bone claws that would regenerate if broken. This and his healing factor are his genetic mutation. Three spare sharp bones shoot from between the four knuckle joints, extending well past his hand. If broken off they will regenerate. These bones retract back into his arm.
Power Limit - Not exactly limited but these bone claws are covered Adamantium and can not be broken unless cut by Adamantium. See below.

Adamantium Skeleton:
The Weapon X Program grafted Adamantium to his bones making him indestructible. the bone claws are now covered in perfect sharp blades, still three of which shoot out of his knuckles. His entire bone structure is covered in this metal, leaving him indestructible BUT also vulnerable to opponents with magnetically aligned powers or metal control powers. He has control over how fast or slow he can draw his claws out, as well as how many at once.
Power Limit - No Power Limit.

Superhuman Advances:
Strength, Speed, Endurance, Reflexes, Agility, Senses, Weather adaption.
Unlike normal humans his mutant DNA that helps his healing factor also assists in his health, age and general abilities. He can run faster, most better, and lift large things with ease. He has high stamina and endurance, a high resistance to different elements and temperatures as well as enhanced senses. Taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight are all high above most other humans. Like an animal he can track things on the wind. His senses enable him to ‘feel’ danger on the air, much like an animal.
Power Limit - More susceptible to changing temperatures, especially cold weather.

Hand to Hand Combat and Stealth Skills:
Excellent hand to hand combat skills learned from years of experience from wars, cage-fighting and other military trainings. Heavy fisted (thanks to adamantium bone structure), fast with hard impact. Has learned several fighting disciplines but tends to fight like a street fighter. Not scared to use the dirty tricks if needed to win a fight. He’s trained as a mercenary and has the skills of one. Stealthiness comes in that territory though he tends to be a meet you head on kind of guy.
Power Limit - Learned Skill. No power limit

Vehicle Control:
Handles a motorcycle like a pro, able to drive at high speeds in the worst conditions with expert control. This could possibly extend to cars and other vehicles. Can handle tinkering on cars, trucks and bikes. Likes to work with mechanical things
Power Limit - Knows very little about boats but is a swift learner.

[Limited Powers]:
See above for details. In short I am restricting his healing factor the most. He can still heal but it will take him much longer as well as more susceptible to poisons, chemicals and other body contaminants. because of this I am also allowing his body to fluctuate more with the change of elements and weather, able to actually get cold. It’s not a real ‘change’ or ‘restriction’ of powers, but it brings in new complications and annoyance to the man.

[Other Important Facts]:
He’ll be arriving with very little on him. Just a pair of black pants and dark brown boots, a dirty tank top that was once white but grayed with wear and age. See Picture.

[Samples]:
♦ Thread: Test Drive thread.
♦ Post:
[He’s not much of a talker and isn’t one to talk out to people, but he’s looking over these journal things and thought it might be good to leave a note in them as well. You know, in case he sees someone he knows. That list will be pretty short, but it’s worth a shot.]

[his voice is gruff, and he just sounds>like he doesn’t want to talk to this... thing.]

Either this is a shitty dream or this is happening. [There was a lack of Jean to be a dream so...] Either way, I guess I’m looking for some people. Not going to name names, as anyone I know will know my voice. Speak up.

That said, I need some work. I’d rather not be recruited into some pirate gang. Just looking for some honest hard labor. Got some lumber experience, if that helps with anything.

[a pause then...] My name’s Logan.

[he snorted, looking down at the stupid journal. Then shook his head, letting out a sigh, and a possible mumble of ‘this is stupid’ could just barely be heard before he closed his book up again. He’ll check it thought out the days.]