Connor Artorious (Finished)

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Orientation: Heterosexual
Position: Student
Godly Inheritance: Aphrodite
Power(s): 
Persuasion:
Connor has the ability to talk his way into getting the things he wants. Being a child of Aphrodite he has shown to be proficient in the power of persuasion. Typically he uses it to get out of trouble with school and with flirting with girls. The trick is to make sure whoever he is trying to persuade is looking him in the eyes when he's using this power.


Glamour:
Connor has the ability to change his appearance to look like anyone that he desires. He does this by bending the light around himself in a way that changes what other people perceive.


Limitations:
Connor is not able to persuade everyone. People who are aware that he is using his power on them are generally harder to convince of something as well as people who are particularly strong willed. He also needs to maintain eye contact with the person while he is in the process of suggesting something to someone. If he is able to fully persuade someone without breaking eye contact then their is a five minute window before the persuasion wears off. For example say Connor tried to persuade you to unlock a door. As long as he maintains eye contact while he is offering the suggestion the persuasion will succeed. After he offers the suggestion there will be a period of 5 minutes were the persuasion will still be in effect without the need for eye contact. After the 5 minutes are up Connor would need to reinforce the persuasion by suggesting it again via eye contact or have the spell broken. Connor also isn't able to persuade someone to do something completely out of character, His power merely offers a push in the right direction of something that person might be willing to do normally. He can't turn a murdering psychopath peaceful, nor a celibate priest into a nympho. It should also be noted that his persuasion ability is not a strong as another Aphrodite child whose sole power is persuasion.


Connor's glamour ability works by bending the light around him to alter someones perspective. As he his not physically altering his appearance people cannot physically touch him without breaking the glamour. Another limitation is Connor needs light rays to bend in order to achieve the glamour, if the area is too dark he won't be able to do it. Typically he can maintain the glamour for about a half hour or so unless something happens that would interfere with it.

Side-Effects:
Since Connor's persuasion powers come from eye contact prolonged use causes major strain on them. If he he's uses it for so long he will go blind. The blindness is temporary, increasing in length the longer he has used his power. The glamour also gives him sever migraines after using as he needs to maintain damn near perfect concentration in order to bend the rays of light.

Height: 6'2
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel

Physical Description: 

    Being the child of the goddess of love and beauty does tend to have its perks in the looks department. Connor is tall with wavy black hair that he tends to keep messy. He has kept in shape for most of his life by playing sports and has the physique to show it although he is pretty sure that due to his lineage he could have sat around and ate potato ships all day and still somehow maintained the same look. His skin is tanned from the amount of time he spends outside yet also manages to avoid having that horrible orange look that some people get who tan to much.


    He is somewhat vain,  and it shows in the clothes he wears. When he is going more casual it is typically muscles shirts that show off his arms and other physical attributes. for more dressy occasions he wears expensive button downs with sports jackets. He has not tattoo's and the only real scar he has is on his left pec when a griffin had clawed at him.

Personality: 
    
    Connor holds a high opinion of how he looks and does everything in his power to maintain that image for himself as well as for others. If you looked this good and with nary a whispered word could make a girls heart flutter you would be kinda full of yourself as well. He has an impeccable sense of style and only wears clothes of the highest quality. He is also quite charming, even without the use of his powers he seems to have the ability to sweet talk his way into any ladies dreams. He is pompous and arrogant and truly believes he is the gods gift to women. The difference between his arrogance and others is he doesn't act like that out of malevolence, he just truly believes he is just that great. (If you have trouble understanding what I mean think of the character Lucifer from the Tv show Lucifer)

    Despite all of his flaws he is kind, believing that there is no greater ugliness then cruelty. He doesn't see the reason to be mean for the sake of being mean and if he says something that is rude or inappropriate it is more likely out of ignorance or naivety then the desire to hurt someones feelings. He prides himself at being extremely loyal to his friends, although past flings would argue otherwise. It's not that he is a cheater its just the women he has been with interpret their relationship differently then Connor does. He has yet to meet a woman, That he'll admit too, that would tie him down long term and currently he doesn't believe that he ever will.

Five (or more) Likes: 
Sports (Mainly football and Lacrosse)
Designer Clothing
Women
Himself
Drinking
Partying
himself
old muscle cars
animals
Did I mention himself?

Five (or more) Dislikes: 
Ugly things
cruelty
Pop music
fighting monsters (He'll do it if he has to but he is the epitome of a lover not a fighter)
studying

Secret(s):  He acts like a player but he did actually have his heartbroken by a girl once and he still hasn't fully gotten over it.

Parents: Jonathan Artorious (Father), Allison Artorious (mother)
Siblings: None
Worthy Mentions: Gabriella(Gabbie) Argus (Old Flame)

Childhood: 
    Connor had a fairly ideal childhood, his father and step mother both dotted on him, treating him like a prince, which probably didn't help with the vanity thing. He and his family lived in upstate New York wear he developed a love of football and Lacrosse. He would often go to live games with his father and he was convinced that he would play in the NFL one day. His parents didn't explain his godly lineage to him while he was a child, I mean what child would be able to make sense of that type of info anyway? His father Jonathan was an extremely talented architect while Allison, his step mother, was a local news anchor. 


    Nothing particularly interesting happened to Connor during his early years, He went to school, made friends easily and began playing in sports. Even at a young age he was already sure of himself and a little bit of a show off but when you're young adults tend think it is cute.

Adolescence: 

    Ah the dreaded years of puberty, or it was dreaded for most young adolescents. Being a child of Aphrodite Connor never had the awkward in-between stage of kid and teenager.  Much to the chagrin of other boys and joy to the girls he want from being a cute little kid to a down right knockout if he did say so himself. He was the star running back on his high school football team as well as captain of the Lacrosse team. Girls wanted to date him, guys wanted to be him, his life was going great, well up until he accidentally found out his powers. It was the night before the big football game between his schools rivals, while a good student algebra was never his strong subject. Despite all of his studying he still managed to bomb the test and because of it he would be forced to sit the bench. Furious at missing the big game he stormed into his teachers room and demanded that the professor recheck his test as there had to be some mistake. Much to his surprise the professor went into a bit of a lull and went in and changed Connors grade to a C which was good enough to get into the game. He was 15 when this happened.


    Strange things started happening from then on out, he saw things he couldn't explain. He started feeling as if someone, or something was watching him all the time. The straw that broke the camels back was when, while walking home alone he was attacked by a fledgling griffin who had wondered away from its nest, leaving the nasty scar across his pec. A civilian seeing hims struggle came to his aid and between the two of them managed to chase the monster off.  Connor was taken to a hospital were the doctor described the attack as a rabid dog, despite Connor's protests against it. It was at this time that his parents finally came clean about his actual lineage. Allison was actually unable to conceive a child and the Goddess Aphrodite arrived taking pity on the couple after seeing how much love the couple shared for each other. She blessed Connor's mother coming to her in a dream and telling her that in a few days Allison would become pregnant with a boy. She also warned Allison that the baby would also have the goddess blood running through his veins, thus making him a target when his powers eventually manifest. Overjoyed at the prospect at finally being able to have a child Connor's mother thanked the goddess for everything that she had done. 


    Finding out that you are the product of a mortal and god isn't something that you are able to wrap your head around at first but it did explain why Connor was able to persuade people to do things. It also explained his feelings of being watched and how he saw a griffin attack him while the Doctor and the person who helped him believed it was a dog attack. Worrying for Connor's safety his parents decided it was time to enroll him at Olympus falls, it was a place he could develop his powers safety and keep him protected against other monster attacks his parents explained. He wasn't thrilled about the idea of changing schools or leaving New York, his whole life was here. He even thought about using his persuasion powers on his parents in order for him to stay, however he realized that him being here with his powers going off randomly would not only put himself in danger but also put his parents in harms way as well. Not wanting to be responsible for any harm to them he agreed and went off to Olympus Falls to finish off his remaining school years there. 


    Olympus Falls was surprisingly like most other schools. There was still cliques and drama and boring classes. The one glaringly different aspect was that all of the student could throw lighting bolts or cause earthquakes to happen. Still being an Aphrodite child had its perks and he made plenty of friends...and even more enemies during his time there. 


Adulthood: 


    The remainder of his High school years at Olympus were more or less uneventful, or as uneventful as a school full of half gods could be. He graduated and decided to continue his education at the university here on the island. In the two and half years Connor had already spent at Olympus falls he managed to get a pretty good handle on his powers. He persuaded his way out of trouble or into trouble if you know what I mean when he could, the problem is its a lot harder to get out of punishment when the teacher all were aware of how his powers worked. He also discovered his glamour ability while at school. While he believed that he was pretty much the closest thing to perfection he did also see the uses of being able to look like other people, another neat trick to get him out of tricky situations.


    At the University he studied zoology, there was a time were he still thought he could play football professionally but being amongst kids like himself and learning how to control his powers made him miss playing the sport less and eventually he discovered that animals was a hidden passion of his.  Now a days when he isn't in class he is either hosting the next great party the campus has ever seen or sneaking out of his latest dates bedroom.
    

    

Sample: 
    A groan emitted between the tangle of sheets as the morning light woke Connor up from his sleep. Rubbing his eyes he looked over at the other end of the bed were a pretty red head still snoozed peacefully.  He smiled to himself as he went over the the previous nights events in his mind. The red heads name was April, or was it Amber? Oh it didn't matter, he had met her painting the sunset while he was on his way to get ready for a party on the mainland. It was a Friday night after all and he had become good friends with bouncer at one of the better night clubs in town. His plan was to have a couple of drinks with some friends and then find a pretty fling for the night...a typical Friday night for him to be honest. 


    This red head had changed things though....a daughter of Apollo who was an amazing painter. Connor could appreciate art, even though his favorite subject was the female form. He shot a quick message to his friends, telling them not to wait up for him and he went up to the girl and started a conversation. Her hair was a deep fiery red, coming down to her mid back. She was wearing a to big sweater that slid off her one shoulder and had glasses that went over bright blue eyes. Connor started off casually enough, introduced himself, told her that the piece she was drawing seemed so realistic and stunning that he had to come and praise her talent. The girl ate it up, not long after they were at the local bar having a couple drinks and not long after that they were back in her dorm room making out. A loud knock on her dorm snapped Connor out of his daydream. "April?, April I've been trying to get ahold of you all night is everything ok?" All of a sudden April shot out of bed, frantically looking for her missing clothes, muttering swear words under her breath. Connor got lazily out of bed and handed her her bra, that someone managed to find its way hooked on her desk lamp. "I take it that thats your boyfriend?" He asked her nonchalantly. "I'm sorry Derrick, I was up painting all night and must not have noticed my phone go off." April said panic sneaking its way into her voice. She looked over at Connor who was smiling, obviously amused at that situation, and whispered angrily "You need to go, last night shouldn't have happened!!" Connor rolled his eyes at her as he begin picking up his own clothes and putting them on. "Listen don't get all angry with me, you're the one who invited me back to your room." he said pulling on his jeans and buttoning them. Derricks voice again came through the door again. "Who are you talking to April? Is someone in there?" April's eyes widened and she begin shepherding Connor towards the window. Clucking his tongue disapprovingly he opened her window and stuck one foot out to searching for the ledge. "I see this is how you treat your guests, fine fine I get it i'm going. But before I do..." Connor grabbed Aprils wrist and pulled her into a kiss, despite the fact that her boyfriend was right outside her door, she didn't pull away from the kiss, in all honestly if Connor didn't break the kiss himself he was sure she would have pulled him back into bed herself. With a little wink he hopped out the rest of the way and made his way towards the fire escape leading to the ground. He could hear the two converse from where he stood but he had little interest in what the two were saying. Connor had gotten what he wanted that night and today was a new day full of new challenges. He smile to himself again and wandered off towards his own dorm wondering what this day had in store.


Username: HitmanHippo is cool or since connor is one of my more common character names ill probably respond to that as well

Age Group: 24

Experience: On and off since I was probably like 13

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