I shall warn ahead of time… this guy is based off a really weird friend of my boyfriend in quite a few ways. The guy he's based in is your cliché teen weirdo sort of guy so I suppose he turned about of a cliché teen psycho. He was fun to make though =) But I guess my warning is that this character may fit too much of a cliché… but I don't know… maybe that was what I was going for. Not sure. Location: Roanoke Senshi: Gadreel, Angelus/Grigori Senshi of Weaponry Name: Gavin Fitzgerald Meaning: Little Hawk of Gerald Age: 18 Birthdate: February 3rd Astrological Sign: Aquarius Blood Type: O Family: Mother: Margie Fitzgerald: 47: Margie is a round faced, full figured woman with graying, mouse brown hair and mud brown eyes. She wears her hair in a topknot usually and tends to dress in cute dresses that come to her knee and have a collared `shirt' to them. She also tends to have an apron tied around her waist. Margie works at a small diner and tends to be quiet and sweet and polite. Gavin once said of his mother that she "Was stuck in the 40's or the 50's or something". Margie acts as all good wives should… or at least she believes so. Father: Patrick Fitzgerald: 50: Patrick, usually called Paddy by friend and family, is the head of the Fitzgerald family. Originally from Belfast, Patrick is a devout Catholic and tries to take his family to church every Sunday. He is always trying to get his boys to learn their catechisms. Patrick is a tall man starting to show signs of his age. He has a gray mustache and gray, balding hair. Patrick is very bitter because he used to be a handsome young man with thick strawberry blonde hair. His face is very square yet friendly. He is a calm man who actively participates in his children's education. Of course this has nothing to do with the fact that he's also a Math teacher… not at all. Patrick is highly Democratic, strongly believes in the capitalism and has no idea his son is a little Socialist in the making. Brother: Keegan Fitzgerald: 15: A lazy kid, Keegan is a bit on the obese side of the scale. He does not much else then sit around playing games, eating Twinkies, and watching TV. He's also not all that smart. He has reddish brown hair and blue eyes. Very annoying as younger siblings tend to be. Likes to steal things from his older brothers. Brother: Francis Fitzgerald: 19: Frankie. The working boy. Unlike his older sister Frankie didn't get a scholarship and now has to work to get the money to go to University. Was going to attend Virginia Tech, take engineering, and make big bucks later in life. Very bitter because he had an injury late in the football season and didn't get the scholarship he was relying on. Frankie is a very strong math student. Seeing as he wants to be an Engineer he hasn't had much choice but than to be a strong math student. He's bitter about that. Frankie is bitter about everything. He's the middle child. Blonde hair, brown eyes. Sister: Cairn Fitzgerald: 21: Got an academic scholarship. Cairn is attending Hollins University. Majoring in Ancient History. She enjoys psychology and philosophy and wants to be a historian. She was the smart kid who always had kids coming to her asking her to do their homework for them. She has long rich brown hair and ice blue eyes. Brother: Derek Fitzgerald: 25: Married to Megan Marshall. He has his masters in Biology, German, and English. Trying to get a job as a field scientist. Has strawberry blonde hair and grey eyes. Derek is the `responsible older sibling'. (Ooh this family is just drowning in cliché I know) Sister in Law: Megan Marshall: 23: Married to Derek. Used to be a cheerleader. Is a blonde. She has blue eyes, 5'7", quite thin. Megan is very `peppy'. She's your stereotypical cheerleader in many ways. She's also a med school student going for her doctorate. School: Northside, Grade 12 Likes: Books (sci-fi, fantasy, non-fiction, horror), Magic the Gathering, Valkyrie Profile, Norse Mythology, Gollum (Lord of the Rings), WWII, Mages of Fantasy books, Swords, Comics/Manga (Sandman, Kabuki, Spiderman, Angel Sanctuary), Music (AC/DC, A Perfect Circle, System of a Down, AFI), Socialism Dislikes: Gemstones, Books (Classics, Children's Lit, Romance), X- Men, Superman, Batman, Fundamentalists, and Capitalism Fears (I added this): Bees, Clowns, Ghosts, Sunlight, Voluptuous Prostitutes (he thinks they're succubae) Fav. Food: Ham and cheese sandwiches, Jello, Hated Food: Peanut butter and jam sandwiches, Kraft Dinner Fav. Subject: Math (because his father teaches it). Hated Subject: Math (because his father teaches it). Color: Bronze (the more yellowy bronze, not the more brown form of bronze), Brown Hobbies: Video Games, Reading, creation of humorous viruses, hacking computers, making pipe bombs, pestering small creatures, terrorizing small children on Halloween, wreaking vengeance on his younger brother for most anything Aspirations: To take over the world so as to rid the world of poverty and suffering. Gemstone: Birthstone is an Amethyst History Gavin was born in Boston to Patrick and Margie Fitzgerald. He spent the first five years of his life in Boston and was generally a very good kid. He frolicked in the grass in front of his house, spent time at the park, went for ice cream, out to movies, ballgames, and eventually even started school. However, when Gavin was five his father was laid off. There were cuts in education and quite a few teachers received pink slips in their inbox. Gavin's father decided to go somewhere that had openings for teachers. At five years old, Gavin and his family moved to Roanoke Virginia. Slowly after Gavin started school in Roanoke (he went to North Cross at first) he started to become quite odd. His parents still aren't sure what went wrong. Gavin himself blames being at a Christian private school. Anyways… Gavin started to show… erm… interesting… behaviours. One day when he was in 3rd grade he came home with a few ants from something they were doing at school. His mother asked him why he was bringing ants in the house and Gavin didn't answer her. Gavin walked straight to the microwave and put the ants in and set the microwave for 30 seconds. When his mother asked him why he did such a horrible thing Gavin replied by telling her that a boy at school told them that they pop… he just wanted to hear them pop. When Gavin was in grade 9 he was booted out of North Cross*. He wasn't the type of kid that they wanted there I suppose. Gavin was quite pleased as he was trying to find an easy way out of that school. He found it. Gavin's parents very reluctantly enrolled him into Northside. It was at Northside that Gavin met his first real friends. Mike and Hughie were two really weird guys who not many people would associate with. Mike was mid level Savate, incredibly nerdy (this guy played magic cards, rifts, dungeons and dragons, and knew every computer game and video game inside out), and had more than one screw loose. Mike was the kind of guy who could talk for hours about nothing and was a well of useless information. Hughie was a passive aggressive, forgetful, not very bright, boxer. He's the kind of guy who mixes up the words Fetus and Feces. He also was the type of guy who called Alzheimer's disease Old Timer's disease. Gavin didn't mind, he found friends for once. He didn't mind not having friends because he had never had any before. After finally getting a few friends Gavin decided it wasn't all that bad. Anyhow, with his new friends Gavin survived High School up to this point, made some good marks, and even made a few more friends along the way (not that they were much different from Mike and Hughie… considering they were Mike and Hughie's friends.) Which is really all that brings us to Gavin's entrance into the story (unless of course you want absolute full details of how he learned to make various explosive things, how he decided he enjoyed fire, and so on and so forth.) Personality. As is the case with a few very Christian families, very traditional families that I know, there always seems to be one child that goes wrong. You may think it'd be the ever so bitter Frankie… but no. It's his younger brother Gavin. Somehow, for some reason, Gavin became the token psycho child. Gavin displays strange behaviours, which his parents prefer to keep hushed up. First there's his slight paranoia. Gavin has a few fears that are a bit odd, his fear of sunlight being of large concern to his parents. It isn't so much a fear as it is an abnormal disliking of sunlight. Gavin will not go outside on sunny days. Gavin is also quite scared of clowns. Scared to the extent that he once tried to `pick off' a clown using a small rock. On top of these Gavin is also afraid of bees, ghosts, and voluptuous `nightwalkers' (AKA: prostitutes). He has an odd belief the prostitutes are vampires or succubae as they only walk at night, as he also believes that an encounter with one turned him to a vampire which explains his hatred for sun. Other than a few weird fears Gavin may seem like a normal kid for a bit… but only for a bit. You see, on top of a few fears, Gavin is also a little bit maniacal. He's taken a liking to a few activities that may be viewed as nearly sadistic (collecting ants and putting them in the microwave just to hear them pop). Gavin also is somewhat of a pyromaniac. He enjoys bonfires especially as with a bonfire he can feed not only his love for fire but his love for explosions as well. Gavin's love for explosions leads him to spend time in the shed (his secret workshop) creating more effective things to explode in a bonfire. Now, away from his behaviours and back to summing Gavin up as a person. As has already been said, Gavin has slight paranoia and can have a slightly sadistic streak. Gavin is also a snarky, sarcastic child who loves nothing more than playing mind games with his younger brother. He loves to lure his brother into doing things that can get him in trouble. Gavin is just a little sneaky and a tiny bit manipulative. He knows just what to say to get things from his siblings. However, people his own age see nothing but the snarky, sarcastic side of him. The only person who really gets his evil side is his younger brother… but then again who doesn't torture their younger siblings… right? …Right? Appearance Gavin has premature grey hair (not too grey. One male in the family every generation gets this. Gavin had very light blonde hair so it hit him much earlier) His hair is really shaggy. It's about ear length and always has a very messy look (just rolled out of bed look). He doesn't believe in gel. It wastes too much time. Gavin has his mother's round face shape, large, round, steel blue eyes, and somewhat thin lips. He's also very pale as he hates sun.He stands at 5'11" tall, with a 32" waist, 32"-33" chest, and 34" hips. He weighs in at about 155-160 lbs. Gavin tends to wear baggy pants, baseball jerseys, and 70's style football jerseys. He also wears ball caps and trench coats and sunglasses as to shield himself from the light of the sun. Fuku Brown goggles, brown aviator/bomber jacket (the kind of jacket that's really bulky and makes the torso look real buff, has woolly stuff at the collar [possibly actual wool]), white tank t-shirt underneath the bomber jacket, somehow manages to have the sleeve of the jacket rolled up. Brown pants tucked into black combat boots. Wears really thick black socks on his feet (under the combat boots), wears plaid flannel boxers. Transformation Gadreel doesn't transform in the way most senshi transform. He says "Gadreel Power Make-up!" and his fuku falls down in front of him and he has to change into it himself. He tends to find a bush, a bathroom, a phone booth, or a closet to do this in. After he's finished changing his weapon falls down into his hand and he then has to run to battle. Powers Gadreel doesn't have very many powers. He has a few weapons that he can summon and one main weapon (the weapon he gets after transformation) His main weapon is a crossbow. He also has a broad sword, dual katana, nunchuks, a staff, a spear, a glaive, and he can call upon cherry bombs if he so chooses. And he chooses to call upon the cherry bombs quite often. When he calls upon another weapon whatever weapon he had before dissolves. He has one attack power… Cherry Rain. He shouts "Cherry Rain!" and cherry bombs rain from the sky, then walk around (as they have wind up feet which automatically wind themselves by some magical means) and explode randomly. The explosions don't actually blow things up though… it just creates shockwaves. Guardian No guardian. Just a puppet named Bob. Explanation Taken from my Dictionary of Angels: Gadreel: It is said that Gadreel, rather than Satan, was the serpent who led Eve astray in the Garden of Eden. Like Azazel, Gadreel made man familiar with Weapons of War. As for explanation of his powers, I gave him the power to summon weapons. He's the Grigori of Weaponry so it made the most sense. I didn't want to rip off Utena and the Black Rose Duellist's `spirit swords' nor did I want to rip off X-1999 and the sword that comes out of that one girl's hand. So I made him able to summon a few weapons and to make cherry bombs fall from the sky (I did sort of rip off the Super Mario Brother's movie by making the cherry bombs have wind up feet). Why did I create this senshi? I terribly wanted to make a Grigori. I don't know why… I just wanted to make a Grigori. I tried my best to make him just a little psychotic as well. Grigori being the fallen I had a compulsion to make him at least a little evil. Writing Sample Gavin woke up as a trickle of light filtered under the door of his workshop. "ARGH!!!! NO!!!! Light! Not the light!" he cried writhing on the floor as if in great deals of pain. "When I become a god I shall destroy that evil being of gaseous white light!! Argh!!" As he writhed in pain the door opened and Mike came bounding in leaving the door wide open. "YOU IDIOT!!!! Shut the door for the love of all things not sunny!" Gavin wailed as he lay in agony on the floor. He pulled a blanket over him to shield himself from the light. Mike picked up the cocoon that was Gavin and started walking for the door. "Come on Gav… we're going to the park. Going to take advantage of the nice day." Mike told his bundled up friend. Gavin squirmed and cried out in pain. "NO! You evil malicious being! You shan't make me! I shan't go out into the light! Especially not without protective clothing!" Gavin squealed wriggling around in his blanket shell. "Well then go get dressed ya freak." Mike said as he dropped Gavin down onto the floor in front of his bedroom door. Gavin was quite surprised that in that in that little bit of time he had been carted all the way to his room. "I shan't go into the sun. You can't make me." Gavin whined with a pout. Gavin was herded into his room and only minutes later he was herded out his bedroom door in his full `protective' array of clothing. A blanket was draped over him and he was lifted from behind. Gavin was carried out of his house, his shouts and cries muffled by the blanket. When he was finally unwrapped he was in the middle of a wide-open field. The sun was as bright as ever and Gavin stood there in nothing but his own `protective' clothing. Gavin's eyes were wide with horror. "You'll pay for this Mike!! You traitorous fool! I SHALL GET YOU FOR THIS!!!!" He shouted, shaking his fist.