Character Name: William J. Keith Primary JAO: TRES Corps Rank: Admiral Position/Responsibilities: CO Chi Squad, magical research. Secondary JAO: Jihad Praxeum Venificus Rank: 2nd Torus Position/Responsibilities: Chancellor Appearance: Caucasian male, 23 yrs. old. Average height, large build. Brown hair, green eyes. Eyeglasses a constant. Wears TRES Uniform almost always unless otherwise required. Has recently been considering acquiring a robe. (Mages. Go fig. ;^) ) Personality: Calm. Balanced. Thoughtful. Meditative. Restrained. You get the idea. He can be infuriatingly impersonal and emotionless sometimes, although when he wants to he can be as cheerful as the next guy. An eternal optimist, always seeking to redeem rather than destroy. Quite creative as well as highly deductive and inductive. Not very intuitive generally. In battle, he has developed and practiced a specific style which combines quarterstaff use and magic. His preferred tactic is to form triplicate images of himself, then use the staff in a rolling, fluid style, combining and separating the images randomly. It's been known to give more than one spongie motion sickness. Of course, as an Admiral, in a large group, he'll almost certainly avoid the front line and take to command ranks. Abilities: Primarily a mage. His background in Research and academia gives him a firm understanding of science, and(at least among previously-Mundane humans) an uparalleled grasp of the theory and fundamentals of magic. In practice, this translates to powerful and creative uses of fundamental forces such as light/darkness, heat/cold, gravity, electricity/magnetism, etc. He can understand complicated spells(invented a few of them) but prefers simplicity. Misc. abilities: See "Affiliated Characters" for his psionic abilities. A good marksman, but *despises* guns, or most automatically-lethal measures for that matter(hence the preference of a staff instead of a sword, among other obvious reasons). Not much in the way of skill with other weapons. Technical skills average. Equipment: Will normally be seen in uniform(including 'Linker), carrying his staff, and one or two magical items such as power cells, plus some of the usual mundane scholars' equipment. Again, he prefers simplicity, and so will not be carrying a lot of stuff. Affiliated Characters: A.) Kit: A psionic entity with substantial powers in that direction, not really "powers" as they are his natural element. He usually resides invisibly somewhere about Will's person. Invisible, quiet, unobtrusive unless spoken to directly. No need to be mentioned at all in most scenarios. Will has no psionic powers on his own should Kit be elsewhere. B.) Centurion Aphrodite Persephone Selene / Zaphyre: Not to be used without permission, Selene is a Jihaddi and Will's long-distance romantic interest. C.) T.A.L.O.N.: A group of Texan mages based in Austin. Will once worked with them in an Op. They eschew technology and live simply, almost ascetically. They may be called upon for local affairs, but prefer to work within their own group and actively dislike the Jihad. Story Usage: Should you wish to use this character in a story, likely roles are: 1.) Ranking Officer. Besides being a Squad CO, Will is an Admiral in TRES Corps, a Chancellor in JPV, and a ranking Magic Researcher. He can provide orders to start or motivate a mission, act as a contact to even higher levels(maybe), and has other obvious uses. 2.) Magic Specialist. As a long-time wizard and researcher with degrees in mathematics and physics, as well as state-of-the-art magical training, Will can answer questions on magic and pseudomagical phenomena as well as most people alive. 3.) Scientist/Mathematician/Cryptographer/Academe: Will has professional academic-scientist training and the aforementioned doctorate in Mathematics. 4.) Front-line mage: Should Will become involved in a battle, he'll lean first towards despongification, next(or if not applicable) towards quickest incapacitation of the foe by any means necessary, often lethal.