Dominik Tegan

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== Appearance ==
Dominik is a tall, well-built young man with natural, somewhat shaggy red hair. He has piercing, vivid green eyes and faint early stubble growing over his chin. Despite his somewhat intimidating looks, his presence is minute - he himself appears to act deliberately to remain on the sideline, and avoid confrontation with other people as much as possible.
Dom often wears clothing that is second-hand and somewhat baggy, at least outwardly. He has a fondness for cargo pants with pockets and full-cover shoes. Above-waist, he often wears a simple undershirt and a reddish-brown hoodie he seldom parts with. During warmer weather, the hoodie is oft tied around his waist by its sleeves. He wears a headband to keep his hair from falling over his eyes too often, and a few wrist decorations including a sweatband that clearly has seen some use. During colder seasons, he dons a long-sleeved wintry with fake fur lining - the garment is a little loose in length, and clearly has been picked up from a second-hand as well.
Two things that stand out from his general looks are his often particularly striking eyes as well as a pair of horns growing out of his head. The latter he keeps covered almost entirely by his hair.
== Powers ==
Dominik's powers appear rudimentary and simplistic at first glance. He possessed superhuman durability, capable of using his raw skin to crush concrete into dust, withstand landing from multiple stories of a building and dampen extreme burns to minor sears. Likewise, he is capable of tremendous feats of strength, such as lifting small vehicles with ease, throwing many multiples of his own weight or even of leaping with enough force to simulate flight.
When exerting these powers, however, a secondary effect becomes visible around Dominik. The more he exercises his strength and durability, the more he appears to manifest a translucent, vaguely distorted sheen around his body. With sufficient strain and duress, this sheen materialises into a solid defined shape more and more, vaguely resembling reptilian limbs that overlap or float vaguely next to his own - these appear and disappear dynamically, depending on which part of his body Dominik is making use of at the given moment.
Finally, Dom seems to have a resonance with magical-spiritual entities. He is capable of basic, if poor perception of beings that are masking themselves via phasing to realms between. His touch, likewise, is capable of interacting with these beings as if they were wholly material.
Spoilers - Origins of Dominik's Powers:
Dominik's powers originate from a draconic spirit from the realms beyond, bound and semi-merged with his own soul. Both entities are capable of controlling Dominik's physical body, but the Dragon's control is often much more direct and forceful, if very infrequent. Most of Dominik's actual power in truth belongs to the Dragon, channelled through his body. Likewise, any spiritual interaction he performs is done by the Dragon instead.
Both entities, likewise, are in a permanent emphatic connection - in other words, one's emotion influence another to some degree, and both are capable of communication via emotion.
== Background ==
Dominik does not often speak about his past, and thus most of it remains a mystery to this day. He has, however, revealed bits and pieces about his life prior to joining the Big Team.
* He was in great turmoil at least two years ago, if not more. Making light of this situation aggrieves not only Dominik himself, but also something else within him as well.
* He is knowledgeable about the occult, but from a layman's perspective. He clearly had a period of fascination with the subject when he was younger.
* He knows about Dungeons & Dragons, and speaks with some proficiency in the matter. He seems to have enjoyed the game.
Spoilers - Dominik's Backstory:
Dominik Tegan was born in a small city-town a short but undetermined distance from Halcyon City, a state or two over. Dominik is a single child to Zachary and Arianna Tegan, who themselves lead an average, middle-class lifestyle. Neither of them are supernatural in any way, and neither has the family had any (known) direct connection with the superpowered world. Dominik's early childhood was unremarkable - he has lead an ordinary life with ordinary friends and for most part ordinary hobbies. Dominik has always been interested in mythology and supernatural, as well as poetry and song. He always claimed he wanted to become an anthropologist when he grew up (mostly due to infatuation with the word then uncommon and interesting to him).
When Dominik was fourteen years old, his life changed tremendously. During his free time in the evening hours, the boy attempted to play with a pseudo-magical ritual he has found both mentioned in the local library as well as on the internet. The ritual was conducted poorly and was utterly ineffective beyond merely marking his presence to the realms beyond. It was sheer chance he has been spotted by a council of Deep Spirits at that time preoccupied with meting out proper punishment to one of their criminals. At that moment, Dominik has been 'appointed' the Dragon's jailor, entirely without his knowledge and consent.
The Dragon possessed Dominik fully, forced to fuse part of his being with Dominik's own. Unable to leave, the spirit was forced to come to bearing with his new physical body, the confusion of the physical reality and all the needs and repercussions linked thereto. "Dominik" thus escaped from his home in the dead of the night, while the actual boy has been forcefully repressed to the depths of his own psyche.
The possession lasted about an year before the Dragon's grip has waned. Little by little, Dominik started to return to his senses, and began reclaiming sovereignty over his own body. The two beings clashed often and many, both unable to truly understand each other and openly antagonistic. Eventually, the Dragon relented. Weakened, humiliated and shamed, the spirit admitted being out of his league and returned the young man his own body. Having run away almost two years since, Dominik was hesitant to return home.
Through circumstance and chance, Dominik has landed as a stray in Halycon City, squatting beneath bridges and bouncing around homeless shelters offered by the metropolis. His powers and Halycon's atmosphere ended drawing him towards the super-powered scene, specifically Cyclone's Big Team, into which he was promptly unofficially recruited. Lacking proper identification, Dominik currently skims the edge of existing as a legal person and practical nobody, still anxious and extremely fearful of returning to his old life after everything that has transpired.
== Journal Entries ==
* Season 1
* Season 2
== Scenes ==
* River, River - Jake and Dominik share a conversation on the river's edge.
* The Beginning - Dominik adjusts to his new job while Rescue takes Search to the vet.
* Exploring Normal - Searching for a birthday present, Dominik runs into Rhiannon.
* Space Paranoids - Attempting to catch up, Gwen and Dom share a moment with a third guest.
* Lexiconum Draconicum - Curious about her new ally, Lancelot-Less decides to pry Dom for some answers.
* Life's A' Knockin' - On the way to the base before Christmas, Dom checks in on Gabe.
* A Stir-Fry Sit Down - Rekken spots Dom experimenting in the kitchen. The two have an impromptu meal & chat.Category:Dominik Tegan
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