Icarus Haven

## Background

Icarus had a seemingly normal life for a blood bender. Well, he *had* a seemingly normal life until the age 14 hit him.

It was his mothers birthday. The family was familiar with shoplifting, robbery, due to their underpaying jobs. They didn't always steal, but they stole small things or essential things they needed. When Icarus and his mother were working on the cake, they forgot one of the ingredients so went to the store to steal it. They both knew their actions would soon catch up to them, but they never thought it would happen on Azrael Havens birthday.

As you may know, people despise ability users. Icarus and his mother were the last blood benders known. People thought that they were horrible monsters who sought for blood. People feared them. A group of elite members of the government caught Icarus and his mother stealing. They realized the two were blood benders. When one of the elite members was about to murder the two of them, the other member came up with an idea to keep one blood bender just in case but take out the other one.

I know what you might be thinking: "Why would they do that?" Its simple, really. When you make an ability user scared to use their ability, its like they're a normal person! Which is why the government members chose to sacrifice Icarus's mother instead of both of them.

Icarus hates bringing this up. He usually buries it deep down in hopes to forget it but you can't forget murdering someone.

## Appearance

Icarus has wavy, messy brown hair. He has tan skin and gray eyes from his mother.

Icarus's Jacket was a gift from his mother. He sews things onto it because his mother sewed wings on them. He wanted to keep the idea going so he learned how to sew.

## Personality

Idiotic, clumsy, somehow destined to fall all the time, clueless, and often confused is what everyone would say about him. Its not like they're wrong.

But Icarus is also: Extremely protective of his friends, smart in math, reliable, sweet, caring, humorous, impulsive, selfless, annoying, talkative, loud, and secretive.

Icarus bottles up his emotions and pours out the bottles when he's alone. He hates when he breaks down in front of others because he thinks that people may not see him the same anymore. He doesn't want people worrying about him when he knows everyone else is going through so much worse. So he chooses to be there for them even though he's never sure if they will be there for him.

## **Weapons**

In Icarus's pocket, he holds a pen that could transform into a sword. Stupid right? For copyright reasons this may or may not be changed.

The "Haven sword" is what Icarus calls it. When passed down from blood bender to blood bender, the person is allowed to customize or change the sword to fit their character. The character may not choose its appearance as it symbolizes them in some ways. However, they are able to customize how it can be summoned. Icarus, being a Percy Jackson fan, chose a pen when he was younger. Although he has the ability to change it, he keeps forgetting to (Its also because it can fit in his pocket).\

## **Blood Bending Ability**

The ability to manipulate and control blood. Including animals, humans, insects, etc. Blood benders are sometimes born with the ability to regenerate 20 times faster than the average human. If blood bending is mastered, they develop more ways to control it. Some are (but not limited to): Faster regeneration process, the ability to heal others, controlling human organs/anatomy, controlling flesh, and even bones.

The Blood bending ability has been passed down from the Haven family, however only one person remains with this power. Previously, there were two blood benders. However one has been executed for unexplainable reasons.

### Side Effects

The downfall to this ability is the after effects it has on the one using it. Overuse of this power can lead to blood loss or fainting.