Thomas V. Halen

### Relatives

Bill Halen- FatherJosephine Patrician Halen- MotherFrida Joan Jett Halen- Older Sister

### Affiliation

Honorary Big Iron Co. Wakita Storm Chasers

## Inspirations

### Music allusions

Respect the Wind/Humans Being- Van HalenRainbow in the Dark - DIOThunderstruck - AC/DC

## Appearances

### Appears in

The High Midnight Tournament

**Thomas Halen** Is a southern homeboy from Wakita Oklahoma. A storm chaser by occupation, he knew little of his crypt origins as a force of nature known as a Tempest Devil. He was captured by The Night Riders to be part of the High Midnight Tournament, but ultimately didnt make the cut. Now he must

## Appearance

### Start of the tournament

While Tempest Devils resemble dark stormy clouds, Thomas appears as a humanoid figure with tanned skin and silver hair. His hair is shoulder length and spiky at the top with streaks of black resembling lightning bolts. he has a chin beard and lightning shaped facial hair. his eyes are a sterling electric blue and he has elongated elf-like ears. usually he wears a loose fitting T shirt and blue Jeans. on his left side he has a holster that carries his personal firearm

#### Current appearance

While Thomas keeps his current attire from the begining he now also wears a blue uniform jacket given to him by his 51st Union Counterpart as well as obtaining the electrical weapon "Inazuma" behind him. inside the jacket is a holster for the rifle "Civil War" another gift from his 51st counterpart.

### Tempest form

Rare as it is, Thomas' true form is a dark stormy humanoid figure with lightning crackling over his body. in this form he is able to move at lightning speeds, avoid more lethal weapons with ease, and fly through the clouds in a trail of dark smoke. He doesnt know how to fully control it however and it is rarely seen for those around him or himself.

## Personality

Thomas' emotions can change as a storm shifts fronts. He can be energetic and excitable showing enthusiasm in his work, but say something wrong and he will come at you with a swinging fist. He keeps his family close to to his chest and will fight anyone who makes fun of them or threathens them. He dislikes the idea of death and the pain that it brings. Being a storm chaser means he is always right at the front of action witnessing destruction and death of innocent lives reckless tornadoes bring with him. He promises himself he'll find a way to see less dead men and women with his work. even if it means he might end up dead himself

*"Innocent Lives marked by wooden crosses on the highway. I hope one day that there will be less of them when i drive by"*

## History

### Windy Beginings

The year is 1990, and it is the begining of Tornado season in the United States. Wakita is subjected to a monstrous F-5 causing destruction as it roars across the little town. Bill Halen, a cattle farmer, rushes to his storm shelter with his wife Jo and his 4 year old daughter, Frida. as they hide in the safety of the underground bunker, the storm outside rages on until a piece of flying debris breaks one of the upper windows of the shelter. the winds blow in frightening poor Frida, but eventually the storm passes and the family can relax. upon looking through the wreckage, it looks like they were spared aside from their house missing its left side. suddenly, Bill hears a baby crying from the wrecked side and goes to investigate only to find... a baby boy with silver hair. not knowing how this baby survived the Twister, the family eventually adopted him as their own and named him: Thomas Vanir Halen, after Jo's late brother.

Thomas grew up as a farm boy, helping his family in the fields and always getting into arguments with his older sister about whether a bull is really a cow. He went to public school for most of his life and seemed to excel in science and track due to his incredible stamina. his passion for weather came from the storms that raged through his town every spring. while most would cower in fear, Tommy couldnt help but feel intrigued by their beauty. This passion stayed with him all the way until College where he graduated from The University of Oklahoma with a degree in metorlogical sciences. He eventually got an internship with famous extreme meteorlogist, Reed Timmer, and got hands on experience for storm chasing.

while he had the experience for storm chasing, he lacked a team willing to follow him right at monstrous forces of mother nature. Luckily he began to get a crew together which included his old college friend Curtis Cain, his sister Frida, a Pufferfish mutant named Fugu, and retired Fire chief Creedence Collins and his grandson Phillip. they would travel all across tornado alley chasing extreme weather.

### Humans Being

While chasing an F-2 Tornado through Southern Nebraska, The Wakita crew ran into Reed Timmer and his Team Dominator. Reed explains to Chief that the tornado is in a Bear Cage and shouldnt be intercepted until it clears into the plains. Thomas, being headstrong and anxious, disobeys the orders and along with his sister frida chases the cell into the trees to set down their weather probes. while successfully launching it, their car was totalled. as they were trying to contact the crew, Thin Rondo and Abdula Wukong ambushed them both. Frida fought Abdula and almost managed to knock her out until Rondo back handed her into the tree line. Thomas full of rage struck Rondo causing a bolt of lightning to blast them both back, Shocking thomas and questioning what he just did. this allowed abdula to use knockout gas and capturing a rare Tempest Devil. Frida never saw what happened to her brother, and has been looking for him since.

### Respect the Wind

Follwing the events of the first round of the tournament, Thomas had been trying to find any means to escape since then. this caused him to have a run in with the Iron Ranger, Ben Young, up on the south block scaffolding. seeing how Ben managed to get in, he asked if he could deliver a letter to his parents in Wakita. Ben asked him why not tell them yourself? to which he responded "I have too many questions right now", their meeting is cut short when the night rider mother lycan barrels through the south block chasing Paradox Schrodinger carrying Santana Benatar. Thomas was promptly thrown about like a rag doll by the enraged werewolf and still has cla marks on his back to prove it.