Skyes Lowell

[Yolanda Riona]

Name: Skyes J. Lowell

Nick: Prefers everyone uses his full first and last, but is known as 'Slant' to few, due to his facial appearance.

Age: 19

Sex: Male

Species: As far as he can tell? Not a clue. Though his family tree points mostly towards varied types of Canine species, quite a few 'mishaps' have resulted in a woe-be-gone combination of just too many. A good quarter of his lineage is non-canine, but he's too lazy to try to figure out what's what. Skyes is content with the use of general terms to describe himself, but when asked about specifics, he becomes terribly confused. Upon questioning, his answer usually includes a snappy retort: "What do I look like to you?" Skyes settles for the term 'Mixed Canine'.

Height: 5'3"

Personality: Skyes is an amiable dude, who uses his superior strength as a form of 'mediation' during times of 'conflict'.

In his noble (or maybe not so noble) nature, he believes that his main goal in life is to serve, cherish, and admire all who are beautiful, luscious, and/or feminine. He takes the approach of a ladies man, but it is still unknown if this works for him. (He'd like to think so.) He knows no ends to his flirtatious ways and usually hits on just about any girl in the vicinity. While doing so, he isn't as much of an idiot as some would think, and can be quite kind and indifferent to the fairer sex when he needs to. Though to some his methods of 'attraction' are crude, he tries his best to maintain an air of nobility and chivalry. Of course, his habits are usually how he winds up waist-deep in trouble.

This is probably known as 'Freaky Perversion'.

All foolishness aside, Skyes has a valiant side that can never turn down a person in trouble. He does what he can, and secretly loves being the hero of the day. (Though he swears he does it for profit.) He often throws himself between an innocent and the offender when he spots a dire situation, though, in rare cases, he has confused the offender for the offended. (These situations become very awkward.) His power and strength makes up for his lack of thought given to any situation, and his tendency to dive into a conflict at any first signs of trouble have often caught him off-guard. He loves a good fight, but sometimes gets more than he bargained for.

This can be referred to as 'Stupidity'.

Skyes has no particular goal in life, though is can be argued that his main objective is to protect his younger, aggressive, and over-adventurous twin sister, who he travels with as a bodyguard. He hopes that these experiences will soon give him a purpose in life, or at least an idea of what he wishes to do with himself. While he knows a variety of trades from his overly-numbered family, nothing quite appealed to him, slowly causing him to wander about with Semyl, for better or for worse. He secretly wants to become a part of G.U.N., but fears losing family contact.

This can be a euphemism called as 'Dedicated Slacking'.

Alignment: Hero

Family: Lief Lowell (Father), Mairelle Lowell (Mother), Semyl Lowell (Closest sibling and life-long buddy), more brothers and sisters than anyone has ever needed. (7 and 5, respectively.)

Transport: Owns no actual transport, but skilled convincing of younger sister to hotwire a ride comes in handy.

Weapons: Skyes spurns weapons in favor of his own hands, and he boasts the power to back it up. He wears a pair of knuckle gloves with iron plating for extra protection and damage.

Weapon Weaknesses:
- As refined as his hand to hand skills may be, fact is that this is a hand we are talking about.
- Lack of equipment proves very difficult in many situations.

Biography:
Skyes Lowell, son of Lief and Mairelle, was born in a rather troubled time for the Lowell family. Lief was always working days and nights in order to support the family, which was at the time numbered at eleven persons. Lief was aided by the combined incomes of three of the older Lowell children, and the family pulled through every month without too much hassle. With only his mother and his aunt to look after the remaining six Lowells, Skyes learned very quickly that it was difficult to make a name for one's self while constantly being ignored in favor of other family matters. His twin sister, Semyl, also realized this, and the two spent the majority of their time together. When Semyl wasn't around, Skyes would enjoy listening to his older relatives talk about life in general; He was often curious what a formal education was like, a luxury only his older siblings had. Various aunts, uncles, and cousins gave him many opportunities to learn about the outside world. He'd even listen in on the adults conversations on their day jobs and trades, sometimes picking up bit and pieces of interesting tidbits.

Still just a child at age seven, Skyes welcomed back two Lowells he had not seen for quite awhile, two that had journeyed off for apprenticeships. Irving Lowell, 2nd born born of Lief, and Cecilia, 3rd born, had come back with wild tales of the country side, ones that included adventure, magic, riches, and just about everything the young, restrained mind of Skyes had always dreamed of. Life in the Lowell house seemed boring, never changing, almost linear-fashioned; The house was always packed with Lowells, immediate and distant, there was never anything exciting to do, and for Skyes and Semyl, their current lifestyle was just uninteresting. Still only children and unaware of life's inability to maintain an inert path, the two just couldn't wait for something new and unexpected to happen.

Skyes and Semyl perked up when they found out that Irving and Cecilia were willing to take them along on their next trip- to a distant, secluded place where it was rumored that one could learn and study the arts of magic. Tails wagging beyond excitement, the four Lowells set out during Autumn, and after the usual hectic traveling experience, finally arrived. However their destination seemed to be deserted- After a few days, the Lowells found out that the Master of the establishment had passed away; Much to the disappointment of Skyes and Semyl. Irving and Cecilia promised to teach the two pups what they at least knew up to that point, once the group returned home, and this seemed to placate Skyes for the time being.

Discontent with how things were going, Skyes and Semyl grew up restless and often fighting with one another to pass time. With Irving, Cecilia, Skyes, and Semyl returning home, the surprise addition of two new infant Lowells, and the number of non-immediate family members popping out of nowhere, Skyes and Semyl (now both 13) soon found themselves taking off at the crack of dawn to get away from the craze. mainly just to find something to do with their time. Skyes was happy enough to just get out of the house, but Semyl's ever-active mind wanted something productive from these daytime excursions. Unknown to Skyes, she started becoming more devious by the minute, and it came to him a great shock when he discovered her jacket pockets one day bulging with wallets, watches, and, odd enough, a brick marked with a street address. ("Hey, it looked pretty. And if we get rid of the 'three', it'll have OUR house number on it!!!") Confused, and a little ticked off, Skyes confronted her about this, but he was not able to get a straight answer from her. Semyl simply replied, "You don't have to tag along, y'know. I have my reasons, I have my ways."

Still a bit upset about the whole ordeal, Skyes eventually decided that he should keep an eye on his sister. He felt that he should be the one to put a stop to her thievery, but he learned a few weeks into this routine that she was not actually keeping any of that which she took- Tracking her down into the slums of Station Square, he happened upon her tending to a group of kids, who, judging from looks alone, either had no family, home, or possibly missing both. It seemed to these kids, she was some sort of a Robin Hood; Skyes, from then on, let Semyl go about her business unhindered, and soon, even pitched in.

Now that Skyes was aware of what Semyl was doing, he had to start explaining their absence from home- Even in the midst of unorderly- practically chaotic- household of the Lowells, Mairelle had noticed two missing persons at meal times. Skyes was a smart one- though guiltily accomplished, Skyes managed to convince Mairelle that he and Semyl taken upon themselves apprenticeships with tradesmen. The story was full of holes, a little inconsistent, and just a tad unbelievable- but with a little luck and crossed fingers, Mairelle had bought it.

Semyl, now 14, had started to care for these youngsters as much as she did her own family, and the next few years were spent helping them out- whether it be finding a better location to spend the night, obtaining enough cash to eat properly, causing mischief and mayhem on dull days- All of this, while a worn-out Skyes followed from behind. While Skyes really prefered to keep an unattached status among this group, now entitled Station Square's Society for Small Saps (S5, as a shorter name), Semyl had come to cherish the time spent with these kids- Even the one little red fox with the unpronounceable name that everyone agreed was a little too eccentric for his own good.

These years seemed to pass quickly, and the two found themselves approaching adulthood; The pair needed actual jobs- Mairelle had noticed that not much progress was being made on these 'apprenticeships', and soon began interrogating Skyes every chance she got. This meant that Skyes would no longer have time to help these not-so-young-sters make ends meet. He and Semyl came up with a solution; Find them a comfortable, stable life. Out of the six kids that they started off with, they only had problems with two; one had left for Radical City, another took off for capitol- a third became old enough for serious (and legal) labor, and the fourth took up residence in a hardware store. Completely at a loss at what to do with the final two, but not wanting to leave them in the dust, Semyl had one final resort. Presenting these two to Lief and Mairelle as 'Foreign Exchange Students' (quite a lie) who were in need of a place to stay (not so much of a lie), she eventually convinced Lief to welcome the final two in as Lowells.

Highly surprised that some plan as crazy as that had even worked, no questions asked, Skyes forgot that this meant they no longer had their previous obligation to deal with.

Now with more combined incomes within the Lowell family, as more eventually started to find meaningful jobs, Skyes and Semyl were the last (of age) to actually find any form of employment. Skyes, through reference of an uncle, became a bartender, and pulled this off quite nicely. Even though he was under the age requirement, his physical appearance and 'I.D' (product of Semyl.) had allowed him to get away with this. Semyl too, had found something that brought home a worthy paycheck every two weeks, but she never disclosed anything about her job.

Skyes and Semyl continued their day jobs, and were still a little dissatisfied from before- only now with jobs. Things seemed to practically slow down to an eerie, non-eventful halt, until a letter came in- Granddad Lowell, who was a long time resident of Radical City, had gone missing- for quite some time, actually. Knowing that Mairelle was deeply worried about her Father, Skyes reassured her, and took 'stress leave' from the local bar. Semyl joined in too, though it was questionable how she managed to get time of leave within an hour of hearing the news.

The Lowell twins reached Radical City in record time, and all seemed well. No sign at all of their grandfather, the two retired to the local inn to catch up on some sleep.

Unknowingly, Skyes and Semyl wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time- -Airships closed in on the city, and chaos ensued; The two woke up to discover Granddad Lowell was the least of their problems.

Moves:
Lowell Slam - A combo invented by Skyes. He lunges to the side of the target, and brings his right elbow to a full smash to the ribs. While the force of the first hit would send the target flying to the side, Skyes maneuvers his right leg to catch/trip the target, while he brings his hand downwards for a crippling punch, closing in the distance between said Target and the ground. After this blow, he uses the same hand to grip the target, flings it backwards for another downwards slam.

Elemental Abilities:
Sidewinder - Skyes delivers a punch to the ground, transferring enough energy to cause a shock wave directed towards the target. The energy within the shock wave blasts apart when his hand is disconnected from the surface. The blast rips apart the ground between Skyes and the target, and a sizable chuck of the surface is sent flying upwards. If used at a curve, Skyes can sometimes arc the shock wave, hence the name 'Sidewinder'. The speed of the attack is fairly moderate, but is still hard to aim. Once the arc has been set, it can't be changed midway. Also avoidable with a correctly timed jinx or high jump.

Spire - A basic ability. Does not require contact with the ground. An earthen spire rises from the surface at a blinding speed to strike the enemy. While not entirely for attack, it provides a useful substitute for an upper-cut.

Combat Style:
Skyes doesn't have a particular style, and to other hand to hand combatants, his methods may seem crude and unorganized.

Skills
- Excels in physical strength
- Size allows Skyes to withstand a good number of blows
- Small knowledge of Earth elemental magic.
- Expertise in diversions.

Strengths:
Skyes main advantage is his size and strength- he might not be much of a magic user, but makes up for it with pure brawn, while still maintaining a fair level of brain.

Weaknesses:
Skyes movements are sluggish, and he's not exactly all too flexible- others can easily run circles around him. He hates anything and everything mechanical- it's a miracle he even knows how to use a toaster.