Adam Reinhart

♥ Character Name:
 Adam Reinhart
♥ Age:
20
♥ Sex:
 Male
♥ Species: Hybrid
♥ Occupation:
  College student/vigilante
♥ Faceclaim(optional): Han Shinwu; Noblesse





Despite being a hybrid, Adam doesn't have any features that show his monster-half. You would only be able to tell if he was one when he uses his magic, which, in his opinion, attuned to darkness (as a damage type, not as in evil.) The color of his eyes change when he casts his magic, the whites of his eyes become black as pitch, and his irises glow a purple-ish color. He can create pillar of "darkness" to damage enemies at the expense of taking a while to charge. They work more like timed explosives only not as deadly, as they don't do much to hurt enemies. It's mainly to throw his enemies off balance so he can take them on in close range, or sick a "dark serpent" on them. That's what he calls his secondary technique. The dark serpents are more damaging than the pillars, but he mostly uses them to restrain enemies instead of actually hurting them. When he or his enemy try to get up close and personal, he uses his strength, agility, and his second degree black belt in karate to break his enemies bones to incapacitate them. Aside from his prowess in combat, he is quite the artist. He carries a sketchbook and pen (or pencil) with him everywhere he goes, in case inspiration strikes.




Due to his "dark" magic, he is weak against light-based magic, either due to the concept of light vs dark having a psychological effect on his mind, forcing it to developing this weakness, or an actual physical weakness established by his monster blood. Adam can get flustered easily in social situations, due to living in isolation for most of his life, but the one thing that REALLY makes him nervous is the fairer sex. Like most young men, Adam doesn't know how to speak to a girl without acting or sounding like a total idiot. For most of his life, the only girl who was around was his mother, and any attempt he's made at talking with them hasn't ended well.




For the most part, Adam tries to act like a gentleman. He tries to see the good in people and remain optimistic to the situation around him. But there's a part of him deep down that prefers to fight instead of talk. However, this part of him doesn't like to kill, and neither does Adam himself. He doesn't mind dishing out a butt-kicking though, since that and killing are different. If someone gets their rear end handed to them, at least they're still alive. Probably angry, but still alive. Adam has a bit of a nerdy side. He greatly enjoys gaming and comics/manga in his spare time. Hell, if you'd ask him he'd proudly admit that he's an otaku. However, despite this good-natured manner of his, he knows there are bad people out there that the police can't touch. In the night he hunts down those who think themselves above the law, whether they are a city official, or some sleazy drug lord, and he brings them to justice, searching for evidence of their crimes to hand to the police, and putting a few (dozen) goons in the hospital.




Adam's father was a powerful monster who served in the Royal Guard prior to meeting Adam's mother. He was framed by a rival of his, and was cast out of the guard due to accusations of plotting to overthrow the king. As further punishment, he was exiled to the world above to be sentenced by the humans who cast them into the Underground, using the soul of a human hunter that stumbled into the Underground to pass the now-exiled monster through the barrier. But Gaius, Adam's father, didn't find the hatred and anger humans were said to possess, instead he found kindness from a young woman named Amalia, and eventually, love. In secret they married and had a child, hiding away in the mountains where none would find them and disrupt their peaceful life. Ten years later, word reached them about a human who went into the Underground and kicked off an era of peace between monsterkind and humanity. Gaius and Amalia rejoiced as they heard this news, but there were humans who opposed this new age. A group of them stumbled upon the Reinhart's home as Gaius was teaching Adam how to use the power he inherited. In moments, the humans attempted to burn down the home Gaius and Amalia worked hard to build. Gaius, fearing for his son's safety, sent him away with his mother and urged him not to look back, no matter what. Naturally, Adam became worried for his father's own safety, and looked over his shoulder to see if Gaius was following them. Instead, he watched as the humans slew his father, striking Gaius from behind and quickly decapitating him. Adam froze in horror and sorrow as he witnessed this, but quickly turned away as his mother called to him. They traveled from city to city for two years, never feeling safe anywhere, and over time his mother became ill. According to the doctor, she was suffering from a deadly case of pneumonia, as a result of constantly moving around the country without much rest, combined with the ill weather conditions they had to face in between cities. There wasn't much that could save Amalia. Before she passed away, she sent Adam to live with his aunt and uncle until she got better. A lie she told him because she didn't have the heart to tell her only child she was dying. Time went on slowly as Adam waited, realizing the truth months later. On the day his mother died, she told him something that, even to this day, stays fresh in his mind. She told him that no matter how dark things have gotten, or will get, there is always light. In people, in life, everywhere, and to never lose the light inside himself, and to search for the light in other people.





"Alright, class, if you're finished with your projects, hand them in. Otherwise, you can spend the weekend working on this." Art class. To Adam, it was less of a class and more of a getaway. Hybrids have their own set of trouble, especially from religious bigots who can't let go of the past. In this room, he wasn't some half-monster freak, he was an artist, like those who sat next to him. As he got up to turn in his artwork, he nearly knocked over a student who was walking past his desk, and it didn't help that the person he bumped into was a very attractive classmate of his. "Oh, crap! Sorry, Adam!" The girl looked right at him as she spoke, handing him a note as she walked away, giving him a wink. Adam didn't need to read the note to find out what was going on, but he read it anyway to confirm, the contents making his face go red as a tomato. He never was good at dealing with women, especially really cute ones that happened to have a crush on him.