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Created on 2006-11-26 06:00:43 (#11693674), last updated 2007-02-03

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Name:	Asher Haring
Birthdate:	04-04
Location:	Los Angeles, California, United States

Bio

Name: Asher Warren Haring
Alignment: Los Angeles Neutral
Birthday: 4.04.80
Current Hair Color: Brown with dark blue bangs
Age: 18
Special powers: Energy blades - Asher can form either several small or one large blade of pure energy and send it flying at an opponent. The small ones have only slightly more cutting power than normal throwing knives, although more accuracy, while the larger one can cut through stronger substances such as bone and metal, provided it's not too thick.

history

Asher was born in the Palm Springs, as an only child in a lower-middle class family. His childhood was largely uneventful up until his mother's death in a car accident, when he was six. He moved to East L.A. with his father shortly after. His father took his mother's death badly, and began to drink a great deal. While normally some what short-tempered while sober, when drunk, Asher's father often became violent and physically abusive. This continued through all of Asher's childhood. He did poorly in school, barely pulling passing grades, and frequently getting in fights. His powers first manifested when he was thirteen in a fight with another kid at school - he was suspended for three days for having a weapon, even though they never found one on him. He managed develop some control, but prefers not to use his powers if he doesn't have to - he knows it's not normal, and of the variety that's likely to get him noticed pretty fast.

When he was fourteen, Asher ran away from home. He took a knife from the kitchen, and what money he could find, and left one night after his father had passed out. He fell in other street kids in the south LA area, most notably a girl named Ally, who, despite being two years younger, took a liking to him, and taught him how to survive on the streets. His father tried once or twice to find him, but Asher was quite happy not to be found, being happier on his own than he ever was with his father. He dropped out of school at the same time, having only completed eighth grade, and never went back. He started working as a pickpocket on the streets to get money for food, and lived with Ally and some other kids in the remains of an abandoned warehouse that was destroyed in a fire.

As he got older, he moved from pickpocketing to house burglary, although he continued to live in the same area. Ally left when he was fifteen, having finally been tracked down by a previously estranged great aunt living in the San Francisco area. She writes, and visits on special occasions. He still works as a semi-professional thief, both on his own, and for hire, usually working jobs solo. Who he lives with tends to vary somewhat, as other kids drift through the area, but there's always at least two or three other street kids, along with a large grey cat named Francis who thinks almost anything is edible, sharing the abandoned building he calls home.

personality

Asher is, in many ways, very much a street-punk. He distrusts most people, particularly authority figures, and can't stand people who think they're above him because they're better off. However, he's fiercely loyal to the handful people he does trust. His respect must be earned, and it's definitely the respect of the streets - the fastest way to get it is probably to beat him in a fight. He's short-tempered, but tries to control it, because he's deeply afraid of ending up like his father, and hurting the people he cares about - he doesn't drink for the same reason. He also tends to try and avoid most of the problems in his past - trying to bring up his parents is likely to quickly result in a fight. His two big stress-relievers are going clubbing - anything with heavy bass and a lot of synth is a yes - and picking fights with people he doesn't know.

Despite his less-than-wonderful past, Asher doesn't spend very much time sitting around feeling sorry for himself. He loves the city he lives in, despite - and sometime even because of - it's flaws, and would rather live by his own somewhat warped moral code with as few regrets as possible.

appearance

About 5'8", Asher is lean, but fairly well-muscled. He's got a lot of scars, largely from various street fights he's been in, but most of these aren't visible if he's got a shirt on - the only one that is runs vertically right above his left eyebrow. He also has several tattoos, the largest of which is a blue water-dragon across his back. These are also not very visible if he's totally dressed. What is visible, however, is the vast number of piercings Asher has - five in his right ear, four in his left, and a barbell through is right eyebrow. His taste in jewelry tends to run towards chrome.

Asher's natural hair color is a fairly plain medium brown, but it tends to be almost any color at any given time - dark blue is a particular favorite. He usually has blunt chin-length bangs, and a more closely cropped back and sides. He dresses plainly, in dark colors - he owns several pairs of identical black jeans, which he wears pretty much perpetually, with worn-out black combat boots and t-shirts.

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