[General Information]
Name: Caleb Grant
Nicknames: Cal
Titles: None at the moment.
Age: 17
Birthday: March 13
Star sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Race: Human (Meta)
Alliance: Good, Hero-ish
Personality: Caleb is usually described as more of a quiet and reserved individual. Besides to family and close friends, he doesn't really like to open up to anyone. He seems very closed-off and sarcastic to those who don't know him as well. But to those he is close to, he can be very laid-back and easy going, not afraid to crack a joe once in a while to lighten the mood.
[Personal Information]
Height: 6'
Weight: 170 lb
Occupation: Highschool Student, Movie Theatre Employee
Sexuality: Demisexual
Likes:
-Animals (especially dogs)
-Food
-Music (mostly Grunge and Indie Rock)
-SciFi Movies/TV (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc.)
-His Aunt Karen
-His Friends
-Skateboarding
-Making Videos for YouTube
Dreams: Caleb at some point wants to have some job in the film industry, whether it be director, producer, writer, or special effects.
Dislikes:
-Romantic Comedies
-"Fake" People
-Not having a handle on his powers.
Fears:
-Heights
-Flying
-Dolls (don't ask...)
-Losing his aunt, since she is the only family he has left.
Darkest Secret: The fact that he has powers, which he keeps a secret from just about everyone, save for one or two close friends.
Favourite Food: Chili Cheese Fries
Favourite Drink: Blue Powerade
Least Favourite Food: Anchovies
Least Favourite Drink: Allen's Great Big Glass of Whoop-A** (you don't want to know)
Loyalties: Mostly to himself, friends, and family. (I know, original right?)
Intelligence Level: Above average for his age, definitely in the top 10% in his class.
Dominant Hand: Right
Strengths: Intelligence, street smart, creative thinking.
Weaknesses: Stubborn, Naïve at times, and Often lets his mouth run before his brain.
Cherished Items:
-Digital Video Camera: The camera he primarily uses to record his powers on video. He is very protective over it since if someone stole it and looked through it, then his secret is out.
Philosophical/social viewpoint: Doesn't really have much thought in philosophy except that maybe life's purpose is to better humanity in someway.
Religious viewpoint: Believes in the existence of God, but doesn't really believe in him or that he actually cares about humanity.
Romantic viewpoint: Doesn't really believe in the concept of love at first sight, but if love happens, just let it happen. Who is he to stop or judge it.
Biography
Caleb Grant was born as normal as just about any normal human being. Nothing truly remarkable about him. He lived with his mom (his father was never in the picture) in a small town outside of New York City and had a pretty normal and happy life up until the age of 11 when his mom was killed by a drunk driver coming home from work. He was taken into child services soon after and was sent to live with his Aunt Karen, who worked as a police detective in Gotham City. Naturally he was quiet and shy at first, afraid to open up to anyone, including his aunt. But eventually he warmed up to his new situation, made new friends, and lived happily with his Aunt who treated him like he was her own son.
Life was going rather well for Caleb. At the end of their sophomore year of high school, he and his friends, Allen and Rodge, decided sneak out and go on a camping trip in a state park north of the city to partake in less than legal activities. Underage drinking, smoking marijuana, etc. It was late in the night, Caleb decided to step out a grab some fresh air (because Allen farted in the tent) and take a short hike up to a nearby lake. The teen looked up into the sky and saw what he thought was a shooting star, until it started glowing bright green and he had to drop to the ground to avoid being hit by what ever it was. Not wanting to waste an opportunity by running back to grab his friends or a camera, he cautiously followed the large trail of debris the mysterious object from space left behind until he came upon a crater with a glowing green...thing at the bottom. Not really knowing what he was doing, he slid down the side of the crater and approached the object. To him, it looked like some sort of capsule encased in space rock, so naturally he reached out to touch it which then predictably turned out to be a dumb idea. As soon as his fingertips touched the smooth metal of a capsule, it cracked open and what felt like lightning shot up his arm and encased his head, frying his brain. He didn't last in the intense pain before he passed out.
He wasn't sure how long he was out until he was shocked out of blissful unconsciousness by something cold and wet hitting his face. Opening his eyes, he saw Allen and Rodge staring down at him with concern in their eyes and an empty water bottle in Allen's hand. The two helped Caleb to his feet and naturally asked what happened to him. The teen tried to explain the events that happened last night, but when he tried to point out the capsule in the crater, he found that it was gone. The only thing left was the crater. He tried to convey to his friends that he wasn't crazy, that he did saw something last night, but they all agree that it was probably for the best that they all went home not talk about that night.
As time passed from that night, Caleb noticed that strange things seemed to be happening to him. It first started off as intense migraines that he tried to pass off as a hang-over from the night at the state park or even just stress, but they kept persisting and getting worse. When the pain seemed to be at its height, he started to hear voices in his head that often sounded like his Aunt or Rodge or Allen. But when he looked at them, none of them were speaking at that time. Once he had to excuse himself from dinner because the pain was so bad. He locked himself in his room and curled up in his bed, clutching at his head. After a while, the pain started to ease. Sighing in relief, Caleb sat back up, only to find that his bed was levitating about a foot in the air.
About two weeks passed from that night and Caleb found that he didn't have any pain in his head anymore, but now he had something that he considered to be worse. He could lift things with his mind and read other people's minds as well. Gathering up his courage, he confronted his friends about it, demonstrating his newfound abilities. After about a moment or two of processing, it was obvious that neither Allen or Rodge didn't share his concern of now being a metahuman. In fact, they both found to be rather cool. Allen even suggested that he get into the superhero business which then Caleb outright refused. The last thing he wanted was to draw attention to himself, and on that note he made his friends promise to not tell anyone about his powers. However, he did (reluctantly) agree to practise and document his powers to observe their growth over time, with the help of his friends of course.
[Relationship information]
Friends:
○ Allen Brennan | Neutral-Good | Close Friend
One of the first friends Caleb made since moving to Gotham, one of the only two people who knows he is a metahuman.
○ Rodger "Rodge" Kurtis | Neutral-Good | Close Friend
Another one of Caleb's first friends since moving to Gotham, and the other person other than Allen who knows about Caleb's powers
Enemies:
○ Character name as URL link | Alliance | Relationship type
Relationship explanation
Family:
○ Karen Grant | Lawful-Good | Aunt
A homicide detective for GCPD, she is Caleb's aunt as well as his lone guardian. She is unaware of Caleb's status as a metahuman.
Romantic Relationships:
○ Character name as URL link | Alliance | Relationship type
Relationship explanation
[Weapon information]
○ N/A: Nope.
[Other item information]
○ Digital Video Camera: The camera he primarily uses to record his powers on video. He is very protective over it since if someone stole it and looked through it, then his secret is out.
[Ability information]
○ Telekinesis: The ability to move/manipulate objects through the power of the mind. Since Caleb's powers are still relatively new, they are not particularly strong as of yet. However, with enough concentration and practice, he can lift objects up to 500 lb without too much trouble and can even control it enough to grant himself limited flight. However, since his powers are new, his limits have not been tested to any extreme extent as of yet, so he could be a lot stronger than he thinks.
○ Telepathy: The ability to sense/manipulate others' thoughts. Again, due to his powers being new and not very powerful, this ability is usually limited to reading only surface thoughts. He can only achieve deeper "mind melds" if he is making direct physical contact with the person. From there he can perform limited mind manipulation, but thats only thought persuasion and limited perception manipulation. However, like telekinesis, his limits have not been tested and his abilities are growing.
[Weakness information]
○ Endurance: Caleb can only enter and influence minds for a certain period of time until it starts to wear on him. Less strenuous use of is powers like simply reading minds are less likely to drain on his energy while mentally lifting something over 500 lb (subject to grow) tends to drain his energy a lot faster. If he strains himself to much, by either over exerting his abilities or trying to do too many things at once, he can render himself unconscious and possibly wake up with amnesia.
○ Power Control: He has gotten a little better, but their have been some times when he has lost control of one ability or another. His telepathy can get out of control by reading too many minds at once, making him have to live with constant voices in his head. Also his telekinetic abilities tend to go out of control when he is under extreme emotional distress. He can accidently crush objects and so on and so forth. Sometimes his telekinesis acts up out of pure instinct, like when he is in a situation where he is in danger. His powers are possibly still growing and hasn't tested his full limits so even that is an unknown factor.
○ Human Clause: He still possesses the same weaknesses of regular humans. He is prone to all human sicknesses and anything that could kill a normal human can kill him as well.
