The Runner

Name of player(you): Ed

Name of character: Jeremy Richards (Refers to himself as Steven Pierre in story when writing about himself) his public Vernacular title is The Runner

Race(fantasy only): Human

Age: 15

Appearance: (Edited from yesterday due to an important detail I totally forgot about.) Looks like a nobody. Blends in well in a crowd, that is, if he's wearing a hat. If he makes a zippy exit nobody would even notice he was gone. He combs his hair parting to the right, giving the impression that it curls back over his head. A very popular style for the past year and a half. I see it more and more. Before the procedure his hair was a dark brown. After the procedure it began turning a dark blue. It almost looks black indoors. Outdoors in the sun one can easily tell that there is something strange about it. Spending too much time in the sun bleaches it partially, turning it an interesting shade of aquamarine.

Clothing: Usually wears what one might expect a teen to wear: Graphic tees with Levis. After going into his work professionally he was given a uniform with all the things to make his job easier. Paul has a picture of him wearing his uniform, looking very heroic.

Weapon(s){if any}: He can throw anything with pinpoint precision as long as it's heavy.

Personality: He's pretty laid back most of the time, usually willing to pitch in and help out as long as he's not in the spotlight. When he is wearing his uniform he feels much more aggressive and forward. In any case, he hates showing off and sometimes thinks of himself as a freak because of his abnormal abilities. In the end he really doesn't like where his life has gone but makes the best of it, serving God as best he can all the while. Other than that, he loves Renaissance music, playing the harpsichord, and studying the Bible. In many ways he is the exact opposite of GPS as far as personality goes.

Occupation(if any): Student and Vigilante. Later on he joins a secret private crime fighting organization and becomes a Professional.

Parents, family, special friends: Sam (I forgot the last name I came up with for him. I'm open to suggestions.)

Homeland: Duluth, Minnesota; runs away at one point to Minneapolis.

Special Abilities: He can run extremely fast, lift an enormous amount of weight, And finally, Durability: If he were to fall from any height he would walk away with a nasty bruise, which would take about two days to disappear. Bullets have no effect on him. It takes him three or less days to recover from any injury, severe or not.

Summary of background(if desired): He acquired his special abilities after participating in a research study to cure him of a serious illness. They didn't appear instantly, it took several months after the procedure was performed before he realized how easy it was to lift heavy objects and read and do his homework in just a few minutes (and at that point he wasn't even close to his full potential). Of course it was explained to him that this was likely to happen, but when it actually did it was quite a shock (It was actually what the research study was actually studying. The curing of his illness was just a guaranteed side effect). After an accident indirectly caused by him due to his new found strength at his school in which one of his classmates; a bully named Simon Yakof was killed as a result, he feels responsible and runs away, living several weeks on the streets of Minneapolis. He knew about his strength, using it on a daily basis (You couldn't help but notice it if a cinder block feels like a feather), but otherwise his true running ability went undiscovered for some time until coming across an all out gang fight. He reacted without really knowing what he was doing, disarming each gang member, and tying them up to each other and calls the police on a nearby payphone. This began his life as a vigilante in North Minneapolis, which is what he was doing up to the time this was written, returning to his family and his school the following fall and on most nights returning to Minneapolis for several hours to keep an eye on things.

 Edit: in Gifted Earth he starts calling himself Foot Soldier.


Other important info: He is not impermeable like Superman. His reactive shell is ineffective against being cut by knives of any kind. 

Picture of character(optional, but desirable): Paul has one.

Questions? Comments?