Full Name: Gideon Dross
Odain Alias: Gideon
Played By: Shelby Scott (darkheart2k@yahoo.com)
Homeworld: The Holy Etonian Empire

Physical Description:

Gideon is a somewhat short and sturdily-built
caucasian male (roughly 5' 4" and 245 pounds, although
he doesn't exactly look it) in his early 20s, with
shining golden shoulder-length hair and matching
iridescent gold eyes. He looks markedly handsome, in a
bare-bones sort of way, since his face bears no
distinguishing features, much like a
perfectly-sculpted mannequin's face would. His body is
completely hair-free save for his head, and he notable
lacks fingernails and toenails. His outfit consists of
a billowing white long-sleeved tunic with gold trim,
and matching flaring pants, both made from a silk-like
material. On his feet are simple golden shoes that
resemble china flats, and he wears a small, yet very
special earring on his ear.

Powers:

Gideon has been molded by his one-time benefactor,
which he refers to as Him, into a self-replesnishing
'white' energy battery of sorts. The energy that he
possesses seem only usable to heal and protect, and
have no negative uses whatsoever. Utilizing this
energy, Gideon can perform the following:

-Hymn: A simple song of purification that requires him
to sing a short hymn and touch the item that is to be
the Hymn's focus. With it, Gideon can cause minor
ailments to ease, and some mildly harmful substances
to become inert and harmless. Using Hymn on more
powerful ailments or agents only lessen their effect
and power. Hymn also has an effect on non-natural
(magical or otherwise) factors as well, but to a
lesser extent.

-Truce: Gideon can project a weak, yet soothing aura
into the general vicinity, taming hostile intent to
some degree. This requires him to concentrate, and can
quickly drain his internal store of energy.

-Flood: Gideon's ability to heal is extensive and
variable, ranging from patching up a few scrapes to
maintaining the life of a near-fatally wounded
individual. Flood is the least *and* most draining of
his abilities, since a full-force heal with completely
burn his store of energy out, while a simple
painkilling effect makes a very minor dent on his
reserves. Obviously, Flood requires Gideon to touch
the afflicted person.

Flood possesses one rather blatant side-effect for
Gideon: as he commences with the healing, the physical
pain his target is presently feeling is transferred to
him at full-force, and quite suddenly. Sometimes he
can maintain the healing with this happening, but in
serious cases, he stands the chance of breaking it off
should the pain be too overwhelming.

-Grace: Gideon can generate a small 2'-by-2'
'breakfall' shield, enough to take the brunt of an
attack, be it physical or otherwise, before the shield
shatters and fades away into nothing. He can form it
at anyplace that he can see, up to about a range of
ten yards. Needless to say, this effect drains him
considerably.

-Bulwark: Gideon can also generate a harmless, yet
quite forceful push of force, which appears as a
shimmering hand in the air. Said hand can push with
enough force to hold back an average-sized and
average-strength male for a minute at most. After its
power fades, the hand dissipates.

Gideon's internal store of energy can run dry after
using his powers, and will render him incapable of
using them again until he either rests for a decent
period of time. (Roughly 8 hours to replenish a
completely depleted store) His healing powers also
will have less effect on a person if they don't wish
to be healed by him, or harbor negative feelings
toward Gideon.

Gideon, although he is unaware of it, is highly
receptive to spirits, and is able to see them and hear
their 'words'.

Weaknesses:

Gideon is still quite human, and can be killed as
such. He's also incapable of using his own powers for
his own benefit, no matter how close to death he might
be or how dangerous the situation is. Also, should
someone harboring evil intent touch him, Gideon will
literally wilt in agony, and remain unable to act for
a time, depending on the 'evil' he felt.

On a more mental note, Gideon is completely
pacifistic, and is almost incapable of fathoming the
concept of deceit, hate, and other such 'negative'
acts. This makes him remarkably easy to fool and sway,
since he is totally trusting of someone unless he's
explicitly seen them cause another harm.

Skills:

Gideon is intelligent, and a fast learner, but is
mostly trained to perform more complex forms of heavy
labor. On occasion, he is allowed to lead in the daily
teachings, and had shown his superiors that he had
potential to become the leader of his house of fellow
drones. Thus, Gideon is quite literate and very
articulate, and has no trouble with conveying what he
wants to say.

Recently, before his banishment to Odain, Gideon took
it upon himself to follow the calling of Him, and
travelled all over Etonia, picking up bits anf pieces
of skills and ideas as he spread the words of his new
benefactor. Thus, he could be considered a very
low-end jack-of-all-trades with the book smarts of a
high-school graduate.

Equipment:

Logos: The sacred text of Etonia, from which their
entire government was based. Said to have been written
by those inspired by Him itself, the copy that Gideon
carries is a beautiful hardbound book with a locking
latch and gold-leaf etching all over. Inside, the book
is... somewhat worn, having been read and written upon
many times. Inside is a small pencil-like stylus and a
small sharpening knife.

Staff: A simple wooden staff that Gideon has carried
with him for the last year or so. It bears, etched on
its surface, the names of the cities that Gideon
visited during his travels.

Earring: The earring that Gideon wears is a small,
solid-gold affair with an odd pearl-like object set in
the middle of it. If one looks at the pearl, it seems
to try and escape one's focus. This has various
religious connotations which Gideon would be more than
willing to explain if asked.

Backpack: Carries an extra outfit, a bedroll, and
about a week's-worth of food for Gideon. The Logos is
usually in there as well.

Personality:

Gideon is perhaps the model of selfless kindness, a
bright, cheerful and happy young man more or less
bursting with purpose, caring and curiousity. He will
do his best to make friends with anyone he can, be it
instantly or over time. Gideon, on the other hand,
does not understand the basic concept of how a person
could be 'evil', nor has he ever seen an overtly evil
act performed personally. The lifetime of being taught
that the world is a peaceful, perfect place has had
its effect on him, and he has only begun to see that
perhaps there are some people that don't really know
that the world is supposed to be that way. He can be
easily lied to, misleaded, and misused, and not think
negatively of it at all if he remains unaware to his
'friend's' hidden motives.

Connections:

Gideon has none upon being banished (he believes that
he's been sent on a journey to spread the Logos) to
Odain.

Theme:

Sarah Brightman, "Eden"