Name: Lars Brodbeck
Age: 97 (appears 25)
Birthday: April 21
Gender: Male
Species: Ghost
Category: Citizen
Career: Police Clerk
Appearance Description:
Lars' Germanic heritage shows through in his blue eyes and light skin. His short hair is a dirty blond, so dark it's nearly brown. At 5'8" he was fairly tall for his generation but seems on the shorter side of average now. Lars is slender and fit, without being particularly athletic or largely muscled. He looks like the ghost he is, pale and slightly transparent. He has a severe face that usually appears angry or distant and rarely smiles. When Lars does smile, it brightens his face.
Lars is always wearing the clothes he died in - a dark gray overcoat, buttondown shirt, and dark pants. He can appear in a variation of these clothes (ie with or without the jacket), but he can never wear anything else. The style is a little dated, but not obviously old-fashioned at a quick glance. He also has two bullet wounds in his left side that go through his coat and never appear to heal. He speaks with a thick German accent.
Personality Description:
Lars has an almost stereotypically masculine, military personality. Although technically he was a member of the police force, there was still that level of discipline. He is very strict and orderly, believing in tough love, and obedient to superiors, as well as expecting obedience.
He was always an introvert, quiet and reserved. He was able to compartmentalize and do cruel things to the perceived enemy, while still being companionable among friends. Being a ghost has led him to have deep regrets about his past, and made him more distant. He pretends to be detached, but the ghost is deeply lonely. He is bitter, resentful, even angry to his core. Forcibly disconnected from human contact, denied even simple things like touch, Lars has the capacity for happiness but tends not to feel the positive emotions as much as negative ones.
The past should remain in the past, but he is haunted and dogged by it. Lars is also a Christian, trying to figure out where God is in all this. He's a little old-fashioned but tends to keep his opinions to himself. He has seen modern day things, but lacks a full understanding of society, having only been an observer for so many years.
Species Abilities:
Ghost - intangible (cursed - charms don't make him tangible), immortal, no sense of touch/pain. Smells like mist. Can't be heard/appear to normal non-magical humans at all, but can be seen by animals. Can't be heard/appear to most people unless he concentrates (undead/reapers/death beings can see him). If he loses focus, he will appear to vanish. This will tire him out and he can't remain visible for more than 30 minutes at a time without resting, but he only needs to rest for about 5 minutes. No need for eating/sleeping/breathing. Can be hurt and potentially killed only by magic/magic weapons.
Salt Barrier - cannot cross a line of salt. This could be used to trap him or bar him from entry to places.
Telekinesis - Range of sight. Can move inanimate objects up to a total weight of 5lbs. Has to see the object. Tries to hold too much and everything drops. Tries to move something over weight limit and it just won't move. Can only do in up to 5-minute bursts.
Teleportation - Can instantly teleport up to a distance of 25'. Does not need to see where he's teleporting. Cannot travel deeper than 6' in the ground/above a walking surface even with teleportation.
Battery Death - phone and laptop batteries die 4x faster when within 5' of him.
Flickering Anger - lightbulbs/flashlights and computer/tv screens in the same room as him tend to flicker on and off when he's very angry or distressed. Whether or not they are plugged in.
Chilling Aura - a noticeable drop in temperature within 5'. This is passive and uncontrolled.
Powers:
none.
Biography:
Lars was born in Germany. He was the oldest of four and had an average childhood, nothing really out of the ordinary. He became a police officer just before the start of WWII and ended up in the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) - Secret Field Police during the war. Served in France in one of the units that oversaw the work of the French Special Brigades responsible for tracking down internal enemies. He was cursed by a French witch during a particularly nasty "interrogation" session, but nothing seemed to come of it at the time. He was later shot and killed by a member of the French Resistance. That was when the curse took effect and he became a ghost.
After his death, Lars returned to Germany for a while. Then wandered Europe just trying to be seen. He would occasionally haunt police stations for a couple of years at a time, but even though he learned more about the world, he was very lonely. He did meet some other ghosts in his travels, but he seemed to linger longer than they did.
Eventually, Lars ran into someone who could see him, and who was scouted by Starlight Academy. He followed this person to Manta Carlos, where he used his experience to get a desk job with the police, unable to do more than paperwork.
Additional Information:
Speaks German, French, and decent English
Has experience with interrogation/torture techniques. Has police experience. Can shoot a pistol accurately, if it's light enough, but obviously, doesn't carry one.
Age: 97 (appears 25)
Birthday: April 21
Gender: Male
Species: Ghost
Category: Citizen
Career: Police Clerk
Appearance Description:
Lars' Germanic heritage shows through in his blue eyes and light skin. His short hair is a dirty blond, so dark it's nearly brown. At 5'8" he was fairly tall for his generation but seems on the shorter side of average now. Lars is slender and fit, without being particularly athletic or largely muscled. He looks like the ghost he is, pale and slightly transparent. He has a severe face that usually appears angry or distant and rarely smiles. When Lars does smile, it brightens his face.
Lars is always wearing the clothes he died in - a dark gray overcoat, buttondown shirt, and dark pants. He can appear in a variation of these clothes (ie with or without the jacket), but he can never wear anything else. The style is a little dated, but not obviously old-fashioned at a quick glance. He also has two bullet wounds in his left side that go through his coat and never appear to heal. He speaks with a thick German accent.
Personality Description:
Lars has an almost stereotypically masculine, military personality. Although technically he was a member of the police force, there was still that level of discipline. He is very strict and orderly, believing in tough love, and obedient to superiors, as well as expecting obedience.
He was always an introvert, quiet and reserved. He was able to compartmentalize and do cruel things to the perceived enemy, while still being companionable among friends. Being a ghost has led him to have deep regrets about his past, and made him more distant. He pretends to be detached, but the ghost is deeply lonely. He is bitter, resentful, even angry to his core. Forcibly disconnected from human contact, denied even simple things like touch, Lars has the capacity for happiness but tends not to feel the positive emotions as much as negative ones.
The past should remain in the past, but he is haunted and dogged by it. Lars is also a Christian, trying to figure out where God is in all this. He's a little old-fashioned but tends to keep his opinions to himself. He has seen modern day things, but lacks a full understanding of society, having only been an observer for so many years.
Species Abilities:
Ghost - intangible (cursed - charms don't make him tangible), immortal, no sense of touch/pain. Smells like mist. Can't be heard/appear to normal non-magical humans at all, but can be seen by animals. Can't be heard/appear to most people unless he concentrates (undead/reapers/death beings can see him). If he loses focus, he will appear to vanish. This will tire him out and he can't remain visible for more than 30 minutes at a time without resting, but he only needs to rest for about 5 minutes. No need for eating/sleeping/breathing. Can be hurt and potentially killed only by magic/magic weapons.
Salt Barrier - cannot cross a line of salt. This could be used to trap him or bar him from entry to places.
Telekinesis - Range of sight. Can move inanimate objects up to a total weight of 5lbs. Has to see the object. Tries to hold too much and everything drops. Tries to move something over weight limit and it just won't move. Can only do in up to 5-minute bursts.
Teleportation - Can instantly teleport up to a distance of 25'. Does not need to see where he's teleporting. Cannot travel deeper than 6' in the ground/above a walking surface even with teleportation.
Battery Death - phone and laptop batteries die 4x faster when within 5' of him.
Flickering Anger - lightbulbs/flashlights and computer/tv screens in the same room as him tend to flicker on and off when he's very angry or distressed. Whether or not they are plugged in.
Chilling Aura - a noticeable drop in temperature within 5'. This is passive and uncontrolled.
Powers:
none.
Biography:
Lars was born in Germany. He was the oldest of four and had an average childhood, nothing really out of the ordinary. He became a police officer just before the start of WWII and ended up in the Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP) - Secret Field Police during the war. Served in France in one of the units that oversaw the work of the French Special Brigades responsible for tracking down internal enemies. He was cursed by a French witch during a particularly nasty "interrogation" session, but nothing seemed to come of it at the time. He was later shot and killed by a member of the French Resistance. That was when the curse took effect and he became a ghost.
After his death, Lars returned to Germany for a while. Then wandered Europe just trying to be seen. He would occasionally haunt police stations for a couple of years at a time, but even though he learned more about the world, he was very lonely. He did meet some other ghosts in his travels, but he seemed to linger longer than they did.
Eventually, Lars ran into someone who could see him, and who was scouted by Starlight Academy. He followed this person to Manta Carlos, where he used his experience to get a desk job with the police, unable to do more than paperwork.
Additional Information:
Speaks German, French, and decent English
Has experience with interrogation/torture techniques. Has police experience. Can shoot a pistol accurately, if it's light enough, but obviously, doesn't carry one.
