Jared Corbo

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Jared Corbo
File:JCorbo1.jpg Portrayed by Michael Walker
Codename:	N/A
Affiliations:	N/A
Birthdate:	May 10, 1988
Journal:	x_radius
Player:	Marek

Student / former college football superstar / bartender - looking for same... or not

Details

Character Journal: x_radius

Real Name: Jared Corbo

Codename: -

Aliases: -

First Appearance: April 30, 2010

Date of Birth: May 10, 1988

Place of Birth: Kearney, NE

Citizenship: American

Relatives: Adrian Corbo (half-brother)

Education: College Sophomore

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: former student @ Wayne State College, NE

Team Affiliation: N/A

Biography

Early childhood

Jared has basically no memories of his parents. His father left when he was 2 and mother died in a car crash a year later. Both Jared and one year-old younger brother Adrian were in the car. Though Jared’s powers then kicked in as a one-shot protecting him from the impact, Adrian was pretty injured, leading him to be taken away for intensive care in Lincoln. While it went easy for a one year old child to be adopted then, Jared’s mysterious situation made things more tangled, until he was granted guardianship by a social worker in his hometown. Still, Jared never allowed this to evolve into a full adoption, keeping a distance and some trouble fully connecting as a family. Jared became a well educated teenager, respective of his guardian but he never forgot he had a brother out there, though he never got the chance to find him, learning his brother’s new family had move north, to Canada. Holding on to the hope to find his brother led him to join the French club in high school, hoping someday, some exchange program would grant him legal entrance to Canada and enough time there to find Adrian. Later on, when his powers fully kicked in, he took a chance in football, and his virtual higher resilience made him the school rising star, which gave him chance for a bright future.

College wannabe

A football scholarship he earned granted him access to Wayne State College where he expected to major in International Business, with a minor in French. Then he realized at that time, his younger brother would probably be a high school senior leaving a happy family life, and that he had no right to get in there shattering that perfect picture just so he could get a family of his own. Therefore he decided to focus on his studies for a while. Then, he joined the Wayne International Friendship Society where he got the chance to learn some Russian from exchange students he was working with, though he never progressed past a basic grasp of informal conversational Russian. His top position among the club football team raised the interest of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which Jared joined without any conviction but seeing there an opportunity for the future. However, Jared lost the scholarship when his apparent super-strength led teammates to think he was using drugs. His refusal to go under drug tests – too scared to be spotted as a mutant – had him kicked out of the team, leading to the loss of his scholarship. His sophomore year ending, aged 20, he knew there was no coming back there.

Eastern whereabouts

Unwilling to go back to his guardians, Jared first tried to reconnect with his family, looking for what was left of it from what he knew about his mother. No luck there. Thus he hit the road with the few bucks he had left from his on-campus job and headed east. His first stop was south-east Cleveland, Ohio by the end of the summer where he landed a job as a bartender at the Danny Boy Tavern, locally known for its slow service, rude waiters and shady customers. The perfect place for a guy running from his past and who would not fear “escorting” people out. There, he spent four months before he felt the need to move on. East again, Jared decided to reach the ocean, landing in New Rochelle, NY. There, he started bartending again for Toby’s Lounge where he overheard stories about a shelter for special people. It didn’t take long for him to find out about that special school, being a really curious and open person, willing to open up to people to get the information he needed. More curious than ever, Jared decided it was time for a brand new start in Westchester. Going back to college is an option. Otherwise, he would be glad to help in any way he could, get a job on site or around, look after kids, learn about his powers…

Physical Characteristics

Height: 6'00

Weight: 185 lbs

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Other Features: -

Powers

Jared’s body generates a permanent force field of invisible psionic energy around him that he hasn’t learnt to deactivate yet, which implies he cannot feel anything. His force field can absorb heavy impact as the kinetic energy of a shock is directly absorbed by the field. This stored energy works as a source to maintain the field on but cannot be repelled through other forms. Still, the limit of stored energy has never been assessed yet. On the other hand, it is conceivable that the field could lower in case Jared went into total isolation from physical contact with anything. Since the field absorbs shocks, Jared can endure physical efforts without feeling the pain, allowing him to go further, and push his limits where others would generally stop. As a result, Jared may appears stronger than average, though it actually is all related to the field. As a high school senior, Jared stunned a 280-lbs football player during a final game. Since then, Jared never hit anyone else, therefore has no knowledge of the extent of the force field properties. Jared has the ability to manipulate the size and thickness of his force field to certain degrees, expanding it from the shape of his body to a larger field of a limited radius. For now, Jared’s been able to expand the field up to a couple of inches from his skin.

Still, the force field is not impenetrable. Radiant energy such as sunlight, sound waves and air can pass through, unless Jared willingly turns it fully impervious. This latter case almost caused his death when the field first appeared and Jared could not control its intensity. The force field only irradiates from his skin, which allows him to eat or drink and dress. Since the field initially “sticks” to his skin, his clothes come as a layer above the field. As a result, Jared cannot expand the field beyond his clothes without tearing them up.

However, when on its minimal shape, the force field makes Jared vulnerable in any non-covered area such as ears, mouth, or eyes. The minimal level of the field leaves a few millimeter-thick gap between Jared’s skin and the rest of the world. Thus he cannot feel any skin on skin contact.

Equipment

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Trivia

Jared is a huge country music fan and once tried to learn how to play banjo and guitar, but he soon quit as music is far from being a natural talent.

His physical condition comes more as an annoyance rather than a curse, except for his non love life, related to his inability to physically connect with someone he might be interested in.

Plots

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Meta

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E-mail: cedmarek@gmail.com

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