Tandy Bowen
| Tandy Bowen | |
|---|---|
| File:Tan profile.jpg Portrayed by Ashley Benson | |
| Codename: | Future: Dagger |
| Affiliations: | New Mutants |
| Birthdate: | February 29 1996 |
| Journal: | x_dagger |
| Player: | Rei |
Tandy's life was turned around when her estranged father arrived after the death of her parents and finding herself a primary interest to a demon.
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Details
Character Journal: x_dagger
Real Name: Tandy Reese Bowen
Codename: Future: Dagger
Aliases: Andy [rarely used], Candy [by Matt], Tan
First Appearance: June 10, 2012
Date of Birth: February 29 1996
Place of Birth: Shaker Heights, Ohio
Citizenship: American
Relatives: Bowen/Carlisle Family: Melissa Carlisle (Mother ; nee Bowen/Deceased), Phillip Carlisle (stepfather/Deceased), Father Michael Bowen (uncle/guardian), Nathan Tyler (Father - Coma), Adrienne Frost (Guardian)
Education: Graduated High School C/O 2014
Relationship Status: In a hoax relationship with Julian Keller
Occupation: College Student, Freelance Model, Owner of MC Designs.
Team Affiliation: None
Biography
Childhood
Nathan Tyler abandoned his new wife, Melissa , who was 6 months pregnant with their unborn daughter. He left for India, claiming he had now seen then the light. Melissa changed her last name back to Bowen and three months later, Tandy was born in 1996. Her mother was a former model and mentioned once that having a kid ruined her figure for her modeling career as well as Tandy being a needy child. Melissa never wanted to be a mother and with the wealth her former husband left her, she pawned her daughter off to different nannies for most of Tandy’s young life. Within a year of Tandy’s birth her mother married another wealthy businessman named Phillip Carlile. Phillip automatically took a liking to Tandy, even if he was surprised that his new wife had a child and never told him about it. He always wanted a daughter and now he had a chance to be a father.
Her stepfather attempted to be a good dad, though Tandy wanted to love of her mother, at least one parent was on her side. Still Phillip tried to be a good father for her, despite that in later years, as a teenager she needed her ’space’, it is embarrassing to have your dad drop you off at school or give you hugs in front of friends at that age. However, he always made time for Tandy in his busy schedule so they could go out to a ballgame or play some video games.
Tandy found solace at school, whereas she was more of the school rebel and would often skip classes- despite that she is extremely smart. Tandy is very much a drifter at school, she has friend in each of the cliques. Some of those who claim to be her friends are only there because they know who her mom is or because they can get something from her. Tandy’s house was often the source for many of the schools party as her parents were always away and the fact that it was huge. But at home, Tandy was just a fly on the wall. Her parents often went on vacations or out of state for business and left Tandy at home, although her stepdad made sure she had a list of numbers and always made sure the neighbor would check in on her. The neighbor would usually frown upon the parties, if there was drinking involved and inform her parents about them upon their return and tries to break up the parties if they are too rowdy by calling their son, who works for the local sheriff's office.
Tandy had thought about running away - mainly because she wanted the attention out of it-, but hadn’t actually done it until recently. Using the credit cards that were under her name, Tandy bought a bus ticket from Ohio to New York City - her parents were off in Europe for business. There she went to her Uncle’s church where he said she would be welcome whenever she wanted to visit. Not telling her uncle what she had done, he welcomed her into his home. She was living with her uncle for two weeks before Michael received a phone call from Phillip stating that Tandy was missing. Michael assured him that he had no idea that Tandy had run off and that she was safe and he would be sending her home.
When Tandy found out that her Uncle was going to send her back, she decided to have one day to hang with Alice before she was sent back. Coming back from a late night movie both Alice and Tandy were cornered by an a group of men. Their intentions were not good, and Tandy watched as Alice was knocked unconscious trying to fight back. Tandy panicked and her powers manifested out of self defense. She awoke in the hospital five days later, finding out the all the men who had attacked them and Alice were in comas. She was questioned and she mentioned about a bright light and then nothing.
After she was released Tandy was brought home to Ohio while her stepfather and uncle try to sort it out. Her Uncle ended up knowing another mutant that might be able to help Tandy in this giving situation. A week later that very same person also happened to be a member of Xavier’s staff arrived to offer a place for Tandy at the school.
Living At The X-Mansion
Tandy arrived at the mansion two weeks after the events of Genosha. She roomed by herself until a week later when Hope Abbott arrived, the girls shared a suite but had their separate rooms. Several weeks later Tandy got rather close to Susan Storm, another new girl at the mansion and soon had a roommate of her own in the form of Renee. Her summer was uneventful though the awaking of her friend, Alice prompt Tandy to visit the girl in the hospital. Luckily for Tandy, Alice didn't remember much.
Tandy also formed friendship with Matt Murdock, a senior and current boyfriend of her best friend Sue. She also started to grow close to Adrienne Frost, the woman who knew her mother years before and the one that brought her to the mansion. It seemed that Adrienne would be the first adult that Tandy allowed close to her. The teenager continued on her tradition of classical horror movie night on Sundays, even getting the new boy Clinton Barton to join her.
Light in the Darkness
Tandy world was turned upside down in late November 2012 when her uncle came to the mansion to tell her the news that her parents were murdered. She found comfort by Adrienne who allowed the girl to sleep on her couch after Tandy exhausted herself from the overwhelming emotions as well as some tea. Later on that day, Tandy awoke and found Matt, whom she shared her a bonding moment about the pain of losing a parent. Clint came by the next morning to check on her as she didn't appear for school and the two watched a movie before a surprise visit from Tandy birth father Nathan Tyler to take Tandy out to breakfast after seemingly finding out the murders himself.
However, Nathan wasn't to be trusted as he drugged Tandy's dessert and took her out of state sending the FBI, the Mansion and SHIELD into a freenze. Turned out that Nathan worked for SHIELD in the field looking into the recent murders related to the Church of Redeeming Light. He had been giving false reports to his superiors for months before his boss told him to bring Tandy. His boss was D'Spayre a demon in an woman body who called herself Dana Adams. D'sypare used Tandy to fuel her own powers hoping that the teenager would give her a boost of energy required to unleash her master. However, D'spayre's plans were foiled when the X-men showed up and fought against the demon. Tandy ended up putting her father into a coma, using her own powers against him. D'Spayre vanished into her demon portal.
The following week, Tandy learned that in her mother's will she left Nathan as her guardian, causing an the teenager to go on into a depression for short while. It was agreed by Father Michael and Adrienne to both become her legal guardians, a huge step for Adrienne. In the will, Tandy inherited her mother's fashion empire and her step-father winery, and was granted a portion of her wealth before the rest of it would be hers when she turned twenty-one.
End of the Year
Tandy attempted to try and move on but she was haunted by the nightmares of D'Spayre, leading to an incident where she almost harmed both Hope and Topaz. With a little magic, Topaz created a field that protected them, but at the cost of drawing on Tandy's heighten emotions. The aftermath left Tandy numb from fear and was able to get some sleep. A week later she confronted Topaz again and asked if she could do it again, Tandy saw it as a way out and Topaz saw it as an experiment.
Also during this time, Tandy's relationship with Clint grew as she kissed him during Billy's birthday party and admitted that she liked him. The two of them started to date the next day after a series of text messages and spent most of the Christmas Holiday hanging out. Tandy went off on a ski trip after Sue packed her things for the last weekend of the year and celebrated New Years with her friends.
Slenderman and the aftermath
During an volunteer event in January, Tandy and the New Mutants found themselves being stalked by Slenderman. After trying to get adults to believe, they were pulled into the home world of the Slenderman where Tandy faced her fears in the form of D'Spayre. She was saved by Molly, Clint and Billy from her own Slenderman until they were rescued by X-Force, whom were informed of the New Mutants situation after Maddie escaped.
Along side Hope, Tandy defeated a Slenderman and saved Doug from being a Slenderman chow. The after effects of Slenderman caused Tandy to see Topaz on a daily bases. They were found out a week later by Maddie, who told the adults of what Tandy and Topaz were doing. Tandy moved out of her suite with the other teenagers and into a room with Adrienne Frost to keep an eye on and started therapy sessions with David Haller. Tandy reached out to Topaz to let the girl know that she wants to be friend with here and didn't want to use her just for her powers.
It only gets better
After 90 long days, Father Michael and Adrienne Frost became official guardians of Tandy. Though she is seeing Haller to help with her nightmares, Tandy is also put on medication for her anxiety as well as pills to help her sleep. As Spring approached, Adrienne took Tandy, Maddie and Clint to see a Film Festive in Hollywood California as a 17th birthday gift. During her Junior Prom, Clint and Tandy officially became a dating couple. At the start of Summer, Tandy was invited to become the 'Coffee Girl' for a local amateur movie set.
At the start of July, Tandy got her drivers licenses. Her quiet summer was changed again when the events of She Sells Sea Shells, where she activated a magical trap that brought to life statues. She temporary lost her powers during the battle as she was the one that touched the gem. Seeing Sue getting poisoned by the statue, Tandy's powers override the effects of the magic and her secondary powers were activated - saving Sue's life in the process.
End of Summer and Until the end of the year
Her relationship with Clint did not long long once they made thing official and they broke it off mutual in August. Tan was a little depressed over it but quickly went back into her old ways. Senior year started for the teen rather quickly and the unsettling realization of college next year but Tandy on edge a bit. As August turned to September, Tandy's nightmares started to come back and in full force. By the end of October Tandy became a little more withdrawn from her friends and only seeing them when she was in class (or when they came and seeked her out). Adrienne became more worried about her and confronted her about if her nightmares and recently mood chances had to do something with the year approaching from the date of her parent's murder.
In November Tandy started to be harassed by a fashion reporter about wanting questions about she felt about her mother and what she plans on doing with her mother's empire. Doug helped with it by making the man's life hell and Tandy gained a new trust in an adult.
2014, A Better Year Right?
The New Year went out smoothly with the new arrival of Namor Mazur, during which Tandy developed a close friendship with the Attlian Noble. Tandy focused on her studies for the last part of the year as she applied to numerous Films Schools. She eventually was accepted in to the New York University Film at the end of Easter Break. Since joining Red-X, Tandy joined in on the efforts of a large earthquake and tsunami from destroying a city. She, along side Scott Summers helped evacuated the people there and up a mountain.
Upon gradating high school, Adrienne surprised Tandy with her graduation gift of a two tickets to Europe. Tandy quickly asked Sue to be the second and the girls started to form their trip. Tandy's friendship with Namor turned into a one-sided crush in which she realized when she bought Namor at a Charity Event. They ended up on one date before she left for Europe.
Darkness Within
The events of Darkness Within was triggered when her father, Nathan, awoke from his two and half year coma and was taken by demons. The girls had to cut their trip short only to be abducted by Spite, D'spayre younger sister. The girls, along with Namor, were taken to an island in northern Italy and used in a ritual to unleash their master, Dweller, from his prison. In doing so, Tandy became the avatar from the demon and set on the path to bring Hell to Earth. The demon almost succedded if it wasn't for Amanda Sefton and her students: Nico Minoru, William Kaplan, Topaz, and Megan Gwynn for using their magic and channeling it through Topaz and into the small light left within Tandy. Tandy eventually broke free of Dweller's hold on her as he and D'spayre was sealed back into his prison. Spite was killed by Sword and the Magic users. Amanda was able to hide the crowd from SWORD to avoid questions and brought them back to the safety of the mansion.
Tandy has had to answer to SHIELD about the involvement and last she heard her father was being transferred to The Vault. She continues to have nightmares and now has memories of Dweller along side her own. Tandy ended up declining her acceptance into college in favor of sorting out her own life.
Scribblenauts and the Fall
Within three weeks since the events of Darkness Within, the field trip curse caught up with the New Mutants again. This time she, along side of Matt, was dragged into a painting. The events left Tandy laughing and in good spirits. Amanda offered to extend the magic classes to Tandy so the young teen could learn more about demons and magic and in exchange Tandy gave Amanda information on the memories she holds of Dweller. She started to become close to the magic teacher even agreeing for a telepath to enter her mind so that they could get a better understanding of Dweller.
Sometime in August, Tandy met a former New Mutant named Julian Keller. The two formed a friendly relationship that resulted in the two decided to play with the social media and entered a hoax relationship. The hoax resulted in some tension between Clint and Julian and though Tandy knew of Clints worries did not realize the full extent of it. Even if it was just a sham, Tandy's true feelings towards Julian started to show while talking to Angel about it.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 125lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Other Features: Tandy has both of her ears pierced. Also when she uses her powers a glowing crescent moon will appear around her right eye. Tandy wears glasses for reading and when at the computer. She also has a strange symbol on her shoulder from the events of Darkness Within, it signaifes that she is an Avatar for an Ancient demon.
Powers
Tandy generates a form of 'living light' which is actually her own life force, the energy generated within her body. Tandy’s energy is continually generating and stored within her, building up to dangerous levels if not released. If she goes for more than a week or so without using her powers she will become sick and delirious and her light discharge involuntarily, which could be dangerous to those who are standing within the radius when it does. Tandy is constantly trying to find a balance between releasing her living light and storing it. If she starts overusing her powers, she’ll grow weak and feel like she is just drained, tired like. Severe overuse of her powers is fatal, which means that if she constantly uses her powers her life force can be used up.
Tandy can glow in the dark, she has little to no control over this and is often based on her emotions. She can grow as brightly as a night light and as faint as a firefly.
Tandy can form 6-inch 'light daggers' which she can throw from her fingertips. Her daggers may automatically form under certain conditions, such as another person in danger. Tandy has a limited ability to control their flight and reinforce them by compelling them to seek targets. They can track a person, but only if they are within a 50 yard radius. [if they are outside that 50 yard radius the daggers start to fade] Unlike real daggers that pierce the skin, Tandy’s light daggers pierces the person's own life force, causing them to bleed out energy.
The daggers leave behind a dark burn mark that will fade as it heals. Her daggers cause those who have been struck by them shock, stunned, falling in a coma, or killed - depending on how strong the dagger is or how many pierce the person. Being hit by her daggers causes extreme pain as if they were stabbed by a real dagger. Nonliving objects are unaffected by her daggers - objects are material things, like walls and doors. Plant life and animals can be affected by her daggers. Plants will die right away and animals will suffer the same effects as humans.
Tandy's secondary powers were activated during the events of She Sells Sea Shells. Where her light took on a less destructive path and into helping restore the body to its natural healthy state. Her light helps purge harmful bacteria, viruses, toxins, infection, etc from the body. It isn't a healing power in the sense that it cures the body, merely restores it back to its natural default. It is ineffective as a cure for any genetic or physical ailment: cancer, heart disease, brain damage, etc. Because the idea of a natural state is different with each person, especially when mutants are involved, it can be more/less effective depending on the individual. Individuals who have an altered natural state are outside of her ability to help. The power is psionic in nature, so is able to take a certain level of targeting in terms of what it cures, but could have adverse results for subjects who rely on artificial drugs to regulate diseases or brain chemistry, or conditions which have psychosomatic elements to their overall condition, such as long term drug addicts.
Equipment
She currently does not have any equipment.
Trivia
- Is a video game addict.
- Is A Movie Buff, enjoys Classic Horror Movies.
- Tandy is a part time model.
- Tandy is learning how to throw daggers, thanks to Wade Wilson
- She has a habit of drawing trouble to her.
Plots
2012
2013
2014
Meta
Player: Rei
E-mail: lornaedane@gmail.com
AIM: lornadane
Player Icon Base: Ashley Benson
Meta Trivia
Tandy first appeared in June 2012 and as Rei's second character. Taylor Momsen was Tandy's PB until May 2014 and was replaced with Ashley Benson.
