Son of Death

Name: Nathan Trust
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Eyes: Amber
Hair: Black with a streak of white
Height: 6'4"
Body Type: Wiry
Skin Color: Pale
God Parent: Thanatos
Mortal Parent: Susan Trust
Country of Origin: Canada
Pets:
Talents: Poetry, Singing, Clever(good with solving riddles)
Skills: Gymnastics, sword fighting (sickles), running
Powers: Shadow travel (At current level can only travel ten miles per use. Has to wait about ten hours between uses. If he trie to overextend himself he can cause serious mental damage.)
Abilities: Seeing and speaking to the dead
Weapons: A pair of Stygian iron sickles
Personality: Nathan Trust ironically has severe trust issues. He is a loner, and prefers to stay away from other people. This is not because he hates people. It is, in fact, the opposite. He loves easily, but he fears getting close to anyone and possibly hurting them. He refuses to let anyone come close to him. If someone does manage to befriend him, he will protect them to the death. When he is alone, he dreams of what life would be like without his curse. He often writes poetry and songs, which he then sings himself to sleep with. He is courageous, honest, kind, but solitary.
Flaws: Paranoia, does not value his own life, considers his demigodhood a curse
Life before CHB: Nathan lived a fairly normal life at first. He lived in frigid Edmonton Alberta Canada, cursing the mosquitos in the summer and cursing the cold I the winter. They didn't have much money, but they had enough to afford heating and good winter clothing. At first everything was great. But one night, when he was twelve, his mother suffered a fatal heart attack and died in his arms. He was passed through foster homes, but whenever he got close to them they too would would die. One night, when he was sent to a new faster home, he fled, beginning his life on the run. He found his sickles one day in a graveyard, when he was suddenly attacked by several shambling corpses, each of them wielding Stygian iron weapons. He was saved by the sudden appearance of a satyr Protector, who had been tracking his scent. Together they managed to escape, defeating one of the skeletons, after which Nathan snatched its two Stygian iron sickles. The Protector then took him to Camp Half Blood, where Nathan hoped to find a cure for his curse. At the camp he learned the nature of his curse. His ancestor was the Ancient Greek Tantalus, who was cursed to spent the afterlife in a pool of water under a fruit tree, yet could not eat or drink. Nathan, as one of his descendants, is cursed to lose all those that grow close to him.
RP Example: "No! It can't be happening again, no, please!" I cried. But it was no use. I could see the life slowly draining out of her. "No mom, please no!"

No golden eyes, I'm sorry.

Add one more talent please.

Um, I'm very iffy about the first power. I'll see what Kenny says about it.

How many times can he use each power per day? How much time does he have to an wait in between uses?

How long are the blades if the sickles?

I don't see how the second flaw is a flaw.

As it sits now, both of the powers are a no, the deathly touch is just flat out too overpowered because it basically leaves like no place for the other character to actually survive. As for the ghost walk I can tell you first hand that Kenny is going to say flat out no because I had a pain of a time trying to get a cloak approved with similarish properties to it. So please change both. A suggestion is the common underworld child abilities of seeing/talking to the dead, raising undead soldiers, or shadow travel

I'll see to changing the others, but as to the flaw, I guess I may not have worded it well, but it means he doesn't know how to make sacrifices, or how to make hard choices. If someone was about to die, and there was nothing he could do about it, he would let himself die, because he believes that his life is worth less than anyone else's. Also, I did leave room for people to survive, all they need to do is break the contact, and they are back to normal. It does take a while for it to work, so they have plenty of time to escape. If I really need to change it I will, but it is an important part of his backstory. Also, the golden eyes are because Thanatos has golden eyes.

I would still say no personally anyway just because it's a skin to skin contact and slow yes, but at the same time, touching a different part of the body will yield a different amount of time to actually killing a person, like what if he touched someone's chest? Boom instant access to the heart, dead character. From a personally stand point it's too overpowered even with the amount of time it takes to actually have the power effect someone. PM Kenny or wait for her reply on it, but I don't really believe it'll get approval

I know Thanatos has golden eyes but I'm saying no nonetheless because it is not a natural color. He can wear golden lenses though (~for dat Twilight feelz~) ;)
Joking, but he can.

Would it be better if I made it so it had a uniform time no matter where the contact is? And for the eyes, no, I can change them to something more natural. I just wanted him to have the same eye color as his father. The character isn't the type to wear contact lenses.

You can give him amber-brown eyes, I'd accept that.

I'm saying that it's a no go dude. It's just not the kinda power that this site allows...at all

What would be a good substitute then? His backstory kind of centers around that power. He's afraid to touch anyone because of it. He bears the guilt of killing his mother. Because of that power he views being a demigod as a curse. I don't really want to have him use his power on anyone, I just need a really good reason why he fears anyone getting close to him. It's not about the power, it's about him.

Make it for a reason other than the power dude. I know it's not the answer you want but to be honest, there are plenty of reasons to make something like that work and it not be for a supernatural reason. I'm sorry to mess your idea up and all, but it's really the only thing I can say.

I just had an idea. What if instead of a power, it was a legitament curse? He can't get close to anyone because those closest to him are doomed to be taken from him. He would still blame himself for his mother's death, and it would explain why he doesn't want to get close to anyone, physically or emotionally.

As long as it doesn't equal him having the ability of "HAHA I TOUCH YOU AND YOU DIE IMMEDIATELY" to it, then that will be okay, but you have to give a legitiment reasoning to the curse itself as well as who he got it from and what reasoning to it

Awesome. I'm thinking up a reason for him to be cursed right now.

Why don't you make him a Tantalid? That way you'll have a mythological background as a plus.

You mean like Tantalus, the guy with the water and the fruit tree but can't eat or drink?

Yes. The descendants of Tantalus (Iphigenia, for example) are called Tantalids.

How does it look now?

Tantalus was no demigod, but a mortal. Change that and it is approved.

According to Wikipedia he is a son of Zeus, but okay. I'm aware that Wikipedia is often wrong. I will change it.

I have always read he was a mortal king. O_o but oh well.

Quick side qquestion:how long are the blades of his sickles?

Do you see the angel of death thing that I have for my picture? That's where I got the idea for Nathan's sickles. So image that instead of him, it's Nathan, who is 6'4", holding the sickles. That is how long they are.

Your profile picture is pretty vague, though.

I'm waiting for Kendall to have a word on the ghost power though.

I don't know the exact dimensions, but here's a closer look. I don't know what to tell you other than that. What does it look like to you? I'm not good at judging measurements.

Is anyone going to give me a definite yes or no on the Ghost Walk? Is there anything else I need to change?