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when the earth was still flat

and the clouds made of fire

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Created on 2012-01-17 01:56:08 (#1430797), last updated 2012-03-06 (732 weeks ago)

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Name:	Nile.

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"Can I tell you a little story? It's a pretty good one, it's got an explosion."

Nile is one of the Nothoi, the illegitimate offspring of angels, abandoned in the slums of Heaven where he lived with others like him. Because he was born whole, he was a caretaker for other children who were born with deformities. While protecting the other children during a raid, Nile was peripherally exposed to an explosion, an incident which left his face badly burned and his eyes destroyed. Shortly afterward, his group of Nothoi was rescued and taken to the sanctuary dimension of Elysium, where the damage to his face, at least, was healed.

Nile's powers manifest as dominion over the elements of earth and fire. After the accident, he realized that the traumatic loss of his sight had effectively caused his powers to root in the earth, offering him significantly greater control over the element. Accepting permanent blindness in exchange for that control has caused it to increase dramatically, making him an exceptionally powerful earth angel. However, he still struggles immensely with fire: the element is volatile, and the explosion was catastrophic.

Nowadays, between practicing his elements and helping out with the younger children, Nile likes to visit the world of humans from time to time. It's an interesting place, with plenty of things to experience, people to talk to, places to explore. To be honest, he doesn't really know what he's trying to find.

But he still believes he'll know it when he sees it. Such as it is.

Distinguishing Features: The damage to Nile's face and eyes was healed, with time and effort, in Elysium, and to look at him you wouldn't know that there was any injury at all. His preferred style of clothing is jeans and t-shirts, and he never wears shoes if he can help it. Around his wrist are two peaceBOMB bangles (bracelets made from undetonated bombs and war debris found in the country of Laos) as a personal sign of solidarity.

He loves music, dancing (he's practicing without a partner), long walks on the beach (or anywhere, really), having books read to him (he prefers it to reading Braille), and working with his hands. He dislikes flying, his wings, derogatory slurs (especially about Nothoi), and being coddled in any way.