Pride is the child of two worlds, not exactly fitting in in either, but internally driven to do good. As a Sky High student, he's inspired to follow in the path of long-established heroes as a way of finding out who he is and how best to find his place in the great scheme of things.
Personality
Sebastian is very much a light-hearted, thoughtful young man. He is always eager to find the silver lining in any storm cloud, and he has a great need to be gregarious and find new and interesting people to meet. He can be too curious for his own good, at times, and sometimes he is beset by mercurial moods where he will be uncharacteristically quiet and pensive, or melancholy. Nevertheless, he has a tendency to return to center, and although he doesn't appear to be the kind to have choleric reactions, he does tend to become enraged when in the presence of an injustice. Sebastian can also be somewhat of an iconoclast, but this side of his personality tends to come out in the shape of gentle humor, seldom resorting to vitriol.
Background
Child Of Two Worlds
Sebastian is the son of Josefina Santos, an accomplished scientist and astronaut who was presumed missing after a freak accident caused her shuttle to disappear in the middle of a mission. Unbeknownst to Earth, she had been transported by a spatial anomaly to the planet Ngo, where she lived for several years and where became involved with Tsarevo, an Ngoan nobleman. At the onset of the civil war, Tsarevo was able to secure transport to Earth for Josefina through his cousin Tsavo's connection to the Crucible Academy. Tsarevo, however, was not able to join Josefina on Earth, as his transport was lost, his fate unknown. Nine months later, Sebastian was born.
Child Of Earth
As the world's first Ngoan-Human hybrid, Sebastian did not have a 'normal' childhood. From a very early age, it was clear to him that his destiny needed to be among the heroes who kept the world safe from harm, and he grew up idolizing quite a lot of them, promising to himself that one day he would be just like them. An active, inquisitive and intelligent child, Pride grew into an optimistic, eager and idealistic young man, and when he was enrolled to attend Sky High, it seemed to him that he was at the beginning of the greatest adventure of his life. Perhaps someday he, too, will be a hero that others look up to and are inspired by. And, perhaps, one day he will go into the great beyond, as many heroes do at times, and find out what truly became of his father.
SKILLS
Thanks to his unique physiology, Sebastian has a natural gift for athleticism and physical activities, and thus has achieved a very high level of proficiency where it pertains to climbing, jumping, running and acrobatics in general.
Sebastian has received a fair amount of self-defense and combat training at Sky High, but his actual hands-on experience is still small. While he has a natural aptitude for it, he still has much to learn.
Science - Competent Level
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Sebastian was raised by a highly-accomplished scientist who had a strong emotional investment in his upbringing. He is famililar with the general notions of scientific methodology and process.
ABILITIES
Power: Ngoan Agility - Enhanced Level
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Pride's father was from a race of enhanced extraterrestrial felines with uncanny flexibility and agility. Sebastian is incredibly limber and hard to hit and has an astonishing sense of balance. He is capable of finding equilibrium and even running along the narrowest and most precarious of surfaces.
Technology: Ngoan Armor - Basic Level
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The one heirloom Sebastian received from his father, the Ngoan harness may appear minimal in coverage area, but it is an advanced piece of technology meant to aid injured soldiers in the field by means of regenerative nanites injected into the bloodstream. The armor constantly monitors Sebastian's vital signs and administers the necessary dosage when needed. This is particularly useful for Sebastian, as he did not inherit the Ngoans' enhanced durability.
Power: Ngoan Pride of One - Basic Level
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From his mother, Sebastian inherited the metagene, though he is the first member in the family line to manifest it. Sebastian is able to manifest his own 'Pride': Up to four other 'selves' can be created. These selves are not separate clones, but true extensions of his consciousness. Each pride member can move and act independently of each other, but they all share the same knowledge in real time. There does not appear to be a limit to the distance over which the Pride can remain connected.
With every Pride member that is generated, Sebastian's strength capacity is roughly distributed among its members- so a Pride of 2 will have a maximum lifting limit of 2.5 tons each, whereas a full complement of 5 will result in a maximum lifting limit of 1 ton each.
Pride members can be generated and dismissed at will. Should all but one Pride member be killed in action, the last remaining member counts as the original, since they are all part of the extended consciousness.
Any member of the Pride that is killed will result in one less possible manifestation for at least a week, after which generation becomes possible again for that member.
Power: Ngoan Senses - Enhanced Level
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Sebastian has inherited the Ngoans' feral senses: his senses of taste, sight, smell and hearing are considered to be beyond that of a regular human and are on par with those of the large cat predators on Earth.
Power: Ngoan Strength - Enhanced Level
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Pride has inherited part of the notorious Ngoan superhuman strength, but it is diluted by his human ancestry. At maximum effort, Sebastian can lift approximately 5 tons of weight, with the possibility of growing stronger as he ages.
WEAKNESSES
The Pride of One power has its drawbacks. Since all members of the Pride are part of one consciousness, any member of the pride who suffers pain will share that pain with the others, potentially disrupting the concentration of the group as a whole. Should any member become incapacitated, it will leave the other members temporarily dazed, leaving them open to attack. Finally, should any of the members be killed, all members of the Pride will lose consciousness. Fortunately, Sebastian will not remember the experience of dying, as that disappears with the Pride member, but he will not be in any emotional nor physical shape to return to combat for several hours after waking up.
As a young beginning hero, Pride is very much wet behind the ears. Although he shows great promise and is very resourceful, he is ultimately a rookie, and he is prone to making mistakes and lapses in judgement that more experienced heroes no longer make.
Having enhanced senses isn't always a good thing. While he is able to use his senses to great effect, he can also be incapacitated, dazed or hurt by them, and he is more susceptible to certain loud noises and frequencies, as well as powerful and overwhelming scents.
