Ray "Geo" Kessler

[Ray "Geo" Kessler]

RAY ALDAN KESSLER
GEO

Name;; Raymond Aldan Kessler III
Alias;; Ray, Kessler, Geo
Age;; 22
Race;; Mutant
Alignment;; Good
Affiliation;; Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Mutants

Gender;; Male
Height;; 6'2"
Weight;; 170 lbs.
Eyes;; Brown
Hair;; Dark Brown
Skin;; Olive
Other Distinguishing Features;; None.

Personality;; Geo is a naturally quiet and stoic person. While he will open up to close friends and family, it takes time to earn his complete trust and he will keep himself closed off from anyone who he views as stupid or not worth his time. Despite this, he is very open-minded and will give anyone the chance to be his friend. He can be slightly judgmental at times, though usually of those those who make it a point to judge others for their beliefs, practices, or lifestyles. Geo is also very emotionally stable. It takes a long time for him to become truly enraged or depressed, though when he reaches a breaking point, his emotions are greater than normal. He usually prefers to go with the flow of life and let things happen as they come, though he tends to remain emotionally affected by times of sadness or discomfort. He is also incredibly loyal to those he calls friends, and will go to great lengths to help or protect them.
Power(s);;

• GEOKINESIS: Geo is a mutant with the ability to psychokinetically manipulate, control, levitate, and reshape the element of earth, including sand, stone, rock, lava, and dirt. He can shape the earth into any object of his choose, limited only by the extent of his imagination and continuous contact with or proximity to some form of the earth. He is also able to create minor earthquakes and transform the consistency of rock, such as turning coal into diamond.
  
• SEISMIC SENSE: Geo is able to see shifts in the seismic and vibrations waves of any earth around him. He has also been known to use this ability to determine if a being is nearby, due to the vibrations that pass through the earth when they move. Because of this ability, he has heightened danger intuition, and is able to see in complete darkness. He can detect underground caverns or other cavities and possesses enhanced spatial awareness.
  
• ORGANIC ROCKFORM: Geo also has the ability to cover his entire body with an organic rock-like substance. Geo can remain in rockform so long as he is conscious, but if he is knocked unconscious, he will revert back to his human form. Geo cannot partially or selectively transform into rockform; his body is either entirely converted or not. While in rockform, Geo loses some of his mobility, though other factors are enhanced.
  

• PSYCHOKINETIC STASIS: While in his rockform, Geo's biological systems are placed in a psychokinetic stasis. His organs do not need to function in order for him to maintain a sustained consciousness and his body will not age so long as he maintains this form.
  
• SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH: While in his rockform, Geo possesses a superhuman strength. He is able to lift up to 5 tons.
  
• SUPERHUMAN DURABILITY: While in his rockform, Geo possesses a superhuman durability. He is able to withstand ballistic penetration from small caliber weapons, and is immune to knives and select bladed weapons. Should his rockform be penetrated or chipped, Geo is able to shed and reapply the form in order to heal the damage. In addition, while Geo maintains rockform, he does not need to breathe, and can survive in areas with little to no oxygen. He can also survive at extreme temperatures for up to a week.
  
• LIMITED TELEPATHIC IMMUNITY: While in his rockform, Geo's mind is difficult to penetrate by lower-level telepaths. A powerful telepath, however, would be able to enter his mind with no difficulty.

• TUNNELING: Geo is able to merge his body with any form of earth beneath his feat and tunnel through the ground, allowing him increased movement speed. While tunneling, Geo's body becomes a semi-liquid substance that is highly viscous, similar to some substances found within the earth. Geo is able to tunnel uninterrupted as long as he remains in contact with some form of natural earth or mineral. He is also able to tunnel beneath the ocean floor.
• SEISMOKINESIS: Geo possesses a secondary mutation that allows him to manipulate the Earth's natural seismic waves. He is able to direct the waves into large or small concentrated areas, generating powerful vibrations that allow him to shatter certain objects, repulse his enemies, or cause bodily discomfort. He is also able to channel the seismic waves into his physical self, enhancing his combat abilities to a minor degree.

Goals;; Geo's primary goal is to learn the full extent of his powers. He also wishes to one day become a member of the X-Men, and to lead his own team against the Brotherhood or other threats.
Fears;; Geo's most prevalent fear is uncertainty. He greatly dislikes looking at a bleak future, and would prefer to be certain of events to come rather than be uncertain. He also fears the loss of control of his powers. He would not want to be the cause of a massive earthquake, or volcanic eruption that kills thousands. Geo also has a minor fear of both demonic entities and the idea of a nuclear apocalypse.
Hobbies;; Geo enjoys watching movies, playing video games, cooking, practicing martial arts, and reading in his spare time. He also likes to spend time with his small group of close friends.
Strengths;; In addition to his mutant powers, Geo is skilled in a number of other abilities.

• SKILLED CHEF: Geo is a skilled chef, learning the finer arts of cooking from his father and while working in a kitchen at a local restaurant. He prefers French and Cajun style cooking.
  
• SKILLED MARTIAL ARTIST: Geo is an experienced martial artist. He holds a black belt in Shotokan-ryu karate, and has some years of training in the Tai Sheng Pek Kwar, Five Animal, and Than Vo Dao styles of kung fu.
  
• LINGUIST: Geo is able to speak German, with at least some degree of fluency. He is also able to read and write Latin and Ancient Greek.
  
• PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE: Geo has a decent knowledge of Asian philosophy, notably Chinese and Taoist thought.
  
• STRENGTH LEVEL: In his human form, Geo possesses the strength of a normal adult male who engages in regular extensive exercise. In his rockform, Geo is able to lift up to 5 tons.
  

Weaknesses;; Geo is slower and less mobile while in his rockform, and is vulnerable to highly focused shockwaves or sonic blasts. If Geo is not in direct proximity to some form of earth, his geokinetic abilities are severely dampened. While in his human form, Geo has the same weaknesses as a normal adult male.

Family;; Geo was adopted as a baby, and does not know his birth parents.

• Raymond Aldan Kessler I (adoptive paternal grandfather)
  
• Meagan Kessler (adoptive paternal grandmother)
  
• Raymond Aldan Kessler II (adoptive father)
  
• Eustace McMeniman (adoptive maternal grandfather)
  
• Noelle McMeniman (adoptive maternal grandmother)
  
• Kendra McMeniman-Kessler (adoptive mother)
  
• Christiana Kessler (adoptive sister)
  

History;; Raymond Aldan Kessler III was born on December 10, 1988 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and adopted on December 13, three days later, by ballet dancer Raymond Kessler II and his wife and fellow dancer, Kendra Kessler. He was taken home to their house in Pennsauken, New Jersey where he lived for a short while before moving to a small suburb outside of Philadelphia, when Ray's father became Artistic Director of the Pennsylvania Ballet.

Ray moved to a quaint house in a larger neighboring suburb when he was five where his parents enrolled him in a small Catholic school kindergarten class. Ray attended the same Catholic school for all of grade school, and remained in the same class of students throughout the eight years.

When Ray was 9, his parents adopted a 3-year-old girl from Romania named Christiana. Ray developed a decent relationship with his sister, though the age difference and the growing feeling that he was somehow "different" made it difficult for Ray to form a full-fledged bond.

Ray's parent's relationship began to falter when he was still in grade school, and when Ray was 14 his parents separated. His father moved to a local apartment tower, and Ray remained at home with his mother while seeing his father on the weekends. Some months later, his parents formally divorced.

Eventually, Ray's mother began to talk bad about her ex-husband in front of Ray, and he grew to resent his mother. He began to stand up to his mother when she would attempt to poison him against his father. She would often become defensive when Ray would try to explain that it is not just his father's fault, and would lock herself in her bedroom, leaving Ray alone.

Ray would retreat to his room and remain there for some time. As time went on, Ray began to feel more comfortable when he would retreat to a rocky and forested ravine near his house. His mother would often yell for him, but Ray would wait to answer, as home meant more arguments.

Ray's mutant abilities fully presented themselves during one of he and his mother's heated arguments about their life situation. As Ray would usually remain in a calm state during the arguments, his mother would increase her aggravation and berate Ray needlessly. During this particular argument, he was severely berated and feeling without any sort of protection, he retreated inward and soon his form was covered in an organic rocklike substance. Following that, he ran to the ravine where he uncontrollably reshaped and moved the rocks.

Kendra was raised in an extremely religious home, and she attempted to have Ray inspected by a priest, fearing demons, but Ray's father intervened. Claiming that their son was special and like the "mutants" on the news, Ray was taken by his father to live with him.

Over the next year of living with his father, Ray learned to be very careful with his powers, as he was not entirely sure the extent of his abilities. He learned he possessed the ability to control rocks and the earth, and his rocky form gave him enhanced strength.

Just a few months shy of Ray's 16th birthday, Ray's father told him that he had learned of a special school in Westchester, New York for people like him ran by a man named Charles Xavier. Ray's father explained that it was best for Ray if he were able to learn how to truly control his powers and be around others like him. Ray agreed and was taken to Xavier's School For Higher Learning.

When Ray first arrived at the school, he was at first overwhelmed by the amount of others like him, though he soon became comfortable and slowly began to acclimate to the new environment. He remained fairly closed off, however, and preferred to keep himself or be with a small group of fellow students. Ray noticed many students had chosen nicknames for themselves that reflected their powers, and Ray settled on the simple name "Geo".

Ray excelled in many of his classes, and learned much about the mutant community, the famous X-Men, and the infamous Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Ray became invigorated by the thought of becoming an X-Men, and made it a personal goal to one day join the team.

Though Ray was not as open as some of the other students, he was always liked by many of the students, as he was quiet and friendly. Many of his teachers took a liking to him, and Ray liked his professors equally. Over time, he became especially close with a mutant girl with the power of biological mimicry named Victoria Daugherty, or Mirror as she often introduced herself. The bond that formed became nothing short of unbreakable.

Eventually, Ray was chosen to join a team of students that would act in a similar capacity to the X-Men, though on a much smaller scale. Ray was teamed with an empath named Katrina Richards, also known as Black Rose, a shadowmancer named Kole Hannigan, also known as Shade, and an emotional energy converter named Angel Sawyer, also called Sin. The X-Man known as Gambit was chosen as their faculty mentor. Despite being forced to work with them, Ray has grown to like their company and, with the encouragement of their mentor Gambit, has slowly begun to open up to his team members.