Post by Rayne Campbell on Mar 17, 2010 18:37:53 GMT -5
Shawn Johessman
Full Name: Shawn Isaiah Johessman
Age: 46
Civilian or Special: Special
Currently Located: Atlanta, Georgia
Affiliated with: Villain
Celebrity Claim: Carter, Shawn (bka Jay-Z)
Relation to You: Childhood friend of Rayne's; also owns the hotel Rayne regularly performs at.
Personality: Shawn is generally easy-going and laid-back. He gets along with others well, and is very charismatic. He is an excellent businessman- he knows when to schmooze and when to play things straight, and when to be brutally honest and when to lie. He applies these techniques in all aspects of his life, making him a very likable person.
However, there is a darker, more menacing side to Shawn. He is ruthless, and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. When pressured or pushed, he often responds violently. He is imaginative, which is a helpful trait in his daily life, but it also causes him to create wild, over-the-top scenarios in his mind- he is not quite paranoid, he is just very inventive when it comes to possibilities.
Shawn suffers from borderline personality disorder, and has trouble finding a middle ground on most issues. He also has trouble expressing his thoughts and emotions to others.
Appearance: Shawn is over six feet tall and is very slender. His skin is a very dark shade of brown. His face is long and oval-shaped; his features are very pronounced. His eyes are also dark brown. He is usually seen wearing black suits, especially during the business day and at events. When he dresses down, he chooses slacks and sweaters, or polo shirts, depending on the weather. He walks with a slight limp, and occasionally has to use a cane.Abilities: Circumspect / Acute Foresight
Circumspect: Shawn is able to psychically refract light, then adjust his eyes to produce a 360-degree panoramic view. When he uses this ability, he has zero blind spots; he can see everything immediately around him all at once. This ability is not passive- he can actively control it. Additionally, when it is in use, his appearance does not change; his eyes look perfectly normal and still move and blink normally.
Acute Foresight: In much the same way that he can see around himself, Shawn can also view visions of the future. The content of these visions are based on psychic skill as much as they are on Shawn's perception. He usually sees the visions exactly as they will happen, but sometimes they are shrouded in symbolism. To say that this ability is "passive" is understating it: at present, Shawn has no control over the visions at all.
Limits: Circumspect- Shawn does not have any other forms of superhuman vision. He can produce panoramas in the dark, but they do not help him see any better, only help him see around himself. He cannot see around walls or beyond ceilings or floors, and the range of his eyesight is no greater than that of his normal sight. Additionally, the ability does not make his sight any better- he has good eyesight, but using the ability does not make objects seem any clearer to him.
Acute Foresight- As noted above, Shawn has no control over his visions, and even if he does learn to control when they occur, they will always occur as brief flashes. Additionally, his visions are imperfect, as they are occasionally influenced by his personal bias. Finally, due to the way this ability manifested, it does cause brief blackouts, even when not in active use, and strenuous use of the ability would result in an extended (or permanent) loss of consciousness.
History: Shawn was born and raised just south of Atlanta, Georgia, in a suburban city named Acacia. His parents were good friends of the Campbells', who occasionally returned to Acacia to visit them. Unfortunately, as Atlanta developed, Acacia devolved into a very dangerous area, rife with gang violence and crime, and Shawn soon found himself in the middle of it.
Shawn quickly rose to the top of the largest gang in Acacia, and during high school, he was pursued both by the local police and by other gang lords. He discovered his ability in school when he was sixteen years old, but did not find a use for it until he was shot at by a rival. He was able to see the gunmen coming, but could not dodge them fast enough. The injuries he sustained to his spine left him unable to walk for two years; he still walks with a limp on his left leg. Since the shooting, he has continued to perfect his ability.
After high school, Shawn attended college in Atlanta, and earned degrees in music and business administration. While in college, he opened a record label, which started as a local label but soon grew international. As a college junior, he married his childhood best friend, Rayleigh Johnsen. At present, they have seven children, two of which are the adopted children of Shawn's deceased cousin. Shawn's label, Acacia Heights Records, has become an entertainment conglomerate, with businesses across the world, which Shawn uses as a front for other, less legal ventures, including weapons exports and drug trafficking. He is well-known in the business world, both for his managing skills and his unpredictable personality.
In late June, at his anniversary dinner, Shawn was shot in the chest by hitwoman Jade Alastair. He was revived by his children Dakari and Shawn II, who used their abilities to remove the bullet and reverse the damage caused, respectively. However, for the few minutes between being shot and being revived, Shawn was technically dead. During this brief period, Shawn imagined, dreamed, or hallucinated that he was shown and taught about the immediate future, primarily how his family would be affected by the upcoming turns of events. Because he did not have any other visions for several months following this incident, he did not immediately realize that it was the manifestation of a second ability. The vision, like the ones that would follow it, have made him aware of upcoming events and how they will unfold.
