Evan Tate

Background The Queen's Cove pack has been living on the land for longer than anyone can remember. They were there in the time of the Native Americans, and they welcomed the Norsemen from across the sea when they came. When other settlers came, the pack allowed them in, too. They learned, they adapted, and in time, they even acquired title deeds, water rights, and all other forms of legal ownership over the land they had always cared for. And time passed. Eventually, the Tate family became members of the pack. In the late 20th Century, Luke Tate became the pack alpha, assuming leadership. His only daughter, Olivia, grew up among them and then left to seek her fortunes. She returns, pregnant, and gave birth on pack land to a son, whom she named Evan Lucas. Then she left again, and she was never seen again. The boy grew strong under his grandfather's care for some ten years, and then his father came for him. His father was one of many men in history to use the name "Magnus" — perhaps a showy affectation, but it kept away questions of his identity. Magnus took young Evan and vanished with him from all knowledge. If any of the pack knew where, it was only old Luke, who said nothing about it. However, only a few years later, Evan returned. Magnus did not. No one heard from Magnus again, and Evan returned to his place in the back, eventually becoming a respected member, even a leader among them. During his time away, Evan had traveled farther than any could guess — and for far longer. He returned looking like a man of twenty, but in truth he could not say how long he had been away. His father, a sorcerer of great power, had armed Evan with the greatest of gifts — knowledge — by allowing him to grow up in dozens upon dozens of different lives, courts, lands. Each time, Evan grew from a small boy to a man, and each time he retained the knowledge of where he had been, what he had seen. So, when Magnus returned Evan home and vanished, having done his fatherly duty, the boy was, in many ways, now a man of twenty. He had simply lived that experience in so many different ways over so many different instances, they had all blurred together into an extremely diverse and eclectic childhood. They taught him, past even the darkest of things, that above all else he valued loved, compassion, loyalty, and peace. And it is to these things he has dedicated his life. Relationships Member of the Luna's Cove Pack. Grandson of pack elder Luke Tate. Dating Colt Bradford.

Evan Lucas Tate Portrayed By Justin Zabinski Gender Male Date of Birth Sept 23 Age Appears 20s Zodiac Sign Virgo/Libra Place of Birth Queens Cove, Maine Current Location Sangria Occupation Naturalist, pack member Known Relatives Luke Tate (Grandfather) Significant Other Colt Bradford Class Werewolf Affiliation Luna's Cove Pack

Info Powers Shapeshifting As a lycanthrope, Evan is capable of shifting into other forms. His baseline form is human, but he can also take several other forms: 1. A somewhat larger and more powerful man-wolf, granting him heightened senses, fangs, and claws; 2. A large wolf with pale, golden fur, granting him increased speed and all of the natural abilities of a wolf; 3. An oversized direwolf with rich golden fur, as large as a mid-sized horse, with all the abilities of a wolf plus significantly increased strength and speed; 4. The full "wolf-man" form, an anthropomorphic shape roughly the size of a great grizzly bear that has the fur, claws, teeth, head, tail, and rear feet of a wolf but with humanoid frame and hands, granting him vastly increased strength, increased speed, heightened senses, and extreme resilience to damage. Using life magic, he can also assume other shapes, though these require more of an effort to maintain, allowing him to take the form of any animal or mythical non-humanoid creature so long as he can maintain his concentration. Spirit Magic Using spiritual magic, Evan can understand, speak, read, and write any human language; he can cast "wards" over areas to prevent spirits (including psychic beings/forms and those from the Otherworlds) from crossing over; he can stare down any foe, catching the attention of the strong-willed or cause the weak-willed to flee; he can sense sources of mystic power; he can unseal nearly any barrier or lock; he can open gates, paths, or ways into Otherworlds and travel them unerringly; he can send his thoughts to others, communicating telepathically, and shield his mind from mental invasion; and his strongest ability in this area is to mimic any power he sees another using, though only for a short time afterward, and this power cannot be reproduced again later unless he mimics them again. Elemental Magic Using elemental magic, Evan can (usually temporarily) reshape once-living matter into another form; he can temporarily disrupt technology, rendering it useless; he is unharmed by fire and can summon a ghostly flame around his body that protects him from harm and deflects many attacks; he can burrow underground to be healed by the earth or make any spot a peaceful place to sleep; and his strongest ability in this area is to use fire to burn away any taint from a source, including mystic stains or physical pollution, but there is a danger of consuming the target that is to be cleansed if it is too far gone, and some things may be beyond this power. Life Magic Using life magic, Evan can sense the health and condition of others; he can communicate with animals and command those of lesser mind; he can move with great speed through natural terrain, unhindered by natural barriers; he heals quickly from wounds, and he can lay his hands on others to extend his healing powers over them, able to dispel pain and undo damage (and with the right ritual, cure most ailments as well); his regenerative powers allow him to recover from aging, so he remains in his prime; and his strongest ability in this area is to command the natural world around him, causing even the plants and trees to rise up and give aid or defense when needed, such as awakening a whole forest to defend against invaders. Skills Naturalism Evan is a skilled survivalist, tracker, hunter, woodsman, and herbalist. Despite a lack of conventional schooling, he also knows a great deal about practical botany and biology, spending much of his time tending to the woods and its creatures. Physique Evan is a skilled athlete in all respects, though in an all-purpose way rather than being trained for any specific game or sport. He has excellent agility, reflexes, strength, and stamina. He has also been trained in various forms of combat, including the use of various weapons, though he vastly favors unarmed combat or simple weapons to modern technology. Lore While Evan's traditional education is a modest one, he is deeply schooled in the lore of his people, as well as many other ancient and mystic traditions. He knows much of the ways of many other supernatural creatures, and he has learned magics or skills from many of them, especially paths of spiritualism. Flaws Peaceful While Evan does not regard this as a flaw, to many it might seem one. He has seen the ways of the creatures of many worlds, and he now holds peace as the highest ideal. He will always act to preserve and protect before anything else. This goes so far as that Evan will do anything he can to avoid taking a life, even placing himself at risk. Vegetarian Evan is a vegetarian, and while this does not seem a "flaw" to him, it is a difficult thing in a culture where hunting and eating meat is seen as a high ideal. This causes him some awkwardness wit the pack's more extreme members, and it does sometimes pose minor social issues. In addition, he has had to learn to control his hunter's instincts, which are particularly strong in wolf-form. Silver Many werewolves, including the sort Evan is, are vulnerable to silver. It burns their skin, causing them great pain on contact, and it is much harder for them to heal wounds inflicted by silver. Evan's magics offer him some ability to deflect and avoid silver, but if it wounds him, he will take great harm from it and must endure a slow, painful recovery. Resources The Pack The Luna's Cove pack has lived in the woods near what is now Queens Cove for centuries. Originally an offshoot of a Native American tribe, they became quite the melting pot after Norse explorers began interbreeding with pack members, and now they accept anyone into their ranks—as long as that person is wolf-blooded and respects the land. Wealth Evan's family is not exceedingly rich, but they have sufficient resources to live their lives in simple comfort and maintain ownership of the land trust that contains most of their ancestral lands in the woods near Queens Cove. Pack Rank Evan is the grandson of the current pack alpha, widely favored to take up leadership when the old man finally passes on. As such, Evan has a lot of influence in the pack and can often call upon them in times of need. Technolgy Personal Effects Evan owns a variety of fairly typical personal effects, including an electric jeep that somehow manages to still look like a decades-old rustbucket despite running on the cleanest, most efficient technology available.

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