Idaman
Animal: Turtle
Mutation: Deliberate Experimentation by Biological Research Facility
Background: Rescued from organization and adopted by a friendly researcher at a young age. Raised while continuously being hunted by organization. Character distrusts humans but knows there are some good humans who deserve help and friendship.
IQ = 13
ME = 14
MA = 14
PS = 10
PP = 10
PE = 5
PB = 5
SPD = 10
Name: Magellan Chalmers
Age: 16
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 155 lbs.
Even before he was born, Magellan carried the hopes and expectations of his many parents on his tiny shell. The executives at Multi-Corp., the firm that financed his development, wanted to exploit him as a living weapon--or, failing that, as the forerunner of a new subspecies that could be genetically programmed and trained to serve human masters. The scientists who grew him from a mutated turtle embryo wanted to study him, to use the secrets locked in his DNA to bring about revolutionary developments in the fields of biomedical technology, gene therapy, cosmetics, and tissue replacement. Doctor John Ferdinand, the aging geneticist who led the Magellan team, only wanted one thing: a son. And from the moment when, five months after hatching, Magellan looked into Doctor Ferdinand's eyes and called him "Daddy," that's exactly what he became.
Soon thereafter, Ferdinand contacted the Oppenheimer Network, an underground coalition of radical scientists, peace advocates, and animal rights supporters dedicated to preventing the unethical use of scientific research, and brokered a deal: he would extract Magellan from Multi-Corp.'s secure labs and the ON would provide them with a safehouse where he could raise Magellan in secret. However, during the breakout, Multi-Corp. agents shot Dr. Ferdinand before he reached the perimeter fence, leaving Magellan in the care of Ferdinand's ON contact, a freedom fighter and flower child named Sondra Chalmers. For the next fifteen years, Chalmers protected Magellan from Multi-Corp.'s nefarious agents, who were often willing to go to deadly lengths to retrieve their runaway experiment, and raised him as her own. Due to his mother's teachings, he became something of a Luddite, constantly wary of the dangers that new technology holds for the world and distrustful of those who would capitalize on it. To this end, he and his mother still work with the ON to prevent the technocratic powers that be from developing new super-weapons, raiding research facilities, kidnapping scientists, and using other guerrilla tactics in their struggle.
