Hope Burns Bright

Meanwhile...

2011-03-07T05:09:18Z

Elsewhere in the universe, a darkness is brewing. A consciousness that should not be allowed in the universe is gathering her forces and slowly wriggling her tentacles of influence into pies across the cosmos. Lady Styx is stirring.

Already she has sent out her Darkstars. The wandering zombie-like missionaries have been drumming up followers for her among the weak willed of the universe for a while now. Oa never noticed with their heads up their own asses. Now her long-term plan is starting to come to fruition, and a good fortune she had never expected has come to pass.

* My Lady. * said the Darkstar, reporting back to Styx as he had been ordered to do. * Oa refuses the power of their fellow spectrum members. Oa has let its ego make it weak. *

* Good. Find out more. In the meantime, bring me more flesh. * she replies. Yes. Now is the time for her to make her move, to collect the flesh of her followers and start the reformation process.

Lady Styx can almost taste the blood on her teeth, already.

Space.. That stuff in between planets that freaks Josh the heck out.

2011-03-04T02:25:44Z

Morning comes to Odym, and Avalon greets it with bleery eyes. For once, his morning ritual brings no solace. Today is the day he leaves for Naltor and sector 5. Today is the day his life has to change if he likes it or not. He raises up into the air and recharges his ring with little pleasure. He's just going through the motions right now, and despite his best efforts to not be so disrespectful to his Corp, he can't get into it. Not today.

Later on he will start his long flight to Naltor, although his heart will be back on a familiar green and blue planet in sector 2814. He also worries that his partner might say something he might later come to regret, but Avalon has no control over whatever might happen on Oa. Or what hell Henry is going to cause. Way down deep in his heart, Avalon hopes that they don't have any idea what hit them.

The Beginning of the End..

2010-11-29T21:30:29Z

There is no way that Avalon could know what the future holds. Not for sure anyway. Unlike most of the inhabitants of his homeworld, he is not precognitive, and even though his mother is, she would only tell him so much before refusing to reveal more of the future to her son.

In the past this had caused much trouble between Avalon and his friends - Henry put no stock in these visions, and in the near Earth year that they have been partner, Avalon has come to accept this about him. Humans preferred to make their own fate, and he learned quickly to keep his faith in his mother's visions to himself. While Avalon could find many things to respect in the desire to make one's own fate, there were still many things about his future that he simply can not help but hold sacred. Still, surprises happen.

This day, Avalon is found laying on his bed, an iPad-like device in his lap as he pokes at it. The device is a tiny bit of alien technology from Naltor, a reading pad that his parents gifted to him when Henry, Josh and he became men on Starhaven. Understanding their son's inability to read, Avalon's parents had filled the device's memory with reading resources to help him learn. Ever since returning home, Avalon has studied on the pad diligently.

He is surprised from his studies by a call from Odym, his ring pulsing to life on hi middle right finger. For a moment, Avalon gives it a few blinks and then sits up, his expression turning to one of concern. Odym hasn't called in a long time, and they tend to not call unless something big or bad is going on.

*Brother Avalon. How do you fare these days in 2814?* asked Sayd herself.

Avalon blinks, shocked to hear from Sayd - usually his contact with the Blues tends to be through his mentor, Sister Sercy. For Sayd to contact him directly, it must be quite important.

*Greetings Honored Sayd. I do well in 2814. Life has been surprisingly enjoyable, it's almost like a dream come true.* Avalon replied, his expression puzzled.

*I am glad to hear that you are so happy, Brother.* replies the Guardian, though something is odd in her tone, though Avalon can not put his finger on it. *The reason for my disturbance is that I must ask that you report back to Odym within the next three days. We have Blue Lantern matters to discuss and they are best done face to face.* she then goes on to explain.

Grinning, Avalon can't help but be thrilled - for months now he has wanted an excuse to take Henry (and perhaps Josh) to see the beauty that is Odym. *Gladly Guardian. I will be there in three days.* he agrees.

Nobody but Avalon is Home

2010-08-08T18:59:47Z

Henry and Josh are out doing whatever it is they had decided to do, and Avalon was at home alone. Really he didn't mind some alone time, it gave him a chance to get himself together and wash some clothes and other mundane things that needed to be done. Even heroes need clean clothes.

Since he is alone, Avalon takes the time to practice his dance a bit. He's not done any classes for all of the summer and is worried of being rusty, and so he works on it. In fact, he's in the middle of the living room, the furniture pushed carefully out of the way as he works on his pointe. He needs to strengthen his legs and ankles, and so is carefully prancing about on his toes, turning slow pirouettes and working from going from flat to pointe.

He's so busy working that time passes quickly, melting away for the blond teen.

After the rescue....

2010-07-16T21:30:03Z

After getting back home to Earth, things were touch and go fro Avalon. For the first week or so he had trouble sleeping - he was afraid to sleep, and would often end up crawling into bed with Josh or Henry in the middle of the night. Only then would he sleep, if at all. There were other signs of trauma that were hard to see with the naked eye - small enclosed spaces like the bathroom or even a car would cause him anxiety. He took to showering when no one else was about so that he could leave the door open. He also seemed quite unwilling to let his wings out, and actually had to be convinced it was okay to bring them out of the pocket realm he kept them in. Only Henry and Josh were allowed to see or touch them, and even then he was anxious and twitchy.

As June passed into July though, things have started to slow down, and Avalon seems to be adjusting better. About a week or so ago, he started flying again, although he wouldn't admit that he was afraid to before. Not because he didn't trust Josh's healing abilities, but because he was just that frightened of.. something he couldn't name. All of the fear and anxiety though were weathered through with a certain grimness that neither boy has seen in Avalon before. It's probably been easy for them to imagine that this is who Avalon was, long ago, when he was leading armies. He's been serious to a fault and quiet and observant. It's only at night when forced to be alone that his anxiety has come out. There have been few tears, few fits of worry. Just grim quiet that is in some ways harder to see the usually gregarious alien exhibit.

Now that July is in it's second week though, things seem.. almost normal. Avalon's trauma is all but gone, and he's actually taken to letting his wings out for short amounts of time. hes' very protective of them, and seems to almost obsessively groom the feathers, plucking any that are anything but perfect out in an old habit that comes from war. He's still on edge most of the time, but at least he's started to smile more and sleep better. He's not ended up in someone else's bed every night of the week, and he's managed to go flying almost every day for a short amount of time. He's getting better and that's the important thing.

It's Friday, and the boys have had a lazy day to themselves - Hal is off saving the universe again, leaving them to be alone and to not worry about appearances. Avalon actually sits in the middle of Henry's bed, a picture book of Earthling animals in his lap as he suns himself through one of the last afternoon sunbeams coming in Henry's window. he even has his wings out, the silvery feathers carefully arraigned around himself.

How to Change the Course of a World Pt 1

2010-07-08T02:40:04Z

"Fly.. just a little bit higher..” Avalon said to himself, pushing his muscles farther to greater height. It was the eve of his fifteenth birthday, and he knew that this might have very well have been his last chance to taste the sky that he loved so well. He was already winded and close to exhaustion, but he kept flying. In some ways he was trying to push himself to the limit where he might fall from the sky and tumble to the earth below.

In the morning he knew what would occur - what occurred on the fiftieth day of birth for every slave on Naltor. On that day, he would be called a man and he would be taken from his parents to be sold to a new owner. Whatever his fate on that day was, he had no way of knowing. In many ways it frightened Avalon. He had never taken a lover, he had never even spent a single night away from his parents in all of his life. His greatest fear however was that his wings would be chopped off by some malevolent new master and he would never taste the wind again.

His old master was waiting when he finally came back to the farm, his expression thunderous. Avalon knew that he would be beaten for his insolence, for daring to fly when he had been told not to. This night, he didn’t even feel the strikes of the man’s switch on the back of his spine and thighs. He was already too numb.

The next morning passed as a blur. Avona, Avalon’s mother, was heartbroken and crying, and Avalon found himself tending to his mother’s hurt emotions more than his own fear. “I will be fine, mother..” he whispered into her hair as he hugged her tightly.

“I worry for you.. I know that I shall see you again, but I still do not wish to see you go.” she sniffled, blue eyes looking into Avalon’s own that were the color of the ocean.

Avalon’s father Sunsinger was no where to be found, though he would find out much later that the big man had been taken away earlier that morning to keep from being an issue when the guards came. And come they did. Eventually they arrived, armed even though they would not need it. Avalon met them outside his family home, head held high and spine straight.

Avalon’s old owner couldn’t wait to be rid of the troublesome boy. The only reason he had not beat the winged half-alien more the night before was his simple beauty - he was worth more without bruises and his lovely silver wings intact. That didn’t stop him from being sure to relish the smell of burning flesh as he administered the mark of the slave himself on the right side of the boy’s throat. Every adult slave wore that mark, and it was with a passing amount of cruelty that he made sure that Avalon’s brand was particularly deep and heavy.

Avalon weathered the branding with as little signs of pain as possible. He couldn’t stop his eyes from filling with tears, but he was careful to not let them fall. Even though it hurt terribly, he reminded himself silently to hold onto his Hope that things could only get better. He made himself Hope that he would eventually see his parents again, even though that seemed impossible.

The man was saying something, but Avalon did not listen, he did not look at him, or even acknowledge his presence. Despite the pain and how difficult it was for him to do so, Avalon bid his mother a quiet and regal goodbye, and then walked away with the guards upon his own power.

The trip to the selling yards went like a blur for the boy, and even though he was almost delirious with pain, he did not let it show. Thankfully he was rather docile, and so the guards and other agents of the selling yards did not find it necessary to beat him further. He was taken straight to the infirmary however, for his brand would not stop bleeding, and lavender blood streaked down his shoulder and chest. By the time he was lead to a bed, Avalon was dizzy though he still had not spoken.

“Oh son, look at you..” came a soft voice from somewhere to Avalon’s right. Swinging his head over and trying to focus bleary eyes at the person, Avalon was amazed to find himself looking into the face of a girl perhaps only a few years older than him.

“My name is Sa’fori..” she said, smiling a bit as she pressed her palm to her chest in a traditional Naltorian greeting. For the first time, Avalon found himself feeling the urge to speak, and he replied in a cracking voice, “I am Avalon..”

Sa’fori gently reached out, tilting his head to the side to examine his brand and clucked her tongue in sympathy. “You had a vengeful Master..” she commented to the boy, and then turned to fetch what she would need to clean him up. He was truly a mess, and she hated to see anyone in so much pain.

Avalon simply watched her, sometimes having trouble keeping his eyes focused upon her. She wore a brand exactly like his on the right side of her throat, though she didn’t seem to be any different than a normal Naltorian. He was instantly curious as to what had brought Sa’fori to the selling yards.

“Sometimes, others come in with brands as bad as this..” she commented as she worked, carefully cleaning the blistered and burned wound and wiping blood from his throat and shoulder. Avalon’s eyes simply followed her, his lips once more silent; there was little for him to say.

Quickly though, Avalon realized why Sa’fori was a slave like him - she wasn’t fully Naltorian. She tilted his head more to the side and then placed her palm directly over his brand, startling him a bit. She murmured a soft sound, and he gasped as he felt his skin starting to knit back together. The bleeding immediately stopped, and the swimmy dizzy feeling that made his head spin started to fade away.

Shocked, he looked up at her with wide eyes, but Sa’fori simply laughed softly and ruffled the boy’s hair. In some ways she felt sorry for him - he would not have an easy time at the brothel. Anyone whom was as attractive as the blond headed boy often burned up far too quickly at the brothel. She had seen it far too many times in the past.

“Don’t look quite so shocked,” she said with a gentle tone to Avalon. “I’m just glad that my skills keep me off the working floor.” She drew silent then, and Avalon’s empathy filled with Sa’fori’s emotions. She didn’t pity him, but she did feel sorry for him, although it was complex. He didn’t quite understand exactly why.

“Why do you feel sorry for me, Sa’fori?” Avalon asked softly, his voice barely above a whisper.

The girl hesitated, her words on the tip of her tongue. It took a moment of silent encouragement from Avalon, his hand reaching out to grasp her own and squeeze, before her words finally tumbled out.

“This is not a happy place, and you must protect yourself.” she said quietly. “You must not let it break you, and you must not let them take your spirit from you. Protect your heart, Avalon. Never give up hope that one day you will be free - even if that freedom comes with death.”

Dream a little dream

2010-06-29T21:15:37Z

Agent Orange Recon Mission

To sleep, perchance to dream

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Somewhere in Josh's dreams

Rescuing Avalon
(which takes place after this thread)

Time is running out it seems, and if things do not happen soon, great ill may befall more that just the missing Naltorian. Will our heroes find a way to reach the Dreamtime? Or will this be the end?

Fun worth waiting for...

2010-05-13T04:19:14Z

Avalon is excited. Since opening up to Henry and Josh and getting their opinion on him going to a special ballet school, he's thrown himself into the classes with gusto. Really the guys don't even see him around nearly as much as they used to - he's always either at dance or school or doing homework or crashed out. At least he's deliriously happy though and has been nothing but bouncy every day from the moment he wakes up till the moment he passes out from sheer exhaustion early every evening.

Now, usually he wouldn't be so rude as to impose something as dorky (and not exciting, he recognizes this) as his ballet on Henry and Josh. But.. There is a special performance of George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream and none other than Alessandra Ferri is dancing the part of Titania. (Of course the guys didn't know who she was - which was okay, Avalon didn't expect them to.)

Avalon doesn't really spend his weekly allowance at all. There aren't many things he wants for, and after he bought what dance stuff he needed, the rest just went into a coffee can for later. Well. Now it was later. Given that the performance is in New York, Ava makes sure to invite Scott Rayner-West, and then went and got four tickets for the guys.

They are getting ready right now for the performance and will be leaving soon to go pick up Scott. Ava has managed to get them good seats. They're not the best, but they're pretty good, so that means that at the least they all wear something nice.

Flash-forward to a possible future - Summer 2020

2010-05-09T04:19:50Z

Things had gone from bad to worse in the general span of the universe. Malicor, with a Lantern Ring on every finger, had burned a swath of destruction through almost every sector of space. Now, he is converging on Earth, and all that stands between him and his goals is a multi-universal fleet of heroes.. including a certain group of Lanterns who aren't quite kids anymore.

The battle with Malicor hasn't been going well. Most weapons and other efforts are brushed away quite easily for Malicor. he is supremely more powerful than compared to what he might have dished out in 2010. Of course.. so are the trio of adult men who have grown up no doubt though the past ten years, each realizing his potential in their own unique ways.

Malicor has blasted past the defenses for Earth, and is coming up now on the heaviest hitters now that he is in the atmosphere. His goal is to reach the Earth's core and destroy it, thus destroying the whole planet. This has not been an easily won battle for him however, and now he's having to face the Guardians. Some of the space-side heroes have fallen back to ground level and stand

Avalon, for his part, has not gotten much bigger, but he has filled out and gained another few inches on his wingspan to make up for that additional mass. He has proven to be one of the more masterful users of his ring in recent Blue Lantern lore.. Of course what he would worry about that made him different as a young Lantern is what has proven to be his best strengths now as a seasoned Lantern. Even those used to battling against Blues found him hard to deal with. As usual he hangs back, letting the others lead so that he may support. He is now waiting for Malicor to get into position for their plan to be put into motion.

"Thou doth have no prayer!" Malicor cried, as he points a yellow-fingered ring at the heroes. "For soon thine world will be destroyed!"

Homework really sucks.

2010-04-18T23:31:26Z

Avalon hasn't been having the easiest time in school. In fact, it's gotten to the point where he's needed to accept help or get behind. The Sunday afternoon has been nice though - Hal took the day off and hung out with the kids around the house, and now he's up in his bedroom answering emails and surfing the web while the kids work on homework.

That is why Avalon's laying on his belly in the middle of Henry's bedroom floor, working on some math homework that has taken far too long if you asked him. They've already finished the History and the English - which was also really hard - but at least it's hit a point where Avalon doesn't need to have someone right next to him for every step of the way. Math is math is math no matter what planet you are on, after all.

Sighing, Avalon props his chin into his hand and looks to Henry as he says "I swear; my brain is about to melt out of my ears."

In the middle of the night...

2010-04-16T18:42:41Z

Avalon can't sleep. He's been bothered by some stuff, and he's been having a hard time recoiling it within his head. A lot of it has to do with Henry and the fact that Avalon knows that there is a certain amount of himself that Henry withholds form him. He can see it when Josh and Henry are together, and it's hard on him. In some ways, he wishes that he wasn't empathic and that he wasn't some weird alien and that he was just a normal kid from Earth.

Of course rationally he knows that everything happens for a reason, and if not for him then things back home on Naltor would be very different. It doesn't stop Avalon from wishing for those things. In fact, in the end, he finds tears falling from his eyes as he simply thinks about the things that he would never be able to get back in his life that others take for granted. School is an immediate example - even though Avalon hasn't mentioned it to anyone, it's been incredibly hard for him. He's had to study long into the night, buried under his blankets with a flashlight to even try and keep up.

Socially, Avalon knows that he has missed out on a lot. He's just too shy to try and make any friends, afraid of what eh would tell them, afraid to let anyone too close for fear that they will hate him if they find out he's an alien. Avalon has found a group to belong to now, with Josh and Katima and Henry, but he still feels like he's on the outside looking in when on his own at class.

Just about this point in his through process, Avalon can't take it anymore. With a sniffle he climbs up out of bed and takes the few steps across the room it takes for him to reach Josh, and with little preamble, slides in next to the other boy. All Avalon really wants is to be close to someone. Thank goodness for Josh.

After teens fly...

2010-04-16T04:34:47Z

Avalon slept late this morning in a quiet house - in fact he was rather amazed to wake up alone in his own bed without a Josh nearby. After a long shower and some breakfast, Ava goes and does homework for a while until eventually his head swims and he is unable to really think straight. Not wanting to leave the house with everyone off and away, he decides to go out to the back yard and practice dancing.

Dance is something that Avalon has never been able to do, before Earth. He would watch other dance and try, but his wings made it hard for him to move on land with such grace. It wasn't until he came to Earth and learned how to use constructs the way that Henry does, that he was ever able to seal his wings away and be able to simply move without being dragged down by them.

And so, Avalon looses track of time in the back yard working on his dance. He's somehow managed to get into an upper freshman dance class at school, but that doesn't mean that he knows what he's doing. He's been watching ballet videos and learning what he can from the internet, but it takes time. And he's a busy kid.

By the time anyone finds him, he's so far off in his own little world, he doesn't even notice them coming.

Oh the joys of vodka

2010-04-13T19:55:53Z

This takes place after this thread.

It is late, probably close to midnight when Avalon makes his way back into the house. Of course, he doesn't go anywhere near his own bedroom - oh no. Avalon was rather enjoying the fact that he was tipsy, and he didn't want to loose it thanks to the healer's good intentions.

The society that Avalon came from is in many ways much freer than the society he has jointed on Earth. Avalon has been a man for a little over three years, and a drink now or then isn't out of the question. He actually rather enjoys it. Of course, being 18 on Earth means that there is no alcohol usually available.. so he wants to relish his buzz while he's still got it.

So, instead of going to his room, he goes to Henry's room.

Seeing as Avalon is not all stupidly drunk, merely tipsy and perhaps giggly, he makes his way into Henry's room without much mishaps, and actually manages to get himself undressed and climbing onto the bed before he gives a soft little giggle.

"Heeeeeenry," he says softly, before he then slides in next to Henry's side, a silly grin on his face.

Touching Base

2010-04-11T00:05:02Z

After Alerron's crash near Coast City, Avalon has given his partner time to figure out what was going on. Henry has needed his own time, and Avalon understands this. He's fairly aware of the others in the house too, and so has kept himself back from Henry, letting Josh and Katima get their time. Of course that has meant he's had to weather through two bouts of sex one room over from himself, but it's not been all that bad. In fact, it's really nothing new, the only thing different is that Avalon cares for the parties involved. Try blocking out sex two bunks over in barracks.

None the less though, it has come time for him to find Henry and touch base. Avalon is only really comfortable letting a certain number of days pass without discussing everything, and it seems that this afternoon is a perfect time to do it. He goes in search of Henry, taking advantage of the quiet afternoon to grab a little bit of time with the other teen.

After the crash...

2010-04-08T22:05:42Z

Some time after the crash.

Avalon is not a happy camper. After cleaning up as much as he can, he goes in search of Lifeforce. He's lost track of where Katima and Alerron have gone off to, but in many ways that's for the best. Avalon is twitchy and tense - he doesn't have a good feeling about anything right now. The winds of change are blowing again.

"Hey.." he says softly as he alights down next to the other teen. "Get everyone patched up?"

Dancing.. for the sake of joy

2010-04-07T20:13:32Z

THis takes place in the afternoon after this thread.

Avalon has a home. That realization is one that brings him much joy, for he feels as if he finally has a place to be and people to belong to. That feeling has ben slow in coming - there were certainly a few rocks that he has had to get past.. but now that things have settled down, Avalon finds himself able to concentrate on other things.. Like hobbies and school.

It's later on in the evening, and the sun has set, but Avalon is out in the backyard. He has finished whatever homework he has due in the morning, and so now is a time for himself. Usually when at home, the teen leaves his wings out of their pocket dimension.. but tonight he has them stashed away for they would be in the way. Avalon has a laptop with him, and he is diligently watching videos off the internet and then trying to mimic what they are doing. He's giving himself a crash course in ballet, but luckily he seems to be picking it up in leaps and bounds.

When he is found, he is twirling with his hands above his head, his body arched and fluid, moving to the sound of a song that only he seems able to hear. He moves in time though, sweeping to the side and then reaching up, spine arched as he reaches his tip toes.

And then there were four...

2010-04-07T04:59:38Z

Four teens in a pile and what do they do? Smut of course!

Continued from here.

Settling in...

2010-04-06T21:26:35Z

This happens the day after Josh, Katima and Avalon's first day of school. This scene contains boys kissing and tasteful smut.

Avalon hurries home from school today because it is a special day - he and Josh get to set up their room.

Mister Jordan had been kind enough to get the boys some appropriate furniture ordered, and the twin beds and desks are being delivered right after school. It's a certain kind of excitement for Avalon, because he's starting to feel, somewhat, like a normal kid.

Avalon has never been a normal kid, and he's never had the joy of setting up his own room before. It's rather a special little pleasure for him, and every part of it has been savored. Plus, Avalon has never had the luxury of a best friend, and he's rather burning at the chance to exorcise that and gush at Josh about his time alone with Henry the night before.

Bursting into the house, Avalon takes the stairs two at a time till he gets up to their room and sets his bag down. It appears that the movers have just left, and even though the beds are in the room, it's going to take some moving of things around to get them all situated. Rushing from the room, he almost bowls himself over the banister as he grins down at Henry and Josh and says "They're already here!"

Like a kid at Christmas (come to mention it, he's never had a Christmas either,) Avalon sprints back into the room and flops down on the bed with a whump.

Aftermath - Hope restored

2010-03-31T19:39:55Z

This takes place after Amends and also contains pretty blond boy porn. You have been warned.

Avalon isn't sure what to do. He feels odd on Earth after having said goodbye, and it seems so.. unlike anything he's ever experienced to get this second chance. There are many people he has had to say goodbye to in his life that he never saw again; this was the first time that they had ever come back to him.

He's not completely sure how he feels about Henry's talk with everyone. He's asked for time to think, to figure out what he's feeling. Right now he needs time to sort out his emotions; for once, being empathic isn't helping. Being empathic did help him seek out who he felt he needed to see most right now though: Josh.

The backyard was Avalon's sanctuary in the past, and he was happy to wander out there in search of his friend. They hadn't had a moment alone since he returned, and this was the first time that Avalon has been able to try and catch Josh by himself. Barefoot and shirtless, Avalon wriggles his toes into the grass and then starts to check all the usual spots he knows that Josh likes to hide.

bluelantern @ 2010-02-03T05:51:00

2010-02-03T05:51:27Z

Player (nickname, handle)/ LJ: Blanche
Email: branchuchan@gmail.com
AIM: Branchuchan
Character Name: Avalon N'turi
Character LJ: bluelantern
Physical description: 5' 9" from head to toe, and he weighs about 150lbs. The willowy boy has a wingspan of 13' from flight feather to flight feather, and the wings themselves are an almost metallic sort of silver color. They appear bird-like, though the actual species of bird is indeterminable. Avalon's hair is dark and almost black at the roots, but then lightens to a wheat color naturally at the tips. His eyes are a bright china blue, and peer out at the world from under a mop of wheat-blond strands.
Age: Roughly 18-19 Earth years (time passes differently on Naltor)
Birthday: Avalon doesn't really have an Earth birthday to celebrate.
Codename: Blue Lantern Avalon or Brother Avalon
PB: Mitch Hewer
Abilities: Telepathic empathy: Allows Avalon to sense the emotions of others. Dream Walking: a variation on some of the Dreaming-linked powers that some Naltorians have. More or less, Avalon can visit those whom he knows within their dreams and give them messages or even just talk/interact with them. He is unable to visit someone unless he knows them well, and he is unable to "hurt" them while in their dreams. In all actuality, their dreams may be more dangerous to him than he is to it, especially if he were to visit someone during a nightmare or other violent dream. Avalon also is capable of flight upon his own power. Blue Lantern Powers.
Homeworld: Naltor, Sector 5
Weaknesses and flaws: A Blue Lantern ring will only allow its wearer protection from Space, translate languages, and the ability to fly without close proximity to a Green Lantern and a Green Lantern Ring to be able to access his full powers.
Character location/Home: YJLA
Alignment: Hero
Team: YJLA, though his ring can not fire without Henry closeby.
Relatives: Mother and Father are both still living. No siblings.
Backstory: From the day that Avalon was born, Naltor had been at war. The war though was not as one would expect; it was not fought with weapons but instead with fear. The precognition of the Naltor people made the evil spread, made it easy for the fear to replace all hope of escape. By the time Avalon had grown into teen-hood, the peoples of his planet were all but slaves under the rule of their own brothers and sisters. The only thing that separated them was caste.

In the future, Naltor would eradicate their caste system and move on to more forward-thinking ways. In Avalon's time though, any half breed (like him), any who bred with an alien or half breed, or any of the lower servant caste were considered nothing more than animals or slaves. This was all very hard for Avalon to grasp, even as a small child, because he could not understand the reasoning. Even though his parents were from different worlds, they had brought him to term and raised him out of their love for one another, and their love for him. From his earliest memories, Avalon was taught to always see the positive, instead of the negative, and to above all always Hope.

When Avalon had become a man (by his caste standards), he was nothing much more than 15 by Earthling years. He was taken from his parents, and forced to work in the mines of the planet for punishment for daring to spread his wings and fly one day. The pure injustice of it all caused him to very quietly start a revolt against all that the caste system stood for, and started using his nights to spread the message of hope and freedom among the miners around him. It was several months later that Avalon lead the revolt that was responsible for tipping the scales and starting an all-out race war upon Naltor. The caste system was failing.

This was a special sort of war though, for even though they were at odds, Avalon stressed to his peoples the importance of not taking life unless necessary. While force might be required for some situations, it was not for all. Avalon taught his followers to view their fellow Naltorian with hope for a better future for all, instead of judging someone by the circumstances of his birth. Even though life was lost, it was a minimal sacrifice for the greater good of peace and every life that was extinguished was given it's proper respect.

These actions lead the Blue Lanterns to turn their eyes upon him, and Sister Sercy of Sector 4 chose Avalon as her recruit from Sector 5. Avalon spent the required three days, making his decisions - and he accepted his eventual fate - whatever that might have been. Training and work has kept him busy for roughly the past 2 Earth years.
How do you plan to introduce the character to the game?: Brother Avalon and Sister Rose will be returning to Earth together, sent from Odym to assist Henry Jordan with the great peril that Earth is facing.
What are you planning to do with this character?: I see Avalon being almost two people. While in his uniform and working to restore hope and light to the world, Avalon is a very serious man. When with his friends, he's a rather regular (if slightly goofy) teenager. He is perplexed by the culture clashes between himself and the Earthlings, and loves to revel in learning new things and new experiences. Things that might be mundane to his friends are new and different for Avalon, and I hope to help other characters reclaim a bit of that for themselves.
What do you want to see happen with this character?: I see Avalon working side by side with Henry and becoming great pals. He's already friends with Rose and they know one another quite well. While he will no doubt make more friends, I want Avalon to come to understand the world around him, and find his niche with the super heros for the JLA. Most certainly, I want to see him develop a strong relationship with Henry (in whatever fashion they end up getting along) and prove himself as a faithful and trust-worthy team member.

Please include a sample post/scene:

http://www.scribbld.net/users/bluelantern/490.html

Hope and Will go hand in hand

2010-01-30T18:29:20Z

The call for Lanterns had reached Earth quite quickly - the distress call had originated in one sector over, and it appeared that the Lanterns stationed in Sector 2813 were the closest to the call. It was unidentified and all together odd; the Lanterns were warned to have extreme caution.

It had taken little for Avalon to be ready. The call had come across his ring, and he immediately began to ready himself. "Ring. Contact Henry." he murmured out as he slipped into a more grim sort of mindset. Whenever Avalon was doing Lantern business he could be remarkably serious, which completely seemed at odds with his personable and almost goofy self when out of uniform. Such was the way of things for him.

Despite the wings he naturally wore, a blue glow enveloped him, and he rose up into the sky, headed for Space. "Henry. Did you get that distress call?" he asked, once communications with his partner had been established.

Usually, Avalon reveled in the simple things of life; the air through his hair and feathers, warm sunshine and friendly puppies. At the moment though, he all but didn't notice the gorgeous day it was on the surface of the planet, and as he brought himself out of Earth's atmosphere, he hovered above the planet. "I'm waiting just outside of the atmosphere before proceeding. I've got a bad feeling, we need to be careful with this one." he then confessed to Henry over the comm-link.