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Location: Roanoke

Senshi: Capricornus Knight, Astra Senshi of Nourishment.

Name: Raphael Pratt



Meaning:



Name: Raphael Pratt.

Raphael; meaning according too (http://www.baby-names-
meanings.com/firstnames/boysj-z.html) Healer of God - due to
being "Senshi of Nourishment"
Pratt; meaning according too (http://www.baby-names-
meanings.com/lastnames/surnamep-s.html) dweller at a meadow, where
food, "Nourishment" is grown.



Support Information;



(Direct quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricornus)

"This constellation is sometimes identified as Amalthea, the goat
that suckled the infant Zeus after his mother Rhea saved him from
being devoured by his father Cronos in Greek mythology. The goat's
broken horn was transformed into the cornucopia or horn of plenty.
Some ancient sources claim that this derives from the sun "taking
nourishment" while in the constellation, in preparation for its
climb back northward."



Age: 23

Birth Date: 24 / 12

Astrological Sign: Capricorn

Blood Type: O



Family:



Father: Mark Pratt – 46



He was born and raised in the city of Melbourne, Mark's wealthy
parents smothered their only son with the finest things money could
buy. However, because both of Mark's parents not only smothered him
with gifts, but genuine affection finding plenty of time to spend
with him, he was able to grow up as a well-adjusted and even-
tempered man.



At the age of 5, Mark was enrolled into one of the many prestigious
primary schools located near the heart of Melbourne, where even
though he was surrounded by a bunch of people that felt they were
better than everyone else, his positive influences in life (his
parents) allowed him to be unaffected by the peer pressure that
surrounded him, which even lead to the point of where he was able to
make many good life long friends he still has to this day from his
primary school years.



Eventually Mark showed his academic grace and started to receive
straight A's for all his subjects, which allowed him to be enrolled
at the highly exclusive Xavier College located in Melbourne.



His high school academic career went from strength to strength and
saw him win a number of prized academic awards, which included the
likes of Physical Education, Music, Advanced Mathematics, English
Studies and Business Studies. Upon completing his VCE and receiving
an ENTER score of 99.79, Mark was offered at position at Melbourne
University, which delight him greatly, as it meant he didn't have to
leave home of the next 4 years while he completed a double degree in
the Bachelor of Business studies and a Bachelor of Arts.



As fate would have it, during his first year at Melbourne
University, Mark took notice one of the international students that
was walking by while he was waiting in line at one of the
university's canteens. This poor girl had just dropped one of her
more heavier books, and as she was about to bend down to pick it up,
he came up to her and said "Allow me." As to which he then proceeded
to pick up her book and handed it back to her. As they both caught
sight of one another as he handed to book back over to her, they
instantly fell under each other's spell.



Mark spent the following year trying to court Sophia and eventually
she gave in to his repeated marriage proposals, over a home cooked
candle light dinner.



During his final year at Melbourne University, the couple wed, with
Mark's parents gladly flying over all Sophia's close relatives from
Italy (Rome).



Mark latter graduated from his double degree and found work in a
large white-collar firm. Shortly after that, both Mark and Sophia
moved into their new home that was not far from his original
residence.



A few years latter Mark and Sophia had a son whom they named
Raphael, after Mark's own father. However, not long after Raphael
was born, Mark was transferred to one of the firm's country
departments located in Victoria's own Gippsland.



After the move which Mark was not happy about, they settled into the
township of Moe where, Sophia was able to pick up work as an Art
Teacher at one of the local primary schools there.



It was several years later when Mark and Sophia gave birth to their
daughter Maria whom was named after Sophia's mother.



Mark himself, has become a proud farther of two, who dotes on his
wife constantly, and always seems to find time for both his children
who both have a deep respect for him.



Mother: Sophia Pratt – 46



Sophia was born into a large family of nine. Being the middle child
she always felt that she couldn't get enough attention from those
around her, however she never once felt unloved by her family
members whom all shared a close relationship with each other.



Sophia's family was your typical middle class family living in
Italy's capital city of Rome. Her mother and father ran a local
Italian restaurant called Piede Folla (Translated means "Crowbar
Crowd"), which still puzzles Sophia to this day as to why her
parents chose such an eccentric name for an Italian restaurant.



It was at the young age of 5 when Sophia was enrolled into one of
the local state schools in Rome, where her natural beauty and kind
heart started to really shine. She also found that her academic
achievements drew her a lot of attention from her piers, which only
drover her to work harder. It was also at this stage that her
interest in various art styles was founded, during an art excursion
in the 5th grade to the state art gallery. She adored the amazing
detail and effort that must of went into creating such pieces of
art; which inspired her to start drawing herself so that she could
be remembered for doing something that great.



During her high school years, Sophia had little time to concentrate
on her artwork, as she was required to help wait tables in her
parent's restaurant. However this by no means lessen her ambition to
become a great artist and she worked extra hard winning an art award
for her extremely artistic work on a modem re-interpretation of
Leonardo Davinci's The Mona Lisa. By the time she had graduated from
her high school, she was valedictorian of her class receiving the
highest honors and accolades for her artwork.



Applying for many international degrees across the globe, she was
surprised to be offered a position at Melbourne University, which
seemed a world away from home. However she knew she couldn't
possible pass up this unique opportunity. So when the time came,
there were many tears, but her parents supported their daughter's
ambitious adventure to the land down under, whom they were most
proud of.



During her first year studying her Bachelor of Fine Arts, she was
met by a strong willed man by the name of Mark Pratt, and when their
eyes met, she had fallen head over heels for him.



The more time they spent together, the deeper she would fall for
Mark, and when after only knowing her for 4 weeks proposed marriage
she had to decline his proposal, but she knew that wouldn't stop
him.



You see she was highly conflicted over this on many levels. One she
was afraid of not being able to go back to live in Italy with her
family whom she loved so. Yet, if she kept rejecting him, she might
lose her only true love. Eventually though, her heart won out, and
she agreed to his marriage proposal.



Because Sophia's student visa was going to run out before Mark and
her were to be married, Sophia enrolled into a dip-ed course
(Teacher Training) at Melbourne University which lasted for that
whole year, which also meant Mark and Sophia could see each other
more often. And then the wedding finally came.



What delighted her even more was the extreme generosity his parents
showed in bringing her whole family over from Italy so they could
attend the wedding.



It was only a few years later when Sophia gave birth to her only son
Raphael. During this time she had spent many hours making money by
selling the paintings that she had made.



It was a rude shock for both Mark and Sophia when they found out
that Mark had been transferred to the firm's country department, but
they made the move, as they held the firm believe that as long as
they were together, that they would be happy wherever they had to
live.



After arriving in Moe, Sophia was quite surprised to receive an
offer of a teaching position teaching art at one of the local
primary, when the principal over heard her talking to one of the
other mum's about her diploma of education while enrolling Raphael
into grade prep at the primary school.



It was a number of years before Sophia gave birth to Maria whom was
named after her own mother.



Sophia grew up to be a well-educated woman, who loves her children
dearly and enjoys the continuous doting her husband pours all over
her. She it quite witty at times and enjoys the new life her
ambitious adventure has taken her on, enjoying the company of all
the new friends she has made, she feels she couldn't ask for
anymore.



Little Sister: Maria Pratt – 12



Maria could be described as cute and adorable because she is,
however like all little girls is prone to throwing temper tantrums,
which is something that hardly happens anymore, now that she has
turned twelve.



She still loves her cuddly teddy bear she got when she was six, and
Barbie dolls are still the in thing, but like most twelve-year-old
girls she has already begun the path to puberty, so most that know
her feel that this is the quite calm before the impending storm.



Aside from this she still looks up to her big brother Raphael and
enjoys giving him lots of hugs and kisses on the check.



There is seldom moment where Maria is not doing something, whether
its going to a friends place or trying to get Raphael to play
dollies with her, which after about an hour of nagging, he concedes
so that she will be happy, although, most of the time Raphael is
able to convince Maria to play a two-player video game with him
instead (most of the time), and in most cases, she just enjoys
watching her big brother play a lot of the harder video games that
she feels that are too difficult for her to play.



When Maria was enrolled at St. Kieran's primary school, she found it
quite easy to make lots of friends among all the kids there, and has
become quite popular as a result.



She has shone remarkable talent in her artistic abilities and
someday dreams of becoming an artist just like her "Mummy".
Currently she is in grade six and is enjoying all the attention boys
are oddly (in her mind) showing her.



Grandmother: Patricia Pratt – 89

(Raphael's Dad's Mum)

Patricia was born in the bustling and growing city of Geelong and
was the 3rd of seven children.



During her primary school years, Patricia dreamt of becoming part of
the workforce making her own way through the world, but this also
felt like a farfetched dream. However this did not deter her and she
worked hard through her primary school years and proved to be quite
an academic, being rated the top in her class.



Unfortunately, the range of subjects she was able to study at high
school, didn't give her much of a wide enough spectrum to fully
stretch out her extremely academic skills, thus she was forced into
training as a secretary/typist.



But she smartly used her spare time in borrowing books from the
library on subjects like Maths, Business Studies and Music (her
secret passion).



Eventually she graduated from high school and was force into going
to a finishing school by her parents, which she felt was like a
brain washing camp telling her how she was supposed to act. But with
that knowledge in mind she didn't let if affect her, she just did
what she had to do and say, so she could get out into the workforce.



Her natural beauty saw her quickly employed as a typist for a large
stock exchange company. And as fate would have it, during a routine
inspection, the owner of the company decided to handle the
inspection personally, and then he came across Patricia's desk and
in all stereotypical fashion, he fell in love with her at first
sight.



It wasn't long before he started to send her flowers each day she
worked at the firm, and finally he asked her out. Of course she
tuned him down because at that time, married woman weren't allowed
to work, and that would spoil all the dreams she had, had since she
was a small child.



However, her heart was not made of stone, and she allowed herself to
fall in love with him, a decision she has never regretted for an
instant. Of course that meant that she had to give up her job, but
unlike so many other woman at the time, she was not expected to be a
housewife, and with time on her hands took up learning the piano,
which she became quite proficient at playing.



It was a few years after they had married before Patricia got
pregnant and gave birth to her son Mark. She enjoyed spending a lot
of her time with her son, and used to like playing the piano for him
on many occasions and even taught him a little.



But she could have never been prouder seeing her son grow up into
the fine man he had become, and was even more ecstatic when her son
finally gave her grandchildren that she could spoil rotten.



Patricia Pratt, is a kind heart person who, loves it when her son
brings the grandchildren over to visit. Aside from this, her and her
husband enjoy going out and attending many public functions as the
social lights they have become.



School/Occupation: Full Time student at Radford University, and
part time worker

as an tech assistant at the International School for the Arts and
Sciences (ISAS).



Skills: Due to an enjoyment of console gaming, he can puzzle solve
well

and this has an added bonus of being able to think strategically and
logically when the pressure is on. He is also able to fix small
problems with computers, however his skill base in this area is
growing.



Likes: Raphael likes to play mostly console video games. The
reason

behind this is quite long. When he was in grade six his parents
brought the family a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). At this
time, Raphael had a hard time learning to read, (I know he's in
grade six and having trouble reading), but when his parents brought
the NES, he was hooked into it immediately. But you see the catch
was that to be able to play video games, you needed to be able to
read back then and each Nintendo game came with a small, but thick
booklet filled with text and color pictures. At first he just wanted
to look at the pictures inside, but slowly his natural curiosity for
a lack of a better word made him want to know what was written in
the game manuals. Thus Raphael forced himself to learn how to read
and has since never looked back. Of course this was just the pre-
cursor, and subsequent games consoles came out which furthered his
love of everything Nintendo. He liked a wide range of games but he
really enjoyed playing the SNES role playing games, also know as
RPG's, those of the like: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past,
Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Terrnigma and more. Of course
when the Nintendo 64 (N64) came out, Raphael was bedazzled by the
first game he saw on the system, Super Mario 64. Of course there
were other great he enjoyed on the system, like The Legend of Zelda:
Ocarina of Time (which if you asked Raphael he will tell you
that "It is to date is still the best Zelda title that has been
released.") Suffice to say he is a Nintendo nut, and with the recent
release of the GameCube he just can't wait to get his hands on one.



Another passion of his is to go bike riding up at the local bush
reserve in Moe called The Edward Hunter Reserve. Here he is able to
ride down hills as fast as his mountain bike can go, the unfortunate
downside though is riding back up, but a small hurt, Raphael
believes, is well worth it.



Other things he likes to do is read and write. This really is a flip
side to his younger self, which loathed reading like the plague.
However Raphael discovered that reading a good sci-fi book is almost
like playing a cool RPG video game, so this very much lifted
enthusiasm in wanting to read these book. One such book that really
sparked the reading bug in Raphael is a book titled: "The Book of
Shadows" by Stan Nicholls and its sequel books, "The Shadow of the
Sorcerer" and "A Gathering of Shadows". There are other book series
the Raphael has subsequently read like "A Shadow on the Glass" by
Ian Irvine and its 3 sequel books that followed and the 4 sequel
series books that followed that as well. Plus other books from such
authors as, Maggie Furey, Sara Douglass, Sarah Zettel, Louise
Cusack, Mervyn Peake and Jan Siegel.



Aside from just reading his improved English skills have allowed him
to think outside the square and actually write stories of his own.
Many he has started but he has still yet to finish what he has
written. It also helped him to want to write his own books by
reading from a vast variety of books by different authors. This
allowed him to expand his creative mind that he has held back for so
long so he can form his own writing style.



Dislikes: Raphael is not overly pedantic about most things, his
main dislike

more or less comes into the food categories. For example, any food
that he can taste honey in will make him want to vomit, and most
likely he will. The reason behind this is purely a taste thing; he
just can't stand it.



Other dislikes would include however, not having a shower when he
gets up each morning, which is obviously because he doesn't want to
smell himself. Missing meals is also something that can irritate
him, but he will usually work through lunch and try to make it up by
eating more at dinnertime. This isn't necessarily a major dislike,
but when new Nintendo games come out he usually can wait to go out
and buy them (he can be a bit of an impulse games shopper at times),
yet when he is out of cash that can annoy him that he can't buy that
game there and then.



General rudeness by others when it can been seen to be deliberately
and not accidentally inflicted on himself or others, and in
accordance to that, is because he doesn't like to see others being
mistreated, as they are human like everyone else.



Fav. Food: Italian – E.g. Pizza, Spaghetti, Ravioli, Lasagna,
Cannelloni etc.



Hated Food: Anything that contains Honey.



Fav. Subject: Any sort of Computer Subject.



Hated Subject: Maths, with a passion.



Hobbies: His hobbies include the things that he likes, they kind of
go hand in

hand to some extent. Playing video games, especially RPG's as

explained above, reading and writing books which is also explained
above as is his love of mountain bike riding.



But for the sake of detail, his love of video game playing stems
back to his late childhood where it was used as a tool to help make
Raphael want to learn to read, and from then on his love of gaming
has gone from one level to the next.



This led into his love of reading and writing. After reading a
number of sci-fi books Raphael became inspired to write his own,
which in turn helped better his English in more ways than one. The
better he got the more he enjoyed the reading and writing
experience.



And mountain bike riding is something he has like doing since he was
a little tacker. The main reason would probably be the fact that a
bike is able to make you move a lot more faster than what he could
do running, which I guess (running) is both a `like' and a `hobby'
he hasn't given much attention to over the years, preferring to ride
his bike down steep hills, so he can feel the rush of air that fills
his senses to their limits, but I'm sure there are other things that
he would like to do that could even up the ante even further, if his
parents would allow it, like skydiving for example.



Aspirations: Raphael would like to one day be able to make his own
console

video games.



Level 1 Colors: Light Green, Black & Emerald Green.



Gemstone: Emerald



Personality:



If we were to first look at Raphael's core, his true self, we would
get a better idea of who he really is, however due to his horrid
experiences that he had to endure during his primary and secondary
school life, Raphael has become a person who had closed his heart
off from all those around him, unless he had known them before his
heart closed.



This has meant through much of his life, he has not been able to get
close to anyone let alone trust them. So making friends was hard a
hard thing for Raphael to achieve, and when his friends betrayed
him, he literally forgave them because he no longer had the
confidence in himself, or contained any self worth. He literally
believed that others would not accept him for the person he was,
seeing this had on more than one occasion dealt quite an emotional
blow.



So, as it stands, Raphael's core has been sealed tight, but the
surrounding layers have started to melt. This is due to his move to
the USA, and relative short time he has had at Radford University;
as he has found that a lot of the school yard politics of his
yesteryears not contained within the Radford University walls; put
simply, he is now among a more mature crowd of people, who are happy
for him to live in his own little world.



This has meant that he has had his confidence boosted considerably
enough for him to go and apply for a tech assistance position at the
International School for the Arts and Sciences (ISAS); which he was
ecstatic about when he found out he had gotten the position. This
meant he now had a solid point of income, which would allow him to
indulge in one of his greatest passions, playing video games.



A very important point to note about Raphael is respect. Respect to
Raphael, is quite a major thing. It is how he bases his entire
being; on respecting those around him. It may only have to be a
small simple act to earn his respect, but conversely the special
condition that needs to arise for such an event to occur, only
happens on every 5th blue moon. More or less, his heart is still
quite closed and it will take some effort to prove to Raphael that
he can trust those that are trying to befriend him, as in more cases
than not, most simply give up.



This does not mean that he is cold hearted towards all those around
him. It just means he comes across a little too aloof at times when
meeting large groups of people, but he is better able to get to know
someone in a series of one on one conversations. The unfortunate
thing is though, if someone does take the time to befriend him, he
can seem a little to clingy to that individual, which can lead to a
number of misinterpreted situations arising. However when he is
around at least a few people he feels comfortable around, he is less
likely to cling to any one individual, but rather go from one to
other; like a basketball being passed from one person to the other
during a game of basketball. This is really due to the lack of self-
confidence taken from him in his primary and secondary school years.



Raphael is not just someone you could easily write down on paper, as
he is able to pull out a few surprises from the depths of his core.
For instance, his lack of self-confidence only effects the way he
interacts with others in a more social setting; that being where he
is around a group of people he does not necessarily know, say a
night club (which isn't a place you'd find him anyway), which to
Raphael is not really a relaxed setting at all. The point being,
when it comes to defending those around him, he is able to spring
into action and become this strong person emotionally, using that
emotion to strengthen his resolve in protecting others from harm, as
he believes those with power have the responsibility to protect
those that otherwise can't for one reason or another.



At his core Raphael contains the courage to change the world, but as
it stands, that resource only comes into use when in the moment of
protecting others from harm, yet it has been seen to come out when
he is in a small enough group of people, say no more than about
three, where he is able to maintain a certain level of a relaxed
nature; befriending those that are generally thought to be on a
different level to himself (his enemy – for lack of a better word
(as that doesn't necessarily have to be the case)) in his mind (he
always places himself lower, for reference purposes). This doesn't
work in all cases and is highly dependant on the type of person that
is present. The unfortunate thing here, is that the openness of the
friendship that has come from this, is lost when any number of new
individuals enters into the area e.g. in public, where a small wave
may be passed along, but nothing more. Although for some strange
reason, respect between Raphael and the other individuals remains.



Another personality trait that others can find annoying about
Raphael, is that when it comes to food he can become a little bit of
a martyr, where he will eat less than his fill if there is little or
not enough food (in his mind) left for everyone else.



However, with each day that passes Raphael by at Radford University,
the more his heart starts to unlock.



At his true core, Raphael is a somewhat outspoken extravert, who
believes that everyone should be given a fair go. He has very high
morals, and is incredibly loyal to those he considers to be his
friends. Simply put, if you become a friend of his, you are a friend
for life. This is what makes it very hard for him to let others go
that he has grown to be good friends with, and this closeness he
shows, usually gets mistaken for other emotions, which aren't
actually there. In truth they would be close, but he would never
actually cross that fine line, as he sees them as his friends, and
he always treats his friends the way he expects to be treated by
them.



But this has never meant in anyway, that if those he calls friends
were to fall off the pedestal he has placed them on, that he would
think any less of them, quite conversely Raphael recognizes that we
are all human and that we are prone to being human more often than
not. There have been many occasions where Raphael has stood up for
his friends when they haven't been around; and in saying that, his
friends would never know that he has stood up for them, because he
isn't looking for any extra credit or attention from them. He stands
up for them because of the deep respect he has for them; that they
can simply say with confidence to anyone they meet that he is their
friend.



Other facets of Raphael's core show him to give his trust to others
too easily, which would account for why he was such an easy target
for bullies during his primary and secondary school life. As stated
before, he believes that everyone should be given a fair go, and so
this is why he always gave his full trust to each person he met,
whether or not they deserved it, as he believed that you cannot
judge someone that you do not actually know, regardless of what he
had been told by others about any individual in question; e.g. he
had a mind of his own.



He also had a passion for all those around him, and always viewed
others to be like himself; happy individuals that only wanted to
live in peace with each other, showing compassion towards each
other, and he genuinely felt that all people are to be viewed as
equals.



It is a sad time when people lose these qualities, yet these
qualities are not lost to Raphael, they are only left dormant in his
scared heart, which was a result of his primary and secondary school
life. And even now, these scars are healing and the walls around his
heart are starting to melt away.



History:



Raphael Pratt was born to loving parents Mark and Sophia Pratt on
the 24 / 12. At this time they were still living in their Melbourne
residence, which was not far from Raphael's grandparents on his
father's side.



As a young child Raphael was showered with love from both his
parents and grandparents giving him all he could have ever wanted,
however all he ever wanted from them was too be loved and therefore
he was never unhappy living life as a very hyperactive child high on
love.



As a little toddler of about 3 and 4, Raphael has many fond, even
though they are fairly vague memories, of spending a lot of time at
his grandparents place running a mock across their massive mansion.
In one such incident, Raphael had managed to clime up to one to the
top shelves in his grandparents massive library that were built into
the wall and stood well over fifty feet. In a fit of panic they
tried everything to get Raphael to come down, but all he did was
just smile back, as he thought that this was only a fun game, not
realizing that if he fell, that he could end up killing himself.
They ended up bring in a potable chair lift to safely bring Raphael
down. He could never quite figure out why he was henceforth banded
from Grandma's and Grandpa's library, however later in life when he
was much older and was reminded about the book climbing incident he
did come to realise what danger he had put himself in.



Shortly after the age of 5, Raphael's dad was transferred to another
department located in the country. Raphael was saddened at this when
he realized that they were going to have to move and that he would
not be able to visit his grandparents as often as he was used to and
therefore he decided to run away from home, blaming his parents for
the unwarranted move into the country. However, Raphael didn't get
very far as he was caught by their next-door neighbor Ms Lamberty,
who was an elderly lady that used to come over and bring her
homemade apple pie which Raphael absolutely loved. It took awhile
for Raphael to adjust to the move to the Gippsland region, but the
city of Moe's welcoming atmosphere eased the burden of the move
somewhat.



It wasn't long before Raphael was to start his first year at primary
school and so he was taken down to be enrolled at the local primary
school in Moe and his mother Sophia was offered an art teaching
position with the school, which after some careful thought and
consideration, she took the art teaching position at the school.



Raphael was kind of glad to have his mum teaching at the school as
it at first provided a nice comfort zone for him to fall back into,
however this was short lived when he was in about grade 3, when a
number of students decided to tease him about being a "mummy's boy".
Raphael became quite alienated from most of the school children in
his grade because of this, and was afraid of telling anyone about
what was going on for fear of it making matters worse.



The teasing started to go from one level to the next, and it wasn't
long before Raphael hated going to school. This caused his grades to
slip, and consequently, he ended up having difficulty in learning
how to read.



With both his parents having a much larger workload than they
previously had, Raphael's receding personality and falling marks
went unnoticed, until about very late in grade 5 after his little
sister Maria was born. But by this stage, there seemed to be little
they could do to get Raphael interested in wanting to learn; they
tried personal tutors who eventually gave up saying they didn't know
how to help him, to many school meetings that resulted in very
little happening at all.



Realizing that something had to be done, Raphael's parents smartly
brought the family a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Of course
Raphael took to it like there was no tomorrow and spent many hours
playing various titles that were released for the system. However
Raphael's curiosity eventually got the better of him, and he started
to want to know what information was written down in the game
manuals that Nintendo placed in with their games.



However, because Raphael's parents had their hands full looking
after his baby sister, they had little time to read the manuals to
him, thus Raphael had only one choice, and that was to learn how to
read. Much to his distaste of reading at this point in his life, he
discovered that reading things that you are actually interested in
is actually quite a fun experience; thus as he got better at
reading, his love of video games was able to advance to the next
level.



This really started a life long passion of video games for Raphael,
as it delivered him from the pain that school life had brought him,
basically giving him a place where he could escape the pain he was
forced to endure, and also allowed him to realise that what he most
wanted to do with his life was to make Nintendo games, that others
would enjoy, but also so that they might help someone else in the
way it helped him.



Of course the battle was not over, he still had a long way before he
was ever going to catch up academically, and when he reached high
school he had another set of hurdles that he had to endure.



As Raphael parents decided to place him into a state school instead
of a private school unlike during his primary school years, all
those that he had gotten to know, and had made friends with were no
longer with him in this new atmosphere Raphael was introduced to.



He found getting by hard at this new school so for the first quarter
of the year, he spent most of his time sitting by himself out in the
schoolyard hoping that know one would speak to him.



Eventually though, someone did, and for the most part Raphael was
kind of glad that they did. After this, Raphael met up with this
person's other friends, and instantly Raphael was part of a group.



He was unable to see why these people would be so ready to expect
him as one of their own, but when he studied the group dynamic among
the individuals, he realized that it was a group of people who only
hung out together for mutual reasons.



There were many times where power plays took part in the group, but
everyone knew their place, even Raphael. He gave his friendship
freely, and treated each member with respect, but he found this
taxing from one week to the next, as friendships changed on a weekly
basis.



He kind of felt like a double agent, where he was friends with both
parties, and genuinely felt that he was friends with these people,
but he was continually forced to choose which side he was to be on.



Eventually by the ninth grade the two or more parties that made the
group up at that time joined together, in a unified front against
Raphael. He didn't see it coming, and he was never able to fully
understand why it took place, as it wasn't like he had given any
real reason as to why they felt the need to take this action.
However it was about the middle of the year when this took place.
Raphael's `friends' during lunchtime had all gone around to the
usual meeting place, where they hung out away from all other
students and teachers. After some light discussion, a group of about
three males came around and bashed the crape out of Raphael, leaving
him gasping for breath and then took off. Each one of his friends
just looked on, as Raphael fought back tears, as he didn't want them
to see him cry.



For the remainder of that lunchtime, his `friends' followed him all
over the school grounds to make sure he didn't tell anyone about
what had happened.



When Raphael had gotten home that day, he told him mum and dad that
he didn't want to go back to school anymore but wouldn't tell them
why. After the following week had passed, Raphael was forced to go
back to school, where he found himself a loner once more.



He eventual made a friend with a girl in the following months to
which they became quite good friends, however she had also made
friends with Raphael's old group of friends, and he ended up finding
himself hanging out with these people that had him bashed once more.



By year 12, the group had split into two separate groups where
Raphael was still friends with members in both groups, even though
he stopped trusting many of the people around him, he was made to
feel like this was better than nothing.



Eventually, by the end of the school year, Raphael was betrayed by
one of his close friends and was accused of betrayal himself. For a
short while he hung out the other faction of his old group, who were
kind, and welcomed him with open arms, however it just didn't seem
the same anymore, and Raphael ended up alone as he started.



Through all this, his grades had suffered, and as a result, was not
able to get into university and do the programming course that he
had wanted to do. However, he was accepted into a TAFE course, which
gave him a skill base in using and maintaining computer technology.
However, through much of this course he did little to get to know
his classmates after his experiences at both his primary & high
school.



He did however keep in contact with the girl he had made friends
with during high school, and he spent many lunch breaks walking over
to her house to spend time taking and playing video games.



After he completed his TAFE course at the end of the year, he was
able to re-apply for University but unfortunately he was not
accepted at any of the universities that he had personally applied
for.



What Raphael didn't expect was that his mother Sophia, without
telling her son put in some university applications for him at some
international university institutions across the world. And one late
summers Raphael received a letter congratulating him on his
acceptance in a Bachelor of Multimedia Computing at Radford
University, which was located in the city of Roanoke in the state of
Virginia in the country of the USA.



Raphael first thought that his mother was trying to get rid of him,
but then she explained how she met his father, and that this
opportunity would be like a great adventure, just like the one she
had.



Raphael reluctantly sent the acceptance letter back to the USA,
saying that he was happy to accept the course he was being offered,
and within a short month Raphael was boarding his first jet aircraft
carrier across the Pacific Ocean.



After arriving in Roanoke, Raphael did his best to get settled in at
Radford University. He knew he couldn't just live off the money his
parents were sending him he decided to try and get some work by
applying for a position of a tech assistance at the ISAS.



It was about 2 weeks latter before heard back that he got the
position. After this Raphael started to live a mundane life in
Roanoke but he thanked his lucky stars that at least it wasn't the
war zone Australia had been for him.



Appearance:



Quick Guide:



Height: 5'8.4" (173 cm)

Eye Color: Hazel

Hair Color: Extremely Dark Brown

Skin Tone: White Base, with Olive complexion

Body Build: Medium



Descriptive:



When Raphael is standing upright his height measures roughly 173cm
and for his height he has a rather medium shaped build; In other
words he is not broad shouldered nor is his shoulder width of a
narrow proportion. His bodies overall form is quite firm yet he
definitely isn't a muscled bound monster by any means.



Raphael's hair looks black in colour, however its actual colour is
an extremely dark brown, which if allowed to grow too long would
contain a quite wavy consistency, which is why his fringe is longer
than the rest of his hair on his head, which he is able to brush it
back to get that quite slick and cool look. However this `look'
doesn't last long as his hair will puff up and have that slightly
scruff look, that he has learned to put up with.



His skin tone has a basic olive complexion, but this shows up only
where the sun usually hits his skin, otherwise his skin is more of a
whiter colour and his hands tend to be clammy, however his skin is
quite smooth.



His face is constructed of the many various aspects most faces are
made up of. His mouth shape is quite prominent on his face yet it is
properly proportioned to his face (e.g. His lips aren't massive, but
they aren't tiny either, rather a nice medium balance was achieved
here.) as is his nose, which is what you would call a roman shaped
nose. His eye's are shaped to the correct proportions for his face
and are of a deep hazel colour with his eyebrows being of a
masculine thickness, (but they are not bushy).



His faces shape is not boxed out or chiseled to any great extent but
rather a scaled down version of this, where a more slender but
filled out appearance is achieved. When smiling Raphael will get two
prominent dimples on each side of his face (one dimple on each
side), he also has a small scar on his left hand side of his chin,
about 2 to 3 cm away from his bottom lip.



Raphael will generally have a relaxed if not tired look on his face,
but this is just a face he puts on to hide his real emotions when
they decide to try and show themselves.



The type of clothing that Raphael will wear on casual occasions is
something in the range of blue jeans with a t-shirt or polo top
(various styles and colours other than pink) with a pair of dark
colored socks and black runners accompanied by a leather jacket if
the weather conditions prove to be wet and or cold, and if the
occasion is in a formal setting, he will wear the appropriate attire
set for that occasion.



Fuku:



Uniform Quick Guide:



Level 1:

Black Leather Jacket with a Light Green Capricornus Symbol *
Light Green button up Shirt.
Black Slacks
Black Leather Belt with an Emerald Green buckle
Black Leather Shoes
Light Green Socks



Weapon: The Emerald Capricornus Blade



Uniform Descriptive:



Capricornu Knight's fuku is mainly black with a reasonable amount of
green used to complement the overall design.



Capricornu Knight wears a black leather jacket that has a light
green Capricornus symbol printed onto the back, which will glow a
light green when he is using one of his powers. The jackets zipper
handle is a muddy gold colour that has been shaped into a small flat
goat's head design. The jacket itself is usually worn open, unless
the weather conditions have become wet and or cold, which will
result in the jacket being zipped up upon transform.



Underneath the leather jacket is a fine cotton button up long
sleeved shirt which is of a light green colour. The shirt itself is
always tucked in upon transform and contains a right hand chest
pocket, which has a light green embroidered Capricorn sea-goat
symbol on the front. The buttons themselves are made out of a light
green plastic which helps them to blend in well with the shirt it
self and all the buttons are buttoned up except for the top two
buttons.



For his lower half he is wearing a pair of black slacks made out of
100% Polyester Microfiber material and a black Italian Leather top
and PVC Back belt with an emerald green buckle is worn to complement
the black slacks and light green shirt.



And finally, he is wearing standard pair of men's leather dress
shoes, with a pair of short light green socks that match his shirt
in colour.



Weapon Description:



The Emerald Capricornus Blade is a double-edged sword that has a
fine clear Diamond plating that encases the Emerald blade making it
highly resistant to breakage. The blade itself gives off a natural
glow when the sun's light (or any other source of light) hits the
blades surface. If the blade itself is somehow broken, the wielder
can channel their own energy through the blade and that energy will
act as the missing part of the blade that had been broken off.
Conversely, this method can also be used even if the blade is not
broken to extend the Emerald Capricornus Blade's overall length for
a short period of time.



The handle and guard protection are made out of a black Titanium
steel that is encased with the same Diamond plating that is covering
the blade, however the Diamond plating around the handle and guard
protection have been completely smoothed to prevent the wilders hand
from being sliced up from use.



The guard protection also has two crystals built into it design; a
Sapphire and Sardonyx crystal, one for each side that represents
both the Earthly and Watery qualities that are both strongly
entangled with the Capricornus constellation and Star Sign.





Additionally, at the handle's hilt is a large white pearl that has
been encrusted into it representing the coast line where most pearls
are usually found, which is where land meets water, or better put,
the area in which both soil and water work in harmony with each
other.







Transformation:





Transformation Item: A small roughly 3 cm in length, 2 ½ cm in
height, and about 2 mm in width gold made Capricornus Symbol * worn
on a medium sized flat gold chain.





Transform Phrase: Capricornus Astra Power Transform. (I
prefer "Transform" to "Make Up", but if it has to be "Make Up", so
be it.)



Transform

Description: Raphael's aura will start to glow a light green colour
before expanding and finally encasing him completely.

As this is happening, he is lifted into the air about one to two
feet off the ground. The green light will suddenly fade, as his
weapon (The Emerald Capricornus Blade) is placed into his right hand
with a bright flash of Emerald Green light. He is then quickly
lowered back to the ground.



His pose is just what ever he looks like when he lands, so he is not
attacked while in pose mode, he can just get straight into the thick
of whatever the situation is.



Powers:



Base Power: Nourishment



No. of Uses:



The number of uses gets replenished after your character
retransforms (requiring you to un-transform first).



Beginning Powers: Level 1



Power 1: No. of Uses: 3



Name: Stalwart Empowerment

Effect: This power will increase your characters targets physical

Strength, causing that character to temporarily become 3

times stronger than they currently are. This effect will last

for at least 2 – 3 minutes depending on the amount of energy the
character this is being cast on has already expended.

Description: A golden light will descend upon your characters
target,

and will cause that character's aura to glow a golden colour for a
few moments, before taking full effect.

Range: The caster will need to be within 100 meter radius of the

intended target.



Power 2: No. of Uses: 6



Name: Nourish

Effect: The effect of this power will heal your characters targets

HP by restoring 25 percent of your characters targets maximum HP.

Description: This will create a blue like mist that will encircle
your

character's target for a few moments before drawing itself into the
target and restoring their HP.

Range: The caster will need to be within 100 meter radius of the

intended target.



Power 3: No. of Uses: 3



Name: Cornucopia's Gift

Effect: This power will allow you to transfer some of your

characters current energy level to another character of your choice.
Resulting in the receiving character being able to have one extra
use of one of their powers for free, even if they don't have the
energy left to do so without any harm, however this will result in
Capricornus Knight losing one use from of each of his other powers.

Description: A sparkling green energy will pour out from your

character's solar plexus and will rush over towards your characters
target. Upon reaching your character's target, the green energy will
force its way into your characters target's solar plexus, restoring
their energy by the amount sent to them.

Range: You will need to be within a minimum of a 30 meter radius

of your characters target.




















Explanation:



1. What star/planet/moon are you applying for?



I'm applying for the Astra character that is represented by the Star
constellation of Capricornus.



2. What are its physical properties? What does it mean? In what
constellation is it? Why did you pick it?



Well its constellation is itself. I picked Capricornus because my
own star sign is; Capricorn. At first I wasn't sure how I could make
this character work, but when I asked a friend of mine about it, she
was able to point me in the right direction. After that, it seemed
easy to write up this character's profile.



3. What is the myth behind your god/goddess/angel/etc.?



I'm just going to past information in here as it better explains it
than I can. However, from what I can discern it has fairly similar
Mythological & Astrological similarities. One of the biggest
similarities is the association of it's Water and Earth properties.
These seem to work hand in hand, especially when you look at the
first paragraph under the pasted stuff for Mythology, as it talks
about the "Horn of Plenty". Where I derived my main base power as
nourishment, it makes sense that nourishment comes in the form of
food and well to grow food you need Soil, Water and Sun light, and
from what I was reading the sun seems to play a part in this as well
from the reference of it taking nourishment form the Capricornus
constellation, to it using the constellation as a stable of sorts.
In either case, it being there means that it would be providing the
last ingredient to make the food we are trying to grow, grow. So in
a way, the three base elements are interrelated. Where Nourishment
is the super class, to the elements that make it work; Water, Soil
(Earth), and Sun Light.



*** Pasted Info from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricornus ****



Capricornus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.



Capricornus (*), a name meaning "Horned Goat" or "That which has
horns like a goat's" in Latin, is one of the constellations of the
zodiac. It is commonly called Capricorn, especially in astrology. It
is commonly called the sea-goat, as it is in an area of the sky
known as the Sea. Capricornus is one of the 88 modern
constellations, and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by
Ptolemy. Under its modern boundaries it is bordered by Aquila,
Sagittarius, Microscopium, Piscis Austrinus and Aquarius.









Notable features



This constellation is the dimmest in the zodiac besides Cancer. Its
brighter stars are found on a triangle whose vertices are Giedi (*),
Deneb Algedi (*), and * Capricorni.




History



This constellation is one of the oldest to have been identified,
possibly the oldest, despite its dimness. Since it falls in an area
of the sky known as the sea, it became considered a sea-goat (in the
same sense as a sea-maiden). Depictions of a goat or goat-fish have
been found on Babylonian tablets dating back three thousand years.
The constellation may owe its antiquity to the fact that at that
time, the northern hemisphere's Winter Solstice occurred while the
sun was in Capricorn. The concern for the sun's rebirth might have
rendered astronomical and astrological observation of this region of
space very important.



For the same reason, the sun's most southerly position, which is
attained at the northern hemisphere's winter solstice, is now called
the Tropic of Capricorn, a term which also applies to the line on
earth where the sun is directly overhead at noon on that solstice.



Due to early Greek beliefs that sin accumulated throughout the year,
causing the darkness to increase, together with the sun's descent
and pause at the Solstice, the ancient Greeks referred to this area
of sky as the Augean Stable, where they considered the sun stabled
during the year. The cause of the association with the location or
name of Augeas is not currently known. However, during the classical
period of Greek history, this name gradually fell out of use.



Due to the precession of the equinoxes, the December solstice no
longer takes place while the sun is in Capricorn, but the
astrological period called Capricorn begins at approximately the
same time as the solstice.



The planet Neptune was discovered in this constellation by German
astronomer Johann Galle, near Deneb Algedi (* Capricorni) on
September 23, 1846.



Mythology



This constellation is sometimes identified as Amalthea, the goat
that suckled the infant Zeus after his mother Rhea saved him from
being devoured by his father Cronos in Greek mythology. The goat's
broken horn was transformed into the cornucopia or horn of plenty.
Some ancient sources claim that this derives from the sun "taking
nourishment" while in the constellation, in preparation for its
climb back northward.



However, the constellation is often depicted as a sea-goat, a goat
with a fish's tail. One myth that deals with this says that when the
goat-god Pan was attacked by the monster Typhon, he dove into the
Nile; the parts above the water remained a goat, but those under the
water transformed into a fish.



In Sumeria, the constellation was associated with the god Ea or
Enki, who brought culture out of the sea to humankind.



The constellation, together with its early greek name, associated
ideas about sin, and the constellation of Aquarius, who was said to
have poured out a river, may represent the origin of the myth of the
Augean Stable, which forms one of The Twelve Labours of Herakles.



The constellation is located in an area of sky called the Sea or
Water, consisting of many watery constellations such as Aquarius,
Pisces, and Eridanus.



Astrology



The Western astrological sign Capricorn of the tropical zodiac
(December 22 - January 19) differs from the astronomical
constellation and the Hindu astrological sign of the sidereal zodiac
(January 19 - February 15).



In some cosmologies, Capricorn is associated with the classical
element Earth, and thus called an Earth Sign (with Taurus and
Virgo). It is also one of the four Cardinal signs (along with Aries,
Cancer, and Libra). It is the domicile of Saturn and the exaltation
of Mars. Its polar opposite is Cancer. Each astrological sign is
assigned a part of the body, viewed as the seat of its power.
Capricorn rules the knees, bones, and skin. The ancient symbol of
this sign is the sea monster, which harks back to the time in
antiquity when Capricorn was considered a water sign and not an
earth sign. The symbol for this eventually changed to that of a
seagoat, which is a mythological creature that has the head and
upper body of a goat and the lower body of a fish, and this was an
attempt to meld the watery qualities that this sign originally
possessed with the earthly qualities that astrologers wanted it to
acquire. In modern times the symbolism for this sign has evolved
once again, with astrologers doing away with the figure of the
seagoat altogether in favour of the mountain goat, which has almost
eradicated the watery themes that once encompassed this sign.



*********************************************************************
***



4.Who is your guardian? Where does his/her name come from? How does
it relate to your senshi?



I do not have a guardian.



5. You may also wish to explain the relevance of your powers.



I based my characters powers, on the power of Nourishment, because
of two main reasons; one being the strong association that
Capricornus has with the elements of Water (or the Sea) and Earth
(or plainly Soil). I know that Sunlight would also be needed to
complete the Nourishment Triangle, (being the 3 main things for
plants/crops to grow) which coincidentally the constellation's main
shape aspect is a triangle, but seeing in the myth and astrological
factors show that the Sun either takes residence and or nourishment
form the Capricornus constellation and that it is not always there,
(which could be in reference to the moving of Seasons, Winter,
Spring, Summer and Autumn; where obviously most crops only grow
during Spring and Summer, but true there are a few different types
of Winter & Autumn crops as well); all that being said including
Sunlight in that bundle would not be entirely appropriate as it is
still not classed as an element closely entangled to the Capricorn
Star Sign. The other main reasoning is that I also felt that making
the main base power Nourishment was that it fitted quite well
because of Capricornus direct association with the Cornucopia (The
Horn of Plenty), which provides unlimited source of nourishment.



Now, as my base power is Nourishment, most of my characters powers
are Healing and or Support based like powers. However, this is a
highly unbalanced combination without at least one attack power
included in Capricornus Knight's lineup.



Level 1: Power 1: Stalwart Empowerment



I made this power as a support power, to give an edge to my
characters comrades while in battle. It would probably be possible
for it to have a use outside of battle, but I'll let the flow of the
story decide that. The reason I believe my character can use this
power relates directly back to my characters main base power of
nourishment; where, when you are properly well nourished you become
stronger (assuming you also exercise).



Level 1: Power 2: Nourish



Unlike Cornucopia's Gift, this power does not take from my
characters own health to restore another's HP, but rather uses the
energy that allows powers to be used to restore some of the HP of
those of his choosing. In all obviousness, because my characters
main base power is of Nourishment, I believe this power for my
character warrants its existence, on the simple basis that to
Nourish something is to restore its health.





Level 1: Power 3: Cornucopia's Gift



I made this power, so my character could transfer some of his own
energy that relates to his number of power uses, across to his
chosen group member, so they could make further use of a power, that
might be in critical need of use. Again, because of my main base
power being Nourishment, I believe that you should be able to both
nourish your number of power uses energy as well as your health
energy.







Miscellaneous



Symbol: *








(If the symbol appears as an ? or a black Square, it is not meant to
be – you need Word 2000 or better to see the symbol, or head to this
website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricornus ).





Character Profile:



I know that I will have to make changes dependant on the official
review, but I could not wait so, if you like, you can view this
character profile on the web at:



http://www.sympac.com.au/~carters/RaphaelPrattProfile.htm













Written Sample:



"Hey Raphael, come here a minute," shouted Mr. Quiggs, as he placed
down the computer monitor he was carrying onto the service desk
bench top.



Raphael placed down the screwdriver he was holding and carefully
placed the computers casing back on before walking to the service
desk.



"I've got a problem with this here monitor, I was just wondering if
you could take a look at it?" asked Mr. Quiggs as he placed his
right hand onto the top of the monitor.



Raphael looked at the monitor for a moment, and then asked, "What's
wrong with it?"



"Well that's why I brought it here so you could tell me," replied
Mr. Quiggs.



Raphael took a step back and looked at Mr. Quiggs oddly, "You mean
you grabbed a monitor from a computer lab to find out what is wrong
with it, without knowing if anything was wrong with it in the first
place? These monitors are chained to the desks, how did you even
bring it up here?"



Mr. Quiggs was about to start talking and then he stopped himself.
He did this for about a few minutes, before dropping his head
saying, "It's my home computer's monitor."



"You were looking for some free computer service to be provided by
the school were you?" asked Raphael, with a degree of awkwardness
now sticking in the back of his throat.



Raphael felt sorry for Mr. Quiggs as he started to walk back down
the corridor with his monitor in hand, but Raphael also knew, that
if he was caught by Alex the head tech guy at the ISAS, fixing
teachers desktop computers, instead of attending to the school
network, he would be out of a job.



It was only ten minutes before the school bell was about to go so,
Raphael headed back to the computer he was working on and continued
to finish off what he was doing. It didn't take him long though as
all he need to do was transfer over the old A drive for a new one as
the current one inside the computer had stopped working.



Before Raphael was able to take the computer back to its classroom
he remembered that he needed to ask Alex about whether or not he
wanted the new service pack installed to the schools main server. So
picking up the computer in both hands Raphael started to make his
way over to the schools reception desk where Alex was fixing a
faulty server port.



When he found Alex he had finished fixing the server port, and was
in a heavy discussion with the schools principal.



"I'll just go place this computer back into its lab. He might be
there for the next ten minutes," thought Raphael, as he continued
past the reception desk and entered into the one of the nearby
computer labs.



Raphael quickly connected up the computer back to the school server
and made sure that it was all working properly, before exiting the
lab hoping that Alex was still talking to the school principal,
which he was.



Raphael waited patiently, as not to be rude, however he didn't have
to wait long as their discussion had just about wrapped up.



As Alex turned to face Raphael, Raphael quickly blurted out, "Did
you want me to install the new service pack for the schools sever,
as it just finished downloading a few moments ago?"



"I was just about to ask you to do that, but wait until after the
school bell, otherwise, the students still working will lose their
work when the network goes down," explained Alex.







Questionnaire



Your Name: Greg Carter



Your E-mail: gregrandom@... or gregrandom@... or

gregrandom@...



Your Homepage: I don't have a home page about myself, but I do have
a website at:

http://www.sympac.com.au/~carters



Other RPGs: Yes, but does it count if you run that RPG or (WRPG)?
If it does

count and you probably haven't heard of it, its called:

Alternate Moon, which you will be able to find the link listed

under the home page question.



Killable Senshi: My thoughts are that it proves that they aren't
infallible, but at the

same time, the effort required to create a character profile for
this RPG isn't something that can just be slapped together. So
having your character killed, you not only feel like you have been
slapped in the face at all the hard work and effort that, that
person put into their character profile, but also I'd find it a put
off, on wanting to create further characters, and if its your only
character, then you would probably just leave the RPG and not bother
with it again.



View Application: I understand, the reasoning for wanting to do
this, but at the same

time, if it is rejected, it becomes more or less a form of public
humiliation, which is something members should not be put through.
The best thing you could do in regard to this, is to deliberately
create a really bad profile, and then have highlighted or comments
in red next to where the mistake was made. You would only need one
really good example of a bad profile with this done to it, that
would be suffice for public viewing. However in answer to the
question, I'd prefer not to have my application posted if it is
rejected.