The Art of Escape: Glossary

Glossary

Watchers

Watchers have the ability to foresee the future to varying degrees. As knowledge of the future invariably causes that future to change, Watchers' visions of the future in their direct sphere of influence are subject to frequent shifting. Basically they are seers. Most of them will catch fleeting glimpses of the future, and then they draw what they see in sketch pads, mostly. They can focus on a thing to get a glimpse of that, but most of the time they catch random bits.

Movers

Movers are powerful telekinetics who are trained to identify the specific atomic frequency of a given material and alter the gravitational field around it, usually causing the nearby air to appear warped. This allows them to move both animate and inanimate objects. Advanced Movers can work at the molecular level, creating protective force fields in the air around them or to reinforce punches and other strikes to make them stronger. So, pretty much, they move things and make force fields with their mind.

Pushers

Pushers have the ability to implant memories, thoughts and emotions into the minds of other people in order to manipulate them. The skill level of the Pusher determines how many people the Pusher is able to control at one time, and how vivid the implanted memories are. A powerful Pusher can push a large group of people at the same time, basically creating a personal army. A Pusher is able to make a person do anything the Pusher desires, even commit suicide. A Pusher's eyes indicate how powerful they are: their pupils will dilate to certain degrees depending on how powerful the push is.

Bleeders

Bleeders have the ability to emit high-pitched sonic vibrations that cause ruptures in a target's blood vessels. While using this ability, their eyes turn into slits because of synthetic materials implanted in them to protect their own blood vessels from the effects of their ability. They are also sometimes known as Screechers or Screamers.

Sniffs

Sniffs are highly developed psychometrics who can track the location of people or objects over varying distances. Like bloodhounds, their ability is increased if they have tactile access to an object that has been in direct contact with the subject. Sniffs receive information in the form of images, which is why identifiable landmarks help increase their effectiveness. They touch something and get images dating back as far as they want about where the object has been and who has touched it.

Shifters

Shifters can temporarily alter the appearance of an object by manipulating the patterns of light interacting with it. Once the illusion is established, it remains with the object for a short period of time. For example, a Shifter could touch a one dollar bill and alter it to appear as a one hundred dollar bill until the effect expires. The object shifted must have roughly the same dimensions as the object it is shifted into. The length of time that the effect will last is based on the Shifter's experience and ability.

Wipers

Wipers are skilled at either temporarily or permanently erasing memory, an invaluable asset in espionage. Experience will dictate the accuracy of their wipes, though there is always the danger that they will eliminate a desired memory.

Shadows

Shadows are trained to block the vision of other clairvoyants such as Sniffs, making any subject within their target radius appear "dark". Experience will enhance the size of the area they can shadow and the intensity of their shielding effect. Shadows need to be awake to manifest their ability, so it is common for a detail of two Shadows to operate in shifts while protecting a person or object for extended periods. Most Shadows are effective only against Sniffs, but some extremely powerful Shadows are able to block even Watchers and Listeners. The best Shadows can Shade whole buildings, but they are very rare.

Stitches

Stitches are psychic surgeons trained to quickly reconstruct cells to their previous or healthy state. Using only their hands, they can heal and even "unheal" whatever they have done. For more detailed work, Stitches use a silver based cream on their hands which acts as a conductor for their ability.

Phasers

Phasers can pass through solid objects by changing their body mass. It takes tremendous concentration to do this.

Changers

Changers can shape-shift into any person, animal, or object for as long as is needed, but they will lose their changed form if they get sick or overtired or even very surprised. As this change takes up a tremendous amount of energy, Changers are often hungry, although even if they eat a lot, they hardly ever gain any weight because the changes they go through burns a lot of calories. A very skilled Changer can even keep their form when they are asleep.

Porters/Jumpers

Porters, also known as Jumpers, can teleport to any place on earth that they can picture in their mind and have a physical memory of ever seeing. They must only think of this place and envision themselves there, and they will suddenly appear there.

Anesthetics

Anesthetics(Annes, for short) can read the emotions of other people and manipulate them. If, for example, a person is agitated or nervous, an Anne can send them calm. Their abilities cannot be blocked by any other abilities. Often, Annes are used by Division to sit in interrogation rooms and calm their victims down. The effects of their abilities are strengthened with touch. The term "anesthetics" is used to describe them because of their immense calming abilities and also their ability to take away pain.

Stoppers

Stoppers have the ability to stop time. They can only freeze the objects/people in the rooms they are in. Some stoppers have been noted to be able to freeze entire households. They are able to selectively freeze at will. (Meaning if there is a big group of people they can freeze however many people they desire and freeze and unfreeze certain body parts of others) but this has been noted to take a great more deal of concentration for them. When outside they can only freeze within the area they are in.

Shockers

Shockers have the ability to absorb and create electricity through the palms and fingertips of their hands, because of their ability to absorb electric they can with stand being shocked on a greater scale then the average human being but they are more prone to tempers and fits.

Stealths

Stealths have the ability to absorb light and are able to bend the light around themselves to make them invisible to the naked eye, which gives them a stealth-like ability. By touching others, they are able to make them invisible alike. Stealths can be seen by infra-red goggles or animals that hunt by sensing body heat. They are only able to stay invisible for a certain period of time because eventually the light they absorbed to bend the light around their bodies will dissipate and they will have to absorb more light. Also because of their ability to absorb light and shield it around them, bright shiny lights like the sun or LED lights have no effect on their eyes.

Whisperers

Whisperers are skilled telepaths. Experience will increase the amount of people a Whisperer can connect with. As the number of people they connect with increases, the harder it is to stay connected. They can also connect with strong emotions in the form of a psychic blast that gives the receiver an extreme headache; if the Whisperer focuses hard enough they can immobilize the receiver.

Starters

Starters can ignite any object or thing by physical touch.

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Kendra Cooper - Changer

Kendra is a short, dark-haired 37-year-old with light blue eyes and a slight build. She was widowed a year before when her husband, Tynan Cooper, was killed by a Hunter. They had three children: Xander, Afton, and Nan. She owns about eighty or so hotels and a phone service that she received when Tynan died. She is kind and speaks her mind before thinking most of the time. She is experienced in combat and hiding people, and she is often a go-to person for many supers who are in danger. Since her daughter is a Pusher, she has built up a tolerance to Pushing; it no longer affects her.

Annabella "Nan" Cooper - Pusher

Nan is a small ten-year-old girl with dark bluish-green eyes and very blond hair. The youngest child of Tynan and Kendra Cooper, Nan has two older brothers, Afton and Xander. Because of this, she has acquired quick reflexes and even quicker wit to match that of her brothers. Nan has never had the chance to be a spoiled brat because her parents treated her the same as her brothers. Nan isn't shy at all. She's actually quite a social butterfly. She loves to sing and dance, and parties are her very favorite thing. Often, though, Nan is unexpectedly quite sensible for her age.

Alexander "Xander" Cooper - Stealth

Afton Cooper - Starter

Afton is a tallish 16-year old with dark brown hair and blue-grey eyes. His parents are Kendra and Tynan Cooper, and his siblings are Xander and Nan. Afton is very street smart and book smart, and he likes to be prepared for anything life may throw his way. He is very inquisitive and loves to explore anywhere and everywhere he can. He knows the Cooper house better than anyone else. Afton is also an excellent computer hacker, and because of this skill, he can access files on anyone in the world. He has very good control of his ability because of years of practice.

Kayana O'Neall - Pusher

Formerly Kayana Terrace, Kayana is a 39-year-old woman with dark brown hair and blue eyes. Intelligent, brave, and a quick thinker, Kayana has a great sense of humor but knows when it's time to get down to business. She's very loyal, both to her family and her friends, and isn't afraid to die for what she believes in. She married Nolan O'Neall a few years after the fall of the Division, and their children are Daniel and Lucille. Kayana and her husband currently live in Ireland, and she's pretty much retired from being a "field agent", but she is researching supers, both present and past day. She plans to build a database or write a book on the history of supers, their powers, and their locations throughout time.

Lucille "Lucie" O'Neall - Stopper

Daniel O'Neall - Pusher

Daniel is a seventeen-year-old with brown hair and blue eyes. His father is Nolan O'Neall, his mother is Kayana, and his sister is Lucie. He is smart, kind, athletic, and brave. He is a bit of a flirt, but not to the point where it annoys people. He's a sweet guy, and he genuinely likes most of the people on this planet. He'll go to extensive lengths to cheer someone up or help them out, even if he barely knows them. He has a clear head, and a cool temper. The only thing that will severely piss him off is if you threaten his sister. He is currently in Ireland with the rest of his family.

Amelia Friedstrom- Mover

Rachel Griffin - Porter

Rachel is an 18-year-old girl with brown hair and brown eyes. She has the quiet, observant nature of her father, James Griffin, combined with the caring but empowered personality of her mother, Sophy Griffin. She is strong-willed but calm, and is never afraid to speak her mind. She has something of a martyr complex, since she has a tendency to be on the side of the underdog. She also isolates herself from others while she’s upset, which isn’t good for her friendships. She is a pacifist, and only uses her powers in extreme emergencies.

Amy Morgan - Mover

Amy is a 19-year-old girl with curly bright red hair and light blue eyes. Amy is very active and loves to read books. Her parents are Celestah and Jason Morgan who currently live in England. Amy is friendly, honest, sassy, sweet, hard-headed, and a trouble maker at heart. She has a cousin named Lily who doesn't even know she exsists. Like her father, Amy is a very powerful Mover and can manipulate matter to the moleculer level. When Amy was 18, she took a plane back to New York where her adventures started. When she got off the plane at the airport she was almost killed by a Division Agent. She soon rents an appartment under the name "Alexandria Morgan", her aunt's name. She currently works at a bar in New York City.

Lily Summers - Watcher

Lily is a 16-year- old girl with red hair and hazel eyes. She is brave and fierce but can be very shy when it comes to friends. She is honest, kind and loyal and sometimes very blunt but that seems to be why people ike her so much. Like her mother, she is very good at lyeing. Her mother was Alexandria Morgan and she never knew her father because he was kiled by the Division when she was a baby. She has an uncle named Jason but he moved to England. She has been on the run for three years and now assumes her mother is dead. The only thing she has to keep her company is a black dog named Sirius. She doesn't like her powers and wishes she was normal because she keeps drawing a casino and a girl with curly red hair and can't figure out what it means.

James Ashwood - Whisperer

22 year old man with well-cared for dark hair and blue eyes. He is cocky, charming, flirty, and ridiculously loyal and brave. He is a talented Whisperer, and he likes to Whisper to some regular non-super humans, just to freak them out a bit. However, he doesn't believe that anyone should be mentally controlled- that stuff is 'sort of too intense' for him. His half sister is Genna Petrov, and they have been very close since they met during their father Marc Renasance's funeral. He believes that Aria Darxen, who disappeared after the battle, is still alive, unlike the majority who believe she was killed by a pack of Division hunters.

Genna Petrov - Mover

A tall, dark haired, stunningly blue eyed 19 year old woman of Russian descent. She is the daughter of Marc Renasance, a powerful Changer who died fighting the Division and helped defeat 'The Boss', Clara Greyson. She is a fiery and headstrong individual, and is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in. She was brought up by her mother, Natasha Petrov, and since she had never actually known Marc or seen him as a father (especially because her parents were never married), Genna took on her mother's maiden name. She is a talented Mover, and can use her powers for many uses. She and her half-brother, James Ashwood, met at Marc's funeral and instantly bond (partially with hatred for their 'womanizing' father).

Caitlyn (Kate) Marre - Bleeder

A 16 year old girl with blonde hair and stormy grey eyes. She's stubborn, fierce, loyal, brave, and, least to say, not a wallflower. Kate is outgoing and is not afraid to say exactly what's on her mind. She doesn't need to be a Listener to know whether you're a good person or not- Kate can sense it naturally, and will not hesitate to show a 'bad' person that she doesn't like it. However, she believes in justice and will fight to the death for someone she trusts and believes in. Kate is oblivious of her powers when she first meets the supers- all she knows is that she screamed when her father died, and whoever was the one that killed him suddenly fell to the ground, clutching at his head. He died soon after. Kate is still afraid of what she can do, and does not understand it. However, with the aid of the other supers, she learns to harness her power and later become one of the most powerful Bleeders in existence.

Camryn Merano - Anesthetic

Camryn is a short 16-year-old with light brown hair and pale green eyes. She doesn't think much about her powers, but uses them when someone is anxious enough to make her annoyed. Camryn was once comfronted by the Division, where they had tried using a Wiper on her and get her onto their side of the battle. She is known to have an interesting sense of humor, and enjoys teasing people when she has the chance. She knows how to manipulate her power to its extent, and works to find out more about it. Her parents are unknown, but she heard sometime along her childhood about a long-lost sister, whom she is curious on finding. Camryn devotes her life to escaping the Division, especially after her past encounter.

Danielle (Dani) Castelle - Starter

Dani is a 14-year-old of medium height, long, dark brown hair, and light blue eyes. She's as friendly as one can get while on the run, with a touch of her short-temper. She's skilled with her powers, able to ignite almost anything into burning, flickering flames. Her parents had thrown her out of the house, both humans, after she had accidentally lit the tip of their dog's fur. She got the fire out before it hurt the animal, but her parents didn't care for an explanation, and abandoned her at age eleven. Dani found one of the supers a few months later, joining the people who had been on the run.

Claudia Cooper - Wiper

Claudia is rather short with grey-blue eyes, strawberry-blond hair, and freckles. She is the 28-year-old daughter of Tynan Cooper. Once a Division agent at a young age, she now contents herself with hunting supers. She doesn't often kill them; instead, she takes their memories. Claudia has taught herself a bit of Pushing. She can create new memories for people and put them into their heads. Claudia was never taught any morals, but she does know that she doesn't like killing people because it's too much work to clean up the mess afterward. She has little to no conscience, and her main goal at this point in her life is to kill the supers who destroyed the Division. She already killed her father, Tynan. She is hunting his family and Kayana and Nolan's family now.

Leon Foster - Bleeder

Leon has dark hair and light brown eyes. He is 20 years old. He’s handsome, but doesn’t care about looks. He is a loner, and doesn’t like to be around people. He is close to his cousin Valerie, but other than that, he likes to be alone. He is a deep thinker, and can make complex plans in his head. He has a photographic memory, and can remember practically everything he’s experienced. He’s not good at expressing his emotions, and considers them to be something of a weakness. His father was a Division agent, and was killed in the battle that brought down the organization. His mother, Roxanne’s sister, died giving birth to him.

Valerie Murray - Shifter

Valerie is a 19-year-old with blonde hair and light gray eyes. She is strong, determined, and never gives up without a fight. She is headstrong and reckless, and hates being told what to do. She is independent and athletic, and doesn’t let herself be tied down. After the fall of the Division, Valerie took it upon herself to get revenge on the rebels. She became a serial killer at age 16, tracking down and killing supers. Her mother is Roxanne, but they had a falling out when Roxanne told her of her real father when Val was 16, and they haven’t spoken since.

Andrew Mayer - Anesthetic

Andrew is a tall 6'2" 24 year old man with jet black hair and equally Stygian black eyes. He was wiped years ago when he was fifteen by a Division hunter, and has been using his powers for 'evil' ever since. Because the way he was Pushed only allowed him to love terrorizing people, he doesn't have much of a personality. Whatever left that's in him is so faint that he doesn't know it exists. His specialty is making people feel pure fear and pain. Of course, it is all just an illusion, but he has so much influence on a person that some have gone insane after his little 'treatment'.

Marissa Pearce - Starter

Marissa is a 20-year-old with bright red hair and sharp grey eyes. She is one of the best sharpshooters there is, and can handle a gun very well. She is very athletic, agile, and strong for her small size. To many she resembles a fiery pixie, though what ticks her off the most is commenting on her short height. She has a 'thing' with explosives, weaponry, and anything to do with fire, and constantly carries a good supply of weaponry with her. Marissa's beloved mentor for ten years, Wesley Duke, was killed by Kate Marre, whom she has held a grudge against for very long.

Soren Sanders- Porter

Soren has dirty blonde hair, greyish blue eyes, and a very stout and muscular build. He is 22 years old. He is part of Andrew's group, and was the brother-in-law of the person who Wiped Andrew. He is the 'thug' of their group, and is pretty bad*rse. He appears curt and intimidating, though in reality he is a big joker and messes around the most. Soren is a very talented Porter, and has picked up a bit of Stealthing as well, so he can be in places that many people can't, which makes him the person in charge of espionage.

Arianne Grace - Pusher

Arianne is a somewhat tall 19-year-old with short brown hair and dark brown-almost-black eyes. She is very short-tempered, reacting to the simplest things, but is very determined. She knew some of the rebels before she became one of the Division, and had agreed to try and track the others down. She was born from a divorced couple, her mother a human while her dad was part of the Division. Her mother had refused to let her 'be obsessed' with her powers, which was how she didn't find out until around the age of fourteen. By that time, her father had already taken her in, revealing to her about how she could make someone think differently with just experience. Arianne hadn't thought about what she could do though, until she had gotten agitated one day and gave someone the thought of committing suicide. The person obeyed, and she went on, joining the Division at age eighteen.

Rose Calvalari - Pusher

Rose is a 23-year-old girl with bright red hair and gray eyes. She chose to join the Hunters on her own accord, after being on the run from her mother, Elizabeth Calvalari, only to see her killed by Amy Morgan at an airport a year ago. Rose is very sensitive about her feelings and cries more than she should. She doesn't like Pushing and only uses it for emergincies, even though the Huners want her to use it all the time. She has a small feeling about leaving the Hunters but is a afraid for her life. She doesn't want revenge on her mother but she doesn't want to die either.Rose use to be best friends with Lily Summers until her dog attacked her and she was forced to leave her. Rose isn't sure where she belongs and is on the verge of leaving. If she isn't wiped first. She is fierce and loyal when she wants to be, but most of the time she is very aloof and doesn't pay attention to anyone.

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