Drax:
Model: Simply Divine Thomas WS on a DZ 72cm body
Age: 453
Eye Colour: Black pupil/Blue iris/Black Sclera
Hair: short swept back red hair
Biography: Drax is mostly human, a sorcerer of some power who enjoys world walking. He’s had a long life by human standards; 453 long years in fact. He has a small amount of “demon” (actually alternative universe species, likely one of the Endless) blood running through his veins (which led to a misunderstanding with Garan on their 1st meeting…) He left 20th Century Earth out of boredom 200 years ago but and only recently returned to find it much changed, mostly due to an accidental universe jump! There he bumped into SysterSync and Yaya who joined him on his travels. He also met Jerome, a mysterious and vulnerable young man who he returns to visit often…
Drax very much enjoys indulging in various carnal pleasures, up to and including illicit substances... He'll be very happy to indulge Jerome's request once it has been made! Like Jerome he very much appreciates the open approach to most forms of human sexuality apparent on the main Dystopian Earth.
Notes: hair/eye colour from his unusual heritage
Elrana Melnova alias: SysterSync
Model: DZ Clare YS
Age: 29
Eye Colour: Black pupil/Grey/Gold iris/White Sclera
Hair: short dark brown pixie cut
Biography:Elrana Melnova, from a future alternate dystopian earth (2499ad), a citizen of one of the 3 great megapowers, specifically the one that was founded from the remains of the USSR. She's a hacker, and moonlights as a thief occasionally. Descended from a group of alien refugees that triggered the 30minute war... also floating Gretel head will be a strange mostly mute street urchin under her protection (ish), and Drax of course will be just visiting, and will pick them up and they'll all be bestest friends a la Doctor Who... So she's basically a cyberpunk pre-Shield Movieverse Natasha Romanov...
The small amount of alien DNA carried by Elrana has caused her no end of trouble. Viewed with suspicion by most “pure” humans, she has difficulty applying for jobs/ holding them down. Luckily (or not) the superstate that descends from the USSR is fairly lawless when compared to the rather totalitarian regime in the neighbouring European District 7, so she can make an unofficial living… So beyond ever so slightly heightened reflexes (which some humans can match anyway), and a tendency to be dazzled by “bright” IR waves there are few advantages to her heritage.
Her unofficial means of income stems from a mixture of illicit computer work, often involving hacking into over people’s files for rich clients and downright physical theft. Her official mode of income is currently that of a cleaner in what passes for a diner/cafe in this rather bleak future.
Notes: unusual face-shape, and sallow complexion both unfortunately obvious signs of alien heritage
Garan Idasson:
In Process of Reshelling...
Model: RS Ai on a RS Gang body, dark tan
Eye Colour: black pupil/muted green iris/white sclera
Age: 24
Hair: black braids (for cleanliness in his rather medieval world)
Biography:Nordic style fantasy medieval setting, travelling nomadic wizard a la Ged in Earthsea. Skin-tone has taken on a greyish cast to it since visiting Hel, horns manifest when using large amounts of magic. Tolerates YaYa follwing him around constantly…
Garan used to reside in the realm of Vanaheim, despite appearances his species has few differences from the human-norm. The horns are actually an unfortunate side-effect from a journey to Hel, that was required to save the soul of a small child from his village.
Vanaheimr has a fairly dark-aged level of development; the people tend to struggle to farm enough to live-off. The world is a standard fantasy-medieval setting; with superstition, religion, and wars fairly rife.
Garan knows Jareth fairly well, having bumped into him whilst running for his life from a demon (And villagers who believed he was a demon due to the horns). Garan didn’t mean to join Drax and co. on their adventures, but got sucked into the portal formed by an unexpected degree of resonance between the energy waves they were both using. Suffice it to say, when he and “Jerome” meet there will be some confusion
Notes: horns/grey cast to skin both souveneirs from Hel
Aiko Koname:
Model: Obitsu Haruka/50cm Obitsu
Eye Colour: dark pink pupil/light pink iris/white sclera
Hair:light blue
Age: 21
Biography:Nekomimi, under the care of Jareth/Jerome. From the same world as K2's lot; much care must be taken to avoid notice of government types. Fairly normal university student in most other respects – just needs to be wary of vivisection and the government as a whole.
Notes: Nekomimi traits...
Yaya
Model: DZ Yaya WS
Eye Colour: black pupil/v.pale iris/white sclera
Hair:none
Age: 3months as a digital virus, 1year as a physical being
Biography:Yaya (it’s all she can say!) – annoying bitey computer virus/fairy, like Labyrinth, constantly follows Elrana around… which doesn’t help with being inconspicuous! She was accidentally made manifest in a robbery gone-wrong, Elrana took the lesson to heart and never combined digital and physical espionage in the same way again! Once Elrana/Garan/Drax meetup she takes a shine to Garan instead, much to the relief of Elrana!
Notes:
Ombre
Model: Hujoo/Junkyspot Freya
Eye Colour: pupil-less bright blue
Hair: black/white
Age: 5
Biography: Drax's kittieh! Although she acts like a normal cat around Drax, she's secretly a Jellicle-cat and knows much of that tribe very well. She likes to claim she's more intelligent than her owner, and Jareth is very aware of the situation...
Jerome/Jareth
Jerome:
Jareth:
Model: Soom Sabik Mecha-Angel with elf-ears/ Soom Sabik SG limited head
Hair long straight black when Jareth, punky sticky up black with white highlights when Jerome (usually)
Eye Colour: green colour shift iris, black pupil, white sclera
Age: ? By our standards at least 4000, but by his people's standards around his mid 30s
Biography:Character of Jerome is a fairly diminutive guy, the human form of Jareth. In a relationship with Drax, however Drax does not know about Jareth’s existence… Jareth is a fairly ancient member of a long-lived alien race, a powerful sorcerer/technomancer however he’s in hiding from an even more powerful member of his species. Despite the magic/elven qualities he’s extremely knowledgeable on scientific matters (maybe cyborg?) since his race is so ancient science/”magic” are actually one and the same
Jareth is actually a very intelligent character; before going on the run he was one of his races most prominent scientists, pushing the boundaries of their knowledge (but like Earth; this doesn’t gain him much in the way of public recognition, despite the level of brute strength and finesse that he can put behind his spellwork - an unusually high amount, considering his relatively unaugmented genealogy). The dispute that caused all of these troubles was of a political and private nature; his pursuer being a member of one of the ruling class tried to steal his research, have his way with him and besmirch his name. Luckily the truth came out, however justice could not be carried out, due to a number of political manoeuvres from the would-be rapists family.
The incident left him shaken and traumatised, a fact that is probably reflected by the size of the human form he takes when trying to blend in on Earth. The constant pursuance by his tormentor really doesn’t help matters, however he continues his research fairly diligently continuing to pick up esoteric knowledge on his enforced travels through the multiverse.
Currently living in the same dystopian Earth as Elrana, with Aiko under his care. Jerome very much enjoys the gay/trans club scenes this world possesses. He likes crossing gender boundaries, and sexuality is one of the few aspects of human differences that aren't really punished in this world!
Jerome is currently building up the courage to ask Drax to take their relationship in a Sub/Dom direction.
The millennia of experience gained on the run does mean that he’s very much an expert at not being found; however there have been a few close shaves with his never-tiring pursuer. This breadth of knowledge has earned him a small respite from his travels, however the clock is ticking…
Notes: will have jointed hands (yay!). Need to find a good body for hybridising his SG-sized head onto... The evil antagonist may be shelled soon...
Amusingly; despite his rather intimidating natural physical form Jareth's species is actually rather weaker than the average human female once the issue of "magic" (Which provides quite a deal of unnatural resilience) is removed. This has come into play a couple of times during his travels (one of which in yet another clash with Nathaniel; where dampening restraints were used...) but with "magic" being part of his very core the issue hasn't come up very often.
From a relatively lowly background on his homeworld - Jareth lacks many of the augmentations that Nathan takes for granted; however his high level of intelligence has allowed him to compensate in other ways. ("Magically" Jareth is far more in tune with the multiverse than Nathan could ever hope to be; even though he lacks some of his brute strength)
Joshua/ The Child/ It/ That Thing
Model: Dollzone Freddy-2 on 45-009 body
Eye Colour: ?
Hair: blonde bowl-cut
Age: ?
Biography: From the same alternate-Earth as Drax; like Drax he has demon heritage. However he was born a couple of centuries before Drax's time, when people had even less enlightened views on this sort of thing. Born to a normal human mother; who was subsequently tried for witchcraft and drowned. His father... Well his father was likely an Incubus, though his mother swore until her death that he was conceived with her husband. The villagers tried to drown the wee-horned boy almost immediately, but bad-luck and a series of tragic "accidents" soon put paid to that sort of behaviour. The child was given to a wet-nurse to raise, after an attempt at merely neglecting him led to a poor harvest.
When the local baron discovered news of the child's existence, the boy was taken away to London by the witchfinder general. Several months later, the man's headquarters burned to the ground, a charred skeleton with a melted silver cross embedded in it's sternum being the only evidence that he was ever there.
The boy has since been rumoured to have wandered the Earth causing chaos and destruction to whomever should take him in. Unlike Drax, who's minimal demonic heritage merely provides an innate ability to manipulate the ether (i.e. perform "magic") the Child is noticeably demonic. He is several hundred years old, but physically looks to be about 10, and appears to have a child's outlook on the world.
Despite all of this Theta and the Thin White Duke both find him adorable, and as such snatched him away from the incident that would have resulted in his rightful death and dumped him on Drax's shared doorstep with Jerome. Drax being partially demonic himself merely finds the child irritating, however he terrifies Jerome! Fortunately (or not) the Child vanished after about a month with the pair. Drax was happy to have one less mouth to feed, though Jerome was just plain relieved!
In a twist on the usual malevolent-child trope the boy does some time acting his apparent age, he loves his little doll, however he can currently be found frequenting the night clubs in Nyta's neck of the galaxy. He spends half of his time drinking the smugglers under the table, and displaying a degree of eldritch knowledge that is quietly terrifying to many of his fellow patrons.
Sasu Seichii
Model: Floating Gretel Head
Eye Colour: black pupil/brown iris/white sclera
Hair: not sure yet, probably warm brown/maybe punky styles
Age: ? He's not sure, never knew, but around 13/14/15, maybe
Biography:Street urchin, from same dystopian world as Elrana, fairly streetwise in an artful dodger kind of way. Leader of a gang of street kids (and a strange looking brat from a Russian ballet troupe), Elrana looks out for him - occasionally giving them food, even though she can ill-afford it!
Not really a bad sort - isn't deliberately cruel, however when one is poor one does what they must to survive. Sasu does his best to look out for the others, he doesn't lead by fear/cruelty but more because he's the brains of the group! The street kids tend to be "muties", mutant humans abandoned by their parents. After all on this dystopian world the poor and the different really are second rate citizens. In Sasu's case his only "crime" was larger than normal ears, a strangely common mutation.
Notes: Only 2 other members of his little pack are currently developed enough character wise to be shelled, the ballet-troupe kid, who just kinda hangs around (After all, ballet is tough, especially when there are 10 others willing to take your place), and a traumatised little guy, who's had a very unpleasant past/possibly even present.
Anon. (birth name unknown)
Model: Floating Benedict Cumberbatch MNM
Eye Colour: glittering purple iris, black pupil, white sclera
Hair: not sure yet, probably dark brown/maybe mohair/deep purples/dark blues
Age: 36
Biography: Cyborg P.I. - horribly injured whilst chasing down a villain (possibly The Villain, Nathaniel), hence the eye implants. Good friend to Jerome.
Home-world another alternate earth, so species is technically human. He posseses a genius level intellect, so managed to escape what should have been a fatal encounter with Nathaniel. The alternate earth Anon. originates from relied heavily upon androids for drudge work and mind-altering drugs to enable the population to survive the boredom of day to day life. Unfortunately being a cyborg in this world was akin to being an android (expected to have no level of intelligence/autonomy), the purple eye implants are the mark of an android/cyborg on his dystopian Earth - so in an act of friendship Jerome offered to take Anon. with him. Anon. accepted, and currently freelances as a P.I. in the slightly more unpleasant state of Europa District 8.
Unbeknownst to SysterSync. Anon. has been tracing her career from afar with some level of interest - so was rather surprised/worried when all activity on her end suddenly stopped. He has just set off on the risky physical journey to meet up with Jerome over in the state descended from the USSR...
Nyta Kinall
Model: Sky Blue Resinsoul Lian
Eye Colour: completely red no visible structure
Hair: black, neon pink hair falls
Age: 44 Earth Years (about 22 by her species standards)
Biography: Cyberpunk/Cybergoth - in the fashion rather than sci-fi sense, however resides in a futuristic world. Enjoys clubbing, and casual sex. Her species is fairly close to human, however her bright blue skin does mean she stands out in a crowd.
Unlike the dystopian Earth most of the main cast members reside in, the world Nyta currently inhabits is a multispecies metropolis - but make no mistake this world isn't a utopia, not by a long shot. Nyta bumped into Drax at her day job - freighter pilot, whilst her ship was refuelling/getting customs checks, they hit it off - though she thought he was a bit odd, and soon forgot all about him. That is until a transmission from Earth found it's way to the Network... The transmission caused a bit of a furore, since it was essentially a xenophobic threat of nuclear apocalypse should anymore aliens dare to turn up - however greed is everything, what with the potential for trade/natural resources from this newly discovered "niave" inhabited planet. Much debate is whirring over the delicacies of making contact/whether this should be held off for a couple of hundred years what with the situation on "Earth" or K2999/54-J*Apple as the world is officially known (Since just about every species knows it's own homeworld as "Earth" in their own language).
Nyta is now attempting to find a way onto "Earth" - Mostly out of curiosity/a healthy sense of monetary reward... She doesn't quite understand just how xenophobic the people down there are, then again she's a member of a species known throughout the Trade-Guild worlds as being overly aggressive... So she'll probably be fine! (And with the Cybergoth fashion sense, people may think it's an extensive body-mod)
Jamie Kreiner
Model: Doll Family A Yanji
Eye Colour: grey iris, black pupil, white sclera
Hair: Baby pink wig (when in Drag), short light brown when not
Age: 24
Biography: A very camp Drag Queen from the club scene that Jerome and Drax both like to enjoy! He's really friends with Jerome rather than Drax; possibly due to a degree of jealousy on his part!
Vasily Lupandin
Model: Floating Dollshe Saint (Old Version SA)
Eye Colour: muddy greenish browny colour iris, black pupil, white sclera
Hair: not sure yet, probably matted gingery orange
Age: 27
Biography: Friend of Jerome's and Drax's, mostly a friend on Drax's side; he's a fellow junkie of Drax's - so wil likely end up on the rather anorexic looking Doll Chateau 70cm body when I get around to it! The guys at the club try to make sure he doesn't get himself killed, and semi-regularly force him to actually eat!
Ramin Aiphos
Model: Floating Dollshe Van
Eye Colour: Grey/blue
Hair: Browny reddish
Age: ?
Biography: ???
Szesil Markowski
In Process of reshelling (need a slightly more realistic sculpt, in a slightly lighter skintone - that'll better represent his mixed heritage)
Model: Floating Dollshe IM Hound
Eye Colour: Brown/Hazel
Hair: Brown
Age: 38
Biography: Hard boiled police enforcer (equivalent of the modern-day captain) in Neo-Soviet-Russia. Fairly decent policeman by the days standards, only accepts minor bribes, cos they're just perks right? Anything that's properly a crime activates his code of honour, bent and twisted as it is.
A deeply cynical individual, who does his best to protect those who he sees as needing protection from the lawmakers. The law is there to protect, not punish. An unusual viewpoint in this unpleasant world.
He's well known amongst the alternative-sexuality scene, and as such knows Jamie, and Jerome. (And is quietly if ever so slightly fondly exasperated by Vasily's lack of progress with his narcotics habit.)
Theta Sigma (this name is a placeholder until I can think of the character's actual name)
Subject T: Mugshot after apprehension:
Covert:
Model: Dollshe Saint DSAM35
Eye Colour: bright blue iris, black pupil, white sclera
Hair: black
Age: ? Old? No one knows, and he's not telling!
Biography: Mysterious being who occasionally pops up, no one knows what species he is, though it is humanoid at least. From the way he exhibits knowledge that he really shouldn't possess one can assume that his species is incredibly advanced, that or he's a particularly fortunate individual! Both Drax and Jareth have encountered him numerous times over the years, and both have noted that he appears not to age between the incidents. Notably Jareth has encountered him in multiple universes, and in each case it's very obviously the same individual, not parallel versions. There are hints that he has a different relation with time to the others; there have been encounters where he's known things about Drax and Jareth before they happened, and encounters where he hasn't known things he really should have.
He's clearly seen a lot, he has the same haunted look that both Jerome, and Ramin share, and that Vasily gets high to forget. Whoever he is he seems to turn up and often help save the day, and vanish again just as quickly. He very clearly has some form of relationship with The Thin White Duke, and bears a remarkable likeness to Vasily.
Most often seen in the region of space occupied by the Alliance of Worlds that Nyta resides in. Though they haven't actually met.
...and somewhat separate from the main plot... since this character is definitely not one of mine...
Lord Havelock Vetinari
Model: Floating Whispering Grass Thomas
Eye Colour: ice blue iris, white sclera, black pupil
Hair: slicked back black, short
Age: Early 50s? Late 30s? Early 60s? Of an age with Vimes?
Biography: See Discworld Novels.
Interacts with Jerome via. L-Space, is aware that I exist... Sardonic, benevolent Dictator of Ankh-Morpork.
If he ever met Nathaniel I suspect eyebrows would be raised, and the Vimes Elbow would be involved...
Dr Nicholas Rush
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(Misleading happy-looking photo here)
Creare machina id potest sentio est crudelitas
Model: Simply Divine Alec
Eye Colour: brown iris, black pupil, white sclera
Hair: brownish centrepart layered
Age: Early 50s
Biography: Born and raised in poverty in Glasgow, father was a dock-worker, mother a midwife. Mother died when he was still a child, father became a drunkard. Mathematical talent not really unearthed until a stay in hospital at age 11 for mulitple stab wounds. Earned himself a scholarship to New College Oxford, and paid his way through his degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics and Philosophy by working two jobs. Was heavily involved in the Magdaelene College music society where he met his wife Gloria Rush. (Sic. Actually learnt to play the piano in order to impress her - turned out to be excellent at it). At 21 published his doctorate, a proof that all positive mulitples of 4 have a corresponding Hadamard matrix, this earned him his Field's Medal. He held a professorship at Imperial College London, before accepting the position of chair of mathematics at the University of Berkeley, California. In the 90s he published several seminal papers on the Hodge Conjecture, redifining his career within computational mathematics. For a while it seemed that like many mathematicians before him, his best work was published in his twenties. In 2007 he published the game changing P=NP proof, turning the world of cryptography on it's head. Rumour has it he was aggressively recruited by the US Airforce, resulting in a sabbatical of undefined length. The mathematician has since seemingly vanished from the face of the Earth, nothing has been heard of him in academic, professional or personal circles since mid 2009. Where has this man gone? Has he become a victim of his own success? Due to his proof several of the worlds most secure systems are now vulnerable.
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Creare machina id potest sentio est crudelitas
Creare machina id potest sentio est crudelitas
([Classified Eyes Only SGC Cheyenne Mountain Base Medical File 2008:[/b]] Nicholas Rush possesses two copies of each of the Ancient Genes, ATA, LTA and NTA. The effects of ATA, and LTA are already somewhat established, (ATA - allows transmission of will to ancient technology, LTA allows receipt of information) however NTA's effects are thus far unknown, (though it may be related to the conductance of the nervous system.) N.Rush possesses more ancient genes than even J.S. This makes Dr Rush the most likely candidate to be able to meet the genetic requirements needed to activate whatever systems lie beyond the as yet unknown destination of the 9 Chevron Encrypted Address. Unfortunately this also makes him target number one for the Lucian Alliance's abduction list. Fortunately, Dr Rush is a specialist in the field of Cryptography, so he has been brought into the 9 Chevron Project under the pretense of him being the only candidate capable of decoding the address. Whilst the address could be decoded by in house scientists, it is noteworthy that in the space of 2 months Dr Rush has decoded the 1st 8 chevrons, and is convinced that there are 2 more. This progress would have taken an estimated 10 years without his help. However with the death of Gloria Rush, N.Rush has become notably fragile, music appears to upset him.
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Creare machina id potest sentio est crudelitas
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[b]Classified, Eyes Only IOA, SGC Icarus Project Destiny: Planet P4X has been destroyed in a Lucian Alliance Attack, all base personnel bar 90 people caught within the bunker itself were beamed to safety before the planet's destruction. The Stargate was open for a full 6 minutes, allowing evacuation of 86 personnel, unfortunately Dr Rush chose to dial the 9 Chevron address rather than Earth. The widsom of this decision is questionnable, Dr Rush claims the nuclear explosion at the core of the planet could have translated through the wormhole to Earth, the veracity of this claim appears to be backed by the excess velocity reported upon arrival at the wormhole's destination. S.Carter and R.McKay both theorise that without the additional energy consumed by travelling across several hundred galaxies that the evacuees would have been fired out of the wormhole at fatal velocities.
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Dr Rush is known not to wish to return to Earth, and after making initial contact, refuses all rights/orders to use the communication devices to visit relatives or make reports. Col.s Young and Telford report that Rush is secretive and unstable, and may be purposefully undermining attempts to return to Earth. Plans are being made to take advantage of the quantum nature of the communication stones and forceably bring Rush's conciousness to Earth and restrain him here. However with the 3 year planned stasis time currently underway the project remains in the planning stages
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To
To create
To create a
To create a mahine that feels
To create a machine that feels is a cruelty
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All ideas here that aren't from SGU itself can be credited to the brilliant CleanWhiteRoom, if you're curious the fics are available on fanfiction.net or A03 and are called: Force Over Distance, Mathematique and Ad Noctum
The Thin White Duke
Model: Nobility David Bowie MNM - 2013
Eye Colour: mismatched customs, shining blue iris, black mismatched pupils, one blown, one pinprick, white sclera
Hair: many I imagine
Age: ???
Biography: Yet another mysterious incredibly thin looking humanoid, who comes and goes at seemingly random intervals. This one has an entirely mysterious motive though, often not getting involved in events, or when he does interfering in ways that are utterly opaque to everyone else.
Whoever The Thin White Duke is, he's fond of narcotics, eats only raw peppers and milk and has fantastic hair. His slight physique belies incredible physical strength, as Nathaniel discovered to his embarassment. He and Theta Sigma appear to know each other, and since both appear to share their rather unique relationship with time they could conceivably originate from the same place. Since both are definitely capable of standing their own (if not utterly decimating) Nathaniel one does wonder what their motives are.
One can generally locate The Thin White Duke in L-Space smoking the cigarettes he favours, with his Lordship deep in a game of Thud, holding oblique conversation.
...and in the future...
WTB:
Evil Nemisis...
Nathaniel/Nathan
Model: (hopefully at some point in the distant future) IOS 80cm
Biography: Member of the elite ruling caste of the species that Jareth is a member of. Was previously in a relationship with Jareth, but grew jealous of the amount of time he was spending with his work colleagues/amount of attention/power that was beginning to build up behind him in the right circles. Since his "bitch" was no longer behaving as such he decided to break him...
Luckily Jareth managed to escape; and Nathan's deeds were exposed. Unfortunately with his familial contacts Nathaniel managed to evade justice. He blamed Jareth for his public shaming/exposure as the monster that he truly is, and decided to get revenge. With his life/sanity on the line Jareth was forced to flee; Nathaniel followed...
After a millenia of cat and mouse games Nathan has become more megalomaniacal and unstable... He's almost had Jareth within his reach a few times, and each brief taste of victory has made him more determined to get his own way. During their last entanglement Nathaniel very nearly killed Jareth; but the last minute intervention of Jareth's employers prevented another tragedy from occurring. This "unjust" interference (Which saved the life of one of their world's most able scientists...) made Nathan even more irrational and increased his urge to "reclaim what is rightfully his"
Notes: Despite his species natural strength levels being less than the average human; Nathan has had genetic augmentation/surgical intervention to increase his physical prowess. His augmentation is to such an extent that he rivals beings like Captain America/Cybermen for sheer brute strength.
Though lacking in the finesse/knowledge that Jareth possesses, Nathan is equally well-off when it comes to "magical" strength. Again this is hardly a natural state, but down to genetic manipulation/physical aids.
...yeah a pretty nasty character...
I'm almost afraid to give him a physical body!
