Yuri Epsilon (Epsilon) (Student)

THE BASICS

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

PERSONALITY

PEOPLE USE PEOPLE -- In his youth in Russia, he saw people who used others. He experienced it himself a number of times in school and in the world. This had an effect on him making him much more judgmental. Yuri doesn't just jump into the friendship wagon. People are only as reliable as their actions. He doesn't trust people until they prove worthy of it. To him, trust isn't something you get day one. It's something you work for and earn steadily as time progresses. Something built off the crux of time and effort, not just hastily given out. Though he does quietly acknowledge special people who can do this. Who forges a bond from thin air, nothing he is capable of himself.

SONG OF THE HEART -- This is something he was born with his emotions are vented through music. It's how he always has responded to stress or other things. Communication and bringing his feelings to bear for others. That just never felt right to him truthfully. He was never someone who got touchy-feely as a child. Even as a teenager his interest in music remains. Writing lyrics and trying his best in that field. Since it's the only release of his stress. Yuri's parents support his quiet dreams. Though stardom for singing is something he thinks little on. This is a way to let the suffering of his heart out.

SOMETIMES WE CAN'T SEE-- It became evident when his quirk appeared that he was sensitive to light. Heavily so being unable to truthfully see even from a candle. It was able to overwhelm his senses making him more contained. Yuri doesn't rush outside or towards things. And if he does he needs a pair of sunglasses. Though even with this coverage a headache will come. His eyes see in a constant night vision thus making him desire darkness. Even going so far as to cover himself in a hood. Trying to hide from the brightness of the sun. This attitude of hiding himself away became more of a requirement for him by his changes in personality. His mother claimed the child avoided fires and all manner of things. For fear of blinding himself with the light.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Born the youngest of the children of Yusuke and Anastasia Epsilon. He came along as a surprise for them though treated no worse. The other children didn't manifest quirks. And had mostly left the nest already in Moscow going on to other things. Leaving him alone as a child inside a home where things they had were given to him. Toys and clothing left behind by the previous children even his sisters. Somethings just couldn't be afforded for him as a young kid. He did, however, start to show signs of being different. At first, it was treated like any child alone did. Imaginary friends and other excuses ranging from he was just couping. With being an only child despite his other siblings. His father deciding enough was enough took him to learn Kendo. His father had been a championship-caliber quirkless Kendo practitioner in his day. They thought if they could occupy his mind a bit. Maybe he'd not be in his shell talking to voices. It was around this time his quirk's manifestation intensified.

His father didn't show his son mercy but as he pressed. His eyes saw the color of the room change and everything explode with a different version of sight. This Mutation came under emotional distress. This was what made it clear that one of their children had a Quirk. But not a normal one as Yuri held his own against his father at five years old. His body's development began to shift towards a more agile form. Going to school with other kids, some had quirks some didn't. Yuri became a sort of an outcast even to outcasts. His first teacher to reach out to him was a music teacher. He was a friendly man who seemed interested in his well being. So Yuri started going to his class from Kindergarten and even would come to see him when he grew out of that class. yuri had a rather special voice that developed. His keen ears and vocal control made the man see dollar signs. So it went that Yuri's teacher claimed that he gifted the boy this voice. He gave him a speech at eight years old. That people were only tools to be used even children. They served to put adults higher on the totem pole and build them up. Yuri slugged him having lost his temper and gotten angry. His body shifting ever so slightly into that of a bat.

Tears of sadness and angry fell behind his eyes. Before hitting the wall next to the man his body trembling as he ran off. Yuri went from building to building. Using a strange type of flight to fly away. Though these were no skyscraper, mere one story house buildings. It was after this incident Yuri withdrew into a shell. No longer involving himself with other people. Avoiding them entirely where he could and talking more to himself. His trust in people was broken by one man. Who'd been using him since he was six years old? So their entire relationship had been a lie. Yuri helped people out using his skills when he could in Russia. Not doing much to go out into the sun and endure it. Yuri didn't help people at first thought he caged himself. Listening to noises through the city his ears so sensitive to the noises.' voices and refusing to move. He'd not even go to school again deciding he'd simply not do it. Why return to that emotional landscape, he hated singing now. But it was the only way to express his pain. The betrayal of someone he loved. It stung deep in his core and Yuri ate but became a shut-in. Finally, his mother reached out to a Hero of Russia known as Avalanche. The woman was a friend of his mother's from their childhood days. While she was no famous hero she was one who did her best. Wielding snow-based manipulation to help those she could.

She came in and sat talking to Yuri, at first the visit didn't get much. Yuri wouldn't speak to her or anyone these days. Aside from the felines that often gathered around him. They knew he could be trusted and what's more, they told him of life. It took her coming again and again for several visits before Yuri opened his cage. If only a little and she did something no one had. She listened to the eight-year-old boy's trauma. She cared about what happened to him as his mother had. But she was a hero someone that helped people. She let him know that yes people like that did exist, but for the world to change. They needed to inspire it as heroes. She asked him if he wanted to work with her and learn. Yuri began training with Avalanche to better harness his powers. While this didn't make him better. It was a diversion from the betrayal something to think about.

He spent a lot of time with her several years, in fact, learning the ropes from her. He stopped going to school working as her sidekick in Russia. Though it wasn't official by any standards. He did work hard to learn and develop, but it wasn't an education that could prepare him for professional hero work. He wasn't allowed to fight villains merely to give her information and train against her. His mother made the announcement that they would be going to Japan. It was later revealed to him that Avalanche had died. She'd saved people and been fatally wounded by the villain using them as a shield. While another more popular Hero did save them. His last connection was gone.

So he went to Japan and was inrolled towards U.A to get a proper education. To enforce his justice what he saw as it is important.

THE ARMORY

KATANA--This is something his father gave him while it's not special. It's something to use the training he has had in swordplay. Though it was Kendo his father taught him more open. Doing away with rules since his son's education didn't need those. What was required was something to protect him. His quirk's full power was contained due to a requirement. That was harder to meet so it was better for him to train in Melee combat. Fighting with a different tool and his hands. While his outfit is also helpful in this regard. The training with both his hero teacher and his father did help him as a child.

QUIRK & SKILLS

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Bat

TYPE:Mutation

RANK/LEVEL: C

SUMMARY: While he's spent time with a hero refining his gift, Yuri has many problems he faces every single day. His quirk isn't something amazing or potent. His vision is stuck in a constant night vision and his hearing is too good. Able to be overloaded by certain sounds and cause him pain. This is something that comes with being a bat in the end. Yuri is able to fly how a bat does but only ever reaching speeds of 40 mph. Though he can go from a sprint or just a walk into the air. While he prefers to sleep in the day and struggles with it. His quirk does allow him to see using echolocation, it comes from his mouth or nostrils. He's able to perform this in a cone in front of him. Allowing for bouncing the sound over and around buildings. The max distance he's able to detect is 30 feet. He's able to carry up to one hundred and thirty lbs in flight. More than this will bring him back down rather quickly. This also applies to hanging upside down, the max weight he can handle clinging to a surface is 130 lbs. The main mutation that can be seen of him is his mouth and nose are different. Around his tongue allowing him to make these noises. His wings are apart of his arms. The mutation around his arm can be folded into his skin keeping it hidden. These folds are made of a strong material able to let him go into flight quickly. His ears while mutated have retained a human shape. His eyes are normal and haven't taken the shape of a bat. He will wear sunglasses and often cover them in fabrics that prevent sunlight from entering. Due to the sensitivity of them.



WEAKNESSES/LIMITATIONS:


LIGHT BRIGHT-- He is unable to handle even candlelight levels of light. His eyes are extremely sensitive to it. This can blind him for up to four posts in total. Making him unable to open his eyes due to throbbing pain. There is no way to overcome this as sunglasses and other eye protection simply won't help him. Nothing Yuri knows of at this moment can help him with his weakness to light. He even prefers to sleep during the day due to the pain. It causes him a severe strain on his eyes and body. Often causing the boy to yawn as though belonging in a bedroom. His family often called him a vampire until his quirk became better understood.

SOUND OVERLOAD -- Yuri's power is through Echolocation which is sensitive to sounds. Meaning you can overload him with loud things like a church bell. Or police sirens or a ton of noises all at once. These cause it to go crazy causing him headaches almost like his brain is to burst. He's not able to tune them out as certain sounds just hit him harder. The sensitivity to sound is something he has to be careful of. As his ears have bled on a prior occasion when training with his Hero. He is able to pick up a conversation Fifty-meters away from him, making his ears sensitive.

IS IT COLD IN HERE?-- Yuri's body shuts down in colder weather, another reason they left Russia. He will go into a hibernation state when exposed to enough cold. It makes it harder for him to handle things as he is unable to remain awake. It's more his animal instinct kicking in and taking over his body. This is just how it is for someone born with a mutation he figures. So it's never been anything all that upsetting for him in the long run. Just a long nap almost like going to sleep to wake up several days later. This happens at 35 to 40 degrees for him, being unable to handle that temperature.

RANK/LEVEL: C-

SUMMARY:

His father was a championship-caliber Kendo master who taught his son from the age of five in that art. While Yuri isn't something akin to a master himself he is excellent with a sword. His father continued the lessons even after his quirk appeared. Keeping him studying and learning how to fight using a weapon. Yuri's quirk didn't provide him with anything his father considered superhuman. He has no extendable appendages or his mother's speed increase quirk. But Yuri did have potential as a swordsman at the very least. This is the only skill the youth developed and used to fight the pro-Russian Hero Avalanche. So he's had practice facing a quirk using a sword.

Hastur

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