Gabriel:
His history is a long one. He's known Angela since they were both children. (His mother, Deborah, and Alice Purling were friends on Trael since they were kids and when Alice got married and moved to Earth. Hannah and Alice would visit each other and bring their kids along. So then her children wouldn't go around and tell about Abilities, therefore being ridiculed--and because her daughter Cindy has been diagnosed with autism--they aren't really allowed to be on Trael.) He'd come to visit the Purling family with his mother. There were times when Angela and he didn't get along, but most of the time they "played" together splendidly. Angela did always think that he was weird. Like he didn't know--when he first came over--how to he didn't know how to turn on a TV or what soap detergent was or how to make Instant Noodles. But he doesn't know any of those things because he is kind of a fisherman's son. Only he fishes for many kinds of different fish that we don't have on Earth. He's a Traelian.
I've tried to go over his bio again and again, but he is still rather a mystery to even me--which is very very sad. He is the son of the brother of the King and is now Duke of Rein--a large port on the southern side of the country at the base of a river. His port is constantly under attack from pirates and raiders, and so there is a large quantity of soldiers at his homeport as a way of life. They do have orders to stay out of the way but there are those few times when the "mean fishermen" tackle their pride and their ends up being a brawl, most of the villiagers their don't really like the soldiers, even though there are a few that actually come from the city itself.
Gabriel, since the horrifying death of his father--who was killed by Tobias for revenge on his own father's death--hasn't used his Ability more than he's really had to. He's rather scared of it and really sees it as something that is too powerful to use. His Ability, which is rather complex because he is able to do many things such as: Empathy (ie. to read the thoughts of, or to mentally communicate with others), Telepathy (ie. to read the thoughts of, or to mentally communicate with others), Memory manipulation (ie. to erase or enhance the memories of another), Mind Control (ie. to alter the perceptions of others, and general ability to control the actions of others with the mind). Although he has lots of other gifts besides Mind Control, he is most scared of that one and feels like most of his Ability is in that instead of the other benifites of everything else he can do. Because of his Mind Contol part of his Ability, he is considered one of the most powerful beings there is--Tobias and him are tied for this "honor."
When Gabiel was young and just barely starting in his "knight training" he quickly became friends with Tobias. Tobias was an older boy--just a year older--and so Gabriel looked up to him. They had practically the same Ability, so was thought at the time, and so they were put into lessons together with Lord Master Nysaliph as their Mind Instructor. They stayed friends for a long while until Tobias' father got killed by assassins--their buyer was an extremely bad man, and the first man Tobias ever killed. Gabriel and Tobais were about 15 and 17 at this time. But because Gabriel didn't do anything to help Tobias' father when he walked down the alley just off the market and saw them killing the Count, Tobias blames Gabriel for his father's death. Gabriel's father had tried to console his son and get him to use his powers but Gabriel refuses for the longest times. He goes through his exercises with Lord Master Nysaliph but outside practicing he won't do. (By this time, Tobias has "graduated" from school and is working on his revenge tactics toward Gabriel and the Assassins master.)
After school ends for Gabriel and he becomes a "knight"--at about age 17--he wants to get away from everything. He spends two months with Angela and her family and really gets to know them. Angela is young and he's not that much of a cradle robber so he has no intentions of wooing her at all, she however has the largest crush on him and everyone knows it. he would spend hours in the back yard training--he has no patience for TV. Tony became curious and wanted to do the funny "yoga moves" with him. Angela would dance around showing off her gymnastic tricks and climb trees and just try to show off in general. Jessica wouldn't bother with him at all, but would stay inside and read her books. They spent a lot of time together and things were fun; they went on outings to the ocean, on hikes up the mountains, and all over the place. It was a good break and their wasn't another one like it for quite a while.
He got a message from the King calling him to Duty. Since he had just become a "knight" it was his duty to go to arms and battle against their northern enemy. So he's been off to war for the last six years, coming on and off of duty every year for a little break but then would be sent right back to the front to beat off the "northern barbarians." The war has just ended or is on a kind of peace laps for the time being.
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