For your convenience:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shedu
More info about Shedu! (Well, Nathaniel's more of a Lammasu, but that's beside the point. =P)
inferious's lab2; an indepth closeup look on how Nathan got his scars. Not for the weak of heart, and probably NSFW.
NAME: Nathaniel Adams
ALIAS: Shedu (Or Big Red)
MUTATION (POWERS): Nathaniel(or Nathan, or Natty, to his mom) is a Mesopotamian Shedu ninety percent of the time. Not exactly a canon Shedu, but very close. (Explained in physical description.) He can briefly shift back into a more human form, but the longer he holds a human form, the harder it gets, and it gets more difficult everytime he tries.
AGE: 16
DESCRIPTION OF BODY (BUILD, HEIGHT, UNIQUE FEATURES, ETC.): As a general rule, Nathan stands twelve hands high at the shoulder(about four feet) and is about five feet long from nose to flank. He weighs around 350 pounds(which is light for someone of his build). He has the body of a heavy land predator that looks like a lion in some places, such as his general build(perhaps slightly heavier than your average lion) and looks more like a bear in others, such as his paws and fur. He has a long neck hidden under a huge mane that can be fluffed up to appear much larger than he is. His tail is long, and the feathery tuft at the end is the color of fire, and occasionally flickers to and fro as if it were a lit flame. Huge, fiery red wings stem from next to his shoulders, and it's evident from his heavy chest muscles that flight could be acheived. From under heavy red locks peeks a startlingly human face with vibrant green eyes and a peppering of red stubble on his chin. Under one eye is a strangely ornate scar that stretches down his cheek. His ears, however, resemble more of a lynx's, with a tuft of fur on their tips.
On the rare occasion that he can manage a human form, he is a little over six feet tall, very heavily built with a large upper body and huge feet.
HAIR COLOR AND STYLE: Normally, it's a deep red color with orange streaks. His fur is a deeper shade, like dried blood. His hair forms in locks around his face and serve as a mane all the way down the end of his sternum. On the off-chance that he's human, his hair stretches down to the middle of his back. He's tried to cut it several times, but it grows back too quickly to handle.
EYE COLOR: Frighteningly green, and very wide.
RELATIVES: Nathan has some very rich parents deep in the nicer parts of New York, and a perfectly normal younger sister.
ETHNITICITY: A strange mix of Turkish and Irish.
HISTORY: Nathan grew up a normal, spoiled rich boy with his parents in upstate New York. But at around his thirteenth birthday, he started to get really heavy. It started out as a kind of flabby tissue, and he got mocked a lot for that, but once it turned into muscle, he stopped having bully problems. He also started to grow red peach fuzz and the color of his eyes got sharper. One day, his little sister pushed him too far, and he started yelling at her. The yelling turned into roaring, and he blacked out. When he woke up, he'd turned into his big, red, furry self, and his parents very wisely locked him from society. They took it very well, considering. His mom was intensely religious, and beleived this a sign from a higher power, and brought hundreds of different religious leaders in to examine him. He was privately tutored and live continued in exile for several years until rumors started to circulate. When they heard, they shooed him away to the only place they could think of: the mutant academy. How he came upon the peculiar scar beneath his eye is a secret he keeps to himself.
ANY SERIOUS PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITIONS: Besides the fact that he is a giant red land predator with a human face?
HOBBIES: He used to be a big geek until puberty. Now he just runs around and tries to hold a human form for more than a few minutes.
PERSONALITY: Nathan is very shy around strangers, but is very protective and loyal to his friends and surprisingly vicious to his enemies. Most of the time he will bear stares with a small amount of discomfort, but occasionally he'll feel confident enough to revel in it, and even flaunt his strange appearance. It's like he's between arrogant jock and antisocial nerd, and is never sure which he'd rather be.
ANY PETS: Goodness, no. Animals are freaked out by him.
OTHER: He misses opposable thumbs dearly.
WEAKNESSES: Pretty girls, doorknobs, pencils, anything that requires opposable thumbs, small doorways, the indoors environment, etc.
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