Bio: Roland

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Public Persona: Roland

Secret Identity: None

Affilialation: Storm Patrol

Base of Operations: Seattle

Place of Birth: An alley in North Seattle

Age: 3 or 4  (Unknown date of birth)

Nationality: American Shorthair Alley Cat

 

Characteristics

Gender: Male

Length: 2’10” tip of nose to tip of tail

Weight: 15lbs

Eyes: Green

Hair: White

 

Powers Classification: E:PsiBM*, Immunities - 1, Psionics – 5, Intelligence - 4

*Experiment: Psionic, Biological, Mental

 

Occupation: Headquarters Cat

Favorite Food: Salmon

Favorite Music (Public): Mozart

Favorite Music (Private): Birds chirping

Favorite Color: Blue

First Appearance: Second String Heroes Episode 2.1

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History

Roland was born as one of a litter of five kittens in a back alley in northern Seattle near the University of Washington.  He was less than a week old when he, his mother and his littermates were picked up by animal control and raised to be put up for an adoption.

He was adopted by a research scientist who worked at the psionics lab at the UW and became the labs mascot. Being an inquisitive kitten he was frequently into things he shouldn’t be. During his explorations he was accidentally exposed to a mental enhancement serum. Over the next few years his intellect expanded and he developed psychic powers. And growing up in a university he had a fantastic environment for learning.

One weekend there was a break in at the lab by Mentalismo and in the ensuing commotion of the fight and his capture the psionics lab was demolished and Roland’s owner killed. Roland escaped the rubble and wandered for a few months before he was spotted by Natasha eating out of the dumpster behind her restaurant. She was surprised by a cat that wasn’t instinctively afraid of her and her werewolf heritage. Taking pity on his bedraggled appearance Natasha set out a returned plate of fish for him, and when Roland thanked her, in her mind, she knew that she needed to help him.

Roland moved into the headquarters that Natasha and Carlos had set up shortly thereafter and grew to feel like the place was home.

Personality:

Roland is an academic. His early years in a university setting gave him a scientific view of things. He has a very straightforward view on life. For all his intelligence he has not been able to master the contraction, which is a minor source of frustration for him. Living in the Headquarters with its high speed internet access has given him more room to grow mentally than even the lab. He does find great enjoyment in being in coordinator for the team.

Relationships with team mates:

He is continually surprised by Betony’s studiousness and her versatility. Because magic cannot be scientifically measured or explained her powers and skills do not make much sense to him, so he underestimates her often.

 

Grande is loud, very loud compared to everyone he knew before. He is puzzled by Grande’s sense of humor and his ability to ignore what he doesn’t understand. He does find him a bit dull intellectually. But for all those faults he does think he is a decent human.

He is grateful to Natasha for her saving his life. She does not have any idea of how deep that gratitude goes. He likes her willingness to pitch in and help out in any situation. He is confused about her attraction to Grande.

He doesn’t know Crusader well enough to have an opinion about him. Time will tell how he and his sword fit in to the world Roland now has.