Josiah Martin

Character Information

Codename		Rat Pack
Gender		Male
Species		Mutant (Homo Superior)
Age		16
Affiliations(s)

Physical Appearance

Height		5'10
Weight		158
Hair Color		Dark Brown
Eye Color		Brown
Physical Description		Joey sits in the awkward space where he is starting to look like a man, but hasn't quite outgrown being a boy. He has noticeable stubble if he doesn't shave and he clearly shows he spends most of his time outside being physical, but his shoulder width and height have not quite caught up with him and he hasn't quite narrowed down at the waist as much as he will. He prefers to dress the same as he always has, western jeans, denim or cotton shirts, boots, and a hat and his belt buckles will be pried from his cold, dead, fingers. He has subtle signs of mutation as well, with his incisors being larger than normal and, if he does not shave, he grows whiskers. His body hair is thicker and more akin to fur than is usual as well.

Family

Spouse		N/A
Children		N/A
Father		Nathaniel Martin
Mother		Miriam Jensen Martin
Brother(s)		Jacob Martin James Martin
Sister(s)		Ruth Anne Martin Elizabeth Miriam Martin
Other Family

Personality & Traits

General Overview		Joey is a bit of a goofy oddball. He is quite intelligent and perceptive, but hides it behind a mask of comedy and jokester antics. This is primarily a defence mechanism for him to deflect attention away from his mutant traits, although it is not entirely an act, as he is genuinely the least serious sibling and the one who is often the instigator of antics. He gets on well with his parents and siblings and is often the storyteller and boundary pusher in groups, but also seems to have a knack for picking out safe trails and good wildlife viewing for tourists.
Mutant Power(s)		Natural Sense: 4 - Joey is well attuned with the natural world and has a good sense for it. He can sense the state of the world around him and has been unconsciously and then consciously calling on it for most of his life. He can generally sense the general location and health of plants and animals around him, the condition of the terrain, the location and flow of water, and so on. If he chooses, he can concentrate on single entities and obtain further information. Nature Control - 1: Joey is unaware he is doing this, but he can exert some level of control over the natural world. Water is pulled towards the surface when it otherwise might have been deeper, roots seem to just not be a problem for him, and animals only ever seem to be encountered at just the right distance. Rat Form - 2: Joey can assume the form of a human-sized bipedal rat at will. In this form, his senses of smell and hearing are augmented similarly to those of a natural rat, and he possesses increased physical strength and stamina. However, the appearance is rather striking and off-putting to most, so he rarely does so and has not learned to control it properly, only being able to appear either fully human or fully rat, and prone to losing control of it under stress or strong emotions. With proper training and practice, it is possible he could manifest a partial or selective transformation and the attendant benefits. Animal Control - 2: Joey can communicate with rats, within the limits of their cognitive ability, and can give simple orders or directly control them to do his bidding. He has not explored the limits of this power, and it is unclear just how many rats he could control or the limit of what he could get them to do, as he has never really tried anything more than simply keeping them away from places where they are unwanted.
Profession(s)		River Guide Trainee: his family are all part of the tourism sector centred around Glen Canyon and the Grand Canyon, and he was training to follow in their footsteps and is generally competent at the mundane skills needed to do so.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Ambitions
Hobbies & Interests
Mutant Mastery		X-2

Origin Story		Joey was born and raised near the Utah/Arizona border in the vicinity of Bitter Springs, a centre of LDS activity in what is technically part of the Navajo Nation. He is the second son and third child for his parents and the only one who is definitely a mutant (his siblings likely are, but have powers that are discrete enough to pass unremarked). Fortunately for him, having slight "gifts" is something that has been known to happen in his mother's family for several generations, giving him understanding if concerned parents when he noticeably became a mutant. Otherwise, his childhood is mostly unremarkable for a boy in his circumstances and location. He has an aptitude and willingness to carry on the family business and never considered he might do something else. However, the manifestation of his rat transformation caused concern as he is not fully one hundred per cent in control of it leading his parents to believe some time spent at the Xavier school might be beneficial for him, even if it is so very far away and culturally very different.
Past Exploits