Gareth Freeman

Name	Gareth Freeman
Gender	Male, he/him, bisexual
Homeworld	Rookery Earth, born to Color Guard / Repurposed parentage
Class	Junior
Nut	not
Parents	Violet and Gordon Freeman
Smarts	8
Bod/Feet	6
RWP	4
Luck	6
Drive	5
Looks	3
Cool	4
Bonk	6
Powers	Telepathy (almost like he's talking!)** - Gareth is strongly gifted with his Vortal abilies, and can not only speak clearly into virtually any intelligent mind. His Vortal voice is 'handsome' (that's how plenty of people describe it anyway) and 'secure', and apparently when he speaks to someone they can clearly detect where he is when he's talking to them; his range on this power is about 500 meters, and though it's best around 50 meters the volume or intensity of it does not change with proximity. Plenty of people start talking aloud and then forget he's not actually in the room with them - but that's never stopped him from knowing what they've said. Teleportation (dimensiongate) - An innate Vortal ability, Gareth senses subtle differences in dimensions that he can reach, and purposefully can direct himself to one or another. Though this is a last-ditch power and he doesn't use it frequently, he can bring along up to, well, two dragons worth of 'stuff' without tiring. He doesn't casually blip from dimension to dimension, if he has a job to do he goes and does it, then comes home or heads to the next spot with purpose. He isn't above the occasional vacation, and one of his favorite 'not work' spots is Under The Pier, or even The End itself, which is saying something because not a lot of people can reach that specific destination without prior authorization from Ink Blotch Inc. Teleportation (speed bursts, exhausting)- Gareth does use a short-range teleport-adjacent power which is as much physical as it is Vortal. He can increase his run speed (and agility to an extent so he doesn't just slam into things) to almost 20 times normal Human speeds, to get from point A to point B in a flash. Though he can travel in this manner up to 2 kilometers total before exhaustion, he tends to use it only in very short bursts around 20 meters at a time, usually in combat or dangerous exploration situations. He can use this to escape in combat, but prefers ramping up to a big fight, teleporting up to whatever thing he's fighting, slamming it with crowbar or ordinance, and then zipping away just as fast. His fighting tactics include 'use the revolver until it's empty and then get away to rest'. This has proven remarkably effective. Telekinesis (grabbity gun!) - Though Gareth doesn't have true telekinetics, he does have a very sleekly redesigned wrist-brace based Gravity Gun (Zero Point Gravity Field Emitter, whatever Judith) with which he can manipulate heavy or ungainly items nearby. Its range is somewhat short, about 15 meters at most, but with it he can lift items as small as a single bottle, or large as a school bus. There are two settings for this tool: manipulation and punting; with the manipulation field on, he can rotate or set it to hover nearby without needing to manage it otherwise; with punting, he can aim a blast of force that will absolutely throw that bus (or at least knock it over... it'll toss that bottle a county mile...). This works on both objects and living things, but the only creatures he will punt with it are enemies and food. This device does need to be powered up, it's a good thing that dad's energy cells and most USB connectors will do the job.
Clusters	Pummel Anything With Anything Else +2 Physics Is His Bitch +2
Skills	Always On Target +3 Enjoys High-Level Banter With PhDs +3 Weaponize Everything +2
Knacks	Dad's Crowbar Is Always Accurate +3 Drives Damn Near Any Vehicle +3 Suddenly, A Wild Grandfather Intervenes! +2
1	Hyperdimensional Calculus / M. Vale - Superb
2	Theoretical Physics / Freeman - Superb
3	Speech / Pointman (omg, hilarity - neither of them actually talks out loud) - Passing
4	Driving Manual Shift / Krueger - Excellent
5	Excavation and Tunneling / Stonefist ( like crawling through air ducts!) - Decent
6	Paintball / Axemurderer - Decent
7	Multiplanar History / Prescott - Excellent
8	Universal Sign Language / Poddie - Excellent
Dragons	Xkah'lih-beth Mech'saath
From	Hallowed Silk Healing Den/Rookery
Dollmaker	Doll Divine ATLA
Siblings	Umber, Coral, Angel, Carl, Joshua

The raw irony of having Keenan Lane being Gordon Freeman's son's 'other grandfather' is something that Gareth takes in stride, a lot easier than his own father does. Gordon is ... shall we say, less than thrilled whenever Lane decides to show up in his grandson's life, but there is literally nothing he can do about it. After all, Nach'lih kallah-vahh protects his family. Even if that family was one he hadn't intended to start. Sometimes it's clear that Lane comes along purely to mess with Gordon's mind. Now, notably - Local Lane is Violet's DNA donor, but Repurposed Lane is who comes calling. Though after Local Lane has been befriended by a dragon, he does participate considerably more... And to much, much more confusion. Gareth himself knows the differences somehow, easily able to spot Vortal differences when they aren't in the room together (where it's very ovbious to even casual observers who is which). But while Gordon is still a little weirded out by the entire thing, Gareth is a truly blessed interdimensional teen. In the long run, Gareth seems to enjoy the interaction as a break in the normal schedule of events if anything.

Because Gareth enjoys both the physical challenges of life in the post-apocalyptic world of his parents (since in fact both Violet and Gordon are from remarkably similar universes and only spending time on Twoarth to attend or teach at Carramba) as well as the intellectual pursuits that Twoarth can offer, his time is spent moving between the two worlds freely. Of all the Clonegirls' kids, Gareth has perhaps mastered the dimensional travel of his grandsire the quickest. Whether it's because he has an innate understanding of those dimensions, or he's capable of constructing technology capable of doing the same, who knows. Lane doesn't care - the results are what he's interested in.

The results - that Gareth may become the 'free man' of some other world in the future - are obvious. Gareth is at his heart a scientist, but in his body also rests a warrior. Rests? Hardly. His mother is quite proud of him, being able to weaponize items and use the territory tactically. She has a trust in her son that he'll do what's right, even if that means he's taken away from their world for extended periods of time.

** Gareth is neither deaf nor mute, but he speaks very little in passing, and understands the value of not only silence, but communication. Because of this, he is relied upon in stealthy situations with a combination of telepathy and sign language - which he's teaching to others in the Rookery.

Dragons below are both from the Hallowed Silk project, and both are offspring of Keenan's dragon Denhadarvahth. As half-siblings they seem to act as one with staggering amounts of cooperative flight and power use.