Tomás Alvarez

Tomás Alvarez, also known as Tom, is a character played by ZyuZyu in the GaiaOnline roleplay Ventied : Heroes Fallen.

Early life
In his younger years, Tomás' family lived in Havensgrove. He attended some of the best private schools a middle-class family could afford and never wanted for much. As he grew up, he began to show signs of a developing kleptomania for which he became well-known and despised by many of his teachers and peers.

Adolescence and Adulthood
Tomás had a strained relationship with his parents, which began around 7th grade, when his troubles at school and with his friends began to multiply. By the time that he had graduated high school, he had already moved out some months prior. As he aged, he had little continued contact with his family and spent most of his time bouncing from job to job. As money became scarce, he began to associate himself with various money-lenders or crime families, securing the odd job or task as a discreet and reliable gopher or as muscle.

Meta-reveal
Tomás discovered of his powers approximately at the age of 23, chasing down a deadbeat who'd borrowed and not returned money from the wrong lender. Upon finding his target, the man knocked over an overheated power tablet and set his dilapidated house aflame and trapping Tomás inside. On the edge of death, he suddenly found himself able to breathe in the fumes and push them aside, leading to an exit. Ever since, Tomás has mostly kept his powers to himself, for fear of persecution and as means of keeping his trade secrets secret. Now that the Council had closed in on many of his past clients, he keeps to himself and uses his powers for the occasional robbery or stick-up.

Present Day
Tomás Alvarez is a current part-time bouncer and occasional petty thief. He is employed at The Reef and is a fairly unknown presence in the Meta scene. Approximately three years ago, some time after he discovered that he was a Meta-Human, Tomás made attempts to reconnect with his estranged family in hopes of finding answers to his many questions. To his surprise, he has been unable to find any trace of them - almost as if they had disappeared completely. Even now, he has struggled to find any information of their whereabouts or of their fate.

Powers
Tomás has the power of Typhokinesis, which enables him to manipulate and create wisps of smoke or other gasses. A heavy smoker, he typically will use smoke from his cigarettes as expanding on existing smoke particles tends to be much easier than creating his own.