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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Character Profile: Director (Doctor) Storm

Director (or Doctor, as he appears in Mutation) Storm is one of my favorite characters, in part because I make him to be so likeable.  He is not given a whole lot of backstory, yet his role in the trilogy of Mutation-Maturity-Mutiny is extremely important.
The Director is the leading expert on mutations, specifically the controllable ones that play such a huge role in Maturity and Mutiny.  He seeks to learn as much as he can about the subject, but unlike Xavier or Adyn his quest for knowledge does not hold any alternative motives; he simply wants knowledge for knowledge's sake.  While he has nearly everyone else record their stories in the audio logs that Gideon finds, Director Storm never actually records anything except for the introduction because he feels that his part of the story is unimportant.  In Mutation his goal is simply to determine what caused the specific brand of mutations that are causing people to become the infected and how to stop it, in addition to helping Eric and Kate and Rose strengthen their own powers to combat the others. 
      In Maturity he is the leading expert in detecting where the rings are (atm I'm trying to figure out a better name for the rings than 'Eternity Stones' - which is what they were called - because that just sounds silly), and helps Aaron and the others in discovering them.   In fact, on several occasions he is the person who essentially solves the tests for them, my own way of saying that he, out of all the characters I am creating for this trilogy, is the most worthy of having some kind of powers.
     And that comes into play in Mutiny, when Director Storm is actually given the chance to have "the ultimate power" so to speak (not going to give away everything, now am I? :P).  He rejects it in spite of the fact that he would become immortal and essentially all-powerful, stating that "Greater men have been corrupted by these powers."
    In essence, Director Storm is one of my three favorite characters, simply because he is both humble and intelligent.  Against a background of war, treachery, and murder, he remains honorable and friendly towards the good guys.


That's all I've got.  Until next time, every(one).  Writr, out.

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