Basic Statistics

Name Milo Sniegowski-Wiater
Meaning
Milo: Latinized form of Miles, possibly from Latin miles "soldier" or else from a pet form of Michael.
Sniegowski: A habitational name for a person from Sniegow, Sniegowo or other place whose name was derived from snieg "snow".
Wiater: Derived from Polish wiatr "wind".

Gender Male
Age 20
Birth Date November 17 (Scorpio.)
Blood Type AB
Birth Place Bexley, OH
Occupation Stockboy, Liberty Fresh
Student Involvements Dodgeball Syndicate, Club Hockey
Academic Standing Third Year Sophomore (A full quarter from being a Junior)

Major Major? What major?
Schedule
GEOGRAPHY 120 - Earth Systems II: Atmospheric Environment (5) / This is Milo's third science GEC. He spends most the class trying not to drool on his desk while he sleeps.
CHINESE 210 - Intensive Second Level Chinese I -- Oral (5) / Milo originally took Chinese in hopes of meeting hot Asian chicks. Well, it worked, but it also turned out that Chinese was kind of cool. He's thinking about maybe getting a minor in Chinese. As for Chinese, he speaks well, but writing actually takes lots of outside classwork to learn. Which sucks.
SCANDIV 222 - Nordic Mythology and Medieval Culture (5) / Milo likes blow-off courses, which is what he heard this was. And apparently Norse mythology is totally violent, so that's kind of cool too.
EDU:PAES 152 - Social Dance I (1) / Milo was badgered into taking this class by his girlfriend because he is totaly whipped. He pretty much hates it except for when he can "accidentally" grope girls he isn't dating.

Likes Italian ice, winter sports that aren't figure skating or ice dancing (yes, this includes curling, because it is secretly badass), comic book movies, Jackie Chan movies, driving, any party game that involves stripping, chrismukkah, Penguins ice hockey (yes, he likes the Blue Jackets, but he grew up with the Penguins), the movie Titanic (but shh)
Dislikes Hot muggy days, girls that move in herds, pink shit, zombie movies, waking up with a hangover and stupid shit written on his forehead
Hobbies Doing stupid shit while drunk, doing stupid shit while sober, doing stupid shit to drunk people while sober, driving really damn fast, driving with the windows open, hockey, hockey, hockey

Skills
Cold? What cold?; You could blame this on magical influences, but honestly it just kind of comes with the territory of growing up in ice rinks. There can be a foot of snow on the ground and Milo can run around in a t-shirt and shorts. Not that he does do this, as.. Milo is really not a t-shirt and shorts kind of guy. But anyway, Milo is generally invulnerable to the cold and would be more than happy moving into an Igloo with a nice Canadian girl.

'Tis but a Scratch!; Another effect of an ice hockey upbringing. Milo's pain tolerance is quite high and while he knows it's there, unless his leg is broken in multiple places, he'll keep going. Just one break is not nearly enough. At least, with a few good painkillers in his system, he can run around on a broken ankle for a few days before finally caving and seeing a doctor about it. (And has.)

"I think you need to shave..."; Not exactly a skill, but moreso a bizarre magical trait. Like Usagi, after transforming the first time, Milo's facial hair has been imbued with magical growth powers of their own. Which, frankly, is so not cool. Maybe this Boreas guy thought he was a hottie with a big old beard, but Milo is totally not going for that. As such, Milo has to shave multiple times a day and usually appears with some amount of stubble.

Persona

First Impression; Milo is easy to brush off as your typical bad boy wannabe delinquent kid. He certainly looks the part and he performs the part quite well both academically and socially. He favours settling disputes via force rather than through words and mediation. While he certainly hasn't had an easy time of it, rather than overcoming the obstacles presented to him, he's taken the easy route and allowed himself to fall victim to them. Still, he's far more than a common hoodlum and he has far more potential than he believes himself to possess.

Force over Persuasion; As mentioned, Milo is perhaps a bit heavy on the testosterone. He has a reputation for frequently getting into fights when he's on the ice and is among the leaders in penalty minutes for his team - not exactly the sort of thing Mom and Dad hoped he'd excel at. In youth leagues, opposing team parents referred to him as a goon on more than one occasion - his own team preferred to think of him as an enforcer. Off the ice his record isn't exactly clean either - during highschool he had more than one school suspension due to fighting, though generally his behaviour was kept in check since he didn't want to lose his athletic eligibility. Now in college he's had at least one black eye from drunken brawling. Still, it should be noted that unless he's in an, ahem, altered state of mind, he manages to keep his fighting strictly to the ice. On another testosterone related note, Milo also participates in the time-honored young male tradition of driving really damn fast. He's yet to have any accidents beyond fender benders, but his driving record is far from spotless.

Gruff Exterior; Milo does not appear particularly approachable. He tends to hang around the fringes and has a rather closed off vibe exuding from him. While he has a large, loose group of friends that he hangs around with, there's no one that he's particularly close to. In highschool he was never labelled as a "popular kid", but this wasn't due to social stigma so much as the fact that he wasn't particularly loud and outgoing. He certainly isn't shy and quiet either, but maintains a sort of middle ground that gets him invited to all the parties but without having the attention and female fanbase of his more popular male counterparts. Most guys, if asked, would say "Yeah, he's cool" but have little opinion on Milo beyond that.

Stupidly Charming; If someone does get the nerve to talk to him or they somehow catch his interest, they'll find that Milo is actually a pretty easygoing guy. Between the total absence of SAT words from his vocabulary, frequent usage of words like 'cool' and 'total shit', and his ability to laugh at himself, Milo actually becomes rather stupidly charming. That is, if you can look past the delinquent image. He can be pretty personable and he takes his image with a grain of salt.

Not a Charmer; That said, while Milo can be charming, he is by no means a charmer and English majors in his presence are likely doing everything they can to avoid beating him over the head with their edition of The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Milo does not know the right things to say to people at all. Any charm Milo possesses is totally accidental and simply a result of being himself. Any attempts at actually being charming are almost always met with total failure.

Emotionally Expressive; Not what you would expect when you look at him, but those within his trust are not at all spared the full range of Milo's emotions. Milo wears his emotions on his sleeve - well, most of them. If he's somewhere in the happy, excited, annoyed, angry range, you're sure to know it. He simply can't subdue his feelings and though he may look cool and collected from afar, he is anything but. When he does get stirred into anger, he's very much the sort to hiss and spit and he has no fear of confrontation.

Emotionally Distant; On the other hand, if he's honestly upset, Milo closes up into himself and there's pretty much no one who he'll share himself with. A keen observer might realize that Milo tends to keep his relationships to a superficial level -- it's not difficult to let others in on your happiness or day-to-day frustrations, but your serious problems? That's a whole different beast. Milo is particularly tight-lipped when it comes to his home life. Though he'll confirm that his parents are divorced, he rarely says more than that. That Noah is his half-brother is no secret, but it's not a piece of information he'll volunteer about himself and when asked about the boy he'll generally say something along the lines of "We don't have a lot in common except dads." It isn't that Milo is necessarily embarassed about any of these topics, but they simply aren't things he wishes to discuss with others. They're his personal issues and he's fiercely protective of them, not wishing to take help or advice from anyone else.

Hardworking... when interested; Milo appears to be an unmotivated waste of life. He still doesn't have any idea what he wants to do after college and as such he prefers to use study time as drinking time instead. Really the only reasons the boy is still in college is because of the parent-funded drinking binges, the hockey team, and the fact it gets him the hell away from his parents. Speaking of the hockey team brings us to our point however. While Milo might enjoy tossing a few more back than he should, he wouldn't be able to maintain his position on the club team if he spent 24/7 plastered. Since his youth Milo has worked his tail off to improve his hockey game, first out of sheer love of the game and then later on as a way to get away from his parents. For the few things that do manage to catch his eye, Milo can be very determined to achieve what he wants.

Brotherly Competition; As will become clear in Milo's history, his parents have forced him into a competition with his half-brother throughout his life. Rather than rising to the occasion though, Milo has instead sat back and watched as Noah became the golden child. Of course, his parents' antagonism doesn't simply roll off his back and while he does harbor competitive feelings towards Noah, he's had to learn to put them aside or else.. well, he doesn't want to end up like Noah. That said, when Milo does manage to outshine Noah, you can be sure that he's gloating on the inside.. and probably on the outside as well. With people other than Noah, Milo has no reservations about falling into competition and he's a particular fan of shot competitions. (After all, in the end everyone wins as long as they get drunk.)

Unlucky in Love; Though Milo never seems to go too long without having a girlfriend, he also never seems to go too long without doing something that winds up getting himself dumped. Milo seems to attract very domineering, strong-willed women who enjoy bossing him around and who he doesn't mind taking orders from. Unfortunately these women tend to be rather high maintenance and Milo simply can't keep up with them. Anniversaries are frequently forgotten and presents are never quite right ("What do you mean you don't want Bluejackets tickets?").  He managed to forget Valentine's Day during his Senior year of Highschool and was promptly dumped on his ass.

Appearance

Hair; Milo's hair is a dark brown in color, nearly black. Despite his father's heritage, his hair is pretty straight; though if he were to allow it to grow out much further it would likely start to show some curls. The texture itself is rather thick and feathery. The length is fairly short, with slight sideburns, and though messy it has a general shape to it. His bangs are long and swept to the sides and a portion of them a icy blue.

Facial Details; Milo's facial shape is more long than wide and generally fairly angular. His eyes are an intense light blue and his skin naturally has a lightly tanned cast to it. His nose is long and has avoided the characteristic hook. His chin often has some facial scruff (aka facial shit) on it he can't seem to shave often enough. Generally his facial expression seems rather closed off and unapproachable, though not hostile.

Build; For a guy, Milo isn't particularly tall. He actually stands roughly average at five feet nine inches, though he'll often add an extra inch if asked. From years of playing assorted sports, Milo has a toned build and he sits at a happy medium between body builder and string bean and is plenty sturdy enough to throw down.

Mode of Dress; For clothes, he favors fitted shirts and tees, often layering the two and without a lot of thought put towards what the best matching combination is. Pants are almost always jeans and generally a pair with plenty of fraying and holes despite the fact his parents are more than capable of buying him a nice new pair. In terms of accessories, he's been known to wear leather band bracelets and simple, masculine necklaces. In terms of consumerism, he's more Hollisters than Abercrombie. Or maybe just gas station flunkie.

Other Details; Milo's most distinguishing mark is a scar on his stomach from having his appendix removed as a child, though he has a few other much smaller scars scattered over his body as a result of an active childhood. Milo gives little thought to the way he carries himself and he tends to have a slouch or lazy head tilt going on. He tends to move around without much urgency and his steps are anything but light and graceful. His voice is low but manages to carry quite a bit.

History

Aaron and Julia Wiater met and married when they were both up-and-coming professionals. They both placed career first so it would be more than five years before they decided they wanted to have a child. For a few months the three Wiaters were a picturesque family and it looked like baby Milo would never want for anything with such highly successful parents. That bubble was quickly popped when Julia noticed Aaron acting increasingly suspicious and some investigation turned up that he was having an extramarital affair with one of his associates at work. Initially Julia demanded a divorce, but Aaron was able to talk her down and they decided to try to work things out with Aaron promising he'd never see "that Cuban tart" again.

And for a few years they managed to maintain a façade of the happy family. Aaron, however, continued to keep in contact with his previous associate, not for the sake of having an affair, but rather because he had accidentally fathered a son with her named Noah Vasquez. Though Susana Vasquez refused to accept monetary support, Aaron refused to abandon the child altogether - and what Julia didn't know wouldn't hurt her, right?

Of course it didn't work out that way. Milo and Noah were coincidentally enrolled in the same preschool and though Julia usually dropped Milo off, one day that Aaron had that duty, Noah happened to see him and greeted him as his father. Aaron froze and the teachers, unaware of the situation, assured Noah that this was Milo's father and Aaron piped in that perhaps they looked similar. Noah didn't buy it and the incident got back to Susana who confirmed Noah's claims to the teachers and before long word had made it back to Julia. Feeling completely betrayed, Julia demanded a divorce once again and this time was granted one.

For his part, Milo was only around four years old when this happened and likely wouldn't have remembered anything if not for the fact that the resulting divorce was an incredibly bitter affair. Both parents were highly egotistical and stubborn and Milo quickly became a pawn in their constant warring. Though custody was awarded to Julia, Aaron was sure to get everything out of the deal that he could and thus Milo was constantly being shuffled between the two houses and rarely saw his parents being civil to one another. Through pressure from his mother, he agreed to have his name legally changed to a hyphenated version of his parents' respective last names.

As part of his parents warring as he grew older, each shoved him into various activities that they thought he should excel at, after all their child was a gifted child. Thus Milo was made to take piano lessons, play little league soccer and baseball, art classes and any other extracurricular activity that caught his parents eye. Though Milo expressed that he had no interest in any of these things, his parents insisted that he was just being a quitter and they wanted what was best for him. His parents were more interested in showing up at his games and recitals to prove what wonderful supportive parents they were than to care what the little boy really wanted.

During a sports summer camp Milo discovered a love for ice hockey, perhaps because it was one of the few sports neither of his parents had forced on him. His parents were not as taken with the choice as Milo was. It wasn't exactly a 'gentlemanly' sport and all the equipment cost a small fortune. To make matters worse, his coaches had him playing defense and while his coaches insisted that good defensemen were incredibly hard to come by, Milo's parents were far more concerned with the fact that their son was lucky if he scored a single goal during a season - not exactly something they could boast about around the office. But despite all their griping, they allowed Milo to continue on with the sport (after all, professional athletes get paid ridiculous salaries and have fans!) and over the years they slowly gave up on the piano lessons and soccer leagues.

The fighting, however, continued. Though his parents came to all his games, they still paid very little real attention to their son and as the years progressed, his parents increasingly weighed his activities against those of his half-brother. Thus with no real role models to speak of and no chance of ever measuring up to what his parents wanted (which was never the same thing, but always some goal Milo considered both unreachable and undesirable), Milo turned to other means to gain their attention. Having fallen in with other 'bad apple' sorts who were generally also neglected children, Milo was soon following the crowd and participating in their less than legal activities. Shoplifting was a game to them and Milo successfully swiped several stores of their merchandise before he was eventually caught and charges were pressed. This certainly caught the attention of at least one of his parents - Aaron was furious and ashamed, though he did manage to get the charges dropped in favor of sending Milo to a group for misguided youths.

Julia, on the other hand, said Milo was clearly acting out to gain attention and making a big deal of the situation would only encourage him further. She said the same thing when Milo was suspended from school for fighting and when she found empty beer cans in the backyard. His father was less keen on this philosophy and said he wanted to see Milo get a job and pay for his own hockey expenses. Milo, who had rarely ever been disciplined, bitched a great deal about this, but when it became clear that it was either get a job or quit playing hockey, he gave in and found himself a stockboy job at a supermarket during his senior year.

Milo spent his senior year of highschool practicing hard in hopes of catching a scout's eye and getting drafted to a junior league or college team somewhere very far away from Ohio. Unfortunately his attitude problems were common knowledge and though he exhibited a decent amount of skills athletically, the only scouts willing to risk his unpredictable behaviour were from division III schools - not acceptable by the parents' standards, though Milo would have taken anything. Instead it seemed he was going to have to go to college.

Not exactly what he had been hoping for. Especially when his parents seemed to be in a constant war over what his career should be. Though his grades were horrible, they continued to battle over whether he should become a lawyer or a doctor. The phrases "I heard Noah is..." and "Why can't you be more like Noah?" completely integrated themselves into his parents regular conversation with him - which considering he rarely spoke to either meant that it was one of the few things they ever really said to him. As he began to look at college options, one of his friends pointed him towards Columbus State and the concept of a technical education rather than an academic one appealed to Milo immediately. His parents were another story. There was no way their son was going to a community college. Noah certainly wasn't going to be going to a community college. After a great deal of fighting Milo finally gave in and applied to OSU with the hopes of being rejected.

Unfortunately for him, he wasn't and come Autumn he started in the fancily named Undecided major. Well, at least he was no longer living at home. And as it would turn out, South campus dorms were like a party 24/7 if you knew the right people. Thanks to the wonders of no longer being a minor, Milo spent the rest of the year telling his parents he was Pre-Pharmacy. Or was it Pre-Vet? Whatever would get them off his back and keep them paying the bill.

For some odd reason, Noah chose to follow in his older brother's footsteps and attend OSU. Initially annoyed by his younger brother's decision (hadn't be suffered enough years of him during highschool?), it soon became apparent that OSU's campus was plenty large enough for the two boys to rarely see each other. Of course, it also meant that he was constantly getting updates on whatever new and amazing things that Noah was up to. Ending up at the same party as his younger brother always was a little awkward, though it wasn't as if Noah hadn't driven his drunk ass home on more than one occasion during college. Other than Noah, the year went by about the same as the one before.

Autumn quarter hasn't even started and already things are strange. During the summer Noah went missing for over a week. Milo wouldn't have realized this (the two grudgingly get along, but rarely see each other), but Noah's mother called him up rather frantically. Though Noah was eventually found, the whole affair was very strange, as Noah was known to never do anything less than perfect. Aside from that, he's been getting a lot of weird junk mail lately.

Relations

Simon Pasternack / Roommate / Architecture Major / Junior. Milo and Simon ended up roomed together along with a third boy Freshmen year. From the start it seemed like the two boys would have nothing in common. Milo was the heavy drinking 'Bad Boy' and Simon was a little.. flamboyant. Surprisingly of the three, it was Milo and Simon who ended up having the closest friendship, though they still have little in common. Simon and Milo enjoy going drinking together, playing poker, and both are part of the Dodgeball Syndicate. Every few months Simon begs Milo to pose as his boyfriend to get someone off Simon's case and Milo gets him back by dragging him to one of the various adult stores lining High Street and making him purchase Playboy.  Simon enjoys art and comics, but his parents steered him towards a more marketable career path.  He can't stand musicals and is a pretty terrible dancer.  Simon ala Candybar

Dr. Julia Sniegowski / Mother / Child Psychologist. See history.

Dr. Aaron Wiater / Father / Cardiologist. Non-practicing Jew. See history.

Noah Vasquez / Half-brother / OSU Sophomore. See history.

Mythos Soldier

Alignment Mythos
Name Hoplite Boreas
Elements of Influence The North Wind, Winter, Ice, Sno Cones
Symbol See here. This is the Old Germanic time sign for winter.
Challenge "Winter's coming early this year."

Locket A horse curled into a circle and made of a marble containing his primary and secondary colors. { The Anemoi were all described as horse-shaped and while horses fall under Poseidon's sphere, I'd like to propose that the Anemoi's lockets all contain horse imagery. }

Primary/Secondary Color Scheme
Incredibly Pale Periwinkle / Light Blue-Gray

Uniform
Look at the picture: Hoplite Boreas

Hair; Though it retains the same style as in mundane, the color of Hoplike Boreas' hair undergoes a dramatic shift. The blue pieces in front become an almost-white shade of blue while the darker pieces become mottled with various shades of blue and the occasional scattering of white. The entire head of hair is covered in a thin layer of frost. His facial hair also becomes thicker and blue.

Skin; Like his hair, Boreas' skin is covered in a light layer of frost and seems to have a slightly hypothermic blue cast to it.

Wings; Boreas has smaller, purely decorative wings made entirely out of shards of purple tinted ice that appear to float magically unconnected in the air. The wings sit flat against his back and are shaped rather like hand prints.

Laurels; Boreas' laurels are likewise made out of shards of purple-tinted ice crystals and appear to float in orbit around his head.

Cape; Boreas' cape has enough fabric for him to run around pretending to be Batman. The cape is light blue-gray and secured around his shoulders by his locket. At its lowest point, the cape hangs to Boreas' lower thighs.

Chestpiece; Boreas chest piece is a simple leather piece done in his primary color with two shoulder straps that go over his cape. Upon closer inspection it can be noticed that the shoulder straps seem to be made out of a clouded glassy material. A string hangs from the end of each strap and the two are joined together by an ice encrusted charm. The shoulder straps as well as the main chest piece are edged in ice.

Bracers; Boreas has bracers protecting his forearms. Leather in his primary color wraps around the majority of the forearm with a small portion unprotected. The two ends of the leather are secured together with a light purple lace.

Skirt; Boreas' skirt is a few shades darker than his secondary colored cape. The shirt is V shaped with pleats.

Shoes; Boreas wears typical hoplite sandals in his color scheme though the soles appear to be made of ice, though they don't slip around.  His greaves are in his primary color and portions are ice encrusted like the rest of his uniform.

Transformation
Boreas opens his transformation locket and freezing cold wind shoots out of it as the locket horse enlarges and becomes a part of the wind itself. The wind wraps around him and soon he is encased in a thick layer of ice in something of a crystal form. As the wind whips around him more rapidly, Hoplite Boreas breaks out of the icy prison, standing in full battle uniform less his locket. The wind, led by Boreas' locket horse, seemingly enters his chest and the horse takes its position on Boreas' chest.  He usually finishes with his shovel slung over his shoulders.

Signature Attack
Chilling Negation;
Boreas holds his shovel vertically out in front of himself, head pointing skyward, as he calls out his attack phrase. Freezing cold wind emerges from the shovel's shaft, whipping around it and growing in width and intensity until it has reached the attack's maxium radius. The wind seemingly slices through the ground, leaving a thin glowing line to denote the attack's boundry in Boreas' primary color. Boreas stands firmly in place as the wind whips around him and once the boundry has been drawn, he quickly flips the shovels head to face down and slams it into the ground. The wind abruptly vanishes as the shovel becomes lodged into the ground. The head is then quickly iced over to keep it in place, leaving Boreas unable to use it for the duration of the attack.and with two hands he pierces the ground with his weapon. Boreas' shovel then becomes lodged into the ground and iced over to keep it in place, leaving him unable to use it for the duration of the attack.

Result; A ten-foot radius zone is created in which any magical attack that attempts to enter it will find itself transformed into a white fluffy snow. This would include Ares' magical zombies or Persephone's pomegranate grenade as it does not distinguish between ally and enemy - the first being likely to crumble into snow as it passes through with the second bursting into snow. This affects all magic and thus a magical healing power would find itself negated within Boreas' "snow zone" as well.

The zone's power diminishes as time wears on and attacks begin to break through, with (for example) only 75% of the force being converted into snow. It takes around 3 minutes for the zone to fully wear out, however dislodging Boreas' shovel from the ground is another way for him or another person to cancel the spell.

Special Skills/Traits
Baby, It's Cold Outside; Hoplite Boreas' presence makes things cold. Essentially he has an aura that lowers the air temperature around him to freezing. The radius of this aura is about three feet, beyond which the temperature drastically increases back to whatever the actual temperature is. While this mostly just seems to be an oddity of his presence, it can be defensive in nature, especially with female AMOs who have little to protect themselves from the cold.

That Wind Whistling Isn't a Coincidence; Hoplite Boreas' namesake was a bit of a lech. But that's okay, because so is he. Boreas has the abilty to command small bursts of cold air. While he could use this to blow into someone's face, he's much more a fan of using it to blow up senshi skirts. Enemy or ally.

Ice Armor; Hoplite Boreas has the ability to cover himself in a thick layer of ice, though the armor only lasts about ten seconds before quickly melting away. When Boreas is in his ice armor he very logically cannot move but on the flip side, he becomes very protected from most forms of attack, less fire/heat/etc. Assumably an axe/pick axe could chip through the armor, but as it doesn't last very long you'd be wasting your time. This armor does not instinctually materialize unfortunately, so it isn't an auto-protect from attacks situation. In fact, this armor can be something of a disadvantage as while it heavily protects him for a short period of time, he's a sitting duck once it disappates. Frequency of usage? { As Boreas powers up, this power will become more controlled. Ideas include longer duration, being able to isolate it to a part of the body such as the arm to give an ice encrusted punch, and possibly being able to fine tune the coverage so he can still move his joints and thus not become completely immobile. }

Weapon
Devourer;
Devourer is a fancy looking shovel.. that is essentially a snow shovel. The head is a very large spade with a 3-4 foot long shaft and is freezing cold to the touch. It appears to be made out of ice and an extreme blast of heat could probably melt it. (Of course, if Boreas was hit with an extreme blast of heat, his weapon would be the last of his concerns.) Devourer can generally be used for whacking and slicing, though poking is a possibility as well. { The name may seem odd for a snow shovel that lacks a stomach, but Devourer is another name of Boreas. }

hoplite boreas belongs to sally