Leviathan Black

Levi Black is a Drifter character in Beacon Hills.

 Personality 

Levi's usually a bundle of energy, or a bundle of anger, with the latter winning out more often than not. Levi's temper can flare up in the blink of an eye, and he'll talk without thinking. Once he calls someone a friend though, he'll fight tooth and claw for them. What he lacks in height and grammar, he makes up for in heart and determination. Levi can overdo it though, he's not the best at reading between the lines, and tends to take people 'at face value' more than he should. Just because he has a difficult time lying doesn't mean others are telling him the truth. Levi knows this inside, but still winds up taking people at their word until it's proven false. He is secretly desperate to make friends, and is trying out the different groups to see where he might fit in best.

When Levi's feeling good, he's a bundle of energy. He'll be unable to sit still, and often fiddles with a cat toy he carries in a pocket. His mouth can also run a mile a minute, and is what gets him into the most trouble. He talks before he thinks, and he doesn't have the best grammar when speaking. There are occasions when he corrects himself, but then he loses his train of thought and gets irritated. Levi is also the type who can trip over a crack in the sidewalk. When on the ground, he tends to be more clumsy than not, like he's still growing, only without the actual physical growth spurt. At least he doesn't have a long way to fall when he does trip, and will totally act like he meant to trip in the first place.

Often, small items that caught his eye will find their way into his bag, or his pocket. Levi isn't always aware of his fingers doing the walking, so to speak, and it isn't something he is currently able to control. Once he realizes he has swiped something, if Levi can figure out where, and who it belongs to, he tries to get it back. Anonymously, of course, he's fond of not having broken bones, thankyouverymuch.


 * Strengths: Agile (when climbing/jumping), loyal, determined, sharp eyesight/hearing, hard worker
 * Weaknesses: Clumsy on the ground, kleptomaniac, poor grammar, stubborn, tunnel vision when upset, curious (which can turn into being outright nosy), tactile sensitivity, talks before he thinks
 * Likes: Climbing, music, being included, cat toys, cloudy days
 * Dislikes: Being called out for his height, or his poor grammar, bullies, summer, loud noises, strong odors
 * Fears: Dying on the streets alone, never bettering himself, letting his anger get the best of himself

 Background 


 * Residence: Small farm about an hour walk from the school
 * Supernatural Race: Shifter- Levi is, in simple terms, a werecat.
 * Supernatural Abilities: His feline form is a clouded leopard. Both forms are agile, and quick, but mostly when climbing or jumping. He chooses to believe he is a great climber of trees in either form. As the clouded leopard, he can even hang upside down beneath large branches. His sense of smell and hearing is better than average, which makes him loathe loud noises, and strong odors. Like most shifters, Levi has accelerated healing, though he hasn't any experience with it as of yet.
 * Supernatural Weakness: Levi gets extremely lethargic each New Moon, often falling asleep in the blink of an eye. Also, not real fond of things with silver.
 * Supernatural Origin: His mother was afflicted according to his father, and Levi is the 'lucky' one who inherited it.

History: Levi is from a large family, eleven children to be exact, with Levi being the last. His mother passed away shortly after he turned three, and he was subsequently raised by his father, six brothers, and four sisters. It was a strange dynamic. Because of how many mouths there were to feed, his family didn't have a lot to spare. They live on a small plot of land where they could grow some of their own food. Everyone was expected to help out on the farm, and several of the children never made it to public school.

Most of the younger ones were given the opportunity to be home schooled, Levi included. It worked out, until Levi hit puberty around 14, he was a bit of a late bloomer. The cat was out of the bag then, literally. His father had hoped the 'affliction' of his mother had skipped their children. None of his other siblings had the problem Levi did, and his father wasn't pleased. His father wanted to keep it hidden, and for the next year, tried to force Levi to forget that side of himself. Even sent Levi off to public school, the first in his family. The man hoped it would be a distraction, and the fear of being discovered would make Levi hide.

Levi hid it, but only from others outside the family. In the confines of his own room, Levi learned all he could about the small leopard form he could change into. It was frightening, sure. No one was able, or willing, to tell him what he was. How did his mother come to be afflicted? What all could he do? He had to find out for himself, all while attempting to stay out of his father's way, and his wrath. His father saw it as a curse, Levi saw it as something pretty damn fantastic. Something that made him unique from all his brothers and sisters.

All his focus had been on learning the ins and outs of his 'curse', and it set him back in school. Not to mention, the homeschooling didn't quite match the public school academic requirements. It was a small price to pay in Levi's eyes. Not that everything was great about whatever this affliction was. There were more than a handful of downsides, too. Since the cat was let out of the bag, his temper was quicker to flare up than before. It was a hard balance most days. He also had to work through other 'side effects' as his father would call it. Loud noises, strong smells, and he was much more aware of how everything felt. Levi had to often wash his clothes five times to get out the stiffness or the way the material felt would drive him crazy.

Freshman year, he did his very best to lay low, no height pun intended. He worked really, really hard on not causing trouble, staying out of the limelight, keeping his head down and getting his work done. It helped him develop some strong work habits, and Levi rarely scored less than a B, except in English. It was his worst class, by far. He learned how to speak and talk from his family, and the home schooling. It didn't fit with 'proper grammar'. His writing was a little better now, but Levi still speaks in what most call an 'uneducated' manner.

Whatever.

 Family 


 * Mother:  Anna Black (deceased)
 * Father:  Abraham Black
 * Siblings: Brianna, Caleb, Dane, Elizabeth, Finn, Gage, Hannah, Ink, Jasmine, Killian

Abraham didn't much care what the children were named, and he loved his wife enough to allow the woman her 'alphabetical' obsession. He only wanted to make sure his farm was tended to, his wife was loved, and no one went hungry. And no one found out Anna's curse. It was why he bought the land outside the city, for privacy. She could have her moments, and he didn't have to worry constantly over her safety.

He had fallen in love before Anna revealed her affliction, and it was too late to turn back. She was already pregnant with their first child. Each time a child was born, Abraham worried about the curse being passed on, but Anna reassured him it was rare. She never explained how she became afflicted so, Abraham didn't care to talk about it much. Anna loved him enough to keep that side as separate as she could.

When she passed, Abraham grew hard, cold, callous. His whole world had been Anna, and the children had been her thing, not his. He liked them when they were old enough to be mostly self-sufficient and help out on the farm. Oh, he did his best to make sure each one was provided for, the bare necessities, but the love of a parent, or the emotional side, he couldn't ever seem to grasp. The kids tended to take care of each other, so he let them.

Most of the kids are now adults, either with their own families, or helping Pa out on the farm still. Levi was the baby, a good five years after Killian. Levi is the last who is under twenty-one, and doesn't see too much of his siblings. Only Dane, Finn, and Ink live nearby and are regularly working the farm. They are more like strangers than siblings, polite strangers, but there's very little family bonding. Very little. It has taught Levi to be self sufficient, but his eagerness to make a connection hasn't burned out yet.

 Extra Information 


 * Favorite Bands: Until The Ribbon Breaks, A Perfect Circle, CryWolf, The Hu, Twenty One Pilots
 * Favorite Movies: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Dorkness Rising, Smokin' Aces
 * School Clubs: None yet
 * Other: Usually always has some type of a cat toy in his pockets, along with an older version of an iPod, left earbud doesn't work, but the right one is still good (wired). Works odd jobs where possible; mowing lawns, shoveling show, fixing things one can fix with hammer and nails, etc. Sometimes, he doesn't want to make the long trek back to the farm, and will camp out in a tree, or on top of a roof if it seems secure enough.