Rochelle Knight

Rochelle Knight
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	March 4th, 1975
Age	33
Height	5'10"
Weight	240~
Zodiac Sign	Pisces; Wood Rabbit
Aliases	Shelly, Rocky, Roxy
Place of Birth	Cooksburg, PA, USA
Current Location	Massapequa, NY, USA
Occupation	Construction Engineer, Security Guard/Bouncer, Musician, Handyman, Odd-Jobs
Known Relatives	Margaret Goldinger (mother), Peter Knight Sr.(father), Peter Knight Jr. (brother), James Knight (brother), multiple family members over the East Coast.
Significant Other	None
Known Abilities	Negation
First Appearance	It's Loud In Here
Phone Number	283-1063
Dark Future	Dark Knight

Rochelle Knight is a mild-mannered construction engineer living near New York City; she believes herself as nothing but human and lives as such, clueless of the power that she does emit.

History

Rochelle was born to a large middle class family in rural western Pennsylvania, where she was raised in a semi-Christian community of a similarly middle class. While her general beginnings were nothing to make significant notes on, she did have quite the proficient time with both skills and abilities. At a young age, Rochelle was taught to play the guitar and fiddle by her uncle, who was a woodworker and violin maker, but moonlighted as a folk musician. On the opposite end of the spectrum, from a young age she was always interested in competitions of strength and endurance, as well as sports such as American football. As well as being a very talented defensive linebacker and competitive powerlifter throughout high school, she also kept up a great deal of extracurriculars in terms of her instruments and sometimes, artistry in the forms of work taught to her by the more dexterous parts of her family. At some point before she was out of elementary school, Rochelle started to develop her powers of negation. It started as a simple field and prepared itself for a steady progression throughout the rest of her life.

After finishing high school, Rochelle chose to take after her father and work as a mechanic, handyman, and construction engineer, though quickly decided to take it one step further. At the tender age of 18 and after being trained unofficially in mechanics, glassplant work, and general construction technology, Rochelle decided to move forward in her education. She moved to the New York area to live with her elderly great aunt and pursue an education from there. Enrolling in the Civil Engineering program at Dowling College, Rochelle spent the next years in the system of higher education as nothing but a workaholic, coming out of it at age 24 with a Master's in Civil and Construction Engineering. During those few years, she worked off and on as a construction worker, mechanic, and all-around handyperson in the surrounding area, including New York City. What little other free time she had time was spent as a volunteer and a non-competitive powerlifter. After finishing school, she had little trouble finding jobs in an around the city to pay off what student loans she needed over time. Fortunately, her elderly aunt also had a hand in this, and the sense of family between them and the rest of Rochelle's extended relatives was nothing but supportive.

The death of her aunt left her both a home to keep and very little sharks on her tail; for the rest of her 20s, Rochelle was nearly alone with herself, working and living her life in a manner exceedingly simple to city-standards. With years of work experience under her belt and a collectively helpful family, she makes quite the money working wherever she does, even when at a normal construction duty; Rochelle sometimes relies on many types of blue collar work when other projects are at a low or unavailable. Her low-key lifestyle and tendency for the mundane has allowed Rochelle to keep a very high number on her bank statements so that to her neighbors and co-workers, Rochelle seems far less wealthy than what is truth. At 30 years old she took up competitive lifting once again, and is now a known name within that certain circuit. Though her powers of negation have had little to no real effect on her life, there is a question as to whether that will remain such forever; as of July 2007, she still works in what ways she can, be it what she went to school for, or something sponsored by the world of bodybuilding and powerlifting; she lives alone in the house left to her by her great aunt, with just the company of her dog.

Powers and Stunts

Powers and Stunts

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• Rochelle's negation is useful in its practicality, and simple in explanation. Within a 360 degree, 15 foot radius of herself, Rochelle negates any effects of the Evolved. One negation of power comes in the form of having the person within the allotted space, another in the form of negating effects coming into the space regardless of user location. In essence, Rochelle has spent her entire life living inside of an invisible, anti-power bubble. Objects created with the assistance of an evolved power do not revert, as they have been created into their own independence. With practice, it may be possible for her to control the size and existence of this field, use the field to reflect back the effects of Evolved, or even attach Negation temporarily to a person, but as of July 2007 she remains passive, with no knowledge of her ability or its neutralizing effects.

Present Stunts

• Lingering Negation : Those who spend a long period of time within Rochelle's negation field may find that the effect lingers, even after leaving it. +roll is not needed unless the situation calls for it, as the main variable is how long the person spends inside the field in the first place. Successive contacts with the field sometimes lessens the degree of lingering effects once leaving it.

Future Stunts

• Sticky Negation : Attaches Negation to someone for an amount of time. She only needs to roll an Average, but the person it is attached to needs to roll a Superb in Willpower to escape it when outside of her original negation field. It is inescapable when the person is still within reach. If they cannot escape it, it must be removed by someone with mental manipulation capabilities outside of the field, or Rochelle herself inside or outside of the field.
• Flipping The Switch : Turns off another evolved's abilities until she chooses to turn them back on, or someone else equally capable can turn them back on via mental manipulation outside of her negation field. She needs to roll a Good for this.
• Negation Field : Influences the size of her innate negation field. She can resize it from it's natural fifteen foot radius to a zero radius without a roll, but making it larger than it is naturally needs her to roll a Good. Each level multiplies the field by two, and that is how far she has the potential to take it. Average = 30' radius, Good = 60' radius, Great = 120' radius.
• Ricochet : Snaps the negation field against an invading force in order to fling powers back at the user. This affects all powers, mental or physical, and will have the same effect on the user as was intended for the target, unless the user is fully immune to their own power. She needs to roll a Good to ricochet correctly, and otherwise the power simply dissolves in her field as it would any other time.
• Reversal : The ability to reverse or nullify effects of an evolved even if it is a past or disconnected effect; for example, memory loss induced by manipulation could be potentially reversed, or the nullification of an active fire if caused directly by an evolved power. Any effects being reversed need to have been caused directly by a power, and not the byproduct of one. She needs to roll a Great or above for this to begin to be usable.

Social Circle

Family

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• Margaret Goldinger - Rochelle's mother; divorced from her father, living in Pennsylvania.
• Peter Knight Sr. - Rochelle's father; divorced from her mother, living in Pennsylvania.
• Peter Knight Jr. - Rochelle's half-brother by her father; he is in his 40s and has a family and a home in southern New York state.
• James Knight - Rochelle's younger brother; he lives in Pittsburgh with a Nerd Herd.
• Bernice Goldinger - Rochelle's great aunt, whom she lived with for her young adult life and inherited her home from; Bernice is deceased.
• She has masses of extended family members up and down the East Coast, and as far west as Nebraska. "Fruitful" is an understatement.

Friends

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Acquaintances

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• Namir - They've encountered each other quite a few times, by accident or by kismet. They don't know each other by name, but they probably know each others faces.
• Kitty - Met during and after the subway hijacking.
• Lachlan - Met in Central Park walking dogs; Lachlan doesn't know about the negation, but does know that he didn't like it. She knows his name, but he does not know hers.
• Eric - He somehow got her phone number. For Gene, of course.
• Gene - Unbeknownst to Rochelle, Gene is trying to find someone to teach him how to kick some ass. She seems to be on the list there.
• Lee - He is a civics teacher that plays the electric violin. In a band with his sister, no less. The nerd shop is cool too. Definitely a guy to see again.
• George - A skittish-looking fellow from both the subway hijacking and a chance meeting at Enlightenment Books.
• Cass - Cass is a very shiny person that seems to run Enlightenment Books.

Enemies & Do Not Wants

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Personality Profiles

Rochelle is a Piscean Wood Rabbit by astrology standards.

Rochelle, through the Myers Brigg Personality Test, is an INFJ.

Trivia

• Rochelle has a growing presence within the local and regional powerlifting, weightlifting and amateur bodybuilding circuit, and a small niche in the wrestling ring.
• Many of her past intimate relationships have been with other women, however she does not vocally identify herself as living an alternate lifestyle.
• She has one pet; a fawn-colored Great Dane named Oedipus, who she often refers to as Eddie. He stands around 36 inches at the withers, and weighs almost 200 pounds.
• Plays the fiddle and banjo, and sings; she is part of a freelance bluegrass, americana and folk band called Poor Man's Dollar; sometimes they are known for doing covers of other genres. They have a style somewhat like an amalgamation of Big Leg Emma and Donna the Buffalo - plus a dash of classic bluegrass.
• Her vocal range is in the vicinity of a low alto.
• Drives a velvet red, 2003 Harley Fatboy and a restored, upgraded, brown 1979 Ford Bronco.
• The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. While she is certainly not a man, the same echoes for Rochelle too.
• She lives at 70 Forest Ave., Massapequa, NY. It is a nice house. With nice things. Pool? Backyard with a canal? Near a beach? Lake? Park? Sure thing. It probably looks something like this. It's a pity she never has many house parties.
• Rochelle's measurements are likely somewhat misleading; they likely fall within the range of 52-32-42, give or take(I am OOCly horrible at this). Generally when she thinks of measurements, she thinks of bodybuilding measurements instead.
• For the record, her biceps are probably around 18-19", but her friends like to say 20. Either she is being modest, or they are bragging.
• A casual fan of comic books and graphic novels. She likes to read, though she also likes art; plus, storyboards cut her reading time in half, leaving time for other things. Yes, she has read 9th Wonders, and apparently knows more than she consciously knows from it.