Raleigh stands five foot, four inches tall and looks to be in her early- to mid-twenties. She has thick black hair, medium length, which has dark blue tint under the light and frames her angular face. She has a lean and athletic build. Green eyes stare out with a hint of some hidden knowledge. Above her eyes are two thin eyebrows. She has a fairly short and narrow nose, and a mouth that is well shaped, which can look very mean or extremely generous, but always looks sensual and her eyes are kind. An ample pair of breasts rests on her chest. On her right temple, she has a number of small stars tattooed. Some of her visible flesh are covered with various tattoos. Both of her ears are pierced numerous times and she has the middle of her nose and the right side of her lower lip pierced. She has quarter inch fingernails that are painted black.
She is dressed in a tight black fishnet shirt with long sleeves. Under the fishnet shirt is a black spaghetti strap shirt that fits tight against her body, showing off her form. On front of the shirt is a picture of a black cat that has a mouse head in it's mouth with the words 'One Mean Pussy' written above it. She is also wearing a pair of baggy black pants with red stitching that have dozens of silver zippers places all over them and ends at her mid-calf. They are held up by a neon pink belt that has several silver skulls all over it. On her feet are a pair of white ankle socks and black sneakers that have neon pink shoe laces. A silver chain is hooked to one of her front belt loops and disappears into her back pocket.
On her wrists are a matching set of black leather bracelets that have a two rows of half inch spikes. Her fingers have three or four rings on each of them of various shapes and sizes. She has a fuzzy hot pink choker that have a single row of silver square studs and a small silver razor blade that hangs from the front of the choker.
Raleigh Marie Kerrigan was born on October 30th, 1987 in Port Alexander, Alaska to Samantha Yazzie and Michael Kerrigan. She is the oldest of two children with her sister, Celeste, being three years younger. Her mother stayed at home to raise Raleigh and her sister while her father was out fishing. At a young age, Raleigh started to draw and she loved it. As she grew older, she got better and better with her art. She did well in school and even had a few friends despite the small number of children her own age in the village. Her life was pretty uneventful in such a small place. With everyone knowing what happens around the village, there wasn't very many opportunities for her to get in trouble.
When she was eight years old, Raleigh learned how to skateboard from some of the boys at her school. She found it a new way to get around the village when the snow doesn't cover the streets. Her life took a dramatic turn when she was sixteen years old. When she was in Anchorage to watch the start of the Iditarod with her family, she woke up with two hash marks on her shoulder. She had no idea what it was and nothing seemed to come of it until several months later.
She and her sister were out ice fishing, the ice beneath her feet gave out and Raleigh fell into the icy water. With the help of her sister, she managed to get out of the water, but she found that she didn't feel cold. That night, when she was recovering in her bed, she woke up to see that her bed was frozen and the ice was creeping out away from her. When her parents saw what happened, they couldn't believe what she said, but they had no other explanation. They decided to keep it quiet.
After that Raleigh spent much of her free time in her room, freezing various objects around her with a simple touch. She tried to make sense of it all, but had no answers. Her family kept her secret to themselves for the next two years. When she turned eighteen, she left Alaska and moved to Denver, Colorado to attend the Denver School of Arts to pursue her art. It was there that she got her first tattoo and was instantly addicted to them. She got herself an apprenticeship at the tattoo parlor she frequented in order to learn the craft.
Despite the fact that she hasn't heard anything about anyone else like her, she wondered if she was the only one in the world who had these abilities. She couldn't help but imagine others out there that could do amazing things that she had only seen in the comics. This was often reflected in some of her artwork which she passed on as comic book style things. She would sketch various sorts of comic book heroes and heroines in her sketch book in all sorts of scenes. Despite all her dreams, she had heard nothing about any others like her.
She worked for the tattoo shop through the next five years as she worked on her arts degree from her school. Once she graduated, she stayed in Denver for another year before she decided to move to Las Vegas to open a shop of her own. She managed to get a loan from a bank and found a cheap piece of property with a small apartment above it. She leased the building and opened her shop, Slingin' Ink.
Over the next three years, Raleigh's shop slowly started to get a following and return clients through word of mouth. She couldn't afford advertising, so she did what she could to get the word out through social media and through her friends. Over that time, various artists came and went until all that was left is herself to run the place. With the economy tanking, she's had to find creative ways to keep her costs down so she doesn't lose her shop. When she manages to get some extra spending cash, she takes the opportunity to visit some of the casinos and gamble at the blackjack tables. It's usually a hit or miss for her when she does, loosing some days and winning others.
Through one of her customers as they were talking casually, she heard about people living under the streets of Las Vegas and referred to them as the Underground. She didn't get any other information except for that it was for extraordinary people. Curious if there were others like her out there, she started to look into it as discretely as she could. Listening to anything she could over hear about it, but never asking about it directly. She hasn't found anything about it other than some rumors or dead ends, but she's not even sure what she'd do if she found them or if the Underground even existed. She knows, in her heart, that she'd want to help others like her if she could. For now, she just keeps an ear out as she tries to keep a low profile in her shop.
Athletics
Each morning, Raleigh goes jogging for two miles in order to keep herself in shape and to keep up her endurance. She is able two run a mile before she becomes winded and could possibly push herself to three miles before she becomes too fatigued. She could only sprint for a mile before she becomes too fatigued to continue and would need to take a break.
Artistic Talent
Raleigh is a very talented artist who is able to use various mediums to create her artwork. She prefers to draw in her sketch book, but has been known to paint and use other mediums to create the various works of art. She also experiments with other mediums that she's not use to such as oil paints and the like. She hasn't tried to sell her art, other than tattoos, so she doesn't know if she could make a living from it.
Card Games
Raleigh knows how to play a variety of card games with her favorite being Blackjack. It's one of the reasons that she has moved to Las Vegas. She knows basic strategies and techniques of playing games, but she does not know how to count cards or know enough to play professionally. She could beat the casual player.
Driving
Raleigh knows how to drive a manual vehicle as well as two wheeled vehicles. She can't do anything fancy while driving, but she is confident enough that she could travel at higher rates of speed with little problems.
Piercing
Raleigh has been trained in the art of body piercing. She knows the proper places and techniques used to perform a wide variety of body piercings. She is skilled enough to not cause any harm or permanent damage to the customers that come into her shop.
Skateboarding
Since Raleigh was a kid, she has been doing two things: drawing and skateboarding. While she isn't able to perform the more complex tricks on her board, she can do enough to impress some of the people who haven't really seen skateboarding. She mostly just uses her board to get around the city without having to pay for a taxi or gas. She can be often seen on the sidewalks of Las Vegas, skating in and out of the tourists and pedestrian traffic. She almost never leaves the house without her board.
Tattooing
Raleigh is a talented tattoo artist who specializes in black and white tattoos. She has been tattooing professionally since she was eighteen years old. While she isn't the most talented tattoo artist out there, she is still good at what she does and better than most others. She has a small following of regular customers that she earned through word of mouth.
Cryokinesis
Raleigh has the ability to manipulate molecules, slowing down kinetic energy between the atoms to cause drastic drops in temperature in anything she has physical contact with or within her own body. She can cause her own skin to become cold to the touch and to form a protective layer of ice around her skin which is as flexible as she is. In order for her ability to work on other people or objects, she must maintain physical contact. She has enough control over her ability that she can prevent her clothing from freezing along with her skin. If she is able to freeze an object enough, it can easily be destroyed by shattering it. This can be counteracted by using heat to thaw out her ability.
Raleigh can only freeze small objects quickly and the larger the object, the longer it will take to completely freeze the object. It can take her a minute to freeze a can of soda, half an hour to freeze a large vehicle and several hours to freeze a small, four-bedroom house. She must maintain constant contact while she does this, but because ice freezes slowly, it takes time. Should she loose contact during the process, the freezing process stops immediately and starts to that naturally until she regains physical contact. Anything she freezes can be thawed naturally unless she is still in contact with the object and is consciously taking steps to try to prevent it from being frozen or if the ambient temperature is low enough to keep the ice from melting. Should she try to freeze anything larger than a two story house, it will draw too much energy and cause her to fall unconscious for several hours.
Because of her ability, her core body temperature is significantly lower than the average person at 95.3 degrees Fahrenheit and she is able to withstand extreme cold temperatures. The reverse side of this is that she is susceptible to extreme heat which kicks in when her body temperature rises to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. She counteracts this by using her powers in high temperature areas to keep herself cooler. Her abilities do not work on anyone who can create fire or has a higher than normal body temperature.
