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==Erik Moese==
unlike his best friends Petter and Kristin, Erik doesn't speak a word of English, and thus appears to be dumb as a box of rocks. He is also a hundred times friendlier than both of them put together, and ends up sitting with some other person (since his friends are sitting next to each other, and spend half the trip with their tongues in each others mouths, leaving him absolutely no one on the plane to talk to, since no one speaks any of the three European langauges he speaks). He smiles broadly and genuinely to anyone who makes eye contact with him, and even gets up and shakes hands, but can't get further than that basic friendly and incomprehensible stab at conversation. His 'friends' treat him like a big dumb dog that followed them on vacation. He has the build of Colossus, with the sort of clean wholesome aryan looks, dazzling smile, flawless skin and bright innocent eyes that Paul Walker would kill to have. He also has no clue about social distance, and ends up being 'friendly' (as in casually hands-on touchy-friendly) enough that whatever guy he ends up sitting with is left wondering if he is being hit on... He looks physically powerful, and has that easy confidence that seems to go with people over six foot and 200 lbs, knowing that they have always been stronger and taller than most of their peers. He studied chemical engineering (although his true love is architecture), and is probably smarter than his two friends put together. Bizarre physical quirk; When he smiles, his eyes automatically close. Which means he seems to be blinking constantly, since he is pretty much always smiling, and leaning too close. 
Paradoxically, his powers have nothing to do with his physical size, and he will end up developing psionic powers, a form of empathy that can be used to simulate telepathy (although it is more empathic and wordless), or to heal, or harm another by directly manipulating their life-energies. If he ever does get mad at someone, they will sicken as he glares at them. When he smiles, the target of his good thoughts is strengthened, either healed or even supercharged slightly by his seemingly endless supply of energy. He's a kind of mood ring, only his mood infects all around him, and the effect isn't really under his control. Thankfully, he is a good-natured fellow, and usually in a good mood. Unfortunately, he can be the center of a reinforcing feedback loop. If everyone around him is screaming and scared, he will pick up on that, become nervous and uncertain, and begin broadcasting and amplifying his own unease to those around him, making them even *more* scared, in a vicious cycle that might require knocking him unconscious to end (although a diplomacy check could also be used to 'talk him down,' with some penalties for not being able to actually 'talk' to him, but having to impress a state of calm confidence upon him non-verbally). Other tactics might startle him out of such a state, such as a pretty girl kissing him.