Greene, Rex Orion

[Rex Greene]

Greene, Rex Orion

Name: Rex Orion Greene

Nickname: none

Age: 17

Gender: boy

Midnighter? Yes, Seer.

Appearance: Rex has very pale skin. He used to wear glasses because the only things he could see clearly in daylight were Midnighters and things or people that had been touched by a Darkling. After becoming part Darkling, he no longer needs glasses. His hair is dark. He had to shave it off after the Darklings kidnapped him. This is because when Jessica used her flashlight to destroy his Darkling skin, a lot of his hair was burned off. It has grown back since then and is now styled like a typical boy haircut.

Play-by: Logan Lerman

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Personality: Rex enjoys being in charge and has always assumed a position of authority among the midnighters. He uses his talent as a seer as an excuse, often resulting in what Dess calls a "seer knows best" attitude of superiority. After becoming part Darkling, he is predatory and agressive. He is easily angered when others contradict him and tends to think of people as weak. He dislikes technology and other human inventions, also a result of his Darkling side. He is sometimes tempted to give up and let the Darkling in him take over, but he has so far resisted.

Family:
father and mother (names unknown). They are divorced and he lives with this father, who has serious brain damage inflicted by Melissa.

History: Rex is the oldest of the new Midnighters and the only one born naturally at midnight, without Madeline's interference. For a large part of his childhood, he thought he was insane and that the secret hour was a halucination. When he was eight years old, Melissa found him and he knew it was real. The two of them have been inseperable ever since.

When Rex was a small child, his father was abusive. He was often hit, but the worst part was the spiders. His father would make him stand still while his father let tarantulas crawl on him in an attempt to make him tough. Melissa ripped his father's mind, leaving him insane and helpless, and the two of them killed the tarantulas.

Soon after that, they found Dess, another midnighter. The three of them learned to fight off Darklings and use their talents. Jonathon moved into town, but did not want to join their clique. Then Jessica moved to town. Rex knew that she was a midnighter from the start because of the focus. He could see her clearly without his glasses because she was also part of the secret hour. He helped her discover her talent as flamebringer.

Shortly after Jessica's arrival, Rex was kidnapped by a group of daylighters who were in league with the Darklings. They wanted to turn him into a halfling, half human and half darkling, so that they could communicate with the Darklings. They almost suceeded, but Jessica burned away the darkling body with her flamebringer powers. He was still human, but part of his mind worked like a Darkling's.

While learning to cope with his Darkling half, Rex met Madeline, the last survivor from the Old Midnighters. Her house was full of Lore. However, he started doubting the Old Midnighters when Angie, one of his kidnappers, told him a different version of Midnighter history. Madeline tries to mess with his thoughts and force him back into her way of thinking, but Melissa protects him with mindcasting of her own.

On Halloween night, the town of Bixby was swallowed by the rip in midnight. Using Lore and Darkling memories, Rex discovered that it would be stopped if Jessica touched the lightning bolt that had frozen at midnight. His plan worked. The rip was sealed and most of the Darklings were killed, but Jessica was trapped in the Secret Hour. Afterwards, Jessica, Jonathon, and Melissa decided to go looking for the other midnighters who would be waking up around the world, while Dess and Rex remained in Bixby. Rex wished he could have gone, but he had to stay and take care of his father and Madeline.

Other: Because he's part Darkling, Rex can still use tridecalogisms and metal to defend himself, but it hurts to do it.

Your Name/Alias: Lizzie