Powers & Abilities

A Conductor’s special abilities take the form of both magical powers (such as teleportation and weapon summoning) and physical enhancements (such as herculean strength and superhuman speed). These abilities, whether they are magical in nature or not, can only be used as long as the Conductor has a sufficient supply of Gold Dust, which is stored in special whistles.

Percy spent most of his formative years in Bristol, where he was born. He was concieved out of wedlock, and since neither of his parents were particularly well-off, they both had to work full time in order to support him. Most of his earliest memories about his parents centered around their constant arguing over bills and money.

Growing up, Percy was something of a latchkey kid. His parents weren't around much, and when they were, they both behaved rather coldly towards him. They weren't exactly subtle about the fact that they never wanted a child, even going so far as to outright tell their son that he was an "accident" (though Percy wouldn't fully understand what this meant until he was older). They showed little interest in him, which lead Percy to start playing pranks in order to get their attention. More often than not, however, this just got him in trouble.

Fed up with the emotional abuse and neglect, Percy pretended to run away by hiding in a closet. He stayed there for hours, patiently waiting for his parents to notice his absence start worrying about him. He wanted desperately to believe that, deep down, his mother and father both loved and cared about him in their own way. But in the end, they never did. Even when they discovered the fake note he left, their reaction seemed more annoyed than concerned. After concluding that he was in fact unwanted, Percy resolved to run away for real. At only thirteen years old, he packed what few meaningful possessions he had, hopped a train in the middle of the night, and never looked back.

After arriving on Sodor, Percy was taken in by an older gentleman named Toby. He, along with his wife Henrietta, became his unofficial foster parents. They allowed him to stay with them, and even managed to get him enrolled in a local high school. Eventually, with some light networking on Toby's part, Percy was able to land a job delivering mail for the local post office. Despite his young age, he proved himself to be a highly capable and efficient worker.

• Speaks with a working class (cockney) British accent.
• Has a pet carrier pigeon named Harold.
• Has a naturally high, yet soothing speaking voice.
• Incredibly ticklish!
• Simple gestures of physical affection make him feel loved: holding hands, being held, etc.
• Used to be mistaken for a girl a lot when he was younger. This still happens occasionally, but he usually doesn’t care enough to correct people.
• Incessantly compares himself to others.
• Hums and sings to himself frequently.
• Dyslexic, resulting in reading and spelling difficulties, along with a tendency to mispronounce words.
• Has vivid, violent nightmares; thus, he likes to sleep with others.
• Closet fudanshi.
• Has a rather impressive stamp collection.
• Absolutely terrified of the dark, so he sleeps with a night light.
• Finds horror movies deeply upsetting, and refuses to watch them.