[CHAR] Masks, A Tale of Heroes (CLOSED)

[Double]

Name: Carter Andrews
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian

Appearance

Hider

Confidential

Alias: Condor

Costume


Meta-Human Power: Apart having developed a pair of bird-like wings from his arms/shoulders, Carter also seems able to focus his eyes into a sort of binocular vision, similar to that of a hawk or other bird of prey.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: Well for one thing the wings themselves have proven difficult to hide when he's not in costume. On a more severe note, his vision is sometimes difficult to control, at times even painful for his eyes.

Personality: Carter is, for the most part, a nice enough guy but with a bit of a devil-may-care attitude thrown into the mix. Strangely, he took to the whole superhero thing rather quickly, though that may have just been a way for him not to have to think about the severity of the explosion incident, choosing instead to devote his energy into beating up bad guys since according to him that is much less stressful. Don't let his attitude fool you, though, underneath his lazy and carefree expression is a surprisingly keen eye and sharp instinct that he only rarely shows off.

Background: Carter's a born-and-raised Modern City Georgian. He was the second child of his family, the first being his sister Claire. The brother and sister were pretty close growing up, probably the reason why she's so willing to put up with his shenanigans despite him supposedly driving her up the wall. Both of their parents worked as public servants, their mother Alice being the current Director of Modern City General Hospital and their father Joe (or Joseph as he's known professionally) a judge, and a pretty well-known one at that.

Carter, like his dad, decided early on to pursue a career in law. Though unlike Joe, Carter's interest was instead firmly in law enforcement, and so rather than a legal career, he instead became a cop. Claire was a bit of an odd duck, pursuing neither law nor medicine and instead gained a career in politics, hence her current position as Deputy Mayor under Mayor Wellington. As for Carter, he was a good enough cop, though his work was never particularly outstanding.

In fact, Carter was on duty on the day of the explosion, patrolling at the docks with his partner, James. Naturally, the two responded immediately and went to investigate closer. Though that might have been their undoing in the end. As they moved in closer to the beach, they came across people that were horribly effected by the chemicals, some mutating before their very eyes. One of the mutated people, likely driven mad by the chemical exposure, lashed out at them. Carter instinctively pulled his gun to shoot, but the bullets did nothing to the creature. It lunged for Carter, but James shoved him out of the way, taking the attack instead. Carter lost consciousness, awakening some time later in a hospital room with his parents and sister gathered around him.

He went through the reports and discovered that James was among the casualties. From there things just... spiraled for Carter. He ended up quitting the force and started drinking more. His mysterious wings started growing from his shoulder blades and that certainly didn't help matters. He had to move out of his place and into a cheaper apartment, but in that process he was going through his old stuff and found something. They were some old comic books he used to read as a kid, he remembered them being what inspired him to become a cop in the first place, to catch bad guys and put them away like the heroes in the masks. Then he was struck with an idea. Using inspiration from some of the characters in his old comic book collection, he managed to put together a costume, then all he needed was a name. Remembering that birds of prey were a commonly used motif for naming things in Modern City, he decided to do the same for himself, soon settling on the name Condor.

Whatever depression he'd once had seemed to vanish after this. He was back to being the carefree guy he used to be. Realizing that he needed a day job, he decided to put his police training to a new use by opening up a small private eye agency, even advertizing that cases involving Meta-Humans were his specialty in order to attract clients as well as leads on other Meta-Humans like himself.

Other: Nothing in particular at this time.

[Avanhelsing]

Name:Jack Williams

Age:23

Gender:Male
Ethnicity:Caucasian

Appearance

Jack

Confidential

Alias:The Living Weapon

Costume: Jack wears normal clothes for his suit. He wears a black tank top and black jeans since he can move easier in them. He has to keep his arms free to use his powers. He wears a mask to hide most of his face.

Meta-Human Power: Organic Constructs. As his name suggests, he can manipulate his own body to make weapons. In particular he can turn his right arm into a long sword. His entire arm turns into the sword. He is faster and stronger than the average person but he cannot lift a car or something like that. His other offensive weapon is that he can turn his hands into claws to fight. He can move by turning his arm into something like a whip. It can go a few feet in front of him (eight feet). He uses it to move quickly through the city.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: Salt water is his main physical weakness. Since he uses his powers to manipulate his flesh the salt hurts him enough to stop him. That is not his only issue. His powers has created a side personality that Jack calls the Whisper. It causes him to not understand what else is going on around him. It can affect a lot more and makes Jack seem more of a monster than he is.

Personality: Jack is quite a nice guy when he is not using his powers. He is always joking and smiling. Jack is bisexual and will hit on anyone unless he is trying to say someone. He believes He has to save as many people as he can.

Background:Jack was born in Modern City and grew up there. So he has managed to get a rather thick Georgia accent.Jack went to the Modern City University for a degree in genetics. His parents both had similar degrees and so Jack had to get the degree. He was lucky to get a job at Wells Laboratory in the city. He was researching chimera bacteria the day of the explosion. He was walking in the park when the chemicals went through. He was near the middle of the group so he was not mutated as badly. Now he patrols the city as the Living Weapon. He seems to focus on righting wrongs that he deems wrong. Gangster, drug dealers, thugs, and rapists all are being placed in front of the police districts all over the city. All of them telling tales of a man with claws beating them. The police just seem to not care about the clawed man who only appears at night. They just let the man or whatever he is so what he does.

Other:

[ScarlettWaters16]

Name:
Shadow Jones

Age:
21

Gender:
Female

Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Appearance:

Confidential

Alias:
Starlit
Costume:




Meta-Human Power:
Shadow, ironically enough, has the ability to control beams of light around her. She can produce light from her body. Light can have healing powers, which means that she can be a healer of a group. She is able to set things on fire as well, but it takes a lot of energy. She is able to produce orbs of light to light peoples' way and to light her way. She can also make herself glow. She also has the ability to write things in light or send messages through light. She can easily blind people or create cover for a quick getaway. She also has the ability to change the lights in an area, including solar lights. She can dim the sun as well as bright it, or she can dim the stars, which is where she got her name from.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:
Her weakness is that light burns up her body. The more that she uses her power, the more she burns up from the inside. She is, technically, slowly dying the more she uses her powers. She is also weaker when darkness and shadows are forced upon her. If someone had shadow manipulation, they would be her counterpart because she cannot survive without sunlight itself, that's why she cannot stay in a dark place for too long.

Personality:
Shadow is a very quiet person. She does not talk to very many people. She prefers not to in fact. She is more of an introvert than an extrovert. She likes staying inside and reading rather than going on adventures. She is very smart and extremely clever. She is quick witted and also very mischievous. Just because you prefer to not really talk to anyone doesn't mean that you can't pull pranks. She is a very light hearted person and can be kind when she meets someone she likes. She hates posers and prefers not to associate herself with people who do evil. She may be mischievous, but she knows the boundaries.

Background:
Shadow grew up an orphan and thinking that she was the only one in her family. Most people think that this is the reason why she is so quiet because she is used to being alone. She was found on the doorstep of an orphanage, but unlike every other orphanage story, she was not resting in a box. She was out of a blanket and had no note and was sitting there, just wailing as loud as she could for someone to come and get her. And that is mostly where she grew up.

Shadow was different even before she gained her powers. She would sit and stare at a bug for hours, recording its movements, before going and eating the bug, like other children her age. She wouldn't go out and play like the other kids. She would stay inside and see what would happen if she dropped a glass bottle from the top of the stairs. This is how she got into her mischievous side. Though she had the quiet, scholarly girl, she also had the mischievous, devilly, Loki side of her which always caused her foster parents to bring her back to the orphanage. She didn't know how to control that side, but she knew she wanted to. She suppressed for many years, but her rep had already grown and she was never adopted.

When she was eighteen and legally an adult, she moved out of the orphanage and found her own place. She got her own job, working at a library near the ocean. She loved that spot. In fact, she was one of the closest people to the shoreline when the tanker exploded. She does not remember much after the tanker exploded. She does remember, though, waking up in her bed with a golden glow around her skin. This was when she discovered her abilities and how different she was. She has actually tried to hide her abilities and go back to her normal life, but that hasn't been working out too well for her...

Other:
She has a small white kitten named Moon and a small beagle named Pooch. She tends to have Moon with her wherever she goes because she is such a small kitten that Shadow sometimes just puts her in her purse. She also feels like Moon keeps her normal.

[SwarthyBard126]

Name: Gordon Fenway
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: American, Caucasian

Confidential

Alias: Nightmare

Costume: White tank top, blue jeans, sunglasses

Meta-Human Power:
Limited Clairvoyance: Can consume the eyeballs of others using his eye mouths to see their memories

Super Human physicality:
Super human strength, endurance, toughness, and senses

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:
Blind, severely weakened in intense light, his clairvoyance works on the recently deceased (recently killed is best, 1-2 days can see most memories, 3-4 loses oldest memories, longer than that he can't see anything).

Personality:
Gordon straddles the thin line between a hero and a villain, due to his unique power being dependent on having fresh corpses on hand. He places his freedom above all else, and anyone who attempts to control him are his enemies. He is both highly mercenary and strictly professional, offering his services to the highest bidder, and giving the requested goods as fast as possible.

Background:
Born to a family of acrobats, Gordon was always a free-spirit. He was home-schooled until college, where he attended the Modern City community college to pursue a degree in the arts. He dropped out shortly afterwards and attained a dead end job as a menial laborer at the pier. He had stowed away on a ship that was leaving the harbor the same time the ship carrying the chemicals was coming in. When the ship exploded, he was thrown overboard by the force, and barely dragged himself to shore, only to find that his he was blind. When he had gone underwater, he had opened his eyes by accident, triggering his transformation. Now he works as an information broker, hiring himself out to find information by hunting down, and consuming the eyes of the sources.

Other:
Currently homeless and declared dead, Gordon lives in the now vacanted area around ground zero of the explosion. He has offered his services to the authorities in exchange for immunity for his actions, but the city is still debating as the crime rate in the city grows.

[Ves]

Jason Black

Name: Jason E. Black
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian

Appearance Jason's appearance is something you really wouldn't notice in a dark alley; and if you did, you'd wish you didn't really notice. He's not grotesque or ugly...just, his choice of apparel, and the foreboding way his hood shadows his face...well, yeah. Looks-wise, his skin is a bit on the pale side - a farcry to the tan he used to have quite a few months ago. His face is a bit boyish and handsome, seeing as he's still in his teenage years, and he was never an unattractive guy. His hair, however, is a deep, almost shadow-like black; and very shaggy. It's medium-length, going down his neck in raven-colored locks, and his bangs sweeps over his eyebrows. His eyes are obviously his most unusual feature.

Pure white, without any of the veins or yellowsih coloring you'd see in regular humans. Flat in the middle, is a small, pure-black dot. Another side-effect. Due to his powers allowing him to form his clothing at any time; although his clothing is pure, shadowy-black due to literally being congealed shadows - Jason just keeps to his shadow-hoodies, rugged shadow-jeans, and rugged-shadow-converse. Nothing out-of-place, and nothing you'd blink twice at. Except, his hood is constantly up, and never seems to come off, and it completely shadows his face. Completely. Like, you can't see any skin, since he keeps gloves on as well.

Confidential

Alias: N/A.

Costume: N/A.

Meta-Human Power: Darkness Manipulation;; The name itself is basically the whole shebang. Jason has absolute control over darkness, shadows, and things of that nature. This allows for a variety of different techniques and uses, from frivolous to lethal, all the way to destructive. An example is him enveloping his arm in shadows, creating a long, curling, inky black whip made of darkness. With a lash of the shoulder muscle, he can send the darkness whip curling through the air like a cobra, while his control over darkness naturally makes it razor-sharp and durable, allowing it to cut, pierce, and slice through objects, or wrap around objects to throw. That's one technique of the power. It could also be used for puddle-like portals of darkness, for teleportation or stealth, or even creating organic-like darkness to act as dermal armor and clothing at the same time.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: A side-effect of his powers is his eyes - they are now all white with one pitch-black pupil in the middle; a rather obvious thing, and the reason why he wears a hood 24/7. It also turned his hair pitch-black and skin a bit pale, but that's not anything too bad. A weakness would, obviously, be light. However, since he isn't a vampire or anything, it doesn't hurt to be in light. Rather, concentrated amounts of light hurts and burns, and he can get sun-burned very, very easily. Fire is a bitch, so that's a weakness. Darkness doesn't like fire.

Personality: Can this be developed in the IC? He's going to be a pretty distant, yet chill guy...don't really like playing around with kids, but always has a dry, sarcastic wisecrack ready whenever necessary. Can come off as cold and unfeeling, but is decent enough at his heart, and dislikes crime due to some trouble in his past.

Background: Let's be real here; not everyone's life is very exciting...Jason's life is like this, as well. He grew up as a normal boy, living with his grandma and grandpa since his parents died when he was three. He played sports in school, got picked on until he hit his growth spurt and began hitting back, and got into a bit of trouble in his mid-teens. Got done with the trouble, got a job at a coffee shop, and moved out to begin college. It wasn't for him, and he dropped out, getting into becoming a freelance artist and journalist. This whole power thing took him by surprise, but as an adaptive guy, Jason rolled with it. The side-effects were hard to deal with at first, but then the whole 'hood' thing came into play, and he just began using his darkness to make hoodies; which hid his face in shade completely due to his powers. He wasn't into the whole superhero thing, with aliases and costumes; he found it geeky...but whenever he saw a crime going down, he had to help. With darkness being his clothing, he could easily just use it to disguise himself...so no harm, no foul.

Other: N/A

[RumikoOhara]

Name: Elliot Sinclair
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Cherokee

Appearance

Confidential

Alias: Retro

Costume: Black neoprene suit with black utility belt with 6 pouches a full hood and gloves

Front right pouch 8 filter masks
Right hip pouch night vision goggles
Right rear pouch Evidence bags and vials
Front left pouch UV flashlight and first aid kit
Left hip pouch Burner cell phone
Left rear pouch 24 Caltrops

Meta-Human Power:
Omnilingualism Elli can speak, write, understand and communicate in any language including computer codes, languages that have never been heard before, sign language (even lip-reading), illegible words, and backwards speech and writing:

Psychometry Elli obtains historical memories or sensations concerning beings and objects by touching them. With objects she gains the knowledge including the makers, users, and even those who have on passing used the object, and what has been done with it. With living beings or parts of the body she learns their general life-history, but doesn't gain anything of what they were thinking or feeling.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:

Eli has trouble sometimes connecting with what she calls present time. When this happens her perception of the world isn't based on what is happening in real time but on what might have happened an hour, a day or a week ago. This usually only happens after prolonged use of her Psychometry ability.

Personality: Eli is a very friendly person who enjoys helping people in need. She is driven by a sense of justice that means she'll go the distance to see that those who commit injustice are brought to their due.

Background: Eli was born on Strange Island in the Okefenokee Swamp in the cabin her parents live in even now. Frank Sinclair her father is a game warden and her mother Elizabeth a herpetologist who specializes in taxonomy and physiology of the reptiles that live in the southeast of the United States.

It was from her parents that Eli learned her dedication to scholastic pursuits and right and wrong.

An excellent student Eli graduated from High School with a 4.0 average and a scholarship.

Shortly after graduation Eli began attending Modern Tech studying oceanology and marine science. It was while working on a project within the bay of Modern City that Eli was exposed to the chemicals of the event that caused the Meta Mutations. Her boat was swamped and she and her lab partner were dumped into the toxic waters.

She survived for five hours even being swept partly out the sea where she was found by a Coast Guard Rescue boat that was searching the area; her lab partner's body was never found.

Close to the epicenter of the event Eli wasn't affected as serverly as others who were as exposed. She is still a student at Modern Tech and has shifted her focus to Marine Genetics and Micro biology.

Other: Eli has always been an athletic girl competing in Gymnastics and Distance running so her physical condition flexibility and endurance are better than average.

She supplemented her scholarship before the accident working as a museum guide where she still works on her free days when not performing her school work.

[Renny]

Name: Drust "Dru" Royle
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: African-American

Appearance


Drust is a tall and lean young man of African descent. Due to this, his skin is dark or rather light in color. He has a sharp nose, large brown eyes, and full lips. Ontop of his head is soft, black hair, edged and cut close. He has a rather short face with semi-angular features and round cheeks. A unique trait of his is his eyebrows, as they are thick and wild. He always has a teardrop pendant around his necklace, tied with a pink, thick, string.

Confidential

Alias: King Thermal

Costume: None for now.

Meta-Human Power: As his name suggests, he has control over the two extremes of nature itself. In his right arm he holds the power of flames, red and terrible. In his left, he holds the power of ice, both cool and un-moving. In other words, Thermal Manipulation.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: A mutation has taken root in him due to these powers, his entire right arm becomes charred over black in very suffocating black plates. On the other side, his left arm becomes black and near frozen when his powers are in affect. No one side is capable of being used without the other. Too much of his right side and he starts to burn up, too much of his left and he begins to freeze. This two powers in extended uses could very well lead to his death.

Personality: Not so dependable or trustworthy, Drust, like any other teen was content with living second to second. Though his mind was constantly plagued with the dreads of the future, he was always too complacent to deal with his immediate problems. He does however, carry a very free air about himself. Unrestrained and rather reckless, he's always felt a need to be in the center of the spotlight. A very dangerous trait when living in Modern City, Georgia.

Background: Besides the disappearance of his father, Drust had a rather average life. Living on the fringes of middle class America, he's been well for most of his life. However, around the age of 17, he rebelled against his strict mother and live-in uncle. The two of them was quick to toss him out onto the street. Normally, this would have been a terrifying experience. Which it was for the first two days but something, rather unremarkable happened on the third.

He saw a helpless kitten trapped in a metal trash can on a rainy night, its cries for help drew him from out a glass bus stop he took refuge in. When he reached it, he found himself capable of, without any lectures or hindrances, of saving the kitten. The following weak he spent his time tending for it and despite his best efforts of saving it, watched it die one night.

In his numbness he realized that he had the freedom or was unchained enough to save that kitten. To give it another week of life. Since, he's valued his freedom. And though he sought understanding from his mother and uncle, he respected them from then on.

Years later he found himself strolling along the streets to honor his freedom. One night, he took a cab near the docks, just to appreciate the scenery. But instead he was met with a horrific sight and scary outcome. A explosion that blinded him and sent him to the hospital for several days. It was bad, because though he was warned to not be so close, he took in hand his own freedom, and made a foolish mistake.

When he awoke from the explosion, the vista of his right arm being on fire and his left one, as cold and pale as ice sent him frantically into the streets. A car exploded soon afterwards. When he awoke again he was in the hospital. He spent several days there before being released. He was dodging school the day his powers emerged again. He still has yet to decide what to do with them.

Other: None for now

[MonkeyBusiness]

Name: Angel Aarandin
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian

Appearance

Angel

Confidential

Alias: N/A

Costume: N/A

Meta-Human Power: Her entire body is made out of water. Angel is able to revert her entire body or just parts of her body into water at will. She is able to manipulate the water in her body to create weapons for example she can change her arm into a sword or shield and can even launch concentrated water in projectile form.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: Since Angel's body is made of water she is vulnerable to extreme heat and extreme cold as the heat will cause her to start evaporating and cold will turn her into ice. She can sometimes become unstable and is not able to maintain her body causing her to become a puddle of water. A downside to turning into water is that she cannot change her clothes into water as well.

Personality: Angel is a kind person who likes to always make friends and does not like to be mean to anyone even if they are mean to her, which is why she can almost always be seen with a smile on her face. People would always describe her as a very down to earth person who would rather just relax with friends then work. After getting her powers she become a little more quiet and started to keep away from people because she feared that they would figure out what she was. She thought that they would judge her if they found out that her body was made out of water.

Background: Angel was raised in Long Beach, California and was raised with a love for the ocean and everything about it. She grew up with a normal childhood consisting of a lot of time at the beach and just going around town with her friends during her time in high school. Around her junior year she decided that she wanted to pursue a career with marine biology and started to look into Modern City Tech as a school for interest which would end up being the school that she would be attending.

On the day of the accident, she had been on the coast taking water samples and testing for contamination ironically. For a full week after she gained her powers she stayed holed up in her room as she struggled to get herself from liquefying every time she tried to walk. All she wants to do is live a normal life and make lots of friends in the process, but that dream seems to be getting farther away as more people with powers start to show up.

Other:

[Bright_Ops]

Name:
Andrew Macdonald

Age:
23

Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Caucasian

Appearance

Confidential

Alias:
Farseer

Costume:


Meta-Human Power:
Those who go up against the Farseer will quickly discover and spread word of his claim that he can see the future and thus everything that they are about to do, often telling them in great detail about what is about to happen; Shortly after which he will prove himself right.

In truth however, this is a facade. The Farseer's true ability is a voice that has a rather hypnotic effect on people; While he cannot outright control someone, the Farseer can influence them to various degrees from invoking an emotional response to outright implanting suggestions, impulses and ideas into their minds, often without them knowing. The whole 'I can see the future' act is merely a way for him to influence those he goes up against so that events will play out as he 'predicts' without them guessing what his true powers are.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:
Farseer must be able to speak freely for his powers to have any effect at all. The target of his powers must also be able to hear/understand what he is saying in order to be influenced by it; Someone who can't understand english or doesn't understand what the words Farseer is using actually mean are just likely to get confused rather then actually influenced in any way shape or form.

Personality:
For the most part Andrew is a quiet, socially awkward man that normally stays at home on his computer unless work or shopping finally drags him outside. Legally diagnosed with high functioning aspergers and working a low skilled job because he hates the education system with a passion, Andrew tries to be as polite as good as he can despite his difficultly with most social situations. He has a few close friends from his school days that he talks to occasionally online but otherwise it is rare for him to actively seek social company.

As Farseer, Andrew is almost a completely different person. Confident, cool headed and (At least seemingly) always in control of the situation, Farseer is largely the kind of person Andrew wishes he could be but isn't. It's amazing the difference a mask can make.

Since getting the ability to influence others with his voice, Andrew has started to grow much more confident in himself.

Background:
Andrew was born and raised in Modern City, the youngest (And only male) child of the Macdonald family. If pressed, he would say that he had a fairly lucky upbringing; He grew up with a loving, middle class family. Seemingly fewer and fewer people could claim such a thing.

If there was one thing that Andrew hated, it was school. He was surrounded by people he hated, learning things from teachers that had stopped caring a long time ago in a system that had been screwing them all from the start. Still, he managed to finish high school even if he never properly sort out higher education.

Andrew's 'career' if it can be called that was being limited to 12 hours a week working at a supermarket, a job he got largely due to the connections of his older sisters. Still living at home with his parents when the bay accident happened, Andrew didn't notice his new found 'gift' for a while due to his somewhat anti social behavior. However, as he noticed that more and more things were going his way and the appearance of 'Supers', Andrew started to test some theories and was pleasantly surprised to learn that he was effectively a mutant.

With the money he had saved up combined with some cash his parents had put aside for him, Andrew moved out after securing a surprisingly good deal with a friendly landlord (*Wink Wink*) and joined up with the local Socialist political party.

Andrew created the 'Farseer' out of a desire to do good and help his home city while also giving himself ample chance to practice and possibly strength his new found gifts.

Other: Andrew is a member of Modern City's Socialist Party. While currently he is one of the party people that works behind the scenes to make sure things happen, he seems to have caught the notice of the current local candidate as someone to keep close.

[Rin]

• Name: Malcolm Melvinson
• Age: 32
• Gender: Male
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Appearance Rough WIP sketch for now. ^^; He's about eight foot tall, has green skin and is practically made of muscle. Due to his deformations being so difficult to hide, he can't really have a secret identity.

Confidential

• Alias: Green Giant
• Costume: N/A. He doesn't really need a disguise, as his physical appearance is pretty distinctive.
• Meta-Human Power: Exposure to the chemicals has transformed Malcolm from just a regular guy into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength. As a result, his powers are two of the most basic superhuman powers of them all: he is strong enough to bend steel, toss cars around like toys and leap over entire city blocks in one bound, and his body is nigh-invulnerable. His invulnerability not only lets him withstand punishment that would reduce regular humans into red smears on the ground, but grants him immunity to poisons and disease; he also cannot get drunk or be chemically sedated. Somehow, the invulnerability extends to his mind as well, granting him great resistance to mind control, illusions and other mind tricks.
• Weaknesses or Side-Effects: Notably, Malcolm has been fully transformed into a freakish cyclopean green giant, which makes any attempt to hide his identity pretty much pointless. In addition, due to only having one eye he lacks depth perception. He's pretty much consigned to close-quarters fighting due to this, as even trying to throw things at his opponents will most likely result in collatoral damage due to him messing up his aim. Despite being able to shrug off things that would easily take down most humans, Malcolm possesses no special resistances to electricity and lightning, and thus will be affected by them in the same way normal humans would be.

• Personality: Despite his monstrous appearance, it's hard to think of a nicer guy than Malcolm. He's a sweet, loving guy who cares deeply for his family, his friends and the people of Modern City, and will try his hardest to protect their happiness and safety. Malcolm can be pretty jovial and has a habit of making bad puns and jokes to lighten the mood, even when things are supposed to be serious. Whilst he's willing to fight those who would ruin the peace of his beloved city, he is vehemently opposed to lethal force; not only will he refuse to use it but he will try his best to stop those who do. Those who would do harm to or even kill others are the thing he hates most in the world, and he will do whatever it takes to make them see the error of their ways... Even if he has to resort to a good old fashioned clobbering to get the point across.
• Background: Once, Malcolm was just your average guy. He grew up, did well at school, married his high school sweetheart and had a beautiful baby girl with her. Other than that, his life was pretty... Normal. Average. Uneventful. And then the accident happened. Unfortunately for Malcolm, he was rather close to the chemical explosion that led to the rise of meta-humans, and... Well, recieving such a high dose of chemicals wrecked havoc on his body. For a full week he was hospitalized as his body painfully warped and mutated, until eventually he was fully transformed into the freakish, green, hunchbacked cyclops he is now. Initially, he intended to hide away, fearing his new appearance was too hideous and that he wasn't even human anymore, but his wife managed to convince him that no matter how he looked, he was still human on the inside and would always be the man she fell in love with. With his spirit reignited, Malcolm decided that he would make the most of his new, freakish body, and try to protect the people and city he loved so dearly, as well as doing his best to prevent those who would abuse their newfound powers from harming others.
• Other: Malcolm's wife Misaki is a doctor who works at Modern City General Hospital, and their eight year old daughter Alicia attends Modern City Academy.

[Heat]

Name: Felix Dale
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian

Appearance

Confidential

Alias: Melion

Costume: Due to his powers he does not really wear a costume. In his default form he tends to stick to finely made clothing that is most often a dark colored suit.

Meta-Human Power: Felix's power is Shapeshifting which allows him to transform his own form into that of another person's. He is able to imitate a person's voice and even the appearance of clothing. His body mass is not fixed due to his powers and he is able to imitate a wide range of people as long as they are human beings. The catch being that he has to have actually seen the person, he can't shapeshift into someone he's never seen.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: He automatically reverts back to his original form if he is asleep or unconscious. While he is able to imitate appearances and voices personalities are a different thing. If he were to encounter someone who knows the real person he was shifted as then he would be outed quickly. If he ever shapeshifts into a well known person than he makes sure to prepare ahead of time by studying the person extensively, this however is not perfect.

The shapeshifting process itself is also incredibly painful for him. If he is hit hard enough while in another form then the power of the attack will cause him to forcefully revert back to his original form. Due in part to this he strongly avoids close range combat while in another's form.

Personality: Felix is quite the narcissist, boasting delusions of grandeur, an incredibly high sense of self importance and a near total lack of empathy. He is selfish and always puts himself first, rarely even considering other people unless he has to use them in order to advance his own goals. He's manipulative, ruthless but intelligent, often creating plans ahead of time.

He's a flirt who can't resist a pretty face and will vigorously try to hit on the target of his affections until they give him an answer. Felix will sometimes crack jokes, often in the most improper situations. He enjoys explosions and creating chaos, but only if they involve him getting what he wants. He also enjoys playing tricks on people. He can't stand when he doesn't and just despises the thought of losing.

Background:
Felix very rarely talks about his past, especially his life before he gained his powers, but he did in fact have a life before becoming a shapeshifter. He was born into a middle class family, the only child of a plumber and high school teacher. He also wasn't born in Modern City, actually hailing from Brooklyn, New York. He had a boring, typical childhood, finishing high school as a solid student, having a girlfriend, occasionally partying, nothing odd.

It was after graduating college that he moved to Modern City, accepting a job offer for an accounting firm in the area. He was a different person before he powers, much kinder and far less of a narcissist. His life changed permanently when the accident occured, Felix jogging on the beach when the accident occurred and he like many others was overcome by the chemicals.

He was overcome by extreme pain as he felt his skin literally crawling, feeling his form changing rapidly into a multitude of people. The incident was incredibly traumatic and put him down the path which lead to his personality change, after he began to coup with his powers and realize that he could do whatever he wanted, his power allowing him to commit all kinds of acts.

He started off small, pick-pocketing, shoplifting, getting a small thrill from the criminal deeds, as well as a profit, his powers allowing him to escape any suspicion. Eventually he got into larger crimes, most notably a bank robbery. That lead him to get involved with other criminals, which would lead him to establish a reputation, this in part created from his newly minted person, Melion, a name taken from an old Breton lai in which a knight named Melion who served King Arthur transformed into a wolf after a promise to his wife who left him for his squire. He felt it was a fitting alias to take.

Other:
- He's a fan of old literature, poetry and fairy tales. Particularly the work of William Shakespeare.
- Is a capable marksman and a decent brawler, though he prefers to use guns.

[Teal]

Name: Lance Furlong

Age: 57

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: Canadian, Caucasian.

Appearance:

"Lance" [+]

Stands at around 5'9 and weighs 195 pounds, his body being mostly muscles with the exception of a few sagging wrinkles around his abdomen. Nevertheless pretty impressive for a man who is close to retirement.

Confidential

Alias: Shepherd

Costume: As one would expect from 50 + year old man, Lance isn't so much about theatrics as he is about functionality. That's why his vigilante attire mostly consists of a ballistic face mask and a tactical operation suit, courtesy of his friends over at CIA.

Meta-Human Power:

Enhanced Strength; Due to his exposure to the chemicals, Lance underwent through a significant change in agility and strength. His fading natural strength got amplified about four or five times more, giving him the ability to effortlessly lift a dining table with only one of his hands. His agility upgraded to the point he could give the world's fastest gymnast a run for his money, and he has now enough stamina to wrestle two bears at the same time. If you need a concrete example, think MCU Captain America, only less tolerant to falling from high heights.

Keen Intellect and Eidetic Memory; While not even certain if it's a superpower, the blast may have also affected Lance's then already decent intellect and may have stretched his memory storage. He can now learn new languages in a couple of weeks, remember trivial things after being subjected to them for the first time, things that your average human wouldn't be able to notice that fast. He is also pretty much able to recreate in painstaking detail any area that he has visited after he got his superpowers.

Lance is also renowned to be a thinker, capable of devising strategies and uncovering enemy weaknesses in a short amount of time.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: While he made it out of the blast injury-free and with no third leg or some similar mutation, the blast triggered his PTSDs and enhanced their influence. Now, whenever he has a bad dream, a flashback to a terrible experience or something of the like, he gets a terrible headache which might distract him and result in his demise, depending on how heated the situation is.

Personality: For a man who has been to hell and back, you'd expect Lance to be some sort of a grumpy, get-the-fuck-out-of-my-lawn type of guy, but surprisingly he is quite the opposite. Probably regarded as his greatest natural ability, Old man Furlong is mostly notable for his eccentric and somewhat charming behavior, choosing to face all the obstacles coming his way with a smile. He also cherishes fighting other metahumans that equal or surpass him in terms of battle capabilities, and never refuses spars. However, once he deducts that a certain person is capable of great inconvenience, he won't kid around and will do his utmost to remove said person out of the equation. That's when his cold and calculating persona surfaces. He also suffers a great deal from the horrors of his past, but makes an effort to hide his disturbances most of the time.

As a former spy, he doesn't follow any code of conduct and shows antipathy to those who do, arguing that there's no place for rules in a war zone. Also, due to mostly being the person with the most experience, he feels somewhat inclined to give advice to his young colleagues when he notices they're straying away, something which happens a lot in his line of work. He also possesses a strong sense of humor to correlate with his unusual attitude.

Background: Born in Vancouver, Canada in 5 March of 1958, to a family of butchers, Lance had a life expectancy of about four years. His family faced constant harassment from a local gang which were running an extortion ring. One thing led to another, and fast forward to 6 months old Lance moving to Louisiana with his mother, shortly after his father's murder by the hands of one of those gang members. Their first house was a small, abandoned farm which her mother restored with the help of a couple of friends she had made on the way. After giving the farm it's previous glory, they managed to sell it and bought a small house in Modern City, Georgia. Adoring the place's peaceful nature, Lance became attached to it, participating in several pro-environment movements and shooting down his Mom's suggestions to move to another place.

At the age of 18, Lance was told the truth about his father. Up until then, he was fed a bittersweet lie; that his father had died in an unfortunate car accident. Upon being told the truth, young Lance worked double jobs just so that he could collect enough money to go to Vancouver and visit his father's grave, and also perhaps interview people close to his father about his death. While there, he found out that his father's killer was alive, but had turned into a hermit due to suffering from a bad case of Parkinson's. Lance, much to the others' chagrin, decided to confront his father's killer and make him suffer for his sins, but managed to hold himself back after witnessing the man had become impotent and was suffering enough. He decided to end his stint and make his way back to Georgia.

Following his return in the United States of America, Furlong's potential and his shenanigans in Canada piqued the attention of a CIA handler who was willing to turn Furlong into a killing machine and incorporate him within the ranks of the Special Activities Division. While he underwent through grueling training, his frequent meet-ups with his single mother kept him from falling apart and helped him maintain a rather sweet disposition, for a man specialized at doing wet work. At the age of 35, he had accomplished over twelve missions out of a total twelve, giving him the unofficial title of 'master assassin' and making him a legend in the world of espionage. He retired at the age of 45.

While enjoying his retirement one day, he witnessed the chemical explosion and was subjected to them, although he was reasonably far away, managing to make it out without any injuries but a heart scare. He was pleasantly surprised upon discovering that his strength was enhanced, but was displeased at the way how a relatively peaceful city was tearing itself apart. So, he decided to take measure, donning his old CIA costume and using the callsign "Shepherd".

Other:

• He possesses a H&K P30 which he sometimes fits with a suppresor.
• A tactical SOG blade for close combat.
• A customized FN SCAR Assault Rifle.
• In terms of travel, he rides a 1975 Honda CB400F.
• He has yet to fight a metahuman who matches his heightened senses.
• His mother, Francis, lives in a nursing home in Modern City, aged 75 years old.

[Mr_pink]

Name: Edmund 'Mundy' Conagher
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian - Australian

Appearance

Mundy

Mundy stands at a tall 6 foot 2 and weighs around 185lbs. He has an athletic physique and keeps this physique up by visitng the gym almost every day.

Confidential

Alias: None as of yet

Costume:

Meta-Human Power:
Mundy is able to phase through any solid object in the world. He also has slight super strength.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects:
He is essentially human other than his powers. Which means bullets and the like can still be fatal to him and if he phased through a wall in a skyscraper and there was nothing on the other side, he would surely fall to his death.

Personality:
Mundy is essentially what you'd call a psychopath. He finds it extremely hard to maintain any relationships and is incredibly antisocial. That being said, he can maintain a few friendships for extended periods of time depending on the person. He lacks a moral responsibility on what is good and what is bad, but he has learned from experience and generally can do the right thing most of the time. That being said, his methods are less than ethical. He is very vain and cares greatly about his appearance.

Background:
Edmund 'Mundy' Conagher was born in Adelaide, Australia. As a young boy, his father would often take Mundy into the outback to go hunting, often to sell the hides and such for a little extra cash. Mundy didn't do great in school and would often skip school to go and play football with other children who had also skipped school. As a teenager he began to take greater care for his body and essentially became much vainer than he ever had been. He also began to pay more attention in school as the looming threat of the real world and the potential to be put into some shitty office job. He passed his first exams and barely passed his highers but failed his advanced highers. He managed to get a job as a tour guide until he had raised enough money to pick up and leave Adelaide.

He moved to America in his early 20s, specifically Modern City, Georgia. He bought an apartment there and got a job as a technician for Modern Stadium. He mostly just fiddles about with the lights and fixes any technical errors, but it pays well and he can't complain. Around his mid 20s he began to feel far different than he ever had before. Like he needed to hunt again, it started with him going hunting deer and the like, but grew and grew until the only thing he can think of to hunt now are people. Of course, not any civilians or anything, but gangsters and the like are fair play. On the day of the explosion, Mundy was out picking up supplies for a fishing trip he had planned to go on in the recent future, of course, things didn't go to plan.
Other:

[Larfleeze]

Name: Thomas Chandler
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian American

Appearance

Thomas appears frail and sickly due to his condition, with pale, short-length blond hair and green eyes. His somewhat scrawny frame makes him look younger than he really is. Thomas feels a total lack of apathy towards choosing what he wears, he just throws on whatever's there - which is usually casual clothes, such as sweatpants, jeans or plain t-shirts.



Poltergeist manifests as a male, wraith-like humanoid, wearing what seems to be a white gas mask along with a tattered jumpsuit, with a total absence of skin pigment and green glowing eyes. Not even Thomas knows what lies beneath Poltergeist's mask...

Confidential

Alias: N/A

Costume: N/A

Meta-Human Power: Materialized Protector - Thomas can manifest a guardian that is capable of defending and fighting for Thomas, which he calls Poltergeist. Poltergeist is a part of Thomas, and damage is reflected between the two. For example, if Poltergeist's arm is cut off, Thomas will lose their arm as well.

Invisibility - Poltergeist is capable of rendering itself and Thomas invisible to the naked eye, allowing both of them to accomplish tasks unseen.

Healing - Poltergeist can accelerate the healing time for cuts and broken bones on itself/Thomas and other people. It cannot heal missing limbs or mental damage. Using this ability accelerates the amount of time Thomas can bring Poltergeist out.

Weaknesses or Side-Effects: Thomas cannot walk far on his own without assistance as he is partially disabled. Thomas' power can cause severe optical hemorrhaging if Poltergeist is brought out for too long. The further away Poltergeist is from Thomas, the weaker it becomes.

Personality: Thomas could only be described as inhumanly tenacious, and persistent; once he is committed to something, he will not back down until the deed is done. Though courageous and willing to help at times, this is easily dispersed when Thomas' worth is put into question. When the need arises though, he can be driven by a dark determination, which is attributed to his stubborn and strong-willed nature.

Although his stubbornness might be described as a good thing by some, others might say it's a hindrance as his pride might prevent him from accepting help, even when he clearly needs it.

Background: At the very moment the cargo ship exploded, Thomas was in the passenger seat of his friend's car, driving somewhere near the coast. The blinding flash of light caused the car to spin out of control, crashing into a wall at high speeds and killing his friend, while Thomas suffered paralysis. Thomas woke up in a hospital a day later, now permanently paralyzed from the waist down.

That night when he went to sleep, he was woken by the eerie glow of two bright green lights attached to a bone-white figure hovering over his hospital bed. Understandably, Thomas was terrified, his heart rate spiking, causing the nurse to check in on him. By the time she had arrived the apparition had vanished. Thomas made some excuse about a nightmare, which seemed to assure the nurse that he was fine. Thomas never slept that night, fearful that the specter would reappear. A stream of questions ran through his mind. Most of them involved him questioning his own sanity. Was the apparition really there? Was it actually a hallucination brought on by the painkillers Thomas was taking?

The next day, Thomas attempted to reach for a glass of water, only for the phantom to materialise again and gently handed him the glass. It was then that he realised that he wasn't hallucinating, that the mysterious wraith was actually somehow under his command. Thomas spent the rest of the day practicing his new found abilities, commanding it to do minor tasks out of view until he became competent in using it. Eventually he learned how to use his Guardian's other powers in that hospital room, including healing - which is currently slowly healing his legs, now allowing him to barely walk a couple of steps - and nicknamed it Poltergeist after its appearance and abilities.

Thomas was eventually discharged from the hospital, along with Poltergeist, following close behind. Thomas then moved in with his old high-school friend, who offered to let Thomas to stay with him.

Other: Thomas is slowly regaining the use of his legs and is currently able to walk a few steps unaided.