Full Name: Tyler Park
Nickname: Startup
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Trouble: He still needs water and air despite all of his powers. Magical energies are beyond the scope of his powers. He is also vulnerable to psychic attacks. He cannot absorb time energy. If he somehow runs out energy, he will be reduced to a human who regularly engages in intense exercise. He can still be crushed or cut in his base state.
Powers: He can absorb plasma energy and radiation. He can fire multiple types of energy from his person. He has been known to shoot electricity, fire, radiation, and solidified energy. He can shoot bubbles, bombs, beams, balls, blasts, bolts, bullets and waves from any part of his body. With extreme concentration, he can make constructs out of energy.
He can only control the energy that comes from his body, that is, he has to absorb it first. He can also hold the energy inside his cells.Using this stored energy, he can go without food or sleep for days. He can use the energy to enhance his agility, reflexes, durability and strength to superhuman levels. He can also use the stored energy for flight.
Skills: Advanced fighter utilizing freestyle wrestling, Aikido, Taekwondo, Judo, Boxing, and Eskrima. Advanced Archer and Swordfighter. Advanced Acrobat and Gymnast. Proficient with firearms.
Equipment: A pair of short eskrima sticks, three aluminum knives, goggles, and a number of energy drinks in various containers.
Personality Traits: He wants everything to be right not good but right. He tries to maximize the happiness of those around him in hopes that it will make him happy. In truth, due to his upbringing the only thing that really makes him happy is combat. He regrets leaving Blüdhaven but believes that learning from others is the best way to be truly effective in his mission. He is prone to bouts of melancholy or apathy.
Place Of Origin: Blüdhaven
Description (Pic is optional): 6’4”, Extremely Muscular build, short dark brown hair, green eyes, he has an olive complexion and delicate features but also a number of scars.
Bio: Tyler was the product of a one night stand between his mother Sandra and an unknown man from a foreign intelligence agency. Sandra was a social worker in Blüdhaven who thought she could make a difference in the corrupt city. Tyler’s father gave Sandra a large sum of money but she stayed in Blüdhaven because of her commitment to making the city a better place. Before he was born, Sandra decided to make Tyler a part of that commitment. Tyler’s mother aimed to mold him into “Blüdhaven’s champion, the city’s favorite son.”
She was very careful with what he was fed and exposed to as a baby. As soon as possible, she had him trained in gymnastics, archery, Aikido, boxing, fencing, Judo, Taekwondo, and Eskrima. She taught his Chess and Go. Long before he started public school, she had private tutors come in and begin his education. She planned for her soon to be an Olympic athlete, then go to college and law school, and finally become the Mayor of Blüdhaven in order to eliminate the corruption and heal the city. Tyler was more interested in the physical side of things. He enjoyed the martial arts and weapons. He identified as a brawler.
As he got older, he began to participate in wrestling and swimming. He got pretty good grades in school. He eventually did get involved with Blüdhaven’s underworld joining a local gang and rising through the ranks pretty quickly. He eventually became the brain of one gang’s entire operation. He tried to use his position to minimize the suffering of all those who lived in Blüdhaven.
After a tragic experience both scarred him and partially activated his powers, he took up costume crime fighting. He tried to stay out of the way of more established heroes but stepped up when they weren’t available to help his city. He was able to deal with most non costumed criminals easily. Against those who were more skilled and more powerful, he had to be more cunning. He adopted a strategy of jumping around and not taking them head on. This worked because initially many underestimated him because he hadn’t made a name for himself yet.
Eventually he became too much of a problem for one criminal, so Joseph Martin, the Atomic Skull, was hired to capture Tyler. Tyler fell for a trap and was easily defeated during battle Martin. Tyler awoke later chained in a warehouse, injured within an inch of his life. Fortunately, he realized that his powers had increased. He blew up the warehouse in an attempt to use his new powers but did manage to escape. He decided to lay lower and learn to use his new powers. As a result, everyone thought that his crime fighting persona had died in the explosion.
After training and realizing he was more powerful than ever, he returned to crime-fighting taking the name, Startup. After a few weeks of success, the Atomic Skull returned to Blüdhaven to finish the job that he was hired to do. Despite being prepared, it was only with extreme difficulty that he was able to battle Martin to a standstill. Realizing the he still wasn’t the hero the city needed him to be, he decided to leave in order to gain experience.