Jennifer was fortunately born very well off. Her parents were two prolific lawyers that were rather ruthless in how they got the job done. This paved way for many of Jennifer's education, as her family had plenty of money to support them. She had a younger sister named Kaitlyn, and two brothers named Justin and Cody. However, both parents had much different ideas on how to raise Jennifer, and the siblings. Jennifer's mother wanted to be strict, and push them to be great, where her father was lax and wanted them to their own people. This caused some rather particular patterns when Jennifer was growing up. In school, Jennifer was pushed by her mother to become a prodigy. Taking classes to play instruments (That Jennifer promptly forgot how to play), taking Advance classes (That she was not ready for), or just other things she could need (She was taught cooking, medical care, gardening, Karate, French and Spanish). Yet, no matter what classes she was placed in, Jennifer just couldn't apply herself towards it. She was just uninterested in it, and couldn't advance. Which is what stopped her from being good as she could be. What did get her attention was the videogames her brother liked so much, and media - specifically fantasy and scifi. This interest was budded by her father who bought her games, and pretty much whatever she wanted. This infuriated her mother to no end - she couldn't focus enough to study in the classes, but she could focus on video games! Her mother started forcing Jennifer to start giving a damn about her education. Taking away the games and whatever else Jenny was interested in.

This aggressive tactic didn't work as well as her mother hoped. As this made Jennifer very stressed, and impaired her learning ability even more. She started working hard to desperately please her mother... Until she found another way to please her mother. She cheated. In school, she'd copy the answers from the smart students when she couldn't get them to give her the answers outright. This worked, so far. She couldn't cheat at everything. Eventually, Jenny was caught, and the whole thing was told to her mother. She was very disappointed in her daughter, where her father was a lot more compassionate. He sympathized with Jen, and suggested that her mother eased up on her. Lest she wants her daughter to go crazy. Which is exactly what she did. She took Jennifer out of the classes she didn't want to be in (Which was pretty much all of them), and gave Jennifer back the games she liked so much.

While she was much more lax on Jennifer, she didn't completely stop. She expected Jennifer to get the highest grades. Not accepting a single F. Which is what Jennifer could handle much better. She got the A's her mother expected. Even when she shouldn't have. In the mean time, Jennifer indulged in whatever nerdy behavior she wanted. Playing video games, participating in DnD, watching movies, and etc. Though, she was relatively unknown in school outside of the nerd groups. Jen did pick up a certain habit while in highschool. Her parents demanded that she stays slim, because no one wants a fat child. They made her sign up for the highschool's female basketball team. While she didn't like it at first, she warmed up to it. Though, she was never a star player.

Summer break hit, and Jennifer was happy to just give herself some time to relax. Though, life didn't go smoothly. Her father went out to go drinking with some old friends to catch up with them. After the night of drinking, he choose not to drink responsibility, and choose to drive. He crashed into a wall at such a high-speed that he died near instantly. When the news hit her family, it hit them hard. Her mother fell into a deep depression, and her siblings tried to keep going. But the grief forced them towards some more bad habits.

Jenny was immensely saddened by the death of her father - but she had no choice but to keep moving forward (Sort of). She had no other way to coop other than push the world a bit further away, and continue doing what she was doing. For months, this worked, and life continued very uneventfully. Shit hit the fan one fateful night. She was walking home from her friend's house (Accompanied by her dog), when she noticed a little girl sobbing in an alleyway. Jen approached the girl, and a very quick and frantic conversation; it was revealed that the girl's name is Penny, and she's a Metahuman that was attacked by the Pure. The first thing Jenny did was get the girl to calm down. She tried to call the cops - but she stopped when she heard some people walking up. Jenny told the girl to run - Penny said that she was going to hide under the nearby bridge. When they walked by, Jen simply looking like she was picking up her dog's droppings. Acting like she had nothing to do with it.

They stopped and asked if she saw anyone who looked like Penny. Obviously, Jen said no. That's when they surrounded her, and started calling her all manner of names. Traitor, freak lover, and they even accused her of being a meta. Though, before things got violent, they relented - noting that their job isn't to bother humans, and the person they were after could be getting away. They left, smacking Jennifer's phone onto the ground. Jen immediately left to go find the girl - unaware that one member of the Pure had followed her. Jenny checked under the bridge like Penny said, and found her. She assured the girl that the coast was clear - until that member of the Pure came out of the shadows, and took several shots towards Penny with a pistol. Fortunately, he missed... Penny, that is. The bullets hit the larger target, which was Jennifer. A bullet hit her in the stomach, in the arm, in her sides, and two hit her in the shoulder. Jenny hit the ground, and started bleeding out, while Penny ran off, and the member of the Pure ran off after her. It wasn't long before Jen passed out. A few minutes later, Penny lost the member of the Pure and came back to Jen. Watching her bleed out profusely - because of her - didn't bode too well with the child.

Penny panicked, but she knew that she was capable of saving her. She walked up, and placed her hands on Jen's dying body. She used the power that made the Pure want to kill her so badly. The ability to gift physical enhancements to anyone she touches. Penny gave Jen the strongest regenerative ability she could in order to save Jen's life. Almost immediately, the healing factor kicked in and began correcting the damage done to her. With that, Penny ran off, hoping that the Pure wouldn't catch Jen. They didn't (For plot convenience). It wasn't long until the bleeding stopped. And it wasn't even that longer before wounds were completely closed up. A few hours later, Jen had awoken in a hospital room surrounded by her mother and some police officerrs, with the wounds completely healed. She had no idea what happened, and she had said her prayers. She checked, and there was not even a scar. For a moment, she wondered if it actually happened.

The police explained that she was found unconscious underneath a bridge while they were investigating gunshots. Jennifer explained to them that she was helping someone getting attacked by the Pure, and she was knocked out. They swallowed her story, and she came in contact with NEST and explained what happened with Penny. Her entire family was relieved, but told her not to get involved in such things again. The next couple days went on normally... until Jennifer got a paper cut. Expecting to feel pain for awhile, the wound almost instantly closed. This surprised her enough to try again, the same thing happened. Jen walked into the bathroom, with a knife, and cut the top part of her hand. The wound was gone in a few minutes. This surprised her - and it didn't take too long for her to put two-and-two together and realize that her powers manifesting had saved her life that night.

Jennifer reached into her pocket and pulled out the note... Maybe Penny has something to do with this. There was only one way to find out, really. Jennifer decided to find this Penny girl on her own. Disguising her mission as a quest to find her dog (Also an objective!). Over the course of a few days, she started asking around, looking for Penny. So far, with no success.

Though, that's going to change soon...

Born as an only child in the nigh-tropical Floridan city of Key West, Michelle's early life up to her teen years were uneventful. She was a simple little girl living her life. Her parents were hard working people who slaved away in the offices to support her. Heat was something Michelle got used to as she grew up in what had to be a tropical paradise. She was pushed towards sports by her parents, whom truly wanted a son, but were willing to settle for a girl. It didn't matter to Michelle, since it was . Soccer, Baseball, and Swimming, were three sports that she had grown to love doing, and became pretty good at too. That skill was something that netted her plenty of friends. But it also made her fiercely competitive. Michelle was constantly finding her way into trouble, to her parent's dismay. Picking fights with people, or causing general mischief, Michelle found her situations to be quite amusing. Which meant she kept doing it because she thought it'd be fun. Again, causing problems that her parents had to solve. They disciplined Michelle, but they were simply too lax with their punishments to make any difference in her behavior. So there wasn't anyone to really stop her from exploring her growing masculine-side either. As her mother wasn't too solid of a strong female role model either.

Things took a quick turn once she turned fifteen, in the middle of an incredibly awkward stage of her life (The dreaded puberty). Her power had awakened. Subtly at that. There was no traumatic event attached, it was merely developing all her life until it reached the point where it could be activated. It first manifested in a freak growth spurt that shot her height up from 5'3 to 5'8 in a short amount of time. Then it made her harder, better, faster, stronger, in... noticeable ways. The sports she played, the fights she won, she realized that she could do it much better now. Michelle was quickly realizing that she might be becoming a superhuman - and her parents caught on too. However, they were wrong in what they theorized Michelle had. What they thought was simple peak-human capabilities turned out to be something much more... beastly. And it awakened in one of the worst moments. Michelle was showering after a big basketball game with her team, Michelle got into a bit of a fight with another member of her team, over who was the better player. Michelle straight up socked her team mate... and unhinged her jaw with one punch. Michelle was freaked out about this freak display of strength, and everyone was screaming at her. NEST was called to deal with her and Michelle was captured. After (very awkwardly) clearing it up with NEST, Michelle was released. But, by then, the damage was already done. The world had known Michelle for the monster she had turned into. Her friends rejected her, no one would help her. Even her own family had turned her back on Michelle and cast her out on the streets with her clothes and some supplies. They didn't want anything to do with their monstrous child anymore.

Cast out on the streets, Michelle literally had nothing to her name. Michelle left Key West and headed towards, well, anywhere that wasn't there. She was so broken by being forced to live on her own. Michelle stuck to the swamps and wooded areas. Living off the land to the best of her ability. This is where she experimented with the very power that got her in this situation in the first place. She tried to learn her limits and capabilities. She practiced this ability often as she could (there was a period afterwards where she had to take a break) and realized how strong she was. She stopped scrounging for foods and learned to hunt it herself. She became a wild-child, and honestly, she wouldn't have it any other way. Michelle stayed away from humanity, except for the few times she had to come back to get some new clothes. Michelle drifted from place to place for what had to be a year. Sticking close to the warmer parts of Florida. She drifted a little closely to a circus. She snuck in using her power to help and decided to watch the show. From there, she learned that the performers were certainly superhuman. Performing tricks for the thrills of themselves and others. However, Michelle didn't expect for one of the performers to be a telepath on the look out for people trying to steal a show like her. She was lectured by the woman, who threatened to call the police. Michelle dropped her entire story in some hope that the popo wouldn't get involved. The story had moved the woman, and Michelle's life was going to take another turn.

The woman had offered to take Michelle under her wing at the local circus (Which was mostly comprised of superhumans), as the woman was looking for someone like her. Michelle would get food and a place to stay, but she had to learn how to perform acrobatics like the rest of them. She accepted the deal in a heartbeat, truly wanting a place where she belonged. From there, Michelle's training began. It wasn't exactly easy, the girl had to work hard. But as the months went by, it came to her. As a plus, Michelle got in plenty of practice with her power. As Michelle learned, she often went out into the woods for awhile to be the beast that felt so natural to her. Or when she was annoyed, angry, or depressed. It became her sanctuary, as nobody would go anywhere near there. In her spare time, Michelle had received some some Wrestling matches with the other carnies. It was strange, but Michelle learned how to use that strength of hers for some brutal takedowns. Along with relieving plenty of stress. In less than a year, Michelle had learned about acrobatics and became a regular performer in their acts. Life felt great.

For a few years, Michelle worked as a Circus performer. Most of all, she became pretty close to her fellow carnies. Until she was around twenty did things change. Michelle began rather... disillusioned with the life of a carnie. It helped her perfect her ability, and now she wanted to help the world with it. The only way she knew how was to join NEST. It had been one of her aspirations for a long time. Michelle got in contact with the Florida branch of NEST, enlisted herself. They approved her into the organization. After a heartfelt goodbye, Michelle was sent to Verthaven to begin her training regime. It was long and hard, but Michelle fought her way through the segment until she was ready to be a NEST Agent.

Michelle choose to stay in Verthaven... having taken a liking to the city, and serve as one of its Agents. For years, Michelle rose through the ranks until she achieved Captain. She's taken part in many operations, including keeping track of many of the Metahumans that inhabit Verthaven. Along with busting some of the worst Metahuman scumbags.

Lihua Vuhong was born Lihua Baozai, and she lived in Hong Kong, China for a great deal of her life to an upper-class family, along with her older brother, Jiao-Long. Lihua was a fire-y type from a young age, picking fights with other kids in school for shits and giggles, and coming home rather bruised (And in lots of trouble). This got worse as Lihua grew up, and it reached the point where her parents wanted to discipline her. So, they signed her up for Tai-Chi classes in order to teach her what they couldn't. At first, Lihua thought they were teaching her how to fight! Boy, was she wrong. They quickly whipped her ass into shape the second she stepped out of line. While it was rough at first, she eventually went along with it, and her parents got what they wanted. As Lihua grew up, she used Tai Chi as a way of life, and became very skilled in the way of martial arts. Nothing of note occurred until she was around thirteen. That's when her magic power manifested. She was just walking down the street, and when she took a step, a stone spike popped out of the ground. For no reason. She brushed it off as the acid she took kicking in. Later that night, she put a hole in the wall. She realized that something was definitely wrong here. It took her awhile to realize that she had manifested a Metahuman ability, the ability to control concrete. It was scary... but at the same time, amazing. She made this one of her best kept secrets, something that she would learn to control... First thing Lihua did was fix her fucking wall.

For years, Lihua kept her power a secret, and practiced it on the side. Always small scale, since she was afraid of what would happen if she ever went larger scale. Once she turned eighteen, her parents suffered a divorce because of some grievances between them, her mother left with Jiao-Long and went to America. Because reasons. Lihua choose to stay in China because she liked it here, but she kept in touch with her family. She had perfected her techniques with her power. Then everything changed when the men with the military came to her home. For Lihua, in fact. One of the men said that she was definitely a Metahuman - then he told her that Lihua was conscripted into the army. Her father couldn't dispute this, he had no choice but to go along with it, or all of them would go to prison. However, Lihua was taken to a place far away from her home - in fact, it was no military base the public knew about.

Lihua was shuffled into a room full of people just like her, and a man told her why they were here; they were Metahumans, and thus, conscripted into a organization known as The Gai Hexin Yuan. China's newly formed elite Metahuman intelligence and espionage group that nobody else in the world knew about. They were to be trained in Espionage, combat, and other subjects, along with being trained in their powers. Lihua tried to resist at first, but she was disciplined very severely... Until she too, went along with it. She went through the very extensive training regime, and learned all sorts about her power (How to use it efficiently, and how to use it much more destructively). After a few years of training, Lihua was ready, having excelled until she was considered the first among equals. Each of them were considered. They were assigned their first mission, slip into India and steal some information, and they passed it with flying colors. Then they were assigned their next mission, then their next mission, and so on.

During these missions, it was clear that Lihua was the best out of all of the recruits. Displaying leadership and skills far beyond her peers. They promoted her, and assigned her leadership of the team, while other members of the Gai Hexin went out to recruit new Metahumans. Leading this organization, Lihua carried out mission after mission. Cutting down Metahumans, and doing whatever she was asked to do. However, in between missions, she fell in love with another one of her operatives. And after spending one night with him, she came out of it pregnant. She was fiercely reprimanded for this, and was demoted. However, she was given time to leave, and have her child, because of how successful she was in the field. Nine months later, she gave birth to a healthy girl, whom she named Meifeng. She was given time to recover, before being put right back out onto the field. Meifeng was given to her father in order to raise her.

For eight years, Lihua was their most effective agent, and quickly ascended the ranks, right up into Officer Cadet. Lihua was one of China's greatest assets, and she wanted to keep it that way... That is, until something very bad occurred one night that turned China's greatest asset, to their most wanted criminal. At least she had a head start. Lihua grabbed Meifeng, and asked her brother, who had become a prominent scientist and owner of a major company (Apart of the Savior Foundation), to help her get out of the country. He obliged, and helped her get into America. They first arrived in Black Fall, where they discussed what happened, and where could they go from there. Jiao-Long suggested that Lihua join NEST... Put her talents to good use. Well, Lihua didn't like the organization (Or America) all that much, but she had no where else to go. Though, Jiao-long let them stay at his mansion for awhile so they can rest. Lihua stuck with them for two years, and bonded with her brother's variety of children. Before she signed up for NEST, and was accepted into their training regime. Months later, she passed, and was assigned to Verthaven.

Lihua quickly rose the ranks of NEST, and became one of their top agents. An Intelligence Officer credited for assisting in the apprehension of several criminals, along with acting as a rather professional investigator. A year in, and Lihua got pregnant from a one night stand with a Co-worker, and after some time off, she gave birth to her beautiful daughter Lijuan. Lihua kept working for NEST, and continued climbing the ranks.

Yeah, yeah, there's some missing pieces that'll be filled out on the IC.

You should probably read Lihua's backstory first. It covers a few notable events.

Meifeng was born under unknown circumstances while Lihua was working for the Gai Hexin Yuan, and since a secret military group is not the best place to raise a child, Meifeng was given to her grandfather in order to raise her. She grew up in the same house that her mother did, in fact. She was born without a solid mother figure, or even a good father figure. She didn't see her mother for years, and only knew that she existed from her grandfather talking about her. In fact, she was on her own most of the time. In school was the only place for Meifeng to develop any solid social skills. In school, she was a bit of a trouble-maker. She'd get into fights, and cause all manners of mischief. At home, she was rarely given any reprimanding, her grandfather barely cared. She showed an interest in volleyball, and joined the team at a young age - and took it very seriously. Which gave her that competitive drive and love of all things fast paced. Life was... pretty mundane and wasn't super noteworthy.

Once she was around eight, she received a change of pace like no other. One night, her mother, whom she never seen before, came home, and next thing Meifeng knew, she was taken from her previous life, and came to America with her mother. America was a very strange place for Meifeng, but she was living with her rather wealthy Uncle, and his daughters. She lived in Black Fall. For two years, Meifeng adjusted to American life with the help of her family (And Mika). She was enrolled the same school as her cousins, and managed to get on the volleyball team again. Along with getting an above-average education, she refined her social skills. She resented her mother somewhat for never being there for her in the early days, but she was eager to make up for lost time. They remained in Black Fall for two years, until her mother got a job as a NEST Agent, and they were sent off to Verthaven.

In Verthaven, Meifeng and her mother lived in the Central Valley neighborhood, and went to a school in University Row (Only thing she was pissed about was that there was no volleyball team, Basketball would suffice). She lived in relative comfort, until she was walking home from school one day, and was attacked by a group of female Iron Cross members that went to the same school as her, mad that Meifeng was rising to the top of the basketball team. They forced her under one of the bridges, and began beating her. They roared swear words at her, as they kicked and hit her with objects. Meifeng managed to crawl from under the tunnel - only for them to make pursuit with her. Meifeng crawled up into a park, and they followed. They followed, and Meifeng begged for them to stop, shielding herself with her hands. The second she made that hand motion, a wave of water came over and swept them all away. Which surprised literally everyone present. Though, it didn't stop the Iron Cross members from trying to beat her. Fortunately, it drew enough attention for someone to step in and stopped the whole incident. Police were called, and Meifeng received medical attention.

Fortunately, they didn't beat her too badly, and she was out of the hospital rather quickly. Though, the mental wounds did not heal. She felt weak. After her mother caught news of what happened. Well, let's just say those Iron Cross members disappeared. After a talk with her mother, she suggested that Meifeng takes martial arts lessons, and learn to fight. Since this city is a dangerous, and crime-filled one, and she wasn't going to be around all the time to protect her. Though, Meifeng got karate lessons in Chinatown, her mother wouldn't accept any less. She used it as a way to release her anger, and control herself, along with learning how to fight. Meifeng also talked to her mother about what happened with the water, and shortly enough, Meifeng was tested positive for Meta-aids. She was registered... and had no idea what she could do.

However, her mother was of help. First, her mother managed to get Meifeng enrolled in Academy 12 so she can learn how to use her powers. Second, her mother helped her learn her power herself. This really helped Meifeng learn how to use her power, and realize that it's something more than lame. Though, she wished that she got the ability to control something cooler...

Maxine, born in Verthaven, had a pretty good childhood. She has both parents, and a good relationship with both of them. Both of them were NEST Agents that were excellent at their jobs. Yet, they had plenty of time to give Maxine that TLC that would keep her from growing up to be a sociopath. Particularly, she got especially close to her father, who was the one who had the largest impact on the large girl. They went places together, and forged the tightest bond. Maxine was sent to school where she developed an education, and gained proper social skills from interacting with other people. She wasn't anything spectacular, nor was she really interested in any hobbies. Thus, she wasn't pushed to any. Maxine grew up without any major events going down. Up until she was twelve, that is. Maxine's father went out to a mission to pursue a rouge Metahuman, and everything was going well until The Pure got involved. One thing lead to another, and a violent shootout took place, and her father was shot over seven times by Pure. The shootout lasted long enough for reinforcements from the VPD and NEST to arrive, but they were too late. Her father had bled to death (Rip). This hit the Carter family like a bag of bricks. Her mother resorted to drinking, while Maxine... she just didn't know how to react to it. She simply shut down. She grew apathetic, as her mother didn't do anything to help her. Months passed, and her apathy made her simply unaware of current events. She didn't notice that her mother had found another man in NEST known as Hank Smith, and it wasn't long until they got married.

That's when things started to go to shit.

Hank was not a good man. Not at all. While Maxine's mother seen something in him, to Maxine, the cons outweighed the pros. Hank was a violent racist, and secret member of the Iron Cross. Who used his position to abuse and terrorize non-white Metahumans all over the city without anyone batting an eyelash. He was paranoid, and feared that there was a race war coming up. Worst of all, he dragged Maxine and her mother into this. Her mother was more accepting of this, after all, she loved Hank. They tried to fill Maxine's head with racist and paranoid nonsense, which Maxine wasn't sure about. Some of her best friends are black! Along with preparing her for the "upcoming race war". He taught her how to fight, and how to shoot a gun. Two skills that stuck with her. She was conflicted, but tried her best to be understanding of everyone. Though, Hank's beliefs caused Maxine some problems. He began driving off Maxine's colored friends whenever she tried to hang out with them. Though, this was the start of a whole new problem altogether. She wanted to be their friend, screw what her stepfather thought. Maxine quickly realized what racism was, and how it was bad. That's when she started openly rebelling against her stepfather's indoctrination. That quickly caused a noticeable rift between them. That's when he decided to clamp down tighter on her, and restricting her to the best of his ability - which caused Maxine escalate things by acting even more rebellious.

Maxine pretty much became obsessed with the idea of being a rebel, and she pretty much tried too hard. She hung out with the wrong crowds, went to parties, fought people, did drugs and alcohol, and she stayed up late. Of course, she was young and reckless, and didn't know when enough was enough. Many times, she was picked up by the police and sent home. All in the name of defying her asshole stepfather, and her apathetic mother. Nothing her parents did ever changed Maxine. When she was about seventeen, the rift between them as so great that they were just about ready to throw them out, and that situation got worse one summer afternoon. Maxine brought her friends, some colored, into the house while her "parents" were off on their NEST business. They just chit-chatted a bit, and just swam the pool in their backyard. When her family came back, that's when things got heated. Her stepfather was so heated that he ordered all of them out, and even tossed threats. After they were all gone, they got into one hell of an argument. Where Maxine argued that Hank stays out of her business, Hank affirmed in his racist beliefs. Up until Maxine gave and blew him off. He smack
ed her right across the face and made her fall to the ground. Blaming her for it.

That's when Maxine did the unthinkable.

In a fit of pure anger, she threw a punch at him that was surrounded in a aura of fire and smoke. Hank was so surprised that he couldn't react in time to dodge the flaming fist. The force burned the hell out of his face, and knocked him over. Once the rage subsided, Maxine started screaming. Because her hand was on fire! Afterwards, Hank arrested Maxine for assault, and attempted to get her tossed into a prison. Maxine explained what happened (Along with Hank's racism), and telepaths confirmed that she was telling the truth. That's when NEST launched an investigation into Hank, and uncovered all the heinous acts he committed. He was quickly arrested... but, it was quickly revealed that Maxine's mother had a heavy hand in it. An inexcusable hand in it. She was arrested along with Hank. Which left Maxine parentless. She was given over to her grandparents, since they had a house in the Columbian-Heights Park. Maxine barely stayed with them. Those bad crowds I mentioned before? Maxine became pretty engrossed in them. Especially since she manifested as a Metahuman. Eventually, her friends became her family.

Maxine wanted money, and freedom. One friend of hers was a Highway Star that had access to their drugs, and another friend of hers recommended that she tries to get into Academy 12, and deal drugs from there. Which was a good idea. Maxine applied to Academy 12, and was accepted. She quickly moved there, and lived with more freedom than she ever had before. She dealt drugs to the older students (She refused to sell them to the kids). During this time, Maxine barely paid attention to the academics. To her, it was only stomping grounds to sell drugs, she spent most of her time off campus. Either in a friend's house, or in a club in the Knightdale Rows. Only thing she did pay attention to was the power training. She quickly learned that she could manipulate three different elements related to fire, and it gave her some interesting ideas for causing trouble. Selling drugs was profitable, but Maxine wanted to get enough money to get out of the city.

Maxine caught wind of the Fiends having a way to give people powers, and she just found her ticket out of the city.

Daniel Smith

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Plague’s second-in-command, Daniel is a Fiend who’s in it for the money, not the drugs. Like Plague, he doesn’t take drugs before he fights, and usually stays out of the way to let the burnouts get mowed down before he steps into battle. A former chemist, Daniel specializes in making homemade explosives, and occasionally cooks meth for a profit. He is about average height and is a little pudgy. He’s a ginger, with curly red hair that sticks up and freckles. He usually wears all black when fighting, and wears a gas mask that is stark-white. He is known for wielding an RPG in battle.

Supernatural aim and thermal vision. He can see enemies through walls, and his vision is so strong that he almost never misses with any sort of firearm. He also doesn’t have a blindspot.

Talia Smithton

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One of Plague’s “Chosen”, members of his ranks who he chooses not to use as meatshields. Talia is a grizzled and vengeful woman, once a wannabe marine who was denied entry due to her abilities (like someone else we know). She’s muscular and tough, with a plain, square-shaped face and brown hair tied into a ponytail. She dresses in black urban camo pants, a white tee shirt, a black plate carrier vest (with slots for ammo), and black combat boots. Her mask is painted in black urban camo. She also always wears a black baseball cap.

Active camouflage. Talia has the ability to blend in with anything that her skin touches. Her entire body, including any clothing that she’s wearing, changes colors to match her surroundings.

Roark Blunt

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A member of Plague’s Chosen. One of the most well-trained Fiends, Roark is an Australian fellow who formerly worked for the Australian private military company Red Tide, but turned to the Fiends after being fired for killing a civilian on a mission. He came to Verthaven and began to work security for the Chinese mob until Plague hired him. Roark is tall and ripped, with hair cut into a short mohawk. There’s a massive knife scar stretching the right side of his head. He dresses like a mercenary, wearing mainly camo with a tactical vest. He ties a red bandana around his neck like a cowboy. His mask is a forest green color and is designed like an old-time WWII mask. He usually carries a H&K UMP into battle. He also carries a very long hunting knife.

All-around physical buff. Roark is a little bit faster, a little bit stronger, a little bit more agile, and a little bit more durable than your average human. As far as Roark is concerned, however, he has no power, and he’s just that much of a badass.

Byon Jung-Mo

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A member of Plague’s Chosen. Byon is a North Korean separatist who escaped his homeland and worked for the Chinese mob in Verthaven's Chinatown before being hired by Plague. He is an intelligent and independent guy with an incredible amount of loyalty to Plague’s cause. He has Asian skin and a squared head, with black hair cut into a buzz. He dresses similarly to the other Chosen, wearing black urban camo, short sleeves, and a plate carrier. His gas mask is black. His weapon of choice is the Uzi.

supernatural speed. Byon can run at nearly 100 mph, and can channel that speed into his attacks, artificially increasing his strength if he gets a head start.

Gilbert Fallston

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5’7” 120 lbs. A nerd living in his basement, Gilbert is skinny as a rail and pale as a ghost (a diet of Mountain Dew and Doritos will do that to you). His hair is curly and dark brown, and is generally messy, kept in a rough jewfro. Gilbert’s eyes are gigantic (like, supernaturally gigantic), and take up most of his face. They are primarily a dark bluish color, with a large black pupil in the middle. They are glassy like a fish’s eye. Gilbert is quiet and introverted, though he loves to brag. He was recently kicked out of his parents’ basement. He wears a pair of sweatpants and a hooded sweatshirt. He wears a pair of very large tinted goggles over his eyes. He carries no weapon. He is a computer genius, and has a master’s degree in computer science.

Gilbert’s massive eyes increase his field of vision and allow him to see well both at night and in murky water. Besides that, he is functionally useless.

Jayden Torres, Jr

19

A young, short African-American man with a big personality. He’s short and muscular, with tattoos all over his arms and chest. His hair is kept in a black mohawk, and he has a black beard. There is a diamond stud in his right ear lobe. He’s a loud and arrogant guy who someday wants to climb the chain of command and become the leader of the Fiends. Right now, though, he’s a peon, a small and annoying cog in a giant machine. He fights with a butcher knife and a Glock 40. He wears a baggy pair of basketball shorts and a pair of jordans. He wears no shirt, with the exception of a bulletproof vest when he can get one in gang fights. His gas mask is black.

Can synthesize balls of molten lava which he can throw at enemies.

Carl Bacon

28

A former member of the metahuman gang The Skulls, Warpig is an experienced muscle man. He is 6’1”, 340 lbs, and has a large pot belly. His skin is tough and tanned, and his hair is coarse like that of a warthog’s. Short tusks stick out of the corners of his mouth, and he has a nose like a pig. His feet are cloven hooves. He wears a black muscle shirt which is too small and a pair of gym shorts. He isn’t overly intelligent, but Warpig makes up for his lack of intelligence with his skill and muscle. He carries a sledgehammer into battle with him, but no gun.

Super strength, supernatural durability, and supernatural acceleration. He can get going really fast really quickly and can smash through brick walls and such.

Davonte Lewis

19

5’9”, 150 lbs. Faceless mook. African American male. Dark eyes, large nose, black dreadlocks. Wears a pair of baggy shorts and a tee shirt. Scar on right cheek. Fights with a butcher knife and a small revolver. Wears black gas mask.

Has an extra set of male nipples.

Jamal Buxton

18

5’8”, 143 lbs. Faceless mook. Light-skinned African American male. Dark eyes, bald head. Wears baggy shorts and a tee shirt, as well as a Chicago Bulls snapback. Wields a pocket knife and a .9mm handgun. Black gas mask. Patrols the bottom floor of Plague’s hideout.

None

Blake Trout

19

5’6”, 138 lbs. Faceless mook. Caucasian male. Blue eyes, shaved head, wears gym shorts and a white muscle shirt. Sleeves of tattoos. Wields a double-barreled shotgun. Black gas mask.

None.

Tim Fleer

20

5’10”, 150 lbs. Faceless mook. Mixed-race male. Brown eyes, black hair cut in a buzz. Wears cargo pants and a black tee shirt. Wields a baseball bat with railroad spikes in it. Grey gas mask. Patrols the bottom floor of Plague’s hideout.

None.

Enrique Perez-Castro

19

5’6”, 220 lbs. Faceless mook. Hispanic male. Dark eyes, buzz-cut black hair. Wears baggy shorts and a white wife beater. Wields a battery-powered nail gun. Dark Green gas mask.

The ability to suck up oxygen to cause his body’s fat reserves to grow extremely large, turning him into a wall of fat.

Malik Roth

22

6’2” 200 lbs. Faceless mook. African-American male. Dark eyes, black hair in corn rows. Wears black basketball shorts and a sleeveless hooded sweatshirt. Fights with a nickel-plated Glock and a pocket knife. Dark red gas mask.

Can mildly vibrate any flat surface that he touches.

Jericho Rice

21

6’0”, 190 lbs. Faceless mook. African-American male. Dark eyes, black hair cut in a shape up. Wears cargo pants and a tee shirt. Wields a large serrated knife. Dark red gas mask.

Skin is thick and rubbery, making him shock-resistant.

Sergio Quintana Fernandez

21

5’4”, 130 lbs. Faceless mook. Hispanic male. Purple eyes (yes, purple), shaved head. Wears basketball shorts, a wife beater, and a grey bandana under a Yankees cap on his head (he is attempting to get the Fiends to adopt said bandana as their colors). Wields a small revolver and a butter knife (yes. A butter knife).

Can generate a splash of icy-cold water (but cannot manipulate it at all, just make it appear). Also, he has purple eyes.