[Hider=Zach Kozel]
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[b]Name:[/b] Zach Kozel
[b]Alias:[/b] N/A
[b]Age:[/b] 19
[b]Alignment:[/b] Anti-Hero of sorts. Independent.
[b]Loyalty:[/b] Mostly independent, though tries to support the good guys in his own way.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Zach is a pretty average person when it comes to appearance. He is just under 6' 2" with softer features. He is lanky with little muscle or fat on his body, mostly because of bad eating habits; To sum it up he is unnaturally thin. His hair is an almost pastel black, while his eyes are a darker green (just about forest green). His legs and arms are still scarred with burns, while his chest and neck are relatively untouched. He normally wears a darker hoodie with blue jeans. This is also what he wears when he tries to fight crime as he doesn't have the means to invest in a legitimate costume.
[b]History:[/b] Zach was born into a lower-middle class family in '86, completely unplanned but not unwelcome. His mother was a high school math teacher, and his father a mechanic, who married once they knew a baby was on the way. He lived in an area bordering the ghetto for most of his childhood, and was home schooled until high school. His mother passed on to him a deep love of mathematics through her teachings, and his passion for it never diminished. His parents reared him oddly, to say the least, often commuted to keeping him isolated from the outside world. When Zach was seven his father started hitting the bottle, and then hitting his wife. If Zach tried to interfere his father wouldn't flinch away from the challenge. Despite this, Zach worked hard and excelled on all tests he took; Not through natural talent but through hard work. 

In '96 Zach's family was involved in a car accident, which came close to leaving Zach permanently disabled. He had to go through months of physical therapy before being able to walk assisted, and at the end of the year he could walk alone, with none of his earlier vigor. This event seriously affected his young psyche, and led to a gradual decline in his grades. At 14 he realized how isolated he had been for most of his life, and asked if he could attend public school. He would later regret that decision, though he never mentioned it to his parents. His mother loved the idea. and enrolled him for the following year in the only high school that he could be bused back and forth from. Despite his best efforts he quickly became a social outcast, dredging through the day by force of will alone. Even the friends he did have at the school didn't particularly enjoy his presence (though the feeling was mutual). Zach graduated with no particular honors in early 2004.

In October 2004 Zach's house was burned to the ground in an electrical fire, killing everyone inside except for himself. He suffered major burns, but triggered before he could succumb to the pain. The fire burned around him, overloading every sense, but his newfound power protected him. He passed out from the pain as firefighters arrived on scene to extinguish the fire. Zach awoke in the hospital with third degree burns covering most of his lower body, and almost no hair. After being treated for about three months (and again participating in extensive physical therapy) he was released to do as he wished. He was eighteen. and responsible for his own future at this point. He told no one of his trigger event (how do you explain something like [i]that[/i]?) and followed the advice of the therapist he talked to. After settling everything he could with his dead family, getting what little inheritance his father didn't drink, he just moved on. 

Zach got a job at a diner as a waiter, working every night he could. Eventually he scrounged together enough funds for an apartment of his own as opposed to the homeless shelter he lived at for a long time. After finding out more about trigger events on his own time (mostly by sitting through college lectures about parahumans) he made a decision to be a hero. The Protectorate be damned, he didn't need the bureaucracy. He started experimenting with his power, learning the lengths of his resilience as best as he could. It seemed infinite, if his sparse testing taught him anything, and he took to the streets with a baton and a dream of making the world a better place.

[center][h3][b]Personality[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Motivations:[/b] Zach sees the world in black and white. Dark and light, and he shines resplendent in this darkness, a beacon in his own eyes. He is the good, the right, and the virtuous that others shall aspire to be. Anything that inhibits his ability to do 'good' must be inherently less good then himself.
[b]Sexuality:[/b] Heterosexual
[b]Likes:[/b] [list][*]Pickled radishes
[*]Mathematics
[*]Generosity[/list]
[b]Dislikes:[/b] [list][*]Fire
[*]Being in cramped cars
[*]Extensive social interaction[/list]
[b]Derangement:[/b] Zach is predisposed to see himself as invincible. He cannot seriously consider a situation in which he will be hurt.

[center][h3][b]Parahumanism[/b][/h3][/center]
[b]Skills:[/b] Unless you consider Zach's ability to preform polynomial division particularly impressive, he doesn't have many skills. His combat skill is near nil, and he has never fired a gun before. He collected model airplanes for a while, but after that went up in flames with his family, he hasn't been devoting himself to collecting anything.
[b]Classification:[/b] Brute
[b]Details:[/b] Zach's power revolves around intention and protection. Anything that his passenger perceives as a threat will be stopped right before it impacts his skin, or be generally deflected. His passenger will determine the severity of the threat, and make a decision based on its interpretation. Zach must be conscious for his power to be active. Environmental hazards such as fire, or noxious fumes can only be kept away for as long as Zach can have access to enough air to stay conscious. In this way his power filters the air around him as best it can, though it cannot create things that aren't present.
[b]Limitations:[/b] Zach's power is inherently flawed as it cannot stop someone from doing damage to him that he can't reasonable perceive. A sniper at long distance, or a stranger could easily kill him, and he could even be forced to kill himself. Despite this he is a terror when it comes to facing henchman or soldiers.
[b]Equipment:[/b] Literally just a compact baton.
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