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[sub][COLOR=darkgray]Danielle "Dani" Ximena Reyes Carter[/COLOR]
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[sub][COLOR=darkgray]Height[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]5'2" (157 cm)[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent][hider=History]Danielle Ximena Reyes Carter was born to Elena Reyes, a county clerk, and Michael Carter, a firefighter, in Austin, Texas. Dani, as she would eventually prefer to be called, was the light of her parents’ life. Theirs was not an affluent household, but what they lacked in money, they more than made up for in love. As a family unit, they were inseparable – but the connection between Dani and Michael was particularly special. He was the one who encouraged her love of music, who took her to see the movies her mother didn't like, who let her dye her hair. Though their antics sometimes exasperated Elena, it was all in good fun.

Sadly, the good times would not last. One day, Michael left for work and never came home. While responding to a routine fire, he had been inside the building when the structure unexpectedly failed and collapsed. Reports from coworkers on the scene said that he had doubled back to rescue a trapped civilian. Michael's death devastated the family. Beyond the immediacy of the loss, bills started to pile up, and without her father's meditating presence, the relationship between Dani and Elena became strained.

A little less than six months later, shortly before Dani’s sixteenth birthday, the situation was further complicated by the manifestation of her powers. While attending the Austin City Limits Music Festival, she was among the crowd when a malfunction at one of the main stages sent lighting trusses falling into the crowd. In what she would later describe as an out-of-body experience, Dani stepped forward and created her first light-shield. When another piece broke away and threatened the sound booth, she deflected it with a proton blast. She even flew for the first time, saving a young boy from being crushed. All of this was done in full view of tens of thousands of attendees… and their phones. 

Things progressed quickly after that. Within days, Dani and Elena were receiving interview requests, and news vans had taken up residence outside their home. Even more alarming were the legal complaints that followed: the stage contractor alleged that their equipment had suffered additional damage as a result of Dani’s actions, and one of the attendees cited vision impairment from exposure to her beams. That, in turn, led to more calls from legal offices wanting to represent Dani. The two women were swiftly overwhelmed.

That's when PRG first entered into their lives. 

Dani and Elena were approached by a woman named Harlow Nash who claimed to represent the Paragon Representation Group, an agency which represented and promoted “superhuman talent.” Though she spoke with the practiced ease of an industry insider, she seemed genuinely sympathetic to the Carter family's plight and put their minds at ease about several of the issues they were facing. The press could be handled, she assured them, and these kinds of torts were common in the wake of a rescue like Dani's. With the expertise and experience of PRG, it was nothing the three of them couldn't handle.

Soon, the Carters were presented with contracts to sign. They each had their reasons to be trepidatious, but after talking it over together, they decided to move forward. PRG could help them navigate their unique position, and the money they were offering would go a long way towards solving the family's financial troubles. More than anything, though, what settled the matter was Dani's insistence that she wanted to keep using her powers; she had enjoyed saving people – the way her father used to save people – and she wanted to do it again. Seeing that there was no way to talk her daughter out of this, Elena agreed that it would be better to do it with a team supporting her.

Dani was fast-tracked, receiving a sleek costume and her very own codename: Aurora. Her life became a whirlwind of interviews, endorsement deals, and patrols. It was a lot of change in a short amount of time, but she was making a difference in the world. And she could fly! Though her powers were very new to her, it felt as though she had unlocked a part of herself that she'd always known had been missing. If the extracurriculars sometimes seemed frivolous and self-serving, it was still worth it to honor Michael's legacy as a hero.

After a time, Dani and Elena made the decision to move to Calder City to be closer to the action. The incidents were more intense, the team-ups were more frequent, and Dani was really coming into her own as a hero. When she turned 18, she began enrolling in correspondence classes at Calder State University. That small taste of normalcy made her crave more. Over the years, Dani had felt a widening chasm between her public persona and the person she felt she really was. The interviews and speaking engagements gnawed at her. Dani didn't mind being a superhero; it was being a celebrity that she couldn't stand. She was growing tired of being others’ light.

At 20, Dani announced her intention to start attending CSU full-time. She wanted to see the campus, to be around people her own age. She let Harlow and PRG know that she would be taking a step back from public life. Aurora was officially going on sabbatical. All that remained now was to see if Dani Carter even remembered who she was without it.[/hider]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT][list][*][b]Electromagnetic Absorption:[/b] Underlying all of Dani's powers is the unique ability to absorb and store electromagnetic radiation, providing a deep reservoir of energy upon which she can call for various purposes. Her body does this constantly and spontaneously, primarily via sunlight, though she can also draw on the ambient environment for a quick power-up or use this ability defensively to protect against harmful energy.
[list][*]Absorbing excess or unstable energy can cause Dani to overload, losing control of her powers and/or creating dangerous, uncontrolled discharges.
[*]If deprived of electromagnetic sources long enough (e.g., total darkness or a Faraday cage-like environment), her reservoir will eventually run dry, leaving her powerless.
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[list][*][b]Photon Manipulation:[/b] Dani can channel the energy stored in her body into a high-energy state consisting of photons, which in turn ionizes the surrounding air. This results in a luminous, iridescent effect from which she earns her namesake. She can direct these photons into concussive blasts, focused beams, or explosive bursts at-will.
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[list][*][b]Electromagnetic Manipulation:[/b] Dani has limited control of her electromagnetic field, resulting in the following abilities:
[list][*][b]Flight:[/b] By organizing the ionized atmosphere that her powers create into specific electromagnetic currents, Dani is able to achieve self-propelled flight. In the same way, she can also use magnetic levitation to hover in place.
[*][b]Hard-Light Constructs:[/b] Her electromagnetic field can arrange individual photons into stable plasma lattices. Due to the concentration required, this is generally limited to simple geometric shapes such as barrier walls, domes, and spheres.
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[list][*][b]Accelerated Healing:[/b] Due to the amount of energy stored in Dani's body, she can recover from injuries and fatigue at an above-average rate.
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[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] P E R S O N A L I T Y[/color]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]Dani is naturally guarded. Despite the nature of her powers, she's not someone who relishes being the center of attention. If anything, the past four years have only made her all the more eager to blend into the background. She fears rejection and thus mostly keeps to herself. When walking around campus, she'll keep her earbuds in with the hope that it'll deter anyone from approaching her. Truthfully, she's not sure how to interact with normal people her age.

Dani has a rebellious streak. It was that way even before her father died, and his absence did not improve the situation. After four years in the industry machine, she has developed a hair trigger when it comes to being told what to do. She feels like she spent that time repressing herself, and she's eager to make up for lost time. She's done worrying what the “adults” will think, and she's certainly done asking for permission.

Dani cannot abide liars and people who are fake, and she feels disgusted at herself for ever indulging that behavior. She has resolved to live truthfully and to surround herself with people who do the same. Though she's slow to trust, to those who worm their way past her defenses, there is no truer friend. She also can't help but want to do the right thing and help people, even as she tries to put Dani before Aurora.
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]Right now, Dani just wants to be Dani for a while. She'd like to find a network of friends who ideally know nothing about – or, at the very least, don't care about – her second life. She'd like to go to parties, stay up late watching movies, and, yes, maybe get some schoolwork done. More than anything, she just wants to see if she remembers the person she was before her life went insane.

She is certainly under no illusions that her superhero-ing days are over, and she's prepared to step in if the need is dire. But it is her steadfast hope that in a city as large and as well-equipped as Calder City, someone else can watch the skies a while so she can keep her feet on the ground.
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