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Managed to finish my character sheet! LMK if there's anything missing or anything I should change!

Alain Floe



Description:
Standing at about 5'7", the most notable part of Alain is his long hair. While it is naturally black in colour, the manifestation of his mutant heritage causes some of it to gradually pale to an unnatural white, with a glacial texture. His eyes are also a stark white, for the same reasons.
Alain usually tends to dress in white or other pale colours to match with the theme of his hair, as well as to reduce the amount of heat he'd receive. It's also quite common to see him wearing summer clothes during the winter months.

Age 19 | Gender: Male | College Student

Personality:

Alain is the type of person who would have a caustic or sarcastic response for every situation, but holds it back to avoid hurting people. He is a weary and bitter individual, who holds a nigh-certainty that life is not fair. But, he is also a kind individual, one who believes life's unfairness is yet another reason to aid those in need and be a good person. Almost the embodiment of the phrase "Prepare for the worst, but hope for the best". This dichotomy can make it a tad difficult for one to get a grip on his personality; he could claim it pointless to perform a temporary fix as the problem would remain unsolved, and then do it anyway under the belief that someone should do so as it would still help people.

As a hero, Alain attempts to replicate some of his father's approachable cape demeanor, along with his mother's propensity for ice puns; but with his own spin on it. He comes off as a bit of the silent, stoic type of superhero; but one more approachable than most, with quips and one-liners that do come relatively often.

As a person, Alain is a friendly and polite individual. The kind who'd hold the door open for people without being asked to do so. He has a knack for social interaction and can get along well with a variety of people. This makes him tend to come off as a nice young lad. He does however reserve his more bitter or rude commentary for the presence of people he gets along with or feels more comfortable with. Though rarely he may make such a comment publicly.

Background:

Grandson of the (deceased) famous ice-themed superhero Madam Frost, middle child of Lady Hailstorm and The Iceberg, and related to many more ice-themed heroes; Alain always felt as though there was a legacy he should live up to. It wasn't ever forced upon him, nor did anyone ever imply anything to that nature. However, one did not simply grow up, in Paragon City, surrounded by a family of heroes, without developing a dream to do the same. A dream, to help those in need, be a voice for the voiceless and maybe even save the day.

Unfortunately, Alain did not inherit his famous grandmother's knack for ice tech, nor did he possess the gift of magic like his younger sibling or any other such talent. His only claim to superpowers, as it were, was inheriting a form of his father's mutant powers. Doubly-breaking his dream was that the powers in question were seemingly very weak. Being able to throw a handful of snow at someone or make a few icicles did not make one a superhero after all. With the drawbacks of extreme heat vulnerability limiting his ability to go outside in the summer months and his usually coloured eyes and hair marking him as an obvious mutant, his opinion was that his powers were more trouble than they were worth.

The final death knell to his dream, as it were, was that he did not have quite the level of drive or unhealthy determination to make it as a power-less hero. No matter how hard he tried, Alain was simply unable to keep up with the physical requirements to swing from rooftops, beat up a room full of gangsters or pinpoint a bullseye from 1200 meters. He couldn't quite make the cut.

So instead, Alain resolved himself to a comparatively mundane life. He got enrolled in a local college, joined a debate team, volunteered at a few charitable organizations and even managed to score himself a position at PROC. ...as an administrative assistant, on a part-time basis. It was not the most glamourous position in the world, but the pay was good and he felt as though it was the closest he could get to heroics. Alain was mildly satisfied with his life as it was; good friends, a cherished family and a decent job. But, deep down inside, he still wanted to do more, to be a hero, like the rest of his family was.

So naturally that would be the point when he got kidnapped by a shadow demon.

Well, kidnapping is perhaps not a completely accurate term. However, when a supervillain suddenly drops someone through a portal to the Arctic Circle; the act is best defined as a kidnapping. For you see, one of his sister's archnemeses, an ancient creature of darkness, evil, and other such things had been looking for ways to harm her. In this process, the fiend had discovered Alain, and through the use of magic, learned of the true scope of the lad's power. The shadow demon figured that the man's bitterness, latent envy, occasionally caustic demeanor and drive to be more than he is could make an excellent supervillain. So, the ancient horror decided to attempt to recruit Alain, dropping the lad through a portal to the arctic, and made him the offer of a lifetime.

Alain refused it immediately, for he was not that kind of person. While it is true that he was a tad bitter about his circumstances and mildly envious of his familial peers; these sentiments were born of his own desire to help people, like a hero could.

The first thing he did with this discovery was flash-freeze the villain; thanks to the frigid climate of the Arctic Circle severely amplifying his powers and the element of surprise. The second thing he did was run like hell and trigger the emergency communicator he was told to always keep with him in case of a supervillain (as some supervillains may tend to go after the family of a hero). Thanks to his quick thinking, the villain was easily apprehended without much delay.

This new realization of what he was capable of, coupled with the gentle encouragement of his family, galvanized Alain. He studied, trained and, eventually, took the S.H.E, managing to pass it and become a registered hero. Alain isn't too sure how to feel about this. He had given up on the idea of being a superhero years ago, thinking it impossible, and now he had done it. But there is one thing he does know:

At long last, he had achieved his old dream. And so far, it has been exactly what he had hoped it would be.

Civilian Skills:

- Knowledgeable about a number of heroes & villains, as well as the finer details that come with the lifestyle
- Connections to others within the superhero industry
- Administrative/Bureaucratic skills
- People skills
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Sleet

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Alain wears a gray-white costume, climate controlled to keep its wearer from heating up. It is more of a plain bodysuit in appearance, with a few intersecting geometrical lines to add some variety and to avoid any correlation or resemblance to the hero costumes used by his family. The costume also contains some light armoured plates placed in a way to avoid impeding his movement. Alain also wears a head-concealing helmet, as a safety precaution to avoid being identified and to avoid concussions.

Mutant | Controller | Level 1 | ELITE


Superpowers:

Primary Power: Escalating Cryokinesis: A form of cold/ice generation and manipulation that increases in power and control within lower temperatures and with the presence of ice & snow. On an average summer's day, Alain could only generate a small nigh-harmless puff of snow and lower the temperature of the nearby area by a few degrees; however the presence of that lower temperature and generated snow would allow him to perform a stronger use of his ice powers, which would further cool the area, and so on and so forth. Due to logistical, collateral damage and practical concerns, an upper limit to his growth has not been tested; however it is theorized that it could involve physiological changes and allow access to thematic secondary powers. As a necessary biological requirement to use his powers safely, Alain is also immune to the detrimental effects of cold.

Secondary Power: Social Knack: Not a real superpower but more of a honed and trained skill that would be relevant in the act of superheroism. Alain is very good with people, at interaction, comprehension and prediction.

Weakness: As mentioned, it takes time and good conditions for Alain's powers to do much of anything; let alone grow to his potentially monstrous heights. Attacking him fast and hard before he has the time to scale up will leave him in a mostly-defenseless position. Plus, the warmer the area he is fighting is, the more he'll need to build up before being capable of doing anything. Additionally, any way to generate heat could be used to slow, stall, or possibly even revert the growth of his winter storm. (examples of this include; the use of a flamethrower, fire powers or a large combustion engine of some kind of giant car.)
Lastly, Alain is also more vulnerable to heat than the average person. While he can attempt to mitigate this with his ice powers, it remains a fairly notable weakness that can get in the way of his day-to-day activities.

Supplementary Powers:

None at the present moment.

Name: Thermal Depletion
Type: Active
Rank: ★
Range: Ranged
Description: Alain designates an area and lowers the temperature within it. The lower the temperature of the area in question, the easier and faster it is for him to cool it further.
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Name: Frost Generation
Type: Active
Rank: ★
Range: Melee/Ranged
Description: Alain can create ice and snow from his body or from any sufficiently cold object that he can then move around. By default, this is a hand-and-a-half-full of snow or a couple three foot icicles; but as with all of his techniques it scales up. In a sufficiently cold environment he could use it to generate and manipulate wire-like ice constructs to trap and tie up opponents. Immediately encasing someone in ice, however, would require an extremely cold environment and is not presently feasible outside of niche situations.
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Name: Cold Detection
Type: Passive
Rank: ★
Range: Ranged
Description: Alain can sense the presence of any sufficiently cold object or person around him, in a range that grows depending on how cold the object/person is. A maximum temperature of 0 degrees Celsius is required for him to sense something. Alain primarily uses this to sense the location of his own frigid constructs, thus allowing him to use the position and movements upon his snow to detect motion and tag opponents.

Superhero Costume (Key item)
Frost Emergency Communicator V3.0.1 (Key item)
Sanctioned Hero Exam Diploma (Quest item)

Had some time to work on my sheet and I had two character-related questions that I thought I should ask before continuing on the sheet:

1: Is it okay if I have my character be related to a family of superheroes? This is more meant as a character background and backstory thing rather than something that would interfere with the crime-fighting plots. (Outside of times when we'd agree that it'd be fitting/fun to bring in.) Figured I'd stress that this isn't meant as a way to break the power cap or anything, lol. All good if you'd rather not though, I can change the backstory to something else without breaking the idea for the character if need-be.

2: Is this power and weakness combination okay or should I come up with something else? I'm also gonna add in a secondary power, but it'll be a skill along the lines of "This guy is pretty good with people and talking to people" rather than an actual superpower.

Primary Power: Escalating Cryokinesis: A form of cold/ice generation and manipulation that increases in power and control within lower temperatures and with the presence of ice & snow. On an average summer's day, Alain could only generate a small nigh-harmless puff of snow and lower the temperature of the nearby area by a few degrees; however the presence of that lower temperature and generated snow would allow him to perform a stronger use of his ice powers, which would further cool the area, and so on and so forth. Due to logistical, collateral damage and practical concerns, an upper limit to his growth has not been tested; however it is theorized that it could involve physiological changes and allow access to thematic secondary powers.

Weakness: As mentioned, it takes time and good conditions for Alain's powers to do much of anything; let alone grow to his potentially monstrous heights. Attacking him fast and hard before he has the time to scale up will leave him in a mostly-defenseless position. Plus, the warmer the area he is fighting is, the more he'll need to build up before being capable of doing anything. Additionally, any way to generate heat could be used to slow, stall, or possibly even revert the growth of his winter storm. (examples of this include; the use of a flamethrower, fire powers or a large combustion engine of some kind of giant car.)
Lastly, Alain is also more vulnerable to heat than the average person. While he can attempt to mitigate this with his ice powers, it remains a fairly notable weakness that can get in the way of his day-to-day activities.

Edit: This is for a Controller Archetype, as I felt that Archetype best embodied this.

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