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Age: 29
Para Category: Beta - Currently Category Four
Powers/Abilities: Williams power is the manipulation of fire. He can generate fire and then wield it in a variety of ways. So far he has mastered the art of throwing blasts of flame and wielding small flame 'knifes' in each of his hands. The powers appear to be influenced by his mood when he becomes enraged he has less control however the fire appears to be stronger than it usually is. The blades he forms are capable of cutting through substances and are more or less like extremely fine plasma torch blades.

His entire body, as a result, seems to have undergone a metabolic change. He has a constant temperature, and as such is more visible on thermal imaging. Under falling water in the right conditions, he even generates steam. This comes at a cost, he finds himself weakened and slowed down in cases of extreme cold more so than the average human being.
Skills:

• Streetfighter: William has been living on the streets since being ousted as a Parahuman to the MPD. As such he's had to make money some way, and that was is in illegal streetfights. Occasionally being pitted against another parahuman he's become a reasonable fighter when it comes to using his abilities.
• Former Law Enforcement: William spent years working within the Marlon PD. Whether or not he was corrupt was a matter of perspective. He made sure that no real crimes were being committed. He may have occasionally taken money in exchange for going off a case that wasn't worth his time, but his heart was in the right place. His prior job in Law Enforcement means he knows their tactics, their skillset and how they operate. It also means he's trained in a myriad of skills.
• Strength: Never stop training. He's reasonably strong.

Weaknesses:

• Wanted Man: All Paras are wanted, but not all of them used to be cops. His face is plastered over every district in the city. He's a known fugitive.
• Temper: It could be a side-effect of his change in lifestyle, it could be power related, however, where before he was calm and mild-mannered he is now quick to anger and finds it hard to maintain control when he does get angered.
• Aimless Alcoholic: He once had a purpose. He was bringing Law and Order to the streets, now he has nothing except the bottom of the bottle and the next fight.

Brief History:
William Locke was born to Adam and Amara Locke, career cops in the MPD. From a young age, it was clear that there was very little else that he could do. While his mother left the frontlines for a desk job after his birth both his parents continued in the MPD right up until the present day. Through his school years, William had a very slanted view of the world. The rules were there for a reason, and they should be obeyed. Not obeying meant punishment. He became a form of a bully while he was at school, using physical violence and threats of physical violence to ensure that the rules were being followed. The kind of rule-breaking that a teacher didn't really frown upon. As far as he saw it sometimes you had to break some of the smaller rules, to enforce the bigger ones. To make sure everyone was safe and secure.

Upon graduation of High School he proceeded to go straight into the Marlon Police Academy. He graduated top of his class, with honours and was assigned to the 45th Precinct. He quickly got a reputation as someone who got the job done, and someone whose superiors didn't often ask how he got the job done. He got promoted to Detective 3rd Grade at the age of 23, which is where his vision started to get clouded. When investigating a murder he was uncovering the entire command structure of one of the main mob families within the city. When they approached him with an offer. Ten thousand dollars, if he didn't investigate any further. He took the offer, after all, why should he care if one gangster kills another gangster.

This train of thought continued and carried him through his police career. Until one fateful day, the Lorne Tower exploded, sending a cascade of energy throughout the city. He developed a fever, however continued to work. That was until one day, becoming enraged with a suspect flame erupted out of his hands in the interrogation room. Instantly labelling him a Parahuman in one of the main centres of parahuman capture and containment. Getting out wasn't easy, and he had to hurt more than one or two of his former colleagues however it came down to survival. He knew what they did to Paras. He knew what Lorne did to Paras, and that wasn't going to happen to him.

Unable to get in touch with his friends, colleagues, parents or anyone from his old life William has resorted to alcohol to soothe his worries. Illegal street fights being the only way he can get money, so what if he has to beat up criminals? That's basically what he used to do anyway.

Name:Chester "CJ" Jonas
Age:26
Appearance:
Para Category:Gamma, threat level 1
Powers/Abilities:Hyperkinesis: Chester's mind works differently from others his mind, and his muscle control are perfectly in-sync allowing him enhanced reflexes, perception, and motor control. He doesn't know how he does it. But his mind is capable of near impossible shots, and perception. If he isn't stressed, and he focuses well enough he could shoot another bullet out of the air, or ricochet a bullet to take out multiple perpetrators in a room.
Photographic Reflexes:Perhaps due to his hyperkentic abilities, or perhaps something more has given him the ability to copy some of the physical abilities of others. If he wishes to he can learn martial arts simply by watching a kung-fu movie, learn to shoot like a pro from watching instructional videos, operate a vehicle simply from watching someone do it. Of course his abilities are limited by what the human body can accomplish so he can't copy others abilities, or mimic an ability that requires outside tools unless he has said tools, so those obvious moves where the actor is wearing a wire he can't reproduce without a wire.
Skills:Warrior: Before he got his abilities he was already an accomplished fighter, and warrior. Serving as a soldier, and a private military contractor, before settling down to become a cop. So he's familiar with a variety of weapon platforms, and combat styles.
Technical skills:Being a cop has left him with extensive knowledge of technical systems inside the city, and how they work. Meaning he can interface pretty well with some of the more cyber related things through out the city as long as he has the clearance for it, or getting in trouble if he doesn't.
Weaknesses:Abilities:His abilities don't allow him to go beyond that of a normal mans, so he can't keep up with some of the stronger abilities, nor be as strong as someone with super strength, or as fast as someone with super speed. So in reality he's basically an augmented athlete. His hyperkinesis requires a pretty clear mind to properly work. Stress, and not focusing can limit it severely. And as a cop in a pretty crime filled city, he's always stressed.
Slow/stubborn learner:With the exception of his photographic reflexes, he's slow to come around to other ideals, or view points. Often standing his ground on stupid tiny things that don't even matter for the sole purpose of he can.
His older sister:The only thing in the entire world he truly cares for. With her being ill, and neither one of them making enough money to afford proper treatment for her, he is immensely protective of her, and if anything happened to her it would be more than enough to push him to the brink, or put him out of commission.

Brief History: Growing up with deadbeat parents. Much of Chester's child life was spent with his older sister, Lillian taking care of him. The two of them together learned how to survive on their own with just their wits, and skills. His sister was an honest person, a kind person. But some of the things she had to do, and some of the things they encountered out there very much still burn vividly in Chester's mind, filling him with a strong sense of justice from an early age.

As he grew older his sense of morals never faded. Not when he enlisted, and saw things that would shock people to this day, not when he sold his soul for a private military contract to earn some money for his sick sister. But as her condition worsened, he felt a stronger need to return home, so he fulfilled his contract, and flew back on the first plane he could catch.

He would move in with his sister first chance he got to take care of her, getting a job with the police force to keep them afloat with what medicine they could afford, and a nurse to care for her while he was at work. At home he's a kind gentle human being who would do anything for his sister, in the MPD he's a lawbringer who is working to change the corruption, and public opinion from the inside.

When the para incident happened, he didn't know he had changed until he could perfectly replicate a martial artist on the holovids it just clicked with him, and he could copy it. To top it off, if he focused well enough he could pull off shots on the range that would be nothing short of 1 in a billion shots, or from ranges that were incredibly difficult to pull off. Being able to tag a perp with a round to the leg while running through a crowd with a rifle at 700 meters with no sight proved pretty useful to the police work he did, and due to his abilities found himself getting promoted.

Of course for his promotion they wanted to test if he was a parahuman, or not. But all it took was just a matter of holding back his powers enough to blend in, but still stick out. Allowing him to pass his test as far as he could tell. He now works as a beat detective on the streets, working hard to use his new abilities to make the city, and the police force from the inside.

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Age: 28
Born: 4th January 2021; Appleton, WI

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Classification: Gamma 2
Ability: Polymorphism
Tamara has the ability to alter her body to match that of another human, mimicking their appearance, voice and physical attributes. Although the transformation is painless and takes mere seconds, Tam first has to “read” a person she wishes to mimic (Sight-based process, a few seconds suffice. It’s possible for her to read targets off of images or video, but not holograms due to their low quality.) prior to doing so. She can revert to her normal state at will without the need to read her own appearance off anything, and will also revert back if she falls asleep or loses consciousness.

Reading a new person overwrites the one she read previously. Tamara cannot replicate scent or memories of events and experiences, only know-how, and the overall mass of her body can only increase or decrease by about twenty kilograms. When mimicking another Parahuman, she will not gain access to their powers. Moreso, not only will the mimicry copy the target’s current ailments, she will always retain her current sickness’ or injuries, such as her limp and far-sightedness. Tamara cannot copy clothing or jewellery, forcing her to layer up or carry spares with her. Her attire can be damaged if she takes on the appearance of someone too big for what she’s wearing.

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Skills:

• Information - Where would any journalist be without their sources? As the workaholic she is, Tamara has amassed an extensive list of people across the United States she can reach out to when she needs information or advice. Failing that, she’s no stranger to spending eight hours in a library or archive, driven by copious amounts of caffeinated beverages.
• Intellect - While by no means a genius in any field, her brain can nonetheless work in high gear. An analytical mind, the ability to improvise, a knack for languages, sharp wit and good memory can go a long way.

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Weaknesses:

• Combat - Though she carries a sidearm where concealed carry is permitted, or some other self defense tool where it is not, she’s mostly useless in a straight-up fight, being forced to rely on her surroundings with escape still the preferred method. That being said, she’s a decent enough shot for a civilian.
• Mobility impairment - A shrapnel from mortar fire claimed bits of the bones in her right ankle. Despite bone implants, Tamara still walks with a noticeable limp and can’t run as fast as a healthy leg would allow.

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Name: The Ratman
Alias: Adrian Romano
Age: 26
Appearance: A tall man, completely covered in bandages, wearing a heavily worn trench coat and an old hat. His physical appearance varies, but if one looks close enough, they might see something squirm under the bandages.

Para Category: Alpha, threat level 3

Name: Taylor
Age: ?
Appearance:

Para Category: Omega, Category 3 (currently)
Powers/Abilities: Taylor's body is no longer even somewhat recognizably Human. Rather, it is now a somewhat solid, though mostly energy-based being. Physically, it is resilient. It does not have flesh and organs and cannot be killed just by targeting a weak point. However, Its body can be damaged through most mundane means. Shooting, cutting, crushing, and other physical means of attack can damage its physical form, but it will regenerate quickly from its store of energy. Killing it requires draining or forcing it to use up all of its energy. As it loses energy, it weakens until it eventually dies.

Taylor's physical size and strength depends on how much energy it has available. At high energy, it can be quite strong, while it weakens the closer it comes to being drained. The physical parts of its body are partially amorphous and are able to expand, contract, and move with the flow of its energy. Although, its most natural, stable state does form its tendrils into the form of a body with arms, legs, and a head. It survives by consuming energy. In Taylor's captivity, and likely the city beyond, its most common source of sustenance is electricity, though it can absorb other types of energy like intense heat or radiation, which makes Taylor strong against energy-based attacks. If it consumes a great deal of some form of energy, then it can become supercharged and may be able to violently expend some of the excess energy in energy-based attacks. Although, it cannot stay supercharged forever, and will eventually shed off that energy even if it does not use it.

Weaknesses:

• Perceived Threat - Though somewhat amorphous by nature, Taylor cannot take any other forms. As such, its frightening, inhuman appearance makes it entirely unable to operate normally within Human society. Even if behaving benevolently, others may approach it as if it is a much greater danger than it actually is.
• Energy Draining - As a mostly energy-based lifeform, Taylor is particularly weak to any attack that can directly drain the form of energy empowering it (for instance, it would be weak to the cold if empowered by heat).
• Depression - Since the explosion, Taylor has been betrayed by Lorne and subjected to horrible and painful experimentation. It has given up hope of a cure, and has even separated itself to some extent from its former Human identity. It feels lost and confused about its future, and even survival itself does not feel like a strong motivation.
• Stun from Physical Trauma - Taylor no longer has a physical brain. Rather, its neural patterns are imprinted across the whole of its essence. While the imprint itself cannot be permanently damaged by attack, dealing enough damage to its body at once can interrupt Taylor's conscious thoughts briefly until it regenerates and restores itself, causing it to act purely on instinct and impulse for the duration.
• Energy Dependence - Taylor's relative strength depends entirely upon the amount of energy it is able to consume. When at low energy, its ability to move, fight, and even think are dulled.
• Hunger - Taylor has something of a voracious hunger, and must periodically consume substantial amounts of energy in order to sustain itself. As such, even should it escape its captivity, it cannot easily hide itself away from people for an extended time.

Skills: Taylor was once a person and retains the knowledge and education it received growing up in the city. However, apart from basic knowledge, all of its former Human skills have been rendered pointless by the transformation. [Relevant skills PMed to Sep]
History: [Human background PMed to Sep]
Taylor was once Human. It still has those memories, still clings to them no matter how much it wishes to get rid of them. However, in its eyes, that version of Taylor died with the explosion at the Tower. After the explosion, it was transformed into its current, horrible form. Frightened and confused as it was after the incident, it gave itself over willingly to Lorne corporation in the hopes for a cure. However, that decision is one that has made its new life into one of suffering.

Taylor had, at first, consented to the experiments, not that it likely would have mattered. They did not begin terribly, and Taylor did learn more about itself and its abilities through the process. However, after they learned more about how its body functioned, how to sustain and support it, they started to see what would happen if they tried to break it. They have starved it, shot it, stabbed it, shredded it, and even detonated it. Granted, most of their experiments are not so violent, and they are yet to find any sort of drug that even affects its body in the slightest, but Taylor has spent hours upon hours screaming out in pain to deaf ears.

The pain and betrayal Taylor has suffered at the hands of Lorne corporation have almost changed Taylor as much as the tower's explosion. It sees itself as almost as much of a monster as it appears to be, and has started to abandon the notion of ever being Human again. Even just trying to hold onto a Human identity feels like a painful reminder of what it will never have again. At this point, Taylor even refers to itself as an "it", and is only barely willing to hold on to its name. It no longer holds on to hope for a cure, and if given the chance, would be willing to escape from its prison.
Angry cop outside a doughnut shop...yeah, this doesn't fit naturally anywhere in that background.

Pause: Holly has the ability to overdrive her mind, boosting her reactions to the point where the world is almost stopped for her. A second for the world would be an hour for her, for example. It allows Holly to make a new, fully thought through course of action in a position where she has more information or she needs to quickly figure out a way to get out of a sticky situation. Doing this also boosts her thought processes to match, making her slightly smarter in this time.
Limited Probability Advisement and Computation: Holly can look at a course of action and calculate her probability of managing to commit to and complete that action, but cannot calculate the effectiveness of that action. A harsh but accurate example is that she can calculate how much of a chance she has to break someone’s arm, but cannot calculate if breaking the arm would put him out of the fight or if he would just keep swinging. For the effectiveness, she has to just use her own head to figure out how effective something will be.


Escape Artist; Holly will always have a plan of escape, even in situations where everything is fine and dandy. Backing out of an awkward conversation and picking her way out of cuffs are both the same to her; she needs an out, whether that is claiming she needs to go to the bathroom and then slipping away or working out a route of escape for when the opportunity arises.
Intelligence: Holly knows when it’s time to break or if she can stay just a little longer, and has the common sense to suspect what may be around the corner without having to peek first. She doesn’t need her ability of probability advisement to know when something is a stupid idea.
Street rat: Even in places she hasn’t been before, Holly knows what a good place is to hide and a bad place. She knows the places where the cops roam little and the places that the cops keep on lockdown. She knows the druggies, she’s familiar with the gangs, and she has her badman contacts, couple human, few para. She’s street-smart.


Criminal: Though not at the status where every cop would recognise her, a cop running a check on her would probably not find an innocent girl. Because of this, Holly avoids going to the police for any reason, and tries to keep somewhat of a berth between herself and them if she sees one in the street.
Caught in a Daze: Holly can sometimes end up stuck in a daze if she is thinking too much whilst using her powers. The probability of many actions can confuse and distract her until she snaps out of it. Someone smart can stick her in a bit of a loop if she falls for it.


Nothing was very good in the early points of Holly’s life. She was what many would call born into the life of crime, under the parenting of a father and mother who mugged, stole and robbed for their lives. Her parents becoming criminals to survive was their choice, after refusing to go to university, to college, to schooling. Holly’s was not her choice - it was how she was raised. She knew that being a criminal was bad, was evil, but after she started committing crimes she found herself in a hole that she couldn’t dig herself out of - but didn’t necessarily want to get herself out of. What kept her onboard for slipping into homes was the fact that she could come out with phones and money, and she would get away with it. Sure, she may have been noticed once or twice on CCTV, and may have been hunted by the police (as well as competitors in the criminal business) a few times, but that was a part of the risk to her, a part of her lifestyle. There wasn’t a way out.

Holly found herself orphaned at the age of nine and placed in an orphanage after her parents were killed in a robbery gone wrong; the owner had been home, and he was not happy about the unexpected intrusion. It was often forgotten that she even lived in the orphanage by those caring for the children as she would spend long days and nights outside. As she grew up, the times that she spent away from the orphanage grew longer, until she left for good, preferring the streets to the stooges who claimed they were good at taking care of children.

From there, Holly began her criminal activities again - by thirteen, she was partaking in small crimes, such as shoplifting to keep herself alive and afloat, selling stolen bits and pieces from electronic shops to gangs to give herself a little money. She was barely touched by the gangs not because she was unique or of high stature with them, but because she was a reliable source.

It was at the age of fifteen that the top of the Tower exploded, and the already tactful Holly was given a gift to help her in her criminal ventures. Ever since the explosion, Holly found herself more calculative about situations she placed herself in, putting more planning into her moves. Finding an advantage came with a scare for her, however; she found that she could pause whilst on the run from the police. She had wondered if she had been caught for she could not move, however she realised that nothing else was moving, either. It took her some time to figure out that she was moving, just at an extremely slow pace, and even longer to figure out how to make everything move normally again. Once she had escaped and time had passed where she was not on the run, she practised controlling the power by watching birds and people, and then triggering a Pause so that she could see everyone and herself slow down. With her new abilities unlocked, she used them to further her criminal activities, and used them to her own advantage, not anyone else’s.

Name: Robert Winters
Age: 51

Para Category: Omega
Threat Level: 4
Powers/Abilities: As an Omega class Parahuman Robert has two distinct abilities;
Extended Tactile Senses – A kind of extrasensory ability which allows Robert to feel things using any surface within 100 feet of him. If nothing is happening he does not have a sense of what those surfaces are or what they are currently in contact with, it does not give him a 3D map of his surrounding environments or give him any clues as to its layout. However, if something comes into contact with a surface within his range he will have a sense of where that contact occurred in relation to his current location, i.e. direction and distance. He will also be given a sense of what the surface is and what the object that came into contact with it looks like and how forceful the contact was; all information he does not have when things are still.

It is a complicated sensation; one that Robert is still growing accustomed to and one that he has difficulty explaining to others.

Imbuement – Robert has the ability to empower items that he touches with a variety of different Parahuman-like abilities, expending a limited amount of energy in the process. The abilities are varied but usually take the form of different Beta or Gamma class powers such as elemental control or enhanced attributes. The item is usually given a number of charges or a set duration for the power, depending on if the ability needs to be activated or is passive; once the charges or duration is expended the item returns to normal.

The activation of the power is something only Robert can do, meaning that the empowered items cannot be handed to another Parahuman or non-Parahuman to use unless the ability is passive in nature. Once Robert of expended his daily allowance of energy he can no longer imbue any other items with abilities until he has next slept, which seems to recharge whatever internal battery this power works on. At the same time, any items that have been empowered by Robert lose whatever power they had when Robert falls asleep or otherwise loses consciousness.

Skills:
• Leadership – Robert has been a leading figure in both the anti-Lorne groups he used to be a part of and the Parahuman Protection Society he has since joined for over fifteen years at this point. He is very well acquainted with being in a leadership position both at an operational and at a strategic level.
• Urban warfare tactics – For years Robert was a member in what could easily be described as an insurgency within Marlon, taking part in and leading operations that often brought him into conflict with the police and with Lorne’s private security. He has a good understanding of urban fighting and the tactics it requires.
• Weapons training – Robert’s experience with the group Citizen has given him ample opportunity to learn how to use a number of firearms in the field.

Weaknesses:
• Wanted man – Seen as the successor of William Grace, once the most wanted man in Marlon, Robert is also highly wanted by both the authorities and Lorne. This would already be a problem were it not for his prosthetic arm making it very difficult for him to blend into a crowd in any meaningful way.
• Power-induced headaches – With the large amount of information it can provide him, Robert’s sensory ability can at times overwhelm him. If he focuses on what it is telling him rather than pushing it to the back of his mind as he usually does it can lead to painful, even debilitating, migraines.
• Age – To put it bluntly, Robert is too old to be a rebel any longer. He is slower than he used to be, weaker, and tires more easily. Rebelling is a young man’s game and it seems like every fight is another reminder of why this is the case.

Brief History: There was a time, before Lorne moved in and took over everything, when Robert was a normal guy. He was an only child growing up in a bad neighbourhood, poor, but his parents were good, hardworking people who raised him to be the same; his dad taught him how to fix things, how to drive, how to fight and things like that while his mom taught him morals and ethic and life lessons and helped him with school work. He was luckier than most.

He went to school and worked hard, even though he felt it wasn’t his thing, because that was what he was taught to do and because he wanted to rise up out of his humble beginnings and he needed an education for that. After graduation he tried college for the same reasons only to drop out after a year and a half and enrol in a trade school instead; his parents were a little disappointed and he felt like he was disappointing them, but working with his hands just suited him better than books or exams ever would. After that he went to work in a factory, repairing machines and equipment and helping to keep the place running smoothly.

Five years later the building he worked in and the company that owned it were bought out; Lorne moving in a taking over like they did with everything. People were apprehensive about a large corporation buying the company they worked for, but there were no layoffs and assurances were made that no major changes were to be made. For a while at least business continued as normal, with the only difference being the name that appeared on Robert’s bank statement when his pay came in.

Over time however, Lorne made their presence known. New management and oversight was brought in, a Human Resources department established and filled with corporate suits, people were fired and no replacements brought in as work crews were stripped down and corners cut in important areas in the name of profit. Where before they were judged for the quality of their work, they were now being judged for their quantity; people that weren’t productive enough were fired and more pressure was put on those left to pick up the slack. Accidents and injuries became more common, as did repairs as the number of breakdowns rose and Robert and his colleagues were having trouble keeping up.

People complained of course. Overworked production line men and mechanics and shift managers who predated the takeover, they all voiced their own concerns and made their own stink about what going on and every time they received the same generic response about how they were being heard and that this was just a transitional period and how things would get better. Things never got better of course and anyone who made too much of a nuisance of themselves or who tried to get others involved, especially anyone who spoke of a strike, would coincidentally fail their next review and find themselves out the door.

Robert wished he was one of those people. He should have made more noise when he could.

He was twenty eight when a routine repair finally went wrong. He was repairing a machine that should have been replaced years ago, that had been pushed too hard, when a safety mechanism failed while he was elbow deep in its inner workings. His forearm was crushed, the limb barely recognisable as anything other than ground meat by the time they managed to free him. Of course the investigation found that he was the one at fault and the corporation denied him medical costs or compensation, instead firing him for negligence and leaving him crippled and unemployed. He blew through his savings covering the costs of his amputation and recovery and only managed to avoid homelessness by moving back in with his parents.

He next few years were a blur of short lived jobs, alcohol and becoming increasingly depressed at his current situation. Lorne, the company that drove him towards his current state and then kicked him to the curb, seemed like an ever growing presence in the city; their fingers reached into every facet of his life and the more he cared to look the more he could see their influence and their wealth. It disgusted him. It was at this point that he found other like-minded people who had similar reasons to dislike or even hate the Lorne Corporation; protesters, activists and other outspoken individuals who objected to Lorne for any number of reasons, whether they were personal like his own or simply objecting to any entity growing as powerful as Lorne had.

Robert took part in the protests from that moment on, joining the marches and waving the signs and telling his story to people who would listen, but in the face of the juggernaut they were trying to fight it was pointless. They were too few in number, their voices too small, to deal a significant blow what Lorne had become. They had entire PR departments working to drown them out and counter their message, while telling the same lies and handing out the same false promises they had always given; activism could only do so much when Lorne’s influence had reach the levels of local government, the police and even the courts.

At some point a small minority of those in the anti-Lorne group began to take more direct action. Otherwise peaceful protests would erupt into violence against the police or Lorne’s private security, vandalism and destruction of Lorne property and buildings became more prevalent and even attacks against Lorne employees weren’t unheard of as some people grew dissatisfied with the lack of progress they were making. There was one man in particular who was the loudest voice calling for greater action against Lorne, one man who stirred up the anger into violence and who organised the angriest and most hateful into a pseudo-rebellion; William Grace.

Robert was one of the people caught up in William’s growing movement, as his personal loss at the hands of Lorne made him especially vengeful towards them, and the two struck up a quick friendship. With his arm there was little Robert could do to help take action, but his story was an easy way to demonstrate how ruthless the Corporation could be at times and Robert used this to help recruit people to William’s cause. There numbers grew and with the increased manpower their actions escalated, organising themselves and planning larger attacks against Lorne’s holdings in the city, while continuing the riots and disruptive actions from before. More people meant more funding, money that they put towards weapons and equipment that they could use to further their cause. Things were growing at a dangerous pace and soon William Grace was the leader of a fully-fledged militia within the anti-Lorne factions of the city.

This did not go unnoticed of course and the group, which had yet to be named, soon became public enemy number one under the less than subtle influence Lorne exerted over the police and the mayor. William and the other leaders of the group were wanted criminals and any affiliation with the group at all became a crime in and of itself. All the while Robert remained a close friend of William’s, helping him organise his people and plan the group’s efforts. Somewhere in the middle of all this William got Robert the prosthetic arm that Lorne had denied him almost a decade ago, so that he could finally take part in the growing rebellion.

There is not much to say about the next few years other than that the group continued to operate as they had, damaging Lorne properties and assets and attempting to disrupt their operation as much as they could. Lorne continued to grow larger and more powerful and William and Robert’s group did the same as the Corporation continued to make more enemies during their expansion and how their at times heavy handed approach to quashing protests and riots was viewed by the public. It was during this time that the group finally adopted a name; Citizen, to reflect their goal of championing the rights of the common citizens of Marlon over the greed of a private entity.

In 2046, William Grace was killed during a raid on Citizen’s headquarters in which many of their more senior members were either killed or arrested. The remaining leadership of the group, Robert included, were torn on how to continue, whether to pull back to avoid further retaliation or to step up their attacks in revenge, or to continue as they had been doing. The disagreements eventually turned into a schism that split Citizen into smaller factions with Robert becoming the new leader of what was probably the closest to his and William’s vision.

Three years later the incident at the Tower occurred and Robert became a Parahuman. Lorne established themselves as a staunchly anti-Parahuman entity, even convincing the government and police to crack down on them and a new faction arose in the city in retaliation. Robert allied what was left of his group with the Parahuman Protection Society, becoming a member of its leading council and a figurehead among the more militant members of the group.

Age: 36

Appearance: Owen does not cast a physically imposing figure, he stands around average height at five feet and ten inches with a lean slightly athletic frame. His hair is a dark brown shade and at a medium length. A scruffy beard evident on the bottom half of his face and neck. His eyes are green in color, often staring off at his surroundings or stuck in thought. He tends to dress in non eye catching fashions and shades, all part of the goal of blending into crowds when he needs to. He does not carry any weaponry on him or special equipment.

Para Category: Beta, threat level 4.

Powers/Abilities: Owen is technopathic, which grants him control over manmade machinery and crafted metals. He can technokinetically mold, alter and reconstruct these to his will. For example a car could be molded into a robot guardian, crafted and twisted until its been given a humanoid shape then fights in his defense. Or he could strip that same car of its metal sheeting and mold that into a suit of armor for himself or others. One common usage of his power is to strip metals and create a barrier or a walkway. In the past he has ripped guns from the hands of opponents with his mind, then crumbled the firearms like piece of paper. He's also hacked into mechs and turned them to his side. He can interface into computers, cameras and other types of electronics and manipulate them to a degree. Highly protected and encrypted systems give him a lot of trouble. The potential upper limits of his abilities are frightening especially in a world filled to the brim with machines, metal and technology.

The power is not without its limitations or drawbacks though. He is only able to manipulate machinery, metals and technology within his vision and it must be man made. He can not control natural earth occurring metals unless they have been first crafted by human hands. He believes he may one day be able to use his powers to that extent but has been utterly unable to so far. Prolonged usage of the power or at massive capacities tires him. A particularly stressful experimentation of his powers nearly led him to blackout.

Skills:

• As a talented engineer even before gaining his powers Owen is very creative and detail oriented. He's a resourceful man with a focused thought process. As well as an intelligent, college educated man with years of experience in a difficult field. It is difficult to catch him off guard.
• Owen has taken it upon himself to learn a few forms of martial arts in the name of self defense. While he is not a deadly unarmed combatant he can hold his own in a brawl against less trained opponents.
• In his time as a parahuman he's put it upon himself to do whatever it takes to survive. He's ruthless in his ways and actions, doing anything needed to thrive, prosper and evade capture/death. Nothing is out of question when his own status is on the line.

Weaknesses:

• Other than his technopathic powers he is entirely human. He bleeds just the same as every other person.
• Owen's mental stability is in question due to recent traumatic events, the state of the world an his status as a wanted parahuman. He's much less trusting of people that he once was and is suspicious of others true intentions. He has no qualms with turning his back and fleeing as self preservation registers highly for him. He's had to resort to some worrisome deeds in order to survive.
• He's a bit of a loner, he does not make many friends or allies. His lack of trust comes into this very strongly.
• He's a known parahuman, having committed several crimes to get by and further himself. The general public may not know his face but the authorities do. While he has done nothing sadistic or inhuman he has been connected to multiple break ins, robberies and hostage takings.

Brief History: Owen was born into a poorer family in the slummier districts of southern California. As an only child raised by a single mother he had an at times, rough childhood. His father was never in the picture and he can't recall a single memory involving the man. His mother, Jocelyn told him his father took off for the east shortly after Owen was born and never heard from again. His mother worked in a factory and did everything she could to give her son a happy life. He repaid his mother's devotion for him by focusing intently on schoolwork. Even though he'd often come home bruised from being frequently bullied. He never had many friends in school, or was ever the most social of children. He'd find his sanity in machinery, a deep fascination with robotics from a young age would serve as an ironic sign of his future self. He finished near the top of his class and was given a scholarship to the prestigious Stanford University where he'd enroll in their engineering program.

The future seemed ever bright to the intelligent Owen. College was much the same as high school, minus the bullying, thankfully. He put his head down and focused strongly on schoolwork until the day he walked out with his degree. Tragedy would strike a few days after his graduation as his mother was killed in a mugging. The event had a profound effect on the wide eyed Owen, affecting him deeply for months. He'd push himself forward and get a job at AeroVironment, a robotics company which manufactured unmanned robotics for several of the world's militaries. Owen would play a strong hand in the progress and development of multiple projects, earning himself a reputation within the company and within the field. He'd move on from the company in 2042, taking a higher paid position across the country in Marlon in 2042 for the Lorne Corporation's robotic's division.

His work with Lorne would earn him more accolades, though being employed by such a massive company in a cutthroat city would change him. Still the job was good and filled his wants in life, he'd even fall in love with a fellow employee, Bethany Robinson who he'd maintain a romantic relationship with for a few years up until the catastrophic event at the Tower. Owen was struck by the wave of energy, finding himself embedded with strange powers. His experimentation with his newfound abilities both intrigued and frightened him. He did not seek out to become a hero or cause trouble, instead he continued to try to live his normal life and hide his technopathicness. Bethany never approved of the powers, they frightened her deeply. It would be the cause of several fights between the two.

After one rough confrontation between the two Owen angrily lashed out and released his powers. He shifted the inside of his apartment, molding and shaking every piece of machinery in it. Windows shattered and the door launched off the hinges as the enraged Owen was not able to control his still newfound abilities. Bethany ran away terrified, tears streaming down her face as crooked pieces of metal jutted from the walls, floor and ceiling. As Owen ran after her, trying to get her back the police were called and he had to flee. He lost his job at Lorne Corporation and found himself wanted by the authorities. Since then Owen has has had to live a much different life, moving from place to place constantly. He's begun to dip into using his powers, seeing how far he can take them, how powerful he can become. All while remaining angry at the world.