Name: Maxim (Maks) Andreevich Rodin
Alias: The Arclight
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 56 kilograms
Personality: Maxim is an amicable, farsighted individual. He seems to be quite affectionate to folks he's close with, and also has a marked liking for fluffy animals. Maxim is rather focused, and it's hard for anyone to really distract him from what he's currently doing. He can, however, be kindled to a lethal fury should he see someone he really liked get injured.
Powers/Abilities/Weaknesses Description:
Energy Infusion: Maxim demonstrates the ability to infuse energy into weaponry that he is touching. This infusion will manifest as a golden glow on the object, which then acts to enhance destructive capabilities. Usually, bullets will have enhanced penetration and blades will become sharper. However, by scaling energy consumption, the effects can be furthered. At a higher level, bullets will be able to cause small grenade scaled explosions upon impact, and blades will be able to carve through steel with ease.
The drawback of this ability is that it applies only to one or two things at a time. The moment Maxim loses physical contact with the weapon that he had enhanced, he has to pick it up again and charge it in order to apply the same effects. Using it constantly, especially at a heightened level, consumes stamina, so it requires careful spending.
Backstory: Maxim Rodin hails from Vladivostok, the easternmost major city of the former Russian Empire. His parents were part of the prosperous middle class that had arisen in the cities as industrialization gradually arose throughout the country. Naturally, they were opposed to the growing movement of Communists in the Empire, which they perceived as a threat to their livelihood.
Alas, that is just what happened. In October 1917, the Russian Empire fell into a revolution. The Reds and the Whites fought a brutal civil war for the next few years… but the Rodins were having none of it. As soon as the hostilities broke out, they left the Empire, refusing to allow Maxim the slightest chance to be conscripted by the filthy Communists… or the capitalist Whites. He will not fight there.
And so, they moved to the United States, first moving to Anchorage, Alaska before going down south to a more pleasant climate in Los Angeles. It was here Maxim discovered his own abilities, manifesting when he was being taught to fire a rifle to hunt wild game. The rifle began to glow with an iridescent golden glow, and the bullet that it fired cleanly blasted a hole through the rock that the target was behind, which also had a bullet hole in it.
And so, the Arclight was born; over the coming years, he would hone his marksmanship, combining it with his power to become one of the most daunting superpowered vigilantes on the West Coast. Woe be to those who commit evil in the dark; they will be lit up by weapons of golden light soon enough.
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