Name: Corvus Rodin Helstrom
Alias: Arclight
Age: 27
Gender: A MAN
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Powers:
Energy Infusion: Corvus demonstrates the ability to infuse energy into weaponry that he is wielding. This infusion will manifest as a golden glow on the object, which then acts to enhance destructive capabilities. Usually, bullets will have enhanced penetration, with rifles being capable of penetrating an armored personnel carrier at higher levels of energy consumption and blades will become sharper to the point of carving through solid sheets of steel.

The drawback of this ability is that it applies only to one or two things at a time. The moment Corvus 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.

Enhanced Reflexes and Senses: It would seem that Corvus can react to stimuli faster than a mundane human, at about twice as quick. He also has enhanced sight with a measure of 20/10 and far more pronounced hearing.

Weaknesses: Having enhanced senses is a double edged sword; Corvus is unwilling to go to places with a lot of loud noises/sounds, such as raves and metal concerts. It goes without saying that putting a variety of extremely loud sounds will invariably disrupt his focus, and weaken his control over his abilities. Highly enhanced bullets also act as tracer rounds, which would allow more competent enemies to single out his position once Matthias has fired the first shot.

Appearance:

Corvus is a rather short man at 5’5” and a rather average physique. He has gray eyes and chestnut colored hair, as well as a marked preference for black clothing. Overall, Corvus doesn’t really stand out in a crowd; after all, he wouldn’t want to.



Other: He has a crow sitting on his shoulder almost all the time, and they often talk. Why? No one knows.

History: The individual that would one day be known as the 'Arclight' was born on August 26, 1995, in the city of Norfolk, England. Corvus was his name, as his mother's favorite animal was the raven, and even kept one as a house pet. His father, Ericson, was initially less than enthusiastic after naming their son with the Latin name of a certain black feathered bird, but he was eventually convinced right before the birth pains began...

Corvus was an only child, as all the children that his parents had right before him were unfortunately lost to miscarriages; as such, he was treasured, and sometimes spoiled rotten. However, since his parents were far flung individuals that often had to go distant places to pursue their business deals, Corvus spent more time with his maternal grandparents beginning from when he turned 10. From then on, he would be taught the simpler things that any other rich person would usually never bother with. Matthias went on to graduate as a major in information technology. He was often taught how to shoot, though.

When Corvus turned 15, they moved to the United States, specifically to New York. It was here hediscovered his own abilities at the age of 20, manifesting when he was practicing firing a rifle in a free range. 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. The weapon glowed with a golden light, as if it were possessed by a magical spell of some kind. At first, he didn’t want to do much with it, as he already had a stable job in the tech sector.

On 2016, though, everything changed. Hordes of aliens, lead by the disgraced Asgardian prince, Loki, attacked the city of New York. Corvus himself got into a dangerously close encounter with a Chitauri attack glider in his penthouse, managing to kill it by charging an old bolt action rifle to be able to penetrate its armor and kill the aliens that rode it. It took him a few precious moments to recall how to infuse guns with this mutant power, and he truly thought that he would be dead. It was not his time, however, and he watched as the Avengers removed the aliens from New York… and was inspired. He will actually use this power for something.

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 in the city. Woe be to those who commit evil in the dark; they will be lit up by weapons of golden light soon enough. His parents were kindly supportive, and they added funds when he needed them. Not that he needed much...

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Name: Jenna Beltran, AKA HI-VOLT!

Age: 20 (but her birthday is this Christmas, yay!)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Yes. Romance. Love. These are....Things she's handled before. Totally. (Jokes aside, straight....Ish.)







Weaknesses: Oh boy, where to start? Well, as mentioned in the Power Grid's Fighting Skills section, she's pretty new to, y'know, the fighting part. If it weren't for her Power, anyone remotely more skilled than her could put her down, and even with her Power, being this green to things isn't helping her case.

Secondly, her Power itself, and its flaws. She struggles controlling the output of her discharges, and usually wastes more energy than she intends to with her moves. Also, her charge itself; while she can hold an impressive amount of energy, she can also burn it out quickly over the course of a night of crime-fighting, and without any energy, she's just a normal girl who can't throw a punch to save her life. Not to mention that, in theory, she could be overcharged. It's never happened to her before, but she imagines it could go very poorly. Honestly, one of the best case scenarios there that she's thought of is her simply exploding. Not fun!

Last but not least, her, uhm, mental state...Yeah, she can process thoughts and information at a rapid pace, but it also means her attention span has become shot to hell. If she can't focus on a single thing, she becomes easily frazzled and disorientated. Not to mention when she's focused, she loses sight of...Pretty much everything else. Not the best trait for crime-fighting, but she's managed. It makes it a massive pain in the ass to sleep though.

.....Oh, and I guess this is an important one; still just a flesh-person. Doesn't take bullets well! She's theorized that her Power could speed up her body's natural healing, but she isn't eager to test that theorum...

Appearance: Jenna Beltran is a young 5'6 woman of Native descent, weighing only a little over 110 lbs. Her physical form is exactly that of what you'd expect of a college student eating microwave ramen every other night; wiry and ill-defined muscles are the name of the game, though she's looking better than she did prior to the hero gig; running around New York at 500 MPH does wonders for your thighs! Still though, she's about as physically capable as she looks. Evidently, she doesn't put too much effort in her appearance (mostly because make-up and the like would get fried off by her Power anyway; talk about inconvenient!), but she still somehow rocks it! Er, besides the bags under her eyes. Please ignore those!

The only reason Jenna stands out is her hair; you don't find that shade of minty green just anywhere! Though, uh, it was just a side effect of the incident. She's normally just got black hair....And as far as clothing goes? Psh. She's living on cup noodles and hot pockets and working on three different degrees while hammering away at an internship at one of the biggest companies on the planet. She could not give less of a damn what she's caught wearing, as long as it actually covers her. Baggy t-shirts and sweatpants are the name of the game typically.

Hi-Volt, however, is a different story. They're a Hero, they gotta look the part, after all! She spared no expense and definitely didn't steal any of this from STARK Industries. Nearly her whole body is covered in a skin-tight black nanoweave designed to protect her squishy bits as well as help conduct her electricity towards her arms, as the nanoweave is effectively shock-proof, forcing the flow of energy to her arms. Over the topside of this nanoweave is a mostly-orange snap-on vest....Mostly there because she finds it comfy, but also because she finds the neck piece to look cool. Around both her wrists are an invention of her own design, the Chargeband (name pending). Their purpose will be described later, but in appearance they look like slightly hefty, black metal bands. Beyond this, she wears....Completely normal gloves and shoes. What? Not everything is cool tech-stuff (until Jenna has her way with things, at least). Granted, she splurged for some fancy top-of-the-line shoes that snap on without any laces or anything, because she can't be bothered in the slightest.

Of course though, she's got to protect her identity; thus, she wears a helmet that looks suspiciously similar to some older Super Sentai stuff, with a white and orange coloration and a dope visor to boot, of her own design, and last but not least, a metal mask for her mouth, covering up nearly the last of her face, and it also doubles as a voice modulator. She doesn't use it to change her voice too drastically, just enough to go undetected.

Equipment: I've already gone over the nanoweave, as well as her voice modulator both of which totally weren't stolen from STARK Industries, but let's go over some of her own inventions this time. The Chargeband acts like a Swiss Army Knife for the modern world; it's capable of both siphoning electricity off of objects (and, yes, Jenna herself, when she needs to) as well as charging electronic devices, and can be changed into Combat Mode where it can function as an extraordinarily high-power close-range taser. Jenna mainly uses them to store spare energy for her to take in case of emergency, but their other functions serve their purpose as well.

There's also her Smarthelm, which was initially designed in mind for electricians. Namely because the visor isn't for show; it contains a heads-up display that is able to point out sources of electricity within one's field of vision, and alerts the wearer to electrical hazards like live wires and the sort. This is extremely helpful for when Jenna needs to find some mid-mission charge, or when looking for some high-priority electronics. It wasn't always so.....Power Rangers-esque though.

Name: Sadie Erran
Alias: Moonjumper
Age: 27 (March 3rd, 1993)
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual

Powers: Anti-gravity. Sadie was born with the ability to make herself weightless and untether herself from gravity. This allows her to float, though she cannot propel herself midair without some kind of physical boost. She is able to run faster and leap great distances while her power is activated. She has also discovered that she hits faster and harder when weightless, able to enhance her strikes while fighting. She has become skilled in turning her power on and off quickly over the years, making her quite the impressive street fighter, only exerting energy when it's necessary. She also seems to have a slightly heightened durability and strength.

Weaknesses: As far as her powers go, they take energy to use. Though she has been using them all her life and has excellent control over them, in part thanks to her time at Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the ability can still drain her energy if she isn't careful or keeps them activated for too long at once.

Sadie may be a mutant, but is also still a human. She is capable of taking a beating, but broken bones still take time to heal, and guns and blades are deadly.



Appearance: Sadie is an androgynous woman with short brown hair that sticks up in a sort of messy grunge style on the top of her head. She has light grey eyes, an infectious smile, and an obviously previously broken nose that sits a little crooked between the bridge and the tip. She has ear cuffs on the top of both ears, as well as a small piercing on the right lobe. Sadie has a slim body and well toned muscles, a clear indication of her love to fight. She is 5 feet and 8 inches tall, and weighs 130 pounds.



Personality: To Sadie, the perfect night is turning on some anime, playing a fighting game, drinking a couple sodas, then heading out to knock the crap out of some criminal assholes. She has a love for action, and has since she was a child. She is a bit of a smartass, and likes to joke around. She is still a nice person, and has a decent sense of justice. She hates seeing weaker people get picked on, and will always jump in to help if she sees it happening. She uses sarcasm regularly. She is a decent hard worker, and does work out 3 times a week, hey, being a mutant has its perks, and one of them is that it doesn't take much for her to stay in shape. She currently works an annoying retail job and works out the usual frustrations of the job on the baddies crawling all over New York.

History: Sadie's parents discovered that she was a mutant shortly after she learned to crawl. Her mother left her in her play-pen for just a minute while she checked on dinner. When she returned, Sadie was no longer in the pen. She panicked, like any mother would and began searching all around the house, anywhere a baby could have gotten to. She came back to the living room, a bundle of stress and looked up as she tried to think of the next step to take to find her baby girl. When she did however, she saw Sadie crawling on the ceiling, upside down. Growing up was strange for Sadie, as she didn't make an effort to hide her abilities, despite her parents' pleas. She lived comfortably enough, both of her parents worked respectable jobs, and she never went hungry or without toys, or when she was older, the latest game console.

In first grade, she got her first real taste of the discrimination and hate that mutants would face. She had begged her parents to let her on a softball team, and they finally relented. She was playing second base when a pretty skilled batter of a kid got on the plate. They smacked the ball, and it was easily going deep center field, that is until Sadie leapt into the air 12 feet and floated there, catching the ball mid-flight. She threw the ball to the pitcher, who was staring in awe at the floating 7 year old a story above him. The ball landed next to him as he was stunned in place. Parents in the bleachers gasped and glared at the innocent girl who was now floating back down to the ground. From this point onward, she faced bullying at school, but it didn't take her long to start fighting back. She thought of Sailor Moon, and how she'd never stand for this kind of injustice and became something of a playground vigilante. This however ended with several trips to the principal's office.

By the time middle school rolled around, she had taken an interest in fighting for fun. She started to notice she was good at it, and would pick fights frequently. She didn't win them all, and ended up with a broken nose at one point. It was around 8th grade when her parents were contacted by Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. They sent her there, hoping to protect her, and hoping that she'd learn some discipline. Their hopes were answered as she really fit in at the school. She learned how to control her powers, and attended as a boarder until she graduated high school.

She returned home at 17, happy to be back in Queens. She was still the same girl in many ways, though less impulsive. Her parents were proud of her success at the school, and despite a few scares when the school was seemingly attacked by rebel mutants, it was a pretty positive experience. She got a job at the supermarket that her father ran. She moved out the next year, but continued working for her father. She spent the years working and fighting thugs in the streets, leaving them for the police to pick up. However, when she was 25 in 2018 when the Snap occurred, she was one of the many victims. She was carrying a box of canned vegetables when she suddenly turned to dust, leaving the box to drop with a heavy thud to the floor. Her parents grieved and spent 5 years believing they'd never see their daughter again, until 2023 when the Tony Stark sacrificed himself to right the world. Unfortunately, her girlfriend whom she had at the time she turned to dust had moved on, leaving her once again single. Since then, she's been fighting the good fight on the streets like always, taking down muggers, robbers, and other criminal scum.