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Name:
Jaime Reyes

Alignment:
Chaotic Good

Affiliation:
Independent

History:
Before he took on the mantle of the Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes was a normal high school student living in El Paso, Texas. His parents were immigrants from Mexico who moved to the United States when they were married. His father, Alberto, owned an auto-repair garage. His mother was a paramedic. Jaime's only sibling is Milagro, his insufferable little sister who's only goal in life seemed to annoy her older brother to death. Aside from his family, Jaime spent most of his time with Brenda Del Vecchio and Paco Testas; they were Reyes' best friends, who made Jaime's school years more or less bearable. It was a good life. A fulfilling life. But Jaime craved more. He saw what life outside of the little town of El Paso was like, and he determined that once he finished school he would leave home in pursuit of greatness.

But greatness found him.

While on his way home from the theater, Jaime discovered the beetle scarab known as Khaji Da, buried in the dirt next to a generic parking lot. Reyes took the device home and after a few minutes of internet research he discovered that it had some connection to the superhero known as the Blue Beetle. What that connection was, however, he did not know. That night, the Scarab came alive, and grafted itself to the base of Jaime's spine during his sleep, inducing strange dreams in Jaime. When he awoke, the young hero found himself deeply disturbed by the dreams; much more disturbing, the scarab was gone. It wasn't until Jaime returned home after school later that day that he noticed the thing had attached itself to his back. Utterly terrified and bemused, Jaime sneaked out of the house during the night and set out for Chicago, the place where Blue Beetle sightings were most frequent.

Upon entering the city, Jaime was confronted by a local gang of metahumans known as the Posse. One of their members, Probe, had detected Jaime's scarab. They claimed to be creating a superhero team and wanted to recruit Jaime. Reyes, believing they might know where he could find the Blue Beetle, decided to go with them. Upon entering the Posse's home 'base' (it was little more than a dilapidated old apartment building) the scarab sensed danger and activated. The Blue Beetle armor encased Jaime in its shell and assisted Reyes in fighting off the Posse, who were in reality metahuman traffickers working for a mysterious company known as Cadmus. With the help of the overtly aggressive voice in his head, Jaime defeated all but the strongest member of the Posse, Thumper. The super-strong gangster managed to match the scarab in sheer strength, even surpassing it at certain times. The all out brawl eventually led to the destruction of multiple low income apartment buildings. It was this destruction that brought Jaime Reyes to the attention of Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle. Ted took down and escorted Jaime to his laboratory. There, Jaime explained his situation to the Chicago-based superhero. 

After a few weeks of digging, Ted discovered that the scarab had been found decades ago by Dan Garrett, the original Blue Beetle in Egypt. 

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