Name: Markus McElroy
Super Hero/Villain Identity: Rampere
Age: 18
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Location: Louisville, KY.
Appearance:
Mark is a tall, thin, and slightly muscular guy, though you wouldn't know that just by looking at him. He wears loose and baggy clothes, more to hide what he's not supposed to have than to hide his figure. He is rarely seen without his skateboard, which he's gotten in trouble with for riding in the hallway. He has no noticeable scars or birthmarks, choosing to keep his one big scar under the arm of his supersuit as well as his civilian clothes.
While not wearing the suit, he wears colored tee shirts, often with video game or cartoon images on them, as well as a black hoody, red skinny jeans, and a pair of work-boot brand made, steel-toed, skate shoes. (Brahmas makes those.)
His supersuit is composed of a very expensive, friction resistant material that was gifted to him after saving a local general's daughter. Since he got it white, he dyed it blue with a symbol on the front to represent himself. It covers him completely, like Spider-Man, with a bullet resistant plexiglass screen in front of his eyes. The suit, however, is not bullet resistant and offers nothing in the way of armor, though he doesn't need much being the fastest person in the world, as far as he knows. Despite being military grade, it's still in the experimental phase and doesn't do well in below 0 Celsius.
Personality: Mark is a generally nice guy, though can come off as a troublemaker or prankster if caught at the wrong times. Often, he is seen as immature and childish, though that is not always entirely accurate.
Backstory/Origin: Mark was born with a small portion of his powers (150 MPH) and never knew a day without them. While young, it was hell on his parents, older sister, and babysitters when he decided to run. Eventually, he got to an age where he could only be babysat by a superhero, partially because every babysitter in the city had heard of the "superspeed baby" and didn't want to go through the torture.
Then he hit school age. Not only were his teachers afraid they'd have to keep a leash on him, they had heard the over-exaggerated stories and didn't know what to do. Then he turned out to be not only well behaved, he was extremely helpful. And then the school bully started picking on his friend. Mark immediately caught the bully's fist before throwing him back a few feet. Thus began the rumors. Mark ignored them because he knew they were lies and to deny them openly would only bring more trouble than it was worth.
As he got older, the bully continued to go after him and his friends but Mark was always able to keep things from getting too physical.
One night, however, while delivering pizza for a part-time job, the bully ran him off the road. Mark was forced down a steep hip, crashing his moped into some type of chemical waste plant that was trying to reuse it as some sort of recycled energy. The last thing he remembered before passing out was the bully laughing.
Mark awoke the next morning feeling horrible. Once he regained his senses, he looked around to notice everything seemed to be frozen in time. While walking around, he noticed a few instances of people tripping or dropping items. With his speed, he was quickly able to help them, though not really realizing what was going on. After walking around for what felt like a few hours to him, he returned to his room to sleep. It was then he heard the nurse walk in and begin talking to herself, thinking he was asleep. He began replying, startling her.
Once released from the hospital, he noticed that time would seem to freeze randomly while he was walking around. He would find it helpful to get to places early but had no clue how to activate it yet. At least, not until he was attacked again by the bully that had run him off the road. In an intense situation, he accidentally figured out how to activate his power. With a bit of testing the power, while simultaneously teasing the bully, he soon had the bully punching walls and lockers, hurting and nearly breaking his fists. A pair of the teachers, who had been watching for a minute, sent them both to the principle's office.
Over a 9 day period, he began practicing his abilities. He had them down in 3.
Tools/Equipment/Weapons: A staff with a few useful items (grappling hook, staff-like weapon), a utility belt (smoke bombs, cell phone, energy bars, matches, 50 firecrackers)
Skills: Naturally intelligent, but not superhuman levels, he can strategize and plan very fast, as well as figure out nearly all puzzles of any type he's given.
Abilities/Powers/Mutations: Can run at speeds approaching the speed of sound. (750 MPH)