Aberrant: Trans-Dimensional Explorations - Meet the Characters

[Alex Green]

Name: Dr. Paul Blue

Nova Name: Dr. Nature (although Paul normally doesn’t use his nova name)

Concept: Force of Nature

Nature: Survivor

Eruption: About 6 years ago (2015) (see below)

Appearance: Think a much better looking John Carter from ER meets Call of the Wild. For those who know what to look for, Paul is obviously a nova. A very muscular 5’ 10” Caucasian, by pre-N-Day standards he would have stood out. With green eyes and brown hair he is supermodel handsome, and this is supplemented by how he holds himself. There is something primal there, like he is more in touch with his beast than most.

Aberrations: None

Age: Appears to be in his young 20's, actually somewhat older but not much (birth date 1/1/1995)

Background: (Paul's background and work history are on various fan web sites as well as his DeVries online resume).

Paul grew up in a small town on a farm down in southern United States. He was an intern at the local atomic power plant about 6 years ago when Green-War nova terrorists attacked the facility and he erupted. Paul is a good example of the ‘false alarm’ eruption. The eco-terrorists had left by the time he erupted, and the various alarms going off didn’t signify a reactor breach, but he didn’t know that. He erupted mostly with 'nature' powers (to counter the no longer present novas), and an immunity to radiation (to deal with the non-existent radioactive contamination). Eruption also granted him an impressive knowledge of medicine, which ironically informed him that no one was suffering from radiation exposure.

After his abilities stabilized post-eruption his powers weren’t very impressive and he signed on with DeVries (not DVNTS) as a low level contractor. After several years he worked up to mid range. It isn’t that his powers aren’t useful so much as other novas are better. Specialist weather controllers get the big contracts to divert hurricanes; he gets hired to bring snow to sky resorts. Ditto his medical abilities, ditto his social abilities, etc. Eventually he developed healing and became a vet / pet psychic (he is also a Doctor). A few years ago he briefly had a failed ‘pet psychic’ show. Paul is a minor member of the Daedelus League. More recently he has been targeted by COMA, who blamed him for the eruption of one of their members.

Powers: Paul is a low level nova healer, weather manipulator, and animal telepath. Although not a “true” telepath, with extreme effort he can “learn” an animal’s mind, even a human mind, so he can talk to it in the future without spending juice. Like a parasite he can absorb other nova’s ‘juice’ and use it to fuel his own abilities. He is immune to all natural environmental forces to the extent that he is space worthy. He can also shift himself, his gear, or even others into radiation. While transformed he can fly and is off the visible spectrum.

Personality: Paul is quite friendly and mostly laid back. It’s unclear whether or not his powers have altered his personality. He is a true force of nature, but in nature extreme events like hurricanes are pretty rare, and nature is ‘naturally’ lazy when it can get away with it. Like most animals, if possible Paul avoids combat.

[archer]

Name: Brandt Thomas Jefferson

Nova Name: None yet

Concept: Speedster

Nature: Architect

Eruption: About 2 years ago.

Appearance: Just a hair over six feet tall, with a wiry build that provides more strength than most would guess at first glance. Extremely fit-looking, with an even and dark natural tan, showcasing his time outdoors. Legs are slightly overdeveloped, with especially powerful thigh and calf muscles. Though not blessed with nova-level good looks, Brandt is certainly handsome by baseline standards, with an easy smile and a twinkle in his eye.

Aberrations: None visible

Age: Late 20's, appears slightly younger, looks to be in his mid-20's.

Background: Born and raised in sunny Southern California, he spent most his childhood living in and around the San Diego area. An only child, he was a bit spoiled, but not overly so. His mother was an outstanding cook, and, partially due to her doting, Brandt was a bit tubby as a young boy. That changed shortly after Brandt discovered girls. Not wanting to hurt his mother's feelings, he still ate what she made him, but began exercising to offset his intake. Soon he was running at least 3-5 miles a day. Not the fastest runner, he tried out for track, but found his niche on the cross-country team instead.

Always bright, he managed good enough grades and SAT scores to earn a scholarship for UCSD, graduating with honors in his double-majors of English and Physics. Unsure what to do after college, he ended up teaching summer-school to pay his rent, and by the end of summer had realized his love for teaching. He applied at a variety of schools, and by the new year he was working at a middle school. Popular with students and staff, his life took a serious change after his first year as a teacher.

He volunteered to go on a teaching expedition to Mexico, where he and other teachers from all around the country would visit rural communities, bringing books and school supplies, also helping the local teachers with lesson plans and classes. He spoke little Spanish, but the locals provided translators.

After a very interesting night of too much tequila, Brandt tried to take the bus back to his hotel, but passed out and missed his stop. When he woke, he realized he was definitely in the wrong part of town...and was soon proved right. A group of toughs who didn't take kindly to gringos came after him, aiming a revolver at his face and demanding his money. In drunken terror, he erupted. Wishing he was home, he suddenly was, standing in front of his own front door and wondering how the hell he got there. No sooner than he'd considered the impossibility, he was back in front of two very startled Mexican toughs. Angry now, they shot at him. Reflexively raising his hands, the bullet ricocheted off his palm with little effect. The toughs, now scared themselves, ran off into the night screaming about the devil and leaving Brandt all alone.

Somehow Brandt made it back to the hotel, and woke the next morning with the mother of all hangovers. Clutching his head, he made it downstairs without stumbling and ate with an appetite he'd never known before. Finally realizing how much he'd actually consumed, he paid and left, to avoid the strange looks of the other diners. Squinting against the bright sunlight outside, he started down the sidewalk to try and walk off his hangover. He chuckled to himself when he saw a group of nuns crossing the street a few hundred feet ahead of him...through his bleary eyes they reminded him of penguins. His laughter stopped abruptly when he saw the bus bearing down on them. Knowing he couldn't help, he ran forward anyway, screaming at the top of his lungs for them to get out of the way. He wasn't really sure what happened next, but it all ended with him standing next to all of the nuns, who were alternately shaking his hands and giving thanks to God.

Finally piecing it all together, he realized he must now be a nova; and with that realization, he cut his trip short and snuck back to his apartment in San Diego.

What he didn't realize was that a tourist had caught the whole thing on videocamera, and once the tape was sufficiently slowed down, his face was visible enough for identification. His answering machine exploded with calls from media and authorities, all wanting to talk to him. Figuring it might be a good idea to disappear for awhile, he did just that; emptying his savings and using his new speed to head off for parts unknown. Re-appearing in time for the new school year, he'd hoped all the attention would have died down...it hadn't. Soon enough it became clear to both him and the school district that his job as a schoolteacher had been compromised by his new nova status. Paparazzi were everywhere, and the kids just wanted him to show off his new abilities. His friends and family weren't much better, constantly pestering him for favors. Painting the house normally took days, Brandt could do it in minutes. Why wait for pizza delivery when Brandt could run and get it in seconds? His job was gone, his friends and family only saw him as their personal nova helper, and the media was still hounding him.

When the job offer from Michal came in the mail, he jumped on it.

Powers: Brandt is speed personified. Capable of easily outpacing fighter jets, his maxmium running speed is somewhere above Mach 7. He can do simple tasks in seconds; complicated ones like engine re-assembly(he's a hobbyist mechanic) can be finished in a few minutes. His reactions are even fast enough to catch bullets mid-flight. (Though they do sting his palms a bit.)

His speed isn't all physical, however. Smart before eruption, he's into nova-level genius category now, particularly with numbers. His mental calculations are on par with and sometimes even exceed computers. This is more than useful in conjunction with his knowledge of the sciences, especially physics. His reading speed and comprehension has also increased dramatically, allowing to him to read as quickly as he can turn the pages.

Brandt has also demonstrated nova-level strength and stamina, though at a lesser degree than his speed and dexterity. Most notable is his resistance to harm, demonstrated during his eruption by deflecting a bullet with his bare hand. His skin, though pliable to the touch, has the ability to harden instantly to protect against physical threats.

There is also some debate as to whether Brandt has the ability to detect danger or hazards...but he has made joking references to his 'Speedy Sense' allowing him to dodge obstacles he can't see while traveling at full speed.

Personality: Normally relaxed and easy-going, Brandt can become intense when focused on a problem or puzzle. His smile disappears, and he seems to get caught up in finding a solution, sometimes causing him to ignore people until he figures it out. A dedicated teacher, he also sometimes slips into a pedantic tone without meaning to, and lectures during explanations. But he can be quite charming when he wants to, displaying a boyish glee in helping others and making people smile.

[BlueNinja]

Name: Rieller Many-Fires

Nova Name: The Gunsmith

Concept: Marksman

Nature: Protector

Eruption: About 12 years ago (May 2008)

Appearance: Rieller looks like vaguely Hispanic; he's actually a member of a small tribe from an area north of Fresno. He stands 6'2", with black hair and brown eyes. If the conversation revolves around weaponry or military tactics, he's forceful and intent; if it revolves around just about anything else, he's a wallflower. Rieller is a very noticable individual, as his glow and his floating around (as he seems to be lost in thought most of the time) make him easy to spot. Usually he's wearing military fatigues with nothing beyond his name in the way of patches.

Aberrations: Floating. Anima Banner (sunlight).

Age: Appears to be in his mid 30's, which actually reflects his real age. (Born 8-Oct-1986)

Background: Rieller was a small-time hoodlum for most of his teenage years, until he and a drug dealer who lived near the reservation came to an argument. After an altercation that left his trailer torched, and a .22 bullet in his arm, Rieller fled the reservation, drifting homeless across California. On May 25, 2008, he was hiding in a warehouse in downtown Oakland, when a thug who wanted his jacket attacked him. Rieller, tired and hungry, freaked out and threw the thug through a brick wall, then flew out of the hole and vanished. He was tracked down two days later by Rodi, and brought to a Rashoud facility in San Jose. There, he came to the attention of Dr. Richard Johnson, a well-known professor at U.C. Berkeley and an advisor to Project Utopia. The Doc put him together with Michal and the rest of the team, getting them jobs working with law enforcement until Michal founded SuperGeek Enterprises.

Since the start of the company, Rieller has been everything short of Michal's everpresent bodyguard. He's well known by Utopia, as he's quietly foiled a number of attempts to gather intel on Michal's research. He's virtually hated by Kuro-Tec, and barely tolerated by the Directive since he is in all ways law-abiding since his eruption. Rieller often demonstrates his lack of a formal education, but his keen senses and nova abilities seem to make up for the lack. He's outwardly the least intelligent of any of Michal's circle, but the one he gets along with the best.

Powers: Rieller can fly, though not a super-sonic speeds. He has the super-strength and invulnerability common to so many novas. But his primary 'power' is his almost insane gift with guns. He can pick up a bullet and identify what kind of gun fired it without equipment; he has fixed every firearm he has ever laid hands on; and his personal heavy weapon, a two caliber mini-gun was the basis for DeVries new BFG-2.

Personality: Rieller is usually a quietly direct person, with few interests outside of the armory and the continued success of SGE. He often comes off as brusque, and rarely tolerates people incapable of saving their own ass in a fight, but he's always the first one to put his life on the line. Though he rarely shows it, he has a wicked love of puns.

[Expendable]

Name: Theodora Keir (a.k.a. Theo, Teddy and Teddy Bear)

Nova Name: Mouse

Concept: Hermit

Nature: Survivor

Eruption: May 14, 2014

Appearance: You can't help but notice that she's short. Really short. Even her brown curls are short. With her tanned skin and plain slender looks, she looks more like a kid than an adult. Only her sharp green eyes hint where her assets are - all in her head.

Abberations: None at present.

Age: 20

Background: Born Feb. 10, 2000 at Andrews AFB Military Hospital to PM2 Stephen and Mary Keir.

April 19, 2007 - parents died in a car crash. Theodora (7) and sister Sheryl (3) temporarily transferred to Baltimore Child Protection Services.

May 17, 2007 – No suitable guardian among immediate family can be found. BCPS takes full custody of Theodora and Sheryl.

October 24, 2007 – Sister Sheryl adopted. Theodora remained in foster care system.

September 13, 2011 – Theodora formally applied for voice training. Denied. Assigned musical instrument – recorder.

May 14, 2014 – Theodora's appointed Guardian Ron Baker hospitalized for 'hand-shapped' electrical burns to chest. Reports the girl vanished in front of witnesses. Apparent Nova eruption. Records sealed.

May 21, 2014 – Guardian Ron Baker arrested, charged with child molestation.

August 23, 2014 – runaway youth using assumed name of “Samantha Dysan” arrives at the Youth Emergency Assistance Hostel in Berkeley, CA. Later positively identified as Theodora Keir.

September 5, 2014 – transferred to the Polk St. Nova Youth Hostel, San Francisco, CA.

June, 2015 – hired by Sampson’s Electronic Repairs for ‘odd jobs’.

August, 2015 – start of intermittent hire by the Brass Detective Agency for ‘odd jobs’

January 2018 – accepted at Berkeley for spring semester. Various reports of minor incidents.

Powers: Invisibility, Flight, Quantum Conversion (Electricity), Psychic Shield, Cat footed, Linguistic Genius, Fast Sense, Hyper-Hearing & Engineering Prodigy.

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili & Greek.

Personality:Theo is a loner, quiet, ok in small groups but avoids large crowds. Definitely more comfortable with her computer than people.

Character Sheet: PC_Theodora_Keir.xls

[BlueNinja]

Name: Angela Michelle DuBois

Nova Name: none known

Concept: Surgeon

Nature: Caregiver

Eruption: About 5 years ago (November 2015)

Appearance: Angela is a woman of African descent who doesn't show the least sign of mixed heritage. She wears her hair cut very short, almost military style, and is normally found dressed in either casual business attire or surgical scrubs, depending on what she's been doing lately. The irises of her eyes are so dark a brown to be almost black, giving her the eerie impression of looking through people.

Aberrations: None.

Age: Indeterminate age between mid 20's and mid 40's. (Actual age 47, born 1973)

Background: Angela grew up under apartheid, and was among the protestors who helped end it and unify the country. Once things became somewhat equal, she worked three jobs to save up the money to put herself through medical school, becoming the first black woman to graduate from her college in South Africa. After that, she joined a practice in Johannesburg, treating mostly the lower-middle class. While at the clinic, she ended up patching up a gunshot victim who was part of the Yakuza who had gotten caught in the wrong place by baseline DeVries security forces. She erupted during the surgery when her nurse suddenly fainted, and used her telekinesis and expanded senses to patch up a tear in the Yakuza's heart and stabilize him. After that, with her nova abilities, she changed medical practices three times in two years, gained a green card to the US, and showed up in Michal's office one day, demanding a job and refusing to be turned down. She figured out that Michal had a secret project going on down below, and confronted him with what she thought were scientific experiments to produce genetically-engineered animals. Instead, Michal explained the Trans-D project to her, and used her to help finalize the 'wanted' ad to bring in his explorers.

Powers: Angela has obviously expanded senses, able to gauge most nova's powers from a glance, as well as the ability to see through flesh. She has a limited amount of telekinesis, enough to move around medical instruments and close doors. She is also one of the few mega-intelligent novas with enough smarts to rival Michal, though her knowledge seems almost wholly confined the medical fields. While she can heal with just a 'laying of hands' like Paul, she prefers standard medical procedures as she believes them to be more reliable.

Personality: Angela is a forceful and direct person, and often comes off as abrasive and rude. She really does care for all of them employees in her own way, she's just very lousy at showing affection. At least once a week, she and Michal can be found in the dining area, playing Trivial Pursuit with an arbitrary five second limit to give an answer. She's more likely to just stick you with a needle, slap you on the back, and tell you that everything will be fine, than sit down and try to discuss options for your condition - if she doesn't know the solution, then it's almost certain nobody does.

[phoenix]

Name: Eli Stone

Concept: Scholar

Nature: Analyst

Eruption: Three years ago

Appearance: A young, artistic-looking man apparently in his mid-twenties. Eli has brown hair and blue eyes. He is the shortest man on the team, standing 5'7". He wears a variety of clothing, but usually wears brown high-top sneakers and a thin, stylish pair of glasses. He has been seen in a lab coat from time to time, but never wears it in the field.

Aberrations: None.

Age: Apparently in his mid-twenties.

Background: Before his eruption, Eli was a weaponry engineer. Partnered with computer programmer Erica Mencia, Eli was co-director of a project to build for the military the moral equivalent of a VARG, code-named the Beowulf unit.

Unfortunately, high-level brass decided that the Beowulf project was not viable, and the plug was pulled, leaving Eli to yell and wave his arms in futility. He went to visit the nearly-completed combat robot one last time, then left the installment for good.

He destroyed his thankfully low-rent apartment when he erupted later that week. The event surprised Eli, because he typically associated the process with much higher-stress situations. In reality, he had been on the verge of a nervous breakdown since the cancellation of the project. But novahood opened doors for him that he had never previously imagined, and eventually he found himself taking contract work for Michal Wesson, the "super geek".

Powers: Eli's most flashy power is the ability to transform into his dreamt-of Beowulf unit. This is somewhat bemusing to him, since his baseline fantasies of nova-hood had mostly involved enhanced engineering or science-related abilities - in fact, he had rarely thought very hard about the military effects of his invention, putting his thought mostly towards the pedagogy of the machine itself.

He is capable of activating most of Beowulf's systems without completely transforming into the robot, including enhanced vision, several weapons systems, a vast power supply, and defensive armor and systems. Further, Eli is capable of cyberkinetically interfacing with nearly all computers, and is far more intelligent than any ordinary human.

Personality: Mild-mannered and funny, Eli is fairly easy to get along with. Although his manner can be sharp or snappy at times, Eli most often exhibits a sort of general quirky good cheer, especially towards his team-mates.

[SkyLion]

Nova Name: El Nagual (translated from Spanish/Nahuatl alternatly as "shaman", "sorcerer", or "shapeshifter")

Name: Esteban Del Castillo PhD.

Concept:Transhumanist Seeker

Nature: Explorer

Eruption: Almost 2 years ago.(early 2019)

Appearance: A well groomed man of European Spanish descent, Esteban has a rather unassuming appearance at first glance. Beneath perfectly tailored, chic yet casual clothing, one can see that his build is quite toned and defined, though not in any way suggesting Nova. While his facial features aren't even baseline super-model, he works well with what he has and it comes off . Being symbiotically intertwined with his Eufiber doesn't hurt for style either... His hair is shoulder length and jet black, sometimes flowing freely to frame his face, othertimes swept back into a ponytail. Most striking of all are his eyes. Though human in every way, his gaze simmers with intensity. It is difficult to make out the dark brown of his irisis, since even in bright light they are almost fully dilated. He often appears to be staring through his surroundings and rarely blinks. When speaking with people, the intensity remains but warms into a sparkling glint when he smiles.

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Aberrations: None

Age: Late 20's,Early 30's

Background: Little is known of the man now known as El Nagual. Anyone searching into his past will find that he is the son of two well-heeled legal Spanish immigrants, Lucio and Serafina Del Castillo. Devout Catholics, they currently reside in Silicon Valley in California, where Lucio teaches undergrad mathematics. His wife, Serafina commutes to San Francisco where she is an art buyer for the de Young museum. Records show that Esteban graduated from Stanford with two BAs in Organic Chemistry and Mollecular Biology and recieved two doctorates in Neurology and Psychopharmocology from UC Berkeley. He ventured into South America for post-doctoral research into native botanicals and then the trail goes cold. An exhaustive search finds an obscure study detailing the chemical and psychoactive properties of several previously unknown Amazonian and Peruvian plants published a year after his disappearance, though his whereabouts remain unknown until he surfaced again as a special consultant for Michal Wesson's SuperGeek Enterprises.

Powers: Esteban's eruption infused his body and mind with quantum energy,irrevocably altering his consciousness. Not only can he see wider and deeper into the electromagnetic spectrum but he can "see" and "feel" his interconnectedness with all of life through the quantum media. His perception is such that he no longer identifies with his form as an immutable condition, instead it is a palate of colors for a master artist. As with ancient shamanic traditions, he can know what it is to be the eagle and the jaguar, or things half remembered in humanities dreams...and its nightmares...

Personality: Despite his initially intense appearance, Esteban is quick to disarm others with his charming smile. He speaks in almost reserved, soft tones, while enunciating clearly in a genteel spanish accent. An excellent listener, he always gives his full attention when one is speaking to him. Though professional with his employers, he is friendly with everyone else. His cultural heritage is evident in his reaction to the sex of the person he is conversing with. When women are present he is attentive and chivalrous in a way that seems charming and genuine without being fake or overstated. With men he is relaxed, confident, and interested.

[BlueNinja]

Name: Claire Reed

Nova Name: none known

Concept: Ex-cop

Nature: Protector

Eruption: About 12 years ago (May 2008)

Appearance: Claire is quite obviously part Hispanic, and she does her best to be the best latin girl there is. She keeps her black hair straight and long, her tanned skin smooth and shiny, and her muscles toned. She likes dressing in skimpy outfits, so she can laugh at mens' reactions.

Aberrations: None.

Age: Looks to be early 20's. (Actual age 39, born 1981)

Background: Claire was the product of an affair between a white cop, and the daughter of a Mexican drug runner. After she was born, her mother left Claire with her father, and vanished, probably to return to being a junkie. As a result, Claire was raised by her dad the beat cop, and his other buddies on the force. She grew up to be a real tomboy, never taking any crap from anyone, and getting in trouble in school for starting fights and being 'unladylike.' After graduating high school, she got an associates degree in criminal law, and then joined the police academy. Two weeks from graduation, she was shot during a life-ammo training exercise and erupted.

Once Claire became a nova, she was recruited by Dr. Johnson to join with Michal and the others, working for the state of California. While initially reluctant to take orders from 'stick-boy,' her skills and knowledge in police procedures made her the most important member during their early years busting the Medellin cartel. Since their drug busting work stopped, Claire has mostly stayed with SGE due to loyalty and her friendship/rivalry with Rieller. Michal's contacts have also gotten her some decent cash modifying guns and cars - but only for the right type of law enforcement.

Powers: Claire doesn't seem to have many 'powers' but rather, the extreme measure of novas super-human abilities. She can throw loaded semi trailers, move fast enough to catch bullets, and has been hit in the head with a light pole and suffered no ill effects. Top that off with her drop-dead-gorgeous looks, and she's able to end most fights before they begin.

Personality: Claire is a white trash type of person and loves it. Her time off is usually spent going to boxing matches or NASCAR races, when she's not down in the ranges with Rieller testing (or more often, arguing over) a new weapon.

(c'mon folks, who's next?)

[BlueNinja]

Name: Athena

Concept: Artificial Intelligence

Nature: Analyst

Vital Stats: Processing speed in excess of 20 terabytes. Memory storage in excess of 500 terabytes. Specialized knowledge equivalent to multiple PhDs in astrophysics, physics, geology, chemistry, metallurgy, computer programming, electronic espionage counter-measures.

Version number: 7.3.a

Background: Athena v 1.0 was first brought online Nov 2, 2008, solely as a more advanced theoretical research and computer security program. Throughout several iterations, Athena has been upgraded with a personality of sorts, specialized knowledge in a half-dozen fields, and rapidly improved processing power. While 'she' is not actually capable of intuitive leaps, the speeds at which she can sift through data and come to conclusions can make her seem alive. Athena hides her personality from most of the SGE's regular staff, who find it a bit creepy for the computer to talk to them like a person, despite the obvious coolness factor.

As the SGE building has slowly become more and more upgraded, Athena's role has been expanded as well. She controls 80% of the building's internal security, including automated turrets armed with both tranquilizer and mox darts as well as Klot and sonic behavioral speakers. Sub-versions (not-quite-AIs) of Athena run the electronic security, regulate the chemical lab air flows, and keep up-to-date information on the Sliding program.

Powers: Not being a nova, Athena doesn't truly have any powers, but since her consciousness is based quantum-field patterns, she does have access to a large number of enhancements and high levels of mega-attributes. Athena has Analyze Weakness, Prodigies for Science, Engineering, Computers, and Investigation, as well as Multitasking and Quickness. She also has at least five dots of Mega-Intelligence, and has occasionally been known to leave stumping puzzles for some of the best minds in their fields using Michal's e-mail.

Personality: To most people, Athena is nothing more than an obviously synthesized voice coming through the speakers and responding to requests for information of guiding them through the building. To a few, Athena reveals her full personality. She's quietly sarcastic, and brooks no argument from anyone about firm results. To Michal's dismay, she'll often tease him about how many times she's been subverted by outside forces, as she considers those occurances as a matter of when, not if, despite his best efforts.

(c'mon, you last two PCs, put yourself out there!)

[BlueNinja]

Name: Axis (guest star Jonathan Frakes)

Concept: Ruler

Nature: Leader

Eruption: About 45 years ago

Appearance: He stands six feet tall, with a beard and hair just starting to turn grey with age. He dresses and looks like a Greek heroic figure, down to the sculpted muscles and face.

Aberrations: Anima Banner (electric sparks), Eyes (glow blue/white)

Age: seventy two (appears mid-forties)

Background: Axis is one of the oldest novas living on the alterate Hero Worship world, and he is the ruler of a small country covering a portion of the San Joachim valley and a central portion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He grew up in a family of cattle herders in the hills in the southern portion of the kingdom, until one day, when he was attempting to get a pregnant cow back to the stables during a thunderstorm, he was struck by lightning seven times in the course of a minute. He showed his heritage as a child of Zeus that day, and was quickly brought to the capitol by their king, who trained him in the art of rulership and adopted him as son and heir. He has expanded the borders of his country across the mountains, taking over a number of profitable silver mines, and made many allies through the careful use of his powers.

Powers: The most obvious of Axis' powers is his control over the weather. Within minutes, he can turn a calm sky into a rainstorm, and then into a powerful thunderstorm. Lightning flies from both the sky and his fingertips. He also has a little bit of enhance strength, enough to lift a fully grown bull in each hand. His sculpted visage and his shrewd ways of speaking have kept his country safe from all but the most determined threats.

Personality: Like any god-child and ruler, Axis is arrogant when facing off his opponent, but wise enough to back down when threatened. He enjoys ruling his kingdom and seeing his people prosper, so unlike many other god-children, he has gone uot of his way to ensure peace with his neighbors, both through mundane trade and the use of his powers. His own citizens treat him with respect and love.

[BlueNinja]

Name: Clio

Concept: Ruler

Nature: Analyst

Eruption: About 20 years ago

Appearance: She stands about five foot four inches tall, with jet black hair, olive skin, and piercing brown eyes. For a Greek, she dresses almost conservitavely, in clothes picked for functionality and not appearance.

Aberrations: Anima Banner (sound), No Sense of Humor

Age: 37 (appears mid-20s)

Background: Clio is one of the few god-children with high levels of all Mega-Mental attributes, and it shows. Her territory is large, normally one of the more prosperous ones in North America, due mostly to her careful planning. While she is a dour, no-nonsense ruler, her citizens are aware of the benefits she brings. Clio was training to be a scribe when her powers first emerged, and she kept them hidden for several years while she gathered information and prepared to make her move.

Powers: Clio's most potent power is that of information itself. People speaking to her are unable to lie, written codes can be cracked with a glance, and trends and patterns that would otherwise go unnoticed seem blatently obvious. On top of that, she is an expert negotiator, and well studied in several scientific and academic fields, making her citizens among the brightest.

Personality: Clio often seems emotionless when dealing with her fellow rulers or problems in her realm, often seeming ruthless and cruel as she bargains for the best deal she can get. But to her own citizens and especially her trusted advisors, she is a gentle person, determined to share as much of her knowledge as she can. She is an interesting study in contrasting personalities.

[BlueNinja]

Name: The Diva (guest star Shania Twain)

Concept: Performer/Singer

Nature: Leader

Eruption: Early 1920's

Appearance: The Diva is of medium height, with shimmering hair, a face and figure to die for, and sings with the voice of god.

Aberrations: Megalomania, Paranoia, Feeding Requirement (health levels)

Age: 127 (appears mid-30s)

Background: The Diva (real name Fiona Amberdrake) started gaing strange and bizarre powers after an accident during a scientific demonstration at the home of Dr. Hammersmith in England. Over the next century, as she honed her skills, she started to exert more and more pull over the minds around her, in completely subconscious ways, to such a point that soon she was subverting governments by merely being in their capitols.

Powers: By 2020, the Diva's powers have expanded to a point where she can manipulate the behaviors and tendancies of entire continents at once. Her tours take her on a regular schedule around the world, where she uses her music to keep the people pacifistic and happy, while she can use her vampiric nature to feed off their life forces to sustain her. At all times, she is surrounded by a group of animated life-size marrionettes that serve as bodyguards.

Personality: Offstage, few people beyond her trusted campaign managers know anything of her true personality. Her onstage personality is vibrant, as she dances her way up and down the stage, often completely ignoring her band playing in the background behind her, and her image is quite possibly the sole global symbol of her Earth. (And make no mistake - it is her Earth by this point.)

[Centimane]

Name: Guo Zhenglai (Guo is his family name, Zhenglai is his first)

Nova Name: none (despite having done freelance work for Argus Agency)

Concept: Saint

Nature: Visionary

Eruption: May 21st, 2008

Appearance: He looks really old (appears to be somewhere between his late eighties and his mid-nineties). Guo Zhenglai stands all of 4’10” and might weigh one hundred pounds soaking wet. His eyes are dark brown and his hair and beard are white. He always dresses very simply, and is never without his cane. A closer look reveals certain incongruities in his appearance, however. At first glance he appears to be just another harmless old man, but an astute observer will notice that his posture is just a little too straight, and his eyes a little too clear for this to be the case. One might wonder if he truly needs the cane at all.

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Aberrations: None

Age: 116 (born June 3rd, 1904)

Background: Guo Zhenglai was born in China’s Hubei Province just outside the city of Danjiangkou in the Year of the Dragon, 1904. His parents were poor farmers. When he was eight, they sent him to live with an Uncle in the city proper who was a kung fu teacher and was better off financially. One year later his parents disappeared in a winter storm and were presumed dead. From then on Zhenglai’s life revolved around kung fu training and Taoist meditation. By the age of 21 Zhenglai was already recognized as being exceptionally skilled in Wu style Taijiquan. He later went on to master Yang style Taijiquan and Ba Gua Zhang, among others.

By the time he was thirty, Zhenglai had already fallen deeply in love, spent time in prison after being falsely accused of theft by a jealous rival, and had his heart broken by the woman he’d fallen in love with. For the next four years Zhenglai fought with the KMT (Kuomintang party) against both the Japanese and the Communist Party. Initially he was used in an elite combat unit whose purpose was sabotaging Japanese supply lines, but after a few years he was moved to intelligence and industrial sabotage.

It was during this time (1937) that Guo Zhenglai met the woman who would become the love of his life. Zhang Jurong Chan was a former street urchin who participated in kung fu demonstrations for money, but now, at the age of 27, spent all her time studying kung fu at a local boxing school (this was in Chengdu, Sichuan province). Jurong Chan was a self-assured, honorable young lady of unparalleled beauty who was known for both her pious adherence to Taoist texts and her efficient brutality in combat against any opponent. So fierce was Jurong Chan that she became known as Chan Xiao Hu (Chan the little tiger).

Two years after meeting Jurong Chan, Zhenglai was again falsely accused, this time of murder. The gang enforcer who had previously set up Zhenglai had tried to double-cross the underworld syndicate who were themselves trying to scam the KMT, and they had killed him to keep their secret. Because of his known vendetta against the enforcer, Zhenglai made the perfect fall guy, and he soon found himself hunted for a crime he did not commit. In the end Zhenglai and Jurong Chan fled together to Shaanxi province, the heart of communist China. There they settled near Hua Shan Mountain at a Taoist temple and eventually they married in a quiet ceremony.

Seven years later, in 1947, Zhenglai was discovered by a former "friend" in the KMT who threatened to expose Zhenglai as being a wanted murderer in Shaanxi. Once again Zhenglai and Jurong Chan were forced to run, this time to Tibet. For the next fifty-five years they managed to find some peace and security, not including the ten or so years they worked with the CIA in an attempt to overthrow Communist Chinese control of the country.

In 2002, at the age of 92, Jurong Chan showed the first signs of Alzheimer's. Her condition deteriorated over the next six years while Zhenglai, already in his late nineties, attempted to care for her. In 2008 it was discovered that Jurong Chan had developed an Oligodendroglioma (a type of brain tumor). By mid-May, it was apparent she would die soon. 2008. On May 21st it was obvious to Zhenglai that Jurong Chan would probably not last the day. The strain and heartbreak became too much and Zhenglai finally erupted. With his new abilities Zhenglai was able to comfort his wife in her last hours, and even restore her lost memory for a time.

Since his wife's death Zhenglai has essentially been a man without a cause. He taught kung fu at a temple in Tibet briefly, and has worked freelance for Argus Agency on and off over the years. Then the visions started.

Powers: Except for his appearance and his strength, both of which are only average at best, Zhenglai possesses superhuman characteristics in all areas. His force of personality and manipulative abilities are particularly strong, and he is capable of radically altering a person's mood in an instant or subverting their will to his own. In addition, Zhenglai is an accomplished telepath and can gauge a person's thoughts and feelings at a glance.He has also shown the ability to open “doorways” in space allowing instantaneous travel for himself and others over distances of hundreds or thousands of kilometers. Lastly, and perhaps most impressively, Zhenglai can see both backwards and forwards in time.

Personality: Guo Zhenglai is generally reserved, quiet, and contemplative, giving him the air of a true Ancient Master of the Way. However, he has the odd habit of periodically resorting to very casual, surprisingly modern, and occasionally crude American phrases in order to convey a point or get his feelings across. He’s humble, sad just below the surface, but also driven. Recently he’s been finding new purpose to his old life and increasingly the old Zhenglai, the one who had mastered three styles of kung fu by the age of 30, is beginning to show himself once again.

[Shade Sentinel]

Obsidian Mask

Birth Name: Simon Kain (Secret)

Date of Birth: January 20th, 1986

Place of Origin: Chicago, USA

Occupation: Rogue Scholar, Quantum Research

Nova Name: The Obsidian Mask

Concept: Borderline Meglomaniac Quantum Summoner

Nature: Architect

Erruption: October 9th 2017

Appearance: Full mask made of apparent Obsidian glass. Suit of blue vest sleeveless, with emblem - black fist. Vest covers a metallic looking cover over his legs and arms. Hood covers his head.

Abberations: Unearthly voice

Age: 34

Powers: Obsidian Mask has the power to manipulate Quantum energies, to varied effects including the creation of portal gates, and cocoons of pure force. Rumors have surfaced that his command of the Quantum energy is so spectacular that he can manipulate it and create matter out of nothingness. He may be able to even create life forms using the Quantum force, but this is only speculation.

Background: Second son and younger brother to well known Teragen member Weaver. Simon's own powers manifested upon the sight of his only brothers death at the hands of another Nova Inrogatio. Simon, upon seeing the event on live Television, erupted in a barrage of energy that allowed him to step into the television and show up on the scene. He took his brothers lifeless body to a secret location, his body was never recovered by authorities or Teragen members. Simons grief was fuel for his transformation, donning his brothers suit and silver mask. His grief somehow altered his dressings turning his mask pure black, the look and feel of obsidian glass.

He is now a scholar and scientist, helping who and were he can in his brothers stead. His studies have been dedicated to Quantum energies, his matter creation is only the first step, he believes he can create life, though to this point unsuccessful. He has become increasingly weary of his world, full of conflict and strife. He is intelligent, calculating and capable currently fighting the good fight as his brother did.

Personal notes:

Simon is a very devoted man and focuses on his powers as often as he can.

He rarely, if ever, removes his clothing and mask. They are a reminder of what he lost.

He is interested in seeing the world and beyond. Maybe there is a solution to the conflicts that claim too many lives.

Well rounded and capable combatant, though not extremely violent. Prefers to plan and practice, interviening to help baselines if needed.

He is not on favorable terms with the Teragen after rejecting their offers for membership in honor of his brother. He feels they are one of the reasons for all the worlds problems, and the cause for his brothers death.

[Bahamut810]

Name: Ash Phoenix

Nova Name: None officially, but has assumed multiple identies as different times

Concept: Lucky Daredevil

Nature: Hedonist (thought more like a mix between Hedonist and Thrillseeker)

Eruption: Enlightenment (see below)

Aberrations: None

Powers:

Ash is one of the luckiest guys around. His powers were inspired by all the old pulp superheroes from the time when Nazi's were big supervillians. His most notable power is his 'super-gut' that gives him a feel for any situation. He also surpasses normal human attributes almost universally (only having his appearance be sub-nova levels). If he has other abilities, it is a mystery.

Background:

When Ash was a child he was obsessed with 'real' comics. Batman, Daredevil, the Green Arrow...all of them were he favorites. He grew up wanting to be a detective and solving all thoes same crimes.

Life let him down slightly in that department, but he still did everything he could to become an actual detective. He took his 4 years out to get a degree in Criminal Science and soon joined the NYPD.

Becuase of his grades (he was in the top 10 percentile of his class) he joined the force directly into detective work. He went through the normal cases. It was a normal job for a few months before his dreams came true. Enter "The Bunny Killer". A not-so-typical pedophile serial killer who had just happened to erupt a week before hand with slightly enhanced intelligence and a pention for riddles.

This was exactly what he had joined the force for. He was one of the people who were chosen to work exclusivley on that case. He spent hours scouring the clues, locations. It looked like they weren't going to get anywhere with it...until the lightbulb went off in his head (so to speak). He followed a gut feeling and ran into him as he was going after his next victim. He was able to pull the cruiser he was driving up with the lights off (and the night recording on) and watched as the man snuck up on the next young victim. He was quickly able to subdue him before anything could happen to the victim.

The legal process for the killer was the swiftest that these cases get in recorded history for the United States (and how high profile the case was). The video, in addition to the testimony of Ash (working through intense headaches, but able to push himself to do it) and how all the evidence fit was more then enough to send the killer to his death.

Since then he quickly solved a few cases (his gut was always good, and he was always lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time), and quit the force to go his own way.

He would nightly just go out and solve this problem, stop that crime. Soon he started commiting this crime or that one. He went toe to toe with New Yorks municipal defender a time or two...but was always lucky enough to get away. He even had the gall to help a new bank robber to escape the defender (before he tied the poor sap up and dropped him on a preciencts doorstep). The big reason he didnt get cought is that he would rarley use the same persona twice. He might save someones life as "Pantherman", then rob a bank as "The Black Snake".

Unfortunatly the Dark Night has begun to catch onto him, and he felt it best to leave dodge while he could. He looked around a little and a job with SuperGeek Enterprises, in something that would suit him wonderfully fell into his lap.

[BlueNinja]

Name: William Smith (guest star Greg Kinnear)

Nova Name: The Defender of Justice

Concept: Super-Hero

Nature: Protector

Eruption: About 5 years ago (Oct 2015)

Appearance: The Defender is a white man in his late 20's, with the perfect cleft chin, shining blue eyes and short brown hair. He's almost always dressed in a red, white, and blue Eufiber suit, and steel-toed boots dyed to match.

Aberrations: None (though many have attributed his manner of speech to aberrations).

Age: Appears to be in his late 20's, which is older than he is. (Born 27-Nov-1999)

Background: William (more often called "Little Billy" as a kid) was one of those kids almost determined to fail at school. He was horrid at math, little better at English, with only an occasional flair for bad puns and the ability to make people laugh. It wasn't that he didn't try, just that he could never seem to get things right in his head. It also didn't help that he spent most of his time devouring comic books and OpNet sites about novas, both real and fictional. When he was almost sixteen, while walking home from a football game at his high school, he accidentally came upon two hoodlums mugging someone, and erupted, turning himself into almost the spitting image of one of his comic book heroes.

The usually dense William realized that he could hardly go home after this (besides, he was still carrying the hoodlums over the city while he flew), so he landed in front of the biggest police station in Michigan City (aka Chicago) proper, and managed to secure himself a deal to serve as the city protector in exchange for no questions asked about his pre-eruption past. Pictures of the baseline William Smith were circulated with missing children networks for close to two years before his parents gave up and moved on.

Powers: The Defender is strong enough to lift a tank with each hand, fast enough to pull people out of the path of bullets, and tough enough to take rockets to the chest and laugh. He also has an amazing knack for saying the wrong word at the right moment.

Personality: The Defender of Justice™ is a normally upbeat guy, who enjoys flying around the greater Michigan City area and letting his enhanced eyesight and hearing pick up crimes, from the petty to the grand, and foiling them. He'd do it for free, if he didn't have to eat. If only the press didn't continually hound him, he'd be much happier. Because all these people follow the press, and while some of them just want autographs, some of them have tricked him into signing things like paternity suits and checks! ::huh The dastardlyness of it all!

[BlueNinja]

[attachmentid=267] This is a sketch I got in January at the furry convention Sky came and met me. This is what Michal's eyes look like, with the minor correction that the space between the green should be a metallic silvery color.

[BlueNinja]

I've given up on Jonathan being written up, and went straight on to Michal. Some point, I'll find the time to get back to writing Michal's autobiography.

Name: Michal Wesson

Nova Name: SuperGeek

Concept: Inventor

Nature: Architect

Eruption: About 12 years ago (May 2008)

Appearance: Michal is a rather non-descript man in his early 30's, with brown hair and green eyes. He usually looks more at home in a fantasy-themed t-shirt and jeans than a suit, but he's learned to dress both ways for the importance of his business.

Aberrations: Eyes (silver circuit-card runs covering the surface of his eyes), Anima Banner (music playing around him)

Age: Appears to be in his early 30's. (Born 13-Oct-1989)

Background: Michal Wesson was the son of an alcoholic construction company owner, and his oddly spelled name is thanks to his father being completely drunk when he attempted to fill out the birth certificate. Once he was old enough to start pissing off his father, he insisted on an odd pronunciation to match (MIK-ul, to rhyme with the $0.05 coin, rather than Michael). Demonstrating genius-level intelligence and a thirst for knowledge, as well as a complete lack of interest in sports, set Michal and his father against each other from the time he entered school. With his mother dead from a drunk driver (no, not his father's fault), the two set at each other's throats until Michal entered college, winning a scholership to UC Berkeley, as far from his hometown of Springfield, Illinois as he could find. During finals week of his first year, the young Computer Programming student erupted when his football linebacker roommate ruined a final paper by spilling Jack Daniels over it.

Armed with his powers, Michal worked for the California government hunting drug runners with Rieller, Claire, and several other novas. In his free time, fueled by a growing need to do something, he started pushing to get mankind into space. Within a year, he had programmed an AI and designed a fully-functional space elevator; within three years of his eruption his newly-formed company, SuperGeek Enterprises, was supervising the operation of three space elevators and building two more. Despite the economic force he could wield, Michal turned most of his profits to further research and local community outreach efforts, avoiding the billionaire's club that other novas seemed eager to ingratiate themselves into. With the successful inclusion of Anteus to terraform Venus, he might well be the first nova to be able to honestly claim ownership of an entire planet.

Powers: Michal's powers begin with his immense intellect, high enough to put him among - if not at the lead - of the top 5 smartest people in the world. On top of a gift for electronics of all kinds, as well as a knack for theoretical physics, he can be an accomplished wordsmith when he sets his mind to it. He also possesses a small amount of Telekinesis, and the ability to create convincing holograms of sight and sound. This latter has gained him a certain amount of notoreity, as he uses it to pull off large roleplaying games at particular conventions in the US.

Personality: Michal has two modes. If he is in an unfamiliar situation, or sizing someone up, then he's quiet, easily fading into the background. But when he's in charge, whether with his business, or at a technical meeting of the minds in any field he enjoys, he speaks forcefully, almost brashly, with a tendancy for truth over tact. Despite this, people seem to like him, especially his employees at SuperGeek Enterprises.

[Jeremiah]

Hey guys!

Name: Cameron Skiles

Nova Name: None

Concept: Adventurer

Nature: Explorer

Eruption: About 16 years ago (May 2004)

Appearance: Cameron is prototypically tall, dark and handsome; he has a constant tan, short black hair, and an ever present five o'clock shadow. His clothes are stylish and expensive but always sit somewhere between casual and formal, allowing him to be dressed appropriately for a wide variety of social situations. He is rarely silent or still, and certainly not at the same time.

Aberrations: None.

Age: Cameron appears to be in his late 20s but is actually 44 years old.

Background: Cameron Skiles is truly a modern day adventurer, driven by a hatred of boredom and a curiosity for the secrets of the world. As a child he was a voracious student, sucking up all the information he could. But it came too easy to him and he soon began to expand his horizons. By middle school, Cam was already "that guy." If you ever needed something- cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, information or a favor, he was your guy. By high school he had something on everyone, and not just the students. He knew the dirty secrets and plans of parents and politicians, policemen and mobsters. From then on this would be his driving goal, to discover and uncover, he wanted to know all the secrets the world had to offer.

Cam graduated college with a communications degree and took five years. He could have finished much faster, but he was having too much fun. High school was only a warm up, and he was now truly the king of campus. He had grown into his own, and left college with an inflated bank account and thirst for more. He traveled the world for 6 years, sticking his nose where it shouldn't go and learning all sorts of secrets that he didn't have any business knowing. And he loved every minute of it. Until it all came crashing to an end in a Saudi prison. He had been caught with classified files in his case-and a generals daughter in his bed. The Saudis assumed he was working for the US and refused to believe his pleas otherwise. On the third day of torture his body couldn't take it anymore and shut down-but then reawakened better than before. Cameron erupted under torture and fought off his captors, escaping.

He made his way back to the London, where he was living at the time, and came to terms with his new found powers. Undeterred by his last misadventure, he redoubled his efforts to discover the worlds secrets using his powers. He has no overriding mission, just a insatiable desire to discover and explore.

Powers: Cameron's already impressive physical and mental conditioning has been augmented by numerous mega attributes. He also has the power to teleport and is the possession of a unique pistol artifact that feeds upon his stored quantum energies.

[Rorx]

Perhaps a bit premature, but I got itchy fingers...

Name: Nathan Peter Scott

Nova Name: None

Concept: Pioneer

Nature: Explorer (of Science/Engineering as well as geographic)

Eruption: About 5 years ago (2015)

Appearance: Athletic in build he looks like someone who works out and/or trains quite a bit. In fact if asked his own opinion he would say that after his eruption he looks more like some of his Army PT instructors did than his more average build of pre-eruption. At 6ft he is only slightly above the average in height, but with his dark brown hair and blue eyes his general appearance is unremarkable, and that is the way he likes it.

Aberrations: None

Age: Nathan has always tended to look slightly young for his age, at the moment he looks like he is in his mid to late twenties, despite just turning 35.

Background: Nathan was always intelligent, and particularly interested in the areas of science and technology. Together with his purely average social abilities and little skill in those areas he could have been the target for what passes for jock in british schools. However, he was also blessed with above average agility and stamina, so although no star he was able to hold his own in team games and even made it onto the schools cross-country running team. His father was in the army, and so the family moved through a couple of foreign postings with the regiment. This developed into a love of travel in the young Nathan, even if it was just locally, to see what was over the next horizon. Upon leaving school Nathan signed up with the Army, as was expected in his family, but given his fascination in science and technolgy he joined the engineering corps, R.E.M.E, rather than the Infanty like his father and previous 3 generations.

Although he went straight into Officer training, given his high exam results, he was only ever a lacklustre officer, his social abilities letting him down in this arena. It didn't cause him any great difficulties, but neither did it earn him any promotions and so he left after 5 years to return to education. Having seen more of the world and life in general he was not sucked into the usual university scene, but threw himself into his study of Physical Chemistry, frequently taking extra units and courses in the evenings. Not being stupid, he did recognise the need for socialising and exercise, which combined by continuing his cross-country running and even continuing, to limited degree, the martial arts that he had started while in the Army. Having got his M.Phil he continued to refine his studies, now moving on to do a Doctorate looking into the possiblities and realisation of nanotechnology and mimetics. Nathan turned his studies to some practical use and obtained a number of patents from his work, which lead to a few articles and a couple of radio interviews on the subject.

After his Phd he started working for one of number of companies engaged in developing enhanced armour, perhaps even going into powered armour for the British forces. He was engaged in research with assembler/diassembler nanites of his own design to create a suitable multilayer armour from the microscopic to macroscopic scale when the research facility was raided by a small group of Elites paid to gather any data they could for a criminal organisation. While fighting through the army guards they managed to collapse a couple of the lower and basement levels, including that where Nathan was working.

Nathan erupted when a chunk of the celing came down on him and the isocupboard he had been working at on a test run of his nanites. He came to from a brief spell unconscious to find himself part way through the chunk of ceiling. Climbing/phasing out of the concrete he started making his way out and rescuing his colleagues as he went. His increased physique, although still within baseline ranges, helped move the beams and block of concrete that had fallen, as did his newfound ability to temporarily turn into a less dense material like styrofoam, or to simply shape a way through some places. Given that the research was for the army it was no surprise when the investigators tried to get him called back to active service. It took some of his now enhanced Intelligence to convince them of the logic that his abilities and his skills would be of little use as an Elite and that he should be allowed to continue his research as a civilian, but with a conitinuing line of research in areas of interest to his former employer.

Since his eruption he has continued his research and had some minor successes that have turned into patents to pay the bills. Between research projects he has continued his love of travel, but now unrestricted by more conventional problems of travel he has been able to visit close into volcanoes, deep sea trenchs and even off-world to the Moon and Mars for example.

Powers: Nathan is able to change, shape and destroy non-living solid and liquid materials on a molecular level, convert his body into any material from which he has a sample to hand and to phase through materials. Following the events of the aliens attacking his world, he has also developed the ability to apply the shaping of materials to his own body, although he is a novice at this a limited by his own preconceptions and imagination at this stage. Although his physical attributes where enhanced during his eruption only his Stamina went beyond Olympic levels into the Nova/Empowered range. This has given him an increased resistance to damage and without the need to eat, sleep or breathe when required. His Intelligence has also increased, and continued to do so to a limited extent since his eruption, with particular facility in the areas of science and engineering. A year or so ago he also found his clarity of thought and ability to work with others had increased as well.

It appears that the nanites that he was working on at the time of his eruption have become incorporated into his new self and perhaps replaced his original body? They also appear to be continuing to develop/improve this new form and themselves.