Capes

First six character outlines of members of the Guard, the superhero group I'm writing a series of stories about. They are the ones I have the most detail on so far.  To see the first story, Press Conference, go here.  As usual, questions and comments are welcomed.

( Character bios )

Name: Brett Davidson

Alias: Rebound

Age: 19

Gender/Species: Male Human

Physical Description: White.  6’4”, lanky, dark brown hair, blue eyes. Quiet.

Powers: Phenomenally good reflexes, can dodge, defend, or take action against any attack he sees coming. Speedster (to a point)—it is not coupled with super endurance.

Other Talents/Skills: Working on a Physics undergrad, computer-gaming, sketching.

Connections: Member of the Guard.

Name: Void (V)

Alias: Void

Age: Unknown

Gender/Species: Agender Construct

Physical Description: 7’ tall, electric (literally) green eyes, dark grey rock jointed with electricity.

Powers: Can release electrical blasts, powerful blows, resistant to harm up to a point (being made of living rock).

Other Talents/Skills: Gardening (fond of Zen gardens), learning herb-medicine.

Connections: Early member of the Guard, under the care of Judicator. Alien origin.

Name: Keri Rastiana

Alias: Thirteen-thirty-seven

Age: 16

Gender/Species: Female Human

Physical Description: Afro-Latina (biracial). 5’4”, black hair, brown eyes, med. brown skin. Intense, often hyperactive (consumes large amounts of caffeine regularly).

Powers: Technowizard—can project (up to three) hardlight holograms of video-game characters and either control their actions or allow them to work from simple commands (e.g. “Fight that.”)

Other Talents/Skills: Computer programming, hacking, computer-gaming, “inventing things” (generally labor-saving devices that are too complicated to be useful).

Connections: Provisional member of the Guard (still attends high school, though she skipped a grade level and is in her senior year). Wiccan.

Name: Max Carson Jennings

Alias: Gilead

Age: 47

Gender/Species: Male Human

Physical Description: African-American. 6’1”, short, greying dark brown hair, brown eyes, dark brown skin. Tends to be very calm, but has a hot temper when roused.

Powers: Can heal simple wounds by laying-on of hands, induce stasis-coma in the seriously injured that will stabilize them for several hours.

Other Talents/Skills: PhD in Cultural Studies, still submits journal articles semi-regularly, camping.

Connections: Member of the Guard. Jewish.

Name: Maria Shettely

Alias: Wyrd

Age: 30

Gender/Species: Female Human

Physical Description: Filipina-American. Short black hair, brown eyes, 4’11”, silver tracery (like a tattoo) on her upper right arm.

Powers: Psi communication (a “shout” can disrupt someone’s thoughts entirely for a few seconds).

Other Talents/Skills: Psychiatric training, dedicated to rehabilitating the superpowered criminals they fight whenever possible, costume designing.

Connections: Member of the Guard.

Name: 2RENG (Realistic Emotion and Neural Growth Construct, Mk. 2)

Alias: Turing

Age: 11

Gender/Species: Male/agender Robot

Physical Description: 6’5”, white eyes, constructed of long, thin, flexible metal struts with a heavily-armored central core processor in his “stomach”.

Powers: Faster, stronger, and tougher than humans.

Other Talents/Skills: High level of skill in martial arts, dedicated to (literal) self-improvement, always upgrading components (thus increasing his abilities), philately.

Connections: Member of the Guard.