Thread: Heroes: Emergent  (Character Profiles)

BASIC CHARACTER TEMPLATE Character Name Elizabeth Gordon Age 36 Gender Female Orientation Straight Brief Description Elizabeth Gordon is the CEO of a consortium of companies that span the gamut from commercial real estate and construction to HR and Accounting services to cutting edge high tech firms as well as a slew of up and comers through her venture capitalbusiness incubator firms. Frankly, she's the epitome of the Self Made Woman, having pulled herself up from her bootstraps when the War brought tragedy to her family. She'd been working as a freelance accountant after her two daughters Gwendolyn 15 and Rachel 17 were enrolled in elementary school and as the Global War went from something in the shadows to bloody, open battles where President Petrelli sent in troops to defend the American way of life, Elizabeth's husband enlisted in order to defend the family he loved so dearly or so she told their girls. She was devastated to learn that he died in the line of duty a few months after shipping out. NOT only had she lost the love of her life but dying as he did in a plane crash with his remains were never recovered, the insurance company denied her claims on his life insurance leaving her destitute after using their paltry savings to cover the cost of his funeral. Had it not been for the generosity of friends and family she would have been homeless. Suddenly thrust in the role of sole provider for her girls, she made a move that most called crazy, Elizabeth turned her freelance business into something special by recruiting PTA and playground moms to work for her in their spare time as she focused on finding open minded clients looking for a high level of service at a fair price. Excelsior Extras was born and Elizabeth found she had a talent for not just exceeding her clients needs but in finding just the right person for every job. She grew with her clients, providing them all they needed no matter how bug or how small that need may be. Now she's well on her way to being a Billionaire and a darling of the Monied set. Elizabeth's true secret is that her power which, honestly, she didn't realize she was using at first, allows her to see the possible outcomes of her decisions and the reactions to them by those around her. This power also helps her glean the meanings behind facts and figures giving her keen insight into which clients needed to hide their embezzlements better, which ones had funds they could leverage for growth concealed behind inefficiencies. It was her fiscal wizardry rather then her special ability that brought her to the attention of the Company who saw her as a useful project manager and consultant for those things even they didn't want reaching the light of day. Elizabeth carefully studies the information her power brings her in a way that is outside of time itself and then takes the most advantageous action available to her. She found her return on investment improved once she took moral and ethical concerns out of the picture and allowed pure self interest to be her guide. She's neither cold nor evil nor cruel, just... Selective... Perhaps predatory ... but does one fault the lion for the gazelle she takes down or the eagle its salmon breakfast? The world is changing around her and it is her intention to be ideally positioned to take advantage of all that's coming to pass. Appearance Power Accelerated Probability power which she uses to keep ahead of her competition and be at the right place at the right time to achieve the most success possibility