Beatrice Maillardet

Beatrice Maillardet was a purple-band Alpha with precognitive powers who lived during the early-to-mid twentieth century. Her father, Dr. Vincent Maillardet, was a scientist, and the discovery of her abilities sparked in him a lifelong devotion to the study of people with extraordinary abilities, who he dubbed posthumans.Origins, Issue #2, pp. 78-79
In seeking support for his research, Maillardet encountered many critics and skeptics who demanded proof of Beatrice's abilities. To counter this, Maillardet began including Beatrice in his lectures, and as word spread she was called upon to give increasingly frequent and complex displays of her power. This, in turn, placed a strain on her health, which began to deteriorate. But Beatrice believed in her father's dream and so she persisted, knowing that the more people she could convince, the better chance Maillardet had of getting the funding he needed.
Shortly before her thirteenth birthday, Beatrice had a seizure in the middle of a demonstration. The prolonged use of her abilities had irreparably, and ultimately fatally, damaged the structure of her brain. Maillardet's guilt at his daughter's death caused him to throw himself into his work, ultimately establishing the Maillardet's Foundation for the Future of Humanity as a place of research and refuge far away from prying eyes.
==Powers and abilities==
By modern classifications, Beatrice would be regarded as a purple-band Alpha. The reach and accuracy of her precognitive powers remain among the strongest ever recorded.
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Purple-bands
Category:Alphas