Perms

First introduced in Volume 1: The Beginning, perms grant users unique and powerful abilities which are often tied to the individuals personality or interests (for example Joseph, a Soviet painter, is able to damage existing entities through his art) and are caused by genetic mutations from toxins within the air that are found in Moscow and other regions in the Soviet Union. Not every person who is exposed to these toxins seems to develop perms however and those who do often take time to manifest them. Perms were first displayed by Faded Escobar when he uses his powers to escape a mob of Anarchists. 
=== Characters With Perms ===
====== Faded ======
Faded's perms give him the ability to turn invisible and teleport anywhere within close proximity, however, he can only use this ability once per day. Faded uses this ability to escape enemies as shown Volume 1: The Beginning to evade an Anarchist gang and to surprise opponents as seen in Volume 3: The Voronezh Regime where he teleports during his duel with Wilhelm Pieck. 
====== Leon Gazi ======
First used against a Cuban guard in Volume 2: Why Cuba? Leon's perm of telepathy allows him to capture an individuals mind to freeze them in place although as a consequence he is also frozen until they are freed with other side effects including mild headaches. Leon also uses this ability to speak telepathically with others which is also displayed in the same issue where he communicates with the same Cuban guard in his mind.
====== Wilhelm Pieck ======
Wilhelm has the ability to cast a flaming cane which he uses in sword fighting combat. This cane can slice materials in half due to the potency of its flames and it represents Wilhelm's aggressive nature. 
====== Ilya Kuryakin ======
After breathing in a cigar, Ilya shows his ability to breathe out flames which causes a small fire in the Labyunka building. Using his powers seems to give Ilya discomfort as he immediately goes into a coughing fit after doing this. 
====== Joseph Konstantin ======
Joseph has the power to damage existing entities through his drawings but only when they are in acute detail. He first discovers this in Volume 4: Noreaga's Dungeon when doodling on a piece of paper.
=== Mentions and Displays ===
====== Volume 1: The Beginning ======
* First explained by Babush the border guard.
* Faded uses his perm to escape an Anarchist mob.
====== Volume 2: Why Cuba? ======
* Used by Leon to freeze a Cuban guard in place and talk to him mentally about the universe.
====== Volume 3: The Voronezh Regime ======
* Grill explains to Heydar the origin of perms and how they work during Faded's duel with Wilhelm.
*Wilhelm uses his perm to cast a flaming cane to fight Faded in the red square.
* Faded teleports behind Wilhelm to attempt to get the upper hand during their duel.
====== Volume 4: Noreaga's Dungeon ======
* Ilya Kuryakin uses his powers to breathe fire to demonstrate to Svoboda and Joseph perms.
*Joseph Konstantin first discovers his perms whilst drawing a spider.
====== Volume 5: Operation Fallen Eagle ======
* Faded teleports to rescue the Polish queen and escape.