Lucas Mays

Warden, real name Lucas Mays, is a former vigilante and Afghanistan veteran who is now a lumberjack that goes under the name "Mark Grant". He retired after being presumed dead by the public after a fight with Liberty Prime.
Warden wore a suit of armor that heavily resembles a knight's armor. The armor is infused with the power of Ionite, a powerful form of energy found on the moon, Io. When the energy powers up, a bright blue W appears on his chest and increases the power of the armor.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
==== Childhood ====
Lucas Mays was born on April 3, 1990 in Clarkesville, Tennessee to Jonathan Mays and Katelyn Willard. His father was the CEO and founder of the company MayTech, at that time, a small company that mainly operated power lines and performed minor fixes to technology based products. His mother, however, was a veterinarian in their town. Lucas had a pretty normal life, well except for school. He would always defend people who were harassed by bullies. This happened for a few years until his sister, Iris, was born. Seeing her for the first time, Lucas wanted to set an example for her to follow, so he stopped fighting bullies to better himself for her. 
Throughout the rest of his school years, Lucas excelled at physical activities as well as mental. In nearly every gym class, Lucas was at the head of his class. It also helped he was a little bigger than the average student. By the time he got to middle school, he was 2 inches taller then even the tallest student that was already there. Using this to advantage, he signed up for his middle school football team. He helped lead his team to championship victory several times. But not without injuring a few opponents on the field. 
==== High school and early adult life ====
Once Lucas reached high school, it was a very different experience. His father had wanted to take him to a private school to have a better education, but Lucas refused and chose to stay in public school as he wanted to avoid becoming one of those kids that looks down others. Jonathan reluctantly listened to his son, but secretly didn't like his son's refusal.
When Lucas got to the school, he was a little nervous but excited at the same time for his next stage in life. Lucas was not the most popular guy in high school, but he definitely was famous. As soon as the football teams signups were going on, he happily signed up, thrilled to get the chance to get back into his old sport and luckily he hadn't lost a single step. He was one of the largest people on his team. On that team, he got to meet his best friend, Mark Grant. Mark and Lucas quickly became the best of friends. They did everything together. From practice to playing games. You name it, they did it. 
By the time Iris got into high school, Lucas had already graduated and had a small job in his hometown to pay for college tuition. Life went on pretty normal until one day. Iris had gathered her family in their living room to tell them something. She had fallen pregnant. Katelyn and Lucas were excited but a little scared when she told them. They were excited until Jonathan got angry at her. His company had started to get off the ground as they got a big building in their city nearby. He yelled at her at how stupid it was to get pregnant at such a time as this. 
The argument only got worse as Lucas defended his little sister for an accident she unknowingly paid the price for. Jonathan gave her a choice, either get rid of the baby or leave the house. She refused to get rid of the new life growing inside of her, so he kicked her out of the house. Lucas in a, mad rage, packed his things and left with her. But not before looking to his father one last time before leaving. That was the last time Lucas had ever seen his father.
=== Beginning of Warden ===
=== Joining the Army ===
Lucas and Iris bounced between apartment and hotel. Lucas's job wasn't able to pay all the bills even when he took on others shifts and volunteered overtime. Lucas finally had enough and decided to do something about their situation. He went to his nearest Army recruitment center much to the dismay of Iris. The questions went relatively normal until the recruiter asked him why he wanted to join the Army. He was honest with the recruiter in that he wanted to provide for his sister as he explained what had happened with his father and why they were out on their own. 
The recruiter did nothing but nod and approve his recruitment papers for Lucas to be sent to bootcamp. When the training began, most of the drill sergeants harped on him because of his indulgence to help the other recruits. When asked why he helped the recruits when the sergeants singled him out, he said he felt a responsibility to help the others even if it meant getting him in trouble. After that the derogatory, yet joking, nickname "Warden" was placed upon him. 
The training went relatively well until one day during live fire exercises when they had to carry a wounded soldier through a battlefield. Everything was going well until a recruit had accidentally loaded a live bullet into his mag the night before. As the recruit fired, a bullet tore through Lucas' thigh. He grimaced as he stumbled forward. The drill sergeant took the firearm out of the man's arms, berating him for such a stupid accident. They continued until another recruit yelled out that Lucas had kept going. The drill sergeants turned around and Lucas was indeed still going. A heavy silence fell on the training course as everyone watched the tall man carry the dummy to the finish line. As soon as he crossed the finish line, cheers came from his fellow recruits as they congratulated the man. The drill sergeants noticed his resilience and perseverance to get the training done, they convened in the officers quarters.
The next morning, Lucas was summoned to the head drill sergeants office. Obeying order, Lucas went to the officers desk and to see his surprise he saw a representative of The Rangers there standing next to the drill sergeant. He saluted the sergeant and the representative before being put at ease, sitting in a chair. The drill sergeant went on to explain that he and the officers talked and had an offer for Lucas. He was made the opportunity to join Ranger School. Lucas was shocked at this information. He took a moment to think on this before accepting the offer. The representative told him to pack his bags as a car was already waiting to take him to Ranger School. And so, Lucas was off on his way to become an Army Ranger. 
==== Becoming a Ranger ====
As soon as Lucas got to the school, to his surprise his old friend Mark had been training to be a Ranger. For the training, Lucas had noticed a significant difference in the regimen, but he quickly rose to the challenge and rater enjoyed it in comparison to regular Army training. Throughout training, Mark and Lucas were inseparable together. But, there was something different about their tactics. While Lucas took things slow and made sure their fellow recruits were keeping up with them, Mark always found his way forward rather than staying with his squad. Lucas and Mark had argued a few times about this, but they were quick to make it up to each other and apologize.
At the different tests, they both excelled in their own aspects. Lucas had almost perfect accuracy while Mark had excelled at bomb defusal. In most exercises, Lucas and Mark were at the top of their squad. Months later, they had graduated Ranger School and assigned to Bravo Squad with other recruits. Lucas was proud to have been able to have gone this far. They were soon assigned to a guard post in Afghanistan for that post to have extra security. Lucas had liked the silence of his post, it allowed him to read books and calm down, but mark on the other hand was impatient and wanted some action. 
Mark constantly butted heads with the base commander over the different jobs they were given at the base. Multiple times, Lucas had to settle Mark down and reassure him that the time was coming. A few weeks later, a patrol that was sent from the base hadn't come back and Lucas' squad was assigned to investigate what happened. Mark was thrilled at the opportunity to finally do something of substance while Lucas reminded him to stay on track for the mission. 
So, his squad geared up and loaded in the Humvee to head to the missing patrol. The desert roads were quiet with most of the team either quiet or doing something to occupy themselves while the radio played a song to have noise other than the sounds of gravel and rocks being driven over. It was all quiet for a couple hours until they found an abandoned Humvee on the side of an old road. Their Humvee rolled to stop as Lucas ordered a perimeter scan and a guard to make sure they weren't snuck up on. Lucas had two of his squadmates to investigate the vehicle. No sooner did they go up to the Humvee, an explosion went off on the Humvee, killing the two instantly. 
It quickly descended into chaos as everyone took cover as bullets soared past them. Lucas shouted for the to take cover as the squad ducked from the series of explosions that proceeded. The firefight lasted over an hour as they ran dry on ammo. Soon, they all lost their ammo as the opposing force surrounding them forcing them to surrender. The force was wearing all desert colors with black accents on the sleeves. One thing Lucas noticed was that a red patch was on their shoulder which resembled a lion with goat horns and snake coming from behind. It was the symbol for the group known as Chimera which had been established in the Vietnam War, but seemingly vanished. Lucas and his squad were now in the hands of a very dangerous group and they weren't going to go easy on them. 
==== Experimentation and Escape ====
Months had passed as Lucas and his squad were tortured and experimented on for either information or pure scientific research. Chimera were testing a formula they had made to make a being powerful enough to rival even that of Liberty Prime. Throughout the procedures, countless soldiers died from the intense strain that was put on their bodies. Soon, Lucas and Mark were the only prisoners left in the cages for the experiment. When the guards came to gather one of them, Mark and Lucas had planned an ambush by acting as if they had escape, but in reality they were off to the side, waiting for them to open the door.
Once the guards came in, Lucas and Mark both took them down, stripping them of their pistols. They quickly made their way through the base as the alarm had sounded about their escape attempt. They soon found themselves surrounded once again by guards. They spoke a language Mark didn't understand, but Lucas did through his studies. He identified that they were speaking Russian, but a different version of what he expected. Soldiers moved further into position and knocked them unconscious with their rifles.
By the time they had awoken, Lucas and Mark were in some sort of heavy cell that had better security. The door soon opened to reveal a scientist and four guards who had their aim trained on the two Rangers. The scientist then pointed to Mark where two of the guards grabbed him. Lucas became enraged and charged at them, but not before the remaining guards aimed their rifles at him. Lucas was forced to watch his best friend get dragged away. All Lucas could do was sit and listen to his friend scream in pain from the procedure until it went completely silent.
It was quiet for a good few minutes until the same scientist came back and picked Lucas for the experiment. The guards picked up the large man which wasn't easy as the man fought them the whole time until they restrained him and used an anesthetic on him, rendering him unconscious. When Lucas awoke, he was strapped to gurney with multiple machines around as scientists were performing various tasks. A couple minutes later, two scientists walked on either side of him and lowered a machine with multiple needles attached to it.
Lucas noticed liquid in them like nothing he has never seen before. The liquid was glowing bright blue with some particles inside. They slowly lowered the needles into his arms and let the fluid release into his veins, allowing it to bond with his blood. Lucas felt an intense pressure in his bones and muscles. His veins glowed bright blue as did his eyes. To focus on something else other then the pain, he instead kept his mind trained to think of his training to keep his mind in the act of focus. 
Once the fluid was all gone and was absorbed into his bloodstream, the pain stopped as the intensity of the glow came to a steady glow. Lucas was panting heavily from the physical and mental strain. The straps were loosened and Lucas was carried out of the gurney and into another room. Once Lucas had regained his breath, he saw in the next room was a chair with a device that went over his head. This was when Lucas decided to act. Lucas acted quick and stomped the guards the foot that was carrying him. The other guard reacted by pulling a pistol, but Lucas was quick to act, rather too quick. He grabbed the man's hands and headbutted the man, knocking him out. 
The two scientists in the room panicked and ran out of the room. Lucas soon followed as he ran through the various halls. A guard stood in a hallway starting to draw his rifle, but Lucas simply ran forward and shoulder checked the man sending him through a door. Lucas looked shocked at what he had done the man. Lucas quickly got over it as he continued to run through the halls, dodging and taking down guards.
He soon made it outside as the sun blinded him. He looked over and saw a truck parked in front of the base. He waded through gunfire as he ran toward the vehicle. He opened the driver door and searched the truck for the keys. To his surprise, the keys were left inside the center console. He grabbed them and turned the ignition. It started and he put pedal to the metal as he drove as fast as he could away from the base and the experiments that took place there. 
==== The Truth ====
A few hours down the road, the base was nowhere in sight of Lucas. Once he caught his breath, he searched the truck to see if he could find anything worthwhile. He found a flashlight, a small bag with a few protein bars, a jacket with a pair of pants with some boots. While he was searching the vehicle, he found a dossier on the backseat floor. Curious, Lucas reached over and took a closer look. His eyes scanned the file as he saw the same symbol that was on the soldier's clothing. Lucas opened the dossier and read further and fury grew within at what he read. 
In the folder, he found a picture of him and his squad one night when they celebrated his birthday. He moved the picture and found each of their individual info on each of his squadmates. The base commander had betrayed them to the group that had ambushed and experimented them. His veins glowed bright blue as he could feel the fury build up inside him. He stuffed the folder into his jacket as he began walking away from the truck and had one goal in mind. He needed to avenge his squad. 
For weeks, Lucas had wandered the desert, surviving off scraps and various items. He eventually wound up in a village. He tried his best to blend in, but it's kind of hard when you're a giant Caucasian man in a foreign country. He stayed in the village for a while hiding from enemy patrols. A couple nice families offered him refuse for a few nights and gave him food. Lucas was reluctant to join them, but he did. Once he did, he regained his sense of humanity. 
==== Protecting the People ====
One day when he was in a market, insurgents had rolled up in trucks. He watched closely as they began hassling and threatening the merchants and the families. Lucas had done his best to steer clear, but something inside told him to stay and protect these people. So, he did as he witnessed what they were doing. He didn't interfere until he saw a couple insurgents barge into a home with rifles loaded and the safeties off. Lucas decided to make his move. 
Once he got up close, he peeked through a window as two of these insurgents held the family at point while one of them pulled two little girls into a room. He felt an unbelievable amount of fury well up inside of him. He managed to sneak to the back door as he entered the building. He somehow had gone through the house, undetected as he made his way to the door where the little girls were. 
Lucas slowly opened the door to the room. The insurgent had both the girls huddled in the corner as he undid his belt. He couldn't watch anymore. He used his advanced strength to break through the wall, grabbing the man by the neck and dragging him back through. He delivered one punch as he knocked the man unconscious. He heard footsteps coming down the hallway. He put a finger to his lips, shushing the young girls as he hid in a dark corner. 
The two insurgents came rushing down the hallway as they saw the body of their comrade. Lucas snuck up behind them as he kicked one of them in the back of the knee, taking him down. The one next to him, swung his rifle only for the gun to be caught by Lucas as he took it out of the man's hands. He smashed it over his leg, snapping it clear in half. 
The insurgent stood in shock as he saw how easily Lucas broke his rifle. Lucas took this opportunity to grab the man, throwing him to the ground. With the two man stunned, he grabbed both of them by the neck as he ran toward the window. He used all his strength to shove them through the window, breaking it as they fell to the ground. This didn't go unnoticed as the insurgents and the merchants looked up at the house where they had been thrown. 
Insurgents quickly began firing on his position. To avoid the gunfire, he jumped down and hid behind a cart as merchants and the people ran in their homes and buildings for cover. The insurgents continued firing at his position as Lucas ducked the bullets heading his way. He began to look around his area for something to use. In the corner of his eye, he saw an abandoned car behind him. He ran toward the car as fast as he could. 
He could feel the bullets zipping past him, but thankfully through his newfound powers, he managed to dodge them. Once he got close enough, he jumped through to the other side and took cover. He heard their footsteps get closers as he heard them stop firing. He took this opportunity, ripping the driver side off its hinges. The insurgents quickly began firing, but it didn't help much as Lucas closed the distance using the door as a shield. 
Once he got close enough, he threw the door at two of the insurgents, knocking them out. He quickly rushed over to another armed man, taking his rifle and smashing it over his head, knocking him out. He heard a shotgun rack behind him, he acted quickly, ducking the shot fired at him and grabbing the man's arm, breaking it. The man fell to the floor screaming in pain before Lucas delivered a knee to his face, rendering him unconscious. 
He heard rustling feet behind him as he turned around. He saw more coming up behind them, except for some reason they didn't have any guns. Lucas was confused, but nonetheless turned to face them, cracking his neck. He saw one of them load up a swing toward his head, but he quickly dodged, redirecting the fist back toward his partner. With the man stumbling forward, Lucas stepped on the man's leg, snapping the bone causing it to protrude through the skin. 
Another insurgent aimed for his stomach, but Lucas caught his arm, twisting it as he threw the man to the ground. He shot his head up, just as a man kicked toward his face. He simply dodged, grabbing the man's leg and pushing him back. Once the man recovered, he unsheathed a combat knife from his boot, brandishing it. Lucas got into a more protective stance in preparation of what was about to happen. 
The man lunged forward with his blade, thrusting it toward Lucas. Lucas stepped to the side as the insurgent took a swipe, slicing his arm. The man got cocky as he took another jab at Lucas' stomach only for the Ranger to quickly step back. The man had enough and adjusted grip on the knife. The insurgent charged Lucas with knife raised. Lucas, in a quick moment of action, grabbed the knife by the blade. 
To say it a was a struggle would be taking it too lightly. The blade dug into Lucas' skin while he simply bent the blade, snapping it off the handle. This sent a moment of shock through the man with the knife. Lucas took this opportunity and headbutted the man, knocking him unconscious. The man's body fell to the floor, limp with the blade and handle falling next to them. 
A moment of quiet fell upon the village before the villagers were cheering at the man's acts. The people began to crowd around him, showering him with admirations and thankfulness with him saving them. That night, the village had a party in honor of the man that saved their lives. Lucas danced with the locals, ate with them, played games with them, a few of the girls even flirted with him. For the first time in months, Lucas had a smile on his face. 
==== Heading Home ====
It had been a good few weeks with Lucas staying the locals. He had gotten accustomed to the local hospitality, staying in everyone's homes at least once to make sure everyone was happy. One day, Lucas was enjoying lunch with the same family he saved those little girls with when he heard the rumble of engine. Fearing the worst, Lucas went outside and found not only was it the opposite, but it was an Army convoy.
Once they saw him, they stopped, pulling over as they took in the sight of the man. They were all in shock, thinking they'd never see someone from Bravo Squad again. Lucas felt an anger build up inside him as the thought of the base commander betraying his team resurfaced. Lucas asked them if he could hitch a ride back to the base. They quickly agreed as they started to help him load in his supplies. 
Lucas was all set to go and ready to hop in the Humvee when one of the little girls he saved went up to him with a doll in hand. She offered it to him so he can remember them. All Lucas did was smile and accept the doll as he embraced the girl in a hug. With one last final wave to the village, he was off on his way back to the base. 
Once he got back to the base, he was applauded and congratulated on his survival. It all felt nice until the base commander went up to him and feigned congratulatory actions. When things got settled down and everyone went about their duties, Lucas went up to the commanders office to have a talk. The base commander was surprised to see the Ranger come into his office. Lucas walked up to him, slamming the file down on the desk. The commander's face went pale as he knew that Lucas had found out.
The base commander, not knowing what to do, drew his pistol, but Lucas was too quick. He grabbed the pistol by the barrel, breaking it off as the piece fell to the floor. Lucas then grabbed the commander by the throat, dragging him to the window. Using his extra force, he broke the glass as he pushed the commander through, still holding him so he wouldn't fall.
Guards broke down the door as they saw what Lucas was doing and drew their rifles on him. Lucas demanded a confession which the base commander quickly admitted. He didn't like the fact that while his men were going on patrols, getting killed or worse, that Lucas' squad was sitting peacefully at the base, doing nothing. So, when Chimera came to him, offering money in exchange for test subjects.
The guards after hearing this turned their guns to the commander. Lucas' anger only grew as he threw the base commander inside against his desk. Lucas gave orders to take the commander to the brig until he can be shipped back stateside to be brought to court over his crimes. Once things got settled down, Lucas was taken to the infirmary and given a check up by the base medics. Lucas was laid on the gurney as they looked over his body. They found that his veins were glowing blue. Confused and panicked about this, they sent Lucas back to his quarters to sleep it off and the next morning, he was on the next plane ride home.
===== Back in America =====
After coming back to America, he was met with hugs and love from his little sister Iris and nephew Jason. He was happy to be home after having spent a long time in what could be described as "hell." He promised to Iris that he wouldn't go off wandering again, that he would stay and be there if she needed him. He would develop a fatherly relationship with Jason, taking him to the park daily, playing with him, and being more attentive than Jonathan ever was. 
One beautiful day, Lucas took Jason to the park. It was summer and Jason was off from school. He enjoyed being around Jason as it made him feel as if he had a son, a son that he could raise and someday help become a great man. While Jason was playing around and Lucas was on a bench, watching, Jason would begin to fall. An instinct kicked into him and he ran towards Jason and caught him with some sort of solid light construct. 
==== Becoming the Vigilante ====
After that, Lucas realized all the magnificent things he could do after being experimented on by Chimera. He would come to the conclusion that the tests gave him powers. After that, he would dress up in a home-made costume, protecting the streets, under the name "Warden." He would throw away the home-made costume later on, upgrading to knight armour and a hand-crafted sword. 
Not long after showing up in the New York scene, he would become popular, and would even get invited to The League multiple times, but declining them and continuing to go solo. He usually focused on major crime after throwing away the home-made suit, since more people would take him seriously if he did that, but he would also step into minor crime time-after-time. He would be named "Best Superhuman of 2020," given he helped enforce the six-feet rule during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
=== Events of Phase 1 ===
==== Formally meeting Heyday ====
January 11th, 2024, he would be patrolling through New York City, when he saw a fellow vigilante, Heyday, attacking a man who seemingly only spoke Italian. From what he'd heard about Heyday, he knew he was a ruthless and violent person that killed criminals. Judge, jury and executioner. When Heyday had his gun on the mans forehead, Warden would stop him and ask him what was going on and why he was attacking this man. Heyday appeared standoffish and indifferent to superheroes. Warden wasn't fond of Heyday's ways, and tried to stop him from killing the man, but it would be too late, as he watched Heyday execute the man by curb-stomping him. 
After that encounter, Warden didn't expect to see Heyday again, and hoped he wouldn't because he thought Heyday was a crazy man that had no patience when it came to fighting criminals, opting to just kill them. But as fate would have it, Heyday and Warden would meet again. This time, Heyday was chasing a car and Warden decided to jump in. Though, this time Heyday was less standoffish. After a brief explanation about the Giovanni Crime Family from Heyday, Warden wanted to help Heyday in taking them down. They first took over a car with three members of the crime family in it. Heyday and Warden would arrive at a warehouse owned by Kenneth T. Giovanni, the boss of the family. The two proved themself a good team, both showing off their talents while fighting the family. After having wiped out multiple members of the family, Heyday would receive an invitation to a meeting with Giovanni. Warden didn't think it would be a good idea for him to go, but Heyday still did. He followed Heyday to ensure his safety. 
==== Heyday's Arrest ====
Warden was present at the arrest of Heyday, now revealed as Matthew Hines. The arrest came to a shock to him, but he had counted on that it was a sham and that Giovanni wasn't going to be there. He felt it unfair when he heard Hines was being arrested for the murder of a man he hadn't even killed. 
His statement to the police:
"Whatever you boys in blue were told was false information. This man, despite his psychotic tendencies, is a man who is trying to do right by whatever is necessary. I do agree what he did to that officer was uncalled for, but neither was ripping his mask off and potentially harming him. He has been with me all night. We never once went near that man. If it makes y'all and the court happy, I will happily submit the audio and my GPS coordinates of where he and I have been the whole night. I've been at this job for years now and met some horrible people. He is not one of them."
==== Metropolitan Correctional Center Riot ====
Warden was a vigilante present at the scene of the riot at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, which, unbeknownst to him, was started by Heyday. After the initial bombing of the police by the prison, he would be cautious. A friend of his, Dixon J. Lombardo, would almost be hit. 
Moments after the bomb, a man with red hair would step outside, wearing riot gear and carrying heavy guns. He recognized this man as Heyday, who he figured had started the riot. Heyday would hit him in the shoulder to his shock. He considered Heyday a "partner" and not a "rival." He refused to attack Heyday at that moment. He watched Heyday be abducted by an unknown man.
==== Team Up with The League and Getting His New Suit ====
When calling Dixon J. Lombardo, Heyday would appear on the other side of the call, saying ominous things in short sentences. Lucas thought they were malicious and decided to call up vigilante friends of his at The League of American Superheroes. He would appear at the League's tower at the wrong time, as The Flame would be attacking Liberty Prime, fortunately Donald Long would stop The Flame.
Warden would call the vigilantes up to justice, they accepted, wanting to stop Heyday for good, as, in their eyes, he was a sick lunatic. When on the elevator with Donald Long, they would see on the news that Heyday was hanging criminals above Times Square and Central Park. Warden would be called by a scientist named Dawson Garrisson, who said he had a surprise for him.
For protection, he would bring Long along with him to make sure this wasn't a trap set by Heyday. It wasn't. Dawson explained that he made a powerful suit for Warden, which was powered by Ionite, the strongest energy ever recorded from the planet Io. The suit fit Warden greatly, having flight, a retractable blade and a springlocked fist. Dawson would get a notification that Heyday was moving towards Giovanni's mansion. Knowing Heyday's intentions, Warden immediately flew to the mansion.
==== Massacre at the Mansion of the Giovanni Crime Family ====
He would arrive too late, as most of the family was dead, but not too late, as Giovanni still had a few breaths in him. He arrived to the mansion, seeing a bloodlusted Heyday beating Giovanni with a crowbar. He convinced him to stop so they could talk. Heyday spoke his piece, inviting Warden to join him in a "conquest to achieve a world utopia". Heyday gave an anti-government speech, Warden resonated with parts but not all. He felt it was his job at that moment to save Heyday, who, in his eyes, was a man that was wronged all of his life and now takes his anger out on criminals.
After giving Heyday a rebuttal, he thought he saw a shine of light in him, that maybe he was convinced, but in truth. He wasn't. He was still going to kill criminals because that's what he felt was right, that's how he felt crime would be stopped. Dixon J. Lombardo would come inside, gun pointed at Heyday, drunk. The police officer said to Warden that he failed him, that Warden failed to respond when his mother was being "murdered". Heyday cleared the air, Hera Lombardo was not dead. 
Members of The League came pouring in, beating Heyday. This wasn't what Warden wanted. They were aggravating him. He watched Heyday stab them with a blade that took away their powers permanently. As Heyday was charging at Warden, cause in his eyes Warden had betrayed and ordered an ambush on him, Liberty Prime would jump in and attack Heyday. But Liberty Prime, the strongest man on Earth, would fall down at the mercy of Heyday. Warden was shocked at the amount of power. He was challenged to a fight by Heyday, being told to "Get out of the suit". He wasn't going to. He didn't want to hurt Heyday. Eventually he complied and left the suit, but he still wasn't going to attack Heyday. During the encounter, he would still try to convince Heyday what he was doing was wrong. As Heyday stopped to think, Warden would be sucked into his suit as The Flame exploded, causing a supernova. The supernova would burn a "W" into Warden's chest. After the supernova, Warden would collect Heyday's lost things to remember him.
== Appearance ==
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 250 lbs
Hair Colour: Dirty Blonde
Eye Colour: Hazel
Lucas Mays is a man with trimmed dirty blonde who is in excellent shape, standing at 6 feet 5 inches tall and having a muscular body that clearly shows. Ofttimes he has a beard, it having fully grown in Phase 2 as opposed to his stubble in Phase 1, currently he has a beard and goatee. He is described to have a "hulking physique." He has straight, white teeth as well. He has always been tall, standing taller than everyone he ever knew in his teen years. He has various scars, most noticeably the "W" in his chest. 
== Personality and Opinions ==
While growing up, Luca felt a rapid dislike for bullies and people who picked on others for minor inconveniences. He was somewhat of a knight in his ideals. Something he always got in trouble, but other then fighting bullies and sticking up for the little guy, he was a pretty good student, he always volunteered to help with projects and was always the leader of the groups he was assigned to. He was always nice to the people even when something bad happened to them. He carried this mentality into adulthood.
Lucas isn't much of a political man. He has no ideas for the politics only that they shouldn't have as much control over vigilante's and heroes as they currently do. One thing he does believe is that protecting innocents is only thing that vigilante's should care about. There shouldn't a how or why they should be saved, only that they need to be saved. That's one thing he carried from his Ranger days and his early days of protecting people from bullies. Through this mentality, he has developed a sort of Batman complex, he won't outright kill someone, only injury them to stop them thinking about doing their action later on. He's learned to accept this as his burden.
On his off days when he's not doing vigilante work, he tends to spend his time reading poetry and different books. It may seem to cheesy to others, but it puts something of a calming effect on the man. One of his favorite poems is When a Good Man Goes To War By Steven Moffat. It helps him keep a calm mind when it comes to criminals he hunts and tracks. He says those words in his mind every night to remind himself to keep his non violent demeanor, but lately it hasn't been helping since he killed John Harolds, AKA Hawk, and Henry Sturgis. His current mindset is broken since breaking the promise to his sister that he'd be better then the violent man he used to be.
== Abilities ==
=== Powers ===
* Light Refraction
* Enhanced Strength
* Enhanced Reflexes
=== Intellect ===
Throughout his career, he has shown he was intelligent, socially and on paper. He has a way with people, being able to read through them like a psychologist would. He also showed off an ability to be able to make solid tactics. This is a result of him serving in a war. 
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
* Jonathan Mays - Father †
* Katelyn Willard - Mother
* Iris Mays - Sister †
* Jason Mays - Nephew
* Angela Bowman - Significant Other
=== Allies ===
* Mark Beau - Best Friend
* Matthew Hines - Friend and Partner †
* Layla Mudenda - Friend and Partner
* Cliff Cavanaugh - Friend and Partner
* Robert Douglas - Friend and Partner
* Basil Marston - Friend and Partner
* Dawson Garrisson - Friend and Partner
* Dixon J. Lombardo - Best Friend
* Mark Grant - Best Friend †
* Evan Philipps - Friend and Partner †
=== Enemies ===
* Liberty Prime - Arch-nemesis
* Nation
* Kia Montoya
* John Harolds - Victim †
* Kenneth T. Giovanni - Arch-nemesis †
* Henry R. Sturgis - Victim †
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Category:Vigilantes
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Category:Phase 2