Master Arcane

### Relatives

Joseph Spiegel (Adoptive Father)Mary Anne Spiegel (Adoptive Mother)Unknown Biological Parents (Deceased)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

**Alvin Spiegel** also known as **Master Arcane** or later just **Arcane** is a Supe and Protector of New Orleans, Louisiana paid for by Vought International.

## Biography

### Childhood

Alvin wasn't born in New Orleans but in Reno, Nevada, his parents a couple of meth heads living in a trailer park outside of Reno who took a deal from Vought to have their baby be injected with Compound V for money and as a potential future asset. Alvin wouldn't know his parents when his mother killed his father after he tried to open a ATM machine at a gas station and she hit him over the head with a crowbar after he got it opened which ended his life in the process. His mother would be arrested and charged with Murder and Grand Larceny and serve a Life Time Prison Sentence in San Quentin but would die in a Prison Riot 2 years later.

Alvin would be put up for adoption and would shortly be adopted by a Family that Vought did research on knowing they would care for him as he will become a future investment. Alvin's new parents Joseph and Mary Anne were a wealthy white couple living in the Garden District of New Orleans. Alvin would go to a private school where he would soon learn of his powers once he hit puberty at 13 when he accidentally created a sword out of thin air and cut his school bully's hand off. This was when Alvin's true purpose started to begin.

### College Years

Once Alvin had graduated from High School he would get a scholarship from the prestigious Godolkin University in 2007 where he would go to Lamplighter School of Crimefighting in becoming a Superhero. He became a popular student at Goldolkin due to his powerful Superhuman Power, making things appear out of thin air and his suave and cool demeanor towards the ladies. He was well known for being a ladies man so much so that he would often get into fights with some of their boyfriends and most of the time came out on top. Alvin was regularly part of the School's Top 10 Board, with his parents connections with Vought he became a notable target for building his brand.

Alvin originally wanted to stop crime and be a hero like what most people wanted, but when he realized that being a Hero is more than saving people from burning buildings and cats from trees he had to adapt for his benefit. He would start his popular Social Media Channels where he would come up with his future Sure Name: Master Arcane due to his then girlfriend who was obsess with witchcraft thought Arcane was badass name and Master had a nice ring to it. He would be known for posting Prank Videos on Youtube like summoning objects out of thin air to mess with people like summoning rope to trip incoming students or even trap them in a box. He would get into trouble with these videos when people got hurt and sometimes it was quite often. Alvin would do apology videos but would move on to other kind of videos like Movie Reviews and Pop Culture News.

Since Alvin's power relied too much on creating non biological objects he needed to learn how to fight, so he had taken extra extracurricular classes in Black Noir Self Defense Training learning Boxing, Kickboxing, Krav Maga, and Judo. And also learned Swordsmanship and Bo Staff Training from Black Noir himself

### Supe Career

Alvin would be drafted by the Southern Renegades, a small team of Supes based in Texas that deals with Mid-Large style of crimes in the American South in 2011. Alvin would be teamed up with other Supes like Airwave, Shadow Fox, Mastermind, Red Racer, and The Jackal. After joining the Team, Alvin would start to get endorsements from several brands like Master Arcane Magic Set, Master Arcane Toy Sword and Bo Staff, Master Arcane Action Figures. He would even have his own series on Vought+ called Unsolved Arcane where he performs "Magic" Tricks and shows them how to be done.

His career wouldn't take off until 2016 when he was out of his contract with the Southern Renegades when Vought International CEO, Madelyn Stillwell offered him a solo City Protector contract for his home city of New Orleans for 200 Million Dollars a year. He was excited to be going back home and working as a Solo Superhero. But he had to make some changes, he changed his hero name to just Arcane as the Media didn't like the Master part of it as it seemed a little too "offensive" to the African American culture despite Alvin being black but it didn't mattered. His suit was also updated with better quality and his gear was also updated to the new Vought gadgets they had been releasing at the time.

Alvin has been working in Louisiana has a new girlfriend named Penny, a dog named Poppy, and a comfortable life while also hiding his personal demons.

## Personality

Alvin was a kind, forgiving, cunning, and wise man. Despite when he was in college he was always said to be a Wise Old Wizard due to the advice he would give to his friends when they were in trouble. After becoming a Supe and joining the Southern Renegades, Alvin started seeing himself into a leadership position and became more respected. Once he was traded to New Orleans as a Solo Supe, he started to become more brutal and arrogant. His biggest quality however is his charisma, he was well known for being a sweet talker and could talk himself out of tough situations and could charm the pants off of any woman.

## Powers/Abilities

### Powers

* **Conjuration:** Alvin's main superpower is the ability to create non-biological objects out of thin air. Alvin uses this as his Supe Persona Arcane, making him look like a powerful wizard. Alvin can create weapons like guns, swords, axes, and even grenades, can create other objects like rope, a baseball, and even a fire hydrant. He has built up enough tolerance to use his power in making larger objects even using his power in making an exact replica of a car in a few minutes. Every time he uses this power he gets painful stabbing pains in his body the bigger the object the more pain he goes through so he tries to use his power in making smaller objects.
* **Superhuman Strength:** Being a Supe, Alvin is superiorly stronger than a normal man, he was strong enough to break a concrete wall with his fist, break out of chains wrapped around his wrists, and even accidentally punched through a bank robber's head
* **Superhuman Durability:** Alvin is strong enough to tank bullets and knife stabs, once served getting hit by a truck, and can survive being beaten up by other Supe's.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Alvin is fast enough to dodge gunfire and can keep up with former teammate Red Racer who was fast enough to stop a full speed Lamborghini thief less than 2 seconds, which is over 217mph.

### Abilities

* **Master Martial Artist:** Alvin took classes in college by taking extra Black Noir Self Defense Training Lessons learning Kickboxing, Boxing, Judo and Krav Mage which Alvin studied more as he got older becoming a skilled fighter.
* **Genius IQ:** Alvin has an IQ of 140 makes him technically a Genius, he is smart enough to plan out battle strategy in the heat of battle, come up with what object to summon in a split second and scored high in his College and High School Exams.
* **Athleticism:** Before wanting to become a Supe, Alvin wanted to be a professional football player and despite his dream fading he became a skilled athlete in College and played football with his friends in the training yard.
* **Master Marksman:** Alvin started using firearms as part of his weaponry when he was older, Vought thought he shouldn't be another Black Noir using Knives and his Fists so he started using Firearms and became a skilled marksman overtime.
* **Weapons Expert:** Alvin studied how to use Swords and Bo-Staffs by Black Noir personally and later on became an expert in firearms and keeps using them on a daily basis.

## Suit/Equipment

### Supe Suit

Alvin's original costume was all black he wore a black shirt, trench coat with a hood, pants and boots with silver detailing around the bottom of the coat and silver buttons on the front of his shirt. He also carried a 3 foot long metallic staff that had a "real" magical purple gem in the center. After College his suit would be updated and upgraded with his outfit being more colorful, his main color was a dark teals blue with splatters of red, orange and green with his trench coat and shirt replaced by an actual robe that covered his neck to his head along with a hood with a greenish blue gemstone in the center of the hood. He would wear a full metal face mask that resembled similar to the smiling man mask in Drama School. His staff was changed being a few inches higher but also had a sharp curve on the top to be used as a weapon similar to a long cane.

Once he moved back to New Orleans he suit was completely changed, he now wears a gold and black outfit with a black shirt and jacket with three gold stripes across the shoulders and chest, matching pants combat boots, a dark yellow hood, black Diamond Mask, white gloves and his staff is longer and thinner to less than six feet with a small orb on the top that can be used like a Bo Staff.

## Weaknesses/Faults

* **Can't Summon Biological Object:** Alvin can't create living objects like people or animals.
* **Womanizer:** Alvin's biggest fault is Women, his charm and his lust for sex makes him vulnerable and dangerous, he had made advances at his teammate Shadow Fox despite her disagreements and would pick up hookers every now and then. He would however be in the middle of a messy divorce with his ex wife Jean and lost custody to his son Sean after she caught him having a threesome in their house. Since losing his wife Alvin has become more aggressive towards women, he would humiliate hookers he paid for and beat them, and even sexually assaulted a Sidekick of his, Lady Silver and tried to force her to have sex with him only he stopped himself before he would make a huge mistake and she was transferred to another city.

## Trivia

* Master Arcane is inspired by DC’s Jon Constantine
* Arcane has had several appearances of Vought Media not only his “Magic Show”. But also had roles in Southern Renegades The Movie, Black Noir 2, and as a cameo in The Mesmerizer
* His Team Southern Renegades is inspired by a real comic book team called Southern Knights, a black and white indie comic released in the mid-80's Except the team is based in Texas and not in Atlanta, Georgia.
* The biggest inspiration of Alvin was not only John Constantine who borrows his personality and “magician” Persona but also My Hero Academia’s Momo Yaoyorozu who could also summon objects through her body like how Alvin can summon things from his hands.
* Alvin’s departure form the Southern Renegades wasn’t just because of a solo promotion but because he had several complaints against it’s leader David Reid aka QuickDraw for several racist remarks