Majestique

Majestique is a Nigerian science-origin superhero. She is currently based in New York.

Majestique won first prize in the strength competition at the 2023 Kings of New York: Superhuman Summit.

## Biography

Sade Okoro lived a relatively modest life as a student in Abuja, Nigeria. Coming from a humble background, she put herself through school by modeling. This innocuous decision proved her undoing as she was one of a dozen students kidnapped from her campus by the mad Dr. Igwe. Igwe was a skilled but unhinged geneticist who was working from data discarded by the brilliant villain Teleios, whom he idolized and whose work he hoped to recreate. Having failed in his first attempts to create artificial superhumans, Igwe was now operating on a new theory that humans who were already superior to their fellows, such as those who possessed great intellect and natural beauty, would more easily take to genetic enhancement. His chosen subjects were abducted by a group of hired thugs and dragged to his hidden laboratory for experimentation.

Whether Dr. Igwe's theory held any merit, it is true that after months of trial and error he was able to induce metahuman powers in five of the test subjects, an astonishing success. But unfortunately for him, he was not able to properly replicate Teleios' program of mental manipulation to ensure his creations' loyalty. The test subjects, far from being grateful for his meddling, immediately turned on Dr. Igwe the moment he issued his first command. Although the mad doctor managed to escape, the captives easily overpowered his guards and destroyed the laboratory as they escaped, ruining much of Igwe's research.

Nigeria had never been blessed with an abundance of metahumans, and the newly minted supers were immediately offered a chance to become state-sanctioned crime fighters. Some took the offer, but Sade had realized that Igwe's operation could only have been carried out with the support of the Nigerian government. No longer feeling safe in her own country, she decided instead to flee to America where she could operate freely while continuing her studies. She was granted a temporary visa thanks to UNTIL, who vouched for Sade as they hope to put her burgeoning powers to use for law enforcement. She settled on the codename 'Majestique', and after learning to control her powers at an UNTIL training facility she has emerged to join the growing superhuman community of New York City.

## Personality

Majestique is very much a kid at heart. She is still in the early stage of her heroic career and is enjoying the uncomplicated life of a crime-fighter. That said, her life in Niger wasn't easy, and she is not as naïve as people take her for. She simply prefers to look on the bright side of things and keep her own life as simple and free of compromise as possible.

Majestique is a confident, passionate person who pursues her interests with uninhibited enthusiasm. She is a lover of art, fine wines, high fashion, and sophisticated company, all of which New York has in abundance. She also eagerly pursues any potential romance which strikes her fancy.

## Powers

Majestique's powers allow her to manipulate forces acting on objects in her surroundings, in particular inertia and potential energy. She can draw these forces out of nearby objects and then transfer them to other targets. There is almost nothing she can't lift or break with her powers, giving her capabilities that functions similarly to super strength for most applications. She can also use this power as a short range "telekinesis" of sorts, but both the strength and precision of her powers are much higher when she is physically touching her target.

Majestique can fly by carefully manipulating the forces operating on her own body. She can project force away from herself in invisible concussive blasts to fight foes at range; these blasts can be a broad explosive radius or focused down to a dot for maximum damage. Physical attacks, both melee and projectile, have almost no effect on her as she involuntarily diverts the force of their impact away from herself and into her surroundings. In fact she can reflect the damage of a hand-to-hand blow back into her attacker's body, causing them to to inflict terrible and unavoidable wounds upon themselves.

In addition to all of this, the experiments which gave Majestique her powers also imbued her with heightened toughness, regeneration, and the ability to sense vibrations in her environment.

Majestique has a great deal of natural charm and persuasive charisma, and is an expert manipulator, though she doesn't use these talents cynically.

## Weaknesses

Majestique's powers are tied intrinsically to her sense of touch. If she were to suffer any impediment to this sense group she would lose access to most of her abilities until her senses returned.

Although her defense against physical attacks is robust, she is relatively weak to most forms of energy as her natural defenses cannot redirect such attacks effectively.