Matthew Smith

## History

Matthew Smith is a classmate and friend of Adrian Zandar, and relatively new to the school, joining just the previous year in 2018. However he and the other classmates have made quite a bond, especially with his crush Clara Schmidt. Matthew is more or less a shy kid, and the only thing he's tried to do the entire time he's been at Haling Cove high, is to impress and get with Clara.

However, ever since Adrian disappeared and returned after 2 weeks, bombs began detonating across the entire planet, and one bomb hit the town of Haling Cove, New York. Being affected by it, Matthew would transform into a monster or sorts, and has trouble controlling it. For now, he's living at a friends house, Andrew Nowak, who secretly has a crush on him and is taking care of him while he struggles with his new powers.

## Powers/abilities

**Healing:** Matthew can restore biotic organisms to their optimal health, curing damaged or withered organisms, wounds, broken bones, low vitality, and diseases/poisoning.

**Fire Breath:** Matthew can generate and manipulate fire within them in a way that allows them to shape the exhaling of the effect.

**Enhanced Durability:** Physical durability, the ability to withstand damage, is extremely high, allowing them to take numerous blows of internal or external assaults before succumbing to the effects.

**Energy Absorption:** Matthew can absorb various forms of energy, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage.

**Energy Projection:** Matthew can emit/project energy in a variety of forms and shapes, such as waves, blasts, auras, etc.

**Thermal Resistance:** Matthew is able to survive a great range of hot/warm temperature without discomfort.

**Longevity:** Matthew possesses an extended lifespan, allowing them to live longer than a normal human; this can be the result of one's power set or their species.

**Enhanced Senses:** Matthew has extremely accurate senses, allowing them to see, hear, smell, taste and feel better than an average member of their species.

**Enhanced Speed:** Matthew can move several times faster than the peak member of their species, making it very difficult for one to be able to react to them.

**Enhanced Agility:** Matthew can go from one motion to another effortlessly, effectively dodge attacks, swing from things easily, sprint, do back-flips, leap across rooftops, and numerous other gymnastic, athletic and martial implements with little to no effort.

**Enhanced Strength:** Matthew can raise thousands of pounds to tens of thousands of pounds.

**Thermoreception:** Matthew is able to perceive the infrared spectrum, allowing them to perceive temperature variations in objects and environment.

## Weaknesses

**Healing:** Limited to healing oneself.

**Fire Breath:** Continuous flame may be limited by an individual's lung capacity or ability to continuously exhale/blow without stopping.

**Enhanced Durability:** Since the user isn't invulnerable, Matthew can only take so much damage before it finally takes effect.

**Energy Absorption:** Can't absorb self-generated energy.

**Energy Projection:** May not be able to perform any other projectile attack after running out of energy.

**Thermal Resistance:** Matthew is resistant only to the temperature, not other effects, so smoke, falling debris, slippery ground, etc. are problem.

**Longevity:** *Not* Semi-Immortality; while Matthew lives longer, he will eventually die.

**Enhanced Senses:** Drugs or other means can either negate or remove these senses unless they are reversible.

**Enhanced Speed:** Speed doesn't necessarily mean maneuverability, some users may have problems with inertia and tight corners.

**Enhanced Agility:** Can still experience exhaustion.

**Enhanced Strength:** Balance, gravity, and mass still affect the user.

**Thermoreception:** Too much heat can blind a user from sensing the target, if the target hides near or within a major heat source.