Reich

Reich is a parahuman from New York and the current leader of Empire's Vanguard, a hateful group of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

## Abilities and Powers

Because of his long tenure as a supervillain within New York, much is known about Reich's abilities. Essentially, his power allows him to create metal from preexisting metal that he is in contact with out to a certain distance. He is able to shape and manipulate the controlling metal to a fairly fine degree, fine enough that he can have it turn corners or produce weapons from ambient metal. The range of his power is known to be fairly long, though he has no special ability to sense through metal or observe locations, usually meaning he has to be up (relatively) close in a fight. The metal he creates moves somewhat fast, though slow enough to be dodged, even by non-parahumans. He has been shown to produce metal more than a hundred and fifty away from himself.

The metal he duplicates maintains the same properties as the original metal, so softer metals like aluminum are comparably easier to bend when compared to steel or iron. Notably, his power gives him no special ability to 'float' the metal, meaning it still behaves with regards to physics and is affected by gravity and leverage. This stops him from making massive, horizontal bars of metal and attacking from around corners, causing him to relying on creating vertical pillars and spines. However, he has also shown the ability to generate supports and lattices of metal, usually making these limitations a none issue.

It should be noted that the metal he creates does not disappear, and he is able to use his power on the metal he creates. In the past, he has been shown to make massive amounts of metal from something as small as a car, his costume or even a fire hydrant (see 'The Coin Incident'). As such, he should never be assumed to not be capable of using his power. It should also be noted that he has no special ability to destroy the metal he creates, possibly causing him to trap himself or others in the metal. He is known to be able to create metal incredibly quickly, producing a semi-truck's worth of metal in a handful of seconds. He is not capable of producing metal from more than one surface at a time, but what constitutes a surface tends to be arbitrarily large. He has also shown the ability to sever metal affected by his power, though this likely requires more concentration and seems to have a range limitation.

In addition to his abilities, Reich has shown himself to a more than competent hand to hand fighter, though not much is known more than this. He rarely resorts to such tactics, but is capable of producing blades from his costume when he does.

#### The Coin Incident

Early in his career, prior to leading Empire's Vanguard, Reich was arrested by the NYPD and local heroes before being placed into a specially constructed plastic cell. According to the report, Reich managed to get his hands onto a single quarter which he used to escape from the cell. During the process he killed seven police officers, one of the heroes who arrested him and injured a number of others. It is unclear if 'the coin incident' is entirely factual, but his other feats certainly give credence to the legend. Regardless, such an arrest was not attempted again.

## Appearance

Reich's costume is made of a tarnished black metal, apparently scarred and dented from years of conflict. It is noticeably bulky, though does not appear to slow him down in any noticeable fashion. It has a number of Nazi and other hate symbols on it, including swastikas and Sig runes. The costume has dark cloth underneath, culminating in a scarf-cape over his neck and back. As one could suspect, Reich is capable of using his power on his armor.

## Personal

The leader of Empire's Vanguard, Reich is a white supremist and neo-Nazi, subscribing and supporting to ideas of white superiority and political institutions imposing and maintaining social, political, historical and intuitional domination by white individuals.

He is known to be particaurly iron-handed in his leadership, known to enact heavy punishments to those even within his own organization. He is known to be, for lack of a better word, fair towards people, villains, heroes and civilians alike. He is known to go to great lengths to enact punishments, especially against those who don't align with his organization. Even with his reputation, he does appear to care about the city and has worked with PRO and similar organization in the past against particular threats as the appear in New York.

He has been active since the early 1990s, making him one of the longest lived and active parahumans in the world. He has been with Empire's Vanguard for most of, if not his entire, career as a suit, though he only began leading the organization after Odin's death (see below).

### Family

Not much is known about Reich's family, obviously, but some inference have been drawn.

#### Odin

Reich is known to be the only child of Odin. Or, at least, the only one known to have had powers. Regardless, after his father's death in 2002, Reich took control of the organization and continued the legacy of his father. He turned the Empire from what was, essentially, a hate filled organization dedicated to harming and killing minorities into a legitimate, state and (possibly) country spanning organization.

#### Daughter

Reich is known to have at least one child, Helheim, who is no longer part of the organization. She is presumed dead after disappearing in mid 2007.

### Ties to Gemeinschaft

Reich is heavily suspected to have ties to Gemeinschaft, a similar organization based out of Germany. Two of his soldiers, Hunt and Kill, are suggested to have originated from this sister organization.