Downburst

## **History**

### **William Darrows: 1971 - 1992**

Will was born in New Jersey. He was a single child and he always struggled to make friends growing up with his naturally shy disposition. That he was trans also made matters harder. His parents were accepting and even moved to a new city once he started transitioning in high school to give him a fresh start, but Will was always insecure about it and being a super didn’t help at all, hiding his powers as much as he could. Will ended up going to school to get a medical degree, though he didn’t have enough money to completely finish his training to be a doctor. He found a position at a doctors office in New Urbem, the city closest to Municiberg. He was only a medical assistant, however, and although he ended up carrying out a large amount of work there, he was never promoted or recognized for his talent. This was when Will began to turn his eye to the NSA and superheroes. He began to consider becoming a super himself. He ended up sending an application letter to the program one day on a whim and was deeply shocked when an NSA agent turned up to recruit him. Will took part in the superhero training program at the NSA and decided to quit his job at the office and work with the new program. He commissioned a suit from a lesser known suit designer and took the name Downburst after much deliberation.

### **Downburst: 1992 - 1994**

Downburst had a bit of a rough start and struggled to be recognized; after so long repressing his powers, he was rusty with them and started off not being much help in fights. He still managed to make friends, however, and became close to Stormicide, Elastigirl, Splashdown, and the Phylange. Downburst also notably developed an infatuation with Blazestone at the same time when she was starting a relationship with Frozone. Will had befriended her after she approached him, hearing he was trans and offering her own support as a trans woman herself, and he became quickly very attached to her. He ended up experiencing a great deal of angst, jealousy, and insecurity over her dating Frozone, and for a while it was obvious to everyone that there was drama between them. However, eventually Downburst managed to get over his strong feelings and settle into a friendship with the fire-powered super. His situation improved as time passed, and after a few years in the program, Will increased his training, developing strategies to help his powers and his battle tactics outside the use of his atomic manipulation. He also became known as a sort of informal medic to the general supers and treated many injuries in the field.

### **William Darrows: 1994 - 2014**

By the time the lawsuits began to pile up, he was a formidable superhero. But eventually, to his dismay, the ban came into place and he was forced to move away to another city in California and work back in the medical industry. Will spent his years in medicine, and ended up having two children, twin girls he loved dearly and doted on. He never married, however, and never had a lasting partner. When Mirage approached him with the invitation to Nomanisan, Will’s family was struggling financially and he went to the island for the money offered. He never returned home.

## **Personality**

Downburst has a rivalry with Frozone for Blazestone's affections; his NSA file warns to not bring Frozone up in conversation due to this. It is implied from Downburst's recording that he has struggled to gain widespread acceptance within the Super community.

## **Powers, Abilities, and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Super Physiology:** Alex was part of a race of humans who were born with or given superpowers. Though in all of the different forms of *The Incredibles*media, there are little to no answers on how supers get their powers, there is much room for speculation, although it seems to be genetic because Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl have powers and all their kids have them. The Operation Kronos database assigned him a threat rating of 6.5.

* **Atomic Manipulation:** Downburst centered around manipulate atoms, allowing him to reshape matter and heal minor wounds. He can reshape objects into vehicles. When he reshapes thing it gets covered in this blue mist. Through training, he's easily able to change the air into any form of gas. Downburst has the ability to make compounds of almost any type and expel them as gas from the various nozzles on his body for both offense and defense. The strength of these gases depends on the amount of expelled and their chemical makeup.

Some of the gases Downburst can produce include:

* **Sulphur Dioxide**, a highly combustible and toxic gas that can be used as a form of tear gas.
* **Nitrous Oxide**, more commonly known as "laughing gas", which can be used to incapacitate an opponent by making them laugh uncontrollably.
* **Fluoromethyl-hexafluoroisopropanol-ether**, also known as "Sevoflurane". While it is normally used as an anesthetic, it is also useful as a knockout gas with short-term memory loss as a side-effect.
* **Hydrogen Chloride**, an acidic and corrosive gas that can burn or melt through solid materials.

### **Abilities**

**Medical Intuition:** Downburst has medical knowledge, enabling him to easily treat others' injuries and create medicines.

**Special Ops Mastery**

* **Combat**
* **Escape Artistry**
* **Investigation**
* **Stealth**
* **Surveillance**
* **Tactical Genius**

### **Weaknesses**

**Power Instability:** He could not reshape matter into complex forms and his reshaping of organics was limited to small wounds. This resulted in him undergoing NSA training to develop his abilities.