Joshua Clay

Onyx Adams, Jasmine Anderson, Clyde Anderson, Rockwell Anderson, Debbie Anderson (Maternal First Cousins, Once Removed)

## Biographical Information

### Residence

Doom Patrol HQ
35 Nowhere Street
Danny the Street

## Background

### Background

Joshua's familial background is enriched with great history. His father, Edward Clay, is the grandson of William Clay I. Staff Sergeant William Clay was a member of an elite combat unit known as The Losers during World War II. The unit got their name for their terrible luck of getting into a dangerous situations but surviving every one of them. His son, William Clay II, went on to have four sons of his own: William III, Edward, Ezekial & Franklin. Three of his sons both followed in their family's footsteps & joined the United States military. While William III & Ezekial lived the standard lives of a military man, Franklin's led to him being considered a fugitive of the law. Edward was the black sheep of the bunch & wanted nothing to do with the military. Instead, he got himself a regular 9 to 5 desk job that kept the bills paid & his family happy.

Now on his mother's side, Joshua is the grandson of William Everett (clearly it was a popular name). His grandfather was the superhero known as the Amazing Man & a former Olympic athlete. After his retirement, he led a everyday life & worked in civil rights movements. With his wife Lula, they had three children: May, William Jr & Vivian.

### 1996 - 2017: Joshua Clay

Joshua Clay is the last of five children born to Vivian Everett & Edward Clay. Raised by a black mother & white father made things a little interesting for the children. Their parents constantly worked to keep their family together & their children's morale up as all five of them struggled with their identity as mixed children. Joshua resonated more with his mother side as he enjoyed spending weekends with the extended family.

At first, it was small comments about how Joshua had favorite cousins. But then that changed to him wanting to skip family events with his father's side. This led to ongoing arguments between father & son, ventually souring their relationship. When Joshua was sixteen, he found an outlet in a local gang known as the Stompers. For two years, Joshua hung out with them & did a bunch of petty stuff but eventually it caught up to him. Shortly after turning eighteen, Joshua was booked on a petty theft charged. Because he was first time low level offender, his attorney (paid by his paternal grandfather) was able to work something out. But in exchange, Joshua had to enroll in the military.

When Joshua joined the army, he went the route of becoming a combat medic specialist. He spent weeks completing training & fulfilling the required certifications to learn emergency medical care, patient care & basic combat training. After three years of service, Joshua was at the end of his second tour when he witnessed his sergeant massacring a village of non-combatants. His emotional response triggered the activation of his meta-gene, causing him to unleash a powerful energy blasts that killed his sergeant (but saved some of the village). Not knowing how he would explain the course of actions to his superiors, Joshua chose to go AWOL & spent the next two years doing who knows what until he was approached by a beautiful Indian woman.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Hand to Hand Combat**: With his former gang association, his military training & work with Doom Patrol, Joshua has learned to fight well enough to keep toe to toe with most criminals.
* **Kinetic Energy Projection**: Clay can generate & radiate powerful blasts from his hands which are able to melt steel. He can control his blasts' volume &intensity to the extent that he can ignite the head of a match from twenty feet away.
* **Medicine**: He is emergency medical care & patient care from his time in the military. After joining the Doom Patrol, he further honed his skills well enough to the point that he could probably become a licensed physician.
* **Military Protocol**: Clay trained as a combat medic by the U.S. Army.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* Though a member of the Doom Patrol, most of his work with them is in a medical capacity.
* He frequently works with Dorothy Spinner to help her get a control of her powers.
* Joshua's siblings are now spread across the countey. Adam is a member of the Air Force & now works at Ferris Aircraft thanks to the connection of his aunt Kendall. Arthur works for a pharmaceutical company in Star City in their legal department. Markus lives in St. Roch & is a civil rights activist. Michelle lives in Keystone City & works as a reporter for Central City Citizen.

## Notes

* In the comics, his codename is Tempest.
* His family is unique to Earth-44.
	+ William Clay I is a composite of Sarge Clay & William "Sarge" Riley.
	+ William Everett I is Amazing Man.
	+ Lula May Everett is the mother of William Everett Sr. On Earth-44, she is split into Lula Everett & May Everett.
	+ Edward & Ezekial Clay are the brothers of Sarge Clay.
	+ Adam Clay is Captain Boomerang on Earth-9.
	+ Arthur Clay is a nod to Adam Clay's son Arthur.
	+ Markus Clay & William Everett III are grandsons of the original Amazing Man. They both take on the mantle.
	+ Michelle Clay is a nod to Michelle Curry, the lover of Adam Clay & mother of Arthur.
	+ William Clay III is the adoptive father of Lilith Clay in pre-New 52.
	+ Franklin Clay is the leader of the Losers.
	+ Lilith Clay is Omen, member of the Titans.
	+ Alisa Adams is a scientist at STAR Labs. On Earth-44, she is a weapons engineer there.
	+ Onyx Adams is a member of the League of Shadows.
	+ Jasmine Anderson is a character from the *Kane Chronicles*, which is part of the Percy Jackson franchise.
	+ Clyde Anderson is Scorn, the sidekick of Wrath.
	+ Rockwell Anderson is the brother of Debbi Anderson.
	+ Debbi Anderson is the protagonist of DC Comics' *Date with Debbi*.