Veer Nanda

* Normal
* Corrupt

**Veer Nanda** (वीर नंदा) is the protagonist of *Hero: Gayab Mode On*. He is a 23-year old stuntman and the son of scientist Amal Nanda. Veer became and orphan during childhood when his mother died and his father went missing. In hopes of finding his father, Veer began to continue his research on the mystical ring on Shukra, and ended up finding the ring and gaining his powers. While continuing to search for his father, Veer began to act as **Hero** to protect Mumbai from goons as well as alien threats.

## History

### Early Life

Veer was born to his parents Amal and Sandhya. Throughout his childhood, Veer was taught about the Mystic Ring by his father through stories and puzzles, who was researching on the Ring.

Veer faced the saddest day of his life on his birthday, on which his father was falsely accused of scamming the government for his research. His father was arrested and angry mobs set his house on fire. The van carrying his father disappeared, making him a mystery. A few days later, Veer's twin sisters, Sweeti and Meethi were born, but his mother died during child birth, leaving the three children as orphans.

Veer and his newborn sisters were adopted by their maternal uncle, Ranjeet. However, the rest of their childhood was ruined by their aunt and cousin, Bindu and Rocky, who always treated them as burden. According to Veer, he was the one who technically raised his sisters. Since then, Veer dedicated his life to raising his sisters and proving his father's innocence.

At some point of time during his childhood, Veer met Bantu, an orphan, and the two became best friends. Veer also came across Inspector Patil several times arguing over his father's disappearance, but never got any actual answer.

As a young adult, Veer dropped out of college and joined his uncle's production company, Sidhwani Films, and became a stuntman in his movies. Due to his friendly and caring nature, Veer was adored and respected by every crew member, even called 'Sir'. During this time, he also learnt about Zara, an aspiring actress, and developed a crush on her.

## Powers, Abilities, and Weaknesses

### Powers

Hero's powers come from the mystical ring created by Shukra and enhanced by Mahadev's arrow several millennia ago. These powers are further increased as Hero himself grows. Additionally, the powers of the ring temporarily increase on the occasion of Shiva Ratri.

As of Episode 224, the Ring has assimilated its powers with Hero, hence permanently granting him all of its powers even without the Ring itself.

* **Invisibility**: Invisibility is the primary ability of the ring. When Hero wears the ring, he becomes invisible to every being and technology except himself. After unlocking the ring's greater powers, Hero can continue to wear the ring and turn himself as well as the objects around him invisible at will.
	+ Despite being invisible, Hero can still be tracked through other senses like smell and sound, as shown by street dogs and the Asur Shaun.
* **Super Strength**: After wearing the ring, Hero gained the strength equal to that of 10 Asurs, allowing him to defeat and fatally injure regular Asuras. His strength is said to have evolved to that of 100 Asurs as of now.
* **Pain Resistance**: While wearing the ring, Hero does not feel physical pain unless fatally wounded. When his shoulder was bit by a dog, he did not feel any pain until he took the ring off.
* **Super Speed**: Hero can run at high speeds, at times not even being noticed by people around him.
* **Heightened Senses**: Hero is said to have got his senses heightened by the ring.

### Abilities

* **Expert Stuntman**: Veer has been working as a stuntman since years without any significant injuries.
* **Indominable Will**: Unlike every person who has ever seen the ring, Veer never fell into its spell of greed and maintained his senses and motives.

### Weaknesses

* **Full Moon Night**: All the powers of the ring are temporarily neutralized on full moon night.
* **High Temperatures**: The ring can be rendered powerless be putting it under high temperature.
* **Halaahal Venom**: After the ring absorbed Halaahal, Veer started turning evil with the ring's usage. According to Shukra, long term usage of the ring will eventually turn him into an Asur.

## Suits

* Hero Suit
* Early Suit

**Hero**

The **Hero Suit** was created by Amal Nanda sometime before his disappearance and kept in his secret lab. The suit is capable of protecting its wearer from Asur weapons and other physical attacks. It was later modified by Bantu to include weapons and increase its defensive power.

The suit was discontinued following Veer's corruption, after which he revealed his identity to public and started fighting in his civilian attire.

**Early Suit**

This suit was made by Veer Nanda after he felt the need for a suit of armour for himself. It was replaced soon with the Hero suit.