Charlie Corner

## Character information

### Personality

malevolent, conniving, graceless, hateful, cunning, manipulative, delusional, misanthropic

### Appearance

**True form:** Gigantic star
**Human form:** Tall, muscular-build, pale skin, brown eyes (formerly), red eyes (currently)

### Affiliations

Cavaliers of Thornton (formerly)
International Alliance (indirectly)

### Goal

To destroy all sentient life minus the woman he obsessively loves, so that the two of them can dominate the insentient population and roam the system for life (failed)

### Enemies

Everyone, due to his nihilist hate against humanity

### Likes

hurting humans, being with Natalia, conning people out of money

### Dislikes

the human race, anything to do with the Boy-Team or I.D.E.A.L.

### Powers and abilities

**Single-Celled Entity Physiology:**
Longevity
Molecukinesis
Ergokinesis
Corporikinesis
Vitakinesis
Photokinesis
Manipulation
Influential charisma
Immense knowledge
**Avatar manifestation:**
Superhuman condition
Regenerative healing
Darkness attunement
Shapeshifting

### Status/Final Fate

Receives his comeuppance when Summer Petersen and Josh Hogan destroy him in his gracelessly designed ornithropter.

### Type of Character

Misanthropic Cosmic Entity

"*Oh, sweetie... they were only humans.*"
―Charlie Corner to an unnamed kitten, and his most infamous quote.

"*The animal kingdom will thrive once more. And when that happens... I am going to obliterate everything!*"
―Charlie Corner explaining his goals[src]
**Charlie Corner** is the secondary antagonist of *Boys vs. Girls 2* and a minor antagonist in *Boys vs. Girls 2 Prelude* and *Vault of Ages: Fusion*, and a posthumous antagonist in *Vault of Ages: Surface of the Elements* and *Vault of Ages: Cosmic War*. Possibly unaware of his true nature, Corner was an artificial genetic construct created in the Realm by the Black Queen and her cult, although he also *claimed* to be a member of an ancient race of entities that possess vast matter and energy manipulation abilities, and the youngest of his kind. A ruthless, sadistic, skillful, and unbelievably manipulative spy, Corner pretended to serve the Armies of Organa while passing information to the evil Natalia Thornton. When Summer Petersen and Helen McKeen attempted to rescue Joshua Petersen during a huge fight at Tower Placement, Corner ambushed the latter and revealed the truth to his adversaries and said he would give them a slow, painful death. However, Petersen pushed him down the stairs. He attempted to lead forces from the International Alliance into the school, but they were all defeated.

In the months that followed the end of the Cavaliers, Corner remained earthbound, and he slipped far into the Darkness. He led a battalion of Imperial troopers during the Battle at the Temple of the Relinquished, where he flew into battle against Summer Petersen, Josh Hogan, and Kayliah Galibraith on an ornithropter and was defeated by the latter by being thrown off his aircraft. His avatar was irreparably damaged and his star presumably imploded as a result, saving billions of lives. The collected stellar energy then expanded, causing the entity to turn into a star.

By dying at Petersen's hands, Corner's purpose for existence was fulfilled; Summer Petersen defeating Corner proved she had the willpower required to become the black divinity's protégé, completing the final test laid out for her by the Brotherhood. They had designed Corner to mold and groom his enemy into a mistress of attack and cunning, testing her worthiness as an heir worthy of the Brotherhood.

## Biography

### Pre-birth

Charlie Corner's creator was the cosmic divinity known to all as the Black Queen. The Black Queen and her cult of loyalists, the Brotherhood, experimented with synthetic constructs in the Ethereal Forge in the Realm for many years. Secure in power as sovereign ruler, the Black Queen withdrew from the public eye and began to probe the secrets of black magic. In her quest for immortality, the Realm became the home to the most promising of the Black Queen's experimentations. The Black Queen claimed she could create anything.

### Early existence

"Charlie Corner" was the identity adopted by an artificial entity created in the dark science laboratory in the Realm by the personal hand of the Black Queen herself, accompanied by several of her loyalists. Various unnatural embodiments of black magic were engineered from the godlike woman's combination of technology with the occult. As Corner was naturally sensitive to cosmic energy, and particularly strong with molecukinesis, the Black Queen believed could prove to have as a powerful servant and a way for spreading her influence across the universe through less direct means as she already was, so instead, utilized him as a puppet in her sinister plans. Hence, he had variants as the Black Queen searched the timestream for the right timeline for her to malevolently capitulate upon.

The Black Queen left him in deep space for many years until she would be in need of him. He himself may very well have been unaware of the factual nature surrounding his existence, for he remembered himself being born unaccompanied, parentless and bodyless; having apparently come into existence as a rectangular and single-celled being belonging to an ancient race of entities — living planets, stars, moons, and comets — that possess vast matter and energy manipulation abilities, as the youngest of his kind. When Corner was young, he was taught a lesson when he realized a truth about alchemy: that cosmic visions were a dangerous endeavor to perceive, for the future was always in motion. And if predicted wrong, it could lead to one's demise. Developing his immense powers, Corner would gain hardened experience with alchemy and magic and vast knowledge of their steep teachings. Despite spending his early years dwelling in extreme loneliness, he discovered the ability to manipulate molecules and matter, which led him to construct a protective core around himself. By 2020, at which point he had aged to the point of a biological preteen, he had successfully built enormous layers of gas, energy, and fire over the core which evolved into a star itself.

Nevertheless, young Charlie hated what he was and wished he were a humanoid organism. So he created a biological humanoid avatar, which was an extension of his consciousness, to explore the earth to learn and experience all of the civilizations he encountered. After finding her daughter Mykew Hadeline and losing her in the Battle of the t and i Factory, the Black Queen would have Corner become her stand-in for power, while she resumed her own research of archaic lore in preparation for her multiversal conquest. Desiring to keep a low profile, the Black Queen began secretly guiding Corner's actions and goals from afar to her creation's obliviousness, imposing him with a singular focus, to wipe out the human race. Corner remained unaware of his status as a puppet in the Black Queen's larger game for his entire life, with it even being possible the cosmic divinity had arranged for her pawn's vanity and self-assuredness to ensure Corner never arose to be a threat to her designs. As such, the entity would serve as a puppet and oblivious pawn of the divinity as part of her plan to secure power. By using Corner as her proxy that would come into close proximity with the young sorceress Natalia Thornton and the zealot Fern Miguel, the Black Queen gathered forces that would eventually form the armies of the Cavaliers of Thornton, which would oppose I.D.E.A.L. under her control, albeit indirectly. These are the reasons he chose Earth, but this came at a risk: if his physical form was destroyed, the star itself imploded and he would die.

### Experiences on Earth

#### Meeting Natalia Thornton

"*He's from France, he moved to England for a month...*"
―Helen McKeen[src]
With his avatar fully realized, Charlie Corner arrived on Earth early in 2020, arriving in France in Europe early in 2020. He wandered aimlessly through the noisy and crowded streets until he arrived at a motel and made the acquaintance of the zealot Fern Miguel. The two were both considerably ambitious and idealistic, and they immediately became friends, and he became fluent in French, much like Miguel himself was. Miguel introduced him to his young friend Natalia Thornton, and Corner was very taken with her. Thornton initially denied it, but she quickly realized that she was genuinely infatuated with him. Seeking to better understand humanity, the dominant species on Earth, he moved to England in April of 2023, where he adopted an entire group of kittens, expressing fascination and finding solace in their presence. He deplored humanity's structure of time and evolution. He did not want to be a part of society doing an allegedly mindless cycle of greedy and trivial endeavors, but realized he did not have to. Soon, he moved to the United States of America. Two years passed, and Miguel, Thornton, and Corner began working with Emily Watson, an extremely ambitious girl who had similar goals to Corner's own, and he began getting along with her after she became Thornton's close friend and benefactor.

However, they were all betrayed by Watson, and they began forming their own group, with Corner becoming an architect of the Cavaliers of Thornton, as an offshoot of the Girl-Team. Some disapproved of his reliance on magic, but they were kept silent. In his own opinion, Corner saw himself as an unlikely fulcrum to have been chosen to lead the faction, and knew that history would see him taking over as his master plan, rather than what he believed was improvisational on his part and not his endgame. In his view, ambitions limited in scope would have made the Cavaliers no different from the various nonaligned states that had emerged in the wake of the collapse of the NoHead Empire, and so he emboldened Thornton herself to attack Ulysses Quarters outright. With his high rank, he never gave any indication to his origins. He deemed Helen McKeen, the interim Supreme Commander of the Armies of Organa, as a significant threat to his agenda, and on May 19, Thornton learned that McKeen, who was the interim Supreme Commander of the Armies of Organa, was her sister, alarming and disturbing her. Corner comforted her over this realization. On the side, he would use his mystical powers and trickery on the street to con customers out of their money. An insurgent, Corner pretended to serve the Armies of Organa while passing information to Natalia Thornton including what their crucial plan on Memorial Day would consist of, hoping the Cavaliers would have the last laugh.

#### Locating Summer Petersen

Eventually, he worked directly under Helen McKeen, the interim Supreme Commander of the Armies of Organa, while she was seeking out Summer Petersen, who had been forced into hiding. Eventually, he and McKeen met up with Andrew and they hid out at Kent's. They were ambushed by giant birds, but they got away. Upon arriving at the Petersen Estate, Corner waited outside, where he contacted pilot Liv Emerson and tipped her off on Petersen's whereabouts. When everyone but Petersen emerged, he argued briefly with Andrew. Corner met Petersen afterwards, but then the quintet was targeted by Emerson, just as Corner had intended. However, they managed to escape aboard the *Heartbreaker*. From there, the Black Queen believed Corner would test Petersen well, fanning the embers of Petersen's anger within her heart into a red-hot fire and grooming her into a mistress of not only attack, but also cunning. However, Corner himself never would have viewed Petersen as a gifted protégé thanks to her status as a human being. Arriving at Thompson's house, Corner shared the couch with Andrew until morning, where he listened as his so-called comrades learned that McKeen was the sister of Natalia Thornton. He also met Vincent and Jay Organa when they came over. The following night, he remained awake so he could finish building his laser sword, although Summer was agitated when he carelessly ignited it in her face, something he outright refused to give a genuine apology for.

#### Revelation at Tower Placement

"*Natalia was satisfactory, of course, and when this warfare ceases, glory will be mine. Such fools, you two are. Both of you were so desperate, so hungry for allies. You were about to trust me on the word go. You even taught me your native language! I really did appreciate that, by the way. Guess what? You get a slow, painful death.*"
―Charlie Corner taunting Helen McKeen[src]
When Petersen and McKeen entered the detention bay, Corner ambushed the latter and tackled her to the ground, pinning her down. Petersen gave an attempt to slash Corner from behind, but he backhanded her in the gut, knocking her over. Corner revealed the truth to his adversaries and taunted them about their trusting him, and said he would give them a slow, painful death. However, Petersen pushed him down the stairs, forcing him to teleport warning that he would be "overpowered".

Minutes later, Corner realized that the International Alliance was moving to crush the Armies of Organa inside Tower Placement. Seeing a golden opportunity, Corner stood by the assembled army of Zira Miranda Grover and alongside a confident Xydarone IV. Together, they prepared to lead them into the school, but a gigantic blast from the U.S. Government forces led by President Roxanne Waterston decimated them all. It is unknown how Corner escaped the titanic blast.

#### Showdown over the Temple of the Relinquished

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"*Come and taste the blood of your friends!"
"Let's finish this!*"
―Charlie Corner and Summer Petersen[src]
In the months that followed the end of the Cavaliers of Thornton, Charlie Corner remained earthbound, and he slipped far into the Darkness and began to become distorted in appearance and lose his handsomeness due to his immersion into evil mutation. He correctly believed it would make him more tangible, but he also had a sadistic fascination with its untold ability to negatively influence humans, which he despised above all else. Despite this, he found solace in kittens, believing they embodied the innocence of animals and that in stark contrast to humans, animals were beautiful lifeforms worth cherishing and protecting. His immense interest in the Darkness also resulted in his estrangement with Natalia Thornton, who infuriated him by turning away from the crooked and wide path. At the time he failed to truly understand her aversion, as he had become so insecure and blinded by his attraction to the Darkness that he imagined she would find his skills in Dark mutation, and how they enhanced his connection to the cosmos, impressive. This eventually induced him to join the Magistrate, who ultimately obliged to have her royal professors take him on as an intern. At this point, he had already plundered enough money to funnel the construction of an octet of starships, which he intended to unleash upon the Eight Worlds. During his occupational work as an intern and his top-secret work for what he assumed to be his forthcoming victory against humankind, he occasionally interacted with Jay Organa.

On the Magistrate's behalf, he led a battalion of Imperial troopers during the ferocious battle at the Temple of the Relinquished. On the way there, he had a conversation with Summer Petersen in which they both discussed the ramifications of human influence. He showed Summer vivid illusions of a world at peace through the end of humanity. Before long, Summer swiftly curtailed the argument and left Charlie alone for the time being. But Charlie halted her, telling her he now wished to show her the future. He proceeded to demand that she tell the Magistrate what she saw, before out-stretching his twisted, bony right hand above her face; Summer's mind was flooded with cataclysmic images of the Eight Worlds being torn apart by humans with completely fractured minds, and of Charlie looming over the star system proclaiming himself the savior of all animals everywhere. After Summer started screaming in pain, Charlie finally let her go, releasing her from the trance.

Near the end of the battle, Corner flew into battle against Josh Hogan, Summer Petersen, and Kayliah Galibraith on an ornithropter he created by channeling energy from his own being from space into the surface of the earth, feeding on all the dead bodies to fuel his graceless aircraft. He drew his exo-voulge, honed by his energy, and slashed repeatedly at Petersen before driving it into Galibraith, injuring her to the point of almost dying.

Hogan had Petersen throw him at Corner, allowing him to tackle him and throw him off his own aircraft. Corner dropped to the ground with his eyes wide open and his mouth slightly open. His fingers were seen slightly closing after he collapsed. With his avatar damaged beyond repair, Corner soon died from his injury, while the stellar energy around him in deep space imploded and then exploded, expanding to create a new micro-star in the entity's place, turning the Sol System into a binary, with his rectangular identity disintegrating, ending his reign to obliterate the human race.

### Legacy

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"*Charlie Corner, he wanted the animal kingdom to enjoy a long-awaited breath of fresh air.*"
―Cara Mota[src]
After his death, Natalia Thornton told Helen McKeen about Charlie Corner. Both of them were very curious about his cosmic origins, but it is unlikely that anything would ever be accomplished in this field, as the era of his fellow prism-shaped entities was long over, assuming they were ever real to begin with. In the following years, Thornton missed Corner much more than she was willing to admit, and she examined her former friend's past, but her search led to only dead ends and more unanswered questions than before. After the Elements began seeping into the Earthly Plane, Thornton traveled to the Realm to investigate potential leads to their origin. Upon tracking down and finding the Black Queen herself, Thornton learned that the Black Queen was responsible for the creation of Corner, with the cosmic divinity explaining that she had been pulling the strings the whole time. Thornton learned that Corner had been a mere puppet, created and controlled by the Black Queen, a more powerful cosmic alchemist.

Summer Petersen's conquering and killing of Charlie Corner to save her boyfriend Steven Thompson was an act of ascension worthy of the Black Queen's doctrine, from which she proved herself to be a worthy liege. The purpose of Corner's entire existence was built up to serve as Petersen's final test. His role had been designed by the Brotherhood to groom Petersen as heir to the Brotherhood cause, and to mold her into a mistress of attack and cunning. By dying at Petersen's hand, such a test was complete, and by extension, Corner had fulfilled his role and purpose. With this, the Black Queen had no further use for him. Additionally, though Corner failed to bring Thornton to the Realm, his mistress was able to lure his former friend to him, pulling the strings from afar.

Charlie Corner was mentioned by Cara Mota, when she explained to Summer Thompson that she could learn something from all of her enemies, including Corner. Mota claimed that, even though Corner was fighting for the wrong reasons, his intentions of clearing the skies for peace and prosperity for insentients everywhere was a reasonable motive. Corner's views on this were arguably correct, as numerous programs were founded in the following years to fight animal exploitation. Even though he ultimately died in the process, Corner's desire for intelligent life to stop going out of their way to grievously harm animal life was slowly but surely coming true.

### Alternate Universes

#### The dark potential future

In the dark potential future, Charlie Corner joined the Magistrate while awaiting his chance to eradicate humanity. He believed that he could finally launch the ships over the Eight Worlds and that he could then witness the conquest process, but unbeknownst to him, the Black Queen had other plans. Having been deliberately misled to believe humanity's annihilation by his own hand was imminent, he gleefully led a battalion of International Alliance troopers during the ferocious battle at the Temple of the Relinquished. He personally engaged Vincent Organa in a vicious duel, but Summer Petersen fired a laser gun in his blindspot and blasted Corner's humanoid body to the point where he lacked the energy to rebuild his avatar, and he died with his disintegrating arms around Organa, and with his rectangular identity soundly disintegrating many light years abroad, ending his reign to obliterate the human race, but enabling the coming of something far darker still.

#### Confronting Summer Petersen

In 2026, Charlie Corner approached Summer Petersen and roughly incapacitated her, telling her he had been waiting to hear her cries of agony for a very long time. Suddenly, Vanir burst into the room and grabbed Summer while distracting Charlie with an explosive.

## Physical appearance

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An evil entity created by the Black Queen, Charlie Corner is an idiosyncratic single-celled organism shaped physically like a rectangle, artificially constructed from synthetic matter through black sorcery. He has gathered gas, energy, and fire around him as a shell that emanates perpetually, essentially becoming a living star. His identity *is* his star's rectangular core, while his energy form could traverse the star and use matter it manipulated to make itself physically manifest.

Charlie can mold the energy to create a humanoid form for himself, which he did so he could experience what it is truly like to be human. In order to interact with the intelligent lifeforms that populates the world, he created for himself an humanoid avatar who reflected his idea of a biological humanoid being. His human form is tall and handsome, with pale skin, light brown hair, and dark brown eyes. However, as he became more involved in the Darkness, his good looks gradually left him. His features became increasingly waxy and reptilian, his skin became bone-white, and the sclera of his eyes became red, with cat-like slits for pupils (which is due to his fascination with felines), like many Dark mutates. He wore a black cape. The transformation into this monstrous state is believed to have been the result of undergoing dangerous mutated transformations. His avatar is an extension of his own consciousness. However, it requires periodic returns to his main body to regenerate in the light of the star he is to continue functioning.

## Personality and traits

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"*As you and I know, the true power in this timid star system is not mysticism, but barrels of papery greens. It is time to rise up!*"
―Charlie Corner[src]
Charlie Corner only possessed a limited will of his own; as a synthetic creation of the Black Queen, the humanoid was secretly manipulated by the cosmic divinity from afar, oblivious to the fact he was having actions and goals orchestrated for him. With a singular focus imposed upon him by his creator, Corner was oblivious to his own origins and true nature as a synthetic being. Corner's belief in himself being the most powerful sorcerer in the universe may have been implanted into the entity by the Black Queen as a way to make sure the puppet was never able to betray his queen. Corner was unable to even fathom the idea that there could be a magical being greater than himself.

In characteristic matters, Corner initially appears to be very sympathetic and kind, a compassionate comrade and friend as well as affable towards those who know him, but as his true intentions are revealed, the monster inside him comes to the light. He is considerably domineering, oppressive, pompous, cold, dangerous, and powerful, and an unbelievably fanatical and manipulative entity. This stemmed from his disillusionment over life he encountered, for his initial desire was to find life, but when he found it he considered it to be disappointing compared to himself. He was motivated by a nihilistic, misanthropic, and egocentric philosophy; he desired to reshape the Eight Worlds to his own design. He had little regard for humans, bringing about the deaths of his fair share of them with little to no sign of remorse. Through his own admission, he has learned to hate human civilization, to the point of wishing to exterminate the human race due to believing they are a corrupt race of destructive and delusional parasites bringing forth society as an artificial and meaningless construction which denied and even desecrated the underlying order of nature. Charlie had a keen fascination with kittens, relating to their youthful lack of adulteration and affability with other animals and even developing cat-like pupils upon becoming a Dark mutant. He believed they embodied and personified the righteous innocence of the animal kingdom, believing they were worth preserving and that humanity was deliberately upsetting their harmonious circle of symbiosis.

Most specifically, he deplored humanity's structure of time and evolution. He did not want to be a part of society doing an allegedly mindless cycle of greedy and trivial endeavors, but realized he did not have to, thus bringing forth his nihilistic view on the universe. After this, he came to a realization that he was not to walk among such life but instead found a new purpose, which was to destroy all sentient life minus the woman he obsessively loved, so that the two of them could have a commanding influence on the insentient population and as partners roam the system for life, imagining she would find this feat impressive beyond words. Also, the countless years of loneliness he has endured did not help.

He also believes it is an inevitability that the strong will always prey upon the weak and that such predatory social Darwinism purges the world of inferior lifeforms, keeping it pure. Hence, in spite of his mystical power, Corner believes that the real power in the star system is not mysticism but money, "barrels of it" as he puts it. Thus, he is ready to backstab or even kill anyone for a few bucks. He perceives the meaning of life as the obligation to induce suffering upon intelligent life. He does understand notions of good and evil, but in his rationalization, morality is meaningless, the simplest form of insanity ever devised, and so Corner chooses to be an omnicidal monster because at the end of the day, it is all he wants to be.

Corner is shown to be a sadistic and deceptive trickster, as he loves to trick others and watch them suffer. When he captured Helen McKeen, he boasted about how he told Thornton of their plan and joyfully stated he would make their deaths slow and painful, exemplifying his psychotic nature. Corner was also intelligent, allowing him to fake loyalty to several Boy-Team members who, notably, had experience with spies. He was also smart enough to become a star and acquire an avatar of himself. Charlie relished the Darkness, to the extent of it altering his physical appearance. After he allowed it to consume his avatar body for improved tangibility, he became even more malevolent and openly expressed pride in the unspeakable deeds that he has committed. He had a strong hatred for Steven Thompson, possibly because of the threat he posed to Natalia. A glutton for power, Corner is ready to screw people over to get anything he wants, no matter how petty or trivial.

In the end, he failed to understand that visions were not absolute; he saw the truth, just not what he expected.

## Powers and abilities

### Powers

* **Single-Celled Entity Physiology**: As the last member of a primordial race of rectangular entities with vast supernatural power, capable of manipulating matter and energy, Charlie Corner was an extremely powerful mutate, capable of quickly building immense fires, inflicting physical pain on others, and being capable of Teleportation over vast distances. He was immortal and could only be destroyed if his apparition took a fatal blow, implying that the actual star was indestructible, even after fusing into a binary star. While his abilities were not explicitly alchemical in origin, like those of his creator, the Black Queen, Corner possessed the knowledge and power to accomplish his horrific agenda.
	+ **Molecukinesis**: Charlie was able to manipulate matter at a molecular level thanks to his mutation, creating an ornithropter out of energy from his own being channeling from outer space into the surface of the earth. His most advantageous power is his performances in his ornithropter, which he created himself. He was immensely athletic, capable of performing great leaps and somersaults over huge distances, whilst in mid-flight at several hundred miles an hour, seemingly using the surrounding matter to propel the vessel, in a melee fight with Summer Petersen.
		- **Solar Form**: Charlie was able to use his molecular manipulation to create protective energies around himself, essentially evolving into a star. He can manipulate the star he is on a molecular level. His identity *is* his star's rectangular core, while his energy form could traverse the star and use matter it manipulated to make itself physically manifest.
	+ **Dark Mutation**: Corner experimented and pushed the boundaries of Dark mutation, becoming very strong in the arts. He was able to effortlessly block the flamethrower on Josh Hogan's Patrol Pod by blocking it with his bare hand. He can mold the energy to create a humanoid form for himself.
	+ **Biokinesis**: Charlie has also shown to be able to create and manipulate biological matter, including his own living avatar, which he created to experience what it is like to be human. In order to interact with the intelligent lifeforms that populates the world, he created for himself an humanoid avatar who reflected his idea of a biological humanoid being. His avatar is an extension of his own consciousness. However, it requires periodic returns to his main body to regenerate in the light of the star he is to continue functioning.
		- **Superhuman strength**: Charlie possesses a considerable amount of strength, shown by the muscle in his arms and how he is able to hold his own against Helen McKeen, who is extremely muscular and has displayed signs of superhuman strength.
		- **Superhuman agility**: Charlie was immensely athletic, capable of performing great leaps and somersaults over huge distances, whilst in mid-flight at several hundred miles an hour in a melee fight with Summer Petersen.
		- **Superhuman durability**: Charlie is also extremely durable and has an extremely quick reaction time.
	+ **Hallucikinesis**: Corner can conjure up extremely realistic and vibrant illusions, notably temporarily altering the environment around himself and Summer Petersen to look like a luscious forest (representing the "paradise" that Sol could be without humanity).
	+ **Longevity:** While not truly immortal, Corner was an extremely long-lived entity, and could only be destroyed if his apparition took a fatal blow, implying that the actual star was indestructible.

### Abilities

* **Master combatant**: During his spy work for the Armies of Organa, Charlie Corner kept an unfinished laser sword attached to the inside of his jacket. He is seen finishing it overnight, this testifies to the fact that while most Boy-Team members need approximately two weeks to build a genuine laser sword, Corner could build one in that many days. Corner could wield it adequately, as shown when he forced Helen McKeen into submission in front of the dungeons.
* **Genius-level intellect**: Charlie was an exceptionally intelligent and analytical humanoid.
	+ **Master deceiver**: Charlie's intellect allowed him to fake loyalty to members of the Head of Twenty without arousing suspicion (in spite of his incredible hatred of humans). This is also notable as they would have had experience with spies and insurgents during the School War.
* **Indomitable willpower**: Charlie Corner possesses tremendous willpower and an inclination to never give up or back down against seemingly insurmountable odds, as human omnicide is all he cares about accomplishing, and no reasoning can divert him from his cruel dreams.

## Possessions

* **Laser sword**: As a violation of the Decemahead's rules, Charlie built a laser sword of unknown materials. He wielded it at Tower Placement before losing it fighting Helen McKeen.
* **Star Blade**: Charlie Corner eventually acquired a blade of saturated starlight and he wielded it during the Battle at the Temple of the Relinquished.

## Relationships

### Allies

Charlie Corner had very few allies and he only ever worked with people out of sheer pragmatism, due to his incredible hatred of humans. Because she, with effort, could be heavily swayed by money and power, Zira Miranda Grover accepted his assistance. He helped Xydarone IV lead her forces to Tower Placement School, though this may be owing solely to his vendetta against the Armies of Organa. He also led her forces alongside the Cavaliers of Thornton. Because he had fallen out with Natalia Thornton, he came to the Temple of the Relinquished on Zira's behalf. However, his not betraying her was just pragmatism. For her part, Zira found him to be an incredibly valuable asset since he was so powerful.

### Enemies

Technically, it could be said of Charlie Corner that everyone was his enemy, due to his nihilistic prejudice against the human race. However, he was particularly antagonistic with a few people. Due to being on opposite sides, Charlie naturally had a very negative relationship with Steven Thompson, as both considered each other enemies. Charlie envied Steven for being human and hated him for it, more so than Natalia Thornton or even Beion did. Due to being a Cavalier, Charlie naturally had a extremely negative relationship with Helen McKeen, as both considered each other enemies. Charlie was disturbed that Helen was revealed to be the sister of Natalia Thornton. Around this time, Charlie ostensibly approached her as a Boy-Team fanatic. Helen also taught Charlie how to speak English. In fact, Charlie had purposely targeted and almost killed Helen twice, while the other Cavaliers excluding Natalia couldn't at all. At the detention chamber, Charlie seemed very joyful after finally subduing Helen, and reveled sadistically at the prospect of torturing her to death.

Charlie first learned about Summer Petersen when he had no choice but to help seek her out for his own pragmatic ends. Due to being a Cavalier, Charlie naturally had a extremely negative opinion of her. He pretended to get along with her, but only to stay on Helen's good side, as evidenced when he activated his laser sword mere inches from her head and took huge offense when she became angry. In fact, Charlie had purposely targeted and almost killed Summer twice, while the other Cavaliers excluding Natalia couldn't at all. At the detention chamber, Charlie threw Summer out of the way in order to fight Helen, which goes to show how little she meant to him. He was furious with her and her close friend Josh Hogan for distracting him during the Battle at the Temple of the Relinquished, and cackled with delight when he tried to kill them and they engaged him in a fight to the death. Josh killed him in retaliation for hurting Kayliah Galibraith. That said, Charlie may have interacted with Kayliah and her friend Cassie during his work for the Cavaliers of Thornton. He was furious at them for distracting him during the Battle at the Temple of the Relinquished, and relished stabbing Kayliah in the neck.

### Others

Charlie's friendship with Natalia Thornton was probably the only thing that truly brought joy to his life. He first met Natalia when he transferred to Tower Placement School. He was very taken with Natalia and was drawn to her dark nature and physical beauty, which had already been tainted by black magic, but left him smitten nonetheless. Natalia quickly realized that she was genuinely infatuated with him, though she initially denied it. However, she quickly decided that her feelings for Corner could put her off task in leading the Cavaliers of Thornton to victory, so she approached him and told him if he did not join the Cavaliers, they could not maintain contact as he would do nought but distract her. Charlie, however, already would have been happy to join her. He also comforted her over the revelation that she was related to Helen McKeen. He never truly understood her aversion to being alone amongst insentient life and endeavored to accomplish this for both of them. Ironically, Natalia might have grown to love Charlie romantically (she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved mindless destruction so much, and been drawn to such loathsome acts.

## Behind the scenes

Charlie Corner was originally thought of by Melissa Vaine.

## Trivia

* Corner's first name comes from the Old English words "free man". While it could be considered very ironic for this character, given that Charlie Corner desired anything but freedom for mankind, his full name could be perceived as literally meaning forcing the free peoples into something inescapable, which is the whole point of his character.

## Gallery

C.jpgCharlie-bvg-unusedfootagefromditwebsite-07389.jpgCharlie slipping far into the Darkness.Charlie2026.jpgCharlie's appearance after immersing himself in darkness
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 *Vault of Ages: Surface of the Elements*
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3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Vault of Ages: Cosmic War*
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