Jahannam

Jahannam is a supervillain from New York. He is the leader of Abna Aljahim, which translate to Sons of Hell, a street gang from Brooklyn.

## Abilities and Powers

Jahannam is a magmakinetic who, as the classification implies, is able to create and manipulate lava. His power appears to work by heating up ambient stone and stone adjacent to temperatures required for liquification, a process that is known to take a non-trivial amount of time. After the stone is turned into a liquid, he is able to move it with some fine control, but is unable to cause it to break conventional physics meaning it cannot suspend itself in the air. It is also not capable of moving very fast and is usually capable of being outran.

The real danger of his power is the range at which he is capable of melting stone into lava. He has shown incredible range, over two hundred feet, though it takes him longer to melt stone farther away from himself and his control over it diminishes rapidly. The speed and control over he exhibits over the lava at close range (a few feet), is quick enough that he can erect barriers or instantly melt stone he is touching. It is unlikely that he is able to sense through stone in any fashion, but it is possible he is able to sense ambient stone in some fashion. His power has been shown to work on asphalt and concrete with similar ease. While asphalt doesn't turn into lava quicker, per se, it does melt faster than stone or concrete.

Interestingly, the temperatures his power generates is only able to effect stone, meaning air and other materials aren’t affected. He is likely that he is generating temperatures well over a thousand degrees Fahrenheit, but it never feels to be more than a hundred degrees around him.

Jahannam has also shown the ability to rapidly cool the lava he creates back into a solid. This process takes significantly less time than it takes to create it, able to turn the lava back into stone in a matter of seconds.

It is likely, but unknown, if he is immune to increased levels of heat. He has never stepped into or coated himself in his power. Like normal lava, the ambient heat is dangerous, but not really enough to kill someone just be being near it. The lava is capable of igniting flammable materials. Jahannam has not shown any ability to control normal fire or manipulate heat in any fashion.

## Appearance

Jahannam wears a charcoal black, multipiece armored suit with heavier plating around his joints and covering his chest. The armor appears like dying embers in a fire, with more 'ignited' parts running down his torso and up his neck. He covers his face behind a similar helmet with spines that run down his head and back. He has an opaque red visor.

## Personal

He is an aggressive leader and favors extreme shows of force, never missing an opportunity to show why he was enough to carve out a place of Brooklyn. He is the only parahuman in Abna Aljahim, something he seems to take great pride in. It is unknown if he is linked to the Children of the Flame.

## History

One of the many gangs to rise in Brooklyn after Winter's Break.

## Trivia

* Jahannam was the name used for Surtur when he first appeared. It is unknown if Jahannam is linked to the Endbringer Cults or was a survivor from one of the Calamity attacks.