Challengers of the Unknown

### Current Members

Lester "Rocky" Davis, Walter "Prof" Haley, Juniper "June" Robbins, Matthew "Red" Ryan, Brenda Ruskin, Marlon "Maverick" Corbet, Bethany "Beth" Hopkins, Trina Alvarez, Krunch, Moses Barber, Clayton "Clay" Brady, Kenn Kawa, Corinna "Cori" Stark

## Background

The Challengers of the Unknown, or simply The Challengers for short, are a group of individuals that came together after surviving the Flight 815 crash on the remote Starfish Island in the North Pacific Ocean. While most of its passengers & the pilots were killed, thirteen of them survived with minor to major injuries. Together, they survived for nearly two weeks before they were found by a passing cruise ship. After debriefs, medical visits & psychological hearings, the group was sent on their way but discovered just how hard it was to readjust back to their former lives. Finding themselves constantly talking to each other about weird occurences happened around them, the group agreed that they felt they were living on borrowed time & should make the best of it. And so the Challengers were formed.

Originally, the team would meet up at each other's residences. During one of their early missions, they rerouted from their original passage & found themselves in an unique situation of a sentient street with some interesting residents. The team was then introduced to Danny, who quickly made a home for them on the main road of Nowhere Street where the team has resided ever since.

Today, the Challengers simply tackle the "Unknown" whether that entails fighting magical beings, stopping assassination attempts, finding ancient artifacts or just meeting some unique people.

## Members

### Kyle "Ace" Morgan

* Birth Year: 1976
* Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Residence: *Unknown*
* Occupation: War Veteran
* Bio: After earning the name Ace for shotting down multiple enemy aircrafts during combat, he joined a special missions unit for his skills. A former special ops fighter pilot & counterintelligence specialist turned famous war veteran, Ace is very known in government circles. Coming from a widely known military family, he didn't have much choice for a career.

### Lester "Rocky" Davis

* Birth Year: 1988
* Birthplace: Coast City, CA
* Residence: *Unknown*
* Occupation: Professional Wrestler
* Bio: *Unknown*

### Walter "Prof" Haley

* Birth Year: 1975
* Birthplace: *Unknown*
* Residence: National City, CA
* Occupation: Oceanographer / Professor
* Bio: Having always been attracted to water, Prof started as a skin diver in college before deciding to study oceanography. Though this is his principle study, Prof is considered a genus in a large number of scientific fields.

### Juniper "June" Robbins

* Birth Year: 1991
* Birthplace: New Troy, Metropolis, DE
* Residence: Gateway City, CA
* Occupation: Archaeologist
* Bio: In a family of individuals in the scientific field, it was no surprise that June had a passion for subjects. But unlike her family, June became an archeaologist after taking an elective in college. She was looking for an amulet in a hidden city when she joined the Challengers.

### Matthew "Red" Ryan

* Birth Year: 1994
* Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
* Residence: Transient
* Occupation: Circus Daredevil
* Bio: Born out of a teenage relationship, Matthew was always a child at heart due to his close relationship with his parents. After his father's death, he became more of a risk taker & became a circus daredevil. He was on his way to interview for a job as stuntman when he joined the Challengers.

### Brenda Ruskin

* Birth Year: 1984
* Birthplace: Bulgravia
* Residence: Bulgravia / Russia
* Occupation: Theoretical Physicist
* Bio: Brenda loves to be the smartest room & that's became she normally is. One of the youngest theoretical physicist in the world, Brenda has had plenty of success in her professional life including being part of Russia's Rocket Red initiative. This has led to little for personal time & making friends. Though joining the Challengers was easy for her, becoming part of a team was much more difficult.

### Marlon "Maverick" Corbet

* Birth Year: 1989
* Birthplace: Zambesi
* Residence: *Unknown*
* Occupation: Pilot
* Bio: Born to a Coryanese father & a Zambesian mother, Marlon is all about bringing two different worlds together. And as a top notch pilot, Marlon was able to see various cultures & travel the world with his job. Defined by most as an amiable family man, being a part of the Challengers has changed his life the most as he uprooted his wife & child to live on Danny the Street.

### Bethany "Beth" Hopkins

* Birth Year: 1987
* Birthplace: Jump City, CA
* Residence: Transient
* Occupation: Black Ops Soldier (formerly)
* Bio: After the loss of her family as a child then her new family as an adult, Bethany has felt she has been in a long fight with death. Going down a new path, she became a tough as nails black ops soldier before she was taken by a terrorist group will stationed in the Middle East. After single-handedly massacring her kidnappers & escpaing from their prison, Bethany was honoraly discharged.

### Trina Alvarez

* Birth Year: 1992
* Birthplace: Old Gotham, Gotham, NJ
* Residence: The Narrows, Gotham, NJ
* Occupation: Herablist
* Bio: Instead of joing law enforcement like her father & stepmohter, Trina became a herbalist who spends much of her time taking care of her mother & the less fortunate in her community. While known as a healer, one should not underestimate her ability to defend herself.

### Krunch

* Birth Year: 1994
* Birthplace: Suicide Slums, Metropolis, DE
* Residence: Suicide Slums, Metropolis, DE
* Occupation: Weapons Dealer (formerly)
* Bio: A man that only goes by his nickname, he is probably one of the more interesting members of the Challengers. Growing up in the worst part of his city, he fell in with the wrong crowd & became a weapons dealer with Intergang. At the time of meeting the Challengers, he had just been released from prison & was looking for revenge of his friend's murder.

### Moses Barber

* Birth Year: 1993
* Birthplace: *Unknown*
* Residence: *Unknown*
* Occupation: Computer Technician
* Bio: Moses fits the computer technician stereotype to its core. He's reclusive, an introvert & self-proclaimed geek. But he is still an interesting guy & though he may be quiet, Moses has proven himself to be extremely resourceful.

### Clayton "Clay" Brady

* Birth Year: 1986
* Birthplace: Blue Valley, CO
* Residence: *Unknown*
* Occupation: Race Car Driver
* Bio: Though Clay comes from a family coal miners, he decided to go a very different route & become a race car driver. He finds himself at odds with his family due to his career path & their treatment of him. More than any of them, he considers the Challengers to be his new family & has become a grounding presence for the team.

### Kenn Kawa

* Birth Year: 1994
* Birthplace: Rhelasia
* Residence: Rhelasia
* Occupation: Video Game Designer
* Bio: Prior to joining the Challengers, Kenn was a video game designer in his everyday life. Unlike the rest of the team, he has continued working his job but on a more freelance/part-time employment. The most spiritually-inclined of the Challengers, Kenn is open to the bizarre & paranormal, which leads to him clashing with Brenda's scientifically-minded approach.

### Corinna "Cori" Stark

* Birth Year: 1998
* Birthplace: *Unknown*
* Residence: *Unknown*
* Occupation: Occultist
* Bio: With an eccentric & deranged scientist for a father, its suprising that Corinna is so well balanced in her life. Unlike the rest of the Challengers, she was recruited after their formation after the team saved her from her father. Her background in the occult give her a unique contribution to the team.

## Trivia

* All of the members (except Corinna) seem to possess the ability of turning probability in their favor. They all simply say they have extremely good luck after living a life of bad luck. This ability is known as tychokinesis, which is defined as the ability to sublimnally affect probability fields in a psychic manner, allowing "good luck" to happen to its user & "bad luck" to their enemies. It is a subconscious ability that usually only produces good luck on the user & rarely anything on their enemies. For example, if debris was falling from the sky was about to hit Moses, he would be hurt if he stood still but if he tried to avoid them, he would move perfectly to avoid every piece about to hit him.
* There are different reasons each of them were on the plane.
	+ Ace Morgan was taking tours to military bases to speak with soldiers about traumatc injuries & losing comrades.
	+ Rocky Davis was going on vacation with his gilfriend.
	+ Prof Haley & Brenda Ruskin were on their way to the National Science Foundation Conference.
	+ June Robbins was in search of an ancient amulet from Themyscira.
	+ Matthew "Red" Ryan missed his flight to Sydney & had to catch a connecting flight to meet up with the crew for a new movie.
	+ Maverick Corbet was the co-pilot of Flight 815.
	+ Bethany "Beth" Hopkins was heading to a military base for psyhological treatment.
	+ Trina Alvarez entered a reality contest for prize money.
	+ Krunch was following Intergang for revenge.
	+ Moses Barber was attending a corporate event.
	+ Clayton "Clay" Brady joined a race car tournament in Japan.
	+ Kenn Kawa was returning home from the Game Developers Conference.

## Notes

* Their powers of tychokinesis work in a similar way to Marvel Comics' Domino.