Phorus

Edward G. Stein, aka **Phorus**, was a villain and a former enemy of Multi Sharp.

## History

### Origins

Edward was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 7th, 1996 and was raised by foster parents (who were also named Stein) when they found him at the orphanage. As a young child who was surrounded by many things--especially science. Living under a rich family, he tended to keep things to himself. But for reasons unknown, Edward had an aggressive personality, usually if his projects failed and through medications and seeing psychologists, it did not do much but soften his temper.

### Early career

In 2004, when Edward turned 8, his foster parents took him to Hong Kong to stay temporarily for a year because both had worked for the same business company with more opportunities. They settled down in Quarry Bay with a big mansion while Edward went to school nearby. He also started to learn Cantonese as it was an interest to him, much like his parents.

Eventually, Edward came across Jonathan Mak (the future Multi Sharp), another student in his same class. They managed to get along together as close friends and spent most of their time together working on same hobbies, sports and various interests. Their love for Hong Kong convinced Edward's parents decided to stay for another 6 years until 2010. By ninth grade, Jon went to Canada to study and Edward was left behind.

Feeling disatissfied, Edward would eventually run out of friends to talk to as everyone grew up; he felt he was staying in his own bubble. At 16, he dated a girl, who was his officially his first and both went out clubbing a lot, spending his parents' money quite a lot. He would also take his girlfriend back and forth on a private jet like his parents did as they went around the world in months.

Wanting to grant himself powers beyond intellect, Edward started devoting more time to to projects and became much more of a juvenile making reckless actions as he turned 18. His father's company started to lose fortune within these two years, while his mother tried her best to manage things but failed to do so. By late 2014, Edward was going in shambles. Deciding to use the last of his money to make a machine. It did give him the powers he needed.

On December 27th 2014, Edward , under the lab at his family penthouse in Pennsylvania, took the machine's final test experiment.

### Rise to villainy

By the middle 2015, Phorus had gathered criminals to do his bidding. Despite being only 19 and the youngest, he managed to control the circle over fear with his experiments. The side effects in his

In Multi, who was unknowingly his childhood friend in elementary, pursued with his partner Doctor Elite

### Downfall and eventual death

By October 28th, 2019, approximately six months after his last encounter with Multi Sharp and his allies, a dying Phorus/Gravestein managed to establish a secret base in Advent City, Texas. Finding out the heroes were in Canada, he enacted his endgame plan by managing to send a hallucinatory bomb on the town they were in, giving the effect that they were fighting"demons and monsters" from the local townsfolk (who perceived the Multi's team as two big demonic bulls). But due to Pig's intervention, his plans were thwarted and the hallucinations went off as they restored the town as they went to the city to track him down.

With another final trick up his sleeve, he managed to capture Multi and imprison him along with the rest of his small team as they approached his base while holding some civilians hostage in the same hallucinatory guises of evil creatures. He taunted the hero and ranted how heroes like Fluxx were the epitome of what he hated, threatening to destroy the city. However, Multi responded by saying he had left to do soul searching before he left the Flickr Fighters for a while. Apologizing to Multi, both were engulfed in a white flash--as a result of forcing the hero to go further into his powers.

Entering the dreamlike state, Edward's memories begun to came alive to Jon, who found out he had cancer and was disfigured as a result of trying to develop a cure. It was subsequently revealed that other Edward, who he set up as a fake decoy to lure the hero out, was killed by himself because the decoy failed his mission. As Jon realized their shared friendship and good memories of the past, he tried to convince Edward to come back to the light and free his friends as he wasn't intended to become a villain. Edward, still realizing the ritual shaping and experimentations would make him stronger, turned him down and proceeded to attack Multi once more with his army of monsters but he couldn't attempt it as Jon's energy had gotten stronger as both returned to the real world in another flash.

As he laid dying with the cancer finally spread to his heart, Edward came back to his senses and tearfully apologized to Jon, who also did the same, all the memories came back to his mind and both reminisced on their past together for a few moments, happy that he would be able to meet his lost love once again. In his final words, he also told Jon his parents he loved them with all his heart. Edward's decomposing body eventually turned into a woodlike scarecrow figure as it dissipated into thin air, leaving a heartbroken Jon to mourn over his body while the other "creatures" reverted back to normal people and his team being freed.

3 days later, Multi would come across a diner where he met Mr and Mrs Stein, who all had a talk together over apple pie. With their restored memories, both also felt remorse and gratitude towards their son and the hero as they shared stories with one another. Before leaving, Multi managed to give Edward's past lab works and reports in a box to both and also left a name calling card in case they needed him.

### Legacy

Ed's death would have a somewhat profound effect on Multi Sharp as it haunted him to this day particularly, due to the fact that he died indirectly in his hands and had to witness his passing. Every October 31st, Multi would make a promise to come visit Edward's parents to celebrate Halloween together.

## Personality

In his childhood and youth, Edward was bright spirited and well taught under the tutelage of his parents, but his devotion to science also led to his aggressiveness being stronger. He also had to cling to people to talk to, which made him introverted at times and could be perceived as narcissistic. By witnessing and hearing the legends of Gravestein, he sought over obsession with the similar name of his and went down to becoming evil. He also developed a multiple personality disorder with "Gravestein" and "Phorus" as he became a villain, committing ruthless acts to the verge of insanity.