Bernard Venton (Headcase)

# Headcase

## Bernard Venton

Headcase

*Description here ~ Bernard*

## History

### Early Life

Bernard's mother was a woman by the name of Alexis Venton. She was a drug addict who became pregnant after a one-night stand with a man she never saw again. When she discovered that she was pregnant, Alexis began to work and pull her life together. She’d had shitty parents growing up, and didn't want that for her child. She got a job, went to rehabilitation for her addiction, she really did her best to turn things around, Alexis just wanted her child to have the best life possible. After discovering it was a boy via ultrasound, she decided that his name would be Bernard, after her own father who’d passed away just a few years prior. Alexis would have been an amazing mother, but unfortunately upon giving birth she suffered from an amniotic fluid embolism, and died shortly after. Bernard spent his early years under the care of his uncle, a veteran with a short fuse, he wasn't necessarily the most qualified for the job. But out of respect to his sister, he took Bernard in. Much of the early childcare was done by a nanny that he hired, that is until Bernard turned five. From then on out it was just him and his uncle. Bernard had always been small for his age, born with asthma and a severe peanut allergy, he wasn't necessarily the epitome of toughness. He didn't often engage in physical games with others his age; he'd spend his time reading and drawing in silence.   His uncle considered him an embarrassment, weak and useless. He was determined to toughen the boy up, which was not necessarily a pleasant experience. Bernard regularly experienced both physical and verbal abuse at the hands of his uncle, a suffering he endured for years in silence. When he was eleven years old, a teacher took notice of his regularly appearing bruises and contacted child protective services anonymously to do a wellness check. Their inspection yielded clear signs of abuse and concrete evidence of neglect. Bernard's uncle was arrested on several criminal charges and, with no family left, Bernard found himself in a group home.

His years at the foster home, while preferable to living with his uncle, weren't too great either. He found himself to be the target of bullying, his small stature and meek demeanor making him an easy target. And those who didn't bully him, didn't know he existed. Bernard drifted through his life, never particularly excelling at anything that would make him stand out. For almost everyone, he was just another face in the crowd. The first person to ever really see him was his 9th grade biology teacher, Dr.Calligan. Hed each his lunches in Caligans classroom and the two would just talk, sometimes it felt like Calligan was the only one who knew he existed, the only one who recognized him in the crowd. Because he trusted the teacher so fully, he barely batted an eye when Dr. Calligan asked for his assistance in a personal experiment he was performing. Something about mapping brain waves in response to external stimuli, fairly normal science stuff. So one day, following this conversation, Bernard found himself in the doctor's house. The man's basement seemed to be a lab of sorts. They had a short conversation and Calligan offered Bernard a glass of water before they began the tests. Thirsty from the walk, Bernards graciously accepted. Within minutes of consuming it however, he was unconscious. Unbeknownst to Bernard up until this point, Dr.Caligan was not at all who he claimed to be. He wasn't a teacher, he was a devious geneticist who needed human subjects for his experiments in  mutation and evolution. And Bernard was the newest lab rat.

For weeks on end he was subject to grueling tests and experiments; injections, electricity, extreme temperatures, and just about anything else you can think off. These tests caused Bernard to develop potent psionic abilities, which he then used to break free of his binds and escape. But he would never be the same after that tortuous experience. The tests had given him powers, but they also broke something in him mentally, a part of his mind fragmented. The doctor, who'd been experimenting on Bernard in an attempt to create a human bio-weapon he could use for his own personal gain, attempted to implant a chip that would allow him to influence Bernard's thoughts. However, Bernard killed him using his newfound abilities, having read the doctor's mind and discovered his true intentions.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **PSIONICS** — *As a direct result of the experiments performed on him by Dr. Caligan, Bernard possesses vast psionic capabilities. His mind having been mutated past the point of being human in a tortuous process which ultimately turned him into a powerful metahuman with the potential for incredible growth.*
	+ **Telepathy:** *Bernard possesses the ability to interface with the minds of others in a number of ways. at a basic level, he can read and broadcast thoughts. though he's also capable of more complex applications such as casting potent mental illusions, sensing mental signatures, astral projection, mental manipulation, and emotional manipulation. His mental prowess is such that he can contest with beings such as martians and completely overpower the vast majority of telepathic metahumans.*
	+ **Enhanced Mind:** *outside of the supernatural, Bernard's mind is enhanced in a more conventional sense. He can mentally absorb and process information at superhuman speeds. He has the ability to tactically assess and predict the numerous possible and probable outcomes of most any given situation. By playing advanced variable examinations within his head he can simulate a quick pre-play sequence of a number of causes, effects, and inevitable outcomes at an accelerated rate. He can learn things at an accelerated rate, teaching himself to expertly play an instrument in a matter of minutes. His enhanced mind allows him to keep up with superhumans with physiology far beyond his own.*
		- **Knowledge Absorption** — *to expand upon his own pool of knowledge quickly, Bernard can absorb information from the minds of others. almost instantly teaching himself skills which would otherwise take him long periods of time or absorbing talents en masse.*
	+ **Telekinesis:** *perhaps his most potent power is his telekinesis, which allows him to manipulate the movement of anything in his vicinity; he can lift several hundred tons of matter and apply enough force to restrain superhumans. more dangerous than his raw power however, is his precision. Bernard is able to manipulate countless small objects, even down to the molecular level.*
		- **Force field** — *he can create a telekinetic field to either shield himself and his teammates or use it to lift multiple heavy objects at his enemy. His telekinetic force-fields are strong enough to defend himself against powerful attacks both physical and supernatural in nature.*
		- **TK blast** — *he is able to release his telekinetic energies as powerful blast beams directed from his brain that can affect matter with concussive and destructive force.*
		- **Heat Generation** — *by speeding up the movement of molecules within an object or substance, Bernard can cause it to increase in temperature. By doing this at a high level he can cause substances to combust, melt, or evaporate depending on their inherent composition. Its a difficult technique to pull off correctly, but can be powerful in the hands of someone who knows how to properly utilize it.*
		- **Cold Generation** — *it is also possible to lower the temperature of objects and substances by doing the opposite, causing them to freeze and in extreme cases, collapse or shatter under their own weight, similarly to the generation of heat, its difficult to accomplish and incredibly dangerous if done correctly.*

### Skills

* **GENIUS LEVEL INTELLECT**
	+ *Chemistry*
	+ *Mechanical Engineering*
	+ *Bio-engineering*
	+ *Applied & Theoretical Physics*
	+ *Mathematics*