Chandi Gupta

* Biography
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## Maya

* ‎Maya
* Chandi Gupta

### Background

Chandi's grandparents, Daribha Gupta and Ashok Desai, were both from the Indian state of Meghalaya, where matrilineal culture is still prevalent. The children born of this marriage took Daribha's family name, but they also inherited something, else an esoteric potential. Daribha and Ashok both came from families with ancestors that claimed mystical ability. It was thought that the match of Daribha and Ashok would lead to a reawakening of the magical properties in their blood, which had long since gone dormant. However, after the birth of their children Priya, Rani, and Rasi with no apparent magical abilities to show amongst them, Ashok abandoned his family to pursue a relationship with an Englishwoman from a more established magical family.

Daribha made the decision to move from her homeland to Mumbai in order to give her children an opportunity to seek out promising futures in the rapidly changing landscape of India. Daribha was a spiritual woman, as was her eldest daughter Priya, but Rani and Rasi grew up with varying shades of faith. While Rani took an interest in Indian history and culture, she neglected its doctrine, though still became an ardent student of its mythology. Rasi completely abandoned the faith and embraced the sweeping reforms that were happening in India and during his young adulthood.

Rasi did well in school, eventually studying abroad, where he was hired by Adrian Veidt to help modernize India with intrinsic technology. Rasi had an intuitive knack for understanding the technology required to harness intrinsic energy. In order to oversee intrinsic infrastructure being installed in the city, Rasi moved to Delhi, which is where he met Divya Patel. The two were married and made frequent trips to Mumbai by airplane to visit Rasi's family when his work allowed it.

When Divya became pregnant and had complications, Rasi's work was also made more demanding in order to meet a deadline. Unable to properly care for his wife, Rasi sent her to stay with his family in Mumbai. Several months before Chandi's birth, Divya and Rasi' family would be shocked to hear the news that much of Delhi had been destroyed in a bright blue blast. For months, Divya prayed for news from Rasi, but such news would never come.

Many years later, Rasi's lab was determined to be the epicenter of the explosion.

### Chandi Gupta: 1988 - 2006

Chandi was born on a Thursday. Her mother, Divya, died the following Saturday. Distraught over the loss of Rasi and suffering from pre-existing complications, Divya had become too weak to recover from the arduous childbirth. [Note: I am told that it is possible that she died from "intrinsic siphoning," which is when a mortal with a weak aura gives birth to a child with a potent aura. Indeed, it's not uncommon to see psionic metahumans who lost their mother in childbirth or in their youth].

Following her mother's death, and with no word on her father, Chandi was raised by her father's family. During the school year, she would live with her Aunt Priya and Uncle Sanyam, but would often accompany her Aunt Rani and Uncle Vijay on trips abroad. Though her Aunt Priya was spiritual and faithful, as was her cousin Kala, Chandi was less-inclined to such beliefs. She became something of a hellion, known to run around with friends that were prone to get into trouble.

Fearing that Chandi would get involved in behavior that ran the risk of ostracizing her, Uncle Sanyam took Chandi under his wing and put her to work in his kitchen, along with his own daughters, Kala and Daya. They were also joined by another cousin, Kiran, when her parents had to take prolonged work trips during the school year. As Daya and Kiran were of similar age, they became thick as thieves, and likewise Kala and Chandi had a close relationship, despite opposing personalities.

When she turned eighteen, Chandi was able to inherit her parents' savings and estate (with eighteen years of interest). She offered the money to help renovate her uncle's restaurant, but Sanyam insisted that Chandi put the money toward her own education, urging her to apply to a culinary arts program. Chandi agreed to this, but only if she could also help pay for her cousin Kala's college tuition.

In the first few months of college abroad, Chandi suffered from headaches and experienced strange occurrences around her. It was the start of the rest of her life...

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Psionic Metahuman Physiology:** Chandi is a metahuman with a particularly potent psionic lineage. Though her most recent ancestors had little to no intrinsic instinct, recent developments in the world have reawakened the meta-gene of this bloodline. Chandi's ancestors claimed to have control over the elements and though it was seen as "magic," we understand now that, in actuality, it was most likely intrinsic manipulation.
	+ ***Aerokinesis:*** Chandi can fly, manipulate the air around her to simulate strong gusts of wind, deprive a room of oxygen, soften her landing from a great height with a cushion of air, and many other things by tapping into "the White."
	+ ***Bestial Speech*** Chandi understands animals and is understood by them. Also, Chandi is almost always seen as a friend by non-predatory creatures. Even predators often only antagonize her when they perceive her as a threat.
	+ ***Biokinetic Augmentation:*** Chandi may possess some ability to tap into "the Red", however unlike her cousin *(See Kala Dandekar for more information)*, Chandi's connection does not seem to allow her to heal. Instead, Chandi can augment her own physiology to become stronger, faster, or more resilient than normal for periods of time. Using this ability, she has managed to increase her strength to Class II Enhanced Strength, run at approximately 100 MPH (160 km/h), or take small-arms fire with no lasting injuries sustained (just some bruises.
	+ ***Chlorokinesis:*** Though her connection to "the Green" and "the Grey", Chandi can cause plants and fungi to grow rapidly, ensnare her enemies with vines, reinforce the health or strength of pre-existing flora. She can also speak to plants and fungi.
	+ ***Geokinesis:*** Chandi can reshape rock, cause mud or stone to levitate or launch at her enemies, create small scale earthquakes in her vicinity, or other such effects through the channeling of "the Melt".
	+ ***Hydrokinesis:*** Chandi can cause water to freeze, propel herself at great speed underwater, walk on the surface of water as though it were solid, remove impurities from water with her mind, or all manner of other tricks though tapping into the intrinsic field identified as "the Clear" (or sometimes "the Blue").
	+ ***Pyrokinesis:*** Though the grace of "the Burn", Chandi can conjure fire to erupt from her hands, increase the intensity of an existing fire, snuff out flames with a thought, and walk through an inferno without breaking a sweat.
	+ ***Supernatural Senses:*** Chandi is able to see, hear, and interact with beings on the astral plane - particularly sensates, but also ephemeral entities, and invisible spirits such as ghosts. She is also sensitive to intrinsic and psychic phenomena.
* **Archery:** Chandi has been using the bow on occasion. This appears to be a weapon she has adopted the use of to help augment her combat ability. ARGUS believes that Green Arrow has been training her, but this has yet to be confirmed by the Network. [*User: Operator pinged for confirmation*]
* **Culinary Arts:** Chandi is a graduate of the MCCAA and is accordingly a master of the culinary arts. She is likely one of the best chefs in India and could become a highly sought personal chef or an executive chef, she prefers to remain as her uncle's assistant chef and remain fairly low-key to afford her chance to pursue her vigilante activities.
* **Martial Arts:** Chandi is undergoing weekly martial arts training, being tutored by Black Canary at the Hall of Justice. She has been encouraged to continue her training on her own time, but it appears she has yet to do so.

### Weaknesses

* **Migraines:** Like many psionic metahumans, Chandi suffers from migraines. When experiencing a potent migraine, Chandi's powers often go haywire. This may cause open flames near her area to erupt dramatically, water pipes to burst, papers or small objects being scattered by an errant breeze, flowers to bloom spontaneously, tame animals becoming berserk, and so forth.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Occult:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Weaponry:** 3 — Trained / Exceptional
* **Expertise:** 2 — Basic / Typical
* **Range:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Strategy:** 2 — Basic / Typical
	+ **TOTAL:** 49
	+ **RANKING:** Low Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Maya joined the Justice League in 2015 nominated by Martian Manhunter.

### Notes

* In the comics, she had fire powers and was left with a strange cult, believing she was a reincarnation of a goddess.
* The month of her birth is a nod to her first appearance in *Justice League Europe #47* in February 1993.
* Her archery skill is a nod to her forming her fire into bow and arrows in the comics.
* Her family are nods to various characters.
	+ In the comics, Ashok became the supervillain Kalki.
	+ Arani and Kiran Singh are the superheroes Celsius and Solstice.
	+ Kala, Sanyam, Priya, and Daya are characters from the *Sense8* Netflix series.

## Gallery

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## Links and References

* Appearances of Chandi Gupta

1. ↑ Network Files: Chandi Gupta 1