Heroes

A listing of heroes, and talking about how they work in New Unity.

Mother Gaia

Commander Liberty

The Golem

#### **Beacon**

real name: dominic rosewood. Superman analogue, powered by light across the visual and nonvisual spectrum. A "beacon" of light and hope in the world.

#### **Airheart**

Amelia Earhart, lost through time, transported into the future and given the ability to fly and control wind. Chipper and cheery, sort of like Tracer meets Wonder Woman

#### **Balefire**

Magic Batman. Maybe Alchemy? Dark and Brooding.

#### **Quickshot**

Green Arrow Type deal and a speedster Generational superhero with great talent in aiming projectiles (current: The Incredible Quickshot)

#### **Marvel**

Maxine Davis was born aboard a civilian alien ship that was shot down over Earth, and rescued from the crash site by an engineer named Nina Davis. When she was very young, she suffered an accident that damaged her spine, leaving her without the use of her legs, and she uses a wheelchair when she's not flying. Her powers are varied, and include flight, strength, mind-linking, and a powerful magical beam called the Charge.

#### **Bastion**

Bastion (aka Branson Yu) is a medical doctor who was saved from the brink of death by prototype nanites and now acts as the primary physician for the Guard, as well as any other metahumans the Guard comes into contact with. Although on the side of good, Bastion has a very poor bedside manner, and often speaks before he thinks. He seems more interested in study and discovery than the people he treats.

#### **Lace**

A scientist of many disciplines, with a focus on biology, Penelope Grant has the ability to peel organic things into discrete layers and put them back again. While she cares deeply for people, she is occasionally careless with them. She is deaf, and communicates primarily through American Sign Language.

## The Bronze Age

### Reavers

The Reavers are a group of heroes from the future, who came back to the past completely by accident. They are all cybernetically enhanced, and butt heads with the Guard on many issues, ranging from government involvement in superhuman activities to whether or not heroes should kill.

### Vanguard

Vanguard is an offshoot team of The Guard, consisting of heroes who are younger adults (in their 20s, as opposed to 30s and older). Although they are part of The Guard, they have more independence to operate alone than, say, The New Guardians.

#### Herculeah

A champion weightlifter who left the sport to make a difference in the world, Herculeah bears the Belt and Gauntlets of Hercules, which imbue her with incredible superhuman strength, but only in short bursts. To offset this, she also incorporates a variety of ancient and modern fighting styles and her non-inconsiderable baseline strength to fight crime in New Unity.

#### Shadow Boxer

Shadow Boxer is a metahuman who can create a "clone" of themself out of their own shadow, which can act independently. The clone is more of a silhouette, but she can control it at will. She is in a relationship with Herculeah, and when asked her superhero name she sometimes responds that it is "punch lesbian" as a joke.

#### Blazing Youth

A former member of the Japanese superhero group Wakawakashī Honōrangers, Blazing Youth was the sole survivor of a terrible crisis that claimed the lives of his teammates, infusing him with their fighting spirits in their final moments. Unable to face the scrutiny of the Japanese public, Blazing Youth came to New Unity for a new start and fell in with Vanguard. He is able to call upon the spirits of his fallen teammates and summon a smaller, personal version of their combining mecha as a single-driver powersuit.

#### Mother Soul

an ex-nun who is proficient in exorcisms and other matters related to the supernatural. She weilds a variety of weaponry, claiming it best to be prepared, and she is currently in school studying theology.