Malea Goodman

## Ross Fowler

**Ross Fowler** was a superhuman male and was the architect and primary cause of the Freeze.

Fowler was born in New York City in the United States in 2023. He was abandoned by his parents at birth and was placed in an orphanage at a young age. He grew up reading superhero comics and watching superhero shows. He developed a great respect for all those who used their special abilities for good.

Fowler was present when the Battle of the Golden Wheel took place and witnessed firsthand the destruction of a large part of the continental United States. When he was fleeing the seen he was stopped by a man wielding a hydrokinetic power. The man was weakened by battle but in a craze began to strangle Fowler. In a moment of desperation Fowler suddenly developed the same hydrokinetic power and reflexively impaled his assailant through the heart with a spear of ice. He was 13 at the time. He went around the battlefield and found the bodies of numerous superhumans. When he would touch their body, he would gain the ability to use their power, even if they were dead. HE took several powers then and joined refugees in the area and returned to New York. For the next 5 years he would develop his powers and would train in the martial arts and in all fields of knowledge.

He came to believe that human beings did not deserve superpowers as people were evil by nature. Fowler began creating a plan to rid the world of superpowers permanently. He began by travelling the world seeking out superhumans, murdering them, and taking their powers.

Somewhere down the line he would recruit allies who shared his beliefs, including Sepuko Sadarashii. His allies were ordered to cause chaos around the world and weaken Earth's militaries and superhumans. Using many of the powers he gained over the years and by kidnapping many magic wielders he began the freeze and fought The Castle by himself.

### **Powers**

Fowler possessed a Spark of Ran he named **Equalizer**. Equalizer gave him the ability to gain the powers of any human he came he touched with his fingers. He did not take their power from them, rather he gained a copy of it. It appears that he also took some knowledge of how to use them at the same time.

#### **Derived Powers**

**Superhuman Physique** - Fowler possessed one of the strongest superhuman physiques every known, likely taken from many sources rather than a few.

**Cryokinesis** - Fowler could generate and manipulate ice to a massive degree. He did not seem to able to manipulate it with much dexterity and used it primarily for massive, forceful attacks. Also, he could not manipulate already existing ice.

**Combo** - Fowler possessed a unique power that made it much easier to perform attacks in rapid succession. This power seemed to bend reality to some degree as it seemed to circumvent almost every counter to it. One of his most powerful abilities.

**Constriction** - The ability to cause melee attacks ton constrict and partially paralyze the target.

**Intangibility** - Fowler could cause himself and other objects as well as other living beings to become intangible. He could choose when to release this effect. The effect would automatically lift after 10.7 seconds.

**Organic Distortion** - The ability to cause organic objects to distort and physically change shape. This was often fatal to those affected. He could only use this power on a small scale, not enough to fully manipulate a human body, only a part of it where he touched.

**Sound Immunity** - Made Fowler immune to all sound-based attacks.

**Form Removal** - Fowler could forcefully make a target who could visually see return to their base (or default) state. For example, he could force someone to exit Lifeburn Mode.

**Weakness Creation** - Fowler could force a weakness or fault to appear in his target.

**Personal Shield** - Allows the creation of a translucent, light blue sphere surrounding the owner's body, protecting them from energy-based attacks.

**Kinetic Energy Manipulation** - One of Fowler's core powers. Allowed him to generate kinetic energy from nothing and apply anywhere nearby he desired. He could only produce so much within a period of time.

**Insanity Inducement** - Fowler could telepathically cause others to go into a state of frenzy and a craze.

**Flight** - Fowler could move freely through all non-solid substances.

**Fire Breath** - Fowler could shoot flames from his mouth. These flames travelled up to 100 feet and were capable of melting stone.

**Hidden Presence** - Fowler could hide his presence from all but the most powerful sensory abilities.

**Textile Manipulation** - Fowler could manipulate and control textiles.