Archetype:Normal-Folk

> Not every superhero has powers. You can be super without them.
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> Syndrome (The Incredibles)

> Oh, and I suppose a great muggle like youself's gonna stop him, are ya?"
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> *"Muggle?"*
> *"Non-magic folk.*Rubeus Hagrid to Vernon Dursley and Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone)

The archetype of **characters who are normal and unpowered within their society/reality**. Contrast against Super-Powered Mortal.

## Also Called

* Mundane/Muggle
* Non-Meta/Non-Super
* Normal/Normie
* Unpowered Being

## Properties

The character is defined by having a mortal physiology, a roughly human level of sapience, and no superpowers. Even without powers, normies can be a force to reckon with, especially in large groups or when they come together as a unified society to defend their interests. Even without powers, normies can still find ways to match their enemies’ levels, such as ***being skilled with weapons***, being in a peak physical condition, or mastering various skills.

Normies can become superpowered through advanced technology, ***exotic technology***, ***magical objects***, mystic relics, ***divine blessings***, or some sort of power inducing event/incident. Conversely, some superpowered beings may be forced to live-out their lives as normies due to becoming victims of ***powerlessness inducement***, ***loss of immortality***, ***loss of invulnerability***, ***falling from grace***, etc. Within some societies, some number of normies may have ***recessive genetics*** that allow their children or descendants to develop powers even if they themselves do not.

The composition of the normie population will vary between worlds and societies. On an iron aged society on a fantasy world, it may be that humans, ***dwarves***, ***elves***, and ***halflings*** live side-by side as normies. While that society would see extraterrestrials as exotic "non-normies," a spacefaring society could include aliens amongst its normies.

## Associated Powers

* ***Building Mastery***
	+ ***Technological Constructs***
		- ***Weapon Creation***
* ***Disability-Based Immunity***; as the user has no powers, they are immune to such things as ***Power Negation***.
* Enhanced/Supernatural Inventing
	+ Advanced Technology
* ***Fate Denial***
* ***Improvisation Mastery***
	+ ***Infinite Resourcefulness***
	+ ***Intuitive Intelligence***
* Mortality
	+ ***Enhanced Weakness*** in comparison to other beings
* Peak Human Condition; the max level possible for them.
	+ ***Peak Human Durability***
	+ Peak Human Strength
	+ Peak Human Intelligence
	+ ***Peak Human Speed***
	+ Peak Human Senses
* ***Real-Life Powers***
	+ ***Peak Human***/***Enhanced***/***Supernatural***/***Absolute Potential***
* ***Skill Adaptation***
	+ ***Tactical Analysis***
* ***Training Regimen*** via compensating the absence of powers with common techniques.
	+ ***Weapon Proficiency***
* ***Unpowered***

## Associated Physiologies

Characters may be any non-powered, non-supernatural physiology that is normal within their reality:

* Alien Physiology (Varies)
	+ ***Grey Physiology***
* ***Animal-Human Physiology***
	+ ***Beastfolk Physiology***
* ***Atlantean Physiology***
* ***Dwarf Physiology***
* ***Elf Physiology*** (Non-supernatural varieties only)
* ***Halfling Physiology***
* Human Physiology
* Humanoid Physiology (Varies)
* ***Orc Physiology***

## Relationships/Variations

* Badass Normal
* Earthling
* ***Elite Persevering Practitioner***

## Associations

* ***Mortality Manipulation***
* Mortalization
* ***Personal Mortality***
* ***Potential Creation***
* Superpowered Physiology

## Notes

This archetype is often labelled as "mortals" but this is an ill-suited term as even most supernatural beings are mortal.

## Example Characters

*See also: Muggles, Muggle Power, and Muggle Best Friend.*

* Non-benders (*Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra*)
	+ Sokka
	+ Asami Sato
	+ Pema
	+ Ty Lee
	+ Mai
* Ben Tennyson (*Ben 10*); without the Omnitrix
* Batman Family (*DC Comics*)
* Muggles (*Harry Potter*)
* Squibs (*Harry Potter*)
* Syndrome (*The Incredibles*)

## Gallery

Sokka's sword.pngSokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender), the only non-bender of the original Team Avatar.Syndrome (The Incredibles) has no superpowers but compensates with a genius-level intellect and a steady supply of gadgets he invented.The TMNT.jpgDespite their mutations, the Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) have no real superpowers, being equal to peak human athletes.