Herald

Agent (Title)

Guardian (Title)

Herald of the Voice (Title)

Mal (Nickname)

Hornblower (Alias)

Vox (Alias)

Samuel Reynolds (Half-Brother)

Valerie Reynolds (Sister-In-Law)

Lucius Reynolds (Nephew)

The Titans (Alumni)

## **History**

### **Mal Duncan: 1994 - 2010**

Malcolm is the son of a leading chemist employed by Kord Industries. Due to his mother abandoning him at a young age, Mal became an angry and troubled child. As a recovering alcoholic himself, Mal's father refused to let rage lead his child into a dark path of self-destruction. Seeing that Mal was a bright kid under all that rage, and being a scientist himself, Jeremiah Duncan engaged in all sorts of fun experiments in the backyard and garage with his son every night. The two spent their weekends on science-related field trips. These activities excited Malcolm to pursue science throughout his childhood.

After a particularly brilliant science fair project, Mal earned a scholarship to Ivy University at the age of thirteen. It was there that he would study under Professors Pratt and Palmer, who would pair him with a lab partner that would change his life trajectory forever. Her name was Karen Beecher.

Mal and Karen bonded naturally. They had a mutual love for the Titans, the Justice League of America, and the whole caped crusader movement. The two shared their first kiss at a Halloween party with Mal dressed as Speedy and Karen dressed as Wonder Girl. (Fun Fact: Both of them had chosen their costumes specifically to capitalize on the other's hero crush).

### **Herald: 2010 - Present**

Despite their love of heroics, Karen and Mal were unaware that their own professor was engaged in such nocturnal activities. Before Palmer made his official debut as Atom, Mal and Karen had been making their own plans to transform into heroes - creating powered suits for themselves in an old neglected workshop they discovered while clearing out old lab equipment.

When their mechanized suits were complete, just in time for summer vacation, the two drove out to Jump City. There they put on their suits with the intent to sneak into Titans Tower. They thought this would surely impress the Titans. As misguided as they were, upon carrying out their endeavor, Mal and Karen found the found the Tower as empty, Titans having been earlier called out on mission against Diablo. Deflated, the two packed up and drove back to Ivy U to begin the next semester.

Upon arriving in Ivy Town, Karen and Mal found their workshop occupied by Batman, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and the Atom waiting for them. The break-in at the Tower had been captured on a security camera and the JLA had promptly come to investigate. After hearing the reason for the kids' actions and having the Atom vouch for them, Black Canary talked Batman and Green Arrow into opening up the Tower for a new team which would include Karen and Malcolm as Titans - provided they could pass the rigorous testing exercises.

## **Personality**

Mal Duncan is a good-hearted and selfless young man, always ready to land a hand to whoever needing it; extremely proud, he’s also always ready to defend his honor and reputation, even with his fists, being extremely easy to make him angry. Finally out of the shadows of the other heroes, Herald is willing to make his part and to be a hero on his own.

## **Powers, Abilities, Equipment, and Weaknesses**

### **Powers**

**Wizard Physiology:** Mal has discovered, since becoming a hero, that he belongs to a subspecies of humanity that descend from the original inhabitants of Atlantis. As a homo magi, Mal has a natural affinity toward magic, but as he discovered this late in life much of his magical potential has adapted to empower his exceptional talents.

* **Magic:**