Superman

*"I didn’t survive the death of my people because I was the strongest. I survived because I had people who cared about me and thought I deserved a chance. And I’m pretty sure everyone deserves to get that same chance."*
―Superman to Mongul
***The Man of Steel***

**Kal-El**, also known as Clark Kent, is the last son and survivor of the planet Krypton. To the world at large, he is known as **Superman**. He is a founding member of Justice League.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Last Son of Krypton

Kal-El was born to Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van as the last natural birth on the doomed world of Krypton. Having realized that the end of Krypton was iminent and that large scale planetary evacuation was an increasing impossibility, Jor-El tried his best to convince the people of his world to act, but to no avail. Undeterred, Jor-El and Lara decided upon sending Kal-El to Earth, so he would at least be safe while they remained on Krypton and attempted to aid in evactuating its inhabitants. Unfortunately, their actions were in vain and Krypton exploded, leaving Kal-El as its sole survivor.

Kal-El's rocket traveled the cosmos, using space-bending technology to make what would've been a journey spanning years into one that barely lasted three months. By the end of that three month period, the rocket reached Earth. The rocket crashed on a roadside in Kansas, where a couple, Jonathan and Martah Kent, had been mourning the loss of their unborn child. The two investigate the crash, coming across Kal-El's spaceship and Kal-El himself. The two agree to take in Kal-El as their own and raise him as their own son.

### Likes

* Apple Pie
* Sunshine
* Trust/Honesty

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

* **Kryptonian Physiology**: As a Kryptonian, Superman gains a wide variety of powers and abilities when he has absorbed the solar radiation of a yellow sun. These abilities firmly place him as one of the strongest beings on the planet. However, under the glow of a red sun, he will lose these powers and become just like any average human of his size and build.
	+ **Solar Energy Absorption**: Superman's main source of energy is from Earth's yellow sun. Superman is able to store the energy he absorbs from the sun like a solar battery and can draw from this pool in order to fuel some of his more fantastical powers. The more sunlight he has stored, the more powerful he becomes. He can also expediate the process by actually moving closer to the sun itself. However, there is a limit to the amount of solar radiation he can absorb at a time, for if he were to absorb too much, it would cause his cells to break down, eventually killing him. However, even in his dying state, he would be more than powerful enough to actually resist objects and powers that would normally weaken him drastically, such as kryptonite. Should Superman sustain prolonged periods away from yellow sunlight, such as three weeks, his powers will eventually fade, rather than disappear outright.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Due to a combination of his denser structure, more efficient musculature, subconscious will on energy fields, and solar energy absorption, Superman possesses immense strength. At his preferred optimal state, Superman can lift around 100 tons and perform acts of subconscious will that him to perform physical feats beyond just physical application, such as lifting a ship from the center without punching a hole right through it. When deprived of yellow sunlight for extended periods of time, Superman still posses superior strength compared to most humans, due to his kryptonian biology, however, he his unable to lift anything past 6000 pounds at this state. Should he stock up and bathe in the rays of yellow sunlight beyond his optimal levels for extended levels, his strength could potentially become incalculable.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Superman's durability makes him almost invulnerable, however, there are still things can can effect him in his optimal state. While bullets discharged from standard firearm have zero effect on him, high-caliber rounds carry enough force to cause him to physically react, as a round to the forehead will be able to knock his head back slightly, though it still is not enough to actually harm him. More explosive artillery tends to have a more consistent effect on him, but the actual pain and damage he feels from it range from a hard slap to a full on punch, with it taking countless rounds before a drop of blood will ever be drawn. In his sunlight deprived state, Superman still maintains some level of durability, but normal bullets will have the same effect on him that high caliber rounds have on him in his optimal state, with high caliber rounds being likelier to draw blood or break bone. Far beyond his optimal levels, Superman gains invulnerability, no longer reacting to any kind of Earth artillery. In this state, the effects of Kryptonite merely tickle him.
	+ **Superhuman Speed**: Superman's speed far surpasses that of any human, able to move at the speed of sound in his optimal state. However, even at his highest solar-powered state, while he would be able to keep up with Flash on foot, he is still far slower than the speedster. When deprived of solar energy, Superman's kryptonian biology allows him to still move at speeds that surpass the average human's, able to move up to 60mph
	+ **Enhanced Reflexes**: Superman's speed extends to his reflexes, making him fast enough to react to and easily catch point blank bullets out of the air. In his deprived state, he is still quick enough to catch bullets out of the air, but not ones fired point blank.
	+ **Flight**: Superman is capable of flight. In his optimal state, Superman is able to fly well over the speed of sound and even approach the speed of light. In his highest solar-powered state, Superman can fly well over the speed of light and nearly match the speed of Flash. Flight is one of the powers Superman will lose in his sunlight deprived state, often being the last one to fully fade away.
	+ **Supervision**: Superman's kryptonian physiology grants him multiple kinds of vision. However, these powers tend to pull from his pool of solar-energy the most and, in his sunlight deprived state, are usually the first to fade.
		- **Heat Vision**
		- **Telescopic Vision**
		- **X-Ray Vision**
	+ **Superhuman Hearing**
	+ **Superhuman Smell**: Superman has incredibly acute olfactory senses, which allow him to detect certain smells, as obscured as they may be. Superman admits he doesn't like using this power very much.
	+ **Longevity**: Superman can age at a much slower rate than most humans, remaining at his prime as long as he was under the exposure of a yellow sun. In his sunlight-deprived state he ages only mildly slower than an average human.

### Abilities

* **Investigation**
* **Journalism**
* **Leadership**