Miles Harrison

Benjamin Harrison (Brother)

Charles Harrison (Brother, deceased)

Margaret Harrison (Sister)

Miles Harrison possesses a great affinity for metal.

## Biography

Miles Harrison’s early life was marked by two tragic events. Firstly, his mother died when he was only an infant. Secondly, he was born with a terrible medical condition unique to himself. His blood collected excessive levels of iron and failed to properly regulate it, rendering it increasingly toxic. Without constant dialysis, he would die. In 1946, such technology practically did not exist. Fortunately, the Harrison Family was very wealthy, and his father was willing to do whatever was necessary to keep his son alive.

When he was three, his father went to war in Korea, and as such Miles’s earliest memories are of Doctors and his two brothers. Due to his condition, Miles was bedbound most days, and had to be moved around in a wheelchair on his rare good days. On bad days, he would be reduced to writhing agony before offered blessed oblivion by strong doses of opioids.

Rachel Mulligan, John’s second wife, would become Miles’s first (and only) mother figure, offering him a kindness different from that of his brothers and the doctors. His father returned as well, with a lightened spirit. For a time, life was as good as it could be, considering the circumstances.

In his preteens, however, an insidious change wormed its way into the family. Something had changed in John. He started staying out late, disappearing, failing to notify the family when he would leave.

Years later, Miles found out why. His father had been cheating on Rachel with a woman named Janice, met during the movies he starred in to afford Miles’s own treatments, who had seduced him with drugs and excitement. Cheap thrills.

Miles’s first manifestation of his power, when he learned of this, was to accidentally hurtle in a fit of rage his own large dialysis machine at his father with his mind, crushing him against the wall. Thankfully, his father was Captain Invincible, and was obviously unharmed. Instead, John was worried for his son who had just severed himself from the live-giving machinery without preparation. But, miraculously, it seemed the manifestation of his powers had taught his body how to regulate its blood. The disease had apparently been created by his nascent powers, and went out as the new came in.

With his father’s help, Miles took his first tentative steps that day. And for a moment, all was well. But the next few years soon proved to be hell, despite the newfound joy of normal life. John had broken the family, and Miles blamed himself for pushing him into it. Arguments were a nearly daily experience and often heated, and the tension was omnipresent.

At last, to escape his father, Miles buried himself away from the family in the military, joining the US Effort in Vietnam in 1965, one of the first Metas to do so. He quickly proved himself a prime Military Asset, as his abilities against conventional military forces were invaluable … maximum effect with minimum collateral. For ten years, Miles would lose much, and face many trials. And when he returned home, it would be as a ‘baby-killer.’

With Supreme retired, the Government decided that Miles, who had adopted the Superhero name of Argent for his silver aesthetic, would fill the void as Leader of the Homelanders. The first few years were rough, but several events would improve his PR. For one, Miles unveiled the Watergate scandal, having detected the wiretap during a visit to the Watergate Complex. This did much to improve his public trustworthiness in a time where government trust was low.

More notably however, when President Reagan began a new drive for patriotism and anti-communism, Argent became the bulwark of his strategy. In the new political climate he found himself in, Miles even ran as Reagan’s running mate in 1984, becoming the only Metahuman to the office of Vice-President of the United States of America.

Miles returned to the Homelanders in 1988, and led the team for another thirteen successful years. By this time, Argent was a Superhero who was possibly more popular than even his father, though dwarfed by Supreme. He married a Nurse, Linda Prescott, in 1991, though the couple decided not to have children.

And then 9/11 changed everything. Argent was on-site in New York City minutes after the second plane hit, having been en-route since the first impact. He would save many lives in the rescue efforts, but forever regrets that if he had been there sooner might have been able to stop the second Plane from hitting the Towers.

With Anti-Metahuman views on the rise, Miles retired from the Homelanders in 2004 and turned to Political Activism. Over the last twenty-five years, he has built up a sizable Pro-Meta powerbase, with followers in the Millions. Deeply entrenched by 2001, Argent’s reputation has suffered in recent decades, but altogether has weathered the storm much better than the majority of Superheroes. As the situation continues to deteriorate for Metahumans, Miles Harrison remains one of their people’s more ardent defenders. Whether or not he shall continue to weather the storm remains to be seen.

## Physical Appearance

Miles is above average in height, with (aside from broad shoulders) a narrow and wiry build that makes him appear sleek in the plain white suits he usually wears to events, though his super suit is designed to make him appear larger than he actually is. Due to his slowed aging, he appears to be around forty years of age. Miles is handsome and strongly resembles his father, though his skin is paler and his hair and eyes have his mothers darker coloration. His features have served him well throughout his life, in politics and in propaganda, though he tries to rely on his looks as little as possible.

## Personality

In contrast to the glitz and the glamor of many Supers, Miles presents himself as a humble and charming everyman. Not so serious as to be dull, Miles keeps himself grounded, with his stolidness evened out by his warmth. A passionate idealist, he has a strong moral compass and is deeply loving to his friends and the general public as a whole. In fewer words, Miles is the posterboy of the ‘Don’t do Drugs’ Super.

## Powers

When sufficiently garbed in metal, Argent can fly at speeds of up to Mach 3, and can run at around 35 MPH, with enhanced reflexes. Miles has slightly superhuman strength, though his lifting ability is well under a ton. His Class 2 Regeneration has extended his lifespan and helped heal severe injuries. But far and away his main power is his Class 5 Ferrokinesis, the only one known to exist. Offensively, Miles can lift skyscrapers with ease, rip the iron from bloodstreams, and generally exists beyond the power of modern metal armies to harm. Defensively, he possesses Class 2 Durability, protecting him from most blunt and penetrating attacks and allowing mild resistance to low-caliber rounds. Miles can also alter the atomic structure of metals to give them dramatically increased strength.

His primary defensive measure, however, is through his electro-magnetic thundershell. By stripping the electrons from the air and containing it through a powerful magnetic field, Miles generates a cloud of solid super-dense invisible ionized gas which crackles with electricity and glows when struck. In layman’s terms, a magnetic shield, one capable of withstanding atomic blasts.

## Skills

Though he holds great distaste for direct physical confrontation, Miles is a very capable hand-to-hand combat and also an experienced and charismatic public speaker. Miles is intelligent, with a deep understanding of a variety of fields, politics in particular.