The Starved

## Appearance

### *Physical Description*

In many ways, Jay looks like a female version of her twin brother, Jon. She has the same average, psuedo fit physique as her brother. She even have similar complaints about her knees and back.

She has light skin and Ash Gray eyes. Her hair is coffee-brown hair and usually medium-length. Her usual style is an asymmetrical bob with the hair on the left side falling to her chin and the hair on the right side falling just past her chin (~3cm). She tries to keep it neat and managed but sometimes she just lets it go and deals with bedhead for the day. After all, who's going to see it, she's unemployed and kinda just chills at home with her twin brother most days. Sometimes, Jay has the same dark shadows around her eyes that her brother has from lack of sleep. Like Jon's, their darkness and noticeability depend on how how often Jay doesn't sleep.

### *Civilian Clothing*

Much like her brother, Jay likes to wear an assortment of hoodies, sweapants and a pair of tennis shoes. She also has the same bad eyesight as her brother so she wears a similar pair of glasses with a thin, black, metal frame.

### *Hero Costume*

As The Starved, Jay dons a maroon, leather trench coat over a black t-shirt paired with black skinny jeans, black leather motorcycle boots, and a pair of black fingerless gauntlets. She has a maroon belt with a silver buckle, too. She even goes above and beyond by using her powers to make her irises glow ruby red. She's lucky that her powers prevent face ID from working on her when their in use.

## Personality

### *Goals*

* Get a real job
* Keep her brother out of trouble
* Keep **Cornerstone City** safe

### *Character Traits*

Sometimes it's hard to believe they're 2 different people. If Jay had been born a boy then it would almost seem as though Jon had cloned himself. Jay is every bit as smart, brave, responsible, cunning, goofy, brave, and stupid as her twin brother. There have been times when she's jumped into situations that she has no clue how to get out of aand has the same sense of humor. She's even cracked a couple jokes at her opponent's expense while on a mission.

However, Jay doesn't want to be seen as a jovial hero, she wants to be taken seriously. So when she takes on the persona of "The Starved," Jay weaves a twisted web of lies and truths. This way, Jay can play the role of a dark and terrifying heroine that won't hesitate to strike her opponent down. She stows away any fear and puts on a face that screams "It's me you should be afraid of."

## History

### *Family History*

The year was 1632, and the Lang Family lived in a small village in the German countryside. In their village, there was an old hag who threatened everyone that passed by her cottage. She was a mean and crass old woman, and ugly to boot. Then, one day as Ulrich Lang passed by the hag's cottage, he saw the hag performing witchcraft. Like a good civilian, he went and reported her to the local witch hunters.

They found her in the middle of oher witchcraft and arrested her. Out of spite and the need for revenge, the hag spat out a curse upon the Lang family and all its generations after with her dying breaths. Ulrich feared her curse and what it may do. He was lucky, in a sense, that the cursed affliction was almost immediate. When he arrived home, his wife and children possessed devil-given powers! For the safety of his family, he had them pack their things and they departed to a city called Berlin. There, they made a life for themselves without anybody knowing of the hag's curse.

### *Early Life*

Centuries later, cursed powers appeared in the possession of the Lang Siblings, who lived in America. Their father, Richard Lang, was the grnadson of Anzo Lang. who came to America from Germany before the world wars.

Becuase of the curse, each of the Lang Siblings experienced an awkening of their powers. For Jon and his twin sister, Jayden, their powers were extra hard to control on account of their ADHD. So they had to be pulled out of school to learn how to better contain their powers, resulting in the 2 of them having to repeat kindergarten.

After that gap year Jon & Jay were allowed to go back to school since they'd become a lot better at hiding their powers. But one thing that their parents could never have predicted happened: Jon & Jay grew up obsessed with superheroes. They believed that, since they had powers, they could totally be superheroes in the real world.

### *Origins*

Jay and her twin brother had been crafting superhero costumes for themselves since they were kids. They were fascinated by the world of heroes and villains yet they'd grown up and learned that the world wasn't a comic book. While they still fantasized about donning costumes and fighting crime, they knew that the real world wouldn't tolerate them getting involved in law enforcement matters.

While Jon continued to fantasize, she began looking toward a realistic future. She accepted that she'd sink into the background and become a nobody. So she prepared for a life without her powers. She was content to just let her supernatural powers fade away. But, of course, her brother had to go and do something stupid that required her to use her powers.

She'd seen him take off from the window and had to chase him down. It took her til around 3 in the morning to finally catch up to him and tell him off. She tried to explain that his dreams of heroism were nonsense and the world would never really accept people with superpowers in the real world unless they had public identities. Yet her word didn't seem to get through to him and he delivered her a short speech.

"I don't want to be like everyone else. My powers are all I have, they're the only thing that make me special. If I just sit there and let them fade away, I'll die a nobody. I know these powers are supposed to be a curse, a lesson on how to keep secrets, but I don't want my powers to be a secret anymore. I want to use what I've been "*cursed*" with to help people. Why keep our powers a secret and let them fade when they could be used for so much more!"

The idea behind the speech spoke to her. It brought back the memories of the joy she felt pretending to be a superhero when she was younger. Despite her denial, Jay still dreamt of heroism and saving the world with her power. But she wasn't going to just give in jsut yet. She had one condition for her brother: he had to convince their sisters and father to become heroes, too.

### *The Clan*

What surprised her was how easily he did so. He even got the to let him design their costumes and give them their own guises. As for her, she had her own costume and alter ego ready for a day like this.

With the entire family out patrolling **Cornerstone City**, the town was safer than ever. They'd stopped at least 3 muggings, caught 2 burglaers, and stopped an out of control car. A bystander actually caught a video of her dad using his powers to stop the car so, naturally, Outlander and co. opted to get out of there as fast as possible.

The next day, Jay & Jon saw the video all over the news. Even their little sister, Nikko, came home from school saying that everyone had seen them and was sure they saw real-life superheroes.

## Skills and Abilities

### *Powers*

#### **Parasitic Energy Manipulation**

The Starved is everything that Outlander is not. He derives his source of power from beyond familiarity whereas she drew power from that which is around her. Her parasitic energy consumes other energies to empower herself. And like her brother's powers, her's are rather odd in appearance. Her energy manifests as pillars and such of ruby with a black outline; however, it's not always solid like the gemstone. Her powers have many facets but the simplest of such are the ability to project energy attacks, generate energy barriers, and create energy constructs.

### *Sub-Powers*

#### **Energy Vampirism**

Jay can use her powers to drain all sorts of energy. She can drain electricity, alternative energy sources, metabolic energy, and even life-force. After absorbing energy, she can enhance herself, make herself stronger, faster, and more durable.

#### **Atomic Cancelation**

She can consume the particle energy that binds atoms together. This can cause a variety of effects. Matter could simply disassemble and vanish, she could vaporize objects, or remove toxic radiation from things.

#### **Flight**

The Starved can manifest bat-like wings out of her parasitic energy. The wings allow her to fly in the same fashion as a bird, but quieter.

### *Skills*

#### **High Heat Tolerance**

Both Jon and his twin sister are "*cold-blooded*" so they like being in the heat. Over their lifetime, Jon & Jay have developed a naturally heightened tolerance for heat. Their skin doesn't get burned by high temperatures as easily as their sisters and they can last longer outside in sweltering summers than anyone else they know.

#### **Trilingualism**

Jayden is able to speak English (his native language), Japanese, and German fluently.

## Weaknesses

### ADHD

Jayden was born with **Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder**. This makes it harder for him to focus, which sometimes lead to her losing her control over her powers.

### **Light Sensitivity**

Since Jay's eyes lack a great deal of melanin (this is why they're grey and not blue), his eyes are more sensitive to light. Light levels that would typically be regarded as normal seem bright to her, which makes it just a little bit harder to see. Additionally, sudden exposure to bright lights can casue temporary blindness if the light is bright enough and prolonged exposure to bright lights give her migraines & eye pain.

## Equipment

### **Cellphone & Earbuds**

This set up utilizes a special, military-grade, private connection to stay in touch with The Clan or the members of Triptych. The encryption on the chat room was designed by Jon, Jay, and their friend the military, **Andrew**. Even the government's top white hats wouldn't be able to break through the chat room's/ group call's security.