Delirium / Phantom

Delirium is the daughter of the superhero Phantom and eventual member of the Honour Guard.

## Karishma (Kash) Khatari

### Relatives

Phantom (Father), Dhruvi Khatari (mother)

## Origin

Karishma Khatari was born to Aarav and Dhruvi Khatari, both residents of Rocket City after immigrating from India. Born after a whirlwind romance and eventual marriage, Kash was the pride and joy of her parents. While father worked as a delivery driver, he was also a passionate musician and would fill their home with music as she was growing up. Her mother was a talented theatre producer - and was an excellent storyteller. Her stories would take a younger Kash into fantastic worlds filled with heroes and romance. Despite the loving home - Kash noticed that as she grew older, her parents grew more distant and her father was around a lot less. Unknown to her - Aarav was the superhero known as Phantom and was trying to balance his life working with the Super Legion as well as supporting his family. Sadly he died in the line of duty - protecting the city during the Night of the Netherworlders. Since his identity was kept secret even from his only surviving teammate, Catnip - his family was never really informed of his fate. Although Dhruvi knew he died honourably, she still felt angry about his death. Quickly afterwards, Dhruvi packed up and moved back to India with the young Kash in tow.

## A New Life

Karishma (now preferring the shortened Kash) now lived in Mumbai with her mother; who continued her career as a theatre producer. Although Kash loved to be around her extended family; she felt out of place back in her parent’s homecity - always feeling like an outsider.

Kash became more withdrawn; choosing instead to spend her time on her artistic pursuits. A talented painter; she would spend hours creating beautiful work. Eventually this would allow Kash her route back to Rocket City; as she decided to move back to study in the city.

Adamantly against the move; fearing for her daughter’s safety in the city where Aarav had been killed - Dhruvi forbade her from taking the University place. Revealing the truth of her father’s career as a superhero, Kash felt betrayed by the secrecy. This caused a huge upset within their family unit; as Kash decided to follow her dreams anyway and travel to Rocket City without the blessing - and the mother & daughter grew distant.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

Delirium has a suite of powers which can be used interchangeably alone or in combination together. These include, but are not limited to - * Empathic Illusion Casting
* Astral Projection
* Psionic Equilibrium Distortion
* Sensory Manipulation
* Telepathic Camouflage
* Illusion Perception

### Restrictions

Delirium's impact on her targets can be weakened by their own mental strength & willpower.

## A Return

Kash arrived in Rocket City and set her new life up in Old Town; where her parents had lived all those years before. Although she embraced her new life; the guilt of leaving her mother behind started to eat away at Kash. She then began to see apparitions of her father around the neighbourhood; starting with glimpses until one evening - an apparition of his dead body attacked Kash in an alley.

The attack laid heavy on Kash’s mind - and she began to question the reality around her. Slowly the boundary between illusions and reality began to merge; and Kash felt lost in the haze. Kash ‘awoke’ in the middle of downtown; seemingly facing the rogues gallery that her father faced years ago.

Facing a group she had built so much resentment towards for hurting her father; Kash fought back against the ‘villains’, unleashing a powerful suite of abilities that she had developed unknowingly. In actuality, the rogues gallery was an early formation of the Honour Guard - and Kash’s own powers were tricking her senses. It was only through the powers of Attaya that she learnt the truth of who Kash really was, and managed to stop the fighting. Attaya and Lifecry managed to contact Catnip - who met Kash for the first time and shared stories about who her father was. Kash finally felt at ease - and asked to join the team in honour of her father & to train in her powers.

## Honour Guard

Kash took up the codename Delirium and began to hone her powers whilst working alongside the Honour Guard.