Eden Gates

*"Even when life calls for sacrifices, you have to remember that when there's nothing more left to give of yourself, you're just drawing water from an empty well."*
—Eden Gates to Xavi Turell
**Eden Francis Gates** is a business associate of Star Boisen and an ally of the Arcadian Rebels under the moniker of **Phantasmal**.

## Biography

Eden Francis Gates was born in Neo Arcadia to Francis and Atticus Gates. Upon seeing Eden's third eye mutation, the couple immediately gave the baby up for adoption and claimed she was some sort of spawn of Satan. As a child, she bounced from foster home to foster home. Never being fully accepted due to her oddity and the feelings associated with wherever she went. She stayed at the Neo Arcadia Group Home until the age of 18, where with few tools she was sent off into the world- No longer aloud to stay at the home.

Eden would find herself selling homemade furniture. inventions, and other items out of an abandoned storage unit where she lived homeless. These items were created by scrap and old materials Eden found while traveling around Neo Arcadia. Most of these creations were bought by a customer named Angelica Boisen, who eventually grew to be a friend and financial support to Gates due to how often they bought items.

The teenager's talent for building and constructing were soon recognized by Thomas Reginald, owner of WFL- Waffe Fähigkeit Leistung- a forge on the outskirts of the city. She was instantly recruited and given a hefty salary. Eden began babysitting for Angelica Boisen around this time. The combined money gathered up over time was used to invest in a small house away from the bustle of the city.

Thomas informed Eden he was looking to sell, so she recommended the purchase to Angelica, who at the time had excellent management skills and a past in leadership.

Gates worked under Angelica's ownership and management as a forger and mechanical engineer. On the side, she also took up babysitting her boss's children, growing to be their Godmother.

In remembrance of Zackery Becker, an past volunteer at Eden's Group home who died from a drunken car crash, she began to do her own volunteer work at the same facility. Most children did not enjoy Eden's presence, but she stuck around due to one girl in paricular.

Eden met Odo Rowell after the girl's father had been killed in a lab accident. Odo, having no one, took to Eden despite the aspect of her powers and the two became best of friends. Eventually Odo would be kicked out of the group home in an incident and Eden would waste no time in taking her in.

Overtime Eden saw that the weight of work Angelica did for the Arcadian Rebels began to weigh on them. They watched them turn to heavy use of heroin and lose much of their strength due to battles. By the time Boisen needed a blood transfusion, the reputation of the rebels had been tarnished in Eden's eyes and she wanted nothing to do with the group.

Though the superhero business would call forth once again. Eden's powers became more distinctive and difficult to avoid. After years and years of suppressing, her aura began to make its presence more known and demanding. After finally using it during a few incidents and battles, Eden had decided that the option of living a normal human life was off the table. With the permission of Angelica, Eden built her own rebel com-link connected to the others. Even with assisting the rebels on multiple occasions and even going through the effort to make her own suit, Eden still refuses to call herself a rebel.

## Personality

*"Hope is a dangerous cliff. One not to be dwelled upon."*
—Eden Gates to Odo Rowell
Eden is work-orientated and straight forward. She is a lone wolf who is comfortable with a consistent routine. She will overwork herself on multiple occasions in order to try to feel useful. She is always striving to "be of use" and will invest herself in her job or hobbies as to not feel worthless. When in work, she will change the tone of her voice to be very robotic and professional. Her normal tone of voice is hickish and has a slight laid back accent. Eden was born in Neo Arcadia, and therefore this is not a real accent by any means. As a young teen, Eden developed this tone of voice to seem more defensive and less feminine in order to try to avoid bullying. Her personality is quickly irritable and she tends to have difficulty trusting others. She is passionate about her hobbies and vocal about her opinions.

## Physical Appearance

Eden stands at a 5'4, weighing at 145 pounds. She is a medium build with aventurine green eyes. Eden wears her black hair short at her shoulders with long bangs that cover her third eye. Her third eye is placed between her eyebrows. It's entirely dark purple with no whites or pupil. There is no eyelid, so it's more like an eye-shaped tear in her forehead.

Her usual outfit is any plain colored t-shirt under overalls. Depending on her current project, she'll wear work goggles. All of her outfits are stained with either oil, paint, or grease.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Empathy:** When revealed, Eden's third eye (ajna chakra) can send forth many different overwhelming emotions as a way of stunning the enemy. These emotions can include: nausea, confusion, dread, fear, anger, and only occasionally positive affiliated emotions such as joy or excitement. She can also induce different hallucinations or memories through usage of the eye. These are usually correlated with whatever emotion she herself is currently feeling. Eden can inflict minor hallucinations and memories with only her two green eyes as well upon direct eye contact. When and if she can calm down her aura, she can inflict it on others to calm or enlighten them.
* **Healing:** Eden can use her aura to make a small marble-sized orb. This orb can be pressed into the bloodstream to collect any poisons in the body. This is an extremely painful process and was taught to her by Angelica.

It's been revealed alternate versions of Eden can travel timelines, but this is a capability this Eden will never be able to unlock.

### Abilities

* **Expert Markswoman:** Eden is an expert in the use of firearms, particularly her pistol and a hunting rifle.

## Weaknesses

* **Seizures:** Eden has epilepsy and the chances of seizures are magnified when she uses her third eye abilities. Using her third eye or aura for an extended period of time heightens her chances of having an episode. There are of course other contributing factors to a seizure episode as well.
* **Quantum Energy**: The existence of Eden's third eye houses a high amount of quantum energy. This energy, or as Eden calls it "Aura", can interact oddly with other people's bodies. This is what causes a feeling of uneasiness or a change in atmosphere simply from being around Eden. In the past this has given her the label of having "bad vibes" or being suspicious. As a child it was a cause of her repeatedly being given back to the foster care because no one wanted her around.

## Equipment

### Weapons

* **Colt M1911:** Eden's sidearm is a .45-caliber automatic pistol.
* **Hunting Rifle:**
* **Ajna Scythe**: This scythe has a curved double-sided blade that appears to be in the shape of a 3. The blade's shape is derived from the Hindu symbol "Ajna" which also stands for the third eye chakra. It's made entirely of Eden's aura and is not frequently used because manifesting the aura inflicts a guaranteed seizure.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Star Boisen
* Jason Kade
* Lincoln Grace
* Ember Uchiha
* William Shay
* Odo Rowell