G Major

G-Major is a character in *BERZERK!* Working under Origin, he helps to maintain Origin's government sponsored group of young heroes

## Early-Life

Steven grew up with a deep appreciation for the vocal styles of legendary icons. Not a day went by that he wasn't humming an Etta James or Frank Sinatra tune. To Steven, music was his personal form of escape. Although he had trouble in school, he was always able to understand music and sound. It almost as thought it was second language. He spent countless hours expanding his vocal ability and musical vocabulary. The passion was not shared by Steven's family though, who insisted he enlist in the military after a rather poor performance in high school. Most of Steven's family were military veterans, so this instance put pressure onto Steven.

## Discovering Powers

Although Steven spent most of his childhood studying music on his own, he had crippling stage fright. His family didn't approve of the noise, forcing him to travel through the city to sing in his Aunt June's basement. On one afternoon in spring, just as the weather was getting warmer, Steven left school to go to Aunt June's, humming the entire way there. Every time he would pass someone on the sidewalk, they would start humming in harmony with him, almost as if it were a sudden impulse of every single body he brushed shoulders with. He started to discover he could make things happen with his voice. He was able to shift grades on term papers, get free sandwiches at Wawa, the whole nine yards.

The pressure his father put on him would eventually push Steven to go to military school. Steven's time at the military was rocky. He wasn't fit for the roughness and coarseness of military training. The rigorous thoughts of war began to shift him. In the military, he also wasn't able to sing. At his core, there was a battle: he was a singer, not a soldier, and not being able to sing starting the build a rage in him. When he was shipped out to battle overseas, the heat of battle caused immense stress on him. He unleashed a piercing shout that broke the sound barrier and killed everyone surrounding him. The fear and shock surrounding this event left Steven with the inability to control his powers.

## Joining Origin

   Heroes Creator and her husband Origin were the first on the scene to try to subdue Steven. Feeling as though this would be a dangerous mission, Origin thought they should wait for backup before approaching him, but his wife trusted that she would be able to go in an help Steve, so she went in on her own to help. This would turn out to be a dangerous mistake. Steven, scared and unable to control his ability, yelled at the sight of Creator. This yell, both uncontrolled and loud, left instantly killed her on impact.

Origin, with the help of other heroes arrived later, were able to contain Steven, but with the death of his wife, Origin was left broken. Origin blamed Steven and his inability to control his powers for the death of his wife. In an effort to prevent future death at the hands of young metahumans, Origin formed a deal with the US government that would allow him to obtain guardianship of young metahumans, and teach them how to control their powers, and use them for militaristic purposes. Steven would become the first person to enter this program. With extensive training from Origin, Steven was able to control his powers.

Steven, now under the alias of G-Major, now is both a hero and instructor, helping Origin train young metahumans.

## Powers and Abilities

    All of G-Major's powers are sound based. G-Major needs to be able to activate his voice in order to activate his powers.

* **Sonic Mind Control**: Through singing, G-Major has the ability to control the minds of people in his vicinity. In order to keep control of them, G-Major must continue singing. What he's able to do when people are under his control is dependent on the type of song he's singing, the styling, etc. More rock or furious songs will allow him to make the people he controls act irrationally, while a slow jazz will lead to a much subtler control. His voice must be heard live in order for this ability to work, recorded audio of his voice will not have any control.
* **Sonic Shriek:** G-Major yell and produce sound-waves that can be used for offensive maneuvers. G-Major can control the strength and shape of each shriek through pitch, volume, and sound.

## Weaknesses

Because of his sound based powers, anything that may alter or stop sound-waves can affect his powers.

* **Illness**: Any type of infection or disease that affects the vocal chords can potentially weaken or take away G-Major's powers. Illness can stop him from being able to sing or shriek, or alter the sounds he is able to produce.
* **Soundproofing**: Anything that can stop sound can stop G-Major's mind control. This can include heavy duty ear plugs or vacuums.
* **Stress**: Although G-Major has control of his powers, stress can trigger uncontrollable shriek episodes, like when he was in war.

## Paraphernalia

* **Napalm**: G-Major carries napalm that he can destruct when hit with his sonic shriek.
* **AI Microphone:** G-Major carries an AI microphone that can be used to change the stylings/alter his voice, and project his voice.

## Trivia

* G-Major once spent an entire summer listening to Prince exclusively.
* G-Major has a cat who he is teaching to banshee scream. Her name is Chelsea.
* G-Major handles the design of super suits in Origin's organization.
* G-Major's hearing is pretty bad, but the frequency of whistle tones are almost unhearable to him.
* As decided by Amy, the Taylor Swift song that best describes G-Major is, "Look What You Made Me Do," and his album is *1989*.
* When originally creating G-Major, Will was inspired by the DC Comic's character Mr. Nobody. G-Major was originally the antagonist of the play, before it was decided as a group that G-Major was actually one of the heroes running the simulation.