Carson Weber

Superhero name: Split Wit

Faceclaim: Hailee Steinfeld

Played by: Muse

Age: 18

Height: 5'8"

Distinguishing Marks: Carsen has a scar running from the underside of her right wrist to her elbow

### History

Carsen Rae Weber was born on May 1, 1988, to parents Will and Donna Weber. The couple had been trying for about four years to have a child, and were thrilled with little Carsen. It seemed like she did everything early, walking, talking, climbing on everything. By the age of four Carsen was reading, and she also had a little sister. The couple named their second daughter, and last child, Jayma Marie. From the moment Carsen laid eyes on the tiny baby, she loved her. There was not a big sister in the world that was more protective or adoring than Carsen.

By the time Carsen reached the second grade, her teachers informed her parents that she qualified for the gifted program. They said that for a young child, Carsen’s memory was incredible. She was reading at a college level by that point, and could understand and maintain the information she read. Will and Donna put their eldest in the special classes, but when she started to be picked on for it, they pulled her out. From then on, Carsen was one of the smartest in her class. Once Jayma started school she was just average, which started some contention between the sisters. It wasn’t that Jay wasn’t smart, it was that Carsen’s memory made her smarter.

It wasn’t until Carsen was a freshman that she realized that her memory wasn’t the only thing different about her. Another female student was bragging in gym class that no one could beat her speed record in the rope climb. All of the other students stood and watched, basically bored, as the teen did her thing. When the coach asked for a volunteer to go next, Carsen’s hand shot up. She couldn’t explain why she felt the urge to climb the rope; she had never done it before. But the moment the coach blew the whistle, Carsen managed to climb up the rope as though she could do it in her sleep. It was baffling to her, but as the school year continued, the teen figured it out. Anything that she watched someone else do, she could replicate. Carsen ran track, and after watching videos of Olympic pole vaulters, she set the school record. Of course, Carsen had heard about people with extraordinary abilities…and she didn’t want to be a part of that crowd. So, she downplayed her physical ability, not always working to her full potential, just to avoid someone noticing.

Carsen’s cover was blown during her junior year. She was walking home from school, and a car almost hit her. The stress of that moment caused her body to, for lack of a better term, double. The lady driving the car thought she had nearly hit twins crossing the street…and was confused to find only one girl when she got to Carsen. After she got home, she was able to replicate herself in the mirror…only for a few seconds at a time. The body double would do exactly what she was doing. Carsen thought it was a cool power to have, and she became more interested in pursuing it. She would practice for hours, alone in her parent’s basement…telling the family she was studying. Jayma, who was 11 at the time, became suspicious, and managed to witness the first time Carsen ever split into three. Of course, she told their parents. Will and Donna were at a loss as to what to do with their daughter and her powers. As a family they were told to keep it quiet, but Jayma, ever the prankster, let it slip to some bullies at school that her big sister was a super hero. Carsen did go and scare the bullies a little, but it also drew the attention of another powered teen. The summer before her senior year, Carsen was approached by Hunter Sutherland, a boy with visions who was working with a small group of supers. She generally liked them, and felt like she fit in. Her mom, on the other hand, thought it was dangerous to be hanging out with others like her. She thought Carsen would get hurt, or worse, killed. Still, Carsen defied her mother and hung out with them anyway…and thing were good. More than good. Until the Invasion happened.

There was chaos, and the supers that Carsen ran with tried their best to help out. It seemed like they were fighting a losing battle. Carsen’s dad, Will, was killed in the first few weeks of fighting. It took a toll on Donna, and she wanted to keep both Carsen and Jayma inside, to keep them safe. Carsen didn’t want to defy her mother’s wishes, but she was filled with grief and the need to help fight. Finally, months in, when the fighting was the heaviest, Donna gave Carsen an ultimatum. Either quit fighting and stay home, or don’t come back. Carsen left with a few changes of clothes in a backpack…promising her mother and sister she would come home. But when the invasion ended and she returned, Jayma was gone. Her mother said the 14-year-old had disappeared one night. She had left a note, that said she wanted to help like Carsen did. Jayma never returned.

In order to help Donna deal with her grief, she and Carsen moved to Rancho Bonito after the invasion ended. School has started back up, and it has been hard for Carsen to finish out her junior year in a new school…realizing that everyone has lost so much. She doesn’t use her powers, at least, not on purpose. While she cannot turn off her memory, she hasn’t replicated herself since the invasion ended. She doesn’t flaunt her physical abilities, either. Her mother is frazzled enough as it is.