Migraine

## **Origins**

Margaret Harvest was born on December 25th, 1989 in Gotham City, New Jersey, much to her parents' dismay. She was born into an impoverished family incapable of providing for her, her only support being a small number of friends and her loving older brother, Malcolm.

Malcolm was frequently out on the streets begging for scraps or scavenging to help provide for his younger sister, Margaret. Margaret began stealing to try and provide her and her brother with. The two grew up without inspiring parental figures and despite their relationship with their parents being cordial in their interactions, Margaret and her brother grew to resent their inability to provide for the family as they grew older, eventually prompting the two to run away and find a life outside of Gotham.

As the two were making their way out of town, their parents caught onto their idea to escape and sought out the services of Falcone, a mob boss who they had borrowed money from. Seeing this as an opportunity to indebt the pair even further, Falcone sent his muscle to help retrieve Malcolm and Margaret.

With a vast network of information at their disposal, Falcone's thugs quickly discovered Malcolm and Margaret, forcing them into an alleyway. One of the thugs then proceeded to attempt to rape both Malcolm and Margaret, prompting Malcolm to resist by striking out with as much force as he could muster. Something in him seemed to activate as he perceived the world in slower motion, felt his strength increase exponentially as he punched a hole straight through the thug's face. The others scattered, allowing Margaret and Malcolm to leave Gotham City unmolested. Margaret reacted with shock and awe but supported her brother emotionally as best as she could as he wrestled with the realization that he had killed a man, forming a bond with him that could never be broken.

The two stole a car, hotwired it, and drove as far as possible with cash from the dead thug on hand. They eventually found their way in New York City, where the two found themselves working for a mob boss against their will as hired muscle, the only reason they even complied being that Margaret was threatened with death. While Malcolm served as the muscle for the mobster's organization, Margaret found herself serving as one of the representatives in their legitimate establishments, serving as a negotiator, almost possessing a preternatural ability to charm and persuade people to see things from her point of view. She earned an associate's degree despite her young age in business management and was a moneymaker for the mobster and his organization.

Soon enough, Margaret and Malcolm earned enough cash, the two being infamous for their ability to persuade or intimidate people into backing down, to buy their way out of New York City and to find a new life. Once again, their attempts to escape were almost foiled by their mob boss but this time, something sparked within Margaret. Not only could she read the minds of the thugs surrounding them, but she could also move their bodies with her mind. After flinging the thugs away with telekinesis, the two sought refuge in Canada, hiding out for a year. Margaret discovered that she could read the thoughts of nearly everyone in a twenty-mile radius if she desired and possibly more but the input was too overwhelming. She also discovered that she couldn't control people's minds; she could dig into their deepest memories as much as she wanted but she could only project thoughts, not control the receiver's thoughts. Her telekinetic abilities also had limits; she found it extremely hard to lift objects beyond 5 tons and the heavier the object, the shorter the time it takes for her mind to grow exhausted.

The siblings survived in the wilderness of Canada, only venturing out to urban areas for supplies. They took refuge in a cave, making that their home for the majority of the year, utilizing their abilities to create something accomodating. Malcolm earned somewhat of an education in carpentry, allowing himself to be taught by one of the locals of a rural town nearby. Margaret studied psychology extensively, got a bachelor's in business management, and the two were relatively happy, their year in Canada being an uneventful one.

Then a ship crashed down from the sky and the two moved in to investigate, the pair discovering a dying Hlician. They tended to his wounds as best as they could but in the midst of their attempts to recover him, a headache assailed Malcolm and what appeared to be a clone of the Hlician, wounds included, appeared in front of the trio. The Hlician shortly thereafter died but the undead version only stared at Malcolm expectantly. When Malcolm asked it what it was, it explained that it was an extension of his power, a summoned undead version of the Hlician before them. When Malcolm asked it to dissipate, it dissipated. Another Hlician, hidden in the ship but spectating the exchange, stepped out and proclaimed Malcolm to be a "Muvok", a word in the Hlician language for "necromantic". It thanked both the siblings for their attempts to save his friend and it explained the ability Malcolm seemed to possess, the ability a common one in metahlicians.

The Hlician offered them training as a reward for their attempts to save his friend's life and the two agreed, the Hlician introducing itself as Kalem, a popular name in Hlician society due to one of their hero-gods possessing that name. The two were trained in Hlician martial arts for the next year or so before Kalem's ship finished self-repairing, Kalem having buried it in the ground far from its crash site with his supernatural strength to hide it from prying eyes.

When Malcolm and Margaret finished their training, Kalem stated to them; "You two, if born in Hlicia with the mentality you possess now, would make some of the finest cadets. Even our emperor would be proud to call you one of our own". Kalem departed from them, proud of their training and reminding them of a value he always instilled in them; to be proud of their prowess and their abilities and to make the most of their lives. Malcolm, eager for more, ventured out into the world with his newfound abilities alongside Margaret, the two training relentlessly across the globe, often becoming stowaways on various transport vehicles to other nations.

After Superman introduced himself to the world and after seeing the world's reaction to him, Malcolm and Margaret eventually returned to the United States of America, viewing the major cities as bastions for the wealthy elite that were corrupt. Being victims of poverty, they naturally held views that leaned towards socialism, wanting to put the power back into the hands of the people who worked day in and day out to keep the clock running.

Malcolm and Margaret stayed clear of Gotham City for a while, building up a following with fellow Metahumans and normal people of the working class along the East Coast. Over the years and through their training with Kalem, the pair had developed an unbreakable bond, sharing their goals of tearing down the corrupt and distributing the wealth of the elite to the poor, perfectly willing to even create a new nation for such an event.

The two decided to set up a legitimate front for the ordeal, Margaret heading the nonprofit organization that caters to the impoverished while still maintaining ties to the rising organization that seeks to disenfranchise the so-called "elite oppressors".

Malcolm and Margaret then turned to Gotham City to rid it of its criminal organization after learning their parents were murdered. The two immediately assumed it was Falcone's doing and move in to seek revenge for what his thugs attempted to do to both of them. Malcolm adopted the codename "Muvok", Hlician for "the necromantic", given the nature of his abilities. Margaret has yet to adopt an alias but one given to her by her followers and rivals is "Migraine", given her telepathic abilities.

## **Powers and Abilities**

* **Martial Arts:**Margaret has been trained in various fighting forms by Kalem and world-class martial artists across the world. She has mastered every fighting style known to man and some Hlician fighting styles. She's a significantly better fighter than her brother, Malcolm, who has only mastered most of the various martial arts around the globe.
* **Master of Melee Weapons:**Kalem instructed Margaret in Vavien, a Hlician fighting style that is most effective with melee weapons. The practitioner *has* to have extensive knowledge of many melee weapons to be effective in it and Malcolm has mastered the martial art, having extensive training with most melee weapons known to man. Margaret is incredibly more efficient than her brother Malcolm in this fighting style.
* **Multilingual:** Margaret speaks English, Arabic, Russian, Greek, French, Hlician, Spanish, German, all the Scandinavian languages, and many other alien languages fluently.
* **Magical Knowledge:**Margaret has accumulated mystical knowledge over the years but is only able to apply a small amount of it.
* **Peak Human Conditioning:** Margaret has honed her body the peak condition of a female, granting her:
	+ **Peak Human Strength**
	+ **Peak Human Speed**
	+ **Peak Human Endurance**
	+ **Peak Human Stamina**
* **Telepathy:** Margaret has the ability to read the minds of anyone she desires (unless they have immunity). Her telepathy in terms of penetrating defenses is capable of reaching up to beings that have indomitable wills, with struggle, but she is typically incapable of controlling their minds if plagued by several opponents; she can only probe their minds for as much information as they contain and she can only project thoughts as suggestions.
* **Telekinesis:** Margaret can use her telekinesis to deliver up to 5 tons of force, the more force she applies the more exhausting the process is her for her mind, leaving her vulnerable to other telepathic attacks. She can also shield her body with telekinesis, the stronger her shield, the more draining it is mentally.
* **Telepathic Defenses:** Margaret can imbue people with telepathic resistance, naturally being resistant to telepathy herself. Her telepathy can resist people that are Martian level in telepathy, despite her actual telepathic power not being up to par with a Martian.
* **Business Management**
* **Marksmanship:** Margaret is a markswoman who is only a step below notable marksman Floyd Lawton, exceptional with all ranged weapons known to man and also various forms of alien weaponry.
* **Mechanical Engineering**
* **Body Reading:** Margaret is an expert at picking up human body language, the ability a result of her metagene which greatly enhances her senses, heightening her perception to superhuman levels. She can easily identify the slightest subtle indicators given off by the human body.
* **Persuasion**
* **Psychology:** Margaret studied psychology extensively in Canada, accumulating enough knowledge in a short amount of time, capable of matching someone who has a bachelor's degree in the major.
* **Enhanced Perception:** Margaret has greatly enhanced perception. She's able to see in the dark perfectly well, can hear the smallest noises from over a hundred meters away, and identify people just by their particular scent from the same distance. She can see objects from over two miles away as if they were standing right in front of her. She's capable of dialing her senses down to slightly enhanced levels but nothing less.

## **Paraphernalia**

* **Hlician Equipment:**Kalem left the siblings with Hlician military-grade equipment, ranging from laser-based firearms to hand-held devices capable of scanning people down to their genetic coding and grenades that can level entire buildings in one blast. He also left behind melee weapons that can cleave through titanium.
* **Hlician Armor:** Margaret is in possession of Hlician armor that is standard paraphernalia for the Hlician military. The armor can withstand explosions from missiles, has a built-in computer system capable of scanning the environment and has a database containing Hlician knowledge on the universe and is capable of withstanding reentry into Earth's atmosphere.