Charlie Thorn

## Overview

A skilled Astronomer, and a good Ally to the Autobots, Charlie Thorn is a respected scientist and engineer. But what his Autobot and Human friends are unaware of is that he has received mystical abilities unparalleled in strength by anyone else on Earth, and that he is the Yellow Mystic Ranger.

## History

### Childhood: 1994 - 2010

Charlie has always had a fascination with Space. Him and his sister, Carly, grew up watching Science Fiction programmes and movies. While this would bring the siblings close to each other, it would also start a life long rivalry between the two on which Sci-Fi franchise was better, Space Battle, or Space Heroes.

During one Christmas, Charlie was gifted a telescope. He would spend weeks on end looking up at the starry night, wondering if life actually existed out there. He would also take it apart on numerous occasions to see how it worked, and to improve it's lenses.

Charlie would gain a reputation at school for being obsessed with the Night sky, with him receiving the Nickname Starman. His obsessive nature also led to him excelling in his classes, leading to him getting a request to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of sixteen.

### M.I.T.: 2010 - 2014

At M.I.T., Charlie would work on numerous space based projects, including a prototype landing Rover that would be sent into space by Garrison Blackrock. During the exhibition where the Rover was being showcased, Charlie met Brian Jones, an up an coming Scientist who had dreams of opening an observatory. Charlie and Brian would spend a lot of the event exchanging ideas on the type of telescope that could be used, eventually exchanging phone numbers.

During his final year at M.I.T., Charlie was involved in an incident where someone's project malfunctioned, injuring a few students. For Charlie, he received severe Spinal Damage, resulting in an inability to walk. Charlie would spend the remainder of his final year hospitalized. When Brian gained word of the incident, he would travel to the Hospital, where Charlie was being held, every weekend.

### Cosmo-Scope Research Facility: 2014 - 2021

While Charlie was unable to walk again, his Spine had healed enough that he was allowed to leave the Hospital. As a Celebration of his friends recovery, Brian threw a party in Charlie's honor at his families home, inviting Carly so that she could finally be reunited with her Brother. At the party, Brian revealed to Charlie that he had received the funding to open his own observatory. The next day, the pair would get to work, updating an old observatories technology. As the facility was improved, Charlie began moving in, along with his Sister Carly, who herself had graduated from M.I.T..

As the years progressed, more people began working at the Facility, but there was one that Charlie bonded with more than anyone else, Spike Witwicky. The would often bond over their shared fascination with engineering, with the both of them working on projects together.

Charlie's question on whether life existed amongst the stars was answered when Spike, and his Father Daniel, revealed that they were friends with Mechanical Life Forms from an Alien World known as Autobots. Charlie would become friends with the Autobots' resident mechanic Wheeljack.

### Mystic Ranger: 2021 - Present Day

While wondering the streets of Briarwood, Charlie was handed a pamphlet exclaiming that Alien Robots had been spotted in the Woods near Briarwood and that a search party was going to have a look for them. Worried that his Autobot friends secret was going to be revealed, Charlie infiltrated the event. Pretending to have misread the Pamphlet, Charlie grouped up with Sisters Vida and Madison Rocca. The trio would be joined by Nick Russell before entering the Woods. While wandering around, the group started bonding, creating a small level of trust towards each other, before crossing paths with a Cloaked figure fighting some strange creatures.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Spell Casting** - Charlie can cast spells, which are formulae for producing specific magic effects. Such formulae are often a series of magic words and incantations, but they can also take the form of specific thoughts, gestures, rituals, etc.
	+ **Wand Magic** - Charlie can perform a variety of magical acts by using a wand. The wand can be endowed with its own magic or Charlie can use it to tap into his inner magic. While Charlie can access some magic without a wand, the object can offer special assistance, such as augmentation or provide magic that Charlie cannot access alone.
		- **Electricity Magic** - Charlie is able use a form of magic that allows him to cast magical spells related to electricity/lightning. He is able to use Electricity Magic in two ways: to gain access to (esoteric/mystic/magical) electricity-related powers/abilities (E.g. Electricity Manipulation) or to cast spells that require or are related to electricity (E.g. an astral projection spell or healing spell).
			* **Electricity Manipulation** - Charlie can create, shape and manipulate electricity, a form of energy resulting from the movement of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), allowing control over electric fields, all charge carriers (Ions, Electrons, Protons, and Positrons), and electronics. There's a chance the Charlie could eventually grow to manipulate the weather and create thunderstorms.
			* **Electricity Generation** - Charlie can generate electricity, the energy emitted from charged particles. Charlie can be quite creative and uses it in various methods.
			* **Esoteric Lightning Manipulation** - Charlie can manipulate the esoteric side of lightning that has different properties of normal lightning. This power may have a variety of magical effects such as transformation capabilities, healing and an enhanced physique. Charlie uses it to walk around when in his Ranger Form, along with providing his fellow Rangers with their Uniforms.

### Weaknesses

* Powers may be limited in a environment with no electricity. Control, discipline, and restraint are extremely important. Unconscious, emotion-influenced, impulsive, or reckless use of this power can be catastrophic. Distance, mass, precision, max power, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of Charlie at that moment. Such magic often drains a person's stamina. Naturally, stronger magic puts a much greater strain. Without the knowledge or proper skill, the intended use of such magic can create unpredictable or potentially dangerous results.

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* Charlie got the nickname Chip Chase when he and Doctor Jones had a race to see who would get to a broken Satellite first.
* Charlie's room is full of old Computers.
* He has a deep love for the TV Series Space Heroes. His favorite Character is Doctor Mindstrong. His love for the franchise made it easy for him to comprehend the existence of the Cybertronian Race, along with Magic being real.

### Notes

* Charlie Thorn of Universe 2020.06 is a composite character of Charlie Thorn from Power Rangers: Mystic Force, and Chip Chase from the Generation 1 Cartoon.
	+ His friendship with Spike, and the fact that he's an Astronomer also comes from the Generation 1 Cartoon. Carly being his sister is a Universe 2020.06 Original.
* Space Heroes is a TV Show from the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series. It acts as a parody of Star Trek.