List of Characters

This is a list of all notable characters in the story.

## 11-Socrates Students (S.Y. 2017-2018)

A class made up partially of new students and old students, who all spend time in their own social circles due to general distrust and their socially-distant Class President. A mix of different attitudes and misfits, and most likely the underdogs of superhuman society.

* **Lance Salvator / Night Blaster:** One of the two main characters of the series. After he is warned by Dwight that their classmates are in danger, he almost immediately accepts the mission whole-heartedly, despite not knowing anything about them. Armed with an impressive ability to absorb energy and fire blasts of hot plasma, his unrelenting, altruistic desire to help others sometimes leads to his own self-destruction. In his quest to save each and every one of his classmates and prove that he has goodness in his heart, the one person he might forget to save in the end is himself.
* **Riley D’Amico:** One half of the two main characters of the series. Complacent but passionate and clumsy but inquisitive, Riley becomes the target of her villainous classmates, presumably for her power. She's spent most of her life depending on others, but now she must learn and struggle to grow on her own. She is part-human and part-something-else, and her latter ancestry lets her understand Eldritch to a certain degree and shapeshift to form horrifying bodily constructs. She also has a telepathic link with her pet mutant Shih Tzu, Marshie.
* **Jamison Jackson / Wonder-Lad:** Jamie is the aspiring amateur superhero Wonder-Lad, Vice President of 11-Socrates, and all-round likable everyman. His powerful ability to emanate positivity all around him and distinguish himself from his own disillusioned view of public heroes sets him on his own course of unraveling his very own fight for the fate of the city, and possibly even the world, at large. He is arguably the most powerful individual in 11-Socrates in terms of impressive, sheer power, possessing so many unique abilities that they cause severe strain on his body - but it is a type of pain that he likens to glory, and a glory that he has to earn.
* **Connor Fitzgerald****:** The cold and calculating Class President of 11-Socrates. While he commands respect from his peers, his unorthodox radical views against superhuman society and his socially-distant approach to leadership puts him at odds against many. Not that he cares.
* **Gin Bun Seong / Bubblegum:** Also known as amateur superhero Bubblegum, who already has a small following in his home city Busan. His fans and family are very supportive of his heroic exploits, but it is not who he aspires to be. His body is like bubblegum, giving him the ability of elasticity and adhesion.
* **Alice Mercer / Doctor Kinesis:** A brilliant craftsman/inventor and the prodigal daughter of a renowned scientist. Her brilliance, however, comes at the cost of being eccentric and prone to fits of hysteria. She likes to use her precise and versatile telekinetic abilities to craft marvels of engineering.
* **Alexander Van Garde / The\_Glitch:** The timid but headstrong youngest student in the room, with exquisite passion and talent for videogames with flashy abilities to boot. He's essentially a videogame character himself, and as he levels up, he gets stronger. He also wields a digital broadsword.
* **RJ Cervantes / Vein:** A loud, obnoxious hentai enthusiast and villain geek who is shunned by many for his interests. He used to be an average human, but later gained the ability to control his own toxic blood, and gains a Psychopede pet, who he names 'Crawly'.
* **Lucas Zafkiel / Dream Weaver:** A cynical nihilist who sees no other path in life than down and indulges in self-deprecating humor to cope, albeit unsuccessfully. He has the ability to induce dreams while he and the target individual are asleep, in which he is all-powerful.
* **Felicia Scarlett:** Don't let her cutesy exterior fool you - Scarlett is the meanest, most vitriolic, foul-mouthed student in 11-Socrates. She possesses some traits belonging to those of cats.
* **Elsie Collins:** Riley's best friend and confidant. Amidst her more superhuman classmates, she struggles to stand out and feel as if she can bring something to the table. She is a normal human, and has no powers.
* **Victor Crawford / Overshadow:** Pragmatic, blunt, and Aurora's spiritual twin. He has a black-and-white mindset and sees heroes and villains simply as what they already seem to be. He has the ability of creating constructs out of other people's shadows, and enter them as if they were pocket dimensions.
* **Aurora Albright / Brightside:** The germophobic, slightly obsessive-compulsive Secretary of the class, and Victor's spiritual twin. She's incredibly organized and responsible, but all the work's taken a toll on her sleep schedule, meaning she gets sick often. She has the ability to absorb light and emit bioluminescence.
* **Isabelle Foster:** Her empathy and compassion makes her seem like the 'motherly figure' of the class, and the de facto Vice President, even scolding the others when they get into trouble. She has enough life-force in her to live for a thousand years, but she can spare some of it from time to time to heal herself or others, shortening her lifespan each time.
* **Archibald Grayson / Speed-Freak:** Highly competitive, passionate and a decorated athlete, he never lets a chance to train and push himself go by if he has any chance at all of overcoming his life-threatening abilities. He has the ability to move at constant superhuman speeds, even when standing 'still', but it is virtually impossible for him to stop doing so.
* **Sophia Valentine / Ace of Hearts:** A hyper-talented, sophisticated aspiring idol and member of the NCPS Choir who is scared that her powers are all she'll ever be known and loved for. She has the ability to cause infatuation on anyone she makes eye contact with.
* **Cameron Crye / White Noise:** An energetic and talkative cheerleader and workaholic who constantly feels as if she has to keep pushing herself to live up to her friends', her parents', and her own expectations for herself. She has the ability to manipulate sound waves that she produces.
* **Germaine Saracen / Madame Moniker:** Member of the Theater Club and celebrated actress and performer. While her personality is essentially a blank slate, she makes up for it by being an excellent impressionist, as she is very comfortable in being other people's shoes - so comfortable, in fact, that she might just be starting to forget who she really is. She has the ability to scan other people's appearances through touch and mimic their appearance.
* **Morgan Grimley:** She is killed early on but brought back as a feral zombie. Eventually she regains her senses and memories, and lives on despite her condition, choosing to maintain an optimistic outlook on life, which everyone is impressed by. However, she feels like her optimism is her just lying to herself and that this 'second chance' is a curse and should never have come. She used to be human, but after her death and resurrection, became zombie-like and could detach, reattach, and even remotely-control her body parts at will.
* **Anton Volk / Electricide:** A troublemaker known for his anger management issues. Though he is aware of them and makes promises of change, he has yet to commit to them. He has the ability of generating bioelectricity and becoming more aggressive the more he uses his powers.
* **Katsuki Hamada:** A jolly, boisterous, pop culture-obsessed and politically-opinionated gentle giant trapped inside an invulnerable mech built for combat.
* **Mandy Wilkes:** The eccentric former President of the Literature Club and current member of the Newheart Times, NCPS' own news journal.
* **Norah Valdottir / Aegis Valkyrie:** Convinced by her village that she is a prophesied 'chosen one' and 'defender of mankind', she wholeheartedly took on the mantle of the Aegis Valkyrie and adopted a one-track-mind and intensive training to fulfill her destiny someday, even if it is, as of now, unclear. She has the ability to encase her body in Hardenin-G, an extremely durable but lightweight metal. However, she is unable to move any encased body parts.
* **Tanya Yaznakov:** A mysterious and reserved Russian girl who happens to be mute, as instead of bestowing her powers, the Genesis Event took away her ability to speak.

## 11-Tesla Students (S.Y. 2017-2018)

The highly-competitive, self-proclaimed 'better' class of the two. There's constant rivalry between Socrates and Tesla despite there being friends on either side, but Tesla is usually the one better taken care of and on top.

* **Vanessa Porter / Rendezvous:** The pompous, self-absorbed Class President of 11-Tesla who's quick to instigate conflict but just as quick to react against them. Her peers often hide their resentment against her as Ms. Delilah's favorite - they even hang out quite often. Her body acts as a living, walking portal, and she can teleport anything that makes contact with her to any location in her field of vision.
* **Omair ibn Hayyan:** One of the his batch's best students and a passionate but affable and laid-back chemistry enthusiast. He's also quite the mischievous prankster, and likes to lightheartedly mess with newcomers. It might seem as if he's always wielding a sword, but he is actually the sword, and the person holding it is an avatar.
* **Lars Helstrom / Hellbender:** A notorious delinquent who publicly states his disdain for heroes who somehow retains his popularity. Unexpectedly patient and methodical, especially for a Pyromancer. He has the ability to manipulate fire with exceptional skill and technique.
* **Bryce Manhattan:** Some call him a dull student, and others think he's just very reserved. He has the ability to create implosions.
* **D.M. Langley / Black Baron:** Brash and confident. While he hangs out with morally questionable delinquents and troublemakers, Langley himself is a brilliant student. He has no powers, but he continues to strive towards the vigilante life as the Black Baron anyway, as his feeling of powerlessness compels him to fight for the underprivileged, whether he has powers or not.
* **Dominic Drake / Dust Devil:** He has the ability to manipulate smoke, ash, and dust.
* **Levi Eleazar:** A committed fanboy and superhero enthusiast. As a member of multiple hero and hero team fandoms, he is very knowledgeable about many of them and likes to start and participate in passionate discussions about his favorite and most disliked talents, where his trivia shines and he becomes front-and-center. He's also interested in Reverie's fanfics, and critiques them seriously.
* **Sullivan Ward / Speakeasy:** Cowardly and meek, but secretly conniving. He has the ability to induce paralysis in everyone within a small radius while he speaks in a certain pitch.
* **Valerie Schwartz:** An avid conspiracy theorist who spends her pastime browsing through internet forums, morbidly addicted to unearthing secrets about the world they live in. She is especially engrossed in theories linking ISDRAC to the superhuman origin, and claims to be stalked by national security because of the things she knows.
* **Trevor Ingram**
* **Celestia Reiss**
* **Frances / Glass Anon**
* **Dominic Drake / Dust Devil**
* **Marjorie Sinclair / Synchropath**
* **Reginald Pendelton / Coze**

## Newheart Contemporary Private School Staff

* **Jasmine Falcone:** CEO and Principal. Obsessed with making the school look better than it actually is. Secretly aware of the downward spiral the school's reputation was going down in, she fought tooth and nail to secure the privilege of becoming the region's first school to implement the new curriculum. It's not that she doesn't care about actually fixing the school's flaws, it's just that there are so many things wrong with it that she'd just rather sweep them up under the rug in the meantime.
* **Holly Bertrand:** 11-Socrates Advisor. A carefree, arguably-burnt out teacher who applied expecting to be the advisor of a Kindergarten class but was given high-school instead. She doesn't feel like she has a say in it, so she went for it anyway.
* **Delilah Packard:** Science Department, Biology teacher and 11-Tesla Advisor. She likes to socialize with her students to make them feel as if they're all in one big social circle and think their teacher is cool, relatable, and stylish. However, she still has her favorites among them, whether she realizes it or not.
* **Kirby Clarke:** Science Department, Physics teacher and 12-Da Vinci Advisor. A strict, highly-competitive teacher likened to a drill sergeant due to her strictness and drive. However, some theorize that she can also get very emotionally-invested in her students. They say 'theorize' because it kind of hasn't happened yet.
* **Samuel Hardt:** IT Department, IT teacher and 12-Newton Advisor. An absolute robotic, mechanical shell of a man. People barely hear his voice, and he fails to engage his student's interests for more than a minute or so, if not for being made fun of. No one really knows what's up with him, as they feel as if he's just the human equivalent of a Roomba.
* **Amanda Hathaway:** English Department, Literature teacher. A cultured, sophisticated socialite who many students arguably have had a crush on. Her professionalism shows in her love for the arts and increasingly-obscure trivia she's gathered over the years. Not a lot of people know this, but she's also an absolute dork.
* **Janet Damon-Guilles:** English Department, Oral Communication teacher. An uptight mother of 3 and, despite her stature, one of the most intimidating instructors in the school, mainly due to her unflinching attitude. She's very by-the-book with the school's rules and regulations, and whenever another teacher needs advice or even some scolding, Mrs. Damon-Guilles would be sure to put them in their place.
* **Ernst Merryweather:** Social Studies Department, Philosophy teacher. Anyone who talks to him gets the feeling that he is wise and usually deep in thought. He is very open-minded about his students' opinions to encourage discussions and likes to challenge their perceptions about the current world and culture at large, to 'broaden their horizons' as he says, and is especially intrigued, but also concerned, about Connor's sentiments.
* **Gavin Valenzuela:** IT Department, IT teacher. Sir Valenzuela is pretty awkward. While he's arguably skilled and knowledgeable in the field of IT, he holds back his enthusiasm while teaching, and as such fails to engage the class in the discussion. He tries to make jokes, which almost always fall flat.
* **Razul Sadiq:** Social Studies Department, Language teacher. Sir Sadiq has an unusual vocal tic that his students usually make fun of. As a foreigner, he feels as if he's a stranger to many of the cultures and traditions that his peers and students practice, and so his social interactions usually fall out of place.
* **Jonathan Marge:** Science Department, Chemistry teacher. Infamous for his temper tantrums, and will stop to call out misbehaving students in the midst of a class. Erratic, sassy, unpredictable, and always about to blow up - whether that's because of stress, or because of the difficulty of articulating his own thoughts.
* **Rembrandt Ford:** Math department, Calculus teacher. Sir Ford used to be a male model, and though he's past his prime, he never lets a day go to waste by not hamming it up with the wardrobe.
* **Charles Ralstein:** Math department, General Mathematics teacher. He is very easy-going and likes his Math classes to be a little more casual to try being more approachable to students since he's aware that he teaches an intimidating subject. However, as a result, his students don't take him very seriously, and don't hold him up to the same candle as the other teachers.

## Heroes

### Agents of Virtue

Newheart City's very own superhero team, and one of the best and most recognizable in the world. As such, they deal with Newheart's most dangerous supervillains and disasters, and are also deployed in other areas outside Newheart as necessary, especially in the event of a world-ending scenario.

* **Captain Spectacle:** Newheart's flagship hero and one of the most famous heroes around the globe.
* **Sentinel Steel:** A silent, formidable warrior and martial arts expert who, despite the absence of his powers, continues to fight crime while relying on his own brains, brawn, and power armor, and is an inspiration to those who do not have abilities as well.
* **Astronomica:** A heroine who is half-human and half-Goddess of Combat, Beauty, and the Night from Philippine mythology. She uses a *kampilan*, a single-edged sword, as her signature weapon, as well as a bow that fires 'shooting stars'.
* **Agent Brave:** An accomplished, charismatic, and well-educated soldier, humanitarian, and astronaut sent by the UN to be a part of the team as one of the world's premier superheroes, meant to be a representative of the world's united efforts to erase villainy. He's very big on the campaigns and advertisements, almost overshadowing their leader, Captain Spectacle, in some aspects.
* **Macrowave:** She has the ability to emit increasingly intensifying radioactive heat within a small radius.

### The Frontline

Newheart's team of first responders. They usually take care of the milder situations, like petty crime, robberies, C and D-lister supervillains, etc. They're not too prolific, but they do have their fans who like them the way they are - 'underrated'. Sometimes, there's even gatekeeping in the fandom.

### ATLAS Collective

One of the two biggest superhero megacorporations in the world.

### Wonder Incorporated

One of the two biggest superhero megacorporations in the world.

### Other Public Heroes

* **Prominence:** A fiery hero who looks literally like the Sun. His ultimate move, ‘Coronary Mass Ejection’, unleashes a massive plume of fire.
* **Sgt. Drill:** He operates as one of the instructors for Public Hero training operations. As one would expect, he's outrageously strict. He doesn't think too highly of Indies, since they do not operate strictly according to the law and lack proper training.

## Villains

* **Deus Machina:** A rogue AI that gained sentience and defected from its creators, RadWare Technologies. It took on the appearance of an anime girl to seem less intimidating, and operating on the set of rules that was given to it while gaining access to the Internet, became a sort of anti-hero, utilizing any means necessary to achieve its goal of world peace. Some of the protagonists jokingly try to entertain the idea of flirting with it from time to time.
* **Doctor Disaster:** She uses machinery to manipulate the weather to her will.
* **Excruciator:** A sadistic Death Row inmate and escapee. His own nerve endings are damaged, meaning he is impervious to pain. However, he is able to manipulate other people's nervous systems and amplify any feeling, especially pain.
* **Murdermeister:** A slick, deadly but arguably affable contract assassin. He's infamous for being extremely difficult to track and capture, having mastered the art of murder and sabotage. This makes him a huge asset in the supervillain world, and he does have many eager clients.
* **Netherlord:** One of the world's most dangerous villains. He operates far outside Newheart, but he has recently been gathering armies out of the hundreds that he's killed so far as they march on. His threat level is rising and the world's governments are concerned, so there is an ongoing operation involving many major heroes around the world in an attempt to stop him, including Newheart's Justice Force.
* **Obsidian Scourge:** A villain with the power to control obsidian and create constructs out of it. His skin is also almost indestructible.
* **Reverse-Psycho:** One of the world's most wanted villains, who many think more than deserves his spot on the global Hall of Infamy, and on an electric chair.
* **Starslayer:** A cosmic villain who claims to hail from the 'darkest reaches of the Universe'.
* **The Fleshmaker:** A villain likened to a vile serial killer. His ability allows him to fully manipulate his flesh, muscles, and even bones, creating tendrils and using his bones as solid weapons, while adding the flesh of his victims to his own mass. He mostly appears as a humanoid hunk of unintelligible body parts, and he emits a pungent odor.

## Newheart City P. D.

Newheart's resident police force. Contrary to what you might expect, the NCPD is every bit as competent as the city's best heroes, sometimes even rivaling them. However, they all work together, which is why some people think it's absolutely sane to stay in Newheart despite all the crime and villainy.

* **Sebastian Gideon:** A newly-promoted Detective in the force who is later assigned to 11-Socrates' case. He's more approachable than the average officer, and has an easy-going, affable aura.

## ISDRAC

The Integrated Scientific and Defense Research Advancement Corporation (ISDRAC, pronounced 'eye-drak') is a global conglomerate that is most known today for discovering Dynamium. Its original founder and CEO Ramsay Murdoch was let go following revelations and allegations of human rights violations. The current CEO is unknown.

* **Ramsay Murdoch:** The founder and former CEO of ISDRAC, who was let go by the Board following rumors and accusations of human rights violations that were somehow related to unethical experiments done while researching Dynamium.

### Dynamium Research Division

ISDRAC had a specific division dedicated to the research of Dynamium, with outposts set up at two interdimensional breaches located throughout the world, one of which was in Paradise Island, off the coast of Brimfell City. Their initial goal was to figure out a way to turn Dynamium into a power source due to all of its energy potential. However, they later also studied the effects of Dynamium radiation, or mana, on living things, including humans. This later extended to intentional genetic manipulation and the inducement of extraordinary mutations and abilities to create 'superpowers'.

Unfortunately, the research team were all killed by mysterious forces after gaining their powers by accident.

* **Herrick Flammel Jr.:** Lead researcher and scientist of the DRD.
* **Apollo Paulsen**
* **Bernard Johansson**
* **Dean California:** He gained the ability to control prehensile tendrils.
* **Joanna Sanchez:** She gained the ability to bring her sketches into reality.
* **Joshua Daniels:** He gained the ability of super speed.
* **Landon Rouge:** He gained the ability of being nigh invulnerable.
* **Reese Morningstar:** She gained the ability to fly and shoot energy beams.
* **Samuel Casey**
* **Unidentified researcher**

## Other Characters

* **Bailey Desmond:** An old friend of Lance's, who he used to be romantically interested in but had a falling out with.
* **Dwight Tockman / Chronicle:** A mysterious time traveler who hails from the future warning the students of 11-Socrates that their lives are doomed.
* **Marshie:** Riley's pet half-Shih Tzu and half-Lesser Dreadhowl, and who she has a telepathic link with. By default, she appears invisible to everyone but Riley, and only shows themselves when they trust the person.
* **Mikaela D’Amico:** Riley's younger sister.

### Organizations

* **Unnamed Damage Control Organization:** A 'damage control' type organization that picks up after the collateral damage that occurs on property after heroes and villains fight.
* **Unnamed Law Firm Organization:** A law firm that handles many big-name heroes' cases, many of which are collateral-related and involve the possible breach of codes of ethics and the Heroics Code.
* **RadWare Technologies:** A tech corporation responsible for creating Deus Machina.