Leandros Jackson

Ignore the flame

High Overlord of the Grand Combine

The Red Dwarf

Soulless Ginger

### Relatives

Leona Jackson - Cousin; chief of security; wields photomancyArvin Jackson - Uncle; spymaster; wielder of umbrakinesis

Augustus Fareman - Cousin; QAnon conspiracy theorist; terramancer

## Physical description

### Eye color

Orange

*"I care not what happens now or in ten thousand years. Loyalty is its own reward."*

- Leandros Jackson

Leandros Fareman Jackson is the High Overlord of the Grand Combine of America, ruling from the Dark City of Detroit. He is a metahuman with powers over magnetism, earning him the monikers of **Magnetar** and **The Lord of Iron**.

## Personality

In the past, Leandros Jackson was often viewed with doubt. Because he inherited the position of High Overlord before he was deemed to be prepared for reigning over the notoriously self serving corporations, there were many doubts whether he could fill the shoes of the title, just like his father before him. Despite the doubts of those around him, though, he has proven to be a capable High Overlord, sometimes surpassing the actions of the previous one by strengthening central authority. As such, it is clear that Leandros has a far more controlling, and perhaps suspecting, nature as a Lord. It seems that he wants the Grand Combine to come closer together, forgoing its fractious nature.

On top of that, Leandros has been noted to be incredibly petty. There have been numerous times when he had sent ‘gifts’ simply to irritate or slightly inconvenience those that have insulted him, whether in person or not. He never does any actual damage, but it is clear that he will gladly keep a self perpetuating cycle of petty vengeance just for the sake of it. One might even say that he enjoys maintaining small time rivalries as they, as he says, “keeps the fire going”.

Despite his pettiness and suspicion, Leandros is highly transparent to his inner circle, going as far as confessing his deepest fears and regrets to them. He also wishes that there were more plans on how the world should turn out when the Coup first overthrew the old order. Leandros deeply resents the fact that many nations have turned into mere shadows of what they once were after metahumans took them over, though others improved. He believes that the various Dynasties shouldn’t have been simply allowed to do as they wish after the King and Queen left the Earth, causing wanton death and suffering in the process.

## Abilities

**Magnetokinesis**: Leandros wields the ability to control magnetic fields. This allows him to manipulate metal in large quantities, doing so with high speed and precision.

## Biography

Leandros Jackson was born as the firstborn son of Zeke and Diana Jackson on January 27, 1992, in a hospital in Cleveland. His parents were metahumans, members of the Watchers that were known as Star Forger and the Steel Warden, respectively. They were hailed as protectors and heroes, at first, at least. However, as the years passed, tensions between metahumanity and humanity began to mount. For Leandros, this came to a head with him when he was merely five years old, when Congress began to require metahumans to register their children to the government. Star Forger and Steel Warden, along with their teammates in the Watchers, were outraged by this act, and at first refused to have Leandros registered. What they wanted for him was to live a life that was separate from them fighting villains, to live as normally as possible without the threat of conscription looming over him. But alas, that was not to be.

On October 1st of 1997, Steel Warden was one of those metahumans arrested in a peaceful protest, while her husband still maintained a facade of meek obedience to the government. Steel Warden's arrest, along with the suspension of the Bill of Rights for metahumans that followed soon after, planted the final seeds of rebellion in the Watchers, and cemented Leandros' dislike of the government. Even as a child, he wished for all the restrictions on his existence to fade away, as he was, at that age, rather knowledgeable on what was happening around him. His mother had been arrested, while his father was looking for someone that would help them realize the dream of a truly free world.

That dream was fulfilled when Hammer and Columbia came to the Watchers and their allies, asking them to help in toppling the old world order. The Watchers accepted the plan at a heartbeat, and on New Year's Eve, the Star Forger and his allies took over the Midwest, dismantling the state governments in a single night with the aid of loyal human friends and followers that disagreed with how metahumans were being treated.

With the coup accomplished, Leandros was more or less free. His mother was freed, and soon enough, he was living life contentedly as the heir of the Grand Combine that arose from the late governments of the Midwest. That is, until Shadowstorm's Resistance-sponsored revolt right after the death of the Kelvin matriarch claimed his parents' lives.

With the High Overlord and the rest of the original Watchers dead, Leandros would ascend to the position. There were initial doubts whether the young metahuman could do as well as his father did, but it seems that those doubts were misplaced…