Damien Reed

Damien Reed was born in a standard non-marked family, in Boston, Massachsuetts. His current position of work is as the PE teacher in Silverman Academy, in New York.

## Background

Born as Damien Salvatore, he was part of an Italian american family. Working father, working mother. He spent most of his childhood taking care of his younger sister. Life was a stable routine for him. This, however, changed for him at the age of fifteen, when an anti-marked terrorist group broke into his house looking for him. They did not find him sooner than his sister, and despite her being human, the terrorists shot her, effectively ending her life. This sent Damien into one of the strongest Revelations that have been recorded up to date.

### The Boston Incident

It happened in October 4th, 2002. The sheer emotional force shown by Salvatore granted him an uncommon amount of power during his Revelation. Salvatore caused uncalculable property damage and several numbers of wounded and outright dead with his bare hands. Records show him punching entire buildings until they fell. This was marked down as the Marked Boston Incident of 2002, one of the most known massacres caused by a Marked. Damien was 13 years old at the time. This incident ended once Damien fell unconscious after over exerting his own capabilities. The whole Incident lasted an agonizing four hours.

### Mistral Academy

Damien's arrival to Mistral's Academy was anomalous. It happened weeks after the incident, he was captured by the special forces, and brought to the academy completely sedated. Damien's stay at the academy was one of rebellion, inconformism, and slow learning a new path. Not only by his arrival he became popular at the school, but also by his charismatic speeches about rebellion against human purity and inconformism with current society.

He joined the Marked Extremists group known as the Marked Support Front, where he met his close friend Dustin Moore.

Over the course of the months, his ideologies changed thanks to two individuals, also of the Marked condition. One of them is the renowned teacher Carl Clarke. Which not only helped him control his powers and temper, also, with some help of the most prestigious Marked class at the academy, he managed to redirect his hatred for humanity into a will of change, a desire for a better future, one of acceptance and inclusion.

### Current Times

Nowadays he's the PE teacher at Silverman Academy, the institution run by David Silverman. His emotional strength is directed to education, and protection of the students. Making sure none of them follow the same steps he did in his youth. To ensure this in a safer way, he changed his name to Damien Reed, so no one would be able to find about the Incident. With his old days behind, and his new identity as a teacher, he dedicates his spare time to fight crime under the codename of Atlas.

## About Him

Reed is a dark red haired individual, with clear, ragged skin and a muscular build. His height rounds the 186 cm. His marks are black, in contrast to his olive skin, and look like pieces of broken glass, uneven and following no apparent pattern. He has a number of scars that he never explains their origin, and likes to have his haircut short and his forehead clear. He also has a thick red beard.

Personality wise, he's not the passionate, irrational young man he used to be. At his 32 years of age (As of 2021) he has learnt the virtues of patience and temper. His words have lost conviction, but gained wisdom. And he cares more for the Marked youth than any other thing in his life.

His Source is Strength. Pure and unadulterated. His marks can channel Strength through his muscles, making him an effective powerhouse.