Beth Chapel

## Background

### 1995 - 2009: Beth Chapel

Beth Chapel is the only daughter of minister James Chapel & church choir singer Bridget Chapel. She was the youngest of the children, having four older brothers (Matthew, Marcus "Mark", Luke & Johnathon "John") named after the writers of the gospels. They were quite rambunctious, a major contrast from Beth's quiet & meek personality as a child. She quickly grew out of her shell, becoming close with her brothers. Her parents were very loving & attentive of their children, though somewhat strict as well.

In school, Beth quickly became an outcast despite her talkative & outgoing personality, but often participated in school events despite being relatively friendless. She began only conversing with others she's spoken to. Her brothers usually stuck up for her but they all eventually left for college, leaving Beth all alone in Gotham were her parents. She considered herself to be a loser. Instead of eating lunch with other students, she would video chat with one of her brothers so they could eat lunch together.

Beth spent much of her free time with her family. She was visiting her doctor brother Mark at Gotham General Hospital for lunch when an earthquake suddenly struck. The earthquake wrecked the hospital, leading to an oxygen explosion that not only injured Beth but killed her brother. For the next year, Beth remained in a coma.

When she awoke, she discovered she was blind. Doctor Charles McNider, who had helped her & others get to safety during the earthquake, took it upon himself to operate on her. Because he couldn’t restore her vision, McNider & a team of physicians gave her hi-tech ocular implants causing a connection to her pineal gland, allowing to partially restore her vision. Although her eyes became too sensitive for normal light, Chapel developed extremely sharp vision in total darkness just like the doctor that saved her.

## Powers & Abilities

* **Enhanced Sight:** When Doctor Beth Chapel went through her ocular operation she received the special ability to see perfectly in total or near darkness.
* **Hand to Hand Combat:** Chapel is a skilled acrobat and unarmed combatant, having practiced with a myriad of meta-human comrades in arms.
* **High Level Intellect:** She graduated from high school with a 4.4 weighted GPA then graduated in the top 10% at college graduation.
* **Medicine:** She also received her M.D. & is an accomplished surgeon, quickly surpassing the standards of her peers. McNider regularly has her accompany him when taking on the more complex operations.
* **Infrared Lenses:** Doctor Mid-Nite developed lenses for Beth to use so she can see in the light.
* **Blackout Bombs:** Like her mentor, she will release pitch-black gas that blinds villains & allows her to see.

### Weaknesses

* **Partial Blindness:** She is unable to see in the light & in effect blind by day, however she is able to perceive her surroundings as if it were daylight.

### Ratings

* **Intelligence:** Unknown
* **Strength:** Unknown
* **Speed:** Unknown
* **Occult:** Unknown
* **Weapons:** Unknown
* **Range:** Unknown
* **Strategy:** Unknown
* **Combat:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* She is good friends with Courtney Whitmore, Yolanda Montez & Anissa Pierce.

## Notes

* In the comics, Beth is blinded by an explosion during the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. It caused an unexpected earthquake that struck the Sunset Medical Center where she worked.