Mesa

Mesa is a physical behemoth, standing at 7ft tall and acts as the bodyguard and guardian of the team known as S.I.N.

## Powers & Abilities

### Powers

Earthquake Generation - He can create earthquakes with his body movements

### Restrictions

These powers are uncontrollable without the magical restrictions of SIN

Tu Chen was born in Shanghai, China. As a child he was fascinated by the stories of explorers and adventurers, wanting to grow up to become just like his heroes. As he grew up, he made these dreams into reality by becoming a geologist and being sent across the world on research trips. Over time, the reality that these trips were nothing like the stories he had imagined began to creep in. The world was growing smaller and adventure seemed to be something of a fairytale now. This caused friction between himself and his wife - as he would begin to set out onto more dangerous explorations to chase the thrill.

## Explorer

On an ill-fated trip to an unknown destination, Tu and his team were caught in a vicious storm on a mountainside. Tu was separated from the the group and started to venture along a forbidden path across the mountain; rather than finding shelter. Tu ended up falling through a crevasse in the mountainside. finding himself trapped between sides of the mountain with a gorge beneath him. Ironically this was an unexplored part of the mountain itself, and Tu had been the first to see it. Although he called for help, nobody came. Tu was trapped for what felt like days before a strange voice finally responded. The voice offered him the strength to climb out of the mountain and return to safety. Thinking himself to be delirious, Tu ignored the voice at first. But the voice persisted, becoming more persuasive with every sentence, eventually telling the story of his wife becoming a widow; not knowing where her husband had gone in his own foolish adventure. Tu agreed with the mysterious voice, and gained the power to climb out of the mountain. As he reached towards freedom, his movements shifted the earth itself, causing an earthquake for miles around. On reaching freedom, Tu saw that his team had been killed in a rockslide caused by his actions, just moments away from finding his location. The voice of the mountain laughed - Tu had secured his freedom & become an explorer, but at the cost of his humanity.

## Supernatural

Tu had become a twisted version of himself. Reaching 7ft and as large as a boulder, his strength was able to rip apart the mountain itself. Without controlling his movements, his footsteps could cause earthquakes. Although Tu was not a spiritual man, he understood that the voice of the mountain was a trickster; and had imbued Tu with a deadly curse to cause mayhem on the earth. Without knowing what to do - Tu made the mountain his home for months, hiding when the eventual rescue party found his team's bodies. He was terrified to return to his wife and put her in danger too. He pondered his own suicide, but thought his falling body from the cliffs would cause even more destruction. In these darkest thoughts - Tu was approached by a strange woman he would eventually call Wanderer. She offered him protection and sanctuary with the organisation, S.I.N. and although hesitant at first, Tu saw no other option than to follow her.

## S.I.N.

Arriving at the base of S.I.N., Tu met the leader Cybele. She assured him that his powers could not cause more destruction in their home, and offered him sanctuary for however long he wanted it. He adopted the name Mesa, deciding to leave his disgraced human name behind. It was here that Mesa would learn to control his abilities in limited ways, and acted as a bodyguard of sorts to his new friends. As repayment, Cybele used her abilities to allow Mesa to see his wife from a distance - although communication was disallowed. Mesa gave Wanderer his compass to pass onto his wife; allowing her closure and time to mourn - confirming that he had passed away on the mountain.

## Trivia

* The backstory of Mesa is based loosely on the mythical tale of Bernado Carpio from Philippine Mythology.
* His design is inspired by DC Comics Bane