The Cicerone

Uma Siddique also known simply as The Cicerone (Maargadarshak) was a Pakistani-Indian neohuman and founder of the Amrita organisation that acted as a counterterrorism and rescue operation in India and surrounding nations.

### **History**

Uma was born in 1976 in Hyderabad in Pakistan to a Siddi family; when she was 5 her father was killed in an earthquake, and she lost the use of her legs after her lower spine was crushed under some rubble.

Shortly after Uma and her mother, a museum curator, were taken care of by her father's well-off family who lived in India, and moved to Mumbai where she was given the best treatment but still never recovered the use of her legs after and was confined to a wheelchair; over the years her mother and her father's family built several charities and aid programmes across India and the surrounding nations.

When she was 16 Uma discovered she was a neohuman, but kept her abilities secret from everyone.

Over the years Uma created one of these aid organisations, known as Amrita, named after a mystical elixir in ancient Indian myth, Amrita, nevertheless suffered underfunding and issues when India's government began investing more in it's military. In the end many of these organisations and medical outlets became bankrupt and folded, except Amrita, with Uma having the idea of broadening the organisation and making it something more proactive, in particular targeting gangland activity, crime and possible supervillains

Using her powers to scout for other superhumans, Uma first found Meera Chadha aka Glare and recruited her to aid Uma in both saving Amrita from bankruptcy by providing a much more active public service. At the same time she also located Tigerwolfe and contacted several other exceptionally gifted and talented individuals.

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### **Personality**

Uma was described as kind, motherly and empathic, she was extremely well-learned and compassionate, thinking of helping others with no thought of reward. She was determined and headstrong, learning to deal with her disability from a young age.

### **Appearance**

Uma was a slim Pakistani woman of Siddi decent, she had dark brown curly hair that she often bunched into a ponytail, had brown eyes and liked to ware light and pale dresses. After losing the use of her legs when she was 5 she is now confined to a wheelchair.

### **Powers and abilities**

#### **Powers**

Uma was a neohuman with a series of neones or "n-genes" that gave her superhuman abilities when she was 16.

**Astral Duplication:** She developed the ability to create psionic "ghost" clones of herself that follow her command and can relay information at massive distances. These spirit clones are usually invisible and intangible and are free from the bonds of gravity at all times, existing only in the astral realm, but the clones can temporarily be seen if Uma wishes them to be, though this requires further concentration and sustainment. So far Uma has produced over 17 dupes, many still continue to operate, with the oldest being over 8 years old and still going.

* ***Duplication Possession:*** While the clones have minds of their own that resemble a very orderly and loyal service to the original Uma, she can herself project her own mind into any one of her clones, and directly view and speak to anyone the duplicates can see and experience the feeling of being free from her wheelchair. Likewise she can also force some of her dupes to posses the minds of other people; it has even been the case that she can use her duplicates as a proxy to read and control the minds of others or in the case of Meera, enter their dreams to communicate although the process is difficult to sustain for an extended period and depends on the willpower of the target.
* **Information Relay:** When she herself is busy her clones operate independently and send information and knowledge to Uma if they know she needs to see it; as each clone has often stayed operational for years these 'ghosts' have a unique system and understanding of huge swathes of India and beyond.

#### **Abilities**

* **Business Knowledge:** She was extremely knowledgeable at various forms of business and management, especially in terms of mediating aid packages and networks.
* **Brilliant Investigator:** She has used her powers to seek out others or aid in finding criminal activity or terrorist networks and has gained various forms of self-taught investigative skills as a result.
* **Brilliant Leader:** Uma is a highly competent and confident leader in terms of Amrita as an aid organisation and a rescue service.
* **Tactician and Strategist:** She learned to command Amrita carefully and precisely, becoming knowledgeable of surrounding environments, dangers and enemy movements.
* **Medicine:** She has knowledge of both human anatomy and various medical technologies and chemicals used to treat others.
* **Musician:** She could play various instruments, including the sitar.

### **Limitations and Weaknesses**

Uma is confined to a wheelchair as her lower spinal column has been severed.