Adam "Benjamin" Hathaway

### Affiliation

The Slaughterhouse Terrors; Timeslip; Felix Lord; Ethan Winters; Caden Foster; ZION (Formerly)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

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Adam Hathaway (born on the 8th of June, 2012) was a former ZION operative, trained for Black Ops missions from childhood, starting as early as 9 years old.

After being released from ZION custody, Adam became a hero on his own, operating in New Spheris for a long time.

Currently, after his mother's unexpected passing, Adam moved to Elysium, where he continued his hero duties.

## Origins

Adam Benjamin Hathaway was born on the 8th of June, 2012. He was an only child, born into a poor family. From since Adam could remember, his father, Jeremiah, was unemployed. Janet, his mother, was the main source of income in the house. She worked as a singer at a nearby bar.

On the 15th of January, 2024, Jeremiah made a deal with a company called ZION, to enroll Adam in a series of experiments, and to receive a fair amount of money in exchange. Janet tried to stop Adam's father when she found out, however, it was too late. He had taken the money.

The experiments consisted of Adam going in to ZION for testing, a few hours a week, then returning home afterwards, with no memory of the tests.

As the agreed upon one year of testing came to an end, it happened. Adam's father lashed out at him, however, it was worse than usual. Around 2 years prior, Adam was possessed by the Fær, but the symptoms of his possession did not show, until then. Without a thought, the Fær unleashed a volley of flames, burning and killing Jeremiah instantly. Only a few minutes later, ZION took over the case from the NSPD, and took Adam as a "suspect", when in reality, they were planning to continue their experiments with him. His mother left the city soon after, changing her name, and moving far away from her old life.

## "The Demon"

In his early days, since Adam was trained to fight skilled or enhanced opponents, he wasn't used to fighting normal humans - and so, on his first day on the job, while he was stopping a mugging, he accidentally broke a man's arm, after which, he proceeded to call an ambulance for him, and sit with the man until said ambulance arrived, along with the police. While you may think this humanised him, quite the opposite, the man was entirely horrified for the entire time they were waiting - mostly because Adam was actively on fire, as an intimidation tactic. While this didn't get him his current alias, it was the building blocks of said moniker. However, through the rest of his career, he continued using his flames to intimidate criminals, even though he could make them harmless towards them. This lead to much of the criminal underworld believing he burns his victims alive, when, in reality, they go to prison (although, in his early days, because of lack of contact with the police, he simply told them to leave the city). Since Adam is a natural optimist, and has what many would describe as a happy-go-lucky personality, all of that combined with most criminals believing he burns people alive, makes those same criminals label him as a psychopath, further adding to the fear. All of this lead up to his alias, which was actually coined by the previous leader of the Serpents, as he was described as "a Demon straight from hell".

## Relationships

Adam has made many friends and enemies over the years he's been protecting New Spheris, some of which have stayed until now, others who have either died or their connection to Adam has been severed.

**The Fær** - *Adam has a very symbiotic relationship with the Fær, since he's literally a second voice in his mind. He speaks to him constantly, to the outside world looking like he's simply speaking to himself. The only person who knew about the Fær possessing Adam was Caseus, however, Caseus killed himself in an attempt to take Adam down with him, so currently, no one except Adam knows about the Fær.*

**Janet Hathaway** - *Adam's relationship with his mother was much better than the one with his dad, however quite strained, since she saw a lot of Jeremiah in him. However, she still loved him very much.*

**Jeremiah Hathaway** - *Adam's relationship with his father was never good. Jeremiah hadn't always been an alcoholic, but since he got arrested and lost his job, his life spiraled out of his hands and he fell into alcoholism. He started treating his wife and son worse, and set a bad example for Adam. However, even to this day, as Adam vowed never to smoke (a way of showing that he wouldn't be like his father), he has kept his vow. He even debates not drinking anymore since it reminds him of his father too much.*

**Timeslip** - *Timeslip is Adam's closest friend. Even in betrayal, Adam still values his friendship and could never really get mad at him. They met when Adam was fighting Crusader, and after beating him, since Timeslip had more time (haha) on Earth, he decided he'd stay with Adam for a bit. It went on from there.*

**Nick Barnes** - *Nick is an old friend of Adam's, but they were separated when he turned 20. Adam headed back to New Spheris, while Nick stayed in New Aros. They still keep in touch from time to time.*

**Mumui** - *Mumui met Adam when he helped Timeslip save Adam out of the nightmare realm. Adam values that Mumui helped him, but they don't keep in contact or show any signs of friendliness. However, if Mumui needs his help, Adam will gladly repay the favour.*

**Statik** - *Statik and Breeze used to be partners, before Breeze was arrested, after which Statik attempted to break him out, but Breeze betrayed him and sided with Adam instead, now that he knew that his daughter was safe. Adam mainly despises Statik because of all the people he's killed, and the fact that he feels no remorse towards them, nor does he regret any of it. As he claims, "I'd do it a million times over".*

**Breeze** - *Breeze was one of Adam's main villains, before his capture at ZION HQ. Every Sunday from then on, Adam visited Breeze, just as he said he would. He brought him burgers and fries (switched it up sometimes) and told him about his day. He also protected his daughter from the Serpents, since that was Breeze's only reason for not wanting to be caught. He was afraid they might harm her, having been convinced that they had her hostage. Later, Breeze repaid Adam by saving him from Statik. Before any agents could come and re-arrest Breeze, Adam let him go. They became friends from then on.*

**The Serpents** - *The Serpents* *are a gang that fully took over nearly a quarter of the city, and have roots throughout the rest. They're the reason for Statik and Breeze's crime spree, as well as the gang war between the Night Stalkers and themselves. The Serpents are also the main reason behind Adam's moniker; "The Demon".*

**The Night Stalkers** - *The Night Stalkers* *were a respected gang of Japanese origin, before they were attacked by the Serpents. The main goal of the attack was to seize a tape that showed the gang's leader making a deal with the FBI, which was seen as betrayal by many in the gang. Adam tried to stop them from getting the tape, however, he failed. Once the tape was revealed, most of the gang left, leaving only a handful of goons and the leader. The rest were picked off by the Spartan (Caden Foster) later that week.*

**Spartan** - *Adam met Spartan in the Rivera, a bar which both Adam and Spartan frequented often. They became drinking buddies from then on and even fought together when they found out they were both heroes of sorts. Upon being informed of Spartan's death, Adam denied it, since he knew Spartan was literally impossible to kill. Nowadays, he's not quite sure what to believe.*

**Felix Lord** - *Adam met Felix when he was 2029's Spartan, then came to know him as Felix Lord later on. They became allies, but usually never spoke unless it was business. He attended Felix's funeral in 2030.*

**Caden Foster** - *Adam has met* *Caden**, who is 2031's Spartan, but doesn't know him as well as he knew Felix. While Caden trusts Adam, after not being informed of his mother's death right away, Adam blames Caden for not being able to save her, but less than he blames himself. It is one of the main reasons he moved away from New Spheris.*

**Steve Hayes** - *Steve met Adam in a warehouse, where they were initially hostile towards each other, but eventually became friends.*

## Gear

While before, Adam used to wear a navy blue coat (given to him by his mother), after his mother's death, Adam buried it along with his mother, thinking of it as finally burying his past.

He also has a black mask which covers his entire face, only having 2 lenses that glow blue. Adam sets the back of the helmet on fire from time to time, to intimidate criminals. The mask was from his ZION days, changed using infusion to fit him more.

Soon after, once he learned how to use his infusion abilities, Adam created a set of wrist grappling hooks, infusing the hooks and using his abilities to telekinetically control them instead of actually creating a mechanism.

His main weapons are two infused handguns, that he uses in non-lethal ways, turning his bullets into solar flares (small fireballs that can be used to incapacitate, or blind an opponent), flashbangs, or normal bullets (against tougher opponents).

He also has ZION issued gear - a longsword that can fold into a small handle, a wrist mounted shield, as well as his helmet.

Later on, upon gaining more control over his infusion, he infused every part of his outfit, allowing him to quickly switch into it, as well as regenerate clothing and other gear.

## Powers and Abilities

### Enhanced Hearing, Reflexes, Aim and Stamina

Adam has an inhuman amount of stamina, insane reflexes, improved aim and can hear things from very far away, clearer than any normal human could.

He can use his hearing to hear something from the other side of a house, or straight through several walls.

He can also use his quick reflexes to dodge bullets, and pull off insane tricks. Combining his reflexes with his aim, he can pull off shots mid-air with near-perfect accuracy.

He has stamina nearing Thunder's, however only slightly weaker.

Because of his improved aim, Adam has the best aim with a weapon in the entire universe.

(Keep in mind, since he's not very attentive, he doesn't remember even half of his abilities, so he doesn't use them together most of the time.)

## Eternal Fire

Adam's fire is the spirit of a Fær who possessed him from a young age, granting him insane abilities and nigh-immortality, and protecting him from the very moment he possessed him. They've had a symbiotic relationship ever since Adam began his journey as a hero, however, at first, he hated his abilities, since they were the reason his father died, and in his eyes, why ZION wanted him. As he slowly accepted his fate, Adam started opening up to the Fær, even talking to him (to others, it obviously seems like he's simply talking to himself). They mainly communicated through visual hallucinations; the Fær alters what Adam is seeing, usually either altering any text in his vision, or an empty piece of paper, something of the sort, however, he can materialize himself and speak "in person". Later on, Adam was capable of talking to the Fær entirely in his mind, although he still chose to speak out loud towards the Fær. He could also allow the Fær to fully materialise, even with the ability to affect the outside world. This was possible even while Adam was unconscious.

Moving on to the actual abilities, Adam's flames allow him to control what they burn and what they don't, allowing him to shoot blanks at people, usually as a means of intimidation. The flames can burn through most anything, but their maximum power is unknown. This allows Adam to use the flames to shield himself from bullets, etc.

Besides him using his wrist mounted grappling hooks for travel, he sometimes uses a quick burst of flames to change his direction abruptly, speed up or gain altitude.

He can also turn invisible, although that ability is rarely use d.

Later on, he also gained the ability to harness electricity upon Caseus' death, having absorbed his energy and configured his own Fær's abilities to it, allowing him to reprogram the Fær energy to form lightning. These abilities are heavily destructive, which is one of the main reasons he doesn't use them. One of the more versatile and harmless applications of his abilities would be turning off the lights in any room, or absorbing electricity rather than being hurt by it. Rarely, he uses electricity to knock out criminals. Without proper training, Adam isn't capable of generating lightning on his own, meaning that he has to absorb already existing electricity. However, the absorbed electricity gets a massive power boost when shot out, etc.

## Full Potential

Adam's full potential includes his flames and lightning at their strongest forms, as well as several more abilities that the Fær has hidden from him because of their immense power and destructive potential.

* All moves are severely more powerful
* Full Matter Manipulation *(Can manipulate matter on a molecular, atomic, and subatomic level, as well as manipulate quantum particles, antiparticles. In theory, allows him to control, destroy, or alter anything in the multiverse.)*
* Stealing other Færs' powers
* Nigh-Omniscience *(All information existing in the universe before the Elder's death)*
* Time-Travel (*Non Time Void)*
* Teleportation *(Instantaneous)*
* Enhanced Super Strength *(Easily able to destroy planets)*
* Enhanced Durability *(Able so sustain more power than he can dish out)*
* Enhanced Stamina *(Rivaling that of Thunder's)*
* Hand-To-Hand Combat Mastery
* Mastery of All Weapons
* **All effects enhanced by his willpower**

## Trivia

* Adam is capable of lifting around 150 tonnes, however, his strength can be enhanced by the Fær to allow him to push beyond his limits.
* His aim is said to be the best in the Multiverse, being flawless at close distances, and even at planetary level distances, he hit a shot with perfect accuracy. Even a computer was unable to find any imperfections in his aim.
* At the end of the 6 month crime spree, Adam was capable of substituting a building's support beams, with himself. He lifted the ruins of a building, weighing around 155,000 tonnes. The strength required to lift it was granted to him by the Fær.
* He was capable of dashing across an entire building before it crumbled, making it through 2 walls, while saving a civilian, before the building even began collapsing.
* Adam's willpower is said to be the strongest in the entire multiverse, being downright terrifying to many Celestial-level beings.