Vance Astrovik

## Background

### 1986 - 2004: Vance Astrovik

Vance Astrovik was born in Saugerties, New York to Russian immigrants Arnold & Norma Astrovik. He lived a relatively normal life until he reached the age of fourteen. His whole life, his dream was to join the military. But during a career fair, he met Gerry Conway, who was an astronaut. When he returned home to tell his father about this, his father discouraged the idea & brutally beat the boy to assert his control. Things changed that day in the Astrovik household. Vance began avoiding his father & the house in general to avoid another beating, choosing to spend his free with friends or at the library.

After a particularly bad beating, Vance ran away at sixteen & joined a circus after discovering his powers. There, he performed a mind-reading act as "The Amazing Astrovic." This lasted for a month before Ben, another act at the circus, convinced Vance to go home & give his parents another try, so he did.

However, Vance decided to become a superhero instead. Presenting himself as Justice, he tried to join the Avengers after witnessing them in action but he was rejected by his idol Captain America because of his inexperience & his age. Vance took the statement to heart & spent the next year down in the rough.

### 2004 - 2007: Justice

When the year was over, Vance decided to go out at night & fight crime under the guise of studying at the library. Night Thrasher, an armored vigilante who was building his own team, had been paying a hot dog vendor on information on any vigilantes he saw in the city. When he heard of Vance's attempt, Dwayne tracked him down with his resources & offered him a position on the team. Excited of the idea of being part of a team, he agreed.

Shortly after joining, Vance met Firestar when Night Thrasher recruited her into joining the team. They started out as just friends, occasionally spending time together. But after some time, their relationship became more serious & the two began dating. While life was stellar for Vance, the same could not be said for his home life.

Vance's father eventually found out about Vance's mutant abilities when he came home from Columbia & turned on him the same way his own father had. Unknown to Vance, his father had been beaten for his homosexuality, leading to him growing up to be a bitter man. His father began calling Vance a "freak" & began beating him mercilessly. Just before he was to deliver another punch, Vance lashed out at his father with a full-on telekinetic assault, accidentally killing him.

Vance was found guilty of negligent homicide & sent to the federal facility for superhumans known as the Vault. He served his time in due respect for the law, even helping out the prison guards during an uprising & even becoming friends with some of the guards. After serving a year, Vance was released on good behavior & resumed his relationship with Angelica, who waited for his return. With a new outlook on life, Vance & Angel began discussing their future, with Vance even moving in her & her father. They suffered a setback when Angelia learned her powers were making her sterile. But Vance decided to look past this & proposed to Angelica, which she accepted.

## Romantic Relationships

* Angelica Jones: Girlfriend (2004 - 2007); Fiancée (2007)

## Powers & Abilities

* **Mutant Physiology**
	+ ***Telekinesis***: He can generate a psychokinetic nimbus of energy and direct it to grasp his body or other objects and lift them into the air, apply pressure to matter so that it moves in any direction, or make the nimbus into a solid force field. Able to levitate and manipulate objects with his mind. By using his ability on himself, he is capable of flying with great speed and maneuverability, and can carry other people and masses aloft with him. In addition to more complex or subtle operations, he can channel his power into basic feats such as defensive screen or blasts of tremendous force.
* **Enhanced Memory:** Vance is a capable researcher, having near-encyclopedic knowledge about super-heroes in particular.

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation:** When he first joined the Warriors, he would sometimes experience nosebleeds from using his telekinesis too much or too powerfully.
* **Allergies:** He has cat & dog allergies.

### Ratings

* **Acumen:** Unknown
* **Might:** Unknown
* **Quickness:** Unknown
* **Mysticism:** Unknown
* **Gadgets:** Unknown
* **Projection:** Unknown
* **Tactics:** Unknown
* **Battle:** Unknown
* **TOTAL:** Unknown

## Trivia

* He is of Slavic descent on his father's side of the family. His grandfather also fought in World War II.
* He has a very public identity. His murder trial was televised, a TV special was made about the case & four books have been written about him.
* After he was sent to jail for killing his father, he continued his education. After he got out, he re-enrolled in Columbia & they accepted the credits he earned while in prison.

## Notes

* The original character of Justice belongs to the Marvel Universe.