Spirit

Spirit was a founding member of the Super Legion and an influential figure in the development of superheroics in Rocket City.

## Powers & Abilities

### Label

Superhuman strength, agility, flight & emotional manipulation

## Origins

Arianna Meadows was born in the midtown suburb of Celeste. The daughter of two pilots, from a young age she would accompany her mother in helicopter rides across the city and the local landscapes. Arianna grew up to become a hard working and well-loved photographer - having a keen eye for capturing beautiful moments in her work. Unusually, Arianna's power appeared much later than usual - starting to notice her vast array of powers in her mid-20's. Over time she would learn to control them - spending the most time perfecting her ability to manipulate other people's subconscious thoughts & emotions. Although a very powerful ability - Arianna was level headed and knew to respect others at all times. One day whilst working on a photoshoot - Arianna felt an immense sense of fear and dread from her own father; tracking down the emotion to a failing passenger plane that he was piloting. Using her abilities, Arianna safely landed the plane into Retreat Bay and from that moment - knew she must continue to protect the citizens of the city.

## Celebrity

Arianna took the name Spirit - becoming a beacon of goodness and morality for the city as a whole. She captured the attention of the masses, rising to celebrity status very fast due to her heroic deeds and friendly personality. Spirit would also become the unofficial mascot for the neighbourhood known as 'The Bow' - an LGBTQ+ community that she would eventually call home. She would soon come into contact with Supernova and Mr. Midnight and the trio formed the Super Legion shortly after, to fight any threat that they could not face alone. The team worked well together for many years - being a perfect balance of characters to protect the city.

## Tragedy Strikes

As time went on, the team started to change. Mr. Midnight had taken two sidekicks under his wing (Devil's Kiss and Grenade), while Supernova was busy living a family life with his wife and son. Although Spirit was generally happy with her life, she felt unfulfilled and at times lonely in the spotlight of heroics. When approached by a young super-powered girl named Susie Sanders - Spirit decided to take a chance and take her on as a trainee sidekick. Susie became known as The Star and started training. The Star was soon thrown into action when the Crystal Rock Prison asked for help with the breakout of their super-villain inmates. Although apprehensive to take the young sidekick, Spirit brought her along anyway as a show of trust to her ward. The prison breakout quickly turned incredibly dark when the prisoners realised the inexperience of the young sidekick. In a twisted act of vengeance for Spirit locking them away - the prisoners overwhelmed and viciously killed The Star in front of her mentor. Arianna was devastated - only being saved by the arrival of her Super Legion teammates.

## Further Depths

Arianna pulled away from the spotlight all together, shunning her super heroics and the city that loved her. She fell into a pit of despair and anger that eventually started to bleed out into the world unwillingly. From her apartment in The Bow, the city started to become a more melancholy and angry place to live over the coming months. Eventually duty called when her teammate Supernova desperately asked for help stopping a rogue meteor shower over the city; snapping the Spirit back into her senses. Rushing into action - she prevented the majority of the meteor shower from coming close to the city itself. However the final meteor proved to be too much for any of the team to handle and Supernova was forced to sacrifice himself and Spirit to ensure it wouldn't hit downtown. Spirit went out in a blaze of glory in the skies above the city, freeing the citizens from her depressive grip just in time to see her death. The city mourned and a tribute statue was erected in her old neighbourhood to honour Spirit.

## Trivia

* Spirit is analogous to DC comic's Wonder Woman as the super-heroine ideal in a male dominated age
* Her relationship with the LGBT public is also an homage to Wonder Woman's similar standing