Divinera

> "I'm you, but better in every way."
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### Summary

Divinera is an S-class psionic who works under Paradox. She is incredibly powerful, as she is rarely seen accompanied by any allies of her own and is more than capable of taking on teams of experienced heroes by herself. She first appears as an unknown assailant in *One Man's Trash*. The heroes are recovering data and material from the crashed MERIT ship when a then-unidentified Divinera encounter and fights the heroes. She manages to retrieve data and successfully escape. She is not seen again until *A Familial Encounter* where Surge, The Jet Black Wings, Cerebella, and The Beacon encounter her in a shipyard. It is then that she removes her helmet and hood to reveal she is the spitting image of Cerebella, and claims that she is a "better clone" of her. She then reveals she is working for Paradox before leaving once again.

Divinera is encountered several more times by the heroes, and has proven to be a valuable asset to Paradox, as he goes out of his way to ensure her safe retrieval during *Battle at the Docks*. Additionally, she appears to hold an authoritative position when it comes to distributing the Paradox drug as she is one of the main contacts for potential dealers. Finally, in the future, she has assumed Cerebella's identity and solidifies herself as Paradox's right hand.

Her frequency in being sent on solo tasks, as well as her ability to engage multiple heroes at once makes her a dangerous adversary and a powerful asset in Paradox's efforts.

Powers

Divinera does not miss an opportunity to flaunt her capabilities, specifically in comparison to Cerebella. She has demonstrated the ability as seen in *A Familial Encounter* to shrug off and easily counter Cerebella's mind blasts. Cerebella, who is considered an A-class psionic with a track record of defeating S-class psionics was unable to contend with Divinera. It is safe to assume that she can only be classified as an S-class psionic. Additionally, her force fields appear to be much stronger than Cerebella's, as they are able to block the majority of the damage dealt by Surge and Cerebella's successive railgun attacks. The extent of Divinera's powers are unknown, but she has demonstrated the majority of Cerebella's powers. These include:

#### Teleportation

It is assumed that she is at the same level as Cerebella, and can therefore teleport great distances easily, and across the USA with concentration.

#### Telekinesis

Divinera's telekinesis is far above Cerebella's own. While Cerebella can levitate multiple small objects, Divinera displays a much higher level of control and strength, as she is seen crushing metal and levitating heavy objects. It is implied that her kinetic bomb incorporates telekinesis as well. Her dexterity with this ability is demonstrated when she removes a carbodanium bullet from her own body.

#### Mind Blast

During their first encounters, Divinera's mind blast was easily stronger than Cerebella's in potency and the ability to hit multiple people at once. Mind blasts on multiple targets are exceedingly rare and easily outclass Cerebella's own.

#### Force Field

Divinera's force field can take punishment from multiple competent heroes, compared to Cerebella's which are used for limited defenses. During her first encounter, it did not appear that the heroes were able to break her force field.

Divinera has not demonstrated the ability to "sculpt" force fields to the extent that Cerebella can.

#### Telepath

Divinera has not overtly used her telepathy, but can be confirmed during her exchange with Cerebella. The extent of this is unknown.

#### Deflect

Unlike Cerebella, she uses her telekinesis to deflect projectiles.

Additionally, she seems to exhibit powers unique to herself, which include:

An unnamed physical psionic blast.

The ability to condense energy into a kinetic bomb, as demonstrated in *Battle at the Docks*.

### Weaknesses

Divinera does not seem to share all the weaknesses of Cerebella. She has not demonstrated a dependency on cocaine, nor has she appeared to suffer from pyrophobia. Additionally, when she was pierced with carbodanium via The Jet Black Wings, she suffered no ill effects from carbodanium. Divinera was completely able to telekinetically remove the metal from her body before teleporting away.

Her skills compared to Cerebella can only be inferred at this point. However, in the future timeline Divinera has assumed Cerebella's identity although the heroes easily identify her as Divinera, due to her poor acting. However, by her own admittance she is intentionally acting poorly to tarnish Cerebella's reputation. Additionally, during her first dialogue with heroes during *A Familial Encounter*, she demonstrates the ability to act as she pretends to be hindered by carbodanium.

### Equipment

Divinera wears armor of an unknown material. It is dense enough to be considered metal, but may also be comprised of carbon fiber, as it is lightweight. The metal is unknown as Surge's ferrokinesis had no effect on it. Her helmet is made of a high impact see-through material that allows her to see out of her helmet, while obscuring her face to onlookers. Her cloak compliments her armor, covering her helmet in a hood, while allowing movement in her limbs. The armor has a blue glow to it, although it does not seem to coincide with the Paradox drug, as it is a much lighter color than the Paradox drug. Her armor is not impervious, as The Jet Black Wings was able to pierce her shoulder next to her pauldron with a carbodanium bullet. Additionally, she suffered extreme wounds to her torso after receiving a head on attack in *Battle at the Docks*.

## Trivia

* Divinera had several appearances before she was identified, marking her as of the most recurring early villains introduced in the campaign.
* She appears to go out of her way to make remarks towards Cerebella about her superiority, as well as make her life more difficult. When Cerebella was inquired about this, she only described Divinera with an Australian accent, calling her an "insufferable [redacted]".
* She is currently the only psionic who displays no significant hindrance with carbodanium.
* Divinera is of the strongest psionic metahumans in MERIT's database and considered the highest threat level. Due to limited data and multiple unsuccessful encounters with her, MERIT lists her actual classification as "unknown", due to the classification system maxing out at S--class. This makes her one of five metahumans within MERIT's database, whose true classification remains unknown.
* Divinera is strictly off limits for engagement for individuals, and the majority of teams.
* She is the first psionic to display the ability to mind blast multiple individuals simultaneously.