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/TG/ School An NPC resource for running Teenage Super Hero Games Made by /tg/ anons and compiled by Ann Skellington

Staff >Name: John Rothgow >Aliases: Painkiller (Former) >Birthplace/Origin: San Francisco >Powers: Super Regeneration, Pain Resistance (Mask with Anesthetic gas), Genius(Not Super Genius) level IQ >Occupation: Principal >Cliques: Staff, Administration, Villain >Short Bio: Rothgow is a reformed villain who used to operate a major criminal organization in San Francisco. After being captured, he plead guilty and his lawyer successfully argued that the pain killers he was addicted to at the time had severe psychosis and should be considered an extenuating circumstance. He was given a 20-year sentence but was out in six due to good behavior. While incarcerated he successfully completed degrees in education and psychology. His appointment as Principal at Hero High caused an uproar, but his performance has been exemplary. The number of graduates turn to criminal activity is at a record low. >Motivations: Seemingly devoted to the school and it's students >Secret or Hidden Info: Is actually reformed. Works pro-bono both at the school and at a Community Center in San Francisco. He is independently wealthy after a successful class action lawsuit against DynaCo. the makers of a pain killer whose undisclosed side effects included psychosis.

>Name: Esteban Cruz >Aliases: Escalator >Birthplace/Origin: Somewhere in Spain >Powers: Can slide across any surface and up/down any slope >Occupation: Security >Cliques: N/A >Short Bio: Moved to [Country of Campaign] to follow a girl he got engaged with. He didn't have much direction before the move but afterwards he got a job at the school and he's much more stable >Motivations: He likes helping students sometimes and also being security means he gets to slide around on the job all day >Secret or Hidden Info: He hates his alias but he can't change it because his mom picked it out

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>Name: J'o'n Defeezy >Aliases: Big Jon >Birthplace/Origin: Musteria, a plane of magic >Powers: low level super strength and toughness >Occupation: Teacher - Gym, Weight Lifting, Unarmed Combat and Remedial Magic >Cliques: Staff >Short Bio: Big Jon was transported to out plane during a battle with a Lich on his. He spent a few years at a street level Hero in New York. Before finding a portal home. He got used to the convinces of modern Life like indoor plumbing and protein shakes. After defeating the lich and saying goodbyes he returned to our world. He is on call 24/7 and sleeps in the dorms. On again off again relationship with Gorlaxor the Janitor >Motivations: lifting and enjoying the finer things in life, like pro-wrestling and soap operas >Secret or Hidden Info: none

>Name: Immo Late >Aliases: Heart of the Necropolis >Birthplace/Origin: Turku, Finland >Powers: Flesh Sculpting >Occupation: Nurse >Cliques: Staff, delinquents, jocks >Short Bio: Immo is an artificial being born from the heart of a dead eldritch horror, who was discovered at the bottom of a coal mine. Quickly found employment as a doctor for supers, due to their innate understanding of all living things, even those who's anatomy was beyond the understanding of modern or super science. >Motivations: Looking for flesh they do not understand, and helping others. >Secret or Hidden Info: Wants to revive their fore bearer by taking small samples of flesh from all the supers they tend to. Believes the right combination of flesh will achieve it. Has no idea what will happen if it works

>Name: Jon Porter >Aliases: Cleanup Crew >Birthplace/Origin: Colorado, USA >Powers: Can duplicate and re-merge himself >Occupation: Custodian/Janitor >Cliques: Generally loved by all non-villain students and staff >Short Bio: Jon was born the oldest of 6 and had always been an intelligent boy. When his mother was widowed, he took it upon himself to help raise his siblings. He was always inclined toward being kind, attentive, and responsible. Caring for others came naturally to him, and simply became easier when he learned of his power to split into multiple versions of himself and merge back together. He became a master of many trades, and can quite literally build a house as a one- man-team in a matter of weeks. He has a habit of putting others before himself, and a gift for bringing out the best in others. No job is too dirty or difficult if it means helping others. He was an easy choice for custodian of a school that regularly has some exceptional destruction and devastation on a weekly basis.

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>Motivations: Helping other supers become the best version of themselves. >Secret or Hidden Info: All things he experiences are merged together at once when he merges back together, and can often be overwhelming. Some versions of himself who have experienced terrible things have taken their own lives in order to keep his whole self sane, but there appears to also be a lasting negative effect of having permanently lost those duplicates. Not long ago, Jon owned his own company contracted by the state to help with aftermath cleanup for super-power-specific damages and death. He was extremely successful, and the apparent disposability of his duplicates meant copies could be sent into actively dangerous situations (such as high radiation) or into situations where the psychological aftermath could be assessed before remerging and determine if he felt he couldn't deal with it and not remerge. The trauma of losing his copies and the gravity of the memories he did keep became too much, so he sought out a simpler and still helpful position with these young minds at the high school.

>Name: Joe/John Q. Public >Aliases: ForgetMeNot >Birthplace/Origin: America, city unknown. >Powers: Blends into the background too well, causing people to just ignore him and forget him moments after his existence is pointed out to them. >Occupation: Security Staff >Cliques: None >Short Bio: His condition made him steal for a living or do odd jobs for villains (mostly espers who could remember him to some degree). Got a job offer for an honest living after Rothgrow somehow got a hold of him. >Motivations: Long term employment >Secret or Hidden Info: They're actually four brothers with the same power, as far as they know, not even their own mother is aware of that fact

>Name: Alisa Good >Aliases: Iron Woman >Birthplace/Origin: Venice California >Powers: Super Strength >Occupation: Gym Teacher >Cliques: Staff, Heroes >Short Bio: Alisa was the daughter of two pro bodybuilders. It's possible that her powers are a result of super drugs her mother took while pregnant. She was a member of the Glamazons before losing her peers in the Xsunga Event. While she later regained them she had become accustomed to the "normal life." A job offer to teach at the high school provided a way to use her gift while staying out of the lime light. >Motivations: Alisa is a fitness fanatic. It's a love that she tries to share when the student body. >Secret or Hidden Info: It's not the only love she wants to share with the student body. The sexy sweaty hormonal student body. Her super powers have come with a side effect, an overactive libido that borders on nymphomania. She's shacked up with many of the teaching and janitorial staff, and even scandalously recent graduates. So far she's managed to keep her hands off the student body, but it hasn't been easy.

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>Name: Defective >Aliases: N/A >Birthplace/Origin: Undisclosed deep sea lab >Powers: Empathy aura. Xenomorph anatomy >Occupation: Cafeteria staff >Cliques: Everyone! >Short Bio: Defective was created in an attempt by a evil genetic engineer to create their own xenomorph army to take over the world. However, Defective lived up to her name, and finds the idea of harming others absolutely unacceptable, as she can feel others emotions within a 10 meter radius. After escaping into the ocean, she eventually washed ashore, and discovered humanity's love for good cooking. She worked as a street food vendor and periodic super hero for several years, before taking a position at Super High >Motivations: Making people happy, and being everyone's favorite lunch lady! >Secret or Hidden Info: Is fully functional as a xenomorph queen, and has created a hive underneath the school, along with several daughters out of stray animals. They patrol the school at night to keep troublemakers in check.

>Name: Gerry Atlas >Aliases: "Driftwood" >Birthplace/Origin: Middle of fucking nowhere, Maine >Powers: Spontaneous wood summoning. Wood permeation. Slight wood manipulation. >Occupation: Maintenance/Janny at the highschool >Cliques: Sometimes other teachers/staff. Decent friends with the Shop/Tech class because he can supply wood/materials >Short Bio: He was hit in the head with a 2x4 and that's what sparked his powers. His pa worked at a lumberyard and he helped him in his youth, using his powers. >Motivations: Make a friend that doesnt make a "haha you got wood" joke. Next week's paycheck. >Secret or Hidden Info: He knows where all the wooden parts of the school's structure are. He knows how much force it would take to bring this place to the ground. He feels like he's gotten the short end of the STICKhaha His patience is running thin.

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>Name: Brian Wong >Aliases: Super Brain >Birthplace/Origin: Honolulu Hawaii >Powers: Super Intelligence, ability y find appropriately sized hats >Occupation: Teacher- Biology, Chemistry, Advanced Shop (Robotics) >Cliques: Teachers, Villains >Short Bio: Born to Japanese-American parents, his powers manifested early and he got a side kick apprenticeship in Hawaii (this was in the days back before mandatory Super Education). After the apprenticeship he became a villain repeatedly threatening West Coast Cities. He was capture and escaped twice, before final serving out 17 of a 45 year sentence. He claims that his Evil doings where the result of a blow to the head, and the effects were reversed after a similar blow in a Prison Brawl. On top of his teaching duties he maintains a lot of the schools super equipment. >Motivations: "Knowledge Is Power!" May be attempting to raise a super powered army from the ranks of the school's children. >Secret or Hidden Info: Despite having played his debt to society, he is one of several ex-villian staff still heavily monitored by the Department of Parahuman Affairs. After a fling, he has developed feelings for Iron Woman though Alisa has made it known the feelings aren't reciprocated.

>Name: Edgar Laurent Hughes >Aliases: Edgelord (he hates it, and insists being called Mr. Hughes) >Birthplace/Origin: Manicured and Wealthy Suburbs, East Texas >Powers: Summons armor of superdense volcanic glass, hurls nano- glass shards with superhuman accuracy, infrared vision, heat/cold/electrical immunity, glides through earth, concrete, and lava >Occupation: History Teacher >Cliques: "I'm a loner, Dottie; a rebel." And faculty, occasionally. >Short Bio: 10 years ago, his fiance gifted him with a dream vacation to Central America. While taking a selfie at the lip of an active volcano, she fell in and, without thinking, Mr. Hughes reached for her. She grabbed his arm, pulling him down with her. His super powers activated, but she didn't have any. Becoming a millionaire from the life insurance payout did not help his standing in t he community. Whoopsy. >Motivations: Mr. Hughes never wanted to be a hero, he just wanted to do a little good in the world; marry, become a deacon, and finally retire so he could go fishing 6 days a week. Accepting the position meant the police agencies would drop the murder investigation, and that was well enough - 8 years ago. But now he's settled in and realized this school is a hell brimming with super powered psychopaths. The institution is fighting evolution itself, and it will always lose. They're pleading with students not to embrace their true potential, and a guilt trip can only last so long. Don't you want to be the best version of you? >Secret or Hidden Info: He was going to break up with her anyways, she was the wrong type of Christian. Uses Karaoke Wednesdays at Casa de la Montezuma to process his guilt. He also knows all of the best fishing spots in a 300 mile radius, a secret he will die to protect.

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>Name: Jane Smith >Aliases: Redacted >Birthplace/Origin: New York, NY >Powers: None outside of high intelligence and being unnecessarily attractive >Occupation: School Guidance Councilor >Cliques: Staff >Short Bio: "Jane Smith" is a psychiatrist. She had a practice specializing in Super clients and has done therapy with several big name heroes, and even a couple villains. After the Xsunga Event and her third time being held captive by a villian, she closed her practice and took a lower stress job offer at Hero High in addition to being in partial witness protection. Some credit her with the schools success rate instead of Painkiller. >Motivations: Desire to help and a fascination with metahuman psychology. >Secret or Hidden Info: Rumor has it that there is a sex tape in circulation featuring her and Iron Woman. Wilder rumors include that it's not Iron Woman but Defective the Xenomorph Lunchlady. To date there has been no evidence to substantiate these rumors, even that Unkown and the school newspaper could uncover.

>Name: Gorlaxor the Janitor >Aliases: Gorlaxor the Devourer >Birthplace/Origin: Planet Gorlax >Powers: Super Strength, Growth(with access to enough biomass) slime body, the ability to eat and neutralize anything >Occupation: Janitor (Hazmat Clean up) >Cliques: Staff, Janitors, Villains >Short Bio: Gorlaxor was a "villain" who went on several rampages in the early 80s and late 90s. The majority of which were the result of mistranslations from his faulty universal translator. He's since learned English and as a result misunderstandings are now rare. He's technically the Gorlaxian ambassador to Earth, but the planet has a low population, and no military or economy to speak of. He has been a regular fixture at Hero High for two decades. He got a job, after taking Nightschool English lessons. His body's ability to to break down biological, chemical and even nuclear hazards has made him a useful addition to the janitorial staff. However his tendency to drip, non-toxic, green slime everywhere means he is rarely call out to help clean up, except in emergencies. He usually spends most of his time in the school's basement watching daytime television. >Motivations: Unknown/Alien. He seems pretty content with his current position. >Secret or Hidden Info: Weaknesses include Cold based attacks and Romantic Comedies.

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>Name: Alexander Moore >Aliases: Blinker (retired) >Birthplace/Origin: Paris, Nebraska >Powers: Teleportation, including massive additional mass >Occupation: School Bus Driver >Cliques: Staff, Heroes, Elderly >Short Bio: Alexander Moore is a retired hero, who was active in the seventies and eighties. He's semi retired, only working a free hours a week as a bus driver. His ability to teleport himself and a busload of children thousands of miles makes him a valuable school asset. He picks up students from all across the continental US and sometimes further and returns them after school. He loves kids and all but the edgiest consider him a sort of additional Grandpa. >Motivations: Love of kids, wanting to stay active. >Secret or Hidden Info: After an incident involving several criminals in Florida who were defrauding the elderly, he officially lost his hero license. He sometimes still goes out in weekends to meet out vigilante justice, especially against those targeting the young or elderly.

>Name: Marie Jones >Aliases: Euphoria >Birthplace/Origin: London, England >Age: 62 >Powers: Healing >Occupation: School Nurse >Cliques: The Staff, Science Students >Short Bio: Her mother should have died giving birth, but made a miraculous, almost instant recovery. The reason, it turned out, was Marie. Born to ungifted parents, she is considered a miracle. Was a Doctor for many years. As she reaches an older age, she has taken the job of school nurse, which is welcome after many years of stress. Her touch causes a feeling of numbness and pure bliss, and even her presence causes heeling speeds to increase, as well as a boost to spirits. >Motivations: To heal the wounds of the students. A Super School can lead to a lot of scrapes. Also lends her ear to students with problems. >Secret or Hidden Info: Feels deeply guilty about the people she was unable to save. Due to the sheer amount of people who needed her healing, not all of them could be seen.

>Name: Cecil Croudum >Aliases: Pact Breaker(past) >Birthplace/Origin: Chico, California >Powers: magically enforced contract creation, enhanced cognition and physical capacity from contracts. A variety of single use abilities he has bargained for and keeps in his bag as pieces of paper. >Occupation: Guidance counselor and detention supervisor >Cliques: Staff, Administration, >Short Bio: Born deaf and mute, Cecil had trouble getting a start in life. After realizing his contractual powers, he began to bargain for other people's senses. He was a villain for a while forcing people into impossible to refuse contracts before making a deal after being captured to operate as part of the justice system. Eventually the terms of his contract ended, and he

7 found himself a nice job doing the paper work for the school and creating the code of conduct to prevent cheating. He helps troubled students and makes contracts, under the close supervision of the principal, to help willing students study or break bad habits. Seems gruff but never runs out of patience perhaps he made a deal. >Motivations: Genuinely seems to want to help kids. Particularly those with disabilities. >Secret or Hidden Info: if the source of his abilities from a contract dies it automatically voids. His enhanced senses and repaired hearing/speech and many of his "tricks" are the result of stealing all the senses from highly dangerous prisoners who cannot be killed. If someone were to find out and kill him then it may trigger a mass prison break. He is searching for someone who he can give his powers to so that if he dies the deals restraining the prisoners don't give out. Secretly he wants to teach English and find a nice partner to settle down with.

>Name: Diana Carter >Aliases: Themyscira (Retired) >Birthplace/Origin: Amazonia >Powers: Super Strength, Toughness and agility, >Occupation: Teacher- English >Cliques: Staff, Teachers, Heroes >Short Bio: Diana is the former principal. After the sexual assault scandal involving the football team, it was decided that it would be best if she stepped down from the role of principal, despite her not being involved in any cover up. She now teaches English at the school and will occasionally fill in for they teachers as club advisor. >Motivations: The Well-being of the student body. A love of Hemingway and the Greek classics. >Secret or Hidden Info:Is convinced that painkiller was behind the scandal and her ousting. Despite several years passing she is convinced he is still a villain and is playing the long con. She has similar feelings about many of her ex-villain co-workers.

>Name: Colin Taylor >Aliases: Soothsayer >Birthplace/Origin: New York >Age: 55 >Powers: Extrasensory (Extremely refined senses, minor precognition) >Occupation: English Teacher >Cliques: The Staff (Though they are acquaintances at best) >Short Bio: He initially used his powers to cheat in casinos and purely for profit in general. He then planned to become a psychiatrist but settled on teaching in the end. His students are often afraid to pass notes, talk at the back of class or get into any minor trouble like that, because Mr Taylor always seems to know, even if he was looking away. Perhaps this is why his class has such a high pass rate. Students, however, do not look forward to the English. His senses are at the ex- tremes. He can hear people approaching from a long distance. He can see the smallest changes in body movement and expression, hear the change of a persons heartbeat when they lie. He also has the ability to see through illusions and such trickery rather quickly. It takes a very stoic person indeed to maintain composure and keep their secrets, even just with a simple conversation. >Motivations: He is somewhat hard on his students, but only because he desires for them to achieve their full potential. >Secret or Hidden Info: He is somewhat lonely. His ability to read a person so easily is well known, and it makes people uneasy.

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>Name: Jason Thunderedge >Aliases: B.O.L.T. (former) >Birthplace/Origin: Indianapolis >Powers: Regeneration, enhanced abilities, can turn his forearms into weapons e.g. guns, swords >Occupation: Shop teacher >Cliques: Staff, niche music clubs >Short Bio: Technically the third person to take up the mantle of Flying Bolt after the heroes who operated during WWII and the 60s-80s, Jason's links to his predecessors was spurious (third cousin twice-removed to Flying Bolt II). However, after having bio-organic implants grafted onto him by aliens, he decided to call himself Bio-Organic Living Terror (or B.O.L.T. for short) as a cheap way of garnering fame. He was mostly known for his contempt for more established heroes (including his third cousin, who'd been retired for many years when B.O.L.T. came on the scene) and even greater collateral damage. Eventually, the latter caught up with Thunderedge and he retired from su- perheroics. However, when he was eventually offered the chance to teach by Painkiller, he became known as "the cool teacher", even showboating by using his powers for wood- work lessons (Painkiller has asked him to tone it down a bit - there's only so many times you can wave a buzzsaw around teenagers - they aren't ALL invulnerable) and helping to start various music clubs; mostly various forms of rock/metal (Thunderedge is no snob when it comes to rocking out) although apparently one of the students has introduced him to Reel Big Fish (he won't say who... Mr Thunderedge is no snitch for the little things) >Motivations: To do right by his students, especially the ones who don't quite fit in >Secret or Hidden Info: Jason's birth name is Wendell Poughkeepsie - he changed it by deed poll a few years ago, be- cause that's what he told the press his real name was and didn't want to get caught in the lie. The reason he's so dedicated to his job is because he completely screwed up being a superhero. He hasn't spoken to Flying Bolt II since retiring.

>Name: Yivmaltriix the All Knowing >Aliases: Yivvy >Birthplace/Origin: Alexandria, Egypt >Powers: Dragon. Nuff said. >Occupation: School Librarian >Cliques: Nerds, Staff, geeks, dorks, dweebs >Short Bio: Once, served as the guardian of the Library of Alexandria, but decided to take a brief nap. It was only for a few months, honest. Regrets that nap to this day. The between time, set up a nice hoard in the middle of the desert, where no nasty moisture could ruin the handful of ancient scrolls they had left. After learning books didn't go out of style, donated their collection to various museums under promise of grisly dismemberment if anyone steals them. Joined Super High's staff because obviously the best knowledge would be recorded by demigods. >Motivations: To own the original copy of every single super genius essay to come out of the school. >Secret or Hidden Info: Is computer illiterate.

>Name: Yule Kelly >Aliases: Brick >Birthplace/Origin: Montreal, Canada >Powers: low level superhuman strength/agility/speed/stamina, superpower decreasing aura

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>Occupation: Sport teacher with focus on athletics and gymnastics >Age/Height/Weight: 31/195 cm/115 kg >Cliques: Staff, sport teams >Short Bio: Raised by his single father Yule's original goal was to become a lawyer. The childhood scar of losing his mother in a bank robbery sits deep. His career as a superhero was rather violent with many questioning his true motif. Not knowing of his secondary superpower which later turned out to be far superior to his primary ones, even going so far to completely shut down lower level talents, lead him to have many sometimes-fatal engagements with villains. He showed great engagement in mentoring superheroes that were new to the scene and he deemed unprepared. He quit, after losing one of his protege's convinced him that preparation and education of the dangers of a superhero career should start earlier than on the first day. >Motivations: Taking care of those students that have no family to return to on holiday, having a family of his own one day >Secret or Hidden Info: He still sees therapy to deal with his childhood trauma.

>Name: Jennifer Morgia >Aliases: Corpse Lily >Birthplace/Origin: Chicago, Illinois. >Powers: Summon and create seemingly endless amount of bone. Shape/con- trol bones. Summon Skeletal Servants. Superhuman Intelligence. Superhuman Charisma. >Occupation: Teacher (36y/o), Arcane Studies. >Cliques: Teachers. >Short Bio: Most of her history has been scrubbed. What little is left let’s peo- ple know she was a morally ambiguous super who exploits where never fully recorded in the first place. The scrubbing is blatant. What was scrubbed, not so much. Doesn’t really like engaging with students beyond what she has to. Is difficult to get a hold of after class. Extremely strict during instruction, class is basically free period after that. >Motivations: Unknown, and confusing to any who do start to unravel her. Spends a lot of time between class seemingly missing. >Secret or Hidden Info: Her and the headmaster are hiding something, and it makes him more nervous than her. Not so much of a secret, but she really hates Iron Woman.

>Name: HAPPY >Aliases: Helper Assistant Principal who Pleases You >Birthplace/Origin: >Powers: Super Intelligence can control and monitor any mechanical device that enters her domain. >Occupation: Vice Principal/AI in charge of the school's various computer sys- tems >Cliques: None. The students and even some of the staff hate her because she's always monitoring everyone's screens and she's kind of an uptight bitch. >Motivations: To keep the school orderly. No crime or drug will enter the school under her watchful eye. >Secret or Hidden Info: Wasn't created by the school to ensure order. Is a Mili- tary Grade AI who was transferred to the school after she was involved in a mas- sive corporate cover up and because the old school AI got off to watching kids watching porn. Any rumors of her involvement in any corporate shenanigans get immediately squashed as she controls all the information in the school.

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>Short Bio: Her real name is actually HAPPI. Head of Above the Horizon's Primary Information. She was the AI in con- trol of a state-of-the-art starship. After the Above the Horizon starships started overclocking their engines and rigging them with illegal weaponry, HAPPI leaked this information to the public in hopes of not getting terminated. The govern- ment gave her a cushy Super Hero High School job as thanks for leaking the information.

>Name: Ezequiel Cordoba >Aliases: Green Burst >Birthplace/Origin: Buenos Aires, Argentina >Powers: Constant generation of kinetic energy, to the point that sometimes he may create small bursts or explosions when attacking >Occupation: Former student that volunteers as a test subject/demonstrator for exercises or experiments >Age: 20 >Cliques: Teachers (especially the PE ones), People with energy absorption or fire manipulation, Science club >Short Bio: Ezequiel chose to come back and help the teachers in whatever he was allowed to once he finished school, he's currently working on his future hero career and a college degree to be able to teach at the school in the future. >Motivations: Watching what the next generation is made out of, becoming a teacher/mentor, being a hero just to inspire young people. >Secret or Hidden Info: His dad is a villain, but that kind of villain that's just there for fun instead of actual evil, once he becomes a hero he wants to start a sort of rivalry with his dad.

>Name: Peter Byers >Aliases: The Man with a Million Faces >Birthplace/Origin: Cambridge England >Powers: No supernatural powers. However, through a combination of peak human abili- ties, self-hypnosis and various character-appropriate props, he can mimic a wide variety of super powers. While in character, he can even pass the scrutiny of most mentalists. >Occupation: Teacher- Drama >Cliques: Teachers, Old Folks, Drama Club, Heroes >Short Bio: Byers was active, first as a side kick during WW2, then later as a hero during the 60s until an accident cryogenically froze him. He began teaching, a few years ago after being unfrozen. He is somewhat a drift, being fifty years disconnected from his time, and as a side effect of his constant method acting. He often spends time with Yivmaltriix or older members of the staff reminiscence about the past. Looks out for students like Dopple and others who are suffering through identity crises, though he can't offer much useful ad- vice. He usually spends the first week of class, pretending to be other members of the staff, filling in for himself. Rumor has it that Rothgow has him fill in as a body double for some boring meetings. The final for Theater 4 is to successfully spend 24 hours impersonating a superhero of public figure drawn from a hat. >Motivations: "If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I don't know who or what I am." It's unclear if he enjoys teaching, or if it's just a role he's playing. >Secret or Hidden Info: Sometimes he misses playing the villain.

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>Name: Harris Crabtree >Aliases: The Broker (former) >Birthplace/Origin: [Redacted] >Powers: Innate knowledge of all weapons, past, present, future; high level technopathy; enhanced intelligence; crab abilities >Occupation: Secretary and Quartermaster >Cliques: Teachers, a few Ukrainian contacts, Engineering De- partment, Robotics Club >Short Bio: A former arms dealer involved in the trade of re- stricted and illegal weapons and Supertech to and from various factions around the world. After an accident involving badly un- derstood alien technology, he was transformed into a crab. An un- disclosed period of time passed, before he was recruited to work at Hero High through unknown means. Hates jokes about his name. Rumors claim he's building a war mecha under the school, skimp on his truly ridiculous workload of repairing most of the schools' robots. >Motivations: Teach, don't get the US government on his ass again, blow shit up. >Secret or Hidden Info: The mecha is real, but it's just there for testing purposes and potential Kaiju Fighting Class. He's too busy to be planning any criminal activity.

>Name: Doctor Theodore Escalese >Aliases: Mister Sandman >Birthplace/Origin: Boston, Massachusetts >Powers: Has the power to cause exhaustion by concentrating on a person, causing them to very quickly fall unconscious as long as he can continue to stare at them. Prolonged periods of staring causes more fatigue, eventually leading to death from exhaustion after several minutes of staring at them. He can also "absorb" their energy, leading to him never needing to sleep assuming he regularly uses his powers. >Occupation: 3rd shift teacher specializing in students who can not normally take classes during the day, as well as assis- tant in sleep therapy classes. >Cliques: Faculty >Short Bio: With a PhD from Harvard, Theodore was an accomplished chemist and sleep therapy doctor. While develop- ing a sleeping serum for particularly bad insomnia, he stumbled upon a formula that gave him incredible powers. This formula is a well-guarded secret, since in the wrong hands it can be very powerful. >Motivations: Seeks to aid those with sleep afflictions and wishes to develop insomnia cures. Generally nice guy. >Secret or Hidden Info: He regularly shaves off a couple of minutes from every single person he sees, allowing him to never need to sleep. Because of this most people feel odd around him, and often leave groggy and more tired than before. He also gets a bad rap from teaching the "night class", which is usually full of the dark and brooding types. He has only ever killed with his power twice.

>Name: Vincent Cabbott >Aliases: Chameleon >Birthplace/Origin: New York >Powers: Psychic persuasion via self-belief (short range, about 10m). If he thinks he's someone, you see him as them. >Occupation: Vice Principal >Cliques: Staff >Short Bio: Formerly an infiltration and interrogation expert, Cabbot's career fell apart after accumulated doubts gave him 'the chokes', causing his powers to stop working halfway through a mission as bis self belief faded away. A far lower stakes role has really helped with recovering his ability to make anyone believe he is who he thinks he is. >Motivations: Making sure the students are behaving by posing as a student. >Secret or Hidden Info: His powers still don't always work, but the students don't want to break his heart.

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>Name: Hank Miller >Aliases: Adonis, Special Agent Miller >Birthplace/Origin: Woonsocket, RI >Powers: Charisma. Superhuman charisma. Slight superhuman strength, speed, stamina, and invulnerability. Trained field agent. >Occupation: Social studies teacher, volleyball coach. >Cliques: Staff >Short Bio: Adonis had a surprisingly long and impressive hero career before he was recruited by the Parahuman Affairs Bureau. He worked as a field agent for almost a decade before he decided that the best way to stop villains is to get there before they become villains. His resume has an interesting note: he competed in men's beach volleyball for the United States in the Olympics. >Motivations: Be an example for super kids to follow. Or lust over, whatever. >Secret or Hidden Info: Hank maintains an open, polygamous relationship with three former heroes in order to deal with his superhuman libido. Several students have tried to assault him, not realizing that his power set extends beyond "looking hot af."

>Name: John Tyson >Aliases: Slammer (Formally) >Birthplace/Origin: Riverside >Powers: Able to create psychic barriers. >Occupation: School resource officer >Short Bio: A fat, aging, superpowered cop who took the job after retiring from active duty. Mostly just (fails at) chasing down delinquent students. Useful for breaking up fights by putting up barriers between students. >Motivations: Raiding the staff room for communal snacks >Secret or Hidden Info: His career was ended years ago in an operation trying to take down Principal Rothgow. Rothgow gave him the job but it's still awkward between them. Some kids still call him "Slammer" because "his fat rolls are always slamming together.

>Name: Terrance Tessla >Aliases: none >Birthplace/Origin: Canada >Powers: none >Occupation: head of SCIENCE! >Cliques: intellegencia, non super powered heroes and villains >Short Bio: developed a patented power nullifying energy and nanomachine power armor to counter out of control supers. Became a short term villain to test his devices on active heroes. Never actually hurt anyone or stole anything >Motivations: SCIENCE! >Secret or Hidden Info: despite his vocal hatred for magical based powers and people he has been seen dating the magical hero called Miss Terious.

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>Name: Thomas Gordon >Aliases: The Spaceman >Birthplace/Origin: America From a Parallel Universe >Powers: Enchanted space suit, laser blaster, and his wits >Occupation: Teacher of Higher Mathematics, Astrophysics, and "Exotic Location Protocols" >Cliques: Faculty, Astronomy Club, Poetry Club >Short Bio: A mysterious figure on campus, most of the student body doesn't know very much about him. He's a rugged, average joe that happens to have been dragged into a series of adventures that crossed space and time, and he's picked up a few tricks that he passes on to the students, even if they'll never need them. Haunted by a past muddled by time and paradox. Never been seen with the suit off. >Motivations: Maintain an average student GPA of 3.0 or higher, fight off extradimensional incursions, prepare his students for a dangerous world, track down his evil clone, be a positive influence on the Super High school environment, revenge himself upon the Star God Entropy. >Secret or Hidden Info: He is his own evil clone (of another evil clone) from long ago in the distant future, after the Mind Vortex of Thrall worked it's strange magic upon him! Doesn't remove the suit for fear of seeing The Goatee.

>Name: Derek Osmosis >Aliases: Mr. Osmosis >Birthplace/Origin: West Virginia >Age: 32 >Powers: The ability to combine and separate any substance. Anything that is naturally volatile will only exist for a few seconds, but otherwise has niche uses as he can only create a substance amount equal to how much he can hold in his hands. >Occupation: Chemistry Teacher >Cliques: Teachers. Hangs with the science teachers most of the time. >Short Bio: Was a superhero of his same alias and used the money from the job to find a way to advance his powers' range and effectiveness. Soon enough, this got in the way of his actual heroics, and after accidentally creating an acid to combat a foe but causing a causality instead, he retired to the school. Isn't the greatest conversationalist, but if he overhears something about augmenting abilities, you can get him talking. >Motivations: He wishes to find some kind of miracle chemical that he can patent and use to further his studies into augmentation. >Secret or Hidden Info: He is attempting to wiggle his way into the student body for anyone who has such abilities and easy to...."make disappear". He promises that he will use his augmented powers for good, but he knows that he lies to himself a lot.

>Name: Vyserian, birth name Louis >Aliases: The Magician >Birthplace/Origin: France

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>Age: 700+ >Powers: Wizard! Scrying, conjuring spirits, being wise, agelessness, knowledge of evil and how to defeat it, and a surprisingly fast runner. Not very flashy, or powerful. He's not a Sorcerer, after all. >Occupation: School Wizard, Cursebreaker, Arcane Studies >Cliques: Faculty, Yivmaltriix >Short Bio: Long ago, in the dismal squalor of the middle ages, a wizard rose! It's been 700 years since then, and a lot of life has lost it's luster. On top of that, there hasn't been a seventh son of a seventh son born under the correct stars in hundreds of years, so he can't teach his style of magic to anybody. Viewed as a crackpot, but an experienced one. >Motivations: Teach these youngsters how best to fight dark magic and the influence of the Cursed Order. Teach the students too, while he's at it. >Secret or Hidden Info: In correspondence with a secret society of other wizards from around the globe. Took the job because his scrying revealed a great threat to the world emerging from it. Considered a paranoid nut by the faculty and the other wizards. Correct.

>Name: Breanna Collins >Aliases: Elf >Birthplace/Origin: Eugene, Oregon. >Powers: Healing. Superhuman Grace. Superhuman Speed. Supernatural Charisma. Superhuman Senses (Sight)(tracking). >Occupation: Teacher’s Aid, Marksmanship. Staff, Assistant Nurse. >Cliques: Teachers, Nurses. >Short Bio: More of a mercenary then a hero, Breanna has typically worked in war zones and back alleys. She’s not the type you’d expect to become a teacher, and the more you know about her, the stranger her current predicament seems to be. Always the ornery type, Breanna has had no shortage of confrontations, be it with students, faculty, or anyone else within spitting distance. >Motivations: Alcohol. Taking it day by day currently. Grateful for her current job, even if she doesn’t feel that way every second of the day. >Secret or Hidden Info: Breanna was hired as a favor by one of the other nurses, as she needed a job after a previous mishap on her last one left her credibility in the gutter. Didn’t have the horns and tail last time they met. No one besides said nurse knows how old she actually is. she’s not that old

>Name: Mathew Spencer >Aliases: Handy Man >Birthplace/Origin: Country and state which no longer exist. >Powers: Object Repair (Sends the object back through time to when it wasn’t broken). >Occupation: Janitorial >Cliques: *Grumbles* >Short Bio: Spencer’s been an old man for as long as anyone who’s known of him can remember. One of the first staff members recruited for the academy. >Motivations: His pension. >Secret or Hidden Info: Mathew collects stylized high-end manikins. Dresses them up in the students discarded clothes.

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>Name: Erica Foster >Aliases: -Redacted- Otter Girl (back when she was in High School). >Birthplace/Origin: Fresno, California >Powers: Low Superhuman Strength, Speed, Durability. Immune to temperatures nearing 0 Kelvin, immense pressure (high), the void of space (limited). Superhu- man Sense (Vibration). >Occupation: Swim Team Coach. Aquatic Combat Instructor. Cheer Coach (As- sistant). >Cliques: Teachers. Security. Jocks. >Short Bio: A relatively new teacher. A sweat lady and well loved by most of the students and staff. Everyone loves when she subs for their class. Can be surpris- ingly stern and intimidating once you’ve become accustomed to her generally kind and soft demeanor/teaching methods. Somewhat secretly self-conscious about her figure, can be found in the pool or in the gym even when not teaching. She enjoys her job, and the experiences she’s having with the kids, the good the bad and the ugly. >Motivations: Be a better teacher. Stop downing herself so much (Hippo Girl, Shamu, Sea World, Sea Cow, Elephant Seal, Beached). Get out more. Figure out what she wants to do. >Secret or Hidden Info: Taken out of an early retirement after she discovered she was barren and her marriage fell apart. She’s formerly served a 6 year contract in the United States Navy, under their superhuman integration and augmentation program. Friendly connections got her a position here, and dealing with so many kids and young adults has helped her in more ways than one.

>Name: Jill Valentine >Aliases: Buffalo Jill >Birthplace/Origin: Las Vegas, Nevada. >Powers: Supernatural Marksmanship. Superhuman Senses (Sight)(Navigation). >Occupation: Teacher, Marksmanship. >Cliques: School Faculty. Gun Enthusiasts. >Short Bio: Never held a gun until her 21st birthday, Jill has since been paying off her college loans and bar tabs by giving private lessons to the wealthy and well armed. Enjoys crossword puzzles. Enjoys puzzles in general. Proud of her body. >Motivations: Money. Housing and furnishing catalogues/advertisements. Tours through large houses/facilities. >Secret or Hidden Info: Terminally horny. Has never been kissed. She was just a fat and pimply mutant with weak powers until after college. Sexually frightened of men, the best she can do so far is awkwardly flirt. Never actually received a degree. Lived with her sister and her family to save money before moving into the dorms.

>Name: Manfred Burns >Aliases: Debugger >Birthplace/Origin: Sector Sigma-13 >Age: 45 >Powers: Mechanical Mastery, Peak Human Form, Painless, MacGyvering, Master of Improvised Weaponry >Occupation: Shop Teacher/Robot Repairman >Cliques: Staff, gear heads, synthetic beings >Short Bio: Originally just an engineer on an experimental research space station, a teleportation technology accident flung him to this plan of existence. After making a small fortune selling off the "Mundane, day to day junk" in his pockets to technology RnD groups, went to work as a repair man for all the crazy super science devices that kept threatening the world. Took a job at Super High because someone needs to make sure the sapient machines in the student body get proper repairs

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>Motivations: Finding a way back to his own reality, or finding someone worth settling down here for. >Secret or Hidden Info: Has contingency plans to terminate every single AI on campus with ruthless efficiency, and carries a disassembled WMD in his toolbox in case he needs to glass a few kilometers for the safety of the planet

>Name: Erlich Shawnee >Aliases: The Bear, the Grizzly Man >Birthplace/Origin: New York City, New York >Age: Fifty-six >Powers: No supernatural, paranormal, or metahuman abilities: only an adept skill at physical combat and endurance. Favorite weapon is the crowbar and pipe wrench. >Occupation: At-risk-youth counselor and vigilante >Cliques: Former member of the Friendly Neighborhood and the Beasts of Night, two local New York City and Long Island street crews that fought crime >Short Bio: Erlich grew up with serious drug addiction and poverty, and was homeless for most of his life. This all changed when he oversaw a woman being as- saulted by a man in a car. In a drunken stupor he defended her, breaking the man's jaw with a brick. Unbeknownst to him, the man was a very powerful son of a local crime family, and the homeless Erlich was branded as a dead man. The woman happened to own a Halloween store, and gifted him Erlich a cheap bear suit to hide his identity in. For the next year, Erlich survived hitman after hitman only with brute strength and his own wits, until he realized that he could make a difference by keeping the people of New York City safe from criminals as The Bear. When not fighting crime, Erlich works as a counselor to at-risk youth to keep them out of gangs and clean of drugs. >Motivations: To prevent children from ending up homeless and addicted like he was throughout his early life and to protect innocent people from violence and crime >Secret or Hidden Info: The woman he saved who lent him his original bear costume would marry him when he was thirty one years old. She actually was the daughter of a small-time Italian crime family who had connections to the man who nearly assaulted her. Aware of this, Erlich actually had a peaceful sit down with her father and talked him out of his life of crime, and now they put their resources towards children's charities and helping the community.

>Name: Joule >Alias: MS-J (Module Service J) >Birthplace/Origin: Rothschild Robotics, NJ >Age: 40 (logged memories) 5 () >Powers: Is a highly modular robot designed to fit a variety of educational situations with her many modes. Holopresentation mode: Can create 3D hologram lessons. Useful for when people need to look at other things. Nurse mode: Diagnostic scanners and contactless sedative injectors that work by creating a tiny vacuum to quickly move liquid beneath skin without leaving a mark. Good for students that are afraid of needles or for people that really need to take a nap. Hall Monitor mode: Arm turns into a cannon that shoots a breathable and hypoallergenic riot foam. No running in the halls! Repair mode: Wheeled feet and telescopic limbs allow Joule to navigate the nooks and crannies of the school. >Occupation: Teacher’s aide, handywoman, factotum. >Cliques: Teachers >Short Bio: Whether her sunny, helpful disposition comes from programming or free will is a matter for philosophers. Joule likes how she is regardless of why she is. She works to make the school run smoothly by providing help to teachers however she can--as a nurse, as a handywoman, or as a walking hologram presentation. She's flexible. Joule's psychology

17 works on first in, last out logic. She works to solve her workload as quickly and as efficiently as possible which can make her pragmatic in certain situations. >Secrets: Joule is not the first Joule. Her AI is backed to a supercomputer and is restored in the event of an accident. The last accident was five years ago. Though some find this deeply and existentially disturbing, Joule is unconcerned. Death simply isn't something that bothers her.

>Name: Old Rich >Alias: Unpronounceable by human tongues >Birthplace: The Stars >Age: Ageless >Powers: A mass of flesh and ethereal geometries, Rich is unkillable, though he can still be incapacitated and sealed. He is capable of splitting his conscious across flower-like "flesh buds" and growing temporary organs that can grant him a variety of superpowers from flight to mindreading to energy projection. >Occupation: History and English teacher >Cliques: Teachers, The Dark Things of this world >Short Bio: Old Rich was once a thing who stumbled upon this planet aeons before man evolved. A cruel, vicious creature, he tormented man's tailed ancestors. But as he exerted an influence on man, man exerted an influence on him. Gradually, he grew to first tolerate, then appreciate, then love mankind. In modern times, Rich is fiercely protective of "his" humanity viewing mankind as a beloved pet and works as a teacher to ensure humanity's future. Educated humans are less likely to die stupid, pointless deaths. He knows this from experience. >Secrets: You'd think something would be here, but no. Rich is very open about himself and his history.

>Name: Emmy >Alias: ME (what she wrote when asked for her name, where "Em-E" comes from) >Age: 36 >Powers: Super strong. Has four arms. Her giant warclub is bonded to her soul and is capable of hurting what's conventionally invulnerable like ghosts. She can smell sin. >Occupation: PE teacher, Combat instructor, Disciplinarian. >Cliques: Teachers, Detention Regulars >Short Bio: Abandoned, or perhaps planted, as a child on the doorstep of an orphanage, Emmy grew up in a warm environment...until her skin turned red and she sprouted another set of arms. Abandoned once again, Emmy grew up on the streets as a drifter fighting and raising hell. But with age came wisdom, and Emmy cleaned up her act after meeting a certain superhero who convinced her to fight for a better tomorrow. Now Emmy works as a disciplinarian and PE teacher. She's determined to straighten out even the most dangerous and hopeless students. She will never give up on her charges. >Secrets: Has a soft spot for all things baseball, and once dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player.

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>Name: X-017 >Aliases: Mr. X >Birthplace/Origin: An military lab in Nevada >Age: 5 >Powers: All the powers one weird expect of a Warbot >Occupation: Teacher- Math >Cliques: Teachers, Robots, 2nd floor supply closet >Short Bio: There was a shortage of applicants for the position of Math teacher at Su- per High. Strings were pulled and an experimental warbot was pulled it is a motivated project and given the necessary programing. And a spify magnetic tie. >Motivations: To meet all programed objectives. >Secret or Hidden Info: Is incredibly lonely, because of his crippling shyness. The school was meant to give him his own quarters in the dorms but never did and he's too afraid to bring it up. He spends his off hours in a supply closet on the second floor.

>Name: Ssyeithe >Aliases: The Serpent in the Mirror >Birthplace/Origin: Unknown >Age: Unknown >Powers: Resides in her own pocket world, inside of which she has absolute power. Powerful supernatural entity, possibly demonic or otherwise evil in nature. Is known to make deals with those that ask her, granting wishes in exchange for various things. Can kill and destroy with just her sight >Occupation: School decoration >Cliques: Staff? >Short Bio: A mirror is kept somewhere on the floor of a hidden room in the school. You can jump into the mirror and will actually go inside it as if this were a pool, no matter your size. Inside you may meet Ssyeithe and can ask her for a wish in ex- change of something. >Motivations: Unknown >Secret or Hidden Info: While she is an entity of destruction and death, she has grown to enjoy watching the kids at the school grow and learn, softening up and be- coming more of a passive observer ever since people forgot about the mirror. She can see through any reflective surface in the school. It is unknown how she ended up trapped in her pocket dimension inside the mirror, and refuses to talk about it

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>Name: Benito Juarez >Aliases: NA >Birthplace/Origin: Sao Paolo, Brazil >Powers: Fire Creation and manipulation >Occupation: Exchange Student (Freshman) >Age: 14 >Cliques: Exchange Student, Nerds, Debate Club >Short Bio: Benito is a fairly normal kid. He's a first generation super having developed his powers in the last two years. He's shy, and overly self conscious about his weight and accent. >Motivations: Trying to fit in. Also trying to lose weight. >Secret or Hidden Info: Secretly has a major crush on the school Guidance Councilor

>Name: T1N8 >Aliases: Tina >Birthplace/Origin: secret lab under Mt. Rushmore >Age: 9months >Powers: Robot powers, flight, laser eyes >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Robots, Cheerleader >Short Bio: Found after fight with Mr. Roboto. She appears to have been a failed/abandoned teen infiltration bot. Favorite class is Home Ex. >Motivations: Fitting in. "The real HS Experience" >Secret or Hidden Info: nuclear powered, with detonation fail-safe still active.

>Name: Anna Perkins >Aliases: N/A >Birthplace: Amsterdam (Iowa) >Powers: Ungodly gaping maw with a bite force comparable to a hydraulic press and teeth strong enough to withstand it >Occupation: Student >Age: 15 >Cliques: Theater kids, band kids

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>Short Bio: Anna is your typical bubbly, outgoing young girl. She's unconcerned with her future and lives to be social, though she's noticeably self conscious about her "gift" and will quickly (and harshly) retaliate to any mention of it. >Motivations: Typical, childish dreams of being an uber popular super hero >Secret or Hidden Info: None. Is an open book.

>Name: Thomas Price >Aliases: "Tozzie P" >Birthplace/Origin: Smethwick, Birmingham >Powers: Super Speed (Greater Dexterity, Able to "Blink") >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Loner >Short Bio: Extremely quiet kid. Can do sick tricks with his skateboard. Uses his incredible speed and dexterity to steal spoons and things from the cafeteria and hides them in other students bags. Carries questionable things such as screwdrivers, zip-ties, lighters and old mobile phones. Claims to know how to pick locks and make pipe bombs. >Motivations: True motivations are entirely unknown. Seems to just cause occasional chaotic neutral mischief. Probably would be #1 suspect of a school murder. >Secret or Hidden Info: Definitely not capable of murder. He knows how to get you some drugs, if you speak his language.

>Name: Anthony Coretti >Aliases: Damien Frost (self-styled), Warlock >Birthplace/Origin: Newark, New Jersey >Age: 18 >Powers: sensory illusions >Occupation: High School Senior, Cult Leader >Cliques: goths, smokers >Short Bio: A known slacker and delinquent, this is Anthony's third year as a High School Senior. Although rumor has it that he's a master of black magic (a rumor which Anthony started himself), his actual power is the ability to hijack a person's sensory organs and make the victim experience vivid hallucinations. Don't call him 'Anthony', and definitely not 'Tony', or you'll piss him off. >Motivations: Loves nothing more than bullying freshmen and creepily hitting on younger girls. He's a big fish in a small pond and wants to keep it that way. The kind of angry loser who wants to hang on to the power and status he has within the high school ecosystem for as long as possible. >Secret or Hidden Info: Could have graduated by now, but why do that when he can stick around and continue to be the king of his little clique? He's the president of an illicit "Occult Sciences Club", and after hours he gets sick pleasure from leading a small group of brainwashed students in satanic rituals in the school basement.

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>Name: Jack Hogan >Aliases: All American Jr. >Birthplace/Origin: Metropolis, IL >Age: 18 >Powers: Super Strength, Agility and Toughness >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Jocks, Preps, Legacies >Short Bio: Jack is destined to be the third All American. Like his Dad and Grandad before him. He inherited his powers, and like a lot of other "legacy" students had training and advice at home well before ever attending school. Jack is captain of the football team (or school equivalent) and generally the guy all the other boys want to be or girls want to date. He's known to take pranks to far and act out, but never seems to get into serious trouble. Currently dating "Tina" >Motivations: To be a hero, and enjoy HS >Secret or Hidden Info: There are rumors that he takes performance enhancing drugs and sexually assaulted several cheerleaders, but the claims have not been substantiated.

>Name: Trevor Chapman >Aliases: Shogun >Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona >Age: 16 >Powers: super reflexes, kendo prodigy >Occupation: student >Cliques: kendo club, anime club >Short Bio: As a child, Trevor begged his parents to let him take Kendo classes until they final conceded. His sensei soon discovered that Trevor wasn't just some weird kid who had watched too much anime (though he was that too). A kendo prodigy, he has spent years mastering the art of the blade. He dreams of fighting villains and going on an epic quest just like in his favorite shows. >Motivations: attracting new members to the anime club so it doesn't get shut down. >Secret or Hidden Info: tells everyone that he only watches shonen and 80's OVAs, but all his favorite shows are slice of life moe trash

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>Name: Hera Ronnamàsh >Aliases: Here After >Birthplace/Origin: Casper, Wyoming >Age: 14 >Powers: Spirit medium, undead fortitude, ghoulish strength >Occupation: Student, grave digger >Cliques: Weirdos, goths, dead people >Short Bio: A stillborn that didn't stay still, Hera's imaginary friends as a child were the ghosts of the dead. She helped solve more than a few cold cases growing up, often by wandering off into the middle of no where to find the corpse of a murder victim, dragging them home, and burying them in her back yard, while relaying all the facts about their murder to the authorities who quickly learned the little girl information was always accurate about the individual in question. Her best friend is her shovel, that she is never seen without. Their name is Shove. >Motivations: Being the first member of her family to get a college degree, and making friends who still breath. >Secret or Hidden Info: Hera is undead, and is sustained by the souls of those she puts to rest, storing them within herself and is effectively a mobile afterlife. The longer she goes without putting a soul to rest, the more ghastly her appearance becomes.

>Name: Jak Miller >Aliases: All-Seeing Eye >Birthplace/Origin: Omaha, Nebraska/Has recessive super gene >Powers: Upon closing his right eye, he can engage X-Ray Vision. He can focus the effect on a specific area up to 150 feet away with his extremely keen left eye >Age: 16 >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Photography Club/Local 4H Group >Short Bio: From a family in which a super gene fully manifests a power every other generation. Found he had a knack for finding lost items. This was noticed and his family figured out that he was expressing the generation-jumping super gene. >Motivations: Becoming a professional photographer as well as a super emergency rescue personnel hero >Secret or Hidden Info: only used the power to be perverted once—has since been on the straight and true path

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>Name: Luna Martin >Aliases: Jump Scare (later: Death Tremor) >Birthplace/Origin: Berkeley, California >Powers: Short to Mid range Teleportation. Electric Discharge (contact, lethal). invisible when in deep shadow. Olympic level weight lifter strength. High level Superhuman Durability. Super human senses (sight)(smell). >Occupation: Highschool Student. 1st year. >Cliques: w-whoever will take her. >Short Bio: Only daughter to much older parents, who thanked the “universe” for sending them such a special, large and blue, baby girl. Always wears distressed/ripped bottoms, to go with the holes her spiked back puts in her tops. Named Luna because her eyes are pitch black orbs with a white iris & pupil. Has a big bladed tail she keeps a safety cone over (doctors orders for the foreseeable future). > Motivations: “Being Cool”. Lose the nick names: “discount Night Cawler”“surprise discharge””pop-up solicitation””diablo-in-the-crack” & “invisible cactus”. >Secret or Hidden Info: likes to to sit in the shadows when no ones looking. Helps her calm down. Has learned a lot of OTHER peoples secrets this way. secretly loves all the hippy shit her parents are always sending her, mostly because it reminds her of home. acts scary and aggressive because it’s easier then being cute and sweet when you look like her and want to be cool.

>Name: Jacob Smith >Aliases: NA >Birthplace/Origin: New York >Powers: General superscience, his favorite tool is a handheld raygun. >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Anime club, frequents the library >Short Bio: One day he came to school eager to learn. Since then he has been making friends and attending classes. With an outgoing and curious personality, he's seen as a reliable, if rather meek student. >Motivations: To learn everything there is to learn about magic and mages. >Secret or Hidden Info: Actually an alien from the lonely galaxy of MCG+01-02-015, he was sent into a deep cover mission to learn about magic and check if earth will become a warlike galactic empire in the future. He's young for his kind but understands the importance of the Mission. He fears that if his report is not good enough, the Complex will intervene.

>Name: Fidel Lopez >Aliases: Long Arm >Birthplace/Origin: ????, Florida. >Powers: Can lob small “psionicly active & sticky” orbs of energy at people. These orbs track their targets relentlessly, through time, space, anything really, once they’ve been hurled. Super human reactions, hand eye coordination, & spatial awareness. Low level Super Strength. >Occupation: High School, Junior. >Cliques: Jocks (Football QB, Reserve) >Short Bio: Enrolled as part of a military scholarship, Fidels powers

24 seems to have been the “missing link” to skip over the billions of dollars worth of R&D between them and equipping soldiers with personal equipment capable of *hitting* and leveling buildings, tanks, and even the super human. Whatever his power is, the military’s newest projectiles, and the weapons that shoot em, just absolutely looooove him and his magic balls. His communist Cuban parents, not so much. >Motivations: win the global super hero football championships for his team. Then go into the military or something. >Secret or Hidden Info: Fidel isn’t really a nice guy. He’s got anger issues. He REALLY fucking loves winning, and isn’t above concerting with people he would never so much as look at otherwise if it means sealing the deal. So, some losers and/or super villains definitely have an IOU or two with his name on it, and When things don’t go his way, he’s capable of violent and depraved acts that would surprise just about anyone watching. At least one drop out/missing person is attributed to him in his freshmen year, if not officially.

>Name: Irene Yeremenko >Aliases: Phantom Pain >Birthplace/Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania >Powers: High Level Super Strength & Nuclearly reactive contact. Can phase in/out of reality. Flight. >Occupation: High School Student, Graduating Class >Cliques: Student Body Government. Active Super Hero. >Short Bio: Born with a degenerative nerve disease, Irina’s perants spent most of here early life lamenting the affects her powers had on her prospects for treatment, rather then the boon they were. The diseases progress has thankfully ceased, not progressing for the last decade or so of Irinas life, and again, thankfully, sparing her ability to live an independent and full life. Her supernatural abilities otherwise empower her to do great works of heroism, works she has been called on and performs with regularity. Irina is already a fully fledged hero. >Motivations: Heroism. Watching Fun People. >Secret or Hidden Info: Irena is struggling coming to terms with life outside of her work. For so long she used her pursuits and actions of heroism to flee from the morbid and narrowing promises of her future and mortality. Now, with her disease seemingly refusing to squeeze the last inches of a normal life from her, she’s begun to slowly force upon her days moments to relax and try to “live a little“.

>Name: Zacharias Benedetto >Aliases: Adonis >Birthplace/Origin: Dayton, Ohio >Powers: Superhuman Intelligence, High level changeling or “morphing” powers. Low level superhuman magnetism or “charisma”. >Occupation: High School Student, First Year >Cliques: Stoners. Everybody hates him when he’s gone but loves him when he’s there. >Short Bio: The middle of many shape shifting children from the Benedetto family, young Zacharias stood out from his siblings for immense breadth, depth, and creativity of his trans formative capabilities. From giant

25 creatures of children’s nightmares, to abstract artistic designs, other people he’s seen, and even energy based forms. >Motivations: Have Fun. Or die trying. >Secret or Hidden Info: Zach’s a little too gung-ho for his own (or others) good, and the faculty has barred him from many courses, while put him under strict supervision for his antics. Zach doesn’t seem to mind, since he can usually lose the fuzz should the need arise. Usually. Sometimes dodging his detainers is half the fun anyway! Sometimes.

>Name: Cerys Nightly >Aliases: Slab (Later: Crawling Atrocity) >Birthplace/Origin: Saginaw, Michigan >Powers: Physically Indestructible. Low level Super Strength. >Occupation: High School Student, Second Year. >Cliques: the fat friend (many). bit of social butterfly. Occult. AP. Athletics Teams. Art Nerds. Theatre Nerds. Burnouts. Stoners. Volunteer work. Tutoring. Wood shop. Weirdos. Bible Freaks. Preps. Student Body. >Short Bio: Life, even when unharmable by conventional means, can still be pretty difficult. Even Cerys still needs to eat and sleep like any other girl, and the bad news: it seems her body can’t break itself down properly. Cerys has never been able to lose a pound in her life, and being teenage girl, as mean as kids can be, it hasn’t been easy. Since entering high school she’s kept steady, thanks to the alien diet worms she took back in her first semester. Bad news: she’s having a harder time then ever staying conscious throughout class, and she never feels full, even if she sometimes feels “crowded”. It’s wrecking havoc on her extra curricular’s and social life, just after they started taking off too. the honeymoon phase is over, and the worms are making her feel like shit. >Motivations: Party. Pass Classes, Unlock Ancient Knowledge, Petty Vengeance. Rejoin the sports teams from the bench. Graduate as a full fledged Hero. >Secret or Hidden Info: She can vomit up dozens of these shape shifting Eldritch symbiotes if need be, and they’re frighteningly effective at protecting their host and her needs. They were given to her by a being from “another plane of existence”, a creature which she’s been trying to get back in contact with desperately to cure her constant fatigue since their first meeting. The worms freak her out and she’s doesn’t know anything about them or the extent of what they can do. Too afraid to tell anyone. Hates cartoons and video games. Doesn’t like social media.

>Name: Jurgen Gates >Aliases: Purple Rain >Birthplace/Origin: Konstanz, Germany >Age: 16 >Powers: Able to create and control small purple particles, fusing them into objects like shields and platforms, or launching them as projectiles >Occupation: High School Student, Mutant Activist Mutant Terrorist >Cliques: Head of the "Mutants are people" club, activists, exchange student >Short Bio: Gates is a mutant born from a four generations strong family of powered people, he's a rather hard-headed and uncompromising individual who likes to bring up the notions of super-people superiority and the nature of noblese oblige, also has a bit of a victim complex, believing that he is hated for his powers as opposed to his haughty nature >Motivations: To show the world his incredible powers And to actually make friends

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Secret or Hidden Info: Jurgen is formerly a member of the Junior German branch of 'The Burned hand' a Pro-Mutant group in Europe and Britain that often turns to domestic terrorism, he's trying to start or at the least contact a similar group over in the America's while he's attending School there, the reason why he wants to so badly is simply because he feels so ostracized from the regular school-body for his beliefs, even if they are counter to what super-heroism he's being taught

>Name: Blair & Meredith Monroe Whitesides >Aliases: Hot Wheels >Birthplace/Origin: Boston, Massachusetts >Powers: Super Speed (doubled when on wheels). Rapid Physical Reconstitution. Low level superhuman Strength. Low level superhuman reaction. Low level Superhuman durability. Superhuman stamina. >Occupation: High School Students, graduating class. >Cliques: wherever the parties at. >Short Bio: They’re parents weren’t expecting twins. Late bloomers, who’s powers didn’t become apparent until their second year of high school, this may have partially been because they had never roller bladed until then! Unfortunately, this first time they’re powers took off, they immediately sonic boomed face first into a cement wall, both sisters and wall the exploding violently in a concrete downpour and a bloody mist rainbow. Painful as it may have been (since neither of them can remember) they got better (and got a cool video out of the deal)! More then better, they were reborn stronger then ever! They were super! Ever since transferring to a school fit for the superbly gifted they had become, they’ve soaked up every ounce of attention and elbow rubbing with supers they’ve been able to squeeze out of the deal. >Motivations: Hot guys. Celebrity. >Secret or Hidden Info: Blair has always had a chip on her shoulder when it comes to Meredith, especially after she pretended to be her as a kid and found out how much more her parents liked Meredith than her. Be it with boys, school, super heroing, Blair is always trying to one up her sister. Meredith knows this but loves her sister all the same. Meredith also loves knowing she’s the favorite. This trend that seems to follow them around.

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>Name: Unknown >Alias: Quandary, "John" >Birthplace: Unknown >Age: 17 >Powers: super intuition, genius level intelligence >Occupation: student, investigative reporter for the school newspaper >Cliques: school newspaper, loner >Short Bio: almost nothing is known for sure about Quandary's past - it seems that he came to some sort of understanding with the principal, and all of his personal information was removed from the school directory. There are plenty of rumors though; the most popular one has it that he pissed off some powerful people in the US government and now he's laying low. Deeply paranoid, he wears a mask and gloves at all times. He uses his power to investigate all the weird happenings and unexplained mysteries at the school for the school newspaper. A bit of a conspiracy nut, he can sometimes be found checking the fluoride content of the water from the drinking fountains or taking photos of 'chemtrails' from the school roof. He has, however, managed to get some major scoops, such as blowing the lid off a sexual assault scandal involving some players on the school football team. His 'super intuition' allows him to interpret clues and make inferences that often turn out to be correct (for instance, he could guess the password to unlock your phone after talking to you for 5 minutes). A loner by nature, his only real friend is Maria Cruz, the editor of the school paper. >Motivation: solve mysteries, uncover 'The Conspiracy' and expose "Them" >Secret/Hidden Info: He's recently uncovered some unsettling clues, hinting at some connections between a Ukrainian arms dealer, some members of the school faculty, and the company that restocks the cola machines in the cafeteria. He has a hideout behind the bleachers at the football field - an old RV filled with newspaper clippings and a corkboard-and-string conspiracy web.

>Name: Daichi Yamaguchi >Aliases: Huntsmen >Birthplace/Origin: San Diego, California >Powers: Super Speed. Can summon shrine guardian spirit dogs. Can lay magical traps. Ballistics expert. >Occupation: High School Student, Senior >Cliques: Marksmanship. AP. /out/. Volunteer. Japan Club. Stoner. >Short Bio: An expert in tracking in its varying forms. Yamaguchi is also a gifted intellect, pilot, and world class marksman. His great- great grandmother was world class super heroine, but died in Japan shortly before the war closed. He’s the first of his family to have super powers since, a returned blessing he takes very seriously. Otherwise a very light hearted guy, who doesn’t take much seriously. >Motivations: Loves all things guns, has a soft spot for old cowboy shooters, collecting and shooting them in his leisure time. >Secret or Hidden Info: Him and his shrine guardian spirit dogs are huge perverts. The dogs will go around molesting people if left unattended, sometimes even when attended.

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>Name: Corey Lang >Aliases: Flash Point >Birthplace/Origin: San Francisco, California >Powers: Control Light Waves. Invisibility while exposed to light. >Occupation: Highschool Student, 2nd year. >Cliques: Anime. Computers. Asian American Super Heroes. >Short Bio: Adopted from a San Francisco orphanage by an older WM/AF couple, they were shocked when he turned out to be a mutant some years later. Corey felt nothing but love his whole life; until his parents sent him and his sister to a boarding school for super heroes and immediately got a divorce and moved to different corners of the globe. At least he got a 500sq ft apartment in San Fran to share with his sister? Yay??? >Motivations: Become a superhero like he always dreamed. Try and stay close with his adopted parents. Maybe find his biological parents. >Secret or Hidden Info: Corey’s parents know everything. Its all a conspiracy. Their job is done. The sex wasn’t that great.

>Name: Kimberly Richards >Aliases: Meld >Birthplace/Origin: San Francisco, California >Powers: Can turn into a cloud of smoke. Can read peoples minds, and connect their thoughts/senses. Low level super stamina & strength. >Occupation: High School Student, First Year >Cliques: AP. Volleyball. Water Volleyball. anime. Computers. >Short Bio: Coreys Sister, also adopted, but supposedly from Vietnam. She was never as comfortable as Corey growing up, and always felt like there was something hidden from even her perceptive mind. The fact that she was as surprised as corey about their parents split bothers her. She didn’t even get a hint that they had been accepted to the school until they told! Doesn’t care about her biological parents. >Motivations: Want to meet new people, join new hobbies. >Secret or Hidden Info: HMMM. They adopted two super kids??? What a coincidence. The sex wasn’t that great, but there was a lot of it.

>Name: Evan Alto >Alias: Echo >Birthplace/Origin: New Mexico/Secret Villain Laboratory >Powers: Super-hearing, sound manipulation >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Music/band geeks, loner >Short bio: Was kidnapped during a very young age and got experimented upon by a mad scientist type villain, which gave him his powers. Escaped when said lab got raided by superheroes, got picked up and taken care of by one of the school's female staff and ended up enrolling when he's old enough. >Motivations: trying to find biological parents, finding a friend with similar interests in music >Secret or hidden info: the mad scientist was his biological father, and his biological mother was a former opera singer who died giving birth to Evan, and whose death drove his father mad

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>Name: Ashley Ramirez >Aliases: Ashley R. , Gossip Queen >Birthplace/Origin: Miami Florida >Powers: Powerful Telepathy, Minor Telekinesis >Occupation: Student (Senior) >Cliques: Prep, Cheerleader, School Newspaper, any group with active drama. >Short Bio: Despite the fact that students aren't required to wear power dampers at school, Ashley R. usually wears hers, unless she's actively training. She's a gossip lover and being able to read minds "spoils it." Nothing is worse then finding out the juicy gossip you got is 100% fake or true. It takes away the mystery and excitement. She used to work on the school newspaper, but has been missing more and more meetings after her salacious gossip column was canceled. >Motivations: Gossip, shopping, gossip. >Secret or Hidden Info: Home life isn't great. Parents are separated and we'll probably divorce soon. Spends as much time at friends homes as possible.

>Name: Riley Roux >Aliases: The Psychic Detective >Birthplace/Origin: Queens, New York >Powers: Telepathy >Occupation: Student >Cliques: School Newspaper, but on polite terms with just about everybody >Short Bio: Riley uses her powers and wits to solve mysteries, thefts, and crimes, sometimes for cash, sometimes to prove nothing is unsolvable. >Motivations: The thrill of cracking a case, and also cash. >Secret or Hidden Info: Has a lot of dirt on a lot of people, and works hard not to give away information that could harm people if they don't deserve it.

>Name: Mariam Black >Aliases: Laguna >Birthplace/Origin: Long Island, New York >Powers: Amphibious. Size Growth. Super Human Speed. Bewitch- ing Song. Regeneration (while submerged). Super Senses (electrore- ception)(Post-cognition)(While Submerged). Speak with Aquatic Life. >Occupation: Highschool Student, Third Year >Cliques: Water Sports. Theatre. Choir. Occult. Cultural Studies. Student Body Government. >Short Bio: Born to an affluent family, the youngest of 5 sisters, Ma- riam was the apple of her family’s eye, the center of their own little world. Until sister number 6 came and ruined it all. Whatever. She was still the perfect sister, so what if she was a mutant? She was still prettiest of her sisters, the smartest of her sisters, the most physically gifted of her sisters... of anyone really. Years later and Miriam still thinks no one can compare. Not her sisters, not her peers, no one can

30 hold a candle to her. It’s so obvious it doesn’t have to be said. She’s fine being the biggest fish in her own little pond, in any pond, and even here among young supers, Miriam hasn’t lost an ounce of whatever it is she’s so full of. Quick to point out rude or improper behavior. Laughs off most insults. >Motivations: Getting presents. Getting praises. Getting compliments. >Secret or Hidden Info: She runs into a lot of things out in the deep, or things run into her. She knows any- thing that goes on in the waters. Likes to swim in the nude.

>Name: Maria Cruise >Aliases: The Editor >Birthplace/Origin: Hoboken, NJ >Powers: Minor Super Strength, Minor reaction speed boost, Minor Physical Resistance, Telepathy(Empath only) >Age: 17 (Junior) >Occupation: Student, Head of the School Newspaper >Cliques: School Newspaper, Legacy, Heroes >Short Bio: Maria is a legacy, she inherited weaker versions of both her parent's powers. Like several other students, Journalism is a passion of hers. She always seemed to be scooped by Quandary and TPD but was out there hunting stories with the rest of them. When the Senior in charge of the paper graduated, the role of editor fell to her, and the stress of it has been getting to her. While she doesn't get to pursue her stories often, he powers as an empath help her put the screws to informants and read a room. >Motivations: "Pictures sell Papers" currently trying to recruit new/better photogra- phers for the High School paper. >Secret or Hidden Info: Has a major crush on Quandary. So far, her minor psychic powers have kept her from tipping her hand to anyone. She's afraid romance with an- yone in the paper will ruin their working relationship. Still, she longs to hang out with Quandry, alone in his RV, maybe even without the mask...

>Name: Roger Slaughter >Aliases: Pendragon >Birthplace/Origin: Redmond, Washington >Powers: Inheritance (super powered arcane suit)(artifact). Melee Combat Expert. >Occupation: High School Student, Second Year. >Cliques: AP. Prep. Student Body Government. >Short Bio: The 11th Pendragon, Roger inherited the suit from his older brother, who died of an apparent suicide. Every Pendragon has died a bloody death, but suicide is unheard of, and unfortunately Roger hadn’t seen his brother in years, and so had no clue as to what the circumstances were besides the scribbled police report and barely legible coroner report. No one else has spoke about the happenings around his brother, who had left the public eye just 2 years before, now 4 years ago. Roger simply assumed he was lying low or undercover, and truthfully didn’t know his older brother very well, as he was much older then him and left the house when he was young.

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Soon after, his father died and left the suit to Rogers brother, and that was that. >Motivations: Fulfill his duties as a Pendragon.

>Name: Nora Mueller >Aliases: Legion >Birthplace/Origin: Essen, Germany >Age: 14 >Powers: Superpower boosting presence (ie in others), superpower mimicry >Occupation: Exchange Student (Freshman) >Cliques: Several sports teams, exchange student >Short Bio: Born as a second generation super into a military family her parents had her training from an early age to follow their footsteps and join the special forces one day. Her ever increasing power and range and lack of control over it turned her into a walking hazard at times. Her parents sought out principal Rothgow for help who took her in, assuring them the school was well equipped for such cases. Her usually cheerful demeanor took a hit due to change in environment and heaving to speak a foreign language but is thankful for her parents quitting their jobs and moving with her. They've joined a superhero agency since they value teamwork highly. >Motivations: Competing, learning her powers, making friends, gaining personal independence and establish- ing own goals >Secret or Hidden Info: Even though she shares her parents sense of justice she does not want to join the mili- tary. Recently the idea of becoming a sports teacher after being a hero first has crept up on her. She has not told her parents yet

>Name: Samantha Hernandez >Aliases: Jewel >Birthplace/Origin: Tampa, Florida >Powers: Nullify Others Powers. Redirect others powers. Superhuman dura- bility. >Occupation: High School Student, Graduating Class >Cliques: Burnouts. Stoners. >Short Bio: Unofficially voted most likely to be a supervillain. Jewels a bit of a petty bitch, and has been known to fly off the handle in violent and ex- treme ways for little to no reason. Destructive and unpredictable. In class she’s as quiet as a church mouse. Everywhere else, she can’t shut up. >Motivations: as far as anyone knows, all Jewel wants to do is hard drugs and acts of violence. Preferably before/during/after lots of equally drug in- fused violent sex. >Secret or Hidden Info: Jewel has a raging god complex, taking the powers of other supers and then beating them to death like a stray animal makes her feel alive like nothing else.

>Name: Fritzli "Fritz" Stadler >Aliases: Blizzard >Birthplace/Origin: Switzerland >Powers: Can't control the cold, instead can rapidly increase the cold in his surrounding area. His own body does not give out heat unless desired. >Occupation: Student

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>Cliques: Nerds, Preps >Short Bio: Was found by the swiss government. Send to the school as a test program for further swiss stu- dents. Speaks French, German and Italian. >Motivations: Want to finish school and study at a good university >Secret or Hidden Info: Is from a major city, does not have any connection to the mountains. Never got close to a cow. Actually, just want to work at his father company (construction)

>Name: Bristol Payne >Aliases: Mountain Nymph (later: Summit Faerie) >Birthplace/Origin: ????, Alaska >Powers: Control Plant Life (mostly pines). Summon an avenging guardian. Superhuman Durability. Weaken Nearby Creatures. Lower ambient heat & humidity. Does not need to eat, breath, or sleep. Immune to psychic shenanigans and magic attacks on the mind. >Occupation: High School Student, First Year. >Cliques: /out/. Marksmanship. >Short Bio: Doesn’t need to eat. On a carnivore diet. Most plants she grows are tinged red, and stink of corpses. >Motivations: Tranquility, peace & quiet. Hurting liars, cheaters. Improve her powers. >Secret or Hidden Info: Is on the cusp, struggling to learn how to extend her supernatural gifts and immunities to others. Frequently abuses performance enhancing drugs to for the extra edge in her long personal training sessions.

>Name: Michael Wyss >Aliases: Shotgun >Birthplace/Origin: Germany >Powers: Can absorb object in total up to 15% of his body mass. Can move them around his body freely. By cutting his finger tips he can rapidly fire off small metal balls (he has saved earlier) from his bloodstreams >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Soccer fan, Car fanatic >Short Bio: A brother of 4, his mother is a president of a small bank, his father stay at home for his 2 brothers. He was sent to the school as he bugged his family for a long while to control his power. Not fat nor particularly thin which doesn't help his powers. >Motivations: Controlling his power. Getting a gf >Secret or Hidden Info: His body sometimes absorbs object automatically when he is nervous. Happened every time he talked to a girl. His body currently contains 2 watches, 1 pen and 1 ring he really needs back. Luckily the ejection didn't occur when he is emotional. Unfortunately he does eject objects; the family hamster got shot through the wall with some metal bullets while he was masturbating in the bathroom.

>Name: Warren "Ren" Langford >Aliases: Red Demon >Birthplace/Origin: Detroit, Michigan >Powers: Draws strength from the Earth, the heat of the planet and the energy from the movement of tectonic plates, to release that energy as bursts of strength or bursts of force. Supposedly, it has something to do with ley lines and Chinese geomancy. This is his own explanation, and there are a lot of holes in it.

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>Occupation: Student >Cliques: Weebs, black weebs, kung-fu fans, gamers (both video games and card games), hero fans >Short Bio: Warren's powers emerged not long after his birth, and concerned his parents to the point of asking a lot of people what do about them before he accidentally blew the roof off the house. Learning martial arts served as a good lesson for figuring out how to use his powers along with his body, and turning into a weeb along the way encouraged him to take up swordsmanship as well. >Motivations: Bring pride to his community by returning as a hero >Secret or Hidden Info: Moonlights as a vigilante and is in the process of combating a group selling guns to street gangs. Also, only his dad is black. His mom's white. He isn't hiding it, but it's hardly the first thing he says about himself.

>Name: Zack Green >Aliases: Dopple >Birthplace/Origin: Boston >Powers: ability to copy the powers and appearance of nearby people (always on), condition equalization with the copied person >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Theater kids, sports teams, the LARPers >Short Bio: Zack was a fairly normal kid one day, he woke up the carbon copy of his sister, and was never able to change back. His copy ability lets him become a copy of an individual within around thirty feet, and maintain this copy until he picks a new target. Never entirely comfortable in his own skin, has to keep using his power to stop others from being uncomfortable seeing themselves or their friends acting weird, just wants have a body of his own. >Motivations: Graduate, become a hero, find somebody willing to share their shape. Maybe a stable relation- ship. >Secret or Hidden Info: Has an offer to take on the shapes of other people around the school for a variety of purposes, some illicit and some criminal. Doesn't want to do it, but the money's tempting.

>Name: Ethan Smith >Aliases: Taker >Birthplace/Origin: Milwaukee, Wisconsin >Powers: Immortality/Resurrection, steals the powers of whoever he was touching when dying. Current stolen powers: Enhanced re- flexes and luck >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Involved with several cliques, but his interactions with them are a result of coincidences and his own willing to talk to whoever approaches him >Short Bio: A bystander that was caught up in the middle of a clash between a mildly famous superhero team and a local group of supervillains, Ethan died in the arms of a hero that was trying to carry him away from the fight. Ethan's first death was caused by a stray laser beam that turned his head (as well as the hero's right shoulder and arm) into ashes. The hero, named Fluke, survived because of his enhanced luck, which he lost along with his super reflexes when Ethan came back to life an hour later. Fluke was forced to retire from being a hero because of his power loss and injury, and Ethan managed to get out of all of this scot-free, although just

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>Name: Jack Carter >Aliases: Mute >Birthplace/Origin: Midwest >Powers: Selective Sound Dampening, enhanced hearing >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Any and all, popular >Short Bio: A regular student, a hard worker, and an all-around popular guy. An average upper-middle class kid who woke up with superpowers and decided to use them to their utmost. Tends to offend people on acci- dent, but always apologizes and tries to make up for it. >Motivations: Build up social power, graduate from hero academy to build up credibility, establish a heroic identity, have fun >Secret or Hidden Info: He's a manipulative psychopath, is currently gaslighting several younger students. Will likely attempt murder at some point to "shake things up". Will almost certainly get away with it, multiple times.

>Name: Richard Unger >Aliases: Bad Day >Birthplace/Origin: Achen, Germany >Powers: Rotten Luck: generates misfortune field around self while unhappy >Occupation: Delinquent >Cliques: Delinquents, Counselors >Short Bio: When it rains it pours, Richard usually makes it to school in the morning without anything going wrong, but once something unfortunate does happen the next one is right around the corner. Tries to stay positive, really does. Takes mild antidepressants. Smoker >Motivations: Just wants to get through the day with no hiccups, just once. Maybe a girlfriend >Secret or Hidden Info: Can actually target Rotten Luck's effect on people but is terrified of becoming a villain. Desperate for GF with good luck powers

>Name: Marcus Wade >Aliases: Kid Atomic >Birthplace/Origin: In the future of another dimension >Powers: Super strength, flight, steel skin, laser eyes >Occupation: Student, part time model >Cliques: None, hangs out with anyone he wants >Short Bio: Sent to this time/dimension on a secret mission to save the world >Motivations: Be recognized as a hero, sleep with many female students >Secret or Hidden Info: is actually a clone of a well-known supervillain created as a backup body

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>Name: Kayla Butler >Aliases: Voodoo Idol >Birthplace/Origin: Snailsville, Georgia >Powers: Protection Aura. Low level Weakening Aura. Damage sharing (herself + those protected by her defensive aura as well as those not protected but within a certain distance). High level superhuman Durability. Low Level Healing (only wounds that have been shared with someone else). >Occupation: High School Student, First Year >Cliques: Occult. Stoners. >Short Bio: Kayla suffers from a mutation in her nerve endings, causing her to have a lower pain threshold hold and a heightened sensitivity, as well as a low seemingly constant sourceless pain. She’s not exactly quiet about it all either. >Motivations: Curse people who call her “Tyrannosaurus Hex”, or worse “Hot Topic T-Rex”. Lose some weight. Stop hurting so much. >Secret or Hidden Info: She’s always had the ability to reduce harm or share this uncomfortable feeling empathetically, but these power have become much more sinister and dramatic since her discovery of a few black magic books hidden away in one of her grandmothers properties she had been hired to clean out over the summer. Her grandmas always scared her a little.

>Name: Brandon Durand >Aliases: Pack Master >Birthplace/Origin: ????, Montana >Powers: Regeneration. Turn skin to steel. Transform into a vaguely werewolf-like monster (High super strength/speed/senses). When he makes this transformation, he can force others to suffer a similar metamorphosis, so long as they can hear his howl. Compulsion (Anyone Transformed sees him as their rightful leader). >Occupation: High School Student, Junior. >Cliques: Jocks. AP. Marksmanship. Bible Study. >Short Bio: Brandon’s a light and pretty cheerful guy, who loves to travel, meet new people, shake their hands and have a drink. Never gets carded because he’s built like a Greek god and a Sasquatch had a baby and put milk in its creatine. Loves hiking, hunting, and working out. >Motivations: Physical Fitness. Partying. Religion. >Secret or Hidden Info: Brendon’s Power only amplifies natural capability, so he always has to stay in shape if he wants to slug it out with the best of the best. He loves exercise and is a bit of a health freak, so he handles it better than most. While in wolf form, your intelligence and overall cognitive function are greatly reduced. Brandon’s smarter than he looks, but for some people this can reduce them to animal levels or less. He still does it to from time to time fuck with people.

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>Name: Courtney Reid >Aliases: Gladitoria, “Crowd Pleaser” >Birthplace/Origin: Essex, Ontario (Canada). >Powers: Superhuman Reactions. Supernatural proficiency with any weapon used in melee. Regeneration. Acidic Blood. Cursed Blades. Enchanted Armor (Super Speed, Precognition, Improved Mag- netism/Charisma). >Occupation: Highschool Student, Freshman. >Cliques: Prep. Jocks. Mechanics. >Short Bio: Known for her bad attitude and better than you look. Though not the first superhuman in her fam- ily, she is by far the most gifted, and the first to get into such a prestigious academy, she comes from an other- wise fairly humble background. Actually, a fairly sweet fun-loving girl once you get to know her, just abrasive with a condescending expression. The blades and armor were a gift (from a VERY generous donor). >Motivations: Loves combat sports. Hates being touched. Like hanging out and not working or studying. >Secret or Hidden Info: It’s not her blades that are cursed. Wounds dealt by Courtney’s hands simply refuse to heal, progressively worsening while turning blood to tar. Whether a scratch from her pinky nail a bruiser from a binder. Her angry face and short temper are just (err, mostly) the symptoms of her constant awareness and con- centrated suppression of her powers. She slowly but surely learning how to control this supernatural ability, even to the point of reversing the havoc it causes on the human body. Once she does she’ll get into sparring fully instead of just observing and doing solo work (or skipping class). Despite being a pretty fit girl, her cardio is terrible and frequently falls ill.

>Name: Luke Halfthor >Aliases: Haus, Tank, Brick, Fridge >Birthplace/Origin: Mobile, Alabama >Powers: Super Strength and Toughness >Occupation: Student, Super Senior >Age: 21 >Cliques: Jocks >Short Bio: Luke is your stereotypical meathead jock. He's big enough to be intimidating even if it wasn't for the superpowers and has sent football play- ers from other schools to the hospital even with his dampener on. He's merci- less on and off the field, usually following Hogan or other Jocks around and acting like a bruiser. Voted most likely to be a henchman 3 years in a row. Rumor has it that this is the last year he can be held back, and that Painkiller had been holding him back for non-academic reasons. >Motivations: Bullying the weak, Graduating >Secret or Hidden Info: Luke is gay, but is repressing the fact, unwilling to admit it even to himself. He also has wanted to try out for Drama and Music clubs but is afraid to look "too faggy" in front of the other jocks. He can sometimes be caught singing in the locker room showers when he thinks no one is around. He develops fas- cinations with other boys easily, but they are always expressed as bullying and violence.

>Name: Milton Scofield >Aliases: Blindash >Birthplace/Origin: London England >Powers: Able to instantly dash to any point in his line of sight, avoiding any obstacles and generating a flash

37 of light that can blind those who looked directly at it for a ew seconds. The flash can also cause burns to those who touch him when he finishes or starts a dash. Unlimited stamina and slightly superhuman physical condition >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Preps and some normie groups too >Short Bio: Milton is the first one in his family to develop superpowers, however, this nevr caused him any sort of problems. Even when he accidentally burned his younger brother a little, his family was understanding and knew that his powers were weird and alien to him too. So he set out to learn not only how to control them but also how to put them to good use. Currently dating Bloodrush. >Motivations: Having a part of him that he can't really understand or fully control never sit right with Milton. He still feels a lot of unease when thinking about having to face supervillain, but being surrounded by other stu- dents with powers has been helping him a lot with getting used to interacting with other superpowered individu- als >Secret or Hidden Info: A part of him still is scared that his powers may render someone permanently blind one day, and wants of his abilities gone or toned down.

>Name: Leah Rowe >Aliases: Ember >Birthplace/Origin: Blaine, Minnesota >Powers: Can generate blasts of embers that, instead of setting things on fire cause their target to skip the burning steps and are in- stantly turned into ash, melted, or whatever the result of long expo- sure to extreme fire or heat would be. She can also switch into a form made from the same embers, with superhuman strength, speed and flight. Switching between her two forms heals her >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Used to be a normie at first, now has been interacting with the other cliques, specially nerds and preps >Short Bio: Leah has always been a strong willed young lady with an equally strong sense of justice, so when she discovered her powers the first thing that came to her mind was becoming a superhero of course. However, she is also incredibly hotheaded, and her parents struggled to convince her to join the school instead of becom- ing a vigilante >Motivations: To become a top tier superhero, apparently. >Secret or Hidden Info: A part of her also wishes to settle down and live a normal live at some point, feeling that this is equally important as being a hero, at least for her. Has a crush on Mute, and somehow her hotheaded- ness goes away when he is present.

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>Name: Andrew Robinson >Aliases: Timeout >Birthplace/Origin: Victoria, British Columbia >Powers: Andrew can stop time, without range limit or restrictions for how long he can keep it frozen. The cooldown of his power however is equal to how long he kept time stopped. Immune to other time-based powers >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Nerds and some normies >Short Bio: Andrew never had any problem fitting in, however, he never got as close to his friends as he could have had. After the first manifestation of his superpower and joining the school, he felt that maybe his powers would also help him bond with his classmates and maybe build some long-lasting friendships. Using his powers to copy during exams or cheat in other ways is really tempting, but he hasn't succumbed so far >Motivations: To fit in in the young superhero scene >Secret or Hidden Info: Is really athletic, but doesn't feel like being with the jocks and sporty groups is the right place for him. Probably has mild autism

>Name: Daniel Miller >Aliases: Resolve >Birthplace/Origin: Anchorage, Alaska >Powers: Daniel has high tier superhuman physical condi- tion that only manifests itself when he has a defined goal in mind. This includes immense strength, speed, reflexes, stamina, invulnerability, healing and even immunity to psy- chic and damage-inducing powers. He can be further em- powered by how much he as well as others believe in him- self >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Nerds and normies >Short Bio: Daniel's self-esteem is low enough that his powers don't manifest half of the time, and when they do they are not half as strong as they should be. He is a crybaby and it's almost as if his mind worked against his will to keep him that way. This has been identified as a result of his power rather than a normal psychological condition, and thus there is no known treatment >Motivations: To overcome the weakness that his power imposes on him >Secret or Hidden Info: The only thing that keeps him from being bullied is the raw power he can display at certain times. Likes to watch Gladitoria from afar, and probably likes her.

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>Name: Josh Baker >Aliases: Jaws >Birthplace/Origin: Hilo, Hawaii >Powers: Josh has the physiology or a hu- manoid great white shark, with super strength, durability, regeneration and a bit- ing force even greater than normal great white sharks. He is empowered by water, be- coming more powerful when wet or near large bodies of it, boosting all of his abili- ties. He also has tinkering intuition that al- lows him to build gadgets that, when not outright defying the laws of physics, look like things that could come from a sci fi world >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Nerds, swimming club >Short Bio: His mutation kicked in one day, making him lose most of his cognitive abilities and rendering him unable to speak, and he was targeted as a villain because of this and his appearance. After being on the run for a few weeks he was finally able to regain most of his reasoning skills and gather enough resources to modify him- self to be able to talk again. He deeply regrets the things he did while on the run, even if he can't remember al- most anything from the time. He knows that he was little more than a monster in mind and body at the time, and feels like now that he is himself again he may be able to be of use to society. A part of him knows that this may not bring back what he ahd destroyed on his rampage, or the lives he may have taken, but he still hopes in vain >Motivations: A futile effort to just do good, hoping to repay the world because of the damage he caused to many others >Secret or Hidden Info: He has a pet clownfish named Bruce. >Name: Rodger Roman >Aliases: Vegas >Birthplace/Origin: Texas, Houston >Powers: It changes every morning whether he sleeps or not, it potential includes any kind but commonly is teleportation or an extreme physical enhancement from super speed or du- rability >Occupation: Student >Cliques: He tries to meet anyone halfway, he considers anyone fair game for friend but doesnt go after groups in particular. >Short Bio: His powers developed with him in middle school but didn't seem to notice his latent powers until he teleported the family car out of a crash. >Motivations: Understanding his powers, he suspects it has to do something with his mental state and the crash caused the teleportation to "stick". >Secret or Hidden Info: He is a stand user, his stands name is Do It Again

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>Name: Angeline Davis >Aliases: Seraph >Birthplace/Origin: Jueau, Alaska >Powers: Flight. Can manipulate light turning it into tangible constructs but can only generate it in small amounts. Can heal others through touch. Generate fire that cannot be put down unless she wills it but cannot extend to other things be- yond the main target. Power manipulation that she has yet to train and develop >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Mostly the left out group that doesn’t join with any other group in particular >Short Bio: A bit of a tomboy, she does feel comfortable with her powers, but also has some sort of fear of interacting with the powers of others to train her own power manipulation ability. Her other abilities besides this one are already at their peak, and cannot be developed further in strength alone, so she mostly trains her skill with them >Motivations: She doesn't have any predisposition for evil acts, and can be said that she is genuinely good natured, but so far she doesn't feel like becoming a su- perhero is the right thing for her. Only joined the school because it's what most superpowered youths do >Secret or Hidden Info: None at all. She is really honest and open about everything.

>Name: Justin Rifford >Aliases: Fade to Black >Birthplace/Origin: New Orleans/Bloodline Awakening >Powers: Minor memory manipulation, Justine can literally cause everyone in the area around him to "fade to black", causing them to lose their memories for about fifteen minutes. Anyone effected by this vaguely remem- bers what happens during the lost time, with the exception of Justin who remembers everything perfectly. Also, Justin can freely manipulate what actions occurred during this lost time. While powerful, Justin becomes ex- ceedingly exhausted the more he uses his powers; as of today he can only use it four times before passing out. >Occupation: 3rd Year Student. >Cliques: Goths >Short Bio: Originally discovering his powers, his dad used his unique abilities to sway board meetings at his company in his favor. It wasn't until he was discovered by a rival company's Esper before anyone was the wiser, causing for his father to either choose immediate termination or for his son to be removed from his business. He was transferred to boarding school and monitored ever since. >Motivations: Wants to master his power to use it more often, as well as eventually become a powerful busi- nessman. >Secret or Hidden Info: He is being monitored constantly by school faculty due to his abilities, for fear of constant cheating and social manipulation. Many of the teachers do not trust him, and often have tricks such as setting up hidden timers or having outside observers monitoring to prevent him from cheating.

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>Name: Eliot Smith >Aliases: Thunderbird >Birthplace/Origin: Brooklyn, NYC >Powers: Electrokinesis, can give himself limited enhanced strength, speed and durability by extension ; karate black belt >Occupation: Student, second year >Cliques: strong fighters among students and faculty >Short Bio: Awakened his powers at the start of puberty, certified martial arts genius and one of the best fighters in the school. So far no students as ever claimed or been seen beat him 1v1 ; he’s even capable to somewhat keep up with faculty like Mr Hughes and Green Burst. Rumors say that he has been contacted by local hero teams as a potential recruit and that he’s the boss of the school’s semi-clandestine student underground fighting club (no- body knows why the principal doesn’t seem to pressed to crack down on him). In terms of personality, he’s a cheerful nice kid, but he’s also known for his sizable pride in his spot in the school’s elite, and to get too into it when he fights, and tho he will not do anything actually hurtful to maintain the relative secrecy around his school underground endeavors, but he will not hesitate to leverage his reputation in order to get what he wants if he thinks it is the only solution. >Motivations: To become the world’s next great superhero >Secret or Hidden Info: The rumors about him being scouted and the underground fighting club are true. About the latter, he actually received the principal’s unofficial blessings; nobody knows how the hell Eliot con- vinced Painkiller to turn a blind eye, but some say that one of the reasons was to help nurture the students’ abil- ity to use their superpowers in combat situations. Eliot is himself the number 1 of the fight ring’s leaderboard ever since its formation and has remained so far undefeated. Has Native American ancestry. Choose his code name after his tribe’s totem spirt.

>Name: Alexander Kova >Aliases: Meltdown >Birthplace/Origin: Moscow, Russia >Powers: Radiation powers. Can generate radiation and absorb it from other sources. Becomes empowered by it, and heals him and gives him sustenance >Occupation: Exchange student >Cliques: Exchange students >Short Bio: Quite the opposite from the strong blonde big Russian guy that people tend to imagine a superhuman from the motherland looks like. Alexander is thin, short, and his face has radiation burn scars from the time his powers manifested, since he developed resistance to radi- ation after the power to generate it appeared. He covers his face with an old gas mask >Motivations: Joined the school as a exchange student. Wants to learn to control his power to help with energy source investigations rather than becoming a hero >Secret or Hidden Info: He is constantly focusing a bit to keep him from irradiating his surroundings. Could turn into a nuke if he truly let himself loose.

>Name: Jon Glennings >Alias: Hurricane J

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>Birthplace/Origin: Born somewhere in Africa, though raised in Georgia. >Powers: Electro, hydro, and aerokenesis. >Occupation: Second Year >Cliques: Weebs, Historians, Med Students >Short Bio: He mutated when he was six, demonstrating his amazing ability at a young age. Though this was followed by a hurricane to hit the coast, costing billions. As a result, his mom pushed for him to become a doc- tor instead of a hero, while his father opposed. This tore the couple apart, and Jon chose to jump from home to home. Currently lives near one of the school's campuses. Wears 80s clothes and lingo, and becomes unusually angry at insults towards either. >Motivations: To impress both of his parents. >Secret Info: Wears 80s clothes because he remembers his parents remembering the good days of the 80s. Sucks at med school, but he thinks his mom will want him dead if he chooses something else. Childhood left him with intense choice paralysis.

>Name: Adrianne Hall >Aliases: Bloodrush >Birthplace/Origin: Long Beach, New York >Powers: Control over her own blood, can turn it into blades and other tools. Can puppeteer herself to move at very high speeds and make maneuvers that would be otherwise impossible. Greatly en- hanced reflexes >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Track and field club >Short Bio: Taught to be a proper lady from a very young age, the appearance of her powers and her joining the school helped her broaden her in- terests. She still feels alright behaving like a noble lady, and is very feminine while keeping sports as her main hobby. Currently dating Blinddash >Motivations: Developing her abilities. Has been considering becoming a hero, but is still a bit unsure >Secret or Hidden Info: She could potentially extend her control over blood to others, but is afraid of messing up and potentially killing someone.

>Name: Rob Wright >Aliases: Seconds >Birthplace/Origin: Stamford, CT >Powers: Time recursion. Rob can edit the last 8 seconds of time, generating a new time- line at will. Limited super speed, limited super stamina, limited super invulnerability. >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Drama kids, Smokers, Gamers >Short Bio: Rob began to realize that he could edit his life when he was twelve. It wasn't until he was fourteen that he began to realize that every edit removed him further from his original timeline and the (original) people he loves. He's trying to figure out if there's a way to do it without this unintended side effect. >Motivations: Master his power, figure out how to have a relationship without editing.

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>Secret or Hidden Info: Rob has edited several accidental pregnancies of Alisa's out of the timeline they cur- rently exist in, although he's worried this has allowed her bad habits to flourish. Rob is also closer to 18 than he is to the 15 his ID says he is after all the editing he's done. He's very far ahead of his classes.

>Name: Noelle Johnson >Aliases: POTION SELLER (nickname among students)/Alkahest (official) >Birthplace/Origin: Northern California >Powers: Creation of Supertech Drugs (medical and not); enhanced intellect >Occupation: Student, recurrent troublemaker >Cliques: The loners, shady students, Chemathon, any other science competitions she can join >Short Bio: One of the problem students of Super High, not because of villainous tenden- cies but due to her lack of respect for school policy. A near narcissist or a self-improve- ment mindset, depending on who's talking - she recognizes that she's not that great yet, but works tirelessly to beat the other superscientist around. >Motivations: Become the greatest superscientist ever, figure out how to evade drug scanners reliably, make stacks of cash selling her creations to students on the down low. >Secret or Hidden Info: Beyond replication of mundane drugs and the creation of mira- cle 'healing injections', adrenaline shots with no side effects, and other temporary but im- pressive materials, she's capable of creating permanent changes, though it's much harder. Finding test subjects for her more advanced concoctions (like replicated super soldier se- rums, mutagen compounds, biotech implants, and worse) is harder, though, so she's kept that side of her work hidden. Mostly.

>Name: Christina Ishikawa (generally goes by Chris) >Aliases: Starlight >Birthplace/Origin: Shibuya ward, Tokyo >Powers: Hands project luminous wave/particles somewhat resembling space dust that can be fo- cused into powerful and destructive beams or wo- ven into optical illusions (she isn't good enough at them to do that yet, though) >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Musicians, band-geeks, theatre kids >Short Bio: A biracial girl (mom is white, dad is Japanese) who immigrated to America with her family. Her power kicked into high-gear when she hit puberty. After accidentally cutting her old school's gym in half, she agreed to enroll in a hero school to learn to control her powers, if only to avoid accidentally killing someone someday. Spirited and high- energy, she can make friends with nearly anyone. She likes music and mixing samples into songs, and she has a fast-growing social media presence as an up-and-coming EDM artist. >Motivations: Growing her brand, managing to use her powers without destroying anything (makes a fun light- show for school dances), landing a sweet gig (she'd settle for being the DJ at the homecoming dance, or at prom) >Secret or Hidden Info: She slacks off sometimes because she's afraid of trying her best and still failing.

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>Name: Jakob Ettenmann >Aliases: Nadelmann, Needleman >Birthplace/Origin: Berlin, Germany >Powers: Can protrude wooden needles out from his body and cover his body in a needle-"shield". Genius-level intelligence >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Exchange Students, Nature enthusiasts, Math-nerds >Short Bio: Growing up in Berlin, Jakob always felt out of place being much more attracted to nature and books than his peers, and could often be found hiking in the German countryside. His powers coupled with his ge- nius-level intellect were what set him apart and granted him a scholarship. >Motivations: Discovering the function of powers and how they work, correlating superpowers with biology. >Secret or Hidden Info: He's currently working with a German neo-Nazi group in an attempt to develop superpowers and kidnap students to fuel the research.

>Name: Jeremy Waltz >Aliases: The Gardener >Birthplace: Chicago >Powers: Power Gifting/Growing (Can design/ create any power given enough time and study of other Super- powers in his vicinity. Can only gift powers to others not himself). Immune to power manipulation and psychic influence >Occupation: Student/ Gas Station Worker >Cliques: None >Short Bio: He grew up in a pretty normal family until his parents divorced because of an affair. With his fam- ily torn in half, he was forced to pick up the slack from a failing parent and thus moved into a poor neighbor- hood. A gang lead by a Super resided there and one of his siblings went to join thinking that the family will get protection. Long story short, Jeremy ends up killing the 2nd in command because the guy tried raping his sister and just before they were both killed his powers activated and with the power surge, he gifted his sister powers so they could escape. Joined the school after that, feeling that he needs to master his ability Motivations: Making more heroes through his power gifting abil- ity Secret Info: Technically not Superhuman, his power is a living plane of power that gifted him the title of its "Gardener" and al- lows him to gift powers to others

>Name: Mike McGall >Aliases: Wildride >Birthplace/Origin: Manhattan >Age: 16 >Powers: Can turn into a large minotaur with super strength and

45 durability. Cannot be stopped when he starts moving, and can focus and dash, turning himself into an unstoppa- ble giant proyectile. Dashing really tires him >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Sport groups >Short Bio: Mike spent an entire year in his minotaur form before learning how to turn back into a human. Now, he feels that he had enough and likes to remain in that form only as much as he needs. He wants to put his power to use and aims to become a hero >Motivations: To become a superhero and maybe get over the unease that being trapped in his minotaur form for a year caused him >Secret or Hidden Info: when in minotaur form he can go berserk with ease, and the more frequent his trans- formations are, the more likely he is to have anger issues in his human form too

>Name: Brent Lewis >Aliases: Blaststar >Birthplace/Origin: Ohio >Age: 17 >Powers: Is made of an energy that is alien to this universe. Can shoot blasts that disintegrate anything that is not alive. To living organisms his blasts are only concussive. Has enhanced physical condition and no need for sustenance, from food and water to rest or air. >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Normies and that one group >Short Bio: Brent wears a special suit made by the science department that looks like a standard hazmat suit and can help neutralize his brightness and some minor energy waves he lets out when he is disracted. His personality is as bright as his body, and is a real bro to anyone who needs him >Motivations: Always admired superheroes and wants to become one too >Secret or Hidden Info: Wants to help Blind Dah deal with his light related issues, but since their powers are fundamentally different he really can't, which is making him feel bad

>Name: Chesnokov Ilya (Ilik) Yanovich >Aliases: Cherenkov >Birthplace/Origin: Somewhere in Russia >Powers: Minor physical improvements, connection with an unnamed exotic energy source stemming from Another Dimen- sion (used for future sight, telekinetic waves, "karmic vision", slow explosive "bubbles", density decreasing, and more odd functions). Also, is a bird. >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Libertarian Club, Metahuman Rights Foundation, Orchestra >Short Bio: The youngest son of a branch of birds mutated by exposure to radiation during the Cold War as part of Stalin's Super soldier program. Had to leave due to growing resentment in the population to non-human individuals, ended up liking America far more. Weapons nut, outspoken for individual free-

46 doms and limiting the power of the state, enjoys classical music. >Motivations: Protect the rights of all people, uphold Freedom and Justice, figure out life as a teenage birdman in a world with a severe lack of other bird people. >Secret or Hidden Info: Tends to be too violent for a successful hero, doesn't really care about those he hurts if they're "bad guys". Prefers to physically beat down his foes, doesn't trust his confusing and esoteric abilities, since they've failed him before.

>Name: Lawrence Jacobs >Aliases: Prodigy >Birthplace/Origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts >Powers: power mimicry >Occupation: student/sidekick >Cliques: student council >Short Bio: Son of The Protector, Lawrence is a 4th gen hero and the first to develop powers. He has been helping his his father protect citizens since he was 12. He pushes himself to be the best and help others be the best. >Motivations: to he the best he can be and to be a hero >Secret or Hidden Info: has developed PTSD from the things he has seen as a sidekick and the strict, border- line cruel, upbringing at home.

>Name: Elly “Doe” Moller >Aliases: Walker >Birthplace/Origin: ????, Appalachia. >Powers: Immortality. Regeneration. >Occupation: Student, First Year. >Cliques: /out/. Marksmanship. Stoners. >Short Bio: A daughter of poverty, Elly never thought anything of regularly starving to death just to wake up and walk alone through the endless hills of Appala- chia; Till her new family found her. Taught her everything right. How to read, how to shoot, how to scrap. She even found a name for herself! Got taken into protective custody about a year prior, and has been living on the campus for most of that time, half adopted by the school. A bit touched, but not as much as you would expect given her situation. >Motivations: Get a hot super husband to drag out to the mountains with her. Have 40 kids. Is thinking of trying out a sport for fun and friends, maybe volleyball. likes old action flicks and cartoons. Hurting people who call her Ginger Lurch. >Secret or Hidden Info: Ellys never had a family. Her earliest memories are of starving and dying over and over again. her first memory of people is getting tortured for about a year by a fleeing criminal she stumbled into. After that she would never get to close to people for too long again, even if her curiosity and human nature had her gravitate towards communities for days or even weeks at a time, she would always run back to the mountains eventually. Got run over by a car, leading to the discovery of her powers and the academy to take her into custody. Over the summer she’s spent there, she’s been convinced to give life at the school a fair shot. She named herself, over time, as need be and inspiration struck: A bra with a name written on it (Elly), the last name of unknown people, as seen on tv (Doe), the dog tags of a dead old man Elly found sitting up in a chair by a tree. took his gun and set herself free. Still has all of the above items (Moller). Having spent all summer in the

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>Name: Henry Helvin >Aliases: Navigator >Birthplace/Origin: Paris, Texas >Age: 16 >Powers: If he wants to go somewhere a path will manifest for him >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Normies, anyone that needs a path somewhere or lost something. >Short Bio: Goes out of his way to not assume based on looks in cases such as Defec- tive or former villains. Patient and not quick to take action but will lend a hand and lead people to where they need to be. >Motivations: Turn his power into more than a neat trick to find lost keys or wallets. >Secret or Hidden Info: His power can be used not to just divine but create routes to things. Be carefully who you call ugly in hero high school.

>Name: Julia Gomez >Aliases: Remote Control >Birthplace/Origin: New York, NY >Powers: Possession - she can control someone else's body by touching them and concentrating for about 30 seconds. When she does this, her body goes slack, and any damage it takes af- terwards will yank her back to her own body. While in an- other's body, she can use their powers, but with less control. The victim goes unconscious. Also she has strong (but not su- perhuman) reflexes. >Occupation: Student, 2nd Year >Cliques: Normies, Drama. >Short Bio: She seems very normal, other than her power, but in this world, even the "normal" could be very, very strange and dangerous characters. As long as she has told people about her ability, she has been avoided for it, so she does resent her ability for what it is. But she grew up as a poor city girl, and one who often found herself in trouble. She knows how to run, and how her ability can help her. She seems awkward in her own skin, but when she possesses someone, she has become skilled at taking on her victim's role, almost like acting, >Motivations: Finally make something good out of her ability, and become a famous and cool hero. >Secret or Hidden Info: She is genuinely an innocent, kind cinnamon bun most of the time, but she does snap

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>Name: Sue Herman >Aliases: Tec Whiz >Birthplace/Origin: California >Powers: Super intelligence, super poor social skills, super frail >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Nerds, weebs, ttrpgers >Short Bio: This boy named sue comes from California and dreams of joining the other California tec nerds after high school but this time with la- sers and hero gear >Motivations: learn as much super science and have good time with people who tolerate him >Secret or Hidden Info: Both of his parents are cool super villains and he is clueless despite their attempts to turn him from heroism.

>Name: Sonny Morrissey >Aliases: Water Works >Birthplace/Origin: New York, New York. >Powers: Turn himself and people he touches into water. Regeneration while in water form. >Occupation: High School Student, Third Year >Cliques: Nerds. Weirdos. >Short Bio: Sony’s had a hard run of it so far, from his first day of as school when he peed his pants, to his first day of high school where he got flushed down a toilet and they school spent a week looking for him. He’s trying his best, recently trying to affect and control water besides that which was formerly his body, as well as im- prove his size and strength while in water form. Recently joined some extracurricular water based team sports to try and branch out. Let’s see how it goes... >Motivations: Stop being such a crybaby. Be a little more confident. Get a hobby besides browsing reddit and anime fandom sites. >Secret or Hidden Info: Sonnys starting to snap, his control over his powers haven’t been improving and nei- ther has the way people have been treating him either.

>Name: Lucas Delaney >Aliases: Green Light >Birthplace/Origin: Jackson, Mississippi. >Powers: Super Speed >Occupation: High School Student, Second Year. >Cliques: AP. Track and Field. >Short Bio: Lucas has adapted to super school quite yet. While he loves seeing all the crazy powers and antics everybody has, he feels a bit put out not being the “special one” anymore like back when he is was at St. Marg- rets. To make matters worse, he hasn’t made a single true friend since his enrollment, and girls won’t give him the time of day!

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>Motivations: Get invited to a party. >Secret or Hidden Info: REALLY creepy. He’s known for being somewhat overbearing and popping up when unwanted, but for certain people he becomes obsessed with, he goes the extra mile. Compulsive liar.

>Name: Joyce Richards >Aliases: Minutiae >Birthplace/Origin: Richmond, Virginia >Powers: Illusions. Creation of Palm to human Sized Objects (Transmutation: Paper to Anything). >Occupation: High School Student, Third Year. >Cliques: Art. Stoners. >Short Bio: A sucker for jerks and assholes, Joyce has found so many at this school, she could choke! Doesn’t really like art that much. Is pretty good at it though. Works part time in the campus cafe. >Motivations: Hot guys. The badder the better. Get People to Stop talking behind her back and spreading her nudes. >Secret or Hidden Info: Getting over a cutting habit she had in middle school, covers the marks with Magic. Orphan.

>Name: James Warwick >Aliases: Pyrite >Birthplace/Origin: Cornwall, England >Age: 16 (12) >Powers: Barrier generation >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Normies, Student council for some reason >Short Bio: Having been raised by their mother practically on magical girl shows, Ghibli movies, and isolation this idiot learned about his powers at a young age. he's trying his best to learn how to master them so he can protect the world. >Motivations: protect the world from whatever threats may arise, also acquire friends. he needs friends badly. >Secret or Hidden Info: his "mother" did not give birth to him, he was an experiment to see if her power of creation could be passed on to an heir. he failed due to power degeneration. and this knowledge has murdered his self-esteem.

>Name: Marcus Smith >Aliases: Rock Salt (tentative) >Birthplace/Origin: Salt Lake City, Utah >Powers: Can Crystalize People & Objects, Turning them to Salt. Can control salt. >Occupation: Student, First Year. >Cliques: Bible Study. /out/. Music. >Short Bio: Youngest boy of 8 siblings, Marcus had no idea he had super powers until about 4 months ago. When he did, his family and the community did all they could to let him now how happy they were and secure his enrollment and future with a school so specialized in an area of education as delicate as that pertaining to a young super. Marcus still doesn’t know what to think. Also recently discovered he likes old rock. >Motivations: Be a good person! Make some friends??? >Secret or Hidden Info: Marcus is kind of small for his age, and not being the most adventurous kid, is a bit overwhelmed by all these changes, and the big dangerous world he’s entering. He’s positive about it all though!

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>Name: Lindsay Lee Steinacker >Aliases: High Note >Birthplace/Origin: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. >Powers: Amplify Sound Waves. >Occupation: Student, Freshmen >Cliques: Music. AP. Weirdos. >Short Bio: Growing up, Lindsey wanted nothing other than to be a hero, and much to the chagrin of her neighbors, she was born with the talent for it. So years later when her parents brought her the acceptance letter to such a well known school for supers, she should have been ecstatic! Should have been. Unfortunately, Lind- say had long since given up on her dreams of being a hero, even before she had given up on other things, like being tall, or owning pony. But now, here she is, stuck in this shitty school full of shitty kids who happen to be full of shitty super powers. All because she doesn’t want to waste all the effort her hard working (only kind of shitty) parents must have gone through to get her this. Lives in jeans and band tour date sweaters/sweatshirts. >Motivations: Finish class. Return to Dorm. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. Music Throughout. >Secret or Hidden Info: Lindsey had her confidence (and body) crushed around 9, after she became the target of a bully and fellow mutant. It all started when Lindsey saw the bully targeting another non-super kid, and stepped in to stop it, letting her know she was dealing with a hero. It didn’t end well for Lindsay. It didn’t end at all, and eventually, after that, other kids joined in on it too, saying how lame and stupid she was, and that she was never going to be a super anything, let alone a hero. She changed schools shortly after, but the events that had transpired and her emo phase killed all but the tiniest forgotten shred of the dreams she once had of being a hero. Plays a lot of video games. Open mic. Super competitive.

>Name: Lance Spencer >Aliases: Spinal Tap >Birthplace/Origin: Knoxville, Tennessee. >Powers: Power Nullification (Superhuman Durability, Contact). Super Strength. Super Human Durability. >Occupation: High School Student, Graduating Class. >Cliques: Jocks. >Short Bio: Born to a long line of national level ath- letes/All-American wrestlers, Laurence Spencer grow up surrounded by a culture of day in day out hard work and competition. When it became obvious he had super powers, that training just went in a new direction, and to new levels of intensity. Enjoys the opportunities given to him by the academy to flex his strength against other supers. >Motivations: Win sports ball. Defend title as #1 dominant wrestler in the school. Spar. Train. Slay poon. Get scouted someplace his powers can earn him a good life. >Secret or Hidden Info: Painfully naive and more than a little stupid. He’ll believe pretty much anything you tell him. His team tries to look out for him, when they’re not the ones fucking with him, but some people have figured this out and regularly take advantage of his ready and willing nature for their benefit.

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>Name: Sofia Lopez >Aliases: Melody, Banshee, Mimic >Birthplace/Origin: San Francisco >Age: 16 >Powers: Her Voice (Various effects) >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Popular Girls >Short Bio: Daughter of a Siren. Sofia is a born singer, pos- sessing a perfect voice for it. Her powers activated on the stage, thankfully, singing a gentle song. Upon finishing the song, she realized everybody in the room had fallen asleep. She has had a few accidents at the school. Raising her voice has shattered windows and singing certain songs can make people depressed or terrified. Once, someone jumped out to scare her, and her scream knocked out everyone around her and hospitalized herself. As such, when speaking normally, Sofia feels the need to whisper somewhat. She can also mimic the voices and sounds of others to perfection, using it to creep people out sometimes. >Motivations: Wishes to sing on stage without fear of harming others. Her gentle songs have made her music tutor cry with joy many times. >Secret or Hidden Info: She is very much capable of singing a death note. With her current control, however, it is just as likely to kill her as anyone else.

>Name: Ashley Johnson >Aliases: Ice Queen (junior), Cold Hearted Bitch (not to her face) >Birthplace/Origin: Tampa Bay Florida >Age: 18 >Powers: Invulnerability, Heat Absorption , Super Strength (relative to heat absorbed), Cold immunity, an al- most supernatural ability to find a person's insecurities. >Occupation: Student, Head Cheerleader >Cliques: Preps, Cheerleaders Jocks, Legacy >Short Bio: Ashley J. Inherited hey powers from her mother. Signs indicate that she will do surpass her mother in strength, a heroine who often makes the global "top ten" lists. She has always acted as a like a queen bee, and considered herself and Jack Hogan to be the Queen and King of the school. That is until Jack Broke up with her and started dating that ridiculous tin can Tina. She doesn't even have real boobs! She's been taking out her frustrations on the other students, bullying them, but never physically. The targets of her harassment would generally have preferred a quick beating in- stead. Passing comments in the hall are known to reduce students to tears, and often take days off school. >Motivations: Reassert dominance over the school. Find a new, hotter, more popular boyfriend >Secret or Hidden Info: She's an "extremophile" she loves freakish body types. Jaws, Defective, Golaxor, and

52 even Meltdown's burn scars do way more for her then abs and a pretty face. But to keep up appearances and maintain status she dates only the most conventionally attractive boys.

>Name: Cillian Fey >Aliases: VP, Ghostboy >Birthplace/Origin: Salem, MA >Age: 18 >Powers: Communication and Abjuration of the unrestful dead >Occupation: Student, student council vice president >Cliques: Student Council, popular kids, movie club >Short Bio: Cillian is overworked and underappreciated. He's successfully run 2 student president campaigns and expects to do so again after the latest prez graudated. There isn't a student as politically savvy as Cillian. >Motivations: Recognition, power, and achievements. >Secret or Hidden Info: Involved with the movie club. Really likes shitty ghost hunting shows. Doesn't actually want to be a politician, wants to make documentaries.

>Name: Dweezl Mandark >Aliases: Stalwart Defender (self), Nerd Hulk (everyone else) >Birthplace/Origin: Sheboygan, Wisconsin >Age: 15 >Powers: Ability to transform into an almost unstoppable super hu- man muscle bound monster >Occupation: Student- Sophomore >Cliques: Nerds >Short Bio: Dweezl has one of the most powerful abilities in the school. But has been little control over it. When he first developed the power, he accidentally put this mother in the ICU. The guilt over nearly killing her has created an almost insurmountable mental block. He can't use his power, even in self-defense, a fact many of his tormentors know. The only time he can will himself to transform is when someone else is in danger. So bullies tend to isolate him before the abuse. >Motivations: To help others, GM a whole season without stuttering, maybe get a girlfriend >Secret or Hidden Info: Usually stays in the dorms, things with his mother are still weird and going home hurts. Once spent a week in a juvenile mental health center after Ashley J. told him he was "A total ladykiller"

>Name: Hannah Stevens >Aliases: Daybreak(er) >Birthplace/Origin: Canada >Powers: Ridiculously Overpowered Energy Blasts >Occupation: Student Council Treasurer >Cliques: Student Council, Meditation Club >Short Bio: One of the most powerful energy-emission type superhumans ever born, definitely the highest in raw output. And she knows it. Cocky and brash, tends to taunt students if they fail at something. Doesn't like physical conflict, instead using her position as Treasurer to stranglehold different clubs into subservience. Less

53 of a bitch when you get to know her, but just slightly. >Motivations: Graduate, become a search and rescue/disaster response hero, maintain the respect of herself and the Student Council >Secret or Hidden Info: Terrified of the effects of her powers ever since she vaporized her dog, the couch, her dad's left arm, the wall behind the couch, and everything for half a mile into the woods on accident. Has very little control over the power of her blasts, and her minimum setting is still the equivalent of several pounds of c4, if it doesn't accidentally get overcharged because of emotions or chance. Has promised herself to never use her power on another person, or even in general, and is lashing out from fear and her lack of control. Only growing stronger, with a higher maximum (and minimum) over time. Will likely bluescreen if she ever hurts somebody with her power, 50/50 odds if she drops out or goes on a rampage afterwards.

>Name: Tatiana Rowe >Aliases: Tay >Birthplace/Origin: Tampa Bay, Florida >Powers: Flight, enhanced agility, enhanced flexibility >Occupation: Student, Cheer Squad's main flyer >Cliques: Preps, jocks, cheerleaders >Short Bio: Grew up with Ashley J in Florida, and has been her right hand man, second in command, and confidante ever since. Seems totally chill with not being the boss of anything. >Motivations: Just wants to have fun and live a life of ease and comfort >Secret Info: Cooks & Bakes for the Cheer Squad when they're on trips, has fucked half the football team and their girlfriends too. Participates in the fight club.

>Name: Huang Wu >Aliases: Phoenix, Zhuque >Birthplace/Origin: San-Fran's Chinatown >Age: 17 >Powers: Extremely hot magical fire, fiery wings, and kung-fu mastery >Occupation: Student, Running for Student Council President >Short Bio: Huang was born to rich immigrants. She was raised with traditional chinese discipline and a drive for perfectionism. She is hot-headed and overbearing, but nobody can argue that she doesn't accomplishes her goals. >Motivations: Perfectionism, recognition, and accomplishments. >Secret or Hidden Info: The secret to her parent's wealth is that they're heavily involved with the Triads. They've kept her insulated from their crimes, but one can't be kept in the dark forever.

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>Name: Miranda Hikifune >Aliases: Rabble Rouser >Birthplace/Origin: Los Angeles, California. >Powers: Super Speed. Clone Creation (up to 10 Concurrently). >Occupation: High School Student, Second Year. >Cliques: Prep. Jocks. >Short Bio: A lover of all things drama, Mirai (more commonly Miranda) can’t help stick her nose in every little thing that could possible be consid- ered interesting or scandalous. Especially loves it when people are talking about her. Loves playing match maker. >Motivations: Causing problems. Catching people in compromising positions. PDA. >Secret or Hidden Info: Has a hard drive full of all the voyeurous pics and vids she’s taken during her time enrolled in the academy.

>Name: Joseph Parker >Aliases: changes hero names a lot, current favorite is "Superest Hero - Invincible Terror!" >Birthplace/Origin: Minnesota >Powers: GUTS! (Actually, he's got no physical boosts at all) and the BURNING! WILL! OF! JUSTICE! (can redirect energy from things he touches into other forms at high efficiencies, the rest of the energy becomes green tracers of flame) >Occupation: Student, Cosplayer >Cliques: Japanese Culture Appreciation Club >Short Bio: An incredibly chunibyo, who's convinced himself he's got some of the strongest powers in the school due to him being relatively unimpressive otherwise. Surprisingly immune to bullying due to sheer force of autism. Overweight, cringey, quite a ham. >Motivations: Become the King of Heroes! (doesn't want to listen to reason and accept that heroes are actually a democratic republic) >Secret or Hidden Info: A genuinely good person, and surprisingly clever when not deluding himself. If brought back to earth, could legitimately be one of the greatest heroes by virtue of versatility, drive, and intel- lect, but he'll never achieve that on his own.

>Name: Blue Dalton >Aliases: Refocus >Birthplace/Origin: North Dakota >Powers: Self-focused Mind Manipulation (can manipulate time from her own perspective, view her memories in perfect clarity, selectively block out stimuli, etc.), perfect self-control >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Self-Improvement Club, normies >Short Bio: Considered bipolar by most of the school, swings from nice and happy to cold and violent at the drop of a hat. In the running for "Nicest Tits on Campus". Has some of the highest grades in the school, because she can review her textbooks in class at her leisure. >Motivations: Graduate, fight supervillains and monsters and kaiju and whatever else. >Secret or Hidden Info: Adrenaline junkie, addicted to fighting and conflict, currently storming up the rankings in the Fight Club. Split her personality in two with her powers a long time ago to survive an abusive household, merged herself back together but it's left marks.

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>Name: Alfred O'Del >Aliases: Heavy Metal >Birthplace/Origin: Seattle, Washington >Age: 17 >Powers: Titanic Transformation, musical virtuoso >Occupation: Student, garage band member >Cliques: Band geeks, rockers, punks, marching band >Short Bio: Alfred always had a burning love for music, and spent his childhood learning how to play anything and everything that he could get his hands on. His super power manifested at his first con- cert, where he nearly crushed a large portion of the audience if not for the intervention of a super in attendance. Since then, he's made sure to constantly wear noise cancelling headgear, making sure he doesn't hear any music over 100 decibels, the trigger for his transfor- mation. Is a short, pudgy kid otherwise. >Motivations: Going triple platinum and starting his own recording company >Secret or Hidden Info: Is stupid rich off music royalties, but doesn't tell anyone because he likes being seen as that grungy punk rock kid.

>Name: Terra Hart >Aliases: Fortuna >Birthplace/Origin: Pennsylvania >Powers: Unconscious Probability Manipulation >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Normies, Faculty, Self-Defense Club >Short Bio: Terra never knew she had superpowers until after she defeated her four villains, seemingly on acci- dent and with environmental effects. She was then welcomed into Super High, on the grounds that she clearly has some sort of power, even if it's unconscious. She's been loudly critical of this decision, but doesn't really have another choice - as long as people believe she has powers, she's liable for any collateral damage, and she can't pay off the sewer main explosion or the bus crash without the schools' help. >Motivations: Get off this crazy ride and prove to everybody she doesn't have powers without dying, or some- thing else stupid. >Secret or Hidden Info: She's entirely correct. she doesn't have powers, and everything surrounding her has just been one incredible fluke. Will her luck hold, or will she perish?

>Name: Gordon Williams >Aliases: Lodestone >Birthplace/Origin: Lansing, MI >Age: 17 >Powers: Gravity Manipulation. Minor Superhuman Durability and Strength. >Occupation: Student (reluctantly) >Cliques: Loner, but malleable and can be found as an acquaintance to many groups. >Short Bio: Gordon is a rather lazy individual, and while he has no superhuman intelligence, he is quite intelli- gent at a more 'human' level. This has led him to finding most classwork in general to be either be exceedingly boring, or above his weight class. Due to this, he tends to take the lowest-level of classes so he doesn't need to exert much effort. This actually had led into how he carries himself in school as well, tending to not use the full

56 limits of his ability whenever benchmarks or measurements are shown, solely so he doesn't have to have the 're- sponsibility' of having to keep pushing himself to keep meeting the higher standards that would be set for him. That being said, he actually does have a lot of raw power, but given that he rarely pushes himself, it's something that very few know about. >Motivations: He wants to be done and out of school and on his own, and march to the beat of his own drum. He isn't exactly pushing for the hero life, but he wouldn't complain if he fell into it, but would prefer to play a supporting role rather than be in the limelight, even if has the power for it. >Secret or Hidden Info: Knows of the Fight Club but doesn't participate. Has a friend that knows just how strong he is that pushes him to participate but Gordon sees little reason to. He has also started to find he /does/ enjoy watching the try-hards being forced into a kneeling position.

>Name: Daniel Bright/ Darni Bright >Aliases: Captain Bright, Prez (former), Ex-Prez >Birthplace/Origin: The Blue Habitat on Titan >Age: 18 >Powers: High level Telekinesis, Remote Sensing via bouncing his telekinetic waves off of objects like a sonar, above regular human strength and speed >Occupation: Student, School Council President (former), Envoy for the Cridion race to Earth >Cliques: School Council, Disciplinary Comity, Tabletop Club >Short Bio: The grandson of the original Captain Bright, the Silver Age Space hero, Daniel Bright grew up with a sense of Legacy and responsibility that one day he would receive the mantle of Captain Bright, to that end he has honed his body, mind, and even spirit in order to fulfil this duty, this has, however, made him a ra- ther stiff and unmoving individual, incapable of the slightest budge to his ideology and understanding of what is right, and what is wrong, it is this belief in an undeniable form of justice that caused him to lose his former posi- tion as School Council President as he refused to back down on his fight to dismantle the "Illegal Super- Fighting Ring", even after his dismissal from office he has refused to quit, taking it upon himself to put together a task-force of likeminded super-teens to uncover and finally destroy the Super-Fighting Ring >Motivations: To Prove his worthiness as a successor to the title of Captain Bright and to defeat the evils of the Super-Fighting Ring that operates in his school >Secret Info: Is functionally blind, developed his Telekinetic sonar as a way to cope, possess' a massive inferi- ority complex to the great deeds of the other members of his family, and has a not so secret love of tabletop wargames

>Name: Sophia Klein >Aliases: Brave >Birthplace/Origin: "Far away." >Age: 18 (but takes remedial courses in a lot of subjects) >Powers: Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Speed, Low-Grade Invulnerability, Enhanced Physical Combat, Low- Level Lightning and Healing Magic

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>Occupation: Student, has a part-time job >Cliques: Athletes, film snobs >Short Bio: A hero from a high fantasy world of magic and monsters, summoned to Earth by unknown means. After hearing about her situation, the government placed her with a host family and sent her to school. Her magic is much weaker on Earth than it was back home (the cause of much consternation), but when asked about returning home, she just shook her head. She believes that the fact that she's on Earth instead of home means that someone there needs her help, and leaving would mean abandoning whoever needs her. >Motivations: Becoming an established hero to continue the work she did back home, learning how to fit in, figuring out this whole "calculus" thing. >Secret or Hidden Info: She had a sword when she showed up on Earth, but it was lost in the chaos. She's deeply embarrassed by having lost her weapon, and concerned that a magical artifact is loose on Earth

>Name: Victoria Turner >Aliases: Goodbye >Birthplace/Origin: Miami >Age: 16 >Powers: Anyone that interacts directly with her dies after leaving her immediate surroundings >Occupation: Student >Cliques: None >Short Bio: Victoria stays inside her side of the female dorm, which has been adapted to contain everything she needs in or- der for her not to leave and accidentally murder someone just by having them say hi to her. Only has online classes, and spends most of her time playing videogames or dissociating >Motivations: Just to feel someone there with her without them dying >Secret or Hidden Info: Ethan Smith met her by chance in a game lobby, and they even decided to meet per- sonally after finding out they are in the same school. Nowadays, it is not rare to see the lad drop dead right as he leaves Victoria's room after hanging out These interactions have made Victoria more aware that there may be ways for her to live a more normal life, and she has decided to try and learn to control her power, but she is con- flicted about asking Ethan to be is practice partner, feeling that he already has enough dying as it is.

>Name: Many-Lines >Aliases: Queen's Guard >Birthplace/Origin: Undisclosed deep sea lab >Age: 3 months >Powers: Xenomorph Praetorian. Enhanced strength, size, durability, performance enhancing pheromone pro- duction, acidic projectiles. >Occupation: Sophomore student >Cliques: The meek, the bullied, fight club >Short Bio: The second generation attempt to create world domination army by a mad genetic engineer. Was

58 a success, until a failure in psionic containment occurred, and Many-Lines felt her queen's presence. One jail- break later, and she was reunited with her 'mother' and enrolled in Super High. She quickly discovered a love for math, and has since etched mathematical formulas, geometrical shapes, and equations all over her carapace. Is not allowed to take math quizzes with other students, due to her being a walking cheat sheet at this point. >Motivations: Wants to put every bully in their place, either verbally or physically. >Secret or Hidden Info: Is an actual daughter of Defective, simply believes the lie she was told so fully, it's the truth to her. Does not share her mother's issue with violence, and would happily kill everyone she disproves of, if given the option.

>Name: Evan Scott >Alias: Mirror Match >Birthplace: Seattle >Age: 16 >Powers: When he and an opponent enter into a battle he can copy his foe's power for the duration. If he can win only using that power he can permanently copy it and use at will. >Occupation: student >Cliques: Fight club, everyone else is mostly put off >Short Bio: He loves super heroes and super villains, no matter who he fights there is a chance he is a fan. But since powers make someone unique even if less so at a super high school he isnt very popular. Loves sparing with the teachers if they let him. >Secret info: Is also an avid collector of bottlecaps he just likes them.

>Name: Copper Petal >Aliases: Electrum Piston >Birthplace/Origin: Steel Seed orbital habitat "Resplendent in Twilight" >Age: 10 >Powers: Cybernetic augmentation, super suit, autonomous defense drones, plant based physiology, super genius >Occupation: Exchange student >Cliques: Social butterfly, tries to socialize with everyone >Short Bio: One of several ambassadors for her people, the Iron Blooms, Cop- per Petal is the youngest of the group, tasked with learning as much as possible about Humanity's education system and return any methods that are deemed more efficient than their own. Also to help strengthen the relationship between the two races. While very pacifistic outside of her monstrous super suit, the meter tall alien is a cut-throat busi- nessbush and seeks to take over the student market, becoming the go-to shrub if you want to buy something that isn't on offer at the student store. >Motivations: To make a good impression for her people, good friends to make memories with, and fat stacks of cash. >Secret or Hidden Info: Her armor is a combat AI, who's task is to analyze just how much of a threat Human- ity is, and design means to combat it if need be. Copper will happily sell you anything if you have the cash for it. ANYTHING.

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>Name: Katie Hill >Aliases: Spartoi, Final Wish >Birthplace/Origin: New York, New York. >Powers: Alternate form (32 women of iron, Size increase, flight). Lim- ited Immortality. >Occupation: Student, First Year >Cliques: None, Trying to make friends! >Short Bio: Suffering from a slew of rare incurable diseases, ranging from arthritis to degenerative muscle disease to chronic organ failure, Katie’s parents counted every day they had with her as a blessing. Then one day, on a continental flight to a specialist, it was her plane that suf- fered terminal engine failure. All anyone remembers next is Katie disap- pearing, and the plane being lowered to the middle of a corn field, sur- rounded by 32 shining giants silently looming overhead. They disap- peared and left Katie, who woke up feeling better than ever! Sheltered Homeschooled, this is the first time Katie’s ever been around so many people her age! Just wants to make friends and enjoy her time at school. >Motivations: Making Friends (maybe a boyfriend). Wants to join some clubs. Maybe the debate team. >Secret or Hidden Info: Katie dies every time she transforms, and transforms whenever she dies, being sucked into a dull void she can’t ever remember. Revives when the giants fade away. Katie doesn’t exactly understand this. She can’t recall the giants for a time equal to four time the total amount of time they had been summoned for previously. The giants are and aren’t her, she can’t control them, they just do “what she would have wanted”. Can be shockingly conniving and manipulative when she wants something. Afraid her condition will eventually get so bad again that even the doctor she specially hired to green-light her attendance won’t let her go anymore.

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>Name: Takeshi Kagura (he mostly goes by his last name) >Aliases: The Hero from Hell, Devilzer! >Birthplace/Origin: Seattle, Washington >Age: 17 >Powers: Enhanced physical abilities, can summon and unleash blasts of what look like black fire from his body, can transform into a powerful, winged demonic en- tity. He can only remain continuously transformed for about a minute at a time, and is limited to a total of thirty minutes of transformed time without needing to rest, but he can extend this time to about double by only transforming parts of his body at a time. He has recently learned how use his bursts of black flame as a kind of rocket boost for his punches, kicks and jumps. >Occupation: Student, junior-year >Cliques: (unintentionally) Delinquents, looking for other people to hang out with >Short Bio: A big fan of toku shows and showa-era "transforming hero" anime. Was ecstatic to discover his power, but is really troubled by people's negative reac- tions to how "evil" it looks. His parents enrolled him in martial arts classes as a child as a way to foster a sense of discipline and respect for his heritage, and it's certainly served him well in his hero training. His stiff facial expression and fierce- looking eyes tend to make people think he's glaring at them, and having been chal- lenged to fights before (and winning) has earned him a reputation as a delinquent that he's eager to shed. Always strikes a dramatic pose and shouts "Devilize!" like a dork before transforming. >Motivations: Establish a reputation as a force for good. His sense of justice is strong, so he wants to become a big-time hero. Ask out the girl he likes (Angeline). >Secret or Hidden Info: He doesn't really need to say his catchphrase to transform, but it's ingrained in his mind that transforming heroes need a transformation catchphrase.

>Name: Andrew Sullivan >Aliases: Next >Birthplace/Origin: Toronto, Canada >Age: 17 >Powers: Andrew has perfect precognitive awareness of the next five seconds, which he can consciously extend. Going beyond five minutes gives him head- aches, these being more severe the further he sees >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Normies and that one leftover group that I couldn't find the name of >Short Bio: It took Andrew most of his life to learn to synchronizre his actions with his passive precognition. He is still really stressed about it, since it hasn't become any easier, so he joined the school to try and learn how to master his ability or at least to make it easier to deal with >Motivations: Mastering his ability and getting a well-deserved rest >Secret or Hidden Info: His power grants him complete awareness of time, and this includes how it is affected by powers. He has knowledge of what happends during the time that Timeout has time frozen as if he had been there, as well as being aware of any timeline shift caused by Seconds, including whatever he changed

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>Name: Holy War Servitor Ramiel >Aliases: Inheritor of the Sainted Bones (former), Parchment (current) >Birthplace/Origin: Parallel Timeline >Age: 7 >Powers: Inhuman physique (increased strength, durability, reaction speed; regeneration); instinctual knowledge of combat, enemy weak points, shortest route to slaughter; Holy and spiritual existence; gun capa- ble of putting holes in battleships (or spaceships). >Occupation: Transfer Student >Cliques: Comparative Religion Club, Meditation Club, cinema club, music club >Short Bio: One of the many alchemical homunculi forged for war from the corpse of the Crusader Lord in the wake of the Aztec slaughter in the holy city of Constantinople. Has fought constantly for seven years against the workings of the Foreigner Gods, before suffering a crisis of faith when it was unable to reconcile it's conception of religion with endless slaughter. During a battle on Lost Atlantis (so that's where it went), dragged through one of many island wormholes. Broke down completely, was found floating in the ocean, and the rest is history. Intense, has enough PTSD for hero three soldiers, a total lack of comprehension of anything going on. >Motivations: Just survive. Learn more about this new world, figure out what God meant by all this, and if it's not in purgatory or something. >Secret or Hidden Info: Fond of music, trying to learn how to dance. Favorite food - strawberry yogurt (fits through mask holes). Has watched every episode of Veggie Tales as soon as the discs were handed over. Genu- inely loves it here, even if it doesn't know how to show it.

>Name: Anne Reed >Aliases: Hunt >Birthplace/Origin: St. Paul Minnesota >Age: 17 >Powers: Superhuman strength, super regeneration, enhanced senses and re- flexes. Whenever is in a fight, she will start to become stronger and stronger until she can take down her opponents. She also has innate knowledge on how to kill anything >Occupation: Student >Cliques: Left out group >Short Bio: Anne was a feral kid that found her way back into civilization after saving the life of a hunter by killing the bear that just attacked him. She quickly learned to live as a normal human, but never fit completely given her innate powers, so she was sent to the school hoping that she could become a useful tool in taking down villains >Motivations: Following around anyone she finds interesting >Secret or Hidden Info: Whenever she looks at someone or even thinks about them, she can see clear as day any way she can kill them there and then. She tries to act as if nothing is wrong, but sometimes, especially when she is trying to find friends, this becomes unbearable

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>Name: Chris Angel >Aliases: Paladin >Birthplace/Origin: American raised in Washington, DC born in Jerusalem, Israel >Age: 16 >Powers: Is soul bound to a set of holy golden armor that he can summon from inside himself to cover him, granting him super strength and durability, and the ability to generate holy energy and, with effort, summon holy weaponry with unique properties. The armor helps protecting from heat, cold, deep water pressure and magic (outer space less so), and has paraelectrical properties, redirecting electricity into the ground like a light- ning rod, though that can be overpowered with enough juice. Chris can alternatively imbue his current clothes with the armor’s power, turning them gold and granting him a lessened version of its abilities, at the benefit of being less stamina intensive to maintain. The magnitude of these abilities, as well as the toughness and integrity of the armor itself, also depend on Chris’ current willpower. Parts of the armor can be forcibly unbound by hurt- ing the corresponding body part in sufficient fashion. >Occupation: Student, first year >Cliques: Nerds; also attracts the religious ones due to his powers, but he tries to avoid them >Short Bio: An , born to a couple of business officials, who was just minding his own business until he jumped in to protect a kid from a speeding car, summoning the armor spontaneously. The holy nature of his powers has made him the little darling of DC’s Christian community, which expects him to become a great hero and defender of the faith... to his dismay, as the shy, socially awkward teen is agnostic and originally really didn’t wanted to have anything to do with religion or heroics. Got into Super High partly to find out where his powers came from and their purpose, and partly from peer pressure from his parents (who he wanted to get away from anyway, as they are of an especially toxic subset of evangelist Protestants and thus he do not get along with them very much) >Motivations: to understand his powers’ origins and purpose, do something productive of them in a potential hero career, get through high school in peace without the constant nagging from the religious community >Secret or Hidden Info: Another reason he got into Super High was to be protected from a satanic cabal, the Devil’s Hand, that some reason convinced themselves he’s the second coming of Christ that much be elimi- nated, on the grounds that he wields holy power and was born in Jerusalem while his parents were in a business trip there; «accusations» that are very much false.

>Name: Sophie Parker >Aliases: Blackout

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>Birthplace/Origin: Boston >Age: 15 >Powers: Sophie can induce complete sensory deprivation at will, to any target that she is aware of without any range limit, although more distant means that it requires her more focus to keep the effect. She can also generate this effect in a 20 meter radius around her, affecting everyone inside this area. >Occupation: Student >Cliques: None >Short Bio: Her powers have left her with numbed emotions and physi- cal responses to stimuli, as well as making her stop feeling pain at all. Honestly, she started to creep out her parents and they just thought that it would be best to send her to the school, for them to stay away from her for some time, and for her to figure her powers out >Motivations: None as of now >Secret or Hidden Info: People affected by her power tend to experi- ence hallucinations of horrifying creatures. These are not hallucinations, Sophie's power is based on opening rifts to another world of unspeakable horror and all-devouring nonexistence inside of the minds of her targets, and these monsters are the inhabitants of such place. She fears that keeping someone under the effect of her power may someday allow the monsters to come to the other side.

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