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Then there's Ixion Energy, run by Julian Dodd. The techbro of techbros, Dodd is doing something strange in his labs that involves parafreaks and the energy that empowered them.
If that was all that'd be bad enough, but there's a growing political movement intent on 'containing' the parafreak threat called 'Humanity First'. Politically savvy and broadly popular, they've made gains in local elections and have been successful in spreading their message. And their message is far from irrational, parafreaks can be a very serious threat to the community. But do their ties to government agencies like the Department of Paranormal Affairs run deeper than they seem? And what is the extent of the DPA's connection to the merciless Dr Auken and her strange experiments in the government run Black Site?
HOTSPUR:
Powers: The limits of Hotspur's powers are currently unknown, but so far he's shown the ability to boost his natural physical abilities beyond the normal range of human ability. While Hotspur can't fly, he can defy gravity by jumping half way up the Sears tower in a single bound. He can increase his strength to where he can lift a small truck with little effort. Using his powers is physically taxing though, and he needs to eat a lot of food to get his strength back. Supernatural senses: Hotspur has the ability to observe strange apparitions and visions. Quick healing: Hotspur can't survive a gun shot to the head, but he bounces back from injury unnaturally fast. Oath binding: Arguably the strangest of Hotspur's powers, he can force people to swear an oath that, if broken, has potentially deadly consequences. Boxing and BJJ: Eric has been training a combination of boxing and bjj to compliment his powers, and has become a proficient enough boxer to compete in amateur competitions.
Hotspur overall has a no kill policy. PR for your kind is bad enough, stacking bodies might not help.
ALLIES:
Hotspur's first and most prominent super powered ally is MISFIT/NATALIE RODRIGUEZ.
Powers: Misfit has the power to create light based explosives. She's also a highly skilled motorcyclist and mechanic and is handy with a metal pipe. She's 'technically homeless' but has settled on Queen Rat's farm, a shelter for the parafreak community. A founding member of FIRE WATCH and one of Hotspur's best friends, she has a deep and unwavering faith in Eric as a hero and a person. Misfit is a lesbian and in a relationship with Eric's ex-girlfriend Kaylee.
SHARK
Powers: More warrior of prophecy than pure superhero, Shark is a giant anthropomorphic shark with the ability to smell evil. He then eats the evil, bones and all. Very much has a 'must kill' policy. Whoever he was before the Chicago Explosion, no one knows, and he insists he is 'only' a shark. Used to live in Lake Michigan, now lives at the Farm under Queen Rat.
