(a/n)—STOP!
if you're looking for the conclusion for Shattered Glass, that's one chapter back.
this is a sort of appendix for the cast of powered characters. if any Worm-aficionados wish to use these characters in your stories, feel free but at least refer them back to either Looking Glass or Shattered Glass stories in your author's notes or something similar.
thanks!
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WARNING: if you haven't yet finished Shattered Glass, there may be unmarked spoilers belowww.
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Dramatis Personæ
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LOOKING GLASS
Name: James Shirakawa
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 1991-10-13
Alignment: Hero/Rogue
Classification: Master 5, Thinker 1
Description: A Japanese-English cape born Southeast England, but later moved to South Wales. His 'ability' is to anchor a spectral form of Jamie, his alternate-reality distaff counterpart to his own plane. Jamie can move freely up to 5-km from Looking Glass' position, instantly transmitting anything she sees or hears down a psychic link the two share between them.
As a spectre, Jamie is capable of a form of possession. She can take over simple-minded creatures, with her success rate determined by how knowledgeable or familiar she is with the creature or person in question. She has a much more difficult time imposing herself over beings with more advanced or unfamiliar brains, but although she cannot take control, the psychic shock is usually enough to send the target catatonic for a short period of time, or least flinch.
Jamie can also possess Looking Glass directly, either taking full control or simply enhancing his perceptions and reflexes. In this manner she can literally watch his backside and force his body to respond to situations before he may even be fully aware of the threat.
In their civilian identities, Jamie possesses a cat also named Jamie (version 2) to hide herself.
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POLTERGEIST
Name: Jamie Shirakawa
Gender: Female
D.O.B: 1991-10-13
Alignment: Villain/Rogue
Classification: Master 3, Blaster 1, Thinker 1
Description: Looking Glass's alternate-reality counterpart. Her time as his spectre has allowed her original body to atrophy, in particular her brain has rewired portions of her brain and nervous system to handle portions of her power. As a result she is effectively paralysed from the waist-down while in her own universe and her physical body. Her power is to anchor a spectral form of James into her own plane, with identical base-abilities.
As a spectre, James can possess physical, inanimate objects. Lightweight or simple objects can simply be lifted and telekinetically propelled towards her enemies (objects up to the size of small furnitures). More complicated objects or heavy machinery can be directly manipulated as if the machine has 'come alive' (hence the name).
In their civilian identities, James possesses Jamie's wheelchair, often propelling her wherever she wishes to go.
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FLURRY
Name: Elaine Thompson
Gender: Female
D.O.B: 1985-05-20
Alignment: Hero
Classification: Blaster 4, Shaker 4
Description: A native Welsh cape with the ability create a zone of finite area around herself. Within this zone she can control water-based solids (snow or ice) or spontaneously create them. The zone can be reshaped according to her will, from a circle 50-m in diameter to a narrow cone roughly 400-m long and 10-m across at the far end. Snow or ice can be propelled at speeds up to 200-m/s and can fly beyond the boundaries of the created zone.
Flurry has remarkable control over her element. It can be compacted to form improvised walls or restraints, or even broken up into a localised storm that—if left unchecked—can blind her opponents and eventually bury them beneath the weight of the accumulated snow.
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WU LUNG
Name: XianDai "Evan" Shen
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 1984-11-08
Alignment: Hero
Classification: Striker 6, Blaster 4, Master 4
Description: A cape native to Hong Kong. His ability is to manipulate the mass of any inanimate object he touches. He can rearrange and reshape the material directly or convert one form of matter into another with varying degrees of efficiency. He can also convert the mass into a form of raw energy (fire).
Wu's favourite tactic is to start with a relatively large object or combine many smaller ones together. He will use the combined mass to create the 'dancing dragons' that are his namesake. The constructs are only effective whilst he remains in direct contact with them. He generally uses the dragons as immobile bludgeoning turrets or he can sacrifice their durability for ranged attacks.
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VOLLEY
Name: Peter Gwyrrd
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 1987-07-18
Alignment: Hero
Classification: Tinker 3 (Powercell focus), Thinker 1
Description: Volley is a cape from Northern Wales that specialises in adapting ultra-efficient power units and capacitors and using them to create portable version of existing designs that normally require heavy power generators. He also has a minor Thinker ability that allows him to intuitively calculate ballistics, although he generally double-checks his work with an onboard computer built into his armour.
Though not an original design, his favourite design is a variable-output railgun that can launch a variety of payloads. At full power, it can act as a direct-fire weapon up to 2-km away, or a long-range artillery unit firing ballistic trajectories up to 50-km. More commonly, he uses them at a much lower setting to launch strikes within a 500-m to 3-km range.
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NIGHTWALKER
Name: Brandon Lloyd
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 1985-04-14
Alignment: Villain
Classification: Mover 6, Stranger 1
Description: Nightwalker is a cape native to Greater London. He has the ability to teleport himself between shadows across fairly large distances. Larger shadows allow him to travel farther away and he has a small degree of awareness of the shaded areas he lands in—enough that he doesn't accidentally teleport himself into a wall or other object. He is capable of bringing objects and other people with him on his teleports, provided that the shadows at either end are large enough to handle the transport.
Originally a small-scale thief of money trading centers and pawn shops, Nightwalker's resources and influence have increased over the years with each successful heist he has managed to pull off. He now operates with a small gang of professional, unpowered thieves and is not above contracting other capes for extra muscle.
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DUPLEX
Name: Thomas Dalton
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 1997-02-06
Alignment: Villain/Rogue
Classification: Master 5, Brute 1
Description: A relatively new Welsh cape. His ability is to generate a single duplicate of himself charged with a simple desire or compulsion. He can produce a clone once every few minutes. Each clone is completely autonomous and will do everything it can to achieve that desire or satisfy the compulsion, heedless of all other concerns. If a clone is fatally damaged, it will regenerate back to its original condition, whilst splitting off a new duplicate of itself. Each clone is just slightly less durable than the source, making it easier and easier to trigger a new wave of duplications.
The clones start off with a regeneration limit that drops with each successive generation, although the exact number is not yet known. When completely destroyed, clones fully disintegrate, and leave behind no traces.
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AJAX
Name: George Kellis
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 1979-06-11
Alignment: Hero
Classification: Shaker 5
Description: A Greek national, Ajax is a strongly-principled cape that considers himself a bastion for those too weak to defend themselves—whether that be unpowered individuals or other parahumans new to cape scene. He is well-known for taking younger capes under his wing, no questions asked, until he deems them ready to go out into the world at large.
His power allows him to create relatively straight-forward but powerful forcefields. He can continuously reinforce a single, primary shield or set up a multi-layered defense to cover different angles. He is equipped with a tinker-designed armour as well as portable field generators that mimic his power to a lesser degree, supplied and maintained by a former protégé.
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