Chapter 23: Angela Hawking III AKA Phobia
There was no Arrowverse version of this character. I took all this character from the DCU with a few tweaks to make it work in my AU. However, there was very little information about her. I filled in the blanks to make my AU!Phobia. I found it interesting that her terror power could have come from tech, magic, or a metagene. This forced me to make AU rules for magic and metagenes.
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ORIGIN:
Angela Hawking III was born in London, England in the UK. She was born wealthy to aristocrats in Britain. Because of her social standing, she was kidnapped and held for ransom at a very young age. During this kidnapping, she was terrorized. This unlocked her metagene. Her meta power became the ability to cause her targets to visualize their greatest fears. To give them terror. This frequently drove her targets insane.
After her kidnapping, Angela was homeschooled by her parents and kept as a dark secret. She eventually learned to control her ability, but she had become disgusted with her parents and their limits of imagination. She ran away from home and ended up in Zandia.
In Zandia, Angela learned how to use her ability to gain a profit. She never received any money from her parents' estate. She would make trips from Zandia to other parts of Oceania to steal from various banks and jewelry stores.
Her first foray into the criminal world was in Sidney, Australia. She took her time to terrorize her victims before she stole from them. However, she quickly realized that the local police would catch her if she stayed in the area much longer. She fled with her take back to Zandia.
Four months later, Angela decided to target the rich resort town in Fiji. She had heard all about Fiji from her parents. She wanted that luxury, but she didn't find any riches in Fiji. The bank barely had any money. The jewelry stores only had poor imitation jewelry. With each heist she grew angrier and unleashed her rage on her victims. She fled Fiji after five days because they had nothing to offer her.
One month later, Angela targeted the large metropolitan city of Wellington, New Zealand. She limited herself to five days before she fled back to Zandia. She had a much better take at Wellington. She was able to live large in Zandia for five months.
Her next target was Melbourne, Australia. This city was huge and she was able to hit multiple banks in an area in a single day. She was able to live in Zandia for a whole year before she needed to make another bank run.
Her last target was Hobart, Tasmania. She conducted her research before she left. She had a plan and experience this time. She knew that Interpol was looking for her. Well, not Angela, but Phobia. She didn't want to run into them, but they wouldn't expect her until she hit her first target.
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FAMILY:
Parents were British Aristocrats. After she had her metagene activated during a kidnapping, she was secluded. She eventually ran away as a young woman. She despised her parents for how they hid her from the world.
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MOTIVATION:
Angela's main motivation was revenge and greed. She needed a way to live. She decided to steal from others to fund her needs. She was full of spite and malice because no one had accepted her ability as useful. She felt that others in Zandia understood her.
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PERSONALITY:
Angela had a very abrasive personality. She was raised in isolation and hidden from the world by her parents. She never learned how to interact with others. She became resentful of everyone because she refused to think that she was the problem. For that reason, everyone else deserved to suffer.
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POWERS/ABILITIES:
Metagene Ability: Angela's metagene ability was activated as a child. She learned control over the years she was in isolation. She eventually ran away and went as far from her parents as she could go… geographically.
Terror: Angela's metagene allows her to induce the fear center of the brain of her target. This caused her targets to think they see, feel, hear, and taste what they feared the most. Her ability has a limited range. She must see you to trigger your fear response. The fear response remained in place until she was far enough away (100 meters). Angela can trigger a fear response in her targets or not, but she triggered a fear response instantly if she didn't like what you said. She has control. She can stop the triggering if she desires. Usually, she wants her victims to suffer in fear.
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NOTES:
I decided to use this character a one of my villains for a larger hunt. Her abilities are not clearly defined in the DCU. I expanded on how they are triggered and who is targeted. Visual targets means is a limitation of her powers. If she doesn't know you are there, you are not targeted. I must have a way to stop her.
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