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Clara Kolorado is a young girl from an upper middle-class Earth family. Her family has operated a successful 3D-printer pattern business for nearly a century. She is also (on her mother’s side) a descendant of Superman.

Clara has no Kryptonian powers. She is, however, vulnerable to Kryptonite, and has therefore recently been given stewardship over a family heirloom.
It is a 12x12x12 inch chest of drawers, filled with 144 small lead boxes, each containing a small fragment of Red Kryptonite. About half of the boxes are labeled: “Bat-Wings 24 hrs”; “Ant-Head 24 hrs”, “Baby 24 hrs”, “Giant Brain 48 hrs”, “Duplicate 24 hrs”, “Evil Duplicate 72 hrs”, and so forth. The remainder are simply labeled ”?”.

Clara is to keep these items until such time as she might be called upon to use them.

(Note: it is possible to go on the internet and find a registry of all the descendants of William the Conquerer, past and present. They include Princess Diana and Vanessa Alice St. Claire, the great-granddaughter of Alice Liddel, the original "Alice-in-Wonderland", as well as countless others. I can imagine such a peerage might exist in the 31st century for Superman.)

Red Bee is indeed very cool, and I like the nod to the old classic character!

Great development of the power, from a single 'spy bee' at first to entire swarms, and how the bees can be unraveled to unleash a 'sting' of energy, just like how real bees die to unleash their own sting. Very cool how it all comes together!

Thanks y'all for the Red Bee love! I had thought about using the old Quality characters as inspiration for 31st century heroes, but never really thought of any after Red Bee...here is another one which springs to mind though:

It is said that Ama Fortu was blessed by the Luck Lords when she was born at the foot of the Ziggurat of Ventura. The first sign of Ama's absurdly good luck was when she was still an infant. Supervillains blew up her parents' casino on Ventura, killing everyone in the building aside from Ama herself. The child was found sleeping soundly in the rubble of the building, somehow remaining untouched by the devastation. Her nanny Tian had been off-world visiting family at the time, and as Ama had no other living relatives Tian was given custody of the child. Tian took Ama back to her homeworld of Earth and raised her in Japan as part of her own family.

Tian it turned out was a cousin of Kirau Nezumi, the criminal known as the Black Dragon. Ama Fortu grew up surrounded by criminals, the same kind of criminals who had killed her birth family. She secretly vowed to devote her life to fighting crime, and by the time she was a teenager she had become quite proficient at many forms of combat. Her first target was going to be the Black Dragon himself, but the White Crane killed him before Ama could make her move.

When she turned 14, Ama gained access to her parents' inheritance. She had to relocate to Ventura to claim it however, as per their local laws. With contacts she'd made during her time with the Nezumi family, Ama reopened a casino on Ventura and has made a reputation there as a party girl heiress. Tian Nezumi still lives with Ama, but is now fully supported by her adopted daughter's wealth and no longer has to work.

Ama Fortu has another life though. When she dons her green veiled costume, she is the mysterious Ventura-based hero known as Lady Luck. Her martial arts prowess makes her a physical threat, and on top of this she has great luck constantly...whether this is a coincidence, or whether the Luck Lords really did bless her, only they know.

Lady Luck sounds intriguing. digging the classic feel. I'd love to see her rouges gallery.

Rimbor is the unlikely home to the even unlikelier hero known as the Composite Sub.

Some years ago, a Rimborian crimelord managed to locate an alien superweapon that he determined would allow him to steal the powers of the entire Legion of Super-Heroes with a single blast, making himself into a new Composite Superman.

Unfortunately, in a comedy of errors, the Legion turned out to be gathered on Orando for the wedding of Karate Kid and Queen Projectra, with the Legion of Substitute Heroes being left in charge at Legion HQ for the duration. The crimelord did in fact manage to catch the entire group of Subs in the beam, but had the weapon knocked from his hands by a well-meaning construction worker, also from Rimbor, who was upgrading the HQ's security monitors (and, unbeknownst even to herself, had been planted in that role by the crimelord, who wanted her to start 'upgrading' the security system just in time for him to break in). This young Rimborian dupe, Fael Ko, found herself gifted with the powers of Polar Boy, Fire Lad, Stone Boy, Night Girl, Porcupine Pete, Color Kid, Infectious Lass and Chlorophyll Kid.

Having returned to Rimbor after her work visa expired, she now attempts to use her motley assemblage of powers to combat the worst excesses of the criminal element that de facto rules Rimbor, clad in an eccentric costume (which she calls an homage to the original Composite Superman) that is half Wonder Woman and half Black Canary, as the Composite Sub.

Fleshing out an old throwaway reference from much earlier in this thread;

From Naltor
Soran Tor, aka 'the Historian', was born to the *other* famous 'first family of Naltor,' the Tor Dynasty, who alternate every few generations with the somewhat more prolific Nal family for keeping the position of High Seer 'in the family.'

Soran was born pale and lifeless, his death in childbirth having been foreseen, but his mother refused to bow to prophecy and had him placed on technological life-support, and risked experimental procedures that nearly brought about her own death to spark life in her unbreathing child. His eyes opened, as red as rubies, and he coughed gently before drifting into slumber, refusing to give the wail of distress with which a newborn child typically greets the world. Born premature, he spent many months on special machines to help him breath, being fed nutrients to bring his body up to the size and strength necessary to support itself unaided. At first, he appeared blind, but his red eyes, while always sensitive to light, soon proved capable of sight, and his thin build slowly filled out, although he always remained a lean and lanky child, prone to chills and not inclined towards physical pursuits. His white hair was not abnormal on Naltor, although it was the sign of the Nal bloodline, and stood out in sharp contrast to his raven-haired Tor family, but his solid red eyes and albino skin where not so common, and as he reached maturity, it was discovered that he had been born without 'the sight,' as his family referred to their gift for precognition.

And yet he had always seemed a perceptive child, almost supernaturally so, being able to tell things about people he met, or recount the significance of locations he visited. His family, desperate to find some sign of 'Sight' in their newest son, discovered that he may not have been able to see the future, but that his psychic perceptions extended instead into the past. Upon encountering a new person, object or location, he would begin to perceive flashes of past history, with recent events proving easier to perceive, but also events of great emotional impact, such as tragedies or triumphs, 'shining through' more strongly than even recent events of a more mundane nature.

As 'the Historian,' he serves as a sort of 'psychic detective,' with investigators either calling him to crime scenes that have eluded their own investigative sciences, or bringing him evidence from events that he may be able to 'read' to gain information as to their provenance. More rarely he is even asked to use his abilities to 'read' the past of an individual, and while his own pronouncements are not considered usable evidence off of Naltor (where his veracity is unquestioned), they can still lead S.P. investigators to physical evidence that they *can* use to secure a conviction (or prove innocence).

Growing up in a culture where everyone can see glimpses of possible futures, and aware that 'the future' often proves to be mutable and 'slippery,' so that even the best precognitives sometimes 'get it wrong' or misunderstand what they are seeing, Soran derived a certain comfort from the immutable nature of the past for much of his early years. While his peers struggled to make sense of the conflicting visions they saw, attempting to impose a sense of order on a future that seemed to struggle in their hands like an eel, refusing to be caged, Soran found the past to be like a familiar book, whose words never changed, no matter how many times he went back to read them.

And then it all changed. No one else on Naltor seems aware of the changes, but he distinctly remembers the past changing. He now finds himself beset with memories of pasts that no one else recalls, and which no historical record confirms. What does it mean that the universe does not remember the Robotican invasion? Or the Fatal Five's attack on Colu? Or the Super-Companions? Or the Legionnaires Quantum Queen and Shadow Woman? He had corresponded with staff at the Time Institute, but after the death of Rond Vidar, and then the destruction of the Time Institute itself, he questions whether or not he should continue attempting to discuss these alternate pasts with others, or if the universe itself is somehow warning him to hold his tongue…

Soran Tor has also become aware of another 'freak' such as himself, a Naltorian with pale white skin and ruby-red eyes, who is also unable to perceive the future. He is aware that she has not always shared these physical characteristics, and is not a 'retrocognitive' like himself, but considers Mysa Nal a sister-soul of sorts, the only other Naltorian of this generation that he considers a peer. Mysa, for her part, has heard of Soran Tor, but knows nothing of this connection he feels to her.

^^^that is some awesome plot-seeding! It would be pretty sweet seeing a 31st century Vertigo-type title where Soran Tor is going on weird/dark adventures trying to ascertain the true nature of his universe while the Legion and pals barely have any idea he exists let alone that anything out of the ordinary is going on with their reality.

I can see him coming across Douglas Nolan in his travels at some point too!

Let's visit Kathoon! These are a few characters from my fanfic series, a link to which can be found in my signature [/shameless plug]....Set suggested I add them to the thread, so here goes:

One of the more novel animals native to Kathoon is the wolfbat. Similar in appearance and size to an Earth wolf, the wolfbat has massive leathery wings spouting from its sides. When not in use these can be folded down alongside its body, but when unfurled they grant the creature full flight. The wolfbat also has large bat-like ears, with the acute sense of hearing one would expect from an Earth bat.

It is easy to see how the mysterious metahuman known as Wolfbat got his name then. Wolfbat looks like your standard werewolf, though he has prehensile feet, large bat ears and bat wings attached to his arms. Like all natives of Kathoon, he has excellent night vision but his senses of smell and hearing are also greatly enhanced. He has a form of sonar which aids with navigation while flying. Wolfbat can lift approximately a ton, and is remarkably durable and fast-healing. His claws can shred metal, and he is almost as fast and agile as Timber Wolf.

Nobody knows his origins, not even himself. There have been many theories bandied about; that he is a metagene experiment gone wrong, an actual hyper-evolved wolfbat, even a mystical werecreature like those that were once common on Kathoon hundreds of years ago. He talks in broken Interlac, and while he will help those in need he is also very paranoid and distrusting of strangers. Wolfbat generally wants to be left alone, but he has no qualms about violence if he feels like he is being threatened either.

Crescent and Sliver are essentially a 31st century moon-themed Batman and Robin. They wear silver and white costumes with crescent-shaped gliding capes. Their costumes are composed of a remarkably lightweight body armour, and they have an array of visual filters they can switch through in their cowls to see different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum as necessary. Their cowls also have a cybernetic link to the mainframe at their base for detective work on the run. Their weapons of choice are small crescent blades hidden on their costume. These can be outfitted with various gimmicks; some are simply cutting weapons, some are blunt boomerangs, some are explosive, corrosive, contain knockout gas or psychic chaff, the list goes on...the only limits to their diversity are the limits of 31st century science, and the amount of weapons they can carry on their person.

Crescent and Sliver have a reputation for being stone cold killers, which they happily foster as it keeps criminals terrified of them. In reality, they will kill as an absolute last resort but they act to preserve life when they can - even the lives of criminals trying to kill them.

Their brand of vigilantism is sorely out of favour in a universe where the Legion of Superheroes are the heroic ideal, so they keep their identities secret and have at best a tense relationship with the Science Police of Kathoon. They portray an almost father-son relationship in costume, but it would shock the Science Police to learn that they are really brothers Adem and Birte, and that they are the sons of the planet's SP Chief Nil Miltin!

I like Crescent and Sliver, and particularly that they are siblings and not 'mentor and ward' or even father and son, and their connection to the SP chief. It kind of mixes up their 'Batman and Robin' feel to have their relationship with their 'Commisioner Gordon' be more like that of Batgirl.

I wonder how the moon(s) appear on Kathoon. The planet doesn't get direct sunlight (for whatever reason), but for a moon to have a visible crescent phase from its surface, the moon would have to be receiving enough sunlight for the natives to see the shadow of Kathoon (or perhaps the shadow of another moon?) blocking part of its surface.

That's do-able, say, if Kathoon is tide-locked, and the moon is not, but I'm sure there are other options that hurt my thinky meat just to consider...

A hero like Crescent whose 'big secret' is that he had an unseen and unknown accomplice, a 'shadow' or 'dark side' to his highly visible and flamboyant self, could make an interesting 'reverse Batman and Robin,' with one figure drawing all the attention while a shadowy assistant 'covers' him (or her) by sniping unaware foes from concealment and otherwise provides assistance and a heads-up by keeping track of the situation from a bird's eye view. Having a 'sidekick' that nobody else knows about can also be handy when you get captured and left alone in some silly silver age death trap that you could never escape unaided...

But that's less 'reverse Batman and Robin' and more 'reverse Big Daddy and Hitgirl,' I guess.

OMG. You know it never even occurred to me that there would be no phases of the moon on Kathoon?? Hahahahahaha!! Oops.

Ah well, if I recall it was one of the Earth colonised worlds anyway (plus they'd be familiar with the idea from other worlds in the UP), so I guess it could have just been something that survived in their vernacular...maybe there's even some esoteric significance to it; the invisible sun that gives Kathoon's giant moon its phases, but only those in the right mystic circles even know about it, to everyone else it's a nutty conspiracy....

Kathoon is one of the Legion worlds I think has heaps of potential, and I have heaps of ideas I want to explore with it, it's just a matter of trying to fit it organically into everything else I'm writing...

IIRC a crescent moon is not from a lunar eclipse (which would also have a crescent shape toward the end perhaps, depending on relative size of planet and moon), but is a normal "monthly" phenomenon of the moon travelling around its planet, and how it's seen from the different angles.

A month, or moonth, being defined as the time it takes to go around the planet once.

At first I thought Silver was a typo and the brothers took the names Crescent and Sliver.

Yup that's right....it is Crescent and Sliver, ie they're both named after shapes of the moon. I did say their costumes were silver and white though, maybe that's where the silver bit came from?

In hindsight I now understand why someone who wears a silver costume shouldn't be called Sliver, it's just asking for trouble, lol

No it came from looking at the tiny screen with tiny letters and checking to make sure and being wrong anyway.

Oh, it's sci-fi, we can make crap up to explain anything.

A) Kathoon's sun is a 'dark star' or brown dwarf or whatever, and puts out way more ultraviolet than visible light, and Kathoon's moon happens to be composed of / covered with some material that changes the wavelength so that Kathoon's moon ends up generating more *visible* light than it's sun.

B) Something else else, perhaps a natural phenomena, such as a magnetic belt or particulate cloud, perhaps something artificial or even magical, intercepts, redirects or blocks light (or at least *most* light from Kathoon's sun from reaching Kathoon's surface, and yet is positioned in such a way (or only blocking a certain wavelength) so that the reflected light from Kathoon's moon is not blocked.

C) Kathoon's moon glows with a faint luminescence, perhaps a mineral or chemical effect, perhaps a biological effect (it's covered with shallow seas filled with phosphorescent bacteria, or covered with bioluminescent lichens), and the shadow of Kathoon falls on it normally and casts part of it in shadow.

D) Kathooni eyes don't see certain frequencies of visible light, and so, while *they* regard their planet as a dark world (except for the light from their moon, which ends up on the frequency that they *do* see perfectly well), it's totally normally lit to visitors, who wonder what all the 'twilight honeymoon getaway' crap was about and if they can get a refund on their tickets.

E) Yet more Star Trek technobabble that escapes me.

Haunting Gothamopolis, a single young female vigilante is believed to be behind the incarceration of dozens of criminals.

As 'Tyr's Daughter,' she appeared in red body paint, with a towering Mohawk and an oversized 'gun-hand' with a plethora of primarily nonlethal options, which she used to break up the violent corp-anarchists of the New Midas Front.

As 'Lightning Lord's Daughter,' armed with wrist mounted tasers, and a magnetoaerodynamic thrust pack, she crashed down into the warehouse of a gang that had been smuggling exotic and rare creatures both on and off-world for a wealthy and decadent clientele of gourmands.

As 'Regulus' Daughter,' wearing a fire-resistant armored suit with built in flamethrowers, she burned the harvested genetic material of the dozens of people that the gene stealers had been assaulting to sell their genes off-world.

Other criminals, delivered semi-conscious and / or restrained to the SP, have reported being thrashed by 'Echo's Daughter' (with a sonic weapon built into a neck-brace), 'Grimbor's Daughter' (using a combination of chains and restraints) and 'Hunter's Daughter' (using some exotic animals apparently kept from her raid on the exotic animal smugglers, and traps).

Brainiac 5 has noted that this vigilante's modus operandi seems to be based on that of a 'hero' from the 20th century, whose birth name was once reported as 'Duela Dent' (although the recording source indicated that this was almost certainly not her real name). Given the lack of historical data on this figure, he has calculated that it is highly improbable that anyone would know enough about her to be 'copycatting' her, and has theorized that, somehow, this historical figure has found herself in the 31st century, and is continuing her previous career...

Which leaves him with three questions;
1) Who is Duela Dent?
2) How was she propelled 1000 years into her own future?
3) Where is she getting this contemporary technology?

Still, as long as she fights the good fight, he has decided to put this mystery on the back burner. The Legion has more important matters to deal with than an unlicensed vigilante cleaning up the mean streets of Gothamopolis.

Duela Dent in the 31st century = very cool!

It would be kind of funny and drive Brainy nuts if it were really just a total coincidence and this girl has never heard of Duela Dent, the Titans or any of the Batman villains in her life though too...

Thanks! She's always been a favorite, and the 21st century DCU seems 'done' with her, so she's all mine!



True. Brainy may not like to admit it, but, on rare occasion, he has been flat-out wrong!

It would be even more whacky if her 'real name' happens to be the name of a 30th/30st century villain, similar to 'Duela Dent' (who took on the identity of pretty much every Bat-Villain *but* Two-Face's Daughter!). The name on her (presumably forged) identi-card might read 'Vee Vidar' or something (although Rond insists he's never heard of her and is an only child).

^^^ cousin maybe?????



and Raz i like Wolfbat and having his own origin be a mystery is really a good idea. that can leave lots of room for potential.


can he leave Kathoon or no??

The Linsnarian known as Dynamo serves as a hero on her native world, being less than fond of leaving her homeworld. As a child, E.K.T.A. suffered a bad case of viral contamination after interfacing with a bit of supposedly 'safe' alien technology, and has developed the Linsnarian equivalent of 'germaphobia,' leading her to only interface with trusted local technology. This sort of affliction is not uncommon on Linsnar, and she excelled in Linsnarian engineering despite this disadvantage, developing a revolutionary air-breathing magnetoaerodynamic turbine that was compact and far more energy efficient than any previous design, allowing her to equip her own body with her special turbines.

Her forearms and lower legs contain her 'engines' and are capable of generating sufficient thrust to propel her through a gaseous or liquid medium quietly and at great speed, and with a command, she can cause the medium (even a fluid like water) to enter a fiery plasmic state that vastly accelerates her movement, and can also be used as a potent attack, if needed, or, more commonly, as a plasma welder or cutting torch, for industrial use.

By turning her hips, and angling her arms and legs just so, she can even cause her four independently operated turbines to generate circular momentum, so that she begins to spin at incredible speeds, generating a vortex of whatever gaseous or liquid medium she currently inhabits, like a miniature tornado. And again, with the flick of a switch, she can cause that medium to become superheated plasma, so that she is surrounded by a tornado of fire!

By firing a turbine just as her fist makes contact with a foe, she can also unleash her devastating signature move, the Plasma Punch, accompanied by a fiery explosion!

Combined with the inherent advantages to being a technological form of life, such as great resistance to environmental conditions an organic life-form could not survive, as well as a small degree of enhanced strength, intellect and durability, Dynamo serves her people well.

Dynamo sounds awesome! She has a great visual to her, and the Linsnarians are a race that would be interesting to see more exploration of...

Re: Wolfbat: thanks Omni! He has never tried to leave Kathoon so nobody knows...it might be one way to find out if his powered form comes from science or magic though!

Oro Marr, aka Shard serves as a hero on his home world of Lupra. A nearly earth-sized moon, orbiting a sullen gas giant around a distant dim star, Lupra is lit primarily by the light of it's luminescent upper atmosphere, and heated by a runaway greenhouse effect. The colonists have grown pale of skin, with large dark light-sensitive eyes in a world that has little color, due to the nature of the lighting, and Oro was a typical member of his people, almost albino-pale, with black eyes and a slight build. His brown hair, he dyes metallic red and wears in a spiky crown, often concealed by the helmet he wears as Shard.

The source of his powers is unknown, but they manifested during a solitary climb on the 'Crystal Cliff,' vast sheets of quartz that rose nearly vertically, and upon which he had intended to leave a monumental bit of (non-permanent) graffiti proclaiming his love for a certain young woman of his acquaintance. A tremor caused him to lose his grip and the ledge he was standing on to slide ten meters down the cliff-face, to lodge sixty meters above the actual ground level, with Oro dangling from his climbing ropes, stunned by impact with the cliff face during the temblor. An hour passed, his bloodied scalp dripping down onto the section of ledge that had fallen away from beneath his feet, hanging in mid-air by his harness.

He awoke groggy, and reached out for the ledge, which he believed to still be right under his feet, and the ledge rose into the air, as if answering his call. After some disorientation and experimentation, he discovered that the blood-stained crystal slab, which must have weighed a ton or more, moved according to his will, and he used it to gently lower himself to the ground, moving with deliberation, as he remained light headed from concussion and blood loss.

Over the next months, he learned that if his blood touched the veined quartz from the Crystal Cliffs, it changed in hue and composition, becoming more durable, and containing a faint coppery 'flame' within it, like a more precious stone. More importantly, he could manipulate 'blooded' stone, moving it about telekinetically, and it was almost by accident that he turned his new talents to heroic adventures, as his private practices out in the desert led to his discovery, and capture, of a ring of crystal smugglers, who were startled to find the crystals they were stealing to rise up and batter them into submission!

From his early days, riding a slab of crystal like a surfboard and battering foes with storms of fist-sized quartz stones, Shard has come a long way, now floating serenely in medieval looking armor composed of blooded crystal, and bearing a shield and sword-like shard of crystal, like some bejeweled knight.

The Legion of Stoneworld

(1) Eo of the Pumice People (Relay) A mutant, with the ability to link her mind with any other silicon-based intelligence, including some computer intelligences. Those linked to her mind quickly learn to “thought-speak” with others so linked. Her “telelithopathy” does not include psychic attacks, mental hypnosis, or mind probing—the ability to sense “unspoken” thoughts or emotions.

(2) Kzabba of the Obsidian Folk (Magisterium) A student of magic, he has transformed himself into a living philospher’s stone, able to alchemically transmute matter.

(3) Tzhoanna of the Obsidian Folk (Higgs) A mutant with the ability increase his inertial mass by absorbing mass from the Higgs field. This endows him with tremendous strength, invulnerability, and immovability. Because he alters his inertial mass independent of his gravitational mass, he is able to slow the rate at which he falls to nearly zero.

(4) Oao of the Pumice People (Sponge) She has the ability to absorb, and then re-release, any form of energy.

(5) Uu of the Pumice People (Coldstone) She is able to project cold and ice.

(6) Gzayith of the Obsidian Folk (Wall ) He has the power of projective invulnerability: the ability to grant any object or individual trans-Daxamite class invulnerability without Daxamite-class strength. For example, using his power on a nuclear weapon would cause it to not explode, as the casing would be indestructible.

Higgs and Wall both have very cool and creative applications to their powers! I like!

Love your use of science and physics in your write-ups.

Projective invulnerability is a neat power. Outside of superhero role-playing games, you don't often see people with the power to grant powers to other people (like defensive fields or Tinkerbell's classic ability to grant flight to other people).

Oh hey, I wasn't done with Heroes of Slygga yet...

Kalax-Ur (Ur being a title meaning 'Learned' or 'Scholar,' the Slyggian equivalent of 'Professor' or 'Doctor') operates as a hero as 'The Reaper' after a failed experiment in temporal mechanics led to him being stuck in a hyper-accelerated metabolic state, granting him great superhuman speed. His name has a double meaning, as he is associated with cold and ice, and, to many Slyggan cultures, the icy wastelands of their polar regions were traditionally associated with the lands of the dead, where spirits go after the death of their bodies.

He can move faster than sound, and his already impressive mind operates at computer-like speeds, but the effects on his body and metabolism is devastating, causing him to age days, weeks or even months every time he exercises his superhuman physical capabilities. His accelerated metabolism is somehow fueled by ambient heat energy, and his presence literally chills the room, as his body becomes heated by the stolen energy, leading to an increase in physical entropy, and rapid deterioration. Using his advanced intellect, and superhuman cerebral processing speed, he designed a bulky life-support suit that uses cryonics and chemical stasis techniques to place his body in a form of selective bio-stasis, allowing his mind to continue to operate and remain conscious (albeit at reduced speed)), while his body remains semi-frozen, and is spared the accelerated aging that his unique condition causes. The cryo-suit includes a cybernetically-controlled exoskeleton, allowing him to walk about, slowly, even though his body is unresponsive, so that he can continue to function, more or less, even 'though only his brain is free from stasis.

When his unique gifts are called for, a fog of coolant is expelled from the vents on his support suit, and he begins running as fast as sound itself, frozen coolant in his wake, and scythe-like blades of coolant ice trailing from the vents on his four forearms, which he has learned to use as fearsome bladed weapons to destroy the arms or equipment of those who threaten his people. Already able to run fast enough to cross the many waterways and shallow seas criss-crossing his humid and rain-soaked birth-continent, the cryo-coolant his suit trails, combined with his natural heat-absorbing properties, is sufficient to freeze water in his passage, so that he leaves behind icy bridges, which he has learned to shape into barriers, or even use as weapons, as thousands of icy teardrops of frozen rain are accelerated to supersonic velocity in his wake, a potentially devastating accompaniment to his arrival at the scene of a hostile incursion.

When the action is over, he re-activates his cryo-suit and returns his body to stasis, his thought controlled armor walking him slowly to the nearest conveyance to return home, since the expenditure of energy necessary to run home under his own power could take months off of his life...

It is rumored (and those closest to him know it to be true) that he long ago discovered a cure for his condition, but refuses to take it, as slowing his metabolism down permanently might grant him decades of life, but would also slow his mind down to 'normal' speeds, and he is too stubbornly proud of his hyper-accelerated genius to ever go back to being 'merely' the smartest man on Slygga...

Super speed and ice powers are a new combination which fit surprisingly well together, I like it. The thousands of hyper-accelerated teardrops would make for an awesome visual!

From Thanagar, we have Lightwing: Vanak Varzee grew up as one of millions of impoverished slaves on Thanagar's Downside. Born into generations of poverty and servitude, Vanak longed for a better life for himself and his people every time he looked up to see the gleaming spires of the Thanagarians who profited from the Downsiders' toil below.

Vanak's ambition was palpable. He dedicated his life to studying guerrilla tactics, military and political history, martial arts and the use of various weapons...anything which would help him liberate his people. He created the identity of Lightwing both to protect his loved ones from reprisal and to forge an icon for his people to rally around. Amazingly, and purely on the strength of his charisma, he managed to build a small but loyal group around him without ever having made a strike against the Thanagarians above. He called his supporters the Shamebirds, the rationale being that they were borne of Thanagar's shame and that they would bring that shame to the attention of the galaxy. Following Lightwing's lead, the Shamebirds also donned distinctive disguises to announce their allegiance while protecting their individual identities. They vowed to remain Shamebirds until their world no longer had a culture of bigotry and oppression to be ashamed of.

Using the resources of his new followers, Lightwing created a suit which deliberately makes him look like one of Thanagar's legendary hawk-police. Instead of Nth metal though, his wings and armaments are all hard light constructs. The Shamebirds wear black market anti-gravity belts. Together they have begun a very public campaign to bring down the corrupt elements of Thnagarian society, liberate the Downsiders from millennia of oppression and bare their people's plight to a naive United Planets. The Thanagarians above see Lightwing and his Shamebirds as a criminal threat, but to more and more people living Downside they are great heroes.