In this post, I wanted to introduce some of the characters that, if you've been reading them, you've come across and some you'll come across in the future. These people are the people who will make up the main Freaks team roster.
So, here goes. A little bio and some trivia!
SPEEDFREAK
Alias: Jody Kent/Torah al-Nivah
Age: 23 (as of Freaks: Assassination)
Species: Edenic
Home Planet: Eden
Abilities: Speed, regenerative capability, extended lifespan due to his alien physiology.
Bio: Speedfreak is 11/12 when he becomes Caretaker and, for the most part, he takes the role on begrudgingly. He becomes a Caretaker after witnessing his new friend, Roberta, die at the hands of a seemingly immortal villain known as 'Tragedy'. He originally took the role on with his twin sister, Laura, by his side, but ends up doing it alone for a short time after Laura dies at the hands of a villain known as 'Lifeforce'. In the years following, he makes new powered friends, falls in love and continues his Caretaker abilities, even after confronting Tragedy one more time. At age 16, he races back in time to the 1940s to help the SERENGETI team where he meets Flux, daughter of Akara, who he will also fall in love with. Since returning, he has been a general in the Polaris Wars on Earth. While he considers himself as human, his Edenic ancestry often comes to the fore. Not only is he continually scrutinized by the Edenic Council, but he is also at the mercy of his Edenic mother, Ark, who continually tries to kill him.
Trivia: Speedfreak gets his name from Roberta, who shows him part of his future. His favourite song is 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World' by Black Sabbath.
Main Villains: Tragedy, Slipshod, Speed-Demon, Penelope Carswell, Mirror, Polaris.
STARCASTER
Alias: Marion Gold
Age: 23 (as of Freaks: Assassination)
Species: Human-Aug
Home Planet: Earth
Abilities: Stellar manipulation, light abilities, immortality, nuclear fission, flight.
Bio: Marion Gold is an augmented human whose physiology is replaced by a compressed star, giving her the ability of the stars. Originally an aspiring actress, Marion attempts to kill herself after she continually gets rejected for roles but is saved by the Starcasters and is given a new purpose. Upon her return to Earth, she decides to become the protector of the Earth, unaware of the Caretaker's existence, and takes on the mantle of superheroine. Because of her unique abilities, she becomes the target for many science based villains.
Trivia: Marion's dad originally called her Starcaster as a pet name, But she adopted it when she discovered that Starcasters were the policemen of the universe. 'Marion' is actually her Mum's middle name.
Main Villains: Singularity, Stellarnaut, Doctor Eureka, The Perfect Strange, Cassiopeia, Polaris.
KARMA
Alias: Joshua Peterson
Age: 23 (as of Freaks: Polaris Wars)
Species: Human
Home Planet: Earth
Abilities: God-like strength, ability to get bigger and return to size, clear sense of right and wrong.
Bio: Joshua Peterson is a strong individual who has been given the power of strength by the Goddess, Karma. A child with a rough childhood, Peterson was a teenager who knew what was wrong but found he had no way to stop it. So, the Goddess Karma visits him and endows him with her abilities so that he can dish out justice when appropriate. Physically strong and formidable, he also has a brilliant mind and is usually the Freaks' tactician. His intelligence is nearly second to none and his strategy is by far the best of the Freaks. This, in turn, tends to attract villains who also see themselves as astounding tacticians.
Trivia: Karma was originally going to join the Freaks in 'Assassination'. But was dropped due to an Assassination Classroom character called Karma.
Main Villains: BodyBuilder, Darryl Anderson, Reason, Polaris.
REAPER
Alias: Lucy Gregory
Age: 22 (as of Freaks: Polaris Wars)
Species: Human
Home Planet: Earth
Abilities: Increased intelligence, technological superiority, uses machines and mechanical suits to provide her with armor and weaponry, flight.
Bio: Lucy Gregory is a young lady from Wales who uses her technological prowess to create armored suit to allow her to go against powered individuals and keep the city of Cardiff safe. Lucy takes on the Reaper mantle after her Dad gets injured in an Aug attack. Using her amazing intelligence and genius in technology, she creates 'Reaper suits' which are designed to, not only have amazing defence and offensive capability, but to instill fear into anyone who comes across her. Although she constructs many amazing technological marvels, her lack in defensive tech does leave her open to EMP attacks and she can become overwhelmed in the presence of too much electricity. While there are villains in the Freaks universe who also use technology to attack people, Reaper's villains tend to be much darker in their approaches and she has no villains who, like her, are unpowered.
Trivia: Although Reaper is a key member in the Freaks roster, she leads her own small team in Cardiff known as 'The Pride'. This roster features Reaper, Beau, Jennifer Llewellyn, Nighttime and Corporal William Stagger, a soldier from the Second World War who finds his way to the future.
Main Villains: The Perfectionist, Nightmare, The Head, Grim Reaper, Patchwork.
FLUX
Alias: Jessica Wade
Age: 21 (as of Freaks: Assassination)
Species: Temporal
Home Planet: Eden
Abilities: Forcefield generation, temporal channeling, flight, portal creation.
Bio: Flux is the daughter of Edenic Goddess, Akara, and holds many of Akara's abilities. Created by Akara originally to suppress a revolution on Eden, she was exiled when the revolution was successful. She was charged with protecting a young Jody and Laura as they left Eden (because it was their mother, Ark, who started the revolution) but their ships got separated. While the children ended up on Earth in the 1990s, Flux ended up on Earth in the 1600s. After being trapped in the city of Nuremburg, branded a witch, she opened up a portal to the future Edenic War. During this, Starcaster arrived from the future and placed Flux into a coma so she could be awoken when the time was right. She was awoken by SERENGETI in the 1940s and went back to the future with Speedfreak, who had run back in time to help SERENGETI find out who she was. She ends up falling in love with Speedfreak and the pair fight together during the Polaris wars. Due to her ability to travel backwards in time, she often attracts the challenge of fellow time-changer, The Perfectionist. Who, at one stage, drains Flux of her Akara connection.
Trivia: Flux, in the written Freaks universe, is an only child. However, in a parallel universe, she has a younger brother known as 'Quantum'. However, he goes by the name 'Dark Angel'. While Flux is able to travel backwards and forwards in time, Dark Angel is able to jump from parallel to parallel.
Main Villains: Penelope Carswell, The Perfect Strange, The Perfectionist, Slipshod, Mirror.
SARAH JONES
Alias: Dead-Girl
Age: 17 (as of Freaks: Polaris Wars)
Species: Human
Home Planet: Earth
Abilities: Ability to traverse the land of the living and the land of the dead, ability to translate spirits from the Veil into the land of the living.
Bio: Sarah Jones is an enigma in the Freaks Universe. At age 5, Sarah Jones was hit by a car and was killed as a result. However, while her soul was transferring to the Veil, something pulled her back. This, in turn, left half of her soul within the Veil and half of it in the land of the living. This, as well as not needing blood, oxygen or anything to survive, means she is effectively indestructible. However. it is well known that she can only be killed by severing her head or by destroying her brain. At age 7, when the Veil started communicating to her, she was assumed to be schizophrenic. But it was Jody that came to her aid and helped her manage her abilities. Since then, her and Jody have developed a sister/brother-esque relationship. Her real family life is complicated. Her sister went missing and hasn't been found, her brother ran away, her mother fell into addiction. However, her main adversary is her father. After returning from the dead, her father rationalised that this happened because of the amount of Augs and Naturals in the world. So he became 'Flashbang' and murdered Augs in Sarah's name. Because of this, she often comes across as brash or rude but she's a standard rebellious teenager trying to do something good for the world.
Trivia: Sarah adopts Jody as her brother aged 8 after discovering Jody's real sister, Laura, was killed. Sarah is still unaware what pulled her out of the Veil when she died aged 5 and, to date, no one in the Veil knows either.
Main Villains: Flashbang, Doctor Eureka, Speed-Demon, Lifeforce.
LEVIATHAN
Alias: James Monroe
Age: 33 (as of Freaks: Polaris Wars)
Species: Human
Home Planet: Earth
Abilities: Expert military attack skills, martial arts, weapons expert, enhanced healing factor.
Bio: James Monroe becomes Leviathan after the murder of his fiancee, Ruth. After a mental breakdown, Monroe becomes a martial arts and weapons expert and resolves to kill anyone who is wrong. However, due to his mental breakdown, his sense of humour goes wild and is often accused to being 'completely bat-shit crazy'. His favourite superhero was Deadpool and adopts much of his personality. The strange thing about Monroe is that, when the mask is of, he's James Monroe, but he is Leviathan when the mask is on. Almost like they're two different people.
Trivia: Although Leviathan is an anti-hero, he is officially a member of the Freaks. He hates Speedfreak and often refers to him as 'Speed-Git'.
Main Villains: Dmitry Volstovov, The Mentora Gang, Polaris, Electrolyte, The Nemesis.
VISIONARIE
Alias: Stephanie Vickery
Age: 22 (as of Freaks: Polaris War)
Species: Human
Home Planet: Earth
Abilities: Telepathy, psychic abilities, ESP, mind control.
Bio: Stephanie Vickery is a human natural who can look into and manipulate minds if she so wishes. However, she chooses not to manipulate minds unless there are extenuating circumstances. Born with her abilities, she was in therapy as a child due to her hearing other people's voices. However, when she was old enough to realise what was going on, she convinced her therapist to discharge her. After meeting Elemental at school, she realised she could use her abilities for good and decided to hone her powers. She ends up joining Elemental, Speedfreak and many other heroes on many occasions. She tends to attract other people with psychic abilities and, when the Polaris Wars occur, she finds herself not being able to use her powers as much due to Polaris' overwhelming mind control ability. Eventually, she succumbs to his psychic attacks and becomes one of his minions, but against her will.
Trivia: Visionarie lives predominantly in Southampton and sets up a safe haven for other good Augs and Naturals. She also helps Othergirl after she falls from the future.
Main Villains: Polaris, Brother Psych, Dmitry Volstovov, The Perfect Strange, The Head, Nightmare.
MADAME MAGIQUE
Alias: Donna Freeway/Dorra al-Triah
Age: 29 (as of Freaks: Polaris Wars)
Species: Edenic
Home Planet: Eden
Abilities: Magical abilities, witchcraft, universal energy transfer.
Bio: Donna Freeway is the Edenic cousin of Jody Kent and is a known witch. She uses her magical ability for good. She fled Eden during the Edenic Civil War but her transferrence spell sent her further in time than she thought and she ended up in the future. She finds Jody, who just about remembers her, and they become a team. Being Jody's cousin on his father's side, she has a huge hatred for Ark and, often, her love for her cousin and desire to protect him (she still remembers him as a baby) often gets her into trouble with various villains who try to exploit that connection.
Trivia: There was a theory on Eden for a while that Donna was actually Jody's older sister. However, Ark confirms this isn't true, describing her as 'the niece I couldn't wait to kill'.
Main Villains: Speed-Demon, The Great Ormando, Doctor Eureka, Polaris, Nightmare.
DARK ANGEL
Alias: Quantum
Age: 19 (as of Freaks: Assassination)
Species: Temporal
Home Planet: Eden
Abilities: Levitation, flight, force field generation, portal creation, psychic abilities.
Bio: Dark Angel originally comes from a universe known as 'The Origin Universe' which was the first universe ever created. The younger brother of Flux, he is able to travel from parallel to parallel instead of travelling backwards and forwards in time. He is strange in the fact that the Origin Universe is the only universe where he exists so he finds it hard to gain the Freaks' trust when he goes from parallel to parallel. Not a lot is known of Dark Angel's past as he refuses to talk about it but we do know is that he befriends the Freaks in every parallel he visits.
Trivia: Dark Angel secretly has the power to end the universe but he chooses not to use it because 'it's boring'.
Main Villains: Tragedy, Polaris.
Here we are. The main Freaks roster! Hope you enjoyed it. I'll do villains next time.
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