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The Heroes
Christabel/Christa Jones — Radiant of Radiant Blaze, formerly Lady Radiance
Former actress, eternal glam girl. She does magic, fights crime under the table, and shares elemental (light/fire) powers with her boyfriend, the Blaze.
25yo. 5’3”, light blonde hair, green eyes.
Liam Regent — The Blaze of Radiant Blaze, formerly Lord Hades
An ex-villain, currently recovering from years of brainwashing and psychic control. He and Christa have a permanent psychic bond and shared powers. Particularly good with portals.
28yo. 6’3”, black hair, brown eyes (they were red as Lord Hades).
Sebastian/Baz Grimes — Chained Lightning
A semi-official hero, he mostly handles security for DiFusion, but his government contacts like to call in favors at inopportune times. He has extensive electrical powers.
34yo. 6’0” (after experimentation), red-brown hair, blue eyes.
Lucas López — Featherweight
High-school vigilante extraordinaire, or so he says. Radiant and Chained Lightning seem to be equally sketchy influences on him. Gravity warper.
16yo. 5’11”, brown-black hair, brown eyes.
Clare Harper — Clarevoyante
Clairvoyant psychic, affiliated with The Lighthouse.
27yo. Married to Keith Harper; children Eleanor (6), Mary Grace (3, a telepath), and Nick (b. Oct 2014).
Leila Regent — Sylph, formerly Siren
Liam’s adoptive sister, raised by the same supervillain. She has power over memories and works in NYC as a trauma therapist, mostly for other atypicals.
44yo.
Jacob Jones — Formerly Spacewalker
Christa’s slightly older twin brother. With his powers suppressed, he’s happily retired from vigilantism.
25yo. 6’1”, light blond hair, hazel/green eyes.
The Usual Suspects (Locals)
The Emblem (hero, DC/Pentagon City—Dept. of Defense figurehead)
Crystal Falcon (hero, Adams Morgan, DC—metro PD affiliate)
Marla Masvidal (psychic barkeep, owner of Z Street lounge)
Ravenite (vigilante)
Sundancer (vigilante—Lighthouse founder)
Silver Lance (vigilante—Lighthouse member)
Red Lotus (villain)
The Cephalomancer (villain)
the DC neighbors: Kate, Lulu, and Mr. Bill
Mariah Monday
Tiffany López (Lucas’ mother)
DiFusion Staff
Dr. Lautaro Marcos (MD, PhD, biology)
A Venezuelan expat, he runs DiFusion Laboratories under a collection of shady government grants for the purpose of studying atypical abilities and ultimately finding a way to remove them.
43yo. 5’8”, black hair, brown eyes, wears glasses.
Dr. Marissa (Cotlin) Grimes (PhD, computer science)
A talented but impulsive cyberbiologist, she married Baz at the end of Radiance after years of mutually affectionate harrassment. They have one child, Cade (b. Nov 2014). Her superpower is immunity to others’ abilities.
31yo. 5’5”, brown hair, hazel eyes.
Josh Lane, neurobiology intern
Little is known about Intern Josh, except that he was a Lady Radiance fanboy. We shall be addressing this.
Fatimata Abebe, receptionist
DiFusion Subjects Mentioned
Lucas López
RJ López, Lucas’ uncle/guardian. He has matter-phasing abilities.
Jacob Jones
Emily Karlsson, Jacob’s ex. She has a secondary, amphibious form.
Anton. He has super-strength.
Oliver. He has chameleon skin.
Jamil
Baz Grimes (former)
Clare Harper (former)
Christa Jones (unofficial)
The Cotlin Extended Family
Dr. David Cotlin (PhD, chemistry) — formerly The Wizard
Marissa’s father. An analytical exochemist at NASA, he can manipulate matter at the molecular level and used to be a vigilante in the ’80s and ’90s.
61yo. 5’11”, brown hair, green eyes, wears glasses.
Michelle Cotlin is Marissa’s mother; following their 2004 divorce, she remarried to Craig Steele. She and her ex-husband have two other daughters together.
Dr. Mallory/Mal Ward (MD) 34yo, married to Dr. Luke Ward (MD). They have one child, Aubrey (b. Aug 2014).
Morgan Kirchner 28yo, married to Will Kirchner. They have one child, Zachary (b. Jan. 2015).
Other Mentions:
Sonic Vorpal (league of villainy, NYC—defunct)
The Radioactive Iso-Troop (vigilante group, Ohio—defunct)
Dr. Ultima (villain, NYC, deceased)
Gabriel Maestri (NYPD, deceased) // Archangel (villain, deceased)
Dame Guinevere (hero, LA—legacy film-studio sponsorship)
Emperor Kang (villain, LA)
The Cerulean Commander (hero, NYC—NYPD affiliate)