Line #18 Characters/TheDescendants


1	This character sheet is for ''Literature/TheDescendants''. It's under construction, but trust us, if it's ever complete, it's going to be HUGE.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
4	[[folder: The Descendants]]
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6	'''Laurel Brant / Codex'''
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8	The strategic planner of the group and provider of any occasional tech the group needs, either from her own creations or ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney courtesy of her rich father.
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10	* BadassBookworm
11	* BlackAndNerdy
12	* GadgeteerGenius
13	* HermeticMagic: Because she isn't a member of the MageSpecies, she can only use the [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Book of Reason]] in this way.
14	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Her father is one of the richest men in America, which explains pretty much everything the group owns.
15	* TheSmartGuy: Naturally, as being TheProfessor is her power.
16	* TeamMom: Certainly for the younger members, but often for Ian and Alexis as well.
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18	'''Alexis Keyes / Darkness'''
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20	A former teacher at the SuperHeroSchool run by the BigBad, she Academy with the ability to exude a substance called dark heat, which can allow her to fly, blast it offensively, and turn invisible.
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22	* TheAtoner: For ever having been part of the Academy.
23	* CastingAShadow: Visually at least, but it behaves more like PlayingWithFire
24	* ElementalBaggage: Where Her "black heat" particles come from isn't adequately explained.
25	* {{Invisibility}}
26	* NotQuiteFlight
27	* RelationshipUpgrade: With Ian early on and then again when they got engaged.
28	* TeamMom: She tries to be, but it doesn't end well.
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30	'''Ian Smythe / Chaos'''
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32	Laurel and Alexis's friend from their Academy days with control over the density of fluid matter. He becomes a mentor to the younger, fledgling heroes and unofficial co-leader of the team.
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34	* BattleCouple: With Alexis
35	* BlowYouAway
36	* Flight
37	* TheUsualAdversaries: Anything magical earns his instant distrust.
38	* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: With Alexis
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40	'''Warrick Kaine / Alloy'''
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42	A metal controller freed from Academy experiments by the previous three, along with Cyn, Melissa and Kareem, he is the straight man for Cyn. Along with Cyn, he is one of the first to decide to use their powers for good and become superheroes.
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44	* AscendedFanboy: And how.
45	* BigBrotherInstinct
46	* BuildingSwing: With Isp and Osp
47	* CombatTentacles: [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Isp and Osp]]. They're ''sentient''
48	* ExtraOreDinary: Taken very literally in that he can manipulate any element classified as a metal.
49	* FlamingSword: Hint - Lithium burns in oxygen.
50	* NameOfCain
51	* InstantArmor: Actually his first use of this powers.
52	* JumpedAtTheCall
53	* SideKick: Self appointed to The Whitecoat
54	* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee
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56	'''Cynthia [=McAllister=] / Facsimile'''
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58	A self proclaimed 'consummate shapeshifter' (check out all the [[ShapeShifting ShapeshiftingTropes]]) whose opinionated, impatient nature is the catalyst for a number of the group's adventures.
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60	* BigEater: And then some. If she gets too hungry, her ''skin'' starts digesting organic matter.
61	* GenkiGirl
62	* HealingFactor
63	* HotBlooded
64	* RubberMan
65	* ShapeshifterBaggage: The reason she's a BigEater.
66	* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: She changes her eye color from red to green.
67	* ShapeshifterWeapon: Claws mostly, but she's been known to extrude bones and horns as weapons.
68	* VoluntaryShapeshifting
69	* WingedHumanoid: Her default crime-fighting form.
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71	'''Juniper Taylor / Zero'''
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73	The SixthRanger, introduced in the third issue, Juniper has the power of cold, something she is mercilessly mocked for by Cyn.
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75	* AnIcePerson: This is actual a side-effect of her psychokinetic abilities which are heat powered.
76	* GeniusDitz: She has moments of this, such as knowing how to field dress a wound. Might be a case of ObfuscatingStupidity.
77	* ImprobableAimingSkills: using ice knives.
78	* LegacyCharacter: Juniper is the daughter of a married duo of superheros Zero Point and Majestrix
79	* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's incredibly nonchalant about little things like being shot.
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81	'''Kareem Utt / Ephemeral'''
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83	* GeniusCripple: For a while, he was the group's expert on the Astral while being effectively comatose.
84	* MindOverManners: Subverted. He follows this up to a point, but isn't afraid of playing LivingLieDetector with enemies.
85	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Whenever the plot involves the Astral Plane, Kareem does something new and flashy.
86	* PsychicPowers
87	* RealityWarper: On the Astral Plane.
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89	'''Melissa Forrester / Hope'''
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91	* BlessedWithSuck: Prior to the series, she suffered from PowerIncontinence with [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul her powers]].
92	* DeadpanSnarker
93	* FishOutOfTemporalWater
94	* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Her secondary power.
95	* HealingHands
96	* RipVanWinkle: The HumanPopsicle treatment everyone else had a few years at most cost her a ''decade''.
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98	'''Lisa Ortega / Occult'''
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100	* TheChosenOne: The Book of Reason has picked her and Laurel.
101	* MagicAIsMagicA: Technically, the descendant's powers should be considered Magic A and Lisa's magic Magic B. Her magic has rules. It's an inherited ability activated by coming into contact with magic.
102	* MagicalForeignWords: Spanish, in keeping with Lisa's hispanic heritage.
103	* SixthRanger: Even though the descendants are seven already, Lisa's focus on the magical world and later inclusion into the squad makes her this. She also has her own backup squad in the Magi Club 5 in Fredericksburg.
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105	'''Christina 'Tink' Carlyle[[spoiler:/ Renaissance]]'''
106	* DamselOutOfDistress: She's been in danger twice but both times she helped to save the day with a jury rigged electromagnet.
107	* SecretKeeper: For The Descendants.
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109	'''Callie Kreiger/ Vamanos'''
110	* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: She was a fan of Abscondro and hijacked him to convince him to steal something out of one of her fanfics.
111	* SuperSpeed:
112	* SecretIdentity: Doesn't actually have one.
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114	[[/folder]]
115	[[folder: Supporting Characters]]
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117	'''Kay Greycloud'''
118	* KidSidekick: She's not a kid, being the same age as Lisa but she takes her job as a sidekick very seriously. She gives Lilly a well deserved WhatTheHellHero speech after the Halloween attack on what a sidekick's job is.
119	* SecretKeeper: She was initially one for just Lisa, later for all of the Descendants.
120	* UselessAccessory: The keyboard. She uses her power to imitate the keyboard sound and pretends to play it.
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122	'''JC Slate'''
123	* HeroicBSOD: Has a mini one after he realises that his best friend has been Alloy and lied to him for around two years.
124	* SecretKeeper: For The Descendants.
125	[[/folder]]
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127	[[folder:Allies]]
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129	'''General Lewis Armstrong Pratt'''
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131	'''Alan Roschard / The Whitecoat'''
132	* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: His acrobatics, tendency to quip and scientific prowess make him seem a lot like ComicBook/SpiderMan.
133	* CoatHatMask: But of course!
134	* FlightStrengthHeart: His only natural power? Super Immune System.
135	* InASingleBound:
136	* SuperStrength:
137	* WallCrawl: Thanks to his technological boots and gloves.
138	[[/folder]]
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140	'''[[spoiler:Liedecker]] Institute'''
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142	'''The Kin'''
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144	'''Zero Point'''
145	* BattleCouple: With Majestrix.
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147	'''Emily Chamberlain/ Majestrix'''
148	* BattleCouple: With Zero Point.
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150	[[folder: Villains]]
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152	'''Vincent Liedecker'''
153	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's routinely worked with the heroes without them being the wiser.
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155	'''Brother Wright'''
156	* BatmanGambit: Once purposefully ruined a major operation under Project Tome in order to buy off the scientists when the rats fled the sinking ship.
157	* TheChessmaster: He routinely plays stronger villains for what he wants.
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159	'''Latonya Wilkins / Shine'''
160	* DarkActionGirl
161	* EvilCounterpart: For Cyn, especially now that she has the shape-changing drug Potentia.
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163	'''Morganna'''
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165	'''Aces High'''
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167	'''Simon Talbot'''
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169	'''Project [=TOME=]'''
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171	'''The Sineaters / Adriel'''
172	* WesternTerrorists: Have a lot of similarities they're Religious extremists, except their religion is Christianity.
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