Mirage (Matthew Lam)

"It's funny. Life is funny. The one girl who treated me the kindest, is also the one girl who has hurt me the most. I am the underdog, and Joseph was the one born with everything. Yet despite how hard I worked, how much effort I put into mission planning, putting up with all the bullshit, putting up with everything for the team, HE became squad leader. HE got the girl. And HE ended up becoming stronger than me with the better powers, with the better looks, with the better body. I am finished. From this day on, Vision is no more. A mere sour memory. Like a Mirage."

- Matthew Lam to Taras Pax regarding his defection from Stormwatch

Matthew "Matt" Lam was a member of the Stormwatch Brigade under the codename Vision due to his ability of prophecy along with prodigy and rival, Joseph "The Guardian" Greziak, his crush Rui "Patcher" Iwatani, and the squad mentor/teacher Logan "Metron" Woodley.

After learning that Joseph obtained the title of squad leader instead of him, Lam found himself jealous and betrayed. Shortly afterwards, unfortunate events conspired, including Matt learning that Rui had fallen in love with Joseph, led to the Stormwatch trooper to abandoning his team out of anger, frustration, and resentment, and joining Taras "Legion" Pax of the Contingency Initiative, a criminal organization who's underlying plot would be to advance The Great War, a devastating prophetic event that would put the world into jeopardy.

During his time with the Contingency Initiative, Lam swore to become stronger than Joseph in hopes of impressing Rui, and underwent brutal training to obtain the power to contend with The Guardian, which Taras promised he would give him. During the three years, Lam's powers underwent a supernatural development, and became significantly stronger. His exponential growth as a late bloomer attracted and gained recognition amongst his new allies, and his new powers earned him the moniker of The Mirage.

Matt, due to being loyal to Taras, has been labelled an international criminal, and his identity, under the guise of The Mirage, has been marked a hostile to the Stormwatch Brigade. Due to Taras' influence and corruption, Matt underwent a personality shift, his feelings for Rui turned into feelings of hatred, and his current goal is to kill both her and Joseph, under the guidance of Taras and his organization. Mirage has frequently clashed with the members of the Stormwatch Brigade, with them not knowing that their number one threat is one of their own.