Charade

Charade
Player: @ChampionsRPer
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The Absurd Hero
Biographical Data
Real Name:	Penelope Williams
Known Aliases:	The Great Charade
Gender:	Female
Species:	Metahuman
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
Place of Birth:	Ottawa, Canada (?)
Base of Operations:	Millennium City
Relatives:	Aloysius Abercrombie (Adoptive Father), Alicia Blackmun (Godmother)
Characteristics
Age:	18 (?)
Height:	5' 4"
Weight:	110 lbs
Eyes:	Blue
Hair:	Red
Complexion:	Pale
Physical Build:	Lithe
Physical Features:	Freckles
Status
Fame:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Local
Alignment:	LG LN LE NG TN NE CG CN CE
Identity:	Public
Years Active:	2
Citizenship:	US citizen
Occupation:	Hero
Education:	Highschool Student
Marital Status:	Single
Known Powers and Abilities
ImaginAction
Equipment and Paraphernalia
None

Physical Attributes
	Strength			Weapon
	Durability			Armor
	Speed			Reflexes
	Resistance			Stamina
	Dexterity			Agility
	Combat			Regen

Non-Physical Attributes
	Energy			Psionics
	Telepathy			Willpower
	Sorcery			Tech.
	Intel.			Knowledge
	Charisma			Bravery
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Penelope Williams

The girl. The myth. The legend. The absolute weirdo. The Absurd Hero.

Who is she?

Even in a world of superheroes and the supernatural, Penny is something of an anomaly.
She's just one of those mysteries that refuses to make any sense.

Her Origin

Penny doesn't remember anything about her past, but she doesn't seem to let that bother her. As far as anyone tell, she first showed up on the streets of Ottawa city in Canada a few years ago. Her earliest memory is getting off of a bus that the bus driver couldn't recall if she'd gotten onto in the first place. As far as she can remember she's always dressed like a mime. Or is she a clown? Maybe both?

She enjoyed exploring the city and goofing around with random people, playing charades, or doing magic tricks. Everyone assumed she was just another street performer. They didn't even question why she couldn't talk. It was just part of the act. They even gave her tips. They didn't even know her real name. At first they just called her the "charades girl", than eventually just "Charade". It even took a while for anyone to realize that her tricks were more than just tricks.

Charade was in the middle of performing a card trick for a local superhero named Weatherman when there was an explosion at a bank across town. He excused himself and flew off, but Charade decided to tag along. She helped thwart the would-be bankrobbers by distracting them with her goofy antics while Weatherman did all the actual work. And she had a blast doing it. It turns out that supervillains make the best marks for ridicule and practical jokes. Now she wasn't just a street performer, she was a hero, and she liked that. When Weatherman asked about her superpower, she just shrugged.

Eventually rumors and speculations began to spread and questions were being raised. Word made its way to the Trismegistus Council, and one of its members, Aloysius Abercrombie, took notice. The 168 year old scholar only looked like he was in his 40's due to the magical energy he channeled that kept him from aging normally, and he has quite a nose for detecting magic. He suspected her powers might be mystical in origin and he was curious enough to find out.

Getting Adopted

Aloysius took a stay in Ottawa for some time to do his research. The more he tried to learn about her, the more questions were raised. His intentions were purely academic at first, but he found himself taking a liking to her. She had no home, no family, no past, no one to look after her, and that was no life for a teenage girl. Perhaps against his better judgement, he took pity on her and decided to become her legal guardian. Charade wasn't too keen on the idea at first herself, but eventually she warmed up to it. Adopting her, however, wasn't going to be as simple as he had hoped.

As Aloysius soon found out, there were no records about her at all, not even a birth certificate. She didn't even have a real name yet, and being mute sure didn't help. The only name she knew was Charade. He tried suggesting countless names, but she rejected all of them. With a sigh of defeat, he sarcastically suggested throwing a dart at a phonebook. Surprisingly, she agreed, but she was going to make a whole game of it.

She spent the whole day setting up an elaborate Rube-Goldberg machine of dominoes formed from books and other appropriated knickknacks. The finale was a slingshot strapped to a spinning globe that fired a dart which ricocheted around the room before striking one of several hundreds of old phonebook pages she had scattered and taped around the room. Aloysius retrieved the page and read it off for her.

"Penelope Williams."
She bobbled her head back and forth looking a bit unsure.
"Penny?" he cautiously suggested.
She smiled and nodded eagerly.
He sighed in relief. It was settled.

Choosing a birthday was much simpler. As best as he could tell, she was between 14 and 16 at the time, so they went with 2005. As for the day and month, Penny knew instantly. April First. It was hardly a surprise.

Aloysius and Penny developed an interesting relationship. It wasn't a father/daughter relationship so much as a grandfather and his granddaughter or and uncle and her niece. They undoubtedly care for one another, but they show it in their own ways and give each other their space. Penny calls him 'gramps' or 'my old man', and being her legal guardian doesn't excuse him from her pranking habits. In fact he's probably been on the receiving end more than anyone else. Similarly, Aloysius is one of the few people Penny respects and listens to, as well as the only one capable of holding her accountable with scorn and punishment when her jokes get too out of hand.