Cherry Bomb

Cherry Bomb is the daughter of super villain Baron Bones. Though he tried to raise his daughter to be a villain like him, it simply was never in her. Not that Cherry didn't try to please her dad. She began her career as a villain, under the name Duchess Destruction, and ran afoul of several Canadian super heroes. Her explosive powers gave her the ability to sow chaos wherever she needed to; chaos that would allow her dad to complete stealthier capers while the hero community was distracted. Perhaps, if Cherry Bomb's dad wasn't such a heel, things would have turned out differently, and Cherry Bomb would still be a reluctant hero. During a caper that had turned particularly sour, the Baron had a chance to do the right thing, and take credit for his work. Instead, he turned informant, insisting that Cherry Bomb was the brains behind the whole operation. No one believed Baron Bones, but that didn't make her father's betrayal hurt any less. When he tried to escape later, it was Cherry Bomb that hunted him down and captured him. Disgusted with her father, and ashamed of her old life as a super villain, Cherry Bomb changed her name, snuck across the border, and set up as a hero in Millennium City. She helps where she can, though she tries to avoid the media so as to also avoid Canadian heroes tracking her down. It's not easy to stay under the radar though when your powers mostly involve neon colored explosions. Legally, Cherry Bomb is in a bit of a gray area. Technically, she was never tried as an adult for her past crimes, and having recently turned eighteen, her past record has been pardoned. Even were this not the case, it would be an easy argument to make that Cherry acted under her father's coercion during her criminal career. Cherry Bomb's case is complicated however, by the fact that she fled the country with some outstanding (albeit minor) warrants out for her arrest. Cherry has yet to look into these cases, and doesn't know if they were pardoned on her eighteenth birthday, or if they are simply forgotten. As of yet, there has been no move to extradite her from Millennium City, which Cherry Bomb sees as a good sign she's been forgiven in the eyes of Canadian Law. It's also possible though, that in a metropolis full of aliens, deities, extra-planar creatures, and multiple undead; a Canadian's immigration status would be low on the paperwork list. It should also be noted that legal status and hero justice tend to sometimes be two separate entities. There are a few Canadian Supers that remember Cherry Bomb's time as a villain, and hold some bitter feelings. Cherry Bomb hasn't seen direct hostilities yet from anyone in the superhero community, but there is a level of tension and distrust from some of those that know her past. WORK IN PROGRESS WORK IN PROGRESS WORK IN PROGRESS