Stormherald

Stormherald
Player: @theuhd
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"After fighting things with mouths for faces, nothing really scares me anymore."
Biographical Data
Real Name:	Celeste Lynn Forsythe
Known Aliases:	Storm
Gender:	Female
Species:	Human
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
Place of Birth:	Lake Tahoe, CA
Base of Operations:	Millennium City, MI
Relatives:	Mother, Father, Sister
Characteristics
Age:	22
Height:	5'11"
Weight:	~145 lbs.
Eyes:	Green
Hair:	Black
Complexion:	Pale
Physical Build:	Average to slim
Physical Features:
Status
Fame:	██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ Unknown
Alignment:	LG LN LE NG TN NE CG CN CE
Identity:	Secret
Years Active:	1+
Citizenship:	US Citizen
Occupation:	Journalist
Education:	BS, Journalism, Humboldt State University
Marital Status:	Confidential
Known Powers and Abilities
Giant lightning-charged warhammer
Equipment and Paraphernalia
Earpiece Radio, self-charging armor (unused)

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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Stormherald is a heroine!

The name Stormherald, while impressive and commanding, belies the relative humility of the heroine who has taken the name. Packing a large warhammer that channels electricity, and donning a sporty-looking teal-and-aqua colored mesh and leather suit, she fearlessly charges into the fray regardless of the danger!... sometimes to her detriment.

Origins

Celeste Forsythe grew up completely normal, in a completely normal Lake Tahoe neighborhood. She graduated from high school, normally, and went on to Humboldt University as a journalism major. University started normal enough: study by day, party by night. One of these late-night parties took place on a beach. In a fit of civic responsibility, Celeste took it upon herself to clean up after her fellow partygoers the following morning. Mid-cleanup, she spot something shiny in the surf that was not present just hours before. It was a large, metallic warhammer in pristine condition. As she examined it, the sky became unruly. And something spoke to her. The conversation was silent. When it was finished, Celeste took the hammer in both hands.

A year later, after graduating from Humboldt, she moved to Millennium City and took the heroic moniker Stormherald.

Career

Stormherald's nascent heroic career started in Millennium City with nothing but classic-style tights and a electric warhammer. Her solo career was unremarkable as she mostly relegated herself to fighting street gangs. Her signature achievement of this time was helping repel a Qliphotic invasion downtown. Her involvement in the incident was never made public, but she has since been quoted saying, "After fighting things with mouths for faces, nothing really scares me anymore."

A chance encounter with the famed hero Red Spider led Stormherald to accepting a trial membership with the supergroup The Adventurers. Her first mission with the group - helping to foil a plot by the villainous hacktivist Cyber-Slash - earned her no small amount of acclaim as well as official membership into the supergroup! She has been with the Adventurers ever since, lending her hammer in support of the common good, a mission only briefly paused when VIPER grenades critically injured her. Rehabilitation from that particular episode took several months of hospital time plus intense physical therapy, though the fact she survived at all is something of a mystery - one that she has not deigned to follow up on.

Soon after her rehabilitation, her friend and co-Adventurer Juggernette helped design a lightweight low-impact suit of powered armor - partially powered by her own hammer! - to help protect Stormherald from otherwise preventable injuries such as "lying on grenades." She wore this armor for several months after her brush with death, until one day she decided she did not need to hide behind it anymore. She commissioned a new costume for herself, one significantly less armored, though the design is still "growing" on her.

The woman behind the hammer holds a passion for reporting and investigative journalism. Utterly fearless even without her heroic accouterments, there are few stories she will not follow. Her work tends to focus on local politics and the public institution of heroism, but she will follow any story given enough push. Formerly a reporter for the Millennium City News(paper), she was released from that job following a prolonged unexplained absence. She now works at the WCOC as a investigative reporter, writing the stories the newsreaders tell the city.

Abilities

All of Stormherald's powers can be directly attributed to her warhammer, an artifact whose full potential is as yet unknown. Stormherald herself can tap it to generate a seemingly-inexhaustible stream of electricity at-will, in any configuration she can think of (limited by physics). It also grants limited immunity to electrical discharge, as the hammer draws such energy to itself. Additionally, the hammer grants Stormherald the ability to teleport short distances, with the caveat that she leaves a trail of electricity behind her where she goes. It's not the most subtle form of travel.

As a melee weapon, it is exceptionally light in her hands and capable of inflicting devastating blows to objects and creatures alike. Strikes may also discharge electricity on contact, making the blow extra potent. Stormherald herself is still training to use it properly, however, and so her effectiveness with the weapon is not what it could be.

Finally, Stormherald can dismiss and summon the hammer at-will.

Her current heroic costume provides little in the way of protection, but it IS pretty stylish. And she can breathe and eat easier without the mask. And she did manage to get the rocket boots from her previous suit adapted to work without the full suit.

Secrets

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