Parhelion

Parhelion
Player: AckshunJackson
Origin:	Mutation/Science
Archetype:	Tanker
Security Level:	Confidential
Server:	Confidential
Personal Data
Real Name:	REDACTED
Known Aliases:	Golden Boy, The People's Hero
Species:	Human
Age:	Indeterminate, Appears Mid-30s
Height:	5'11"
Weight:	182 lbs.
Eye Color:	Luminous (Natural Color Unknown)
Hair Color:	Black
Biographical Data
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Hero
Place of Birth:	Louisiana
Base of Operations:	Confidential
Marital Status:	Single
Known Relatives:	Confidential
Known Powers
Flight, Superhuman Strength and Stamina, Solar Energy Manipulation, Minor Healing Factor
Known Abilities
Skilled Hand-to-hand Combatant, Leadership,
Equipment
Confidential
No Information available

The hero known as "Parhelion" is an independent hero operating out of Paragon City. His primary power is the ability to absorb and wield solar energy for a variety of applications. Before he was a hero, the man who would become "Parhelion" was an insurance salesman specializing in "Superhuman Damages" policies, which were intended to protect civilians from the financial burden that often resulted from heroes and villains warring in Paragon City. His role specifically was to visit and evaluate properties that were seeking insurance to properly assess the potential loss. It was during one of these evaluations that he found himself at SolaDyne Energy Systems, a bleeding edge research laboratory specializing in experimental avenues of energy production. Their latest project, the one that had drawn him there, was the Apollo Engine, an experimental fusion reactor that had been built to mimic the conditions of the sun and could produce enough energy to power a small country. As the evaluation was going on, an unknown villain (later determined to be a disgruntled and recently fired employee of the company) broke through the ceiling in an attempt to steal critical components from the reactor and damaged it's plasma confinement relay in the process. The reactor suffered a catastrophic failure, and the resulting explosion released an unimaginable amount of artificial solar radiation. This flood of energy triggered a latent gene somewhere in his cells, and its sudden activation allowed him to survive the blast unscathed. The influx of energy overloaded his biological systems, and he went into a 3 month coma.

Upon waking up, his superpowers were extremely weak due to his lack of proper exposure to sunlight during his hospital stay. As they grew again and it became more and more obvious how powerful he really was, he decided that it was time to use these newfound powers for good. His initial heroic outings were as "Golden Boy", but this period was woefully brief as he realized the depth of knowledge required to be an effective hero was not something he had been granted. He then dedicated himself to a journey of self-improvement, training in hand-to-hand combat, studying leadership and conflict resolution techniques, and codifying what being a hero meant to him. At the end of this multi-year journey he chose to reenter the crime fighting world as "Parhelion". Named for a solar atmospheric phenomenon that occurs at sunrise, he considered this name a symbolic one: a commitment that even though periods of darkness will fall upon the world, he will rise against it time and time again.

The 15 years since becoming Parhelion have been quite kind, in fact. Many of Paragon's communities began to refer to him early on as "The People's Hero" due to Parhelion being known to often take time away from hero work when he can to organize extensive community outreach programs and assist local police forces with smaller, more local crimes. This hometown success has snowballed since then, and Parhelion has become a symbol not only of hope but of the power of marketing and good publicity. He is one of many new age heroes that maintain a curated media presence, using everything from journalistic interviews to corporate sponsorships to expand their reach. Despite Parhelion stating that the money he gains from these endeavors is funneled back into the city via his aforementioned outreach programs, many of Paragon's more traditional heroes have been known to strongly oppose him. Man-O-War, a veteran hero, spoke out at an annual memorial celebration honoring the victims of the Rikti invasion and was quoted as saying "If you're gonna act more like a celebrity than a hero, at least have the decency to be honest about it like those pop-stars and cereal mascot types". [