Solarguard
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Backstory
- One June 20th, 2012, at 7:09 PM, a homunculi was created from the body of Emily Engel and an artificial soul gem created from herself and her grandfather. She stood in the body of a twelve year old girl, confused and scared of the sudden new world before her. With a near wall shattering wail, the raw power of the sun itself erupted before her and melted the entire ritual chamber.
- No one could have anticipated that the power of the incarnate, that originally belonged to Luficia, would transfer over to the child. Before anything could go wrong, she heard a voice call out in a comforting tone.
- ‘Everything’s going to be okay. You are loved and you are safe’
- It was enough that fizzled out the power and caused the child to collapse. The only witness of the ritual, Jeremiah, scooped up the child in his arms and cradled her in his grasp.
- Hence that day, she would go by a new name… Audel.
After the Ritual
As far as Audel knew, she was a twelve year old girl that lived in Paragon City all her life. She lived with her single father, Jeremiah, and they could only afford a cheap apartment in the Kings Row district.
While her dad did the best he could, he was also a part time hero himself and was gone for long periods of time trying to save the city. It left Audel alone with her books and looking out the window. With her unusual physical prowess, there wasn’t much she could play with; any attempts either broke what she touched or accidentally hurt other kids. The little girl felt like a monster.
She felt like a lost teenager with nowhere to go in life.. That is, until May Carter and Reed Davis approached her. They sat with her, asked about her interests and showed Audel things she could get into that didn’t involve hurting anyone. It brought so much light into her otherwise lonely mood.
Everything changed when she noticed the Vahzilok kidnapped May and Reed into the sewers. They were her only friends and she couldn’t let this stand! For once, she decided to not hold back with her power and fight them in the sewer.
Her friends weren’t the only ones she saved that day; there were other victims waiting to meet under the Vahzilok hacksaw. She burns through the undead, freeing her friends and other civilians in the process. She fought through any other gangs in her way, like the Skulls, and got everyone to safety.
It was a strange feeling, being thanked instead of scolded for her power.
It led Audel on a journey of self-discovery, learning her power slowly but surely. She learnt how to control the heat around her and make fire form in her hands, or how to use that raw power to fly through the air. Reed taught her some basics from his kickboxing classes and May snuck in a hand-made costume with stars and stripes.
The more Audel fought to protect the streets at night, the more she found herself more passionate about protecting the civilians. There was no real explanation how her powers came to be or why but she could do something meaningful about it. Even if her powers felt like the sun itself, she could harness it to protect people.
Even if some people feared her, there were others who admired her. The more Audel fought gangs and villains, the more she found herself growing attached to the people. Even if she didn’t understand people well or even herself, she had the urge to protect it with all her heart and soul.
Was this what it meant to be a hero? Is it to guard her friends, family and strangers with her solar might? If the city needed more heroes than she was more than happy to step up.
After all, that’s who she was now; Solarguard.
Today
Audel Huxley held the Solarguard moniker, fighting without a hero license up until she was eighteen years old. Her father found out and instead of grounding her, he let her sign up with a license under the condition that she held no secrets from him. He got a big ol’ hug as his answer.
Since then, she joined the New Defenders and became friends with Anomalie, Direct Control, Sun-Gun, Ultrali and many others. Through them did she discover her homunculi heritage and learn to come to terms with it. Eventually, she left the New Defenders to pursue fighting for more than just the city; she wanted to protect the world.
Unfortunately, Arachnos wouldn’t allow it. They kidnapped her and wanted to study her to try to replicate her grandmother’s homunculi formula for themselves. She broke out and fled for a year until her old friends, now called the Accord, came to her rescue.
With new and old friends alike, she works with them as if they were her second family the whole time. Together, with the Accord, she works to be the hero she wants to be; protecting a world and all the people she loves so much in it.
Personality
Audel didn’t really have a childhood to develop much of a personality; she was very temperamental, struggling to figure out her own emotions when she was younger. It took meeting her friends and being part of the Accord to realize who she is; a kind hearted but excited woman with her playful side held deep within.
Her loving side is shown to her boyfriend, her friends and even strangers alike. Audel loves to cook and accommodate anyone she meets; she isn’t even above reaching a hand out to a villain in hard times with food.
Because she lacked a childhood, she doesn’t really have many hobbies except reading or other quiet activities. It wasn’t until her boyfriend did she find herself able to find other hobbies, to play, even.
Overall, Audel cares and growing older, it’s allowed her to be less temperamental and to open her heart even more to others.
Powers & Abilities
Super Strength: Through a miscalculation from her mother, she has developed natural super strength. She can pack a whallop with her fist alone and lift cars.
Super Durability: Through a miscalculation from her mother, she has developed natural durability. Many mistaken it for invulnerability with bullets unable to puncture the skin. With enough force, the skin can be pierced.
Enhanced Combat & Fitness: That training in the gym isn't just for show. She's flexible for a reason.
Sol Incarnate: Audel inherited the power of the incarnate from the Praetorian War through her mother. Where her mother learnt slowly and built her power on her own, Audel had everything her mother worked hard given to her all at once. Audel didn't know this for years but it amplifies her powers as well as given her power of solar absorption and manipulation to begin with. While Audel thought it was the Greek God of the Sun, Sol, it was infact the Norse Goddess of the Sun, Sol. She answered the call and has given Audel her power since creation.
Solar Absorption: By herself(via incarnate) and the Sol Stone, she is constantly absorbing the sun light and acts as an infinite resource for her powers.
Solar Manipulation: Via Sol Stone and herself(via incarnate), she can manipulate solar energy absorbed by the sun through her own means. Her favorite is power her fists in solar light and punch her foes with mini suns if brute force is not doing the trick.
Thermal Emission: Being solar powered, the air around her can get hot very quickly. This is used to her advantage to allow to create bursts of flame within her range. It can be used to make a fist of pure flame or within short range period.
- Electrical Manipulation: This is only an after effect of the thermal emission. It can also create an electrical charge. It takes a lot to develop and can only fire in huge bursts through many of her foes.
Flight: Through the Sol Stone, Solarguard can fly. Without it, she can't take to the air.
Human & Emotional Mimicry: Audel is not a traditional human being. She is a humonculus and the rules are different for her. Any potentially fatal blows to the brain, the heart and other vital organs will not kill her. This has been mistakened for immortality many times. The Sol Stone is the heart and soul of her well being. Not only that but she can't feel emotion like any other human being can. The further its away from her, the harder it is for her to feel. If the connection is cut, she is incapable of feeling any emotion. This could make for any villain/other being able to completely possess Audel or to control her for their own means.
Weaknesses
Acranium: When they couldn’t find a way to replicate the homunculi project, there was only one solution; if they couldn’t have her then no one could. With the best scholars and mages within the organization, a special kind of metal was created with the sole purpose of cutting through Solarguard like a hot knife through butter, thus, acranium was created. It's a mystical metal with specific enchantments woven with the power to cut homunculi and prevent any regeneration. Although Although Audel doesn’t have regenerative powers, it can hurt her and even be used to stun her. Because of the soul gem created, it can’t kill her unless it's aimed right at her Sol Stone. Because of how difficult it is to make the metal, very few of it exists and Arachnos only sells it to the highest bidders.
Villains & Nemeses
Arachnos: To them, it was a worst fear come into fruition; one of the biggest heroes that fought against Arachnos had returned. It was enough to give Ghost Widow and even Lord Recluse to pause to that heroic name; Luficia. Many come at Audel in the hope of earning personal favor or under orders to try to destroy her. Originally believing it was Luficia herself, they learnt the truth of her heritage. When they couldn't contain her to have her secrets for themselves, they sought to find ways to destroy her instead.
Nemesis: This has been recent ever since joining Seismic Impact in saving the city one morning against a Rikti invasion and Nemesis revealed his hand in the plot. It was the first time she's exchanged real blows against Nemesis and his army but it wasn't forgotten.
The Grun'Tuk Empire: It's DC's fault, really. In his simulated life of a perfect world, he predicted how Audel with six others stopped the invasion of the Grun'Tuk. It was because of this prophecy that it reached the Grun'Tuk... Since then, she's been at war with them since that now has got the Accord involved. They have her marked and she won't stop fighting against the Empire.
GobbaNak: Even if he serves for the Grun'Tuk, his manipulative nature and magic prowess is not to be underestimated. With his own goals of achieving godhood, he's been set as one of the more deadly enemies to Audel to date.
NetHack: No one knows the true nature of Kevin or the entity within. It's hard to say exactly or who Kevin is. Audel isn't even sure what to even make of him but one thing is for sure; she's terrified of NetHack.
Count Bedlam: It started out nice. The two shared a love of literacy and he seemed interesting. The fear of villainous betrayal was too great and after one incident, the two fell at odds. Bedlam's vengeance will come one day.