Kreetch
Character Information
History
Waclaw Kritchinsky was born in Phoenix, Arizona (USA) in 2003, the only child of Stefan and Maria Kritchinsky, with 2 major handicaps.
First: he suffered from achondroplasia, a genetic disorder whose primary feature is dwarfism.
Second: he was a mutant. His mutation manifested itself when Waclaw hit puberty in 2018, as he started to emit dangerous levels of radioactivity. His parents were approached by the scientists of the Pandora Project, who created a special suit of body armor for him, in exchange for letting them study the boy. Waclaw stayed as an in-patient until late June 2020.
Since then, Waclaw opted to rent a small "apartment" (a specially furbished hazmat room) at the Project and joined the Founder's Falls branch of Hero Corps.
Personality
Waclaw is very protective of his teammates and the people close to him, to the point of over-protectiveness. He has been known to neglect his safety to safeguard that of others.
Even before his confinement to a protective suit, Waclaw was an introverted child who exhibited self-image issues and bouts of depression.
Abilities
Waclaw's mutation is the emission of radioactive isotopes from his body. This power is always on and is used as the primary power source of his containment suit.
Being self-taught, Waclaw developed an aptitude for mechanical repairs, and for programming his suit's nanites.
Equipment
Waclaw's armored containment suit is powered by his body's natural radioactivity and by highly efficient solar panels located on the armor's shoulder pads.
Specially programmed nanites maintain the suit's integrity and functions. Waclaw was even able to program those nanites to reconfigure the other layer of the suit to match the Hero Corps' uniforms colors and patterns.
In addition to keeping his radioactivity in check, this suit increases Waclaw's strength and durability to meta-human levels and enables him to fly.
Miscellanea
As some people have mistakenly assumed, Kreetch is not affiliated with Crey Industries or its "Paragon Protectors", despite the similarity of his suit's original blue-and-gold color scheme.