From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe

High Tower
Player: @Cross Brother
Origin:	Magic
Archetype:	Tanker
Security Level:	50
Personal Data
Real Name:	Hank Garcia
Known Aliases:	Human Fortress, Building Boy, Tower
Species:	Human
Age:	27
Height:	6 Feet 4 inches
Weight:	240 lbs
Eye Color:	Brown
Hair Color:	Black
Biographical Data
Nationality:	Hispanic
Occupation:	Full Time Hero
Place of Birth:	Los Angeles, California
Base of Operations:	Los Angeles
Marital Status:	Dating
Known Relatives:	Elizabeth Garcia:Mother Samuel Garcia:Father Alexander Garcia:Younger Brother
Known Powers
Super Strength, Invulnerability, Flight and Magical Energy Mastery
Known Abilities
Demolition Expert, Empath
Equipment
Communicator Device and Personal Digital Assistant, Utility Belt and Super Costume.
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"Ya know those comic books ya used to read when you were little boy? Well, Being a Hero ain't nothing like that."

Contents 1 Affiliations 2 Personality 3 Powers 3.1 Super Strength 3.2 Near Invulnerability 3.3 Astral Vision 3.4 Guilty Beam 3.4.1 Flight 3.4.2 Super Human Fitness 3.4.3 Magical Energy Manipulation 4 Abilities 5 Weaknesses and Limitations 6 Equipment 7 Character History 8 Trivia 8.1 Musical Inspirations and Themes 8.2 Artwork Credits 9 Footnotes

Affiliations

The Gods of the Golden Age and all Branches. The Cerulean Legion, Pillars of Virtue, United Paragon, Sterling Sentinels, United Champions of Paragon, All Star Sentinels and All Star Teen Sentinels.

Personality

Easy going and sarcastic when around friends. He cracks jokes that are sometimes considered rude and can be consider quite blunt and to the point. When in serious situations, He's calculating, clever and wise. He can analyze a situation to a great degree come to right conclusions.

Powers

Super Strength

Capable of lifting over a 200 tons with little or no difficulty but will restrict his power to keep from taking the lives of those he fights and from causing damage to his surroundings. The Limit of his strength has not been tested yet.

Near Invulnerability

Capable of surviving a point blank detonation of High Grade Explosives, such as C4 and Nitroglycerin. His body can reflect rapid speed projectiles such as bullets, arrows and other things. His body is unaffected by radiation or other harmful chemicals. He does need to breathe however and cannot travel through space unassisted.

Astral Vision

High Tower's eyes can peer into the Astral Realm. Capable of seeing Emotions as clouds of colors, The true forms of hidden creatures, such as Demons and Angels, Objects of magical origin and the magic around it and Psychic Abilities as well.

Guilty Beam

High Tower's eyes can focus his Astral Vision to such an intense degree to where he can physically cause a beam of energy to penetrate, burn or otherwise affect the physical realm he is. Not only does it damage the physical realm, it also disturbs Auras of living creatures, causing the target to feel sadness, depression and guilt.

Flight

High Tower is capable of flying at super sonic speeds, easily breaking the Sound Barrier but restricts his flight speed to keep destroying his surroundings while in major cities, such as Paragon City.

Super Human Fitness

High Tower's body is magically augmented, increasing all his natural abilities to that of superhuman ability. He can heal from mortal wounds within hours if kept inactive and has almost unlimited reserves of Endurance.

Magical Energy Manipulation

High Tower can focus his magical energies to reduce the strain of battle on his body, allowing him to fight longer then usual.

Abilities

Due to experienced use of his Astral vision, he's capable of seeing when someone is lying to him and when he or someone else is being affected by Psychic or Magical influences. An experienced Demolition Man due to his past in Construction.

Weaknesses and Limitations

Due to the origin of his magical powers, he is allergic to Cold Iron. Cold Iron can bypass his magical invulnerability and strength, capable of causing him mortal damage and unable to to affect objects made of Cold Iron. He also refrains from using Physical violence against Women, often finding otherways to stop a Female Attacker. His mind is vulnerable to psionic attacks and influences if they are able to affect him before he can see them coming with his Astral Vision.

Equipment

Paragon City Communicator and PDA. Utility belt and Icon design Super Costume.

Character History

Hank Garcia was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. A normal hispanic childhood. Large family, loving parents, bothersome brother. His father would raise him on the ideals that though the world maybe hard and some people may be cruel, It is our duty to be above all that. That you do not need to wear tights and a cape to be a Hero, though it did help. His father was a daily reminder that he should stay strong and true to what is Right, to honor and to justice. He never strayed into the darker sides of Los Angeles, never tempted to join a gang or do crime. After High School, He made a living in construction as a Demolition Man for the company, UniFall. This company was known world wide for being one of the major construction company to take a step forward to the reconstruction of the war torn buildings after the first Rikti War and other Super Heroic battles. During a routine job in London, England, a historic castle was marked for renovations and to have a piping installed beneath the castle. Hank Garcia was sent to demolish an ancient Well in the middle of the Courtyard to make room for the construction. Unknown to Hank Garcia, An ancient artifact, know as the Anvil of Kings was left at the bottom of the Well. The explosion that destroyed the Well was not enough to destroy the magical Anvil, but strong enough to send a piece of it flying into High Tower's chest, piercing his heart. He was hospitalized and was in a Coma for about One month. When he recovered and returned to work, he found that his body was changed, now being able to take a wrecking ball to the chest without a scratch and capable of lifting tons of construction equipment at one time. His family were surprised and insisted that he put these new powers to a better use, as a Super Hero. His friends suggest using the moniker of High Tower as a Super Hero named and he started his new career as a Hero on the streets of Los Angeles, fighting back street crime and situations where the police couldn't handle it themselves. He himself reduced crime in Los Angeles to a amazing 30 percent before he was told of Paragon City, the City of Heroes. He decided to fly to Paragon City and to help along with Heroes around the world to protect this City and also to follow the trail of the mystical Anvil of Kings, the very object that gave him his powers. He has established himself within Paragon City as a member of the Gods of the Golden Age and one of Paragon City's most beloved Heroes.

History of the Anvil of Kings Written by Nina Estella, M.A.G.I Detective. The Anvil of Kings was named after King Arthur assigned a magical anvil to the royal swordsmith who worked on the swords of the Knights of the Round Table. The anvil has many magical properties. It is only a legend but it is said that King Arthur comissioned a new sword being made for times of peace. In 19 Days a new sword was created. The sword was named Clarent, The Sword of Peace. The sword was to serve the purpose of knighting new knights. When war came upon his kingdom Arthur took Excalibur, leaving behind Clarent and went to war. Legend has it that, The Clarent was then taken by the traitor Mordred who took the throne and upon the Kings return, killed King Arhtur with the Clarent. This information is limited only to sources from old journals found in archeological diggings around Europe. According to a hospital report from from The London Royal Free Hospital, a young construction worker Named Hank Garcia placed demolition charges at the bottom of the well where the Anvil of Kings was located and when the charge detonated, a piece of the Anvil was Lodged into the Heart of the man. He was rushed to the hospital and upon discovery of the shard and removed the shard of the Anvil from his heart. During the one month recovery process of Hank Garcia, the shard of the Anvil of Kings was then turned in to a Hero Corp Agent who worked for the M.A.G.I unit. The M.A.G.I Field officers were on site at the construction time for a week in search of any remaining signs of the anvil and once discovered it was thoroughly studied by the employees of M.A.G.I and it was decided that the Anvil was indeed the Anvil of Kings. The Anvil of Kings is currently on display in Hero Corp Building at Atlas Park In Paragon City in Rhode Island USA. The Shard that was found in Hank Garcia's Body had seem to have lost some of its magical properties and once it was discovered that the victim had suddenly gained supernatural powers it was believed that the powers of the shard were absorbed into the body of the young man. Hank Garcia has developed Super Strength, Invulnerability and the power to fly. It is not yet fully understood the full potential of the power of the Anvil of Kings and M.A.G.I will be keeping a close eye on High Tower, Hank Garcia's new Persona, and watch for any further developments.

Trivia

High Tower was originally designed after Superman with a more urban earth setting but was eventually changed into his own Hero.

Musical Inspirations and Themes

Theme Song: Volunteer To Face The Fear by Poets Of The Fall.

Artwork Credits

Commander Crimson of the Gods of the Golden Age.

Footnotes

History of the Anvil of Kings Written By: Gavriel Blackheart.

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