Kristen Castro
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Kristen Castro | |
| Player: | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Tanker |
| Security Level: | 46 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Kristen Severino Castro |
| Known Aliases: | None |
| Species: | Human Mutant |
| Age: | 30 |
| Height: | 6'1" |
| Weight: | 145 pounds |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Italian/Filipino |
| Occupation: | Professional Crimefighter |
| Place of Birth: | Los Angeles, California |
| Base of Operations: | Paragon City, Rhode Island |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Trent Castro (father, deceased), Kurt Castro (uncle, deceased), Charles Castro (paternal grandfather, deceased), Lucinda Castro (paternal grandmother, deceased) |
| Known Powers | |
| Fire and heat manipulation, flight, superhuman strength | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Hand-to-hand combat, experience with a range of melee weapons, some medical training | |
| Equipment | |
| Hospital MediPort Beacon | |
| No additional information available. | |
Contents |
History/Background
She was born on June 19th, 1977, as Kristen Severino Castro in Los Angeles, California. When she was about 5 years-old, her family moved to Paragon City. Being related to well-known heroes, she was occasionally at risk of being attacked by various criminal groups. Due to this, Kristen's father Trent trained her in martial arts, not knowing for sure if she had inherited the mutant gene. It turned out, as Kristen grew up, she was a mutant like most of her family, much to her father's joy. Since then, Kristen has become a hero, like most of her family.
Personality
She is generally nice and laid-back. Occasionally, when she's on the job, she can be a bit unemotional and stoic. Due to this, she may come off as unfriendly or humorless when she's working with people who don't know her too well.
Powers
Physical Powers
While her limits haven't been tested, she has been known to lift well over 40 tons without fully exerting herself. She also has superhuman reflexes with preternatural agility, flexibility and coordination, which allow for exceptional speed and maneuverability, as well as the ability to dodge attacks. She can perform seemingly impossible acts of an acrobatic nature due to her superhuman flexibility.
Sensory Powers
Among Kristen's powers are heightened senses, especially sight and smell. (Her strong dislike for people with poor personal hygiene is attributed to the latter.) She can see particularly sharply, for great distances and in darkness, can track and recognize people and animals by scent alone, and can easily pick up on sounds and conversations those around her can't.
Immune System and Regeneration
Kristen possesses a greatly enhanced immune system, being highly resistant to disease, drugs, poisons and other toxins. She may also be resistant to the aging process, as she looks like she's in her early to mid-twenties, despite being about 30 years-old. Being regenerative, injuries such as gunshot wounds, slashes, and puncture wounds completely heal within minutes. She can also reattach severed limbs.
Flight
Although she can fly at supersonic speeds, she tends to tone it down since she knows she's likely to cause some damage to the environment if she were to fly at full speed.
Fire and Heat Manipulation
She can control the kinetic energy of atoms to generate, control or absorb fire. She usually uses this for defense, but not attacks.
Abilities
She is an experienced hand-to-hand combatant, despite not having formal training. She is also experienced with a range of melee weapons, however, she usually uses her own powers when attacking someone or something. She also has some medical training and knowledge (thanks to her uncle Kurt), but it would be better if someone else other than herself treated a person's serious wounds.
Weaknesses
- Incorporeal enemies (or those who can turn incorporeal), such as ghosts or spirits
- Psionic attacks
Trivia
- Kristen was raised mainly by her father Trent and uncle Kurt. Her mother gave Trent custody of her because there were not many mutants in her family and pressure was put on her to give Kristen up.
- Her father, uncle and grandparents were killed during the Rikti invasion of 2002.
