Marvelous Tessa
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
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| Marvelous Tessa | |
| Player: IanTheM1 | |
| Origin: | Mutant |
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| Archetype: | Controller |
| Security Level: | Security Level 38 |
| Personal Data | |
| Real Name: | Tessa Ortiz |
| Known Aliases: | None |
| Species: | Human |
| Age: | 19 |
| Height: | Unknown |
| Weight: | Unknown |
| Eye Color: | Green |
| Hair Color: | Magenta |
| Biographical Data | |
| Nationality: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Magician |
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Base of Operations: | Unknown |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Known Relatives: | Unknown |
| Known Powers | |
| Kinetic Manipulation | |
| Known Abilities | |
| Magic Tricks | |
| Equipment | |
| Various props. | |
| Is proficient in all forms of performance magic. | |
Marvelous Tessa is a Security Level 38 Illusion Control / Kinetics Controller, of the Mutation origin. She is currently without a supergroup. Marvelous Tessa was created and is played by IanTheM1.
A sassy magician with something to prove in a world full of supernatural feats, Tessa uses her skills as a magician to fight crime.
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Origin
Marvelous Tessa is the daughter of famed magician the Magnificent Vincent Ortiz, and part of the Ortiz circus family. As a young girl, she was awed by the feats her family performed, especially her father's magic tricks.
In her early teens, she worked as a rigger for her father, helping to develop the props used in his tricks. She watched as her father disappeared, reappeared, was burned alive, drowned, and was put in a straightjacket on a regular basis. She aspired to continue the family business and follow in his footsteps.
During one show, Vincent was put in a straightjacket and locked inside a glass box upside-down. The box was then lowered into a deep tank of water and threatened by gleaming, jewel-encrusted swords from above. All the while, a three-minute timer ticked down on a small explosive device and the water slowly leaked in.
The trick was the coming together of father and daughter, old and young. The two devised the bombastic trick as one of Vincent's last before semi-retirement, at which point Tessa would take his place on the stage.
At the climax of the escape, all was going well. Just as expected, Vincent disappeared into thin air from his dangerous confines. ...And he never reappeared.
Vincent Ortiz was never a magician who would cruelly trick an audience like that, at least not without telling his daughter and other stage hands first. Tessa was crushed. Her father was never officially declared dead, but he was as good as it.
Between the backlash of Vincent's disappearance, the Rikti War, and a growing disinterest with magic shows in a world full of such magical events, the Ortiz family was forced to shut down their public shows. Tessa never got to have her day on stage.
In her grief, she raided her father's library, losing herself in the musty tomes as she learned anything and everything she could. She would stand in front of his great mirror, practicing. Little by little, her skills grew. Quarters teleported from hand to hand...tables levitated... Eventually Tessa was 17 and itching to make a name for herself.
With the Rikti War over, and the hero population thriving once more, Tessa jumped head-first into the world of superheroics as the Marvelous Tessa.
Powers, Abilities, and Quirks
Illusion Control
Tessa is a skilled magician, having inherited the skills of her father as she watched him work. With a growing lack of demand for magic shows in Paragon City and the loss of her father, she decided to take up the cape and use her tricks to subdue criminals.
Kinetics
Tessa is a mutant, with her only powers revolving around kinetic control. She can easily comprehend physics interactions and manipulate them to her advantage. Useful for complicated tricks, as well as for acrobatics.
Creator Notes and Trivia
- Tessa is a rare character for IanTheM1 in that she was created without any prior consideration for her story, and has no connections to other existing characters.
