Shockwayv
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
Shockwayv is the name of a reluctant hero operating in Paragon city, possessing powers based on electromagnetics and particle acceleration. His main motivation is his desire to solve the mystery of his father's murder, which has led him to adopt a Hero's alter-ego in order to better hid his identity from the mysterious murderers and continue his investigations. Shockwayv does not enjoy the life of a Hero and does not trust traditional Heroes as a rule; he harbors feelings of resentment at being made to join this community, many aspects of which he finds absurd.
Shockwayv currently lacks any employment, supporting himself with the meager payments from his late father's life insurance and trust funds while he continues his crusade against the mysterious faction that murdered his father and destroyed his lab. He doggedly keeps his private "civilian" life seperate from his hero identity, maintaining a sparse apartment in the low-rent district of Skyway rather than accept quarters in his supergroup's headquarters, and not registering his true name with the city.
Affiliations
Shockwayv is one of the founding members of the Night Shift, and currently serves as the group's leader. The group is less a traditional team and more a network of solo-minded heroes who share information and provide backup for one another as needed, and in this capacity is gaining a reputation as a valuable source of information on the underworld elements of Paragon City. As the group's cheif coordinator, Shockwayv helps administer the group's base and minimal finances, and helps the members stay in contact. The system has proven very successful, allowing independent heroes to pursue their own agendas as needed and still be able to rely on support from other Night Shift members as the situation requires.
Shockwayv is also strong affiliated with the Do-Gooders supergroup, a more contemporary hero group formed by Japanese idol singer Morning Misa; he's become closely familiar with several members and is dating Do-Gooder Silver Gale.
Personality
Shockwayv is a hero out of necessity rather than choice and often expresses his dissatisfaction though sarcasm and cynical attitude. He tends to be less willing to accept at face value some of the more fantastic aspects of Paragon City's paranormal community, maintaining a more grounded perspective than typical of Paragon heroes, an ability that's become a notable asset to the groups he works with.
Powers
Shockwayv's powers come from the Watson-Yvon (or "Wayv") process developed by his late father, which focusses his body's natural electromagnetic field into circuit-like patterns that can perform computational tasks, alter their own pattern, and draw on external ambient electromagnetic power sources. These patterns behave in a manner similar to an advanced computer, communicating with Shockwayv by interacting with his nervous system. Shockwayv therefore has constant access to tremendous computational power and pixel-perfect memory, and commands considerable power over electromagnetic feilds which he may shape at will into various taskable states. The most visible applications of his powers are his ability to project bolts of lightning, and propel himself in flight. When his EM network is processing lots of energy in its buffers (usually due to the expenditure of lots of power in a fight), the electromagnetic patterns can actually become visible, appearing as a series of blue luminecant circuit-like lines over his body. Shockwayv sometimes has to "ground out" his field and release this built-up energy before his buffers reach capacity, often affecting anyone nearby with a sensation of a minor shock.