Super Lad
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
ORIGINS
Joey was born, under Westie and Richard Stalt. Westie, his mother, passed away at his birth. His father, Richard seemed to blame him for all the problems that the family had. His father was never around at home, and Joey mostly raised himself until he grew to the age of 8. Eventually his father just never came home, and Joey was left in the care of a strange and creepy man, known as Doctor Duronyte. He created a substance known as Duronyte, it acted as a living creature almost. It would mimic it's surroundings and form itself into a strong substance, but it would steal energy from it's host. After living for a year with the doctor, Joey was selected for a prime candidate for testing out the Doctor's prototype Duronyte cannon. The Doctor had an assistant, he was a short man, with a hunched back. He was poorly disfigured and was very faithful to the Doctor. He had no name, to Joey's knowledge and he never spoke much to Joey at all. On the night of the testing Joey was strapped down to a lab table and the poor hunched man began twisting knobs and pulling levers in the room. The Doctor was laughing manically in the darkness while the Duronyte cannon charged up. The cannon fired at Joey, draining his energy and absorbing it into the cannon. Before long a mysterious unnamed hero burst through the roof of the building. He knocked over the disfigured man, and halted the process. The Doctor quickly vanished out of the room. The hero rushed over to Joey and saw that he had no will to live left in him. The hero charged up the Duronyte cannon and once again fired it, But this time at himself! The energy of the cannon left the hero weak, but with the last bit of his strength he reversed the cannon to fire the charged energy of the hero back into Joey. And with the flick of a switch Joey Stalt was no more, and the hero known as Super Lad was born. Super Lad felt powerful, and saw what had happened to the hero. His strength was increased, as well as his mind. His skin was as tough as diamonds and he felt as though he could lift a car with ease. He could fly, jump, and run at incredible rates. Quickly Super Lad heard the Doctor's heavy breathing from many yards away, and chased him down and made him pay for what he had done. When Super Lad returned to the lab, the unnamed hero was gone, vanished, and never to be seen again!
And Now...
After his encounter with Doctor Duronyte, Super Lad set out to be a hero, to follow in the unnamed hero's footsteps. Not but a year had passed and an offer was given him to join the Kingdom of Horizon, a local group of other super powered beings. Super Lad accepted the offer and is now a member of the supergroup, but still focuses on finding the unnamed hero, and his father.