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Player Information

Name: Elly
Age: Old fart (46)
Contact details: nightlocke
Other characters: Saash, Xander Woods

Character Information

Name: Renee Corbin (mutant code name: Afterburner)
Canon: Marvel Comics (X-Men universe, specifically)
Canon Point: After M-Day
OU/AU/CRAU/OC: OC
Age: 19

World Information: Earth-616

Earth-616 Timeline

The 198

Personal History: Renee grew up in an abusive household. Her mother had disappeared when she was far younger than she is now, and her father Don had not changed a bit in the intervening years. (It's presumed that her mother suffered an injury at her father's hands, and, becoming amnesiac, went on to live a new life under a different name, but she is not aware of such.)

The middle child, Renee banded together with Andrew, her elder brother, and Todd, the baby, to watch out for their father's rages and protect each other. It both went better and worse when all three hit puberty and manifested mutant powers. Drew took the name Nightfire because of his fire generation and ties to the Darkforce dimension, Todd became Tiger Fury due to his stripes and claws, and due to her first manifestation being rocket-type flight, Renee chose Afterburner. She later realized that with her powers coming more from kinetics, that might not have been the best choice, but the moniker stuck.

However, his children becoming "freaks" drove Don to new depths of anger and frenzy in his beatings. In a way it was a mixed blessing, because Renee managed to get control over her power of kinetic shielding quickly, so her father simply couldn't hurt her, and she managed to protect her brothers as well. Todd was often away these days, luckily--he had talent in hockey and got busy with practicing, there. So he was not there when Don attacked Renee before she could protect herself--and Andrew, having enough, immolated his father in a fit of retributive fury.

He was arrested, of course, prosecuted, and sent to one of the high security prisons in Nevada. Renee and Todd were going to be remanded to foster care, but the Xavier Institute stepped in and they were taken to the main school in Salem where they were learning more to control their powers. Todd eventually decided to pursue hockey full-time and gained a scholarship to college through that. Renee wasn't sure what she wanted to do, but dabbled in music--drumming was a love of hers that she pursued with some enthusiasm.

Then the events of Decimation hit, and Renee helped defend the school to the best of her abilities when the anti-mutant militants attacked. It turned out that Andrew lost his powers in those events, and having been a model prisoner, was released to a parole program. He ended up going to college and learning to be a game programmer. With her brothers finding their way, it was up to her to find hers...


Personality: Renee does her best to be a tough rebel, self-contained and self-sufficient, but she ends up caring too damn much. She'll be a flippant teenager and something of a pain in the ass (of the "I can do this myself variety), but if someone really needs help, in any fashion, she'll be willing to stand up. Renee had to learn to take care of herself at a young age--that doesn't mean most other people should have to do the same--especially those younger than she is. (She was overprotective of her baby brother, too...)

Renee's learned to control her powers over years' worth of trial and error, but she still remembers the days where she had little control, and reacts accordingly in company. She walks carefully, exhibits a lot of self control when she loses her temper (usually trying to swallow her anger down), and tries to be supremely careful, not wanting to be too careless with her more-than-human strength. But she also has no problems exhibiting it in ways where it would actually be useful, either.

She tries to pretend that her father's death did not affect her at all--she forgave Andrew for his place in it, and Don Corbin was not a good man by any means, but--he was still her father. She feels guilty and isn't quite sure how to work past that, so she represses that, too, but she still has the occasional nightmare about it.

Since Renee hasn't found a real path in life beyond "being a mutant", she sometimes struggles with feelings of inadequacy. She's smart and clever, but she hasn't tried to pursue any actual college education, yet, unlike her brothers. She's a bit more inclined to actually use her mutant powers, but she's not entirely sure she wants to embrace the superhero lifestyle yet.


CRAU developments: N/A

Key themes: Forgiving others, forgiving yourself. Striving to live up to expectations--your own, and others' expectations of you. Working against prejudice, and for peace for all people, regardless of things like genetics or skin color.

Main Motivation: Finding acceptance--both from others, and accepting things she can't change.

Skills:

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Kinetic_Charging

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Kinetic_Shielding

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Kinetic_Energy_Absorption

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Kinetic_Conversion

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Kinetic_Energy_Manipulation: specifically, https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Energy_Spike_Projection, which is how she produces her kinetic knives.

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Enhanced_Durability

https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Enhanced_Strength

She is a basic hand-to-hand combatant, however; Renee tends to use her mutant powers in a fight.


Item: A power inhibitor bracelet made for her by Hank McCoy. Renee will probably use it for safety's sake on the train.

Sample: so an angel and a mutant meet on a train...

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