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Unknown Empyrean
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Flying Brick
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STATUS: ACTIVE: Apex is currently an active member of the team.
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Raised fatherless, by his mother in the priveleged La Jolla community of San Diego,
Ezil believes himself to be a mutant. In reality, his father is the Empyrean Eidolon
whom his mother had a brief affair with. Unlike his father, whose Empyrean abilities
take the form of mental powers and dream control, Ezil's have thus far been oriented
towards superhuman strength and durability.
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Well adjusted, popular, and always careful to keep his abilities secret Ezil had
the sort of privileged "cool" California adolescence movies and TV shows are made
about, and after graduation accepted football scholarships to play at the University
of San Diego so he could keep the party train rolling.
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However fate took a hand. One night Ezil was doing some lab work after hours, mostly
for the opportunity to work on getting his cute lab partner Amelee into bed than
for any scholastic interest, when VIPER and the super-thug Ogre raided the labs
looking for something. Ezil and his lab partner were subdued, which Ezil allowed
rather than reveal his powers.
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"I dunno man; I'm just here to look good and hit things."
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But when Ogre got too rough with Amelee and knocked her down and out, Ezil instinctively
took action, sending Ogre sprawling with a thunderous right - left combo. A kick
to the head before he could regain his feet put the supervillain out, and earned
Apex Ogre's everlasting emnity for being a "bully".
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But when Ogre got too rough with Amelee and knocked her down and out, Ezil instinctively
took action, sending Ogre sprawling with a thunderous right - left combo. A kick
to the head before he could regain his feet put the supervillain out, and earned
Apex Ogre's everlasting emnity for being a "bully".
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The VIPER agents were dismayed to say the least to see the super tough Ogre so easily
dispatched by what appeared to be nothing more than a college punk. Ezil proceeded
to press the attack on the agents, and demoralized by this unexpected turn of events
they team extracted Ogre's unconscious form and beat a hasty retreat.
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Lacking any witnesses to his display of powers, after checking on Amalee and determining
she was only unconscious and not dead as he had feared, Ezil clubbed himself on
the head and laid down to act like he had also been knocked out by VIPER or Ogre,
a tactic that worked when the cops and paramedics arrived.
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However while he may have fooled the authorities, the VIPER agents and Ogre had
seen his face and carried a grudge and not two weeks later Ezil was ambushed by
a better prepared and reenforced VIPER 8 team, Ogre, and Lazer as he was going to
his car after finishing up some lab work early one evening. In the ensuing battle
Ezil's beautiful sports car was destroyed by Ogre, and taking a beating Ezil was
forced to temporarily flee. However Ogre and a few agents ran him down inside the
building he had fled into, and a raging super battle transpired. Ezil got in some
good hits and even had Ogre down for a few seconds, but the two were too closely
matched and with the VIPER agents and Lazer taking pot shots as well it was too
much and he finally succumbed.
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Things may have gone badly for Ezil at that point, but some time later the rookie
hero Makeshift arrived and disrupted VIPER's plans.
The next thing Ezil knew he regained consciousness in another building entirely
with some guy in a power armor suit fighting Ogre. Ezil quickly rejoined the fight
and with his new found ally quickly routed VIPER.
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Unfortunately while the supers fought the VIPER team lead had time to accomplish
his mission. In the aftermath the heroes discovered the head of the Biology department
at the school executed in his office, files stolen, and the computer blasted! They
also found evidence of some odd research involving mutating frogs. Makeshift was
able to get the (blasted) harddrive out of the professors computer before the cops
arrived on the scene. The duo exchanged contact information and vowed to stay in
touch to investigate this mysterious VIPER raid in depth.
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Meanwhile in the media there was speculation on whether San Diego had gained a pair
of new superheroes or if they were just passing through. When both Makeshift and
Apex appeared several weeks later at the AEGIS trials, rumors began to fly that
they were in San Diego to stay. Many local hero afficiandos are ecstatic to have
some fresh talent in the area, and there has been a fair amount of buzz on various
internet message forums about them. Only time will tell if the rookie heroes live
up to the expectations or not.
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