Midnite Tempest

Name: Raene Barsa
Origin: Natural
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Description: 5'3", athletic, black hair, dark brown eyes surrounded by the discoloring caused by her manipulation of negative energies

Backstory: Born to a wealthy New England family, Raene was deemed "energetic" as a young child, "rambunctious" as a pre-teen, and "unmanageable" as a teenager by her parents who often found themselves at wits' end as to how to deal with her unruly behaviour. In the hopes that her exuberant (and at times destructive) energies could be channelled more successfully into the bright future her unusually brilliant intellect promised, they enrolled her in an exclusive school that boasted an intensive accelerated accedemic program that guaranteed early college admission. Within six weeks of her arrival, she disappeared.

Over the next 10 years, Raene travelled - first across England (where the school had been) and then further abroad, spending time in Nepal, Tibet, and a smattering of other countries - in a somewhat vagabond manner. She absorbed philosophies and cultures as she wandered in a journey of on-going self-discovery that, in time, helped her turn the inner turmoils of her youth toward more productive, external use.

In this path of spiritual self-discovery, Raene knew that she needed to return home to make ammends with her parents, so she returned to the states. Shortly after her search for them began, it was ended with a visit to Paragon City Hall where she found her family listed among the casualties of the Rikti war. She walked down the hall to the Hero Registration office and applied for a liscense under the name Midnite Tempest.

In the two months that followed, she went back often to check the casualty lists for the names of people she remembered from her youth - people her family had known, other relatives, childhood friends - until she found one that wasn't there. Unfortunately, by this time, Raene had found friends and allies in the other heroes of the city, and two of these heroes had earned the interest of an as yet unknown villain. By the time she reached her childhood friend's front door, there was a trap set for her, and she would suffer at the hands of Crey scientists while a revenant clone was finalized and created to take her place in Paragon.

By the time she was rescued, she'd been severely traumatized, and her best friend was unable to help as she found that her life had shattered in her absence. She left with the intent to never return...

Time, however, heals and gives perspective. Raene has returned to Paragon City to make peace with her past here and try to find something to stay for.

Personality: Raene has an underlying intensity about her that some can find discomforting. She is the calm in the midst of the storm while in combat, but because of what she's been through since arriving in Paragon, she can be somewhat jaded and moody at times. Usually, however, she's friendly, personable, and easy-going.

Powers: By manipulating and directing the abundant emotional and spiritual energies from within herself into the world around her, Raene can affect the people around her by making them more resilient or making criminals less effective in combat.

In-Game Archetype: Defender
In-Game Powersets: Kinetics/Dark Blast