Essie Bogandis was voted "Most Likely to Smash Her Own Brains Out Bungee Jumping," before she got kicked out of school for poor attendance and backchat. But so what? She got a job running a bungee jump platform, and it paid for her NEW favorite hobby -- BASE jumping. 

One day, in midair, she saw a bald eagle fly right above her and she thought, "This is the awesomest moment of my life" -- just before a shot rang out and the rare bird, the very SYMBOL of AMERICA, started spiraling towards the spiny rocks of a deep canyon. Heedless of her own safety ('cause, y'know, Essie's not really that bright) she deftly maneuvered her chute so that she caught the bird in midair and cradled it gently to a safe landing.

But it was no ordinary bird. It was, in fact, a powerful spirit of the winds, one that had loved and overseen the brightest ideals of America since its inception. Standing for democracy, equality and freedom, it was now truly endangered. Somehow, Essie knew all this as she wept over the bird. Then she heard a voice of cruel command say, "Why don'tcha jest step back an' let me finish my bizness, lil' lady." She looked up into the evil, money-green eyes of The Bigshot.

Just as the eagle spirit had adopted the most idealistic notions of the young nation, The Bigshot had allied itself with greed, short-sightedness, callousness, and the kind of smug self-satisfaction that could give (or sell) pox-ridden blankets to the natives.

He stared down at her, his eyes full of the contempt only a Yale legacy can hold for a woman who did poorly on a racially-biased standardized test, and casually pointed his rifle at her heart.

"Bite me," she said, and he pulled the trigger.

But as her blood mingled with the eagle, as her willingness to give the last full measure of sacrifice for a doomed virtue spilled out on the ground, she and the spirit merged, becoming something greater than either one. She arose changed, an angelic figure with wings made of storm clouds and lightning flashing in her eyes. Now, the entity that was once Essie Bogandis is composed of living virtue. She's as durable as Hope, compelling as Truth, and as inexorable as Justice. Winds and weather are her servants and she dares to stand up to the corrupt and powerful on behalf of the downtrodden and despised.

(Plus, she can fix your VCR with her electronics skills.)

Essie Bogandis

Powers:
Monster Body: 3x1 Permission: Power Theme Monster! Heavy Armor +3, +4+2HD BODY, Extra Tough +1
Telekinesis: 4x4 Permission: Unseen Force Power Theme, Telekinesis +6+2WD (A,D,R,U), Heavy Armor +2, Block +3 (The armor is a TK force field. Block is D,R)
Icy Manipulator: 2x6 Permission: Secret Mastermind Power Theme, BRAINS +1, COOL +2HD, COMMAND +2HD
More Animal Than Man: 2x7 Permission: Power Theme Animal, COORDINATION +2HD, either Flight or Unconventional Move 5d (Pick one based on the animal in question, natch. Either one is A,D,R,U.)
Master of an Element: 2x8 Permission: Elemental Power Theme, Control (Element) +6, Detect Element +5 (This could be fire, electricity, stone -- whatever. It’s assumed that all these powers govern the same element. Control is A,D,R,U, Detect is just R,U.)

Blue 3 Events
10 - Kicked Out of School: COOL +2, SENSE +1, Endurance +3, Electronics +2

Blue 5 Events
2 - Blessed by an Angel: Permission: One Power, Flight +2 (A,D,R,U), COOL +1, COMMAND +1, Stability +2

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-G.