Kinetic Adventures/Characters

A Web Serial Novel in the works by Metal Shadow X. Will change as development goes along.

[Contains spoilers for the majority of part 2 and unmarked spoilers for the entirety of part 1].

Major Characters (Star Alliance)

 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: A variation; Roxy has blond hair, Rio has black hair, Tom has brown hair, Claire has auburn hair, and Merle has crimson colored hair.
 * Competitive Balance:
 * Star Lass: Evenly balanced.
 * Willpower: Weak, yet durable.
 * Cannon Queen: Strong, yet slow.
 * Crow: Fragile, yet quick.
 * Sonic Servo: Powerful, yet vulnerable
 * Five-Man Band/Four Philosophy Ensemble: The Star Alliance eventually becomes this in part 2.
 * The Heroine: Star Lass (The Realist)
 * The Lancer: Willpower (The Optimist)
 * The Smart Guy: Cannon Queen (The Cynic)
 * The Big Guy: Crow (The Apathetic)
 * The Heart/Mission Control: Servo Seer (The Conflicted)
 * Five-Token Band: The Star Alliance members are all multiracial; the following are merely their most visible lineages.
 * Roxy: Asian.
 * Rio: Hispanic.
 * Claire: Caucasian.
 * Merle: Indian.
 * Tom: Caucasian as well, though he also fulfills the "kid in a wheelchair" role later on.
 * Power Trio: Roxy and Rio with Claire, after she joins them and before forming the Star Alliance.
 * Rainbow Motif: Star Lass is golden-yellow, Willpower is bright red, Cannon Queen is green, Crow is blue, Sonic Servo/Servo Seer is silver-gray.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Rio, Merle, Roxy, Tom, and Claire in order from most to least emotional.
 * True Companions: They become this at some point in part 2.
 * Town Girls: Roxy is the cold but sweet femme; Claire is the smart yet cynical neuter; and Merle is the wild and energetic butch.
 * Two Guys to a Team

Star Lass (Roxanne Kaizen)
The main character of the series, Roxy (as she's called) starts the series having just graduated from high school. Super-strong, super-sharp, and super-snarky, she's struggled with human interaction for years. That is until Rio came along; but his family soon moved away before he got through to her and she still ended up becoming an antisocial outcast until he returned at the start of her senior year. After admitting her true feelings for Rio and finally coming to terms with her insecurities, she becomes kinder and more willing to make friends.

Despite her Ice Queen-like personality, she is very optimistic and wants to make a difference in society; as Star Lass, she intends to do just that.


 * Action Girl
 * Adorkable: Whenever her icy front gives way to warmth.
 * Amazonian Beauty: Although she hides her muscles in public by wearing loose clothing.
 * Anti-Hero: Type III, though she sometimes goes down to Type II.
 * Author Avatar: Word of God gave her a personality much like his own.
 * Big Breasts, Big Deal: Type 3. Before the main story, when her powers and breasts started developing, she was a mixture of type 1 and type 2.
 * Boobs of Steel: Even though Crow is The Big Guy in most situations, Star is still the strongest as well as the most developed.
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * The Cape: A Reconstruction.
 * Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: To Rio.
 * Cool Loser
 * Covert Pervert
 * Dark-Skinned Blond: Well, more of a tan-skinned blond. Justified due to such genetics being common for Celestians.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: After chapter 7.
 * Dying Alone: Her greatest fear, though she would never publicly admit it.
 * Expy: For Superman, at least with her Star Lass persona.
 * Flying Brick: She has the three abilities that many Celestians possess:
 * Flight
 * Super Strength
 * The Power of the Sun
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic I and II.
 * Good Is Not Nice: Though she gets better.
 * Good Is Not Soft: Just because she eventually becomes nice, doesn't mean she goes any easier on criminals.
 * Green Eyes: Coincidentally, she has a bit of jealousy in her.
 * Hand Blast: Her "Solar Blast" and "SMG (Sun Machine Gun)" attacks.
 * Happily Married:
 * Hates Being Touched: With a few exceptions.
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Build: Although she's slightly more hefty and curvaceous than your average example.
 * Heroic Neutral
 * Humble Hero: The main reason she has a Secret Identity is not to protect her loved ones (as she knows they can do fine should anything happen), but rather to not be constantly praised by random people during her civilian hours when she helps people as Star Lass. In fact, even when being personally thanked as Star Lass, she acts rather Tsundere-ish about it.
 * Ineffectual Loner
 * Informed Loner: While she feels comfort in not being surrounded by people, she also doesn't want to be entirely friendless.
 * I Just Want to Have Friends: Only she's too afraid to open up to others out of fear that if she went through the trouble of making friends, they would eventually leave and emotionally hurt her. Rio's sudden departure is what made her recognize this.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * The Kirk
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Light'Em Up
 * Light Is Good
 * Loners Are Freaks: Some people she met at high school often asked if she was this kind of person. She may subconsciously believe this, which is why she wants at least one person to consider her a friend.
 * Loony Friends Improve Your Personality
 * Meaningful Name: Her first two names (her middle one is Mitsuko) mean "light".
 * Most Common Superpower: They're more noticeable when she's in her hero outfit.
 * Naughty by Night: Despite her shy and dutiful personality, she is rather perverted and takes pride in having a healthy sex life with Rio.
 * One Head Taller: Averted; she and Rio are almost the same height (she's about 5'8, he's about 5'9).
 * Power Blonde
 * Shrinking Violet: A downplayed example.
 * The Snark Knight: Also downplayed.
 * Socially Awkward Hero
 * Stepford Snarker: As a kid, she used bitter sarcasm as a coping mechanism; however, once she gets over her problems as a young adult, she uses it in a much more playful manner.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Sweet Tooth: She loves sweets, namely dark chocolate.
 * Think Nothing of It: See Humble Hero.
 * True-Blue Femininity: Her Star Lass attire is indigo, rather close to blue.
 * Unkempt Beauty: She hardly, if ever, keeps her hair tidy.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Claire, type 2.
 * When She Smiles: Rio finds her adorable when she's happy.

Willpower (Macario Valdez)
Roxy's first actual and, for a time, only friend, Rio (as he goes by) has a near parallel personality to her: ostracized due to his scrappy attitude, eccentric quirkiness, and odd habits. Despite this, he and Roxy share a powerful bond as he was the first person she befriended on Earth. After moving away and coming back, Rio promised himself he would do everything he could to stop her from being alone again.

As the superhero Willpower, he differs from other Kinetics by not using visible strength, but what he calls Xi energy. With it he's able to jump at great heights, run incredibly fast, and can perform various other abilities.


 * Adrenaline Makeover: He grows a goatee in the second half of part 1 that grows into a beard in part 2.
 * Anti-Hero: Type I.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: He's a ton of fun, but don't deliberately hurt any of his friends (especially Roxy).
 * Blithe Spirit
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * Breath Weapon: His "Spirit Breath" attack, which he acquires in part 2.
 * Brilliant but Lazy: Inverted. He's not very smart, but makes up for it by being a hard worker.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Roxy is aware of this, which is why she has faith in him despite being frequently loony.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Has various lapses into non-sequitur.
 * Dare to Be Badass
 * Deadpan Snarker: Every now and then later on; Roxy's (and Claire's) style of humor is a bit contagious to him.
 * Death Seeker: Only at first. He wondered if his kinetic power would reveal itself if he was in danger of dying. As noted by Roxy, this is completely suicidal and he was lucky that he was right.
 * Determinator
 * Deuteragonist: Starting in part 2.
 * Disappeared Dad: His father died two years before he met Roxy.
 * The Empath: Only toward Roxy, and to a certain extent.
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine.
 * Fun Personified
 * Genius Ditz
 * Heart Is an Awesome Power
 * Heroic Spirit
 * Heroic Willpower: He's immune to Scaremonger's Mind Manipulation.
 * Happily Married:
 * Imagination-Based Superpower: His Xi allows him to do an assorted number of things if he puts his mind to it.
 * In a Single Bound: His "Rocket Jump" technique.
 * Jumped At the Call: Rather he "ran all the way to New York, then jumped over the Empire State Building" at the call.
 * Keet
 * Kid Hero: Started being a hero just a couple months before turning 18. However, even nearing his twenties, he still often acts like a kid.
 * Ki Attacks: He uses his inner energy (he calls it Xi ) as a foil to Roxy's solar energy.
 * The Lancer
 * Laser Blade: Eventually learns to wield two of them with Xi energy.
 * Let's Get Dangerous
 * Living Emotional Crutch: For Roxy, who was emotionally devastated when he unexpectedly left, but gradually warmed up again after his return.
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Male variant.
 * The Matchmaker: A non-romantic version for Roxy and Claire, whom he believed would make great friends.
 * Meaningful Name: Macario and Espiridión (his middle name) mean happy and spirit, respectively, in Spanish.
 * The McCoy
 * Muscles Are Meaningless: He has next to none; justified due to using his Xi energy in combat.
 * One of the Kids
 * The Pollyanna
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Except he's (usually) incredibly friendly.
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Super Speed: Spends the second half of part 1 training to acquire this.
 * Triangle Shades: Often wears sunglasses as Willpower, although he's trying to invoke Rule of Cool.
 * Understanding Boyfriend

Cannon Queen (Esther Claire Morlan)
A girl Rio befriends at school, Claire (she prefers to just go by her middle name) starts out as Roxy's inadvertent enemy for Rio's affection. Her personality being similar to Roxy, it allows her and Rio to get along just as well, with Roxy herself initially feeling threatened by her. It isn't until Roxy warms up that the two become best friends, if sometimes belligerent.

As Cannon Queen, she uses her training under Tom and her self-made, multifarious weapon to become a force of nature without superpowers.


 * Action Girl: After becoming Cannon Queen.
 * Adorkable: Not as often as the others, but it sometimes shows.
 * Anti-Hero: Type III, veering toward Type IV by part 2.
 * Ascended Extra: Initially intended to be a Girl of the Week character, she instead becomes a tritagonist of sorts.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Big Damn Heroes: In "Wedding Bell Blitz"
 * Broken Bird: As revealed around the end of part 2.
 * Celibate Hero: A variation; much like her inspired character, she isn't big on romantic relationships (early on) and has very little interest in sexual activity.
 * Creepy Monotone: Well, more like uneasy monotone.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Emotionless Girl: Pre-character development.
 * Emotion Suppression: She attempts to do so. It doesn't end well.
 * Expy: Based mainly on Daria Morgendorffer; she bears the physical resemblance and has a similar personality (though it's later deconstructed). She also shares some similarities to Batman; relying on her smarts and gadgets for her lack of superpowers (or, in Crow's case, the training to make up for it).
 * First-Name Basis: Mostly averted, as nearly everyone except her parents and Roxy (she invokes the First Name Ultimatum when she highly demeans or praises her) refer to her by her middle name.
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: Even more so than Tom, considering she made Gypsy.
 * Good Is Not Nice: She trades the shyness Roxy has with even more hostility.
 * Gun Slinger
 * Heroic BSOD/Driven to Suicide:.
 * He's Back:
 * I Call It Vera: She calls her homemade weapon "Gypsy".
 * Irony: She's regarded as the team's outcast, yet is the only thing linking Star and Willpower with Crow and Servo before they all meet.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Although she often acts more like a Jerkass than Roxy.
 * Meaningful Name: Her last name is an anagram for "normal".
 * Meganekko
 * Midnight Blue Eyes
 * Muggle Born of Mages: Her father is Celestian, but she has none of the powers. Her sister, however, may have them.
 * Not So Stoic: Her moments of these are often seen after Tom's accident.
 * Redhead in Green
 * Replacement Love Interest: What Roxy believed her to be at first.
 * The Smart Guy
 * The Snark Knight: Thoroughly deconstructed by the end of part 2.
 * The Spock: Just replace "logic" with "common sense".
 * Statuesque Stunner/Huge Schoolgirl: She's the tallest member at 5'11, two inches higher than Rio.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality: Her kinder side only shows up mainly when she's under a lot of emotional stress, though it may briefly pop up elsewhere.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo/Tall, Dark and Snarky
 * The Team Normal: Only one out of the main five that isn't either a Kinetic or a non-Kinetic with special training.
 * Teen Genius
 * Ten-Minute Retirement: Inverted.
 * Therapy Is for the Weak:
 * Thou Shalt Not Kill: A subverted deconstruction.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Roxy, type 2.
 * Weapon of Choice: Her homemade instrument, Gypsy, which can transform and be used as a variety of attacks.
 * Playing with Fire: Plasma Ray, the default mode.
 * An Ice Person: Frost Beam.
 * Shock and Awe/Power Fist: Electric Gauntlet.
 * Homing Projectile: Homing Missile.
 * Wave Motion Gun/Hand Cannon: Neutron Cannon, requires a ten minute recharge.
 * Wrench Wench

Crow (Merle Dawson)
Merle is the only child of a young family of performing acrobats and a carefree one at that. Raised to be soft spoken and well mannered (although she may often not act as such), she prefers to stay positive in the face of adversity. In addition, she's quite popular with the boys in her school and has a talent in theater acting. After losing both her parents, she was adopted by her former babysitter Leila and, upon having learned her secret identity as Dusk Woman, wanted to follow in her footsteps as a superhero.

As the non-Kinetic hero Crow, she is highly agile and takes any opportunity to strike.


 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Hero: Albeit a more friendly example.
 * Badass Normal/Charles Atlas Superpower
 * Bare Your Midriff: If only in her casual attire.
 * Big Breasts, Big Deal: A pure Type 4 case.
 * The Big Guy: She isn't really stronger than Star Lass, but she uses said strength more often in battle.
 * Combat Pragmatist
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Expy: To Robin of Batman fame.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric.
 * Fragile Speedster: Hits hard and fast, but can't take much abuse.
 * Genki Girl
 * Hard Work Hardly Works: Averted; she always pushes her body near its limit to get stronger.
 * Hazel Eyes
 * Hidden Depths: Finds her talent in acting after participating (albeit against her will at first) in a School Play.
 * Hormone-Addled Teenager: Very much one, with no help from her hedonistic view of life. Including, but not limited to, the following tropes (although she isn't as sexually explicit as most of the examples; ie, most of these are Downplayed)
 * Ethical Slut: As revealed when she wanted to sleep with Tom before they broke up because she didn't want Claire to feel cheated on.
 * Good Bad Girl
 * Lovable Sex Maniac
 * Technical Virgin: She's perfectly fine with getting to third base after dating a guy for a month or so, but will go no further... until she turns 17
 * ...However, she makes an exception to have sex with Tom shortly after his accident.
 * I Got Bigger:
 * Improbable Age: She's had great acrobatic skills ever since she was 11.
 * Kid Appeal Character: A possible deconstruction.
 * Kidanova
 * Kid Sidekick: To Dusk Woman during part 1.
 * Kid Hero: From part 2 onward. Since with Dusk Woman retiring, she has nobody to be a sidekick to.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Little Miss Snarker: As time goes on, especially when hanging out with people like Roxy and Claire.
 * Meaningful Name: Her middle name, Sarika, means (myna) bird in Sanskrit.
 * Most Common Superpower: She has quite big breasts for a girl in her early and mid-teens (they developed sometime after she started being Crow)... not that she minds, of course.
 * Plucky Girl
 * Ravens and Crows
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Serial Romeo: Female example.
 * Sidekick Graduations Stick: After part 1.
 * Teens Are Short: Subverted.
 * True-Blue Femininity: Her primary color is blue.

Sonic Servo/Servo Seer (Thomas Richter)
A kid about Merle's age, Tom (as many call him) is a super-intelligent Kinetic with the power of sound/vibration. He led a rather normal life until he saved Merle from an abusive date, which she repaid him for by revealing her superhero identity. Near the end of part 1, he develops a romantic relationship with Claire and helps her become a hero.

As Sonic Servo, he uses his power both as shock absorbers and as a dangerous weapon. After being paralyzed from the waist down, he becomes Servo Seer, playing a new role as the team's Mission Control.


 * Adorably Precocious Child
 * Adorkable
 * Ambiguously Jewish
 * Attack Reflector
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Brown Eyes
 * The Comically Serious: As the series progresses.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Disabled Love Interest: To Claire.
 * Disabled Snarker: After he's crippled, he spends enough time with Claire to become one.
 * Embarrassing Middle Name:
 * Expy: For Oracle as Servo Seer.
 * Four-Temperament Ensemble: Supine.
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Genius Cripple
 * The Heart: While Rio would seem to fit due to his optimistic attitude, Tom's more level-headed to be a better example.
 * I Can't Feel My Legs: After the newly transformed Biocide shoots him.
 * Kid Hero
 * Mission Control: From part 2 onward.
 * Non-Action Guy: Subverted. He usually doesn't fight much after being in a wheelchair, but he will if he ever needs to.
 * Sonic Stunner
 * Super Wheelchair
 * Teens Are Short: Averted, he's around 5'7 at age 14 but he's still shorter than almost everyone else on the team.
 * Teen Genius

The Anti-Squad

 * Five-Bad Band: In part 2.
 * Big Bad: Anti Lass
 * Co-Dragons: Biocide and Scaremonger
 * The Brute: Scaremonger
 * Evil Genius/Sixth Ranger: Droid Duke
 * Dark Chick: Killspot
 * Dark Chick/Token Good Teammate: Gadget Girl

Anti Lass (Astra Null, real name Sable Kaizen)
A Celestian who came to Earth to find the Kaizens. Once she meets Roxy, she introduces herself and tells her story of when her cruel family left her behind some years ago. She later takes over OzCo and reinvigorates it into NullCorp. In truth, she is Roxy's believed-to-be-dead younger sister, who was forced to survive by learning how to become a no-nonsense entrepreneur/mogul and resorting to immoral actions.


 * Affably Evil
 * Anti-Villain: Type I. Either that or a Type V Anti-Hero, depending on whose side she's on at the moment.
 * Batman Gambit: The end of "Reckoning".
 * Big Bad: Part 2.
 * The Man Behind the Man: Part 1, although Biocide is unaware of this.
 * Cain and Abel: The Abel to Star Lass' Cain.
 * The Chessmaster: She spends the second half of part 1 manipulating everyone, whether they know it or not.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Of sorts; while she and Dragon control an underground crime syndicate, she uses some of the money to benefit the city.
 * Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Averted.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Flight
 * Friendly Enemy
 * Fun with Acronyms: NullCorp stands for the Neighborly Utilities for Local Living Corporation.
 * Gravity Master: Doesn't use it often because it doesn't benefit her as much as kinetic negation.
 * Light'Em Up
 * Light Is Not Good
 * Long Lost Sibling
 * Necessary Drawback: Her light powers are weaker than most Celestians.
 * Power Hair
 * Power Nullifier
 * Super Strength
 * The Unfavorite: Sees herself as this.
 * Villain with Good Publicity: Made sure to gain the trust of every major figure in the city the first week she became CEO of NullCorp.
 * Worthy Opponent
 * Younger Than They Look: Despite appearing to be in her early 20s, she's almost 2 years younger than Roxy.

Biocide (Ashley Ozborn)
A ruthless Corrupt Corporate Executive who, for reasons she doesn't want to talk about, has found pleasure in causing pain and suffering while profiting from it. Leila, who once looked up to her while in high school, sees her true colors and promises to make her pay for her crimes.


 * Acquired Poison Immunity
 * Ax Crazy: As Biocide.
 * Bald of Evil: After the nuclear incident caused her to permanently lose her hair.
 * Big Bad: Part 1.
 * Card-Carrying Villain: Once in Stupid Evil territory.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: So, so very much. At least until she loses the company to Anti Lass.
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Puts a hit out on Merle's entire family because her mother bullied her when they were in school.
 * The Dragon: In part 2, she becomes one to Anti Lass.
 * Demoted to Dragon
 * Enemy to All Living Things
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * For the Evulz
 * Hero-Killer: Close. She was responsible for crippling Tom.
 * I Love Nuclear Power: The cause of her powers is due to falling into an unstable nuclear vat.
 * Lean and Mean: Suffers from anorexia as a mutation side-effect.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * Poisonous Person
 * Shadow Archetype: She's Dusk Woman's moral opposite.
 * Sickly Green Glow: Double Subverted. The nuclear waste that caused her transformation was blue, but it turned her skin green.
 * Smug Snake
 * Start of Darkness
 * Technicolor Toxin: In both green and purple.
 * Would Hurt a Child

Scaremonger (Luther Pen Dragon)
An alien with the ability to shapeshift between human and dragon forms. He's capable of breathing out different elements depending on what he eats and possesses hypnotic eyes that makes his foes experience their greatest fears. He befriended Astra as she made her way to Earth.


 * Affably Evil: Possibly even more so than his boss.
 * Breath Weapon: Depending on what type of food he eats:
 * Spicy: Playing with Fire
 * Minty: An Ice Person
 * Sweet: Non-Elemental
 * Liquid: Making a Splash
 * Sour: Shock and Awe
 * Bitter: Extra Ore Dinary
 * Salty: Dishing Out Dirt
 * Bruiser with a Soft Center: Cares deeply for Anti Lass.
 * The Brute
 * The Dragon: Taken as figuratively and literally as possible.
 * Emotion Control
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Hypnotic Eyes
 * It's Pronounced Dray-gon
 * Large and In Charge: Subverted when it's learned he takes orders from Anti Lass.
 * Lightning Bruiser: His dragon form.
 * Noble Demon: Has no qualms of committing crimes, but draws the line at senseless killing and going against Astra.
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Scaled Up
 * Undying Loyalty: While they were in space, Astra saved Luther's life. He feels indebted to her to do as she wishes.

Killspot (Caitlin Cassidy)
An assassin hired by Ozborn to kill the Dawsons to settle a petty grudge she had against them. Despite her line of work, she comes off as incredibly friendly in her civilian persona due to Caitlin and Killspot actually being different people.


 * Alliterative Name
 * Anti-Villain: Type I.
 * Career Killer
 * Crazy Prepared
 * Dance Battler
 * Dark Chick
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Killspot's a ruthless psychopath, but she still felt deeply ashamed after causing Merle to become an orphan.
 * Expy: To Deadpool, sans the fourth wall breaking.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Friendly Sniper
 * Healing Factor
 * Heel Face Turn: Is asked by Crow to make one at the end of chapter 4..
 * I Am Legion: The two both use first person plurals unless something is only directed at one or the other.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast
 * Only in It For the Money: The only reason they took the job of killing the Dawsons was because Ozborn would have paid them a large amount of money, but they turn down the offer after refusing to kill Merle.
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Shout-Out Theme Naming: Caitlin's real name is based on Cletus "Carnage" Kasady, while her alter ego's is based on Deadpool's.
 * Split Personality Makeover: As Killspot, Caitlin wears a half-black, half-dark pink mask and puts her loose hair in a ponytail.
 * Thou Shalt Not Kill: Caitlin would barely harm another person let alone kill them. Killspot, on the other hand, terminates her targets without hesitation, but her one rule is to spare any child under the age of 16.
 * Wild Card: Further enforced when they decide to defect and become neutral.

Droid Duke (Brutus)
A rather incompetent villain who relies only on brute force. Although, this is just an act to fool the public as he works with Anti Lass.


 * Benevolent Boss: He treats his henchmen as if they were his own children, and would even go out himself and avenge one of them if they were killed.
 * Dumb Muscle: Subverted
 * Evil Genius
 * A Father to His Men
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Hulk Speak: As part of his brainless brawn persona.
 * Mad Scientist
 * Mecha-Mooks: Starts using these later on as cannon fodder.
 * Not-So-Harmless Villain: He was a nuisance that was easy to handle with Roxy, but after revealing his true colors, he becomes more than just that.
 * Robot Master
 * Sixth Ranger: Is recruited by Astra in part 2.

Gadget Girl
A young hacker whose skills impress Astra enough that she gives the child Killspot's position in the Anti-Squad.


 * Expy: Might share a few similarities with Radical Edward, what with being a young girl who's a pro at hacking and is usually indifferent to the activities of those around her.
 * Improbable Age: She's about 10 years old.
 * Playful Hacker
 * Teen Genius: Preteen genius, actually.
 * Wild Card: Much like the member she's replacing, perhaps even more so: she doesn't care when she learns Astra is evil, she just wants to challenge Servo again.

Dusk Woman (Leila Ross)
A young cosmetic prodigy who, in just 5 years, became a millionaire in the fashion industry. However, beneath her desire to help people look as good on the outside as they are on the inside, she felt compelled to search for her parents' murderers and find the motive behind it. However, after taking custody of a newly orphaned Merle, she realized how pointless it would be and gave up her quest to help raise her foster child, who wants to become a superhero as well.

As Dusk Woman, she prowls the night streets and blends with the darkness to stop criminals.


 * Action Girl
 * Adult Child: A more mild example.
 * Casting a Shadow
 * The Chick
 * Christmas Cake: She feels that she should get married soon; but, because of her job, she knows that it would only bring more stress.
 * Cool Big Sis: Wants to be one to Merle, but comes off more as both this and a mother figure.
 * The Cowl: A more lighthearted example.
 * Culture Equals Costume: Her Dusk Woman costume is a stylish hijab she made herself that is also ideal for combat. She chose this due to her belief that it does well to hide her face (especially on the off-chance she needs to fight in the daytime) and out of respect for her late mother.
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Decoy Protagonist Deuteragonist
 * Expy: Also one for Batman, much like Cannon Queen; she shares the tragic backstory, rich civilian persona, and taking custody of an orphaned child.
 * The Fashionista
 * Flight
 * Gray Eyes
 * Intangible Man: But it requires a small amount of concentration, so she can't use it right away while in trouble.
 * Lady of War
 * Older Than They Look: She's 24 in her debut chapter (27 as of Spring 2011) yet looks no older than 18.
 * Out of Focus: Eventually retires to focus more on her company.
 * Parental Substitute: On behalf of Merle's parents and honored to be mentioned in their will, Leila became her legal guardian.
 * Purple Is the New Black/You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Strange Girl
 * Team Mom

Necromancer (Scott Macbeth)
Leila's friend, whose parents took her in after Leila's were killed, Scott was intrigued by magic ever since he could remember, which was due to his then-dormant Kinetic power of magic. Having left after high school to train, he meets up with Leila 8 years later and takes up her offer on becoming a paranormal detective. Though initially planned to help find the spirits of her parents, she allowed him to help any soul that needed it.

As the Necromancer, he deals with the arcane oddities that lurk within the city.


 * Arbitrary Skepticism: Brushes briefly with this, unsure if things like ghosts and aliens exist. Leila shows a short savvy side just to point out the flaw in his belief.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Black and Nerdy
 * The Comically Serious
 * Ethnic Magician
 * Expy: Of Dr. Orpheus (ability wise) and the Demoman (ethnicity wise; unintentionally at first, but Word of God decided to keep it).
 * Put on a Bus: Eventually goes across the country to train spellcaster Kinetics.
 * Neat Freak
 * Necromancer: Naturally.
 * Non Standard Character Design: Most characters have wide, animesque eyes, Necromancer's look like these. This is fairly common with Kinetics who possess the ability to cast magic.
 * The Red Mage: Skilled at healing and attack magic; however, he’s unable to attack while casting, also leaving him a...
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Soul Brotha: Averted, despite how appropriate it would be.
 * Soul Power
 * The Stoic: Most of the time.
 * Team Dad
 * Vancian Magic

Simone Valdez
Rio's elder sister.


 * Cool Big Sis
 * Expy: Partially one for Simon, due to her name and drill power.
 * Gratuitous Spanish: Her first words in the story
 * This Is a Drill

White Dwarf (Orion Forestar)
A Celestian warrior who takes Roxy under his wing to teach her all he knows.


 * Badass Grandpa: He easily defeats Roxy with only about 1/5 of his power.
 * Bi the Way: In his youth, he courted his closest friend, Astro Nexus. However, due to tragic circumstances, he eventually fell in love with Astro's sister, Nebula, and married her instead.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Heroic Albino
 * Meaningful Name: Being called the "White Dwarf" is more than just what he's capable of, he's incredibly pale (even by Earth standards) and only about 4 feet tall.
 * Miniature Senior Citizen
 * Nobody Over 50 Is Gay: Averted, sort of.
 * Old Master: It's even the name of the chapter he debuts in, but with a "the" added at the beginning.

Captain Latex (Lucy D. Monk)
A Space Pirate who was inspired by her pioneering parents to go out and explore the galaxy.


 * Asexuality
 * Badass Adorable
 * Captain Ersatz/Distaff Counterpart: To Monkey D. Luffy.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Confusion Fu
 * Genki Girl
 * Hero of Another Story: Most of her travels occur offscreen.
 * The Ladette
 * Married to the Job
 * Pirate Girl
 * Rubber Girl
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: She's convinced that she's The Hero of the story.

The Morlans
Claire's family. She has a mother named Heather, a father named Jack (a Celestian), and a sister named Guinevere (Gwen for short). Mostly taken from Daria's family, as the names indicate, but with a few differences.


 * Bratty Teenage Daughter: Gwen.
 * Hot Scoop: Heather.
 * Mood Swinger: Jack.

Kane Lane
Debuting at the end of part 2, Dr. Lane is a psychiatrist specializing in helping superheroes, having been one himself. Claire begins to go to him after experiencing problems of her own.


 * Cyborg
 * Ill Girl: A male example who was so ill, he had to be implanted with cybernetic parts at the age of 10 to keep living.
 * Older Than They Look: He looks like he's in his mid-to-late twenties, but is 37 when Claire starts seeing him.
 * Retired Badass
 * The Shrink: Type 2, the "Awesome" kind.
 * Warrior Therapist