Lantern

Origin: Unearthly
Real Name: Unrevealed

First Appearance: Eidolons! Comics #8 [Sigil Publications August 2012]

ABILITIES

Prowess 3 {Average}

Coordination 5 {Good}

Strength 6 {Great}

Intellect 5 {Good}

Awareness 8 {Amazing}

Willpower 5 {Good}

Stamina 11

Determination 1

SPECIALTIES

Investigation Expert

POWERS

Immortality 10 {Supreme}
       Afflictions Resistance
Life Support [Extra: total, ignoring all physical needs] 10 {Supreme}
Light Control 8 {Amazing}
       Absorption
       Light Constructs [Linked to Postcognition]
       Resistance [Dazzle]
Postcognition 10 {Linked to Light Constructs] {Supreme}

Supersenses 1 {Weak}

       Additional Sense ["True Sight"]

     

QUALITIES

. Curiosity killed the cat: Lantern lives to solve mysteries.
. Being of solid, cohesive light.
. "Let there be Light!"

Points: 107

ORIGIN STORY

Lantern remains a mystery to be solved: is he a man that carries a lantern implanted in his chest, or a lantern that somehow became human? Cryptic as he is, he is not telling. What is known is that, in the same day that The One appeared, an ancient lantern, kept in a small Austrian museum, came to life, taking the appearance of a male human being. The museum curators had only known that the lantern was made by a blacksmith and so-called alchemist back in the 1700s, possibly a follower of  Anton Kirchweger.

His powers work on a principle of photo metabolism – his body’s cells work use photons as an energy source. This allows him to project a light in a given area. His body also acts as a solar battery – when he is in sunlight he has almost limitless energy reserves. He is also able to recover from fatal wounds if his body is exposed to sunlight. Fortunately this can be artificially duplicated; the sun isn’t necessary to activate his advanced metabolic processes. Light-based attacks don’t seem to affect his as much either (in fact, they heal him!). Lantern neither ages nor is affected by disease. He's a being of solid, cohesive light. His alternate form is permanent, and he cannot transform himself into light, only generate it. Also, he doesn't have the immunity to physical attacks associated to Energy Form characters.

He is the world most powerful postcog; by shining his light forth upon any place, he recreates, in 'hard light', the re-enacment of scenes which occured there. And he craves for solving mysteries, for finding unsolved murders, for unravelling enigmas. Lantern is considered the epitome of investigative detective, bordering the vindictive (although he's not as spiteful). His focus vary from cracking the puzzles of the natural world or the unraveling the enigmas of the human heart and mind, but whatever his obsession, ignoring a riddle requires great effort.

A character created based on a concept seen on Stormwatch stories from Warren Ellis and thus his monumental cost reflects his "powerhouse" status. Character created according to rules presented in ICONS Great Power book and ICONS Superpowered Roleplaying: The Assembled Edition.