Super Powereds: Year 1

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Living Shadow: Shane can create and manipulate shadows in stark contrast to his sister, who can do the same with Hard Light. While he can use shadows for brute force strikes, he prefers to hone his precision skills, using surgical strikes to incapacitate his opponents. He has inherited this ability from his grandfather, the first Hero, who also has other powers.

Masquerade: The existence of super-powered beings can be a closely guarded secret within the story's universe. Hannah (Hexcellent) - A young goth-super who worked on a PEERS team in Brewster with Owen Daniels. She is freshmen student at Sizemore as of Year Four, having been admitted upon Titan's recommendation. She has the ability to summon creatures or "demons,' which are energy constructs. Most notably her rabbit, Hopculese, is of enormous size and damage capability. She has also kept these summons active even when she was unconscious, which is a rare talent. She joined in the assault on Charles Adair's secret facility at the end of Year Four.

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Knowledge is power. That would be the motto of Lander University, had it not been snatched up and used to death by others long before the school was founded. For while Lander offers a full range of courses to nearly all students, it also offers a small number of specialty classes to a very select few. Lander is home to the Hero Certification Program, a curriculum designed to develop student with superhuman capabilities, commonly known as Supers, into official Heroes. Chronic Hero Syndrome: One of his biggest traits, which we see first when he volunteers to look after Hershel/Roy. If you're in trouble, HE WILL HELP.

The mecha anime equivalent of this was Neon Genesis Evangelion, which told the story of a fourteen-year-old Chosen One who agrees to save the world in a giant robot, not out of righteousness or charity, but to impress his abusive father. When it doesn't work at all, Shinji becomes severely torn about whether the world is still worth saving if it's never made him happy, and the main conflict shifts from whether he's able to save all mankind to whether he's willing. In the end, he's not. Living Emotional Crutch: Will relies on her a great deal to be his moral compass, admitting that without her, he would be a half-crazed shut in. Super Smoke: Sean is able to turn into fog and move in this form, able to enter into most places unseen or sneak up on people.An oversexed girl with the ability to create multiple copies of herself. Spends the entire first year as Roy's sex buddy but shuns him for much of Year 2, mostly for social reasons, despite still being sexually attracted to him. The series has a spin-off novel called Corpies (which takes place chronologically during Year 3—it's best to read it in between Year 3 and Year 4, because Year 4 contains spoilers for Corpies and features several characters introduced in Corpies who will otherwise seem a little out-of-nowhere) and an as-yet unpublished one called Blades & Barriers. Edmonton - A member of the Adair Corporation's Board of Directors. He is often at odds with Alice, but is unable to stop her plans for the company. Chad's best friend and frequent sparring partner. A skilled martial artist on par with Vince. Obsessed with training hard enough to be able to beat his older sister Angela. Can create and manipulate shadow constructs. After becoming a Hero he goes by the name Styx. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: There's a good reason why Roy starts out as The Friend Nobody Likes. He's selfish, self-centered, arrogant, insensitive, disrespectful, rude and mildly sexist. But for all his negative traits, he does have a heart — turns out that even though he's always insulting and causing problems for Hershel, he's actually really protective of him, and as time goes on this protective streak encompasses all his fellow Melbrook students. He also has a big problem with bullies and those who push around people who are weaker than themselves.