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Nova is a sixteen-year-old Anarchist of Filipino and Italian heritage living in Gatlon City. She possesses the superhuman ability to put people to sleep through physical contact, and she herself never sleeps. Raised in the abandoned subway tunnels by the Anarchists after the traumatic murder of her parents and sister, she harbors a deep hatred for the superhero governing body. She infiltrates the Renegades using forged documents, hoping to destroy their organization from the inside.
Romantic interest of Adrian Everhart
Niece of Ace Anarchy
Surrogate daughter of Leroy Flinn
Fellow Anarchist to Ingrid Thompson
Friend of Winston Pratt
Surrogate daughter of Honey Harper
Protector of Max Everhart
Victim of Genissa Clark
Adrian is the teenage adopted son of the two highest-ranking Renegade Council members. He possesses the power to bring his drawings to life, and he continuously expands his abilities by giving himself specialized tattoos. Kindhearted and noble, he believes strongly in justice but struggles with intense grief over his mother's unsolved murder. This drive for answers frequently pushes him to bypass strict Renegade laws to conduct his own investigations.
Romantic interest of Nova Artino
Adoptive son of Hugh Everhart
Adoptive son of Simon Westwood
Adoptive brother of Max Everhart
Teammate and friend of Ruby Tucker
Teammate and friend of Oscar Silva
Ace is Nova's uncle and the notorious original leader of the Anarchists. Possessing immense telekinetic powers, he united oppressed prodigies to tear down discriminatory governmental systems globally. His reign of chaos, known as the Age of Anarchy, ended when he was defeated during the Battle for Gatlon by the Renegades.
Uncle of Nova Artino
Hugh, also known as Captain Chromium, is the nearly indestructible leader of the Renegades and an original Council member. He operates with a commanding, patriotic presence in public, maintaining the Renegades' image of invulnerability. In private, he is a loving and protective father who tries to shelter his sons from the harsh realities of Gatlon City.
Husband of Simon Westwood
Adoptive father of Adrian Everhart
Adoptive father of Max Everhart
Co-leader with Kasumi Hasegawa
Co-leader with Tamaya Rae
Co-leader with Evander Wade
Simon, also known as The Dread Warden, is an invisible superhero and an original member of the Renegade Council. He works alongside his husband to lead the city and manage the hundreds of prodigies within their ranks. He displays deep affection for his family but participates in the Council's increasingly rigid control over superhumans.
Husband of Hugh Everhart
Adoptive father of Adrian Everhart
Adoptive father of Max Everhart
Leader of Nova Artino
Genissa, also known as Frostbite, is a corrupt, sadistic Renegade who wields ice powers. She uses her authority to terrorize the powerless and discriminate against recruits she deems unworthy. Her unpunished brutality exposes the hypocrisy and systemic corruption within the Renegade organization.
Antagonist to Nova Artino
Rival of Adrian Everhart
Max is a ten-year-old boy with the involuntary ability to absorb the superpowers of anyone nearby. Because his powers pose a danger to others, he lives in permanent, isolated quarantine within the Renegade headquarters. Intelligent and lonely, he spends his time building intricate glass sculptures while serving as a test subject for Renegade scientists.
Adoptive son of Hugh Everhart
Adoptive son of Simon Westwood
Adoptive brother of Adrian Everhart
Friend of Nova Artino
Ruby is a cheerful and playful Renegade on Adrian's team. After surviving a traumatic childhood stabbing, her blood crystallizes into rubies, leaving her with a permanently weeping wound. She uses a signature blood-red grappling hook in combat and fiercely supports her teammates in the field.
Teammate of Adrian Everhart
Romantic interest of Oscar Silva
Teammate of Nova Artino
Oscar is a mischievous and stubborn Renegade with the power to summon and control smoke. He gained his abilities after nearly dying in a house fire as a child. He lives with a degenerative bone disorder that requires mobility aids and causes chronic pain, but he remains a courageous and essential member of Adrian's squad.
Teammate of Adrian Everhart
Romantic interest of Ruby Tucker
Teammate of Nova Artino
Ingrid is a violent and blunt Anarchist who specializes in creating highly destructive explosives. Forced into squalor after the fall of Ace Anarchy, she harbors a deep desire to kill Renegades and cause widespread damage. She is short-sighted and frequently undermines Nova's strategic plans in favor of immediate carnage.
Rival and ally of Nova Artino
Fellow Anarchist to Leroy Flinn
Leroy is an Anarchist who creates chemical toxins and poisons for the group. Despite his lethal skills, he is the kindest of the remaining Anarchists and acts as a compassionate father figure to Nova, even offering her the chance to abandon their vengeful crusade and start a peaceful life away from Gatlon City.
Surrogate father of Nova Artino
Fellow Anarchist to Ingrid Thompson
Winston is an Anarchist who uses his power to control the movements of children, turning them into living puppets. He sports bizarre facial tattoos and erratic mannerisms. He often acts without permission from the rest of the group, drawing unwanted attention from the Renegades and complicating Nova's missions.
Friend of Nova Artino
Prisoner of Adrian Everhart
Honey is a dramatic, attention-seeking Anarchist who commands swarms of bees. Characterized as a fallen beauty queen, she misses the glamour and power she held during the Age of Anarchy and struggles heavily with the group's current impoverished existence in the subway tunnels.
Surrogate mother of Nova Artino
Phobia is an enigmatic and terrifying Anarchist with the power to manifest an individual's worst fears. He operates independently from the group's familial dynamic and may not possess a traditional human body, adding to his unsettling and threatening presence.
Fellow Anarchist to Nova Artino
Danna, who operates as Monarch, is a teenage Renegade who can transform her body into a swarm of monarch butterflies. After sustaining heavy injuries during a battle, she spends much of her time recovering in the medical ward while providing vital surveillance intelligence to her team.
Teammate of Adrian Everhart
Teammate of Nova Artino
Gene is an elderly man with the power of absolute knowledge retention. He serves his community by preserving literature and education, but he secretly supplies illicit weapons to the Anarchists from a hidden armory located in his basement.
Grandfather of Narcissa
Weapons supplier to Nova Artino
Kasumi is an original Renegade Council member who wields powerful water manipulation abilities. She uses her powers to mitigate disasters, such as extinguishing massive fires, and assigns administrative tasks to new recruits.
Co-leader with Hugh Everhart
Superior of Nova Artino
Tamaya is a winged superhero and a member of the elite Renegade Council. She frequently opposes Adrian's reckless behavior and advocates for strict adherence to the Council's established laws.
Co-leader with Hugh Everhart
Leader of Adrian Everhart
Evander is one of the five original Renegade Council members who govern Gatlon City. Like his peers, he acts with absolute authority over the city's prodigy and civilian populations.
Co-leader with Hugh Everhart