Superhero identity: Momentum
Real Full Name: Christophe Lebeaux
Age: 21
Powers: Christophe posses super speed, though this is as much a blessing as it is a curse to him. He may be able to move at blinding speeds, but this is his natural state of being after his powers manifested. His powers need to be actively supressed in order for him to percieve the world in normal speed instead of slow-motion. A task that takes it's toll on his body. As a side effect of this state of super speed, his metabolism also works in a hyperactive state, making it so that he needs to eat and drink something hearty every two hours.
Personality: Christophe is rather careless in his behaviour sometimes, not always realising when he's in over his head. He always tries to see things from a positive point of view however, often cracking jokes to either lighten the mood or to simply annoy his opponents. Despite his relative good looks he seems to have problems talking to girls, stuttering and making a fool out of himself almost immediately.
Strengths: When not supressing his powers the world seems to move slightly slower to Christophe, giving him some extra time to react to danger or survey an area. He is also a skilled martial artist, incorporating his superhuman speed into his fighting. The increased metabolism makes it so that his body heals injuries faster than the normal person. (Though a broken bone still takes a few weeks to heal properly.)
Christophe is also very acrobatic, having climbed trees and onto rooftops from a young age. He soon furthered this by starting to practice some freerunning in his spare time.
Weaknesses: He relies on his speed and agility very much, leaving his actual physical strength somewhat lacking. Chris also needs to eat a full meal every couple of hours in order to not become malnourished, making longer missions become much more difficult for him to last in.
In order for him to percieve the world in normal speed, he needs to dampen his own powers to the point where he no longer has the ability to move super fast. This has also proven to be quite a toll for his body, as he is basically slowing his entire metabolism down with it.
Appearance: Christophe moves with casual, if rather brisk, steps. He stands at 6' 1", his black hair cut just short enough for his fringe to reach just above his eyes. That is if he ever let his hair fall down. It is most often styled into a spikey hairstyle, strands of hair pointing in every direction and an inch of bright green adorning the tips of his hair.
He weighs in at roughly 195 pounds, his body showing signs of his martial arts background, though he is not overly muscular despite this.
Momentum is often seen sporting a orange hoodie with a bold "M" on the back. A simple black bandana pulled over his nose and mouth to obscure his face to others.
Bio: Born into a rich family, Christophe enjoyed a rather easy childhood. He was the oldest of four, having two younger sisters and a younger brother. As a child he rarely ever got into trouble other for when he decided to make his brother follow him up onto the roof of the house. Christophe always loved the feeling of climbing and the freedom that it brought to not be confined to simply walking the streets. His father is a very skilled lawyer and his mother is a small time celebrity with her band " Polyrhythmic". The Lebeaux kids never did see much of their mother as she was often touring around the country, only coming home between tours and over the holidays. Raised mostly by their father, all four of the children had aspects of becoming lawyers just like their dad.
However, once Christophe's powers started manifesting, he quickly changed his mind. He knew exactly what he wanted to do. He wanted to save lives like the heroes he had grown up adoring! It would be a long road as he soon found out. The first year of his powers seemed to move at an increasingly slow rate, each day becoming longer and longer, and people started moving slower.
One day when Chris and his siblings were out in town, they were suddenly attacked by a group of masked individuals who had seen the children's expensive clothing and decided to make an easy bit of money. As the men brandished knives and pistols, the four prepared for the worst. All of a sudden though, the men were on the ground and above them stood a man wearing an orange hoodie with the letter "M" on the back. He introduced himself as Momentum and it turned out that he, like Chris, had the power to move at high speeds. He also percieved the world the same way that the young Christohe did and told him how to deal with it. Just as their saviour was about to leave them, one of the muggers awoke. " WATCH OUT! " Christophe yelled, but his scream was drowned out by the sound of a gunshot piercing Momentum's chest. Before his newest hero even reached the ground, the gunman was knocked out by a kick from Chris, who swore that he'd never fail like he had done this day. And in honour of his fallen saviour he adopted the moniker of Momentum.
Because a hero is not a single person. It is an ideal that resides within all. Christophe now understood this, and has since dedicated his life to fighting crime where he finds it.
