Post by captcymru on Aug 9, 2019 14:30:05 GMT -5
Hero Name: Swan Vesta
Real Name: Vanessa Elizabeth Swain
Global Name: @sethra-lavode
Nickname: Ness, Veee
Age: 34
Date of Birth: 07/09/1985
Height: 6’ 00”
Weight: cheeky.
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Auburn
Marital Status: Dating
Distinguishing Marks/Scars:None
Hometown: Louisiana
Current Residence: Founders Falls
Group Affiliation: Dawn Patrol, Next Gen
Group Rank: Dawn Patrol: Patroller, NeXt Gen: Officer and therapist
Hero Identity known to Public?: No
Day Job: Therapist and Guidance Counsellor
Languages known: English, some Creole, French, German, Cantonese, and Chinese.
Family Data:
Father: Leonard Swain, estranged
Mother: Samantha Swain
Siblings: None
Spouse: Caroline Stacey aka Ample Lass and Linsey Valor aka Bomb-shell
Children
Erika Swain aka Mind Spike (adopted)
Biography:
Vanessa was born on the 7th of September in 1985 to loving parents Julia and Lenard Swain. She was born at her mothers insistence at the family home in Louisiana. The old plantation house and grounds had been brought by her father some years earlier and he had spent many millions of dollars making it a home for his family, a home that in later years Vanessa would come to despise. The first few years of her life till age five were spent at the plantation house, during which time much to her mother annoyance she picked up the local Creole dialect as well as some french, on her fifth birthday Vanessa was given a 'special present' a governess and private tutor. After her fifth birthday the family began to travel more, mother, governess and Vanessa all in tow on her fathers business trips around the globe. London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, California, Florida were all usual destinations, her fathers media company having branch offices in these cities and many others. All the time either at family owned residences or in plush hotel suites Vanessa's private tuition continued. Private tuition would also include the culture and language of those cities they visited given Vanessa a vast amount of knowledge which she absorbed like a dry sponge absorbs water. As such Vanessa is known to speak English, Creole, French, German, Cantonese, and Chinese. Vanessa tutoring was very formal and was to finishing school grade between the ages of fifteen to seventeen, even though this was being considered archaic at this time.
As with many mutants Vanessa's mutation became active with the onset of puberty. She was 14 years old and can till remember the incident as if it happened yesterday. As was usual, the family was on one of her fathers business trips this time to Tokyo to oversee the opening of the latest branch office there. They had decided to layover in the California residence for a few days before making the final leg of the trip to Tokyo. Her mother and father were both out and foolishly Vanessa had tried running down the huge formal staircase that swept around the edge of the entrance hall. Predictably she had lost her footing and fell down the staircase. She remembers raising her arms to shield her face and then sitting up at the base of the stairs, fortunately uninjured. To her horror both of he arms were ablaze, frantically she tried rolling on the floor as she screamed and wondered how she had caught fire, it was only after a few minutes she realised that although her arms were still on fire she was no in any pain or suffering any visible damage. Finally the flames died of their own accord, leaving Vanessa in a state of shock. A couple more times similar things happened, when she was in danger or might have been injured flames would burst from her body. Vanessa did her best to keep this from everyone fearing what people would think.
At the age of seventeen Vanessa much to her embarrassment, she set fire to the pool house of the families Florida residence, when she failed to notice her powers had activated. It was obvious after the fact that the fire was due to Vanessa and her father thinking it was a cry for help immediately sent her to see a Psychiatrist, after six months of twice weekly sessions the Psychiatrist said Vanessa was quite stable and no longer needed to attend, and she doubted she ever did need to attend.
Drawing in her vast knowledge of the world Vanessa finally picked the hero name Swan Vesta after the match manufacture, located in the UK. She got herself an outfit with a face mask, for although her father had thrown her out of the house, she didn't want to cause further problems for her family and reported to the City Hall in Atlas Park and signed up.
