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= Continuum =

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==Background and Description==

In the being currently known as Continnum's life there have been three major phases. The first lasted for a indeterminable amount of time. Literally indeterminable, for how can one measure time if one is the only consciousness there is, a sentient pocket universe in which only primordial energy and matter exists? It could have been mere months or eons beyond imagining. There is no way to tell.

Then in one moment this state of monotonous being was suddenly shattered, as perturbations from Outside were felt. Till that point, the living dimension was only barely aware of the concept of something external to itself. Now its attention was drawn across the Void between realities to Elsewhere.

Focusing on the source of the sensations, it discovered their cause. Within the Elsewhere it discovered Others, not-selves that possessed thought and will just as it did. Some of these beings, humans, had recently been granted extraordinary abilities from an event called The Storm, and one of the abilities some had gained was that of teleportation. It was the vibrations in the dimensional fabric caused by such powers that the entity had felt across the gulf of universes.

Fascinated with Elsewhere, Earth, and the beings that dwelled within it, the entity spent all of its time focusing its perceptions on the reality. For many of Earth's years the entity watched and listened, first the teleporters who first caught its attentions, then also their fellow supers and humanity as a whole.

The entity would have been content to simply watch for eternity if it wasn't for one fateful incident. One day, during the approach of a Second Storm to Earth, the spacefaring hero Cosmos was sent to investigate it. During the course of his mission his abilities were temporarily super-charged by the Storm, causing him to burst through the Universe's boundaries entirely. He ended up crossing the dimensional void and finding himself within the living universe had been observing Earth for more than three decades.

Instantly realizing where his unexpected visitor came from, the entity rewound time to undo any damage caused by his violently abrupt arrival. It then created an island of Earthlike environment and a humanish avatar to explain their situation to him.

Once Cosmos understood his current circumstances the hero attempted to return to Earth. But the abyss between actualities was too wide for Cosmos, whose power had returned to normal levels. The entity realized he would require its help to return home, so it combined its natural power to manipulate the dimensional fabric with the hero's abilities to do just that.

The effort was a success that not only returned Cosmos to Earth bur took the entity's avatar along as well. The being was thrilled with this new and unanticipated state of affairs. Not only could he experience the fascinating world of humanity from a whole new perspective but he could interact with it as well.

Cosmos, for his part, was a little wary of just letting an alien entity of undetermined power explore Earth without supervision. Deciding the best plan would be to get him to cooperate with the authorities, he persuaded the being the most interesting way to spend its time would be to be a superhero like him and quickly made arrangements to introduce it to the appropriate agencies. The newly minted superhero dubbed itself Continuum, for that is what he was, a living space-time continuum projecting its consciousness into a humanoid form.

==Complications==

'''Motivations''': Thrills <Br/>
Fame: He's the first publicly known alien.  That fact alone draws an immense amount of renown. <Br/>
Focus of The Fringe: While the majority of people have positive opinions about Continuum and believe what he's shared about his background, there are some individuals and groups scattered throughout the population who harbor a variety of erroneous beliefs and theories about the entity.

Some think he's responsible for the Bermuda Triangle, while others believe he caused The Storms. At least one cult think he's the alien tyrant who in a previous age had people's past incarnations executed in volcanoes, while a number of conspiracy theorists suspect his activities as a hero is part of a secret attempt to subvert human institutions in order to rule the world.

These false beliefs usually don't cause Continuum any difficulties but they can occasionally inconvenience him, especially if they're held by someone in a position of authority or who happens to possess things like major resources or superpowers.

==Character Sheet==

===Abilities===
:Strength 0
:Stamina 3
:Agility 0
:Dexterity 0
:Fighting 0
:Intellect 5
:Awareness 5
:Presence 2

===Defences===
:Dodge: 10
:Parry: 10
:Fortitude: 8
:Toughness: 10 (7 from Protection)
:Will: 12

===Skills===
:Expertise: Supers 2 (7)
:Investigation 4 (9)
:Perception 4 (9)

===Advantages===
:Eidetic Memory
:Speed of Thought
:Well-Informed

===Powers===

:'''Avatar of an Extradimensional Entity...
:Immortality 8 - Innate (Flat 1), Side Effect (Affliction 8 Resisted By Will - Dazed, Stunned, Incapacitated; Always Occurs -2) [5]
:Immunity 3 (Aging, Disease, Need to Sleep) - Innate (Flat 1)
:Protection 7 - Innate (Flat 1)
:Feature 1 (Temporal Inertia) - Innate (Flat 1)

:'''Dimensional Awareness''' - Senses 8 (Detect Things Occupying Space, Ranged, Acute, Analytical, Accurate, Awareness: Dimensional Distortions, Radius)
:'''Dimensional Manipulation''' (40 point Array + 12 Alternate Effects): ''Short Range Displacement'': Teleport 12, Accurate (+1), Change Direction (Flat 1), Change Velocity (Flat 1) Increased Mass (200 lbs; Flat 2)
::''Long Range Displacement'': Teleport 12, Accurate (+1), Change Direction (Flat 1), Change Velocity (Flat 1), Extended (+1),Increased Mass (200 lbs; Flat 2), Limited to Extended (-1)
::''Displace Subject'': Teleport 7, Accurate (+1), Attack (+0), Change Direction (Flat 1), Change Velocity (Flat 1), Increased Range (Perception; +2)
::''Short Range Portal'': Teleport 8, Accurate (+1), Portal (+2)
::''Long Range Portal'': Teleport 6, Accurate (+1), Easy (+1), Extended (+1), Limited to Extended (-1), Portal (+2)
::''Offensive Portal'': Damage 11, Increased Range (Perception; +2), Indirect 4 (Flat 4), Precise (Flat 1), Variable Descriptor (Any Environmental Descriptor; Flat 2)
::''Wide Offensive Portal'': Damage 8, Area - Line (+1), Increased Range (Perception; +2), Indirect 4 (Flat 4), Precise (Flat 1), Variable Descriptor (Any Environmental Descriptor; Flat 2)
::''Defensive Portal'': Deflect 9, Indirect 4 (Flat 4), Increased Range (Perception; +1), Reflect (+1), Redirect (+1)
::''Recursive Trap Door Portal'': Affliction 9 (Resisted and Overcome by Agility; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Immobile), Affects Insubstantial (Full Effect; Flat 2), Alternate Resistance (Agility; +0), Extra Condition (+1), Increased Range (Perception; +2), Limited (Not flyers, teleporters or others who can automatically stop falling in midair; -1), Limited Degree (-1), Progressive (+2) Reversible (Flat 1)
::''Temporal Dilation Attack'': Affliction 9 (Resisted and Overcome by Will; Hindered & Vulnerable, Defenseless & Stunned), Affects Insubstantial (Full Effect; Flat 2), Cumulative (+1), Extra Condition (+1), Increased Range (Perception; +2),  Limited Degree (-1), Reversible (Flat 1)
::''Restorative Retcon'': Healing 6, Energizing (+1), Increased Range (Perception; +2), Limited (Others; -1), Linked (to Immunity to Fatigue Effects; +0), Persistent (Flat 1), Restorative (+1), Resurrection (+1), Stabilize (Flat 1) + Immunity 5 (Fatigue Effects), Limited (Only Fatigue Effects imposed by using Restorative Retcon)
::''Repairative Retcon'': Healing 9, Affects Objects (+1), Increased Range (Perception; +2), Limited (Objects Only; -1), Persistent (Flat 1)
::''Self Restorative Retcon'': Healing 12, Energizing (+1), Limited (Self Only;-1), Linked (to Immunity to Fatigue Effects; +0), Persistent (Flat 1), Restorative (+1), Stabilize (Flat 1) + Immunity 5 (Fatigue Effects), Limited (Only Fatigue Effects imposed by using Self Restorative Retcon)