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| | '''Background and History''' | | '''Background and History''' |
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| − | Hillary Smith thought everything in her life was normal. Her father, Johnathan, worked a stable but boring job as a pharmacist and her mother, Jane Smith, was an accountant who homeschooled her. Up until she turned twelve her major stresses in life were her over protective parents. She had checkups at the doctor at least once a month and didn’t approve of many activities involving other kids. Since Hillary tended to be withdrawn and shy the latter didn’t bother her that much.
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| − | And then they weren’t.
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| − | On the way back from one of her check-ups, the Smith Family SUV was ambushed on the drive back. Armed men grabbed her, while the person in charge (confident though unarmed) explained to her that her parents never loved her, she was just an experiment and there was a family that would truly appreciate her gifts. Hillary didn’t believe them until her parents came swooping in on flying platforms armed with some kind of sci-fi lasers.
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| − | At first they tried to save her, but as the battle turned against the Smiths even over the din of battle the terrified Hillary heard her mother say, “Terminate the subject. We can’t afford her to fall into someone else’s hands.”
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| − | Shocked, afraid, hurt and angry Hillary’s powers manifested just as her father raised his weapon to take the shot. She doesn’t remember exactly what happened next, she just ran through thick smoke with singed clothing.
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| − | Hillary spent the next couple of days running and hiding where she could, unfortunately leaving a small trail of fires as she was then unable to control her powers. Eventually she was picked up by the Schandaleres who had been looking into the battle and the fires. In their investigation they learned about the cloning project, they didn’t hide the truth from Hillary. They also offered her a home, she was in fact one of them.
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| − | Since living being taken in by the Schandaleres Hillary has worked hard to prove herself worthy of their kindness and has a slight inferiority complex. She’s above average athletically, academically and is what one might call Hollywood Ugly, among regular 17 year olds she’s be exceptional, but among her adopted family she just feels…lesser.
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| − | Hillary tries to stay out of the celebrity spotlight to…mixed…success. The whole thing is completely overwhelming to her. The recent push to revisit the life of the original Hillary Schandelere has not helped matters. Perhaps appropriately, rather than claiming the moniker Firebrand, Hillary goes by the more subdued Ember. When not fighting crime, Hillary volunteers to use her power to heal burn victims, plays a number of instruments and tries to fills out applications to various universities.
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| | ==Combat== | | ==Combat== |
