Blackstone:
PL: 10
Strength 1
Stamina 3
Agility 5
Dexterity 5
Fighting 6
Intellect 2
Awareness 3
Presence 3
Skills: Acrobatics 7 (+12), Close Combat [Shadow Staff] 2 (+10), Deception 5 (+8), Expertise [Magic] 9 (+11), Expertise [Pop Culture] 3 (+5), Insight 7 (+10), Investigation 3 (+5), Perception 7 (+10), Persuasion 5 (+8), Ranged Combat [Obsidian Sapphire Shards Array] 5 (+10), Stealth 7 (+12)
Advantages: Agile Feint, Close Attack 2, Defensive Roll 3, Equipment 5, Evasion 2, Hide In Plain Sight, Improved Defense, Improved Initiative, Instant Up, Power Attack, Precise Attack [melee; concealment], Ritualist, Set-Up, Takedown 2, Teamwork, Uncanny Dodge
Powers: Obsidian Sapphire Shards Array:
Shadow Walk: Teleport 10 (Extra: Accurate); (Feats: Change Direction, Increased Mass 4 [800 lbs], Move-By Action, ); (Flaw: Medium [shadows])
-Shadow Blast: Ranged Darkness Damage 10
-Shadow Meld: Concealment 4 [all visual] (Extra: Affects Others); (Flaw: Passive)
-Shadow Shroud: Ranged Concealment 4 [all visual] (Extras: Area [Burst], Selective)
-Shadow Staff: Darkness Damage 10 (Feat: Reach, Improved Critical, Improved Smash)
-Shadow Scry: Remote Sensing 10 [audio & visual] (Flaw: Medium [shadows])
Offense: Initiative +9
Melee Attack +8 // Shadow Staff Attack +10
Ranged Attack +5 // Obsidian Sapphire Shards Array Attack +10
Defense: Dodge +13
Parry +13
Toughness +6*/+3 [*Defensive Roll]
Fortitude +8
Will +10
Equipment: Headquarters (25 ep)
The Shadowspire: Size: Medium (exterior); Toughness: 16; Features: Defense System, Dual Size [Awesome], Holding Cells, Library, Living Space, Power System, Sealed, Secret 4 [DC 25], Self Repairing, Temporal Limbo, Workshop
Costs: Abilities 56+ Skills 21+ Advantages 24+ Powers 31+ Defenses 27= 159 pts.
Real Name: Alexis Reynolds
Height: 5’3"
Weight: 119 lbs
Hair: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Complications:
Enemies: Mendron the Black Mage, Tetra & Azmuth, the Alchemist to name a few.
Identity: The fact that Alexis Reynolds is the heroine Blackstone is a secret she keeps.
Relationships: Blackstone is friends with several of her teammates (Arc, Echon, Sundance, Sentry, & Vega), and is trying to date Vega.
Responsibility: For several generations Blackstone's family has worked to maintain the balance between the mundane world and the supernatural, she is this generations bearer of that job.
Background: Alexis Reynolds had known from an early age that he family was different from most other people. She knew that other families were made of of mothers and fathers, not uncles raising their niece. She also knew that other families didn't live in a house that was known to have been built during the late 1800's and have a history of "supernatural occurrences", or that other families didn't have a manservant that was named Christian.
However, Alexis didn't realize just how different her family was until she was 13; after Christian had taken away the remains of the birthday cake Uncle Jacob told her that it was time for her final birthday present and that she should follow him. At first Alexis was busy imagining what her present would be when she realized that Jacob had led her into the library and was searching one of the bookcases for a certain book. Before Alexis could say anything about not wating a boring book for her birthday, Jacob had found what he was looking for and pulled on the upper edge of the book and suddenly the entire section of the bookcase swung out to reveal a hidden corridor.
What was waiting for Alexis at the end of that corridor was her legacy Jacob told her, then he told the teen about how for the last few hundred years their family had been responsible for maintaining the balance between the mundane world and the supernatural. That to perform these duties every generation of their family had become trained in the matters arcane and used an artifact known as the Obsidian Sapphire; that contained certain energies that made the family's obligation easier to perform, and that now was the time for her to begin her training. From that point on Alexis was taught as much as she was able to retain, and within a few years she was allowed to perform minor rituals on her own as well as help Jacob in his workshop.
Then Jacob encountered a threat that he was unable to defeat on his own, which prompted him to teamed up with the Aurelius, another mage who worked to protect society from mystical threats. It was during that adventure that Alexis was deemed ready to help as well and she accompanied the two mystics in their efforts to stop a corrupt mage known as Mendron the Black Mage. Fortunately the three of them were able to stop evil mage’s latest plot despite his having gathered allies of his own, who were collectively known as the Crimson Coven.
Over the next couple of years Alexis continued to apprentice to Jacob, working with him both at home as well as "in the field" which allowed her to gain a respectable amount of experience in arcane matters. Then Mendron returned with a new plot that resulted in Jacob’s death due to injuries he sustained while fighting Mendron, though the dark mage was defeated once again, but even Alexis was badly injured – Mendron had managed to shatter the Obsidian Sapphire, and while Jacob caught the worst of the resulting explosion Alexis had been caught in the resulting outward spray of hundreds of thousands of silvers of the gemstone. Thankfully the Aurelius had joined the duo and was able to use healing magic to stabilize Alexis, though he did so only after Jacob told him to focus his efforts on her.
Once she’d recovered over a month later Alexis returned home to discovered that she was still supposed to continue on with the family legacy and she was able to do so for awhile despite not having the Obsidian Sapphire. Then the enchantress known as Tetra had made an attempt to steal several of the mystical tomes that where held in Jacob’s old house, during that robbery effort Christian was nearly killed. During the course of this encounter Alexis learned that because her body had been riddled with hundreds of shards of the shattered Obsidian Sapphire that she could now naturally channel the power of the stone. Using her regained powers she was able to keep Tetra and her demon servant, Azmuth, form getting what they’d come for. This incident also made Alexis realize that operating out of Jacob’s house was no longer an option as clearly a number of those who she’d be fighting against were aware of its location. So with the help of the Aurelius, Alexis created the Shadowspire, a mystically constructed building that is concealed in such a way that only those who know its location can actually find it. Sure that she was well protected, Alexis has continued the work of her family for a number of years now.
Alexis has continued to act as a protector of humanity and had a few adventures in doing so, sometimes alone and other times with allies of the moment. That is until she was approached by the Alliance with an offer of membership as they wanted a member who understood mystical matters and between a recommendation from the Aurelius and her close connection to Jacob they considered her to be a good fit with the group. Since joining Alexis has used her shadow powers and mystical knowledge to help the Alliance in several adventures, even going as far as to offer the Shadowspire to them as a base of operations.