The Mantel of Feral Nova
It is unclear exactly when the history of Feral Nova began, rumors are stated that the furthest back evidence was found of their existence was during the Great Fire of New York (1776) when a fire was stated to be deliberately set, it was never found exactly who started it, or where in the city it even began. However, since then, a woman claiming to be ‘Feral Nova’ has been noted in history, never showing who she was, or why she became a hero. Even how she developed her powers are still unknown, all that is known, is that every Feral Nova since, has been a female and a hero.
What is even a mystery to the keepers of the mantel, HOW the powers originated, but what was known was that their powers became genetic, passing down to eldest daughter of the prior Feral Nova's youngest sibling, who was always pushed to have at least their first born at a young age. This was because about 80% of the time, the holder of the mantel will retire before the successor is ready, due to them becoming too old to carry on, have disabling wounds or death. It is rare when a holder is able to still be active when the newer generation steps in.
Until they are ready, they are put through rigorous training and sent to the most prestige schools in the United States. The one, who was the successor, was given nothing but the best, knowing well that they would be having a difficult life ahead of them once they picked up the mantel. However this wasn't begun until the a former holder of the mantel, Tabitha Babbitt, invented the circular saw in 1812, it was even said that she used more miniature circular saw’s while she was holding the mantel at one point, using them against her enemies. Since then the family has had a heavily steady income of money, as they now run their own saw manufacture, this is overseen by close friends of the family, rather than running the company themselves.
The powers of Feral Nova were simple, pyrokenisis, the power of creating and manipulating fire. Sometimes, on rare occasions the siblings of the mantel holder can develop a much weaker version of those powers with very mild fire manipulation. But never able to develop full pyrokenisis of their own.
For over two hundred years this has been going on, and so far, nothing had gone wrong in the line of successor… until now.
Laura Olesnicky was her name, eldest of three, she was head strong, intelligent, powerful, and an outstanding leader. She was said to be the one who would change the world… the one who would make dramatic changes in the world and how they would view heroes, until the unthinkable happened…
Laura had an unknown heart condition called ventricular fibrillation, a very deadly heart rhythm that was never found until one night she collapsed while attempting to stop a bank robbery. This was a silent killer, which only symptoms were some chest pain, but because Laura was only twenty-one the time, didn't think the pain she was feeling, was going to lead to her untimely death.
The sudden death of the hero caused a panic in the family, no one was left to pick up the mantel, there was no one else other than the one before her who could pick up where Laura had left off. Only problem was, the prior holder (the Olesnicky's Aunt, Heather Johnsen), was left disabled in a wheelchair, and was unable to physically become the hero the world needed. All that was left, was Laura’s two younger siblings Zoe (the middle child) and Jordan (youngest).
Zoe, currently 18, just graduated from high school, and ready to go off to college become a physical therapist. Because she was the middle child, she was able to live her life however she want’s, she didn’t have to worry about becoming Feral Nova, she didn’t have to worry about raising the next generation, she could do whatever she wanted, free to do what she pleased. But after the death of Laura, Zoe developed a passion to become the symbol that her late sister was quickly becoming to the world, a symbol of light and hope to those who were left in darkness.
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