Name: Ben Ilson
Superhero Name: Blink
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Appearance: Just above average height with a lithe and slight gangly build. He has pale skin, blue eyes and brown ruffled, fairly long hair. He mostly wears black jeans and a blue zip-up hoody.
Nationality: American
Possessions: A pouch of rocks and bits of rubble that he uses his power on for a ranged attack; A bullet he keeps hidden away that he could potentially also use with his power.
Powers: Vector manipulation: Ben can change the speed and direction of any object that comes into contact with his body including himself. It is far easier to use it on himself and he can move and incredible speeds when he needs to as well as deliver blows with a lot more momentum behind them than they would normally have.
Weaknesses: It takes a few moments to use his powers on external objects to make them actively move away although he can fairly easily cancel the speed with which an object is moving. His power also takes a fair amount of concentration leaving him vulnerable to trickery.
Biography: Ben lived on the streets since he was about twelve years old. He would scavenge and steal food when he needed to. There were several gangs in the area as well though and he often found himself running from a potential beating when the going got rough. It was during one of these chases that he discovered his powers. It wasn't long before he had fairly good control of his abilities though and soon he was craving more an he headed to the academy to make something of himself.
Other: He can't swim and is squeamish.
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