The Grey

Real Name: Corey Jardin
Renegade Name: The Grey
Title: Anarchist
Alignment: Chaotic
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Meta-human/Caucasian
Hair: Brown, feathery, short
Eyes: Slate gray, luminous
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 165lbs.


Physically, Jardin would generally describe himself as unremarkable.

He is lean, perhaps wiry.  He has a narrow frame, particularly noticable in his shoulders.  However, time spent on his own has forced his body to adapt: he is now quite athletic, though his physique is usually hidden.

He prefers to remain clean shaven; this tends to show off his mix of French and German features.  He has a wide jaw that rounds down to a straight chin.  His nose is shallow, flairing near the tip.  His medium length hair is usually brushed back and it is so dark, it can often be mistaken for black.  His pale gray eyes sometimes draw attention, and they look almost blue in some light.  Perhaps his most notable feature is that his eyes seem to glow in low light.

His fashion changes on a whim.  His most iconic attire is a dark gray, three piece suit, sometimes worn with black leather gloves and dark loafers.  Alternatively, he wears a fitted sweatshirt, loose pants and tabi sneakers, all in a dark gray with a hard plastic mask and goggles as stealth gear.

Jardin is difficult to read, his metahuman abilities offering him heightened control over his micro-expressions.  This makes it fairly easy for him to lie without giving himself away.

Beneath this ever changing mask, however, is a perpetually mingling blend of compassion and rage, two emotions he uses to guide his personal philosophy of moral uncertainty.  He has a scaling sense of right and wrong and judges people on a complex list of factors.

He is also funtionally immortal and has learned to cope with the realization he will likely outlive his friends and family.  He fears the dangers of such isolation and continues to attend Catholic mass weekly, even though he is no longer a believer.  He uses the congregation to keep himself humble, afraid to view himself as godlike.

He views himself as just human, dispite his abilities.


Jardin was born into middle America, second child in a liberal family within a conservative upstate New York community.  He grew up as an overachiever, highly intelligent as well as athletic, though he placed more emphesis on the former.  This continued until college, when an accident that should proved fatal saw the discovery of his previously undiscovered meta-genotype.

This was at the time when tension regarding gifted persons was on the rise.  Seeing the hypocrisy of his once friendly as it turned on his family proved disheartening.  His rapid recovery allowed the young man to flee the suspicions of his old life.

He now survives as a thief, spy and vigilante of sorts, "picking up where the law leaves off" to quote an old television show from his youth.


1. Endurance
2. Agility
3. Reaction
4. Strength



Hypercognition: Jardin's mind operates in a nearly perpetual 'overclocked' state.  He processes information more quickly than other humans and is able to push his entire nervous system to peak performance.  He can learn skills more rapidly than others and maintains this ability thanks to his healing factor.

Enhanced Dexterity: Jardin has ultra-precise motor control.  Combined with his hypercognition, anything that is possible physically, he can do easily.

Night Vision: Jardin has extra receptors in his eyes.  Whatever light is present in an environment is amplified, allowing his to see clearly in near total darkness.

Alternate Perception*: In addition to seeing in the dark, Jardin can also perceive and process information outide of human ranges.  He can see outside of the visible spectrum, hear frequencies above and below the norm and recognize smells undetectable to others, rendering many forms of concealment ineffective.

Healing Factor*: Jardin has accelerated healing properties as a result of his hightened metabolism.  Minor wounds and injuries can heal in moments while most toxins are rapidly broken down by his body, rendering them harmless.


Photosensitivity: Because of his night vision, sudden bright lights can become more problematic for him.  Weaker lights can render him completed blind while deliberate attempts to blind him are more persistent.  In some cases, scar tissue can form, requiring the complete regrowth of his ocular structure.  Sunglasses help but drop his vision to human norm.
Cat Alergy: A severe allergy to cat dander can render most of his senses useless.  Whether exposure is first or second hand, it causes sinus congestion that causes him to lose even human levels of smell, hearing and vision.  His immunity to 'poison' also makes medication useless leaving his only option as a filtration mask which he carries at all times.
Motion Sickness: Sudden changes in vector leave Jardin at a lose.  He quickly loses his sense of up and down, making ultraprecise movements all but impossible.


Reflective Sunglasses/Goggles: Two pairs of eye wear used to block out light.  The standard shades are used in civilian situations while he wears the goggles in more active situations.

Filter Mask: Hides his face while protecting him from toxins as well as conceal his identity.  It is made mostly of hard plastic to protect the filter underneath but is mundane enough to be vulnerable to enemy aggression.

Manji Sai: A pair of compact clubs associated with Okinawan kobudo.  They extend the length of his forearm and have a leather wrapped handle.  The pronged guards are S-shaped.

Bo shuriken: A set of concealable throwing darts famously used by Japanese samurai to disorient enemies.  Jardin can also throw them with enough force to break light fixtures.

Smoke Bombs: Hand-made devices that produce a cloud of black smoke.  They help obscure his movements but can also draws attention elsewhere.

EMP Generator: A portable device designed to emit an electromagnetic pulse.  It can knock out some electronics temporarily however limited battery life constrain its effectiveness.

Vambraces and Schynbalds: Metal inserts used to protect his forearms and shins in melee combat without sacrificing any mobility.


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Regenerative Systems: While his entire body is capable of regenerating, complex organs and bone take too long to heal to compensate for battle injuries.  However, he is still able to regrow limbs and organs over time.  This has also stopped Jardin from aging in the future

Traceur: Jardin is adept at parkour and free-running.

Martial Artist: Jardin is remarkably skilled in hand-to-hand combat, relying on a combination grappling and pressure points.

Marksman: Jardin is also well versed in the use of firearms, though he prefers not to kill whenever possible.

Polyglot: Thanks to his hypercognition, Jardin can easily learn new languages more rapidly than most.  He is currently fluent in many of the more common languages.