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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Davies" data-source="post: 8240949" data-attributes="member: 30538">Severus<img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-2F34hHF/0/eaa9ebbb/S/severus-S.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />To Petra Iraklidis, alias Moment, he is 'that jerk'. In full, 'that jerk who made a mess of my Christmas shopping last year.' She didn't learn the name that he's using until their second conflict, in Feburary of the following year, and assumes that it's an alias. She isn't exactly blind to the implications of him having gravity controlling powers to her own, but in the absence of evidence to the contrary, she's assuming that it's just a big coincidence, and that he's motivated by something understandable, like a desire to show off his own much greater power.She's much mistaken in several ways. Severus Meusz, born 1972, is her older half-brother, one of the younger legitimate children of her biological father, Gordion Meusz. Severus regards the fact that he's been forced to make a spectacle of himself while cleaning up another one of his father's messes with extreme annoyance, and the notion of wearing a costume or using some sort of nonsensical alias would just make the whole situation that much worse in his view.Severus discovered the existence of Petra Iraklidis a few months after the formation of the Minor League. He might try to portray this discovery as the result of a careful and constant search for information about the activities of potential scions of the hidden families; to be fair, he does do that. But the fact is that one of his younger half-brothers caught a TV broadcast about the team and, noting that the cute Greek girl was doing stuff that he'd seen Serverus do, brought it to his attention, as he would have otherwise have missed it entirely, dismissing the activities of the tights-and-mask crowd as utterly irrelevant.While Severus has put a fair amount of effort into developing his abilities -- more than his father or any of his siblings, full or half -- he's never remotely felt any inclination towards a life of heroism or one of spectacular criminality. He's certainly not an honest man, but his share of the family fortune is large enough that his schemes to get more are largely directed at other members of his family, rather than outsiders. He views those unfortunate enough to lack powers as little better than animals -- they shouldn't be killed needlessly, but if they have to die to satisfy the needs of their betters, there's no sense in shedding any tears about it.However, among his father's more annoying habits is to keep right on fathering more and more children, even though the old goat is now in his seventies. In and of itself, this would not be an issue. However, he also tends to adopt and legitimize those of his bastardy that demonstrate powers, especially the family lineage of gravity control, and fully intends to divide his estate equally between all of his children, rather than reserving the lion's share for those who are most deserving. This, in Severus' view, consists of exactly one person, but he could put up with dividing it ten ways. The fact that he's going to have to put up with dividing it twenty-one ways, or twenty-two if his father decides to accept Moment as yet another heir, does not sit well with him at all.So he came to Philadelphia to try and clean up the mess, and was prevented from doing so the first time by the girl's allies in the Minor League. He escaped capture, and has since made arrangements to purchase a property from the House of Ashe, as well as soliciting their assistance in dealing with this continuing problem. So far, at least, he's managed to keep his father from finding out about any of this, and counts that as something of a success.He has never even considered the possibility that Petra would, if informed that someone who sexually assaulted her mother wanted to give her money, refuse it without a second thought.Severus -- PL 10Abilities:STR 1 | STA 2 | AGL 2 | DEX 3 | FGT 2 | INT 3 | AWE 2 | PRE 2Powers:Anti-Gravity: Flight 6 (120 MPH), Subtle - 13 pointsDeflector Field: Linked Enhanced Defenses 12 (Dodge 6, Parry 6); Linked Sustained Protection 8; Subtle - 21 pointsGravity Control: Array (24 points)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Concussive Blast: Ranged Damage 11, Accurate 2 - 24 points</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Concussive Burst: Burst Area 2 Damage 8 - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Crushing Gravity Field: Damaging Burst Area Move Object 8, Limited to Moving Downwards - 1 point</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Null Gravity Field: Burst Area Move Object 12, Limited to Moving Upwards - 1 point</li> </ul>Advantages:Assessment, Benefit 5 (multimillionaire, status), Connected, Contacts, Ranged Attack 2, Well-informed.Skills:Deception 8 (+10), Expertise: Business 8 (+11), Expertise: High Society 10 (+13), Insight 10 (+12), Intimidation 6 (+8), Investigation 6 (+9), Perception 8 (+10), Persuasion 8 (+10).Offense:Unarmed +2 (Close Damage 1)Concussive Blast +9 (Ranged Damage 11)Concussive Burst -- (Burst Area Damage 8)Crushing Gravity Field -- (Damaging Burst Area Move Object 8)Defense:Dodge 10/4, Parry 8/2, Fortitude 5, Toughness 10/2, Will 7Totals:Abilities 34 + Powers 61 + Advantages 11 + Skills 32 + Defense 10 = 148 pointsComplications:Entitlement--Motivation. Intolerance (non-mutants.) Secret (powers.)Note: While Severus is married with two children of his own, neither his wife nor children have ever featured in his activities, and so he doesn't yet have them as a Family complication.</blockquote>

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