STR 16 (+3), DEX 14 (+2), CON 16 (+3), INT 10, WIS 10, CHA 10

SKILLS: Climb 2 (+5), Bluff 4 (+6), Intimidate 4, Gather Information 2, Language 1 (English [base], Spanish), Knowledge (popular culture) 2, Knowledge (streetwise) 3, Sense Motive 4 (+6), Swim 2 (+5)

FEATS: All-out Attack, Attack Focus (melee) 2, Diehard, Endurance, Improved Block 2, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Talented (Bluff/Sense Motive), Taunt

POWERS: Hellfire Control 10 (black; Dynamic Alternate Powers: Emotion Control [Flaws: Limited-one emotion {despair, -1}, Flight, Protection (hellfire armor), Strike [hellfire weapons; Alternate Powers: Create Object; Power Feats: Improved Critical, Mighty]; Alternate Powers: Darkness Control 10; Power Feats: Accurate; Extras: Wide [+1]; Drawbacks: Noticeable [1 point]), Super-Senses 2 (Additional Senses: Darkvision)

COMBAT: Attack +2 (+4 melee or hellfire blast), Grapple +7, Damage +3, Defense +4 (+2 flat-footed), Knockback -1, Initiative +6

SAVES: Toughness +2, Fortitude +6, Reflex +5, Will +12

DRAWBACKS: Involuntary Transformation [4 points]

Abilities 16 + Skills 6 (24 ranks) + Feats 12 + Powers 45 + Combat 12 + Saves 18 – Drawbacks 4 = 105 points

Real Name: Jeremy Carlson

Height / Weight: 5’9” / 145 lbs.

Hair / Eyes: Bald (black) / Glowing Black (blue)

First Appearance: New Vindicators #1

Biography: Evangeline Carlson was an American who felt the best way to spend the summer between her high school and college years was to backpack across Europe. It was in her travels that she met a man, a suave and charming rogue of a man who stole her heart and made passionate love to her one night in France. The next morning he was gone… but he had left her with his seed.

Twin boys were conceived that night- Evangeline learned of them not long after. The pregnancy proceeded disturbing fast- with her going into labor not three months after meeting the children’s father. She gave birth to her sons in Gloucestershire, England and told her tale to the doctor; the man hadn’t believed her fatfetched story until he delivered the twin brothers- each with burning black eyes.

Believing them to be spawns of the devil, the man plotted to drown the brothers in the spas the town was famous for. Learning of the plot, Evangeline took the boys and fled to Bishop’s Cleeve where she met a priest who helped her flee the wrath of the people the respected doctor had gathered. Still, the two were seperated- Evangeline escaping with one of the children while the other was still in the hands of Father Anthony.

Still, Evangeline didn’t keep her child long. She managed a return to the states and left her son with her sister Josette. Josette and her husband, Doctor John O’Riley, raised young Jeremy Carlson as their own.

In his earlier years, Jeremy was the epicenter for violence. His new family had spared no expense in attempting to give Jeremy every chance he could get and he received each the same way. Every school he went to, he started fights. He had no respect for authority. He was the poster child for juvenile delinquency. Halfway through his junior year, he ran away from home- intending to turn to a life of pety theft to provide for himself. His first night out he was arrested… and released thanks to the influence of the Wisent.

Jeremy was chosen by the Wisent to be one of the founding members of the Bisons- the cornerstone of the man’s new criminal empire. It was through the seven young people that he funneled his orders and thanks to the drug (BOOST) provided that Jeremey’s Nephilim powers manifested.

Adopting the name Deimos, Jeremy served with the utmost loyalty. Still, his loyalty to his employer was rivaled by his loyalty to Taria Reynolds (Enyo). The young girl stole Deimos’ heart and together they began to plot their retirment. Bogart learned of their plans to leave and commanded the others to hunt them down. Believing his beloved already claimed by the retaliation, Deimos fled to the home of his aunt and uncle, seeking solace with them.

Enyo had not been killed however; she had been given a choice: betray her lover or be executed. She set a car bomb intended for Deimos and claimed only the young Nephilim’s aunt in the explosion. Deimos used the confusion to fake his own death and turned to the New Vindicators Academy- a group he had learned about from Bogart.

NEW VINDICATORS: Radix Malorum est Cupiditas

Early on, Deimos was viewed as a possible ally to the Affiliation. He was approached by Blitzkrieg, Black Widow and Lurker and given the offer to join them in the coming war. Claiming himself to be too much of a wild card to take orders from anyone, Deimos chose to voice his decision with a blast of hellfire. With Frostbite’s help, the young man was able to hold his own against the villains.

In the wake of numerous students’ deaths, the rest of the senior class was ordered to meet with psychiatrist Jacob Pritchard. Deimos failed to attend his session- opting instead to spend it with a girl (Shade) he met in the lobby several floors below Pritchard’s office. Such a meeting was observed by Doctor Pritchard- who watched his son with great interest.

Following his humiliating defeat at Tide’s hands, Deimos journeyed with his teammates to Japan where he met Yukimura Sanada. The man bestowed Deimos with a katana he claimed was destined to slay one of the Seven Fallen- a group which Deimos’ father was counted amongst. Deimos’ ability with the sword was then tested by Sarutobi Sasuke, the immortal swordsman found Deimos lacking in fighting prowess and handed him another humiliating loss.

Months later, while on a date with Shade, Deimos was abducted by his dead aunt Josette and tortured for days before his companions from the Academy arrived. Though they saved him, they did not encounter his aunt…

Time passed by again and on the day of his high school graduation, Deimos was caught in an explosion meant to claim his life. Though he survived, Deimos lost the use of his right eye. Despite such injuries, he participated in the White War- where his katana was stolen by his half-brother, the Shadow, and used to slay Samael. Immediately after watching his chance to kill his father stolen from him, Deimos’ consciousness was siphoned into Michuru’s beast form.

NEW VINDICATORS: Sic Semper Tyrannis

Throughout the Trials, Deimos clashed with a young man with similar powers. This youth, calling himself Phobos, possessed a background shockingly similar to Deimos’. Their histories coincided with each other, leaving Phobos to conclude that Deimos was the long lost brother he had been told of by Father Anthony. Ultimately the two collided during the Final Trial- with Deimos failing to overpower his brother even in his beast form.

NEW VINDICATORS: Memento Mori Now a graduate of the New Vindicators Academy, Deimos found himself again going up against Bogart. He learned the truth of Enyo’s betrayal and was forced to tell his companions of his involvement with the Bisons. Leading the New Vindicators in a valiant charge against his former allies, Deimos was shot in the chest and administered KNITTER, a new drug the Bisons were peddling. He had seen their lackies inject themselves with the serum and regenerate fatal wounds. Though it saved his life and restored his lost eye, it took away his powers- leaving Deimos as a normal human.

Distraught over the loss of his Nephilim powers, Deimos turned to Shade to comfort him- only to have their love interupted by Frostbite. It was then that Shade was revealed to be nothing more than an illusion created by Deimos’ already fragile mindset. Determining that his aunt’s attack on him as well as the graffitied wall left by his mother were additional illusions, Deimos was declared mentally unstable and turned over to the care of Doctor Jacob Pritchard.

VINDICATORS #740

While responding to an attack on the Spider by the Sentry, the Vindicators watched as Deimos was unleashed in the assault. With his new-found freedom the young man evoked his restored powers and aided his former allies in stopping the attempt on Pandora’s life. Against Doctor Pritchard’s best advice, the Vindicators had the young man paroled to their care; while Deimos is not granted full status as a Vindicator he is brought along on their missions.