Ben Hargreeves | The Sparrow Academy

Self-centered, but deeply family-oriented. Ben tries to be better like everyone else, he was only driven with his competetiveness because he grew up getting competed against his siblings and constantly reminded that he is only second place in Hargreeves family.

Ben Hargreeves, designated as Number Two, is one of the sixteen children who were all born on the 12th hour of the first day of October 1989 to mothers without any previous signs of pregnancy. The baby was one of seven adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves with the intention of training them to save the world, and became a member of the Sparrow Academy.

The boy who would become Ben Hargreeves was born on a subway in Seoul, South Korea on October 1, 1989. His mother, a high school student, was one of sixteen women to give birth that day despite showing no signs of pregnancy at the start of the day. The boy, along with six other children, was adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves and raised to be part of a team of superheroes dubbed the Sparrow Academy.

In 2014, Reginald's long-time assistant and friend Pogo left the Academy after a dispute with Hargreeves. While the Sparrows were all devastated at Pogo's departure, they were given medication by their former mentor to subdue Reginald. With this, Ben and the other Sparrows spent the next five years running the Sparrow Academy as they saw fit.

However, when Ben is left out of Luther's bachelor party because of his constant attitude, Sloane recognizes that, despite her brother claiming not to care about the rejection and his complaints, he had wanted to be accepted more than anything, instead being left alone. Ben admits that the reason he cares so much about being a Sparrow is because he has nothing else in his life. After getting drunk, Ben shows his genuine hurt and confusion at being left out and tries to understand what separates him from the other Ben whom the Umbrellas all deeply love.

As the wedding goes on and he gets more drunk, however, Ben unwinds enough to have fun and dance with his family after at first keeping to himself for the most part. Later, calling himself "the new, new Ben," he gains acceptance with the Umbrellas with Klaus' help. However, after he sobers up, Ben reverts back to his old self which Klaus believes to be a defense mechanism - pushing away the people that care about Ben so that they can't hurt him.

Ben could summon eldritch tentacles from a portal in his stomach. After the universe was reset, Ben and the rest of the Hargreeves found they could no longer access their powers. Ben, like most of the Sparrows, has shown to have highly skilled hand-to-hand combat. Despite failing to become an official leader of the Sparrow Academy, Ben did indeed show some expert skills in being a leader.