Leech

Name = Leech

Real name = Kate Mallory

Gender = Female

Age = 79 (due to eternal youth looks 24)

Species = Evolon / Human Hybrid (formerly human)

Threat Level = 4

Nationality = American

Affiliation = The Contingency

Character traits = cold-blooded, laconic, loyal, ruthless

Superpowers = Eternal Youth, Life Energy Absorption (Vampirism), Superhuman Durability, Regeneration

Appearance = brown hair pulled back into a bun, fair skin, scarlet eyes, slender build, mutilated body under clothing, glowing skeleton entangled in pulsating scarlet tentacles under clothing (except for the head and neck)

Clothes = black and scarlet military uniform, black cape, armored scarlet bracers, high collar, combat boots, belt, head-mounted earpiece for communication device

Likes = loyalty to the greater good, President David Field II, detective novels, ice lollies, war dramas, AC/DC

Dislikes = oranges, betrayal, cowardice, humor, sunny weather, sharks

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SUPEROWERS

Leech can drain and devour the life energy of other creatures, using the harvested energy to heal and sustain herself. Following a failed operation to implant Evolon DNA, Kate's human body was nearly destroyed, leaving only her neck and head intact. The rest of her form has been overtaken by a dense network of scarlet, mycelium-like tentacles.

These tentacles are both primary weapon and method of feeding. They are unnaturally fast, strong enough to pierce metal, and can instantly regenerate when severed. When they breach a victim’s skin, Leech can extract all bodily fluids, reducing her target to a lifeless husk within roughly ten seconds. The stolen vitality flows directly into Kate, fueling her regenerative powers and biological immortality.

WEAKNESSES

Despite an immense strength, the failed implantation left Kate's body riddled with permanent defects. She suffers constant, intense pain, necessitating regular doses of specialized medication. Her metabolism is unstable: Leech starves quickly and can only survive by consuming the life essence of others. If deprived of sustenance for too long, she risks unintentionally feeding on herself, a process that could ultimately result in her death.

BACKSTORY

Kate Mallory was born on April 5, 1961, in Los Angeles, USA. Her mother left the family shortly after her birth, and her father, a local businessman, often behaved like a tyrant. At times he was violent toward Kate, demanding that she act like a "normal" girl. When he once saw his daughter playing basketball with the neighborhood children, he immediately decided to send her to a psychiatric institution. Eventually, Kate grew tired of this abuse, and shortly after her fourteenth birthday, she ran away from home to live with her uncle, a former military man, in Wyoming. After reaching adulthood, Kate became interested in cryptanalysis, in which she excelled. She secured a job at the NSA, where she was responsible for decrypting data, and was later promoted to chief secretary of the local director. Her department was tasked with monitoring the NSA and the ECA (the international Evolon Control Agency) for metahuman activity in the United States and abroad.

In 1980, the CIA successfully captured Evolon, the terrorist designated “Threat #44,” who sustained a head wound during the arrest and fell into a coma. The ECA immediately saw this as an opportunity to test a long-standing theory: extracting Evolon’s genome and transplanting his metahuman abilities into an ordinary human. Initially, they planned to use a some prisoner as a guinea pig, but a few weeks before the project began, Kate learned that she was suffering from heart cancer and had only a few months left to live. Wanting to serve her country in some way, Mallory volunteered to become the test subject. The NSA approved her request.

At first glance, the operation seemed successful. However, given the limited technology of the time, the transplanted abilities began rapidly consuming Kate’s body, nearly killing her. At the last moment, doctors managed to preserve only her head and neck, while the rest of her body was horrifically mutilated. Despite this, the Leech Project was considered a success, although the ECA later ordered it frozen.

Kate continued to serve the NSA almost without interruption. Over time, the American government quietly separated itself from the ECA and the rest of the world, developing its own plans for metahumans. However, the sudden campaign to eliminate all superheroes — and the resulting uprising of the Evolons — took the organization by surprise. Kate, along with several high-ranking U.S. officials, went into hiding deep underground, where they founded their own faction: The Contingency.

For years, The Contingency merely observed the war between the Metahuman Empire and the Resistance, waiting for the right moment to emerge from the shadows. When Earth was attacked by alien forces, The Contingency seized the opportunity, activating its forces with the goal of taking command of humanity’s defense under both the Metahuman Empire and the Resistance. Kate became one of the chief recruiting agents for this plan.

PERSONALITY

Kate often behaves like a disciplined soldier. She is cold-blooded, reserved, yet polite, and always maintains an unsettling sense of calm. Kate shows little empathy and firmly believes that "the ends justify the means". However, she is not entirely heartless — her logic simply outweighs her emotions.

Kate serves the Contingency, a secret faction formed from the remnants of the American government and military. After the Evolon Rebellion, the Contingency retreated into a massive bunker near the Earth’s core, from where they observed the conflict raging on the surface. The faction recruits both humans and metahumans, and they alone on Earth have mastered the creation of hybrids: ordinary humans implanted with Evolon organs or DNA, granting them diluted metahuman powers. The Contingency’s ultimate goal is to restore U.S. dominance on Earth, and Kate, a devoted patriot, is prepared to do whatever it takes to see that dream realized.

Kate holds deep respect for her superiors: the President of the United States (leader of the Contingency), David Field II (an Evolon with the ability to glimpse the future), and General Lupita Yoshimoto (a hybrid capable of teleportation and stripping Evolons of their powers with a glance). Though much older than Yoshimoto, Kate serves under her command with loyalty.

Kate has lived for nearly seventy-nine years, but due to her regenerative abilities, she still appears to be a young woman.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD

In this futuristic world set in the 2040s, Earth has long harbored two types of people: ordinary humans (Homo sapiens) and Evolons (Homo evolion). Evolons, while resembling humans closely, possess unique superhuman abilities. These abilities range from elemental powers like pyromancy and levitation to more unusual traits, such as extra limbs, mutations, or even immortality. Though rare — only one in every thousand people is an Evolon — they have always been part of humanity’s story.

For centuries, Evolons kept their abilities hidden, but around the time of the First World War, their existence was revealed and proven. This led to the establishment of the ECA (Evolon Control Agency), a UN-backed organization tasked with identifying Evolons, assessing their threat level, and teaching them to control their powers. The ECA organized elite academies for Evolons with strong abilities, grooming them to become superheroes who quickly became popular figures in society. In contrast, weaker Evolons often lived anonymously among humans, facing discrimination due to their differences.

At the time of the events of the scenario, the Evolons have rebelled against humanity and decided to find their own state. There are three key facts on the planet:

Metahuman Empire = large state, values only Evolons, militaristic, technologically advanced, ordinary people are discriminated against, at war with the Resistance

Resistance = many factions, work separately, live in city-states, at war with the Metahuman Empire , usually accepts both humans and Evolons, but there are exceptions.

Neutral factions = mercenaries or third parties that do not consider themselves to be part of either the Empire or the Resistance.

Also, a few months ago, strange scarlet portals began appearing around the world , from which a fourth side of the conflict emerges - a mysterious community of alien races known as the Wanderers. They have a huge army, and prefer to fight with the help of various extraterrestrial monsters or biomechanical machines. The Wanderers do not speak human language and kill both humans and Evolons alike