Midnight Runner

Name = Midnight Runner

Real name = Alma Bjorman

Gender = Female

Age = 23

Species = Evolon

Threat Level = 4 (theoretically), 3 (with current experience)

Nationality = Swede

Affiliation = Resistance (City-State of New Delhi)

Character traits = proud, self-confident, boastful, egotistical, talkative

Appearance = short, stocky, fair skin, long red hair, grey eyes, small breasts, athletic build, earring in left ear

Supersuit = elastic black suit with scarlet lines, reinforced boots made of light titanium, gloves, scarlet protective glasses (visors), belt with a geosensor

Superpowers = Super speed, Superhuman strength and durability

Likes = praise, being popular, fame, fighting bad guys, Diet Coke, vegetable dishes, soy milk, DuckTales, yoga, superhero comics

Dislikes = Metahuman Empire, Wanderers, human supremacists from the city-state of Rubicon, meat dishes, animal cruelty, horror movies, soap operas, fast food, bees (allergic to bee stings)

SUPERPOWERS

Midnight Runner is a skilled speedster whose primary ability is accelerating to superhuman speeds. While she typically uses this for running, Alma can accelerate almost any movement — such as delivering a flurry of punches so rapidly that she can land over a hundred blows in just a few seconds of real time.

Her exact speed limit is unknown. On one occasion, she ran around the entire globe in fifteen minutes. However, reaching her top speed requires enormous physical exertion. Due to this, Alma must constantly restrain herself to avoid serious consequences (see below). At her peak, she can reach or slightly exceed the speed of sound.

In addition to her super speed, Midnight Runner possesses enhanced strength and endurance. She tires more slowly than an average person and can survive injuries that would be fatal to most.

WEAKNESSES

Midnight Runner’s powers come with a serious drawback: although her body is extremely resilient, the girl's heart struggles to keep up with her accelerated activity — especially when running. In other words, the faster or longer she runs, the greater the risk of cardiac failure. Alma has already experienced multiple heart attacks (fortunately without lasting damage), and doctors warn that a heart rupture is a real possibility.

Despite the likelihood of a fatal outcome, Alma continues to push her limits, determined to one day break all barriers and become the fastest speedster alive.

Other side effects of her abilities include headaches, dizziness, and disorientation. To reduce these risks, Midnight Runner wears specially designed visors resembling high-tech glasses during her runs.

BACKSTORY

Alma Bjorman was born on January 13, 2017, in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father died in a construction accident while on the job, leaving her to be raised by her single mother — a part-time writer of superhero comic books. Despite the 2020s being marked by the growing distrust of superhumans and the onset of the so-called Dark Age of Superheroism, Alma fell in love with heroes from the pages of her mother’s stories. She often sat in her mother’s workshop, daydreaming about one day becoming a superhero herself.

At the age of eight, Alma discovered that her dream wasn’t just fantasy. While chasing a balloon, she accidentally activated her metahuman powers, accelerating to superhuman speed. Realizing Alma was an Evolon — a genetically altered human with supernatural abilities — her mother considered registering her with the Evolon Control Agency (ECA). However, only days later, global purges began: in a secret crackdown coordinated by the world government and the ECA, many of the world’s most powerful metahumans were hunted and executed.

To protect her daughter, Alma’s mother fled with her to her grandmother’s old house in rural Iceland, hoping to ride out the chaos. When the surviving metahumans eventually overthrew the United Nations and founded the authoritarian Metahuman Empire, Alma and her mother escaped to one of the few remaining Resistance strongholds — North Rock, a fortified coastal colony. Life in North Rock was slow and uneventful. Alma helped with chores and fishing, but she was restless. Her mind constantly wandered to the age of classic superheroes and supervillains. She longed to be one of them, to defeat the Empire's “evil metahumans,” and revive the ideals of true heroism. However, being underage, she was barred from joining the colony's military ranks.

That changed when she turned sixteen. Alma was accepted as a student by a former superheroine known as Cryo Huntress, who trained her in combat and helped her develop control over her powers. Unfortunately, Alma pushed herself too far during one session and nearly died of a heart attack. Fearing for her safety, Cryo Huntress refused to continue her training.

Furious and defiant, Alma left North Rock and relocated to Labyrinth, a sprawling, chaotic city-state at the heart of the Resistance. Life didn’t improve — she was assigned to kitchen duty, cooking for soldiers in the barracks. But Alma never gave up on her dream.

When Earth was invaded by the alien force known as the Wanderers, Alma seized the moment. She began secretly crafting a super suit from scavenged and stolen materials, determined to finally prove herself and rise above the crowd of “real” heroes.

Her chance came during the Wanderers’ assault on the Southern District of Labyrinth — and Midnight Runner was born.

PERSONALITY

Alma is a proud and strong-willed young woman. While she dreams of becoming a superhero, her motivations aren't driven purely by idealism — she also craves fame, power, and the admiration of the public. Highly ambitious and often headstrong, Midnight Runner genuinely believes she is the strongest, most skilled, and most heroic figure of her time… even if that’s far from the truth.

Stubborn to a fault, Alma struggles to admit her mistakes or acknowledge her limitations. Despite the serious risk of cardiac arrest, she continues to push her body through intense training, convinced that greatness is just one more sprint away.

Alma is a vegetarian who deeply loves animals, and she maintains a diet of strictly plant-based or vegan foods.

She holds deep respect for the legendary heroes of the past but is firmly convinced that their era is over. In her view, the new generation of heroes is stronger, faster, and better — and she proudly sees herself as the pinnacle of that new wave.

Interestingly, despite her bold personality, Alma harbors a fear of bees — she’s allergic to their stings and takes great care to avoid them.

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 E.C.A. (Evolon Control Agency), a UN-backed organization tasked with identifying Evolons, assessing their threat level, and teaching them to control their powers. The E.C.A. 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.