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== History ==
=== Childhood ===
David was a child living with his widowed father when Calamity occurred. All he and father had to worry about were your typical financial problems, and then Calamity happened. When David was eight years old, he witnessed his father, [[Blain Charleston]], be killed by the High Epic [[Steelheart (Epic)|Steelheart]] on the [[Day of Annexation]]. After a short time living homeless and alone in the city of Newcago, David was taken in by a Factory, where he, along with many other children, worked in exchange for food and board. During this time David became obsessed with researching Epics and finding their weaknesses, particularly that of Steelheart.
=== [[Steelheart]] ===
==== Tracking the Reckones ====
David manages to track down the Reckoners, a rebel group fighting against the Epics, and finds [[Megan Tarash]], a member of the Reckoners, in Newcago. David encountered Megan while the Reckoner was planning a hit on the High Epic, [[Fortuity]]. When another Epic named [[Curveball]] appeared, David assumed that the plan was going awry and he intervened, ruining the entire plan. After Megan and David take down the two Epic, Megan takes the eager newcomer to her team. After he helped, David convinces them to let him join. He tells them that he had seen Steelheart bleed, and convinces them to target Steelheart next.
==== Making their Move ====
After planning the hit, David manages to integrate himself into the group and befriend all of the members of the group.
==== Betrayal ====
He later finds out that Megan was an Epic named Firefight, an Epic with reincarnation and "fire-based powers" that was part of Steelheart's innermost circle.
=== The Fall of Steelheart ====
While fighting Steelheart, Prof comes to aid David, revealing that he himself was a struggling High Epic trying to remain sane. Together, the Reckoners successfully execute a plan which results in the destruction of Steelheart's government and the eventual death of Steelheart himself.{{book ref|Steelheart}}
=== [[Mitosis]] ===
=== [[Firefight]] ===
==== Journey to Babilar ====
The Reckoners learn that Epics, including Mitosis, were being sent to Newcago by a High Epic known as [[Regalia]] in Babilar, formerly New York City; so David, [[Jonathan Phaedrus |Prof]], and [[Tia]] travel to Babilar to take on Regalia; but David primary reason for going to the city is to find Megan after hearing that she killed a Reckoner based in Babilar known as Sam. Throughout the book, David struggles with finding a new purpose and changing his perspective on Epics after meetin Prof, Megan,and even [[Dawnslight]], an Epic responsible for the nourishment of the people residing in Babilar.
==== A Familiar Face ====
In Babilar, David meets more members of the Reckoners and finds Megan camping out in the city. There, David learns that Megan is illusory powers are really reality warping powers and that she struggles to fight the corruption resulting from the use of her powers. After sharing intimate moments with Megan, a bond between to the grow and a potential romantic relationship begins to bud.
==== Revelations ====
Regalia reveals to David that [[Calamity]] is really an Epic or some sort of higher bring that gifts people with powers and attempts to turn him too into an Epic. Because David refuses to accept the powers and confronts his fear of the ocean, Regalia believes she failed to turn him into an Epic. She then reveals to David that she intends to make Prof succumb to the corruption of his powers so he can succeed her. This, with Megan's revelation of her fear and weakness to fire, leads David to the conclusion that confronting your fears can fight the corruption resulting from your Epic powers.
==== An Unexpected Twist ====
David eventually succeeds in bringing down Regalia and Newton, another High Epic in Babilar, but loses Megan after Prof lures her into a burning building to "save" David. After repeatedly convincing Prof to accept his Epic status and that he too can fight the corruption, Prof fails and wreaks havoc. Prof's destruction leads to the deaths of both [[Val]] and [[Exel]]. Because Megan confronted her fears by running into the burning building, her death was not permanent and she manages to save David.
=== [[Calamity]] ===
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