Difference between revisions of "Blain Charleston"

'''Blain Charleston''' is [[David Charleston]]'s father.{{book ref|Calamity|50}} He was murdered by [[Steelheart (Epic)|Steelheart]] kills him after Blain accidentally shot himshoots and woundedwounds him.{{book ref|Steelheart|Prologue}} He wasis one of the [[Faithful]].

In anthe alternate worldreality with Firefight, Blain has the powers of Steelheart but is a hero to the people, fighting against other evil [[Epic]]s.

Blain Charleston hadhas tan skin and calloused hands from working in the sun. His hair wasis thinning, but Blain laughedis not bothered by this fact and claimedclaims that he diddoes not care about his hair as other people diddo. He hadhas a soft voice, but wouldwill not hesitate to do what was right, even if it meantmeans putting his life on the line.{{book ref|Steelheart|prologue}} Blain wouldwill always see the best in everyone.{{book ref|Steelheart|25}}

Blain Charleston wasis very good with a gun, and shotshoots Deathpoint in the forehead from a distance.{{book ref|Steelheart|prologue}}

In the alternate reality with Firefight, Blain Charleston receivedreceives the same power portfolio as Steelheart, and Calamity confirmedconfirms that they were the exact same powers.{{book ref|Calamity|51}}

;Eidetic Memory: Steelheart claimedclaims to remember everything perfectly, but this is not broadly established and may be boasting. If this is in fact aspect of the power portfolio, then Blain has an eidetic memory as well.

In the alternate reality with Firefight, Blain Charleston had actually become Steelheart. He had the same power portfolio, but he fought evil instead of ruling Newcago. He wore the same outfit that Steelheart had worn in the "real" world, but included the Faithful's symbol on the front.{{book ref|Calamity|50}} Sometime after [[Invocation]] arrived, David was killed, and Blain blamed himself{{book ref|Calamity|32}}, although itDeathpoint iswas likelyactually that Deathpoint wasthe one who killed David during the alternate reality's First Union Bank scene.{{wob ref|7898}}