Difference between revisions of "David Charleston"

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. 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. 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. 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.

 

With Prof turned, David must lead the Reckoners on a desperate chase to recall their mentor, destroy Calamity, and save the world. David comes to the conclusion that not all Epics are evil and adopts a philosophy similar to the Faithful. The book begins with David, now the leader of the Reckoners, leading them through a mission to steal equipment from Knighthawk to fight Prof. There, David reveals that he intends not to kill his former leader, but free him from the corruption and use him to fight Calamity. He eventually attempts to save Tia from Prof but this leads to Prof accidentally killing her. In his final face off with Prof, he and Megan find out that Prof's weakness is failure and manages to defeat him. Obliteration teleports David to Calamity's base in space. David later finds out that he's actually an [[Epic]] with Steelheart's powers but he subconsciously blocked his ability to use them. He uses his powers to save Prof, Megan,, and himself from crashing to Earth after defeating Calamity. After Calamity's possible death, [[Epic]]s no longer go dark and David shows his acceptance of the powers gifted to him.