Difference between revisions of "David Charleston"

Throughout most of Thethe Seriesseries, David had no superhumanEpic abilities and fought using a rifle and tensors.

During Firefight, David was captured by Regalia and at her urging Calamity attempts to give David the Epic Powers of Steelheart. However, due to David having confronted his fears, Calamity was unable to force David to turn evil through the powers. Throughout Calamity David is shown to have these powers at times of great stress. At the end of Calamity it is confirmed that he has the same powers as Steelheart. howeverHowever, due to Calamity no longer being around it is unclear if Epics still have weaknesses.

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's 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 meeting Prof, Megan, and even [[Dawnslight]], an Epic responsible for the nourishment of the people residing in Babilar.

Regalia reveals to David that [[Calamity]] is really an Epic or some sort of higher being that gifts people with powers and then attempts to turn him 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.