Steelheart (Epic)

Steelheart (Epic)
by Jamie Knierim
Abilities	Epic
Residence	Newcago
Homeworld	Earth (Reckoners)

This article is for the Epic named Steelheart. For the novel of the same name, see Steelheart.

Steelheart is a High Epic of considerable power that rules over Newcago.

History

Born Paul Jackson, Steelheart began as a track star at school, where he had a reputation for being a bully.

Steelheart came to Chicago shortly the appearance of the Epics. He annexed the city and much of the surrounding territory, declaring himself emperor and all those within his domain his subjects. He offered other Epics the choice of serving him or dying. One of his initial acts was The Great Transfersion, in which he transformed most of Newcago, including buildings, part of Lake Michigan, and several miles underground to solid steel. Initially, he claimed to be building an ideal city with a vast network of understreets, but he soon abandoned this pretense and ruled his subjects harshly and erratically. He enlisted three Epics, Nightwielder, Conflux and Firefight, as his inner circle, built a high-tech Enforcement division, and allowed intelligent, wealthy or attractive humans to live above with the Epics, serving as functionaries and entertainers. Epics within his domain were allowed to kill or terrorize humans for any reason or no reason.

Abilities

Invulnerability

Steelheart is impervious to harm from all known sources, including bullets, edged weapons, electricity and fire.

Super Strength

Inhumanly broad and tall, Steelheart is strong enough to crush bones and throw people with ease.

Wind Manipulation

Control of the wind grants Steelheart the ability to fly and pick up objects using the air around him.

Steel Transfersion

When angry, Steelheart spontaneously transforms non-living matter around him to solid steel, spreading out from him in a sphere. Steel and iron have the ability to "insulate" against the transfersion, but other metals are transformed to steel. As this ability is tied to his emotions, he sometimes uses it without intent.

Energy Beams

Steelheart can project energy beams from his hands that can vaporize people and melt steel with ease.

Eidetic Memory

Steelheart claims to remember everything perfectly, but this is not broadly established and may be boasting.

Weakness

Steelheart can only be injured by those who feel no fear of him. Thus, he did what he could to make people fear him, including making false murder records and videos of him destroying buildings.

He was killed by himself in a trap set by the Reckoners. He had grabbed David's pistol and was prepared to shoot him, but David put an explosives detonator in the barrel. When Steelheart fired, it activated the detonator and blew up soldier field, killing Steelheart in the process. David Charleston barely lived.

Notes

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