Epic

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The Epics are a group of magical beings on Earth. They start appearing around the same time as the satellite Calamity. Every Epic has a weakness that invalidates their powers. When Epics gain their powers, they go through a period called the Rending, where they feel an overwhelming urge to destroy. When Epics die, mitochondrial mutation occurs in their bodies.^{[citation needed]} When an Epic uses their powers, it corrupts them and turns them evil unless they can overcome their greatest fear.

Lesser Epics

Any Epic who does not have Prime Invincibility is considered a Lesser Epic, although the term is not used in the books.

Known Lesser Epics

Deathpoint

Deathpoint is a known Epic that was killed by David's father on the Day of Annexation. He had the ability to disintegrate living things by pointing at them, though their bones where always left unharmed. Worn items (like a holstered gun or a swaddling blanket) also appear to be unaffected. He was tall and lean, but solid. He was muscled and toned in a way that could be seen through his clothes. He is also speculated to have a second ability, one that was never shown, but appears to require physical contact and can be assumed to be more powerful than his first, as he attempts to use it on Steelheart despite his first being ineffective.

Donny "Curveball" Harrison

Donny was a minor epic with the single power of being able to never run out of bullets while firing a handgun.

Refractionary

Refractionary is a class C illusionist Epic with class B personal invisibility powers. She skilled and able to create pretty complex visual manifestations. She is not very powerful and her illusions usually shimmer as if light is reflecting off of them. Her weakness is smoke. Megan shot her when David called Refractionary's mobile, causing her to vibrate.

Regalia

Regalia was the ruler of New York. She is featured in Firefight. Although extremely powerful, Regalia is not considered a High Epic as her powers do not actively protect her from harm.

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Epics of Unknown Status

The Coven

The Coven is a group of six Epics who rule in the South. Two of them are twins.

German Epic

An Epic in Germany who could only be hurt by someone who was thirty-seven years old exactly.

Crossmark

Crossmark is an Epic in Mexico who can only be hurt when five people are trying to kill her at once.

Rick O'Shea

Rick O'Shea is an Irish Epic who can throw bullets at people. He makes objects unstable by touching them. They then explode when subjected to any significant impact. He is a kinetic energy Epic.

Pink Pinkness

Digzone

Digzone was a transference Epic who could gift his digging power to others. The Diggers were gifted these powers to carve out the understreets.

Dialas

Dialas was an Epic in Detroit who angered Steelheart by cutting off some of his food supplies.

Bastion

Bastion was Conflux's first owner.

Insulation

Insulation bought Conflux from Bastion.

El Brass Bullish Dude

El Brass Bullish Dude was from inner LA.

Murkwood

Murkwood is an epic who was originally a part of the group that Prof and Regalia were members of. Original name was Lincoln.

Epic Powers

Illusionists

Lesser illusionists sometimes have trouble maintaining an exact illusion. Illusionists can't see if they turn themselves completely invisible. Light still needs to strike their irises. A skilled illusionist can make their eyes match the color of their surroundings. A powerful Illusionist can create sounds along with their images.

There are two types of illusionists: mental illusionists and photon-manipulators.

• Photon-manipulators create actual changes in the way light behaves, crafting illusions with photons. They are similar to electricity-manipulation Epics.

• Mental illusionists affect the brains of other people around them. They create hallucinations, not true illusions. They are similar to other mentalists.

Mentalists

• Hypnotists
• Mind-Control

Transference Epics

• Transference Epics can give others their powers.

Kinetic Energy Epics

Fire Epics

• Standard fire Epics can turn to flame, fly, throw fire, and manipulate existing flames.

Power Duality

Power duality is when an Epic has two second-tier abilities that meld into a first-tier one. An example of this would be the epic Faultline. Faultline actually had two separate abilities regarding shifting earth, but combined both of them to have the power to make the ground loose, push objects into it, and re-solidify the ground.

Epic Weaknesses

An Epic's Weakness can be just about anything. Some epics, upon seeing a specific pattern or symbol, lose their powers for a few moments. Some become weak when they think certain thoughts, stop eating certain foods, or eating the wrong food. Specific numbers can make an Epic weak as well. The weaknesses are tied to the person's history, and is actually their greatest fear. If the Epic can overcome that fear, the insanity caused by Calamity's influence is dissipated, allowing them to keep the powers but also their original, untainted personality.

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