Adam "Benjamin" Hathaway

Adam is a member of the Slaughterhouse Terrors. He's a hero operating in New Spheris. Other than his daily hero duties, he has no job.

He was friends with Felix Lord, however, in past universes they have fought. He became good friends with Steve Hayes, and even saved his life. Later on, he threatened to kill Cassandra Lord (Psychosis), which, surprisingly, did not seem to affect Steve's friendship with him at all.

Backstory
Adam "Benjamin" Hathaway was born on the 8th of June, 2012. He was an only child, born into a poor family. From since Adam could remember, his father, Jeremiah, was unemployed. Janet, his mother, was the main source of income in the house. She worked as a singer at a nearby bar.

On the 15th of January, 2024, Jeremiah made a deal with a company called ZION, to enroll Adam in a series of experiments, and to receive a fair amount of money in exchange. Janet tried to stop Adam's father when she found out, however, it was too late. He had taken the money.

The experiments consisted of Adam going in to ZION for testing, a few hours a week, then returning home afterwards, with no memory of the tests.

As the agreed upon one year of testing came to an end, it happened. Adam's father lashed out at him, however, it was worse than usual. Around 2 years prior, Adam was possessed by the Fær, but the symptoms of his possession did not show, until then. Without a thought, the Fær unleashed a volley of flames, burning and killing Jeremiah instantly. Only a few minutes later, ZION took over the case from the NSPD, and took Adam as a "suspect", when in reality, they were planning to continue their experiments with him. His mother left the city soon after, changing her name, and moving far away from her old life.

"The Demon"
When Adam was around 19, the guilt of (accidentally) killing his father finally overcame him, and he attempted to kill himself, however, he woke up in a bath of his own blood, completely healed. Only hours later, standing on the edge of a building, he prepared to jump, when he heard the voice of the Fær, speaking to him, for the first time. The Fær convinced him not to do it. Afterwards, while searching for meaning, Adam had a realization about his new-found nigh-immortality, which lead him to pursue vigilantism. Because of the nature of his powers, he soon gained a respected reputation among the criminal underworld, even gaining the moniker "The Demon".

Because of the nature of his flames, Adam often uses them to intimidate criminals, without actually harming them. However, because of this, many believe that Adam burns them alive. Combined with his happy-go-lucky personality, his enemies often paint him as a psychopath, causing them to be incredibly terrified of him. Yet, Adam has never purposefully killed anyone.

Personality
By many, Adam can be described as an unfunny, alcoholic asshole. At times, perhaps that's true.

In truth, he has a very happy-go-lucky personality since he believes if he's close to immortal, he might as well make the most of it. He also needs to keep up the charade since his powers get more uncontrollable if he's too emotional; anger being the main source.

Adam is usually very quick to object at things he doesn't believe in, as consequences don't matter to him, he'll state his opinion without trouble. However much he says that he hates others because of simply their viewpoint being different, he does respect other's opinions and is usually joking about it (unless of course, the opposing viewpoint here is murdering people = good or something of the sort).

Adam may be hard to befriend since he's been through a lot of betrayal and is far more careful with who he considers a friend, but if you prove yourself to him, you'll find that he won't betray you no matter what, and will value your loyalty.

Relationships
Adam has made many friends and enemies over the years he's been protecting New Spheris, some of which have stayed until now, others who have either died or their connection to Adam has been severed.

The Fær - ''Adam has a very symbiotic relationship with the Fær, since he's literally a second voice in his mind. He speaks to him constantly, to the outside world looking like he's simply speaking to himself. The only person who knew about the Fær possessing Adam was Caseus, however, Caseus killed himself in an attempt to take Adam down with him, so currently, no one except Adam knows about the Fær.''

Janet Hathaway - ''Adam's relationship with his mother was much better than the one with his dad, however quite strained, since she saw a lot of Jeremiah in him. However, she still loved him very much.''

Jeremiah Hathaway - ''Adam's relationship with his father was never good. Jeremiah hadn't always been an alcoholic, but since he got arrested and lost his job, his life spiraled out of his hands and he fell into alcoholism. He started treating his wife and son worse, and set a bad example for Adam. However, even to this day, as Adam vowed never to smoke (a way of showing that he wouldn't be like his father), he has kept his vow. He even debates not drinking anymore since it reminds him of his father too much.''

Timeslip - ''Timeslip is Adam's closest friend. Even in betrayal, Adam still values his friendship and could never really get mad at him. They met when Adam was fighting Crusader, and after beating him, since Timeslip had more time (haha) on Earth, he decided he'd stay with Adam for a bit. It went on from there.''

Nick Barnes - ''Nick is an old friend of Adam's, but they were separated when he turned 20. Adam headed back to New Spheris, while Nick stayed in New Aros. They still keep in touch from time to time.''

Mumui - ''Mumui met Adam when he helped Timeslip save Adam out of the nightmare realm. Adam values that Mumui helped him, but they don't keep in contact or show any signs of friendliness. However, if Mumui needs his help, Adam will gladly repay the favour.''

Statik - ''Statik is a criminal who is made of pure electricity, and lives inside of a mechanized suit to harness his abilities and weaponize them. Without the suit, Statik is simply a spectator, unable to harm anyone directly, only control electronics. Statik and Breeze used to be partners, before Breeze was arrested, after which Statik attempted to break him out, but Breeze betrayed him and sided with Adam instead, now that he knew that his daughter was safe. Adam mainly despises Statik because of all the people he's killed, and the fact that he feels no remorse towards them, nor does he regret any of it. As he claims, "I'd do it a million times over".''

Breeze - ''Breeze was one of Adam's main villains, before his capture at ZION HQ. Every Sunday from then on, Adam visited Breeze, just as he said he would. He brought him burgers and fries (switched it up sometimes) and told him about his day. He also protected his daughter from the Serpents, since that was Breeze's only reason for not wanting to be caught. He was afraid they might harm her, since they convinced him they had her hostage. Later, Breeze repaid Adam by saving him from Statik. Before any agents could come and re-arrest Breeze, Adam let him go. They became friends from then on.''

The Serpents - The Serpents ''are a gang that fully took over nearly a quarter of the city, and have roots throughout the rest. They're the reason for Statik and Breeze's crime spree, as well as the gang war between the Night Stalkers and themselves. The Serpents are also the main reason behind Adam's moniker; "The Demon".''

The Night Stalkers - The Night Stalkers ''were a respected gang of Japanese origin, before they were attacked by the Serpents. The main goal of the attack was to seize a tape that showed the gang's leader making a deal with the FBI, which was seen as betrayal by many in the gang. Adam tried to stop them from getting the tape, however, he failed. Once the tape was revealed, most of the gang left, leaving only a handful of goons and the leader. The rest were picked off by the Spartan (Caden Foster) later that week.''

Spartan - ''Adam met Spartan in the Rivera, a bar which both Adam and Spartan frequented often. They became drinking buddies from then on and even fought together when they found out they were both heroes of sorts. Upon being informed of Spartan's death, Adam denied it, since he knew Spartan was literally impossible to kill. Nowadays, he's not quite sure what to believe.''

Felix Lord - ''Adam met Felix as 2029's Spartan, then came to know him as Felix later on. They became allies, but usually never spoke unless it was business. He attended Felix's funeral in 2030.''

Caden Foster - Adam has met Caden'', who is 2031's Spartan, but doesn't know him as well as he knew Felix. Caden is still hostile towards Adam, and unsure whether or not to trust him, but will call him if he needs Adam's help.''

Steve Hayes - ''Steve met Adam in a warehouse while he was investigating it with Psychosis. Adam held Psychosis at gunpoint, but became good friends with Steve, even saving Steve's life by the end of the day. Saving Steve's life was eventually what caused him to have the epiphany on his immortality and how he should treat it.''

Psychosis - ''Adam met Psychosis when he met Steve. Their relationship was clearly not good, since their only interaction was Adam threatening Psychosis with a gun (this was just after he realized his immortality, before his epiphany which lead to him becoming a hero).''

Gear
Adam wears a jacket, which was cut up from the coat he used to wear, Adam then glued a zipper onto the coat and used it as a jacket.

He wears black cargo pants, with tall boots. He usually has two pistols spray painted black, with a few gun-metal grey details. His holsters are black too, to camouflage into the pants better, or at least he thinks so. Under the jacket, he wears a white shirt, it might have staining from time to time, as Adam is rarely able to wash it.

Later in his hero career, he also gained a black mask which covers his entire face, only having 2 lenses that glow blue. Adam sets the back of the mask on fire to terrify criminals.

Soon after, once he learned how to use his infusion ablities, Adam created a set of wrist grappling hooks, infusing the hooks and using his abilities to telekinetically control them instead of actually creating a mechanism.

Enhanced Hearing, Reflexes, Aim and Stamina
Adam has an inhuman amount of stamina, insane reflaxes, improved aim and can hear things from very far away far clearer than any normal human could.

He can use his hearing to hear something from the other side of a house, or straight through several walls.

He can also use his quick reflexes to dodge bullets, and pull off insane tricks. Combining his reflexes with his aim, he can pull off shots mid-air with near-perfect accuracy.

He has stamina nearing Thunder's, however only slightly weaker.

Because of his improved aim, Adam has the best aim with a weapon in the entire universe.

(Keep in mind, since he's not very attentive, he doesn't remember even half of his abilities, so he doesn't use them together most of the time.)

Eternal Fire
Adam's fire is the spirit of a Fær who possessed him from a young age, granting him insane abilities and nigh-immortality, and protecting him from the very moment he possessed him. They've had a symbiotic relationship ever since Adam began his journey as a hero, however, at first, he hated his abilities, since they were the reason why he couldn't kill himself. As he slowly accepted his fate, Adam started opening up to the spirit, even talking to him (to others, it obviously seems like he's simply talking to himself). They mainly talk through visual hallucinations; how this works is the Fær alters what Adam is seeing, usually either altering any text in his vision, or an empty piece of paper, something of the sort, however, he can materialize himself and speak "in person".

Moving on to the actual abilities, Adam's flames allow him to control what they burn and what they don't, allowing him to shoot blanks at people, usually as a means of intimidation. The flames can burn through most anything, but their maximum power is unknown. This allows Adam to use the flames to shield himself from bullets, etc.

Besides him using his wrist mounted grappling hooks for travel, he sometimes uses a quick burst of flames to change his direction abruptly, speed up or gain altitude.

Full Potential
Adam's full potential includes his flames and lightning at their strongest forms, as well as several more abilities that the Fær has hidden from him because of their immense power and destructive potential.


 * All moves are severely more powerful
 * Full Matter Manipulation (Can manipulate matter on a molecular, atomic, and subatomic level, as well as manipulate quantum particles, antiparticles. In theory, allows him to control, destroy, or alter anything in the multiverse.)
 * Stealing other Færs' powers
 * Nigh-Omniscience (All information existing in the universe before the Elder's death)
 * Time-Travel (Non Time Void)
 * Teleportation (Instantaneous)
 * Enhanced Super Strength (Easily able to destroy planets)
 * Enhanced Durability (Able so sustain more power than he can dish out)
 * Enhanced Stamina (Rivaling that of Thunder's)
 * Hand-To-Hand Combat Mastery
 * Mastery of All Weapons
 * All effects enhanced by his willpower