Cyclone
Vernon Henry Carlysle

Powers

• Air shields: Amazing protection vs Physical | Remarkable vs Energy
• Flight/Gliding/Levitation: Amazing
• Lift objects as if Incredible Telekinesis
• Buffet people with Incredible wind attacks
• Windblast: Incredible Damage
• Suck the air out of someones lungs: Good Damage around, Red Endurance Feat around or pass out.
• Resistance to weather effects: Incredible
• Resistance to Air based attacks: Monstrous

Equipment

Talents

Aerial Combat, Military, Business/Finance, Golf

Contacts

Mistral, Dr. Tachyon and other well known aces

History

Born to a wealthy San Franciscan family, Carlysle discovered his wild card ability in 1965 when his parachute failed during a skydiving outing. He called up a wind to float himself gently to the ground. He never kept his powers a secret, immediately taking the name Cyclone and donning a blue and white costume. He uses the costume's huge cape to glide on the wind he calls. He also wears a helmet with a built in wide-band radio receiver, infrared goggles for night flying, and red and green flashing lights for use in heavy air traffic. The costume is padded with a layer of Kevlar armor which helps to protect him.

Carlysle can control the wind to allow him to glide, or create a shield of whirling force which can deflect bullets and even dissipate energy or radiation attacks.

He can also create small, locally intense whirlwinds that can lift objects up to the size of a small truck. Years of practice with his ability have taught him to use the winds in such a way as to eliminate incidental damage to his surroundings.

Carlysle served in Vietnam for two years in the late 1960s. He had an independent Air Force commission which allowed him to be a free agent during the war, serving whereever he thought best. He had a series of minor victories, but was unable to make any noticeable difference in the war effort. He resigned his commission and returned to the States where he and his wife, Cornelia Owens-Carlysle, had a baby daughter, Helene (Mistral) Carlysle, who has the same elemental powers as her father. Since wild card traits are not usually inheritable, Dr. Tachyon has hypothesized that Carlysie subconsciously manipulated Mistral's germ plasm while she was still a fetus in order to make his child an ace. Mistral's powers manifested themselves when she was quite young, becoming a major factor in Cornelia Owens-Carlysle's desire for a divorce. After the divorce Cyclone retained custody of his daughter.

Cyclone rarely leaves the West Coast, preferring to spend most of his time on his palatial, heavily patrolled Marin County estate. He also has residences in most of the world's mjor cities, some under assumed names. He likes being a big frog in the small puddle of California, where there are few aces to share his limelight.
by bob malooga