Switchback (Charlie Garner)

Backstory and Personality:
Switchback's civilian name is Charlie Garner. They grew up as the youngest of two, having an older brother, Kyle, that they rarely talk about. Their brother was nearly 6 whole years older than them so they weren't super close. They grew up in a tight-knit town community which consisted of only a couple of dozen households. All of the families here were quite close and loyal to one another, helping each other out in any moments of need.

Charlie went to a school in the city and had lots of time to think on bus rides there and back and through their exposure to the diversity of the city discovered that they were non-binary. They began to slowly and cautiously but then more blatantly express and live in to this new identity, sometimes making choices expressly to make their parents uncomfortable. When they were finally confronted about these changes by their parents they had become confident in this new side of themselves. Their parents did not approve and set forth an ultimatum: to reverse this "phase" or leave.

And thus Charlie was shunned by their entire home community, and so they left home and lived rough for some time in the city. Their brother had been moved out and living in the city for some time when all of this went down but Charlie could not bring themselves to ask him for help. They feared he would be more loyal to the family than to them anyway.

Their powers had manifested some time ago but they kept this a secret from their family, only using them in the city. Eventually they decide that they would try to use these powers for good and worked hard to find themselves at Surrey Ridge University. Now that they’re here though they have finally found the safe and caring atmosphere they had been searching for much of their childhood. So now they are just happy to have friends who care about them.

They are in their second year at Surrey Ridge and appear to be enjoying their time here very much. They are a member of the Wolf Pack and have been known to have a penchant for mild troublemaking and pestering. They very much enjoy their spare time here hanging out with friends and make some effort at the superhero training although they are already pretty confident in their own abilities. They have also been observed (trying) to spend some time alone on the school's rooftop in reflection.

Appearance:
They are thinner and androgynous with short brown hair that is shaved on the sides and back and styled into something a bit messy looking. They have brown eyes and a thin angular face. They typically wear baggy tank tops or baggy button ups, sometimes wearing them together paired with ripped jeans. They also have a significant number of tattoos that are all a bit visually and thematically discordant. There are enough of them now though that they have begun to run into one another and create larger images.

One of their more prominent tattoos reaches up their arm. It is a medieval looking knight donning futuristic armour whilst riding an old rusting Harley Davidson motorcycle. The knight holds on to the handlebars with one hand and in the other is holding a bright red bass guitar by the neck and letting it drag behind the vehicle kicking up sparks on the cracking highway. The knight is driving towards a volcano that sits in the background. It has a large dragon splayed out across it, stretching its wings out in challenge and spraying frost and ice into the air from its open mouth.

Powers and Abilities:
Switchback has long range teleportation powers allowing them to travel large distances instantaneously. Once, in an attempt to avoid being caught by Alex in a game of tag they teleported all the way back to the outskirts of the nearest city a distance of 30 or so kilometers. Their powers are limited by the amount of matter they are able teleport along with them. They can teleport at least one other person, doing so to several students during an encounter with Schism, but much more than that will exceed the limits of their abilities.