Jenny Sparks

As a Century Baby, Jenny does not age for the duration of "her" century. She appears to be a fit young woman aged nineteen or twenty. She does not experience age-related decline, and is immune to diseases of aging including cancer. She is not, however, immune to toxins, contagious diseases, or violence.

Jenny Sparks can draw electricity from sources in the immediate area. This includes electricity from devices, power lines, or the weather. She can even, to an extent, draw electricity from living beings (if she does so too quickly, she can cause somebody to briefly pass out). She can then turn this electricity into a weapon, using it to strike objects or people. This has a similar effect to a lightning bolt, with the power dependent on the number and strength of sources - if she is standing under a power line or in a storm, she can easily do lethal damage. She cannot generate electricity and, thus, cannot use her powers if there are no natural or artificial sources of electricity present.

For short periods of time, Jenny can transform herself and her clothing into electricity and effectively teleport through power lines and electrical networks. She cannot take any other individuals, or more than a pound or two of objects. She moves at the speed of electricity (depending on the conductive surface). She can only follow the route of existing electrical lines. She cannot manipulate machines connected to the network or (unlike more recent versions of the character) enter cyberspace.

She has worked with the British military in a number of capacities, and with the military of Sliding Albion. She has also led multiple superhero teams. She is a charismatic leader, and she has the specific tactical skill needed to take charge of a group of people with superpowers or other disparate abilities.

She has some basic hand to hand training, although she tends to rely (perhaps overly much) on her powers.

In her electric form, Jenny can heal damage to a limited degree. She has to be conscious in order to do so, and she has to have something conductive available in which to jump. If she does so, though, she can heal what would take a couple of weeks to heal in a couple of minutes. She cannot do long-term healing (for example, she can only partially heal broken bones).

Jenny Sparks has the capability to absorb and use natural electricity and, within limits, electrical attacks. She is generally not affected by weaker attacks from generalists, but can be hurt by other specialists, depending on the level of the attack and other circumstances. She does not have to worry about harm from natural electrical effects such as lightning, although effects beyond what are normally found on Earth have been shown to hurt her.

As a long-term hero and soldier, Jenny has some ability to get the truth out of people - she knows what questions to ask and can be very intimidating. Of course, the strong-willed can generally resist.

Having lived through it, she knows the history of her world's 20th century backwards. This also means that if she ends up in a world that resembles any decade from 1900 to 1990, she knows the fashion, etiquette, etc, well enough to blend in.

Jenny, to be blunt, sometimes has a Problem. She is a smoker, and while she is polite about it, she can get quite irritable if she is a bit overdue for her fix and stuck somewhere where she can't light up. She also has been known to have problems with alcohol, usually when depressed.

Jenny can be cynical and bitter. She tends to see the worst of people rather than the best, and sometimes plunges into despair. She does have hope, that's what keeps her going, but she doesn't often voice it. Instead, she tends to give opinions on the matter which might be pessimistic to the extreme, obviously bitter, or show a mistrust in others.

Jenny is prone to recurring nightmares, which often focus around either the people she has lost over the years or the worst events of the 20th century. World War II is a regular visitor.

Jenny's experiences have led her to be ruthless. While she does not enjoy killing per se, she won't hesitate if she thinks it's necessary, especially in the heat of battle. This has put her into conflict with those who feel "heroes shouldn't kill," on occasion with the law, and sometimes she has taken out somebody she realized later she really needed to keep alive for questioning. Oops.

Jenny looks like a young woman, not even twenty. Some might even see her as a child, and not take her seriously. She tends to overcompensate for this by coming on strong and resorting to defensive braggadocio. Oh, and sometimes people won't let her drink because they won't believe she's twenty-one, which can make her real snippy when she needs a drink.

Jenny has been highly reliant on her abilities for decades. She does not have good combat training without them, although she can brawl some. In a world where there is no electricity available, she is useful only for her knowledge of tactics (effectively dropping to Tier D). Additionally, she tends to base her tactics around the powers and special abilities of others, often ignoring more subtle tactics, and sometimes dismissing those who don't have powers.