The Defender

The Defender is the leader during missions for The Militia. His real name is West Adams, son of a deceased cop for Rosewood City. His powers include super strength, flight, and increased healing rate. He also will not age as fast as normal people. He currently lives on Emerald Island.

During his early years trying to understand his abilities, he tries to figure out how flying works. He later realizes that his ability is the manipulation of gravitational forces. He can create areas of gravitational differences that allow him to soar through the air, or slam to the earth with a much stronger impact.

Early Life
West Adams spent most of his young life with his widowed mother. He lost his father, a stand up cop, when he was 11 years old. He looks to his father for inspiration when trying to decide what to do with his life. He tries as hard as he can to be what he thinks his dad would have wanted, a good man.

West Adams first showed signs of levitation when he started to hit puberty. After his first incident, falling out of the air while he was sleeping in his room, he trained his gift. Within the first year, he was able to control when to fly, but not the speed or accuracy or his movement. By the age of 17, he became an urban legend in his area as "the flying boy" or "Peter Pan" who would scare away petty criminals at night. At this time, he went by the name of Wingman.

After a while of trying to use his powers to help people, more powerful people took notice of the rare stories and blurry photos on the internet. He was kidnapped by A.S.H.A. and forced into a strength enhancing experiment. Though they intended to inject Adams with four different formulas, his body was only able to handle three. This transformed him into what we now know as The Defender.

Time at A.S.H.A.
Though he was forced into an experiment at A.S.H.A., he stayed there by choice to put his new powers to the test.