User blog:GazzaB9/Epsilon Publishing Encyclopedia

A list of characters, locations, species, and concepts in Epsilon Publishing.

The Fury
Tyrone Rhodes had always had a love for fighting, putting the thrill of combat and violence to be a boxer, competing in small underground fights. During his career he met Zoe Mason and grew in love with her, starting to date her. During a match he was approached by shady fight manager Fingers to throw a fight yet refused. In retaliation, Fingers murdered Zoe and pinned the blame on Tyrone. Now on the run, Tyrone takes the masked identity of the Fury, clearing his name and incriminating Fingers. Realizing that Chicago needs a protector, Tyrone keeps the identity of the Fury, being devoted to hunting after those who dare try to hurt others.

Naomi Hathaway
Naomi Hathaway is a lawyer, owner of Hathaway Law Firm located out of Los Angeles, as well as the daughter of Brian and Jessica Hathaway, the sister of Janet Hathaway, the aunt of Eliza, Eleanor, and Lucas Hathaway, and the step-mother of Ash Grey. Naomi did not have the best relationship with her mother or sister, as her father had died when she was young, forcing her mother to work overtime and pushing Naomi into more of a maternal role than a sisterly or daughterly one. After finding out Janet had been committing various petty crimes, Naomi allowed the stress of the situation get to her and she blew up at her family, leaving for college days later. Naomi majored in law, opening up her own firm, and began attending group therapy sessions where she met and fell in love with Patrick Grey. The two planned on getting married, but Patrick was killed in a car accident, putting his delinquent son Ash in her custody. After Ash was arrested, Naomi did everything in her power to help him, but it was all for not as Ash spent two years in juvenile hall. Naomi repeatedly visited him while he was away and was also the first person to greet him when he came out. Since then, Ash and Naomi's relationship has improved and has become one of a true mother and son.

Voltage
Ashton Laurence "Ash" Grey is the son of Patrick and Katherine Grey as well as the step-son of Naomi Hathaway. After the death of his mother due to complications related to anemia, Ash began acting up in school and eventually befriended a more violent student named Kenny Keen, who repeatedly took advantage of Ash's mental state. After his father was also killed in a car accident, Ash attempted to rob a chemical plant with Kenny, only for Kenny to leave him behind after an alarm was triggered. For two years, Ash was held in juvenile hall and upon being released decided to turn his life around, helping around the house and getting into Zane Hamilton University, where he met his best friend Triss Kuyani and her own friends, Rebecca Barker and Mike Brady, the former eventually becoming his girlfriend and the latter being his main rival for a good portion of his life. Together they formed a band they dubbed Telltale Heart and began practicing in a warehouse, where Ash one day saw a group of criminals attempting to buy the gene-mutating Magnifica bomb. During a scuffle, the bomb was set off and Ash was launched into an electrical generator, mutating his genes and granting him eletrokinetic abilities. Since then, Ash has become the premier hero of Los Angeles, Voltage.

Voltage is most well known for his upbeat personality, which rubs off on those around him, and the fact he seems to be in a positive mood even during the most intense of fights. One of the most famous scenes in Voltage comics was in his second issue when during his first fight with the supervillain Shrapnel, he appears to be crying from the pain he's in only to look up and reveal he is actually laughing because he's having so much fun, which has been homaged in multiple adaptions of the character. It has been noted by various characters that when Voltage isn't smiling, something has gone horribly wrong. Voltage's powers on the surface are eltrokinesis, which allows him to blast electricity out of various parts of his body and bend electromagnetic waves to pseudo-fly and control metal (though the metal must be magnetic and he must make physical contact with it first), but Voltage's powers act much more like a battery, as it is possible for him to run out of electricity and have to recharge it, either by draining electrical equipment, breaking it in the process, or passively absorbing ionized particles.