Simon Camden

Codename: Verdant Gale
Nickname(s): Gale, Little S (Usually to tease him)
Age: 18
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral Good
Is this a canon?: No



Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Brown
Gender: Male
Height: 5'4
Weight: Light
Other Traits: Has a small scar on his right eyebrow from an accident he had when he was a child, usually covered by his hair.



Main Power Origins: Magic

Powers
Wind Ranger; Verdant Gale
Simon has the ability to transform into a suited superhero. When he performs this transformation he becomes the Wind Ranger. Each of the five rangers has a special ability, and Simon's is a protective aura of wind.

Super fast flight: The main ability of his aura is to allow him to control the winds around him to move through the air at extremely high speeds. He has very precise control of his movements, he can turn on a dime and stop in a second even while moving at top speed. His top speed is 300MPH.

Protection: This is where the protective part of his protective aura of wind comes in. The main application of this is to protect him from the negative effects of moving so fast, everything from inertia to friction to accidentally flying into a wall at super speed. It also cushions the impact of physical blows, enough so that light gunfire and unarmed melee attacks from non-superhumans are repelled entirely and stronger impacts hit with greatly reduced force. The aura can be shared with other people so that they aren't harmed by moving at extreme speeds, but doing this spreads the aura thin, so that its defensive capabilities are reduced. The maximum amount of damage he can take would be an impact equivalent to 10 tons.

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: The enhanced speed granted by his wind aura also applies to his limbs, meaning he can throw punches and kicks at super speed. On top of this, the protection granted by his aura means that he can slug people as hard as he wants without hurting his hands.

Enhanced reaction speed: His Wind Ranger transformation also speeds up his perception of time so that he can see and react to things that move as fast as he does. He sees the movement of anything slower than him in slow motion and can dodge gunfire as long as he isn't taken by surprise. This is the only one of his abilities that is still active without the suit, but without his super speed his ability to dodge threats is greatly reduced.

Gale Kick: When Simon's back is against the wall and he finds that his ordinary attacks just don't have the firepower he can rely on his Super Move; the Gale Kick! By dashing at his full speed in a linear direction Simon can build up momentum until he crashes into something or someone, generating a massive amount of striking force. Though to build up this much force he has to gain some distance from the target to give him enough of a run-up to generate for the force.

How powerful the Gale Kick is depends on how much of a run-up came before it, meaning that the more powerful it is the harder it is to land. To deliver the move at 1 ton of force he has to be charging for three seconds. To strike at 5 tons he has to be charging for 7 seconds. To strike at 10 tons he has to be charging for 10 seconds. To strike at his maximum force of 20 tons he has to be charging for a full 20 seconds!

Skills
Observation: Simon has a keen eye for details. He can pick out a needle in a haystack, pick out a single person in a crowd, and, most importantly, spot someone who needs his help while he's flying by at super speed.

Abilities
Hand to hand combat: Simon is a surprisingly capable hand to hand combatant for a boy his size. His technique is mostly focused on speed over strength, since his ranger form makes up for his lack of raw power.

Acrobatic ability: Simon is a very good acrobat. He is very light on his feet and has been known to leap over any obstacles in his way while running without giving it a second thought. Although the ability to fly makes this redundant.

Track Runner: Simon is a very fast runner. He did track in high school and was the fastest runner his age in his whole state. He is not only fast, but is very good at regulating his stamina while running, enough so that he was able to complete in multiple marathons. Although the ability to move at super speed makes this redundant.

Physical Weaknesses
Gale Kick: His Gale kick requires a lot of momentum to be built up. To use it requires a long run up and he needs to be going in a straight line or he will lose momentum and power. This gives anyone he is hoping to use it against ample opportunity to avoid it. In addition because of his speed he has to travel quite a long distance to be able to charge for so long, making this ability impossible to use in close quarters combat or even just inside most buildings. Finally; though his wind aura protects him from the impact of the move it's still enough to stun him, the strongest variation will leave him dizzy for a few seconds like he just ran into a wall.

Magic dependant: His Wind Ranger suit runs on magic. This means that when he is affected by any anti-magic abilities or equipment he is robbed of all his powers except his enhanced reflexes, making his suit good for nothing except offering minor protection.

Suit up: Because most of his powers come from the Wind Ranger suit he is far less capable without it. The suit takes some time to don, and he has to do it away from anyone else to protect his secret identity. As a result, he is slow to act when something happens very suddenly, and if he is ambushed without the suit on he is mostly helpless.

While you were partying, I studied the blade: Simon's wind aura does not protect him well from slicing and slashing attacks from a blade. His suit offers him some protection, but sword attacks are easily the most reliable way of inflicting harm upon him.


Mental Weaknesses
Dependant: For his entire superhero career up until now Simon has had allies backing him up. This means that he is not used to working solo and has developed some bad habits as a result. He's used to his teammates having his back, so he tends not to watch it, making him slow to react to ambushes and easy to sneak up on.

Self Pity: Simon can be very hard on himself, sometimes unfairly so. He is slow to forgive himself for any mistakes he's made. Mocking his failures is an easy way to get into his head, especially if those failures got someone killed.


Equipment
Wind Ranger Suit: The Wind Ranger Suit is the source of all of his powers that makes him the hero he is today. It is a part of his soul, and as such can be donned at any time. The suit has light armour plates that gives him extra protection as a last line of defence against attacks that get through his wind aura, but its protection is limited and is not a good substitute for the aura. As well as his wind powers, it also gives him a telepathic connection with the other rangers, but since he no longer lives in the same state as any of them he is pretty far outside its effective range and thus this ability has no use. Finally, and most importantly, the suit adds a few inches to his height, making him appear to be 5'9.




Personality
Simon is a person who values friendship very much at the core. He is always in his best mood when he is part of a group, working towards a similar goal or just having fun together. He also has very heroic ideals, willing to devote himself full-heartedly to taking down villains and protecting innocents, even if it means personal sacrifice.

When Simon becomes Verdant Gale he doesn't necessarily change his personality, but he does tend to overact. He will say things in a super dramatic way and pose unnecessarily. He does this to 'look the part' since that kind of thing is very prevalent in all of the power rangers/sentai shows he watches.

Simon's hobbies include reading comic books, watching anime, reading manga, playing video games, playing DnD and watching Youtube videos related to his hobbies. What a nerd.



Family Members: Simon has a father, a mother and an aunt, whom he is currently living with. He also considers his former teammates to be family.
Place of Origin: Lakeside City

History
Simon grew up in Lakeside City; a small rural city that is next to, get this, a huge lake. There he attended the local highschool; Lakeside High. He completed his freshman year of school without making any friends, as he was very socially inept and also lacked interest in doing anything apart from spending time on his own.

That all changed one day, when he was at a school event by the lake. He and four other students were grouped together for an assignment when they saw a glowing object in the lake. They went together to investigate, when they discovered that the source of the light was a stone with glowing runes. Suddenly the runes glowed brighter and the group was enveloped with light.

When the light faded and the five of them opened their eyes and... nothing had happened. The stone was no longer glowing and there was no evidence it had ever been glowing. The five of them wrote it off as nothing, completed their assignment and went their separate ways.

That night when Simon slept he dreamt of a robed man. The man explained that Simon and the others that were with him had been chosen by the stone to fight evil as a team. In the dream the man taught him how to don the Wind Ranger armour and how to use his wind aura. Finally before waking up the man told him to seek out those who saw the stone with him.

When Simon woke up he initially thought that he had just had a really vivid dream and nothing more. He mused to himself that his dream sounded just like the pilot episode to a power rangers rip-off, then decided to strike a sentai pose and pretend to transform like in the dream as a joke. Only when he did he actually did transform.

After getting over the initial shock he made his way to school and tracked down the other students who had seen the glow and swapped stories with them. Turns out they had all dreamed about the robed man, who had taught them all about their different forms and the powers they gained from them. They barely had time to register all this information before they heard a loud siren. At first they thought it was just a regular fire drill and they began to make their way to the fire exit, but that was before they heard the footsteps.

They all ran outside to discover a giant spider reaping havoc in the nearby area. The user of the Flame Ranger suit, who would later go on to be the teams leader, transformed and charged in to fight it. After getting over their shock the rest of them followed suit. It was a hard fought battle, especially given that they had no experience working together, but they defeated the spider.

From then on the five of them agreed that whenever trouble like that broke out they would work together to defeat it. And it did, with alarming frequency. At least once or twice a month a big bad monster would show up and they would stop them. After the first few months this ended up becoming routine.

The five of them started to spend time together in their ordinary lives as well, quickly becoming close friends. As his teammates were all older than him they came to treat him as a younger brother, and he in term looked at them as older siblings.

They had several adventures over the next few years and fought all kinds of crazy monsters. From godzilla-like giant lizards to an army of soldiers made of clay to evil clones of themselves, and even wacky monsters that looked straight out of a cartoon like a boombox man who fought with music. All the while Simon's teammates brought him out of his shell, helped him make new friends and convinced him to join the track club.

Those were the best days of his life. But unfortunately they couldn't last.

One day, when Simon was halfway through his senior year his team found out about the source of the monster attacks, an evil scientist who had a secret lair near the city. After a climactic final battle involving drama, tension, giant robots and explosions the mad scientist was finally defeated once and for all.

Now Lakeside City was safe from monster attacks, which also meant they no longer needed superheroes to protect it. After returning to ordinary life Simon's teammates realised something: they no longer had an obligation to stay in Lakeside City, unlike Simon who was still a highschooler.

Within the months following their final battle his friends started leaving Lakeside City. One left to study at a better college, another left to pursue their acting career, another left to travel the world and another left for a football scholarship in the hopes of going pro in a few years. Simon was left carrying out the last few months of his highschool life unsure of what to do, now that the thing he considered to be his calling in life was gone.

Simon called his friends to ask for advice on what to do next. Though they all gave him different answers, it all had a common theme. The reason Simon felt so empty after their hero days were done was because he didn't have any goals to chase like the rest of them, because there was nothing he wanted to be more than a hero.

With that in mind, he begun to plan his next step. He applied to a college in Jump City and arranged to live with his aunt on his fathers side who lived in downtown Jump. With his friends cheering him on he prepared for the heroic debut of the Wind Ranger: Verdant Gale!

Is his heightened reflexes geared toward dodging or also offensive? Basically, could he easily beat Batman AND Robin in fisticuffs because they move so slowly?

*Stamps APPROVED on Pika's head*