VORTEX WRAITH

Introduction:

In a sprawling metropolis mired by corruption and technological excess, Dr. Evelyn Thorn's turning point to become Vortex Wraith was both dire and dramatic. What once was a genius physicist courtesy of intrigues of dark matter, Evelyn's experiment to unlock secrets of the universe went horribly wrong: she fused with dark energy in an explosion—an explosion that would give her extraordinary powers. As Vortex Wraith, she was out for redemption for her family's mysterious disappearance and justice for a city teetering on the brink of collapse.

The immediate effects of her powers pitted Vortex Wraith against the deeds of corrupt elites and the uses they put advanced technology to. She saved lives and kept crimes from transpiring while the very sky was being remade and the downtown changed. At the same time, those self-same powers that made her a beacon of light brought other forces into play. Cities were swept and filled, buffeting them by the reclamation, the line between heroism and wanton destruction thin, the path through towering leviathans of steel and shadow.

She found out something that was really very chilling: the plain and simple truth that it was an underhand conspiracy directly connected with the city's elite, which brought them not only technological exploitation but her family's disappearance. The story of Vortex Wraith, suddenly woven with the tale of downtown Delaney following the foul-play signs to the top of a deadly power structure where one lie was stacked on top of another, creating a tale of vengeful introspection. Her powers, wrought from this place dark energy, now began to prey upon her fears and doubts, sending her corrupt thoughts going without form.

It only made Vortex Wraith all the more determined, however, to home in on the whole extent of what was going on. She trespassed into high-tech fortresses against top mercenaries fitted out with ballistic hardware, muscled through a maze of secret lairs underneath the city—every new encounter testing abilities and resolution to the full. All along, she built new-found alliances with underground resistance groups and the ranks of disillusioned insiders who provided her with indispensable information and support.

High-stakes fronting within the edges of a crumbling skyscraper, the Vortex Wraith against the greater power of the Genius Loci Conspirator—a mighty technical mogul who, with full orchestration, had taken away her family. It was a fierce battle of dark energy swirling and breaking reality, leaving unclear whether it was she who might be consumed by the battle. Just when it seemed that it is a battle eating her, she found the deepest reserves of inner fortitude and clarity from where, finally, she was able to outlast the mogul and expose the corruption in a literal deal blow for blow.

The Heroic Ending:

The conspiracy that was unmasked took the entire population by storm as well. The overt displays of Vortex Wraith were totally dismantled and the over-crippled city arose from all odds. The supporters for such valor leaned toward a path cursed with openness and fairness, for which the people joined hands to build a community of equality. It was in the notions of hope and resiliency that Vortex Wraith had found its realization, even if it concerned relocating homes and buildings.

She fought her way back into balance, finding that true victory would be fought for with more than power—it would include the work of forgiveness, healing, and rebuilding. Hers was the powerful, ageless tale of adventure and redemption, with moral resilience. This moral resilience—which is in the story of the Vortex Wraith—is the struggle with great power and approaching the tumult, with ethical responsibility, when we learn how the greatest of heroes must face his inner darkness to find his true light. In all the trials, sacrifices, and her triumph, this twisted being of Vortex Wraith had become as a star, shining with hope and the example of effort toward justice in a world eternally balanced on the very cusp between chaos and order.