Pain Domination

I’ve always loved science, but not just for its own sake. I get a thrill out of applied science; showing the world how you plan to use the knowledge you’ve gained. The ooohs, the aaahs, the look-out-it’s-breaking-frees, the panicked screams, those are the things that make a man feel like he’s making a difference.
 
Of course, there are far too many jurisdictions where the paths to true enlightenment run up against mankind’s ignorance. Try and get any meaningful work done in a place like Paragon City, and it’s all blah blah workplace safety, bling blang informed consent, and yadda yadda secrets mankind was not meant to know. And that’s how a fellow like me ends up with a research position at the Aeon Foundation (“Since 2005, showing you how to show them all.”). I suppose these things work out for the best; after all, it was my work on the Phlogiston Generator that caused the accident which gave me my powers, powers which make field research much more feasible.

Sean O'Conner was a low-level thug knocking around the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City. He would probably never amounted to anything, but fate stepped in and changed everything. Sean was on a heist with a couple of "friends" of his, attempting to steal some electronics from a warehouse in the hood. Everything was going fine until one of the punks thought it would be fun to burn down the warehouse to cover their tracks. Well, his "pal" started the fire too soon for Sean to get out and he was trapped in the inferno. Sean found a spot near the back to hide from the flames until he could think of something to do, when KABOOM. The fire had ignited some unusual looking drums near his hideout. These drums held a new experimental coolant designed to keep processors cool during operation. But open flame was definetly not a good mix with this volatile liquid. Sean woke up several hours later in the hospital with massive burns over 90% of his body.

Bobby originally would have been called, what heroes tend to define as, an empath. He could tap into what others felt and heal their wounds.

That was until the Rikti invaded...


Being the lone survivor of a Rikti assault, Bobby was severly traumatized. All he could feel was pain, death and destruction...and due to his empathic abilities, that is all people around him feel too.


Bobby took on the identity of Viscerus and seeks revenge upon the Rikti, but his wrath is felt where ever he journeys.

A soulless warrior stranded in space, Warp Rift harnesses the deep cold found only in the depths of space and warps its power to control pain and anguish against all who oppose him and his master, Gigacron.