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Real Name: Derek "Red Cloud" Maza Occupation: Medical Student Legal Status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record Other Aliases: None Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois Date of Birth: July 24,1990 Marital Status: Single Known Relatives: Keith (father, deceased), Margaret (mother, deceased), Elisa (older sister), James "Running Wind" (great-grandfather, deceased), Catherine (grandmother) Group Affiliation: None Base of Operations: Bloomington, Indiana
History: Derek's father was an Illinois State Trooper, his mother an Emergency Room nurse. He spent a normal childhood growing up in suburban Chicago. Every summer, his parents would send he and his sister to visit his paternal grandmother and her father. They live on the Alamo Band Reservation in New Mexico. Although his grand mother lived in the modern age, her father always tried to keep the old ways alive. Running Wind was considered thevillage shaman. His daughter was a storyteller who took in all the local children as if they were her own. Bothe were well respected by their friends and neighbors. James was always upset that his grandson left the job of local law enforcement to go to the big city. Sometimes just the kids would visit the res, sometimes the whole family. The year that Derek turned 10 his father left the force to join the FBI. He was killed in the line of duty two years later. Six months later Running Wind passed away. He left his home and possessions not to his daughter but his great grandson Derek. Derek moved all his things to his parents home in Chicago. Now a med student at Indiana University, his sister has just been made one of the youngest detectives on the New York Police force. Just recently Derek has started having strange dreams about the stories his grandmother would tell. He believes that it just has to do with the stress of school and missing his family. He has taken to useing methods of meditation that his great-grandfather had taught him. Unknown to him, they are ways to converse with the spirit world,and ward his dreams from evil spirits.
Height: 6' 4" Weight: 230 lbs. Eyes: Brown Hair: Black
Strength Level: Avatar has the normal human strength level of a man his age, height, and build who engages in light regular exercise. (Weekly Gym visits.) Known Superhuman Powers: Derek seems to have the ability to open himself to the spirit realm of the Native American cultures. When he does, he allows the spirits to step into our physical world. While the spirit is here Derek enters the spirits world. He also seems to be able to talk to the spirit of his dead Great-Grandfather Running-Wind.
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