Birth Name: Andreas Sokoulos

Nova Name: Olympus
Series:

Eruption:

Nature: Leader

Allegiance: Avatars (Greece)

Strength: 4, Brawl 3

Dexterity: 3, Athletics 1, Drive 1, Firearms 2, Melee 2, Pilot 1, Stealth 1

Stamina: 4, Endurance 3, Resistance 3

Perception: 2, Investigation 1

Intelligence: 2, Academics 2, Bureaucracy 1, Linguistics 1 (Greek, Arabic),

Science 1, Survival 1

Wits: 2, Biz 1, Rapport 1

Appearance: 3, Intimidation 2, Style 1

Manipulation: 2

Charisma: 3, Command 1, Perform 1

Backgrounds: Eufiber 1, Influence 4, Resources 2

Willpower: 6

Taint:

Aberrations: skin always appears ashen gray and cool like stone

Quantum: 1

Quantum Pool: 22

Mega-Attributes: Dexterity 1 (Enhanced Move), Stamina 1 (Adaptability)

Quantum Powers: Sizemorph 3, Armor 5

Andreas grew up in a single parent home. His mother, a chronic alcoholic,

had abandoned his father, brother and self when he was just 5 and he hardly

remembers her. His father worked in customs and immigration, and some

lax office rules allowed him and his brother to hang around the office so

long as they stayed out from underfoot, saving his father the expense of

a babysitter and his sons the further disconnection of being farmed away

to some daycare child warehouse while their father worked.

He developed no real interest in his fathers work, but ended up going into

it simply due to a lack of motivation to go out and learn something else,

since by his teen years he and his brother could do his fathers work almost

as well as their dad. His brother, Darius had moved out and married and

even gotten a decent job (in shipping, so not a huge departure from the

family line) while Andreas was still at home living with his dad and

working in the same office. They were on Darius’ new boat celebrating

his wife’s announcement that they would be having their first child soon

when Darius, inebriated from a bit too much celebration steered the boat

into an upthrust rock while leaning back to mug for a group photo.

His eruption came moments later as he flailed semi-conscious from the

fumes of the burning boat and multiple lacerations and impacts as he

tried desperately to feel for the bottom beneath his feet so that he could

steady himself long enough to get his bearings. His torn slacks felt like

they were binding him and he kicked them off, so that they wouldn’t impede

his swimming. Finally he felt the sandy seafloor and stood upright, eyes

burning from the smoke and stinging with the salt and his own blood from

a scalp wound. Finally shaking off his uneasiness, he looking around to

see how everyone else had fared only to see them far below him as waves

of vertigo brought his 12 meter frame thundering to one knee.

Recovering after nearly blacking out from the primal fear of heights his

immense size had brought about, he seized up his father, brother and

sister-in-law in a giant hand he scarcely recognized as his own and

walked them to shore with enormous strides, the waters of the Aegean

barely coming up to his waist. Despite his actions, his father was badly

hurt and is still unable to stand up straight, his brother died almost on

impact and his sister-in-law came through almost unscathed.

The Greek authorities approached him soon thereafter shuddering outside

of the hospital, looking into a 6^th floor window wrapped in a sail from

the Marina, still unable to transform back and as gray as death itself.

They led a pair of Novas who had arrived by Warp within the hour from

Cairo to instruct him in how to power down and even equipped him with

some Eufiber briefs so that he wouldn’t have to run around naked if his

power manifested again. Their offers to join Project Utopia intrigued

him, although he didn’t want to make any decisions in this hour, until

he knew if his father was going to live or not. Later he accepted an

offer instead from the Greek government to be part of a national Nova

force, beholden only to local authorities and not to UN-charters and

foreign nationals and he consulted with his father before deciding

that this was for the best. He needed to stay in Greece also, since

he had decided to look after his brothers widow and his neice and

god-daughter, Elizabeth.

Currently Andreas is head of the Greek national Nova team, the Avatars

(and has been purchased a somewhat less revealing costume of Eufiber).

He has actually grown into a leader of men, since he can hardly avoid

being the center of attention anymore and he is thought to be the most

physically powerful Nova in the area.