Liberty Vance
Blue Bloc · Historical figures
Physical description
Height: 1.88 m. Athletic and muscular, with broad shoulders, an angular face, and a defined jaw. Thick, dark, slightly wavy hair. Clean-shaven.
Education and training
A laborer with practical training acquired through work at the Nobel & Midland Chemicals plant.
Career
His life changed when he accidentally fell into a chamber of chemical and radioactive waste, where he remained trapped overnight. He survived against medical expectations and returned to work with abilities that astonished his colleagues. Rumors reached the company’s owner and, through him, LUME.
On July 7, 1935, LUME sent him to lead the uprising against John “Wild Hog” Johnson’s government. He headed the insurgents and broke down the White House doors, becoming a decisive figure in the coup and a national hero.
When the FNC entered the Great War, he served at the front alongside soldiers publicly presented as the first Everymen. His image represented the exemplary citizen and legitimized the new state. Unlike many of those propaganda heroes, his powers were real and were studied by the FNC.
His daughter married the heir to Nobel & Midland. Their son was Winthrop “Winnie” Nobel, ALEC’s current director.
Character and interests
He was a tough, taciturn, stubborn man. Proud of his work and deeply patriotic, he took part in the coup convinced that he was serving his country.
Capabilities
He possessed the strength of ten men and almost impenetrable skin, acquired after the industrial accident.