Difference between revisions of "Calamity (Epic)"

Calamity appears as a bright, crimson-colored star to people on Earth.{{book ref|firefight|prologue}} He creates the star effect by glowing brightly while on the International Space Station, which he turnedturns to glass.{{book ref|calamity|47}} As the fake Epic Larcener, he appears to be a tall young man with short black hair and pale skin.{{book ref|calamity|19}} He has a childish and whiny personality, and a surprisingly nasal voice, and frequently mutters about how horrible humans are.{{book ref|calamity|19}}{{book ref|calamity|39}}{{book ref|calamity|48}}

Calamity is an inhuman being whose origin is mostly unknown. He is a part of group of similar beings who for some reason want to prove, by experimenting in different universes, that humans always misuse power.{{book ref|calamity|48}} Calamity is born on Earth as a human, and finds life on the planet painful and confusing in comparison to the place where he originated. After ten years of living on Earth, observing mankind, Calamity decides that he has had enough, and starts living in the International Space Station, which he turns to glass.{{book ref|calamity|47}} He uses his limitless abilities to glow brightly, making him appear to be a star from the viewpoint of people on Earth. AtAfter thisa pointyear of being a star, he begins giftingto gift powers to humans,{{book ref|steelheart|prologue}} creating Epics who are corrupted by him as they receive his hatred for the human race.{{book ref|calamity|48}} Shortly afterwards, Calamity sends a clone of himself to Earth, to try to discover what humans saw in Earth.{{citebook ref|Calamity|48}} He pretends to be an Assumer Epic whowhom people name Larcener. He joins the [[Coven]] and takes over the city of Atlanta, which he renames to [[Ildithia]].{{citebook ref|calamity|9}}

=== FirefightRegalia ===

[[Regalia]] communicates with Calamity and asks him to make particular people into new Epics or enhance some Epics' abilities. How they established communication is unknown. Regalia and Calamity attempt to give the [[Steelheart (Epic)#Abilities|powers of Steelheart]] to [[David]],{{book ref|firefight|41}} but he rejectssuppresses them.{{book ref|firefight|42}}

[[Prof]] attacks Ildithia with the goal of becoming the city's new ruler, so Calamity's clone Larcener takes refuge with the [[Reckoners]] in their base.{{book ref|calamity|19}} Larcener is very whiny, cowardly, and cowardlylazy, and doesn't want to be helpful to the Reckoners or do anything but hide.

[[Obliteration]] teleports David to the International Space Station to confront Calamity.{{book ref|calamity|47}} Calamity reveals himself as Larcener to David, who proceeds to detonate a bomb made from Obliteration's powers.{{book ref|calamity|48}} Calamity instantly reverses the effects of the explosion and tries to kick David out of the space station. Prof and [[Megan Tarash|Megan]] teleport into the space station to rescue David, and then Megan sends David and Calamity to the alternate reality where the real Firefight exists.{{book ref|calamity|49}} David shows Calamity that theEpics Calamity ofin this reality leftare afternot makingcorrupted peopleby intotheir Epicspowers, and theythat doCalamity's notcounterpart corruptleft whileEarth usingafter theirmaking powers;people theyinto actually are heroesEpics. When Calamity realizes that the corruption that he, claims thatnot humans have, is actuallythe justsource hisof corruption, he collapses and disappears. What happens to him is unknown.{{book ref|calamity|50}}

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