In lieu of sleep, I am working on my fourth character. On top of bringing back masong, meet senator Eli Richardson (D-California). He is one of the surviving members of the SRDC. While he is well known for his passionate stance on equal rights for all, especially supers, it is not known that he is super-powered himself (it's an open secret among the politicos). His continued survival from recent attacks has drawn suspicion from the public. He's been happily married to Naomi since 1994, has two beautiful daughters, and has a strained and complicated relationship with his male roommate, Tony (his wife's primary form). His power is kinetic absorption-he can take the kinetic energy from the force of a blow or a fall and convert it. Primarily it is converted into a temporary increase of strength and endurance. He's not unbreakable due to his power, but he's durable. It also why he's much older than he looks (and sometimes acts, he has his hyper moments).

His bio and timeline is getting ironed out, but he was a former soldier who got into politics after serving his military obligation in 2003. His oldest daughter was mostly raised by Tony and their parents since Eli was constantly serving overseas: Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Somalia. He was recruited to join Omicron while in the service, but turned the position down. After serving as one of LA County's Board of Supervisors, Eli was elected to the Senate in 2006 after a special election was called.

While he's suspected of being pro-super, he was a wildcard in the SRDC. Eli often played devil's advocate to positions brought to the fold by Omicron, Upsilon and the League, while being a fierce critic of all three parties. He was also known to ask contrary questions to witnesses at committee hearings, making it impossible to tell which way he planned to vote. Since the SRDC was disbanded, Eli is currently working with other lawmakers to form a new committee in response to the suppressant technology being unleashed in Washington.

Specific lines that I can think of off of the top of his head, people to lure him to the light/darkside, former subordinates/soldiers, his teenage daughter is open for the taking, and just people to shoot the s*t with (at heart he's still a small town kid from the midwest).