Homelander

In my superhero story AU version of Homelander, his mother was an astronaut working up in the space station hiding the fact that she was pregnant so she'd be able to go on the mission she trained her whole life for. While up in the space station, the station was blasted with strange radiation from a passing meteor falling to the States. The station was damaged by the energy wave and all crew were evacuated back to their countries. All crew fell horribly ill, their bodies mutating and their existing powers being boosted to more than their bodies could handle. Some developed new powers and their bodies rejected them. Many died slow and painful deaths, and only a few were able to be saved and studied. Homelander's mother was somehow okay, her fetus absorbing the extra power and sending Stem cells to heal the mother.

When Homelander was born, it was clear his meta powers were off the charts and he quickly began to show signs of many different powers, not just the maximum of two. His mother died the same way her other crewmates did a few months after giving birth; her son's stem cells no longer helping to save her. The baby was named John and placed with a trusted foster family specially qualified to supervise the young John's powers. His foster father was a wounded military veteran who told him old war stories and convinced him to follow the path of a Superhero. His mother was a caring woman who taught at a private school for kids with special powers and needs.

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John went to a special school for aspiring heroes during his college years and met an exchange student from Leosid. This foreigner was a tall, strong, and handsome lion named Bakari. He was a few years older than John and came from SHI, the best hero school in the world, but still needed to go this school's program to be certified in the states. Bakari and John were the most powerful in their class and constantly competed against each other in friendly competition and shared life stories and philosphies. Bakari helped pick John's hero name of Homelander while Bakari's hero name is Pride.

Pride and Homelander started up as heroes together and with their incredible abilities, they quickly rose up the charts together. Homelander was able to start his own hero agency, while Pride went back home to deal with a reign of terror of villains on his homeworld. They still stay in touch, team up for large scale operations, and meet up at hero conventions all over the system.

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Pride's country's philosophies and hero organization inspired Homelander's key drive in life, which is getting American heroes into the military. Even from his childhood, Homelander remembers his foster father's war stories and argues in favor of putting supes in the military to protect their fellow troops and bring down the hammer on villainy, terrorism, and dictators.

Homelander is currently still the number one hero in the States, leading his own agency with a great team of fellow heroes and sidekicks. He's well admired by his fellow heroes and citizens alike. He seems to be a bit of a lonely man not having many close attachments, although he's had many female companions over the years. His longest term relationship is the long distance relationship he's had with Bakari. Homelander trusts Bakari more than anyone else because they've known each other since they started as heroes.