<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/aLPikOX.jpg)</div><div class="floatleft">(http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/eb/da/2f/ebda2f30ccf3acf81d9abdc2d36d80bb.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Darrius King, "Rho", Hero Project Contestant</strong></span><br/><em>Rho surveys the city from his favorite rooftop perch</em><br/><strong>Alias:</strong>Rho<br/><strong>Identity:</strong>Darrius King<br/><strong>Age:</strong>18<br/><strong>Base of Operation:</strong>Atlanta, GA<br/><strong>Power Class:</strong>Class A<br/><strong>Background:</strong>Darrius was born in Atlanta, GA, as his father, a masked hero by the name of Devastator(Benjamin Thomas) was unmasked during one of his battles back in the states.<br/><br/>As a result, he and his wife, another super by the name of Pulse(Ariana Thomas) to relocate under the PFPP(Powered Family Protection Program).<br/>Georgia was far enough away from New York that none of their Rogue's Gallery would think to look for them there.<br/><br/>They were given new identities and ordinary jobs while the heat died down. In the year they moved, Darrius was born, and he was the reason Pulse decided to hang up her costume for good.<br/>Devastator got back into the hero game about a year after Darrius was born, now using the name 'Takedown'.<br/><br/>His heroing allowed his family to have everything they'd need, and Darrius came up very well off. His life was normal for the most part, except for having super parents.<br/>Around 17 is when Darrius' powers manifested.<br/><br/>He was walking home from a friend's house when a guy came speeding around the corner doing 100+ easy.<br/>He didn't have time to get out of the way or do anything except curl up and hope he didn't die. Instead of getting turned into road pizza though,<span class="bbc_u">this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXG8mjawrrg#t=56)</span>happened.<br/><br/>The car crumpled around him and flipped end over end until it finally crashed to a stop.<br/>The sparks in combination with a gas leak set the car ablaze, and while he was unconscious, the roll bar and life bags saved the drivers life.<br/><br/>With no time to panic, Darrius rushed to the car and tried to get the door open.<br/>It was mangled to the point that it would never open again. However without meaning to, he ripped it from it's hinges and threw it hard enough to embed it into the side of a building.<br/><br/>He pulled the driver out and got him to safety just before his car exploded. He called the police and left the guy up against a mailbox before running home.<br/>He was scared and excited and freaked out all at once. He told his parents what happened when he got home, but they already knew.<br/><br/>In this day and age it was impossible to do much of anything without it being caught on camera.<br/>There was already a video circulating of his near death followed by his heroism...from multiple camera angles.<br/>He knew then that he wanted to be a hero like his parents; he wanted to make them proud.<br/>They took him to get tested to find out what his powers were, and once they did, he began training under his father's tutelage.<br/><br/>He took to heroing like a fish to water and Rho began making a name for himself in a hurry. And when the Hero Project was announced, he knew he had to enter.<br/><br/><strong>Abilities:</strong><br/><br/><strong>Density Manipulation:</strong>Rho's powers focus on the manipulation of his and others density.<br/>By drawing on extra-dimensional mass from a unique subspace dimension he can access, or shunting his own current mass into said extra-dimensional subspace, he can raise or lower his density at will.<br/>This extends to other people or objects as well, but involves a bit more focus.<br/>With his abilities, Rho can increase his density to enhance his physical strength and durability to high superhuman levels.<br/><br/>He can also decrease his density which enables him to phase through most forms of matter at will.<br/>On a larger scale, he can simply increase the density in an area to make it impossible to move or crush things, or lessen it to suspend people helplessly in the air.<br/><br/><strong>Graviton Control:</strong>Rho possesses a rudimentary ability to manipulate gravitons and anti-gravitons, the molecules that control gravity.<br/><br/>At the moment, the extent of his control is self propelled flight and using this in conjunction with his density manipulation to simulate a crude form of telekinesis.<br/><br/>Aside from his powers, he's skilled in martial arts as his parents wanted him as prepared as possible.<br/>