Altermind

An exclusive mental illusionist Epic that reigns over a district of Portland comprised of the smartest in the city.

Biography
Milton Towren was a regular teenager named Milton Towren before Calamity, albeit a particularly gifted one. He suffered daily from excessive bullying due to his small size, intellectual prowess, and ugly birthmark on his neck, until on the day of his Rending he killed everyone of his bullies and took control of his former high school.

Calling himself Altermind, he expanded outwards and founded the faction of Thoughttown, intended as an intellectual utopia where the smartest ruled and the weak-minded were banished to live on the dangerous streets beyond his territory.

Powers and Abilities
As Portland's most powerful illusionist, Altermind is capable of hijacking any of the five senses, making everyone within his vicinity see, hear, touch, or smell anything he'd like them to perceive. This ability is mental in scope, directly affecting targets' brains rather than manipulating light.

In addition to this, Altermind has a somewhat weaker ability to telekinetically move objects within a fifteen foot radius of himself. This ability's strength is proportional to effort, and as a consequence he usually only moves small objects with his power.

Personality and Behavior
More self-righteous than the average Epic, Altermind sees himself not as a god or emperor but as the benevolent governor of a utopian community. He harbors bitterness concerning his abused years as a high school student, acting harshly towards those who remind him of his former bullies or the teachers who turned a blind eye to his abuse.

He has also demonstrated an enormous degree of anger towards normal humans who turned down offers of living in Thoughttown out of preference or family, infuriated that they would reject his utopia. When coming into contact with such individuals he usually offers a second and final chance to live in Thoughttown before marking them as enemies.

Despite his self-righteousness it is apparent that he is still self-conscious of his frail appearance. He projects at all times an illusion of himself as a handsome man in ideal physical condition, lacking the birthmark that he regards as hideous. As a result many unaware of his true appearance compare him to pre-Calamity movie stars.