Powers Institute

the Powers Institute

- based in Chicago, a school for 'gifted youngsters' run by Ms. Powers. Originally a private academy where mutants and other meta-beings trained in secret to become heroes. The senior students usually comprise a team called the Powers Brigade (which has had many incarnations over the decades). Its secrecy saved it during the Massacre. With the recent surge of meta-activity in Chicago, two retired heroes (the American Eagle II and the Black Phantom) came out of retirement and offered to teach at the Institute if all of the active heroes came in for training (based on two tragic accidents resulting in many deaths), and were accepted, along with a multitude of teams. Recently its existence has become public knowledge.

- those that train here have access to its facilities, faculty, and records, including the Powers Institute Metahuman Files.

Faculty:

{Battalion} (m) - mutant triplicator/ quasi-brick w/foci & martial skills (former faculty member of the Powers Institute/ founding 2IC of the Dec. 2016-May 2017 incarnation of the Powers Brigade/ current leader of the Defenders of America)