The Blur (Elreak Ianros)

Biography= "Never give up, never give in, and even when all seems lost... Never lose hope."

- The Blur

Elreak Ianros, more commonly known as The Blur (of Earth Prime), is currently 26, a former member of Elusion and a founding member of the Super Alliance. He is an enhanced human capable of traveling at superspeed, opening dimensional rifts and more by utilising the unstable energies he inadvertenly absorbed from the No-Space; allowing him to perceive and function in a world that simply sees him as little more than a gust of wind.

Alongside Echo; The Blur leads and maintains the Super Alliance, monitoring not only the facility but the heroes as well. He also trains new recruits to control their powers so that they may use them for good. The Blur regularly fights alongside his division codenamed Alpha. Although he does not currently have a sidekick (nor has he any intention to), he works alongside his best friends, Everlasting, and Foresight along with his fiancé, Echo. He is constantly fighting his archenemy known as the Mystic Monolith. Monolith has been reported numerous times around Aik City causing various crimes, but The Blur has been unable to catch him as he vanishes right before The Blur is able to catch him.

Private Life
While Elreak does spend a great deal of time as his other persona; he does require his own personal freedom from The Blur, particularly so that he and Arika can spend time and earn a steady income.

To earn a great deal of money; Elreak works as a Freelance Software Developer where he primarily deals in Cyber Security for large organisations and companies across the globe. Though using these skills, he has developed software for his own Suit, along with the creation of the A.I: ALYSSA and the Primary Communications Network for the Super Alliance. Being a freelance also allows him to function as The Blur without running the risk of being fired and/or anyone noticing that he disappears as The Blur appears on the scene of a crime. Because of his renown across the world; he has been approached by a number of smaller, yet well-known criminal organisations to secure their dealings, which he greatly uses to his own advantage. Creating their software allows him to access into their networks and view every piece of data; incriminating or otherwise. As a result, many of these smaller crews have been apprehended and incarcerated with the evidence he has attained.

Spending time with Arika is one of Elreak favourite and most frequent activities; often spending every moment he is not working or racing around the city with her. Though there are exceptions to this, as they have often made their relations to one another in their costumes very well known. Despite his initial worry for her safety should any super-villain learn either of their identities, he has faith and belief that no criminal; no matter how crazed who would dare attempt to go after her to get to him. As such they show significant public displays of affection for each other both in and out of costume. Though the relations with one another means a great deal to them both; it has been proven on a few Earths that losing Arika would cause Elreak to twist and deform; in the instance where he was forced to kill her himself, he became the super-villain known as Contra. That being said, the idea of what would happen if Arika were to lose Elreak has not been discovered nor considered by any. Elreak Ianros (more widely known as The Blur) was born on the 16th of February to Annabelle and James Ianros; though following their subsequent deaths shortly after his birth, was raised in an orphanage for much of his early life. Up until the age of 10, he spent most of his time alone and extremely introverted; always remaining as the sole child no parent wanted to adopt. This made him an ideal candidate for Elusion; a secret organisation, whom he was told that was to train children from the age of 10 to be expert field operatives and perform tasks that would require decades of training by older generations, particularly those with special or enhanced abilities; such as the abilities of a genome. In 2002, he started this training and took to it like a duck to water. Though to further progress in a number of fields; he was enrolled in an elite academy where he studied from the age of 12. It was here that he met Scarlett Clay, Sawyer Caldwell and Arika Ianros, whom he would care for deeply and extremely; particularly with Arika. Though the four were constantly bullied for being around Scarlett; who most knew as the 'freak' who could manifest one's greatest fears. In actual fact, she had unlocked her Genome at an extremely young age; and had very little control over it. While she did affect her friends at times, it was nothing they could not overcome. Though Scarlett kept this secret as best she could, particularly with Elreak 's help, who told her of his involvement in Elusion and how they could help her control her powers. She took this advice with great intrigue and met with Elreak 's own mentor and guide, who promised that the Agency would indeed help her to hone her powers; only if she aided the Agency in their own goals. Eagerly, she accepted.
 * -|History=== Origin ==

As the years went on, relations between Elreak and Arika grew greatly; with their relationship beginning to form. Sawyer had also become Elreak 's best friend, though all relations with Scarlett had become quiet. Scarlett simply vanished following her approval into Elusion, and the constant questioning as to her whereabouts from Elreak was futile. He was told she was on exclusive assignments only suited to the elite within the organisation; a comment that Elreak was always extremely sceptical of. By the time he turned 18; was one of the Agency’s best and most loyal operatives. Though rumours sparked within the Agency of a plot to destroy it from the inside; and that one of the higher agents were responsible. Elreak was tasked to figure out who it was, and eliminate them with extreme prejudice; though he found the device and got everyone out in time, he failed to disarm the device, and in 2011, the main HQ was destroyed in all its entirety. The board of Directors blamed Elreak, though while they had originally decided to remove him from the Agency; some voted against the move and Elreak remained, on the condition he capture one of the most elusive and powerful foes the organisation had ever seen. Though Aik City still had numerous threats and he was tasked to stop one such threat, the powerful supervillain who was identified only as  The Mystic Monolith". He spent three weeks following endless leads until he finally uncovered his lair, hidden deep within the mountains a few hours west. The lair's security was heavily encrypted, but the skilful agent managed to bypass all safeguards the villain had. As he walked the large hallway of the villain's lair, he avoided all of his many robotic subservients, but he wasn't sure what to expect when he reached his target. He managed to catch The Mystic Monolith off guard and managed to apprehend him, but he failed to realise the full extent of the villain's powers and he trapped Elreak in the dimension which Elreak dubbed ' The No-Space''. A dimension completely devoid of light, sound, and even matter, yet somehow he was able to plant his feet firmly upon the ground. Even time itself passed differently there, and the hands of his watch spun around without ever ceasing. He sat on the ground, just waiting for something to happen. Despite anything around him, he felt warm and felt as though something was encompassing his very body; the feeling of gently blowing air on his skin. The feeling was something he quickly got used to; and paid little attention to it. He eventually managed to escape after what he believed 3 hours had passed, with the sole help of Agency's leading engineer. He returned through a dimensional tear that they had built, allowing for a stable portal to the No-Space. But the world was... different. He quickly realised that while it had been a mere 3 hours for him, the world around him had changed drastically in three years.

Over the time he had been away, Arika had become extremely saddened, believing he had died in a freak accident; being fed lies by Elusion. Though the organisation wanted Elreak to continue working for them, and help to train a new generation of agents, however, it was all too much for him; and subsequently resigned. For the next few weeks, he barely left his home, eating little more than fast-food; though gaining very little weight from it all. Of course, he did tell Sawyer and Arika the full story and how he had not in-fact died; both of whom persuaded him to come out, to come and see the new world and get to know it. He did so but noticed that not only the world was different, but he too was different. He found that he had absorbed some kind of energy during his time in the No-Space, which caused him to perceive time incredibly slowly, down to the attoseconds; due to the synapses within his brain and the rate, he processed information incredibly faster than most. He was able to move insanely fast, reaching speeds of around Mach 12 during his first run. Soon after, he found he could tear open the dimensional barrier and return to the No-Space at will, along with a whole slew of other abilities. Though he was unable to control his newfound speed. In an attempt to stop a robbery, he tried to help using his enhanced speed but ultimately only ended up in making things worse. He ran towards the criminal and tried to grab the gun out of his hand, but he shattered the criminal's entire arm and proceeded to run into a nearby wall, causing half a building to come crumbling down. Although only the criminal's arm and Elreak's self-esteem was hurt, he realised that his powers were dangerous, and it would only cause more chaos if he didn't get them under control.

He returned to Elusion and told them of his newfound powers and how he could not fully control them. After discussing the situation, the Agency employed the same tactics they had trained Scarlett with; much to Elreak 's horror. They had not been training her to control her powers, they had been torturing her. It was here that he realised just what goals the organisation had in mind; that being the complete control and domination over all 'Enhanced' humans on the planet, as they believed them to be a lesser and mutated form of what should be considered pure and right. He was furious to see the horrific sight that lay before him, and felt responsible for allowing such atrocities to happen right underneath his nose. He tore the entire organisation apart, piece by piece; both metaphorically and literally. Elreak rescued the remaining few individuals kept in their cells that were still managing to cling to life; though many unfortunately could not survive the rigorous processing that Elusion had subjected them to. One key person; was Scarlett. While weak, she blamed Elreak for all the torture that she had to face for decades as a result of him; and was forever changed. There are still some remnants of Elusion residing about in the globe, though Elreak made it his mission long ago to not only prevent evil from being victorious; but also to remove all trace of Elusion from the Earth. He knew he would achieve this through rigorous training so that he could further understand the powers that he had been gifted with, and hone them to be far more efficient in saving lives and preventing crime.

He began acquiring more abilities whilst also getting near-perfect control of the older ones, so began using them more frequently and accurately. Though he found that extensive use of his Speed, particularly when reaching speeds of Mach 14+, caused him to be forced back into the No-Space. As a result, he invented the Dimensional Stabiliser, which stored energy that he was receiving from the No-Space; allowing him to regulate his speed accurately whilst also removing the risk of being forced into the No-Space upon reaching certain speeds. When creating the first prototype, the device accidentally went off in his lab, which subsequently resulted in the surrounding lab being trapped in the No-Space. Though certain elements such as light and matter retained properties lie that on Earth. Soon he turned it into his Personal HQ known as The S.H.A.R.C ' '' (Specialised Home And Research Centre). ''From here, he could hone his abilities without hurting anyone and conduct analysis on outstanding case files. Not long after, he had adopted the identity of The Blur; to do good as a symbol of hope that everyone can look to. At the same time, Scarlett had left Elreak out of the sheer anger and hatred she felt towards him; having the mindset that she would have not have been subjected to such excruciating pain for so long if it wasn't for him. She took up a life of crime under the persona of Paranoia, using her powers to control those around her through the use of fear-inducing and mental manipulation. He fought numerous crimes in the coming months and prevented The Mystic Monolith and his repeated attacks to try and take over Aik City. Soon after, Arika would be at the mercy on Monolith, subsequently getting powers she too couldn't control. He trained her to use them safely within the S.H.A.R.C, but it took months to train and control her powers; as Elreak did not have a good understanding of how they worked initially. She did grasp complete control over them and created the identity of Echo. The two would train, fight and regularly aid one another in battles. Though they found themselves overwhelmed by the arising number of villains and threats to the city and helped to train a number of heroes such as Everlasting and Foresight. Soon enough, the four created the Super Alliance; with the ideals of protecting the city from any and all threats that would come to pass over Aik City, no matter how big or small they may be. Although the full extent of his powers are unknown, these are the ones currently used by The Blur.
 * -|Abilities=== Powers ==

ENHANCED SPEED
The Blur has the ability to safely move his body at superhuman speeds up to Mach 80; with increasing degrees of difficulty. He can however, surpass this speed; but it poses great dangers to him. Through this, he has additional enhanced abilities and skills.
 * ACCELERATED METABOLISM
 * DECELERATED AGING
 * ENHANCED AGILITY
 * ENHANCED DURABILITY
 * ENHANCED ENDURANCE
 * ENHANCED MOMENTUM
 * ENHANCED STANIMA
 * SPEED DEFIANCE

ACCELERATED PERCEPTION
The Blur also has the constant ability to perceive the world around him in attoseconds, allowing him to observe the world around him in one quintillionth of a second. Because of this incredibly slow perception of the world around him; he requires a 'Speed Regulator' to be worn at all times so that he can function normally both in and out of costume, and isn't having to require an eternity for a single letter to be said. However, it does still have many positives in his crusade against crime.
 * ENHANCED REFLEXES
 * ACCELERATED EYESIGHT
 * BODY LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
 * ACCELERATED THOUGHT PROCESS
 * ENHANCED EVASION

VELOCITY MANIPULATION
The Blur is also able to manipulate and regulate the speed at which other objects and beings around him are moving. This allows him to share his own speed along with steal velocity and speed to travel up to Mach 200, far beyond his 'safe' levels of speed; though both are temporary and cause extreme strain on his body.
 * ABSOLUTE SPEED
 * DISCONNECTED VELOCITY
 * SPEED AURA
 * SPEED CANCELLATION
 * SPEED CHARGING
 * SPEED EXTENSION
 * SPEED THEFT
 * TRAJECTORY MANIPULATION
 * VELOCITY RESET
 * VELOCITY SWAPPING

SONAR STASIS
The Blur and Echo can combine powers to create a bubble of frozen time. This is accomplished by Echo creating multiple duplicates which surround a foe or group of enemies and scream at ultrasonic frequencies; creating a Sonic Bubble . The Blur then runs at Mach 17 around the bubble to freeze time within it. The time within can only be frozen for as long as The Blur continues maintaining his momentum around the bubble.

MULTIVERSAL PROJECTION
The Blur and Foresight can utilise their abilities together to create a temporary link anywhere in the Multiverse. When Foresight reaches out with his powers, Blur can feed aspects of his energy through him; enhancing Sawyer's ability to see multiple possibilities to the extent they can see and view the current goings-on anywhere in the Multiverse. Additionally, any other people touching Sawyer when using this ability will be able to see it too.

Special Features

 * The Blur is highly trained in a variety of Martial Arts ranging from Kickboxing to Tae Kwon Do.


 * The Blur does not see time slower simply whilst running; instead, he perceives the world around to move incredibly slowly at all times. This is both a blessing and a curse; as he can react to his environments the Atto-second that they happen, but it also makes him incredibly lonely and easily frustrated as talking means he has to slow himself down drastically then wait for a response.


 * The Blur can heal injuries faster than most. Although it is not overly fast, it is fast enough to heal a broken arm in a day.


 * The Blur can use his enhanced speed to run up or along vertical surfaces.


 * The Blur can catch projectiles and absorb their kinetic energy, increasing his speed, or he can redirect them back towards the point of origin.

Weaknesses

 * Although The Blur is insanely fast, little to no traction with surfaces beneath him cause difficulty for him to run.


 * Blinding The Blur is a very effective way to prevent him from using his powers. He won't be able to run without risking destroying a building or hurting people. He also can't fight what he can't see, can he?


 * Somehow preventing The Blur from accessing the No-Space will cause him to become powerless as he can't get any energy.


 * The Blur can only travel at Mach 30 until he starts to encounter problems. Any faster and he will break the Dimensional Barrier and create a dimensional portal forcing him back into the No-Space (but this will also cause him extreme pain as he is physically ripped from one dimension to another), to avoid this, The Blur uses a Dimensional Stabiliser that allows him to reach safely speeds up to Mach 80. Damaging The Blur's Dimensional Stabiliser will cause him to be forced into the No-Space (in most circumstances), trapping him there until he can repair his Dimensional Stabiliser.


 * Forcing The Blur to use up the majority of his energy will prevent him from using such powers as Dimensional Tear, Time Bubble, Time Manipulation, After Image and Speed Aura.


 * The Blur's constant need to be a hero will force him to always save the one in need. Taking hostages is a good tactic, especially his friends.


 * A strong weakness of The Blur is his inability to withstand absolute zero temperatures.


 * The Blur requires gravity to stay to the ground so that he is able to run. Lack of gravity will cause many issues for him.


 * Restraints powered by friction/speed will prevent The Blur from running anywhere. Although it will not render him completely powerless, it was cause many issues for him.


 * The Blur's Steal Speed ability will often overload the Dimensional Stabiliser forcing The Blur back into the No-Space.


 * The Blur's relationship with Echo makes her an easy target, as he will often save her, even if it means his own life.


 * The Blur sharing his speed will leave him weak and slow. He will not use this ability unless he really had to, but if he does use it, it is a perfect time to take advantage of his lack of speed.


 * The Blur can heal faster using his enhanced regenerative ability, but that doesn't protect him from lethal doses of radiation.


 * Somehow getting a form of muscle relaxant into The Blur's system will prevent him from being able to move and use most of his powers.


 * The Blur will temporarily lose his powers if within close proximity with Lorecsa Radiation. But this is a very rare form of radiation and it has only been used against him by one villain, who happens to be composed of it.


 * The Blur has little to no protection from high intensity noise like Echo 's Ultrasonic Scream, making it an easily exploited weakness, should he ever turn against the Super Alliance.

The Blur's Private Headquarters is also known as ' The S.H.A.R.C' (Specialised Home And Research Centre) and currently remains in his old house in the No-Space. The headquarters supplies him everything he needs; from Dimensional Stabilisers to Cryopods. The S.H.A.R.C is the main place for The Blur to do all of his activities such as research, communicate via hologram, rest, focus, etc. The scanner above the door prevents anyone without authorised permission from entering. Within The S.H.A.R.C, there are cryopods, should villains require maximum security or are too dangerous to be kept on Earth. The S.H.A.R.C also includes stable portals to Earth 91939, Earth 848-Y, Earth 521 and ''Earth 1016. Entrance to The S.H.A.R.C can be gained by using the Teleporter in Elreak's apartment, or wandering the dark plains of the No-Space'', but the security measures installed make it difficult to gain access without proper authorisation.
 * When attacked with electricity, the power will often surge through The Blur 's body and eventually overload his Dimensional Stabiliser, so not only does it extremely hurt him, but it also forces him to become slower or return to the No-Space.
 * -|Equipment=== Private Headquarters ==

Dimensional Stabiliser
Debatably one of the most important pieces of equipment in The Blur's arsenal, the Dimensional Stabiliser is responsible for The Blur being able to function both in and out of costume. The device resides on The Blur's back and draws any excess energies going through his body, and stores it within an immensely high capacity power cell. However, around 1/3 of the power taken through the stabiliser is expelled through the front and dissipates shortly behind him. This is made completely harmless and is only seen as a faint blue light for a few moments. It is this process that is responsible for The Blur's iconic blue trail. The storing of excess energy also allows for The Blur to power his suit and all functions residing within it simply using kinetic energy created by his own running. Additionally, he is capable of maintaining and regulating his speed through the suit, to cause the stabiliser to draw more energies from The Blur; allowing him to function at varying levels of speed, and even function at the normal perception of humans. Elreak has a smaller version of the Dimension Stabiliser on his person at all times; in the form of a Wristwatch, though it lacks many features of the normal one and does not expel any excess energies in any way. Lastly, the stabiliser is the most armoured place on The Blur's costume, due to the importance and significance of the device.

The Costume
Unlike most members of the Super Alliance, The Blur's costume is highly crucial for using even the simplest forms of his powers; that being due to the excessive heat and friction created during his high-speed sprints. As a result, it has been modified countless times over and with significant variations to improve both comfort and functionality in many conditions ranging from extreme temperatures to dampening the conductivity of the suit. The current version of the suit resides in 17.39, and features the following abilities to assist him in his apprehension of criminals throughout Aik City:
 * Earpiece Communicator
 * This device is fused into the mask that Elreak wears whilst being The Blur, and instantly connects with the SA main computer and routed through the SA Frequency.
 *  HUD Overlay 
 * The Blur has a HUD overlay whilst wearing his goggles, which can allow him to perform many self-scans and check the state of his body, along with monitoring lies and heart-rates remotely.
 *  Advanced Scanners 
 * This function is something that Blur favours, as the HUD overlay within the Blur 's goggles can allow him to perform many different tasks, from viewing recordings to scanning blood-types.
 * Heart-Rate Monitor
 * Like in all SA costumes, there is a Heart-Rate Monitor, so that ALYSSA and any member accessing personnel vitals can ensure all members are functioning well.
 *  Remote Management 
 * In extreme situations, should Elreak be rendered unconscious or on the brink of death; ALYSSA can remotely control some of the suits abilities, even being able to use the Voltage Overload as a make-shift defibrillator.
 *  Holographic Display 
 * The Left Gauntlet can emit a holographic display that shows whatever the Touchpad is selected to; such as videos, photos and vitals.
 *  Speed Regulator 
 * The Touchpad upon the Left Gauntlet can control how fast or how slow the Synapses within his brain are firing, either increasing or decreasing the speed at which he sees the world moving.
 *  Stabiliser Control 
 * The touchpad also give Elreak complete control over how much energy the Dimensional Stabiliser is absorbing and storing, allowing him to increase or decrease his top speed accurately.
 *  Gauntlet Touchpad 
 * The Left Gauntlet is equipped with a touchpad that allows The Blur to perform a variety of functions from Regulating Speed, to showing a Holographic Display.
 *  Voltage Overload 
 * Stored energy within the Dimensional Stabiliser can be expelled, sending a concentrated blast of electricity across Elreak 's body. While painful, it can break the connection of mind control, and functions as a way to protect Elreak from any attempts to remove his suit without authorisation.
 *  A.I Compatibility 
 * The Blur stores the original copy for ALYSSA within his suit, and with her advanced processing power; she can communicate and aid The Blur even when he is perceiving the world slowly.
 *  Isolated Camera 
 * The Blur has a camera within the suit constantly recording; so that it can be used to playback video, should they need to.
 *  Power Siphon 
 * Energy siphoned from The Blur running at high speeds is turned into electric energy within the Dimensional Stabiliser, where it is stored to power the functions of the suit.

The Blur has a number of alternate selves across the vast expanse of the Multiverse, ranging from gender-swapped counterparts to the last protector of Earth. Elreak found it important to catalogue all alternate selves into the Super Alliance database, as to ensure all selves would be known should they ever arrive. The following is a record of The Blur's alternate selves the Super Alliance have met.
 * -|Alternate Selves=

Parallel Universe Selves:

 * The Blur of Earth 1016
 * The Blur of Lurid 806

Alternate Timeline Selves:

 * The Blur of Divergence-01