Claim the Sky
Bernard Alvin Kane wasn't always a bad man. He paid his taxes. He held down a white-collar job filing reports. He had a wife and two kids. Sometimes he even donated to charities, if it was easy.
He was typical.
Then he drove his car into the rear end of a truck on the freeway. Bernard should have died, but instead the trauma activated latent mutant abilities: he could control the minds of those who could hear and understand him. Over the course of about a year, the temptation to use his abilities overcame him more and more. At first it was just small things, like telling his kids to work harder for an upcoming test. Then he was asking for (and getting) promotions at work.
In the end, he'd taken over his company, controlled the mayor and other local politicians, and was surrounded by a regalia of unusually attractive mind-controlled bodyguards and personal assistants, a few of which had super abilities of their own.
In the Boundless setting, Free Reign lives in Seattle.
Motive: Control others
Environment: Almost anywhere, usually with a regalia of mind-controlled bodyguards
Health: 22
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (5 points)
Armor: 1
Movement: Short
Modifications: Mind-control attacks as level 7
Combat: Free Reign avoids combat by telling potential foes that they are instead his good friends who love and want to please him. Targets within long range who can hear and understand him and who fail an Intellect defense roll behave as he suggests. Each round, a target can attempt another defense roll to throw off the control. However, if a target fails three of these defense rolls, they must do as compelled for the next day, unless something else happens that provides another chance to escape the control. Free Reign usually renews his control over those he particularly values every day before it wears off completely. An affected character defending against this renewal is hindered by three steps.
Characters blocking their hearing with earplugs or similar equipment are immune to Free Reign's power.
Interaction: Vain and shallow, Free Reign is terrified of anyone able to overcome his mental control, ordering his ntourage to eradicate them.
Use: Free Reign is a secret confederate of a corrupt public official, ruler, or other person of authority.
Other Equipment: Free Reign wears the most expensive suits, designer watches, and shades available. He carries a couple of high-tech devices liberated from other superhumans, including a disguise module and an enduring shield.
GM Intrusion: The character is surprised by a superpowered bodyguard (level 7) who attempts to rip their hearing protection away.