Violet Lightner (Reynoman)

Violet Lightner
Real Name	Violet Lightner
Alias(es)	Armory
Species	Human
Citizenship	American
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	May 14, 1982
Affiliation	Burke Wellness Center; Action Pack (formerly)
Status	Alive
Appearances
TV Series	The Called
Actors/Actresses
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Violet Lightner is a young woman from San Francisco who has had a history of arachnophobia & depression. She came into contact with an alien gauntlet called the Tactigon after attempting suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Feeling she now had a reason to live, she set out to fight crime, going under the alias Armory.

Lightner was later enrolled in the 50-State Initiative & was placed into the Action Pack, the superhero team of Kentucky. Unfortunately, her time with Action Pack was short-lived; during one certain training session, Lightner was spooked by the sight of a spider--the thing she feared the most. Lightner panicked & fired wildly, inadvertently killing leader Michael van Patrick as a result. Ashamed, Lightner resigned from the Action Pack to get counseling.

Biography[]

Childhood[]

Raised in a foster home infested with spiders, Violet's childhood home left her emotionally scarred,&d rendered her arachnophobic.

At some time, she was admitted for depression at the Burke Wellness Center in San Francisco & monitored by Doctor Burke.

The Tactigon[]

Feeling she had nothing left to live for, she jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge, feeling herself become emotionally empty as she plummeted into the water below. This emptiness caused the alien weapon known as the Tactigon, an immensely powerful alien weapon that had fallen to earth at some point, to rise to the surface of the water it was buried in & latch itself to Violet. Violet was shocked to see the weapon attach itself, then save her life.

Vigilante[]

Feeling she now had a reason to live, she set out to fight crime.

50-State Initiative[]

Camp Hammond[]

She later became interested by Iron Man's Initiative.

Arriving at Camp Hammond in Stamford, Connecticut, she was still very enthusiastic, promising her friends autographs of Iron Man. There she was greeted "welcome" by Gauntlet.

Eventually, after completing her training at Camp Hammond, Lightner was placed in Action Pack, the official superhero team of Kentucky.

Action Pack[]

The Accident[]

During a training exercise with Action Pack, she successfully demonstrated her powers against combat-bots during a capture the flag exercise. However, Lightner was soon spooked by the sight of a spider--the thing she feared the most. Lightner panicked & fired wildly, inadvertently killing leader Michael van Patrick as a result.

Leaving the Action Pack[]

Ashamed of what happened to van Patrick, Lightner resigned from the Action Pack to get counseling. Under agreement, the Tactigon was surgically removed from Violet, & she was sent home to San Francisco.

She had a meeting at the Burke Wellness Center, where she was monitored by Dr. Burke, who made sure she kept her Initiative time a secret, testing her by asking her the reason for the scars on her arm (consequences of the Tactigon removal). Violet was then readmitted & kept under surveillance.

Personality[]

Powers & Abilities[]

Weaknesses[]

Arachnophobia: As a result of having lived in a foster home infested with spiders, Armory suffers from a crippling fear of spiders.

Depression: Lightner suffers from some form of depression involving cutting herself and suicidal tendencies.

Equipment[]

Weapons[]

Tactigon: An immensely powerful alien weapon whose history is tied in with Gauntlet's weapon. A shape-shifting weapon that appears as a glove-like attachment to her left arm. Armory's Tactigon can change into any weapon that will help her defeat her opponent, giving her "the weapons--& power--that she need to get the job done".

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Burke Wellness Center
- Dr. Burke - Counselor
Camp Hammond
- Joseph Green/Gauntlet - Director
50-State Initiative
- Action Pack - Former Teammates
  - Michael van Patrick/MVP † - Leader & Accidental Victim
  - Grayson Jackson/Vox
  - Francisqua Quickley/Prima Donna
  - Eugene Patilio/Frog-Man
- Called