Name: Sebastian Faust
Ocupation: Grumpy wizard
Group Affiliation: Watchmen, Trenchcoat Brigade,
Sentinels of Magic (former), Outsiders (former)
Known Relatives: Felix Faust (father, deceased), Flora
Faust (sister, deceased)
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 178 lbs.
Eyes: Unknown
Hair: Greying black
Post-Modern History:
After the god-war and the Outsiders' defeat of the
Executioner, Faust remained with the team and began to
rekindle his romance with former Outsider Halo as
well. They remained more-or-less an item for the next
ten years. After Huntress and HERO left the Outsiders,
he remained an intermittant member, as the team itself
began having troubles staying united--again.
During the Magic War of 2013, Faust's father was
successfully performing a ritual that would have
syphoned all of the power of earth's four great
Elementals and harnessed this power within his frame.
In order to defeat his father, and save all life on
earth, Faust had to fight his spell with elemental
energy of his own--energy provided via the ritualized
sacrifice of Halo. With her powers and lifeforce
fueling his magics, Faust was able to defeat, and
slay, his father--and he was forced to kill his sister
as she stood to prevent him.
The Magic War's events has left him emotionally
scarred and literally haunted. Now, ghosts from his
past haunt his steps--the strongest of these ghost's
presences being those of Halo, his father Felix and
sister Flora. Normal people do not see them.
Faust's murder of Halo left him ostracized, even
hunted, by most of the hero community and he went into
seclusion. For years he remained hidden and
on-the-run, yet popping up on occasion to help
Constantine, Dr. Occult, Phantom Stranger or Tim
Hunter with this or that.
In most recent years, Faust was located and approached
by a group of heroes more understanding of proactive
measures, who understood that Halo's sacrifice was a
larger trauma to him than any other, and a necessary
sacrifice. Though joining them would make his
presence higher-profile, Steel and Trickster were
somehow quite persuasive and he's been with the
Watchmen ever since.
Powers:
Faust is a sorcerer and ritualist of indeterminate
power level. It seems that his spells, when coupled
with personal sacrifices are exceptionally more
powerful--on par with Tim Hunter. If his spells are
powered by a balance of mishap (something all of his
spells are effected by in the modern realm--every
spell he casts causes some side effect that's never
entirely pleasant but also only rarely effecting the
subjects of the spell) they fall into his
mid-range--on par with Zatanna. If his spells involve
no sacrifice or mishap (a relatively new development
on his part: his focus of magical study since the
Magic Wars) his power is weakest--on par with John
Constantine.
Faust lacks a soul--his was sold away by his father
decades ago, and his eyes are a void reflecting this
