Groundswell
| Groundswell is a net.hero created by Amabel Holland. | |
| Alter Ego: | Lilly Paschall |
| Aliases: | Merrax the Maimer |
| Primary Writer: | Amabel Holland |
| Status: | Member of the LNH (Classic Team) |
| Usability: | [should prolly ask Amabel] |
History
Content Warning: body horror
The sister <or cousin?> of veteran LNHer Carina Paschall AKA Sing-Along Lass, Lilly Paschall worked as a bank teller in Net.ropolis, a job she despised. Unable to pursue her passion of acting and performance, she found herself depressed and unmotivated. But when the Rampaging Elephant attacked the bank she worked at, she rose to the occasion and helped fend him off. Nonetheless, the Elephant captured her and took her to the sewers, where the dread ruler of the New Dogs, Barkseid, gave her a costume and told her she would be imbued with the Power CosMc [1] and battle the LNH!
This baleful cosmic force transformed her into the stone-skinned Merrax the Maimer, who attacked a group of LNHers at the Net.ropolis Mall. She came close to defeating them, even unmasking the Ultimate Ninja, but was vanquished by an unknown power. Reverting to human form, she reunited with Carina.
Lilly joined the LNH, helping the LNH Friends defeat Kalibark and travelling to Apoochcalypse with Ultimate Ninja to get revenge. Her powers had remained dormant, but upon coming to Apoochcalypse they began to return, with pebbles emerging painfully from her skin. When Barkseid killed the Ultimate Ninja, the cosmic power surged through her, transforming her fully once more. She killed Barkseid, and then found herself connected to the Source Code [2], which allowed her to return the Ninja and their allies to life – at the cost of returning Barkseid as well.
Returning to Loonivearth, she found her apartment had already been sold by the landlord; she no longer had any place in life outside the Legion. She learned from Doctor Stomper that the her body had become a battery for cosmic power and she would periodically transform into Groundswell. Admitted as a probationary LNHer, she defied Ultimate Ninja's orders in leaving the LNHQ to rescue Alicia Avenue's children, and in retaliation the Ultimate Ninja demoted her to reserve member. Nonetheless, she continue to serve in the Legion, taking part in the Smurph-Snorc War.
Years later, <JII and NHOP stuff>
Personality
(put in later)
Powers and Abilities
Lilly's body is a battery for cosmic power, stored in a rocky layer beneath her skin. She periodically transforms, during which she sheds her human skin and becomes a being of stone. She has to recharge after each transformation; after the transformation's end she becomes exhausted and vulnerable. In powered-up form she has superhuman strength and stone skin, as well as a wicked cosmic axe and the power to shoot energy beams.
Appearance
As Lilly, she is unassuming, with short cropped hair. There are pebbles poking through her skin on her arms. When powered up, she becomes tall and muscular, with grey stone skin.
As Merrax the Maimer, wore a red-paneled shoulder-padded suit which left very little to the imagination. She wore a more modest outfit as Groundswell. New Look Lass gave her a costume made of a puffy material which gave her a lot of space, with V- neck cleavage and a golden LNH belt.
Appearances
- Net.ropolis #1-7
- The Smurph-Snorc War #3-4
- Journey Into Irrelevancy #<fill in later>
- Net.heroes on Parade #1-26/TEB #1-5
- <maybe other stuff?>
Footnotes
- ↑ Said to be "The very secret ingredient in McDonald's Arch Deluxe," it is evidently a form of the Power Kirby, which seems to run in the family...
- ↑ Referred to as "The Search"; it doesn't really behave in the way the Source Code does in other stories but it's hard to see what else it could be. Like many other of Amabel Holland's early stories, this arc has a bit of a wobbly relationship to canon.
