Baffle

Name: Jean-Yves P.
Codename: Baffle
Classification: Villain
Location: Vancouver BC
Group Affiliation:
1) Artemus Agents - Active
2) Mighty Markmen - Former
Origin: Natural
Archetype: Defender

Powers: After years of attending lantern festivals, Jean-Yves considered himself somewhat of a connaisseur in the art of combining magic mushrooms with dark chocolate. Each year, in the hopes of finding the perfect combination, he would seek out rarer and rarer types of mushrooms and chocolate until finally he arrived at a combination that changed his life forever. The specific combination of single-origin dark chocolate from a remote Guatemalan rain forest and the rare pink-capped short-stem mushroom induced an irreversible change in his body at the cellular level. His epithelial cells acquired the ability to synthesize and secrete a hallucinogenic chemical similar to that found in magic mushrooms but considerably more powerful. The hallucinogen evaporates quickly in the air and can induce a variety of experiences in those around him ranging from euphoria and pleasant visual hallucinations to nausea, vomiting, dizziness and frank psychosis. Baffle is able to exert some control over the specific effects produced by the hallucinogen but he cannot change the effect once the hallucinogen has been synthesized. The hallucinogen concentrates in his sweat and saliva enabling him to deliver elevated doses through touching or kissing. Baffle is unable to completely stop secretion of the hallucinogen resulting in a low level of befuddlement in those around him. This is a source of constant frustration to his partner Arclight (coming soon).