Felicia Wave

Felicia Wave (Born Felicia Waymann) is an example of someone being gifted Superhuman abilities who didn't use them to fight crime.

Born March 16th 1917, Felicia was an American fashion model who, in the year 1943, was gravely injured in a boat crash off the coast of Clearwater Beach, Florida. The details are fuzzy, but in order to prevent permanent brain damage after being dragged into the sea by rubble, she was bound to a Water Elemental by a local scientist, who used an old Diving Helmet to contain the damage. The energy offset meant removing the helmet would cause the Elemental to rapidly expand, causing instant death. Furthermore, the excess energy left the murky windows in the helmet glowing with a bright light, obscuring her face.

However, the bizarre marriage of Human and Elemental meant Felicia had hydrokinesis, able to manipulate water!

Model Career
After word got out of Felicia's untimely transformation, she become an international hit. Changing her surname to Wave, Felicia was an icon. Appearing in calendars, on national tours to entertain our troops during the War, you name it! Her hydrokinesis was simply the icing on the top, with her strange glowing helmet and sassy demeanour she was like a perfect woman from a world far greater than ours!

End of the War and beyond
In 1950 World War II ended and Felicia retired from the Model gig, instead becoming a public spokesperson for her fellow Superhumans. She had married the year before (Keeping her surname) and was looking forward to a quieter life. Interestingly, she did actually get to act heroic only once - In 1955 whilst on holiday she took to the streets of Venice alongside Masquerade, to defeat the rampaging Krocodoom. A year later she gave birth to her daughter Alice, who grew up to be the Superheroine Quarius, having somehow retained her mother's abilities.

Felicia died in 1974 of complications due to the inability to perform surgery above the neck. A statue of her was erected in her hometown of Grant-Valkaria, Florida in 1993.

~ Smirkin' Sam Ri