Ardent

Lady Ardent, usually just referred to as Ardent, is a professional hero working for The Vanguard, as well as the Dean of The Zarathustra Parahuman Academy in Wilmington, NC. She is known for her mysterious powers, general attractiveness, and for being the only minority member of The Big Five.

History
Ardent immigrated from Taiwan to America in 1984, when she was 22 years of age. Her life before coming to America is mostly a mystery, except that her father was a shoemaker and her mother died shortly before her departure. She has an unnamed older brother.

According to her biography, She Who Cannot Speak, her ancestry is a mixture of Han and Japanese, and she can speak Mandarin, Hokkien, Japanese and English fluently.

Personality
Ardent plays the role of the young heartthrob, as one can tell by her flashy and somewhat revealing costume. Behind closed doors, however, especially towards the students at the ZPA, she can be very intimidating. She is very sharp and seems to be able to guess where the conversation is about to go before even you know.

It has been shown that she has a soft-spot for heroism, and has been actively helping out The Watchdogs, in spite of her direct orders not to from Captain Fission.

Zarathustra Parahuman Academy
Ardent was announced to be the Dean of the ZPA during its opening ceremony. Not much is known about the behind-the-scenes of how the selection process went, but it is believed that she was hand-chosen by Connor McNulty to do so.

Power
Ardent has never revealed her power, though from observation, it has something to do with observing others.

Reportedly, she can do the following at-will:
 * Subdue others
 * Read minds [Citation Needed]
 * Attract others' attention
 * Sense movement within a very large radius