Oni

A young hero, whose early death in 1988 spurred the creation of The Wards.

History
Oni, or Grace Matou was born to second generation Japanese immigrants in San Francisco in 1971. She began fighting in the San Francisco vigilante scene when she was only 16 years old. Despite her young age, her powers were very powerful and she became quite notorious throughout California.

She was picked-up by The Vanguard when she was 17 and mentored by Wyvern. One night, while tracking down the villain Bos'n, she and Wyvern had split up, only for her to be ambushed and brutally killed. Wyvern was severely guilty after her death and left her spot in The Big Five for Vigil to take her spot.

She was buried with honours in San Francisco. Her death spurred a project called The Matou Initiative, which created The Wards and The Zarathustra Parahuman Academy, in order to prevent future tragedies by training parahuman youths how to properly use their powers.

Story
Jamie reveals to Archer and Cheri the reason why she hates vigilantism so much (Session 14) being because her sister entered the hero scene far too young and untrained and was brutally killed by a villain, Bos'n. Getting revenge on him, no matter how unlikely due to her "weak" power, is her ultimate goal from coming to the ZPA.

Power
Her power was a mixture of super strength, durability and enhanced senses. She had a mutation where her skin became tinted a scarlet red colour.