Masked Magician

Irene serves the role of Harvey's close friend and confidante, before they start going out in Session 13. She is a strong and confident woman with a love for show business... Much to her father's chagrin. She is shown to be quite naïve, though it seems to be mostly an act to make people laugh.

History
Irene was born to David Leonard, CEO of Leonard-Hoffstein Health and grandson of its founder, Benjamin Leonard. She was born into the lap of luxury and attended a high-class private school, which she graduated from as Class Valedictorian. Her parents were very proud of her and tried to push her to study in business, so that one day she could run her father's company, though Irene had different plans for her life - a career as a stage magician.

Ever since she was a little girl, she was intrigued by how mundane stage magicians performed magic and - in a world of skeptics and Parahumans - she wanted to do fantastical mundane magic, just to prove it's still possible and that it can be better than using one's powers.

Her father naturally disapproved of her decision, but saw it as a "phase" that she would grow out of... Until she got a letter from the ZPA to come and join it, after one of its members saw one of her shows and saw her turn a rose to gold. Her father and her still have rocky relations, but they are not openly hostile with one another.

Story
Irene becomes with Harvey almost immediately, when he's paired with her and Olivia for taking on Valkyrie's constructs. She proves to be one of the best students in Class A, and helps tutor both Harvey and the hopeless Olivia. They all became good friends and were practically inseparable until The Watchdogs were formed.

Irene was one of the first people Sterling approached to join The Watchdogs, but she declined, fearing that it would get her in trouble. Instead, she recommended him too seek Harvey out, as he had much more useful powers for investigation than she does.

Soon afterwards, she began having terrible nightmares in which she was being tortured by a large man in a white suit with a black cross mask. She told Harvey about them and he told her to be careful and that he'd track down the person projecting the images. In the end, the source of these nightmares was never discovered, but they dissipated shortly after the first tournament, The Proving Grounds, concluded.

Power
Irene's power is Transmutation, which allows her to transform and element of the same type into another, though the more complex the molecular structure is, and the larger the volume, the longer it takes, as well as an increased amount of concentration.