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29. Thom Kallor
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Ah, Opal City. Black Condor, Black Pirate, the Shade, Bobo Benetti, and of course, Starman. Or uh, Star... boy? All of the Starmen we could have run into, and this would not have been the expected one.

Thom is from the future. He is a Starman (Starboy?) of the Legion of Superheroes from the future, and somehow ended up in the past, where things are not abundantly clear for him. We found him in the midst of torture and offered our assistance, though he had enough trouble understanding what was going on without us taking him outside where it was all dark and shadowy.

Now, Thom is a few sides of a coin. On one, he is a hero from the future - flies, has light blasts, holds his own in a few battles throughout the campaign. He's certainly got capabilities that are a boon to have around. As far as our early campaign pick-ups went, he was a good one to grab!

On another side is his seeming ineptitude. It's hard to say that Thom is stupid, but rather, some times, he just doesn't seem to get things. Whether or not he gets them or is just willfully interpreting things differently is a bit of a gray area. Perhaps it's just perspective. But Thom certainly has a way about misinterpreting basic instructions, misbehaving, and being a slob. I mean, by God, this man loves his sloppy joes and he will always be so sloppy with them. He just usually carries one around, and he just gets it all over his costume's gloves... such a mess.

On another side is his interfacing with the fourth wall - see, Thom is the kind of character to reference group memes. If someone misspells something or misspeaks, Thom will pick up on it. Thom might make references to other characters, or sometimes just a completely unrelated thing from comics. Either way, it's fun to determine if it's something our characters have a reason to respond to or just chalk it up to Thom being a bit of a weirdo.

Either way, despite being a pest sometimes and making some conversations a bit more difficult to get through, Thom's unique brand of not-with-it-ness is always good for a chuckle. There's a lot of glee one can pull from one so quirky and disconnected. But there's also a sweetheart underneath that all who does want to help out, he'll just respond to you in a way that rustles you up if you try to reach him on a more emotional level.

Thom was put in a cell when we first brought him back due to his uncertain nature, and it fell on Saoirse to escort him out, introducing him to people, showing him around, and getting him acclimated (Sloppy Joes). Eventually, he was given a room and was welcomed to debriefings. Even further on, he was declared fit for field readiness... though it's been hard to find the right team to put him out. Maybe now that we have Jack Knight with us, we might have someone who can rein the guy in.

Because, let me tell you, when we brought him to Tokyo, we could not rein him in. He was useful on the boat ride there, then had some mishaps getting into trouble and bouncing around. We had a fight for social media dominance where he ended up against us, and then usurped the whole thing with a burrito. The kind of nonsense that could only come from Thom.

We have a lot of Toms in the campaign. This is Thom with an H, and the H stands for "fuckin' Hell". Gotta love the guy.

Hint for 28: This is one of the criminals/villains who was not a member of the Society.