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Description
• Name
Francis Byte
• Aliases
VideoMan, Vide
• Age
13
• Alignment
Good
• Identity
Secret
• Citizenship
American
• Gender
Caucasian Male
• Eyes
Blue, needs glasses for his poor eyesight
• Hair
Short length, black hair, messy
• Height
Byte: 4 ft. 4 in. VideoMan: Variable, base height 8 ft. 8 in.
• Weight
Byte: 98 lbs. VideoMan: Variable

• Bio.
High school freshmen Francis Byte is your typical nerd. He’s an avid gamer, scientifically gifted in the fields of electronics, communications, wireless networking, programming, and mathematics. Having lived his whole life in foster care, Byte has no family. His fellow students and foster care residents bully him endlessly, primarily the overly muscular and dimwitted Butch Kasady. Byte’s lack of height earned him the name Itsy-Bitsy-Byte. His only sanctuary is an abandoned bunker built during the Cold War, where Byte tinkers with technology that he salvaged from the trash of tech firms like Stark Tower, Oscorp, and the Baxter Building. One day Byte buys a computer processor he has never seen before at Aunt May Parker’s yard sale. Little did they know that the processor was responsible for giving the original VideoMan life in the physical world and that Spider-Man took it in the hopes of keeping it safely locked away in his freezer. As Byte is tinkering with the processor in hopes of learning its functions and how it works, the processor activates and begins integrating many of the experimental devices created by Byte in the hopes of earning recognition in the scientific community. The amalgamated device attaches itself to Byte’s left arm and transforms him into a being of living Wi-Fi and digital data, held together with electrical energy. It is later that Byte learns he can change back and forth on command from his human form to this new one. Due to his admiration for the world’s heroes (particularly Spider-Man), Byte decides to use his new powers for the greater good as the new VideoMan.

• Personality
When in the presence of others, Byte is shy, antisocial, and a very meek boy who for the most part tries to blend in with the crowd, if only to avoid the bullying. When left alone to his work, games, and social media, Byte is the most fun loving, comedic, and at times competitive guy you will ever meet. These personality traits come to light as VideoMan. Byte often gets overly excited when meeting big name heroes for the first time. Byte feels a connection with the tech he salvages, because like it, he feels as if his family tossed him away. Byte tries not to focus on the family he never knew. He plays games, tinkers, and works on productive tasks to keep his mind busy and away from painful thoughts.

• Occupation
Byte is a high honors student at Midtown High NYC who anonymously runs a pro-hero website, www.the-lair.com, under the alias of Vide to support heroes whom the media unjustly prosecute. Byte also has a part time job with a recycling company.

• Abilities
As VideoMan, Byte has unlimited access to every device linked to a wireless network. Linking to the network boosts his brain’s processing power, increasing Byte’s intelligence, and giving him unlimited access to the total collective sum of human knowledge. VideoMan can travel through and control electronic devices and even teleport through wireless signals. VideoMan even has the power to instantly transmute matter into digital data and vice versa. In short, VideoMan can bring and take any one and/or thing in and out of the digital world. Since VideoMan is made of living Wi-Fi and digital data, he is immune to conventional physical, biological, and psychic attacks.

• Paraphernalia
VideoMan’s G-Glove (or Gamer Glove) controls the powers and equipment he gains from the video games Byte has downloaded and can be voice operated. Standard G-Glove abilities are modes for firing energy projectiles, creating a giant hammer, grapping arm game machine, and cooperative play mode that allows VideoMan to share powers and equipment with others. Each game gives VideoMan new powers and equipment. The more Byte uses them, the more he levels up. In human form, the G-Glove takes on the appearances of matching smart phone and watch that serve as lock and key for Byte to become VideoMan.

• Weaknesses
VideoMan’s primary weaknesses are a dependence on wireless networks as well as a strong Wi-Fi connection for boosted mental and teleportation abilities. VideoMan also possesses vulnerabilities to water and magnetic fields. Arguably, Byte’s greatest weakness is his own inexperience in how to use his new powers to their full potential and often resulting in a great deal of collateral damage.

• Quotes
“Game on!”
“Load, Strongman Hammer!”
“I’m digital, you’d have better luck trying to mind-meld a laptop!”
“If old J. Jonah was trolling any harder, he’d be so green the Hulk could sue him for copyright infringement!”

• G-Glove Announcements
“Here comes a new challenger!”
“Loading…Complete!”
“New high score!”
“Hyper-combo KO!”

Description
• Name
Francis Byte
• Aliases
VideoMan, Vide
• Age
13
• Alignment
Good
• Identity
Secret
• Citizenship
American
• Gender
Caucasian Male
• Eyes
Blue, needs glasses for his poor eyesight
• Hair
Short length, black hair, messy
• Height
Byte: 4 ft. 4 in. VideoMan: Variable, base height 8 ft. 8 in.
• Weight
Byte: 98 lbs. VideoMan: Variable

• Bio.
High school freshmen Francis Byte is your typical nerd. He’s an avid gamer, scientifically gifted in the fields of electronics, communications, wireless networking, programming, and mathematics. Having lived his whole life in foster care, Byte has no family. His fellow students and foster care residents bully him endlessly, primarily the overly muscular and dimwitted Butch Kasady. Byte’s lack of height earned him the name Itsy-Bitsy-Byte. His only sanctuary is an abandoned bunker built during the Cold War, where Byte tinkers with technology that he salvaged from the trash of tech firms like Stark Tower, Oscorp, and the Baxter Building. One day Byte buys a computer processor he has never seen before at Aunt May Parker’s yard sale. Little did they know that the processor was responsible for giving the original VideoMan life in the physical world and that Spider-Man took it in the hopes of keeping it safely locked away in his freezer. As Byte is tinkering with the processor in hopes of learning its functions and how it works, the processor activates and begins integrating many of the experimental devices created by Byte in the hopes of earning recognition in the scientific community. The amalgamated device attaches itself to Byte’s left arm and transforms him into a being of living Wi-Fi and digital data, held together with electrical energy. It is later that Byte learns he can change back and forth on command from his human form to this new one. Due to his admiration for the world’s heroes (particularly Spider-Man), Byte decides to use his new powers for the greater good as the new VideoMan.

• Personality
When in the presence of others, Byte is shy, antisocial, and a very meek boy who for the most part tries to blend in with the crowd, if only to avoid the bullying. When left alone to his work, games, and social media, Byte is the most fun loving, comedic, and at times competitive guy you will ever meet. These personality traits come to light as VideoMan. Byte often gets overly excited when meeting big name heroes for the first time. Byte feels a connection with the tech he salvages, because like it, he feels as if his family tossed him away. Byte tries not to focus on the family he never knew. He plays games, tinkers, and works on productive tasks to keep his mind busy and away from painful thoughts.

• Occupation
Byte is a high honors student at Midtown High NYC who anonymously runs a pro-hero website, www.the-lair.com, under the alias of Vide to support heroes whom the media unjustly prosecute. Byte also has a part time job with a recycling company.

• Abilities
As VideoMan, Byte has unlimited access to every device linked to a wireless network. Linking to the network boosts his brain’s processing power, increasing Byte’s intelligence, and giving him unlimited access to the total collective sum of human knowledge. VideoMan can travel through and control electronic devices and even teleport through wireless signals. VideoMan even has the power to instantly transmute matter into digital data and vice versa. In short, VideoMan can bring and take any one and/or thing in and out of the digital world. Since VideoMan is made of living Wi-Fi and digital data, he is immune to conventional physical, biological, and psychic attacks.

• Paraphernalia
VideoMan’s G-Glove (or Gamer Glove) controls the powers and equipment he gains from the video games Byte has downloaded and can be voice operated. Standard G-Glove abilities are modes for firing energy projectiles, creating a giant hammer, grapping arm game machine, and cooperative play mode that allows VideoMan to share powers and equipment with others. Each game gives VideoMan new powers and equipment. The more Byte uses them, the more he levels up. In human form, the G-Glove takes on the appearances of matching smart phone and watch that serve as lock and key for Byte to become VideoMan.

• Weaknesses
VideoMan’s primary weaknesses are a dependence on wireless networks as well as a strong Wi-Fi connection for boosted mental and teleportation abilities. VideoMan also possesses vulnerabilities to water and magnetic fields. Arguably, Byte’s greatest weakness is his own inexperience in how to use his new powers to their full potential and often resulting in a great deal of collateral damage.

• Quotes
“Game on!”
“Load, Strongman Hammer!”
“I’m digital, you’d have better luck trying to mind-meld a laptop!”
“If old J. Jonah was trolling any harder, he’d be so green the Hulk could sue him for copyright infringement!”

• G-Glove Announcements
“Here comes a new challenger!”
“Loading…Complete!”
“New high score!”
“Hyper-combo KO!”