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File:Savannah.jpg Savannah Smith, AKA Icon
Savannah Georgia Smith
Alias(es) Icon Species Human/Valorian Hybrid Apparent Age Early 20s Height 5'7" Build Athletic Eyes Blue (usually) Hair White blond Occupation Volunteer worker Affiliation {{{Affiliation}}} Birthplace Atlanta, GA Birth Date August 6, 1986 Location Crescent City, CA

Icon in costume

"Icon. Icon is merely a word for Savannah, a mask for the world to see. History will remember her as Icon, but her truest potential lies simply in who, not what, she is. I have warned her before: the future hinges on embracing her destiny, yet too often she holds back." --Raven

So, how does one go about forging their own superhero identity with a much-loved and still active superhero parent?

Apparently, the answer involves finally moving out of the house and trying to live on your own. Perhaps in an attempt to prove her own conceptions about her identity and purpose true, Savannah has left the nest and has landed in Erie. However, Savannah was not alone for long and is now rooming with two of her friends, who just both happen to be psychics. Time will tell how successful this arrangement will be, but for now, Savannah is enjoying exploring a new town and meeting all kinds of new and interesting folk.

While Savannah herself does not much differentiate between her name and her super-identity, she is hoping to be a better example of the sort of person people can look up to and count on. Icon might help inspire others, but her main goal is to simply help the people around her live a better life.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Like all Valorians, Savannah's hair lightens as she ages and this trait manifested at age 12 with her powers. Fortunately, blondes of all shades have been popular in the media, so her hair color is not as out of place as it could be.

Savannah is unique in the fact her eyes, which are normally a deep blue, change hues according to her emotions. As she becomes umcomfortable, annoyed or worried, her eyes darken to a purple. However, on the rare occasion she becomes truly upset to the point of rage, her eye color moves closer to magenta.

Character Connections

"Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind" --Ray Charles

Father, The Praetorian (AKA, Everett Smith); Mother, Charlotte Smith (Deceased).

Powers

Flight, Invisibility, Force Field, Super Strength, Invulnerability (Physical)

History

Savannah Georgia Smith had an honest to goodness happy childhood, until one November morning in 1996. A strange man with an odd voice ended her world with a simple phrase: "Watch." So, she did; she watched as her mother was forced to take her own life, she watched as her father fell apart and shutdown. She watched and was able to do nothing.

The next two years flew by in a seemingly endless series of moves from state to state, each room never fully unpacked, each school the same dreary gray. Therapy sort of helped, and her father's friend was nice enough, but what good could talking really do? It was school, therapy, move, rinse and repeat. At least, that was the routine until one afternoon when she discovered The Vault, her father's private facility tucked away in the equivalent of a pocket realm. It was here some questions were answered, such as why Dirge had attacked her family, who her father really was...but these answers only created more questions. If her father was The Praetorian, and The Praetorian was an alien, then what did that make her?

Well, that one was answered easily enough when her father got home and pointed out that her hair had suddenly gotten much lighter, a tell-tale Valorian trait. Knowing she had no way to explain that to her classmates, a doomed experiment in hair dye, a catastrophic haircut, and a blown out wall rounded out the evening. Apparently, she was her father's daughter when it came to strength.

The hodgepodge series of moves ended with their next relocation, an Indian reservation in California with a woman her father called The Raven. Here Savannah spent the next year exploring her new abilities and the ramifications of super-powers. What did it mean to be a super? What happens when being a person interferes with being a super? How easy it is to go bad or to stay good? Hell, how do you even define the two...Raven proved extremely adept at posing the exact sort of question that could not easily be answered. In the end, as with most things, Savannah had to come to her own decisions and these ideas would shape the image of Icon.

Icon made her debut shortly after Savannah's thirteenth birthday (Everett had made a rule-no crime fighting until she was teenager). However, Savannah was not new to crime fighting; to be honest, she had started doing it as soon as they moved in with Raven. However, this caused some problems with her father, so Savannah compromised and agreed to adopt a super-identity and do her work within the scope of the laws regulating super hero activity. Icon started small and worked mostly under the direction of her father and Raven, showing up in places at the right time. A balmy September evening was one such instance when she rescued a young Thomas Lexington from a horrible car crash and safely deposited him at the local hospital.

Sadly, Raven's home could not remain Icon's base of operation for very long. Honestly, she needed to be better located, flying can only get you somewhere so fast. So, in 2002, her father made their final move to Crescent City, CA, a new planned community model city project for the new millennium. Here is where Icon made a name for herself, even if it was only on a local to statewide scale. Here, Savannah discovered she was not as alone as she had once thought; Crescent City seemed to attract a large number of supers(must be the good school system). Savannah made friends, fought crime and tried to live as normally as she could.

In 2010, the Paragon/Imperious Incident occurred-the death of the reigning government super, the emergence of other Valorians, and of course an evil plot aimed at creating panic and chaos. The plot was foiled, the “Valorian” relocated and The Praetorian came out of retirement. Unfortunately, it was during this series of events that Dirge made his escape and remains at large to this day.

After a long year at home, watching her friends leave to go onto bigger and better things, Savannah finally decided to move out and perhaps really begin to live her own life on her own terms.

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