Character from Super Powereds by Drew Hayes
A transmutation Super who built a corporate empire on secrets and blackmail — the mastermind who orchestrated Globe's fall, developed the illegal Powered cure, and destroyed his own family to prove Powereds could be fixed.
Charles Adair is the series' primary antagonist, and he's terrifying because he's not wrong about everything. Powereds ARE suffering. The ability to cure them IS valuable. His daughter Alice WAS in danger as an uncontrolled gravity manipulator. The problem is what he was willing to do about it. He blackmailed Globe into killing Intra. He experimented on Powereds — including, eventually, the five Melbrook students. He built a shadow network of corruption, bribery, and coercion that stretched across the DVA, the Hero community, and multiple crime families. He did all of it with the cold efficiency of a man who decided the ends justified the means and never looked back. He is Alice's father, and that relationship is the emotional core of his villainy. He genuinely loves her — or believes he does — but his love is indistinguishable from control. Every decision he made about her life was unilateral. The Powered cure, the HCP enrollment, even her dorm placement — all orchestrated. Alice's character arc is about escaping his gravity. His death is fitting: killed by his own gun when it misfired during an attempt to kill Nick — caused by Nick's amplified luck manipulation. The architect of a thousand plans, undone by the one variable he couldn't control.
Polished and corporate — expensive suits, manicured appearance, the look of old money and new power. He's handsome in the way that wealthy, careful men are handsome — everything maintained and controlled. His features echo Globe's (they're brothers) but without the warmth. His smile is practiced rather than felt.
Also known as: Charles, Alchemist, Charles Adair