The Story of El Aguila
Born in Madrid, Spain, Alejandro is the son of a well to do accountant (father) and flamenco dancer (mother). The second child of three, he had little want for anything. Certainly not a member of the upper class or dominant wealthy of society, he was afforded a much better life than the majority of citizen's in Spain. Torn between the desire to accomplish, taken from his father, and the excitement to flourish in the arts, Alejandro did well in school and took to fencing, as artistic expression, at a young age.
This expression took to competitive sportsmanship, leading to him excelling in fencing and sword fighting in secondary school which in turn lead to scholarships for college. While not required, the scholarships, on account of his parents, it did help him get into more prestigious schooling where his grades certainly did not help but where less of a hindrance because of his natural abilities.
He went through school with little impediment, a rising star in the world of fencing for Spain there was always talks of Olympic potential for Alejandro. However, during his junior year and prior to Olympic tryouts, his mutation expressed itself. This was not a traumatic experience, no one was injured, he wasn't attacked, no harm either to himself or others. During training while pushing himself it came to fruition. Thankful for himself he was alone. However, his own sense of fairness between him and those less fortunate led to the natural conclusion that with his ability, he had an unfair advantage over the competition.
Thus, instead of rising to national star and hero, he quickly faded into obscurity. Unable to tell his father why he stopped fencing, there was a rise in struggles with his family. Committed to his education, the remainder of his schooling was taken care of, but there was little more support beyond this from his family. Still, his since of right and wrong drove his since of honor and he took up the mantle of El Aguila, from the roots of his family. Based on an old Spanish Knight who fought for justice during the time of Catherine and Ferdinand and the uniting of all Spain, he donned a mask and fought crime much in the since of a Robin Hood figure.
Using what was confiscated from criminals he supported himself as much as necessary while returning what extra was taken to the poor that the criminals had preyed upon. Figuring if this were confiscated by the state, little or nothing would be returned to the community when, in fact, much of this money originated from the poor that the criminals played upon. Following a criminal trail to America eventually, this brought him to New York City.
Realizing the much greater need for a figure such as El Aguila in America, he has chosen to stay stateside and help the poor of the city.
Confident
Alejandro is confident, perhaps over-confident even and boisterous. He is confident in what he says, believing himself capable of doing whatever bolstered comment has issued from his lips even if, in reality, he can't do that same said thing.
Caretaker
He is a caretaker, feeling a responsibility to the less fortunate and, perhaps, to the 'more gentle gender'. Most obvious this comes in the form of him feeling a responsibility to fight crime and defend the lower social economic denizens around him. But due to his overconfidence he assumes a lot of responsibility in providing care.
Goal Oriented
Aguila is rather goal oriented, in his personal life and in the guise of a super hero. When settling on a goal he remains driven to see it to its completion, and that vision of the end is usually with himself as the hero/victor.
Humorous
He has a good, light sense of humor, often times smiling and quick to exchange jabs and jokes. Alejandro certainly wouldn't classify himself as a comedian or jokester and he is definitely not on that par. Even with his other psyche traits, he might not even try to be funny and still come off just that way.
Goals
His general goal is to reduce crime of a predatory nature, those crimes taking advantage of the lower social-economic individals living in and around the Five Burroughs. Though, as I like more direct goals and that's fairly broad, I'll add a direct personal goal. The Xibanya Tong is a Chinese Merchant Tong mostly with roots in middle Spain, following a number of Chinese emigrants choosing to settle in and near Madrid in the 1920s and 30s. There has been some relations established to similar Hispanic organizations. One of the main reasons Aguila came to America was tracing a lead on a boss of the Xibanya Tong. That he has found the city 'flourishing' with those that prey on the lower classes is reason enough to stay, but his direct immediate goal is to dislodge Xibanya Tong in the area that use the centralized location of NYC (a global hub) as part of its trafficking to the areas it preys most heavily on others, mainly the larger cities of Spain to include Madrid and Barcelona.
Motivation
His motivation is to do what he can for those he considers less fortunate than himself. While, technically, whatever wealth his family has is virtually cut off from him as his father has cut the ties of that relationship, he still sees himself as more fortunate than those around him. Despite that his current status derives from what he 'seizes' from other criminals, he sees himself as a hero of the people and as long as he can fight crime and give them resources (after taking the share he needs to sustain his own living), that will be his goal in life. He is more fortunate than most of the world and they can benefit from his daring do-good'ing.
Electrostatic Charge
Alejandro's mutation allows him the ability to generate and store, in his central nervous system, an electrostatic charge, which he can then discharge.
There are several limitations on this ability. First, he must be in contact with a conductive metal to release this blast; the blast is (must be) released from the metal conductor and he generally carries a double edged sword with him for this purpose. Second, this blast has a limited range of 30 feet from his person, not the metal he is touching. A third limitation is that there is a 100,000 volt limit on the blast he releases and this is also the full limit of how much electrostatic energy he can store in his central nervous system at any given time. Once fully 'depleted' it takes a full half hour to recharge all 100,000 volts (about 3,000 per minute). He can control how much he releases, thus he could release the full voltage (with enough current/amps to kill a human, or stun a rhinoceros), or he could release this in successive blasts of lesser voltage; his general choice is enough to stun a typical human when necessary. Finally, he has no special defense that emulates from this electrostatic build-up, including his own charge; most likely why the metal is needed to conduct and release the blasts from his central nervous system.
Middle Class
While his means of living isn't wholly acquired through legit/legal means, what he does earn is enough to sustain a middle class income. He can afford a place to live and a vehicle to drive. Its most likely an apartment and the vehicle isn't anything special, it probably even needs some work, but he has it.
Sword
Aguila has a double edged sword that he uses consistently and effectively while crime fighting.
Swordplay
Alejandro is an excellent swordsman, just shy of an Olympian. He continues to train regularly with the sword and could in fact by on par at an Olympic level with the sword, just this hasn't been measured since becoming a crime fighter. He has trained from a young age and regularly continues to train himself as part of his self-fulfilling need to care for those less fortunate in the world. He fancies himself a modern day Zorro.
Hand-to-Hand
Alejandro, through the advancement of himself as a self-determined crime fighter (vigilante), does have experience in hand-to-hand combat. This is well above average but certainaly not Olympic/black belt/MMA level.
Accounting
Having gone through college, Alejandro could conceivably hold a regular job as a certified public accountant. He is good with his own finances just the same.
Streetwise
His experience with criminal organizations and the people on the streets he chooses to help gives him a high level of streetwise. He knows where to find criminals, knows several by name and reputation and, as well, he knows how to interact with them. He is capable of moving fair quantities of illegally acquired goods in this manner (illegally acquired but not illegal to have - he doesn't move narcotics that he acquires).
Languages
A native speaker of Spanish, he is well versed in reading and writing as well. Secondary to this and part of his schooling was the study and utilization of enlgish with, while certainly not expert, he can speak, read and write proficiently. He is also versed in Mandarin Chinese. Only in speaking and choppy at best, he can comprehend better than he can speak the language and can, at the least, make his points known when using the language. Reading and writing of Chinese is elusive to him, but he recognizes enough to establish things such as Xibanya Tong, a few minor aspects of trade and criminal organization, and some slang in the written form.
Conductor
His power requires a conducive metal in order to function. This is a pretty hard limit/flaw. No metal=no power, its stored in his central nervous system just the same, but he cannot release the discharge.
Over The Top
As noted in his pysche, he is confident and boisterous. While this helps him in crime fighting, this is probably too much for some (most) people on a regular basis in his regular life. Most likely people might be easily offended at how high he thinks of himself, which passively might indicate how little he thinks of others. Not his intention, but he may come off this way.
Wanted
While doing good and fighting crime, he isn't doing this legally by any means and is as much wanted by authorities as some of the criminals he tracks down to fight.