Braid

Braid(real name William Herty) is a villain currently held in São Paulo detention center.

Appearance
Braid is a man in his early thirties. He has long, white hair on half of his head, while the other side is shaven. His jaw is metal, installed by himself. His body is covered with tiny scars. He used a grey mechanical suit in combat, equipped with blades, an automatic rifle and a missile launcher on the back.

Personality
Braid describes himself as a scientist, seeking only to find the way to improve his surroundings. He is highly delusional and lacks empathy, putting himself above all others and believing to be god. He completely disregards the lifes of other people except to use them to further his research.

Career
Braid started his criminal career by dissecting and performing experiments on animals. He would capture strays, and later on would steal any animal he could get his hands on. Eventually, he moved on to humans, taking beggars off the streets.

His first meeting with the law was when government officials came to his house regarding illegal usage of electricity. He had added a cable to the supply and was stealing power through it. He captured the investigators and later their bodies were found, though heavily damaged.

After that, he disappeared from his base. Empress Blues and Vignette started an investigation, which led the duo to find Braid's hideout and confront him after he attempted to flee. He was captured in the encounter and afterwards sentenced to a life sentence in São Paulo detention center.

Powers
Braid can stop objects from changing. He used the power mostly to prevent the subjects of his research from bleeding, but has also used it defensively in combat, making his cover near impenetrable. His needs to know the location of the subject of his powers as well as be within five meters of it.

He has also used his power to store objects inside his own body and to perform surgery on himself.