Prometheus:
Craig Austin had a bitter childhood as far as he was concerned. His parents were killed by a bank robbery when he was 10 years old. He went to live with his grandfather after that. As his grandfather was raising him, he learned of the old ways of life. He talked at great length about the times when he was a child. There were simple things; such as there was a right and a wrong in the world. If you stole, that was wrong, if you helped out when you could, that was right. As he grew to manhood, his grandfather passed all his sense of morals and morality onto him. One thing he could never do though, was forgive those people that would hurt children. To him, that simply was something that drove him to rage. He went to college and studied in Energy Physics. Under Professor Martin Feldstein, he learned of the intricacies of Quantum Physics and mechanics. It was during an experiment in locating a Quantum Singularity that the accident happened that transformed him forever. They were both focusing on studying on how this Singularity would interact with Promethium. They had found that this material seemed to be helpful in being able to control the energy flowing for this particular Singularity. They were mixing radiation with magnetics to monitor the flow of energy when a power surge from the campus caused the mixing chamber to crack. This energy flooded the room they were in and Craig reached in and grabbed the metal bar stock and yanked it from its holding tank. When he did this, the energy flowing through the singularity began to flow through him as well. As he yanked the metal Promethium bar away, this caused an explosion in the room. This explosion destroyed the lab and knocked Prof. Feldstein out of the room and into the hall. Prof. Feldstein was instantly killed during this as his head had hit the wall. Craig was knocked out of the window and fell the two stories to the ground and lay there unconscious. As everyone came to the scene, they failed to notice Craig as he was outside in the shrubbery, hidden completely from view. As Craig awoke, he noticed that his hand was still holding the metal. When he let it go, he immediately began to feel week as a kitten. It seemed as if his strength had left him completely. As he was falling to the ground from this, he instinctively reached down to break his fall. At the moment he touched the metal bar, he began to feel instantly better. Not knowing what to completely make of this, he placed the bar stock in his pocket and found that he still felt okay. He then raced upstairs to see how the Prof. and lab were. When he reached the lab, he found everyone around the Prof. and found out what happened. During the next few months, he finished school and the University offered him a settlement not to sue them. It seemed that Prof. Feldstein didn't use proper safety precautions and they were afraid of a huge lawsuit being filed against them. Craig would not have sued, as that was not how he was brought up. He did accept the settlement so that he could further his own studies into what happened. This settlement would allow him to live comfortably while also allowing him to work in a lab somewhere to continue his studies.
It was also during this time that he spent all his spare time studying the bar stock of metal Promethium that he had. He found that he must continually have this metal near him. Not more than a few centimeters from him or he immediately became weak. He tested and retested the amount of time he could stay away and it was only when he noticed that he would start bleeding from his mouth and ears that he would pick the bar up again. He knew that he couldn't simply carry this bar stock of metal with him the rest of this life. He had enough material to make three bands for himself and still have enough for a good luck charm that he used as a key chain. He found that he must have at least what was used in the wristband to survive. He went and fashioned from this bar stock, a few simple looking bracers. He wore one bracer around his right wrist. This way, to anyone looking, it appeared as if he were wearing nothing more than a simple bracelet. The other two that he had made, he placed in a safe in his small lab.
He noticed that the coloring of the Promethium had changed. It now looked a little like gold, but with a light gold sparkle to it. The properties of it also changed. Try as Craig could, he couldn't pin down exactly what it was now. He surmised that the molecular structure had altered based on all the radiation and magnetic bombardments. It wasn't magnetic in nature, but still had an incredible hardness to it. He found that he could slip it off his wrist, but only with much effort. He was content with this, as he needed this metal near him to simply survive now.
During the months that follow, he tested his new abilities that he had developed. He also had decided that he could now spend some off times away from his lab and has spent some time travelling. When he sees a need, he changes to his costume, and helps out, he tries not to spend too much time in the limelight as that isn't what he wants right now. He has taken the name of Prometheus, as his powers were the result of an accident. Once before, it was said that Prometheus gave fire to man and taught him how to use it. Now, he would teach man what to do with crime and how to fight it.