FreakShow Character Introduction: Parthen

Every Monday from now until December 3rd, I'm introducing a character from my debut novel, Jack Jetstark's Intergalactic FreakShow! Today's character is...

　

Parthen!

　

 

Parthen coordinates the crew's schedules and plans their travel through the galaxies. She's black, has purple hair, and is friendly but shy.

　

Parthen is a freak, a descendant of people who were genetically engineered to have superhuman abilities when they hear a certain song. She can change the chemical structure of anything she touches. In the show, she uses this to meld her body with Pneuman and Theon, and they perform as psychic, conjoined triplets (though she is not related to either of them).

　

Most of my characters were inspired by lyrics from American Pie. Parthen is the "son" in "the father, son, and the holy ghost." Her name is short for parthenogenesis, or "virgin birth."

　

I imagine Parthen as looking like Susan Kelechi Watson, who plays Beth on This Is Us.

　

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Come back next Monday to meet the third triplet, Pneuman!