Claire Bennet

Power - Claire has the power of rapid cell regeneration. This means that she can instantly heal almost any injury. She has healed from burns, broken bones, cuts, and has even regrown limbs. Her blood has healing properties, and if injected into another person, can give them the power to heal as well (how long this effect last is undetermined).

As demonstrated by Adam Monroe, who also has this power, Claire will not age.

Weaknesses and Limitations - There seems to be no limit to how much Claire can heal save one, any injury to the part of the brain that gives her this ability seems to negate the power.

Having her head chopped off will do it. An object impaling the section will as well. However, it has been shown that if the object is removed, Claire will eventually heal.

Claire does feel pain, and has stated so, but I'm led to believe that the amount of pain she feels is less than normal people. You wouldn't just voluntarily jump off buildings and chop limbs off for the heck of it, even if you knew you would survive.

"Coolness" factor - 4/10. I actually do not think this power is all that great. The ability to heal quickly is certainly a nice power to have, but stacked up against the other, it isn't anything great. I lowered the ranking even further because I would not want to live forever. Seeing those you live grow old and die would soon become too much for me.

The ability to heal others though is truly "cool" so this power is saved somewhat by this fact.

"Kick Ass" factor - 6/10. Why only a 6? Claire can essentially not die. thus making her very hard to defeat. However, she has no offensive abilities. Therefore, characters with strong offensive abilities could essentially kill Claire by exploiting her weakness. Hiro can just freeze time, walk up to her, and cut her head off. So could pretty much any regular human so long as he knew of the weakness. Claire has by far the strongest defensive ability, so this pushes her up slightly from average.

Nearest Famous Superhero - Wolverine. This is the superhero best known for his "healing factor" Claire actually seems to have an even more enhanced form though as she seems to heal from serious injury even faster and Wolverine is aging.

How I see this Character evolving - I don't see Claire's power evolving all that much. Since it works without thought, she doesn't have the problems that most characters have with needing the confidence to use her abilities. Since she can heal from almost anything and do it quickly, so not much room for growth there.

As a character, Claire obviously has some growing up to do. Claire truly has a pure heart, and almost always has the best of intentions. However, her youth comes through a lot in her decisions, and she has to learn some lessons about life. She is the only original main character in high school, and as such, I see the writer's exploring the problems that not only come with having a power, but dealing with it as one grows into adulthood.

Slight delay in post

I light to be pretty regular in my posting. This would be weekly now, as i do my character analysis. However, things are so hectic post-move right now, I'm going to be a day or two late with it. My next character analysis is going to be our favorite cheerleader Claire and I expect to get it out by the end of the week. Just need a day or two to catch my breath.

Thanks for being patient.