YHA Members: Ben

as before I'll start with the profile.
Name: Ben
Secret Identity: Tyler S. Andriessen
Hair Color: Brown with flecks of red
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: western european
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 13 at first recruitment 15 when Gavin is recruited.
Status: Hero
Sexual Orientation: strait
Group: YHA
Powers: Limited gravity control
Weakness: Time: the bigger the object the longer Ben has to concentrate to move it.
Strength: Leading a team
Personality: Ben is the real leader in the YHA, he is charismatic lighthearted and has a good sense of humor. It takes a lot to get him down.
Background: Ben was recruited into the YHA after he took a ride around the city on the hall carpet. His parents live in the suburbs and he goes home every weekend to visit them.

Ben was the first member of the YHA that i drew. in some ways he's the easiest to talk about and in other ways he's the hardest. of all the members of the group he is the most likely to have ended up a hero without the YHA. even though he's a natural leader he never volunteers to be a leader. the only reason he regularly leads the teem is because he has the most experience apart from Adam and Adam already runs all the night shifts. he sees it as something that is just part of being a senior member. while everyone else considers Ben to be the leader Ben thinks of Adam as the leader and himself as Adam's second in command. it's one of the reasons they get along even when Adam gets himself into trouble, Ben backs him up.

this leads to major self-esteem problems when Adam is reveled to be Strike. Ben can't understand it and ends up confronting him witch is the final straw for Adam who leaves. Ben tries to hold things together but breaks down after Criss goes after him. he resigns as a teem leader and blames himself for the teem falling apart since he's the one who drove Adam away. it really shakes him up and even after everyone votes him back as teem leader it takes him a long time to gain that confidence back.

Ben is one of the few Members of the YHA that not only has a good relationship with his family but has also told them what he is doing with the YHA. he has a little sister who joins the YHA as part of the third generation.