Midnight’s Fire is, along with the Silhouette, the child of Viêt-Nam invasion veteran Andrew Chord. He was born as part of the Pact. The Pact was a centuries-long ritual that culminated in the birth of a generation that would have the potential to access great mystical power.
One of the requirements for the Pact ritual was that the gifted generation should be a merging of the East and West. Thus, when an American LRP team stumbled on the temple, hidden deep in Cambodia, they were invited to father children. In Chord’s case, the woman selected for him was the only daughter of Tai, the grand priestess of the temple.
Andrew Chord lost contact with his children when they were very young. But both the boy (who later named himself Midnight’s Fire) and the girl (Silhouette) stuck together. They grew up in the street, learning how to develop their superhuman powers. Both Midnight’s Fire and Silhouette thought that their parents had died when they were but babies.
In their teens, the super-powered siblings acted as vigilantes. They focused on fighting Asian-American street gangs. Thus they ran into young Dwayne Taylor, who was himself starting his career as a vigilante.
After a short misunderstanding (as Silhouette was making a drop for a sting operation), the three youths joined forces. They operated together for a few months. Taylor (who had begun to call himself Night Thrasher), gave them access to his facilities. Taylor and Silhouette even started a relationship during that time.
Ironically, the overseer of this base was Andrew Chord. He didn’t seem to recognise his children – but disliked Midnight’s Fire’s cocky recklessness and careless use of violence.
