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'''David Charleston''', an orphaned teen living in Newcago, is a member of the [[Reckoners]] on [[Earth (Reckoners)|Earth]]. He maintains a list of all known [[Epic]]s, keeping a record of their locations, abilities, and weaknesses.{{book ref|steelheart|8}}

David's fascination with Epics stems from the incident that orphaned him. His father, a member of the [[Faithful]] named [[Blain Charleston]], was at a bank, negotiating a mortgage, when an Epic called [[Deathpoint]] entered and began murdering people. However, [[Steelheart]] entered the bank, claiming the city as his own. Deathpoint began attacking Steelheart and was about to use a second, unknown, ability, when Blain shot him. As the man still believed that Epics could be good, he did not fear Steelheart, triggering the Epic's weakness and causing him to be injured when the bullet grazed the side of his face on its way into Deathpoint's skull. He then killed Blain and would have killed David as well had he not hidden in a vault that Steelheart didn't think to search.{{book ref|steelheart|prologue}}

David knows an huge number of facts about different Epics. He uses this to great effect while hunting Epics, knowing even the vaguest speculation about the weaknesses of different Epics.{{book ref|steelheart|15}} This stems from his obsessive hatred of Steelheart, and by extension Epics in general, and the single-minded focus on a way to kill him that it fuels. He is extremely skilled with a rifle, and believes that they are in all ways superior to handguns, though, if he were to need to use a handgun, he'd prefer one with as much stopping power as possible since he wouldn't expect to hit his target more than once.{{cite}} He habitually makes terrible metaphors and similes such as "perky as a "bricksack madefull of porridgecaffeinated puppies".{{wob ref|2028}}

After being made an Epic, David gains the abilities that [[Steelheart]] once had, with his weakness being water.{{cite}}

David was a child living with his widowed father when Calamity occurredfirst appeared. All he and his father had to worry about were typical financial problems; however, those same financial problems would have unprecedently far-reaching effects. HeDavid and Blain were at a bank, trying to negotiate a mortgage, when an Epic named Deathpoint arrived. The Epic began murdering random people and soliloquizing about how he could take whatever he wanted when Steelheart entered and claimed the city as his own. Deathpoint attempted to kill him, but only succeeded in damaging his costume slightly, but when he attempted to use a second ability, Blain shot him. However, the bullet grazed Steelheart's cheek, and as Blain didn't fear him, it injured him. Steelheart then murdered him, along with everyone else in the bank, and began the [[Great Transfersion]]. David managed to hide in a vault that Steelheart didn't think to check, though, and so he survived.{{book ref|steelheart|8}} After a year of living homeless and alone, David was taken in by the [[Havendark Factory]], where he, along with many other children worked in exchange for food and board.{{book ref|Steelheart|8}} During this time David became obsessed with researching Epics and finding their weaknesses, particularly that of Steelheart. He compiled a complicated ranking system and many notebooks full of information about different Epics, but try as he might, the one weakness he could never discover was that of Steelheart's.

David had figured out that the Reckoners, a rebel group fighting against Epic rulership led by a man named [[Jonathan Phaedrus|Prof]], were in Newcago and planning to assassinate a High Epic named [[Fortuity]]. The plan was going perfectly until [[Curveball]], another Epic, appeared. David assumed it was going awry and intervened, which would have ruined everything had [[Megan Tarash|one of the Reckoners]] not been able to "checkmate" Fortuity, making it so that he would die no matter what action he took.

* According to Megan, David's bad metaphors are actually bad similes.

* David hates being called a nerd.

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