Today is the 164th day of the year. 10 fun facts about the number 164:
The London Transport bus route 164 runs between Sutton and Wimbledon.
The Alfa Romeo 164 is a four-door executive saloon car produced from 1987 to 1998 and designed by Pininfarina. The 164 was replaced by the 166 in 1998.
On a Scrabble board, there are 164 tiles which don't have word or letter multipliers.
It's the atomic number of a theoretical chemical element temporarily called Unhexquadium.
The A164 road runs between Hessle and Driffield in Yorkshire.
164 Eva is a main-belt asteroid discovered by the French brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry in 1876. Why they named it Eva isn't known.
164 is written CLXIV in Roman numerals and 10100100 in binary.
The Caproni Ca.164 was a training biplane produced in Italy shortly prior to World War II.
Solvent Red 164 is a synthetic Red diazo dye.
In numerology 164 is a number which resonates with relationships. A person affected by the number will consider first and foremost the welfare of the team or family when making important decisions. They will seek the opinions of people within their team, but not those outside of it.
Character Birthdays
Kestrel, aka Andrew Knight. Former soldier who builds himself jet pack boots and becomes a self styled vigilante. In this capacity he often crosses the path of the official crime fighting team, the Chain Gang. As himself, he meets Gloria, a member of the Chain Gang, at a party and starts a relationship with her. However, it ends when she finds out he has never told her that Andrew and Kestrel are the same person. He appears in From a Jack to a King.
Serendipity, aka: Thomas Mayfield-Ellis. Genetic variant, son of Ultra Grav and Shadow. His power is probability altering. He joins Sword Keeper on the mission to rescue Yasmin Miller from the Sinister Squad. He appears in Obsidian’s Ark.
From A Jack To A King
A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.
A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.
Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.
Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.
When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.
Obsidian's Ark
Teenage years bring no end of problems. Daniel Moran's include getting hold of computer games his parents don't think he should have; a full blown crush on the beautiful Suki from Zorostan; maintaining his status as a prefect and getting his homework done. He must also keep from his parents and sister the fact that he is a superhero with a sword from another world.
Trish wonders how to get science whizz Tom to notice her; how to persuade him that the best way to stand up to the school bully is to fight back. She doesn't want her friends, especially not Tom, to know she is a genetic variant with superpowers. Little does she know that Tom has secrets of his own.
Suki struggles to make friends at school when she cannot understand everyday cultural references, and they all suspect her of being a terrorist. She, too, has a secret, but is it what her classmates assume?
When Daniel stumbles upon a plot by an alliance of supervillains to plunge the world into war, he tries to alert the established superheroes, but none of them believe him. When the Prime Minister's only daughter, Yasmin Miller, is abducted, Daniel knows the villains' plan is underway. It seems humanity's only hope may be Daniel and the ragtag bunch of teenage superheroes he recruits. Can he pull together, not only his own team, but the older heroes as well, in a bid to save the Earth from a devastating war?
Trish wonders how to get science whizz Tom to notice her; how to persuade him that the best way to stand up to the school bully is to fight back. She doesn't want her friends, especially not Tom, to know she is a genetic variant with superpowers. Little does she know that Tom has secrets of his own.
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