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Character Info
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Created By
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Pat Cadigan
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Real Name
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Jane Lillian Dow (pronounced "doe")
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Class
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Wild Card Traits
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Water Control
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Status
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Citizen of the United States
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Occupation
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Waitress
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New York City
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Base of Operations
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First Appearance
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Last Appearance
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Affiliations
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Water Lily is Jane Lillian Dow, a woman with the power to control water. She became a somewhat famous ace in New York City in 1986-1987. A young woman at the time, Jane's most famous trait was her innocence. She came from a small town in Massachussetts to try her luck in New York, and soon got very involved with the public aces of the city. Water Lily was also somewhat unlucky, since her career as an ace saw her kidnapped by the murderous Egyptian Masons, duped by the Mafia, and possessed by Ti Malice. She had a friendship with ace restauranteur Hiram Worchester, and briefly worked as maitre'd at Aces High.
Wild Card Traits
Jane Dow can manipulate water with the power of her mind. She is able to move water telekinetically, and also can draw water from air molecules, in effect conjuring water from thin air. In this way, she is able to create sudden rainstorms and instant floods, enough to seriously disorient people. But Water Lily's most impressive ability is the power to remove all liquid from living things, in a deadly dehydration attack that can reduce a living person to dry ashes in seconds.
Her power also tends to manifest itself when she is nervous or stressed, in a form of enhanced sweating; she drenches herself whenever she is feeling seriously threatened.
In June of 1987, Water Lily was reinfected by a mutant strain of the wild card virus. She became the only person ever to draw an ace twice, and gained another superpower. Now she also can cure victims of the wild card virus by having sexual relations with them. She had sex with a joker, and the man's deformities gradually vanished during the sexual act, and he completely reverted to human form when it ended.