Stephen Chance was born to Emily and Harold Chance, a waiter and chef at a small diner just outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. He grew up in a small apartment for the upper lower-class. There was nothing special about it unless exorbitant crime and living from paycheck to paycheck highlight's his family's extraordinary and exceptional qualities. He grew up quick, too. He had to think harder and quicker than those around him, else he would end up strung-out or beaten, or infamously on the news. He wanted to provide for his parents. He wanted to give them a better life.
So, he began dealing in illicit drugs by the age of thirteen through family connections of an uncle. He covered his trails with odd jobs. By the age of fifteen, he was hearing an excess number of thoughts in his mind and figured himself having accidentally used his own product. He slowly began to wean himself away from the dirty money, addicted to the power but always smart enough to step away when in too deep. His innovative mind kept him from going insane, at least completely. He used his unaware parents as test subjects, focusing and training his psychic powers. He looked into his family history, though that brought on nothing but the occasional nutcase, military jarhead, or other nobodies. He found himself rather special.
He graduated from high school at the age of seventeen with honors and went on to power through a bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went on to attain his Masters as well, without hesitation, attaining that by the age of twenty-one. The American Dream he made a reality; charismatic, intelligent, arguably one of the finer of men physically, he moved back home and helped move his parents out of a rough life, into the city where he became a financial controller of a shining corporation. He kept away from his past life and focused on helping his parents financially. Soon, that urge to help those beyond the corporate ladder grew and he began spreading his wealth further.
Soon enough, Stephen Chance was spending his free time in penthouses and on the prowl along the casinos, using his talents to maximize his profit margins and furthering his wealth just to end up passing it out to those in need. Confident in himself and rather personable, he turned to confidence tricks and returned to the underworld as a bona fide con artist. His marks were pompous high-rollers and he could break any and every poker face imaginable. He soon took to the private sector upon an early retirement from his posh position. He started a business as well, focusing on using his talents; Sub Rosa is the name, with him assisting unfortunate clients in recovering lost power by conning the dishonest world. It's the power that he believes in ultimately: money. What led him to Dallas, however? Nothing at all beyond the ability to travel has led him to Dallas.
He's young and others can control his affairs in Las Vegas.
He wants to live.
