He has the power to absorb and amplify the powers of others. When he was five and up until eighteen, his fathers birthday presents were beatings and whippings. Anderson thought that giving him real gifts would make Warner weak and dependent on others.
His first and only actual gift was from his mother. It was a green ring that he now always wears on his pinkie. She gave it to him on his sixth birthday as a distraction while they hid from Anderson and told him a story of a man carving the jade ring off the color of Warner's eyes. When he was seven, his dad told him he was too old to cry anymore. Throughout much of Warner's life his father taught him to be cold, unfeeling, and to bury his emotions, like a machine.
He spent a large part of his life training. His father taught him how to shoot a gun when he was nine years old. Many times, Anderson woke up to find his son trying to kill him in his sleep, but every time, Warner broke down and could not follow through with it.
When he was sixteen, Anderson and the other supreme commanders agreed that their children would shoot each other. Not to kill, but to disable, so they could learn what a bullet felt like. Warner was the fastest and shot all the other children. Anderson was proud while Warner vomited. He can fieldstrip, clean, reload, disassemble, and reassemble more than different types of firearms.
His mother, who was sick from her power, needed to be "stored" in a house away from the compounds. Warner took her last name and asked to be the leader of Sector 45 in order to stay in close proximity to her. He used the resources he received as sector leader to try and find a cure for his mother, which leads him to discover Juliette Ferrars a girl with similar powers as his mother.
