Sorry for the triple post...
In his senior year at Hero High, Benjamin was following the heroes, who were called to service because a band of mutated criminals called the Wolf Pack were rampaging in the downtown area. When he arrived on the scene, the area was devastated. The police were evacuating the civilians and had the danger zone blocked off with tanks and swat trucks. Benjamin bypassed the blockade easily and made his way to where the action was happening.
He was taught by his father to always honor life and to protect the innocent and weaker at all times. So when he saw an elderly woman being attacked by one of the Wolf Pack members, he disintegrated it with one of his rings. He helped the woman get to safety only to see a little boy being chased by two Wolf Pack members. He killed them, saving the little boy but was jumped by a group of criminals. He held his own but was fighting a losing battle until Janet came to his rescue. She read his mind to find out what he was doing there and was getting ready to reprimand him until she came across the boy. She told Ben to get the boy and himself to safety. Ben took the boy to an overturned car and told him to just stay quiet.
He took out several more members just before Tori let out a head splitting scream that abruptly ended the battle and allowed the leader, Dr. Wolfe, to be caught. Ben scooped up the little boy and went over to his schoolmates, only to see one try to kill Dr. Wolfe. He was then yelled at for his coming there and putting himself in danger but was also condoned for the action he took and was promoted to hero status.
The next few months were hectic for Benjamin. He became the guardian of the little boy, Andy, after finding out that his parents were killed by the Wolf Pack; he found out that Andy had extremely painful and incapacitating visions of the future; and he found out about his heritage and destiny from the uncle he never knew he had. Graywolf told Benjamin everything; ranging from his and Morning Star's father, the Great Spirits, shamanism, how he knew where to find Ben and that he had to learn how to use his powers before he lost them forever. Ben, thinking the man was an enemy, attacked him only to be defeated. The man then disappeared and Benjamin didn't see him for a long time after that.
When he asked his parents if any of it was true, they validated Graywolf's story adding on the fact that he was also part witch and he was the link to the world of Spirits and the world humans. When his father told him that he would need to be trained in the use of his powers, Ben said nothing and left. When he returned to the school and told the other heroes what he really was, Lance told Ben he would train him if he wanted it but Ben said that he didn't want any training.
A few weeks later, Andy had a vision that Earth was going to be attacked by aliens who wanted to purge the universe of all super powered being. Simon, who had become the Guardian of another dimension called the Shadow lands, heard about the young seer's vision and took the majority of Hero High to his dimension, leaving the school vastly under populated and unprotected. When the aliens arrived, the school suffered a devastating attack and was completely obliterated having the remaining students, faculty and heroes relocated to a scaled down version of the X-Men's home base.
When Hero High was finally rebuilt a few months later, Benjamin surprisingly gained a variety of new powers. While he was learning how to get them under control with the help of his father, his mother contracted an ancient virus that was long thought to be extinct, and died. Devastated, he left Hero High in search of answers. He returned almost a year later empty handed. He decided to continue his shaman training and because of his father's delayed learning, he and Morning Star finished their training together.
While on a vision quest, Benjamin came in contact with the strange man he now knew to be his uncle. Graywolf told Ben that he was keeping a close eye on him and knew that his training was done. He then said that he wanted to test Ben and kept attacking him until a mystical fight ensued. Every attack Ben tried was either reversed or canceled out by his uncle and he was badly beaten by the man. Graywolf left by saying that he would have to take more extreme measures to get Ben to reach his full potential. As he came out of the vision quest, his father was laying dead at his feet with a note that said,
"Maybe this will motivate you..."
A few days later, Andy came to Ben and told him that he had a vision where a man surrounded by a pack of gray wolves was standing over all of the people that Ben cared about with blood dripping off of his hands. That was when he realized what happened to his mother. He knew what he had to do. He went to Lance and asked him if his offer to train him in magic was still on the table.
As he was learning magic, he found out that he wasn't able to access his shaman powers. That meant that he could no longer go on vision quests or communicate with the Spirit world. It also meant that he no longer received visits from his uncle. He was surprised at how close magic and shamanism were related, so he completed his training very quickly. However, he still wasn't able to use his shaman powers.
It was through magic that he was able to speak with his parent’s spirits. He asked his father why couldn't he use his shaman powers only to have his mother tell him that because of his ancestor’s misdeeds, he had to realize the most important rule of being a witch in order to complete his training. Then his father told him that once he figured that out, he would be able to combine his magic and shaman powers and fully realize his role as the link between the two worlds.
Powers: Magic; Shamanism (inaccessible)
Because of his duel role as a witch and shaman, Benjamin has variety of powers...
Magic Powers:
Sonic Rings- these rings can disintegrate virtually anything they surround
Concussion Rings- these rings have enough force to knock a full size elephant back 3 feet
Able to create and recite powerful potions and spells
Shaman Powers (inaccessible):
Chlorokinesis- able to manipulate trees and plants; able to cause and accelerate their growth
Able to cause hallucinations that affects all five senses
Able to see and communicate with spirits
Able to make energy arrows capable of breaking magical and psychic bonds
Able to communicate with animals
Able to enter and send people and self on vision quests
Able to perform powerful rituals
Miscellaneous: Because his powers are used mostly as crowd control, Benjamin hasn't been trained in any classical fighting styles. He is an above average street fighter, however, and has been trained in the Native American style of Hunting and Gathering. He has also been trained at a very young age how to use a tomahawk, as well as a bow, rarely missing his mark. He now carries around a small pouch that holds potions and spell ingredients along with a small dagger. Because of his upbringing as a Native American, he respects and is highly in tune with nature.