Karl is a FreakAngel...one of twelve children born in England at the same moment, twenty-three years ago. All twelve of them have powers that include telepathy, the ability to control the minds of others, Creating personal shields/force fields and other interesting things.  Each FreakAngel also has unique abilities that may not be shared by the other eleven.

Six years ago, the twelve combined the considerable power of their brains to bring about the end of the world as they knew it. They are the only ones who know they are responsible.

Now, London is under water. Eleven of the FreakAngels have now carved out a life for themselves in Whitechapel, and have taken on the job of protecting and helping the citizens there flourish as best they can.

Karl lives above the Ten Bells Pub, where he grows fruit and vegetables in any available container.  He feels providing the townspeople with fresh produce is the least he can do for having helped end the world.  In appearance, he is of average height,  extremely thin and bald. He prefers to go barefoot almost constantly, and wears a wide brimmed hat  and goggles to protect him from the sun. To protect him from the stray thoughts of his other telepaths, he also habitually dons a tinfoil hat, which blocks out or dims the others' thoughts.

Kirk wraps his head in tinfoil a lot of the time to block out the telepathy of the others. He complains that they were "raised by the fucking television" and that they talk and think about sex way too much for him to be bothered being tuned in all the time. Ironically, he does not like being ignored when he does reach out telepathicly.

Karl likes to live a more solitary life with his plants. He is somewhat antisocial, but feels a genuine affection for most of the other FreakAngels to one degree or another. He believes that before the world 'ended' there was too much stress, noise and smell. He prefers things to be slow and quiet.

Karl's best friend is Kirk, who also lives a solitary life at the top of the watchtower, which is situated next to Karl's garden platform, only higher up. 

Karl and Kirk conspired to kill one of the other FreakAngels that broke their most important law: Don't control the minds of others unless it's matter of life or death. Mark had been running at least fifty people as his personal drones, possibly in order to start his own army of mind controlled soldiers.  The FreakAngels met to decide his fate and banished him, but Karl and Kirk decided that was not final enough. Karl was the one that 'killed' Mark, and he and Kirk believed him dead until a girl from another town came to report otherwise.

Karl feels a guilt over helping to end the world, but still prefers it the way it is now.

Karl goes barefoot most of the time, wears goggles and a hat and is completely bald.

Girls say that three drinks turns him into octopus man.

The other FreakAngels (with the exception of Kirk) seem to think that Karl is mild-mannered and uncomplicated.