Fran Lawrence

Quinn's roommate and closest friend at Pepperhill in the Falling Into College series. At age 10, Fran was badly injured and scarred by an auto accident that killed her parents and seven year-old sister. As a further result of her injuries, Fran is short (under 5 ft tall) and has to eat constantly and carefully manage her diet to avoid deficiencies. After the accident, she was raised by her maternal uncle (David Stamford) and aunt (Beth Stamford). In appearence, she has black/brown hair that falls to her thighs, soft, gray eyes, long even eyelashes and delicately arched eyebrows. She is an Architectural Design major.

Quinn's general confidence and makeup assistance to minimize the appearance of Fran's facial scars has changed both girl's outlook on life. Quinn eventually talked Fran into joining the Theta, Theta, Theta sorority with her, and starting their sophomore year, share suite 3-1 in the chapter house, along with Tammy and Grace.

First appearance in "The Parents Are At Rest."

Alternate versions of Fran

Fran is currently appearing as a character in the current Legion of Lawndale Heroes story arc, and is scheduled to join the Legion. She possesses the metahuman abilities of shrinking and mass control; these abilities allow Fran to shrink to subatomic size but retain her normal physical attributes. She also has an increased physical durability when shrinking, and can subconsciously alter her massto allow her to sit on a person's shoulder ithout notice, or drop through an armored windshield at high speed without harm to herself. A favorite stunt of Fran's is to slaw into a person while minaturized in order to incapacitate them temporarily.

Fran also possesses the ability to shrink other lifeforms or non-living objects; with living beings, her power can keep them at the enlarged/reduced size for twenty-four hours unless she returns them to normal. With non-living objects, Fran can choose to make the transformation temporary or permanent.

Fran also possesses the ability to fly. This was first achieved by a set of artifical wings that were given to her by William Appleton, but after joining the Legion, Fran discovered that she has a very limited anti-gravity power (as a supplement to her mass-control ability) which allows her to defy gravity. Fran has kept the wings, as they help her to fly better.

In Legion of Lawndale Heroes 13:6, Daria Morgendorffer nominated Fran for membership, and Julia Carlyle promised to heal Fran's scars. It was also revealed that Fran had been trained to steal for William by the Thieves' Guild.