Zachary Gale

Zachary "Zach" Gale (birth name Zap-Sai) is an original character created by Vengie D. for DC Comics.

Zachary Gale/Zap-Sei/Current (Earth-2)
Zachary "Zach" Gale (born Zap-Sai) is the main character in  Zap-Sai and the Justice Society of America series. He is the prince of the seas of Drakonia and the son of two Guardian Drakonians (an electric mother and a water father) who served on the JSA (The Justice Society of America) with the others. After his parents' death at the hands of the Injustice Society, Zach is taken in at age 5 by the human friends of his birth parents in Blue Valley, Nebraska. When he turns 15, he discovers he has the powers over electricity and he dons the superhero persona, Current. He comes up against his parents' old nemesis, Craig Blackstone/Tara-Gon/Tarragon, a basilisk from Drakonia and member of the Injustice Society. He decides to form a new JSA starting with Courtney Whitmore as Stargirl, Yolanda Montez the new Wildcat, and later recruits Beth Chapel the new Mid-Nite and Rick Tyler who is the son of the previous Hourman on Halloween. He also meets Rocky Blackstone, the daughter of Tarragon and best friend of Artemis Crock (daughter of the evil Sportsmaster and Tigress), who he starts to develop a minor crush on but is oblivious to the fact she is Cockatrice a Drakonian/Rooster Mystic hybrid.

Trivia

 * This is the 3rd Mystic to be African American in human form, the others are Lunar Wolf and Lagoon Girl
 * He is the 2nd water-based mystic created by Vengie if Elizabeth's water sister from Crisis on Infinite Earths isn't counted and the 2nd water-based mystic to be African American.
 * Like most of Vengie D's mystic characters, Zach has a disability, he has diabetes and renal disease which requires him to be hydrated always, a common trait shared among his species.
 * Like all Mystics, Zach could be seen as being based on a video game character, in this case, Zap the water dragon from the Skylanders series.
 * His parents are based on the Guardian Dragons from The Legend of Spyro series. While an electric dragon guardian exists, a water guardian does not in canon. His mother is based on Volteer from the Legend of Spyro while his father is based on Poseidon/Neptune thus where the surname -Sai comes from (Poseidon).
 * His birth name Zap comes from his inspiration while his human name Zachary rhymes with Rai (a word and name meaning "thunder") and starts with the same letter as Zap.
 * His adopted surname, Gale means "sea storm".
 * Current is a play on words, meaning "something that flows, like water" and "the rate of an electric charge".Other potential names were Surge and Storm but they are already taken by DC/Wildstorm characters.