Sylvia Smythe

Sylvia Smythe (シルビア・スマイス) is the main antagonist of Next Class and the thirteenth main antagonist of the series. This is the original depiction of Sylvia Smythe, as created by Alex Guy. She makes a brief posthumous appearance in Final Endings.

Sylvia was experimented on by the Evolutionary as a child, which was the cause for her Meta Ability and her hatred towards regular humans. Her unique Meta Ability allowed her to forcibly steal other people's powers, and use them for a short period of time. Secretly operating as the true benefactor of the Higher Institute, she intended to provoke a Third World War, taking advantage of the new mutant outbreak in order to conquer the world.

Encountering Sebastian Rhodes' team of mutants, Sylvia became a rival to Sebastian and Orion Sharpe and sought to kill Team X with the ADMINS. In their final confrontation, Sylvia stole her teammates' powers to create a giant explosion but this ended up being her downfall as she was ultimately killed at the hands of Orion, who was revealed to share her ideals.