Post by Gabriel on Nov 18, 2011 13:01:45 GMT 1
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[/i][/center]The Person
Name: Gabriel Richard Todd (Currently goes by the surname Thomas and has numerous passports in various names, currently all clean.)
Age: 24
Place of Birth: Somewhere in the New Jersey area
Current Place of Residence: Mobile, Mostly Operational in and around Gotham
Affiliation: Unaffiliated at present.
Family: Jason Todd (Father, Status Unknown, although Legally his status is Deceased), Sasha (Formerly Scarlet, Mother, in retirement somewhere), Willis Todd (Grandfather, deceased), Sheila Haywood (Grandmother, deceased), Niko (Grandfather, deceased)
Height: 6’1"
Weight: 221 Lbs
Appearance:
Gabriel looks uncannily similar to his father when he was his age right down to the red hair which he currently dyes dark brown. Under his clothing Gabriel hides a multitude of scars, a history of his upbringing, although to anyone who sees them they are the result of a horrible car accident that nearly ended his life. Any doctor however would be able to tell you the injuries weren't caused by any car crash they'd ever seen.
Civilian Attire: When not stalking criminals and heroes alike in the dead of night Gabriel most often sports simple jeans and shirts coupled with heavy boots and jackets. When a more professional look is required he has no qualms about donning a smart suit and blending in with the other high rollers. To his credit he looks just as comfortable in a pair of shorts in the gym as he does in top hat and tails.
Personality:
To the outside world Gabriel is a calm, charming and polite young man, hard working and reliable. Under the surface however all is not right in the land of Todd. Due to the violent nature of his upbringing Gabe is at constant odds with the aggressive tendencies that threaten to boil to the surface at sometimes even the slightest insult. In stressful situations chinks in his 'normal' facade begin to appear and on more than one occasion he has snapped completely, with often brutal consequences.
Once the mask of the Red Hood settles into place however all traces of Gabriel seem to vanish, replaced with cold, methodical almost business like mannerisms. The young man has no remorse or regrets over his actions, and although he has murdered and killed his way through his young adult life he takes no pleasure in the deaths he causes, to him they are simply necessary. Any obstacle in his way is to be overcome or removed, the law, something to be bent and broken to the Hoods own ends. But even he is not without standards however, woe betide to any of those in the criminal world who use children to their own ends...
The Cowl seems to bring out yet another alter ego in the young man. Violence is the only language the criminals of the world understand and so Gabriel brings the violence to them. Underneath the mask there is no remorse, no mercy and no pity for the thugs and criminals he kills because in his eyes they deserve nothing except a swift death. If a tide of blood is what it requires to rid the world of these dens of evil then a tide of blood it will be.
Likes:
- The Circus
- Travelling
- Motorbikes
- People Watching
- Star Wars
- His Mother’s Memory
- Time with his Father
Dislikes:
- The Bat-Family
- Law Enforcement
- Child Crime (Prostitution, dealing to children, exploiting children)
- Smoking
- Day Time Television
- Tim Drake, Dick Grayson and anyone else who calls themselves Robin
The Villain
Codename: Batman
Villain Attire: See Costumes and Equipment
Powers: None. Gabriel is human.
Skills:
High Intellect: Gabriel has extensive knowledge of various subjects, including Law, Science ( Chemistry, Biology & Physics), Mathematics and History. While not holding any recognised qualifications in the above subjects, due to his home schooling, his knowledge of the subjects is such that he could be considered to have passed the equivalent Degree course. Gabriel is also an able mechanic, with enough knowledge and skill to be able to dismantle and rebuild most standard commercially available engines.
Tactical Mind : Gabriel has been taught and trained to plan contingencies, considering before any encounter the many possible outcomes and events that could occur. While forward planning is more of his strength he can if pressed quickly construct alternative plans of attack.
Escapologist : While not in the same league as Heroes such as Mister Miracle, Gabriel is quite capable of escaping from many common restraints, including given some time most straight jackets and handcuffs.
Peak Physical Condition : Gabriel has been trained since the age of 6 to be in peak physical condition. His strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes and endurance are comparable to that of Olympic standard gymnasts and athletes. He is capable of bench-pressing roughly 600lbs. He does not smoke or drink.
Master Martial Artist : Gabriel Todd is a highly skilled combatant who fights using the same lethal style his father developed in his travels around the world. Evolved from his fathers teachings under Batman, Gabriel has studied and effectively mastered a number of Martial Arts styles including Muay Thai, Ninjitsu, Judo, Jujitsu, Escrima, Krav Maga and a mixture Kungfu Styles. His training allows him to fight with a variety of unarmed and armed techniques, including poles, swords, knives and an assortment of everyday objects. The focus of the style carried over from his fathers training is to maim, cripple and kill in the quickest possible way.
Skilled Acrobat : Todd is an accomplished acrobat much like his father before him, on par with some of the best gymnasts in the world, able to perform complex routines requireing balance and grace. Try as he might however he has been unable to complete the quadruple somersault.
Skilled Marksman : Gabriel is trained to be able to disassemble, maintain and repair a wide variety of firearms. His skill is such that with his chosen handguns he is able to hit a target 8/10 times even while on the move.
Stealth : Gabriel is highly proficient at disappearing into the shadows and moving quietly through an area, using this to his advantage to suddenly appear in front or behind his targets, or to evade pursuit, or to simple instil fear in others. His knowledge of stealth extends into breaking and entering silently, even to the point where most modern security systems can be bypassed.
Multilinguistic: Gabriel is fluent in English, German, Spanish and understands enough to get by in Russian and Mandarin Chinese without looking like a complete tourist.
High Pain Threshold: Due to his violent upbringing Gabriel has an incredibly high pain threshold, often having to continue training and functioning normally with broken rips or limbs for days on end without medical attention. A simple grunt of discomfort is often all that will acknowledge that he has been injured in such a manner.
Insider Knowledge: While not a skill as such, Gabriel has been instructed in how to find the Bat cave, its entrances and booby traps at the time Jason was there, who Batman and his allies are and their identities from when Jason was part of their 'family'. Anything that happened after Jason left Gotham is outside of his knowledge although he will always suspect members of the Wayne family.
Special Equipment:
Red Hood Costume : When dealing with the criminal world Gabriel has inherited his fathers take on the Red Hood Costume involving jeans, a t-shirt, and a biker's jacket.
Like his father he still wears two masks. The first being a red-domino mask, fixed in place with spirit gum, and includes a built-in radio transmitter/receiver and Starlite night-vision lenses. His second mask is a metallic red hood, which offers many of the same functions as his mask, although with added protection for his face.
His second outfit consists of an updated and modified version of his fathers 'bat suit'...
The 'Bat suit': Unlike the conventional Batman costume, Jason's version was far more militaristic, with heavier body armour of gray and black. Rather than the normal cowl design, the pointed ears were made to look more like devil horns, and the lenses glowed red giving him a far more demonic appearance. The mouth of the of the mask was covered with a gas-mask type devise. Rather than carrying the normal non-lethal utility belt, Jason's was filled with assorted lethal weaponry. Gabriel has continued this theme, reinforcing the joints and exposed areas of the suit and further updating its protective aspects. The chest portion of the suit is quite capable of taking a shotgun blast at point blank range without penetration, althought a second blast would best be avoided. Due to this further reinforcing, the current version of his Bat suit has a very limited ability to glide, allowing the user to do little more than drift and slow a fall rather than cover great distances.
His gauntlets and boots (for both outfits) each contain a further eight compartments in which he can store items.
The compartments/holsters of his outfits normally contain:
Grapple line and hook. Handheld launcher. (1000lbs Test High-tension cable)
A small amount of high-grade plastic explosive. (3lbs)
Detonators
Restraints (tested to 2000lbs Newton break point)
Flash Bangs
Hypodermic Injector (with Adamantium Needle)
4 Does's of liquid nerve toxin. (one dose is adequete to kill most normal people in a matter of minutes)
Listening bug with link to Cowl/Mask
Tracer Bug + Detector (No Signal outside of 10 miles)
Caltrops
Micro-fragmentation grenades (~10' kill radius)
2 Extendable Titanium Batons
8 KA Bar combat knives
2 Pistols (Mark XX Desert Eagle in .50 Action Express) and reloads (Most often hollow points or tungsten tipped armour piercing rounds)
Various Kunai/Throwing stars
Skin seal + medikit
Tensile Steel Garrotte
High Voltage Tazer
Weapons
Todd often makes use of various guns, tazers, various blades, poisons, garrottes, explosives, and throwing stars both in and out of costume. His sidearm of choice is at present the Magnum Desert Eagle .50, of which he carries two when in costume. He is also fond of combat knives, one of which he usually carries at all times on his person.
Gabriel also has a habit of booby-trapping any area he is or has stayed in as well as anything he might use for storage.
While not a weapon as such Gabriel does have access to a fund left to him by his father in several offshore accounts set up shortly after his birth. While the money is enough to allow him to live without working, it isn't limitless and as such is mostly useless in any other respect apart from keeping him funded and living comfortably.
(Owns the controlling stakes in Kord Industries as a silent partner, which is where the money comes from. Little or no access to Kord Industries Tech save for what becomes commercially available. Has no access to Kord's Military R&D department unless he breaks in.)
Weaknesses:
Gabriel is human. He can be shot, stabbed, poisoned and killed just like any other human. His bones can break and his flesh can be pierced. He is also subject to disease and extremes of temperature just like everyone else.
Gabriel has inherited his father’s quick temper and often finds it bubbling to the surface when it would be best to keep a calm head. While the rage can be a great asset in a fight it can also be a hindrance as he loses focus on the bigger picture, ignoring easy targets and objectives in favour of those that are the cause of his anger. In this mindset, Gabriel will often fall into the old tried and tested Bat method of 'powering through' instead of using his brains.
Criminal Record:
As Gabriel:
None
As Alias’s:
Suspected Mass Murder
Arson
Breaking and Entering
Kidnapping
Burglary
Vigilantism
Criminal Damage
Extortion
Theft
Disturbing the peace
Smuggling
Illegal Trafficking (Guns, Drugs, People)
Red Hood and The Batman are wanted for questioning. Both are considered to be armed and extremely dangerous.
Henchmen: Various contacts but no real henchmen.
History:
Gabriel's exsistence was very nearly not to be as his mother became caught up in the confrontation with the serial killer Flamingo and the dynamic duo. Had the fight gone any other way he may have never been born, but both his parents survived. Last seen fleeing from Gotham Scarlet, now going by her former name Sasha, the pregnant former vigilante stole away from her home city to try and escape her past. Without any way to contact Jason and through fear of being discovered by others she instead chose to remain silent. Settling in a small town where nobody knew who she really was she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
For a time things were as normal as they could be, and while rumours and talk circulated about her appearance Sasha came up with a story about a fire to satisfy inquiring minds need for an answer. Gabriel grew up like any other child for a time but Sasha could see alot of his father in him even at such a young age, his talent for getting into trouble matched only by his talent for getting out of it. That terrible temper of his fathers surfaced now and then, the first time in the playground when the schoolyard bully decided he prefered Gabriel's lunch to his own. It took a week for the swelling on the bullies face to go down.
Unknown to them both Jason had been tracking Flamingo with the intention of settling the score once and for all. Unfortunately Flamingo had been doing the same, looking for the young Scarlet to hopefully bring Jason out of hiding and add his name to the long list of kills to his credit. They found each other but not before Flamingo found Sasha. He left her broken body, unhappy that he couldn't indulge his more cannibalistic nature on her due to her physically deformity and went after the young Gabriel, whose picture he had seen in the small apartment they had shared. Jason was one step behind, arriving perhaps minutes to late to try and save Sasha.
When Jason arrived in hot pursuit Flamingo had already created a panic in the school with his indiscriminate killings as people tried to stop him, hunting for the boy in the picture he had taken from the apartment.
The ensuing battle between Jason and Flamingo was brutal and relatively short, the end result being a bloody Jason standing over the body of the man who had murdered the mother of his child. Before the blood had even dried he had the screaming child in his arms and vanished before the police arrived.
Gabriel was never seen again in the small town where he had been born.
The death of his mother stung the boy hard; as did being abducted by a man he knew yet was a complete stranger to. Jason however knew this cycle and had heard the story of it before, and seeking to use that catalyst he stole the boy away. There was only one thing the criminals of this world understood, and Jason knew that. If violence and bloodshed was what they wanted then, violence and bloodshed is what they would have. Disappearing off the face of the earth with his 6 year old son Jason began to pass on the knowledge and skills the young Gabriel would need to continue the work he had started so many years ago. It was not a gentle time in the young boy’s life.
Jason’s training methods were brutal and in some cases extreme, pushing the boy harder and harder with every passing day. Mistakes were punished harshly, bruises and broken bones becoming a way of life for the young boy as his body hardened and his mind sharpened. Kept on edge and abandoned in some of the roughest streets of America sometimes for days to fend for himself, the young Gabriel grew up quick, learning first hand how to survive alone and rely on only himself. It was these times on the street that taught him the most about the criminal world, and sparked the flames for his hatred against those criminals who would try and use children to their own ends. When he was at his most tired his father would push his assaults, oft in the guise of the bat, leaving a broken child in his wake, fuelling the hatred for the Dark Knight at every turn.
Years passed as Gabriel was tutored in the skills Jason had spent his whole life acquiring and at just 11 years old Jason slew his first criminal. A setup by Jason in the guise of the Red Hood (A persona Gabriel was introduced to through the course of his years with his father) and a sniper round to the temple was all it took for the young boy to get his first taste of what it felt like to end a life, to deliver justice where the law had failed. It felt good to the boy, to understand finally why all his training had been needed. It felt right. Now in his teens, Gabriel continued to train with his father, stealing away at night alone to enact the Todd family’s personal kind of justice on those deemed guilty of crimes in his eyes.
The son became like the father, hungrily devouring every lesson he was fed, becoming faster and stronger with every passing year. The time between beatings became less and less as the young man fought back, able to hold his own until his father would use an unknown technique to best his son. He learnt quickly each time this happened determined to never be beaten by the same move again. By his 18th birthday he could go toe-to-toe with his father for several minutes until the elders experience showed and gave him the win.
It wasn’t soon after that Jason disappeared from the young mans life once more, leaving behind a file containing account numbers, names, locations and a pass code. It took Gabriel months to piece together all the information his father had left him, but when the final piece fell into place he found he had access to money, a horde of information on criminal activities in Gotham and the surrounding areas, even information on Bruce Wayne, Batman and Wayne Manor. Most importantly however sifting through the clues left behind led him to his fathers Batsuit, the same suit that had inflicted so much pain on him growing up, the same suit his father had left him to continue the work he had started in Gotham all those years ago.
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++OOC Info++
Player: Chris
Other characters played: Kar-El (Active), Director Rogers (Active), Other WiP’s
Any plans in mind for the character? To replace the Bat Clan, and crush crime in a red tide.
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