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Jace Isaiah Banks
19. Hero
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19. Hero
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ALIAS(ES): Sentinel (Code name) Knight in blue armor , Isaiah Lopez , Kid, Winter Saint
BIRTHDAY: March 07, 1997
BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, IL
CURRENT: Chicago,IL
FAMILY:
• Mother: Sasha Banks, aged 42. Alive/Retired from heroing, Real-Estate Agent
• Father: Micah Banks aged 43. Alive/Retired from heroing, COO of Banks International
• Grandfather: David Banks, aged 67. Alive, CEO of Banks International
ALLIANCE: The Team (hopefully)
RANK:
WEAPON: Shield: A concave disk about 2.5 feet in diameter, weighing 12 pounds, it was made of a unique metal called Promethium-titanium that had never been duplicated. The Shield was cast by American metallurgist Dr. Micah McCallister, who was contracted by the Black Flag to create an impenetrable substance to use for tanks. During his experiments, McCallister combined Promethium with a steel alloy he was working with and an unknown catalyst, creating the disc-shaped shield. McCallister was never able to duplicate the process due to his inability to identify the still-unknown factor that played a role in it. The Promethium made the shield had great aerodynamic properties: it is able to slice through the air with minimal wind resistance and deflection of path. It has great overall resilience, combined with its natural concentric stiffness, enabled it to rebound from objects with minimal loss of angular momentum. It is virtually indestructible: it is resistant to penetration, temperature extremes, and the entire electromagnetic spectrum of radiation. The only way it could be damaged in any way would be by tampering with its molecular bonding. Against repulsors, able to deflect them in an coordinated team attack. The shield's shape makes it a superb throwing weapon. It is also able to bounce off solid objects, such as walls and floors, when struck on its edge and can be ricocheted off of multiple surfaces. It also makes a formidable and devastating hand-held weapon. Combined with Jace's strength and combat skills, it can enable him to literally plow through any kind of opponent be either human enemy soldiers or alien ground forces. The Promethium in the shield enables Jess to withstand great falls and devastating blows that he couldn't otherwise.
X shaped Shurikens: X-shaped titanium weapons that are used a shuriken. similar to the way Bats used batarangs. Some are explosive.
POWER: Precognition: This is activated by adrenaline in the midst of combat, he can constantly see 3-5 seconds into the future, knowing what possibilities his opponent might make even before they do. It helps that he can read body language to help interpret when and where the next attack will come from in combination with his precognition.
Photographic Reflexes: Jace possesses photographic reflexes, something he has inherited from his mother. As a result, Jace is capable of perfectly duplicating any physical movement or action he sees with perfection after watching it only once.
BLOOD TYPE: O-
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
PET: Pitbull named Yayo
MENTOR: his parents, and Guardian
SCARS AND MARKINGS: Twenty percent of his body is covered in scar, second-degree burns on his back and arms as well as twelve fractures throughout his body that never properly healed.
COLOR(S): Navy Blue
UNIFORM:Designed after his father's old costume with some minor modifications , it is a navy blue stealth uniform that functions like a military ops uniform. It is a water and fire retardant costume, which is made of Kevlar, Nomex and light weight titanium. The costume also offers a medium level of resistance to electric shocks and force impacts i.e., falls from 30 meters height and The suit cannot be pierced by normal conventional sharp edged materials. It is designed to insulate and cannot be seen through infra red or heat sensors.
Mask or Helmet: Jace wears a navy blue, oftentimes booby-trapped helmet. The helmet is formed of a synthetic fiber along with segmented armored plating around crucial portions of his skull for optimum protection and flexibility, impregnated with lead to inhibit X-Ray scanning, and contains various sensory and auditory equipment. Including night-enhancing vision, and a transmitting comm-link, which can use to listen in to various communication channels.
DESCRIPTION: Jace spends most of his time during the day when he isn't doing anything important, working out, he doesn't even experience the feeling of being out of shape, even if its a little bit. His chest are very large and are splendidly cut around the edges. He makes sure he eats and drinks a lot of protein shakes during the day so he can perfectly manage the amount of fat and muscles he has within his chest. Why you ask? Because he knew if he continued to work into his chest without fattening himself up that his chest would deflate and would only be cut and not muscularly define. Around the stomach area Jace has a very well balanced out eight pack. Therefore unlike his chest, he doesn't really have any fat around the edges so that every part of his muscles are perfectly in detail. his makes his chest slightly inflate over his stomach making him look more defined in muscle mass.
■ ARMS. Jace’s arms are probably the most defined muscles he has on his body. They contain only two percent of body fat and are very large so that they match the size of his chest muscles. His triceps are very cut and every muscle's detail on the outside interior of the arm is visible while on the front interior of the arm just about all of his veins are clearly visible, but not too heavily so that he doesn't look as if he is some crazy guy taking steroids or something.
■ LEGS. This would probably have to be the strongest part of Jace's body being the most in shape. His legs only have three percent body fat and are very defined in muscle definition. Only being average sized his legs also are just enough to match the size of his body. Jace weights 200 LBS and stands 6’2 FT tall.
He dresses almost like a bad boy. Or a greaser really. He likes to wear black leather jackets or hoodies. Chuck Taylor's or boots for footwear. Jeans, both torn and not torn, and cargo pants. Usually will wear white t-shirts or just a simple color. Usually doesn't wear designer clothes, preferring to buy the simple clothes to show that u can be stylish without spending $100s of dollars.
PLAY-BY: Lucas Coly
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Fear: Fear of Needles: Jace is a trypanophobic, meaning he is afraid of needles. He considers this both a strength and a weakness, as it means he won't succumb to drugs or anything like that. But it means he hates getting shots, even for allergies. If someone tries to inject him in a combat situation, he could kill them.
Desire: To carry on his family's superhero tradition without dying young
HABITS: Work out, train, sighing
PET PEEVE: Being treated as a child or being kept out of the loop.
STRENGTHS:
Trained Combatant: As part of his training, Jace has learned 5 styles of martial arts, including Judo, Karate, Escrima, Kickboxing and Puerto Rican Boxing.
Peak Physical Conditioning: Jace is in prime physical condition for a young man his age. His constant training with both his mother and father growing up has only helped re enforce this. He is accomplished in the acrobatic arts, though not as skilled as someone like Nightwing, and has mastered the arts of escapology and stealth. Physically, he is incredibly close to, if not on par, with that of an Olympic level athlete. This means that his strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, agility and coordination are far superior to anyone of his age.
Urban Gymnast: Picking it up rather quickly from his friends and his parents, Jace is incredibly skilled in and talented at parkour and free running (thanks in part to his peak natural speed, stamina, agility,and reflexes). He finds it very useful in moving between rooftops as well as during pursuits and chases.
Indomitable Will: Jace has an incredibly strong force of will that allows him to endure extreme amounts of pain and keep on going.
Marksmanship: Jace is a skilled Marksman and can hit the bullseye 47 out of 50 times. His skill extends to bows , guns , throwing knives , or shurikens.
WEAKNESSES:
Self-Pressure: No one pushes Jace as hard as he pushes himself. Conversely, no one punishes him as hard as he punishes himself. Every minor flaw, every missed detail, is something for which he blames himself, often for months if not years afterward.
Overconfidence: At times, Jace has been overconfident in his abilities. This has led to him being defeated because of his overconfidence and the fact he lowered his guard.
Survivors Guilt: Jace has a survivors guilt complex. Whenever he survives something where others were hurt or killed, Jace will become depressed and manic in his anger for a few weeks. This also leads to him becoming angered if someone slanders the event in question, and insults him.
I See Better From A Distance: Jace is farsighted and without his contacts -something he gets from his father- (in very rare occasions, glasses), he is unable to focus visually on objects that are near to him, up to about three or four feet. If he goes more than a couple of hours looking at something near without any corrective accessories, he will begin to experience headaches and eyestrain, as well as occasional fatigue and irritability should he continue. It's something that very few people know about and he likes to keep it that way.
Photographic Reflexes: He cannot copy powers so he can see Superman flying but he cannot fly himself or he couldn't copy Flash's speed.
Civilian Life: As a member of the Banks family, Jace is more than used to having his life watched by the media every so often. Should he do anything that would be considered a 'hot story' he knows he could end up hounded for several days which could cause him issues should he need to quickly get into costume in an emergency.
TRAITS: FOCUSED & DEVOTED - The man is focused, in which he heavily pours into his family and allies as well. He is also very loving and devoted to his friends and family, going as far as to help a certain family fix their destroyed restaurant to helping an old woman cross the street. In this world, he could be the only one that is well-orientated with his own family besides a select few, despite these times of death and war. his focus is centered in his loyalty; in which he concentrates on his allegiances and other subjects with very few distractions coming in here and there.
■ INTELLIGENT & DECISIVE - With leadership comes knowledge; to be able to put things to work quickly - to make decisions swiftly and with prompt intelligence, this is one of his most adored qualities, and the central influence upon his maturity and family. While he was a child, he didn't uphold intelligence and decisiveness as an important quality of his personality, but as he grew older, he slowly started to notice that people were not listening to him and promptly changed himself. Today, he is found reading books upon books in his spare time, and going over strategies that utilize his intelligence to it's full potential - making his city a better place to be. He still finds places in this part of his persona that need fixing, as he believes there's flaws in everything no matter how perfect, flawless, unchangeable, unmatched, etc.; it seems.
■ COURAGEOUS & STRAIGHT FORWARD - One can go without saying that he is indeed courageous, and says things openly; no matter how blunt it seems. it may be viewed as a negative aspect, but Jace hates hiding certain parts of himself, especially when the times are dire. He stomps into an onslaught of an enemy without showing fear, pouring morale into his allies, and he'll defend one of his allies even if it's over something petty. He has became and ideal figure for the residents of Chicago, not just because of his bravery, but because he speaks his mind. the man isn't afraid to say anything and he doesn't hesitate to, knowing well that hiding one's self can lead to something much more dangerous.
Negative Traits:
■ STUBBORN & UNPREDICTABLE - A human being has a certain amount of themselves that are hardheaded to a certain aspect, even if it's an ounce or 0.1 percent, it's still there somewhere. When he makes a decision, he plans to stick with it, and assumes that no one would object, attempt, or suggest to change it. As much as he hates saying the word 'no' to his own family, his gut and mind tell him to, and he follows it. Besides this, there's his tendency to switch his mind randomly, often brewing up confusion amongst people. He behaves in a way that his enemies cannot predict - even his battle style is entirely based upon doing random movements that the enemy does not know about, yet he himself knows. His randomness can lead to negative things - such as an accidental uproar and worse, a huge happening all blamed on him.
■ MANIPULATIVE & MALICIOUS - Despite being caring and such with his people, there are times that he has to influence them for his own needs - such as advancing a campaign for instance. However, his way of manipulating others leans more towards the negative, as he will achieve even the littlest of things through other people, when he can do it with his own skill. Furthermore, if he feels that someone is catching on, he turns a 180 degree turn; showing signs that he's intending to do harm if they keep on suspecting what he's doing with them. Towards enemies, he's seen in a constant mood of maliciousness, which often leads to recklessness. without knowing it, Jace can be manipulating one of his very best friends and lead them to their own death.. but that's just a possibility, or is it?
■ HOSTILE & SELFISH - Being hostile can have it's perks, but he isn't willing to be friendly with enemies or strangers, no matter what. it takes a long time for him to put his trust in them, and lessen his paranoid mind-set that they are automatically a potential enemy. In truth, the man is more concerned about his well being than others, but to an extent. when joining up with a group, he sees if their goal coincides with his own - such as defeating a huge enemy, going to a foreign land, etc. his hostility is considered to be selfish even by his own relatives - he is found being unfriendly to enemies and strangers only for the benefit of them going away so he can be at ease.
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HISTORY:The story of Jace Banks began in Chicago, IL, where his father Micah, the second Winter Falcon, had traveled to Chicago while following a lead on a massive drug and illegal weapons ring. At the same time as this the woman known as Sasha Banks, or Liberty's Saint was already in Chicago as it's resident Savior. Unknown to either party, the two had stumbled upon the same crime ring and were following parallel leads until the two eventually crossed paths. Upon finding out the two were going after the same syndicate the two decided to join forces, at least for a short time. Little did they know what would eventually become of this joining. The longer the two worked to track and build a case against the syndicate the closer the two got. The teaming went on for several months, both finding promising leads from time to time.
Eventually a year passed and the two slowly began to form more than just a working relationship. That year working together brought them to a point where the respect and trust that Micah showed Sasha made her feel like he didn't view her as a weak little female and in return she treated Micah like the true Winter Falcon not just someone under the wing of the original. Time went by and eventually the tag team took down the weapons ring and with that done the two actually took the time to think about what had occurred over their time together.
And 11 months after their wedding day, Jace Micah Banks was born, a bundle of joy that would make his parents the happiest people around. Sasha and Micah had decided that they only wanted one child, and that Jace would be enough for them. Jace's parents were loving and caring towards him, and decided that they would train him in everything they knew, but let him have a normal life as well. From the age of six, Sasha also taught Jace marksmanship. This was because she wanted her son to also be like her, even if he did take after his dad a bit. This allowed them both to train their son in their trades, making him more versatile then the others. In addition to all of this, he was trained in the use of swordsmanship and Escrima very competently, something he was become very proficient with, also learning parkour to make sure he could use it when he was older, and his martial arts training was started as soon as his marksman training was, and he was trained in a variety of martial arts. Despite all this training, Jace had a sort of ordinary life. He had friends he would hang out with, and he occasionally played basketball with his dad, and going shopping with his mother, even if he hates this bit. Around the time he was eight, they began to leave him with his grandfather, David, the original Winter Falcon who also runs Banks Industries that supplies the funds for the superhero activities, so they could go back to being heroes. While looking after Jace, his grandfather would teach him a bit of swordsmanship and martial arts, something that he bonded to the older man with. But only after a year, the visits stopped because his grandfather had gotten very sick and didn't want the boy to see him in such a bad situation.
By the time he was twelve, Micah took Jace out as his sidekick, code-named Winter Saint, and he was also put on a diet and training regiment to get him to the peak of human potential. Together, father and son patrolled the City of Chicago as Winter Falcon and Winter Saint. As Winter Saint, Jace utilized a collapsible crossbow, since his mother wasn't sure about a 12 year old out with a gun, a Escrima sticks, and a katana as well two things he would keep using for the rest of his career. During one night of training, there was small accident. He was hit in the side of his left eye by the staff. The staff caused a severe disability, causing him to lose his peripheral vision in his left eye. However, he was able to keep working as the Falcon despite his injury, compensating for his lack of left peripheral vision. There were also nights when Sasha would join them, Liberty, Winter Falcon and Winter Saint working together. They were a happy family of crime fighters, always working in tandem. Micah was still training Jace, but Jace was beginning to finish his training.
For five years, Jace was Winter Saint. By this time, he had also mastered and gained a proficiency in a dozen martial arts, and mastered most of the disciplines he had been taught. One day, a few weeks after Jace had turned 17, the leader of the assassin clan in Chicago, Nathaniel Briggs attacked the Banks' while they were on patrol. He had been making a plot to attack Micah and his family. This was because Micah had sabotaged many of his plots, and Nathaniel was finally ready to attack. During this assault, Micah and Sasha were knocked out. This caused Jace to lose his temper and composure, and he attacked Nathaniel. Even though he held his own for a short time, Nathaniel stabbed Jace in the gut. But, Jace returned the favor by stabbing the old mad man in the shoulder. Micah and Sasha woke up, and managed to subdue Nathaniel, while Jace's injury was more severe then it had looked. He was almost dead, and the only thing that saved him was when Mal Duncan as Guardian had been keeping tabs on the assassins in Chicago because they might've had dealings with the League of Shadows.
When he came to, Jace made a decision. He left behind the Winter Saint identity, and took on a new one: he became Sentinel, one of his father's old identities which matches his father's old costume, but with navy blue on where Micah's had been purple, with a helmet, shield and shurikens as his standard equipment.
Since his parents were getting old and couldn't take up the mask anymore, and Sasha didn't want her only child out doing the work alone, they needed to find him some help. They knew a couple heroes throughout the states and most were either too far away to help or too old as well. The last person they called or even thought about calling was Mal Duncan. They didn't know what Mal had going on, they hadn't talked to her since the attack. But since Mal had been watching them and their heroics from a distance since the attack, he agreed.
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NAME: Jay
EXPERIENCE: 3 years
CONTACT: PM and Email
HOW'D YOU FIND US? Google, Proboards support
RP SAMPLE: "P-please, I won't tell nobody! I won't tell no–"
A loud bang from a gunshot reverberated down the narrow alleyways behind the Ace o' Clubs. A voice could be heard hushing the violent noise until it was a faint murmur fainted by the subtle pitter-patter of raindrops against ice-cold pavement in the dead of March. Crystal blue hues hiding behind a mask of white lenses stared down at the crime scene from afar, concealed beneath the looming shadows cast over the setting by a smoke stack that spout from its opening thick, black smog which only further obscured the landscape. One did not need heightened perceptions to grasp the fact that an air of panic had surfaced the minute the absence of sound took rein.
It was another typical Saturday evening in the slums.
"Quick, the dumpster over there–grab me some of those bags!" One of the men in the narrow alley urged in a hasty voice.
"There's crap in here, boss!" Another man replied quickly in just as much of a panic as the first individual.
"Who cares! Toss it out and hurry it up!"
It was time he made his presence known.
It went for unsaid that he could not read their minds and predict their actions. As a result of the ability of his training, the young hero had to rely on his cunning and stealth to gain the upper hand against thugs like these but he was used to it; it had become routine for him to drop in unexpectedly and startle his victims and wrong-doers.
But tonight he would give them a break.
Clink.
"Hey, what was that?" One of the thugs below stammered as he stumbled around in search of whom or what had made a noise.
Clank.
"Who's there?!" The same man raised his voice from a terrified stutter into a boisterous shout; his hand raised a cocked pistol up into the air before scanning the building tops that enclosed the tiny space around them.
A single shot was fired and then one more.
Just like that, everything had fallen into an eerie silence that almost seemed to scream out at the men below.
"Who's there?!"
It was almost too easy.
"So what are you good folk up to tonight?" The voice of a young man called out to question the pair beneath him; the twenty four year-old made sure that he was out of sight and, with the exception of his taunting conversation, could not otherwise be heard. His father had taught him to use the shadows to mask his approach to make taking down his enemies much more expedient and effective.
"Who are you?! What do you want?!"
A loud "SWOOSH" noise had suddenly sounded from up above and down descended a figure that was garbed entirely in black ensemble. In one swift motion, the hero known as the Sentinel had taken out one of two possible assailants with a precise blow to the man's vagus nerve by means of his elbow. The delinquent immediately collapsed to the pavement and shouted no more. The survivor was quickly seized by his collar and thrust with his back to the cold brick wall behind him while the light colored haired vigilante eyed the predator cautiously for a moment in an intimidating gaze.
"I just want to talk." It was not exactly far from the truth and the masked man had no reason to tell a lie; not when his opponent was pinned up against the wall without a means of retaliation.
Well, sort of.
The man had dropped his firearm when the Saint tumbled down from the rooftops but decided to reach for a hidden pocket knife on his utility belt. It was not a genius plan since the heroes' reaction time was short and his reflexes quick; before the stranger had the chance to even unfold his weapon his arm was already in a twist and forced to press up against the brick surface just like the rest of his form in a steady hold. He panted and fought desperately to resist but soon found out that resistance was futile–he was not breaking free from this near-death grip.
"W-w-what do you want?" The man, utterly terrified, stammered and fumbled with his words in an effort to make himself sound coherent in the face of adversity.
"Tell me everything you know about a 'Dark Side Club' and don't leave out any details."
ANYTHING ELSE? Anything else you might think worth mentioning that wasn't in the sheet.
Code: Wonder Twins