Michael CorvusCrow wears a pitch black trench-suit over light-weight, flexible, custom-made body armor with a dark grey and black color pattern, a black fingerless glove on his right hand, a slate grey utility belt containing various pieces of equipment, and a small holster on his right thigh, where he stores his collapsible sword, a metal mask over his face
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===IDENTITY=== Full Name: Michael Corvus
Nickname(s): None
Codename: Crow
Alias(es): Mikhael Corvo
Age: 19
Classification: Altered Human
Affiliation: Neutral
===PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION===
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Height: 6 ft 5 inches
Weight: 187lbs
Other Traits: Has a black symbol branded into the back of his left hand, labeling him as an assassin for those who know the symbolism behind the brand
===POWERS===
Powers: Mark of the Hieratic: The brand on the back of Michael's hand activated an ancient power within his blood that gives him four seperate techniques and powers.
Teleportation: Michael has the ability to teleport to a maximum of 30 feet in an instance, without being detected and without a sound. He can teleport a single person with him, but it shrinks the distance he can teleport to that of 12 fee
Possession: Michael can temporarily merge his body into that of a non-human, giving him access to the natural abilities of his host. In order to possess a being, it must have a mind, but is unable to possess humans. This DOES allow him to pssess animals and, to a degree, aliens. He can possess animals for a period of an hour, and can think, act and move like the animal itself. When possessing an alien, however, Michael can only talk and use the powers related to movement, but none of the memories and only for a period of three minutes. The moment the possession ends, Michael appears directly behind the being he was possessing
Bend Time: Michael is capable of slowing time for a maximum of 12 seconds while moving at normal speed, allowing him to appear to be moving extremely quickly. When Michael uses this power, time slows to the point that the fists of a trained martial artist become as slowed as a fist moving underwater
Wind Manipulation: Michael can create a strong blast of wind in the palm of his hand in the form of a miniature ball of rapidly spinning and compressed air, capable of blasting enemies backwards or smashing straight through wooden objects and is capable of putting a serious dent in metallic objects. He can choose to slam the ball itself into an object, or release the air in a violent gust of wind
Skills:Stealth: Michael is highly trained in stealth and in the ways of the assassin, and such, is capable of acts of high flexibility, dexterity and agility.
Dead-Aim: Michael has an unnatural accuracy with guns and ranged weapons, though he has a personal preference to a crossbow instead of a gun.
Swordsman: Crow is a skilled swordsman and is capable of feats of great skills when wielding a sword, or sword-like weaponry with a professional skill
Weaknesses:Teleportation: If Michael teleports more then four times in a 5 minute period, he has a half an hour time period before he can teleport again, leaving him with his own skills.
Attitude: Michael has a personal belief of 'Helping me, or not important', and thus, will refuse to do acts that don't involve payment, or himself
Lone Wolf: Crow prefers to work alone and thus, will ignore those he is supposed to work with, or even friends when on a mission or an assignment
Equipment:A handle containing a collapsible sword that Michael is capable of extending to either of two sizes, to the size of a normal katana, or to the size of a dagger, allowing him to use it for assassinations. The handle is designed to slide the blade out to a dagger-like length when held in a reverse blade grip, and to lengthen to a normal katana when a switch is flicked in a normal grip
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Michael's mask contains various equipment such as a gas-mask, thermal and x-ray vision, a voice-changer to disguise his voice and a targeting system when using ranged weaponry
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Michael keeps the pieces for a small hand-held crossbow within compartments in his belt as well as numerous bolts and specially designed syringes of a sleeping agent he can fire from the crossbow
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===PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE===
Personality:Michael has a cold, unfeeling personality and couldn't care for others and their lives unless it affects himself in some way. In Michael's eyes, there are only two things that truly exist in the world. Money, and the fact that people will pay money to have someone else dead. However, he is not without morals, and such, refuses to kill mothers and children, as well as what he views as the 'innocent', and will happily kill the 'corrupt'
He has no problems with taking the life of another, depending on the actions his target has done. if they have done enough good actions for him to view them as innocent, he will simply leave the target alone and will instead take the life of another.
Michael however, DOES have a weak link in his personality. He acts kindly and nice to young children, as a result of the memories of his own sister and her behavior
Strengths:A strong sense of what is right and wrong
Highly trained in the ways of the assassin and the shadows
Skilled Swordsman and hand-to-hand combatant
Interests/Habits:Money, Designing weaponry and delivery systems and mechanisms for poisons and weapons.
===PERSONAL BACKGROUND===
Family Members: James Corvus [Father, Deceased], Victoria Corvus [Mother, Deceased], Emily Corvus [Younger Sister, Missing]
Place of Origin: Rome
Current City: Jump
History: Michael Corvus was born to noble parents, his mother and father aristocrats in the city of Rome. His family history however, was filled with assassins, with his father secretly running a chapter of the League of Shadows, with Michael being trained to take his father's place, with two other trainees as his partners.
However, after one incident where a rival chapter, jealous of the success of the Rome Chapter, ambushed one of Michael's missions, slaughtering his team-mates and making it appear that Michael had been the one to kill his partners. This resulted in Michael being cast out of the chapter and branded with an ancient, almost forgotten symbol known as the 'Mark of the Hieratic', labeling him for anyone with knowledge of the Shadows as a cast-out and a assassin
But what his father didn't know, was that the 'Mark of the Hieratic' was originally a powerful seal, gifted to Michael's ancestors that gave those of the Corvus bloodline incredible power when the mark was branded on the skin of the back of the right hand. Michael immediately fled from Rome, fearing for his life from those that he once viewed as his family, quickly making his way to Jump City with a kill-or-capture order placed on his head.
He later heard news that his father's chapter was later destroyed by the rival assassins, his family slaughtered and his sister taken captive. Though revenge was swift in the form of other active chapters quickly eradicating the traitors, there was no sign of his sister within the chapter. But by then it was too late, the Mark of the Hieratic had set itself on Michael's skin, gifting him the powers it once granted his ancestor. Despite the truth being discovered, the damage had already done, and by Shadows tradition, Michael was to no longer be classed as one of the League of Shadows, though the kill-or-capture order was rescinded out of respect for his family.
With no other option, Michael decided to get back onto the horse, so to speak, and quickly carved out a good name for himself as a skilled assassin, though he followed a modified view of life as a result of his experience, now believing that no matter what, where or who, there would ALWAYS be someone wanting the corrupt dead in exchange for money. It would just be a matter of finding out how MUCH money would be offered for death
Sample RPA being stood on the top of a roof, his head bowed, a black handle-shaped contraption clutched in his right hand, the left planted down on the hard, cold stone of the roof, a darkened mark on the back of his palm. God, how he hated that mark. He was labeled as a traitor, as a betrayer, as a cast-out, all because of the actions of a corrupted man who ordered the death of those who had not done wrong.
His hand curled up into a tight fist as anger flashed in his mind, his eyes narrowing behind the black, metallic mask clasped over his face. That memory angered him almost as much as the corruption within this city.
He turned his eyes down to the street below, his target finally walking out of the building and heading down the back alley way towards the car park. Like a switch being flipped, he immediately went into his 'business mode' and squeezed the handle in his hand tightly, flicking a hidden switch that caused the small blade to suddenly shoot out to the size of a katana. He then turned the blade, tip aimed towards the floor, before jumping down to the street, blade aimed to earn his money.
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