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[b]Name - [/b]
Michael "Mike" Smith

[b]Alias - [/b]

Shaman

[b]Age - [/b]

24

[b]Powers -[/b]
Shaman:
Mike is gifted with the ability of the Shaman, something that only happens once every two hundred fifty years. What it entrails is that he holds a super-strong bond to the spirits of the world, spirits of both the dead and the living. He's able to telepathically communicate with animals and plants and as such keep in tune with the world in a way that the average person could never achieve. With great concentration, he's able to manifest physical forms of the spirits he's communicating with, human spirits are almost impossible for him to communicate with.
 His connection with spirits allows him to manipulate nature and nature's elements to some degree, allowing him to use energy in a similar manner to magic, generate or extinguish fire, shoot lightning bolts and so forth are all in his arsenal.

His shamantic abilities also increases his dexterity, perception and other senses. 

[b]Skills - [/b]
Meditation: Mike spends a lot of time meditating, as it calms him down and allows him to focus and as such get more in tune with the spirits he's communicating with. 
Martial Training: A five year long tour in the U.S army's earned him quite some skills. He's an excellent hand-to-hand combatant able to beat most other soldiers in a fist-fight. It prepared him with knowledge in melee weaponry as well as ranged weaponry. It also granted him the ability to be a great tactician, spy, and free runner. 
Marksmanship: While skilled with handguns and Assault Rifles, Mike's primarily trained to be a sniper, to take people out before they can figure out where he is. However, tapping into his heritage, he finds that bows are just as useful for him as a sniper is. He's one of the best archers in the world, being able to challenge the Arrow-Family in Star City. 
Multilingual: Mike spent a fair bit of his time running black-ops in several countries, making him able to speak Russian, Arabic and Chinese, while he's only fluent in Russian and English.

[b]Equipment -[/b]

Composite Bow and Titanium Arrows.
Magnum .44 Caliber loaded with non-lethal bullets.
Sunglasses that allows him to see gases in the air. 
Sniper Rifle - Rarely with him.
Kukri - Always hanging on his hip in it's holster. 

[b]Personality - [/b]

Kind, Calm, Disciplined.

[b]Appearance - [/b]

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[b]BRIEF Bio - [/b]
Born in the state of Florida, close to Miami, Michael came from a home with an abuse father, but a caring mother. His father blaming all of his problems on Michael and his little brother, James. Michael's home was poor, as his father, Richard, had quite the gambling and drinking problem. Leading Michael into a life of crime, it started with him stealing groceries, and then, as he grew into a teenager, he started stealing more valuable things, like watches, and even cars. It all made his father furious. And when Mike was 17 years old, he moved away, knowing that if he stayed, he'd go down a dark path.

He joined the army, finishing his training as a U.S Ranger at the age of 18, and then being shipped off to Iraq. Where he started to show his abilities, when he was trapped in a burning house and he somehow made the fires part for him and his injured teammate. He soon proved to be a top tier marksman, earned him a spot on a classified military unit, where he ran black-ops all over the globe for three years, before he was honorary discharged after a incident he's not inclined to talk about.

Back in the states, he started to dwell further into his connection to the spirits, he started to realize it was more than just being able to see, smell and hear better than anyone else, that he was more special yet. It all crashed down on him when a dog started talking to him.

Coming to Gotham, after a year of learning what his powers really meant, he met the Batman, whom took the young man in under his at the time, kind of crowded wing. Shipping him up to Star City to train with the arrows, which he did for some time, before coming back to Gotham, more ready than ever to do good. His military lifestyle still very obvious in the way he acts.

[b]Notes - [/b]

He keeps a spirit around known as Shareith, that manifests as either a bear or as a wolf when necessary.