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[color=7ea7d8][B]| NAME: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Gareth Corrigan[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| NICKNAMES: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]“Gar”
The Mindjacker
[b]Mindjack[/b][/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| D.O.B.: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]01/05/1984[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| AGE: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]32[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| SEX: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Male[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| SEXUALITY: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Heterosexual[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| APPEARANCE: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Standing at 6ft, Gareth is of a large, muscular build. His hair is short, of a dark brown colour; when grown long, it takes on a sandy brown hue. His face is handsome, with a square jaw and lightly defined cheekbones. Stubble makes up a simple sort of beard, adding to, not subtracting from, his looks. Most notable of all, however, isn’t his jaw, or his cheekbones, or his dark and sometimes sandy brown hair – they’re his eyes. An icy, almost grey colour, they add to the illusion of an eerily calm, emotionless man, unsettling nearly all who don’t know him.

His wardrobe consists mainly of casual clothing; t-shirts, sweatpants, jeans and the occasional hoodie or sweater. His Mindjack attire is another matter, with black army pants, combat boots, a black Kevlar undershirt and jacket, and a ski mask to conceal his face.[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| GENUS: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Hyperhuman[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| CLASSIFICATION: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Minerva[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| ABILITIES/SKILLS: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][b]ABILITIES[/b]

[INDENT][b]Mindjacking |[/b]  A form of mind control, you shouldn't be fooled – this is not mind control in the traditional sense. Gareth isn’t a mind controller so much as a mind invader, meaning that he can transfer his consciousness into another person’s mind, effectively pushing theirs to the background – mindjacking. While in somebody else’s mind, Gar can see everything – their thoughts, their memories, their secrets – and control them as the dominant consciousness. He sees everything through their eyes, and every movement is translated through their body, as Gar’s remains immobile, mindless. After exiting a host, they black out as their mind “resets”.

[indent][b]Limitations |[/b]  Gar can only enter the minds of those that are within a 33ft radius (10 metres). Anyone who’s beyond that point is too far away, “inaccessible” to Gareth’s mind. When inside a host, Gar can only remain there for a limited amount of time, the longest he’s ever done being three minutes. Any longer runs the risk of “fading him out”, as the host body’s consciousness fights to regain control. Staying in a host for prolonged periods of time also takes a toll on Gar’s body; for reasons he cannot determine, the longer he’s in a host, the more strain is put on it, the side effects upon returning ranging from headaches, nosebleeds and blacking out entirely. In addition, controlling other hyperhumans is significantly harder than controlling regular humans, and drains Gar much more than usual. It’s probably needless to say that when in a host, Gareth’s physical ability is limited to that of the host’s; as such it would be much harder for him to run as a 250lbs couch potato as opposed to a fit Olympic athlete.     

[B]Weaknesses |[/B]  Other Minerva-class Hyperhumans seem to negate Gar’s ability entirely; he couldn’t take control of them no matter how hard he tried. Also, a correctly-powered individual (e.g. a telepath) could, depending on skill level, “intercept” Gareth’s consciousness as he makes the jump from his body to another, or vice versa, effectively killing him as his mind and body deteriorate in a limbo. One cannot survive without the other. [/indent][/INDENT] 
[b]SKILLS[/b]

[indent][b]Martial Arts |[/b]  Gareth is rather proficient fighter, a necessary skill for his line of work. Knowledgeable in Taekwondo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Krav Maga and boxing, Gar is quite capable of holding his own in a fight.

[b]Firearms |[/b]  A former cop, Gareth has come to be skilled with firearms, primarily handguns. In his three year stint as Mindjack, he’s come to favour them, but also widened his range to carbines, shotguns and even sniper rifles when taking on, and controlling, Bill Zerilli’s men. 

[b]Deduction |[/b]  Previously a detective in the Detroit Police Department, detective work comes easy for Gar. Where others see a mess of unrelated objects, he sees evidence; a useful skill when taking on the Zerilli Syndicate.

[b]Interrogation |[/b]  A skilled interrogator, Gareth knows just how to extract information from suspects – without torture. Using skills learned during his time as a police detective, his interrogative techniques have come in more than handy during his time as Mindjack. 

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[color=7ea7d8][B]| BACKSTORY: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]Gareth Corrigan was born a child of Detroit. Growing up in the upper-middle class, he was fortunate enough to be removed from the rampant crime that plagued the city, his father never wanting him or his brother, Daniel, to go near the kind of people that turned their mother into a junkie. 

From an early age Gareth’s father enrolled both him and Danny in self defence classes. Gar learned boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Krav Maga and Taekwondo all alongside his brother, albeit more intensively than Danny, who only did it to earn the approval of their dad. Gareth, enjoying the challenges they provided, continued to practice them all through his school years, carrying his skills over into adulthood. 

At school, he didn’t have many friends. Many students saw his calm, quiet, almost reserved demeanour as disquieting, and many avoided him. When he moved into high school, he was no longer the “quiet weirdo”, but the “hot brooding guy”, a term he never quite understood why it was applied to him. As such he avoided, and on some occasions outright denied the advances of some girls, believing them to be attracted to who they wanted him to be, and not who he really was.

His power began to manifest at around that time. After a fearful incident involving another student, Gar began training himself to control his newfound ability, testing its limits on unsuspecting passers-by. He didn’t do this without remorse, however, often leaving his blacked-out test subjects with a five dollar tip and a note saying “Sorry”. Thus began the urban legend of the Mindjacker, going on to reach Bogeyman status among the people of Detroit.

After high school, Gareth quickly began his college education, intent on applying for work at the Detroit Police Department. It was there that he met the first person to truly understand him – the love of his life, Leah Lovell. It didn’t take long for them to move in together, and by the time Gareth was officially inducted into the DPD, they were living happily as newlyweds. 

Four years into his career as a police officer, Gar became eligible for detective work. At age twenty-five, he was officially made a part of the DPD’s detective squad. Over the next three years, it became abundantly clear that he was one of the department’s best, earning the enmity of his fellow detectives. 

He had many horrifying cases during his career, but none ever came close to those he encountered involving the Zerilli Syndicate. The ruling criminal organisation in Detroit, the Syndicate was ruthless. The bodies of those who dared disrespect them were found every other week, be it a business owner who failed to pay protection money on time, or a cop that refused to be on their payroll. Despite Gar’s burning desire to go after them, his superiors adamantly refused to let him; he would not build a case against the Syndicate, and better yet, he’d let them put him on their payroll, in order to protect both himself and his family. Gar’s frustration at the Syndicate saw him considering going outside the law to fight them with his powers, but after discussing it with Danny and Leah, he decided against it. It was sorrow and loss that drove him to vigilantism.

Leah died in a car crash at the age of twenty-eight. Driving on the freeway, she noticed too late that a truck on the opposing lane had veered into her own, crashing into her car at ninety miles per hour. She died on impact.

Gareth wasn’t a grieving kind of guy. Yes, the loss knocked air out of his lungs, and yes, he felt like a piece of himself was now gone, but Leah’s death never crippled him – no matter how much he wanted it to. He attended the funeral out of love and respect for his wife, enduring her mother’s accusations, as she had never liked Gar to begin with, and when she was put in the ground he paid his respects and left the graveyard and Leah’s family, left his job and sold his home, seeking any change that might distract him.

He found that change in vigilantism. Feeling as if he had nothing left to lose, Gar began attacking the Zerilli Syndicate in a chaotic, disorganised fashion, achieving nothing but the enmity of the Syndicate’s boss, William “Bloody Bill” Zerilli. Confusion within the criminal empire as to how one man could turn so many loyal people against Zerilli allowed Gareth time to stop and formulate a game plan against the Syndicate, all while Bloody Bill refused to believe the rumours that the Mindjacker, the notorious local urban legend, was after him. Gar, now attacking Zerilli where it hurt, was quick to let the crime lord know that it was indeed the Mindjacker, going by the alias, Mindjack.

For three years Gareth tangled with the Zerilli Syndicate, elevating the Mindjacker from urban legend to hero – at least in the eyes of the public. Gaining the attention of the DPD was not a good thing, and soon all twelve precincts were on lookout for Mindjack. As the police became more aggressive in their search for the nameless Mindjacker, Danny became desperate to convince Gareth to cease his vigilantism, fearing the possibility that his brother would be forced to become a fugitive. Gareth, unwilling to stop, assured Danny that that would not be the case – and one year following H.E.L.P.’s shutdown, he remained true to his word. But fate has a dark sense of humour, and the punchline came as the Hyperhuman Registration Act. 

Though still in preliminary stages, the HRA was targeting those who’ve used their powers to commit crimes, and Gareth, having killed members of the Syndicate that would have otherwise killed him, was Detroit’s public enemy number one. Having heard of the hyperhuman convoys that were converging throughout the States, he left the Motor City, making his way to Pointe Bordeaux, Louisiana. [/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| MOTIVATION/OBJECTIVE: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT]First and foremost, Gareth is motivated by his late wife, Leah. As a police detective, she was the one that gave him drive to keep going despite the endlessly rampant corruption in the force. It was the sorrow of losing her that drove him to leave the DPD and take on the Zerilli Syndicate as Mindjack. And now, as he’s on the run from the government, it isn’t his brother that motivates him, and it most certainly isn’t himself; he couldn’t care less if he was caught or not – Leah’s dead. He doesn’t have a life worth living either way. No, what motivates him is the knowledge that Leah, whether six feet under or alive and healthy, wouldn’t want him to register. What motivates him is the knowledge that she wouldn’t want him to get caught.[/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| REFERENCE POSTS: |[/B][/color]
[color=darkgray][INDENT] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2764530]#1:[/url] Green Arrow: Hawke, part one.
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2789285]#2:[/url] Green Arrow: Hawke, part two.
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/2809320]#3:[/url] Green Arrow: Hawke, part three.
[url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/3008267]#4:[/url] The Flash... cooks some breakfast? [/INDENT] [/color]
[color=7ea7d8][B]| NOTES: |[/B][/color][color=darkgray][list]
[*]People often see Gareth’s demeanour as intimidating; he’s too calm, too reserved for them to be around. It’s just the way it is.
[*]It takes a hell of a lot to get him angry, so much so that only his former workmates at the DPD have witnessed his fury.
[*]Always carries a handgun with him, be it on his person or in the duffle bag where he keeps his belongings.
[*]A picture of Leah always remains within his reach.
[*]He isn't interested in any romantic relationships. If asked whether he's looking for a relationship, he'll answer much in the same way as Robin Williams' character in [i]Good Will Hunting[/i]: "My wife's dead."
[*]I'm generally not in the business of theme songs, but [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tYd8I1jxx4]this[/url] fits Gareth to a tee, I think.
[*]Meatlovers. I mean, come on. But if we’re talking about [i]real[/i] pizza, than I’d probably have to go with margherita. 
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