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[b]Origin And Backstory:[/b]

Fang Chu was born in Gotham City to a pair of Chinese immigrants on February 16th, 1990. He lived in a rather destitute area during his childhood, where he frequently got into fights with delinquents around the neighborhood and was lucky to survive with his head still on his shoulders. He had hated the poverty and crime he was surrounded by, but nothing disgusted him moreso than his father, an abusive drunk who eventually drove Fang's mother to suicide.

When Fang became an adult, he moved to New York and joined the police force there. The first thing he did was save up enough cash to change his name to Frank Castle, in order to distance himself from his father. At the age of twenty-four he met Maria Conway, the woman who he'd eventually marry and have a pair of twins with. Up until two months ago, life was good, with Frank quickly rising through the ranks of the department and the family looking for a nice suburban home on the Jersey side of the city.

But one day, when the family had a picnic in a park, they witnessed a mob killing happening not too far away. Before Frank could react, gunfire was erupting, and his family was gunned down in front of him by the gangsters. Frank survived, and the assailants were caught not long after the shooting only to be let off due to the weight their boss held.

Frank, disgusted by the ineptitude of the judicial system, has decided to take matters into his own hands. Enlisting the help of a friend in the cyber crimes division, David Lieberman, Frank has taken it upon himself to track down the men who murdered his family and bring down their boss in addition to the two of them. Not to achieve some twisted sense of joy in taking his revenge. He was going to make sure they got punished.

[b]Season One Recap:[/b]

Frank's path to damnation began with a shootout at a night club called the Stardust, where he eliminated one of the men who murdered his family. He followed that up with a raid on The Royal Palace hotel, owned by Silvio Manfredi, where he killed the other man responsible for his family's deaths along with dozens of mobsters who were staying and working there. This might've satisfied most, but Frank wasn't through: he was going to topple Silvio Manfredi's organization or die trying.

But things didn't go too smoothly. The police uncovered Frank's identity and raided his apartment. He managed to escape, but only after accidentally killing two cops. From there, he was attacked by Spider-Woman, and the two got into a fight that resulted in an abandoned apartment building coming down. From then on, Frank operated quietly and stealthily, taking out Manfredi members one at a time, until he finally hit Manfredi himself at his manor. There, Frank learned that his family's death wasn't an accident, but rather done in order to prevent Frank's wife from spilling secrets she had learned while working at the DA's office. Frank executed Manfredi, and decided it was time to move on with his life.

But he was in for a rude awakening a month later when he was trying to do laundry. A group of thugs began causing a ruckus outside of the laundromat he was at, and when he killed them he realized that he had the chance to do something more than just wait to die. He took on his alias of the Punisher once more, and began to travel the country, where he met the likes of Vigilante and (unknowingly) John Constantine. From there, he made his way back across the country and began to form a network of vigilantes in the cities that didn't have them, all going by his alias of the Punisher. His group began with Rachel Cole-Alves in Bludhaven, and he's returned to New York while he has Micro look over reports of similarly ruthless vigilantes in nearby cities to recruit.

[b]Powers And Abilities:[/b]
('Powers', he says)

[i]Living Weapon[/i] - Frank has trained himself in the use of firearms and has also developed a hand-to-hand combat style mixing elements of boxing with down and dirty street fighting. From a semi-automatic pistol to a pencil, he's able to kill with anything. Needless to say, he's a dangerous man that's fully capable of taking on most (non-powered) people who get in his way.

[i]Unbreakable Will[/i] - He will stop at nothing (short of killing innocents) to complete his goal and punish those who make a living off of other people's pain. It doesn't matter if he's stabbed, poisoned, shot, he [i]will[/i] keep going until he's dead as disco. Couple this with the fact that he has nothing to lose anyway [i]and[/i] the skills he already possesses, and it just manages to multiply his potential for violence.

[b]What Makes This Character 'Ultimate'?:[/b]
Aside from the race lift and change in background from Castle being a soldier to a police officer, this version of Frank Castle will be played in a style that's heavily influenced by the works of John Woo. A Better Tomorrow and Hard Boiled are the two biggest influences. Expect lots of flashy gunplay and body counts in the hundreds by the time he punishes those responsible for his family's death.

[b]Where Do You Plan To Take The Character This Season?:[/b]
[s]It should be noted that I'm only planning on playing Frank for one crossover with DocTachyon. From there on, I'll retire him. [i]However[/i], it should [i]also[/i] be noted that he's set up a few other Punishers in nearby cities, and plans on expanding his vigilante network. Potential storylines for people if they want them.[/s]

Ignore that, that's for shit that happened two years ago. Punisher. DocTachyon's Vigilante. Building full of demon mobsters. Let's do it.

[b]Supporting Characters:[/b]
[i]David Lieberman/Microchip[/i] - A friend of Frank's since his days in the academy, Lieberman is a rather portly white man a year older than Frank who was assigned to the cyber crimes division due to his proficiency in technology. He helped Frank uncover the names of the men who killed his family, as well as the man they work for. He has stuck around as Frank's source for whenever he needs information.

[i]Rachel Cole-Alves/The Punisher[/i] - The Punisher of Bludhaven and an ally of Frank's. An ex-marine whose husband was murdered in a botched robbery, Rachel fell into depression and didn't know what to do with herself... That was when Frank came along and gave her a reason to keep on living by punishing the type of people that killed her husband.

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[hider=Act 1: A Man With Nothing To Lose]
[b]Volume 1: Hard Boiled[/b]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4698648][b]Issue #1: The Uninvited Guest[/b][/url] (Featured Music: [url=https://youtu.be/wy9r2qeouiQ?t=13]Carpenter Brut - Turbo Killer[/url])
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4703746][b]Issue #2 Prelude[/b][/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4704021][b]Issue #2: Room Service From Hell[/b][/url] (Featured Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVHAQX5sSaU]Bobby Darin - Dream Lover[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo0cplgmcwE]Fats Waller - S'Posin[/url])
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4706839][b]Issue #3: Cop, Vigilante, Fugitive[/b][/url] (Featured Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ9IaplRrm4]Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall[/url] and [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp2Hwi9qM48]The Ink Spots - Maybe[/url])
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4707518][b]Issue #4 Prelude[/b][/url] (Crossover With Spider-Woman)
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4707827][b]Issue #4: The Spectacular Spider-Woman Part One[/b][/url] (Crossover With Spider-Woman)
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4707884][b]Issue #4: The Spectacular Spider-Woman Part Two[/b][/url] (Crossover With Spider-Woman)
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4707993][b]Issue #5: On The Run[/b][/url]

[b]Volume 2: Fugitive[/b]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4709133][b]Issue #6: The Adventures of Psycho Vigilante and His Pal Nerd Cop[/b][/url]
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4709607][b]Issue #7 Part One: From The Shadows[/b][/url]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4710184]Issue #7 Part Two: Ballet of Gunfire[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4711669]Issue #8: The Smartest Thing To Do[/url][/b] (Featured Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY66fdMt4vc]Perturbator - Future Club[/url])
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4712437]Issue #9: Storm On The Rise[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4712969]Issue #10: And Then It Was Over[/url][/b] (Featured Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n46zZ_y3hqA]Health - Tears[/url])
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[hider=Act 2: Transitioning Period]
[b]Volume 3: Not Over Yet[/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4716053]Issue #11: Dirty Laundry[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4720544]Issue #12: Here I Was Again[/url][/b] (Featured Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh66pGIhysQ]M.O.O.N - Quixotic[/url])
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4727627]Issue #13: It Wasn't Gonna Be All Sunshine And Lollipops[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4731900]Issue #14: On The Road[/url][/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4733536]Issue #15: Ghost Riders In The Sky Part One[/url][/b] (Crossover With Vigilante/Ghost Rider)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4735349]Issue #15: Ghost Riders In The Sky Part Two[/url][/b] (Crossover With Vigilante/Ghost Rider)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4737632]Issue #15: Ghost Riders In The Sky Part Three[/url][/b] (Crossover With Vigilante/Ghost Rider)
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4745016][b]Issue #15: Ghost Riders In The Sky Part Four[/b][/url] (Crossover With Vigilante/Ghost Rider)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4746726]Issue #15: Ghost Riders In The Sky Part Five[/url][/b] (Crossover With Vigilante/Ghost Rider)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4754393]Issue #15: Ghost Riders In The Sky Finale[/url][/b] (Crossover With Vigilante/Ghost Rider)
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[hider=Act 3: One Last Ride]
[b]Volume 4: Demons[/b]
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4757464]Issue #16: War Pigs Part One[/url][/b] (Crossover With John Constantine)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4760702]Issue #16: War Pigs Part Two[/url][/b] (Crossover With John Constantine)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4761657]Issue #16: War Pigs Part Three[/url][/b] (Crossover With John Constantine; Featured Music: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQteIvtOPA]Tyler Bates - Frank's Choice[/url])
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4761961]Issue #16: War Pigs Part Four[/url][/b] (Crossover With John Consantine)
[b][url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4762492]Issue #16: War Pigs Finale[/url][/b] (Crossover With John Constantine; FINAL ISSUE OF SEASON ONE)
[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/4772969][b]Issue #17: An Echo of the Past[/b][/url]
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[b]Notable People[/b]
[i]Anthony 'Tony' Gognitti[/i] - A low-level gangster who worked for Vincent 'Vinnie' De Luca, a minor crime lord.
[i]James 'Jimmy' Rossi[/i] - One of the two men who killed Frank's family who worked for Silvio Manfredi.
[i]Nicolas 'Nicky' Francesco[/i] - One of the two men who killed Frank's family who worked for Silvio Manfredi.
[i]Lawrence 'Squid' Loman[/i] - A mid-ranking member of the Manfredi family.
[i]Frankie 'The Bat' Niagara[/i] - A high-ranking member of the Manfredi family.
[i][b]Silvio Manfredi[/b][/i] - The head of the Manfredi crime family.
[i][b]Martin Hidalgo[/b][/i] - Los Angeles' own kingpin.
Nine other members of the Manfredi crime family.
An unnamed assassin who provided Frank with a real challenge at Roscoe Street station (injured).

[b]Shootouts[/b]
[i]Body count of the shootout at the Stardust[/i] - 16 (including Jimmy Rossi).
[i]Body count of the shootout at the Royal Palace[/i] - 41 (including Nicky Francesco and six other members of the Manfredi crime family), 1 injured.
[i]Body count of the shootout at Frank's apartment[/i] - 2 (accidental), 8 injured.
[i]Body count of the shootout at Squid Loman's house[/i] - 7 (including Squid Loman).
[i]Body count of the off-screen shootouts with Manfredi guards[/i] - 36 (including three made men).
[i]Body count of the shootout at Entisen Apartments[/i] - 21 (including Frankie 'The Bat' Niagara).
[i]Body count of the shootout at Manfredi Manor[/i] - 98 (including Silvio Manfredi).
[i]Body count of the fight outside the laundromat[/i] - 7 (6 directly, 1 due to Frank's actions).
[i]Body count of the shootout in the illegal chop shop[/i] - 23
[i]Body count of the raid of Sister June's Hospital[/i] - 8
[i]Body count of the shootout in Warpath[/i] - 24 at Frank's hand, 105 in total
[i]Body count of the shootout at the drug den in Fredericksburg, Texas[/i] - 9
[i]Body count of the shootout in the autoshop[/i] - 3
[i]Body count of the infiltration of Martin Hidalgo's mansion[/i] - 13 (including Martin Hidalgo)
[i]Body count in the last 3 months[/i] - 128
[i]Body count of the shootout in the tea house[/i] - 7

[b]OVERALL BODY COUNT[/b] - 444 dead, 10 injured

[i]And more to come...[/i]
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