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[u][b]Name:[/b][/u] 
[indent]Charles Victor Szasz
Victor Sage[/indent]
[u][b]Alias:[/b][/u] 
[indent]The Question[/indent]
[u][b]Age:[/b][/u]
[indent]31[/indent]
[u][b]Personality:[/b][/u]
[indent]Eccentric ? Paranoid ? Determined ? Aloof ? Snarky[/indent]
[u][b]Archetype:[/b][/u]
[indent]Gadgeteer[/indent]
[u][b]Powers:[/b][/u]
[indent]N/A[/indent]
[u][b]Skills/Gadgets:[/b][/u]
[indent][b]Martial Artist[/b] - Having trained under Richard Dragon, the world's foremost martial artist, the Question is a skilled martial artist capable of taking on multiple targets in a head on fight. To top it off, however, he's not exactly one to play [i]fair[/i]. He frequently uses dirty tactics and things within his environment to give himself even more of an edge against his foes.

[b]Investigator Extraordinaire[/b] - Noted as one of the world's finest detectives, the Question has sharpened his investigative skills like a knife, able to spot vital clues and make informed deductions off of them. His unorthodox mindset also allows him to come to conclusions others would have failed to. On top of this, he is skilled with hacking, able to crack the toughest of systems if given enough time.

[b]Grappling Hook[/b] - A grappling hook designed by Rodor which allows the Question to scale large distances and tall buildings with the pull of a trigger.[/indent]
[u][b]Weaknesses:[/b][/u]
[indent][b]Only Human, After All[/b] - The Question has no powers to speak of. He still needs to eat, drink, and sleep and cannot shrug off blades, bullets, or blunt force. Every hit will hurt and taking on a metahuman in a head on fight will likely end with his maiming, crippling, or death.

[b]My Reputation Precedes Me[/b] - The Question is a well known crackpot and conspiracy theorist, often leading to a tainted opinion for people coming into meeting him with prior knowledge of his exploits. Few would ally with him outside of a League environment, even fewer trust him in one, and only a small amount of people actually like him.[/indent]
[u][b]Former Team Affiliation:[/b][/u]
[indent]N/A[/indent]
[u][b]Background Hero:[/b][/u]
[indent]Captain Atom[/indent]
[u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u]
[indent][url=https://i.postimg.cc/xd3ZHMYH/vic2.png]Vic Sage[/url] has ginger hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. A tattered suit and tie conceals his well-built form, with a height of 6'2 and weight of 189 pounds. As [url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/question_cover.jpg]the Question[/url], his appearance evokes that of a film noir detective: suit, trenchcoat, fedora, with a faceless visage to conceal his identity. His normally red hair is dyed black using the same gaseous compound that binds the mask to his face.[/indent]
[u][b]Potential Storylines:[/b][/u]
[indent][b]Cry Of The Banshee[/b] - An old foe from the Question's past, notorious gangster Maxwell "The Banshee" Bine, resurfaces in Metropolis looking to take over the city's criminal underworld by force. With an army of mobsters at the Banshee's side, the Question must enlist the help of the Justice League to take him down once and for all.

[b]The Happening In Metropolis[/b] - Children have been disappearing in Metropolis, abducted from their homes in the dead of night. The Question takes it on himself to investigate, discovering that the culprits behind these kidnappings are members of a cult known as the Serpent's Order, who are looking to sacrifice the kids in an attempt to summon a powerful demon.

[b]Cadmus Unveiled[/b] - More disappearances have been occurring in several major US cities; all the victims have been metahumans. Vic plans to report the case but finds himself stonewalled by shady officials who show up to the Daily Planet's office. It's up to the Question to investigate these disappearances and the government's connections to them, but how deep does the conspiracy go?[/indent]
[u][b]BRIEF Bio:[/b][/u]
[indent]Charles Victor Szasz was born in Hub City to a destitute mother who worked as a prostitute to support herself and her son. At age 7, Charlie's mother was murdered and he was placed into a home for destitute children, which he was promptly kicked out of at the age of 18. After a short while on the streets, he was taken in by Aristotle "Tot" Rodor, a chemistry professor at the local university. Pulling some strings, Tot managed to get Charlie into college, where the young man changed his name to Vic Sage and majored in communications.

Fresh out of college, he got a job at The Hub City Gazette, Hub City's premiere newspaper. For a while, Vic was comfortable in his position but was troubled by Hub City's crime and corruption. He needed a way to do something about it beyond his job; that came in his mentor Tot, who needed help with a former colleague, Arby Twain, who was looking to illegally sell one of their inventions, Pseudoderm, an artificial skin that was meant to be used as a bandage. Vic agreed to help Tot out and take down Twain's operation, with Tot designing him a mask using Pseudoderm. Needless to say, Vic succeeded. His next target: the Gospel of Sinners, Hub City's resident crime syndicate.

A year ago, the Question was brutally beaten by Lady Shiva, who was hired at the time by the Sinners. After taking a bullet to the head and a dip in the icy Hubert River, Vic was saved by the very woman who beat the life out of him and sent off to train under Richard Dragon. Under Dragon's tutelage, Vic learned martial arts and took on his mentor's Zen philosophy. After returning to Hub City ten months later, Vic dismantled the Gospel of Sinners' organization, accomplishing what he had set out to do five years prior when he began his career. Now, he has joined the Justice League, moving from his native Hub City to Metropolis and taking on a new day job at the Daily Planet.[/indent]
[u][b]Notes:[/b][/u]
[indent][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woACkuH7sVo]Character Theme [Ruthless (Reprise) - Amon Tobin][/url][/indent]
[u][b]Sample Post: [/b][/u]
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It's raining.

Four men inside the shack. From outside the window the Question can hear the occasional mumbled curse, sometimes barks of laughter. He feels his muscles tense beneath his trenchcoat, the knot of excitement in his stomach rising. In just a moment, he will do violence, or maybe have violence done to him. He might die. But in this moment, he is [i][b]alive[/b][/i].

The door crumbles into splinters at the force of his foot. The poker game ceases as the four men all jump to their feet. The Question steps over the broken door and into the shack, cracking his knuckles. [color=cadetblue][b]"You have a flash drive. I want it,"[/b][/color] he says as he continues his stride forward.

One of the thugs, a well built man with red hair, chuckles. [b]"Fellas, I don't think he really wants it. Do you think he wa-"[/b] His words are cut short by a fist to his face which sends him reeling back and into the CRT television they had set up, the TV falling onto the man's head. The Question blocks a punch and follows up with a sharp jab to his attacker's throat, sending the man to the floor as he coughs and sputters for air. He ducks beneath an attempted tackle, throwing the man over his shoulders and onto the ground. A quick stomp to the charger's face and he's out for the count.

The last man standing raises his hands. [b]"Goddamn! Don't hurt me man, please!"[/b] The Question steps forward and grabs him by his shirt collar, gazing deep into the man's eyes.

[color=cadetblue][b]"You have five seconds to tell me where the flash drive is before I break every bone in your body. Starting with the fingers."[/b][/color]

[b]"I-it's in a safe in the back! I'll unlock it for you."[/b] Question drags the man over to a door and pushes him forward. The man produces a key and unlocks it, before stepping inside and heading to the safe. He spins the dial a few times before it cracks open, revealing stacks of money. On the top of a band of hundred dollar bills sits a small thumb drive which the man grabs and hands over to the vigilante.

[b]"I'm probably gonna get hurt bad for doing this... At least tell me who the hell you are."[/b]

[color=cadetblue][b]"Good question,"[/b][/color] he says, before knocking the thug out with a single punch.
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