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[color=lightcyan]M O O N  K N I G H T[/color][/center]
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[color=lightcyan][sup][i]"I was given a second chance. Don't know why. All I know is that I need to do my best to make sure it counts for something."[/i][/sup][/color][/CENTER][table][row][/row][row][cell][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color]
[color=lightcyan]C H A R A C T E R   P O R T R A I T[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][img]https://i.ibb.co/hFmY3bKt/marc.png[/img]
[sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y[/color]
[color=lightcyan]C H A R A C T E R   S U M M A R Y[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
[sub][COLOR=lightcyan]Marc Spector[/COLOR]
[color=lightgreen]Steven Grant[/color]
[color=lightcoral]Jake Lockley[/color]
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[COLOR=darkgray]Karnak Cowboys (formerly)[/COLOR]   [b]|[/b]   [COLOR=darkgray]Jewish-American[/COLOR][/sub][/center]
[indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] A B I L I T I E S ,  S K I L L S  &  T O O L S[/color]
[color=lightcyan]A B I L I T I E S ,  S K I L L S  &  T O O L S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
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[indent][sub][b][color=lightcyan]   A B I L I T I E S[/color][/b][/sub]
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[COLOR=darkgray][color=lightcyan][b]◼ N/A[/b][/color]
Marc doesn't possess any metahuman or mutant abilities. At least it seems that way...[/color][/sup][/indent]
[indent][sub][b][color=lightcyan]   T O O L (S)[/color][/b][/sub]
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[COLOR=darkgray][color=lightcyan][b]◼ MOON KNIGHT ARMOR[/b][/color] 
A form fitting black jumpsuit padded with kevlar and white armored breastplate, gauntlets, and boots. A black face mask and white hooded cloak completes the ensemble, with the cloak doubling as a glider.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ COMMS EARPIECE[/b][/color] 
An earpiece in Marc's left ear that allows him to communicate with DuChamp.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ CRESCENT DARTS[/b][/color] 
Small darts in the shape of a crescent moon, flung at criminals to disarm and disorient them.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ TRUNCHEON[/b][/color]
A decently sized baton that can be broken down into two smaller clubs held together by a chain. The chain within is also deceptively long, able to be used as a grappling hook if Marc needs it.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ HELICOPTER[/b][/color]
Mostly piloted by DuChamp, though Marc occasionally takes it for a spin. It's a plain and nondescript helicopter capable of seating four passengers and two pilots. What, did you expect it to be moon themed too?[/color][/sup]
[sub][b][color=lightcyan]   S K I L L (S)[/color][/b][/sub]
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[COLOR=darkgray][color=lightcyan][b]◼ MARTIAL ARTS[/b][/color]
Marc is a trained martial artist, skilled in Krav Maga and Judo as well as traditional boxing.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ MARKSMANSHIP[/b][/color]
A trained soldier, Marc is skilled with all sorts of firearms and even some heavy duty machine guns and artillery. He's also skilled with thrown weapons such as his crescent darts.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ INVESTIGATION[/b][/color]
With a keen eye and clever deduction skills, Marc is able to crack cases that would leave most men stumped.
[color=lightcyan][b]◼ PILOTING[/b][/color]
Marc is skilled in operating various land, water, and aerial vehicles, though he prefers to let DuChamp fly the chopper.[/color][/sup]
[sub][b][color=lightcyan]   T A L E N T (S)[/color][/b][/sub]
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[COLOR=darkgray][color=lightcyan][b]◼ PAIN TOLERANCE[/b][/color] 
Marc was built tough. Over the years, he's gone through severe injuries that would leave most men down for the count, but not Marc. He gets back up and he takes even more punishment.[/color][/sup]
[color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider][/INDENT][indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C A S T[/color]
[color=lightcyan]C A S T[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
[indent][hider=][indent][sub][b][color=lightcyan]   A L L I E S[/color][/b][/sub]
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[COLOR=darkgray][color=white][b]◼ KHONSHU[/b][/color] - Marc's patron, the Egyptian god of the moon and vengeance. 
[color=olive][b]◼ JEAN-PAUL "FRENCHIE" DUCHAMP[/b][/color] - Marc's best friend and loyal partner in his crusade as Moon Knight.
[color=khaki][b]◼ BERTRAND CRAWLEY[/b][/color] - An old vagrant that keeps his ear to the streets to feed info to Jake. (Upcoming)
[color=plum][b]◼ GENA LANDERS[/b][/color] - Owner of Gena's Diner in the Wedge, Jake's favorite hole in the wall. (Upcoming)
[color=orange][b]◼ ISIDORE "IZZY" O'TOOLE[/b][/color] - Mr. Knight's police informant, a detective who once worked alongside Hub City's previous vigilante the Question.
[color=palevioletred][b]◼ LAYLA EL-FAOULY[/b][/color] - Marc's former lover and mercenary partner. (Deceased)
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[sub][b][color=lightcyan]   E N E M I E S[/color][/b][/sub]
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[color=darkgray][color=red][b]◼ RAOUL BUSHMAN[/b][/color] - A ruthless mercenary and the man who killed Marc, indirectly creating Moon Knight. (Upcoming)
[color=white][b]◼ GERALD HOOPER[/b][/color] - A psychopathic plastic surgeon who carved off women's faces to put on a woman he had captured. (Deceased)
[color=slategray][b]◼ ANTON MOGART/MIDNIGHT MAN[/b][/color] - An art collector turned serial art thief who steals priceless paintings to add to his own collection.[/color][/sup][/indent]
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[color=lightcyan]P O S T  C A T A L O G U E[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup]
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[indent][sub][b][color=lightcyan]   V O L  1 :  W E L C O M E  T O  T H E  H U B[/color][/b][/sub]
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[color=lightcyan][b]Issue #1:[/b][/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5631907]Eyes Without A Face Part One[/url]
[color=lightcyan][b]Issue #2:[/b][/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5633116]Eyes Without A Face Part Two[/url]
[color=lightcyan][b]Interlude #1:[/b][/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5635256]Dreams[/url]
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[/hider][/indent][/cell][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] T H E   S T O R Y   S O   F A R...[/color]
[color=lightcyan]T H E   S T O R Y   S O   F A R...[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Born to a rabbi in Hub City, Illinois, Marc Spector was raised to be a good man, one who sought to solve conflicts with words and not violence, one who studied the Torah and believed wholeheartedly in his God. He doesn't know where it all went wrong, but maybe it started with the visions of two boys named [color=lightgreen][b]Steven[/b][/color] and [b][color=lightcoral]Jake[/color][/b], two identities that would become part of his own. At the age of 12 he was interred at the Putnam Psychiatric Hospital in rural Illinois, where he would stay until he was 19. His father passed away then and Marc was allowed to leave the hospital to attend the funeral. At the memorial service in his childhood home, he took the chance to sneak off into the night.

Enlisting in the Marine Corps, Marc served for three years in Syria where he saw combat in war torn urban environments and out in the desert. However, he was prone to episodes where he would wander off in the middle of the night, eventually being found wandering in a minefield without any clothes on. His commanding officers did some digging into his past and discovered his time at Putnam. As soon as this was discovered, Spector was dishonorably discharged and was going to be put on a plane back to Illinois where he'd be put back in Putnam. Marc did the obvious thing and went AWOL.

Acting as a gun for hire mostly and occasionally partaking in underground fight rings, Marc drifted around throughout Syria and the surrounding countries for a year before he was found by [color=olive][b]Jean-Paul "Frenchie" DuChamp[/b][/color], a fellow mercenary who became his partner. The two traveled all over Africa and the Middle East, partaking in many paramilitary operations.

Three months ago, they met a man named [color=sienna][b]Raoul Bushman[/b][/color], the leader of a mercenary group operating in Africa. Marc and Frenchie joined up with him for a job investigating an archaeological dig site on the border of Sudan and Egypt. There, they found that an ancient Egyptian tomb had been uncovered with riches unlike anyone had ever seen. The head archaeologist, Peter Alraune, pleaded with the mercenaries not to disturb the site. In response, Bushman gunned him down. He was going to do the same to the rest of the dig crew when Marc sucker punched him. In the chaos, Alraune's daughter Marlene and a few of the dig crew managed to escape. Bushman shot Marc in the chest before going on to execute the members of the crew that hadn't been able to escape.

As night fell, the mercenaries left the dead and the dying behind. Marc crawled his way into the ruins, where he found himself beneath a statue of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon.

Marc died in the tomb beneath the statue.

[color=white][b]Rɪꜱᴇ, ᴍʏ Fɪꜱᴛ.[/b][/color]

And then he lived again.

Donning a white robe, Marc set off after Bushman and his men. He assaulted the town they were terrorizing and made short work of Bushman's mercenaries. After rendezvousing with DuChamp and Marlene, Marc found that Bushman was long gone with no trail left behind to follow. He offered to escort Marlene back to the States, the young woman accepting but deciding that it was the farthest she would go with Spector, as she blamed him partially for her father's death and as such wanted nothing to do with him.

The trio returned to America, Marlene taking her leave and walking out of Marc and Frenchie's lives for good. The two men found themselves in Marc's hometown of Hub City, barely recovering from a devastating societal collapse the year prior. Marc, plagued by visions of Khonshu, was driven to vigilantism by his patron's desire to watch over the travelers of the night. Donning the guise of [color=lightcyan][b]Moon Knight[/b][/color], Marc stalks the streets of Hub City with DuChamp as his faithful pilot and companion, while Marc's alters Steven and Jake build a fortune and gather intel on the streets respectively.
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[INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )[/color]
[color=lightcyan]P L O T ( S )   &   G O A L ( S )[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]________________________________________________________________________________________[/sup]
[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]The thing that got me hooked on Moon Knight wasn't a comic book or even the Disney Plus show, it was actually a run in one of these various DC/Marvel crossover games by our beloved Hound55. His Moon Knight run in Master Bruce's [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/172886-closed-ultimate-one-universe-season-one/ic]Ultimate One Universe[/url] intrigued me and led me to checking out more of the character in the comics and I fell in love. If the Question is my favorite DC hero, Moon Knight is easily my favorite Marvel hero. I've only ever written him very briefly in a previous game, so I'll have to find my footing there, but I hope to do a good job with it.

I don't have much in the way of an overarching plot beyond Marc's eventual rematch with Bushman, intending to do a fairly episodic and serialized run where Moon Knight will tackle everything from bank robbers and mobsters to vampires and werewolves. I'm setting him in Hub City so that I can be relatively self-contained, but I do hope to see Marc occasionally travel to other cities or have other heroes come to the Hub for the sake of crossovers. In regards to Hub City's usual vigilante, one can assume he's off traveling the country as per my previous concept, and the events of Denny O'Neil's run of the Question occurred in some form which led to the city collapsing in on itself and only just recently regaining a semblance of law and order.

Also, I'm taking Marlene out of the picture because honestly, I just don't really find her that interesting. Sue me.[/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table][hr][/COLOR][/INDENT]
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