Hillan

Naruto: The New World [High-Casual]

Tapo

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Tapo had stayed together with his team for as long as the mission allowed. They had arrived at their mission site without much issue, the pilots staying in the VTOL, leaving the team alone to face what lied ahead. Eita suggested that Tapo and him should search the residential areas, the leaf shinobi accepted that as a good idea, if only because he had no interest in hanging around his fellow Leaf shinobi. He was far too energetic for his taste. It can't be healthy for a Jonin to be so childish, which lead to Tapo having a hard time trusting Shizuka. The girl, Chichiro, was a peculiar one. Deeply religious, sure. But at least not a Jashin-worshipping weirdo. Tapo had dealt with them a couple of years ago, an isolated radical Jashin clan, their priest had managed to reach a state close to immortality - while interesting, it made him quite troublesome to dispatch. Tapo had cut the priest into pieces and spread those pieces around a 50 Kilometer area, after putting them in sealed coffins and digging a four foot hole. Beautiful Roses grew on the grave site, so the Radical at least served some purpose now.

Tapo moved into the residential area, signaling the Jonin from the Stone Empire to scout ahead with his bugs. Tapo didn't know too much about him - most of his files were secret and not something the international taskforce in Amegakure would've shared with Konoha. What he did know was from his Konoha compatriots fighting his kind during the war. They proved to be the Aburame clan's equals in their mastery of lower lifeforms, and while chakra enhanced bugs are just as disgusting as regular bugs, they certainly could be useful.

Tapo drew his Grey Sparrow, the cold blade humming with a white glow from Tapo's chakra flowing through it as Tapo twirled his wrist, his left hand holding one of his Petal Kunai. While creeping silently, he scouted the area. It looked oddly normal.. Not like the evil lair of doom Intel had made him prepare for. Not yet, anyway. Looking around, the duo eventually came upon the journal - with the bugs giving them the all-clear on the immediate danger, Tapo saw it fit to begin looking through the book. Most of the pages were completely undecipherable. Whoever it belonged to must have been a medical shinobi - or a scientist, considering the shitty handwriting. The few pages that were legible, Tapo began deciphering and within a few minutes he had figured out most of the words on the legible pages.

Tapo beganreading out loud, quiet enough to not disturb - but enough for his partner to hear him. As he finished, he had an uneasy look on his face. Nori Kinsei.. He was here? A year ago? That's.. Interesting.. Guy must be ancient. Tapo stated, looking around cautiously. Your scouts picking up anything? I've got a bad feeling about this place. Sword and kunai back at the ready.

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Naruto: The New World [High-Casual]

T A P O H A N A B I R O

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_{Amegakure, Landing Zone | Two nights ago | Squad 2}

Tapo shrugged as he walked off the Vtol. He never did enjoy being carried in these marvelous machines, he'd much rather travel with more natural means, down a stream or on the back of an animal, sadly, Tapo knew full well there was no animal in the world that could keep up with these hovercrafts of Sunagakure design. He hated Amegakure. Not because it always rained - he found that rather refreshing, and he quite enjoyed the more rural areas of the land, but the city - the capital itself was awful. The smog in the air clogged his lungs, it stung in his nose and his eyes and it put him in one really sour mood. He pulled his brown hood up over his face as he walked across the landing pad, waving off the greeting crew.

Tapo had made his own accomidations for the brief, at an apartment complex in a small, crammed dorm room, far less spatious than the hotel rooms that were on offer. But, the apartment had a greenhouse on the roof - an area where Tapo could put in his earbuds, meditate and read his books. He had packed his own food for the next couple of days, before the brief and if it wasn't for the public appearances, protocol and such, he'd rather have stayed home till right before the brief. He wouldn't go outside or make contact with anyone, only moving from the greenhouse to his bed for the next day and a half.

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_{Amegakure, Great Hall | Present | Squad 2}

Tapo was up bright and early. He had done a perimeter sweep before heading in for the brief - not that he was working security but it was a hazard of his way of living. And, he in general didn't trust any of the shinobi from the other nations. A frown was painted on his pale face as he sat down a row further to the front of the rest of his squad - next to his old sensei. Captain Hensei Uchiha, the chief officer of Konoha Intelligence in Amegakure and his immediate superior.

"Tapo, my boy. You're off duty, you don't have to be watching your back like that." Hensei told him with a soft, yet stern smile. "Perceptive as always, Captain." Tapo conceded with a short bow and a pleasant smile.

"It's an occupational hazard, am afraid. How are we looking on security? These situations usually bring trouble with them." Tapo said, sitting down next to Hensei as the Sunagakure jonin was getting ready for the briefing, the room filling up and the brief would start in just a minute.

"Iwagakure patriots caused a barfight last night, butted heads with some of the Mist Mercenaries. We've had a couple duels go down, a few personal squabbles. Noone died. I do appreciate that in these young peace times." Hensei said, his crows feet showing, he brushed his greying black hair out of his face, as he turned his attention to the main stage, listening in on the briefing. He had already gotten his advance copy of the intel, but paid attention out of respect.

"You had best turn around, Tapo, or your new teammates might think you are not present."Hensei told Tapo once the brief came to a close, Tapo smiled and nodded in appreciation. He stood up and walked out of the row once it cleared out, getting closer to the group of three.

"I would be number four. I'm Tapo Hanabiro. Nice to meet you three." He said formally, again nodding politely.

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Like Flash's infinite mass punchline.

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I can't believe you'd do that to Superman. Wtf.

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Naruto: The New World [High-Casual]

Hanabira Tapo

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In time, all flowers shall bloom.

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【Full Name】Hanabira Tapo
【Nickname/Alias】 The Petal Dagger Dancer
Big Brother Tapo
Tapo Ichi
【Gender】Male
【Age】22
【Age Appearance】 Late Teens.
【Sexuality】Bisexual

【Nation】Leaf
【Birthplace】Konoha

【Alignment/Affiliation/Organization】
Loyal to his home but values life, his countrymen's and nature's at the forefront.

【Clan/Bloodline】
Hanabira clan's a rather small clan, a Dozen or so active members in the shinobi corps. Tapo's the only one sent to the New Continent, as he's the one who's gained enough renown. And honed his craft enough to be considered worthy. His clan has boom of children in the post-war time, earning him the nickname "Big brother Tapo".

【Rank】
Special Jounin – Intelligence specialization.
2nd Chief Officer of Intelligence.
Communications Officer.
Head Of Sealing Unit.

【Chakra Nature】
Wind
Latent talents in earth and fire.

【Appearance/Wardrobe】
Tapo stands at 5'10, reasonably tall for his age. A lean and well maintained build at 140 pounds, one would be hard pressed to find any flab on him. His body's notable for it's without scars. Not because he's avoided getting injured, but because he's always taken great care of the wounds he has sustained, to avoid ugly scarring. His dark brown hair reaches slightly further down than his shoulders, tied back into a neat ponytail in the back, leaving the front natural. He's normally seen in earthy, dark colors with mint tints and highlights. He wears a tight top, green over the chest and black over the arms, and a gray coat with his clan's Blossom insignia on, with green stripes on the shoulders. His hands are almost always gloves, regardless of the weather.
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【Personality】
Tapo's a reserved, initially seemingly cold individual. His coolness should not be mistaken for apathy, but rather understood as focus. He's completely dedicated to his craft, be it gardening or Ninjutsu. He values natural life above all – at times even acting harshly against those that will not show nature the respect he thinks it deserves. He's strictly vegetarian, eating only what he himself, or his kin has produced. He's a patriot and loyal to his house without fail, valuing success as a shinobi, but also as a individual – a member of his people and his family. He smiles often, but few have seen him ever laugh. His one outlet is when it comes to wordplay. He throughly enjoy a good pun.

Unlike many other in war time, Tapo kept his head cool, thinking before acting, following orders instead of boasting. Remaining humble instead of reckless. Proving himself as responsible and reliable, a paragon in that regard. He's eccentric and to some, he might seem a bit weird due to his fascination with art and flora, to him, something being 'ugly' is the worst insult he could imagine.
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【History】

Born the oldest of five siblings, his father a soldier in Konoha's armed forces. He grew up in an apartment much too small for their family, he had 18 cousins living in the same stairwell as his family did, leaving the Hanabira clan quite cramped. He learned how to live without much personal space, his mother working as hard as she could to take care of him and his siblings, and soon, once he was old enough, he would help her out. Yet, this belief of never having enough personal space stayed with him – he would frequently run away from home, leaving his mother worried sick. During these runaways, he'd go out into the forests, admiring the beauty of the blooming flowers – and during winter he'd mourn their loss, yet wait patiently for their rebirth and bloom once spring came.

He begun training as a shinobi at six years old, proving a quick study and something of a prodigy when it came to technicalities. He was able to read at a level several years ahead of his age, showing a understanding for concepts most kids his age would be unable to comprehend. His prodigal skills were hampered by his daydreaming, dreaming himself back to the fields with the blooming flowers time and time again. After the academy, he would go out on his own for several hours, exploring nature and the like.

Tapo was nine when he was considered ready for battle, graduating the academy and sent onto his first few missions. Most of them were basic, for even in wartime, Konoha still needed to partake in missions that would net the shinobi village revenue from the rest of the Land Of Fire. War makes the treasury run empty very quickly, after all.

His first time seeing battle was about a year in, fighting warriors from the Empire. Outnumbered and defeated, his squad were shattered. Young Tapo was slashed across the chest and kicked into a river to drown somewhere in the ruins of the Land Of Whirlpools. Sinking he regained consciousness in the nick of time, kicking and paddling his way up to the surface – or what he thought was the surface, rather.

His head popped up in a cavern, what looked like the ruins of an archive. Not ruined because someone had raided it – but ruined because it was unkempt. It's keepers had perished long ago, and the archive had been forgotten in time.

Tapo tended to his wounds his training in medicine paid off, the cavern was sizeable enough to provide him with edible mushrooms and the river he had been left to die in led all the way here, leaving him with ampt fresh water for drinking and sustainability. Yet, the greatest treasure of them all was not the limited means of survival the cavern provided him with – but instead the wellspring of knowledge the archives held.

Once he was strong enough to no longer have to worry about his wound, Tapo begun reading, experimenting and testing his boundaries. Within weeks, he had mastered the basics. Sealing something away and summoning it again. The more he learned, the more he begun understanding about why this place was untouched – how none of the sensory shinobi could find it. It was warded off by some of the most powerful sealing techniques Tapo had ever heard off – seals that were well guarded secrets even during the First Great War. Tapo spent six months underground, presumed dead, like the flowers he so loved as a child. Learning, honing his craft.

He emerged, a few weeks after his 11th Birthday. He spun a tale about how he had been saved by some civilians downstream and he had been suffering from short-term amnesia, and once he recovered his memory he returned home. He lived as an ordinary shinobi, taking small time missions for the foreseeable future, not seeing much combat – spending his off time helping out his family or in his solitude down in the archives. Once he mastered the basics of his craft, getting in and out of the Archive was no obsticle.

He chose to become a sealing specialist by schooling, his personal studies had put him leagues ahead of his young peers, his teachers thinking him a true prodigy in the art – in a way, they were right. Over the next few years, he begun mastering the finer, more intricate uses of his art. When he was 15 – about time for him to be promoted to a chunnin – he was kidnapped by the intelligence forces. The ANBU. They suspected him of being a traitor – a mole, someone who was using a mimic jutsu to look like the young Hanabira, that was the only explanation for his advanced mastery of sealing techniques and abnormal skill with them. Yet, the sensor jutsu they used to check his body for any known transformation techniques failed, so did interrogation. Sure, he did have his secret – but they weren't asking the right question.

They let him go, holding his promotion until they could evaluate if he's a security risk. Getting in contact with the Captain of the ANBU, Tapo explained his situation – he had a secret technique he was carrying, one he couldn't share with his fellow shinobi. While it was weird circumstances – no one of his Clan had a Hiden previously. But the Captain gave the investigators the green light.
'We're shinobi, everyone has their secrets' was the logic that had been given to him.

With it, Tapo began flourishing. Be began displaying what he had learned, proving to be faster than anyone else of his age – traveling long distances in seemingly the blink of an eye. He began showing his mastery of techniques the world hadn't seen in centuries – not since the foundation of the Hidden Leaf.

As his teenage years came to a close, Tapo had become famous as an escort of valuable goods. His speed at delivering parcels, regardless if they were encoded messages or supplies was without equal. His mastery over sealing techniques is unmatched in all of the Leaf, perhaps even the world. With his skills he has fixed the warding in the archives, making it only accessable if one has the 'Key' – A seal of his own creation.

Because of the usefulness of his gimmick, he was both a volounteer and a prime candidate for the Embargo Force of Konoha.

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【Special Traits】
Sealing technique master
One of few Spacetime Ninjutsu Specialists in the world.
Incredibly agile and graceful while posessing masterful dexterity.
Tricky and always willing to fight dirty.
Incredibly scrappy
Superb Chakra Control
Trained and tested intelligence Officer.
Well honed mastery over his Wind Chakra, using it to further his swordsmanship.
Mild Color Blindness in the red spectrum.

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【Equipment/Weapons/Items】

Name of Weapon or Item: Shinobi tools
Description: Kunai, shuriken, paper, pen. Wireless telecommunication device.
Appearance: Strapped to his legs, in his coat, or in his pack.


Name of Weapon or Item: Shoulder Bag
Description: Bag containing premade seals on scrolls, extra shinobi tools and basic first aid kit.
Appearance: medium sized bag with a leather strap.


Name of Weapon or Item: Grey Sparrow
Description: Trench Short Sword
Appearance: The blade of a katana with a trench knife's grip, knuckle dusters attached to the crossguard, making it a viable weapon even in hand-to-hand.


Name of Weapon or Item: Blooming Petal Blossom Daggers
Description: A series of 10 identical kunai with a modified cross-guard and with a seal attached to the handle. These daggers count as beacons, to be used with his Blooming Petal Blossom technique. Dagger 2 – 6 is with his mother and siblings. Dagger 1's on his person, while the others are stored in a summon-able scroll in his shoulder bag.
Appearance: A extra long kunai with a petal shaped crossguard, a small green gemstone sits in the middle of the crossguard.
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【Jutsu】

Canon Jutsu

Wind Techniques:
Flying Swallow Techniqe
Vacuum Sphere
Vacuum Wave

Sealing Techniques:
Enclosing Technique
Unsealing Technique
Four Symbols Seal
Combined Summoning Technique
Summoning Technique

Food Cart Destroyer Technique
Contract Seal

String Light Formation
Multiple String Light Formation
Chakra Draining Seal
Blooming Petal Blossom; Beautiful Foundation
Finger Carving Technique
Four Violet Flames Formation
Sealing Technique Trap
Blooming Blossom Twin Petal
Five Seal Barrier
Barrier: Canophy Method Formation

Custom Jutsu

Name of Technique: Blooming Petal Blossom
Type of Jutsu: Space Time Ninjutsu, Sealing technique
Rank:A
Range:Any
Nature Type: N/A
Description: His bastardization of the Flying Thunder God Technique. It achieves basically the same thing. Momentum's about a tenth of that of the real deal – Tapo found his own reflexes to be incapable of handling the full throttle of the real technique. Except the speed, his technique's almost identical to the Second Hokage's original, except his seal cannot be applied to other living things. Everytime he teleports he activates a seal on his body, usually located on his arms. Turning the seal, it glows as he teleports, leaving behind green rose petals. Tapo is able to travel alone or with a companion / target, all though the more people he bring, the more taxing on his chakra reserves.

Name of Technique: Blooming Petal Blossom; Flight Of The Sparrow
Type of Jutsu: Space Time Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu.
Rank:A
Range:Close - Medium
Nature Type: Wind
Description:Coating his sword with the flying sparrow technique, Topa slashes at his opponent once, throws one of his special kunai into the opponent's blindspot, and with the same hand he threw activates a seal on his swordarm, making him teleport in the middle of a swing – letting him hit an opponent from two different angles at once.

Name of Technique: Petal Seed Technique
Type of Jutsu: Sealing Technique, Supplementary
Rank:C
Range:Self
Nature Type: N/A
Description:Creating the seals he need to trigger with his Blooming Petal technique, applying them to his own body. Arms and sometimes torso, each ' standard' seal takes up 20 Centimeters in diameter. A longer distance seal, such as between villages, requires drastically more space and intricate seal. If he was to sustain an injury upon the seal, they are broken and cannot be used. He most often keep four seals on him, two on each forearm for ease of access, but he can fit a grand total of 12 on his arms, shoulders and torso, binding them to his teleportation technique.

Name of Technique: Elemental Sealing Method
Type of Jutsu: Sealing Technique, utility.
Rank:B
Range:Close
Nature Type: Whichever the element that is applied to the technique has.
Description: Tapo uses an allies, or his own – if the scroll is to be primed for Wind element. His siblings have each helped him prime one scroll for each, as they all handily have unique chakra natures.

Name of Technique: String Light Layer Trap Technique
Type of Jutsu: Sealing, Trap, Utility
Rank:B
Radius: Up to 20 meters
Nature Type: N/A
Description:
Effectively someone laying layers of String Light Trap Technique upon each other, mimicing the effects of the Multiple String Light technique, but can be done solo. Incredibly effective at limiting one, or several opponents movements if the technique remains hidden until activation.

Name of Technique: Whirlpool Seal; Mystic Ally
Type of Jutsu: Utility, Sealing
Rank:B
Range:Melee
Nature Type: Any
Description:
Tapo and an ally seal a technique into the other person, same principle as the Elemental Sealing technique. Person A uses the technique into the scroll, Tapo transfers the technique from the scroll onto the person who shall wear the seal, regardless if it's Tapo himself or an ally. The seal takes the form of a whirlpool tattoo, a soft glow indicating the nature of the chakra stored inside of the seal. The seal is triggered by tracing one's finger around the whirlpool, making the jutsu cast with the stored chakra, at no cost to the person wearing the seal, allowing an ally to use a technique outside of their chakra nature, or specialization.

Techniques that rely on a non-nature kekkei genkai are outside of the scope of this technique. The technique can only transfer chakra, not other biological differences. To clarify, one could store a Lava release technique, but not a Sharingan Genjutsu.

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Did you say Three.
It's worth noting I'mma be knocking out the first one in my first, maybe second post, and just about every other arc I've written down below's possible for a crossover. Some of them probably require it.

Red Hood

Hillan proudly announces

R E D H O O D

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T H E O U T L A W

^{"Putting criminals in prison doesn't work. Putting them six feet under gets the job done."}

^{Jason Peter Todd | Jason Of Locksley | Red Hood | The Outlaw | 11th January 1990 ( 28 ) | Antihero | Burned Spy | Solo / Reserve}

A P P E A R A N C E
^{"I look good in red."}

S T O M P I N G G R O U N D S

^{" But there are some crimes - sins - even Gotham can't wash away."}

New Jersey / East Coast.

P O W E R S

^{"I beat death. Think you stand a chance?"}

Jason is a prime example of a human at their full physical and mental potential. He's stronger than an olympic athlete and smarter than most polymaths. While his attributes puts him off the charts for normal people and into the extraordinary, he is after all just Human. Having been brought back to life might have arguably enhanced his metabolism to their peak values, but it's almost impossible to know for sure.

W E A K N E S S E S

^{"That scar's my favorite."}

Jason Peter Todd is human. He bleeds if he's cut, and he'll die if he's shot enough times. While dying the first time didn't take, he probably will not come back a second time.

Jason's an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, but even in that regard he has his weaknesses. He's a sub-par swordsman, able to use a knife with great ease, but once people start swinging Katanas or sabres, he's left with little more than instinct and intuition.

His left flank's noticeably weaker than his right, partly because he was right handed for most of his life, but also due to a motorcycle accident in his teenage years.
He's a bit of a hothead and might act rashly, resulting in him using his fists in situations where his brains are his greater weapon.

S K I L L S

^{"It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears for me to get this far. Mostly others blood."}

Hand-To-Hand:
Krav Maga, Jujitsu, Karate and Kickboxing are all martial arts Jason has mastered over his life. He's also highly skilled in the Russian grappling art of systema as well as one mean son of a bitch with a knife in his hand. Jason's skills are the product of a lifetime spent on the streets of the east coast's most urban environments in the prescience of his father's gang. His constitution was hardened by the U.S Army Rangers, and then the CIA and ARGUS. And when one lifetime ended, he was reborn into the ranks of the All Caste, whom provided him with skills which would rival those of the League Of Assassins.

Marksmanship:
Todd turned out to be a natural sniper, and that's what got him into the special forces to begin with. His high intellect makes itself known when it comes to precision shooting, and while doing a 12 variable equation in the middle of a hotzone's fun and all, Jason prefers to get in close with an automatic rifle and a handgun.

Survival Skills:
When you are burned, you have nobody. He's learned how to take care of himself ever since he was young, becoming a member of the military enhanced the urban survival skills he had fostered on the road. He's a tested and true tracker, hunter and user of first-aid and basic and some advanced survival techniques.

Intelligence:
Jason's IQ's only overshadowed by his bench press. He posses a natural understanding of mathematics and problem solving, able to perform complex calculations on the fly. He's trained in spycraft, interrogation techniques and gathering intel have all become second nature to him. He's got a bachelor's in criminology, something his father made sure of before he was even 15.

Mystical Knowledge:
Jason has a rudimentary understanding, knowledge and experience of magic. Ducra would try to teach him her ways of how to manipulate the forces one couldn't see. Bend reality to one's will. While Jason saw the appeal, it was something he recognized he had no natural talent for and has no combat applications of the arts. Instead focused on learning how to deal with those that do have the talent he didn't.

Misc. Spycraft:
Jason's an excellent liar, conman and overall quite a grifter. Intelligence and counter intelligence is all a bit of a cat and mouse game for Mr. Todd. He's known to forge ID's, take on new identities or work out a number of different foils to reach his goals. He's got a long list of contacts in the intelligence community - even though most think him to still be dead.

The Biker Prince Of Gotham:
Willy Todd's one of the more ruthless - albeit not successful criminals in Gotham's history. An enforcer turned captain of a motorcycle club, Willis made the road his stomping grounds, and Jason's inherited that from his father. He's an excellent rider of most motorcycles, as well as cars. Prefer American muscle over imports. He's a talented and well trained mechanic, maker of ammunition, mostly slugs and pistol rounds and able to make most basic explosives used in urban gang warfare. Not to mention a wealth of knowledge of the criminal underworld.

Equipment

^{"Knives don't need reloading."}

Weapons: Jason has multiple caches across the east coast setup with military grade weaponry, and therefor can gear up for almost any situation with fairly short notice. Though, at any given moment, he'll be carrying a handgun, three knives, a snub-nosed revolver and a sawed off one-handed shotgun. A couple of explosives are most likely on his person, as well.

Armor:
Jason's jacket is made out of top quality carbon fiber, making it lighter, but just as durable as Kevlar. He wears a stabvest under his jacket and shirt. His gloves have titanium studded knuckles, while having carbon fiber reinforced portions, same goes for his pants and boots, making his ensemble about as durable as a fully armored SWAT officer.

Ballistic Hood:
The 'crown' of the leader of the Red Hood gang. Once upon a time, it was just a plexiglass cylindric helmet, but over the life of Jason's father, he changed the look of the Hood. The last hood Willis had made was a Next Gen Ballistic Keval-Carbon Fiber hybrid, capable of deflecting a rifle round at close range. The Hood's currently in possession of the one Jackson Adams, the acting captain of the Red Hood gang.

B I O G R A P H Y

^{"My name is Jason Todd. Or better known to the NSA, CIA, Homeland Security, FBI, KGB, Mossad and Interpol as the Red Hood."}

To tell the story of Jason Todd, one have to start with his father, John William "Willy" Todd. John was a small time criminal with big ambitions, he was hired muscle of the Gotham Mob by the time of Jason's conception. While his bride-for-the-night wanted to have an abortion, Willy made sure she didn't. Having an offspring filled the man with motivation and he carved his own path as the leader of a motorcycle club, starting the Red Devils, a chapel of Hell's Angels, and when Jason was born his mother wanted nothing to do with the child - more focused on getting her next shot of Heroin.

Jason was Willy's price. His legacy, and he taught everything he knew to the boy. As Jason grew, so did Willy's reach, by the time Jason was a toddler, Willy's gang was one of the biggest up and comers in Gotham. Jason took after his father in most aspects, yet it became clear pretty early that Willy held something other than just pride in the boy. Perhaps it was when the boy was better at Math than him, and only 7 years old. Or perhaps it was how Jason taught himself how to speak Spanish in one summer at 8. He began to feel a sense of dread towards the boy. This caused Willy to turn abusive towards Jason, beating him to 'make him strong' and teaching him that there's only two things to fear in the world. 'God and me, Boy.' Willy would tell him.

Jason grew up a criminal. Petty crimes at the start, but by the time he was 15 he was the prince of crime in the East Coast. People in the Suicide Slum, Crime alley and Queens knew, and feared the red-haired boy. His life took it's first big turn when he was 16. He and a couple of fellow young members of the Red Hood Gang, as it now had become known, were doing their first big score on their own.

Robbing a jewerly store. One of the other guys shot the guard and Jason got pinched making their escape. When held by the local PD, a man in a ten thousand dollar suit and almost as expensive sunglasses walked into the room and took over the line of questioning. He flashed his badge to the cops and disconnected the cameras in the interrogation room. The specifics of what was said in the room are unclear to this day. Only that he was impressed with the young man Most of what happened afterwards in Jason's life's classified.

It's known that he didn't set foot in Gotham for almost ten years afterwards. He's seen in a couple of photos of U.S Rangers basic training. He's named in some redacted reports about fire fights in Afghanistan, and it's known he did two tours in the middle east, once as a Ranger and once as part of some form of special operations. In between the two, he also spent a year in South America working against the Cartels down there, potentially working for the CIA.

During his second tour in the middle east, 3 years ago, Jason and his squad got involved in a local heroin smuggling ring and for reasons unclear to them at the time, they were all burned, and lost all of their safety net from the U.S Government. He and the rest of his unit was KIA by a suicide bomber near to the border of Iraq. Jason Todd was buried in a empty coffin at the Gotham National Cemetary, like his fellow Gothamites who died in the line of duty. His body had never been recovered and news spread of the young soldier's demise. Willy had a heart attack and began retiring from his life of crime soon after the news of Todd's demise.

Jason Todd was dead. But his story wasn't finished and fate had more left for the young man. He woke up in a pool of sickly green water, every part of his body feeling like it was on fire. He screamed, and he ran. He doesn't recall much else about the first few days. His first memories come from waking up in a dark room, one lone candle burning at the far end of the room, where a very old woman sat, watching the flame as if it represented his life.

She was Ducra, Ducra of the All Caste. And she was his savior.
He spent the next three years in Ducra's care. Learning from her, honing his skills to a level he couldn't have imagined before. News of his father's passing has drawn him out of his 'hiding' and back into the realm of the living. He has a birthright to claim and more than a few wrongs to right.

Story Arcs

^{"I'm taking back what's mine."}

Heavy Is The Head That Bears The Hood: Coming back from the dead, Jason heads to New Jersey as 'Jason Locksley', where the Red Hood gang are said to currently be doing their business. He has a homecoming to attend to. A Birthright to claim, and probably a war or two to get into. Jackson doesn't give him the warmest of welcomes.

My name is Jason Todd, and I used to be a spy: Cole Cash gets in contact with Jason. Cole's a fellow ranger who figured out something was awry about the way Jason was pronounced dead. Cole has a problem Jason's the only one who can solve.

The Losers: Finding out his squad's demise in the Middle East wasn't the random act of a group of Taliban, but rather a conspiracy lead by a rogue agent. Jason reconnects with some people in the intelligence community, outing himself as still being alive and trying to find out why he was burned.

Red Hood's Outlaws:
Jason sets up his base of operations as his 'mercenary unit with morals', turning the Red Hood Gang into an international mercenary outfit hellbent on preventing crime by taking control of it. He'll have to deal with non-believers and loyalists to the ways of his father, and Jackson, the previous Captain.

The One Who Made You:
Essence, a fellow member of the All Caste finds Jason and tells him that the All Caste has been destroyed, that he's the only chance at saving Ducra and preventing the Caste from collapsing. They go to the pocket dimension of the All Caste and fight their way through the undead forces of The Untitled.

Always bet on red:
Roulette scouts him for one of her 'games'.

Worst. Heroes. Ever.
Rick Flag approaches Jason and forces him to work with The Suicide Squad on a mission.

Never Meet Your Heroes - you might have to shoot them.
The world's coming to an end. Jason has to join up with the Justice League to lend his aid. Leads to his first real act of heroism and it might pave the way for him scraping the 'anti' off his Hero card.

Supporting Characters

^{"Some of these people I like. The others will soon be dead."}

Allies:

Ducra:
The closest thing to a mother Jason had. Ducra taught him ways to calm his soul after his resurrection, putting to rest many of his aggressions he had in his previous life. Well, putting to rest is quite the stretch. She helped him channel them into something more useful.

Essence:
A fellow member of the All Caste. She, unlike Jason had quite the knack for magic and uses it to get in touch with the Shadow Force of the Dark Zone. She uses these abilities to bend shadows to her will, energy projection, telepathy and teleportation, amongst others. She and Jason had a romance during their time together and she's more than a little upset that Jason chose to leave the All Caste.

The All Caste:
A counterweight to the league of assassins. The two have always existed and it's impossible to know which was the first. They both draw their power from mysticism and tradition, but while the League focuses on shifting the world, the All Caste's focused on protecting the spiritual side of the world. They guard the veil and protect the souls that linger there. They are sworn enemies of The Untitled.

Sasha Scarlet:
Fellow street urchin and member of the Red Hood gang. She and Jason were an item before Jason got pinched and left the gang behind. Now that he's back, they've rekindled their once upon a time love.

Rose Wilson - Batgirl:
Jason Todd met Rose Wilson while the Ravager was ravaging the human trafficking rings and drug cartels of South America. Despite Todd carrying a badge, the pair came to an agreement with Todd often watching Rose’s back with a .50 caliber sniper rifle while the Ravager literally cut the cartel down. Apparently violence and a love of big guns caused romance to blossom between the pair and they spent more nights than not with their legs tied up in knots. While as hot as a fire, the relationship only only burned bright for a short time before being snuffed out as both Jason and Rose parted ways for their respective destinies. Jason also had a run-in with her father in the middle east, when the Terminator aided his unit shortly before his demise.

Cole Cash - Grifter:
Cole and Jason got to know each other during Jason's first tour in the middle east. They were both rangers of about the same age and ended up getting along quite nicely. Cole was also a quick thinker and someone who had been faced with the choice of joining the army or rotting in jail. Jason made it clear that he believed in doing a little bad to serve the greater good, which made Cole give him the nickname 'Locksley' - a name that has stuck.

Franklin Clay:
A senior ranger and CIA agent and was Jason's partner in South America during their anti Cartel work.

Rick Flag:
Jason's CO during his time in the Ranger's and his mentor after scouting him for the CIA. The extent of their relationship's classified. Currently working for ARGUS.

Enemies

The Untitled:
A Primordial syndicate of evil beings of an ancient race Ducra's a part of. Sworn enemies of the All Caste and hellbent on destroying it, bringing chaos to the world.

The Jokers:
A Gang of thugs centered in Gotham, but have chapters all along the East Coast, being inspired by the Clown Prince Of Crime in Gotham. They're the prime rivals of the Red Hood Gang.

Richard Swift:
The Shade's one of the people working for The Untitled. He and Essence uses the Dark Zone as the source of their power, giving them similar abilities, while Swift's mastery far exceed's Essence's.

Roulette:
Famous assassin, playmaker and bussinesswoman extraordinare.

Manchester Black:
What happens when a psychopath discovers they have Telepathy and Telekinesis? Manchester Black, is what happens. Cole Cash's a long-term enemy of Manchester Black and so will Jason become.

Deathblow:
Michael Cray's one of his former squadmates who betrayed his unit, causing the death of everyone but Jason.

MAX: The unknown agent who was behind Jason's Burn Notice.

Additional Notes

^{"It's in my file."}

Religion: Jason's a catholic. Quite devout at that. His home church is St.Mary's in New Jersey, where he's been going since he was a child.

Military Alias: His call sign during his time in spec. ops was 'Locksley'.

He likes the Justice league and their individual members. He owns more than a couple Superman T-shirts.

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