Thunderbolt
Jason Rowly
Alias: Thunderbolt
Age: 24
Alignment: Villain
Loyalty: the Jacks
Appearance: Jason is an abnormally large man. Standing at just under seven feet (6' 10" to be exact) Jason towers over most everyone else. Having a large physique on top of his height and Jason cuts an intimidating sight. Jason weighs around 240 pounds, and the vast majority of that weight is visibly muscle. Jason spouts white hair, which is dyed.
Jason's normal clothing is comfortable, as there is no way to be truly inconspicuous given his physique. He wears a nice long sleeve shirt, relatively tight with the sleeves rolled up to near his elbows. His pants are black slacks, comfortable enough to run in if needed. Meanwhile, to anyone who would actually notice, Jason wears grey running shoes.
His costume, in contrast, is meant to strike concern in his foes. While similar to a black suit, there is obviously a layer of armor over most of his body. He wears a helmet, very similar in appearance to a skull, that protects his head from harm and helps minimize sounds. A lightning bolt is emblazed upon the front of his helmet and the back of his armor.
History: Jason had a relatively normal childhood, minus his father. The man was hardly ever in his life, but when he was he was a terror to the boy. Constantly drunk or strung out on some drug, John Rowly was an emotional, physical, and verbal abuser. Those nights, and occasionally days, were easily the worst for Jason. Beyond that, or perhaps because of that, Jason never did well in school. He suffered from barely passing grades, a lack of motivation, and a generally paranoid behavior.
The only counter to this Jason had was sports, to which he signed up for many. While not very good at most of them, he learned quickly and ironed. He was shunned somewhat by the teams, however, since his mother was barely covering the bills. The only way he got to play, therefore, was charity events that helped the less fortunate get into sports.
This was his life until he turned eighteen. Unable to move out after graduation due to terrible trouble getting a job (and an unwillingness to let his mom deal with his father solo), Jason's life did not improve. No longer able to take sports as an outlet, Jason took up exercise on a daily basis. With his towering build, and growing muscle mass, he soon began to build the courage to stand up for himself to his father after several more years of the same routine over and over.
That was a bad day. November 12, 2004. Jason, now almost 24 (his birthday being January 4th), attempted to get his father to leave him and his mother for good. His father returned that night, raging, and immediately set himself upon his son with a knife in hand.
Moments away from being stabbed to death, his father yelling and punching, Jason felt fear like never before. As the knife plunged into his arms, several times, he felt like his mind would break before his body fully did.
That was when he triggered, the knife no longer penetrating his skin afterwards. Consumed by rage and pain, Jason struck his father. Grabbing the man and tossing him, Jason continued his attack. Each blow sent his father flying into the wall until he laid dead on the floor. This did not stop the rage fueled Jason, however, as he continued to hit the lifeless body.
Since that day, Jason has changed. A constant fire stays lit inside of him, and the desire to never be poor or broken again remains his driving force. Having pulled many small range theft jobs, as well as robbing an armored truck once, Jason carries cash on him at most times.
Early on he began using his ill gotten money to buy custom built pieces for his costume from many different sources. Always paying in cash, never giving any more information than necessary.
During that very last heist on the truck, Jason publicly proclaimed himself as Thunderbolt.
Motivations: Jason is motivated by money and the opportunity to prove himself in a fight. However those get achieved, preferably together, Jason doesn't mind.
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Likes: - Fighting
- Money
- Owning nice things
- Innuendos
- Freedom
Dislikes: - Guns
- Do-gooders types
- Holier than though types
- Lazy people
- Laws
- Drug users
- Drunks
Derangement: Jason has become extremely violent since his trigger, and beyond that he has a hard time knowing when to quit. When he gets running, so to speak, he just continues to ramp up until the problem is solved by being destroyed.
Skills: - Jason is proficient in several martial arts styles. He couldn't tell you what they are, however.
- Brute strength, given his workout routine
- Enhanced stamina, due to him always running around
- Analytical, good at figuring out where best to hit things to make them break, fall, or come apart through logical deductions and guesswork
- Most sports, such as basketball, running events, and boxing
Classification: Brute and Striker
Details: When Jason touches anything, he can make the conscious choice to reduce that objects mass factor to near zero. So while his strength stays the same (albeit still incredible compared to normal levels), his punches after initial contact become incredibly dangerous, allowing him to smash through things or to send things flying.
The Brute aspect is an enhanced durability, allowing him to tank damage with reduced harm to his body.
Limitations: Jason's abilities require at least five seconds of continuous contact to activate, and requires his focus to even start activating. Meaning he can't just touch something and accidently drop it's mass factor.
Beyond that, the mass factor change only lasts five seconds.
His defensive ability is always active, but only protects his external skin. His eyes, and internal parts, are not any different from a regular persons. Beyond this, Jason can take damage from many guns at close range, and high caliber bullets have a much easier time beating his ability.
Equipment: Entirely dependent on the job he's hired to do.
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