Name - Julien Touré
Alias - Gargouille - Gargoyle
Age - 19
Sponsor - Nightwing
Personality - Cocky, confident, naive
Experience - One year on his own, a few months trained by Nightwing
Powers - Julien possesses one of the greatest minds of his generation. He is proficient in most academic fields, ranging from engineering, mathematics, linguistics and beyond. He mostly uses this aptitude to create and test gadgets for himself though, even if his paltry budget keeps this hobby relatively basic. He currently has four main gadgets. The first being the bullet proof threading he lines his costume with, the second being his stun batons, the third being his grappling hook and the final being a pistol equipped with concussive, taser and lethal rounds. Furthermore, Julien's training with Nightwing has lead to his physique and fighting ability becoming a huge amount better. Of course, he is nowhere near the level of Nightwing, but he is still much better than the common thug.
Weaknesses - Julien is still just a normal human. His suit protects him from small gunfire and knives but not much else.
Appearance - Julien's bright blonde hair and piercing blue eyes often clash with his usual attire of dark blues or blacks. He stands at a rather short 5 foot 10 and has a skinny physique with slight muscle forming on his arms. His 'hero' uniform is rather simple. The only thing that differentiates it from his normal attire is the sleeveless black denim jacket adorned with his home countries Tricolore. Furthermore, a sleeveless hoodie and a bandana covering his mouth are used to conceal his identity.
BRIEF Bio - Born in Marseille, France, Julien's life was relatively normal for the most part. He had no tragic past to speak of and he was just about average at most things. In fact, the only relatively strange thing in his life was his father's involvement with the GIGN, something which would fuel Julien into crime fighting at a later age. That is until he discovered his talent with maths. Proclaimed a prodigy, Julien and his family were moved out to Paris on a scholarship to one of the most prestigious schools in the country. Julien never truly felt like he fit in with the people at his school though. He constantly felt like they looked down upon him for not having rich or famous parents. He began to retreat into himself, surrounding himself with media rather than people. This was when he became a fanboy of sorts. He idolized Batman and his cohorts, studying and trying his best to imitate them as much as possible.
It was in this endeavor that he discovered his calling. He began creating and testing new gadgets along with trying to imitate the bat family's own gadgets. His first stint resulted in a rather accurate recreation of the escrima sticks, although they were nowhere near as long and could not be attached to form a larger pole weapon.
His first real stint as a hero came at the age of 18. He began patrolling the streets of Paris, working as a pizza boy by day and a vigilante by night. He actually began doing some good, earning the reputation as 'La Gargouille' among the people of Paris and becoming sort of a cult hero.
His dream became a reality after about a year of crime fighting when he was contacted by Nightwing to help stop a former Gotham villain from wreaking havoc on Paris. After the villain was taken care of, Julien was offered the chance to train with Nightwing who had only recently become a part of the Justice League before being sponsored for a new team being formed. Julien, of course, accepted.
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Julien sat perched upon a fire escape, fiddling about with a small radio he'd tooled to tune in to police frequencies. It was an unusually quiet night, not even a noise disturbance was breaking radio silence. He stood up, pacing the metal handrail in some sort of absurd balancing act.
Just then crackled voices began frantically informing anyone who was listening of a hostage situation taking place just a block or two away from Julien's position. A small grin grew on his face as he leapt from the fire escape onto the roof of a nearby building and took off into a sprint towards his destination.
It was only a few minutes before he arrived. A small crowd had gathered, mostly made up of police but a few civilians here or there also littered the mass. He retrieved a small pair of binoculars from his jacket pocket before scanning the room with the hostages as best he could, making up an image of said room in his head as he did.
He fired his grappling hook to the floor below, swung in through the window and began sneaking his way upstairs. He stopped at the top of the stairs, peering underneath the door at the criminals feet before authoritatively calling orders to them.
"I'm giving you one chance here fellas, let the hostages go or go to prison foaming at the mouth."The confusion was palpable, various obscenities were shouted back as the criminals obviously failed to realize who they were dealing with.
"I was hoping that would be your response" Julien replied, making his way into the apartment next to them. He began silently knocking on the wall, looking for the weak point. After finding it he raised his pistol to said weak point before switching it to concussive and breathing in sharply.
A sharp jab opened up a medium sized hole in the wall as Julien leaned through and began rapidly firing the hard plastic pellets at the assailants, leaving them out for the count on the floor as Julien quickly pulled back and escaped before being accosted at the scene.
