Life
Mark Stuart Mann's powers developed in his teenage years, and a few years later he joined the army, where he was promoted rapidly, and took up his habit of using a bow. Mark eventually retired from the military, but kept his call sign, "Marksman". At least, that was the official message. In reality, Mark was chosen to be a military-backed law enforcer. He is now airlifted from city to city, taking out criminals and super powered threats all over the globe.
Supported by the United Nations, Marksman is considered a troubleshooter for metahuman threats, and he maintains a close overwatch on most major urban centres at all times. There are whispers of his plans to put together a team, a strike force to help him with his objectives.
Powers
Super senses
- Mainly his sight and hearing, but all of his senses are beyond the natural limits.
Spacial awareness
- In some way, Mark appears to have a heightened sense of spacial awareness, which aids his uncanny accuracy.
Knowledge of weapons -
Marksman is virtually omniscient when it comes to weaponry, knowing the workings of almost every firearm, melee weapon, and every manner of bow in existence of Earthly origin.
Abilities
Hand to hand combatant - An extremely able hand to hand fighter, Marksman is trained in several different forms of combat.
Gifted mechanic -
Mark is a gifted mechanic and engineer.
Omnilinguistic
-Marksman can speak and understand any language as soon as he comes into contact with it, Earthly or otherwise.
Projectiles
Mark is near perfect when it comes to missile fighting, being able to hit almost anything
Weaknesses
Normal human weaknesses - Marksman can be killed and become ill just like any normal human.
Alien weaponry
- Marksman cannot use weaponry he is unfamiliar with. He must first be trained in it's use.
Abilities
Hand to hand combat
-Mark is trained in many forms of hand to hand combat:
- Karate
- Ju Jitsu
- Judo
- Tae Kwon Do
- Muay Thai
- Savate
- Kick Boxing
- Street fighting
Melee combat (weapons)
Mark also has extensive knowledge of strategic use of:
- Knives, both held and thrown
- Projectiles such as shurikens and kunai
- Broadsword
- Short sword
- Khukri
- Scimitar
- Warhammer
- Whips
- Improvised weapons such as chains, stanley knives, and power tools
- Axes
Agility
Mark's agility is near superhuman, and he shown the ability to spring himself over twenty yards, and impressive acrobatic feats including cartwheels, flips and leaps.
Equipment
Bow and quiver - His bow is incredibly strong and powerful, having been constructed by Larrin Industries, it is made from carbon nanotubes, which provide strength and resistance to strain. In close quarters, Mark can use the bow as a club, if he does not have time to pull another weapon. The quiver is incredibly large, holding near to five hundred arrows when completely full. His arrows are optimised for low weight and high flight speed. It possesses a rotating drum, meaning he does not have to search for an arrow in times of rapid firing. Other than standard arrows, Mark acquires arrows that produce specialised effects.
Current arrows
- Standard arrows
- EMP arrows - Generate a small radius electro magnetic pulse.
- Explosive arrows - Arrows with explosive heads that cause greater damage than standard arrows. Other variations feature shrapnel heads, higher explosive payloads, and arrows that possess multiple explosive charges for attacking multiple targets.
- Net arrow - An arrow that is optimised for live capture of targets, the head opening to reveal a net made of strong metal cables.
Grapple gun - An off-the-rack affair from Starks Industries, there is little more impressive about this than any other generic grappling gun. It has a cable of over 70 feet and can support several hundred pounds of weight. The hook will maintain any grip it manages to obtain. The firing mechanism possesses two triggers, one for firing the claw and cable, and another for reeling it back in.
Knife - Mark possesses his old army dagger which he uses in close quarters when he is being beaten. It is sheathed in a knife holster on his right thigh. It is the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, most famously utilised by the SAS. Mark is trained in its use expertly, and uses it as proficiently as the SAS commandos do. Recently, it has been modified to include a taser unit, allowing him to provide an enemy with a powerful electrical shock.
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