Alignment-Neutral
Alias- Vengeance, Harbinger of Vengeance, Agent of Death, Symbiotic Silencer, Black Brute, Monochrome Marauder
Real Name- Victor Adams
Base of Operations- Somewhere in New York
Gender- Male
Hair Color- Blonde
Weight- 182 lbs
Age- 43
Eye Color- Blue
Height- 5’10
Superpower Origin- Symbiote
Place of Birth- New York
Group Affiliation & Rank- None
Relatives- All Deceased
The Broken Mind of Victor Adams
The story of Victor Adams and the vigilante Vengeance is spawned from a series of incidents that drove him to the point of insanity. In his younger years he was afflicted by DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) but, he never received an official diagnosis. At first it was rather mild and came across as mood swings but, at age 15, when his mother passed away they began developing into more violent outbursts. This was the first incident.
The second involved his father and his whole family's strict military background. His father was Special Forces and served for most of his adult life. His father’s father was the same and so on. Victor was consistently pressured into joining the military to carry on the family tradition and with his mental state that just wouldn’t be possible. His father began purchasing prescription drugs from anyone who would sell them in an effort to salvage his son’s mental state and it worked for a short time.
Victor Adams spent 10 years serving in Special Forces and completing numerous black operations under the code name Vengeance. During his last mission the plan was to stop a terrorist organization from transporting a dirty bomb into Iraq. This was the third incident known as Operation Crimson Sands and is considered a huge failure to this day. A team of 5 lead by Adams infiltrated the compound but, the intel they had received was fake. The bomb went off three minutes after they all entered. Victor was the sole survivor of the incident yet he did not leave unscathed. His body suffered severe damage causing him to lose the lower portion of his legs.
For the next 7 years the most normal life an amputee veteran could. He met a woman, got married, and had two kids. However after the events in Syria his DID began to return. The outbursts were small and the people around him considered them minor PTSD. Victor knew the truth and refused to tell anyone out of fear that they would reject him like his father had.
Victor Adams had always kept his social circles small. He had a small family, a small friend group, and they were all within a few miles of his home. On the day of his 40th birthday party, which was held at his house in Grimm City, a horrific incident occurred. One of his friends had been caught in a financial crisis and owed money to one of the largest crime families in Grimm. He neglected to pay them back and as punishment they crashed the party. It was Victor’s wife who opened the door, she was the first to fall. Next was his dad, his daughter, his son, his three friends, and then they shot him.
He woke up in the hospital two days later, he was the only survivor. His mind finally broke on that day. This breaking of the mind earned him a one way trip to the psych ward. Here he became two people. There was Victor Adams and there was Vengeance his military identity. He would constantly switch and argue with himself about the incidents of that day. Victor Adams was a broken man who spent most of his time mourning the loss of his family and blaming himself. Vengeance was a trained killing machine who, like his name implies, was only focused on getting revenge on the scum who killed his family.
He spent a full year locked away with his own mind and slowly Vengeance became dominant. He became violent and attempted multiple escapes. It was during his fourth escape attempt that he encountered the symbiote. The alien creature had arrived in Grimm City only three days earlier, landing outside the city limits only a few miles from the asylum. It then made its way into the vents in search of a host. It found Victor first and took its chances. Normally the symbiote dominates the mind of whatever it controls but, Victor’s mental condition caused the symbiote to only bond with Vengeance. Not only did it bond with the personality of Vengeance but it actually absorbed it. The symbiote became the physical manifestation of the Vengeance personality.
With the bonding of the symbiote came a symbiote costume which gave him a variety of abilities to control as well as allowing him the ability to walk through the creation of fake legs. This allowed him to escape the asylum and leave Grimm City.
For the next year he wrestled for control of his body with Vengeance until one day he stumbled across a drunk man trying to force himself onto a woman. At that moment Vengeance didn’t even ask to come out, instead Victor Adams gave him control. It was in that moment that the career of the vigilante known as Vengeance began. The two personalities now work in unison to stop criminals from doing what they did to his family years ago.
Victor Adams
When not operating from inside the symbiote costume Victor Adams is simply a normal human being. His body isn't out of shape but it isn't in shape either. He has muscle definition but, life inside a wheelchair has caused him quite a few issues in terms of keeping up with his original military physique. Instead Victor Adams assumes the role of a sort of sidekick to Vengeance's operation. He gathers intelligence, makes connections, gathers weapons, and the other tasks a sidekick would preform.
The personality of Victor Adams is one most people would feel bad for even getting past the wheelchair. He is a genuinely nice person and tries his hardest to help those in need. This has earned him favor among some other communities such as the homeless and the rejected. These people are who he uses to gather intelligence.
Due to the loss of his legs he uses a wheelchair to get from place to place. This use of a wheelchair also helps preserve the secret identity of Vengeance.
Vengeance
Vengeance on the other hand is what could only be considered a hardened killing machine hell bent on revenge. The personality of Vengeance could be considered a direct contrast to that of Victor. He is abrasive, offensive, and angry. He doesn't hesitate to pull a trigger before asking questions and then asks the questions afterwords. He has little care for personal safety but cares heavily about the safety of bystanders.
The Symbiote Costume
The Symbiote Costume serves two primary purposes. The first is to hide his identity from the public while delivering his own brand of justice. The second purpose is to supply Victor Adams with the abilities necessary to execute his vigilante acts. The costume serves as both a defensive tool and an offensive tool allowing the Vengeance personality to utilize the full spectrum of symbiotic abilities.
The natural color of the symbiote is black with a white spider symbol on the front. This symbol is the same symbol used by his squad during operation crimson sands. He wears it on his chest as a constant reminder of what he has lost throughout the years and how it shaped him.
Symbiotic Enhancements- While wearing the costume Vengeance has access to the symbiotes immense strength. Much like an ant his symbiote can lift 10 times it's own body weight. This applies to the symbiote wielder as well. Due to this Vengeance can support a maximum of 1820 lbs.
His strength allows his physical blows to cause large amounts of damage. A single punch delivered to the rib cage could shatter them. A kick to the knee could cause the knee to snap. Combine this with his military training and Vengeance becomes a brutal killing machine. In fights he likes to use this brutality to intimidate large groups of enemies.
The symbiote is also naturally durable. When in costume form it becomes a hardened exoskeleton with certain flexible areas to allow for agile movement in combat. The strongest point on the armor is strong enough to deflect bullets, break most blades that come in contact with it, and can withstand kinetic impacts of up to 4 MJ( A stick of Dynamite) without showing exterior damage. The flexible areas are more vulnerable, they can withstand more kinetic energy due to their flexible nature but, some high caliber bullets can puncture these areas.
His reflexes and speed are greatly enhanced by the symbiote. His top speed on foot is close to 60 mph. It's his reaction time that becomes the most improved as the symbiote will make actions for him in order to save itself. In situations of immediate danger the symbiote can act on its own to stop bullets, deflect blades, or move out of the way of attacks. It does all of these things to defend its host and in turn keep itself alive.
His sight is the last thing effected by the symbiote. While wearing the costume he can allow the symbiote to cover his eyes allowing him to see in thermal vision. This is one of the main reasons he will often take out the lights in a room when fighting someone at night.
Symbiotic Matter Manipulation
A rather unique power granted by wielding a symbiote is the ability to manipulate it in order to take specific shapes or cause certain effects. He uses this ability in a variety of ways to help him dominate many situations. The most basic example would be his claws. Located on each fingertip is a razor like point that has been hardened much like his armor. He uses these for offensive purposes, mainly to dismember and mame criminals.
The there are the symbiotic tendrils which act as tentacle like limbs he uses to perform a variety of tasks. They can wield firearms when he is in a multi-man shootout, they can lift and carry objects. Prying car doors off to use as shields or thrown weapons.
Symbiotic webbing is a term used for the material produced by the symbiote in an almost spider like fashion. The webbing is the waste of the symbiote. Not waste like human waste but instead it's made up of excess symbiote. This webbing is incredibly strong, strong enough to support the weight of Vengeance when he swings from buildings. IT is also incredibly sticky with a ridiculous initial tact that allows it to stick to surfaces almost on contact. This webbing is fired from the wrists.
The symbiote itself is an organism that can regenerate portions of its body as long as they are not burned. This allows him to stay in a fight for long periods of time however, is the symbiote cells are killed through the use of fire then they fail to regenerate until given time to heal. This regenerative ability doesn't apply to his human body; it only applies to his symbiote costume
Arsenal
Looking to utilize his military honed skill set Vengeance usually resorts to the use of varying firearms to execute his heroic duties. Ex-military contacts and his knowledge of the Governments own covert arms deals are how he procures his weapons. This makes them incredibly difficult to track back to him and serves to keep his identity hidden. His closet in his apartment is where he keeps these weapons when not in his symbiote costume. When wearing the black matter he stores the weapons in various created pockets along the suit. By wrapping them in symbiotic material he manages to keep his weaponry hidden from view. Larger firearms like assault rifles and shotguns are too large to conceal underneath the symbiote and are carried in more conventional means. All weapons are standard issues of the weapons using various types of military grade ammunition.
Rifles
- M4 Carbine (x4)
- Caliber- 5.56x45 mm
- Max Rate of Fire- 950 RPM
- Max Range- 600 m
- Magazine Capacity- 30
- Attatchments-M203 Grenade Launcher
- SCAR-H (x4)
- Caliber- 7.62x51 mm
- Max Range- 600 m
- Max Rate of Fire- 650 RPM
- Magazine Capacity- 30
Shotguns
- Spas-12 (x3)
- 12 Gauge
- Rate of Fire- Pump Action
- Effective Range- Variable
- Capacity- 8
KSG (x2) - 12 Gauge
- Rate of Fire- Pump Action
- Magazine Capacity- 7+7 (Two inner tubes that can be switched between manually)
- Effective Range- Variable
Submachine Guns
- MP5K(x3)
- Calliber- 9x19mm
- Rate of Fire- 900 RPM
- Maximum Firing Range- 100 m
- Magazine Capacity- 40
Sniper Rifles
- Barret M95 (x1)
- Caliber-12.7x99mm
- Bolt Action
- Maximum Firing Range- 1800 m
- Magazine Capacity- 5
- Dragunov SVU (x1)
- Caliber- 7.62x54mm
- Rate of Fire- Semi Automatic
- Effective Firing Range- 1200 m
- Magazine Capacity- 10
Pistols
- M1911(x2)
- Caliber-11.43x23mm
- Rate of Fire- Semi Automatic
- Magazine Capacity- 7
- Glock 19(x4)
- Caliber- 9x19mm
- Rate of Fire- Semi Automatic
- Magazine Capacity- 15
Grenades
- M67 Fragmentation Grenade
- M84 Stun Grenade
- Model 308-1 Napalm
- Model 308-1 White Smoke
- C-4
Peak Human Strength-While not superhuman Victors strength is nothing to laugh about and could be considered low tier super. He has shown the capacity to throw criminals through brick walls, explode wooden doors with a single kick, couple that with his suits unique capabilities and in a fight he is one person whose blows you wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of.
Peak Human Reaction Time-Once again not superhuman but fast enough, he can dodge bullets, stop knife strikes, things like that. Not much to really say here.
Peak Human Endurance-While his durability isn’t anything to lose your mind over Victor's ability to handle pain and keep going is what makes him as lethal as he is. He’s toughed out being skewered with arrows, shot, having most of his ribs broken. He’s shrugged off being stabbed multiple times in the back and chest. The amount of pain he can handle before finally giving out if insane and shouldn’t even be possible. Most people think this may be his one true power but whenever people ask him he just scoffs and tells them the pain he feels in a fight is nothing compared to the pain he’s felt throughout his life.
Abilities-
Shueme- Shueme is a fighting style derived from Ancient Egypt and practiced by many slaves of the time. Sadly almost all practitioners died off with the era of the pharaoh making this a rare style of behold. This martial art lacks the fluid and smooth movements of other styles opting for rather choppy and seemingly random strikes. What is unknown to the public though is that the practitioner always knows where there strike will land. The style revolves around throwing out blows that leave open obvious weaknesses. These are known to the practitioner and therefore when the opponent goes to strike at these places they are met with a different strike altogether. For example one might throw out a left hook and drop their right arm leaving the right side vulnerable, when their opposition take the bait their left arm will transition to stop the attack and their right will throw out the real strike to an opponent's weak point. Of course not every blow lands and usually the practitioner walks away with the same if not more damage from the fight.
Above Average Intellect-Victors mental capabilities are nothing to really brag about, that doesn’t mean he is stupid though. His Iq is above average but compared to some of the other minds out there he really is pretty normal. He can still come up with plans but, usually he acts first and thinks about the consequences later. Again nothing too special.
Paraphernalia-
The New Suit-It takes a real man to admit he was under prepared for the situations that come before him. Victor Adams is one such man, after his previous suit was destroyed and he made the decision to cement himself as Gothics Hero he decided he would need a slight upgrade in order to handle the crazy clowns and radioactive steroid abusers. That's where Victor Adams comes in, using the funds he has gathered as well as a few black market deals Vengeance has created a new suit that capitalizes on the good of the old and fixes the bad.
The Body-The original suit body was highly effective at stopping bullets but, not the best at absorbing kinetic impacts. This was ever prevalent during Gothic when 57 detonated a bomb from point blank range. The fabric itself is still white Kevlar with reactive gel underneath but, a third layer exists. This layer takes advantage of something called Auxetics, the material is known as Zetix and is a blast proof fabric, this is because when it is stretched it becomes thicker perpendicular to the applied force. This also helps reduce the impacts of punches.
The Gloves-The main feature of his original gloves still remains in that his knuckles are lined to help his punches hit harder. However he has made the upgrade from steel to Tungsten, during testing this has allowed his single punches to split between three and five cinder blocks with a punch. In the wrist of the gloves there is a compartment, inside he stores his crescent stars, allowing for easier access then having to reach for the belt.
The Boots-As far as the boots these didn’t receive much of an upgrade, aside from using Zetix to line the sole they are pretty much the same. The Zetix allows for him to have softer landings from greater heights which is why he has a layer between the sole and the insert of the boots.
The Cape-The cape is the one portion of his costume to receive no changes. It is still made of a tightly woven Kevlar and is completely resistant to handgun and lower caliber bullet fire. It is slightly resistant to higher caliber rounds but most will still go through. What's cool though is how he manages to use it as another weapon in his arsenal. He can trip people who try to escape or knock things from someone's hands. In large fights he keeps a constant flow of motion which causes the cape to flutter about around him in a way that makes him harder to track. Most thugs who survive encounters with him say all they saw was a white blur. This earned him the nickname Phantom.
The Cowl-His cowl received a few upgrades from the last. For starters it was switched from cloth to Kevlar with a thin layer of reactive gel, followed by two layers of neoprene. Within those two layers is stored the tech of his suit which includes his standard comm systems, his lenses which function as binoculars. They also possess a thermal, infrared, and night vision settings. The newest addition to these lenses is a heart rate and stress level monitor for targets he is looking at.
Crescent Stars-Usually carried on his belt Victor carries crescent shaped throwing stars. They are made of steel and are highly lethal when thrown towards major arteries like Victor normally does.
Truncheon-His signature weapon it is a club that also possesses multiple functions. It is made of titanium and has extendable prongs so it can be used as a grappling hook when connected to the rope carried in his utility belt. It can be split in two and act as nun chucks, it can be thrown to bounce off of walls and things, or it can be used as a regular melee weapon.
The Scythe(In Blog Section)
The Stallion-It took a while but Victor finally managed to get his hands on a very rare motorcycle. The Dodge Tomahawk is a beast of a bike, sporting a large and imposing frame. This bike uses a 10 cylinder, 90 degrees v-type engine. It can reach 350 mph (560 km/h) when it’s on top speed. This motorcycle can produce 500 horsepower (370 Kw) 5600 rpm. After some modifications to the look and a nice white paint job she’s become one of my favorite ways to travel. This bike, like the scythe, is directly hooked up to Gerald allowing the A.I. to take commands and control the vehicle should I need him to.
The Buccaneer-Victor Adams needed a ride and what better way to ride then in style. A white Stretch limo heavily modified by your truly, bulletproof plating, blackened ballistics glass, and direct access to Gerald. There are weapons stored underneath the seats, bullet proof vests underneath the floor, and it drives itself.
The Cab-It’s a cab, not much else to say. Since one of my identities was a cabbie I figured I would need to be able to drive the part. She’s nice though, a classic looking yellow ride.
The Arc Lancer-A weapon stored in the Buccaneer and used by Victor Adams. It fires arcing pulses of electricity that burn flesh and tissue and actively seek out more within a small vicinity.
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