Respect William Gravel

Sergeant Major William Gravel is a British SAS soldier and an incredibly powerful Combat Magician. With his powers he can do a wide variety of supernatural things such as teleport, manipulate objects with telekinesis, create magical barriers, and much, much more. Gravel was made a member of the Minor Seven at some point in time, the group being made up of seven magic users in Britain; however, Gravel killed them all and was then made a member of the Major Seven -- he killed them too.

An undisputed master of combat magic Gravel is to be respected, so, lets get to it.

Table of Contents

1. Combat Magic
2. Physical Attributes

1.0 | Combat Magic

The term Combat Magic is a general 'catch-all' for Gravel's abilities. There are various sub-categories of Combat Magic listed below to help in organizing his abilities.

Barrier Magic/Defensive Magic

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel's ability to create magical barriers to defend himself, unlock/disrupt other defenses, and heal himself.

• Gravel #4 - Quickly creates a barrier to prevent another member of the Minor Seven from getting into his base.
• Gravel #6 - Was able to cover an entire mansion with a barrier.
• Gravel #7 - With prep he was able to trap another member of the Minor Seven in the previous mansion. The member was unable to escape both physically or while utilizing magic.
• Gravel #9/10 - Has his arm sliced off, is able to re-attach it.
• Gravel #14 - Creates a personal barrier that shrugs off magical attacks from several members of the Major Seven.
• Gravel #19 - Binds another magic user (Bible Jack) to a chair, tells him that if he tries to escape his insides will start running down his legs.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #5 - Is able to unlock a locked door.

Combat Magic

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel's ability to use magic directly in combat for devastating effects.

• Gravel #0 - Ragdolls several members of the Taliban while unable to see them. Breaks their necks, slams them around, etc.
• Gravel #4 - Disembowels a foe with a hand gesture.
• Gravel #4 - Rips live electrical wires from below the ground and wraps them around someone, killing them. Also displays the ability to levitate/run on walls.
• Gravel #4 - Creates an illusion of one of the Minor Seven.
• Gravel #4 - Shows a degree of telepathy and uses it to torment a foe before killing her.
• Gravel #9 - Melts an attackers hand to disarm him.
• Gravel #14 - With prep he was able to anchor his 'place of power' to London, making him stronger there. The remaining Major Seven try to flee but are killed as the city begins to warp around them, showcasing some reality warping potential as inanimate objects are animated and turn against them.
• Gravel #17 - Levitates outside of a building.
• Gravel #19 - Deduces who killed a woman after using some magic on a chunk of her guts.
• Gravel #21 - Creates a magical grenade.
• Strange Killings: Necromancer #2 - Incinerates a zombies head.
• Strange Killings: Necromancer #3 - Explodes several zombie heads.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #5 - Short circuits a light while in an interrogation room, then disembowels several foes before returning the lights to normal.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #5 - Causes several heads to explode; makes a man puke out his intestines.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #5 - Explodes some more heads.

Gun Magic

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel enchanting his firearms to produce magical effects.

• Gravel #2 - Is able to enchant his pistol so he can kill spectral foes.
• Gravel #2 - Enchanted pistol also has explosive shots.
• Gravel #4 - Uses TK to make his bullets hit several targets despite not firing in their direction.
• Gravel #4 - Can produce a flamethrower-like shot from his weapon.
• Gravel #5 - Moves his bullets around trees and gets a head-shot on his target.
• Stranger Kisses #3 - Fires through a wall and manipulates the bullets to hit targets he cant see, shooting all of them in their groin.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #3 - Moves his bullets around trees.

Intangibility/Phasing

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel's ability to phase through objects.

• Gravel #17 - Phases through a window.
• Gravel #21 - Phases through a wall.
• Gravel #21 - Phases through multiple surfaces.

Summoning

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel's ability to summon various supernatural creatures.

• Gravel #5 - Summons a spectral horse.
• Gravel #11 - With prep he was able to summon a lovecraftian abomination to kill one of the Major Seven.

Telekinesis

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel's ability to utilize telekinesis.

• Gravel #4 - Controls his combat knife with TK and uses it to cut someone up, killing them.
• Gravel #5 - Uses TK to lodge a battleaxe into someones head.
• Gravel #9 - Uses TK to pull the trigger of a gun hidden in someones pants, shooting off their junk.
• Gravel #11 - Stops a bullet with TK, returns it to sender.
• Gravel #11 - Redirects a missile.
• Gravel #21 - Manipulates his guns with TK to kill Bible Jack.
• Stranger Killings: Necromancer #3 - Manipulates a single bullet with TK to kill multiple zombies.

Teleportation

Feats in this category will showcase Gravel's ability to teleport.

• Gravel #4 - Teleports away from one of the Minor Seven who had a gun trained on him and who was looking at him, catches him off guard.
• Stranger Killings #3 - Teleports behind someone mid-fall.
• Stranger Killings: Necromancer #3 - Teleports off an island to re-arm himself, then teleports back.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #2 - Teleports away before gunfire can hit him.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #2 - Leaps from a building and teleports before hitting the ground.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #4 - Teleports out of danger.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #6 - Teleports into a moving jet and stabs the pilot.

2.0 | Physical Attributes

While mostly utilizing his magic in combat Gravel is still a physically imposing foe; capable of some incredible physical feats of strength, durability, and speed.

Durability

Feats in this category will showcase his physical durability.

• Gravel #2 - Survives getting trampled by several spectral horses.
• Gravel #4 - Is kicked off of a two story building and lands on his feet with no pain.
• Gravel #4 - Is okay after being punched/slammed through a wall into another wall.
• Strange Killings: Strong Medicine #3 - Is shot in the leg and decides to collect the blood spilling from the wound to throw it into the shooters face.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #2 - Survives a long fall off of a building, landing on his feet.

Speed

Feats in this category will showcase his reaction/combat speed.

• Stranger Killings #2 - Ducks to avoid a point blank pistol shot.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #1 - While in the sights of a shooter he's able to quick-draw and fire back before the shooter gets a shot off.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #1 - Dodges bullets from multiple angles.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #2 - Dodges a point blank shotgun blast.

Strength

Feats in this category will showcase his physical strength.

• Gravel #0 - Easily throws a grown man around.
• Gravel #1 - Kicks down a door.
• Stranger Killings: Necromancer #2 - Turns zombies to mush with his punches/kicks.
• Stranger Killings: Necromancer #2 - Rips a zombies head off.
• Stranger Killings: Necromancer #4 - Cuts through two zombies with a single machete swing.
• Stranger Killings: Strong Medicine #2 - Cuts clean through a mans leg using a small knife.
• Stranger Killings: Strong Medicine #3 - Squishes a thugs head between his hands; turns another man's face to mush with a single blow.
• Stranger Killings: The Body Orchard #2 - Runs through multiple walls without stopping.
• Strange Killings: The Body Orchard #3 - Rips a mans face off.

Conclusion

Good lord, what CAN'T William Gravel seem to do?

His Combat Magic is super 'haxxy' and he's able to one-shot folks with or without magical protection pretty easy. Throughout the series he doesn't seem to suffer any losses either, he's an incredibly strong opponent who would cut through a great deal of street level characters with ease.