Post by Adam on Jan 31, 2005 19:04:47 GMT -5
Name: Adam Knight
Age: Appears somewhere around 19 or 20.
Height: 5’9”<br>Species: Technically, half-Kryptonian due to the metamorphosis the serum caused in his body; formerly, dead human.
Body Alterations: No visible alterations.
Hair: Dark brown, in dim lighting it looks black.
Eyes: Intense and thoughtful, dark brown.
Build: He appears far less muscular and athletic than he really is. He has some visible muscle, but could best be described as “skinny.”<br>
Clothing, Jewelry, etc: He usually wears loose, dark colored t-shirts with black jeans and heavy boots. Overtop that, he wears a coat he ordered off of a website, that suits his purposes nicely.
Where They're From: Smallville, specifically the third season.
Reasons for Joining the League: He once made a deal with Lionel Luther, aka “The Devil.” He wants to get back at Luthor without endangering his family.
Personality: Adam is a broody guy. He used to be rather carefree, but recent developments in his life have suppressed that part of him. The first development was his death, which can really put a crimp in anyone’s style; the second was his resurrection using a special serum provided by Lionel Luthor, through an anonymous donation to a shadowy genetics corporation. He was forced to work for Lionel Luthor in return for the serum he needed to remain alive, and in the process of this work, was forced to set up innocent people that he grew to care for as friends. The metamorphosis of his body thanks to the serum was the last straw to his crumbling sanity, and for a time after his faked death, Adam was a wandering mute, unable to determine reality from fantasy. Gradually, his sanity returned, though he was never quite the same after that. He no longer knows just what he is, or why he’s here, or even where he should call home; the only thing he does know for sure is that he wants to kill Lionel Luthor. Thus, he usually keeps to himself to cover up for how lost and alone he really feels.
Powers: Due to the biological metamorphosis caused by serum made from Kryptonian blood, Adam has many of the powers associated with Kryptonians. He can bend steel easily, and move at blinding speeds when he chooses. He hasn’t gained quite the same level of invulnerability that full-blooded Kryptonians have, but he is deterrent to most harm. Bullets fired from close or point blank range are still just as deadly to him, but shots fired from longer ranges usually aren’t a problem.
Abilities: Part of his work for Luthor required him to be Luthor’s weapon against a superhuman target, and as such, he was trained in several forms of martial arts. He excels at them, and is on the same level as successful ninja.
Weaponry: Adam prefers to wield his one handed sword or his broadsword, but he also has a staff at his disposal, as well as several throwing knives secreted all over his body. And, though he prefers not to use them, he recognizes that sometimes, guns are a necessity, and as such, he has two Desert Eagle 50AE’s, in shoulder holsters.
Adam’s one handed sword
Adam’s broadsword
Adam’s staff
Adam’s throwing knives
Adam’s Desert Eagle 50AE’s
History: Not much is known of Adam’s life before his death. He remembers, of course, but he refused to speak a word of it to anyone after being brought back to life. What is known is that he was brought back from the dead by a serum derived from the blood of Clark Kent (although that last part remains unknown to all save a few) and gradually became addicted to it through necessary continued use. During this time, he met and befriended Lana Lang and, gradually, Clark Kent, the very same person whose blood was used in the creation of the serum. Originally, he was merely trying to set these people up for Lionel Luthor, but gradually he befriended these people and began to have a crisis of conscience. In the end, Lionel decided this crisis was more of a threat than it was worth and “stole” the serum. Adam seemingly died away without it.
However, this death was faked on Adam’s part. He had discovered, soon after Lionel’s “theft” of the serum, that he no longer needed it. His biology and chemical make-up had mutated, coming closer to Kryptonian than human. This discovery caused his already unstable sanity to collapse, and the last coherent act he made for nearly a year was the staged “death” that allowed him to slip away from Smallville unnoticed by anyway. For a year, he wandered as a deranged mute, unable to speak a word, unable to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. He was something more than he thought possible, and when he finally came to grips with that, sanity returned. Since then, he’s lived as a hermit, scrounging what money he could to survive.