Darren Cross, The Swordsmaster

Darren Cross - 16 - Male - Swordsmaster

Biography

Physical Description:
Darren stands at the height of 5'6" and weighs in at 145 pounds. As shown he has brown hair and blue eyes with an athletic build, quite like that of a swimmer or someone who runs a lot ; not much else can really be said about this part but if needed I can expand upon it.

History:
Darren is your average kid he grew up loving movies, sports, cartoons and all that jazz. Only difference is Darren grew up in an orphanage in Australia having no clue whom his parents were. In the orphanage he had some friends but none ever stayed long always being adopted and tone before they could become too close. It seemed as if fate simply wanted to play with his emotions for life as he would always just start to become good friends with someone before they were whisked away. But that never seemed to stop him at thirteen him and a girl he was slowly falling for, but did not know it at the time, ran off to start their own life thinking they'd never be adopted.

As the pre-teen made it to the streets he and Lauren, the girl whom he left with, slowly but surely lent toward the small life of crime as they tried to survive on their own. It started out as only petty shop lifting, some purse stealing here and there and things such as that, but nothing was ever serious crimes even when they joined a small gang the next year. At the ripe young age of fourteen Lauren had her virginity stolen from her by a rival gang and turned to her best friend with the news. This infused Darren's wrath, and along with being struck by lightning and some 'magic', triggered his dormant mutant genes gaining superhuman strength, speed, endurance, reflexes, adaptive muscle mimicry, and hyperkinetics. This ‘magic lightning’ was really normal lighting, Darren had the powers sense birth but this revelation and harm that was brought to him is when the boy first realized he had powers. Exerting himself he mastered all forms of combat with a sword and was about to take out the gang only to see what Darren deemed a 'caveman', although later reports that the boy chose to ignore showed that the 'caveman' was simply a very hairy superhuman with super human strength and durability, there beating them to a pulp for reasons unknown to him. (Those same reports told the man did so because he was in fact mentally unstable and had no self control over his actions. Great Idol, right?)

This of course surprised fifteen year old Darren Cross but intrigued him as well. When he returned to his 'home' to bring the news to his 'family' and new girlfriend, Lauren, he found them all dead with bullet holes and knife marks through their bodies . Confused, saddened and distraught by the scene he fled Australia to become a hero like the 'caveman' he saw earlier that day. If only because he believed the group who killed his ‘family’ to be the same group that he had been killed only recently. Though traumatized by the former event he knew by becoming a hero he could prevent deaths and rapes like the ones he's seen in his short life. So taking his trusty sword and a couple daggers he stowed away on a ship and fled to America to start his new life as The Swordsmaster the newest hero to hit the streets of America.

Personality:

Like all Hyperkinetic's Darren tends to have a deep mistrust in authority and typically resist seeking help with emotional and physiological problems.

Darren is a smart, funny, and resourceful person doing all this, 'hero work' simply because he finds it fun. He loves to learn new things, make jokes and get 'smooth ' with the ladies but he is completely oblivious when it comes to that subject and do simply messes up and is laughed at. Though all that aside from his life on the street and intense training and learning with his powers he is honest and honorable. Though he likes to tell himself he is the greatest hero the world has ever seen he is only in this for the fun of it and thrill of running across rooftops stopping the 'bad guys'.

Though Darren may at times keep to himself, usually when under a great deal of stress or thinking, he is very talkative. He loves animals and nature, though he is not a vegetarian and loves to eat meat. He believes that there is good in all of us even if it's deep down, because of this he will try to bring it out and make the person see this as well. He is a defender of the week and the poor, he hates to see those who are not as well off as others beaten or abused just because they can't either defend their selves or don't have the money to do things that normal people can do.

Darren Likes Swords, Guns, money, doing the right thing, saving lives, fighting crime, Ice Cream, Pretty Ladies.
He Dislikes Rape, Murderers, Missing, Unarmed Combat, Stress, Government

Powers:

Powers of the 'Mind'
Hyperkinetics: Darren's mind is perfectly in tune with the rest of his body allowing for flawless aim, perfect balance and enhanced motor skills. Essentially he is able to throw an object with incredible accuracy and with enough force that at times it can be lethal, this also carries over to any projectile he fires with a gun or bow. As for his Balance unless acted upon by an outside force that is stronger than he is Darren will not fall down or even teeter one way or the other, when he does fall he would of course land on his feet like a cat. His motor skills are nearly flawless and he can preform any action without hitch.Under stress his aim, balance, and motor skills can worsen. Under enough stress they can even become worse than that of a normal person.

Adaptive Muscle Mimicry: Darren has adaptive muscle mimicry which enables him to watch another person’s physical movements and duplicate them without practice, no matter how complex. This is limited to non-superhuman abilities though so no copying powers or the like as this power is not Power Mimicry.

Physical Ability:
Darren has a Superhuman Reaction Time able to dodge a multitude of bullets at a time,to him it seems as if the rest of the world moves slower while he moves faster. This also might be attributed to the fact that the 'kid' has a sever case of ADHD but his reaction time has been proved time and time again to be legit. From the few tests he has been under while at hospitals and during his time at the orphanage his physical ability is attributed to his first ability of Hyperkinetics.

Skills:
Darren, due to his Adaptive Muscle Mimicry and the time spent training with and fixing any flaws in the 'learned' sword fighting techniques, is a master at most forms of combat with a sword and expert at some without a sword that he of course learned through watching videos. His 'main' Sword Fighting Techniques are (all though he does know more these are the ones he will usually be seen using can switch from one to one and even integrate them with ease):German School of Fencing, Company of Masters, T'ai chi ch'uan/Taijijian,Fu Style Wudang Quan, and Kenjutsu
Darren is also an expert at Parkor and Free Running due to his Adaptive Muscle Mimicry, as of late he has learned how to swim and is somewhat skilled' in the uses of fire arms though he prefers close quarters combat.

Equipment:
Darren has what he calls his 'super hero suit' he wears when out doing his hero business. It consists of a white and orange hoodie with white and orange sweat pants which both are worn over the top of a morph suit without the head part attached to it. Darren also has a sword that he happened to find while running amuck in Australia. When he found it, it was very dull so he took it to a sword shop where he himself fixed up the blade, giving it a nicer shine and much nicer cut. The Sword is sheathed on Darren’s right site when he is in ‘costume’ and he also has hidden daggers that are placed under both his right and left hands, underneath the sleeves of his hoodie. These daggers are spring loaded to pop out of the wrists on Darren's costume when needed. They are made from normal daggers and modified to work secretly and silently, used as last ditch efforts in close quarters combat.
He also has a blue back-bag that he carries everything inside of with him. Oh and the only clothing he owns to his name is the costume, underwear, tan shorts, and shoes.