My character from tonight’s game. Going to have fun with this guy.

My character from tonight’s game. Going to have fun with this guy.

Axle (Reformed)

15-year-old Axle was raised and trained by his father, Talon; an infamous and unscrupulous mercenary. His harsh training regime was aimed at beating out any weakness and compassion, and forging Axel into a ruthless and remorseless killing machine. As Talon’s apprentice, Axle worked alongside him for a number of years following Red Thursday, the disastrous battle that left many heroes dead and large parts of Chicago in ruins six years ago.

Talon would have succeeded in moulding Axle in his image if it wasn’t for the fact in the middle of a battle, Axle discovered that he had been lied to for years. Talon was not his father, in fact, Talon had murdered Axle’s father during Red Thursday and abducted the hero’s 9-year-old son, Alex. As part of a sick and twisted plan of revenge against the hero, Talon brainwashed Alex to forget who he was and transformed him into Axle. He turned on Talon and sided with the mask-wearing telepathy Melody and the half-plant mutant Anaconda.

The two teenage “heroes” were trying to stop Rex Mason, a corrupt property magnate from driving out the residents of a decrepit apartment block to make way for a luxury development. Mason hired Talon and his apprentice to clear out any squatters and crush any opposition. During the battle, which resulted in the complete destruction of a nearby luxury condo still under construction, Melody reached into Axle’s mind and recovered the memory of the night of his father’s murder and his subsequent abduction.

After the battle, Axle, Melody and Anaconda made their home in an underground hideout beneath an abandoned stadium, the former secret lair of a fallen supervillain.

Abilities

Thanks Talon’s tutelage, Axle is skilled in a variety of weapons and martial techniques. Even without superhuman abilities, he is a formidable, and deadly, combatant.

Even though he has turned his back on Talon, Axle still has links to his criminal past. He maintains contacts with the Armorer, a black market weapons dealer. The mysterious Finch can always be relied on for information that others want to remain secret. And Dr Cutler is always willing to supplement his DARPA pay cheque by selling alien tech.