| Identity |
Virgil Hawkins (Static)
| Origin and Backstory |
Virgil Hawkins was born to a rather poor family, his mother a nurse for the Paris City nurse, worked long hours and barely had time to stay home, his father a STAR Lab low grade Scientist for contract. Because he is back and forth between contracts his time at home varies between, not at all and always on Virgils neck. Virgil himself, relied on the things around him to raise him, which in Paris City wasn’t much, the gang culture was huge in Paris City, with the Paris City Bloods being a main foothold in the neighborhood. His Grade school days were spent playing around in class, and not listening to his teachers, falling grades caused him to become sort of reviled with the teachers at the school, most of which Virgil himself found boring. Ivan became a Middle school friend who was always getting them both in trouble. Ivan was a violent kid, getting into fights with his teachers, starting fights during lunchtime, but he also had a Charisma that was unmatched, gathering himself a lot of fellow kids who felt that there was nothing out there but what they seen and lived. Soon rumors about Ivan’s Paris Bloods Membership began to spread, Virgil being interested, decided to ask him such, Ivan confirmed this stating he could give him an easy way in…Virgil agreed.
Virgil’s high school like was two sided, one half was spent with the Force Syndicate as their lackey and school dealer, and the latter was the class clown and class Disruptor, Virgil’s actions became more erratic and his penchant for trouble increased, which lead to his sister becoming an increasing part of his life, by this point however, he was already nonchalant to her punishment, and continued on forth. Virgil became much more like Ivan in terms of violence, which only worsened as the Force Syndicate grew in Paris City. Their crime rate increased and eventually both of them became of higher ranks in the Force Syndicate. During this time however, another gang began to Rise, a renegade group of gang hunters calling themselves the Paris Bloods. Who began to hunt down and brutally attack members of the various gangs in Paris City. Gang members began to panic, talks of a truce began, and quickly became finalized.
Virgil and Ivan were originally not going to go to the meeting Both Ivan and Virgil finding it pointless to join with the other gangs that they were beefing with, however a few hours into the Meeting Ivan asked Virgil if he was coming along, which Virgil accepted and travelled to the meeting place, the Paris City docks, Ground Zero is what most of the gang members called it due to it being in the intersection of all of the gang opportunity. The Leader of the Force Syndicate, Leonard Smalls began to speak, stating that the gangs all needed to stick together to fight the oncoming threat of the Paris Bloods, which gotten the right amount of praise. Sadly the Peace Treaty did not go well at all, The Paris Bloods sprang up at the meeting and instantly began to attack, a shootout commenced, and the entire scene ended in chaos. News crews and other interested patrons were quick to cover the situation and not quite do anything about it until the police came. To which They began to fire back, canisters of gas were punctured during this shootout, which quickly lead to it spreading throughout the dock. The Police in Retaliation decided to double up with what seemed to be tear gas, However it quickly lead to disaster. Most of the gang members were killed, either by Gunshot or the gas itself.
Virgil was badly bruised and damaged during the shootout, and was only able to travel far enough to the home of Richard Stone, a fellow classmate who was his constant bully target. His father a former police officer managed to patch and managed to travel home bruised and mangled....But that is where the story begins.
| Character Notes |
NPC’s
Richard ‘Rick’ Stone: Former Victim of Virgil who treats Virgil after he is badly beaten up at the Big Bang, he was the first to find out about Virgil’s Bang baby abilities. As of current their relationship is slightly uneasy due to the situations abound with their ability but they have more in common then they believe.
Ivan Evans: Virgil’s best friends and confidant went in a differing direction during the big bang, his current whereabouts are unknown.
Leonard Smalls: The Leader of the Force Syndicate has called an all-out war on the Blood Syndicate, and any of its affiliates. It’s attempts to call a truce of the local gangs in Dakota City has failed horribly, and he now has suspicions that somebody from a rival gang ratted out the location of the meeting to the Blood Syndicate. Highly violent and very dangerous he is currently serving Jail time for inciting a Riot and gang Violence.
Curtis Metcalf: Owner of The Hardwired parts store, seemed to be just a normal run of the mill Tech Support man, but there is more to him than meets the eye
Martin Scaponi: Leader of the Five Alarm Crew, he was the only gang leader to leave the Big Bang without getting arrested of his crimes, A known Pyromaniac and racist he has a very specific problem with Virgil Hawkins and other Members of the rival Force Syndicate.
Thomasina Jefferson: Mayor of Dakota City, while she seems to be a very respectable mayor, her views on crime and crimicals seems to be quite lax especially when it comes to the Blood Syndicate. She is upfront about her beliefs of the future of technology for Dakota City, which have just caught up with certain technological advances of the twenty first century due to her, is currently running for reelection.
More to Come as the RP seem fit.
| How is this character different |
I love coming of age Superheroes like Miles Morales and The Blue Beetle, and I thought it would fit perfect for Static, especially since Milestone comics was one of the few comic publishers in the 90’s to really touch on urban issues and even bring them to the forefront. Things like Gang Warfare, Sexuality, Drug use, Self-Image, and even the Rodney King Riots. I want to continue that, but have Virgil be in the thick of it, to create a growth of a character doing something better. One problem with the ghetto is that is not a lot of mentors or guides, nobody that they can look up to. Either they have the TV which only shows guns, drugs, and women, or Hood movies, which show them the same thing, they’re simply doomed from the start with no lack of direction, not helped by the fact of a lowered school system, horrible Extracurricular and I can go on. With Virgil I want to give him another way to discover both his genius with tech (Using Hardware as an NPC to give him the guidance he needs.) and Also other Heroes to show him what it really takes to be a hero, from there I’d love to see how it’ll make him grow. I also want conflict on what he was taught to do and what he is shown now, does he stay with his hood friends and follow their path, or go to something better, it’s never an easy decision even with the perks of the latter and I want to show that.
| What is your goal with this character? |
My main goal is what’s stated above, I want to give a peek to certain inner city issues that aren’t exactly touched upon, along with using it to tell unique stories and build some unique characters, without attempting to go too dark or too depressing. I also want to practice writing for myself as well as others which is why I also want to give myself a massive NPC cast so others and myself can interact with if I do not have the time to do so myself.
| Powers and Abilities |
Static Main power is Electromagnetic Manipulation. Similar to Magneto, Static can manipulate electrically charged particles, doing so He can repel or attract objects, Create and or manipulate magnetic poles, and create/manipulate electric currents. Because of this he also is also adept at Lightning Manipulation, which he can use to manipulate and create lighting from various sources including himself. He can do things such as create electrical displays, shoot electricity from his hands, cling to walls, and other similar effects that can be manipulated via electromagnetism.
| Sample Post |
Virgil woke up in his bed with a awkward groan. The memories of last night’s gang warfare was fresh on his mind, that and the blinding light that was now shining from the outside window of whatever house he was in. Not wanting to deal with it, he quickly turned himself around, his head now facing down into his pillow He reached his hand out almost as to try and reach for the curtain. The curtains themselves would be electrified moving completely on their own and blocking the sun from his face. He tried to get comfortable only for his body to remind him that it wouldn’t be possible. Virgil felt all of the wounds from last night in one go, the bruise that shrouded most of his stomach, the cuts on his face that only slightly missed the eyes and the forehead, and all of the dirt. He quickly tried to pull his covers off, only for them to stick onto him, He blinked and rubbed his eyes.
“Okay, Let’s…try that again.”
He tried to lift the comforter off of his body yet again, only for it to stick onto him again. At this point, Virgil was already agitated with it and he proceeded to pull on it. “Nigga if you don’t …” He tried to snatch the comforter off of his body again, only for his land to slip, this led to Virgil, punching himself in his own face. He groaned in pain as he head suddenly shot back toward his pillow. The door to his room opened revealing a tall dark skinned man, fitted with square shaped glasses that seemed to be slightly crooked, he was dressed for work, a blue shirt and black tie adorned his upper body. “What did I tell you about using that word in my house?” The man asked. Virgil sighed and rubbed his eye in which his fist managed to connect to his face. “If you use the ‘N’ Word, expect to be treated like one…” Virgil said with a sarcastic tone, However his father didn’t seem to quite care about the Sarcasm, instead of leading it into an argument he ignored it. “ME and your mother are going to be working late today, it’s Saturday so remember to do your chores…”. Virgil stared at his father, He laughed inwardly in relief, he forgot that it was Saturday today, so maybe he can find a way to hide the wounds that he had from his dad.
“Allright dad, I’ll make sure they get done…” He said, His father nodded slightly worried if Virgil was telling the truth or not, before finally closing the door into his room . Virgil groaned and raised his hands in the air, his covers suddenly shooting off of his body. His eyes widened in shock, and he literally rolled off of his bed slamming onto the ground below. “What the fu…” Before he could continue the CD rack on his Stereo stand suddenly began to shoot at him and connect to his head, surrounded by an aura of purple. His Alarm clock suddenly went off, and then would silence itself in that instant, almost on shock, the purple electric surge Telling Virgil that something was wrong, in a sense his first thought was simple. “G-Ghost!!!” He quickly ran out of his room, the electrified items following suit behind him, his eyes glaring at the items flying toward him hauntingly.
However, his eyes were placed in the wrong area, for if he was looking forward instead of backwards, he would see that the stairs were oncoming, he wouldn’t have fell down the stairs, and he wouldn’t have hit every stair on the way down, he also wouldn’t be sitting on the floor in pain with random objects piled on top of him, while his family stared at him with the most confused of faces. However, things certainly didn’t go his way and that’s the way things were. He could only grin nervously, at their scowls as he tried to wrack his brain on what the hell was going on.
