Paul Khumalo/The Authority
Paul Khumalo
| {Age} |34
| {Species} |Human
| {Gender} |Male
| {Appearance} |Paul is a large and muscular man, standing at six feet tall and with a powerful and thick build. He dresses well, usually in suits or otherwise fashionable clothing, though never enough to bring attention to him. His face is always clean shaven and he always wears a cross around his neck, a demonstration of his immense faith.
| {Equipment and Personal Belongings} |- M1 Survival and Hazards Suit - Paul's outfit when working as The Authority. Made of segmented ceramic plates up and down the arms and legs, with kevlar underneath and covering the joints. The torso is likewise heavily armored, with a large breastplate and heavy padding around the pelvis. The suit is meant to protect against most forms of impact, from blunt force to penetrative and slashing attacks. An armored white face mask with a black cross travelling between the eyes and over the mouth joins with a black helmet which itself connects to a cape, which is electrically insulated and is used to protect against electrical hazards as well as providing extra warmth in cold conditions. The suit's helmet portion can dampen outside sounds to allow for easier radio communication and protection of the ears, useful when using explosives.
- AU511-M1 Less Lethal Firearm - A nonlethal handgun used to fire projectiles at opponents or to interact with objects at a distance.
- AU512-M4 Maneuver Device - Paul's method of vertical movement. Appearing similar to a small clothes iron, the 512 when placed on a surface travels upwards at speed, dragging the user with it. It can also provide a "kick", aiding the user in jumping from the surface.
- Medkit - Paul always carries a medkit to provide medical attention to whoever may need it, be that civilians or even injured opponents. This medkit includes coagulants, bandages, painkillers, splints for broken bones, and a field blood transfusion kit.
- AU513-M1 Concussive Explosive Devices - A set of explosive devices, placed on a surface and detonating with wall-destroying force.
- "The Biblemobile" Nameless Vehicle Prototype - A bulletproof and heavily reinforced car, named sarcastically as a joke at Paul's expense.
- Mixed Martial Arts - Paul is trained in a good number of martial arts disciplines, including Krav Maga, Wing Chun, Brazilian Jujitsu, Judo, Muay Thai, Hapkido, and Western Boxing. He's achieved black belts in all except for those without belt systems, but can not be said to be a master in any.
- Physical Conditioning - Paul is very well conditioned, with seemingly endless stamina and strength to lift a man with ease. He is not superhuman nor even the strongest or fastest normal person, but he is all-rounded.
- Marksmanship - Thanks to a long history with weaponry, Paul is a capable and talented marksman.
- Cockiness - Paul is extremely self-confident, and can easily be described as cocky. He can easily overestimate his abilities at times.
- Reliant on Others - Paul's entire career as a vigilante is based off of his friendship with the wealthy Shannon family, they provide his engineering, supplies, and whatever else he may need. He is much less capable without their assistance.
- Lingering injury - Paul has a lingering injury in his abdomen as a result of a bullet wound. Overexertion causes him a good deal of pain.
| {Personality} |Paul is comically serious, almost never emoting and always focused on either a task at hand or on God. He's not humorless, but he's very focused and often responds to jokes as if they were said as purely informative statements. He can joke, but usually only when he's sure that everything's alright.
Above all else, Paul is a religious man. There is little more important to him than God, and he sees it as his duty to work in God's name, being a good man to give back for all that has been given to him. He never pushes his religion on others or targets anyone else for not following the same faith. Paul can be friendly, and sees any wisdom that others give as extremely valuable, in the same token more than willing to give whatever he can in return. He is generous, self-sacrificing, and attempts to act to the ideal of all of the biblical seven virtues, but above all, he cares about others.
| {Place of Origin} |Born in Chicago, Paul was named after the saint, his family very religious. Despite that, Paul never took to religion, instead taking to looking after himself and his own. Dropping out of high school due to a lack of money, he found himself struggling to get by. There were no opportunities for someone like him, so he found others who would stand up for him, a gang.
| {Background} |Paul's story begins that of a petty criminal, stealing, conning, sometimes even killing, whatever it took to get by. He wanted to escape this life, to become something. With not much else to do, he continued growing more and more violent as those around him did, until eventually it caught up with him. A single bullet piercing between his ribs and sending him tumbling into freezing cold Lake Michigan. He thought himself dead, no matter how hard he struggled to survive. He felt something in his quickly freezing fingers, dirt in his hands, the ground, and it was going up. He pulled, clawed, and finally his screaming body met air, and his lungs filled. He rolled onto his back, the moon in his eyes, staring down at him, something paternal about it. He hadn't survived by chance, something had saved him. God had saved him.
He had to flee. Thankfully God wasn't done giving gifts, he crossed a young man, Jimmy Shannon, who had a heroic streak. The two quickly became friends, and after an introduction to the rest of Shannon's very wealthy family, Paul had a place in the world, finally. He felt like he had to give back though, and both he and Jimmy proved very convincing. Paul had support and a drive. He trained himself until he felt himself capable, and with the aid of some more engineering inclined members of the family, Paul had the ability and the will to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. Naming himself The Authority after the bible chapter Romans 13, Paul took it upon himself to serve the Lord, and every one of His creations on Earth.
Animal
Snowdrops
Sky Blue
Silent Showers
Festive
Carlyle
Tim
