(WIP)
Full Name: Jibril Maalik Ghaffar (Usually called Malik.)
Codename: The Archangel.
Gender: Male.
Age: 29.
Ethnicity: Iranian-American.
Nationality: American.
Height: Malik stands at exactly six feet tall.
Weight: 190lbs. (Approximately 300 whilst wearing his armour.)
Appearance: Malik is a very baby-faced man, despite his relative maturity he appears to be in his late teens; rather than the grown man he actually is. His ebony-black hair is usually kept in a caesar cut, though he will often slick this backwards to prevent his fringe straying into his eyes whilst wearing his helmet. A casual beard usually sits upon his cheeks below his icy blue eyes, being the only indicator that he is not a child.
Personality: Arrogant, selfish and outright narcissistic. Malik is often discredited for his belief (or in his words, his knowledge) that he is absolutely perfect. This coupled with his un-serious and happy-go-lucky attitude tend to make him walking marmite; he is either absolutely adored, or passionately hated by those around him. It is exceptionally rare for a person to feel indifferently about him.
Classification: Tech/Metahuman.
Powers/Abilities:
Enhanced Reflexes and Mental Fortitude:
Being the sole survivor of the ARK (Anti-Revolutionary-Kommando) Project headed by German and American scientists Alfred Neumann and Howard Wayne, Malik has preposterous reflexes. These are backed up by his ability to 'blank'; a process of denying mind-readers and puppeteers their tricks, learned during the extereme psychological torture brought on by months of captured Russian Psychic Agents having their way with him. It takes a notorious and skilled supernatural of any kind to take a hold of his mind.
Mark Three Archangel Armour:
Developed by DARPA during the later stages of the Third World War, the original Archangel suits were used by American DEVGRU operatives in counter-insurgency raids across the globe, and were considered among the best suits of powered armour available at the time. Though these suits looked nothing alike the modern prototype used by Ghaffar, and lacked many of the key features of the Mark Three, they were incredibly effective tools against the Soviets during the conflict.
The Mark Three however, is a tool like no-other available in the world. The masterpiece of the now deceased Howard Wayne, the prototype version is incredibly slim-lined. Powered by a miniature photon-nuclear reactor confined within a small pentagonal backpack which keeps it running indefinitely, it features armour plating constructed of an incredible titanium, carbon fibre and alien metal alloy which renders it highly durable against all but the highest calibre rounds. Miniature thrusters placed in the palms, soles and at the base of the backpack of the armour allow Malik to achieve sustained flight at approximately two-hundred kilometres an hour through use of advanced pulse technology. (Though it is only viable for roughly an hour and forty minutes before needing to recharge.)
In the confines of the suit, an array of gadgets and gizmos too long to list are available to The Archangel. In summary, the suit bestow upon Malik the following benefits:
Flight
Enhanced Strength and Speed
Numerous Vision Modes(Sonar, NV, Thermal)
Silent Movement
Brief Cloaking
Pulse-Blasters (Through weaponizing the flight thrusters.)
Single shot, wrist-mounted suppressed cyclic .300 AAC rifle (meaning it reloads itself after each shot fired.)
Weaknesses: Due to his arrogance, Malik will often believe he has won a fight before it has even begun, and will happily give away his position in a stealth scenario for a fancy kill to show-off. Simply because he sincerely believes that not even an army can stop him. This has resulted in him being injured and/or failing to complete his objective on numerous occasions. (Also it is worth noting that if somehow his mni-reactor contained within the Archangel Suit's backpack is breached it is theorized that it can, and will cause a detonation akin to a six or eight kiloton bomb.)
Weapons: A pair of KA-BAR combat knives. (As well as the winged appendages on his forearms)
Gear:
Skills: Trained by some of the best operatives the US has to offer, Malik is highly skilled in the arts of stealth, espionage and close-quarters combat. He is a notable marksman, but the use of his suit allows him to get up close and personally pretty much whenever he wants to. Wherein he is far more formidable anyway, being a certified black-belt in Karate, Jeet Kune Do and Judo. (He has also studied the Israeli Krav Maga, though his attachment to his styles means many of the Krav manoeuvres elude him.)
Brief History:
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